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Chapter 52 The hero is a scholar

Gu Wenjing didn’t go in directly, even if the door was not closed, he knocked on the door lightly.

As soon as Gu Linglong looked up, she saw her brother standing at the door smiling and looking at herself, and quickly dropped the wedding gown in his hand: “Brother, you are here!”

Gu Wenjing walked in: “Why don’t you see the maid serving by your side?”

Gu Linglong said embarrassedly: “I distracted them.”

Gu Wenjing frowned slightly and said, “I know you are not used to having someone around you all the time, but now it’s different, you have to get used to it sooner or later.” He didn’t want Gu Linglong to be calculated like Luo Qingyi because of this problem in the future.

Gu Linglong was very obedient, and didn’t need him to say anything more, and quickly promised: “I remember it! I won’t be like this again in the future, and I will ensure that no one will be by my side and I will not be alone.”

Gu Wen nodded at the scenic spot, sighed suddenly, and touched Gu Linglong’s soft long hair: “In a blink of an eye you are all grown up, and it’s time to marry.”

Gu Linglong lowered her head shyly.

Gu Wenjing continued: “Don’t be afraid, you just have to remember that your brother will always be your strongest backing. My brother has already agreed with the boy Li Cheng that he will treat you well in the future, and will not make you sad by taking a concubine. If you marry to Li’s house and you feel wronged, just go home and tell your brother!”

Even if Gu Wenjing knew that ancient men liked three wives and four concubines, he had also forced Li Cheng and promised him not to take concubines. He didn’t know whether Li Cheng really agreed or agreed. Anyway, he just wanted a personal promise from Li Cheng. If he dared to repent in the future, he would naturally ask this brother-in-law to know why the flowers are so popular.

Gu Linglong was so moved that her eyes were red. She is well-behaved and sensible, but it does not mean that she is not smart. When she was a child, she was enlightened by Gu’s father just like Gu Wenjing, and she was also a young talented girl, otherwise she would not be able to communicate with Li Cheng letter for so long.

She was deeply moved by what her brother had done for her.

No matter how much Gu Wenjing did not let Gu Linglong get married like his old father, he still had to send Gu Linglong to the sedan chair at the scheduled wedding date, or he himself carried Jiao Didi’s sister on the sedan chair.

When carrying the bride on his back, Gu Wenjing lowered his voice and said to Gu Linglong on his back: “If you feel wronged, tell your brother, don’t think about your own wrongedness and seek for all.”

A soft sob came from my ear: “I will, brother.”

Gu Wenjing sent Gu Linglong to the sedan chair and watched the energetic Li Cheng take away his sister. He packed up his mood and entertained the guests who came to Gu’s family to congratulate him with his parents.

Although Gu Wenjing is still only a small official of the Hanlin Academy, he has already attracted the emperor’s attention, so there are many officials who come to give gifts, but they are all small officials. He still has no access to those high officials, only a few of the Hanlin Academy. An official who admired him sent a housekeeper to send a gift to show his closeness.

Less than half a year after Gu Linglong got married, Luo Qingyi was pregnant.

In this pregnancy, Luo Qingyi was probably caused by Luo Liuyi’s premature birth and psychological shadows last time. He valued the pregnancy very seriously. She prepared a stable wife at home early, even the maid and maid beside her. Know how to deliver babies.

Gu Wenjing didn’t object to Luo Qingyi’s fanfare. Although he felt that it was really unnecessary to prepare for a stable wife after only one or two months of pregnancy, he felt that there was no problem if she could feel at ease.

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Gu Wenjing wanted to stay at home and take good care of his pregnant wife, but at this point in time, the emperor suddenly ordered him to be sent to Lingnan as the prefect.

The impression that Lingnan gives people is that the poor mountains and the evil waters come out of the people. The mountain people there are very vigilant towards the government, and they are not willing to leave the forest to accept the government’s jurisdiction, and they sometimes plunder.

To go to Lingnan to be the prefect, if Gu Wenjing didn’t offend the emperor, the emperor wanted to see Gu Wenjing’s ability to govern one party.

Judging from the emperor’s attention to Gu Wenjing during this period, it was mostly the latter. Gu Wenjing also has the confidence to govern Lingnan well.

It’s just that the release period is three years, so he definitely can’t bring his family with him. The living conditions in Lingnan are not as good as the capital, and the journey is far away. The living conditions in Qingyang County are worse than when he failed, regardless of his age. His father and mother, Luo Qingyi, who is still pregnant, and his young son, Gu Changsheng, can’t go with Gu Wenjing.

Gu Wenjing had to take a few entourages to Lingnan.

Luo Qingyi was packing his luggage while worrying about his safety: “Xiang Gong, I heard that the mountain people in Lingnan are fierce and fierce, and they have also done murder and looting… Why did your majesty send the Xianggong to Lingnan as the prefect? What?”

Gu Wenjing comforted: “Don’t worry, your majesty didn’t let me go to die, but just practiced me and sent someone to protect me.”

There is definitely a danger to go to Lingnan. The hostile attitude of those uncivilized mountain people towards the government and their lack of reverence for Daqi laws make it difficult for Gu Wenjing to carry out his work in Lingnan.

But the matter is artificial, Gu Wenjing already has a draft in his mind.

In terms of security, Gu Wenjing did not fool Luo Qingyi. The emperor did send someone to protect him. Perhaps these guards went to Lingnan to have other plans, or perhaps the emperor didn’t want his optimistic champion to lose in Lingnan and sent him to protect him. The guards are all elite.

Luo Qingyi was still not at ease in her heart, but she also knew that the emperor’s order was hard to violate, and did not say anything more, lest Xiang Gong could not worry about her instead.

The entourage Gu Wenjing brought were all the people Mo Yan was used to waiting for him, and they were all men who were not afraid of hardship.

He went to Lingnan, first clarified the various situations in Lingnan, and then contacted the local garrison. With the support of the military, he could use some of the more tough methods.

For those uncivilized mountain people, Gu Wenjing adopted the method of sticking sticks and carrots, intimidating and inducing them to get out of the forest.

The Daqi court once sent troops to encircle and suppress these brave mountain people in Lingnan, but why couldn’t it be suppressed? Because of the complex terrain of Lingnan’s mountains and forests, the miasma poisonous insects are great killers for soldiers who are not familiar with Lingnan’s combat environment. There is no way to encircle and suppress the mountain people who live in the forest all the year round.

In fact, these mountain people are not opponents of the army at all after leaving the familiar mountains and forests, and can only honestly be ordinary people of Qi.

Gu Wenjing didn’t trick the mountain people into killing them after they came out, but instead taught them how to plant them and how to trade with them.

Although the environment in Lingnan is harsh, there are countless precious fruits and medicinal materials of various characteristics, and they are all good things that are valuable to the outside world. In the past, these good things were easily exchanged by merchants who bought them with cheap salt cloth.

Now Gu Wenjing has assigned someone responsible for purchasing these special products from Shanmin at a reasonable price, and then reselling them. This not only allows Shanmin to sell them at a price that is dozens of times higher than before, but also increases Lingnan’s taxation.

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Three years later, the relationship between the local residents and the government was extremely tense, and the imperial court sent troops to encircle Lingnan again. Now it has become an ordinary state capital in Daqi, and the aggressive mountain people have become ordinary people who abide by the law. Everything is thriving.

Gu Wenjing’s examination was rated as excellent, and after returning to the capital, he was directly promoted to two levels by the emperor who admired him and became a third-rank master.

And even with the help of his family, he is the second best player in the same year, but now he is only from the fourth rank. Second-Class Jinshi, like Li Cheng, who has no deep background, is even more qualified in the fifth grade.

Gu Wenjing stayed in the capital, and the possibility of being released in the future is unlikely.

After he got home, he looked at Gu Changsheng, the eldest son who was a little timidly calling his father, and the second son, Gu Changming, who didn’t know him at all.

He directly stretched out his hand to hug one of his sons, teased them with a smile, and brought the two sons closer.

Gradually, the little brothers who were unfamiliar with him got close to him.

After Gu Wenjing came back, he spent most of his time with his two sons. Luo Qingyi watched the close interaction of the father and son with a happy smile on his face.

In the past three years, she has been filial to her parents-in-law and raised her children at home, but after returning to the room at night, she is the only one who is empty beside her. She still feels lonely and missed.

Seeing that the second son was born and never met his own father, she taught him to call him father, and he asked her innocently, ‘where’s father? At that time, she felt very distressed and helpless.

Now their family is finally reunited.

Gu Wenjing did not leave the capital next. In his free time, he was already preparing to enlighten the eldest son Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng was in poor health. After recuperating, he looked like an ordinary person, but he couldn’t bear the harsh conditions of the imperial examination room, so he could not enter the official examination room in the future.

Gu Wenjing wanted to train him in other directions. As for the candidate for the next generation of Gu’s imperial examination, he was determined to be the second son Gu Changming.

However, during the enlightenment stage, Gu Wenjing treated his two sons equally, and Gu Changsheng began to follow his enlightenment studies.

Gu Wenjing’s way of educating children is entertaining and entertaining. The homework is not heavy. Gu Changsheng is still able to eat, and Luo Qingyi is also happy to see the father and son cultivate their relationship.

The second son, Gu Changming, was still young and couldn’t do without her mother, so she put more energy on Gu Changming, who still needs her careful attention.

Luo Qingyi feels guilty for the frail eldest son Gu Changsheng, but she has never neglected her second son because of her eldest son. She values ​​the relationship development of the brothers very much, and will never be partial to which son makes them feel at odds.

She didn’t want her two sons to be like her and Luo Liuyi, who were obviously close relatives, but they turned against each other in the end.

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It’s been another year.

When Gu Wenjing came home from get off work, he found that his sister Gu Linglong was back.

He saw Gu Linglong talking with Mother Gu and Luo Qingyi, but he keenly noticed that Gu Linglong’s eye sockets were a little red, and he had obviously cried.

Gu Wenjing frowned and asked, “Linglong, what’s the matter with you? Did that kid Li Cheng bully you?”

Gu Linglong subconsciously touched the corner of her eye, she didn’t hide it, and said sadly: “Brother, Xiang Gong, he wants to take a concubine!”

Gu Wenjing frowned more tightly, and snorted coldly, “What’s the matter? Before he married you, he made a clear promise to me that he would not accept a concubine. After only a few years, he wanted to go back on it?”

Gu Linglong lost her head and said: “In the beginning, it was only our mother-in-law who urged us to have children. Later, I didn’t hear the slightest news for five years, and gradually the father-in-law was a little shaken. He hasn’t made it clear that he wants to have a concubine, but I can tell. , He moved his mind.”

Gu Wenjing’s face became cold, and he said coldly, “He is a delusion! Don’t say that you are still young, and you still have a chance to have children. Even if you can’t give birth, you can still inherit the incense from his elder brother’s second son! Anyway, he If it’s for the concubine who wants to take a concubine, hehe…”

Gu Wenjing sneered twice, and didn’t say what he planned to do with Li Cheng, but everyone could hear the coldness in it.

Ancient men valued heirs very seriously, he could understand, but what he could not accept was that he had made it clear to Li Cheng before marriage that he did not allow his brother-in-law to be a concubine, even if the two had no children, he could only adopt it. If Li Cheng was unwilling, he could refuse the marriage at the beginning.

It was agreed that year, and now only five years have passed. Gu Linglong and Li Cheng’s couple are still in their twenties. It is the golden age of childbearing when they were young. He can’t wait to break his appointment and take a concubine. Who gives him the courage?

Gu Linglong was not upset with the dissatisfaction with Li Cheng revealed in Gu Wenjing’s tone, but she added fuel to her jealousy: “Brother, Xiang Gong, he just listened to my mother-in-law’s provocation. Now he is not as good to me as he was before. Up.”

Gu Wenjing said faintly: “After you go back, tell him that you are back to your natal home because he asked me for help because his recent evaluation was only moderate.”

In the past, Li Cheng had nothing to do with being an official. Every year, the evaluation was between the middle and the upper class. Just looking at Gu Wenjing’s face, the officials in charge of the evaluation would give Li Cheng a first-class evaluation within a reasonable range. .

But Li Cheng made Gu Wenjing dissatisfied, and he naturally made his evaluation medium.

This means that Li Cheng will be suppressed for a year or two without a promotion opportunity. If he still makes Gu Wenjing dissatisfied and bullies Gu Linglong in the future, Gu Wenjing can let him stay in this five-rank official position for the rest of his life!

Gu Wenjing would rather keep Gu Linglong’s life level at the fifth rank, rather than let Li Chengna’s concubine make Gu Linglong sad.

Gu Linglong got Gu Wenjing’s permission, and after returning to Li’s house, she relayed it to Li Cheng.

On the surface, it sounds like Gu Linglong asks for help for him and Gu Wenjing, but Li Cheng knew in his heart that this was a warning from his elder brother.

Li Cheng has always been very clear about his level of officialdom. In the past five years, he has been able to rise to the fifth grade, and his elder brother’s face is not rare in it.

Li Cheng smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn’t expect that when he was slightly shaken by his mother’s words, the lady went back to her natal family to find his uncle to complain.

He was a little dissatisfied with Gu Linglong’s behavior, but the situation was better than others, and Li Cheng completely dispelled the idea of ​​accepting concubines.

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Gu Wenjing specially found a time to meet with Li Cheng.

Without Gu Linglong, Gu Wenjing didn’t bother to save too much face to Li Cheng. After all, Li Cheng wanted to break the contract before, which really made him feel compelled.

He said: “Brother-in-law, in the past few years, I have treated you well, right?”

Li Cheng nodded.

Gu Wenjing looked at him faintly: “I don’t have any real brothers, and my wife’s family is only a first-term merchant, so I promoted your brother-in-law as my own brother.”

Li Cheng still nodded. In the past few years, Gu Wenjing has really treated him kindly. Whenever there is a good opportunity, he will push him to his brother-in-law. It is just that his talent in politics is not as good as in reading. There are many opportunities, but he has not made much progress.

Gu Wenjing continued: “But I want you to be clear. I take you as a brother. That’s because my sister married you. We are a family. But if you make Linglong sad, don’t blame my eldest brother for not remembering the old feelings. Before getting married, you promised me that you would never take a concubine no matter what. A gentleman said nothing, it’s hard to chase a horse. Could it be that you have forgotten your promise after only five years?”

Li Cheng looked ashamed: “Brother, I know I was wrong. Don’t worry, I will never be sorry to Linglong!”

Gu Wenjing didn’t care whether Li Cheng’s promise was genuine or fake. Sincerity can also become fake, caring about these is asking for trouble.

Anyway, as long as he can hold it down as an older brother, Lee Cheng shouldn’t break the contract! Unless he doesn’t care about his future.

Gu Wenjing said again: “I heard that Lingtang is anxious to hold his grandson? Doesn’t Ling brother have two concubines and several concubines? Isn’t so many grandchildren not enough for Lingtang?”

Li Cheng smiled bitterly: “My mother is just worried that I will have no one to succeed, and there will be no incense to hand down in the future.”

A trace of ridicule flashed in Gu Wenjing’s eyes. After death, how can he care about the flood and the incense after death?

But he didn’t say it, this is a deep-rooted idea of ​​the ancients and cannot be changed.

“You and Linglong relax your mentality, take good care of your body, and you can always get pregnant. Don’t eat those remedies for giving birth to children. They are three-point poisonous medicine. Don’t always ask the doctor to prescribe medicine. If you are not sick, you will have to eat and get sick. Both of you are okay. Now that you don’t have children, it’s just that you don’t have children. If you still don’t have children for another five years, you can adopt your elder brother’s second-in-law son, and you will be better off than the concubine.”

Li Cheng repeatedly nodded in response.

After Gu Wenjing beat Li Cheng and saw that he admitted that he had a good attitude, he didn’t say anything.

After all, Gu Linglong will continue to live with Li Cheng in the future, and he can’t do too much so that Li Chengqian will be angry with Gu Linglong.

And even though Lee Cheng meant to repent, didn’t he not repent yet? Seeing Gu Linglong’s face, he was still willing to give Li Cheng a chance to change.

After Li Cheng returned home, he made a clear promise to Gu Linglong: “I will never accept a concubine. If I really can’t give birth and want a child to inherit the incense, I will adopt a child from my brother.”

Li Cheng never thought about the situation that his brother would be unwilling. Now he and his elder brother have become very different. His elder brother has not yet been admitted to Juren. He is just a talented person, and he stays in his hometown to take care of the family business. And he is a fifth-grade Beijing official, and he is not a big deal in the capital, but he is the most powerful person in his hometown.

If he reveals the meaning of adoptiveness to his elder brother, I am afraid that his elder brother even the eldest son is willing to adopt it.

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Li Cheng and Gu Linglong went back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year.

Li’s old house.

Li Cheng was secretly pulled down by Li’s mother and talked about taking a concubine: “Your daughter-in-law hasn’t been happy so far. It can be seen that she can’t give birth. You can’t have no one in a hundred years, right? Mother thought, let Your cousin enters the house and becomes your concubine, giving birth to a son to inherit the incense for you.”

Li Cheng refused: “Mother, I don’t plan to take a concubine. My wife and I are still young. If we really can’t have children, I can also adopt the son of my eldest brother.”

Li’s mother didn’t expect that Li Cheng, who had been touched by her, suddenly became determined not to accept a concubine. Her face changed slightly: “Did your wife tell you something? I have never seen such a virtuous woman. A woman, unable to give birth by herself, actually stopped her husband from accepting a concubine!”

Li Cheng frowned and said, “Mother, don’t talk about it! Anyway, it’s impossible to take a concubine! Before I got married with my wife, I promised my elder brother that I would never take a concubine even if I had no children in this life. of.”

When Li Cheng mentioned Gu Wenjing, Li’s mother stopped talking.

Before, even if she wanted her son to take a concubine, she only dared to talk to Li Cheng privately, or madly suggest to Gu Linglong. Asking her to directly ask Gu Linglong to give Li Chengna a concubine, or to accuse Gu Linglong of not being virtuous, she would not dare.

Why did she have a high-ranking eldest brother standing behind her unscrupulous daughter-in-law! Her son has to count on her eldest brother to be promoted! Their Li family couldn’t straighten their backs in front of their daughter-in-law, and she naturally didn’t dare to take her mother-in-law’s air if she had no confidence.

Mother Li was still a little unwilling in her heart. She had to be strong tempered, and she was able to dominate her mother-in-law’s prestige against her eldest daughter-in-law. As a result, she had to hold it cautiously with her second daughter-in-law. How could she be reconciled in her heart?

Li’s mother has to persuade what more, Li Cheng directly broke her illusion: “Mother, don’t persuade, if I dare to take a concubine, the eldest brother is afraid that I will be demoted immediately.” He wanted to dispel Li’s idea, Speak more seriously on purpose.

But Li Cheng didn’t know that if he really dared to take a concubine, Gu Wenjing could do more seriously.

Mother Li said: “You are his brother-in-law, how can he…”

Li Cheng helplessly said: “My mother also said, I’m just his brother-in-law, but the woman is his own sister! Isn’t it clear that the younger sister and brother-in-law are more important? I’m not good to the wife, how could he easily let me go? ?”

Mother Li didn’t dare to say anything, so she muttered to Li Cheng and asked him to take it back and use it, hoping that they could give birth to their own children.

As for the adoption, if it is not to the point where there is no other way, it is better not to succeed.

Among the two sons, Li’s mother was still the second son who was in pain. She didn’t want to see that the second son didn’t even have a biological child.

However, the conversation between Li Cheng and Li’s mother was revealed.

Now the housekeeper of the Li family’s old house is the sister-in-law of the Li family. When she learned that Li Cheng did not intend to take a concubine, and intended to adopt a son of hers, she was excited to discuss with her husband.

“My husband, the second brother does not accept concubines, and the second younger siblings cannot give birth. He wants to adopt our son. Which one do you think is better for him?

Just as Li Cheng thought, the eldest brother of the Li family never thought of rejecting adoption, because he knew that if his son was adopted to his younger brother, he would definitely get more resources in the future than being his son. When the time comes, the son will have a good life. There is no reason for his father to not touch the light?