Chapter 98 Witchcraft
Chapter 98 Witchcraft
Gu Junxuan was serving in the Imperial Army of the Beiya, commanding from the right of the Third Rank Imperial Forest Army.
At the end of the court that day, Gu Ting deliberately stopped Chu Heng and saluted respectfully: "The dog has already taken up his post in the Imperial Forest Army, everything is fine, I thank the prince for his help."
Chu Heng glanced at Gu Ting indifferently, and then said with a smile: "Master Zuo gave birth to a good son. If Princess Wen didn't propose, this king and King Wen would never remember it. The Gu family still has a loyal eldest son."
Gu Ting smiled apologetically, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, feeling that he treated the concubine poorly in the past, and because he was reluctant to let his concubine force him to marry, now the elder son's future still depends on this unfavorable concubine, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
Moreover, when I think of the restlessness in the house since the incident of Li's private bribery was exposed that day, Li's got sick again, and after so many days of treatment, he can barely maintain it, and now he even struggles to speak , He was also upset when he saw it, he hadn't stepped into Li's yard for a long time, but fortunately he still had his sons and daughters by his side.
However, Gu Ren'an has been stunned enough in the past few days.Originally, Mrs. Li loved her youngest son and made plans for him, but now Mrs. Li is struggling to speak when she is sick, let alone approaching Gu Ting. Seeing that his elder brother is now serving in the court, everyone is shocked. Yan said, Gu Junxuan will be the head of the Gu family soon, and his second son is just a decoration, not as good as a married son.Although Gu Junxuan told Gu Ting to let Gu Ren'an take care of the general affairs of the family, and that the Gu family had several shops in Chang'an, even so, Gu Ren'an went there just to take the name of the second master, and he couldn't get involved in anything else. If you have anything, you still go to Gu Ting, or you go to Gu Junxuan.
Although Gu Ren'an was angry, he didn't dare to go to Gu Ting and Gu Junxuan, so he had to go to the backyard to complain to Mrs. Li.Li's spirit is now barely enough, but his body is really not good, and he is more distressed when he hears it, but he is even more resentful towards Gu Youning's cursing in his heart.
Gu Junxuan is a man's son and a man's elder brother, so he really can't stand it anymore, and Gu Ting used to have only Gu Youning's biological mother as a concubine, but she left early. There are several aunts who are not the eldest house, can't manage the family, and there is no mistress in charge of the family. After all, it is not possible.He knew that his mother's illness was not good for such a long time. There must be a reason. Whoever had a feud with their family could attack the Zuoxiang Mansion, but people dared not say a word, except for King Wen. Can't think of anyone else.
He knew something about Gu Youning's life in Zuo Xiang's mansion in the past.Now that he is in power, King Wen loves him like a treasure in his palm, how can he tolerate the people who bullied Gu Youning in the past to find Gu Youning unhappy again and again, it would be considered kind of King Wen if he didn't let Mrs. Li die suddenly.
Gu Junxuan really had no choice but to go to Kangcheng Mountain Resort in person after he resigned that day.
Ever since Gu Youning met Ding Zhaoyi that day, she and Chu Yu have been staying in the other courtyard. The two of them spend their days playing or admiring flowers. Their lives are more comfortable than gods.
When Gu Junxuan came this day, it happened that Gu Youning was looking for Mu Yunhan, and wanted to open the ticket number first while the prince was not in Chang'an.Chu Yu was naturally unwilling to let him meet Mu Yunhan, but Gu Youning insisted that there was nothing he could do, so he settled for the next best thing and wanted to go with him himself.But Gu Junxuan came just in time, Gu Youning was afraid of being embarrassed by seeing Gu Junxuan, so he shamelessly left Chu Yu behind, and ran away with Jianyu himself.
Chu Yu was so angry that he grinded his teeth, he had no choice but to order Cheng Gui to let someone follow Gu Youning, and then invite Gu Junxuan to drink tea in the main hall.
"Your Majesty has met His Royal Highness, King Wen. May King Wen live a thousand years."
"Commander Gu is free of courtesy." Chu Yu glanced at Gu Junxuan, then went straight to sit down on the first seat, looked at Gu Junxuan who had already got up, and said, "You are You Ning's eldest brother, so you don't need to be so polite."
"Yes, thank you, my lord."
Gu Junxuan bowed and saluted, looking at the well-mannered but alienated Chu Yu, he sighed secretly, without being too polite, he directly expressed his intentions.
"Xiaguan came today to ask the lord for something, and I hope the lord will show his noble hand and spare the official's mother." Gu Junxuan was seriously tired, and the few days back to Chang'an were almost the most difficult and coldest in the northwest. Everywhere is tired.
Chu Yu remained calm, but in his heart he looked at Gu Junxuan with admiration.In the past, he only felt that he was not an ordinary person, but now he seems to be more intelligent.It is absolutely impossible for the person he sent to Zuo Xiangfu to be discovered. It can be seen that although Gu Junxuan did not find out what he was doing, he guessed it, and he did not go to You Ning first, but came to him directly. It's just that I already know that it's useless to ask You Ning about this matter. I did it behind his back in order to vent my anger on You Ning.
"I don't understand what Commander Gu said. Although I heard that Mrs. Zuo Xiang was seriously ill these days, I didn't go to visit. It was because You Ning was also unwell these days, so I came to another hospital to recuperate. Commander Gu would not Blame this king for not visiting?" Chu Yu did not intend to let Li Shi go.
Gu Junxuan sighed, got up from the chair, bent down to salute Chu Yu, and said: "In the past, my father and mother were biased, and some things neglected You Ning. I am here to apologize to the prince for them, and I hope that the prince will hold your hand high."
Chu Yu sneered: "Commander Gu understands it."
"Son, I don't say anything about my father's fault. There are some things that officials can understand, but it's hard to speak up. Please forgive me and let my mother go." Gu Junxuan lowered his head respectfully. If it wasn't because of his mother, why would he have done this? It's just that he knows what kind of person his mother is. Sometimes his mother curses Gu Youning, and even he can't listen to it, let alone King Wen who dotes on the princess.
When Gu Youning and Jianyu arrived at Mu Yunhan's small bamboo forest building, Mu Yunhan was playing with several small white porcelain jars, and these jars were placed on shelves one by one, with heavy covers on each.
"what is this?"
Gu Youning looked curious, so he reached out and opened it to take a look.Mu Yunhan glanced at him, with a perennially warm smile on his lips, he didn't stop him, just watched with interest.
"Gu Youning looked into the jar, who knew that the jar was not filled with wine or medicinal materials, but thin and long worms. Although he didn't know what kind of worms they were, he knew what they were just by looking at them. It's so annoying, and several of them are entangled together, which makes people feel numb all over. Looking carefully, it turned out that one insect was devouring the other, and Gu Youning's stomach was churning suddenly, and he retched.
Mu Yunhan watched the excitement from the sidelines, and couldn't help teasing: "What's wrong with Princess Wen? Could it be that Youxi started to have morning sickness? Come on, come on, my number Xi pulse is always the most accurate, I'll show the princess."
Gu Youning took the tea that Jian Yu handed over, took a sip, suppressed the churning feeling in his stomach, and then glared at Mu Yunhan: "Congratulations, sir, what is this, it's so disgusting."
Mu Yunhan just smiled and said nothing, and the young boy Jianyu was also curious, so he stretched his neck to take a look, but just like Gu Youning, he almost felt sick and quickly closed the lid in disgust.
"Hahaha~~~" Mu Yunhan still laughed and teased them: "Look, it turns out that the master and the servant are happy together. There are so many happy events in Prince Wen's Mansion recently."
"Go away~~~~~~~"
Gu Youning roared angrily, and finally continued to ask: "What the hell is this? Why do you still have bugs?"
"This is not an ordinary worm." Mu Yunhan touched the jar like a baby, and said mysteriously: "This is called a Gu worm."
Gu Youning was startled: "Gu worm?"
"Yes, have you ever heard of witchcraft? The eggs laid by these insects can be implanted into the human body. If you let him live, he will live. If you let him die, he will die immediately. If you miss him Life is better than death, so he can't live but can't die."
While talking, Mu Yunhan sprinkled some powder into the jar: "I found these mother bodies in Xiangtan after a lot of hard work. The weather is hot recently, let them out to cool off."
Gu Youning swallowed, looking at those white porcelain jars with bright eyes: "That's really a good thing."
"Of course." Mu Yunhan looked lovingly at the disgusting worms in the jar, then raised his eyes to Gu Youning: "Did you have something to do when you came today?"
Seeing Mu Yunhan's loving face, Gu Youning felt hairy all over his body, and said with disgust for a while, "It's okay, whoever comes to your place to look at the bugs, I think the prince is not in the court now, it's better to open the ticket number first."
"The prince is not in the court, but the third prince is still here." Mu Yunhan casually sprinkled powder into various jars, and said without raising his head: "You don't know that the third prince is a more difficult person than the prince. "
"If you're afraid, don't come out to mess around." Gu Youning took a sip of tea leisurely. Although the third prince was difficult to deal with, he was cautious. He wouldn't force himself when the prince wasn't around.
Hearing what he said, Mu Yunhan gave his hand a pause, then raised his head and said with a smile, "Okay, since you've made up your mind, then I'll play with you, anyway..."
He paused for a while, his face was a little indifferent, and then gradually regained his smile: "Anyway, being idle is idle."
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