Time: More than forty days ago.
When Xu Zaijing was acting cute in the tent of Duke Qi's mansion, in Yangzhou, thousands of miles away.
Wuyi Lane,
White House,
A man in his fifties looked at the old Taoist priest standing in front of him with a pale face and said weakly, as if his bones were pulled out.
"You've been delayed for over a month by falling off a cliff in the mountains. I'm afraid the disaster you mentioned has already come true.
My son!
How could I be so foolish as not to go to Bian Jing to look after you just for a false reputation that I don’t want to cling to!
My son, I have harmed you! ! "
As he spoke, tears welled up in the man's eyes, and he was obviously extremely sad.
The Taoist said with a guilty look on his face:
"I had no idea that going into the mountains to collect herbs would bring such a disaster. If it weren't for the hunters in the mountains, I would have been a dried-up bone in the mountains.
I also calculated your sister's doom when I was lying at the bottom of the cliff waiting to die. Alas!
The Taoist priest also spoke in a resentful tone. He was used to fortune-telling, but this time he went into the mountains while drunk, and who knew that he would delay something important.
I could have kept it to myself, but thanks to the kindness shown by the Patriarch of the Bai family, I felt a sense of guilt in my heart, and after thinking about it for a long time, I had no choice but to tell it.
"Then I will go to Beijing. Come, prepare the car."
The head of the Bai family said, seeming to have aged ten years in an instant.
More than ten days later, the side door of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion in Bian Jing was wide open, and Gu Yankai, who was on leave, bowed and invited an old man into the mansion.
Gu Yankai's father-in-law was only ten years older than him. Although he was a businessman of humble origin, he started from scratch and built a fortune of millions, which was very remarkable in that era.
Since ancient times, the business world has been like a battlefield!
Without one's own intelligence, luck, and strong will, one might be killed and eaten before he could become successful.
Therefore, Gu Yankai respected this old man who achieved class transition by marrying his daughter and solved the urgent problem of the Marquis' Mansion.
Moreover, the death of Gu Yankai's first wife had nothing to do with this person. Although he was indifferent to Bai at the beginning, his mentality has changed in recent years after he had a healthy and strong second son who looked like him, as well as his first daughter.
Before, Gu Yankai's heart was 99% on the deceased Miss Qin.
Now, maybe 95%.
Looking at his father-in-law, who looked tired and unsightly, Gu Yankai asked with a puzzled expression, "Grandpa, the letter was sent the day before yesterday. How did you get to Bianjing so quickly?"
The head of the Bai family was named Bai Wanshu. When he arrived in Bian Jing and saw that the lintel of the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was not hung with white, he became angry.
He came to Bian Jing at the cost of his life.
You should know that from Yangzhou to Bianjing, it takes three and a half days for the express delivery service to arrive.
Basically, the horses are changed but the people are not.
It took Bai Wanshu more than ten days. Considering his age, it was obvious how anxious he was.
But when he arrived in Bian Jing, he felt a little angry.
Firstly, the Taoist priest had been too accurate in his calculations over the past few decades, and he could not help but believe that his daughter had passed away.
Secondly, he was a merchant of low status, and was afraid that the noble families in the capital would not bother to hold a funeral for his daughter.
When he saw Gu Yankai, Bai Wanshu felt like thunder in his heart but his face remained calm. At the same time, his mind moved, and an irresistible possibility emerged in his mind.
Because when Gu Yan opened his eyes, there was no expression on his face except surprise.
Bai Wanshu was very brave, but in this capital, he couldn't ask Gu Yan to be his son-in-law.
"Lord Gu, I wonder how the lady is doing?"
"A little girl was born a few days ago and she's named Tingyi. Both mother and daughter are doing well."
After hearing this, Bai Wanshu stopped and felt dazed for a moment. The surprise made him feel dizzy, his legs went weak, and he almost fell down.
Gu Yankai was a military general, so he reacted quickly and supported the old man in front of him.
"Thank you, Lord Gu. This journey is very tiring."
"You've had a hard time on the road. You can take a rest first."
“No, no.”
The two of them walked into the yard while talking.
In the inner courtyard of the Marquis's Mansion, Bai Shi, who was breastfeeding her daughter, heard the news. Her face, covered with a headband, was full of surprise. She looked at her daughter in her arms affectionately and said,
"Yier, Mom's father is here, and your grandfather is here."
For some reason, her eyes were filled with tears. Sometimes, only in front of loved ones can the pain of being wronged become so profound.
Gu Tingyi in the cradle spit out a bubble of milk.
This made Bai burst into laughter.
"Girl, please stop crying! Tears during the confinement period will hurt your eyes!"
When Mr. Bai Wanshu came in, Mrs. Bai's eyes were still red.
The old man from the Bai family, who was removed from the family tree and built his own fortune, saw his only flesh and blood in the house.
He took his granddaughter from his daughter's arms, and although he had never cried after all the hardships he had suffered, his eyes were filled with crystal tears.
This is the feeling of the continuation of bloodline!
There is also the joy of having descendants escape the lowly status of merchants and become descendants of noble families.
He held his baby granddaughter in his arms, his eyes full of love.
"Speaking of which, when you were born, my heart was truly warmed when I saw you. This Yi'er has eyes like yours, but his face is as handsome as Marquis Gu."
There was also a hint of tenderness in Gu Yankai's eyes that he had never seen before.
Miss Qin gave birth to Gu Tingyu for him.
But the daughter was born to Bai.
It was his first time having a daughter, but his mind had changed in a way that he didn't realize.
"Father, I haven't seen you for a long time. Please stay for a few more days."
"Well, you should also take care of yourself. You're crying during confinement. Are you kidding yourself, Chang family?"
"Yes, my lord, I will take good care of you." Mother Chang said respectfully.
Gu Yankai nodded aside and said
"Old man, please take a rest first. I will welcome you tonight."
In the evening, Gu Yankai returned to his house drunk. Looking at his baby daughter, his eyes were full of love. His eyes were different from the ones he used when he looked at Gu Tingye and Gu Tingyu. When he looked at his own daughter, Gu Yankai was particularly doting.
"Today, the old man brought another 80,000 taels of silver worth of treasures. Please ask the maid to count them later."
"Yes, my lord."
Although Bai Wanshu was not of high status and was a businessman, Gu Yankai still arranged a wing room for him in the Marquis' Mansion.
In the evening, Bai Wanshu asked Gu Yankai to invite Chang's mother to the room.
"Master, you don't look well. Are you tired from the journey?"
"Chang family, please don't worry about my health for now. Has there been anything unusual or surprising with the lady in the past two months?"
Mother Chang was surprised, her eyes were a little dull,
"master?"
"Some things are not clear in the letter. Please tell me about the more special things that happened in the past few years, in detail."
"Yes, Master. During Ye'er's first birthday party, the Marquis's aunt, Madam Sun of Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, Sanlang, called Xu Zaijing, the second daughter of the Qin family of Dongchang Marquis's Mansion. Jing'er was frightened and invited a Taoist priest from Yuqing Temple, who said that those who cared about Sanlang should not visit the garden."
"The biggest change is Ye'er's first birthday party. The lady has begun to gain a foothold in Bianjing."
"Chang family, nothing happened, you can go back and tell the lady not to worry about me."
"Yes, sir."
Bai Wanshu breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, a man dressed as a servant in the marquis's mansion also entered Bai Wanshu's room.
An hour later, the servant walked out of the room.
Inside the room, Bai Wanshu tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
At the same time, he muttered to himself, "How did he get through this calamity? He has to come to Bianjing to see it. If I don't repay the kindness, I will be punished by heaven!"
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Although there was no curfew, merchants on Bianjing Road still lit candles and people were coming and going on the street.
Xu Zaijing, who was at home, was fast asleep and had not yet felt the changes brought about by his manipulation of the world line.
In the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion,
Perhaps it was because her father's arrival made Bai a little excited, and because Chang's mother was not around before bedtime, Bai went to bed a little late at night.
When she was sleeping deeply, she fell into a dream without realizing it.
In a trance, she saw herself dying of hemorrhage, but the three or four-year-old Gu Tingye was crying breathlessly outside the house.
"Mother! Mother! Wuuuuuu..."
"Ah! It turns out that people can still see things after death! Ye'er, my Ye'er, don't cry!" Bai hurried over, but found that her hands could not touch her crying son at all.
Bai:!!!
In a trance,
In a cloud of cigarette smoke,
Gu Yankai married Miss Qin Er, and his son Gu Tingye grew up.
But her son was kneeling on the ground and being beaten!
The dim room seemed to be the ancestral hall she had seen before.
Behind the swirling smoke, Gu Tingye, who had grown up a lot, was looking at Bai with tears in his eyes, repeatedly calling "mother".
The child who never shed a tear when being beaten, now cried breathlessly in front of his mother's spirit tablet.
When Gu Tingye grows up,
He was actually hung up and whipped.
The candles in the ancestral hall felt Bai's anger, but they only swayed and flickered as if blown by the wind.
“Yer!!!!”
I see that everyone seems to have more feedback on these two chapters. The character Mr. Bai is from the original novel, and the fortune teller is newly added by the author. The purpose is to let the Bai family know and appreciate the protagonist's kindness, laying the groundwork for future dealings.
The appearance of the fortune teller is a bit abrupt, but it will not develop into a fantasy story. "The Story of Minglan" is a fictional historical work, and the main line of the fan fiction is definitely the characters in the original work and the drama.
Whether in the original novel or the TV series, the only representative figure of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is Old Madam Sheng, so it is assumed to be somewhat declining, and there are no handsome characters. Therefore, if the protagonist wants to enter the main line, some magical changes must be made. If you don't accept anything, please leave a message and I will do my best to modify it.
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