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Wei Yuan and Xu Changzhi led a hundred guards to Yangzhou.

The latter wanted to persuade him, after all, he had to go to the capital, and he was afraid that he would be criticized by the censor if he took all the guards with him.

However, Wei Yuan's trip was to show his strength so as to support his elder sister.

In addition, he deliberately pretended to be young and successful, so that the government would be careless and think that although he was a general, he was not scheming.

So he naturally did not listen to Xu Changzhi's dissuasion.

In the military system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the wing governed ten armies, the army governed five battalions, and the battalion governed five cities, each with a hundred people.

When you reach the level of Tuanlianshi, you can have a guard.

A hundred cavalrymen left Yanmen, and they were the most popular for a while.

It was said that he was on his way to Yangzhou.

Something happened in the Ningyuan Marquis Gu family in the capital.

Gu Yankai had just returned home when he heard his wife Qin say that during the time he was away on the expedition, the young Gu Tingye had been lingering in brothels.

Gu Tingye is the second son of the Gu family. He has an older brother, but unfortunately he is weak and sickly, and will not live long. Therefore, Gu Yankai placed all the hopes for the future of the Gu family on Gu Tingye.

And Gu Tingye's biological mother is not Qin. Qin is the second wife. Gu Tingye's biological mother Bai has passed away.

His biological mother was born in a famous merchant family in Yangzhou.

Qin also has a son, who is still young.

Because Qin felt that Gu Tingye would affect her biological son's status in the mansion, she often secretly targeted Gu Tingye, and her usual trick was to kill with a borrowed knife.

For example, she often used others to target Gu Tingye, and she pretended to be a good mother in front of Gu Tingye.

Gu Yankai was furious when he heard that Gu Tingye was not ambitious, so he called Gu Tingye over and scolded him severely, saying:

"Wei Yuan, the general of Yanmen, is only a few years older than you, but he has fought on the battlefield and made great contributions!"

"When Wei Yuan was your age, he had already made a name for himself in the army, but what about you?"

"You only know how to linger in the brothels and ruin the reputation of my Gu family. You deserve to be beaten!"

In the past few days, Gu Tingye, who was only fifteen years old, had heard a lot about Wei Yuan's deeds and was also yearning for him.

As a son of a general, it is unreasonable not to have a dream of galloping on the battlefield.

However, now that he heard his father mention Wei Yuan, he was somewhat angry and said:

"If I join the army, I may not be worse than him!"

Hearing this, Gu Yankai laughed angrily and said: "I don't know how much you are capable of? Stop bragging! From now on, you are not allowed to go to brothels. If I find you going there again, I will break your legs!"

Gu Tingye retorted: "I have been practicing martial arts in the mansion recently. I don't know who told me that I often go to brothels?"

I definitely went there, but I didn't go there every other day.

Gu Yankai was about to say something else when he heard a servant come to report that the old man of the Bai family in Yangzhou had passed away.

The old man Bai was the father of Gu Tingye's biological mother, and he wanted to call him grandpa.

Hearing the news of the death of the old man Bai, Gu Tingye was obviously stunned, and then a little sad.

Gu Yankai took a deep breath and asked the servant who came to deliver the message, "When did it happen?"

The servant didn't know much, but handed Gu Yankai the suicide note written by Old Master Bai himself.

After reading it, he was a little surprised and said to Gu Tingye:

"You should leave for the Bai family immediately and bring more guards."

The latter blurted out: "Father is not going?"

Gu Yankai said: "The old man wants to entrust the Bai family's property to you. It is not convenient for my father to go. This is what the old man wants."

Gu Tingye sighed.

The Bai family has been doing business in Yangzhou for many years and has a rich family property.

Now, most of it will be given to Gu Tingye, which shows that Old Master Bai loves him very much.

The next day, Gu Tingye left the Marquis' Mansion without taking guards, but disguised himself and left the capital.

He went to Yangzhou by water, and on the way, he met the eldest son of the Yuan family of the Zhongqin Earl's Mansion.

The Yuan family, the Gu family, the Duke of England, and the Zhang family, all belonged to the founding nobles.

Unfortunately, the Yuan family has been weak in recent years and has gradually moved away from the court.

The eldest son of the Yuan family is named Yuan Wenchun. He grew up in Beijing and had seen Gu Tingye.

He also knew that he was the descendant of the Ningyuan Marquis Gu family, so he was interested in making friends with him. After all, since Gu Yan's triumphant return, the Gu family's power has risen to a higher level.

The Yuan family, which had long lost its power, naturally wanted to curry favor with him.

So, Yuan Wenchun took the initiative to find Gu Tingye at the waterway dock and asked:

"But the second son of the Gu family?"

Hearing this, Gu Tingye frowned and said, "Young Master Yuan?"

Yuan Wenchun smiled and said, "Where is the second son of the Gu family going? Why did he come to this dock?"

Gu Tingye only said that he was going to Yangzhou for something, and seeing that the Yuan family was carrying various gifts onto a large ship, he was curious and asked, "What is the young master doing?"

When Yuan Wenchun heard that he was going to Yangzhou, he said, "I am also going to Yangzhou to propose marriage to the Yangzhou Tongpan Sheng family on behalf of my family."

Propose marriage?

Gu Tingye was curious.

Yuan Wenchun told the whole story,

"My brother Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Hualan, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, have been engaged, but my parents caught a cold and couldn't bear the hardship of the journey, so they asked me to go to the Sheng family in Yangzhou to propose marriage."

A noble mansion and a magistrate are getting married?

Gu Tingye understood it instantly when he thought of this.

The Yuan family was already in decline, and as a family of military merit, they were not favored by the court officials.

He had also heard about the Tongpan Sheng family in Yangzhou. He had once visited Tanhua, and they were a newly promoted official family.

Some of the established Qingliu families are naturally unwilling to get married to the Wuxun family.

The Yuan family wants to use the power of Qingliu to climb up, and the Sheng family is indeed a choice.

Later, Yuan Wenchun invited Gu Tingye to accompany him.

Gu Tingye agreed, but he had something to say first, and he must not reveal his identity when he went there.

Later, Gu Tingye thought of a pseudonym - Bai Ye.

At this point, I went to Yangzhou with the Yuan family.

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now.

Yangzhou, Shengjia.

Although the New Year has passed, the weather has not gotten warmer, but has become colder.

Ever since scout Li Chuan gave Wei Shuyi the jade hairpin, she has been depressed and depressed all day long, not wanting to eat or drink.

On this day, Xiaodie obeyed Wei Shuyi's order and went to the city to buy some charcoal for heating. On the way, she heard many people talking about Wei Yuan, the guard of Yanmen.

Xiaodie is Wei Shuyi's personal maid. She heard Wei Shuyi talk about Wei Yuan many times, and when she heard that it was related to him, she inquired about it.

When he learned that Wei Yuan fought a bloody battle with the Liao army, defended Yanmen, and became a hero of the Zhou Dynasty, he was very excited. He immediately returned home and complained about the carbon fire to Wei Shuyi.

"My dear, the servants at home are really harsh on you. You are pregnant now, and even your charcoal is being deducted from you. Your monthly salary is not much, how can you use the money you have worked so hard to save to buy charcoal every day?"

"Why don't you, this slave, go and see your master, tell him this matter, and ask him to make a decision for you?"

Hearing the sound, Wei Shuyi, who was lying on the bed, quickly shook his head and said: "No, the Lord has many things to do, don't bother him, we can just bear it and get over it."

Xiaodie felt aggrieved, thinking about Wei Yuan, and said:

"Mother, Mr. Wei may be fine. I heard someone on the street saying that Yanmen was defended and we defeated the Liao army."

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi, who was originally dull, suddenly became energetic and asked, "Seriously?"

In the past few days, she had been waiting for news about Wei Yuan in the house.

Logically speaking, if a soldier dies on the battlefield, it can take as little as one month, as long as six months, and the government will come to report his death.

Even if the report was reported to Wei Yuan's second sister, his second sister would send someone to inform Wei Shu of his concern.

During this period, no news came, which gave Wei Shuyi some hope.

Xiaodie smiled and said: "My dear, can I still lie to you?"

Wei Shuyi instantly burst into tears, clasped his hands together, and murmured:

"A common girl is willing to eat fast and chant Buddha's name all her life. She would rather sacrifice her life. She only asks the Buddha to keep Brother Yuan safe and sound."