Thinking of some past events, Mrs. Gu's expression became a little dazed again, her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of tulle, and her thoughts also came to a distant place.

The tree shadows swayed again, a few dry leaves fell, and some residual snow from the branches also fell.

Mrs. Gu only felt a chill on her forehead, raised her hand to wipe off the snowflakes there, and said in a deep voice: "Since he wants it, give him the bow."

The snowflakes quickly melted into a drop of snow water under her finger, which was crystal clear.

Mrs. Gu carelessly flicked away the water droplets from her fingertips, her eyes were cold.

However, the bow can be given up, but the title cannot be given up.

"Have someone go and inform Master Hou." Mrs. Gu ordered, intending to let Gu Jian come over to entertain the guests.

So, after a cup of tea, Gu Jian, Marquis of Dingyuan, appeared "belatedly" with a broken right arm.

He and his son apologized repeatedly to the distinguished guests, saying that he was late due to illness, but whenever the other party asked how Gu Yuan left, he just laughed helplessly:

"I'm sorry, Brother Yuan has never been able to sit still, he just said he was going to practice martial arts."

"He's a young man with a child's heart, so it's normal that he can't talk to us."

"Everyone, please forgive me."

Gu Jian's words are really not beautiful enough, both inside and outside the words refer to Gu Yuan's youthful spirit, eccentric temperament and so on.

All the nobles present here have been immersed in the court for decades, and they are all old foxes. At a glance, they can tell that Gu's family and second family are at odds.

How did the second room of the Gu family get their title? Even if they don't say it publicly, everyone knows it very well.

At this moment, everyone inevitably remembered those old events, and exchanged meaningful glances in twos and threes.

Eight years ago, after the "accident" happened to Gu Ce, Marquis of Xian Dingyuan, Mrs. Gu immediately gave up the long house to the late emperor. People feel a little chilled.

After the second family took over the title, from the outside, in the past eight years, the Gu family has also taken care of the eldest son and daughter.

However, Gu Yuan is the eldest son of Gu Ce, and he could have enjoyed the favor of the Marquis Mansion to serve as a fifth-rank general in the army, but Gu Yuan had to start from a small soldier step by step... After so many years of honing in the middle school, he also made a lot of military achievements, which made him come to where he is today.

Gu Yuan obviously has the style of being a father. He is a natural general. He took up the position of the governor of Luanyiwei Town at a young age, and won the favor of the emperor and the Duke of Wei. It is obvious that he is about to rise.

As for Gu Jian...

Gu Jian is a mediocre person, far inferior to her brother. She has inherited the title for so many years and has done nothing. It is only such a title that can fool people. In the next generation, "Hou" should be reduced to "Bo".

Who should make friends with, everyone present can see clearly.

The eldest son of Uncle Yan'an got up first, and cupped his hands towards Gu Jian: "Uncle Shi, I still have an errand to attend today, so I will take my leave first."

Marquis Pingjin followed closely and said: "Brother, you are injured and you have to take good care of it. I won't bother you today."

Gu Jian hurriedly persuaded her to stay: "My injury is okay, brother, it's rare for you to come, so at least have a few drinks with me before leaving."

His right arm was still in a plaster cast and wrapped in a bandage. In fact, this statement was not convincing. The other party slapped him and said, "I'll drink it another day", and then left.

Not only the two Marquis Pingjin, but also several other guests made excuses to leave without saving Gu Jian the slightest bit of face. The hall was empty after less than half a stick of incense.

Gu Jian's face was green, sometimes white, sometimes red, and looked at Madam Gu awkwardly, speechless for a long time.

Originally, Mrs. Gu thought it would be the same for Gu Jian to treat guests.

but……

Looking at the guests leaving in front of her, Mrs. Gu's heart sank, as if she felt lost.

From the moment Gu Yuan received the transfer order from the Shenji Camp yesterday, something seemed to have started to change, and today, they are completely out of control.

Gu Xiao's youthful face seemed to be stained with ink, and he also resigned stiffly.

Gu Jian was just trying to entertain the guests, and his heart was full of anger, and he was out of his mind. When he left the hall, he didn't pay attention to his step, and his right foot tripped over the threshold, and he fell a lot.

The fall caused more injuries, his right arm hit the ground, and screams resounded throughout the Hou Mansion.

On the same day, the main hospital invited famous doctors from Beijing to come to treat them. Doctors invited one after another, and it took half a night before they stopped. The whole Hou Mansion was not peaceful because of this.

"Young Master, I heard that Madam Tai originally wanted to invite Old Doctor Li, but Old Doctor Li was annoyed and refused to come again. Later, he had to settle for second best and invite other doctors who are good at treating trauma in the capital."

"Those doctors all said that Master Hou's old injury has not healed yet, and he has added a new injury. If this continues, his hand may not be able to hold a pen."

Gu Yuan had a good night's sleep, and slept peacefully until dawn. When he heard the news from Wutong, the boy servant, it was already early morning the next day.

At the end, Wutong asked hesitantly: "Young Master, Mrs. Tai asked you to go and see Lord Hou..."

"No need."

Gu Yuan dropped these two words and went out.

Today is his first day as the governor of Luanyiwei Township, and the first thing he does when he takes office is to accompany the eldest prince Chu Yi out of Beijing.

This is the first time in eight years that the Yue State has sent envoys to visit Dajing.

The envoy was the third prince of the Yue Kingdom, who came from the noble concubine of the Yue Kingdom. His elder brother, the Great Prince of the Yue Kingdom, had just been established as the crown prince this year.

This time the three princes of the Yue Kingdom came to visit, it was taken for granted that Dajing should not choose too casually the person responsible for welcoming the envoys, lest the Yue Kingdom feel that Dajing was contemptuous.

Therefore, more than half a month ago, the court had already decided that King Kang Chuyou would go to welcome the third prince of Yue Kingdom and other envoys.

However, not long ago, King Kang stabbed Fang Mingfeng, the prince of the British Duke, for no reason. This action aroused the anger of the nobles, and the Duke of Wei, the British Duke and others strictly opposed it.

The emperor immediately decreed to appoint the eldest prince Chu Yi to take full charge of this matter.

Kang Wang's family has just suffered a big setback, and with the support of Wei Guogong and others, this matter went smoothly beyond ordinary.

This was also the first errand for the First Prince after returning to China.

With so many eyes staring at him in Beijing, Gu Yuan was also very solemn. Since then, he never went back to the Marquis Mansion. He only asked someone to come back and tell Gu Yanfei that he accompanied the eldest prince to temporarily stay in the Ministry of War.

Anyway, Gu Yuan has always been homeless, and Gu Yanfei has long been used to it.

In the days that followed, she hardly ever went out, focusing all her energy on the flintlock gun that Gu Yuan left with her.

Gu Yanfei planned to draw a formation on this flintlock gun.

Last time, the one she casually drew in the garden was a one-time temporary formation, which could double the power of the flintlock.

At that time, even Gu Yuan was stunned. He took the flintlock gun and looked at it again and again, which also attracted half of the Hou's mansion to watch. Gu Yanfei tried the two guns and roughly judged the power, so he didn't continue.

It's not difficult to draw a formation, but it's rare that there is no aura to borrow in this small world.

After all, the aura of the phoenix-patterned jade pendant was too little, not even enough for her to draw the aura into her body. Every time the aura in her body was used up, it would take a long time to "recover blood".

A permanent "sharp array", even if it is the lowest level, would take a lot of time for her now. After drawing for a while, she would have to wait for her spiritual power to recover before continuing to draw...

Fortunately, the plum blossom jade hairpin that Chu Yi gave can continuously nourish the sea of ​​consciousness and speed up the recovery of spiritual power.

Gu Yanfei, who stayed behind closed doors, meditated in a small study every day, drawing formations, meditating again, and then drawing formations.

Repeating the days so monotonously, seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month.

After spending so much time, the result is not satisfactory.

Looking at the crooked and intermittent formation on the flintlock, Gu Yanfei sighed deeply.

It was so ugly that she couldn't bear to look directly at it.

If Master saw it, not only would she be laughed at, but she would also be fined to draw 300 more of the same formation.

Thinking of the years when he first learned formations from his master, Gu Yanfei curled his lips.

The milk cat rolled carelessly on its belly, rubbing its back on the ground for a while, and grinding its teeth with a branch of plum blossom for a while.

Gu Yanfei reached out his hand unexpectedly, grabbed the milk cat, pressed a front paw to the cinnabar, and pressed a bright red "plum blossom seal" on the gun.

Well, it looks much better now!

Gu Yanfei thought while pretending to be peaceful.

"Girl, the young master is here." Juan Bi walked in beamingly, her hair wrapped in a scarf, and she was holding a feather duster in her hand.

The Hou Mansion has already started to prepare for the new year. On the day of the new year, there is a sacrifice to the stove and sweeping the dust. The maids and women in the courtyard are all holding brooms, feather dusters and so on, dusting off the dirt, sweeping the courtyard, dredging the ditches... one by one. Happily sweeping the dust.

It's a young age. Only then did Gu Yanfei become dull aware of the passage of time.

She pursed her lips and smiled, threw the flintlock aside, and took the rhino horn bow on the desk again.

It's a good sign to remove the old and welcome the new.

Gu Yanfei happily left the small study room with a newly repaired rhino horn bow.

She is not afraid of the cold, so there is no charcoal burner in the house, and the afternoon sun shines into the second room through the open window, which is bright and transparent.

Gu Yuan was already sitting on the Arhat bed drinking tea.

He was wearing a green lotus-colored dark-pattern straight gown, tied around his waist with a silver silk sash, with a sword on his side.

His sitting posture was tall and straight, like a bamboo like a pine, with the unique demeanor of a soldier, and the arrogance of a young man in his expression.

"younger sister!"

Hearing the movement, Gu Yuan put down the teacup and looked up at Gu Yanfei, his eyes were as clear as stars.

Gu Yanfei also laughed.

It's only been a few days since I saw him, but Gu Yuan has changed a lot, his whole person is a bit more energetic than before, even if he doesn't smile, he still looks energetic.

It seems that he is doing well in Luanyiwei.

"Brother," Gu Yanfei sat down beside Gu Yuan, took an orange from the fruit bowl and threw it at him casually, "Try this orange, it's from Zhuangzi, it's very sweet."

Casually catching the oranges given by his sister, Gu Yuan curled his lips into a smile, happy and satisfied.

Afterwards, he suppressed his smile and said, "Murong Yong was just transferred yesterday, and was changed to Qianhu of Shenji Camp."

That is to replace his previous transfer order.

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