Chapter 331 Gu Tingye's Advantages

At first, Gu Tingye wanted to have a good fight with Wei Yuan.

After all, he gained a lot from the battle between Yanbian and Xixia, and he thought that his martial arts had also improved.

He thought to himself that even Wei Yuan, whom he respected very much and was known as Wei Wudi among the Liao and Xia enemy armies, could not defeat him within fifty moves, right?

However, in fact, without fifty moves, Gu Tingye was already at a disadvantage with just a dozen moves.

This is under the premise that Wei Yuan intends to give in.

After more than a dozen moves, Gu Tingye was passively beaten.

At fifty moves, Gu Tingye was already bruised and swollen.

Not far away, Sister Jing sat next to Zhang Guifen and said in a sweet voice:

"Mom, that uncle is so stupid, he can't even beat dad!"

Zhang Guifen smiled, why did you hear this girl say that you shouldn't beat your father if you can't beat him, but you should beat him if you beat him?

You must know that Wei Yuan is a symbol of "invincibility" in the eyes of all living beings in the Zhou, Liao and Xia kingdoms.

Since the end of the Battle of Xiangzhou, some people have said that Wei Yuan has the courage of an overlord and Guan Yu's righteousness, which can be regarded as a model of martial arts in the past.

"Silly girl, do you know how powerful your father is?"

Zhang Guifen really wanted to describe how powerful Wei Yuan was.

I want to establish the concept of a hero in Wei Jingshu's heart.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I felt that some of the things I wanted to say were inappropriate.

Kill countless people? Unparalleled loyalty? Invincible?

In the minds of children, these words may have no concept.

"Mom, is my dad very powerful?"

"Last night, my father was knocked down by his daughter with just one punch! He had to beg his daughter for mercy!"

When Sister Jing speaks, she has a childish feeling, but also a voice that sounds very healing and sweet.

Just like pistachios.

Zhang Guifen gently tapped her forehead and said with a smile, "That's because your father is letting you go."

Sister Jing pouted, "Why did dad let me go? I won't let her give in!"

Having said this, Sister Jing stood up and yelled at Wei Yuan: "Bad daddy!"

This bad daddy sound made Wei Yuan completely lose his mind.

As the saying goes, in a duel between masters, the outcome is often determined by losing concentration for a moment.

Therefore, while Wei Yuan was in a trance, in order to quickly comfort his precious daughter, he knocked Gu Tingye to the ground with just one punch.

Then, he first wiped the sweat from his face with the handkerchief held by the maid next to him, then picked up Sister Jing in his arms. When he walked towards her, Zhang Guifen's scolding sound suddenly came to his ears.

"Who told you to say this? How did your father become so bad?"

Wei Jingshu pointed at Wei Yuan who was approaching and looked at Zhang Guifen aggrievedly, feeling very scared in her heart.

"Dad doesn't know how to stay with me and my brother all year round!"

"Grandpa said that my father is just a brat and doesn't care about me or my brother at all."

Wei Jingshu pouted.

Zhang Guifen got angry, picked up the child, and spanked the child hard.

"If you say anything again, I'll spread your ass!"

Wei Jingshu said aggrievedly: "I want to tell grandma and grandpa that I don't want to stay with my mother. My mother is bad, wuwu——"

Wei Yuan took advantage of the situation to stop Zhang Guifen's hand, held Wei Jingshu in his arms, and said sincerely:

"It's just a child, how serious is it to compete with her."

When Zhang Guifen saw that Wei Jingshu, forced by her harshness, actually took the initiative to hold Wei Yuan's shoulders, hoping that Wei Yuan would protect her, most of her arrogance immediately disappeared.

He turned around and looked at Gu Tingye, who was already bruised and swollen behind him, and said, "Brother Gu, let's see the joke."

Gu Tingye quickly bowed and said, "Madam, you are too worried."

Since Wei Yuan wanted to address Gu Yankai as his uncle, Zhang Guifen called him "little brother Gu" to show his closeness.

Wei Yuan hugged Wei Jingshu lovingly, and said to Gu Tingye impatiently: "There is a unique golden sore medicine in the Danglu military camp. You go and get it. Just say what I said, and leave as soon as you have nothing to do."

Zhang Guifen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't we still have it at home? Why should Brother Gu go to the army to get it?"

Wei Yuan said: "There are only a few bottles left in total. In the past few days, the brothers from Daizhou often come to me to compare notes. They also have to use it."

Zhang Guifen said: "You can send someone to the army to get it later."

After a pause, she smiled at Gu Tingye and said, "Brother Gu, just wait. Don't leave in a hurry. I'll get you some medicine."

Gu Tingye was about to say something when he saw Wei Yuan glare at him mercilessly.

He quickly bowed and said: "Madam, wait a minute, I also have gold sore medicine at home, so I won't bother you, madam. Madam, Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, I will resign from my humble position for the time being."

Zhang Guifen was anxious, "Hey!"

Gu Tingye said as he walked: "Madam, Commander Wei, please don't send me off. I'm a humble official and come back when you have time. Come back when you have time!"

Wei Yuan smiled and said loudly: "Are you coming again?"

Gu Tingye almost stumbled and fell while walking.

When some maids and servants in the mansion saw it, they all covered their mouths and laughed.

Zhang Guifen rolled her eyes at Wei Yuan again.

She first asked Bao Zhu to get the golden sore medicine, and then chased after him herself.

"Brother Gu."

Seeing that Gu Tingye was about to step out of the Hou Mansion, Zhang Guifen had no choice but to stop him.

He turned around, bowed and said, "Madam."

Zhang Guifen said: "The officials in my family have always had that temper."

Gu Tingye said: "Madam, it's my fault. I shouldn't have chosen a date and came without handing over the invitation. It has nothing to do with the Marquis. Please stop talking, madam."

He was really afraid that Wei Yuan would suddenly show up again.

Zhang Guifen sighed softly, looked at Gu Tingye seriously, and asked:

"You came here today to say that you want to marry Minglan because Minglan is Wei Yuan's niece, the niece of the great general, champion, and tutor of the current Dazhu Kingdom?"

The latter said sternly: "I am here today only because Marquis Wei asked me to join the army, which saved my Gu family's title and status."

"If I say that I married Minglan without considering the Marquis, then I'm afraid no one will believe me."

"But please believe me, madam, I like the sixth girl of the Sheng family, but I like her. Even if I have no chance of promotion in my life after marrying the sixth girl of Sheng, I am still willing to do so."

Zhang Guifen asked curiously: "From what you said, it seems that you have already admired girl Ming?"

Gu Tingye nodded and said, "Indeed, when I was studying in the Sheng family, I saw Miss Sheng Liu being smart and cute. At that time, I only thought of her as my younger sister;"

"When I was playing polo, she teamed up with the young master of Qi State to beat me. At that time, I thought she was not only cute, but also had a dashing spirit that was no less than that of a lady."

"I met Miss Sheng Liu before that because my family had undergone a big change. On the eve of joining the army, I drank too much wine that day and went to talk to Changbai. Minglan happened to be there too. She made a sobering soup for me. That bowl of soup is delicious.”

tastes good?

Zhang Guifen chuckled, "You fell in love with Ming Yatou because of a bowl of soup?"

Gu Tingye said: "Maybe it's because when I came to Beijing recently, I saw Miss Sheng Liu buying things from a street vendor. Several sisters or people around her all called me Lord Gu, but she was the only one who still called me. Uncle Gu."

Zhang Guifen nodded. After Baozhu brought the golden sore medicine, he handed it to Gu Tingye and said seriously: "I will tell girl Ming what you want. As for what she thinks, it depends on what she wants."

Gu Tingye looked happy and said, "Thank you so much, madam."

Everyone in the capital knew that Minglan, the niece, was just like Wei Yuan's biological daughter.

Anyone who wants to marry Sheng Minglan must first get Wei Yuan's approval.

But how to get Wei Yuan's approval? Difficult.

After Gu Tingye left, Zhang Guifen came to Wei Yuan and said:

"After all, he has taken the title of Marquis Ningyuan. He is a Marquis, and you hit him like that? You don't know how to hold back."

Wei Yuan said disapprovingly: "Which one is Yuanzhi or Huhou? After you got drunk last night, didn't you still get knocked to the ground by my three punches and two kicks?"

Zhang Guifen said: "How can it be the same? Brother Daniu followed us from Daizhou, and he walked from the lowest level to where he is today. Gu Tingye doesn't necessarily have much love for you when he ascends the throne."

Wei Yuan said: "When Marquis Gu passed away, he left a last word in which he asked Gu Tingye to seize the title. However, Gu Tingye's brother and stepmother made excuses and said they did not hear Marquis Gu's last words clearly."

"In order to establish a leader in the official family, your father and I jointly wrote a letter to Zha Zi, saying that the Gu family cannot be wiped out in the army. This is how Gu Tingye can successfully ascend the throne."

"I didn't talk about it at first, and I just thought it didn't matter. Afterwards, Gu Tingye also knew about it. How could he not be grateful?"

Zhang Guifen said: "Today is different from the past. Besides, when I first met you, I was very polite and gave you such a gift. I just said that I was interested in Miss Ming. Why did I make you so unhappy?"

Wei Yuan felt a headache and said, "It's because the situation in Gu Tingye's family is so bad. I heard that Xiao Qin is a ruthless character among women. Gu Tingye's sick brother is rumored to be very thoughtful."

"If the girl goes away tomorrow, will she still be able to survive?"

Zhang Guifen said: "Now you are one person below ten thousand people, and you are the master of the current dynasty. You don't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. No matter how bad the situation of the Gu family is, you still dare to trouble Ming girl?"

"Besides, I am still here. I am a lady of the country, but I am an official with a golden tongue, and my position is higher than that of a noble concubine. I don't need to see anyone except the Queen Mother and the Empress."

"With me here, are you still afraid that the girl will be wronged if she marries into the Gu family?"

Wei Yuan asked, "Why do you think so highly of his Gu family?"

Zhang Guifen immediately said cautiously: "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Wei Yuan nodded.

Zhang Guifen simply said bluntly: "First of all, among the young talents of the same age, there are only a few people who can compare with Gu Tingye. Qin Zhen, Pan Shu, and the Changzhi brothers, except here, they are gone."

"Changzhi has been granted a marriage by the official family. It is an unwritten rule of the court that Changzhi should marry a daughter of the Chai family. The official family is young and there is no day for marriage, so they can only allow meritorious officials to marry the Chai family. female."

"As for Qin Zhen and Pan Shu, they were already married. Even the Huairen brothers were engaged to a Korean official before the Liao army went south."

"Although Girl Ming is the daughter of the Sheng family, the Sheng family is small and unknown. When people talk about Girl Ming, they immediately think of you, the niece of the leader of martial arts, how can you marry a civil servant Qingliu? Going home? Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, there has been no relationship between the powerful Wu Xun family and civil servants."

"If you count on your fingers, tell me, who else in the capital is worthy of Miss Ming?"

After a pause, Zhang Guifen continued:

"That's just the first one, the second one."

"Now people are saying that the party struggle between North Korea and China is getting serious again. It is said that there is unhappiness between the founding fathers and the new elites in North Korea and China. Although it is a myth, it is by no means groundless."

"When you were accompanying the emperor in the palace, Brother Chen beat up the families of Duke Cheng and Duke Yan. Those young men were young and hot-tempered and didn't know their limits. In a hurry, they didn't know Da Niu's identity, so they went back and beat Da Niu with hundreds of people."

"Da Niu was indignant and led thousands of soldiers of the Danglu Army to surround the mansion of Duke Cheng. That was the mansion given to the family of Duke Cheng by Emperor Taizong. How dare they surround it?"

"Since then, people have said that the founding heroes can't beat the new military heroes. This day is still short, what will happen if it's too long?"

"My father will eventually get old. One day, when my father gets old and the Changzhi brothers are gone, will the newly noble Wei family no longer interact with the founding nobles? "

"You are the head of the military meritorious service, and you must treat everyone equally. No matter whether they are the newly nobles of Daizhou or the founding nobles, you must be considerate. After all, Qin Zhen, Pan Shu and others also call you big brother from the bottom of their hearts, and you can't let them down."

"Although Gu Tingye's family situation is bad, the reputation and prestige of the Gu family in this army are almost the same as my Zhang family. The Gu family can unite with the founding nobles to help you."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan had to be surprised at how meticulous Zhang Guifen's thinking was.

First, Gu Tingye is also a young talent, and second, the Gu family can help the Wei family.

This is also a major disadvantage for children from wealthy families.

No matter what they do, even things like marriage, they like to get close to political marriage.

But there is nothing they can do about it.

Someone secretly set up a plan to make the newly nobles of Daizhou break up with the founding nobles.

Wei Yuan had already smelled this smell.

As for who it was

I have been with the little emperor these days, and the little emperor is obviously not such a person.

Wang Anshi is busy with the next reform.

Fan Chunren just wants to be a prime minister with a smooth transition.

I am afraid that only the old ministers in the Jiayou period have such thoughts.

"Even if we break with the founding nobles, even if we don't rely on the Gu family or the Qin family, the Pan family and other founding military heroes, our Wei family can still be prosperous, without sacrificing Ming girl's marriage to do such things."

Wei Yuan said here.

Suddenly, Zhang Guifen patted him and said with an unhappy face:

"Ming girl is not only my niece, but also my best friend who I can talk to about anything. How can I use Ming girl's marriage to contribute to my Wei family? What are you thinking?"

"Think carefully, besides Gu Tingye, are there really young talents suitable for Ming girl? The young master of the Duke of Qi? Our Majesty has set the reign title to Kaiwu. Do you think that a military family who has given up military service and turned to literature and even forgotten the basics will be reused by the government in the future?"

"Qi Heng has never had a strong opinion. Even if he has, he listens to the princess. With this mindset, how can he mix in the officialdom? The children of military honors serving as civil officials are always excluded and not optimistic in any dynasty."

"Tell me, besides Gu Tingye, who else can match Ming girl?"