Chapter 161: The direct grandson of the Hou Mansion
Dali Temple Prison.
"Master Hou, please come this way."
The jailer led the way with a smile on his face. Although Qin Hao has only held a few casual posts in the Privy Council, his rank is not low. From the third rank to General Yunhui, he is qualified to wear purple robes, not to mention that he also has Marquis Jinghai.
With a title of nobility, a little jailer would not dare to neglect him.
"It's unjust, sir."
"It's unjust, I'm unjust!"
Prison has never been a good place. Along the way, there were constant wailing sounds from the prisons on both sides. If you stay in this environment for a long time, normal people will become abnormal. It is no wonder that those cruel officials are all like psychopaths. They are probably suffering from the disease.
the result of environmental impact.
"Master Marquis, this is it." The jailer said and opened the door flatteringly.
Gu Tingwei heard the sound of the door lock, turned around quickly, and then saw Qin Hao. His face burst into tears, and he threw himself at Qin Hao's feet, hugged Qin Hao's thigh, and cried.
"Cousin, you are finally here. Please save me quickly. I can't stay here any longer."
Qin Hao pulled Gu Tingwei up and said angrily: "Now you know how to be afraid? Why didn't you know how to be afraid when you were using those two beauties?"
Gu Tingwei cried bitterly: "Cousin, I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please rescue me quickly. This is not a place for people. There are bedbugs everywhere. I can't eat well or sleep well."
not good."
Qin Hao sighed and patted his shoulder: "Now the imperial court is conducting a thorough investigation of Yan Wang's gang members, and I can't rescue you right away. I can only try my best to find a way to plead with the officials, but now I have only received a few
As a casualty, I'm afraid I don't have enough weight in front of the officials, so I can only come to see you first and give you some clothes and bedding to make you feel better in there."
When Gu Tingwei heard this, he immediately turned bitter: "Cousin, you must save me."
The two dandy boys in the fourth and fifth rooms next door became anxious when they saw Qin Hao coming but didn't ask about their situation at all.
"Cousin, I am your cousin too. Don't forget us."
"Yeah, why didn't you bring us a copy of these clothes and bedding?"
Qin Hao was so angry. Did he think he was Santa Claus who came to deliver gifts? One for each person? He had never had a good impression of the Gu family's four-bedroom and five-bedroom families. This time, if it weren't for the conflict with Xiao Qin's family,
He didn't even bother to come to the prison cell because of the kinship relationship. Are these two guys the only ones who have anything to do with him?
"Hey, the two cousins are here too, but aunt just said that Ting Wei came in and asked me to find a way to get him out, but she didn't say that you guys came in too, or I'll give it to you next time I come here
Bring it?" Qin Hao secretly provoked.
Sure enough, these two guys got angry when they heard this.
"What a little Qin. Thanks to us always respecting her so much, if something happens, she only has her son in her eyes, not our two nephews!"
When Gu Tingwei heard what they said about his mother, he defended: "Two cousins, don't say that. Maybe my mother forgot to explain for a while, she is not that kind of person."
"Bah, you are so hypocritical. You are all in the same boat. I heard that during the interrogation, you put all the blame on us. Why didn't you shirk it when we were enjoying those two beauties?"
"It's just that you, mother and son, are both the same. You have two faces in front of you and the other in the back. It's disgusting!"
Qin Hao didn't bother to watch them dog-eat-dog. After leaving the Dali Temple prison, he got on the carriage and went to the palace.
"Qin Aiqing is here, come and take a look, what do you think of this chart?" Zhao Zongquan was fiddling with a chart in high spirits, and enthusiastically invited Qin Hao to enjoy it together.
Qin Hao knew why Zhao Zongquan was so happy. It had been almost a year since Shen Congxin took over his position. However, when Qin Hao came back, it was already winter and was not suitable for going to sea. Coupled with the influence of the monsoon, Shen Congxin should go to sea in three months. In the past, if I counted the days, I would come back around this time.
During this period, Qin Hao also received complaints from some of his old subordinates. Shen Congxin was a completely reckless man, and his relations with many famous people in Fusang were very tense.
The most speechless thing is that this guy actually wants to requisition the ships of those merchants for free to help him transport goods. Perhaps in his opinion, merchants are just a bunch of soft persimmons, and he can do whatever he wants.
However, Shen Congxin didn't know that maritime merchants were different from merchants in the Song Dynasty. The merchants in the Song Dynasty did not dare to offend the nobles because they had nowhere to go, while the maritime merchants had a way out, and they really couldn't take them with them. When families travel across the ocean, it is easy to find a suitable place to settle down.
When Shen Congxin made this request, he had already lost the support of the merchants. All the merchants ran away overnight. However, this guy still thinks highly of himself. He felt that without these merchants relying on the fleet left by Qin Hao, he would not be able to survive. Huge amounts of wealth can also be obtained from various countries.
In this way, Shen Congxin traveled across the ocean this time, not only taking away the fleet left by Qin Hao, but also gathering a dozen large ships worth three thousand or four thousand materials. He wanted to prove that what Qin Hao could do, he could do the same. arrive.
Qin Hao kept chatting with Zhao Zongquan about his experiences at sea, which made Zhao Zongquan excited.
"The whole world is not the land of the king. This sea area is also the world of the few. For such a rich land to be occupied by a group of natives is a waste of natural resources."
Just when Qin Hao was about to compliment him, an eunuch rushed in in a hurry.
"Guan family, General Shen is urgent for eight hundred miles."
Zhao Zongquan laughed loudly and said to Qin Hao: "Look, we were just talking about this thing at sea, and it came."
"Send it up."
"promise."
Zhao Zongquan unfolded the memorial casually, and the smile on his face froze for a moment. Then he threw the memorial to the ground and shouted angrily: "How does this Shen Congxin do things?"
Yes, no need to ask, Shen Congxin must have fallen into trouble this time, and Qin Hao couldn't ask. It would be a slap in Zhao Zongquan's face, so he could only wait for him to calm down first and take the initiative to bring it up.
Zhao Zongquan vented his anger, picked up the memorial again and flipped it over in frustration, then threw it to Qin Hao.
Only when Qin Hao took a look did he realize how unreliable Shen Congxin was. This guy took more than a dozen ships out to sea. According to Qin Hao's previous route, it went smoothly when he went there. But after arriving in Siam (Thailand), look over there. They were all natives and had poor weapons and equipment, so they just started looting. They gained a lot at first, but they soon encountered a counterattack by the local natives.
Although the natives have poor weapons and equipment and no fighting skills, they live in dense forests all year round. They have endless means for sneak attacks. Soon Shen Congxin lost his troops and even he was almost poisoned to death. He had no choice but to just Can return to the sea.
When he arrived in Zhenla, Shen Congxin finally learned his lesson and bartered with the local natives in exchange for a lot of gold, ivory, and spices. However, Shen Congxin's greedy habit recurred, and the ship with three or four thousand materials was forced by him. After stuffing more than five thousand materials of cargo, they encountered a storm at sea. Except for the few giant ships with five thousand materials left by Qin Hao, all the other ships sank.
The remaining giant ships were able to escape thanks to the experience of the crews, who threw most of their cargo into the sea to reduce their burden, and they were able to escape the storm area by driving the ships.
Not to mention making money during such a trip, we also lost a lot of money. The compensation for the fallen soldiers alone was a huge expense.
Zhao Zongquan was now ready to kill Shen Congxin. He had just formulated a policy of minting gold coins, fully expecting that Shen Congxin could bring back a large amount of gold as raw materials. However, he could only shelve it now, which would undoubtedly greatly affect his prestige.
Zhao Zongquan looked at Qin Hao with a responsible look. This incident told him that things at sea were not as simple as he thought, and not everyone could play it.
"Qin Aiqing, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Qin Hao respectfully held up his hands and said, "The most important thing now is to pay for the fallen soldiers. Otherwise, if we lose our military morale, I'm afraid I won't even be able to save the Iwami Silver Mine in Fuso."
Zhao Zongquan was shocked. The Shijian Silver Mine was already an indispensable part of his coinage reform and could not be missed.
"What Qin Aiqing said is in line with everyone's wishes, so let's leave this matter to Qin Aiqing."
"promise."
This is a disguised restoration of Qin Hao's previous position. Zhao Zongquan did not mention the punishment for Shen Congxin at all. The main reason is that there are really few trustworthy people around him, so he can only take care of it for him first.
"Oh, by the way, why did Qin Aiqing come to the palace this time?" Zhao Zongquan also knew that Qin Hao was usually fine, and even the Privy Council only went to order a meal. He definitely didn't come to the palace to chat with him out of boredom.
Qin Hao explained the situation again.
Zhao Zongquan smiled and scolded: "This Gu Tingye is used to making mysteries, which really puts Qin Aiqing in trouble."
Qin Hao bowed slightly: "Actually, it would be good to let the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion receive a lesson, so as to save them from sitting around doing nothing all day long, and they might cause even greater trouble in the future. I really can't bear it. It’s because of my aunt’s request that I came to ask the officials for leniency.”
It means, as long as you don't kill him, you can punish him whatever you want.
Zhao Zongquan laughed loudly when he heard this: "No wonder you and Gu Tingye can become close friends. We really have the same chemistry."
"Then we will first imprison the third young master of the Hou family for half a month, and the other two will be sentenced as appropriate after the trial in Dali Temple."
"Thank you for your grace."
After leaving the palace, Qin Hao arrived at Ningyuan Hou Mansion.
Xiao Qin's family also had four and five people who came out to welcome them. In the past, Qin Haolai did not receive such treatment.
"Master Hou, how are you?" Xiao Qin asked earnestly.
Qin Hao pretended to sigh and said: "I have asked for grace from the officials, but the officials said that it is against the party. No one can interfere until the Dali Temple has heard clearly. There is nothing I can do."
"ah?"
In an instant, the two wives from the fourth and fifth bedrooms were caught and fainted. The eldest wife from the fourth bedroom was crying like a slaughtered pig, and the eldest wife from the fifth bedroom wiped her tears.
Xiao Qin was secretly disappointed and grabbed Qin Hao's hand again and asked: "Master Hou, how is my Ting Wei doing?"
Qin Hao comforted him: "Auntie, please don't worry. I have already gone to Dali Temple to see my cousin Ting Wei. He is fine and has not suffered any physical pain. It's just that the weather is a bit cold. I gave him some clothes and bedding.
It shouldn’t be too difficult.”
The fourth master became anxious when he heard this: "Sister-in-law, you brought something for Ting Wei, why didn't you tell us?"
The Fifth Master was also upset and said: "Sister-in-law, you can't just care about your family, Ting Wei, and not care about our brother's life, right? It's freezing cold, how can they survive in there?"
Xiao Qin secretly thought it was wrong and was careless, so she quickly pretended to be helpless and weak.
"It's all my fault. I'm a woman who doesn't understand anything. She forgets everything when she panics."
The fourth wife and the fifth wife did not believe her words, and immediately started to quarrel with her.
Just when the scene was getting violent, Gu Tingyu, who had never spoken, shouted: "Stop arguing, the most important thing now is how to rescue Ting Wei and the others."
As he said this, Gu Tingyu coughed violently.
Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw this. The eldest son of Ningyuan Houfu was initially known as the twin sons of Bianjing along with Qi Heng. He was not inferior to Qi Heng in terms of appearance and knowledge, but he had suffered from serious illness since childhood.
, dragged down by this sickly body.
Otherwise, Gu Tingye would never be able to inherit the title of Marquis Ningyuan in his lifetime.
Gu Tingyu cupped his hands at Qin Haogong and said: "Cousin, you have also seen the Ningyuan Marquis's house now, old and young. I am like this, so I can only ask my cousin to run away."
Qin Hao said quickly: "Everything my cousin said is right. It's just that when the officials succeeded to the throne, I was far away in Fusang, and I didn't have much friendship with the officials. I really can't help much."
As soon as these words came out, the fourth wife was instantly awakened: "Yes, Gu Tingye is a meritorious official from the Long Dynasty. He has always been dignified in front of officials. He must have a way to save these brothers."
Gu Tingyu coughed violently, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think Gu Tingye will save them? Stop dreaming."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "That's not necessarily the case. It's your eldest brother who has always treated him harshly. It has nothing to do with our fourth and fifth bedrooms." Mrs. Fifth curled her lips.
Qin Hao didn't bother to watch them dog-eat-dog anymore. Anyway, he had already made a gesture. Even Xiao Qin couldn't say that he didn't try his best. The next thing would depend on how Gu Tingye played with these people.
In the following days, there were quarrels in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion from time to time. It was said that Gu Tingyu was so angry that the doctor almost failed to save him.
Gu Tingye's attitude is also very tough. If he wants him to help plead for mercy, he must hold a clan meeting and record everything his mother Bai has done for the Gu family in the genealogy, otherwise there will be no discussion.
The two sides were in a stalemate for several days, and finally the balance was broken by several jailers. The person in the fourth room of the Gu family was probably too depressed from being imprisoned, so he actually provoked the jailer, and was beaten violently. The person in the fifth room of the Gu family and Gu Tingwei were frightened.
Peed my pants.
Xiao Qin felt sorry for her son and couldn't bear it anymore, so she agreed to Gu Tingye's request, and the fourth and fifth bedrooms also begged Gu Tingye to save him quickly.
Gu Tingyu was so angry that he lay down in bed and breathed his last breath.
Before his death, Gu Tingyu finally agreed to Gu Tingye's request and gave Gu Tingye the dowry list left by the Bai family, which was regarded as buying him a favor.
In less than a year, two marquises of the Gu family died one after another, which was really unlucky.
Not long after Gu Tingyu was buried, Gu Tingye inherited the title of Marquis Ningyuan, which made Xiao Qin feel as uncomfortable as fried oil. The only consolation was that Gu Tingye kept his promise and Gu Tingwei was released.
Qin Hao didn't bother to pay attention to the Gu family's tragic events. Except for the day of Gu Tingyu's funeral and the day of his burial, Qin Hao spent the rest of the time at home with Yu Yanran.
As Yu Yanran's due date was getting closer, Qin Hao became more and more uneasy. In ancient times, giving birth to a child was undoubtedly a hellish experience for women, and there was a possibility of one or two lives.
On this day, Yu Yanran suddenly felt a stomachache. Qin Hao quickly carried her to the delivery room, and Mrs. Wen and the doctor also came quickly.
Just two hours later, Yu Yanran still did not give birth smoothly. Qin Hao could no longer sit still and pushed open the delivery room door.
"Master Hou..."
Qin Hao glared at Po Wen: "Stop talking nonsense and do your job well."
When he was in Fusang, Qin Hao killed a lot of people, and his murderous intent was revealed unconsciously, making Po Wen tremble with fear.
"Master Hou." Yu Yanran's voice was hoarse.
Qin Hao hurriedly came to her side, grabbed her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, I'm here, everything will be fine."
Yu Yanran smiled weakly: "Master Hou, Yanran doesn't want to die. Yanran finally met such a good husband and only enjoyed happiness for a few years. Yanran really wants to stay with Master Hou until she grows old, just like her grandparents did.
.”
Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Yu were considered a model couple in ancient times. Mrs. Yu was a disciple of Mrs. Yu’s father, and later married this junior sister. She never took any concubines in her life.
The main reason why Old Mrs. Yu has no experience in internal struggles and cannot even deal with a Zhu Manniang is that she has no use for them.
Qin Hao wiped away the tears from the corners of Yu Yanran's eyes and comforted him softly: "Whatever stupid things you said, everything will be fine. Don't talk now, and save your strength to give birth to this traitorous son for me. I will beat him later."
His mother was tortured so miserably."
A smile appeared on Yu Yanran's pale face, and she nodded heavily: "Yes, spank him."
Outside the door, Qin Junye and Qin Liu were both at a loss when they saw Qin Hao rushing into the delivery room. After an unknown amount of time, just as they were suffering in their hearts, they suddenly heard a clear cry.
"Wow~~~"
Qin Junye and Qin Liu finally felt relieved.
"Congratulations, Lord Marquis, Madam, you are a twin brother and a phoenix."
"Dragon and Phoenix twins? Have a son? Rewards, lots of rewards!"
Qin Hao looked at the two little balls of flesh wrapped together on the bed, and then looked at the weak Yu Yanran, and couldn't help but sigh. No wonder it was so difficult to give birth to two babies.
After the delivery room was cleaned up, Qin Junye and Qin Liu also came in. Both of them couldn't put it down and hugged the boy in it. They were so happy that they could not find the north.
Qin Hao shook his head secretly, hugged his daughter and sat next to Yu Yanran: "This girl will definitely look like you when she grows up. She must be a great beauty."
Yu Yanran smiled weakly, held Qin Hao's hand with one hand, and fell asleep.
The Marquis of Dongchang finally had the next generation of grandsons and granddaughters, so naturally they wanted to celebrate. The Qin Liu family invited most of the nobles in Bianjing City to attend the ceremony for the birth of their two children.