NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Secret (Two More)
Chapter 103 Secret (two more)
Gu Yuan readily agreed, and said, “This thing is powerful and loud, so you can’t try it in the house, let’s go to the garden.”
The two brothers and sisters went out from Yuheng Garden and went all the way west to the nearest small garden.
Gu Yanfei prepared to fire the flintlock gun step by step according to the steps that Gu Yanfei said, and said to himself, “What’s the best way to shoot?”
“How about that?” Gu Yuan casually pointed forward, pointing to a strong weeping willow across the lake, and by the way reminded, “Be careful of the recoil when the flintlock gun is fired.”
“Okay.” Gu Yanfei smiled slightly, and calmly aimed the muzzle of the flintlock gun at the weeping willow across the lake, holding the gun in the left and the **** in the right, and then firmly pulled the trigger with his right hand.
The flint clip was pulled by the spring, and hit the edge of the fire door heavily, and a little spark appeared.
“boom!”
Hearing a deafening loud noise, a fire dragon spewed out of the flintlock muzzle rapidly, and the projectile passed through the lake like lightning and shot on a weeping willow opposite the lake.
The gun shot straight through the tree trunk, leaving a hole the size of a longan.
“簌簌…”
The trunk of the willow tree trembled violently, like a young beast shivering in the wind and rain.
There were still wisps of smoke gushing out from the muzzle, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the air.
The loud noise here almost rang through the small garden.
The servants in the garden heard the sound in twos and threes, and stared at this scene with stunned eyes.
“Sister, you shoot really well!” Gu Yuan applauded Gu Yanfei’s shot enthusiastically.
Gu Yanfei felt that his left arm was painful and numb from the recoil of the flint gun, and he swung his left arm.
This thing is far from the low-level magic weapon.
but…
Gu Yanfei looked thoughtfully on the flintlock gun several times. If he added a sharp edge array to it…
The index finger of her left hand made a slight phantom, and quickly drew a simple one-shot formation with her spiritual power.
Well, that’s a nice drawing.
She smiled with satisfaction, and then repeated the previous steps again, almost twice as fast as before, aiming the muzzle at another weeping willow across the lake.
“boom!”
The second shot sounded suddenly, louder than the first shot, and even the clouds in the sky above seemed to be shaken away.
Another puff of smoke spewed out from the muzzle, and the projectile that shot out was faster than before, and hit the second weeping willow with crimson flames with lightning speed.
With a “creak”, the tree trunk broke in the middle.
There was another loud noise, and the crown of the willow tree crashed down from where it broke and landed on the lake, splashing a large amount of water.
The servants on the sidelines were all dumbfounded, or covered their ears, or exclaimed, or whispered, and no one even thought of going to tell Mrs. Tai and Lord Hou.
More people heard the sound, and the second shot not only spread throughout the small garden, but even more than half of the mansion heard the sound.
Mrs. Gu Tai, who is in Cihetang at this moment, also heard it.
She was frightened by this inexplicable loud noise, and her heart was beating wildly in her chest, and an ominous premonition rose in her heart. She frowned and said, “Bai Lu, go and see what’s going on…”
Bai Lufu took the lead and hurried away.
She had just left on the front foot, when the old woman from the doorman on the back came running out of breath, and told the little maid in Tsing Yi who was guarding under the eaves: “The Prince of Yan’an has come to congratulate her.”
The news brought by the old lady allowed her to enter the Dongji room smoothly and meet Mrs. Gu Tai.
“Why did the Prince of Yan’an suddenly come to congratulate him?” Mrs. Gu Tai asked in confusion.
Recently, the family has had a lot of bad luck, and it is so bad luck.
The old lady replied beamingly: “Mrs. Tai, it is said that the eldest young master came to congratulate him and was transferred to Luan Yiwei, serving as the fourth-grade town minister.”
“…” Mrs. Gu Tai opened her eyes slightly in surprise, and then closed the five fingers of her left hand and clenched it into a fist.
She didn’t speak, and the old woman didn’t know what to do, so she could only stand with her head bowed.
The house fell into a dead silence.
After a moment of silence, the door curtain was beaten up again, and the little maid in blue hurriedly came in again, bowing her knees and saying, “Mrs. Tai, Pingjin Hou’s Mansion, Changxing’s Mansion, and General Longhu’s Mansion have all come to congratulate the young master on his promotion.”
Mrs. Gu Tai felt like her heart had been beaten hard with a whip, and it was painful, numb and stuffy.
Mrs. Gu Tai lowered her eyes, covered her left chest with her hunched body, and grabbed it with a little force, feeling that the heart throbbing under her palm was even more severe.
“Mrs. Tai, are you alright?” Li Ma asked with concern, raised her hand to stroke her back, but Madam Gu didn’t hear it.
She thought of Gu Yuan for a while, Gu Ce, who died young, and overlapped these two figures with another graceful figure.
First Gu Ce, then Gu Yuan.
She thought that even if Gu Yuan had to abandon Wen and join the military and enter the military camp, he would only be able to stop at a small soldier. How could the king tolerate the next son of a general who represents humiliation!
Unexpectedly, it was the Shenji Camp first, and now Gu Yuan is going to be transferred to Luan Yiwei. In just a few days, he has been promoted from the sixth-rank Qiangong to the third level in a row.
And he is also the Luan Yiwei who is near the emperor!
One step to the sky.
“Brother Yuan has a future, this is a happy event.” Mrs. Gu Tai said in a low voice, “Eldest sister will be happy in the sky.”
Speaking, Mrs. Gu Tai’s left fist clenched even tighter, her neatly trimmed nails sank deep into her soft palm, her heart seemed to be stabbed by an invisible thorn, and again.
“That person” is like a thorn embedded in her heart…
Mrs. Gu Tai’s eyes quickly turned a thick haze, and it was quickly suppressed.
She took two deep breaths, and said to herself in her heart, Gu Yuan’s good, this is also the expectation of the old marquis. Character.
After a while, Mrs. Gu Tai calmed down a lot, raised her eyelids, and instructed lightly, “Go and call the eldest young master… and the second young master to the hall of the outer courtyard.”
“Yes, Mrs. Tai.” The little maid in Tsing Yi bowed her knees and hurried out.
At the same time, the concierge who came to tell the story also retreated.
The room was silent again, only a faint sigh echoed in it.
Soon, Mrs. Gu Tai also took Li Ma and left Ci He Tang.
Today, a distinguished guest came to the door, and the second son, Gu Jian, was injured again. Mrs. Gu Tai could only decide to treat the guest in person to show her solemnity.
The doors of the hall have all been opened, making it look vast, bright, and transparent.
Gu Yuan came very quickly. Mrs. Gu Tai had just sat down on the chair of the first teacher, and the next moment, she saw Gu Yuan wearing a crimson official robe walking towards her outside the hall.
Mrs. Gu Tai’s eyes flashed a strange light and disappeared in a flash.
“Grandmother.” Gu Yuan bowed to Mrs. Gu Tai, and the manner of etiquette made it impossible to pick out a mistake.
“Brother Yuan,” Mrs. Gu Tai frowned with a long sigh and said helplessly, “It’s a big happy event for you to be transferred to Luangyiwei. Why don’t you tell your family about such a big thing?”
“Did you have a relationship with your family?”
During the conversation, Mrs. Gu Tai pulled Gu Yuan to her side and patted the back of his hand lovingly, as if yesterday’s quarrel never existed.
Gu Yuan neither nodded nor shook his head, and said nothing.
Mrs. Gu Tai had long been accustomed to Gu Yuan’s sullen temperament that she couldn’t hold back a word for a long time, and sighed again: “Forget it, after seeing people’s hearts over time, you will know that grandmother is all for your own good.”
“When you arrive at Luangyiwei in the future, you must do your best and keep working hard, so as not to disappoint your grandmother and your father’s expectations of you.”
“A lot of distinguished guests came to congratulate you today, and your second cousin will also come in a while. You two brothers treat the guests well.”
The corners of Mrs. Gu Tai’s lips were hooked, and even the wrinkles at the corners of her mouth were dyed with a pleasant arc.
Gu Yuan’s eyes turned, his fists clenched, but he still didn’t say a word.
In Mrs. Gu Tai’s eyes, Gu Yuan’s silence was a silent approval.
Mrs. Gu Tai was in a better mood, and with a smile on her face, she instructed the maid to serve several dishes of Gu Yuan’s favorite desserts, melons and fruits.
At first glance, grandparents and grandchildren are harmonious and happy.
When the Prince of Yan’an, Marquis of Pingjin, and Changxingbo came to the hall, they saw such a scene, so they congratulated Mrs. Gu Tai on her good fortune, the children and grandchildren are better than the blue, and they praised Gu Yuan’s young talent.
Gu Yuan generously entertained the old friends of the Gu family, greeted each other, and reminisced.
Mrs. Gu Tai also praised Gu Yuan from time to time, and said that she would ask these uncles to take care of Gu Yuan Yunyun in the future. From time to time, the corner of her eyes glanced outside the hall.
The hall is very lively.
Gu Yuan is smiling, but the smile is not as wide as his eyes, and the eyes of these people around him are also alienated.
He is like a lonely traveler who is out of tune with the festive atmosphere.
For a moment, he felt as if he had returned to eight years ago. Before he was nine years old, his grandmother and these uncles treated him like he is now, kind, warm, friendly, and tolerant.
But after his father’s accident, those uncles all invariably estranged from the long house…
After swallowing the glycolic tea in the mouth, there is only a strong bitterness left in the mouth.
“Brother Xiao, you are here.” Mrs. Gu Tai’s slightly excited voice awakened Gu Yuan from his sudden thoughts.
Gu Yuan raised his eyes and saw a thirteen-year-old boy in a sapphire blue robe walking into the hall. It was Gu Jian and Wang’s direct son Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao first bowed to Mrs. Gu Tai, who was in the first place, and reluctantly called out to Gu Yuan, “Big brother.”
Gu Xiao also heard about what happened yesterday, and he suspected that Gu Yuan had hurt his father, Gu Jian, so he looked at Gu Yuan with hostility in his eyes.
The thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy is at an age full of thorns.
The smile on Mrs. Gu Tai’s face deepened, and she was about to ask Gu Xiao to greet the guests.
Although Gu Xiao is not yet the prince, but sooner or later, this Hou Mansion will be his, just to accumulate some contacts for him.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yuan stood up abruptly, flicked his sleeves, and turned away without saying a word.
The whole room was silent.
(end of this chapter)