Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 965 Five Great Families
early morning.

As soon as the city gate was opened, Gu Ruizhou entered the city and returned home with his personal entourage.

After changing his clothes, he went to Ning Huitang. Seeing that the whole family was there, he bowed to the elders and sat down.

Before they could ask, Gu Ruizhou hid part of the confession he had heard from last night and told it to a few people.

Gu Hongzhang's face turned pale when he heard this, and his eyes burned with anger:

"Ruined Yan'er's face? Destroyed Yan'er's reputation? There are also people who want to maim Yan'er and take Yan'er's life??"

Gu Qingyun was also very angry:
"That's unreasonable! Tianchu, who has been protected by the Gu family for generations, I didn't know there were so many bastards in the capital of Tianchu State, and there was no room for the juniors of the Gu family!"

Bai Yiran and Gu Yichen cursed angrily and asked who ordered it.

Gu Ruizhou: "Most of those people are paid to do things. They have scruples about taking action against Yan'er, so they are looking for people outside with huge sums of money, and are tracing them based on their confessions. Currently, I only know of one who sent his own people to take action. "

Gu Hongzhang: "Who?"

Gu Ruizhou glanced at the few people, his expression turned solemn:

"One of the five great families, the Cheng family."

Gu Yichen thought carefully in his mind:

"Cheng family? Although we have heard about it, we have never seen it. We have never interacted with the Cheng family. There is no trace of them in the court. We have never heard that the Taifu or uncle interacted with them. Naturally, we can't talk about offending them. Why bother?"

Gu Qingyun: "But the check was wrong?"

Hearing Gu Qingyun's doubts, Bai Yiran asked confusedly:
"Is there any difference in this Cheng family?" Gu Qingyun sighed with regret as he recalled the past.

There were originally only four aristocratic families in Tai'an City, namely Tang, Cheng, Zheng, and Qi.

The ancestors of the aristocratic family fought hard to gain status, and accumulated wealth from generation to generation. The descendants of the ancestors started their own businesses and maintained the family business. The family became larger and larger, and controlled countless wealth, connections, private fiefdoms and even private soldiers.

The previous dynasty was in turmoil for nearly ten years. Although the four major families were affected, they still stood firm in the troubled times, which showed the deep foundation.

Later, the late emperor calmed down the turmoil, and the four major families all bowed to the late emperor and supported the late emperor in ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor. The late emperor also treated the four major families with courtesy.

The Xue family, a salt merchant at that time, helped the late emperor with all his resources when he launched his army. After the emperor ascended the throne, he was grateful for the high righteousness of the Xue family, so he negotiated with the four major families to make the Xue family one of the aristocratic families. This led to the formation of the five major aristocratic families.

Among the aristocratic families at that time, those who respected and were most loyal to the late emperor were the Cheng family, the Zheng family, and the Tang family, and the Cheng family was even more so.

The late emperor and the head of the Cheng family at that time had a similar spirit and often treated each other as brothers in private.

Whenever the late emperor's new policies met with resistance, the Cheng family was the first to stand up and spare no effort to help the late emperor clear the obstacles.

Gu Qingyun: "Since the death of the late emperor, the Cheng family has gradually disappeared from the public. They have neither been in official positions nor interacted with people in the court. As a result, many young people now have forgotten the Cheng family."

Gu Hongzhang: "The Cheng family has a noble family tradition and is particularly strict with the education of the younger generations. Not to mention committing adultery and breaking laws, even those who do not cultivate personal ethics and cause trouble will be expelled from the family. Even the late emperor once praised him."

Gu Qingyun: "Back then, members of the Cheng family would always be looked down upon wherever they went. Even your grandfather used the Cheng family as an example to teach me."

Gu Yichen: "If the family tradition is so good, then why would you attack a weak woman like Yan'er?"

Gu Ruizhou: "According to the confessions of the captured mother and daughter, they were ordered by the second young lady of the Cheng family who is now the fourth bedroom."