Powerful

Chapter 154

Gu Zhan just sat on the chair motionless, if not for the surging tears, the whole person would be as silent.

Gu Chongting and Lian's were still standing in Zhongxiao Hall, their expressions were very similar, they were full of resentment and meanness, as if they had received all the mistreatment in the world.

It was Gu Chong'an who broke the dead silence first.Everything he saw and heard today was too shocking, completely beyond his cognition of more than 30 years.In particular, the fact that Gu Chongting was not Gu Zhan's own son directly stunned him.

The father's answer obviously showed that he knew about it.This, how is this possible?

"Father, may I ask what's going on? The second brother... the second brother..." Gu Chong'an didn't finish his words, but the meaning was already very clear.

Gu Zhan opened his eyes, eyes still misty, looked at Gu Chongting as if he were a stranger, and said, "This is the end of the matter, so tell me, how do you know that you are from the Jiang family?"

His voice was too calm, so calm that it made people feel frightened. Facing such a gaze, Gu Chongting couldn't help feeling his throat dry, and his eyes began to wander.

How did he know that he was from the Jiang family?Hearing Gu Zhan's question, Gu Chongting remembered what happened back then.He has repeatedly thought about the scene at that time for more than ten years, and sometimes even thought about it, if no one came to him at that time and told him the truth, what would his life be like?

Being the second young master and second master of the Gu family ignorantly and at ease, without knowing his background and hatred, enjoying Gu Zhan's favor and trust, like an ordinary father and son in the world, wouldn't he be more comfortable?
If, after all, if, it can't happen again.

At that time, he was only 14 years old, but he had already entered Guozixue.At that time, Gu Zhan had already made his mark in the imperial court, and he was one of the meritorious candidates that the late emperor looked up to.Everyone knows that Gu Zhan has a bright and sensitive second son, who is both envious and jealous.

At that time, Gu Chongting felt that his life was extremely beautiful, and he always thanked God for his blessing.He was born in the Gu family in Jingzhao, and the Gu family had produced three Shangshu at that time. What an honor, he has always been proud of his identity, and he also determined to be a Shangshu in the future to continue the glory of the Gu family.

However, one day, an old and down-and-out man actually stopped him and said something that he would never forget in his whole life.

"You recognize a thief as your father. Gu Zhan is not your biological father, he is your enemy! Your biological father was Jiang Nai, the secretary and military officer of the Xijiang Prefecture at that time! The entire Jiang family was killed by Gu Yunning!" The down-and-out The old man shouted in such a low voice, with deep hatred in his voice.

At that time, Gu Chongting, who heard these words, was stunned. He wanted to immediately refute the old man's nonsense. He is definitely not the son of others, he is the Gu family!However, he couldn't say anything, instead he listened to what the old man said.

Because, Jiang Nai, he had heard of this name before.

It seems that when he was less than ten years old, he secretly hid in Gu Zhan's study room and overheard Jiang Nai. He only remembered his father Gu Zhan sighing quietly: "Oh, Jiang Nai...... Don't let the court know."

What was it that he couldn't let him know?Gu Chongting actually wanted to know very much, but he didn't expect to know it like this.

The old man cried intermittently, saying that during the battle of Yong'an that year, Gu Yunning, then Minister of the Ministry of War, supervised the army in Xijiang, and Jiang Nai was the recorder in his account and joined the army.Jiang Nai is a talented man who is outstanding in the military, and made great contributions to the victory of the Yong'an Battle.

However, in order to seize Jiang Nai's military merits, Gu Yuning even accused Jiang Nai of collaborating with the enemy, killed him, and sent people to Jiang Nai's hometown Dingzhou to kill all Jiang Nai's family members.Because Gu Zhan's wife gave birth to a stillborn baby, Jiang Nai's son was used as a replacement in order to avoid the ominous claims of Zhan Zhi. This is Gu Chongting's life experience!

"The Gu family took the power of greed for their own, and they will be punished by the gods! That stillborn baby is retribution! Pity you... pity you consider a thief as your father, and you don't know that you are being used without knowing it!" The old man cried like this, and rushed up Fighting against Gu Chongting.

Later, Gu Chongting began to investigate the matter calmly. He found that Gu Zhong, the servant of Gu Zhan, would go to Dingzhou every year; It was obvious that someone secretly tampered with it; he also heard many things about Jiang Nai from the veterans in Xijiang, including his inexplicable death later.

The poor old man had received Jiang Nai's life-saving grace, and it took more than ten years to vaguely know the truth of that year, and then told Gu Chongting.Then, he died shortly thereafter, holding his hand, crying and begging him for revenge.

For the past ten years, he has been like this, deliberately trying to make things happen to the Gu family. Gu Chong'an's eldest son was murdered by him, Fu's infertility for many years was caused by the second wife, and Gu Daozheng was also drug-dumb, just to avenge the Gu family. !
"I just wish that everyone in the Gu family would die, otherwise it would be too cheap for the Gu family!" Gu Chongting said fiercely, his sanity was on the verge of madness.In fact, he was already insane, otherwise he would not have done these insane things, and would have said them out!
Gu Zhan listened to all this in disbelief, feeling as if he was listening to a fairy tale.No one knew better than him what happened back then.But, what is Gu Chongting talking about?What he said was not the truth at all!

"Just because you listened to an old man's words, you firmly believe that the Gu family killed Jiang Nai and the Jiang family? You have revenge and have done so many evil things?" Gu Zhan muttered to himself, slowly walking into Gu Chongting, wanting to hear to his answer.

"Yes! I want to avenge the Jiang family!" Gu Chongting yelled viciously with his neck stiffened.

With a sound of "Pa!", Gu Zhan slapped Gu Chongting heavily.He used all his strength in this palm, and Gu Chongting's face immediately turned to the side, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
"You really are Jiang Nai's bloodline! This ingratitude, this interest-seeking hatred, is exactly what Jiang Nai looked like back then! However, Jiang Nai was able to realize his regrets and return to justice in the end, and he survived hundreds of thousands of people in Western Xinjiang. And you, Gu Chongting, what did you do? Jiang Naiquan knows that you must die with peace!" Gu Zhan gritted his teeth and couldn't help but slap Gu Chongting again.

"You want to know the truth back then, why didn't you come to ask me? You know your own life experience, why didn't you come to ask me for proof? I can't forgive you, and I can't forgive myself! I have raised and loved my son for decades It turned out to be such a white-eyed wolf!" Gu Zhan narrowed his eyes and his body trembled, as if he had been hit hard.
He looked at Gu Chongting, and suddenly burst out laughing "haha", tears came out of the corners of his eyes, but everyone felt that he was immersed in great pain now.

"Do you really want to know what happened back then? Then I will tell you in detail! You are not worthy to be a child of my Gu family, you are not even worthy to be the son of Jiang Nai..." Gu Zhan said with a smile, with a storm in his eyes .

Although more than 30 years have passed since the Battle of Yong'an, every time court officials and ordinary people think of this battle, they will have a deep respect and admiration, as well as deep pride. Erased from history, this battle most profoundly embodies the bravery and tenacity of Dading soldiers, and embodies their determination and courage to defend their home and country.
As a witness of the Yong'an Battle, apart from admiring the bravery of the soldiers, Gu Zhan felt more deeply about the hurt and helplessness brought about by the war, and what was more profound was that the Taiping Chengnian was too difficult, too difficult!
An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, the peace of Dading today was only bought by the soldiers and people of Dading who shed countless blood.In the face of the iron and blood of war, there is no room for choice about personal destiny. No, in the turbulent era, there is no personal destiny at all.

There is no side in the world, and things cannot always be bright.The same is true for the Battle of Yong'an. In addition to being brave and tenacious in defending the country, there are many dark and ugly things that cannot be recorded in the files of the Ministry of War.These dark and ugly things are indeed the instinct of people who are greedy for life and fear of death, and they are also the helplessness forced by the iron-blooded war, and they have no choice...

More than 30 years ago, Jiang Nai, the secretary of the Xijiang Prefecture and the military officer, was like this.He colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country not only because he was afraid of the Xisheng iron cavalry who was about to trample on the territory of Dading, but also because he had his wife who was about to give birth in Dingzhou in the western border, and because he had Xisheng in the position of secretary and military officer. Much needed military defense.

Therefore, in order to get the military information he needed, Xisheng lured Jiang Nai with money and pressure with his life, forcing Jiang Nai to leak the military and soldiers in Xijiang.In the first battle, Dading retreated steadily, and human lives were harvested like grass, because Jiang Nai leaked these defenses, because Jiang Nai colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country!

In the end, he repented, and under Gu Yuning's plan, he used his body as a bait to send an extremely important and false military information to the Xisheng military.Because Xisheng's previous military information from Jiang Nai made them win, so he did not doubt that he fell into Gu Yunning's trap, and Dading's soldiers were able to wipe out Xisheng's army, laying the foundation for the victory in the Battle of Yong'an. base.

Later, when the soldiers of Xisheng learned the truth, their hatred for Jiang Nai was so aroused that they didn't even care about running for their lives. They even risked their lives and bloodbathed Jiangjia Village in Dingzhou!
Jiang Nai repented and committed suicide, his wife died of dystocia, and the only blood left behind was Gu Chongting, this is the truth of everything!

"My grandfather, Gu Yuning, has never been greedy for merit! Your father, even though he was collaborating with the enemy and treasonously, still saved hundreds of thousands of people in Xijiang! Only you, Gu Chongting... and me, were so wrong!" Gu Zhan finally fell. Sitting on the ground, wept loudly.
(Outside the chapter: Every inch of mountains and rivers is equal to an inch of blood, this truth must be clear to everyone. What I firmly believe is that peaceful times are the prerequisite and guarantee for personal happiness. Peace is hard to come by, and what annoys me the most is those so-called "public intellectuals" Spraying indiscriminately, as if fearing that the world will not be chaotic, without a country, without peace, what else do individuals have?)

　Thanks for the peace talisman that I only miss!Thanks!

　　
　
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