Chapter 162: The Direct Grandson of the Hou Mansion (Please Vote for Me!!!)

Dali Temple Prison.

"Master Marquis, 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 lunatics, and they are probably affected by 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 and turned around quickly. Then he saw Qin Hao. Tears burst into his face. He threw himself at Qin Hao's feet, hugged Qin Hao's thigh and cried.

"Cousin, you are finally here. Please save me. 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 I am a sinecure, and I am afraid that my weight in front of the officials is not enough, so I can only come to see you first and give you some clothes and bedding to make you feel better in there."

Gu Tingwei suddenly turned bitter when he heard this: "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 some clothes and bedding?"

Qin Hao was so angry that he thought he was Santa Claus coming to deliver gifts? One portion per person? He had never had a good impression of the Gu family's fourth and fifth bedrooms. If it weren't for his kinship with the Xiao Qin family, he wouldn't have bothered to come to the cell this time. These two guys had a problem with him. relation?

"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, don't be 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, it was already winter when Qin Hao came back, which 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 names 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 who can be manipulated as much as they want.

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. With families traveling across oceans, it was 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 fled overnight. However, this guy still thinks highly of himself. He felt that without these merchants relying on the fleet left by Qin Hao, 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 a few people. For such a rich land to be occupied by a group of natives, it is really a waste of natural resources."

Just when Qin Hao was about to compliment him, an eunuch rushed in in a hurry.

"Officials, 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, turned it over, and then threw it to Qin Hao.

Qin Hao realized at first glance 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 to 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 few remaining giant ships were able to survive thanks to the experienced crew members who threw most of their cargo into the sea to reduce their burden, and they were able to escape from the storm area by driving the ships.

Not to mention making money after such a trip, they also lost a lot of money. The pension for the fallen soldiers alone was a huge expense.

Zhao Zongquan is now ready to kill Shen Congxin. He has just formulated a policy of minting gold coins, fully expecting that Shen Congxin can bring back a large amount of gold as raw materials. However, he can only shelve it now, which will undoubtedly greatly affect his prestige.

Zhao Zongquan looked at Qin Hao with a complicated expression. 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 military morale, I'm afraid I won't even be able to keep 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. Even the Privy Council only went to order a number. He definitely didn't come to the palace to chat with him out of boredom.

Qin Hao explained the situation again.

Zhao Zongquan laughed and scolded: "This Gu Tingye is used to making mysteries, which makes Qin Aiqing in trouble."

Qin Hao bowed slightly: "Actually, it would be good to let the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion learn 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 come to ask the officials for leniency.”

It means, as long as it doesn't kill him, he can be punished as he pleases.

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 Mansion 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 coming out of the palace, Qin Hao arrived at Ningyuan Hou Mansion.

Xiao Qin's family and the people from the fourth and fifth bedrooms all came out to greet him. Qin Haolai had not received such treatment in the past.

"Master Marquis, how are you?" Xiao Qin asked eagerly.

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 is allowed to interfere until the Dali Temple has heard clearly. There is nothing I can do."

"ah?"

In an instant, the two ladies from the fourth and fifth bedrooms were caught and fainted. The eldest wife from the fourth bedroom also cried 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 unhappy 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 that it was not good, she was careless, and quickly pretended to be helpless and weak.

"It's all my fault. A woman doesn't understand anything. She forgets everything when she panics."

The fourth wife and the fifth wife didn't believe her words, and they immediately started to quarrel with her.

Just when the scene was getting chaotic, 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 with Qi Heng. He was not inferior to Qi Heng in 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 for the rest of his life.

Gu Tingyu cupped his hands at Qin Haogong and said: "Cousin, you have seen the Ningyuan Marquis's house now, the old and the 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 official succeeded to the throne, I was far away in Fusang, and I didn't have much friendship with the official. 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 decent 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."

"That's not necessarily the case. It's your eldest brother-in-law who has always treated him harshly. It has nothing to do with our fourth and fifth bedrooms." The fifth wife 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 would play with these people.

In the following days, there were quarrels in Ningyuan Hou 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 family tree, 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 locked up, 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 frying. 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.

Yu Yanran's due date is getting closer and closer, and Qin Hao's heart is getting 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 Po 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 door of the delivery room.

"Master Hou."

Qin Hao glared at Po Wen: "Stop talking nonsense and do your job well."

Qin Hao killed many people when he was in Fusang, and his murderous intent was revealed unconsciously, making Wen Po 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, it will be fine."

Yu Yanran smiled weakly: "Master Hou, Yanran doesn't want to die. Yanran finally met such a good husband and has only been blessed 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 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 thing 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 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 to the Marquis and Madam, they are twins."

"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, 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 couldn't find it.

Qin Hao shook his head secretly, held his daughter and sat next to Yu Yanran: "This girl will definitely look like you when she grows up. She will 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 their two children.