In the golden autumn of October, the leaves are withered and yellow, and there are residual leaves everywhere.

The weather today is a little gloomy.

In a small tea shop beside the official road, today there are no empty seats and crowds of people.

A middle-aged merchant passing by was a little thirsty, so he stopped the carriage and planned to go to the tea shop to rest and drink some tea to quench his thirst.

"Guest officer," the dark-skinned tea shop owner greeted him with a nod and bow, "there is only one seat inside, do you mind sharing a table with others?"

"It's okay." The middle-aged merchant said boldly, while walking in with the boss, he looked around at all kinds of tea customers in the tea shop, "Boss, your tea shop has a good business."

"Where is there, that is, business is better today." The boss led the middle-aged merchant to a certain table in the corner.

Sitting at the table is a man and two women, both of whom are outstanding in appearance, as handsome as those in the painting.

The merchant immediately felt his eyes light up.

The three tea guests in front of them were very plainly dressed, wearing plain cloth clothes, and they didn't have any gorgeous jewelry around them, only one or two pieces of silver jewelry.

Even so, it couldn't hide the noble aura of these three people. They just sat there so quietly, and four words appeared in the middle-aged merchant's mind: dragon and phoenix among people.

He suddenly remembered that he had heard people say about the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the capital, and he might accidentally run into someone who was a nobleman from the Hou's House.

This thought was just a flash, after all, which noble person would appear in this kind of tea shed beside the official road.

The middle-aged merchant sat down in the only vacant seat, and the boss offered him a cup of fragrant and hot barley tea with a smile on his face.

The middle-aged merchant blew on the tea, and asked casually, "Boss, how far is it from the capital? I see it's going to rain."

He frowned tightly, looking at the gloomy sky outside.

He has a carriage, so he is not afraid of the rain, but when it rains, the road is muddy, and it is inevitably inconvenient to travel.

"It's not far, it's only five miles away." The boss smiled.

The middle-aged merchant couldn't help being taken aback.

He saw that there were a lot of tea customers resting here, so he never thought that this place was so close to the capital, and thought: The people in this capital are really particular!

"It won't rain today." A graceful and soft female voice suddenly sounded, with a gentle and gentle tone, like a ray of spring breeze blowing in this slightly noisy tea shop.

The middle-aged merchant looked for his reputation, and it was the girl in white sitting on his left who was talking.

The girl with the oval face looked gentle, smiled at him, and emphasized again: "It won't rain today or tomorrow."

"Second sister, right?"

The last sentence she asked was another girl in white on her right. The girl's eyes were black and big, and she looked beautiful. She nodded without saying a word, as if she was a little restless.

The middle-aged merchant didn't worry about it either, he just thought that the little girl was talking casually, and the next moment, the boss next to him sighed, "It's good that it doesn't rain, so as not to get wet... the coffin."

coffin? ! The middle-aged merchant's eyelids twitched, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that the tea shop had become eerie.

He subconsciously pricked up his ears, and listened to the tea customers in the tea shop talking in twos and threes, and words such as "coffin", "paper money", "scent candle" and so on floated in from time to time.

A gust of autumn wind blew into the tea shop with a few scattered golden leaves, blowing on the middle-aged merchant.

He only felt the cold sweat on the back of his neck, and the chill penetrated into his bones.

He... he... he couldn't be a ghost, could he? !

The middle-aged merchant looked out of the tea shop again, and the sky seemed to be a bit gloomy again, with thick clouds piled up in the sky, so heavy that it seemed as if they would fall down.

On both sides of the official road, more and more people gathered there, men, women, old and young, with different appearances, but they all looked at the same direction.

In the eyes of the middle-aged merchant, this scene became even more strange.

His neck seemed to be rusty, and he slowly turned towards the inside of the tea shop again, staring stiffly at the tea customers inside.

His eyes met the "Second Sister" sitting opposite him.

The girl looked a year or two younger than the girl with the oval face, her dark eyes were like a deep pool, so deep that it was too dark to look at.

These eyes don't seem to belong to this dirty world.

The middle-aged merchant felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't even dare to blink his eyes. The other party glanced at him, then looked away, and talked with the handsome young man in white beside him.

"..." The middle-aged merchant almost knelt down.

He obviously didn't do anything wrong in his life, so why did he run into a ghost! !

Just as he was wondering whether he should kneel down and beg for mercy, or pretend he didn't know anything and see if he could get away with it, he heard an excited shout from outside the tea shop: "Come, come!"

Men and women on the side of the road waited eagerly, and countless shouts sounded one after another, with different heights.

In this gloomy weather, the entire official road revealed an inexplicable solemnity.

The middle-aged merchant was stunned, unable to move as if he was frozen, and saw the tea customers around him scrambling out of the tea shop, saying in one go:

"The coffin of Marquis Gu has arrived."

"Definitely is."

"Master Gu has made great contributions to the great scene, and now his soul can finally return to his hometown."

"It's not that I won't report, the time has not yet come..."

"..."

"Master Gu?" The middle-aged merchant couldn't help muttering, realizing that something seemed wrong.

The boss who was clearing the table next to him said, "Guest officer, you don't know yet, today is the day that Mr. Gu Fu Ling returns to Beijing."

"Master Gu was wronged back then, and his bones were incomplete. Last month, Mr. Gu went south to Yangzhou to retrieve the remaining bones of Lord Gu. He planned to collect the bones again and bury them in the Gu family's ancestral grave."

"These people outside are here to welcome Master Gu back to Beijing!"

There was sigh in the boss's tone, and it was even more difficult to hide his admiration.

The middle-aged merchant blinked slowly, and finally came to his senses, blurting out, "Are you talking about Gu Ce, the marquis of Yuan Ding first?"

The boss also looked outside the tea shop, and said quietly: "Who else is there in Dajing!"

In the past, when people mentioned Marquis Guhou of Dingyuan, the first thing that came to mind was Gu Yao, the first Marquis of Dingyuan who established the Dajing Dynasty with Emperor Taizu, but now it is Gu Ce.

Gu Ce's contribution to Dajing is enough to surpass his ancestors, but he was wronged for nine years.

The middle-aged merchant quickly stood up and said excitedly, "I'll go out to meet Lord Gu too."

He quickly rushed out of the tea shop, came to the side of the official road, squeezed through the crowd and looked towards the south.

At the end of the official road, white shadows swayed, and white flags surged together, like snow waves rolling in, gradually approaching.

"Master Gu, the soul is back!"

Among the crowd, a young man yelled loudly and with a long tone, and immediately afterward, others also yelled: "Master Gu, the soul is back!"

The shouts of the people gradually overlapped and became uniform, and the loud and mournful voice seemed to shake the world!

Since the forced palace in April, the unjust case of Marquis Dingyuan Gu Ce has spread throughout the whole scene along with King Kang's forced palace.

After King Kang was captured for treason, the three divisions tried him and sentenced him to death. Afterwards, the emperor issued an edict to tell the truth about Gu Ce's surrender to the enemy. An ambush was set up on Shangling, 15 miles away from Mausoleum, and the South Vietnamese army was defeated, killing nearly 20,000 enemies.

At that time, Gu Ce could have driven the South Vietnamese army out of the great territory and returned in triumph, but King Kang opened the gate of Tailing City for his own selfishness. Not only did the people in the city die at the hands of the Vietnamese army, but also made Gu Ce suffer from the enemy. sacrifice.

Afterwards, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people and inspire the soldiers, the sages of the Yue Kingdom concealed the defeat of the Yue army in Shangling, and only claimed that Gu Ce opened the city gate to surrender the enemy, and the first emperor followed the trend to protect King Kang.

After the truth spread throughout the world, the whole country was shocked.

Gu Ce's life was only a short 30 years or so, but his outstanding military exploits, astonishing talent and stunning talents are enough to be recorded in the annals of history. Whether it was fifteen years ago or nine years ago, he had defended the gate of Yangzhou for Dajing. Without backup, he won more with less and defeated more people.

If it wasn't for the late emperor's own selfishness, Yangzhou would not have been defeated nine years ago, and the eldest prince would not have been sent to Yue as a hostage for eight years.

Gu Ce sacrificed his life for Dajing, but he had to bear the injustice for nine years, and was scolded by the world, which is really regrettable.

It is also because of this that the people's moods are very complicated. They respect Gu Ce, but also feel guilty, and more regrettable: If Gu Ce is still alive, there will be one more member in Dajing, which is enough to shock the gods in all directions.

"Master Gu, the soul is back!"

Amidst the shouts, a handsome young man in a frosty white robe and a hemp rope around his waist rode a horse with a white banner on his back. The distance was still far away, and everyone couldn't see the young man's eyebrows clearly. A cold and mournful breath.

Behind him were a dozen men also dressed in white guarding a carriage covered in white cloth, on which stood a coffin.

Anyone can guess that this coffin must be Gu Ce's.

The convoy escorting the coffin was getting closer and closer.

The teams on both sides welcoming Gu Ce back to Beijing spontaneously followed behind the convoy. As the team continued to grow, white flags billowed like clouds, paper money swayed like raindrops, and the entire official road was covered with tragic white...

Suddenly, Gu Yuan, who was carrying the white flag, reined in the reins, and the horse stopped in front of the tea shop.

Immediately afterwards, the carriage carrying the coffin behind Gu Yuan also stopped; after that, the supporting spirit teams behind the carriage also stopped one after another... Time seemed to stand still.

The people on both sides of the road were all confused and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Everyone fell silent, and it didn't take long for the noisy official road to become silent.

Two women and one man in white clothes walked out of the crowd beside the official road unhurriedly, and walked straight to the front of the supporting team, blocking the way of Gu Yuan and his party.

The people on the side of the road frowned, and someone shouted unhappily: "Hello..."

The next moment, the big-eyed girl in white standing at the very front bowed her knees to the coffin, and said with red eyes, "My daughter is here to welcome Daddy home."

Gu Yunzhen on Gu Yanfei's right hand also bowed his knees and made a blessing ceremony, while Chu Yi on the other side bowed and made a long bow.

"My niece welcomes my uncle home!"

"Chu Yi welcomes Marquis Dingyuan back to Beijing on behalf of his father!"

Gu Yuan on the horseback also had red eyes, and his face could not hide his haggard look. He stared at Gu Yanfei in a daze, and said in a hoarse voice: "Sister, Daddy is back!"

The voices of a few people were not particularly loud, but in this quiet environment, many people around could hear them clearly.

Of course, the middle-aged merchant recognized that Gu Yanfei and the three were tea drinkers who had just shared a table with him, and he was dumbfounded again and fell silent for a while.

The owner of the tea shop shouted in shock: "Miss Gu!"

No one in the capital knew of Gu's second girl's ability. Ever since Gu Ce was rehabilitated, everyone felt that a tiger father has no dog daughter!

Looking at the brother and sister Gu Yuan and Gu Yanfei, someone sighed: "Hey, what a pity. When Master Gu died in battle, Eldest Young Master Gu and Second Miss Gu were only a few years old. They lost their parents at such a young age... ..."

"Yes, yes, dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes to phoenixes. Fortunately, Master Gu has these two sons and daughters to clear up his grievances. He should also rest in peace."

"..."

Amidst the discussions among the crowd, Fuling's team continued on their way.

The huge team of helping spirits continued to go north along the official road, and finally passed through the south gate after burning incense.

Behind the city gate, the people lining the road to welcome were even more spectacular. Most of them came to mourn Gu Ce. Those people spontaneously threw paper money and burned ingots, and some people threw handfuls of white chrysanthemums into the coffin...

There were mourning people along the way, but there was no need for the imperial army to clear the road, those people stood on both sides of the road in an orderly manner, and the team of supporting spirits went unimpeded all the way.

Gu Yuan, Gu Yanfei and the others did not directly return to the mansion with the coffin, but went to Chengtian Gate first.

The people who were sending them off were stopped outside the Chengtian Gate by the imperial guards guarding the palace gate. Only the Fuling team passed through the Chengtian Gate and arrived at the Meridian Gate Square.

The emperor appeared on the tower of the Meridian Gate, and below were all civil and military officials standing in two queues.

Gu Yuan, Gu Yanfei and others saluted the emperor first, and the emperor expressed his grief over Gu Ce's death, and then turned the topic to the serious matter:

"First Dingyuan Marquis Gu Ce vowed to defend Yangzhou to the death. His military exploits were outstanding, and his merits belonged to the country. Every time I think of his sacrifice for the country, I feel very sad. I will posthumously make Gu Ce the Duke of Xin, and he deserves to enjoy the Taimiao."

"The title will be inherited by his son Gu Yuan."

After the emperor's last word fell, all the ministers couldn't help being in an uproar.

Not only because the emperor made Gu Ce the fifth Duke of the four kingdoms, but also because of the honor of "worthy to enjoy the Taimiao".

Sharing the imperial temple is the highest kind of honor after the death of a courtier with a different surname. To obtain this honor, one must have made great contributions to the country and society. Even the current four great princes may not have this qualification.

"On behalf of the late father, I thank the emperor for his kindness. Long live the emperor!"

Gu Yuan respectfully bowed to the emperor on the tower, Gu Yanfei and Gu Yunzhen stood with him, and also saluted in unison, thanking him together.

The emperor explained again, and asked Gu Yuan, Gu Yanfei and his brothers and sisters to bury Gu Ce properly, and then left while being sent off by the courtiers.

After the emperor left, the surrounding atmosphere relaxed.

Some civil and military officials left directly, and some went up to exchange greetings with Gu Yuan, let him express their condolences, asked about the coffin and condolences, and then left.

Soon, the Meridian Gate Square became quite empty, and the strong autumn wind made the white flags flutter.

At this time, Gu Yuan's mood has stabilized a lot, he turned his head and smiled at Gu Yanfei, "Yanfei, finally, father and mother can be buried together."

Mother had been waiting for father in Gu's ancestral grave for a long time, and they could finally be reunited and stay together underground.

"Yeah." Gu Yanfei nodded, looking deeply at his brother whom he hadn't seen for two months.

Gu Yunzhen pulled Gu Yanfei's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Yanfei, brother, look."

She signaled Gu Yanfei and Gu Yuan to look back with her eyes.

In the direction of Chengtianmen, the members of the Gu clan headed by the patriarch stood outside Chengtianmen, looking at them flatteringly.

Gu Yuan's face was expressionless, and he didn't even move the corners of his eyes or brows.

In the past, they said that Gu Ce's treason was a disgrace to the Gu family, and they did not allow Gu Ce to enter the ancestral grave.

But now, they have to ask for it.

Gu Ce is now the greatest honor of the Gu family.

"Brother, let's go." Gu Yanfei said in a calm voice.

Gu Yuan nodded, his eyes were bright and sharp, neither brother nor sister paid any attention to the members of the Gu clan.

Gu Ce's life was full of vigor and vigor, his military exploits were outstanding, and his glory was brilliant.

And now, he will continue the glory of his father! !

(End of episode 01)

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