Chapter 521 He is the Ant
Gu Ruinian was in great pain.
How does he know who is the emperor? But he has to give an answer that seems impossible to others in order to have a chance of survival.
Never mind, just stay alive first.
"Second Young Master, if I lie to you, I will be struck by lightning." Gu Ruinian said.
The second son of Zheng ordered people to stop the water torture.
Gu Ruinian took a breath and his brain gradually recovered. Mr. Zheng II definitely didn't ask him this question to test him. After all, Mr. Zheng II didn't know the correct answer.
There is only one answer, that is, the second son of Zheng or the Zheng family is involved with Shengjing, and he wants to take the opportunity to make a venture investment.
In the feudal era, officials and businessmen colluded with each other. Which big businessman in any place did not have a backer in the court?
The second young master Zheng has a big appetite.
Gu Ruinian nodded without a doubt and said, "The next emperor is really the fifth prince."
"Second Young Master, I really didn't lie to you. It was really the Fifth Prince who inherited the throne. With the Crown Prince gone, many people were optimistic that Prince Ning would inherit the throne. But my textbooks in later generations said that Prince Ning was involved in a controversy over the succession of the crown prince. At that time, all the ministers in the court stood on the side of the Crown Prince, so he was hated by the Imperial Concubine. But Prince Ning was spoiled by the Emperor and was lawless. He was also vindictive and had the potential to become a tyrant. All the ministers in the court were worried that Prince Ning would kill people if he inherited the throne. After many parties' game, the Fifth Prince finally ascended the throne. You studied at Wanliu Academy and have a higher level of knowledge than me. Think about whether I lied to you?"
In order to survive, Gu Ruinian had to make up stories.
Mr. Zheng's eyes wandered, and after a long while he said, "I believe you."
Gu Ruinian breathed a sigh of relief, he could survive.
The second son of the Zheng family picked up the things of the future that he had drawn and asked him, "Will you create those things of the future? For example, the missiles that can drop artillery fire, the airplanes that can fly in the sky, and the high-speed trains that can run three or four hundred kilometers in an hour?"
Gu Ruinian's scalp tingled. He was a finance major and he couldn't do that.
Mr. Zheng is really bold in his thinking. Even if Edison were alive, he wouldn't do that.
Gu Ruinian said: "It's not that I don't know how to do it, but this kind of thing requires the establishment of a complete industrial system. Even in the future, not all countries can make these."
The second son of Zheng's eyes darkened. Gu Ruinian shuddered and said, "I... I can make gunpowder... Just give me the materials and I can make it."
He remembered the chemical formula he learned in junior high school very clearly: one nitrate, two sulfur, and three charcoal.
As expected, the second son of Zheng had someone bring the materials for making gunpowder and threatened him that if he couldn't make it, he would not be able to leave the Zheng family alive.
Four days later, gunpowder exploded in Zheng's backyard.
Although the effect was not as explosive as Gu Ruinian expected, it was enough to make Master Zheng smile.
He made the right bet!
He told Mr. Lian Er that if he was given more time, he could make gunpowder to blow up the city walls.
The second master Zheng let him go.
But he did not let him leave the Zheng family unscathed. Instead, he cut the tendon of his right leg and crippled one of his legs. He also said that he might come to Gu Ruinian from time to time in the future, so he could study gunpowder without worry, and he would provide all the materials.
Although Gu Ruinian escaped death, everything that happened in the Zheng family made him shudder.
He deeply understood the meaning of feudal society's disregard for human life.
There was a moment when he realized that he was the ant.
Fortunately, he managed to get out of it, relying on some skills he gained from later life.
He hated the Second Young Master Lian, hated Xu Zaohua, hated the Second Miss Lian who ruined his plan, hated Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua, mother and daughter... these people ruined him.
Now that he was allowed to leave the Zheng family, he would not be willing to be an ant that could be crushed by others.
Gu Ruinian clenched his fists.
......
"Is the sister-in-law back?"
During the days when Tong Huaqiong was away, Gu Honglian went to Tong Huaqiong's house every day to eat breakfast despite Liu Yue'e's contempt.
Anyway, Gu Baishuang was embarrassed to chase away her aunt, so Gu Dashu didn't mind giving her an extra pair of chopsticks.
The big meat buns soaked with oil, the fluffy and crispy fried dough sticks, the chicken soup that you can scoop out chicken meat from... Gu Honglian was so hungry that she wanted to expel herself from the old house.
The next day after Gu Ruinian came back, the whole family gathered around him to look at his legs. Gu Honglian quietly ran to Tong Huaqiong's house again.
Seeing Tong Huaqiong coming back, he greeted her awkwardly but enthusiastically.
"Why are you coming to my house?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Gu Honglian didn't dare to say that she was there to eat and drink for free, for she was afraid that her sister-in-law would chase her away.
"Sister-in-law, I heard that you were back, so I specifically told you that Ruinian was back from the Zheng family." Gu Honglian said after thinking for a while.
The last time she was in Qinghewan, she went to her eldest sister-in-law's house and spoke ill of Gu Ruinian and her second sister-in-law, so her eldest sister-in-law invited her to have a meal.
She came to her senses and realized that only by cutting ties with her second brother's family could she regain the favor of her eldest sister-in-law.
Anyway, she already regarded her second sister-in-law and Ruinian as enemies, so there was no pressure in cutting ties with them.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Oh, how is Ruinian?"
She saw Gu Ruinian being thrown in front of Wu Ji's door yesterday, but she didn't see clearly how badly injured Ruinian was.
The eldest sister-in-law started talking to her. Gu Honglian was very excited and told her everything about Gu Ruinian.
Now, Tong Huaqiong, Gu Taohuagu, Gu Dashu and others all knew that Gu Ruinian's tendons had been cut and one of his legs was disabled, and they were afraid that he would never be able to be cured in this lifetime.
Tong Huaqiong just felt that he deserved it.
Speaking of which, she and Gu Taohua also contributed to his fate.
But Tong Huaqiong didn't feel any guilt at all.
"He's lucky that the Zheng family didn't take his life." Gu Dashu said.
"Ruinian said that Second Young Master Zheng needed his help to release him. I think he is just talking nonsense. What use can he be?" Gu Honglian said as she grabbed a meat bun from Gu Dashu's bowl. Seeing Tong Huaqiong's indifferent look, she said, "Maybe Ruinian sold Xu Zaohua to survive. Ruinian has been extremely selfish and cowardly since he was a child. At home, he lets Second Aunt take the lead and the benefits fall on him. This time, he will definitely let Xu Zaohua take the lead, just like at home..."
Tong Huaqiong glanced at Gu Honglian and said, wow, this sister-in-law finally stopped mindlessly siding with Gu Ruinian.
"Only Ruinian could do this. I heard that Xu Zaohua had her head shaved and sent to the ancestral temple." Liu Yue'e joined the gossip discussion group.
Tong Huaqiong did not tell Liu Yue'e the truth because she was afraid that Liu Yue'e would gossip and bring bad influence to Lian Hengruo and Gu Taohua.
Therefore, Liu Yue'e always thought that Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua were as rumored outside.
"Okay, this has nothing to do with our family. Let's just do our business honestly and ignore these things." Tong Huaqiong said, "Hurry up and finish eating and go to the supermarket to get busy."
However, Gu Honglian said that the second young master Zheng released Gu Ruinian because Gu Ruinian was helpful to the Zheng family. She couldn't help but wonder what kind of help he could be to the Zheng family?
From her point of view, Gu Ruinian is a time traveler with a destiny higher than heaven. Even if he can fool the Zheng family temporarily with those things from the afterlife, he will be exposed one day.
She had no control over what he and the Second Master Zheng did together, but one thing was certain: if they bullied Tong Huaqiong and a group of evil people, she would never let them off easily.
Gu Honglian finished a bun and wanted to grab some fried dough sticks. Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but ask, "Honglian, are you here to talk about Ruinian or to get some breakfast?"
Gu Honglian said awkwardly, "All of them."
Tong Huaqiong sneered but did not chase him away.