The old man sat on the chair for half the night, the lights in the city were brightly lit, and even stayed on all night, and the fireworks were in full bloom in the city, which was a peaceful scene of singing and dancing.

But he sat in this yard for a whole day, looking towards the southwest.

"Master, it's getting cold! Let's go inside!" Yandangshan whispered respectfully from the side.

He looked at the sky with those hazy eyes, and the moon above his head had moved to his head: "What time is it?!"

"It's past twelve o'clock!"

"That means, today is New Year's Eve?!"

"Yes! It's the last day of the old year, and tomorrow is the new year!"

Mr. Gu smiled lightly and said, "This house...is really deserted!"

There used to be Gu Anming and Gu Anguo at home, but now, except for some servants, there are only two little girls living at home, and the rest of them live in high-rise buildings in Yanjing. Not happy to live.

Only an old guy like him would be willing to live in this old house.

This old quadrangle used to be a symbol of power, but now it's just a place where people go out for tea, and only a few old guys still live in it.

The old man can actually choose a better place to live. This courtyard house was indeed a symbol of status more than a hundred years ago, but now that the house is aging, the hardware facilities really can't keep up.

There is no need to live here, but Mr. Gu still insists on living here. In addition to nostalgia, there is another reason.

The courtyard is relatively low, and enough people and horses can be arranged to hide in it.

After all, the old man is already considered a hero of the country, and safety must be the top priority.

Regardless of the ups and downs of the younger generation of the major families, it is often the old guys who stay in the courtyard and dominate the country.

Although they are old, they are still able to control the power, and their disciples are all over the world. To put it bluntly, the current power struggle among the various parties is just a struggle behind the scenes of these old guys.

From young to old, when the old man dies, he will lose a lot of support and influence.

The reason why the Gu family was able to stabilize in the imperial capital after losing Gu Yanzhi was all because the old man was still alive. If Gu Yanzhi didn't come back at that time and the old man died again, the family that had lasted for hundreds of years would be replaced in minutes.

If the aristocratic family is replaced, it means that the ancestral house has to be abandoned and left the second ring road, away from the center of power. If you stay in the imperial capital, you have to retreat outside the third ring road. If you leave the imperial capital, you have to retreat to Langfang, or some places in the north or south city ??to go.

"There are many old walls, but the wind can still blow in! Living in a busy city, you still feel lonely!" The old man looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

In fact, it can be seen from the direction the old man is sitting. In the past, he always sat facing the gate, which symbolized sitting in charge of the Gu family.

But now the sitting position is facing the gate in the north and facing the southwest. From the yard, this direction is facing the wall, but if it is bigger, the only place in the southwest that the old man can care about is Jiangzhou. up!

Gu Chen's stay in Jiangzhou can be regarded as spreading the branches and leaves for the Gu family. The old man sits in the imperial capital and protects him from all the risks in the capital.

If there is any movement in anyone's house, the old man must have not moved the food and grass, and the soldiers and horses have moved first.

When I went to the north last time, the Cao family gathered 30,000 people and even used the air force. The old man was bloody enough, so he led people to surround the Cao family.

Instead of going straight to the Cao family, they surrounded the Cao family's ancestral grave.

If you touch my grandson, I will dig your ancestral grave!

To put it bluntly, it is very difficult for this family in the capital to do anything, because this is the center of the imperial city, and any disturbance may cause national turmoil.

If something really went wrong, no one can bear the responsibility, but if Mr. Gu is not in the imperial capital, the Cao family, the Kong family, and the Jiang family can run rampant in the north, and Gu Yanzhi's deployment in the north will not be so smooth. . JrNovels.com