the enlightener says

"Brother Qin... is called Qin Ke, right?"

"Yes."

"Although you agree with my Yinxue family, it is more polite to have an elder come forward for a marriage..." He frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and said: "How about this, I will send someone to invite you Your master is here, so that on the day you get married, you can also pay homage to Gaotang, and you will always look better."

Gongshuren looked at Gongshu Yinxue, smiled and said, "What do you think, Yinxue?"

Gongshu Yinxue's face was a little bit ashamed, but her eyes were bright. Under Gongshuren's expectant eyes, she nodded and said, "I will listen to uncle."

Qin Ke felt a headache, please ask his master to come over?

If he knew where his master was, maybe he wouldn't have come to Jinzhou at all, right?Not to mention getting involved in the matter of public losers.

"This... I'm afraid it won't work." Qin Ke said with a bitter face.

As soon as these words came out, both of them looked at him immediately.

Gong Shuren looked at Qin Ke hesitantly, and said, "Is there something wrong?"

Qin Ke shook his head, with an embarrassed expression, and said: "It's not that I don't want to invite Master and other old people to come here, but it's just that my master has left without saying goodbye for many years, and I don't know where he went. This time I came to Jinzhou to inquire news about him."

"So that's how it is." Gong Shuren lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, but he didn't care too much, and laughed again after a while: "Since that's the case, it's okay. I'll make the decisions for you two. Anyway, I'm here There are still some people who listen to what is said at home, if anyone disagrees, let him come to me."

Gongshu Yinxue couldn't help laughing in a low voice, covered her lips and said, "Uncle, there are some people who listen to your words. In this family, you are the one who speaks the truth." She stood up suddenly, and pulled Qin Ke gave a slight salute, "Thank you Uncle Yinxue."

Gong Shuren laughed loudly: "It's not thanking me, I believe in your vision, the husband-in-law you're looking for will definitely not be a wimp." He looked at Qin Ke, "It's Qin Ke, Don't feel any pimples in your heart because of this status as a married man. Back then, the ancestors of my father-in-law also married into other families. If you can achieve something in the future, you can open up a mansion and live separately, and don't care about those stupid things. generation."

"Yes..." Qin Ke nodded in agreement, but in fact he didn't have any troubles in his heart. As for whether someone would trip him up or make sarcastic remarks in the future, he thought he probably wouldn't care.

After all, it was a lie from the beginning.

However, Gongshu Yinxue is happy from the bottom of her heart. Once the marriage is finalized, her next plan can be implemented step by step. As long as she can last until the time when the ancestors are worshipped and the ancestral hall is opened...

Chapter 354 It's Not Surprising

In time for a cup of tea, Gong Shujiu and his wife Lin came together.

According to the etiquette, Gongshu first took Lin's family to pay a deep respect to Gongshuren, and then turned his head to look at Gongshu Yinxue. When he looked at him, his eyes lit up immediately, as if seeing his own daughter who had been separated for more than ten years. He began to ask about his health, and even quickly squeezed out a few tears from the corners of his wrinkled eyes, showing that he should be caring as an elder.

At the same time, of course, he will not forget to take advantage of this time to criticize the old fourth son Shucha: "It's true, the fourth brother, his own niece escaped from death and brought his niece and son-in-law back. He only thinks about such a big thing." hunting..."

Gongshucha and him have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, and if he can step on his foot, it is a footstep, but Gongshuren is obviously not very happy when he mentions this matter, he just waved his hand: "The fourth brother has always had that temper since he was a child. He can't make any sense of urgency either. Let's not talk about him, just sit down quickly."

Amidst the clashing of bowls and chopsticks, the family looked very harmonious at the dinner table.

Gongshu Ren sat in the middle, talking to Gongshu Jiu and Gongshu Yinxue about his family's gossip from time to time, he was in a good mood and smiled heartily.

But he has been ill for a long time, and it is extremely rare to be able to sit here and talk to everyone for so long today. After coughing a few times, he finally let out a long sigh under the old servant's repeated urging, and let the old servant push him away. Holding his wheelchair, he left the table.

The surging undercurrent hides under the calm lake surface, gradually showing signs of surfacing.

There are now two couples in the hall, one real and one fake.

The former Gongshu Yinxue thought that as long as she pleases Gongshuren, as the eldest daughter of the second room, she will always have a place, can protect her younger brother well, and guard the glory that should belong to him, but since going through that life and death Afterwards, she finally understood that the deeper the struggles in this world, the more they could only fight hand-to-hand with blood splattered five steps.

After all, Gongshu failed to kill her this time, there must be a next time, and the next time...

There was still a smile on Gongshu Yinxue's face, and he was very close to Mrs. Lin. The two talked intimately as if they were mother and daughter, but in Qin Ke's eyes, Gongshu Yinxue's smile carried a serious The icy cold, like invisible ice picks, pierced the hearts of Mrs. Lin and Gongshu Jiu silently.

Gong Shujiu looked at his niece's current appearance, and was a little surprised. He originally thought that once Gong Shuren left, she would stand up angrily and question her, or at the very least, she should say a few nasty words to scare him off. But she seemed to really don't want to mention the previous experience of being in distress.

It's just that instead of making him feel at ease, it made his heart darken even more.

He knew very well that if a person could bear the humiliation, he would obviously have more powerful backers, and he knew exactly what all her backers were planning from the very beginning.

But now is not the time for the two of them to tear their faces apart, Gongshu Jiu said with a smile: "Yinxue, it's going to be winter soon, don't go out to do errands for now, stay at home and rest more. It's just right , this future son-in-law is also here. I heard from my elder brother that a date has been set for you. This is a great joy! You see, don’t worry about the affairs of the refugees anymore. What’s the difficulty in letting the future son-in-law stay with you more? Talk to your third aunt more..."

"Thank you, Uncle San." Gongshu Yinxue smiled and nodded in agreement, "Uncle also ordered what Uncle San said just now. These days, I will stay at home. As for the matter of transporting food to the refugees, Uncle will arrange other people , we can’t really let those people living in Jinzhou go hungry.”

"Heh, refugees, those are a bunch of white-eyed wolves." Lin patted the back of Yinxue's hand while holding on to Gongshu Yinxue, and said, "Yinxue, they just want to rush into the city to eat and drink for free. , but our public losers all opened their own granaries. After setting up the porridge sheds for so many days, I have done my best to them. Besides, asking you to help set up the porridge sheds is just a show in front of the people of Jinzhou, showing me The demeanor of a public loser. You, you are too kind... Why don't you ask your third uncle to send some people to go, and if anyone dares to make trouble, one counts as one, and they all fight..."

However, before Lin's words were finished, Gong Shujiu had already slammed his chopsticks and said angrily, "A woman's opinion!"

Lin looked at Gongshujiu with blinking eyes, a little confused as to why her husband was angry, these words were clearly said by Gongshujiu himself...

"Even if you feel sorry for Yinxue, you shouldn't say such indiscriminate words. The porridge shop is set up according to the wishes of the eldest brother. Are you acting to please the people?" Gongshu straightened his back, held his head high, and spoke loudly.

"I..." Lin's eyes turned back and forth on the faces of Gongshu Yinxue and Gongshu Jiu, and she had to show a bit of shame and embarrassment on her face. Of course, she already understood that she had made a slip of the tongue, but she was just a woman. I just want to follow my husband's wishes and "please" Gongshu Yinxue a little more. At least from the outside, it seems that she, as an aunt, is always speaking for her niece, so that the "uncle" from outside can weigh himself. identity in this family.

However, it was obvious that she was self-defeating. As Gong Shujiu's eyes became more fierce, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to her husband, and said in a low voice: "I know I was wrong, this, this is going to the uncle's side Sorry..."

Gongshu Yinxue narrowed her eyes, and sighed slightly, she was full of disdain when she saw the yin and yang of the couple, but she still had to force herself to go to support Lin, and raised her eyes to Gongshu. Said: "Third Uncle, Auntie just said a few angry words, and she just feels sorry for Yinxue... Uncle is tired today, so why don't we go over and disturb him?"

Her heart was clear, her third aunt was usually violent and domineering, but she really didn't let her see any scheming in this woman. She could say such words, it must be that Gongshu had discussed with her behind closed doors.

Gong Shujiu didn't dare to make more judgments for a moment, so he waved his hand to Mrs. Lin and said, "Go back first..."

Mrs. Lin bowed again, turned around and left the hall.

Lin's chattering voice was gone during the banquet, and it suddenly seemed a little deserted, but the people at the table didn't sit together to fill their stomachs, and Gongshu had been observing Gongshu Yinxue and her all the time. Every move of the young man beside him, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

There is only one largest inn in Jinzhou City, which is Luleju on Puyuan Street in the south of the city. The tallest building is almost as majestic as a hill, with carved beams and painted buildings, and the eaves are like flying corners. Just standing at the magnificent gate, You can immediately feel the extraordinary momentum coming.

However, for Gao Yishui and his party, no matter how tall the building, no matter how magnificent the gate, they are still inferior to the palaces of Jing Wu and Tang Kingdom, so they didn't show much surprise all the way in.

Gao Yishui yawned lazily, and said: "Let's go upstairs and wait, I think Ake will find a way to meet us today, even if he can't get away, he should be able to send some messages."

Abu nodded, and went upstairs step by step, but hesitating step by step: "If... Ake really wants to marry that girl for the sake of Wuxing Sinan... then what should we do?"

Cai Yan's lithe figure passed by his side, and she ran into her room without saying a word, and closed the door with a "bang".

Gao Yishui looked up, then looked at Abu, and said helplessly, "Look, I said on the way, don't mention this matter yet."

Abu was puzzled, and asked, "What happened to her?"

"What's the matter?" Gao Yishui rolled his eyes, and angrily knocked on the top of Abu's head with the folding fan in his hand, "I don't even bother to talk about you, you have an elm head just like Ake. Let me ask you, you and What happened to that Chan'er girl?"

"What about it?" Abu stared stupidly: "We haven't seen each other since we left Tang Kingdom... It's been a long time, what are you talking about now?"

Gao Yishui raised his fan again, gritted his teeth but put it down again, shook his head, and continued upstairs with a dejected expression.

Abu was speechless, he really couldn't understand Gao Yishui's charade, but seeing Gao Yishui's expression of not wanting to explain, he could only go back to his room to meditate and practice in silence.

After wrestling with Lu Ming and the others, he finally entered the third level after fumbling around.

It's just that compared to Qin Ke, his third realm is not stable, and he still needs to spend a lot of time sitting quietly to consolidate the foundation and rest, so that those boiling blood can run to their best state in the battle.

After meditating, it was dusk, until he heard someone knocking on the door, finally opened his eyes, and he heard Gao Yishui's voice: "Come to my room."

Is Ake here?

With a shudder in his heart, he hurriedly put on his boots, climbed down from the bed, and walked all the way to Gao Yishui's room.

Chapter 355

"This is..." As soon as he entered the room, Abu was stunned. In front of him was a strong warrior dressed in black, with his hair tied up with a black cloth strip. The sword in his hand was in the scabbard, and the scabbard was also black. Yes, it looks a bit cold.

But since he didn't have any killing intent on him, obviously he shouldn't be an enemy.

"This is Bai Qi, the Mozhe, Mr. Bai." Gao Yishui, who had already met Bai Qi, waved his hand and introduced.

"Don't dare. Just call me Baiqi, I'm not worthy of the title of Mr.." The lit candle illuminated his bright eyes and his gesture of holding the sword, "I'm here to replace Qin Ke. The person who sent the letter said that he was afraid that he would not be able to leave the public loser's house today, so he asked me to explain to a few people."

Abu also opposed him and saluted. He had heard about the actions of the group of Mohists. He also admired this group of people who were free from the court and the people. Although they were not officials, they had great righteousness. The most important thing is, what is the relationship between Bai Qi and Qin Ke, and why did he send a letter for him.

Bai Qi also knew that the three people in front of him had doubts in their hearts, so he smiled and said: "Let me tell you the cause and effect of the matter first."

Since Qin Ke walked out of the forest and entered the inn until now, Bai Qi can be said to be one of the few witnesses beside Qin Ke, so it is most appropriate for him to explain many things.

And the Mohists often sent letters to Jicheng to deliver messages from various places. After Bai Qi’s simple narration, Gao Yishui, Abu, and Cai Yan also quickly understood what happened on Qin Ke’s journey to Jinzhou. Including the inn, the wasteland, Gongshu Yinxue and that ridiculous contract...

Gao Yishui waited until Bai Qi finished speaking, and smiled slightly: "It seems that I guessed right, this kid really went to marry someone for the sake of Wuxing Sinan."

He sighed: "I really don't know whether this kid is smart or stupid. The smart thing is that this method is more direct and effective than ours, but the stupid thing is that he put himself into it."

Abu breathed a sigh of relief: "Just figure it out. When I saw Ake holding hands with that Gongshu Yinxue, I almost fainted from fright."

Gao Yishui gave him a squinting look, and said with a smile, "It's a good thing you didn't really faint."

Gao Yishui glanced at Cai Yan carefully, and found that she was still playing with the pear in her hand, as if she didn't listen to a word.

Abu was teased by Gao Yishui, scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, then looked at Bai Qi: "Ah Ke is still a public loser?"

Bai Qiqiu nodded, and said: "Yes, he is Gongshu Yinxue's fiancé-in-law in name, and he will get married soon. Of course he has to stay in Gongshu's house at this moment. But he also said that he will definitely be married later. Find the right time to come and meet a few of you in person.”

Abu looked at Gao Yishui, and said: "Then what should we do now? Before, you thought of a way to deceive Gongshujiu's trust, but Gongshujiu and Gongshu Yinxue are inseparable. If we help Gongshujiu, isn't it equivalent to harming Ake? "

"I don't think so." At this moment, Cai Yan suddenly said, "Didn't Lao Gao say that? You can't put eggs in one basket, and you can't just put one side of the basket when placing bets."

Gao Yishui opened his mouth exaggeratedly, and said loudly: "Wow! I didn't know that you would be so concerned about what I said casually. Could it be that you are silently recording my quotations? Show me, show me , Maybe I will be famous in history in the future, and I have to rely on this thing. Hey, no, I have to choose a good name first... um... How about Gao Zi?"

Cai Yan glanced at him with the eyes of a fool: "Gao Zi...just add the word "Wang Ba" in front, it sounds more pleasing to the ear."

She continued: "It's true that Ake relied on Gongshu Yinxue's relationship to get in, but in my opinion, Gongshu Yinxue's chances of winning this family business are not as good as Gongshu's, and helping her is better than helping her." Gongshuju. At least for the time being, the fourth eldest Gongshucha doesn’t seem like someone who can avoid the open and dark arrows inside the gate of the mansion.”

A Bu hesitated and said: "Mr. Bai didn't say that, Qin Ke is going to help Gongshu Yinxue to go to that organ to meet Gongshu's ancestor..."

"The ancestor of the public loser, have you seen it?"

"Of course not." Abu didn't understand what she meant by asking.

"Then it's over. You haven't seen the ancestor of the public loser, and you don't know what the mechanism of the public loser is. Can you guarantee that Ah Ke will be able to break through?" Cai Yan looked at Bai Qi, " Mr. Bai, in all these years, has anyone broken through that mechanism formation?"

"No." Bai Qi said: "I was born in the Mohist school, and I also know something about the mechanism skills of the Gongshu family. The old ancestor Gongshu Ban is a genius who has been praised by generations of giants. The mechanism array he set up must not So easy to break."

"Then it's over. Maybe that Gongshu Ban didn't even think about letting people break his line?" Cai Yan said lightly, resting his chin.

"This..." Bai Qi obviously thought of this possibility.

But a long time ago, when he was a child, he had heard about Gongshu's various achievements, and now the only thing that can be seen by future generations is the large formation of organs standing in the capital city of the Mohist family.

That was the most glorious moment in Gongshu Pan's life. He was the chief instructor of organ arts in Jishang Academy, and he presided over the construction of the organ city. His thin figure stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the huge waterfall in Jicheng. Single, yet infinitely lofty.

Under the waterfall, countless peasants held hemp ropes and shouted in unison, and countless craftsmen sketched the pictures behind him. Huge waterwheels rose from the ground, and the sound of gears meshing with each other was like the roar of giant beasts.

To this day, he still doesn't understand what happened to the public loser and was expelled from the center by the Mo family.rebellion?If it is really a rebellion, why does Mozi always protect the losers?

In any case, even if such a public loser is far away from the center of the imperial court, he is still one of the best figures in the world. Most of the top figures in the world always have some weird tempers and personalities. As Cai Yan said, this public loser Since the establishment of the trial rules, no one has passed it. I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional.

Maybe he just set up a random rule in order to avoid the troubles of his nephews?

"So, the plan of Ake and Gongshu Yinxue won't work at all?" Abu thought deeply.

"It's just possible." Gao Yishui drank tea loosely, looking unhurried, but the light in his eyes kept flickering, as if he was thinking about various possibilities.

"Cai Yan is right." Gao Yishui smiled, "But it's not all right. We should bet on multiple sides, but we don't necessarily have to do both."

Bai Qi was slightly startled, looked at Gao Yishui and said, "What do you mean?"

Gao Yishui raised the teapot, refilled a cup of tea for Bai Qi, and said, "I don't think you should rush to focus on Gongshu, because you have to eat in one bite. Why don't we solve the problem of Gongshu first, and then think about it." It won't be too late for Fazi to go to Gongshu Ban to ask Wuxing Sinan."

Cai Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, feeling something strange about what he said, and turned to look at him: "Have you already made up your mind?"

"Who am I? My old Gao is the king of ideas. I have a lot of ideas." Gao Yishui smiled smugly, arranged the teacups on the table, and held his folded fan, and put it in a teacup. Knocked on: "Now we understand most of the situation of the public loser. Gongshu Jiu has always coveted the power of the housekeeper of Gongshuren. Now that Gongshuren is dying, his ambition has been exposed step by step. Gongshu Yinxue The thing about being attacked outside is this kind of performance.”

As he spoke, he put the folding fan on another teacup: "And his younger brother, Gongshucha, is even hotter. He liked hunting when he was young. He is a martial idiot. I heard that he can go up the mountain alone at the age of 12." To tear tigers and leopards apart, but no matter how high his vitality and blood are, in this battle, it is not the key to victory or defeat."

"These two people are not easy-going. The reason why they haven't quarreled until now is because of this Gong Shuren." He pointed to the third tea bowl, "Although this Gong Shuren is sick and weak, he has been lingering for many years. A sick bed, but the power has never been left aside, this is of course because as the eldest son, he has the support of the older generation, and he himself is by no means a mediocre person..."

Chapter 356 Two Tigers Fighting

"However... No matter how smart a person is, he will have weaknesses. Gong Shuren's weakness is his sickly body. If he can have half the vitality of the fourth male Shucha, he won't have so many troubles. "

Abu nodded again and again, and asked impatiently, "What is your plan in your heart?"

"Don't worry. Am I talking right now?" Gao Yishui said: "Originally, I planned to help Gongshu Jiu to find a way to help him get rid of the fourth son, and then push him to sit in the position of Patriarch, but Yigong Shujiu Shrewd, if he knows the extraordinary use of the Five Elements Sinan, he may not have the idea of ​​wanting to take it for himself. We are afraid that it will not be so easy to get the Five Elements Sinan from this old fox; but Ake gave it to us this time. An unexpected surprise, he has now joined the line of Gongshu Yinxue, although it does not seem to be effective for the time being, but at least Gongshu Yinxue's mind is a little simpler, and his purpose is clearer, we might as well... Push it up."

"There is a good saying." Gao Yishui changed the subject, closed the folding fan and put it between the tea bowls symbolizing "Gongshujiu" and "Gongshucha", and said: "When two tigers fight, one must be injured."

Cai Yan's eyes lit up: "Do you want Gongshujiu and Gongshucha to fight first, and then let Gongshu Yinxue be the Bian Zhuangzi who stabbed the two tigers to death after they both lose?"

Gao Yishui shook his head, with an inscrutable smile on the corner of his mouth: "Gongshu Yinxue can't be Bian Zhuangzi, she is bound by her daughter's identity after all, even if both Gongshu and Gongshucha suffer, her status in the family is not enough to shake this Two people."

But soon, Gao Yishui's folding fan landed on the third tea bowl, and said, "Gong Shuren is the one who can kill two tigers, Bian Zhuangzi..."

Public losers, listen to the Cicada Pavilion in August.

The wooden floor of the red oak tree has been polished by servants to be as clean as jade, reflecting the red light of twilight. Qin Ke took off his boots and stepped on it, looking at the gradually setting sun in the distance.

"You, third uncle, seem to care about you." Qin Ke turned his head and glanced at Gongshu Yinxue who was sitting at the table concentrating on writing, and said with a smile.

"It just 'looks'." Gongshu Yinxue put down the brush in his hand, rested his chin on both hands and stared blankly in the direction of the door, his eyes rarely showed a bit of laziness.