the enlightener says

"The name is a bit weird." That's all he could comment.

"You probably haven't heard of Buddhism." Qin Ke smiled and said: "There are hundreds of schools of thought contending in the Mohist court, so naturally there are few temples."

Gongshucha nodded lightly: "But it's not important, is it? Draw your sword, if you still want to play yesterday's tricks in front of me, I'm afraid you won't be able to last a few moves."

Of course, Qin Ke also knew that what he said was right, so he nodded and reached out to hold the hilt of the sword. The edge of the Bodhisattva sword was spit out from the scabbard like flowing water. From Jingwu to today, this sword is still like this. Sharp without any damage.

Then Gongshucha strode forward, holding the Zhanhu in his hand, and rushed over.

The morning light gradually rose to the highest position, and the clouds in the distance were covered with clouds, floating in the blue sky like ships of various sizes, and the sound of clanging and collision sounded constantly in the yard, sometimes accompanied by men's shouts.

However, an hour later, Gongshucha's angry voice sounded in the yard: "Why didn't you use yesterday's move!"

In a corner of the courtyard, Qin Ke, who was panting heavily, bent over, leaned on the ground with a Bodhisattva sword in one hand, and covered his somewhat shriveled stomach with the other hand, and rolled his eyes: "That's my unique skill, how can I take it like a monkey every day?" Come out for people to see?"

"..."

"That kid really said that?" Gongshuren laughed loudly, because of the violent shaking of his arm, the pickled melon he was holding on his chopsticks immediately fell on the table.

Standing behind him is Xiaodie who he sent to work with Gongshu Yinxue and Qin Ke. Of course, she is also her specially assigned eyes and ears. What happened this morning is naturally dictated by Xiaodie bit by bit. into Gong Shuren's ears.

"My fourth younger brother, no one treats him normally." Gong Shuren still smiled and said, "It turned out to be a bit of a slump this time, Qin Ke refused to use yesterday's sword, he must have held back Huo, but yesterday he admitted that Qin Ke is qualified to be my public loser, since he is one of his own, he will always show some kindness under the sword."

"Yes." Xiaodie said with a smile: "I saw Fourth Master's expression when he returned, and it felt like he had stuffed a stove of charcoal in his stomach, and his eyes were about to burst into flames."

Gong Shuren smiled and shook his head while sighing: "Fourth brother is hardworking enough in martial arts, otherwise he would not be in the realm of a little master, but in the final analysis he is too indifferent in other aspects. It's a little difficult."

Xiaodie hurriedly lowered her head and stood respectfully. As a servant, she knew very well that she was not qualified to intervene in anything, especially in matters related to the housekeeper's power. Even if she said a wrong word, she might give Bring yourself into trouble.

Gong Shuren continued to pick up a piece of pickled melon, chewed it in his mouth, and drank some porridge mixed with medicinal herbs, seemingly unintentionally but intentionally asked: "So...the two of them had sex last night?"

"Same room." Xiaodie nodded, "It is indeed sleeping in the same bed."

"Is there nothing else?" Gong Shuren asked again, "For example?"

"It's hard to say." Xiaodie replied softly, "Miss did wake up a bit late this morning and seemed a little tired, but my uncle got up early, but it seems that he didn't sleep very well. Maybe they last night..."

"I see." Gong Shuren nodded, "Nurse Zhang also said that you can only see with your eyes, and you can only get a general idea. Different people have different performances, and it is impossible to be absolutely accurate. Maybe she was wrong... ..."

The Zhao family on the side also agreed with a smile and said: "I just said, Yinxue, this child, will not lie to you. Fame is so important to her as a girl's family. No matter how messed up she is, she won't take her own name. Come and mess around."

"A woman's opinion." Gong Shuren glanced at Zhao Shi, "What is impossible in this world?"

He looked at Xiaodie and said: "You continue to watch for me, if there is any change, please report to me at any time, understand?"

Xiaodie bowed respectfully: "That's natural, Xiaodie listens to the master."

"Go down. Don't let Yinxue find out anything." Gongshuren sighed, waved his hand, and signaled Xiaodie to go back to August to listen to the Chan Pavilion, Xiaodie bowed and quietly retreated.

Chapter 365

After sending Xiaodie away, Gong Shuren put down his spoon, looked at his wife Zhao, and said, "It's an eventful time right now, and these things about my father-in-law's loser are trivial matters... According to reports from the spies, Tang Jun has recently added two more scouts. Wandering around Pingcheng County, Mr. Mi from Pingcheng the day before yesterday fell off the top of the wall and died for no reason..."

"Master Mi fell to the top of the city and died?" Mrs. Zhao was still smiling like a flower, but her eyes became a little frightened when she heard this, "How could this happen? Pingcheng is [-] miles away from Jinzhou, that is to say, Tang Jun is not far away? What are they going to do? What about the court? Does the court not plan to send more reinforcements to the border?"

"Jicheng..." Gongshuren shook his head, his eyes darkened, "Recently, the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism between the court and China has been like a fire and water, and now both of them want to send their own people to the army to make meritorious deeds, and they will make trouble in front of the giant again and again. Juzi is also a headache now. Although Pingcheng is [-] miles away from Jinzhou, if one day the Tang Dynasty really wants to make up its mind and trample over it all the way... within ten days, the troops will be at the foot of Jinzhou City. I have a small garrison in Jinzhou, and I really want to resist the Tang army. It’s like a fool’s dream. If there is no reinforcement from the imperial court, I, Jinzhou..."

Mrs. Zhao nodded, also worried, but she is a woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, and she has never read military books and cannot lead soldiers to fight, so she can only sigh.

"If Wang Xuanwei was still in sole control of the military, how could the border be harassed by small groups of troops from the Tang army, and how could those refugees have left their homes... It's just that he contradicted the giant in the court last time, and was dismissed from the army and left to stay at home. In this world, it is really true. It's getting harder."

When Gong Shuren mentioned the name "Wang Xuanwei", he also sighed along with his wife, "The sharp blade is now forced to be sealed in a box, what a pity, what a pity."

His expression was a little lonely, looking at the porridge and side dishes on the table, his heart became more and more depressed.These years, he has stayed away from the Mohist center, and he can only watch the endless chaos of the Mohist upper echelons coldly like watching the fire from the shore. Even the decrees issued by the top may reverse twice within a month, and there is no rule to follow. .

Various systems are also changed in these reversals. Just say Jinzhou, sometimes it is called a county, and then it is changed back to a county, which leads to the constant change of the title he holds, but no matter how it changes, the people are still the same. The people who live on the land, could it be possible that if he, a state official, changed his title, the people's harvest would be doubled?

Sometimes, the superiors send people down to say that new laws will be implemented in various places in the future, and the system of joint sittings will be implemented, which makes people panic.Sometimes, it is said that the people should be governed with benevolence and morality, and the people should be returned to the court...

In Gong Shuren's view, whether it is the law or the rule of benevolence, it must at least be consistent, otherwise it will be a waste of effort if it is so chaotic and inconsistent.

"Let Yinxue do the work of helping the refugees..." Gong Shuren suddenly said, "The fourth brother has only been in charge of the porridge shop for a few days, and he can't restrain his subordinates anymore... Someone still came to report today, saying Some people cried and said that they drank half a bowl of sand from the porridge... If this continues, it doesn't matter if I lose face. I'm afraid these refugees will make trouble and Jinzhou will be in chaos. Not to mention that the Tang army will really come to the city in the future. These refugees can also help to defend the city. Even farmers who have never held weapons, it is good to be able to carry rolling logs, stones, and repair the city walls. The city garrison is full of more than five thousand troops, and the people should be used as much as possible. to the most suitable place."

Of course Mrs. Zhao did not object, and nodded quickly: "It should be, when Yinxue was in charge of the porridge shop, there was nothing wrong with it. Not only the people in the city, but even the refugees followed the good of the loser, and praised the master as the best in the world. The number one benevolent person."

"The most benevolent person in the world?" Hearing this address, Gong Shuren laughed at himself, "What kind of person am I? This Jinzhou is under my jurisdiction, and I'm just doing my duty. The official document I submitted earlier has been approved. Now part of the official warehouse can also be opened to help the refugees, and then this matter will also be arranged by Yinxue."

Mrs. Zhao smiled: "Really? If the official warehouse can be opened, the city gate should also be opened? And you don't have to go out to buy food. This is really doing good deeds for the master. Maybe one day God will open his eyes and your illness will be cured." Healed without medicine?"

Gong Shuren couldn't help laughing: "There is no disease in this world that can be cured without medicine. Gods and gods are just imaginations in people's hearts. Doing good and accumulating virtue is just to fill the hole in one's conscience...Goodness is good Retribution for evil and evil for evil is probably only found in dramas."

However, Mrs. Zhao retorted stubbornly: "There must be gods in this world. When the ancient saint kings made great achievements, didn't they also attract Luanfeng and give them to the holy king? Luanfeng is a spirit beast under the seat of the gods. Since the spirit Beasts exist, and immortals are certainly not fake."

Gong Shuren stretched out his hand to caress Zhao Shi's soft back. Of course he knew why Zhao Shi, a lady who has read a lot of poetry and books, was so stubborn. Something unreal?

He smiled and said: "The ancient sage kings have achieved great achievements through the ages, so that they can be merciful from the gods. How can I, Gongshu Ren, be able to compare with the ancient sage kings?"

But he was also afraid that Mrs. Zhao would feel sad, so he comforted him in a low voice: "Don't worry, with you here, I will last as long as I can, and I will never give up lightly."

Tears flickered in Zhao's eyes, sobbing, she embraced Gong Shuren, and wept softly...

After sending away the furious Gongshucha, Qin Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although this martial idiot is worthy of respect, it is also a real headache. After more than an hour of discussion, Gongshucha almost Is to do my best.

A young master, although restrained in his moves, but fighting with himself so seriously made him feel more exhausted than being besieged by a group of people.

Qin Ke took the sweat towel from Xiaodie's hand, glanced at the weird expression on her face, and said helplessly, "Laugh if you want to, I didn't let you hold back."

Suddenly, a series of silver bell-like laughter sounded in the yard.

Xiaodie covered her mouth and looked at Qin Ke: "Young master is really powerful, you can fight against fourth master for more than an hour undefeated at such a young age... I heard that young master is already at the third level of energy and blood, what does that mean?"

Qin Ke stared up at the sky for a while. Of course, he couldn't explain what the third realm was to a person who didn't know how to practice in a few words, so he shook his head and changed the subject: "Undefeated? You might as well say, I was actually beaten for an hour, right?"

Xiaodie covered her lips with her sleeve, and giggled: "Where, I really think my uncle is very powerful. There are not many people in this mansion who can fight against fourth master. Only those who can remain undefeated or even win the battle Those old priests. But the youngest of those old priests can be my grandfather, and the lady said that my uncle is less than twenty now, isn't that amazing?"

Being flattered "sincerely" by Xiao Die, Qin Ke felt more or less benefited, after all, the praise came from a young girl who was about his age, not those old priests last night...

Seeing Qin Ke lowering his head and starting to touch his shriveled stomach, Xiaodie immediately stopped laughing, raised his hand to the side hall next to the yard, and said, "The porridge has already been cooked, and it's on the table in the side hall. It's hot and cold right now. Uncle, shall I take you there?"

"Okay." Qin Ke nodded and followed Xiaodie all the way.

As soon as he entered the room, Qin Ke saw Gongshu Yinxue sitting and eating, a bowl of yellow and white millet porridge was steaming, slowly entering her bright red lips, her long hair was still loose, before she had time Close up, there is a short maid behind her smoothing her hair with a comb little by little, helping her into a bun.

"Fourth uncle is gone?" Gongshu Yinxue saw Qin Ke walking in holding the Bodhisattva sword, and said with a smile: "Just now when Xiaodie came over, I wanted her to call you, but I saw you and fourth uncle fighting fiercely from a distance. , I don’t care anymore.”

"Actually, you should take care of it." Qin Ke smiled helplessly, "I beat him for so long with an empty stomach, how many times I wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy..."

Seeing her serving porridge for herself very intimately, Qin Ke felt warm in his heart, and said softly, "Why are you up? I thought you would sleep until noon."

Gongshu Yinxue pushed the porridge bowl in front of Qin Ke, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "That's enough, I feel much better if I can sleep for an extra hour. Just now, my uncle sent someone over, saying that the official storehouse can be opened, and the matter of helping the refugees will be fine." Continue to let me do it, I have to go out in a while, do you want to come together?"

"Helping the refugees?" Qin Ke thought of the ragged and hungry people they saw on the way to the city, nodded immediately and said, "Of course I will go, it's good if I can help. Light a fire, cook porridge , build a shed... I can do all these things."

"Of course I know you are capable." Gongshu Yinxue shook his head, "But you are now the son-in-law of Gongshu, so you must not forget your identity."

"I don't think I have any status." Qin Ke reached out and picked the largest white flour steamed bun from the side plate, and took a big bite with the pickles on the table, "Although the matter is small, it can help everyone , As long as people don’t starve to death, I can do anything.”

Gongshu Yinxue continued to shake his head and said, "You still don't understand what I mean."

Her chopsticks tapped lightly on the edge of the porcelain bowl, making a crisp sound, "The food in this bowl is certainly important, but how does one bowl and two bowls help the overall situation? Things, a public loser can catch a few servants at will and they won’t do too badly, but you have worked harder than anyone in the past, but it will make the people below feel helpless and don’t know how to deal with themselves. I want to help Those refugees, of course you are of greater use."

Only then did Qin Ke understand the meaning of Gongshu Yinxue, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "This sentence sounds familiar, and it seems that someone has said this to me before..."

Chapter 366

In the Tang Dynasty, Gao Yishui once reprimanded him for being stragglers, only thinking about one person when doing things, and not knowing how to use people to control others.The words that Gongshu Yinxue said to him now are very similar to what Gao Yishui said.

"What should we do?" Qin Ke asked.

Gongshu Yinxue said: "There are two things to do now. One is to check and confirm the official warehouse grain that can be opened as soon as possible, make a plan, and then distribute the grain to various porridge shops according to the plan. At the same time, in the southeast of the city [-]. Two porridge sheds were added in the southwest of the city. Second, after the city gates are opened, there will be a large influx of refugees. My uncle got the news that Pingcheng is not peaceful anymore. Maybe people from the villages near Pingcheng will also flee to Jinzhou to seek Asylum, if left unattended, I’m afraid that if there are too many people, it will cause trouble. Uncle means that no matter how many people are allowed in, they will be raised, and maybe they will become Jinzhou’s arm when the war breaks out in the future.”

Qin Ke nodded, and Gongshu Yinxue's words made him feel at ease. Back then, if his parents could go to any big city and get a bowl of thin rice porridge, let alone let them help defend the city in the future, even if they went to battle as pioneers Death Squad, none of them hesitated...

Qin Ke lowered his head and looked at the porridge in his bowl and the half-eaten white flour steamed buns in his hands. Compared with the "gluttonous feast" table last night, these two foods are like the difference between a chopstick and a century-old tree , but now, there are countless people outside the city and on the road of exile who can't get what they want. They can only endure the hunger in their stomachs under the watchful eyes of groups of vultures and crows, and wander like ghosts on the vast wasteland.

He sighed and said, "When will there be no war in this world..."

But after a while, he laughed self-deprecatingly in his heart: "When there are too many people, they will naturally rob, everything will be robbed, as small as the patriarch of a public loser, as big as this world..."

After breakfast, Qin Ke and Gongshu Yinxue walked out of August Tingchan Pavilion side by side, but instead of rushing out, they first went to Gongshuren's room to say hello, Gongshuren looked at the two with gentle eyes, He probably explained some things, and took another seal letter to Gongshu Yinxue, and then, under Zhao's urging, continued to go back to his room and lie down to recuperate.

Before leaving, he said to Gongshu Yinxue: "You have always been sensible, and I was relieved to leave the matter to you. However, your third uncle is in charge of the porridge shop and granary during your stay. This time you go, you need to keep in mind that the third uncle is your elder after all, so don’t smear him lightly, of course he has done something, just come back and tell the uncle, and the uncle will support you.”

After hearing these words, Gong Shu Yinxue understood in his heart that although Gong Shuren was sick, he never had the slightest intention to let go of the authority of the Patriarch, and it also reflected from one side that he would only put the face of the public loser as the most important thing in everything. Whether it's her third uncle or herself, once the family's face is touched, it's not worth mentioning.

Outside the house, the carriage had been waiting for a long time. As soon as the two of them got into the carriage, Qin Ke asked, "What does your uncle mean? Why do you want to give him face, but ask you to do it?"

Gongshu Yinxue signaled the coachman to set off. Hearing the sound of horseshoes clattering, he smiled softly and said, "Where do you want me to let it go? Didn't you hear the phrase 'just tell him'? This one is You can't help it, do you think that if I catch third uncle's mistake, I can chase after him and beat him up? No. If you want to fight, you have to make a decision first, whether you should fight or who should fight... "

"So, he more or less knows something about your third uncle?" Qin Ke asked.

"From our point of view, what the third uncle does is just a dog's business, but the uncle may not take it to heart. After the uncle became seriously ill, he lost his decisiveness when he was young. He only hopes for the safety of the house and the harmony between the brothers. , So many things, I have been turning a blind eye to many things, including the matter of my fourth uncle's "discussion" with others in the early years, and he also turned it into a small matter and suppressed it..."

Qin Ke sighed, and asked: "So your third uncle... you are actually very clear about what shady things you have done, right?"

Gongshu Yinxue sneered and said: "He? Sometimes I really don't understand that he is a rich man with rich clothes and good food, but he insists on competing with those poor people who are about to starve to death for bowl after bowl of gruel... ..."

"Porridge? You mean he wants to be greedy for the relief food?" Qin Ke yelled a little loudly, and after Gongshu Yinxue coughed lightly, he immediately laughed three times in the carriage, wanting to To cover up his slip of the tongue just now.

Gongshu Yinxue smiled wryly, and waved his hand, "It's okay, the coachman is our second wife."

"He just doesn't care about the life and death of those refugees? They are all human lives!" Qin Ke nodded, but still lowered his voice.

"In his heart, the life of a refugee is certainly not worth the real gold and silver he exchanged for those grains. He is not as cultivated as the fourth uncle. Without the acquiescence of his uncle, he dare not openly recruit disciples to worship. It is to support some quacks with a lot of money in private, so that they will not be at a disadvantage in the future when they fight with the fourth uncle. This is also what I look down on him the most. He is too selfish, and he never thought about it. This matter has lost popularity in Jinzhou, so what if he raises more disciples to worship? On the contrary, the fourth uncle is indeed a bit arrogant, and he also hates my brother for being useless, but he is more qualified than him to inherit the public loser, but he I have never had any bad intentions, and my emotions are all displayed on my face."

"Then why doesn't your uncle let your fourth uncle do things?" Qin Ke asked.

"Because fourth uncle has a bad temper, he will strike at the slightest disagreement, but when interacting with people, he must be tactful and gentle. If he blindly does things based on his temperament, I'm afraid the people below will complain."

Gongshu Yinxue looked at Qin Ke filled with righteous indignation for a while, and righteous for a while, and she felt more and more joyful in her heart. She even felt a little glad that she met him instead of others in the rest of her life after the catastrophe.

These years, she has been trying to support the sky of the second room by herself, trying to be a big tree that shelters from the wind and rain, and protects her only younger brother under the tree.In fact, she was already physically and mentally exhausted, but Qin Ke bravely stood up yesterday, although it was not for her, she still felt warm.

Qin Ke is a warm, kind, genuine man, a good man.

Gongshu Yinxue clenched her fist secretly, and said to herself in her heart.

If you can... live with him forever, maybe it's not a bad thing.

She thought silently, but quickly blushed. In order not to let Qin Ke see the strange expression on her face, she pretended to lift the curtain of the small window to look out of the window, and threw all the miscellaneous thoughts into the noisy room with her eyes. on the street.

The coachman drove steadily, and within half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the official warehouse in the north of the city. However, when Qin Ke helped Gongshu Yinxue get off the carriage, he found that what he encountered was already a problem.

In front of the gate of the Guancang stood the porters arranged by Gongshu Yinxue early in the morning in twos and threes, and the ox carts and donkey carts were scattered on both sides of the gate one after another, with empty barrels and poles placed on them.

The gate of the official warehouse was tightly closed, and some porters leaned against the car and chatted, and some sat together and played dice, but they didn't gamble for money, it was just to pass the time.

But Gongshu Yinxue's brows were already frowned at this time, and she stepped forward in white clothes, looked at the porters and asked, "Where is Ma Liu? Let him come out and talk to me."

There was a commotion among the crowd, and soon a thin middle-aged man poked his head out of a donkey cart, saw that it was Gongshu Yinxue, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Miss, I am here."

As he said that, he jumped out of the donkey cart with agility that seemed to be very different from his own age, and trotted in front of Gongshu Yinxue.

Gongshu Yinxue looked at him carefully, this wasn't the first time she saw Ma Liu, but this glance was particularly profound, which made Ma Liu panic.

"Uncle asked you to bring people here to transport food, not to chat and gamble with your people." Gongshu Yinxue said coldly: "Could it be that the people sent by Uncle didn't make it clear to you?"

Ma Liu said anxiously: "Miss, what are you talking about...Of course the people sent by the uncle made it clear to me. It's not that I don't want to go through the ledgers and reconcile the accounts in there, but that the people here don't want to open the door at all. There's nothing I can do about it, I thought I couldn't force the door to go in, so everyone is waiting for you to come over, Miss, these porters... have never had any rules, and after waiting for a while, they get lazy and let the lady laugh."

Gongshu Yinxue looked sideways at the unnatural smile on Ma Liu's face, and said in a harsher voice, "Didn't you tell them what the uncle meant?"

"I said it... but they just shouted through the door, saying that this official warehouse has always been under the management of the third master, and they have never heard that the elder is planning to change people... They are inside, and I am outside the door... ...I am a servant, what can I do?" Ma Liu had a sad face, and the few wrinkles seemed to follow Ma Liu's expression.

Gongshu Yinxue observed carefully for a while, and felt that he didn't seem to be lying, so while frowning, he nodded and said, "Got it."

Then she tried her best to put away her anger, exchanged glances with Qin Ke, and they walked to the door side by side. She held the copper ring on the door and knocked on the door.

An impatient voice came from inside the gate: "Is it over yet? I told you, this official warehouse is managed by the third master. If you said you want to come in and check the accounts, then come in and check the accounts?"

Gongshu Yinxue's eyes flashed brightly, and he said in a low voice: "I am Gongshu Yinxue, open the door for me!"

The voice inside the gate seemed to be suffocated, and after a while the gate remained motionless, and another person inside said loudly: "What is Gongshu Yinxue, you lied to me. Miss Gongshu went out of the city to buy food a few days ago, and she hasn't returned yet. Where did you come from?" The yellow-haired girl here?"

Gongshu Yinxue was furious: "I am Gongshu Yinxue, I returned yesterday to the Gongshue! I have a personal seal letter from the master, why don't you hurry up and open the door for me!"

When she roared, even Qin Ke who was standing beside her was startled, but inside the gate seemed to be another world, and she couldn't even hear a sound at this moment.

Chapter 367

After waiting for a long time without hearing any response from inside, Gongshu Yinxue slammed the door again, walked down the steps angrily, and said to Qin Ke: "Something is wrong. Even if these officials don't know that I have returned home, I will It is said that they should open the door to have a test with the uncle's seal, why do they have to close the door and pretend to be deaf and dumb?"

"Why? Could it be that your third uncle is upset and gave them some order to fail?"