the enlightener says

Sleep all night until morning.

Qin Ke opened his eyes in a daze, and after opening them for a moment, he closed them again because of the glare from the skylight coming in from the window. Half asleep and half awake, he almost thought that this was his home in Daoxiang Village, but he didn’t hear it. In the morning, there should be cocks crowing and dogs barking, but the sound of running water is still there.

Gongshu Yinxue on the side breathed smoothly, as if she hadn't woken up yet, with a sweet smile on her lips, she was probably still immersed in a sweet dream.

Qin Ke carefully crawled out of the bed, then supported half of his body with one hand, and jumped out of bed.

After his figure rushed out of the door in a panic, Gongshu Yinxue slowly opened her eyes.

Xiaodie wasn't there, Qin Ke felt at ease for a while, but before he finished stretching, a mighty and tall figure appeared outside the hollowed-out courtyard wall.

Qin Ke was so frightened that he turned his head and wanted to run upstairs, but Gong Shucha stepped on a rhythmic pace, but reacted faster than him. He strode into the yard, followed by a sneer, and shouted: "Why are you running? I'm afraid that my uncle will eat you!" Can't you make it?"

Hearing this, Qin Ke could only walk towards Gongshucha dejectedly with a forced smile on his face, "Fourth Uncle, it's so...so early."

Gongshucha snorted, raised his hand, and the broadsword "Zhanhu" with sheath appeared in front of Qin Ke's eyes, "I always get up early to practice, and I was not sleeping at this time. You didn't make that sword yesterday. I understand that you were tired all night, today, I must see that sword."

If you want to see the sword, you should go to the Great Wall to find General Mulan, and see if she will kill you with a sword!

Qin Ke was resentful in his heart, but said helplessly, "Fourth Uncle, why do you have to be obsessed with that sword? That is my last foundation, and it is usually the bottom of the box, how can it be easily shown to others. If Fourth Uncle has seen it all, this move will not be surprising, will it?"

"What is the bottom of the box?" Gongshucha stared at him, and said in a deep voice: "In front of my family, what is the bottom of the box? If I am not your fourth uncle, I can't say anything if you hide it. But Now that I'm your fourth uncle, it's a certainty, do you have any intention of hiding it? Who do you want to deal with? Me? "

"How could it be?" Qin Ke cursed inwardly, with his expression still humble, he said, "What am I going to do with my fourth uncle? My fourth uncle is already a junior master. If I didn't show mercy, how could I fight my fourth uncle?" More than 300 rounds without any injuries..."

Only then was Gongshucha slightly satisfied, nodded and said, "If that's the case, what can't you see?"

Qin Ke had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Fourth Uncle, you agree with me about Yinxue, don't you... just use this reason to prevaricate me, so that I can see me take this sword?"

Gongshucha shook his head immediately, with a serious expression on his face: "I'm good at martial arts, but I'm not as bad as a jerk yet. I agree with you and Yinxue's matter because you proved in front of me that you are not a waste. That's all for being worthy of Yinxue. As for the sword I want to see, it's just because I want to see it, there is no other reason."

It really fits his personality.

Thinking this way, Qin Ke sighed. Gong Shucha in front of him always maintained a posture of "I won't leave until you show me", which really made him have no way out.

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Qin Ke rolled his eyes and suddenly said with a smile: "Then...does it mean that I showed my fourth uncle this sword, so that my fourth uncle will stop fighting with me all the time?"

Gongshucha frowned, nodded lightly, but still took it for granted: "It is normal for people who practice martial arts to learn from each other. Cultivation is a long road, and it is important to support each other."

"But I'm still used to practicing alone."

At least, he doesn't want to support each other with Gongshucha... Qin Ke didn't say a word. Anyway, if he wants to practice, he has Abu and Gao Yishui. From the perspective of being an opponent, it will be more troublesome than Gongshucha. The characters are many times better.

"Forget it. Fourth Uncle, wait for me later, I'll go get the sword." After finishing speaking, Qin Ke walked back all the way and opened the door. Gongshu Yinxue was about to get up when he heard the door ring and hurriedly closed it His eyes were pretending to be asleep, but fortunately, Qin Ke just glanced at her secretly, then grabbed the Bodhisattva sword on the table, and walked out the door again.

In the yard, Gong Shucha was already eager to try, the sharpness of the broad knife in his hand was exposed, and his eyes were like eagles about to prey, shining with uncertain sharpness.

Qin Ke held the sword in both hands, the scabbard in one hand, and the hilt in the other, and then began to draw the sword slowly.

"Just one sword, fourth uncle, let me say yes first, I will only use this sword."

"Yes." Gongshucha eagerly said, "Come on!"

But just when Qin Ke drew his sword halfway, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and a person shouted loudly: "Fourth Master! Fourth Master!"

Gongshucha's eyebrows showed a bit of disgust.

He has always hated people interrupting his practice, and even more hated people interrupting him to compete with others. Qin Ke's sword has been lingering in his heart for more than a day, and now he finally has the opportunity to see this sword again, but suddenly The uninvited guest who disturbed his interest naturally felt a little angry in his heart.

It's just that he also recognized that the voice was the voice of the steward in his room. Since he was shouting so anxiously, something must have happened, and he had to be patient and listen.

"Fourth Master..." The steward just ran into the yard, bent over and coughed with his hands on his knees, obviously it took a lot of effort for him to come all the way, but seeing Gongshucha in front of him, he took a few deep breaths, He barely raised his head and said, "Fourth Master, something happened!"

"What is it, in a hurry? Didn't you see that I was competing with someone?" Gongshucha said angrily, and his voice naturally carried a bit of majesty.

The steward glanced at Qin Ke, and then at Gongshucha. He was holding a knife and a sword. He probably understood most of it in his heart, and immediately knelt down and said cowardly: "I'm sorry, fourth master, I'm broken. Your rules have disturbed you and my uncle's affairs. When I go back next time, I will take the punishment myself. "

Although Gongshucha was arrogant, he was not a mean person, especially his subordinates, so he just shook his head and said, "That's all. You didn't do it on purpose. Why should I punish you?"

"Get up." He said lightly, "What is it that makes you so flustered?"

When Gongshucha said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and his eyes sharpened immediately: "Is it... Big brother..."

"No, no..." The manager waved his hands again and again, denying, "My uncle is fine for the time being. Yesterday, the doctor at Jicheng entrusted someone to bring medicine for him. I heard that he has gotten better in the past two days."

Gongshucha nodded slightly: "That's good."

Seeing Gong Shucha's short speech and reaction, which didn't seem like he was putting on a show, Qin Ke felt a little fond of him for a while.

Gongshu inspected the steward, and asked in a low voice: "It's not that something happened to the eldest brother, is there anything new in this family that makes you so anxious?"

"Yes..." The steward glanced at Qin Ke, hesitated to speak, and lowered his head again as if there was something unspeakable.

Seeing what he meant, Gongshu hesitated for a while, tightening and loosening the hand holding the knife.With his temperament, he is naturally unwilling to retreat at such a critical moment. Qin Ke's sword has been drawn halfway just now. Maybe the manager in his room came a step late, and he should be able to see the sword...

But Qin Ke helped him out of the siege with a smile, and said: "Fourth uncle has any urgent matters at the moment, let's deal with them first. This is a discussion, there will always be opportunities in the future."

Gongshu watched Qin Ke suspiciously, "Are you willing to wait until next time?"

It's because you don't want to wait until the next time... Qin Ke thought to himself, with a bright smile on his face: "There's nothing you can't wait for. When fourth uncle is free, just come to me again."

Gongshucha nodded, with gratified eyes: "Well, I will remember this sword, and I will come back."

As he spoke, he put the broad knife back into its sheath, turned around, and walked out of the yard. The steward who was kneeling on the ground also hurriedly got up, patted his knees covered with dust, followed closely behind, and whispered as he walked. say something.

Qin Ke was about to start listening to the wind, but a familiar face walked in from outside the door. Bai Qi was still in the same black as ink, holding a sword in his hand, and looked back at Gong Shucha. Back view, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that I missed a lively event?"

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Gongshucha went all the way back to his yard, and finally felt that something was wrong. His yard is definitely not as strict as it is today.

He has always liked quietness, and the servants are usually far away from his house, but today, the servants are guarding everywhere with vigilance, like falcons waiting to be hunted.

"This is an arrangement I boldly made for my grandfather." The steward explained while walking back.

Gongshucha took a deep look at him, and instead of being interested, he became interested: "What is it that makes you so nervous? Is something wrong with Yinyun?"

"Master is fine. Master, you will know when you come with me." The manager's tone was strict, and he still refused to reveal anything at the door.

The two of them went all the way to the firewood shed in the courtyard of Gongshu's inspection house. The steward heaved a sigh of relief, looked around, took a step forward, and pushed open the rough door of the woodshed.

"Ahh..." Just at that moment, a bloody figure rushed out shouting and rushed straight to the manager.

Guan was taken aback at first, but then he heard Gongshucha's violent roar, and thought inwardly that he was not good, and immediately turned around, and shouted at Gongshucha who had drawn his sword, "Fourth Lord!" ...Stop! Look who he is!"

The broad knife stopped suddenly in the air, right in front of the bloody man, and stopped on his neck. Even though winter had not yet entered, the chill on the blade was like ice that would not melt for a thousand years. The steward couldn't help shivering, and his spine felt cold.

Gongshu took a closer look at the dirty and miserable face, and finally remembered who the owner of this face was. He had seen him many times on weekdays, but most of them were by Gongshu's side— —Because he is the most capable steward beside Gongshu, isn't he?

"Wu Zhu?" Gong Shucha still didn't put down the broadsword in his hand, and spoke coldly, "Why are you here? You're still covered in blood?" He looked at the steward, "You sent someone to beat you?"

"No..." The manager hastily denied it. At this time, Wuzhu, who was covered in injuries, finally recovered from Gongshucha's blade, and was scared to death.

"Ah..." Wu Zhu cried out, and fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, "Fourth Master, save me! Fourth Master...someone is going to kill me! Help me!"

Gongshucha looked at the steward suspiciously, and the steward made a "no problem" look in his eyes, and then Gongshucha let go of the broad knife. Even if he was a gangster, it would be difficult to commit murder in front of him, not to mention that Wuzhu is Gongshujiu's right-hand man , but not proficient in martial arts, it is impossible to do anything under his nose, so he doesn't have to hold a knife anymore.

"What am I going to save you for? You are doing well by Lao San's side, and someone dares to harm you?" After all, Gongshucha and Gongshu couldn't see each other, and he naturally had nothing good to say about the people around him, and his voice was indifferent.

Wu Zhu cried heart-rendingly, as if he had finally found his mother's child, and he had to cry out all the grievances in his heart.

It's just that his appearance makes Gong Shucha even more weird, like someone else's child, kneeling at his feet and crying wrongedly, but he is not his father, so why should he stand up for him?

Gongshu is not dead yet, he has to go to Gongshu if he wants to find him, what's the matter with crying for himself?

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The steward stood aside, looked down at Wu Zhu condescendingly, and said coldly, "Why are you crying? Are you trying to make everyone in this house cry?"

Wu Zhu was yelled at by him, and then he realized that he stopped crying, but couldn't stop sobbing. If he was a delicate woman with fair skin and beautiful skin, it would be pitiful to cry like this, but he is really a potbellied For a middle-aged man, crying like this is actually disgusting.

Gongshucha also felt a little annoyed, and said: "You can say what you want, and you can cry and cry at my place. If you get lost and can't find your own yard, I will send someone to send you back to Lao San." go."

Unexpectedly, Wu Zhu panicked all of a sudden, and shouted: "Don't, don't... Fourth Master, you must not send me back to Third Master, I don't dare to go there again, if you send me now Send it back, where is my life left!"

"It has nothing to do with me whether you live or not." Gongshucha snorted coldly, and said, "Could it be that you broke some rules, and Gongshucha wants to use family law against you? If so, you are looking for me, but you are looking for the wrong one Man, I have always disliked the third child, but if you violate the rules of public losers and lose people to public losers outside, I will not forgive you lightly."

Wu Zhu raised his head to look at Gongshucha, shook his head hastily, and said, "Fourth Master, what are you talking about? Of course, I know that Fourth Master is an upright gentleman, and you also value the rules of public losers. Fourth Master, you want to punish me, beat and scold me." It's all the same...but the third master...he wants to kill me to silence me!"

"Kill you to silence me?" Hearing this, Gongshu looked at the steward with a little more interest, and the steward nodded, and said to Wuzhu: "Wuzhu, please tell the fourth master carefully, what is the third master's reason for?" If you want to kill you, as long as you are obedient, fourth master is a fair person and will definitely act impartially, but if you lie, don't forget that you told me before, I can tell the lie when I hear it. "

"Don't dare dare not dare." Wu Zhu shook his head like a rattle, "I know Fourth Master is fair."

He shivered and dawdled on the ground for a while, and finally stood up, but he pulled several wounds on his body, and immediately grinned and screamed in pain, but knowing that Gongshucha was right in front of him, he didn't care about it, and walked a little closer : "Fourth Master, actually..."

Gongshu saw that his body was dirty, and his eyes showed a bit of disgust, but finally he endured it, bent his tall body down a little, leaned over, and then Wuzhu also explained softly.

"You mean, the third brother secretly greedy for nearly tens of thousands of shi of grain from the ink granary, and even cooperated with several grain banks to exchange the grain into gold and silver, and put it into his own pocket?" Only then did he believe what was said in his ear, why did the steward take it so seriously.

"How dare he be so bold?" Gong Shucha's eyes were full of shock, his lips were tightly closed, with a bit of disbelief, "Are you sure you didn't falsely accuse him?"

Wu Zhu knelt down again: "Fourth Master Mingjian, everything the villain said is true, if there is even half a lie, let God strike me with lightning!"

Gongshucha was silent again. He looked at Wuzhu quietly, speechless for a while, and thought about some words in his heart for a long time before finally saying, "I see."

Wu Zhu didn't see any more blue color on Gong Shucha's face for a while, thinking that he didn't care about this matter, he raised his head and shouted: "Fourth Master..."

"Get down!" Gongshucha yelled loudly, like a thunderbolt, rumbled in front of the firewood room door, his suppressed anger almost burst out of his chest, and his breathing began to become short of breath.

But he still tried his best to speak to Wuzhu in a calm tone: "I will arrange for you to live with me for the time being, to protect your safety, but you don't want to talk about this matter, otherwise don't talk about the third child, even if it is me , I have to kill you."

Hearing what Gongshucha said, Wu Zhu was overjoyed at last, regardless of the pain in his body, kowtowed on the ground again and again: "Thank you, Fourth Master, thank you, Fourth Master..."

The steward immediately called a few confidantes and asked them to put Wuzhu in the dark room. Before he left, he told them to keep the secrets, and at the same time, someone brought him a gold-chuang medicine and applied it on him.The steward knew that although this Wu Zhu looked miserable, most of them were just skin wounds, nothing serious. I think the luck of this Wu Zhu was good, but he just went out to do some ordinary errands, but he brought two nurses with him by accident. According to him, if these two people hadn't exchanged their lives for his way of escape, then the assassin should have taken his life.

Seeing Wu Zhu's figure being supported and disappearing around the corner, Gong Shucha suddenly asked, "When did you meet him?"

"This morning, when I was taking people out, a handsome man stopped my carriage with a panicked face. I later found out that this man was actually the face of Wu Zhu who was raised outside. Wu Zhu really has a strange orientation. , I don’t like young girls, but I like such a pretty boy..."

The manager saw that the expression on Gong Shucha's face was wrong, and quickly restrained the smile on his face. He knew that Gong Shucha was not good at women, and he didn't like to listen to such nonsense, so he directly skipped this part and continued: "Then I followed that little boy to the place where he lived, and only then did I see Wuzhu covered in injuries. He begged me to bring him to you, saying that the entire public loser could save his life, only fourth master You."

"Save his life? Hmph!" Gong Shucha's expression was displeased. "Third brother knows about these things even if he wants to come here. Instead of dissuading him, he helps him to do it. Now the third child knows everything. It was handed over to Yinxue, and he couldn't hide it anymore, so he sent someone to kill him to silence him... He didn't dare to go to the elder brother's side, after all, once the incident happened, the elder brother would definitely protect his brother first, and then came to join me Such a villain, I can't wait to kill him with a knife! If the news about what the third child did, it will be a huge scandal for the public loser, and even the court may blame it. My public loser is already Forced to move from the center of the imperial court to this land of Jinzhou, if the people above still refuse to let go, who knows if the giant will be able to protect the public loser this time!"

The manager nodded, and looked at Gongshucha with approval: "Yes. What the third master has done is almost pushing the Gongshu into the pit of fire. If it is exposed, the public loser will be overwhelmed in Jinzhou. Loss, weight, the public loser may be doomed... This is not a joke."

When Gongshucha heard this, his breath became more uneven, and the tip of the broad knife in his hand trembled slightly.He forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, raised his head abruptly, opened his legs and said, "No, I'll go and tell my brother right now!"

"Wait a minute... Fourth Master, Fourth Master!" The steward stepped forward to stop him, but he was bumped into his arms. Gong Shucha's bear-like chest made his whole body tremble.

"Fourth Master." The steward stood still, ignoring the pain on his body, and hurriedly said, "You can't go!"

Gongshucha frowned and looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"Grandpa, what's the use of bringing the matter to the uncle now?" He whispered: "The uncle is sick, but he is not stupid, and I have been watching the third master's work in secret, and the third master is not leaking I'm afraid that someone handed the letter to the uncle early, and he may not be unaware of the tricks in the official warehouse. This time, Miss Yinxue suffered such a big crime, and he was in a hurry to let the lady take over the granary, saying Is it just to wipe the ass of the third master? It has not been a day or two since the uncle has favored the third house. I heard that Miss Yinxue actually discovered the problem in the accounts, but she didn't attack it. She must have thought that even if she said it, At most, the uncle will only give the third master a small punishment, which is useless, but will leave a mean-spirited impression on the uncle..."

"It's all like this, and he still wants to turn a blind eye?" Gongshucha stared, anger welling up in his heart, "He still doesn't care about this public loser, and he doesn't care about the foundation left by his ancestors!"

The steward shook his head and said, "That's not certain. The third master has a very fake face, and he usually likes the uncle. Besides, the uncle's illness has been taken care of by the third master before and after running. It was also his arrangement to invite Miracle Doctor Lu to Jicheng, so the uncle naturally attaches more importance to it."

Gongshucha snorted heavily, and had to admit that what the steward said was not wrong: "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?"

"Can we...can we secretly..." the steward asked hesitantly.

"I've always known people not to do secret things." Gong Shucha interrupted him immediately with raised eyebrows.

The butler rolled his eyes: "Fourth Master, don't refuse in a hurry, we definitely can't directly bring the matter to the uncle, but fourth master, can you force the uncle to handle it impartially..."

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"Forcing him? Will my elder brother have the kind of temperament that can be manipulated by me?"

"When we get more evidence that the third master is greedy for food, we will find a way to open the ancestral hall and invite all the clan elders to come over..." The housekeeper said: "Although the uncle is the head of the family, he is the same as the public loser, but it does not mean that he can be the elder of the clan. They turn black and white in front of us. The old people usually don’t show their heads very much, but when things really unfolded, they also had to open their eyes and take a good look. And submit it, in front of the ancestral tablet, in front of all the elders of the clan, the uncle can no longer protect the third master, can he?"

Gong Shucha's eyes brightened slightly, and he said, "That's fine."

He looked at the steward with a smile on his lips, "Old Zheng, I didn't expect you to be a rare smart person, and I have wronged you in my courtyard these years."

The steward bowed his hands and replied, "What did the fourth master say? I am wronged or not. I am willing to do things in the fourth master's courtyard. Although the fourth master is usually a bit quick-tempered, he is upright and never Treating servants harshly is a thousand times better than the third master who hides his sword in his smile."

Gongshucha laughed loudly: "That sounds comfortable. That's right, follow me, as long as you do what you're supposed to do, and don't steal or play tricks, I will definitely not treat you badly."

"Thank you, Fourth Master." The steward said, "So please be patient for a few more days, and when I have collected all the evidence, you can just show these things to the clan elders. By then, Third Master will lose all hope. Even if the uncle always wants to help him to take over the position of Patriarch, I'm afraid it won't work, and Miss Yinxue is a daughter after all, and her seniority is also lower than that of the fourth master. Sooner or later, the position of the patriarch will fall to the fourth master. head?"

Gongshucha nodded in satisfaction, "If I take the position of Patriarch, the first thing I will do is to clean up the family style of this Gongshujia, set up rules, and then clean up all the smoky things! "

"You're good, very good." Gongshucha patted the steward on the shoulder, "I'll leave this matter to you. If I can manage the house in the future, I will definitely let you take the position of the steward."

Hearing this, the steward was immediately overwhelmed with excitement, hurriedly bowed deeply, and said, "Thank you for the promotion, Fourth Master, then I will go right away, and I will never fail Fourth Master's trust!"

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