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Before, he was very tired of Gongshucha coming to him every day to discuss with him, but since Gongshucha was imprisoned, he inexplicably felt that his practice speed was much slower.

"Thinking about it this way, there is a little grandmaster who doesn't need to spend money to come to the door on time every day to accompany you... Do I not cherish it too much?"

Qin Ke's sweat dripped down his cheeks little by little, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and gently inserted the Bodhisattva sword back into the scabbard.

After receiving the towel handed over by Xiaodie, while wiping it, he scooped up a scoop of clear water with ice scum in it from the big tank, and gulped it down.

After drinking it in one gulp, Qin Ke felt a bone-piercing chill rushing down his throat all the way to his stomach, and then all over his body.

Xiaodie took the water ladle, covered her mouth with a light smile and said, "Young Master is in good health, I feel cold even when I touch this ladle of cold water, but Young Master can drink like a normal person."

"What's the matter?" Qin Ke continued to wipe his sweat and grinned.

For those of them who practice qi and blood, their strong physique is enough to make them more resistant to cold than ordinary people. What's more, he has just closed his posture at this time, and it is when the qi and blood are surging. Qi and blood run.

However, he looked at Xiaodie's beautiful face with lightly applied makeup for a while, and the smile on his mouth gradually stiffened, and he couldn't help but think of another thing.

Chapter 394 Building a Snowman and Roasting a Starling

Ever since Gongshuren became seriously ill, he seldom bothered about family matters, and Gongshujiu became the talker of Gongshu's family. At least in the eyes of outsiders, he was already the "quasi" family head.

It may be that with such confidence, Gongshu has restrained himself in many aspects. His niece is responsible for the porridge shop, relief for refugees and other affairs. He really didn't get involved again. The relationship between uncle and nephew seems to have temporarily entered hibernation. Like a snake in the early stage, each of them put away their sharp edges.

Gongshuren has always refused Gongshu Yinxue's visit, but sent someone to greet Qin Ke several times, mostly to talk about family matters, or to ask him about his past.

It was inevitable to mention the famine that swept through the Mohist family back then. Gong Shuren was also very sad when he heard it, and he couldn't help but feel a little more pity in his eyes.

It was also at this time that Gong Shuren casually mentioned that Xiaodie also had a miserable life experience just like him, but as a result, the subject changed direction, and even asked Qin Ke if he wanted to take Xiaodie into his room as a maid or something... …

In a large family, this kind of thing is also common.

After all, the family is big and the business is big, sometimes a regular wife may not be able to manage it, and it is even more difficult to tie the heart of her husband.That being the case, I might as well put a few more caring maids in the past, they are all my own people, helping each other, and saving my husband from going outside to flirt.

Qin Ke naturally changed his expression immediately when he heard this, with a panicked expression, and quickly refused, and left it clean, as if he really had so much heart and soul for Gongshu Yinxue.

Now every time I think about it, I feel heart palpitations.

In fact, Qin Ke moved the bedding to the couch on the second night after the festive candle night. Anyway, he got up early and tidied up before dawn, and he didn't let the servants see anything unusual.

The strange thing is that since Qin Ke rejected Gong Shuren's proposal, Xiaodie never guarded the door at night...

"Uncle?" Xiaodie felt a little strange when she saw Qin Ke's strange expression and those slightly distracted eyes.

"Ah. It's nothing." Qin Ke woke up with a start and waved his hands awkwardly.

Of course he wouldn't talk about this kind of thing with Xiaodie, and he didn't bother to care about whether Xiaodie had received any rumors from Gongshuren.All he wants is the compass of the Five Elements Siman, and then he will leave Jinzhou and continue on the long road to find his master and divine enlightenment.

That's right, after experiencing so many things, his purpose is no longer simply to find the trace of the master, he also has some inexplicable interest in the matter of divine revelation.

Thinking of this, he handed the handkerchief to Xiaodie, turned around and walked out of the yard.

As soon as Qin Ke left, the two sisters, Gongshu Yinxue, came back. Seeing the empty yard, Gongshu Yinyu looked up at his sister with complicated eyes, and it took a long time before he said: "Brother-in-law is not here, I'm afraid the roast chicken is gone." Is it your hope?"

"Xiaodie, where's uncle?" Gongshu Yinxue saw Xiaodie who was squatting in the corner pinching snow balls, walked over and asked.

"Young master... just went out, didn't say where to go." Xiaodie patted her cold red hands, then put her hands in the pockets of her padded jacket, saw the faint look of disappointment on Gongshu Yinxue's face, and said with a smile: "Miss, I remember last year you built a big and tall snowman in the yard, which melted in March, but it made us all envious, otherwise... shall we build another one?"

"It's not snowing too thickly, so it's not easy to pile up." Gongshu Yinxue raised his eyes and looked at the yard, the snow had already been swept away in some places.

"The snow in the backyard hasn't moved at all, and it's on the roof. Let someone find a ladder and shovel it all down." Xiaodie covered her mouth and smiled secretly, "If Miss likes it, I can pile it up like my uncle this year. How about your snowman?"

Gongshu Yinxue's ear suddenly became hot, and he glared at Xiaodie complainingly, but the expression on his face was a bit more expectant.

"Bad girl, be careful biting your tongue... Do you think you can make a person's appearance casually? It's not an ice sculpture. Speaking of it... I don't have ice sculpture skills."

"Miss, I didn't ask you to do exactly the same thing. You have that kind of heart, and it's like that!" Xiaodie made a face at Gongshu Yinxue, stood up and ran out of the yard, running Bian shouted cheerfully: "I'll call someone to shovel the snow."

Qin Ke walked down the nine-curved and eighteen-curved corridor of the public loser, intending to find Gao Yishui, but now that he wanted to find him, he had already gone to the Laoshizi Inn in a secret manner.

Because Gao Yishui, Abu, and Cai Yan are currently living in the guest room of the public loser in a dignified way, with three meals a day, good wine and good meat, not to mention the good wine and meat. After all, the public loser even asked someone to bring him a starling. If there is nothing to do, I will take this starling, like a rich man in his 80s, shaking his head and wandering around the back mountain.

This is naturally because after Gongshucha was imprisoned, Gongshujiu's status rose.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Gong Shuren's health was getting worse day by day. If it wasn't for Dr. Lu who repeatedly helped him hang his life, he might have already become a memorial tablet to meet the ancestors in the ancestral hall.

As for Gongshu Yinxue, she is a junior, let alone seniority, she is too far behind, even if someone is willing to support him, how can she beat Gongshu?

Of course, as Gongshu Yinxue's husband, Qin Ke went to find the "Keqing" who was warmly treated by Gongshu at this moment, which seemed a bit weird.

However, Gao Yishui is worthy of being a genius. Just a few days ago, he suggested to Gongshu: "This Qin Ke is very powerful, but he has no background and no help. He will be bound by the status of a son-in-law for the rest of his life. You Thinking, if he can find a bigger and more reliable backer, not to mention that his cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds in the future, he might be able to overwhelm Gongshu Yinxue and become the real talker of the second room... Now that Mr. Gongshu is away from the position of the head of the family, it can be said It's only half a step away, if you win over Qin Ke, Gongshu Yinxue is a married daughter's family, what tricks can you come up with?"

Gongshujiu was still thinking about how to deal with Qin Ke and Gongshu Yinxue. Of course, he was overjoyed to hear Gao Yishui's "far-reaching" plan, and immediately arranged for someone to send a letter to Qin Ke quietly. Gao Yishui also patted his chest to express his Come be a lobbyist, nothing goes wrong.

And Qin Ke naturally hooked up with Gao Yishui very "obediently", so he also "secretly" became the person on Gongshujiu's side.

Even Gongshu Jiu specially arranged for someone to cover up Qin Ke's whereabouts, lest the meeting between him and Gao Yishui would reach Gongshu Yinxue's ears...

"I really don't know what expression he will have when he knows all this in the future." Qin Ke couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to Gong Shujiu, and then slowly opened the door.

"Cough cough cough..."

As soon as the door was opened, Qin Ke heard a few clear coughing sounds, followed by billowing smoke and dust rushing towards him like a black cloud.

Qin Ke was startled at first, and after careful observation, he was sure that there was no fire in the house, but a simple barbecue grill with a few birds on it, and someone was carefully rotating it.

"Which game are you playing now? Grill something with the door closed?" Qin Ke put his hips on his hips, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Cai Yan sat on the chair, her movements were not very skillful, but she still looked good, but the charcoal didn't seem to be chosen very well, so the smoke was a little bigger.

"Ah Ke?" Cai Yan turned his head to take a look, with a sly smile, "Come on, come on, it just happens to be baked, let's eat together."

Qin Ke smiled wryly, walked slowly to Cai Yan, moved a chair and sat down, and said: "I usually cook roast chicken in the kitchen or in the yard, but you are better off in the house." Just light it up a little bit, and don’t be afraid to set the house on fire.”

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, the public loser's family has a big business, and burning a few houses is just a drizzle." Cai Yan shrugged, and what seemed to be an understatement almost made Qin Ke choke to death.

And what Cai Yan said next made Qin Ke a little bit at a loss. She shrank her head and said cautiously: "If I light the fire outside, what should I do if Gao Yishui finds out? His starling was roasted, and he will definitely fight me hard..."

Qin Ke sat like a fool, unable to make a sound.

Gao Yishui's starling?Wait...is that the one he's carrying around from time to time these days?He even let the starling learn the phrase "Mr. Gao Shan is number one in the world".

Although Qin Ke felt a little disgusted by this kind of self-flattering behavior, he never thought of turning others into a mass of roast meat on the fire.

Cai Yan snorted and said: "This guy, he kept calling 'Mr. Gao Shan the number one in the world' all night. I was so disgusted that I couldn't sleep all night. I finally took the opportunity today. If I don't roast it, I will Not Cai!"

Probably because the "big vendetta" was avenged, Cai Yan giggled, playing with the roasted mynah while humming a strange song vaguely.

Qin Ke heard it familiarly, and it was all songs sung by children in the Tang Dynasty, such as "give me two dollars, the uncle who sells candied haws has a really sweet smile", or "kites and kites fly around randomly, flying around and falling to the sky". On Daddy's head, a big bag was smashed out, the bag..." Lah.

If Cai Yong, who was far away in the Tang Kingdom, heard this, he would be so angry that he would faint.

However, Qin Ke couldn't judge whether the reason for his fainting was "Daddy smashed a bag on his head" or his beloved daughter's more than ten years of gentle upbringing was wasted.

At this time, his ears moved slightly, and he subconsciously turned his head away.

"It's almost roasted, sprinkle some salt and spices, it will be delicious." Cai Yan continued to play with the barbecue on the fire, not taking his eyes off it.

"Little Chirp!"

With a deafening cry coming from far and near, a figure in a light blue robe rushed straight to the fire, looked at the barbecue like a dead relative and cried loudly, "Little Chirp! What's wrong with you, Chirp! Don't die, Xiaojiu! Half my life has been rough, and I finally got married with you! How can you bear to leave me!"

Standing aside, Qin Ke's face turned pale, he was also very frightened, and he didn't care to hear Gao Yishui's cries, but kept regretting in his mind how he forgot to close the door just now.

But soon, I felt sorry again, after all, this starling is also Gao Yishui's beloved, and it's fine if I didn't dissuade Cai Yan, but sat with her and waited for the starling to be cooked...

Biansheng Cai Yan looked very calm, snorted: "What's your name, it's so noisy, don't do this with me, at worst, I will share your leg in a while."

"Cai Yan..." Qin Ke frowned slightly, wanting to say something.

"What are you talking about!" Gao Yishui cried: "This is the one I chose out of thousands of choices. Just now you can talk and you just roasted it for me!"

Cai Yan covered her ears and stared at her eyes: "You are endless! If you keep making noise, I won't even give you your legs!"

"Bastard!" Gao Yishui stepped forward angrily and raised his fist.

Qin Ke's heart tightened, his blood was already surging, and he was ready to stop him.

However, to his surprise, Gao Yishui raised his fist, but not to beat Cai Yan violently.

The moment he approached Cai Yan, his fist was already open, and Gao Yishui stretched out his finger, and used his hand like a knife to slash the starling's body: "You have to give me half of it anyway! There is no meat in this leg! "

"Good idea!" Cai Yan kicked him.

Qin Ke looked at the scene in front of him and listened to the laughter and noise in his ears, and was really speechless for a while.

In the end, most of the starling was snatched by Gao Yishui. The reason he gave was: since he is the owner of the starling, it is fair and reasonable that he should taste the fattest part of its body.

The three of them started chatting casually while eating the barbecue.

Before Qin Ke was assassinated in the street, Gao Yishui spent most of the day explaining to him more clearly. Qin Ke's idea of ​​beating him up was not put into practice in the end, but he just dealt with him ruthlessly. He condemned and warned him, and forced him to swear that he would never use such insidious means to drag innocent people into the water again...

Now that they were sitting together again, Qin Ke no longer kept secrets, and asked bluntly: "What should we do next? Is it possible that you plan to eat rice here every day and do nothing?"

"Is there anything wrong with eating white rice every day..." Gao Yishui's mouth was full of barbecued meat, and his voice was a little vague.

Qin Ke said angrily: "Don't interrupt! If it continues like this, Gongshu will really be the master of the house. What will happen to Yinxue and Sinan's compass?"

Gao Yishui frowned, and said, "Gongshu is going to be in charge after all? Who told you?"

"Isn't this a bald man with lice on his head? It's obvious? Gongshucha has been locked up, and Gongshujiu's family is the only one... Two days ago, Gongshuren came to see me. I saw him like that. The situation is not optimistic... Yinxue Although she has intentions, she doesn't have the strength and prestige after all, and it's almost impossible to confront Gongshujiu head-on..."

"Don't talk so full." Gao Yishui interrupted him, shaking his head and said: "No matter how bad Gongshuren's situation is, he still hangs his breath. No matter how big the family is, Gongshu is still an empty air. In terms of strength and prestige , who can be stronger than Gong Shuren?"

"But he is so sick, and I don't know how long he can last." Qin Ke said: "If one day he dies suddenly, are you prepared?"

Gao Yishui grinned, "No."

"Then what should I do." Qin Ke stood up abruptly, not understanding where Gao Yishui's indifference came from, "The compass..."

"The compass doesn't have to be taken from Gongshu Yinxue, does it?" Gao Yishui asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean..." Qin Ke felt guilty.

"The compass is in the hands of the ancestors, but it will take a long time to worship the ancestors. Have you ever thought... that it is better to act first?"

Qin Ke's eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"The problem is, there is one thing I don't understand right now." Gao Yishui picked out his ears with his little finger, rubbed his chin and thought, "What do you think Gong Shuren... what is he thinking?"

Chapter 395 It's a joke

"Do you think that Gong Shuren really intends to let his third younger brother... take over from him?" Gao Yishui put down the teacup in his hand, and did not go to get a new skewer, and said calmly: "Gong Shuren actually I have been investigating the matter of the assassin, and I also threw some news to him a few days ago."

Qin Ke raised his head suddenly: "You want to..."

"That's right." Gao Yishui said: "I think Gongshuren must have doubts in his heart for a long time, but he suffers from insufficient evidence, and he really doesn't like brotherhood at home. If Gongshu is really accused of being the mastermind one day, you What do you think he will do?"

But Cai Yan curled his lips and said: "But Gong Shuren has clearly found that layer, but he hasn't made trouble for a long time, and he hasn't relaxed the imprisonment of Gong Shucha. How can this be explained?"

Gao Yishui nodded, and said: "This is what I find strange. I am confident that there will be no mistakes in the means of delivering the news. It is also difficult for Gong Shuren to think that someone deliberately sent people under his nose. Anyway, he is also there." Check, I found out by following the vines, it is normal, but he is still lying on the bed to recuperate, but he is more and more dependent on the public transport, there are only two possibilities... First, he is playing hard to get, and second, he has no choice. You Which do you think it is?"

"Of course it's the first type." Cai Yan said firmly, and added by the way: "It's true that Gong Shuren is sick, but what's sick is only the body, not the brain."

Gao Yishui and Cai Yan looked at each other, gave a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "A gentleman sees the same thing."

The days in winter are always shorter. When the servants of the public loser light the lamps, Qin Ke walks back to Tingchan Pavilion in August with a heavy heart.

This name of the pavilion full of the meaning of the end of summer and the beginning of autumn has made Gongshu Yinxue want to change it many times, but Yin Yu said that he likes it very much, so she has kept it until now without saying a word.

Qin Ke was walking all the way with his head buried, but suddenly felt as if there was a tall and solid block blocking his way, so he raised his head in a daze.

"This...what's the trouble?" Qin Ke stretched out his hand in disbelief and poked the "monster" in front of him twice, "Is it... Snow?"

"You're back?"

Behind the one-foot-tall snowman, a light figure turned around, looking at Qin Ke with a smile on his face.

Qin Ke took two steps back, and finally saw the whole picture of the snowman clearly, and couldn't help admiring: "So tall? You piled it up alone?"

"Of course not, Xiaodie and Yinyu have helped, now there are only two eyes missing, I found two pumpkins, can you install them?" Gongshu Yinxue sent her hands behind her back, It was holding two palm-sized small pumpkins in its hands.

"Uh, good." Qin Ke blinked his eyes twice, took the two little gourds, raised his head and gestured at the snowman's head and face, his legs sank under the shock of blood, and there was a muffled sound along with the floor tiles, He had already risen into the air, twisted his body half a circle in the air, and pushed and clapped with both hands at the same time.

When he landed lightly, Gongshu Yinxue burst out laughing, and said: "I thought it would be nice to use a pumpkin, but I didn't expect..."

"It's too weird, isn't it?" Qin Ke followed her gaze, the snowman in the night looked like a giant beast looking down at them, staring at the eyes that were the size of a gong and shining with golden light, it was very scary .

"Forget it, let's leave it at that." Gongshu Yinxue smiled for a while, her eyes gradually softened, she carefully looked sideways at Qin Ke, and murmured: "This is very good, really good."

Qin Ke rubbed the back of his head, not knowing what kind of riddle she was playing, he hesitated and said, "Let's eat early, tonight I... have to go out for a while."

"Huh?" Gongshu Yinxue frowned, but soon stretched it out, "Okay, let's go in, Yinyu didn't eat roast chicken today, and he's choked up."

But at the moment of turning around, Gongshu Yinxue sighed softly.