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"No...you still have a card in your hand..." Gongshu Jiu said to Gongshu Yinxue's back in a mosquito-like voice: "You still have a card!"

After finishing the work in the ancestral hall, Gongshu returned all the way to his yard, and a piece of news happened to be delivered to him at this moment.

"Master, there's a letter over there."

Gongshu Jiu nodded slightly, impatiently pulled out the silk book from the bamboo tube, looked at the words on it with a frown, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Wu Zhu is dead." Gong Shujiu recalled the fat steward who had won his trust once, and the original anger disappeared, leaving only deep tiredness.

Yet after such weariness, he laughed out loud.

"Hahaha..." His laughter was cold and harsh, like an old crow chirping in the long night, so startled that the servants beside him did not dare to look up.

Wu Zhu had already been intercepted and killed on the way to Jicheng, so his last flaw was also filled. Although all the masters of the rivers and lakes who had been enlisted for more than ten years died in those two days, so what?

The fourth child is locked up, and Gongshu Yinxue... what else can she fight for?

Thinking of this, his laughter became louder, even with a bit of anger, he pointed to the sky and yelled a few times: "Good death! Wuzhu! You died well!"

A rush of hot blood rushed to the top of his head, and with his footsteps, he staggered and fell to the ground.

"Master..." The servant was startled, and hurriedly helped him up, only to find that he was still laughing like crazy...

Chapter 415 The Sound of Horseshoes in Spring

It is expected that the cold and snow in the spring will not disperse, and the wind and the mountains and rivers will be warm at the beginning of the rain.

Outside Jinzhou City, amidst the pungent fragrance of the large expanse of green grass, people can already feel that everything is revived vigorously.

Those who wake up together with them are the seedlings in the spring field and the weeping willows on the river bank... The sun is shining warmly on their slender and delicate bodies, glowing with crystal luster, like girls stretching freely in the spring breeze , making no secret of her enchanting lines.

Two strong, tall horses stepped across the flat official road, and rushed into the lush grassland with joy. The mountains were undulating in the distance, and the laughter of a man and a woman entangled each other.

"Ake! Hurry up! If you can't catch up again, you should bark like a puppy." Although she was wearing a female skirt, Cai Yan's posture on the horse was calm and calm, and the horse under her crotch was like a gust of wind. With her skirt fluttering, she turned around and looked at Qin Ke with a smile in her eyes, "Puppy, puppy, puppy!"

"Don't be complacent, I don't necessarily lose this time." Qin Ke gritted his teeth and chased hard, but felt more and more powerless.

In fact, when Cai Yan first asked him to race horses, he still thought that he was a practitioner after all, and he had learned equestrianism for a few days in the Imperial Academy of Jingwu, and he was afraid that Cai Yan would be unhappy if he won too easily.

However, after he actually started racing, he realized how stupid his thoughts were.

Where is Cai Yan in front of him a weak girl who can't take care of herself?She is simply a brave female general on horseback!

In terms of equestrianism alone, he was almost at a disadvantage across the board, with three losses and three losses.If this was in a casino, he would probably lose nothing but his underpants.

But even so, every time he loses to Cai Yan, he has to bark like a puppy in front of her, and the "woof woof" makes him blush.

It's time for a revival!

Qin Ke looked at the approaching figure, and held the horse's rein tighter in his hand, thinking a little excitedly: This time, you must be convinced to lose.

Fifteen steps... Ten steps... Five steps...

The slender figure in front kept zooming in before his eyes, and the sound of the horse's hooves became louder and louder in Qin Ke's ears, and his heart beat faster and faster. He could hear the same heavy breathing of the horse, and knew that the horse must have been driven by Cai Yan. limit.

But so what?The two agreed to finish at the pine tree in front, as long as he could surpass Cai Yan before that, they could wave the flag and cheer.

"It's getting closer... it's getting closer..." At this moment, the two horses were finally driving side by side, and Qin Ke's eyes seemed to light up with a white light. Shout out loud.

However, at this moment, Cai Yan's clear laughter came from his ears.

The laughter just flashed past his ears, but her figure passed Qin Ke like a gust of wind, sweeping forward all the way, the loud neighing of the horse woke Qin Ke up, and what appeared in front of his eyes was, It was Cai Yan's figure that kept going away.

She still has energy left!

Looking at Cai Yan's back, Qin Ke finally felt frustrated and powerless. It seemed that not only his chess skills and math skills, but also his equestrian skills, he would never be Cai Yan's opponent...

The pine tree was getting closer and closer, and Cai Yan took the lead, without leaving him any chance, and won the victory in one fell swoop. Immediately, her laughter echoed continuously in the mountains and forests like the crisp birdsong in spring.

"Cai Yan..." Qin Ke rode the horse to her side, and said with a wry smile: "You win, you win, oh... You are obviously a girl, but your riding skills can surpass those of the generals in the Jingwu army. I really don't know how you did it."

"Hmph, who said girls can't be good at riding horses?" Cai Yan pretended to whip him with a horse, smiling cheerfully, "General Mulan of the Great Wall, sister Da Qiao, the lord of Qunfang, both of them are better at equestrian than me. Be strong, let us girls be serious, you men can only count on this!"

She raised her little finger and gestured to Qin Ke twice.

Qin Ke also didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only say: "Well, I shouldn't underestimate you, I am convinced that I lost, it seems that I really have to call you Cai Nv Xia in the future."

"Heroine Cai, of course you can be called, but it's useless even if you please me at this time." Cai Yan looked at Qin Ke narrowly, "What should the person who has agreed to lose do? Do you want me to remind you? ?”

"You..." Qin Ke was stunned, he didn't expect Cai Yan to see through the little things in his heart, and finally blushed, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Wow... woof woof..."

After learning how to bark, he lowered his head with a flushed face, not daring to look at Cai Yan again.

"Hahahaha..." Cai Yan laughed loudly, her movements were so large that people worried that she might fall off the horse in the next moment, but her equestrian skills were exquisite, no matter what movements she made on the horse, she could easily Can stand firmly on horseback.

In fact, Cai Yan doesn't care about Qin Ke learning how to bark a dog, but she finds it very interesting to see Qin Ke deflated, and wants to bully him every now and then.

Moreover, the two of them went out of the city alone this time, and Gao Yishui stayed in Jinzhou to watch the refining of Wuxing Sinan, so naturally he couldn't follow him, so there would be no one to help Qin Ke.

Listening to the undisguised laughter, Qin Ke weakly showed an expression of grievance, as if he had been greatly wronged, his head drooped, and he almost fell onto the horse's back.

After Cai Yan stopped laughing, she blinked curiously, looked at the neatly divided fields in the valley and the farmhouses burning with smoke, and said, "This is where you lived before? "

Hearing these words, Qin Ke raised his head slightly, looking at the rice fields and long acres not far away, with a sunny smile on his face.

He smelled a familiar smell, the paddy fields, fish ponds, waterwheels, cooking smoke in the mountains... everything was still the same as before, and the surrounding towering mountains were like a kind and kind mother who opened his long-lost warm embrace to him.

This is the land that has raised him for many years, and it is also here that he spent the most peaceful and happy days in his life. Even in these days of leaving, he has already deeply realized his poverty and loneliness at the beginning—but then how?

Even if a person is rich in the world, he still needs a house that carries his relatives, with a group of familiar people around, who can sit at a table and eat lively.

Qin Ke still has the purest love and nostalgia for this place, so much so that he has dreamed of those rough but simple smiling faces countless times.

He couldn't hold back his excitement, and the previous embarrassment and aggrievedness were swept away. He nodded and said, "Well, not long after I was picked up by Master, we have been living here."

But this time he came back, not because of any special reason, but simply because Cai Yan was really bored in Jinzhou and clamored to go out to play. Look, anyway, there is a horse of the public loser, and it won't take long.

Originally, Gong Shuren heard that Qin Ke planned to "go back to his hometown to visit his relatives", so he thought about letting Gong Shu Yinxue accompany him. Although Zhuge Wolong is no longer in Daoxiang Village, it is in accordance with etiquette to go back to his hometown with Qin Ke.

However, Gongshuren didn't know what he thought, and didn't let Gongshu Yinxue leave, but let Qin Ke arrange the return home.

Gao Yishui stayed in the Gongshu family. On the one hand, he still needs to continue to stabilize Gongshu, and always pay attention to balancing the relationship between him and Gongshu Yinxue. On the other hand, he also needs to keep an eye on the progress of Wuxing Sinan's smelting.

Abu stayed behind to protect Gao Yishui. Although spiritual practitioners are powerful, they have a huge flaw, that is, their bodies are often not as strong as Qi and blood practitioners. If they are penetrated by Qi and blood practitioners within ten steps , Ordinary spiritual practitioners cannot resist at all.

Therefore, many spiritual practitioners will choose strong warriors to accompany them for protection, and the aristocratic families will even arrange Qi and blood practitioners as their solid barriers.

Qin Ke didn't like to lead the team all the way with great fanfare, so this time when he returned to his hometown, Qin Ke only went with Cai Yan. After calculation, they had been out for nearly a month.

The road down the mountain was not very easy, so the two of them no longer rode on horseback, but led the horse slowly along the way. A few flying insects fluttered on the field ridges, and the dogtail grass had begun to emerge from the haystack. A hairy head popped out of it.

Cai Yan took off a handful and rubbed them in his hands, but he was eaten clean by the hungry horse running all the way without playing twice.

With a smile on his face, Qin Ke stuffed the horse with some fresh grass. After walking a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Uncle Ji!"

The familiar back is still the same, and the not-broad shoulders still make people see his cowardice at a glance—in fact, Uncle Ji has been living under the "shadow" of Aunt Qing for so many years, and being cautious has already become out of his normality.

He stood in the field, his trousers rolled up to his thighs, his legs sunk deep in the mud, and he was carefully inspecting the newly planted seedlings.

At first, Uncle Ji was a little weird, he just felt that the voice calling him was a little familiar, and then he thought about it carefully, isn't this the voice of that boy Qin Ke back then?

So he didn't turn his head, just smiled, and said to himself: "Why did you start dreaming in broad daylight, didn't Ah Ke go south to Jingwu..."

It's just that the voice was still shouting, Uncle Ji finally showed a suspicious expression. In order to confirm that there was nothing wrong with his ears or brain, he slowly straightened his waist, turned his head and took a look, which almost made him startled fell down in the field.

"Ah, ah...Ah Ke! It's you who came back!" Uncle Ji clapped his hands together and laughed loudly. He jumped from the muddy field to the ridge with his legs, and ran towards Qin Ke. At this moment, the somewhat aging heart beats like a young boy, full of joy.

It's just that when he got closer to Qin Ke, he hesitated under his feet, and when he was in front of Qin Ke, his face was already somewhat shocked...

Chapter 416 Native land, local accent, nostalgia

It was indeed Qin Ke, but this Qin Ke was no longer the Qin Ke he knew.

Qin Ke in the past was just an ordinary mountain village boy, wearing old linen clothes, although he couldn't say how rustic, at least he was approachable.

And these days, Qin Ke first got the influence of elite students and teachers in Jingwu Tai Academy, and went all the way from Jingwu to Tang Dynasty and then to Mohism. The experience along the way made him grow a lot, increased his knowledge, and cultivated his energy and blood. He also became more and more sophisticated, and his temperament changed a lot.

Except for the childishness between his brows and eyes, he is completely new now.

Looking at the expensive clothes on his body that only the children of the aristocratic family can afford, the jade rings around his waist are all available, and the meticulously combed bun... It makes him feel as if he has passed away.

And when he shifted his gaze to Cai Yan, he was even more shocked: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

When did Daoxiang Village see such a beautiful girl?What does it mean to look like a fairy and have picturesque features?That's it!

This is not a daughter that ordinary people can raise...even the family of the officials in the town can't do it!

Uncle Ji didn't know that his jaw was on the verge of dislocation, and he just stared at the two of them dumbfounded, like a piece of unconscious wood.

Qin Ke was also a little stunned. He didn't understand why Uncle Ji showed such an expression. Could it be that Uncle Ji couldn't recognize himself after half a year?

"Uncle Ji, what's the matter with you?" He poked Uncle Ji's arm with his hand, and a long-lost innocent smile bloomed on his face.At least in his own opinion, he is still the kid who grew up in Daoxiang Village, the country boy who likes to enjoy the wind in the fields and fool around with other kids.

"Ouch! Isn't this Qin Ke!"

The one who broke the stagnant air was Aunt Qing who was holding a bowl of rice porridge and a few steamed buns in her arms. With a happy expression on her face, she almost started trotting. Because of the bumps, a lot of the rice porridge shook out pottery bowl.

"Aunt Qing." Qin Ke went up to meet her with a smile, and went to help pick up the porridge bowl in her hand very freely. Although we had been separated for a long time, the gesture was still familiar as if it was just done yesterday.

Compared with Uncle Ji, Aunt Qing's expression was very calm. She handed over the porridge bowl and at the same time looked Qin Ke up and down, grinning and said: "Let's see, our young boy is also a good-looking talent now, this clothes, this The tiara... Oh, it's... made of jade, right? It's much more beautiful than the one on our county master's head!"

The horse of the public loser snorted behind Qin Ke, as if he didn't want to be ignored, but of course Aunt Qing had noticed the horse long ago, and after complimenting Qin Ke, she praised the horse for a while.

During this process, Qin Ke kept smiling shyly, not knowing how to speak up, while Cai Yan beside him had big eyes flickering, and a sweet smile flashed occasionally on his mouth, which seemed to be very Listening carefully to Aunt Qing's words.

In fact, it wasn't that Aunt Qing ignored Cai Yan on purpose. With her piercing eyes trained in many years of chasing Uncle Ji's private money, since she can see Qin Ke's luxurious attire and the extraordinary horse behind Qin Ke, how could she not see it? Where is the handsome girl in the red dress next to Qin Ke?

Sometimes, what is put at the end is not necessarily neglect, but the object of extra focus.

When Aunt Qing was speaking, she had carefully looked Cai Yan up and down with her eyes countless times.

And as a woman, especially a woman who has been married for many years, she naturally felt the intimacy between Qin Ke and Cai Yan.

This is Ah Ke... married a new wife?Aunt Qing wondered in disbelief, the more she looked at Cai Yan, the more cute she became.

Qin Ke saw that Aunt Qing was sizing up Cai Yan all the time, and she also took the initiative to say, "Aunt Qing, this is Cai Yan."

Aunt Qing finally let out a cry of surprise, and said with a smile, "So it's Miss Cai, I thought some fairy had descended to the mortal world."

"Hi Aunt Qing, I often hear Ake mention my aunt. He said that in the village, you treat him like your own child." Cai Yan spoke bluntly, saving all red tape.

Hearing Cai Yan speak like this, Aunt Qing naturally felt at ease, and a sense of intimacy emerged spontaneously, not to mention that Aunt Qing also claimed to be a flower from ten miles and eight towns back then. Cai Yan had clear eyes and a natural expression when speaking, without any affectation at all. , how could she not see it.

"Miss Cai, is this your first visit to our Daoxiang Village?" Aunt Qing stretched out her somewhat rough hand and held Cai Yan's hand with a bright smile. He let go of Ah Ke, and took Aunt Qing's arm.

Aunt Qing was beaming with joy, as if two magpies were jumping and singing alternately between her eyebrows and eyes, she said: "We are guests from afar, so we must treat them well, come and come, let's sit at home first, Aunt Qing will cook in person today Boil chicken soup for you to drink, the chickens raised at home are not as good as those from restaurants in the county!"

As she said that, she turned her head slightly and glared at Uncle Ji: "Boss, what are you doing in a daze? There are guests, why don't you hurry home and go to the cage fire to welcome them?"

Uncle Ji was shocked, and immediately came to his senses, ran to the field ridge to pick up the shoes, and said repeatedly: "Yes... yes... I will go to the cage fire now, right now."

"I have to urge you." Aunt Qing snorted, and then led Qin Ke and Cai Yan into the village talking and laughing all the way.

Qin Ke looked at Uncle Ji's hasty look, and was also secretly funny, thinking that he hadn't seen him for so many days, Uncle Ji's fear of guilt hadn't changed a bit, but it was this kind of no change that made him feel relaxed .

The sky is still so blue, the water is still so clear, the seedlings in the field are struggling to stretch their emerald green bodies, and the natural trees beside the road are swaying with the rhythm of the wind, as if waving to Qin Ke with a smile on his face.

The village is still the same village, and the houses have not changed much. When passing the still dilapidated "Suanni" statue at the entrance of the village, Qin Ke couldn't help but take a look, and then a burst of children's laughter reached his ears.

I don't know who said it first, and the word began to spread around the whole village: "Ah Ke is back! He is back with his beautiful wife!"

"Ake is back with his beautiful daughter-in-law!"

Not only the children, but even many adults were alarmed. One by one, they came from home or from the fields, not only to welcome Qin Ke who had returned from the "study tour", but also to witness Qin Ke with his own eyes. What does the "beautiful daughter-in-law" brought back look like?

And when they actually saw it with their own eyes, they let out bursts of expected exclamations.

When did you see such a beautiful girl in such a small country place?In front of Cai Yan, I am afraid that the most juicy girl in the village will have to hide at home in shame.

"Ah Ke, you can make a lot of money by going out this time." Many elders shouted at Qin Ke: "Usually you are an honest person, how did you abduct him this time?"

"No, no, I don't have that kind of relationship with Cai Yan." Qin Ke blushed and explained how many times he had explained along the way, but no one would listen to his explanation. In the eyes of everyone, Qin Ke's When I went back to my hometown, I only brought Cai Yan with me. Is there any need to talk about the relationship between the two?

The children have already composed and sang several versions of nursery rhymes. Although the sentences are chaotic and lack elegance at all, it can still make Qin Ke feel ashamed and almost bury his head in the ground.

On the contrary, Cai Yan seemed very calm and didn't explain anything. Instead, she smiled brightly, and even greeted each other with "uncles, aunts, aunts..." one by one.

The people who were called were all shocked, and felt a warm current rushing through their bodies, and couldn't help showing the most amiable look in their lives: "Oh, Miss Cai, our family Ake is a sincere child. If he dares to bully you, if he changes his temper in the future, girl, tell us something, and we will help you teach him a lesson!"

"Bullying? Changing sex?" Qin Ke looked at Cai Yan's cute appearance, shook his head, and sighed.

If it were a stranger, I'm afraid she would really think that she has always been so well-behaved.