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That's why he didn't agree to Hu's request, because he also knew that the courtiers were coming for him, the school office, and even Zhuge Wanling.

Do the gentry behind Sun Ji'an really care about this case?Of course not, although the channel for Jing Wu to buy the northern barbarian horse breeds privately is indeed important, it does not mean that there is no other solution. The barbarians on the grassland have always fought on their own, and as long as they are willing to pay the price, they can always contact some people.

Hu, as a member of the school affairs office, even if he takes the main responsibility, the school affairs office itself is still inseparable. Dragging down from Ling's position is already more than half the success.

"We still have to find a way to make Kartai and Gong Wu forget about this grudge. As long as this matter can be controlled, then the impact of this matter will also be controlled. At most, those adults will impeach me for doing things. Ineffectiveness is not a big deal." Zhou Gongjin felt a little headache, half of it was because of her illness, and the other half was also because of the court situation.

He stretched out his hand and wrapped the quilt tightly around his body, and continued: "Gong Wu, rely on that guy Gao Changgong to go and talk about it. Although Mr. Gao has a bad temper, after all, he is a person who knows the general situation. Knowing that this matter is no longer It's just a personal grievance, and it will even affect the prime minister, so naturally he won't cling to it."

Speaking of this, he sniffed his nose again and muttered: "But it seems that I owe the Gao family another favor."

"Then Kartai is the only one left." Qin Ke also had a headache when he thought that the barbarian was still in the prison.

You must know that the barbarian died and injured many of his subordinates during this accident, and he was hit by four poisonous heavy crossbow arrows from the school office, which has not been cleaned up so far. In addition, the injuries left by the hook lock and the Bodhisattva sword made him die There was a lot of blood.

Although no one dares to torture him in the prison now, he is taken care of every day with good food and drink, and even went to the brothel to find a good fan to serve him, but whoever is treated like this for nothing will be angry It's hard to control yourself.

Zhou Gongjin didn't dare to let him go now, if he went back to the grassland in a fit of rage and completely messed up the matter of selling horses, the troubles for the school affairs office would only get out of hand.But right now, he has been locked up, and those courtiers will definitely use this as a reason to constantly attack the fault of the school affairs office...

Several people discussed for a long time, but they still couldn't think of a suitable solution.

"Forget it, let's think about it slowly. There's no rush." ​​Zhou Gongjin at this time is quite a bit of the demeanor of a general who does not change his color before the collapse of the mountain. Even in the face of successive impeachments by courtiers, he still sits firmly in the school office , but this pale and trembling look is really ugly.

Qin Ke and Hu looked at each other with a smile in their eyes.

Speaking of which, there are rumors in the market that this Lord Jingwu School Office did not know if he was infected by the prime minister of the current dynasty. Since the end of last autumn, he has been suffering from various illnesses. The little master will be fine and suffer from the wind and cold), invited the "female doctor" Qiao Feifan to take care of him, but the wind and cold healed up every time he didn't drink a few bowls of medicine.

Winter went to spring, Qiao Feishan seemed to be bored some time ago, and wanted to transfer him to the care of the palace Chinese medicine officer, so in a hurry, he came up with a plan and volunteered to give Qiao Feishan a test drug It just so happens that Qiao Feifan is obsessed with developing new drugs, but suffers from the fact that there are no patients to help her experiment. In this way, he finally has a good excuse for people to stay.

But I am afraid that he still underestimated Qiao Feifan, a female doctor, who is obsessed with medicine. When she learned that he, as a master in the realm of a little master, was willing to condescend to try medicine, her eyes lit up immediately, and she even called out a team for him. Vice drug.

This result can be imagined. When Qiao Feifan couldn't wait to "open his heart" and put into practice many immature ideas in his heart, Zhou Gongjin's special medicine continued to be upgraded, and finally changed from a pair of medicines for treating common plagues. The medicine turned into a bowl of "Perfect Immortal Soup" that is said to be able to cure all poisons with poison...

After saying "Zhou Lang, drink the medicine", Zhou Gongjin collapsed without any suspense, and this is how the current school official shivering under the quilt was born.

"Master, I'm willing to go all out." Zhou Gongjin trembled, subconsciously thinking of the girl who was apologetic and busy preparing the antidote for him, and her heart was slightly sweet again, feeling that this bit of suffering was not worth mentioning at all, at least in the future For a long time, Qiao Feifan would stay by his side, and recently the way he looks at him has become much gentler.

Of course, Qin Ke didn't know that Zhou Gongjin was full of dishonest thoughts, and he wasn't worried whether he would really become a masochist if he continued to get along with Qiao Feifan. He just gave him a rest after talking about things. At that time, he opened the door and went out with Tiger.

An hour later, under the leadership of the prison chief, Qin Ke, Cai Yan, and Gongsunli gradually penetrated into the darkness, and in the dim candlelight, they could clearly see the fences made of refined steel. .

This cage is a dungeon built by the school office to detain practitioners. Although it looks a bit gloomy, it is actually much cleaner than those ordinary yamen who are neglected. Clean it again, and a medical officer will conduct an examination on the prisoner.

The purpose of doing this is naturally to observe whether their physical condition requires additional intervention. For some people who have practiced too high, ordinary cages are not enough, and they even need to be suppressed by constantly ingesting chronic poison The exuberant blood in the body, lest they can break through the cage and escape.

"My lord, there are rules in the prison. You need to hand over your badge to me for safekeeping." Before actually walking in, the cell boss said respectfully to Qin Ke.

Qin Ke nodded, took off the waist card and handed it to the prison chief, and bowed to the prison chief respectfully: "Thank you."

This is not Qin Ke's hypocrisy, he must salute the prison boss, it's just a salute that the prison boss really deserves.

In such a prison, the person who can take care of the prisoners here is naturally not an ordinary person. From just a simple observation, Qin Ke can feel that the old man is by no means an ordinary practitioner, and even has a lot more energy and blood than himself.

It has only been a few days since he entered the school office, and he has seen more than one hand of little masters in the school office alone. From this, it can be seen that the school office is crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and it is unknown how much power is hiding in the shadows .

From this point of view, it is reasonable for the officials in the court to be scruples about this place.

On the way, Qin Ke passed Xue Gong's cage, and saw the formerly majestic leader of the Shuangsha Gang lying with disheveled hair. There were many mottled stripes on his tattered white prison clothes, which were particularly vivid in the candlelight.

But when Qin Ke took a closer look, he realized that those stripes were actually bloodstains, some were bright red, and some were already dark red.

"Master!" Gongsunli held the fence excitedly, and before he could say a word, his voice was already choked up.

Qin Ke lowered his head, and said to the calm jailer behind him: "How many times has this been tortured?"

"It's the sixth time." The cell boss replied quickly, "The boss wanted to pry something useful out of his mouth, but after a few times, I feel that this Xue Gong really doesn't know anything. Of course, my lord also Don’t worry, we use torture according to the book, different people have different methods, keeping them is painful enough, but they won’t die.”

Qin Ke nodded, not knowing what to say for a while.

At this time, Xue Gong, who was sleeping, heard Gongsunli's words, and immediately struggled to get up. After recognizing Gongsunli outside the prison who was as close as his daughter, he immediately climbed to the edge of the cell to talk to Gongsunli.

However, Qin Ke didn't have time to stay to watch the touching scene of "relative reunion" staged by these two people. He just said hello and asked the cell boss to let Gongsun leave the door, while he walked slowly towards the depths of the dungeon.

As a little master, Kartai was naturally imprisoned in a deeper place, not only because the deeper part is farther from the door, making it harder to be robbed, but also because the deeper cells are stronger than the outer cells and can withstand more tests .

From the outside of the cage, Kartai looked quite peaceful. After being treated by the medical officer for his injuries, several layers of gauze had been applied to his entire chest, making him look like a white bear trapped in a cage.

But when Qin Ke approached, he suddenly opened his eyes, and what burst out from inside was an undisguised killing intent!

Qin Ke was not used to being stared at fiercely by the barbarian. He lowered his head and asked Cai Yan, "Do you really want to go in and talk to him? Although he is now wearing shackles and iron balls, he still..."

His words stopped abruptly, because Cai Yan had already given the best answer with firm eyes and a confident smile: "Don't worry, I know what's in my heart and I won't risk myself."

So Qin Ke could only open the two-story prison door for her, and let Cai Yan approach Kartai, who might explode at any time, with one hand involuntarily holding the handle of the Bodhisattva Sword, always ready He rushed forward and beheaded him with a sword.

Chapter 683 Cartai's Reconciliation

As Cai Yan expected, everything was safe. After a cup of tea, Cai Yan even took Kartai out of the cage, and stood in front of Qin Ke carelessly.

Qin Ke raised his head slightly, only to feel that the eyes of this tall barbarian are still fierce at the moment, but it can also be seen that he has tried his best to maintain restraint, otherwise he would not just put his right hand on his chest and salute silently, but should He squeezed out a casserole-sized fist with both hands and hammered towards Qin Ke fiercely.

After the standard prairie etiquette, Kartai stood up straight again, looked down at Qin Ke and said, "Warrior of Jingwu, you are very powerful."

Qin Ke was slightly taken aback, and looked at Kartai blankly, not knowing what his sudden praise was for.

"But I was defeated by you that day because you Jingwu people are cowardly rats and dare not fight me head-on." Kartai continued: "If there is a chance next time, I hope to challenge you head-on , regain my glory."

Only then did Qin Ke realize that half of the hair on the back of Kartai's head had been cut off.

He had contact with the barbarians on the prairie, and became a brother with Cao Pei, the son of Cao Meng in Canghai, so he also knew a little about the customs of the barbarians.

Although they don't have the admonition of "the body, hair and skin of the parents" like Zhongyuan, their long hair is a symbol of their glory.

It is said that a real prairie warrior will never shave his hair several times in his life, unless the hair affects the battle, but he will only do a little trimming, and cut off most of the hair at the back of his head decisively, which usually happens After the defeat, they used this to remember this humiliation.

"Uh...it's not your fault." Qin Ke raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, but he stretched it halfway and then retracted it, knowing that he should respond to his "request" at this moment, "Okay , if that day comes, I will accept your challenge, but I will not show mercy."

"It should be so." Kartai nodded solemnly, and at the same time handed Qin Ke a section of hair pinned around his waist, "This is a testimony."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the door of the dungeon. His tall figure suddenly emerged from the darkness, which scared Gongsunli subconsciously.

Qin Ke came back to his senses at this moment, glanced at the brothel fan who was still at a loss in the cell, and looked at Cai Yan helplessly, "What did you tell him?"

Cai Yan giggled and said, "Don't you know how to eavesdrop? Why don't you eavesdrop by yourself?"

Qin Ke shook his head and said, "I've had some problems with my Xunfeng technique these days, so I try not to use it if I can."

Cai Yan hummed lightly, not overly worried, because she believed that Qin Ke knew about it, so she stretched her waist, put her hands behind her back, and said with a smile, "Go, take him out first, I'll take him out slowly." tell you."

The head of the prison guarding the prison is not surprised that Qin Ke took people away. After all, the school office is not as strict as other yamen, and its structure is far less rigorous. As the right doctor of the school office, Qin Ke is sufficient to lead If a prisoner goes out, even if something happens, Qin Ke will bear the responsibility himself.

Of course, this does not mean that the management of the school affairs office is chaotic. On the contrary, it is because of the simplicity that is rare in this yamen that the entire organization operates very efficiently, so many cases of officials accepting bribes, smuggling, and rebellion can be detected.

When Kartai came out of the prison, he was first brought by Qin Ke and others to meet Zhou Gongjin. The latter was naturally overjoyed. Now that Gong Wu and Kartai had settled, when the school government was facing the impeachment of hundreds of officials, it was impossible Naturally, it can go straight up a lot.

After leaving the school affairs office, Cai Yan kept talking in a soft voice along the way, so that Qin Ke probably knew why Kartai didn't continue to pursue the school affairs office.

"I told him that what happened was purely an internal mistake of Jingwu, but it was actually a good thing." Cai Yan smiled and broke his fingers, "Because in this way, the people of Jingwu owed him a lot of money." In the future, when doing business with him, they will only be given more preferential treatment, and they may even let their Pasu department monopolize the business, so won’t he earn more than before?”

"Then?"

"Then, he agreed, and not only that, but he also took the initiative to contact the school affairs office. As for what to do next, I think your school office official who is sick and seems to be dying is not stupid. You know what to do in this situation."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Qin Ke was a little surprised. When he thought about it, Kartai suffered an attack from the school office for no reason. Not only did he suffer serious injuries, but he also killed several practitioners. He shouldn't be dismissed by Cai Yan in a few words. Easy to convince.

But Cai Yan grinned and giggled, and scratched Qin Ke's nose with his hand, and said: "Don't think too complicatedly about the grassland people. The barbarians are different from us Central Plains people. Most of them People's minds are very direct, and they don't take human life as seriously as we Central Plains people."

Qin Ke was still puzzled.

Cai Yan rolled his eyes and continued to explain: "In the barbarians, people are divided into several levels. The masters at the top are like the dignitaries in the Central Plains, and most of them are hereditary, while the people below are warriors, women and children. and slaves."

"Women and children are not as good as soldiers, because although they can do things, it is difficult to fight. One day their husbands will die and no one will protect them. Free-running beast."

"I asked, most of those who died were slaves of him or his clan. Even if the master was upset one day, it would not be surprising to draw out his knife and chop him off. But when a war started, These slaves were often regarded as pawns, and suffered the most serious casualties."

"Since this is the case, this matter is far less serious than you and Zhou Gongjin thought. After all, Kartai just killed a few lowly slaves, just like the master accidentally lost a few hundred taels of silver when he went out. Although he will feel distressed , but it will never cause him to risk his life for revenge."

Qin Ke was a little dazed when he heard it. On the one hand, he felt that the barbarian system was really unacceptable, and on the other hand, he also felt that Cai Yan's every sentence was on point, so he could only nod his head, suddenly realizing it.

Cai Yan was still hopping around, his long hair blowing away in the wind: "And no matter how serious his own injuries are, as long as he is recuperated, he will be back to normal within a month. So the most important thing now is his After all, he certainly has no right to make decisions about things like horse trading, and the ones who can really make decisions are the masters of the Pasu tribe behind him."

"I've heard that the masters of the Passu Department like the cloth and silk from the Central Plains, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous jewelry, spices and other things. If Kartai ruins the business because of this matter, those Not only would the nobleman not praise him, but he would even blame him."

After Cai Yan finished his analysis, he patted Qin Ke on the head with a smile and said, "How about it, you idiot, do you know why he agreed to reconcile? After all, no matter how stupid Kartai is, he knows how to balance interests, so what? Will you have trouble with yourself and money?"

"So that's how it is..." Qin Ke also stared blankly at Cai Yan, feeling ashamed for a while, thinking that although he had read a lot of books, he should grasp the pulse of this matter so casually. And to explore the pros and cons, it is still too far away.

"How did you know about the barbarians?" Qin Ke knew that Cai Yan had never left Ding'an City, and she hadn't even met a few barbarians along the way.

"Nonsense, of course it's reading." Cai Yan mocked Qin Ke narrowly and said, "I'm different from someone, I've read a lot of travel notes on the northern grasslands, and I write every chapter here Let's go."

She pointed to her little head.

Qin Ke was so admired that he almost fell to the ground, bowed his hands heavily and said, "Thank you, Ms., for your teaching..." When he mentioned the word "teaching", the smile on his face was even bigger.

Cai Yan suppressed a smile, and made a haughty look: "Then... the lady wants to eat candied haws now, what do you say?"

"Students, let's go buy it now." Qin Ke bowed again, turned around neatly, and ran all the way to the hawkers on the street.

Chapter 684 Illness

After parting from Qin Ke and Cai Yan, Gongsunli walked alone on the familiar street. For a while, he only felt that the street was too long, as if no matter how he walked, he could not reach the end.

Pedestrians around had different expressions, some were picking goods at the vendors’ stalls, some were carrying picks and peddling past, the well-dressed official ladies probably hadn’t come out for a long time, so the corners of their mouths turned up. The arc is also very sweet.

The children passed through the crowd in groups, attracting people's attention for a while, and then continued to move forward with a smile, but showed a surprised expression, as if they didn't quite understand why the girl with an iron umbrella was so red-eyed. like a rabbit.

Of course, there are obviously not so many nosy people in this world, and each family has its own difficulties and bitterness. Gongsunli is sad, but there are many people in this city who are also secretly wiping their tears.

Along the way, no one paid any attention to Gongsunli, they just went about their own business and regarded themselves as a passerby.

But Gongsunli felt that she was almost unable to stand, her legs were trembling a little, her biting lips were about to bleed in the next moment, and the salty taste had spread in her mouth.

This is the first time she saw this father-like man after Xue Gong was imprisoned. Although he tried his best to put on a kind expression, and even comforted her by saying that there was nothing wrong with it, just some minor injuries, the punishment of the school office Where is it so easy to bear?

Several times, Gongsunli could see the slightly twitching corners of the gang leader's eyes and the pained eyes. If she hadn't known that she was single and weak, she might have already broken the cage and snatched Xue Gong away.

Stomachache……

My head hurts too...

Gongsunli dragged his heavy body, only felt that the fog in front of him seemed to be getting thicker, and everyone's faces gradually became difficult to distinguish.

She seems to be walking in a world of pure color, the surrounding noise is isolated, and everything becomes slow and dull.

She felt that she was very tired and should go home and lie on the bed as soon as possible, so that when she curled up under the covers, she could curl up like a rabbit hiding in the nest, and get an unparalleled sense of security.

But going forward, the world shook more and more, the sunlight in the sky turned into flames, burning her body repeatedly, almost causing her entire back to be lifted.

I don't know how long she walked like this, but she finally couldn't take it anymore, she was completely out of strength and could no longer drag her two heavy legs, and the whole person began to fall forward, and the bluestone on the ground turned pale white and continued to enlarge.

Just go to sleep.she thought so.

However, just before she actually fell to the ground, there was a figure lying in front of her.

She frowned, wondering which annoying guy this is?Obviously, I am about to fall asleep, so that I can get rid of the pain in my body...

"Go away..." she muttered cowardly.

However, that figure firmly held her shoulders, firmly supporting her body, and there was a reassuring warmth in the strong hands.

"What's the matter with you? Are you okay?" Hu's voice was low, and he couldn't tell if there was any concern.

Gongsunli burst into tears.

The medical hall is filled with a strong smell of medicinal materials, but it does not make people feel disgusted. On the contrary, people who smell this smell will feel inexplicably peaceful in their hearts.

Gongsunli, who slowly opened his eyes, looked around blankly for a few times, and finally heard the doctor's somewhat helpless voice: "You little girl, you are young, but you don't know how to take care of yourself. I don’t want to see the disease earlier, it has to be delayed like this.”

"Doctor, what's wrong with her?" Hu asked the doctor with a softer attitude than when he was working in the school office, "Is it serious?"

"It's not serious, but it's a common illness in the girl's family, but she obviously doesn't pay much attention to it on weekdays. It is estimated that her mind has been exhausted these days, and this illness has become a problem." The doctor stroked his beard with one hand, and let go of it with the other. Gongsunli's wrist, snorted, "The so-called illness comes like a mountain...Young people, you should pay more attention to maintenance, otherwise at this time..."

"How to cure?" Hu has always been a pragmatic person, so he is a little tired of the doctor's rambling.

"Oh, I'll write a prescription for you. According to the prescription, take the medicine and drink it for a few days, and it will be relieved. But in the future, you can't be so negligent. Be especially careful not to catch cold, and try to avoid cold things in your diet."

After grabbing the medicine, Hu slowly hugged Gongsunli with one hand. Due to the difference between men and women, his arms were almost held flat. After all, he is a strong master of the little master, so it seems very easy to do this, doctor But he was a little dumbfounded, and couldn't stop praising.

"Where is your home, I'll take you back." Tiger's tone didn't sound like he was asking a question, but rather an order.