Shanglin Night Snow

One, two, three... seven, eight, eight steps north and south, six steps east and west.

Back on the hard plank bed, Guo Kai secretly sighed: It is indeed a stage prison (1). In addition to being spacious, the couch, tables and chairs are better than those in front of the prison. At least when turning over, the plank bed under him creaks The rattling sound does not shake the ear.I have to thank the Holy Will for this, otherwise he would be in Dali Temple or Kaiping Mansion Prison, facing the moldy walls, robbing rats and insects for cannibalism.

There was a soft sound outside the door, Guo Kai got up and saw the jailer had appeared inside the door, still holding three or four food boxes in his hand, approached the small table next to the bed, and smiled flatteringly: "Guo General, your meal has arrived."

Guo Kai stood up and thanked him. The jailer asked him to eat as soon as possible, and then left.

Sitting down at the table, Guo Kai took the largest food box and opened it, and saw that there were no less than ten bowls and dishes on the middle and middle floors. It made the two elders worry.

Then pull over the slightly smaller red lacquer food box, which is exquisite, with flowers and birds painted in gold lacquer on the surface and sides.Guo Kai opened the lid of the box and saw only two or three bowls and plates inside. When he lifted the lid of the bowl in the middle, he saw the word "An" at a glance. Mixed with rice fragrance, it is mouth-watering.With a sigh, Guo Kai raised his eyebrows: King Jia, he really doesn't have to be like this...

His eyes fell on the smallest and dull wooden food box, and he took out the only soup cup in it. When he opened it, he saw that the soup was red in color and smelled like medicine. Although Guo Kai didn't know much about medicine, he could guess. Knowing that this substance must have the effect of refreshing the mind and strengthening the body, dispelling dampness and eliminating evil, it is self-symptomatic for those who live in damp places for a long time and feel restless.Needless to say, this is the whole heart of Guo Jian and his wife.With a shy smile, Guo Kai suddenly felt that if Guo Jian usually dressed plainly and didn't wear makeup, he might not be so unattractive...

For the last box, Guo Kai stretched out his hand, only to touch the wall of the box, but paused, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, he pulled the inkstone at the corner of the case and wrote vigorously. Thinking about it, I sketched it again on the paper, put down the pen for a long time, let out a breath, and read it according to the order: "Ruanyang roasted kidney soup, spring onion rabbit, fried clams, lotus duck sticks, sugar meat steamed buns—"

wrong!The fried flower steamed buns were delivered the day before yesterday, and I will not repeat them today!After a little thought, I picked up a pen and ticked off the four characters "sugar meat steamed buns", and wrote "manna cake" next to it.Only then was he full of ambition, pulled the food box closer and opened it, and brought out a small plate, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly showed joy: "Lotus duck stick!"The second dish, spring onion splashed rabbit, kidney soup, fried clams, both are not bad!There was only the last plate left, Guo Kai was cautious, his heart skipped a beat, he reached in and took out the tureen, took a deep breath in front of him, and slowly opened it—the nectar cake!as expected!Suddenly, he was ecstatic, thinking that if that person was by his side, he would not know what his expression would be like!pity……

The joy gradually faded, and he stuffed a piece of rabbit meat into the mouth, while chewing carefully, he seemed to see the lonely man rushing through the market in the sunset, finally bought a few kinds of food, arrived here before sunset, and handed it to the jailer. Standing at the closed door for a moment, rubbing the tip of his red nose and turning around, his thin figure disappeared into the twilight little by little...

A spoonful of kidney soup was in his mouth, or there was too much pepper, Guo Kai seemed to feel that the tip of his nose was hot and painful, so he lowered his head and rubbed it.

No matter how many people there were, they would not be able to eat all the food here, but in order not to spoil everyone's kindness, Guo Kai had to take a few chopsticks from each bowl.

A meal, even if carefully selected and chewed slowly, only took two quarters of an hour.Thinking of the long and difficult night, Guo Kai was filled with anxiety.Sitting on the edge of the bed for a while, he suddenly heard the lock on the outside door, thinking it was the jailer who came to collect the food box.Guo Kai got up - he suddenly wanted to set a chess piece.

The door was pushed open.

"Long nights are hard to bear. If brother Guo is not tired, how about playing chess with Zhao for a while?" After the voice fell, he saw a person carrying a pot in one hand and chess in the other, and it was Zhao Yude who appeared with a smile.

Guo Kai was taken aback, smiled and clapped his hands: "I can't ask for it!"

The jailer hurriedly collected the food box and left, the two moved out the small table and sat opposite each other.

After the two rounds, Guo Kai turned his gaze to the jug at hand, shook his head and sighed: "Zhao knows this wine, do you want to drink alone with someone Guo tonight?"

The person who was concentrating on clearing up the mess stopped when he heard the words: "Zhao thinks Brother Guo's chess is flourishing, so he doesn't have time for a drink now!" A certain negligence, brother Guo forgive me!"

Guo Kai understood his intention, took a cup and drank it all, and said: "Zhao all knows that he is here tonight, isn't it true that he is just playing chess with Guo to pass the time?"

Zhao Yude smiled: "Zhao came here today. Apart from discussing the case with Brother Guo, he has another matter to ask Brother Guo for advice. Right now, he is hesitating which matter to start with."

Guo Kai drank another cup, and his smile became brighter and brighter: "Put others before yourself, so it is the first to solve the difficulties that everyone knows about Zhao. As for Guo's case, it won't change if you say it a moment later."

"Since this is the case, Zhao can talk endlessly!" Zhao Yude put down his wine glass and asked: "Based on the general's past experience, if someone controls two or 3000 troops and intends to seek rebellion, it may succeed?"

Guo Kai pondered for a while: "This must be based on the situation! Generally speaking, two to three thousand people is quite a lot. If the army is used properly, it will not be difficult to capture the city of thousands of households. Let me say that there were only a few rebels in the beginning of the chaos in Shangzhou Ten people, all desperadoes, set fire to the government office of the Shangzhou government at night, killed the state officials and replaced them, and then used the theory of strange powers and gods to confuse the people and forcibly recruited strong men. Within a month, the number of bandits had exceeded a thousand. In the gap between the army's slack and slack, they repeatedly attacked the city and pulled out the village, until the entire Jingxi Road was destroyed. Although the imperial court tried its best to put down the rebellion, it took half a year to wipe out the rebels. This is the lesson of the previous car. !So Guo believes that no matter how many bandits there are, they should not be underestimated, and we must eradicate the weeds as soon as possible!"

"That makes sense!" Zhao Yude nodded, his eyes deep: "Whether it's the Shangzhou Rebellion, or the Xuzhou Rebellion decades ago, or even the Jiannan Rebellion that dates back to the beginning of our dynasty. They all started far outside Beijing, but if..." The eyebrows frowned slightly: "These two 3000 people were hidden in the suburbs of the capital, what does the general think is the intention of the mastermind?"

Guo Kai thought for a while: "If they are all elite soldiers and strong generals, it is not impossible to break the city and besiege the palace. However, if this is to be done, one must grasp the timing accurately, and it must be when the city is defenseless. Therefore, the march must be fast, and you must arrive at the city gate within half an hour. Third, you must avoid the Forbidden Army camp along the way. Even if you can do all these three things, you can only succeed for a while, because within half an hour, The army of the Imperial Army will rush to King Qin. Even if he has a mere two to three thousand soldiers, facing tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Imperial Army, he has no choice but to be slaughtered. Therefore, it is logical to see that those who do this plan, if there is no surviving support behind them, They are ignorant and self-important fools."

Zhao Yude asked: "However, if he didn't plan to start an incident immediately, but continued to recruit young men to hide in the mountains to practice, what should we say?"

"Hiding in the mountains? On the outskirts of the capital?" Guo Kai laughed, "Isn't this person a scholar who is used to reading sage books? But he doesn't know the reason why soldiers are expensive and fast? Two to 3000 people are hiding outside the city, and the news will leak at any time. He But he still calmly recruits soldiers, which is no longer a word of stupidity!" After a pause, "Unless he is fully sure that the place where the soldiers are hidden is hidden and hard to find."

Zhao Yude nodded: "Brother Guo's words have touched on the important point. This place where the soldiers are hidden is Guiyun Valley."

"Return to Yungu!" The hearer was stunned, "Isn't this place..." After pondering, he changed the topic: "So, the truth about the assassination case has already been obtained?"

"No----" Zhao Yude smiled wryly, "This matter is a long story, and we should leave it for later to discuss in detail, but at the moment, Brother Guo knows that the rebel has returned to Yungu, but he still insists on the previous inference? ?”

After a little deliberation, Guo Kai didn't answer but asked: "These soldiers are not recruited from the local area?" Seeing the other's acquiescence, he was confused for a while: "He has worked hard to transfer these two 3000 people to the suburbs of Beijing to hide. If we go directly to Yanjing City, it will be difficult..." His eyes flashed, "For self-protection, why don't you garrison troops in case of emergencies?"

"However, who has such hidden worries and has the energy to do so?" Zhao Yude narrowed his eyes.

"This..." Guo Kai took a sip of his tea and wiped away the taste of alcohol in his mouth, "It's hard to say. After the Yaohua Palace case, the situation in the court and China is complicated. It is not easy to deduce who the mastermind is. Tracked and tracked, explored in many ways.”

After a short moment of silence, Zhao Yude nodded: "Brother Guo's words are really enlightening to Zhao!" He sipped his tea and said, "Let's talk about Brother Guo's case. I heard that the murder weapon has been found in Dali Temple. The fruit knife in the pavilion where Brother Guo was at that time was thrown into the lake after the murder, and was only recovered on the third day after the incident. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Guo Kai smiled wryly: "I only stayed in that pavilion for a while, not to mention the fruit knife, I have never even touched the table, how can I use the knife to kill people?"

"Brother Guo still insists he doesn't know where the blood on the clothes came from?" Zhao Yude lightly tapped the table with two fingers.

Guo Kai frowned: "I really don't know the origin of the blood, but I guess it may have been stained when going out in the courtyard."

Zhao Yude thought for a while: "If this is the case, then Zhou Qi must have been killed at that time, so the blood will be left on the grass blades, and the time is also right, that is, before and after you left, Zhou Qi left the pavilion alone. In the middle, he was assassinated when he was discovered, but..."

Guo Kai sighed in embarrassment: "But it is more logical to attribute this to me killing people."

Zhao Yude also smiled wryly: "Speaking of which, I'm a little puzzled, why did brother Guo go out of the court instead of going out of the way?"

Guo Kai's brows didn't move, and he listened helplessly: "I had an argument with Zhou Qi before, and the door of his pavilion was open at that time, I was afraid that there would be another dispute after teaching him to see it, so I walked out of the court, but It’s about calming people down.”

Zhao Yude nodded, and made another toast to him: "Brother Guo went to Wangyue Tower that night to gather friends? Could you tell him his name?"

Guo Kai did not hesitate: "Guo has already said in court that my friend has nothing to do with this case, but at that time he walked into the court together and left footprints because of Guo's suggestion, but he is really a friend. Zhou Qi doesn’t know who he is, so why did he get involved? Guo Mou doesn’t want to reveal his identity now, and he really doesn’t want to cause trouble with him. I hope Zhao Duzhi will forgive me.”

"However, Brother Guo, you should know that if the two of you were together that night, he might be the only one who can prove your innocence!" The person seated reminded him kindly.

Guo Kai put down his wine glass and said calmly, "However, it's a pity that he has no way to prove it! Because that night, Guo Mou left the pavilion for a while to check whether Zhou Qi had left."

Zhao Yude's eyes flashed: "Brother Guo, you should know that even if you don't tell me, I can find Lingzhi, the servant in the pavilion, to identify him?"

Guo Kai still laughed: "That was Zhao Duzhi's voluntary act, and Guo has nothing to do with it. But Zhao Duzhi should know that there are people coming and going in the restaurant every day, and the servants may not remember every visitor's appearance, even if they remember it vaguely. One or two, you can't accept it all, so this move will be futile after all, so I advise you not to bother."

Zhao Yude seemed to be thinking about it, but he didn't say yes or no for a while.The two drank for a while, Zhao Yude got up to say goodbye, but stopped in front of the door: "Today Zhao met King Jia in the palace, and talked about the case roughly, Zhao has told him, and now he wants to rescue Guo brother from prison. The best way is for someone to prove that brother Guo committed the murder without any reason at that time."

Without composure, Guo Kai cupped his hands: "Zhao Duzhi has a heart, if he meets King Jia again, he will thank His Highness on behalf of Guo."

"Naturally!" The person in front of the door turned around with a smile, leaving behind his voice: "However, Mr. Zhao thought that Brother Guo had to say this to King Jia himself to show his sincerity."

Watching the other person leave, Guo Kai sat back at the table, poured himself in the drinking room, his brows were fixed and relaxed, and it seemed that there was something difficult to understand in his heart.Just drinking alone until late at night before falling asleep.

Waking up early in the morning, it's time to deliver food again.

Fortunately, there were only two food boxes delivered early in the morning—from home and Jiawang Mansion.Guo Jian and his wife had to rush to open the door to welcome guests early in the morning, but Xun Miao couldn't make it to Zhongyingmao in the province if he was running around, so they only served dinner.

After hastily eating some porridge and snacks, Guo Kai lay back on the couch to rest his mind while thinking about how to pass the time today: Zhao Yude left the chess to kill most of the day, and then spent a few hours rereading the two small books , it is almost evening...

A creaking sound from the door interrupted his thoughts.The jailer put a water basin on the rack, turned around and cupped his hands: "General, the envoy from outside is waiting, general, please wash up as soon as possible."

Guo Kai was surprised: "Is there going to be a trial today? Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

The jailer was also puzzled: "I don't know, but it's my intention to make it clear."

"Shangyi?" Guo Kai was startled, but he didn't dare to procrastinate, washed up in a hurry, changed into clean clothes and went out.Seeing in the courtyard that the envoy was actually a person from the Imperial City Secretary, he had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't ask any questions, so he boarded the car and left, and within a moment they arrived at Donghua Gate, and they got off the car and walked into the palace, to the Zichen Hall Stop in front and wait for the Huangmen who is waiting here to lead Guo Kai in alone.

Although the hall was surrounded by all the ministers, it was silent and silent.

After the visit, Guo Kai quietly looked around the circle, and saw the people present, including Yushi Zhongcheng and the audience Yushi, Zhengqing and Shaoqing of Dali Temple, as well as Shangshu and Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment (1). The two courtiers drinking together with Zhou Qi were King Jia and Zhao Yude.

After everyone arrived, the emperor ordered the trial of Zhou Qi's assassination at Wangyue Pavilion to begin.

Zheng Jian, Shaoqing of Dali, had stated the facts of the case, and then asked the parties concerned.

Regarding the meeting and quarrel between Guo Kai and Zhou Qi, several people said the same thing; when asked why Guo Kai left footprints in the court and the reason for the blood on his clothes, Guo Kai answered them all, and what he said was the same as before. One night, Zhao Yude's speech was the same; and then he asked Zhou Qi and Guo Kai when they left the pavilion, and the result was that the two went out around the same time.

After asking some questions, it seemed that Guo Kai was really suspicious, but after all, there was no evidence to prove his crime, and he was at a loss, Zheng Jian changed the subject and mentioned another pair of footprints left next to Guo Kai's footprints in the court.

Looking past King Jia and Zhao Yude, Guo Kai did not argue as strongly as last night, because he knew it was unnecessary.

As expected, King Jia did not dodge, admitted that he was the owner of the footprints, and detailed what happened that night, proving that Guo Kai never touched the fruit knife, and there was no reason to kill people.

"That may not be the case?" Zheng Jian disagreed, "Did Your Highness forget that General Guo went out to explore?"

King Jia calmly said, "It's true that General Guo went to explore the way, but at that time Xiao Wang had been watching inside the door, but he didn't see him kill anyone!"

"Since this is the case, where did the blood on his clothes come from?" Zheng Jian continued to challenge, "You must know that there was no blood on the grass leaves along the way you walked out of the court, and General Guo also insisted that there was no blood on the grass." Get close to Zhou Qi's corpse."

Without a quick answer to this, King Jia raised his hands and rolled up his sleeves.Everyone looked around and saw a wound on his forearm that was about to heal.Only then did the other calmly say, "There were mixed flowers and trees in the courtyard, and Xiao Wang inadvertently cut his arm with a broken branch. At that time, he was in a hurry and wanted to go out quickly, but he didn't notice it. It was only when he returned home that he found blood on his sleeve. It must have been at that time. The blood fell on General Guo's shirt, but he didn't notice it when it was dark."

When the eyes met, the corners of King Jia's mouth turned up imperceptibly, a gleam of light flashed across Guo Kai's eyes, and he lowered his eyes again: Of course he remembered that King Jia's sleeves were clean from beginning to end that night, and when he went out, he was always Sitting quietly in the pavilion, the so-called "wait and see" is all nonsense!However, the words came from the mouth of King Jia, but the emperor believed it to be true, and no one else dared to question it.

Mu Yun prayed to Zheng Jian: "Aside from the bloodstains and the coincidence of timing, is there any other evidence that points to Guo Kai? Or, is there other evidence that points to someone else as the murderer?"

Zheng Jian crossed his hands: "The minister ordered people to investigate the traces and footprints in the court where the crime took place, but it was too complicated to find clues. According to the handyman who found Zhou Qi's body, he found blood on the ground, and there were no traces in the court. The flowers and plants were bent, so they went in to find Zhou Qi, and called out loudly to attract many people, who trampled the flowers and plants in the courtyard to pieces, and could no longer tell which were the footprints left by Zhou Qi (or the murderer) and which were chased by everyone. It was stepped on when I went there, only there is a trace of dragging that is clearly visible here, and it extends from the middle of the path that runs through the middle door to the corridor to Zhou Qi's corpse. It can be seen that it was left by the murderer when he dragged Zhou Qi into the court. The footprints are no longer discernible, so there is no way to point to the seriousness."

Mu Yun prayed for a while: "But this dragging mark is not on the shortcut that King Jia and Guo Kai took to appear in court, right?"

Zheng Jian shook his head: "It's really not here! There is no blood in the place where King Sui Jia and General Guo passed."

Mu Yunqi nodded, and glanced at His Highness: "Can you still ask him?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads, but Zhao Yude stepped forward and bowed: "I have a few questions, I want to ask Zheng Shaoqing!" Seeing the emperor nodded, he turned his head: "Zhao wants to ask, how many stab wounds are there on Zhou Qi's body? And drag marks can be seen along the way blood?"

Zheng Jian didn't think about it: "In one place, he was killed with a knife! Blood can be seen around the drag mark."

Zhao Yude squinted his eyes: "If you can kill someone with a single knife, and kill someone on the Ming Road, why not run away immediately, but spend more effort to drag the corpse into the courtyard to hide. You must know that there are people coming and going in and out of the courtyard path at any time. Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"This..." Zheng Jian was embarrassed.

"What about Yu De's opinion?" Mu Yunqi was eager to ask for an answer.

Zhao Yude bowed his head: "I think that the murderer did this to blame General Guo! In the court where the corpse was hidden, either there was a conspiracy, or the murderer did not want to be discovered that Zhou Qi was dead. The reason, I thought. It turned out that it was General Guo who was in the pavilion together with King Jia, and there were witnesses, so the suspicion could be cleared away. This is not what the murderer wanted. Naturally, there is another possibility, that is, King Jia and General Guo at that time He has already left the court, in order to create the illusion of General Guo’s murder, the murderer originally intended to abandon the body where General Guo passed by, but something unexpected happened, for example, he heard that someone was looking for him from outside, so he had no choice but to abandon the body halfway!”

Zheng Jian frowned: "If this is the case, the murderer would have chosen another way to escape in order to avoid meeting the visitor head-on, so that the footprints of the person who escaped will be left in the court!"

Zhao Yude retorted: "That's not necessarily the case! The murderer obviously has practiced martial arts and is very strong. If he used some light work to step on the fallen flowers and leaves in the courtyard carefully, he would not leave any footprints; or he would hide nearby and hear After the call, he appeared with the crowd as a drinker or a handyman, and then left in a grandiose manner."

"Even so," Zheng Jian was still unwilling, "However, how can he ensure that General Guo is the one to blame?"

"It's also simple." Zhao Yude sneered, "If the plan goes well, he only needs to arrange Zhou Qi's body, and then make a movement to lead General Guo into the court, leaving footprints. Before this plan worked out, General Guo first came out to watch what happened in Zhou Qi's pavilion, and then walked out through the court, which saved the murderer a lot of trouble, but there was still one shortcoming in this plan, which was Zhou Qi's Chen The corpse site is far away from where General Guo passed by, but due to various reasons, the murderer did not have time to arrange it again."

"Sounds reasonable," Zheng Jian seemed to be [-]% convinced, "Zhao Duzhi has evidence to prove this?"

Zhao Yude expressed regret: "The Imperial City Division has no order to investigate this case, so there is no way to obtain evidence. Only Zhao has handled a case before. According to various signs, there should be a relationship between the two cases, so I made this speculation rashly."

Zheng Jian turned around and bowed: "Zhao Duzhi has a deep understanding of this, so I implore His Majesty Xu Huangcheng to participate in the investigation of this case!"

Mu Yunqi thought for a moment: "Since there is still a case related to this in the hands of the Imperial City Secretary, let him simply take over the case, but we must see the outcome within two months!"

Everyone leads the order.

Benefiting from King Jia's testimony, Guo Kai was acquitted at the palace, but King Jia was convicted for repeatedly violating the clan rules. He was ordered to stay in the mansion for three months and fined thousands of dollars.

Although they went out of the palace together, Guo Kai and King Jia never even glanced at each other.In front of Xuande Gate, the crowd dispersed, King Jia seemed to have no intention of glanced back before getting on his horse, Guo Kai took advantage of the gap to bow and thank him.King Jia shook his head, meaning he didn't need to worry about it, so he rode away.

Guo Kai stood there in a daze for a while, when he suddenly heard a voice behind him shouting joyfully: "Brother Guo is lucky you haven't left yet!" Looking back, he saw Zhao Yude hurrying over with a big bay red horse.

"Brother Guo was released suddenly, you should return home as soon as possible to repay your safety, I have prepared your horse for you, go now!" The visitor seemed more anxious than him.

Guo Kai declined: "Thank you Zhao Duzhi, but it will not be troublesome for Guo to walk back."

Zhao Yude said well: "The government has an order, and after an hour, Brother Guo will be ordered to listen to the order. So Brother Guo should not refuse, go early and return early!"

"Listen to the order?" Guo Kai was taken aback, "Why?"

The other man's voice was full of mystery: "When the time comes, the general will know himself, and he must return to the Yamen on time!"

Guo Kai knew that it would be futile to ask again, so he bowed his hands and thanked him, got on his horse and galloped away.

When I got home, I met the adults, roughly informed the inside story, and comforted the two elders with good words, so I left home and drove to the infantry commander.Walking all the way to Yujie, he suddenly pulled the rein to stop the horse, hesitated for a while, then turned the horse's head and headed towards Xuandemen, and arrived in front of the secretary's province in a while.

Standing in the shadow under the eaves, Guo Kai looked up at the sky from time to time, but luckily the person he was waiting for appeared soon.

Seeing it from a distance, the man seemed to be in disbelief, stopped and rubbed his eyes, and then rushed forward, panting for breath, clutching the sleeve of his predecessor, but couldn't utter a single word: "Akai! You...how do you... ...?"

It was already early summer, the clothes were too thin, and the arms under the sleeves were painful to pinch.Guo Kai patted the hand that was still being strengthened, and smiled: "I'm fine, I'm here to let you know that you don't need to bring me dinner tonight."

"So... Really?" The other person was anxious and incoherent: "How did you get so fast... did you catch the real culprit? Then..."

Guo Kai still smiled and said, "It's a long story. I still have work to do at the moment, so I can't stay long. I'll talk to you when I get back." Seeing the man nodding repeatedly, but still not letting go, he felt helpless and couldn't bear to remind him. I had no choice but to change the subject: "What do you want to eat tonight? If I get back early, I'll go buy it."

Seemingly immersed in the pleasant surprise, he didn't come back to his senses, the other didn't say a word, just stared at him stupidly.

Guo Kai sighed inwardly, raised his hand to brush a little fluff off his shoulders, and said softly, "A Miao, I have to go."

"Hmm-oh!" As if waking up from a dream, Xun Miao shrank her hands shyly, but her eyes were still on his face.

"How about buying smoked fish, fried quail seeds and fried lungs at night?" Guo Kai asked.

"Uh--Okay! Whatever you say is fine!" The man finally showed a smile.

"Then I'm leaving." Guo Kai got on his horse, walked for a long time and turned around, seeing the figure still standing there, rubbing his nose with one hand.

An unexplained heat surged up in his chest, and Guo Kai felt a little sore on the tip of his nose.Close your eyes and turn your head, take a deep breath, and gallop forward.