Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng

There are still people coming and going in the city of Luzhou, selling stalls, chatting and laughing in inns, restaurants and teahouses, beside the moat, the willows are still fluttering, and those carrying burdens are shouting loudly under the willows...

Gongsun Ce walked past slowly, and habitually glanced at Yangliuxia, the shy girl who was selling spices at Yangliuxia was no longer there.Gongsun Ce's mind flashed back a few days ago, when he walked out of his small courtyard...

"Mr. Gongsun, is Mr. Bao there?" At the turn of the alley, the girl who was originally selling spices looked at him with a worried face, and there was still a bit of anxiety in her eyes.

"He's gone to the government office. Is Miss Chang Yu okay?" He asked gently.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Chang Yu's face on the opposite side, he lowered his head, and slowly handed over a letter and a sachet in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Gongsun, someone asked me to give you this letter, and ...This sachet, please give it to Mr. Bao."

He took it, glanced at the carp embroidered on the sachet, and said softly, "Okay. Thank you, girl."

Chang Yu raised his head, glanced at Gongsun Gongzi, nodded slightly, then slowly turned and left step by step.

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Walking up the Luzhou Bridge, turning his head and looking under the willows again, Gongsun Ce heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this time, both Meng Fang and Chang Yu are still alive.As long as there is life, there is hope, right?

However, thinking of that letter, Gongsun Ce chuckled. Meng Fang actually gave himself the song "Drunkenness" that was originally given to Bao Zheng, and it was an evolved song that he played...

"What are you laughing at?" A sudden deep voice sounded, Gongsun Ce tilted his head, seeing Bao Zheng looking at him with slightly raised eyebrows, he was slightly taken aback, "When did you come?"

"I've been here for a while, and I've already walked a street behind Gongsun Gongzi." Bao Zheng said indifferently, glanced at the willow, and nodded secretly in his heart. Fortunately, the woman has left Luzhou...

Gongsun Ce was slightly surprised, then touched his nose, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I think things are lost."

What makes you think you didn't even know that someone followed you down the street?Such an unsuspecting person... It should be fortunate that the person following Mr. Gongsun is not a villain with malicious intentions!It seems that it is necessary to help this innocent laughing person in front of him to be more vigilant. By the way... Where is Zhan Zhao?Why not?Bao Zheng glanced at Gongsun Ce, but didn't ask any further questions. He just looked up and asked, "Where's Zhan Zhao?"

Gongsun Ce put away his smile, looked serious, and said in a low voice, "He's going to pay homage to his elder brother."

Bao Zheng was slightly taken aback, then fell silent.

The two of them were standing in the middle of the Luzhou Bridge at this time. It was early in the morning, and the sun was like water, shining on the two of them, giving them more warmth and softness.

"Let's go and see Zhan Zhao." After standing for a while, Bao Zheng said in a low voice.

Gongsun Ce had no objection, walked behind Bao Zheng, and the two walked towards the outside of Luzhou city.

When they arrived outside Luzhou City, in front of Zhan Jun's tomb, the two saw Zhan Zhao sitting cross-legged in front of the tombstone, dumbfounded, there were still tears on his face, and the rims of his eyes were slightly red, they must have cried a lot Bar.Gongsun Ce looked at Zhan Zhao and felt a little uncomfortable. In this incident, not being able to rescue Zhan Jun was the saddest thing for him, but Meng Fang, the person who secretly manipulated the whole case, he didn't know how to comment ...

Bao Zheng walked over slowly, sat down beside Zhan Zhao, patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and sat silently.

Gongsun Ce put down the basket, and placed the sacrificial objects, fragrant flowers and ingots on it one by one.

Zhan Zhao stared blankly at Gongsun Ce's behavior, and when Gongsun Ce lit the incense and handed it to Bao Zheng, he turned around again, with a respectful and solemn expression, Zhan Zhao looked at it and said in a low voice, " Brother Bao, Brother Gongsun, thank you."

"Thank you for what." Gongsun Ce touched Zhan Zhao's head and smiled.After finishing speaking, he turned around and sat down beside Bao Zheng.

So, the three of them sat quietly in front of Zhan Jun's tombstone until the colorful clouds began to climb into the sky.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the colorful clouds in the distance, got up, stood up, and clasped his fists to Bao Zheng who was still sitting on the ground with a serious face and said, "Zhan Zhao thanked Brother Bao and Brother Gongsun!"

Bao Zheng nodded slightly, stood up with Gongsun Ce, looked at Zhan Zhao, Bao Zheng had a serious face, "Zhan Zhao, how are you?"

Zhan Zhao raised his head, looked at Bao Zheng, nodded solemnly, "Zhan Zhao is fine now."

Bao Zheng smiled, raised his hand and patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and said in a soft voice, "You will have two older brothers in the future. Although neither of these two older brothers has martial arts skills, they are pretty good. Don't worry too much about it." picky."

Gongsun Ce was taken aback when he heard this, and then smiled inwardly, really, what do you mean by having a good head, the future Master Bao of Kaifeng Mansion will also boast about himself!

When Zhan Zhao heard this, his eyes became hot, he quickly lowered his head, and hummed in a low voice.

"Okay, it's getting dark, Zhan Zhao, let's go home." Gongsun Ce stepped forward, pulled Zhan Zhao, and said with a smile, "Brother Bao will serve us some bowls of noodles!"

"Ah!? Brother Gongsun, Brother Bao, can he cook?"

"That's right! This is very rare. We won't be able to eat it if you, Brother Bao, become the No. [-] scholar in the exam and become a high-ranking official!"

"..." Bao Zheng looked helplessly at Gongsun Ce who was holding Zhan Zhao in front of him while talking and smiling mischievously. , just say it, and he will definitely do it.There was a trace of helplessness in Bao Zheng's eyes, and... an extremely faint pampering that he himself did not realize...

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On the official road leading to the capital, at the front are a dozen indifferent men dressed as guards, behind the guards is a large sedan chair, and after that are more than twenty indifferent men dressed as guards.

At this time, in the sedan chair, the Eighth Sage King sat by the window and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Opposite him, Grand Master Pang Ji was concentrating on the letter in his hand.

There was silence in the sedan chair.

After a while, Grand Master Pang put away the letter paper, looked at the Eight Sage Kings opposite, stared quietly, his eyes were too deep and deep to see his thoughts clearly.

And it is difficult for people to ignore such a quiet and focused gaze, but on the surface, the Eight Sage Kings still closed their eyes and rested. I'm used to it.

"My lord." Grand Master Pang said slowly in a calm voice, "It's time for Qiu Wei."

The Eighth Sage King opened his eyes slightly, looked at Grand Master Pang opposite him, and smiled with the corners of his mouth, "Yes. The time is really fast." Thinking back... when the person in front of me just came to the capital to participate in the Qiu Wei... now he is dead Being in a high position, the power should not be underestimated... Who would have thought that the inconspicuous young scholar would have the status he has now...

Seeing the nostalgia flashing across the face of the Eight Sage King, Grand Master Pang quickly flashed a gleam of light in his eyes, but looked at the Eight Sage King on the face, and continued, "This time the chief examiner, does the prince have someone in mind? "

The Baxian King raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Grand Master Pang, and said with a smirk, "From the tone of the Grand Master, it seems that there is a candidate?"

"My son-in-law Cui Mingchong has just been transferred back to the capital's Minister of Rites." Grand Master Pang said calmly.

The Eighth Sage King was startled, then looked at Grand Master Pang fixedly, and after a long while, said in a calm tone, "He is a good candidate." Cui Mingchong?That is indeed a good candidate, a rare and honest official in Pang Taishi's faction.It's just...Qiu Wei, such a good thing, but a good opportunity to recruit students and cultivate diehard loyalists, why is this guy willing to let it go?

"This time, the prince admired by the lord is called Bao Zheng, right? Will he also participate in this autumn?" Grand Master Pang changed the topic and said unexpectedly, with a very calm expression, but this tone, listen In the ears of the Eight Sage Kings, it always felt a little weird.But the Eighth Sage King didn't go into it, just hummed, and continued to close his eyes and rest his mind.

Naturally, Bao Zheng will participate in this autumn, as well as Gongsun Ce... Thinking of the scene between the two of them in the camp of the Yi clan last time, the corners of the Eight Worthy King's mouth curled up into a smile of interest.But in someone's eyes, this smile successfully made someone's eyes darken and gloomy.

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It was night, and the moonlight smeared the courtyard, as light as water, adding a bit of warmth to this silent night.

When Gongsun Ce walked over with a tea tray, he saw Bao Zheng sitting on the steps, holding a book and reading intently under the moonlight.

"Where did you see it?" Gongsun Ce put down the tea tray, picked up the tea bowl and handed it to Bao Zheng, who had regained his senses, and asked with a smile.

Bao Zheng took the tea bowl, drank a few sips, and then said, "I just saw half of it, have you finished it?"

Gongsun Ce nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "Yes. When you went to the government office a few days ago, I took the time to read it and recited it." After a pause, he smiled again, "However, I read it a few days ago Not many, most of the time follow the master to see medical skills and identify herbs."

Hearing this, Bao Zheng frowned and looked at Gongsun Ce. A few days ago, when he was discussing the secret of the so-called treasure of the Yi tribe with the Eight Sage Kings in the government office, and dealing with some matters, Gongsun Ce actually paid homage to a teacher. He started to learn medical skills, and it is said that the teacher was introduced by Suzhou Gongsun Zheng, and he was a monk... He felt a little displeased. Did Gongsun Ce really have no intention of gaining fame by doing this?Although, Gongsun Ce said that he would go to Beijing with him to catch the exam...

But looking at Gongsun Ce's smiling expression, he couldn't say those words of disapproval, and could only turn his head dullly and continue staring at the book in his hand.

Gongsun Ce blinked at Bao Zheng's silent appearance, his heart turned, and he knew that the person in front of him was probably unhappy because he went to learn medical skills.He leaned over and looked at Bao Zheng with pretendingly bewildered eyes, "Are you unhappy?"

Bao Zheng looked at the black and white eyes and the long eyelashes that were close at hand, Bao Zheng's heart skipped a beat, his heart beat faster for no reason, he quickly turned his head, pretended to cough a few times, and thought to himself, how could this person It's so beautiful!Really!I am fascinated by myself!

"Bao Zheng?"

"I'm not unhappy." Bao Zheng stroked the throbbing in his heart, turned his head to look at Gongsun Ce who was already sitting, and said in a low voice, "I'm just... worried that you won't go to Beijing with me."

Gongsun Ce smiled, his smile was simple and joyful, "Don't worry, I will definitely go with you!"

Of course he would follow. In his previous life, he followed Bao Zheng all his life, so how could he not follow in this life?