Wing On Tune

The next morning, Chang'an and Lin Jingwan bid farewell and set off to return to Lingshan. Qi Wangshu felt that his head was about to explode in the past two days, but he had to deal with more important things first. Jianyi confessed a few words, and set off for Xindu.

Chang An put away his chaotic thoughts, and kept repeating in his mind, "I gave this jade pendant to Gu Ming as a birthday gift more than ten years ago."

When Chang'an thought it had settled down, another wave would always be greeted.

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The wind and snow were whistling, Bai Zhongxuan saw Cheng Yange coming here not far away, and was about to slow down and say a few words on the way to the main hall later, but there was the creaking sound of boots stepping on the snow behind him, before anyone arrived Arriving first, a hand came from behind and pressed on his shoulder, "It's a coincidence today, who did I bump into?"

With a sinister tone like a poisonous snake, Bai Zhongxuan bowed slightly, bowed his eyes in salute, "Your Highness is laughing."

The man felt chill all over his body, he patted Bai Zhongxuan's shoulder lightly, and smiled gently, "It's been windy and snowy lately, Zhongxuan should be tighter."

The palm on the shoulder was loosened, but it was like a brand mark, which made Bai Zhongxuan uncomfortable, Cheng Yange just arrived, and greeted the man, the man hummed lightly, stopped making a sound, and went straight to the main hall.

Bai Zhongxuan's raised eyes were cold, and he and Cheng Yange crossed the threshold, and fell far behind that person. The two walked slowly and lowered their voices. Cheng Yange had a lot of contacts with Bai Zhongxuan recently, and he noticed the subtlety, "But Have you made any moves recently?"

Bai Zhongxuan looked at the front with a cold face, and replied in an unclear manner, "The wave is coming."

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The seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

It has been almost half a month since Chang An and Lin Jingwan went down the mountain. Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, Ning Zhiyuan came back after nightfall after finishing his work. It was time to finish his practice and have dinner. Ning Zhiyuan first went to cleanse the dust and change After wearing comfortable clothes, she went to look for someone, and seeing that everyone had arrived, Lin Jingwan started talking about Xiang Xiang and Qi Gu's family, just as Qi Su and Gu Linzhi were going home in a few days.

Ning Zhiyuan and Yin Bohong met their eyes, and frowned after hearing this. Qi Su and Gu Linzhi immediately said that they were leaving for home. Qi Su and Gu Linzhi will not be able to return to Lingshan after this incident, but everyone present knows the danger of this matter.

When Chang'an said that he was going down the mountain together, You Xu couldn't sit still anymore, Yin Bohong sighed, "Noisy, there are too many people rebelling, Qi Su and Linzhi naturally have to go back, but this matter is strange, we need to wait and see what happens, If you act rashly, you may cause waves."

This matter is now only understood by Lingshan and Su Ye. They did not make any noise. As long as they can be arranged well, the collision may be minimized. Gu Ming has not yet understood the situation, and more people will cause trouble Note that Yin Bohong's face is serious, but he really loves the younger generation. This matter cannot avoid being involved with the court, but he can't stand by and watch. He is silent for a while, as if he has made up his mind and has no position. And because, if there is no faction now, if you want to go, you can go, but you have to think about it in the long run."

Before leaving, Chang An gave Gu Linzhi a wink, and Ning Zhiyuan went back first when he saw that they had something to say, anyway, Chang An still had to explain to him later, Chang An roughly talked about the jade pendant, which really surprised Gu Linzhi Once he knew Qi Wangshu's personality, he would not joke about it. Gu Linzhi went to Lingshan to study art when he was young, and he didn't return home very often. He thought it was ridiculous, even though he usually saw things accurately, but But he always misses his own father, just like this time about spices and jade pendants.

Changan felt that the jade pendant was a personal item, but he hesitated. He had already made a joke once, but since this matter was related to the Gu family, he had to let his senior know about it. Gu Linzhi was silent for a while, and only asked, "You What are your plans?" Chang An shook his head, and said, "This is my mother's last wish, if it is really him, I will return the things, and my mother's wish will be forgotten."

Gu Linzhi heard Chang'an's intention to get involved, and felt a little soft in his heart, "Xiao Liu, you also understand that the matter of spices is dangerous, and it is definitely not a good thing for you to get involved in the Gu family..."

It was rare for Chang An to cut off the conversation, his eyes glowed in the darkness, "It's somewhere in the dark, I thought I'd look for it next year, but now it's just right, brother, don't think too much, I'll go down the mountain with you tomorrow."

When returning to the room, Ning Zhiyuan was already waiting, hot water was prepared in the tub, Chang An went in except for the clothes, Ning Zhiyuan followed to scrub, and while listening to Chang An's explanation, it was almost time to put on his shirt and lie down with someone in his arms. In the middle of the night, it was rare for Ning Zhiyuan not to make trouble, he held Chang An on his body and pressed him down, patting his back with his hands, Chang An was filled with sadness, but after confessing, his heart was empty, "Uncle Master..."

Chang'an's mind was complicated, Liu Xu never talked to him about his biological father, except for an indistinguishable name, there was only one jade pendant, maybe even she didn't know about other things, she could only wait, after suffering from hysteria, if she couldn't wait, she would She went to look for it, but told Chang'an that someone would come to pick her up. She loved and hated that man in the fantasy, and later married Chang'an.

They were far away in Yicheng. At the beginning, Liu Xu took the jade pendant to ask people around, but the jade pendant was old for a long time. Although the quality of the jade pendant was high, there were a small amount in many places. The place was finally determined in Huai'an, but the people in Huai'an were gone before they arrived.

Chang'an was already prepared in his heart, but he never expected that this person would be Gu Ming. The firmness towards Gu Linzhi was only because he wanted to help his senior brother, but now towards Ning Zhiyuan, he couldn't tell what he was thinking. , Originally I only wanted an explanation, but now maybe the so-called biological father and the close senior brother are the biological father and son, this feeling is too complicated.

Ning Zhiyuan could understand him, so he called him softly, "Chang'an", Ning Zhiyuan rarely called him Chang'an, Chang'an pressed his uncle's chest to prop up, Ning Zhiyuan put away his teasing, long fingers twirling his hair, circle after circle Quan, with a focused and gentle look, "Look, your name is only Chang'an. It doesn't follow your father's or mother's surname. It's just Chang'an. Regardless of whether Gu Ming is your biological father or not, you neither belong to the Gu family, nor do you have to worry about it. In the past, you were Chang'an of Lingshan, Xiaoliu of my uncle, and there was nothing else other than that."

Ning Zhiyuan turned over and pressed Chang An under his body, buried his head and kissed him, wrapped Chang An's tongue in his mouth and kissed him tenderly, "You can do whatever you want, my uncle is here."

Chang'an was melted from the cold, and the iron was hot, he grabbed his uncle's front and raised his head to kiss him, now that he has his uncle and a home, he is no longer at a loss.

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The [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.The letter takes care of the family.

Gu Ming has been in a bad mood lately. Qi Wangshu went back after talking to him about all the letters. In order to win over the nobles in the court and open up many official channels to facilitate business exchanges, he used various parties to build bridges, and only then did a small amount of business dealings with the court. During the process, he got acquainted with the nobles in the palace, and then expanded the orders of the imperial court. The other party liked his business acumen, so he seized every opportunity to make friends with them during the contact, and finally got the opportunity five years ago .

There are noble people in the court who are using spices to make money privately, but the power in the palace is so complicated that it is really inconvenient. After several contacts with Gu Ming, he saw the scope of his business, so he asked someone to discuss this matter with him. Gu Ming has been in business for many years. Rolling around on the court, used to being cautious, I wanted to find out what was going on with the spices. The other party only sent an eunuch to talk, and said in a dark tone that the higher-ups like people who talk less and do more. Now they want to open up the road of the court. , you have to be willing.

Gu Ming gritted his teeth and agreed. He was ambitious and never minded licking blood with the tip of a knife.

The past few years have been going smoothly, but unexpectedly, the past two years have seen frequent occurrences. The people above want to collect money through him, but they don't want to see these things go wrong under him. Now that they have collected enough money, once something happens to him Questions will definitely be kicked away.

Fortunately, he kept a back hand. The details of the spices he handled before, the source and the person who handled them are all recorded in the book. As long as he holds these evidences in his hands, he still has value, and the two sides can maintain a balance. He hides the evidence properly. , It's not too much, but the nobles above have a lot of tricks and are ruthless, and now he can't sleep or eat, the sharp knife hanging on the top of his head does not fall, and he has already worn it out without any movement.

The sound of roof tiles bumping interrupted Gu Ming's thoughts. He didn't expect to come so soon. He has been highly nervous recently, and a slight movement can trigger a reaction. He quickly grabbed the knife at hand. Except for the guards, everyone else in the Gu family is Taking care of the daily servants and the helpless maid, the two children are doing business with Gu Ming, they know how to fight but not diligently, Cheng Sheng is weak...

Gu Ming withdrew his thoughts of chaos, the sharp knife on the top of his head finally slipped down, the bound prey couldn't stop struggling, Gu Ming stepped out of the yard, and saw two masked men, all the guards arranged in the yard had fallen to the ground, unexpectedly All of them were dealt with before Gu Ming noticed the movement.

The two masked men were not in a hurry when they saw the man coming out, and they came towards him slowly, as if they were just walking in the courtyard in a leisurely manner, ignoring him at all, Gu Ming gritted his teeth and drew his knife, dodging into the state, Even if you can't fight, you have to give it a go. The man in black has a mysterious figure. He only moved one person, and he didn't even pull out the knife. Taking a few steps back, Gu Ming's lips ooze blood, he can't move back, he can only slash forward with his knife, and is forced to back up again and again by the man in black. , and then drew out the knife.

There have been movements in the room. Gu Hengzhi has recently discovered that his father is not guarding the house, and he often makes mistakes when he closes the account. It is too weird. There was a fight in the courtyard tonight. He turned over and sat up. Dao, I heard a muffled voice under the mask not far away, "Hand over your things, and you can keep your wife and children."

Gu Ming had no time to react, his arm was cut, the knife flew out of his hand, and he was kicked by the man in black and slipped a few meters away. After watching the play, it was time to do something. Before he could stand up straight, he dodged to avoid the knife being swung at him.

Gu Hengzhi missed the hit, raised his hand and swung it forward, and was dodged lightly. Gu Linzhi would give him some advice when he came back, but after all, he came back too little, and he had limited learning. When it opened, Gu Hengzhi panted and shouted, "Sisi, run!" when Gu Sizhi raised his eyes, his elder brother was already pinched against the pillar by the neck, and he screamed immediately.

At this time, it was too late to hide. Gu Ming held his knife and wanted to get up, expressing powerless despair at this fight that had no chance of winning, "If you hurt my wife and children, you will never get anything", but tonight, the man in black is there. Coming prepared to force something out of Gu Ming's mouth, by all means, the man in black swung the knife supported by Gu Ming far away with the scabbard, slashed across his stomach, and Gu Ming fell to his knees immediately.

Gu Sizhi was unarmed and struggled to get things. People in other rooms were woken up one after another by Gu Sizhi's screams. The room was full of movement for a while. The hand on Gu Hengzhi's neck gradually tightened. The man in black lost his patience and said in Gu Ming's direction, "Do you want your son's life?"

His men were about to break Gu Hengzhi's neck with all his might, when he heard a whistling sound, the man in black let go and threw him away, then quickly turned around and used his knife against the flying arrow, the force of the collision made the blade shake There was a sound, Gu Ming and Gu Sizhi raised their eyes and looked, the night wind blowing through their robes made a whistling sound, the ink hair was raised, and the figure standing on the high wall could not be seen, one of them was holding a bow and quickly set up an arrow. At the same time as the shot, several people flew down, and Gu Sizhi cried out in tears, "Brother!"

The man in black saw that the situation was not good, and if the master confessed that if he could not produce evidence, he must be silenced together, and he must not be allowed to have the opportunity to confess to others, so he quickly raised the knife to stab Gu Ming's heart, but the knife was slapped by the flying iron bone Cut off at the waist, the tip of the knife fell to the ground with a clang, and the iron bone fan that flew out spun back and hit the man in black.

The other party laughed frivolously, and flew forward, piercing the vitals with the fan in his hand, the man in black raised his knife to block, and was about to strike at his shoulder in a flash, if it didn't work tonight, he would die if he went back, the man in black slashed fiercely , while turning around, he also provoked Gu Ming's saber, with both sabers in his hands, he did not retreat but advanced, and crazily attacked in Gu Ming's direction. Ning Zhiyuan had to pay attention to Gu Ming's situation during the fight. At a stalemate, Gu Linzhi rushed over to help Gu Ming away, and handed over the battlefield to his uncle.

Gu Ming looked at the other side of the yard, and asked roughly, "How are Hengzhi and Sisi?" Gu Linzhi checked the wound, and told the maid at the door whose legs were weak from fright to come over with gauze, and handed it to Gu Ming neatly. After applying the medicine, he was distracted and carefully observed the battle situation in the courtyard, "It's okay, Hengzhi just passed out, luckily he caught up!"

Chang'an roughly probed the side of Gu Hengzhi's neck, and after confirming that it was all right, he asked Gu Sizhi to help him into the room, turned around and joined the battlefield.

The man in black was already fighting with the same person, and the sharp swords slashed across the blades and made clangs without interruption. Chang'an is now carrying the most convenient bow and arrow on Lingshan. When he turned around, he let go and shot, and the other person received the signal, raised his sword and forced the person to turn around, and the sharp arrow passed through the chest, and the coordination was perfect.

The man in black was so angry that he was dying, and he didn't care about the sharp arrow in his chest slashing at the person in front of him, but his figure was already shaking, and two arrows pierced his throat with precision one after another. He was blocked by the man in front of him with a sword, and flew out. The outcome was decided, and the man in black on the other side fell to his knees first, his throat was cut by the iron bone fan, and both fell to the ground.

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The fire light beeped from time to time, Qi Su was so greedy for the fragrance that he swallowed, and urged You Xu to hurry up, Huai'an is located in a remote place, Qi Su and Lin Jingwan were ready to go down the mountain the night after Qi Su finished talking, You Xu stalked, Lin Jing Wan was so entangled that he had no choice but to deal with it, and hurried to Huai'an, Qi Wangshu described himself as a bit embarrassed, watching the roasted pork Adam's apple rolling in the flames.

Not long after he left Xindu, he was overtaken by a man in black and fought for a while, but he was no match at all. Fortunately, he was familiar with the terrain on the road, so he took advantage of the terrain to hide for two days, and was caught by the man in black tonight. Just in time, I met Qi Su and his party who were going down the mountain. Only after they had settled down could they sit down to catch their breath. You Xu was sweating so much on his forehead that he called out to Lin Jingwan, "Hey, hurry up, brother, wipe off my sweat, it's time to drip it later The meat went up."

The few people were amused by You Xu, and the atmosphere finally became more relaxed. After dividing the meat, You Xu had something in his stomach, and then exhaled freely, "Fortunately, I went down the mountain overnight, just in time, this black-clothed man is so powerful, They moved too fast!"

Lin Jingwan swallowed her food, and raised her hand to wipe the sweat of You Xu, "They moved so quickly, I think there must be secret guards lurking by Uncle Gu's side to deliver the message. Since the Qi family is responsible for the delivery, they also feel that I couldn't get rid of the relationship, and I wanted to deal with the Gu family first, and saw my uncle acting alone, so I separated one person."

Qi Wangshu sighed, "I didn't expect that after several years of business, I would be kept in the dark and even lead to death. I also reprimanded a few words when I talked with Gu Ming, but now I'm in deep trouble. I hope I can make it through this test, and then I will take it easy with him!"

Qi Su was still chewing something, and muttered impatiently, "This is the end of the matter, I have to write to Gu's family when I return to Huai'an, the uncle and the others must have arrived, let's see how to cooperate next, this matter involves the court, we Look at the trouble."