[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Gongsun Ce suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the killer in front of him, let go of the sword in his hand and quickly rolled to the side, the blade slashed down against his back.

Dodging the killer's knife in embarrassment, before he could dodge again, a strong wind came from behind, Gongsun Ce closed his eyes resignedly, but before he closed his feet, his feet trembled, and the killer fell by his feet.

Stunned for a moment, he turned his head abruptly, saw Hua Manlou approaching, lowered his head to catch a glimpse of the fan on the ground, bent down to pick it up and handed it to Hua Manlou, "Thanks to you, otherwise I would really have to see the King of Hades."

"Are you hurt?"

"A piece of clothes was cut off." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue who were coming with their horses behind him, cupped his hands as a signal, and glanced at the sky, "Let's go to Luzhou overnight, and we should be able to get there before midnight. The road is not smooth."

"kindness."

Hua ManLou's horse ran away, but it's okay to ride with Gongsun Ce.Turning over on the horse, Gongsun Ce pulled the rein and suddenly felt some pain in the tiger's mouth. He looked down and saw the blood, and then remembered that moment ago, the tiger's mouth shattered.Suddenly a hand stretched out from behind, bypassing him and grabbing the rein, "Is the injury on your hand serious?"

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce turned his head to look at Hua Manlou in surprise, "You really know everything, don't tell me, you smell blood."

"You were slow when you got on the horse, and you reacted to the wound just now."

Gongsun Ce admits defeat, he can't hide anything from Hua Manlou.Fortunately, Huamanlou is not an enemy, otherwise it would be a terrible thing to be an enemy of Huamanlou.

Hurrying back to Luzhou, Gongsun Ce talked to the soldiers guarding the city gate, and the soldiers opened the gate and let the three of them enter the city.

Back at the mansion, Gongsun Ce looked around vigilantly and knocked on the door.After a while, a voice came from inside, "Who, come to my lord without sleeping in the middle of the night? My lord doesn't handle the case at night, what's the matter, go to the yamen to redress the grievances tomorrow morning--" He opened the door muttering, and poked out a Seeing that it was Gongsun Ce, he quickly rubbed his eyes, "Master?!"

"Forbe, it's me."

"Master, you are back. If you don't come back, the master will be very worried." Uncle Fu opened the door and let Gongsun Ce in.

Gongsun Ce nodded, "This time I will stay at home for a while. I still have three friends. You can arrange two guest rooms and have hot water delivered to the rooms. You don't need to wake people up for the rest."

"Master, don't you have three guests?"

Uncle Fu looked at the three people who came in and counted them, "There are indeed three people, why do we only need two rooms?"

Gongsun Ce was stunned for a moment, then realized that his face was hot, and he cleared his throat, "Yes... Sanjian, I was wrong just now, go get someone to prepare it."

"Yes, I'll go right now."

Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard and took a look at Huamanlou, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything on Huamanlou, so he turned to Gongsun Ce, jokingly said: "Gongsun Ce, three people in two rooms, how can we live here, of course , I don't mind living in the same room with Huamanlou—"

"You are my long-term worker, and a room is also me and a room."

"Ximen Chuuxue, I was just joking."

For Lu Xiaofeng's teasing, Gongsun Ce has been able to deal with it normally in the past few days, but in the end he feels shameless.Arranged for Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue, and when he led Huamanlou to his room, he pushed open the door and asked, "The layout in the room is very simple, someone will bring hot water in the morning, I will call you tomorrow morning, and take you to Go around the city of Luzhou."

"kindness."

"Then I... go back and rest earlier."

After finishing speaking, he walked out, before crossing the threshold, a bottle of something was stuffed in his hand by Hua Manlou, "The injury on the hand, remember to deal with it when you go back."

"Ah, oh, I know."

Lying on the bed, Gongsun Ce rested his hands on his pillow, staring at the bed curtains, thinking about the group of killers, and worried that even if he returned to Luzhou, he would not be let go. Would his affairs affect the entire Gongsun family?Thinking about it, somehow Huamanlou came to mind, a smile appeared on his face, he turned over and closed his eyes.

For the rest, I don't think about it for now.

When he woke up, Gongsun Ce felt refreshed, much more comfortable than those few days in the capital, and all the gloom that had been pressing on his heart for several days dissipated.After washing up, he walked straight towards Huamanlou, pushed open the door and saw Huamanlou put down the handkerchief in his hand, stepped forward and patted him from behind.

"I knew it was you when I opened the door."

"It's boring."

"How can it be interesting? Well, Mr. Gongsun?"

The overly intimate tone made Gongsun Ce feel that Huamanlou would be more teasing, so he backed away and sat down at the table, "Shall we call Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue?"

"They went out in the morning and said they didn't bother us."

"Hey?"

"Come here, I haven't met your father yet, why don't you go see him? You guys haven't seen each other for half a year." Hua Manlou sat down beside Gongsun Ce, poured a glass of water, "You should go see him, even if he doesn't Said, but he is the only one at home, so he will inevitably worry about you who are away, plus the things in the capital and the things along the way, he will not know everything, but he will not be ignorant."

Gongsun Ce dragged his face, "I haven't figured out how to tell him, if I tell him..."

"Instead of letting him know one or two panicky guesses, it's better to tell him that even if something happens, he is prepared, isn't it?"

"You're right, I think too much."

"Let's go."

"what?"

"I shouldn't have gone to see you... En..." Hua Manlou deliberately dragged out his tone to embarrass Gongsun Ce, and when he felt that Gongsun Ce was about to blow up, he said, "Uncle Gongsun, when you are a guest at the house, the etiquette is always necessary." have."

When Hua Manlou said something, Gongsun Ce stood up and walked out, "You are not considered a guest here."

Hua Manlou stopped walking, and being seen by Gongsun Ce, he felt very happy, "You also have today, not only you can play tricks on people, but I am also good at it."

"Gongsun Gongzi really doesn't want to fall behind at any time."

The two walked out side by side. Gongsun Ce knew from Uncle Fu that Gongsun Zhen was handling official business in the study, so he nodded, took two cakes from the table and led Hua Manlou to the study.Stuffing a piece of pastry into his mouth, he rolled his eyes, looked at Hua Manlou next to him, and deliberately induced him to talk, "By the way, you wake up very early in the morning, are you not used to it?"

"Also—" As soon as Huamanlou opened his mouth, he was stuffed with a piece of food. The sweet taste made Huamanlou shake his head.

Having got his way, Gongsun Ce patted the crumbs off his hands, "You didn't eat much just now."

"I don't mind if you feed me, it's just that every time, I'm likely to choke."

"Uh……"

"Just kidding."

"Hua Man Lou, you—"

"Has the study arrived?"

Gongsun Ce raised his eyes when he heard the words, and it was indeed outside the study, so he could only give up on continuing to argue with Hua Manlou, took a deep breath and knocked on the door, "Father, it's me."

"come in."

Gongsun Ce opened the door and walked in, carrying flowers all over the building.When the two came inside, Gongsun Zhen stood up from behind the desk, walked up to Gongsun Ce, raised his hand and wanted to hit him, "You unfilial son, you really want to kill your father, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you!" What did you do when you went out!"

Seeing the slap coming down, Gongsun Ce flashed skillfully, and he was not beaten, "Father, do you want me to hide in Luzhou for the rest of my life like you? Besides, I didn't come back intact."

"Come back upright this time, are you going to be carried back sideways next time? I'm so mad!" Gongsun Zhen paced around the room with his hands behind his back, walking back and forth a few times, "My colleagues in the capital sent a message. For me, you and Bao Zheng drove the King of Xiangyang back to Xiangyang, you really know how to stab people, every time you make a scene that is earth-shattering, Bao Zheng has the gold medal for avoiding death and the protection of the emperor, you think you are Bao Zheng? If you have Anyway, what do you ask your father to do?! How can I explain to your mother?"

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce was taken aback. He didn't expect Gongsun to know so much, so he could only tell the truth, "So Bao Zheng stayed in the capital, and I'm back."

Hearing Gongsun Ce's words, Gongsun really calmed down a little, and then he noticed Hua Manlou standing beside him, "Are you Ce'er's friend? I know, you helped him a lot along the way and even saved him." Several times, the old man is very grateful, the child is naughty, thanks to the young master for taking care of him."

Hua ManLou returned the gift and said good things for Gongsun Ce, "Uncle is very polite, Ah Ce is very intelligent, not a brave and foolish person, I just did it with a little effort, but he helped me solve the family affairs, I should thank him."

"I can't boast, I can't boast, I've gotten into a whole lot of trouble because of my cleverness since I was a child, if only he was a little more stupid, I wouldn't have to worry about it."

"father!"

Gongsun Zhen interrupted Gongsun Ce's words with a wave of his hand, "Okay, now that you're home, don't think about meddling with those things anymore. Even if you want to take care of them, it won't be too late to get involved in these things after you get into the exam." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to signal, "It's rare for you to bring other friends to your house, entertain them well, don't neglect them."

Gongsun Ce frowned, a little dissatisfied but unwilling to disobey, he could only say: "I see."

Coming out of the study, Gongsun Ce was so depressed that he even forgot about taking Huamanlou out for a walk before, and walked forward sullenly.

"Uncle's words are not wrong."

"You think so too?"

Hua Manlou sighed, "A Ce, I want to ask you, do you still have ambitions and want to make something?"

Gongsun Ce was stunned, and he spoke after a while, "In the academy, Bao Zheng and I have always been students that the teacher favored. Last time I went to Beijing to take the exam, I wanted to compete with Bao Zheng to see who can win the first prize." , but we didn’t take the exam. I was poisoned. Bao Zheng didn’t take the last exam because he solved the case and took care of me. go."

"What is it for this time?"

"Who knows, maybe I want to win a sigh of relief, or maybe I want to do something for the people on my own." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, his mood improved a lot. Take you to the academy for a walk?"

"En." Hua ManLou responded.