[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Back in Luzhou, it took two days to find where Bao Zheng was.

Bao Zheng would rather be a coward, but this time it was an order from above to return Bao Zheng to Beijing, and he didn't know what happened in Beijing.

Gongsun Ce brought Zhan Zhao to the academy where Bao Zheng was. The students who had just come back from a short break were arguing. Seeing the two students arguing endlessly, Gongsun Ce stepped forward and said, "What are you doing here?"

"He stole my money!"

"Stole your money?"

"Yes, my money is in my schoolbag, but it disappeared when I came back from Xiaoxiu. I found it with him!"

Gongsun Ce nodded and looked at the other child.

Zhan Zhao stood aside and saw that Gongsun Ce was solving the matter for the two students, and whispered, "Brother Hua, do you think Brother Gongsun's analysis just now is correct?"

Hua Manlou at the side first heard Zhan Zhao calling himself that, he was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "It's not wrong, it's just... It seems that some problems have been overlooked, but if you give Gongsun Ce a little time, he can figure it out. .”

It's just that Gongsun Ce didn't get enough time, Bao Zheng had already stepped forward and solved the problem.

"Brother Bao! You are amazing!"

"Why are you here?"

"Come to find you—"

Gongsun Ce covered Zhan Zhao's mouth and said, "We're just here to see what the place you've been hiding for half a year is like, but it seems that the students here are not so easy to deal with."

"A little trouble, you two... Hey, who is this person?" Bao Zheng didn't say a word, but turned to stare at Huamanlou, put his hands in his sleeves, shook his head and said, "This person is better than Hua Manlou." You still look like a little boy, if Feiyan was here, she would definitely say that."

Hearing that Gongsun Ce was stunned for a moment, he patted Bao Zheng's shoulder with one hand, and said with great force, "Tell us quickly where you are staying. We have come from a long way, and you won't entertain us."

"Hey, wait, let's go, wait, you haven't introduced who this person is, why did you come with you?"

Huamanlou only heard the intimacy and atmosphere between the three of them, and knew that the friendship between the three was very deep.

"Under the Huamanlou, because of family changes, thanks to meeting Gongsun Ce, I was able to protect myself."

"Huamanlou... I can't see it. It's alright. Since Gongsun Ce is willing to take you with him, he must treat you as a friend. Since he is Gongsun Ce's friend, he is my friend. Let's go, the Yangchun noodles in this place are very good Eat, my treat."

When Zhan Zhao heard that there was something to eat, he was the first to jump out, "Wow! Brother Gongsun, did I hear correctly, Brother Bao wants to treat you!"

"You brat, you're still so unruly when you speak." Bao Zheng raised his head and slapped Zhan Zhao on the head. Zhan Zhao patted his head and hid behind Gongsun Ce.

"Bao Heitan, you are really a penny-pinching rooster. Judging from Zhan Zhao's opinion of you, I know that you used to be with us, eating and drinking for nothing."

"That's that, with Mr. Gongsun, how can I, an ordinary man, need to make a fool of myself in front of the son of the governor? You mean Zhan Zhao?" Bao Zheng winked at Zhan Zhao while talking, and Zhan Zhao quickly Nodding, before raising his head, he was hit on the head by the fan in Gongsun Ce's hand.

Zhan Zhao quickly shut his mouth tightly, not daring to speak nonsense anymore.

Hua Manlou followed the three of them, smiling all the way, listening to them talk and tell each other bad things, but felt that these three people were very cute.

It's a bit like Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing, they always dislike each other, but they stand up at critical moments.

Bao Zheng had to go back to the academy for class, and Gongsun Ce led Zhan Zhao and Hua Manlou on the street.Zhan Zhao looked at the two people beside him, one was confident and the other was calm, as if he was not worried at all, he scratched his head and finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Brother Gongsun, look at Brother Bao, will you go back?"

"Will do."

"But Brother Bao just now..."

"Didn't you notice that his eyes were brighter than usual when he was handling the case? It means he just can't let go."

"So that's the case! Brother Gongsun, you really know Brother Bao."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows and raised his chin, "This is because he is too easy to see through, too straightforward."

"Hey, Brother Gongsun, you are still stubborn."

Just as Gongsun Ce was about to strike, Hua Manlou reached out to block Gongsun Ce's fist with a fan and said, "Zhan Zhao is still young, he has been beaten four times by the two of you." After speaking, he shook his head.

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce touched his nose, let out a dissatisfied cold snort from his nasal cavity, put his arm on Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "Little devil, look at what is here in front of you."

"County office."

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes, looked at Hua Man Lou, and suddenly felt that he had a backer.

After explaining the reason to the Guzhi County in the county office, Gongsun Ce said: "Everything has been troubled by the Guzhi County. Ce'er is here to thank the Guzhi County for your great help."

"Hahaha, I have friendship with your father, besides, I also want to see who this capable person is."

"This person's surname is Bao and his name is Zheng."

"So it's the bag of black charcoal?"

The faces of Zhan Zhao and Hua Manlou next to him were exactly the same, Gongsun Ce raised the corner of his mouth, and said with some pride, "Yes, it is the bag of black charcoal."

Using the case to stimulate Bao Heitan moved Bao Zheng's mind, and then persuaded Bao Zheng to set off for Beijing with Aunt Bao's words. After Bao Zheng nodded, Zhan Zhao had to admire Gongsun Ce's understanding of Bao Zheng.

In the evening, after taking a bath, Gongsun Ce came out after changing his clothes. He was going to discuss with Bao Zheng about returning to Beijing this time. He did not expect to meet Hua Manlou in the courtyard. The other party seemed to be waiting for him. He was a little surprised, and his bright eyes flickered. After a trace of doubt, he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"You have some jealousy towards Bao Zheng."

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm jealous of that bag of black charcoal? You think too little of me, Gongsun Ce, and too much of Bao Zheng. No matter how bad I am, I will never be jealous of a piece of black charcoal." head." Gongsun Ce's face was full of dissatisfaction, and he frowned, looked at Hua Manlou and said, "My Gongsun Ce is not so small-minded."

"But you always wanted to win Bao Zheng, didn't you?"

"Zhan Zhao told you?"

"I don't need Zhan Zhao to tell me, I can know that you really want to win against Bao Zheng, because he solves the puzzles before you every time."

Hearing that Gongsun Ce pursed his lips, he smiled and said, "I really want to win him, but so what?"

"Winning or losing is not that important."

"It doesn't make sense with you." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce turned and went back to his room, forgetting about going to find Bao Zheng.

Returning to Beijing this time, he must solve the puzzles given by the emperor one step ahead of Bao Zheng.

Standing in the courtyard, Hua Manlou shook his head when he heard the door close, closed the fan, and walked towards his room.

The next morning, when Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao came to look for Gongsun Ce with their bundles on their backs, they found that Gongsun Ce was not in the room. The quilt was neat and the bundle was gone.

The two looked at each other and hurriedly knocked on Huamanlou's door.

"Brother Hua, do you have—hey, Brother Bao, Brother Hua is not there either, could it be that they are waiting for us outside?" Zhan Zhao said as he pushed the door open, and Bao Zheng saw the note on the table at a glance.

Picking it up, Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, "Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou left first, and said they were competing with us to see who would arrive in the capital first. You said this Gongsun Ce, how can you even compare this? Didn't you admit defeat to him long ago?"

"Oh, brother Bao, you are really slow! Brother Gongsun will definitely get angry every time he loses to you. Recently, I see that brother Gongsun is reading books very seriously. It seems that he has made up his mind to win against you!" Zhan Zhao looked at you. Looking at Bao Zheng with a hopeless expression, "But don't worry, Brother Bao, Brother Hua is very good, just as good as me!"

"You brat, you're good at boasting yourself, let's go, go to the capital!" Bao Zheng put away the note, walked out with Zhan Zhao in his arms.

Is Gongsun Ce really angry with him?

Hua Manlou was walking side by side with Gongsun Ce carrying a burden on his back. It would take at least two days to get to the capital from here, but judging by Gongsun Ce's current state, it seemed that it would be faster.

"Why are you following me?"

"It just so happens that I'm going to the capital too."

"...You are really strange. You don't go on the other side of the good road, so you have to follow me." Gongsun Ce tightened his burden and continued to move forward.

The people around looked at the two people in front of them, and couldn't help but look sideways—how could the young man with bamboo embroidered on his clothes have such a bad temper, and the young man next to him was also good-tempered, so he wasn't even angry.

Gongsun Ce didn't know who he was angry with, so he stepped into an inn, and was about to say something to the shopkeeper, when he suddenly saw Hua Manlou outside the inn, a look of confusion flashed across his always smiling face, Gongsun Ce Ce stood in front of the counter for a long time before recovering, and looked at the shopkeeper apologetically, "I still have a friend outside, the shopkeeper waits a moment."

"Okay."

"Huamanlou, here." Gongsun Ce stepped forward to Huamanlou's side, stretched out his hand to hold Huamanlou's wrist, "Be careful of the threshold under your feet."

"Well, thank you."

Not angry or tempered, it is obvious that he has gone too far, yet he still wants to thank you?Gongsun Ce shook his head, took Huamanlou into the inn, asked for a room from the shopkeeper, and took Huamanlou upstairs.

"Are you always so nice to everyone?"

"Because of some things, it's really useless for you to be angry with him, isn't it?" Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Angry can't solve the problem. I think it's not a bad thing to take care of other people's emotions."

Gongsun Ce shook his head, "You are so easy to bully."

"But no one can bully me."

Now Gongsun Ce was speechless.

Gongsun Ce, who has always been eloquent, seldom loses his tongue, but this is the second time he has been speechless in front of Hua Manlou, and he doesn't know what to say.

Back in the room, he took Hua Manlou to familiarize himself with the room before Gongsun Ce sat down, took out the book from the bag, sat there and looked at it seriously, "If you are hungry, open the door and call the little one." Er's will bring the food up, and I don't want to eat down there either."

Hearing that Hua Manlou's smile deepened, he nodded and said, "Yes." It's not that Gongsun Ce doesn't know how to take care of others, but just like Zhan Zhao said, he just has a stubborn mouth.

"You arrive in the capital, leave early, what else do you have to do?"

"There is a genius doctor Lu in Beijing."

"You want to see a doctor?"

Hua Manlou was a little surprised, Gongsun Ce's aura was normal, he didn't look like someone who needs to see a miracle doctor.

Gongsun Ce tightened his hand holding the book, blinked his eyes, and pressed the acupuncture points around his eyes with the other hand, "The vision is a bit blurry during this time, and it may be a little uncomfortable. Ask him something, I am more interested in medical skills recently."

"Maybe you haven't had enough rest."

"It's possible." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he looked at Hua Manlou with great interest and said, "The time when you couldn't see... how did it feel?"

"It's flustered, and it's easy to get angry, because you can't see, everything you are familiar with disappears from your world, you can't see it again, and things that were originally simple opinions become troublesome, small things become You can’t even do what a three-year-old child can do, and you’re very frustrated.” Hua Manlou still said with a smile, speaking about the past very calmly.

Gongsun Ce was a little puzzled, and continued to ask, "Then you are like this, I can't see that you are also a person who loses his temper."

"It's not impossible, it's just that in front of many things, there is no need to lose your temper."

"...I can't see..." Gongsun Ce murmured, not even realizing what he said.

Hua Manlou easily caught Gongsun Ce's words, and his smile faded, "Many things are not so bad if you look at them from another angle. Although I can't see them with my eyes, I can smell the fragrance, hear the birdsong, and feel the temperature." , which is very satisfying to me.”

"You are so easy to be satisfied." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce curled his lips, picked up the book in his hand and continued to read.

Gongsun Ce has never seen such a person before, he has a reassuring aura all over his body, the smile on his face is never annoying no matter what time he looks at him, and his tone of voice always makes people throw away distracting thoughts in their hearts, become peaceful.

Huamanlou is a person who makes people feel comfortable.

The two were lying on their own beds with their clothes on. Huamanlou closed his eyes and observed the movement around him with keen ears. There was already the sound of breathing from Gongsun Ce, and the movement outside the door made Huamanlou's heart tense— —In the past, when he was with Lu Xiaofeng, he was never so nervous, because the two of them could fight side by side.

And Gongsun Ce said that a literati who has no power to restrain a chicken, if he encounters a vicious person, he will have no power to fight back.

Holding his breath, he listened to the people outside prying open the latch and coming in. He approached step by step the cabinet where the two of them put their burdens. When he got to the cabinet, he was about to make a move. The white fan blocked his hand. Before he could react, someone behind his knee He kicked his foot and knelt on the ground.

Hua Manlou picked up the bundle and threw it on Gongsun Ce's bed, swung his fan and turned around to block that person's path again, with the face of the fan approaching the person who came.

"hateful!"

"There are many people in the world who deserve sympathy, but someone like you is not worthy of sympathy." After Hua Manlou finished speaking, his subordinates showed no mercy, and the other party had been forced to the door as fans flew around.

The thief leaned back to avoid the fans that were blooming all over the building, slid close to the ground to the window, and walked out through the window, clutching his arms.

Hua Manlou stood by the window, listening attentively to the movement outside, closed the window and bolted the door after a little incense stick, made sure that Gongsun Ce was not woken up, and lay back on the bed.

It's still a child's temper, so it hasn't been woken up.