Clam Pearl

Xiao Qishu, who has done a good deed, walks with wind all day, and can't sleep at night because of the tossing and turning. The feeling of comfort in the heart after doing a good deed cannot be clearly explained to others, and it is suspected of showing off.

Gu Zhao, who still couldn't sleep after baking sesame seed cakes all night, got up early in the morning before dawn, and took two young men out for breakfast through the side door.He lives in this courtyard and can start a family independently. There is a side door over there. It is not far to go out through this side door. There is an old tofu nao shop in the north corner of the east gate. There was the soup with the leg bone that had been boiled all night. Gu Zhao loved it very much. In the past, the family would send someone to buy it for him in the morning, but today Gu Zhao wanted to go by himself.

Regardless of how horrified people, big and small, in Suyun Courtyard were when they saw him getting up early in the morning, Gu Zhao got up early anyway, and early waking didn't count, and he went out for a walk.

Gu Zhao felt comfortable after two bowls of bean brains filled his stomach, and he felt sleepy. He clicked his mouth and was walking home along the brick road in the east. , wearing a windshield monk's hat, and I don't know what has delayed the trip. A dozen monks are sheltering from the wind in the doorway of a big family.

There is always a person in the world. Even if this person covers his face and puts on makeup, you can still recognize him from his body shape at a glance.

It's Ah Run, why is he here?Gu Zhao was stunned, and couldn't help feeling sour in his heart. It was so early in the morning, the wind was blowing so hard, and he was wearing such thin clothes, why did he come out like this?Begging?Gu Zhao couldn't imagine how Ah Run's family was begging for alms with a bowl in his hand.

At this moment, Ah Run also recognized him, but he was afraid that Gu Zhao would recognize him, so he carefully hid in the crowd of monks, and pulled off the monk's hat uneasy.

Does this mean you don't want to see yourself?or something else?

Gu Zhao sniffed, and fell asleep immediately, thinking about it, but there was a feeling in his heart, no matter what the reason, Ah Run didn't want to see him at this moment.

Looking up at the sky, Gu Zhao made a foolish look and inhaled: "Yo, it's so early in the morning, it's so cold, boy!"

Xizai came over hurriedly: "Qi Ye, tell me."

Gu Zhao pointed to the monks over there and said: "These masters are here waiting to open the city gate. They have been frozen all night. It is pitiful. It is fate to see them. Go buy dozens of big pancakes and ask If the store has a pot of hot porridge to share with the masters, it will be considered a good relationship."

Xizai nodded, turned around, and after a while, the shopkeeper with a happy face brought a pot of hot porridge and a dustpan of sesame cakes to share with the monks.

Gu Zhao clapped his palms together at the monks who were saluting him, but he couldn't bear to look at it any longer, because he was afraid of the past, the past... maybe it would be inappropriate.Thinking of this, he turned and left.But he didn't know that Ah Run was also looking at him obsessively, until he saw that he was gone, Ah Run started to shake, while someone was busy supporting Ah Run, for fear that he would fall down.

Duke Gu came down from the morning court, and directly called Qi Ye into the study. Gu Zhao himself was not happy, he was called in, and he didn't speak, just sat on the chair in a daze.He thought, no matter what, he would go to the mountain to see that person today, and he was worried if he couldn't see him.

"It's also strange today. The empress dowager hasn't come out all the time. Isn't today the emperor's birthday? Although the empress dowager should come out according to the usual practice, the empress dowager hasn't come out for three years." Gu Yan said while After turning around the room twice, this matter seemed strange.

Gu Zhao was stunned for a moment, then asked Gu Yan after a little thought: "The emperor and the queen mother, are you happy to see them?"

"Happy? I didn't see it, but I felt groggy and sullen, so frightened that Mr. Qin in the Ministry of Rites was trembling when he read the list of Fengyi." Gu Yan sat down and took the side servant He rinsed his mouth with the tea brought over, and poured in a bowl of ginseng soup. He was old, and standing at the front was a laborious task.

Gu Zhao sighed and asked again: "Queen Mother, today it seems... What did you pay special attention to?"

Gu Yan thought about it carefully and said: "Yes, I stand close and look carefully. Your Majesty recalled the late emperor today. When he talked about his childhood love, the Queen Mother glanced at him when he was hard at work when he was young. That is to say, when I got older and felt unwell, I left early.”

Gu Zhao is not interested in the private life of the emperor's family, but he said: "There is still less participation here, and the affairs of the royal family can't make sense. Others think it's the way to heaven, but I think it's important to keep your duty. Alright, brother, don't be dragged into the harem battle, even if the girl of our Gu family dies, she is not allowed to be sent to the harem."

Gu Yan nodded again and again: "Of course that's the case. There are too many fancy looks for women, and I can't think of them." After saying that, he shook his head, presumably because he had lingering fears, and he had been emotionally hurt earlier. There must be many things, but he didn't talk about it.

"Speaking of which, brother, we are separated today. Several adults from the Ministry of War came to me together and said that His Majesty wanted to replace the guards in the south of the Gu family. The place to the south is the headquarters of our Gu family. When the late emperor raised his troops, They also used local people, but... I didn't expect His Majesty to actually take our family under the knife, and today I see... His face is even paler today." After Gu Yan finished speaking, he walked to the desk over there, picked up the A plate of ground dried ink on the table smelled it.

Gu Zhao looked at him and frowned. My elder brother had a strange problem. He liked to smell the ink made from fine ink, but he himself was the most illiterate person.

Putting down the inkstone, Gu Yan smiled mischievously, he had no choice but to smell the ink as soon as he thought about it.

"Your Majesty is probably paving the way for the little princes. Let's come down. The younger brother of the queen, Meng Jidu, the Marquis of Anji, is a general who followed your second brother in the early years. But your second brother punished him in private. In the early years, That kid is a pickle." Gu Yan said something else in a cover-up manner.

Gu Zhao stood up and thought for a while, then raised his voice a little and said: "Write a letter to the brothers, who will the emperor arrange for, let's talk nicely and then follow up, don't complain, and remember, not only don't If you don’t complain, you have to do business happily.”

Gu Yan curled his lips: "It's still up to you, Maude wrote it." After speaking, he wanted to smell the ink, but seeing his brother curled his lips, he had to hold back.

"Well, this is the best way, by the way, brother, I want to go to Longxi once." Gu Zhao said.

"Longxi, what did you go there for?" Gu Yan didn't want Gu Zhao to leave at this time.

Gu Zhao thumped his head helplessly: "Many things are better done by myself. On the surface, I went to Jinyu's son-in-law to beat the front stand to see his character. This is true. I saw it yesterday. I got the map, and on the way to Longxi, there is Huai Mountain and Bai Mountain. It is said that in the early years, the stone appreciation from these two mountains was very good. I will choose some to do..."

Gu Yan stood up, reached out and took a pair of marching maps from the bookshelf, looked at them for a while, and nodded: "Well, I still have to do such a thing myself, so I can feel at ease. Don't tell your second brother?" Gu Yan asked tentatively.

Gu Zhao immediately raised his eyes and glared at him: "Brother is confused, it's best to end this matter in your generation, and take it with you when you die. If I don't get married in this life, I will also take it underground."

Gu Yan stared immediately: "What if we don't get married?"

Gu Zhao also stared: "If I get married and have my own children, should I kiss my own children or your descendants? Why don't you use your brain? Some things are best said plainly, so as not to hurt our hearts. Going to court will save you when the time comes, and suddenly you will be like today, come and kill the grass!"

Gu Zhao didn't control his mouth, he was dumbfounded after speaking, and Gu Yan was also dumbfounded.

"How could it be like this?" Gu Yan's voice trembled.

Gu Zhao ignored him, turned around and rolled up the map and went out. Why can’t it be like this, anyway, it’s like this in movies, and maybe it’s like this in history books, the more you know, the sooner you will die.

Fortunately, this is not the royal family... The royal family that cut grass and roots is the nine clans.

The sound of bells in ancient temples frightens the birds, and the sound of Sanskrit sounds shocks the infatuated mind.

Gu Zhao came to Fayuan Temple again with an inexplicable resentment. He also regretted choking his brother a few words along the way, but those words came out of his mouth.

Along the familiar path, carefully avoiding the pilgrims, Gu Zhao came to the old small courtyard again. The courtyard was still cold, just like Ah Run's character.

When he came to the familiar door, Gu Zhao pushed the door, and there was a voice in the room. The voice belonged to A Run, but it was different from A Run's voice in the past, and even tinged with anger, disgust, and irritability.

"Who!" The commanding inquiry was like... a superior person, not angry and pretentious.

"...Arun?" Gu Zhao felt that the person inside was not Arun.

"Azhao?" Ah Run's voice was full of doubts that could not be concealed?

After a while, the door opened, and Ah Run stood there, pulling the sash of the monk's robe.Gu Zhao sniffed and smelled a strange smell, like blood.

Looking outside, then at Gu Zhao, Ah Run didn't speak, and didn't invite him in, just stood there staring at him.

Gu Zhao is also looking at it, and after a few days of not seeing each other, Ah Run has lost weight.

"I'm going on a long trip...I'm here to say goodbye to you." After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he smiled stiffly, "I'm leaving." He turned around and left, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Don't!" Ah Run grabbed his arm, and during the pull, Gu Zhao saw purple cross marks on his arm.

All of a sudden, Gu Zhao's head began to think about the cliff that he couldn't get past. Ah Run is so beautiful, being tied up = the confinement of a nobleman with special hobbies.

"Don't go..." Ah Run held Gu Zhao, with an unspeakable weakness in his voice.

Gu Zhao's heart is messed up again, yes, he is just so lacking in ambition and position, he finally fell in love with someone in two lifetimes, everyone has someone else, so what trouble does he add, but Ah Run has someone, then If people treat him badly, Ah Run must be unwilling, right?He was forced, it must be.

By coincidence, Gu Zhao was dragged and followed Ah Run into the room. The room was in a mess, and a shirt full of whip marks and blood was randomly thrown on the ground. Gu Zhao felt so distressed that his liver trembled. Such a person is treated like this!

"How come..." Gu Zhao picked up the clothes on the ground, turned his face to look at A Run, but A Run had a look of grief and indignation, plus an indescribable shame. Even if he died, he didn't want Gu Zhao to see him. Such a mess.

Gu Zhao walked over and untied his belt. He was not wearing anything inside, but the front of his body was...unexpectedly strong, and there were...muscles?What, what... Gu Zhao quickly shook his head, slapped himself twice, pulled off Ah Run's robe, and looked at the wound on his back.

"Hiss..." Gu Zhao's intestines were crushed in pain.

"...Is there any medicine?" Gu Zhao wanted to touch it, but he didn't dare to touch it. Ah Run's back was covered with at least dozens of whips, and his flesh was bloody. The epidermis, just torn a piece of flesh.

"Oh...well...in the box at the right foot of the cabinet over there." Ah Run knelt on the mat, and there was an inexplicable sound in his voice...dependence and...expectation to be comforted, that kind of wonderful It felt like his fists were clenched tightly, and his nails pricked his hands so painfully.

Gu Zhao didn't care about other things, so he quickly walked to the huge cabinet with the roof over there, opened the cabinet door, and fumbled in the right corner of the cabinet. After searching for a while, he found a black lacquer box. The lacquer pattern on the box turned out to be a golden phoenix, which is a unique pattern of the royal family.

Ah Run also seemed to remember something, and turned his face to look at Gu Zhao. He looked worriedly at Gu Zhao holding the black phoenix box but hesitated for a moment, then held the box again, ran to kneel down in front of him, opened the box and stared at the row of people inside. The bottle asked: "Which bottle?"

"White, blue cork is fine!" Ah Run replied.

Gu Zhao looked around, tore off the fabric of his inner garment, and poured out a lot of powder. His hands trembled a little, and his voice trembled. To be honest, he didn't have the guts to look directly at a pair of flesh and blood like this. He didn't know what to do with the back of someone who was so distressed. He could only take care of it little by little, and gently applied the medicine to Ah Run, asking carefully while doing it.

"Does it hurt...it hurts."

"kindness."

"These days, don't get wet."

"kindness."

"That...that person is from the royal family?"

"...En... hiss..." Ah Run trembled, and hissed again when he touched the wound.

Seeing that A Run trembled, Gu Zhao hurriedly hugged A Run gently from the side. Seeing that A Run did not resist, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. It's really... that's great, he wanted to do this a long time ago That's right, that's what a good man should do. Take advantage of the gap and strike hard early.

Concealing his mean and shameless thoughts, Gu Zhao comforted him very tenderly: "Hey, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Ah Run...don't be afraid, I...I...I'll find a way to steal you out, okay? "Gu Zhao carefully glanced at the half-open door.

Outside the small courtyard, a few low-ranking monks were sweeping the floor. He had never observed these monks so carefully before. They... could sweep the floor, paint the walls, and tidy up the shrubs all day long. Are you monitoring Ah Run?

"Heh... isn't Ah Zhao afraid?" Ah Run was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Afraid?" Gu Zhao let go of his hand reluctantly, and continued to apply the medicine.While wiping, he said carefully: "Afraid? Well... I don't even know what to be afraid of, and you don't say anything, but don't be afraid, you also know that my brother is not bad, and my brothers are not bad. Brace your head... My father and my uncle are all people who saved the emperor's life..." At this point, Gu Zhao remembered that he was a last-class townsman, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, so he added: "It's true. Yes, my family has relatives all over the world, so, therefore...is it okay?"

Ah Run couldn't help laughing, and his back hurt from talking.

"Don't move! How old are you?" Seeing him smile, Gu Zhao felt a little better: "Ah Run, the royal family is nothing special, and the royal family is just a group of people, a group of people like us. If you want to talk about fear, Actually... well, no matter how high your fame and vanity are, you will fear them as much, if you are willing and don't care about those things, the emperor's family will also...just like that."

Ah Run snorted softly: "You sound nice, who knows if you care or not."

Gu Zhao pursed his lips, knowing that he was in a bad mood, so he coaxed him and said, "I'm serious, for...the royal family..." Yes, Gu Zhao completely misunderstood at this moment, he thought that Ah Run was probably the imperial family's confinement. From his elder brother's words, he learned that the relationship between the emperor and the queen has always been very good, so he didn't think about it.In fact, the emperor is very innocent, it is Gu Zhao who has a lustful heart.

Hey, can he tell Ah Runming?As far as the earth is concerned, is this still the earth?Probably, Liang Guo is only a small part of the earth, right?But how can I say this to A Run, the world is so big!He couldn't explain it clearly, and he couldn't prove it.So he had no choice but to say: "Let's just say... the emperor..." Gu Zhao carefully looked outside the door.

Ah Run chuckled: "It's okay, this yard is still safe."

Therefore, Gu Zhao became bold. In fact, he has always been so brainless. The reason for his brainlessness is that he knows too much and has no fear of the royal family. With a look of disgust on his face, he said in a tone of contempt: " Well, the old man of the emperor, he has to get up early every morning to coax a bunch of ministers to play. When he goes to court, he has to approve at least two hundred catties of memorials for others. Sleeping with a bunch of women every day, he spends the happiest time in his life...walking over, rushing past...there is nothing to be afraid of or envy."

Ah Run supported the table and didn't dare to laugh, so he suppressed his smile and said, "Ah Zhao has the heart of a hermit."

Gu Zhao sighed: "Ah Run is wrong. Others will have it, but I am the least likely to have it. I like to live comfortably. We are the laziest people. If that day Be diligent, just like going out this time, something must have disturbed my comfortable life. I am the most useless person, you will know later, raise your arm..."

Carefully helping Ah Run to wrap up his wound, Gu Zhao put away the box and walked to the big cabinet, asking naturally, "Where do you put your underwear?"

A Run turned his head: "The grid in the middle, the green burden."

Gu Zhao took out the bundle and untied it... There was actually a bundle of high-quality spring silk inside.

Randomly flipping through one, Gu Zhao walked up to Ah Run and said to him, "Raise your hand."

Ah Run slowly raised his hand, watching Ah Zhao turning around like a little daughter-in-law, helping himself put on his inner coat, wrapped his coat, tied his ribbons, and packed up the broken clothes all over the floor. Throwing it aside, seeing that Ah Zhao was going to clean up the case, Ah Run said, "No, I have to copy twenty volumes of scriptures today."

Gu Zhao glanced at him: "Who told you to copy it? I wonder if you are sick?"

Ah Run smiled nonchalantly: "He told me to copy it only because he knew I was hurt. That man...he is a lunatic."

"Is that person very powerful?" Gu Zhao asked tentatively.

"Yes." Ah Run didn't want to say more.

"Better than my elder brother?"

"Hmm... Although Junjun Gu has a high position and authority, but..."

"That is to say, if I stole you out, even my elder brother can't protect me? Will it even implicate my elder brother?"

"Yes, it will harm the county magistrate."

"Then I..." Gu Zhao looked outside, feeling very bad, but he didn't say much. He would not speak out about things he was not sure about.

Seeing that it was still early, Gu Zhao turned around and helped Ah Run to the bed and said, "Lie down for a while, and leave the rest to me."

Ah Run nodded: "Well, I'm going to lie down for a while, you must wake me up later, otherwise, there will be forty volumes until tomorrow."

"I know, I know, I can still hurt you." Gu Zhao helped him lie down, closed the door, dragged the winter stove from under the bed to the window, lit the bamboo charcoal left over from last winter, and carried a copper pot The water sits on the stove.

Ah Run watched him busy with a smile, and praised him: "A Zhao is really virtuous."

Gu Zhao took the belt tied around Ah Run's waist from one side, and skillfully tied up his left and right wide sleeves. After tying it up, he knelt down in front of the table and said with a smile, "Yes, I am so virtuous. I am not only virtuous, He is also very capable, not only capable, but also very capable!"

He lifted up the scriptures prepared by Ah Run and asked, "Is this the volume? Snow Mountain Pure Heart Sutra?"

Ah Run nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, do you want to help me write? It's almost gone, Ah Zhao's characters... are different from mine."

Gu Zhao sighed: "What an old pervert, he detains you, abuses you, and the most cruel thing is that he even checks his homework!"