Clam Pearl

Gu Zhao has an extra natal family, who is still a well-known family in the world. When the news spread, there are some upper-class families in Beijing who are now willing to marry Gu Zhao's family.The hereditary and irreplaceable titles of military exploits, samurai elites, outsiders who studied law, and all the good things in the world, now Gu Zhao has all of them.

All of a sudden, there was another kind of excitement, which caused Gu Zhao to be unwilling to go out for more than ten days in a row. He was bored at home until the seedlings, and another whirlwind was set up in Beijing to blow him out of the wind, and he became more stable. .

What are you talking about, but Gu Maobing and Gu Maochang have finished suppressing the bandits and returned to the court victorious.

In the year when Emperor Tianshou died, there were continuous natural and man-made disasters, and the frenzy caused by the upper class engulfed the lower ethnic groups. When people couldn't eat enough, peasants revolted one after another.

The peasant uprisings of the Liang Dynasty were not widespread, but occurred in small groups in various places, and the specific periods of occurrence mostly occurred in places where natural disasters occurred.After these peasants revolted, they fled to the deep mountains one after another and became bandits.

It is also impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. Gu Zhao's only comment on this matter is that although the peasants were forced to revolt, the current situation in Daliang absolutely does not allow this matter to continue.Because, the road of this country in the next ten years can only be forced to pursue one word "stable"!If this cannot be done, then there is no hope for this country.

Because as the civil unrest converged, the inland was in chaos and the population declined.When the tribal people wandering around Daliang, the total population of grassland people reaches a ratio of five to one or even lower than that of Daliang, foreign tribes will inevitably take the opportunity to invade and annex.

In this way, after the imperial court stabilized, it dispatched troops to carry out a plan to roam and suppress bandits.With this plan, Gu Zhao successfully brought the new generation of the Gu family army into the court. Gu Maobing and Gu Maochang led the troops into battle one after another.

Ah Zhao has a very fond impression of the Gu family, and he is even very willing to use the Gu family army, not for other reasons. Personally speaking, Gu Zhao and him do not distinguish between you and me.Conggong said that there is one most important thing in the Gu family's family rules. The Gu family's army only leads troops into battle, and they hand over military power when they return.

Therefore, in just three years, Gu Maochang and Gu Maobing finally entered the upper class naturally with their solid military achievements.Now Gu Maochang has to be named the fifth-rank General Jianyi, and Gu Maobing has to be named the fifth-rank General Jianwei.

The cubs of the Gu family are all outstanding in appearance. There is still a county marquis of the two who has not married yet, and they are also handsome, with a pink-faced peach blossom appearance.On this point, the hero-worshiping girls in Beijing, of course, regard Gu Maobing as their ideal dream lover, and Gu Maobing is very good at pretending, and he is extremely cold to the outside world. Pretending to be more, as many men as you want, there are as many men as you want!Therefore, he has a lot of male fans on the Internet.

After the two returned home, Gu Yan threw a big banquet, leaning on his dragon-headed crutches to show off triumphantly around the house. When the late emperor was here, the Gu family had been oppressed for a long time and dared not show off. Now the Gu family is showing off confident.That year, it was Gu Yan's [-]th birthday, and today he cherished it and rewarded him with a high-quality dragon-headed crutch. Since he was able to get this crutch, Gu Yan could use it even if he was not limping.

Now that he has learned a good manner from his younger brother, he only cares about martial arts, relying on how others are struggling in court, he doesn't say a word at all, unexpectedly because of this, his social status in court has risen, and his popularity It's also much better, there is no conflict of interest, and everyone loves and respects him.He was promoted to Taiwei last year, so all his thoughts in this life have been put down.

Today, Gu Zhao went to his brother's place for a banquet to have a few drinks. When he came back, he was a bit smoky. As soon as he entered the house, someone told him that it was his nephew and grandnephew, and Gu Yunqing also followed.

Gu Zhao waved his hand and asked someone to bring him in.A moment later, before Gu Yunjing arrived, Xiang Xiang arrived first.As soon as he came in, he saw Gu Zhao leaning on the chair, with one leg half crossed and the other dangling, reading a volume of "Ruyiji", fascinated.

Gu Yunjing tidied up her clothes and hurriedly saluted, "Please greet my uncle and grandpa."

Gu Zhao tore the scroll in his hand, put it in his hand and patted it a few times, still looking lazy, he looked at Yun Jing, who was wearing a Confucian outfit and smelled like a celebrity, smiled and said: "It's strange today. , are you willing to come to your uncle and grandpa's door? I don't have flowers here for you to pick honey, but I don't have the beautiful and beautiful talents to talk about the past and the present with you."

Gu Yunjing hurriedly confessed: "How dare my grandnephew, it's just that he has been busy at school, so it's just the end of the game. He was assigned a new yamen, and the grandnephew is now a newcomer, so he is naturally terrified in his heart, for fear of being reprimanded by the chief. Uncle, don't blame it, isn't it? , The expansion of the yamen in the past few days has also made it more spacious, so my nephew and grandson came here quickly."

Gu Zhao nodded at him and said, "Your starling mouth is becoming more and more eloquent... Heh, is the wine in Fangkuiyuan delicious?"

Gu Yunjing's face turned red immediately, and she murmured a confession.

Gu Zhaocai didn't care about him, and was about to say a few more words, but a series of hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and then the curtain in the room was lifted, and Gu Maobing entered the room angrily, and sat down on Gu Zhao's seat. The first said: "Uncle! Lend me a yard for a few days!"

Gu Yunjing hurriedly went up to salute his uncle, Gu Maobing glanced at him sideways, waved his hands, and didn't want to talk to him.

Gu Zhao sat up, stretched his waist lazily, stood up and moved his left and right sides and said: "Well, what's the matter with you, but your brother is bothering you again?"

Gu Maobing didn't want to speak ill of his elder brother, so he said, "The Wujiang Chen family's gate is a thousand feet high, and my nephew can't get close to him. He said that uncle has something to arrange, so he came here."

Gu Zhao nodded, went over to pat his head with a good temper, and said with a smile: "You can choose a place to live in by yourself. It just so happens that they sent some fine rice a few days ago. I remember you also like it. Take a few sips and ask them to make it for you at night."

"En." Gu Maobing agreed, without looking at Gu Yunjing, turned around and left the house, and went to find a place to live.

Gu Maobing's social status has always been different in Gu Zhao's place. Naturally, it is where he wants to live, and no one dares to stop him, let him choose!

Gu Yunjing was a little embarrassed. He was not close to his uncles, uncles, and brothers. Others went to the military camp to study early. He was the only one who completed all his studies at Guozixue. His grades were naturally good. The reviews are also top notch.If this matter is in someone else's house, it is necessary to put on a show and publicize it.It's a pity... His family doesn't like this, so no one will take care of it for him.

It would be great if grandpa was here, his grandpa likes reading children the most.

Seeing Gu Yunjing sitting on the side sullenly, Gu Zhao felt a little soft in his heart, so he asked him with a smile: "Did Yunjing encounter something embarrassing?"

Gu Yunjing held back for a long time before saying shyly: "I learned from Guozi in February, and I have been eating wine from Xueyou for the past few months. They made a fuss yesterday and insisted on having my nephew and grandson serve wine. If it is in the north, it is easy to say, It's just that the nephew and grandson are living at the uncle's house...it's not cheap."

Gu Zhao nodded. He naturally knew his elder brother's temper, and he was the most irritable scholar.But when these readers get together, it’s good to have nothing to do, and after a few casual drinks, they will go crazy, howling or writing, making a lot of trouble.

Now that Yun Jing is out of school, the elders in the family should take care of it for him. It is common sense to invite the next teacher and the same alumni.Hey, after all, it's still embarrassing for this child.Come to think of it, this kid also wanted to save some face, and he didn't dare to buy wine at his uncle's house, so he could only turn around and find his little uncle. This kid probably wanted to spend money to save face.

Thinking of this, "What embarrassment should I have? There is a yard at the end of Qushui in the east of mine, called Lianyuan. This month, the lotus flowers there are blooming beautifully, and the scenery can still be seen. You can just post the post tomorrow. The small class and drama at home are usually idle, and a few days ago I heard that a new drama was filmed.

You go to ask for a card list, and fill it in if you want to hear it.I'll ask Xizai to make arrangements tomorrow, you just need to bring someone.There are a lot of southern goods at home, and there are new fresh goods this year, and old fruit wines are all ready-made.If you give orders, ten tables or eight tables will be set up for you, ensuring that you are all in the face. "

Gu Yunjing was overjoyed, and quickly stood up to be grateful.

Gu Zhao said again: "Have you prepared the gift for the teacher?"

Gu Yunjing said: "I sent them to my family last year. They are all ready-made earthen instruments that are not available here. Although they are not worth a few, they are still elegant."

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "That's good. I got some good ink a few days ago, and some new paper from Ye's family this year. I'll have someone pretend it for you to give it away tomorrow. You're not too young now. , you have to be aware of the relationship that comes and goes. If you have something to hide, send someone to tell my nanny Bi Steward. Your grandfather and father are not around now, and you are not in control. Those flower shops are still rare It’s good to go a few times.”

Gu Yunjing is several years older than Gu Zhao, but now he is treated like an unweaned baby. Even so, he can only stand obediently and listen to the training.

After making arrangements for nephews and grandchildren, Gu Zhao put the matter aside, thinking that it was not a big deal, but the world is unpredictable, and the retribution came the next day.

Taking a rest today, Ah Run didn't have to go to bed early and wanted to sleep comfortably. Gu Zhao also took pity on him for his hard work, and had already ordered no one to disturb him. Therefore, the two of them were still dreaming in bed at this very hour.While sleeping soundly, suddenly a sound of drums and clappers came from the small courtyard on the right.

"Ah!!!!" Gu Zhaomeng sat up, startled.

After sitting up, he looked at A Run who was laying on the pillow next to him, quickly covered his mouth, pulled up the quilt, opened the bed curtain and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?!"

The eunuch on duty outside the door rushed in and knelt down to report: "Master, it's the second master over there who is talking."

Gu Zhao was angry and asked, "Why does he live here?"

The eunuch wanted to cry but had no tears: "My lord, didn't you say that you asked the second lord to choose at will."

Gently stretched out his hand, and slapped himself on the mouth, Gu Zhao sat up and pulled his shoes, put on his clothes and ran outside, now his yard is locked inside and out, because he told the nanny not to be disturbed, Then the outside is not unlocked.

Gu Zhao stood in the yard and directed Xizai to carry the ladder and put it on the wall. He climbed up in two or three strokes, looked over the wall, and was suddenly furious.

In the small courtyard over there, four or five girls were sitting among the pavilions, holding dental boards in their hands, and playing drums and qin ecstasy.That Gu Maobing was wearing a delicate dress, with two sleeves in his hands, and was hanging his voice in a low voice.

Damn, he hangs his throat, and he is still powdering his face early in the morning...

"...Don't you hear it, and love branches grow together. How can slaves be willing to be beside you? Silver vases with calyxes, gold pots with seven emotions, slaves with crimson gauze and silk, lazy clothes with green plates, light feathers and lotus steps Sheng Pengying..."

Gu Maobing was singing happily, when suddenly there was an explosion in his ear.

"Gu Panzi!!!!!! You are sick!!!!!!"

The yard was suddenly quiet.

Gu Maobing retracted his sleeves, turned his head to look at it, huh?How did Uncle Qi climb the wall in the morning?

"Morning, Uncle Qi!" Gu Panzi had a rather thick skin, and he was already impregnable, so he didn't care at all.

Gu Zhao climbed the top of the courtyard wall and pointed at him and scolded: "Why are you here? It's not good to pick a place, you come to block my eyes!"

Gu Bingzi raised her almond eyes, put her fingers on her hips lazily and said, "There's a stage over here!"

Gu Zhao was angry: "The garden with the stage is not this place!"

Gu Bingzi raised his head: "The scenery here is good, and it matches my nephew's new play."

Gu Zhao was depressed, and lay on the wall and howled a few curses: "I owe you." After scolding, he raised his head and continued to scold him: "I don't care, you are not allowed to live here."

"Uncle didn't say anything yesterday, and now he's going to wrong the slave again!"

Uncles and nephews quarreled for a long time, Gu Zhao finally scolded Gu Maobing away, and then climbed down the ladder. He entered the room, but saw that A Run had already sat up by the bed, and the eunuch on duty under him was giving He puts on tabi and puts on shoes.

"It's all my fault, I've tired you, hey, why don't you go to bed again?" Gu Zhao hurriedly went over to curry favor.

The eunuch stood up, bowed and retreated quietly.

Ah Run smiled, and said nonchalantly: "Why can I still sleep, I have gained a lot today, I didn't expect that my Great General Jianyi has this side, um, I have learned a lot!"

Gu Zhao was ashamed, lay down on the bed and said, "You can't expose your family ugliness, you know that."

Ah Run smiled, stood up and went to the side to get water from the copper basin, splashed it on his face hastily, took a cloth towel and wiped it casually, and it was over.

Gu Zhao sat up and looked at him with a smile and scolded: "Your face is not your butt. If you want to meet people, this is considered washing?"

Ah Run didn't care, just walked over to pull him up and said: "You are the same, don't say it, I heard you asked them to carry the ladder, if the ladder is still there, I will go and see!"

After all, the two laughed together, and went outside together to find a ladder. Gu Zhao supported it, and Ah Run climbed up, and lay down in a hidden place to watch the movement in the yard quietly.

In the yard, the troopers were moving their luggage and musical instruments back and forth. Gu Maobing was lazily leaning against the beauty outside the corridor, propping up his legs. On the outstretched foot, he was wearing a peach blossom-shaped embroidered shoe. I also sewed a big fur ball, bouncing it up and down.He was holding a pair of small golden scissors and was trimming his nails. While trimming, he was nagging over there: "Yeah! It's him who is good, and he is also bad. It really looks the same after a while. What I said yesterday was good, follow me." Picking, I drove the slave away again today. I don’t know when I owed him, hey, maybe it’s the injustice of the previous life! The righteousness in this world belongs to him. The stewed big ones, by whom, they are all bigger than Nulian..."

Ah Run was already laughing in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak out, so he could only cover his mouth and get off the ladder, and whispered to Gu Zhao, "Does he hate you?"

Gu Zhao nodded depressedly: "Ah, what's the matter?"

Ah Run silently leaned against the wall and laughed for a while, then said: "I know that I blame you, but those who don't know think he is scolding my lover!"

Gu Zhao was furious, turned around and didn't want to talk to him, Ah Run hurried up to coax him, and while they were getting tired of each other, Sun Xi came out from the secret door of the rockery over there, hurried to them and knelt down in front of them and said, "Your Majesty! Someone knocked on the board Hear the drum."

Ah Run let go of Gu Zhao, and smiled apologetically at him.

Gu Zhao waved his hand: "Go quickly, don't miss the business."

Ah Run felt even more guilty, and hurriedly hugged him and coaxed him, "I wanted to accompany you for lunch, otherwise I would come back earlier in the evening."

Gu Zhao knocked him on the head: "Stop coaxing me, go quickly."

In desperation, Ah Run had no choice but to let go of Gu Zhao, hurried back to the house to change clothes, took a secret passage, and went to the palace ahead.

The courtyard was quiet again. Gu Zhao took the scroll that he hadn't finished reading yesterday, and sat on the bench flipping through it page by page. It had been three years like this. According to the previous life's calculation, he didn't get enough sleep for six hours a day.

Why bother, insisting on being this rotten emperor, making himself like a grandson, either looking for this or begging for that, either here is rotten, or there is a leak, but he is a hard worker, and he often makes himself exhausted .

Thinking of this, Gu Zhao threw away the scroll, lay down lazily, looked at the blue sky above his head, and thought in his heart, when can he and A Run walk around the world together, go to the beach together, go to the other end of the world Take a stroll, if there is such a day, it will not be in vain.

Over the years, this kind of thinking has been getting better day by day, but Gu Zhao only thought about it in his heart, but never told A Run.Not for anything else, just because he owed a debt.

When he returned to Beijing that year, Gu Zhao immediately froze as soon as he entered the east gate.A person who was born and raised in a peaceful environment would never have imagined how terrifying the legacy of war in this cold weapon era can be.Just like after a big earthquake, you came to the scene alone, standing on a lonely street, looking around numbly.

Shangjing, ruined!The originally clean streets and alleys have long lost their original appearance, and what you see is ruined walls, and there are burnt and collapsed houses everywhere.Two or three months have passed, but there are still stretches of white flags hanging in the streets and alleys. When you go out and go in, among the numb and dazed crowd, there is a person in linen and mourning in twos and threes.

Gu Zhao didn't go back to the mansion, but just called Bi Liangli to take him to the other side of the street. Along the way, he could see blood splattered on the gable wall at any time, and it hasn't been washed off yet.

The car moved slowly, and arrived at Fangshi in a blink of an eye. The place was still there, but it was scorched from the street to the end of the street.Only occasionally can I see a good wall, but there are three or five piles of poor people who sell themselves and plant weeds under the wall.

Gu Zhao didn't recognize these people who went, but he remembered them.In that square city, the old man leading the donkey, the young woman buying wine, and the young man playing on the swing, surrounded by cheering crowds, all the smiling faces were swayed by the swing one by one.

Originally, at first, I just wanted to be with this person, very much, very much!I want to be together peacefully for the rest of my life, know the cold and the hot, stay together, and live a happy life with no shortage of food and clothing.Who would have thought that such a frame was carried on his back, as long as he moved, the world would be engulfed and swept away, and a sea of ​​blood would flow all over the place.

That's not something that you forget about after watching movies and TV shows after a night of sleep.

Gu Zhao has never been so sober. He is soberly aware that in some places, he participated in these tragedies, and he was even one of them who pushed them to the end.

He stood there, crying, not knowing why, probably out of fear.But he clearly understood that he should not regret it, nor could he regret it.

Slow footsteps came from behind, Gu Zhao turned his head, the sun was so intense that his vision was blurred.

In the light, a man wearing the deepest black robe, with his crown on his head, walked towards him step by step. After entering, he looked up and down. He was still him, still smiling gently, and said, "Why are you here?" ?”

Gu Zhao smiled wryly, looked up at the sky and murmured, "Ah Run, I feel that I have done an irreparable mistake."

Ah Run understood him and persuaded him: "Ah Zhao, there is only fruit in this world, but there is never right or wrong."

Gu Zhao ignored him, but continued to murmur: "I know, the bottle is broken and shattered all over the place. Now I want to mend the bottle. I know that no matter how well it is mended, the bottle will not be complete, but , always make up for it..."