Clam Pearl

A few cicadas cried feebly from the locust tree outside the self-examination hall of the county government.A few days ago, this self-examination hall was also called Kong Shanxue, but now it has been renamed.

The weather was sweltering, but Gu Zhao was wearing the official purple robe of the county magistrate, and knelt in the ground of the self-examination hall, covered in sweat.On a new table in front of him, there were two spirit tablets, one belonged to his father, the former county prince, and the other belonged to his biological mother, Yue Shi.

Tao Ruo looked at the weather, and at the distant figure of Bi Liangli circling anxiously under the locust tree, he was helpless, the old man had spoken, and punished Qi Ye to kneel for an hour a day.As for why he was punished, no one knew except the two brothers.

Time passed slowly, and finally when the time came, Tao Ruo let out a long sigh of relief, his job was not easy to do, and now the county government saw him from top to bottom, and they didn't give him a good face. Grandpa Tao's money is probably gone in this mansion.

Coughing lightly, Tao Ruo pushed open the door of the Self-examination Hall and asked inside: "Gu Zhao! Have you regretted it today?"

Gu Zhao didn't speak, and still lay there.There were piles of rough linen paper beside him, and he was still holding a pen made of a feather, and was scratching something.

"Qi Ye, at least you should answer the little one, I'm going back to do business." Tao Ruo shouted several times, and finally begged in a low voice.

Gu Zhao still ignored him, and kept writing, writing, and finally finished writing, but suddenly felt the wind behind his buttocks. At the beginning of the chapter, Tao Ruo bowed his waist, sweating for some reason.His grandma is directing Xizai and Xinzai, each holding a huge cattail fan, fanning towards him.

"Is there enough time?" Gu Zhao asked.

Xinzai threw away the cattail fan and said in a hurry: "Master, it's enough, it's enough, you should go back and change quickly, look at this sweat, don't get prickly heat from boredom."

Gu Zhao nodded and stood up on his knees. He is young and strong, and the last thing he fears is heat.

Seeing him standing up, Tao Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, and without waiting for Gu Zhao to ask questions, she hurriedly resigned and ran away, it was hard for him to run so fast at such an advanced age.

Tao Ruo ran out of the county mansion all the way, and as soon as he came out of the corner door, there was a bang and the sound of closing the door vigorously, no wonder, he came here every day to watch the master kneeling for an hour, who could welcome him.

A young slave in blue who was squatting at the entrance of the inner alley saw Tao Ruo coming out, so he quickly untied the donkey tied to a big tree beside him and said hello, "Grandpa Tao, you're out."

Tao Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, yes, he finally came out, if he didn't come out again, he would be thrown to death by the eyes of the yard.

After taking the reins, Tao Ruo was about to get on the donkey, when a man came out from the corner at the other end of the alley. This man trotted all the way to Tao Ruo, coughed first, Tao Ruo had seen him a long time ago, but This person really didn't want to say hello if he didn't remind him.

"Yo, third master." Tao Ruo made a gesture of getting off the donkey.

Gu Maofeng hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, please forgive me! No more, Uncle Tao used to be with Grandpa, it's different from other people."

Tao Ruo smiled and looked at the gate of the county government in the distance. After thinking about it for a long time, she still supported Xiao Nu's hand, got off the donkey and saluted Gu Maofeng gently: "Master, why are you here?" What about here?"

Well, why is he here? That day, if he didn't know that this guy was talkative, how could Gu Yan come?He originally wanted to curry favor with his little uncle whom he couldn't curry favor with, and then go back and sell it to his father, but now, both sides were offended.In the past, when he came to the county mansion, everyone in the mansion respected him very much because he was the son of the Duke.The relationship between the county government and the state government is different.

Now it's all right, the corner gate is not called in.

Hurrying to give Tao Ruo a little help, Gu Maofeng inquired in a low voice: "Today... have you seen little uncle?"

Tao Ruo nodded but didn't answer, Gu Maofeng shouldn't have asked this question. This third master is different from his elder brother Gu Maoming, who is a compatriot. To the outside world, he is knowledgeable and reasonable, as if the four brothers of the Gu family are the most promising No. 1. He was cast in the wrong fetus and became a concubine, otherwise there would be no promo here.

In private, no one can see it more clearly than Tao Ruo. This man is stingy, selfish, mean, and doesn't take any disadvantages. He just has a mouth and a fake face.People, who can have no faults, Gu Maofeng's faults have followed Jiao Hong's, but Tao Ruo can't tell the Duke, the old man treats his four sons very well, but treats the boss Gu Maode is stricter.

"Go back to the third master, I see you." Tao Ruo lowered his head and replied, but Gu Maofeng couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Then...Little Uncle, are you still angry with my father?" Gu Maofeng carefully asked.

When Tao Ruo looked up, she still smiled and looked like a good old man: "I don't know about this little one, Third Master, it's getting late, this old slave has to go back and answer, you see?"

Gu Maofeng stomped his feet, and said, "Hey, the little uncle is too, my father is confused, and he is also confused. Isn't this a joke for others?"

Tao Ruo pulled the donkey's rein and said, "Third Master, outsiders don't know about this!"

Gu Maofeng was stunned for a while and smiled embarrassingly: "Yes, our family knows about this matter, who dares to say it outside, Uncle Tao, if you are fine, please persuade me, my father, then you will just be angry for a while."

Tao Ruo nodded, and said calmly: "Yes." After finishing speaking, he got on the donkey and patted the donkey's buttocks.

Angry for a while?I've lost my temper for a long time, and the Duke of the country is waiting for the Duke of the County to give in. He wants to come down with the help of Poe. He has already thought of a series of regulations. As long as Master Xiao Qi is soft, he has at least dozens of Find a way to marry him and marry him a wife.

But the problem is, Lord Renjun doesn't like this. If you call him kneeling, I'll kneel. Don't even think about the other things.what is this?Tao Ruo knew too well that the old Gu's family was not born with human beings!Those are all stubborn donkeys, can the seventh master be subdued?Let's talk when the sun comes out in the west!Hey, I am really miserable, and I have to toss a lot.

Seeing Tao Ruo riding away on a donkey, Gu Maofeng was so ashamed, he was so angry that he stretched out his hand and slapped himself on the mouth, telling you to talk too much!After finishing the fight, he turned around and went to Lifang, got into his own sedan chair, and went home.

During these days, he was unlucky. Originally, he was doing a good job in the household department.I don't know what happened a few days ago, Shangfeng suddenly said that he wanted to streamline the yamen, and the streamlining and streamlining came to them.Now, he was returned to the Ministry of Officials to wait for distribution, although he was not alone in this matter.But he is also the third master of the dignified Duke's Mansion after all, it's really embarrassing to be hung up like this.

It's all right now, one more mouth, that is, one more mouth, how the hell can his elder brother show him face?What are you talking about, go get involved by yourself, don't bother dad, he's in a bad mood...

And that damn fourth child, who opened his mouth and shut up, called himself third sister, damn it!I really don't know etiquette, don't know respect and inferiority!

Gu Zhao came down from the self-examination hall, and was carried all the way back to his room. As soon as he entered the door, Ah Run greeted him without saying a word, but just helped him take off his court clothes and inner lining with his own hands.

The people in the room are all in a hurry, serving ice and refreshing soup.Bi Liangli was holding his buttocks and leaning against the wall, directing Xizai to lead the people to bring up those light dishes.A few days ago, not only the county magistrate was beaten, but he was also beaten.However, because he is dumb and doesn't know anything, he will whine and wow there.The Duke of the country was so angry that he should have been twenty, but he beat him forty.

Gu Zhao handed the hemp paper in his arms to Sun Xi: "Here, I wrote some rules of mathematics in a hurry today. Later, you send someone to the Knife and Pen Department for the doctor who is taking my place, and tell him to learn first."

"Oh, my lord, please don't talk about this! You see, Your Majesty is in a hurry!" Sun Xi took the straw paper and said a few words of persuasion.

Gu Zhao turned his head, hey, Zhao Chunrun's face was dark and dark, so scary.

"It's done, it's done, you all don't get confused, get down!" Gu Zhao hurriedly sent someone.

The people below heard this, and quickly retreated quietly. Seeing that they had finished retreating, Gu Zhao went over and took Ah Run's hand and smiled: "Hurry up, eat something with me, it's hot today, making people sleepy." appetite."

Zhao Chunrun's face was still dark, he was pulled to the table by Gu Zhao, and seeing that he was sitting properly, he stretched out his hand to pick up his two legs, put them on his lap, and gently rubbed his knees for him: "Eat it ,I have already eaten."

Gu Zhao sweated a lot and knelt for an hour, which naturally consumed a lot of energy, so he ate a bowl of soup and ate two bowls of rice.Ah Run is so distressed, what are these things!He didn't want to hide it at all, so what if he was found out?Could it be that I am the lord of the country, if I like someone, it depends on your face?

After eating for a while, Gu Zhao saw that Ah Run's face was getting darker and darker. Knowing that this man was thinking wildly again, he took a spoon and poured himself two mouthfuls of soup before saying, "My brother is over 70 years old. I got scared once and said that I was sick for several days when I went home. If you continue to bully him, he will die? Don’t bully him! Otherwise, I will be in a hurry with you!"

Ah Run felt resentful in his heart, and exerted more strength in his hand: "So old, why are you still hanging up, I will order him to go back to his hometown tomorrow! Your eldest nephew is over 50 this year, and he is another Honest man, it's time for him to become a nobleman."

Gu Zhao laughed: "Hey, hey! It hurts, it's green, your hands should be softer, I'm meat... Let me tell you, the public is the public, and the private is the private! At home, my brother is the patriarch and the head of the family. Brother, he doesn't feel sorry for me, so he doesn't punish me. In Chaoshang, that old man Hu Ji, just my brother and other old fellows don't agree with him, don't get confused, just watch the excitement."

Ah Run had no choice but to let go, reached out to take the soup bowl, filled half a small bowl of crushed fruit and handed it to him: "Eat this, to cool off the heat...then are you going to kneel like this?"

Gu Zhao ate a few mouthfuls and smiled: "Yes, you can kneel if you kneel, you can either kneel or marry a wife, and all the smart people will choose to kneel."

Ah Run had no choice but to rub Gu Zhao's knee with his hand, and sighed after a long time: "Otherwise, just marry, it's been ten days, if you kneel again, I will accompany you .”

Gu Zhao put down the bowl, the sound of the bottom of the bowl touching the table was a bit loud, boom!sound.Ah Run knew that Gu Zhao lost his temper, so he stopped talking.

Gu Zhao looked up at the roof for a while, and murmured: "Although I don't love women, that woman in the world is not the flesh of my parents. If I marry, it will naturally be the first-class family in Daliang Kingdom." The first marriage. That girl must be from a famous family, a treasure of her parents, a good girl who was brought up pampered. We can't... We can't kill other women for the sake of our own leisure! I can't do this. Get out! Wicked!"

Obviously, Gu Qiye is out of season, and it's not a day or two. Although Ah Run likes him to say that, but he feels sorry for him kneeling every day.For a while, he couldn't advance or retreat. As for who the woman belonged to, how good she was, and how she was pampered, what did it matter to him?In his opinion, apart from Ah Zhao and Yuan Xiu, there are not many people worthy of his attention.

There's no way, the emperor is born with a weak seed, whoever you are, they are all his utensils and tools.

"Then find someone with a lower family background? If I make more compensation, I will reward their whole family! They are willing!"

Gu Zhao pulled his legs off Ah Run's body at once, stood on the ground barefoot and shouted, "That girl doesn't want to!" After speaking, he went to the bedroom.

Ah Run is completely helpless, Ah Zhao has always had a lack of nerve in his head!How did he think, how did he think?How is it different from others?He didn't understand, how did Ah Zhao's idea, temper, and idea come about?He just can't figure it out, isn't she just a woman, married, just let it go, and make a sacrifice, and it's not really asking him to sleep with her!

In the bedroom, Gu Zhao was lying on the bed with his face up, thinking about something.Outside the house, Zhizhi was very irritable. He lay down for a while, and seeing that Arun didn't come in, he gave Arun a step.

"Chased away, the squeaker is annoying!"

In just a moment, the outside was clean. After a while, Ah Run slowly entered the room, came to the bedside to look at him, and laughed after looking at him for a long time: "The one that squeaks is a mouse. Are you chasing him?" How about me, or catch bugs?"

Gu Zhao said nothing, turned over and gave him a back.

Ah Run immediately stuck to him, hugged him, and untied his belt with just a few strokes without even looking.He touched it back and forth.

Ah Run's hands were covered with a thick layer of callus skin, and the palms were burning hot, much hotter than this summer.

Gu Zhao was breathing heavily from his touch, so he cooperated involuntarily.

"You...it's in broad daylight, restrain...a little...you can't move after meals."

"Huh? You said earlier that if you move after a meal, you will live to 99"

"Hiss...that's the front..."

The underwear was stripped off and thrown on the ground. Ah Run didn't speak, but just bent Gu Zhao down and kissed his back one after another, which made Gu Zhao flustered and trembling all over.

"Hey... in broad daylight... um..."

In the room, there was no movement. After listening carefully for a while, he gritted his teeth and waved his hand.Sun Xi was on the other end and waved her hand too.

After a while, a group of slaves with sticky poles quietly left the courtyard along the wall.When they reached the entrance of the main hall, Sun Xi and Xinzai stayed behind, occupying a stone pier at the entrance, and sat down to look at the gate.

After Xinzai walked away from the left and right, he quietly made a strange gesture towards the distance. Sun Xi only looked at him, and a smile was quietly drawn on the side of his mouth.Well... this is delicious.

After a while, Xizai brought a round lacquer box from over there and trotted over.

"What's the smell like today?" Xinzai asked quietly.

Smiling carefully, he opened the lacquer box, and there was a layer of cotton pads in the box. When he opened the cotton pads, there were dozens of ice sticks in rows, including pink, green, and milk-colored ones.This is the original popsicle.There is nothing outside, just eat the special food that the county government has.

"Old Sun, you choose first, I remember you like the pear flavor." Xizai handed it to Sun Xi first, he is an older brother.

Sun Xi was happy, chose one, wrapped it in his mouth, and while wrapping it, made a gesture to the surroundings.

In a short while, more than a dozen ran out from the tree, the roof, and the fake cave. They stood on their toes and lined up in an orderly manner.

Looking carefully at the back of the dark guard, he was very fascinated.Xinzai patted him: "Eat yours, didn't the old grandson say that, he practiced it as a boy's skill, are you still a boy?"

Xizai glared at him, licking the popsicle in his mouth, turned around and sat next to Sun Xi, reached out and took a yellow paper package from his bosom and handed it to Sun Xi.

"What?" Sun Xi took the paper bag and weighed it: "Yo, tobacco leaves? The ones from the south?"

Xizai smiled: "Well, from the south, I told my father, my grandson loves this one."

Sun Xi was moved, and put the tobacco leaves in his arms: "Thank you brother, hurry up tomorrow, brother got something good, I'll keep it for you!"

Xizai shook his head: "Don't, give me something, and I won't care about you in the future, why don't you just wrap the tobacco leaves? Don't talk about it, I'll go and prepare water, and I'll need it later!"

After finishing speaking, Xizai turned around and ran away.

It's gone, sparrows came to the yard again, and these little creatures didn't dare to call after being proficient in driving them away. They just pecked at each other's beaks on the distant gable wall.The yard was quiet, and the weather was getting a bit cooler. Sun Xi ate a popsicle, took out a pot of puffy eyes, put a pot of new tobacco leaves on it, and took a good puff.

These days are much more beautiful than being in the palace. He entered the palace at the age of five, and the best time of his life was never expected to be in the county mansion.Not to mention, thanks to His Majesty's bright eyes, this county mansion, from top to bottom, is not good.What kind of master is that, what kind of person he raises.He, Sun Xi, heard that he had a good reputation, and he knew in his heart how the chief executive arranged for him when he turned around.

That face was given by His Majesty, not Sun Xi's.That is to say, when they come here, whether it is Xizai, Xinzai, or even Lao Bi, they all treat him as a relative.Now, what he wears, even the shoes on his feet, are all worrying about here. The things are worthless, mainly because of this kind of thought.

He has made up his mind, and when he gets old, he will ask His Majesty to come here for the elderly. He has saved some in the past few years. If Xizai is willing, can he share his son with himself, so that he can have a family? Incense...

Just as Sun Xi was thinking, there was the sound of a loudspeaker in the yard. The new boy looked at Sun Xi, and reached out to take out a purse and handed it to him: "Old Sun, you bite two pieces of mint, I don't like the smell of cigarettes."

Sun Xi put away the cigarette pouch, smiled, and took the pouch: "Well, I know, there is still some left over from what you gave a few days ago." He said so, but when he stretched out his hand, he packed the pouch.

In the room, the torment was finally over, Gu Zhao smirked, not feeling ashamed, but just rubbed Ah Run's belly with his white and tender feet.Ah Run sat halfway, looking at Gu Zhao with some confusion about whether to laugh or cry.What's wrong with this guy, every time he finishes his work and is full, he has to use such body movements to get bored.This is happy, reward him, that's what he meant!

"Stop making trouble, after you finish washing, go to sleep, I'm not as good as you, I have to go there!"

Gu Zhao turned over, pouted his white buttocks, reached out and took out a picture book from the bed, flipped through a few pages, pointed to a picture and said to A Zhao, "Next time, let's do this."

Ah Run pointed at his white buttock and said "slap!" and said, "I can't come, I'm old!"

Gu Zhao turned over, covered his buttocks and laughed at him: "That's because you don't exercise enough, I can do it, really, otherwise...just try?"

Ah Run was not fooled, he stood up, hugged Gu Zhao and sneered: "Well, you are like a little chick, you still want to lift me? Don't move your waist, when the time comes, I will serve you."

Gu Zhao put his arms around his neck and said with some embarrassment: "That can't be done, I'm a few years younger than you, and you're all a dry old man... Hey, hey, don't leave me... Don't leave me..."

"Wow..."

It was dusk, Emperor Tian Cheng was sitting in a soft pocket, and was being carried to the other side from the secret road. On the way, he suddenly ordered: "Sun Xi..."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sun Xi trotted a few steps to follow.

"Go ahead and call Zhuang Chengxiu, I have something to arrange."

"Yes." Sun Xi ran away first.

The soft pocket was shaking, and Emperor Tian Cheng was thinking about something. ...Fu Ji's matter, I'm afraid it will really see blood. This is the first time since he took the throne, he wants to tell the upper and lower officials in the most tragic way that he has never been a merciful person.Where to start...

As for Azhao, let him go out and hide. It just so happens that he is angry now, so I tell Azhao to go to Wukang, and save that old thing from punishing him to kneel every day, and save himself from being distressed.He doesn't want Ah Zhao to leave, but he can't see the sky and see him suffer. Doesn't that old man feel sorry for his younger brother?It's just right, everyone hurts together, don't take advantage of anyone!

Emperor Tiancheng touched the cloth strip on his wrist, and sighed helplessly in his heart, I hope... I hope that half a year later, when Ah Zhao comes back, the old man will forget about this matter...