Clam Pearl

The storyteller started to tell a story, and he was talking about the chapter "Xiaoqianniang came to Beijing to meet her relatives, and the big playboy pushed the widow's wall".What is the content of this book, everyone tacitly, so, when the storyteller talked about it here, he began to feel uncomfortable like crying a grave.

However, those storytellers are all performers in the rivers and lakes, and they are the best at observing words and demeanor.He found that when Zhu Ge'er boasted that his kung fu was world-class, the county father's face was as bright as a peach blossom.

When he talked about Brother Zhu'er Ye Yu's four daughters, the Duke of the county immediately fanned himself with a white peacock hair fan, and clasped his fists incessantly and said to the three people around him: "Acceptance, acquiescence!"

He said that Brother Zhu had robbed the people's daughters, and the county magistrate was also furious, so he pointed at his own face and complained innocently to his surroundings: "Look, see if you have wronged me, just my face, Do you need to rob it too?” After talking, he threw something from above, and scolded him after throwing it: “Although art comes from life, it needs to be based on reality. , can make people even more angry, this is what first-class dandies do."

The storyteller knelt down to plead guilty, cursed and swore that he would change it, the Duke of the county smiled and said: "You continue to talk first, and then change it after you finish speaking. I need to listen to the original original work."

So, the storyteller could only continue to babble, and the man babbled and babbled until it was about dark before he finished talking dryly. After he finished speaking, he lay down in the yard, unable to kneel any longer. , Hungry and scared!

Gu Yan listened to these storytellers, at first he was angry, and later he wanted to kill someone, but he listened to him, and he became very envious. It would be great if his little Qier was so capable, so that he wouldn't be able to fall asleep!It's not like Zhu Ge'er in this book is only half like, that's good, at least, if you add a seedling to the Gu family, then you can die without regret.

Then, Lord Li Zhai and Lord Wei discovered that one of the Gu family brothers was elated while the other was in tears.At the end, Gu Zhao reluctantly took out the handkerchief and wiped it for his brother, and persuaded him while wiping: "Why are you crying, don't you know that storytelling is all made up? The jokes are cheating money, the tools are fake, don’t cry! Ah!”

Look, brothers, the relationship is so good.

Seeing Gu Yan crying, Li Zhai felt very sorry. Although the Gu family was angry, they couldn't hurt others like this.It hurts more to write a book and send someone to kill someone than a quick knife. When a knife kills, blood is seen, but a book writer kills without blood, but it is a matter that will last forever.No matter how bad the Gu family is, it is loyal and good for generations, and no matter how bad Gu Lao Qi is, it is also for the sake of his nephew.Now being ridiculed like this by people, it is really hard to get rid of hatred. If it were him, let alone wearing a sack, I would have punched him on the spot, and would have killed him like this.

Li Zhai remained silent, but Wei Dan was thinking about other things. Going around the rivers and lakes to perform is just a matter of tricks. These storytellers are just raising children and raising daughters. How can they have the talent to write such articles? ?Now, for a book, Gu Laoqi is going to kill someone.

That's right, Gu Zhao's pursuit of it now is justified and well-founded. He is a nobleman, a member of the court, and now he is so slandered and organized. According to the law, these storytellers are all guilty of cutting their tongues into exile. , two clicks are normal.In this matter, as long as Gu Zhao dared to admit that he was the one who was talking about it, and went to the street to find some spectators to testify, it would be a certain crime.

Hey, four or fifty people are the pillars of the family. What should I do if I ask this question?

Wei Dan thought for a long time, stood up and came to the middle of the ground, bowed deeply to Gu Zhao, and said: "Master Jun, you are merciful, these ordinary people are vulgar people who have not received etiquette, you don't need to be as knowledgeable as them. To pursue it, it is a serious crime of cutting out one's tongue and exiled for thousands of miles. These people can't bear the responsibility and just chose this profession of peddling their mouths. I'm afraid they will die halfway if they don't travel thousands of miles..."

Before Wei Dan could finish his sentence, the storyteller in the courtyard suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged together: "My lord, please forgive me, please let the villain go..." and so on, the courtyard Without realizing it, it was as if Gu Zhao was half dead.

Gu Zhao slapped the table and cursed: "The funerals are closed!"

Those people sobbed and endured it, but their bodies were buried on the ground and they dared not get up. They were shaking like fish with their scales removed or sparrows with their feathers plucked. A few timid ones were so frightened that their crotches dangled. wet.

Although Li Zhai is a martial artist, he has a soft heart. Thinking about it, these people are just selling their mouths to make a living, but who knows it is a felony.

They didn't know it, but Li Zhai knew it. At the beginning of the Liang Dynasty's destruction, some scholars wrote anti-poems and cursed people in wild books.What happened to those people afterwards, they all ransacked their families and exterminated their clans, and exile was considered light. Once they were found out, there was no need for reconsideration.The new dynasties are like this, and they are very deadly about speech. Once they are investigated, it is not a small crime.

Li Zhai thought for a long time, then stood up and said to Gu Zhao, "Grandpa Gu, I have no position in this matter, but if you pursue it, there should be a root cause. Why don't you give me a time limit and send out guards when I go down?" Inquire, once caught, you can deal with it as you please, these people are also pitiful, they have been deceived by others."

Gu Zhao sneered, and sat there and said, "The two adults are very interesting, but you know that if you tell a lie ten thousand times, the lie is the truth. The most terrifying thing in the world is human words, but now this big beam is bigger than Gu Mou." Is the reputation still bad? The matter of the day, if the two adults have changed, how should they make a decision, the two adults are kind, and come to teach Gu?"

The two of them said nothing, this is not easy to do.

Gu Zhao still sneered, looking as if he had been wounded to death: "This is forcing me to be a bachelor for the rest of my life, ruining the reputation of my Gu family for generations! No matter how bad my Gu family is, it will be bleeding under the knife, and I will risk my life It’s today! These people are so interesting, they said lightly, and ruined my Gu family’s century-old reputation. It doesn’t matter if I ruin my own size, the worst thing is that Gu Zhao will have no children and grandchildren in this life, so as not to hurt the ancestors and grandchildren.

You asked me to let go, and changed the two adults, if the matter happened to the two adults, would you be able to let go?Doesn't the son of my Gu family want to be a villain for generations with this reputation behind his back! "

Wei Dan and Li Zhai looked at each other, heaved a long sigh, and shook their heads helplessly.In the end, Wei Dan had no choice but to say: "Now, my lord has filed a lawsuit. It's getting late today. If not, these people will be handed over to the lower officials to bring them back. The Tomorrow County official will send the pleadings, and I will submit them. I must give you an explanation, what do you think?"

Gu Zhao smiled lightly, resting his head halfway with his hand, tapped his temples lightly with his fingertips, and said lazily: "I said big nephew, since we are relatives, I don't want to hide this from you. Now we There are a lot of Taoists in Beijing, who knows where this hatred comes from?" Gu Zhao said here, pointing at the storytellers with his chin and saying: "These people are all illiterate and have no literary talent. If they can read, they can write. Books, and won’t be mixed up in the temple market to earn a few spitting money. Right?”

Wei Dan nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what happened, that's why you don't know the rules, don't understand the law, and commit such serious crimes without knowing it."

Gu Zhao smiled, nodded and said, "Today, my lords, did you hear anything from the book?"

Li Zhai and the others looked at each other and shook their heads.

Gu Zhao stood up slowly, walked to the courtyard, walked back and forth in the courtyard, and said as he walked: "This book is written in a clear way, with clear narrative layers, three chapters and one chapter. From the beginning, the four chapters are turned together, the dark lines are laid out quietly, and the scenes are applauded! How can I have such a literary talent if I don’t read a book for three or five years? Let me ask, if you don’t know the inside story of my Gu family, Where can a book with such a framework be written? Here are articles, my lords! Huh?"

Gu Zhao's words said that the two adults in the courtyard were shocked, and when they looked at Gu Zhao's young face, they didn't dare to take a peek at it now.Who said Gu Laoqi is just a dude?It's really blind, and the dandy has this level, so are they still messing around?

Li Zhai was curious, so he asked, "I don't know what the county lord saw? Do you know who did it?"

Gu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "I don't know, but I know a little bit. Now someone is going to step on my Gu family's head on the kang! My Gu family's reputation is ruined, and whoever benefits is that family! Now I say Putting it here, I’m not afraid of you going out and saying it, it’s best that you all preach to them tomorrow morning. My Gu family’s reputation is ruined, whoever benefits! That’s who!” Gu Zhao’s voice was gloomy at the end of his sentence. Go back to the armchair and sit down, took a sip of this cup of tea and said to Wei Dan: "Master Wei, the most hateful thing about this man is not to harm me, humiliate me, or destroy me. Innocent people have been implicated in it, this person is the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, all of them are completely black.

After Gu Zhao finished speaking, Li Zhai was thoughtful. He was fine. The main reason was that he couldn't talk to the Gu family, but Wei Dan turned pale and stood there silently.

Gu Yan didn't know what was going on in his head. He saw that everyone was silent for a long time, so he asked Gu Zhao: "Xiao Qi, how should we deal with this matter?"

Gu Zhao sighed helplessly: "Brother, this is the most hateful thing. If Mr. Wei takes people back today, who knows how many people will die? I'm afraid that if he doesn't notice for a while, just laying three or five people in the prison will not die. Going around. Now asking him to take someone back, wouldn't that hurt him...at least...he's still a relative!"

Wei Dan's heart was up and down, and he didn't know what it was like to have all kinds of thoughts.

Gu Zhao stood up again, and walked around in the yard in embarrassment. Every step he took stepped on the hearts of these storytellers, and every movement scared these people almost out of their wits.

After turning around for a while, Gu Zhao sighed helplessly, and said helplessly in the crowd: "A person is born, and my mother is pregnant in October, and a baby is born like a baby. If you feed on a handful of feces and urine, no matter how poor the family is. , that is also a pain in my heart.

Who knew that this group of people were so unlucky that they were harmed to such an extent!Now that I, Gu Zhao, are ruined, that's fine, the big deal is not getting married..."

Gu Yan stared: "Don't even think about it!"

Gu Zhao laughed, and waved his hand at his brother: "Brother, I have no choice but to go out now, and look at this Liang country, whose daughter dares to jump into the fire pit!"

Gu Yan thought for a moment, then became furious, he stretched out his hand and slapped the table around him away!

"Evil thieves, when I find out, I won't give up with them even if I risk my old life!"

Gu Zhao chuckled lightly, as if such a dark reputation meant nothing to him, it was just something external to him that he didn't need to care about.He just looked at the people in the yard and sighed: "The most hateful thing in the world is not killing people, nor is it prostitutes, wives and concubines, but you villains are the most hateful, filthy, cheapest, and most shameless!

You just think that you are just begging for food, so you casually touch your upper lip with your lower lip, easily ruining other people's reputation. I, Gu Zhao, can't finish it for one generation, and I have to recite it from generation to generation.As long as anyone points it out, they will say that the child's father is a whore, who specializes in robbing women from the people and adultery at home.People, with the blue sky above your head, there is always one eye looking at you! "

Speaking of this, Gu Zhao looked at Li Zhai, then at Wei Dan, and sighed helplessly: "But if you pursue it, Gu... really can't bear it!"

The people in the yard were shocked all of a sudden!The kneeling people all raised their heads to look at Gu Zhao.Even Gu Yan stood up and looked at his little brother and said, "Brother!"

Gu Zhao laughed: "Brother, I am not wronged, and there are a lot of flesh and blood!" After finishing speaking, he said to Li Zhai and Wei Dan: "My lords, let's go through a procedure tomorrow. I will not kill them, starve them, or freeze them, five years! Five years of hard labor, after five years... I will send them away. These people are the pillars of the family. I don't want to use them in vain, three hundred dollars a month, let someone give them a bowl of water to feed their families!"

Wei Dan was stunned: "Young Lord, what's the difference in service? Why is it Qian Ding Division? Isn't this causing trouble for you? It's paying wages to convicts... I'm afraid it's inappropriate!"

Gu Zhao laughed loudly and said, "It's not been a day or two since Gu has been out of tune, two adults, what kind of person Gu is and how he behaves, I asked these people to stay in this courtyard and watch carefully.

A gentleman is magnanimous. Gu is not a gentleman, but he is a descendant of the Gu family. Although he doesn't know a few big characters, he also knows how to behave in an open and bright manner. Now Gu doesn't defend himself, and he doesn't want to see blood. Gu doesn't want to Use the blood of these people to polish your reputation.Why should I explain it on the pole, I am afraid that the more I explain, the more I will not be able to explain this matter!Forget it, that's it... Come on, drag it down, each person will be rewarded with twenty boards first, and they will not be given food for three meals, but only water, so that they can wash their stinky mouths after eating dung!Lord let out a little breath first! "

Those storytellers finally escaped with their lives, and they all fell limply on the ground, some emotional ups and downs, and they burst into tears, and they just let out their voices, and they were dragged out of the courtyard by the strong men prepared outside the courtyard .

Both Li Zhai and Wei Dan heaved a sigh of relief, now this matter, Shangguan!All the folks have an explanation.Gu Zhao's play is so beautiful that people can't find any faults. Even, these two people admire it extremely in their hearts. If they were changed, they really couldn't deal with it. At most, they could only be secretly angry. .

After the matter was over, Gu Zhao personally sent the two of them out. Before leaving, Gu Zhao gave a big three-story box with a smile and said, "It's not a small gift, it's not a respect. If you don't want it, you really look down on Gu!"

Li Zhai and Wei Dan had no choice but to accept the gift box, and when they opened it on the way, they found that it was produced by the third-tier Qianding Division, and there were dozens of big buns with thin skin and big stuffing.

Sitting on the horse, Li Zhai burst out laughing. He took out a steamed stuffed bun, and while biting it, he thought of the performance, and remembered the complacent look of Gu Zhao, the protagonist in the book, Ye Yu Shi Nu, so he couldn't help laughing. .He took a few bites of buns and laughed for a while!He took a few more bites, laughed for a while, and accidentally took a breath of wind, so he hiccupped while sitting on the horse's back, and went mad, and that was it, he still refused to let poor Baozi go, and returned home, on the third floor. Sixteen big buns, half eaten.

After Gu Zhao sent the two adults away, he went back to the yard. His brother was sitting there in pain. When he saw him enter the yard, he opened his arms to comfort his brother.Gu Zhao looked disgusted, and waved his brother in disdain: "Brother, you think I'm not weaned!" Say it, and said to Xizai: "Go! Close the yamen, let people watch it, keep it tight, and don't leak any news go out!"

Xizai nodded and ran out.

Gu Zhao said to Xinzi again: "Go, Li Yongji and the others call."

Gu Yan was curious, and saw some Taoism, so he asked: "My brother may have some other intentions today."

Gu Zhao smiled, sat down lazily and said, "Brother, just watch it, but don't say it when you go out."

Gu Yan nodded, then looked outside the courtyard.

Not long after, Xinzai entered the yard, followed by a group of ungraduated students headed by Li Yongji.

Gu Zhao spread new mats in the courtyard and asked them to sit down.After the students were seated, Gu Zhao went back to sit on the mats laid out on the stage.

The students respectfully said together: "Hello, sir!"

Gu Zhao smiled: "It's a bit more commotion today, and it disturbed you."

The students bowed again and said nothing happened.

Gu Zhao asked again: "If you send out the scroll, you will all get it."

Li Yongji replied on behalf of the students: "Go back to the teacher, get everything, and have already started to read and transcribe."

Gu Zhao nodded: "Well, very good, I called you here today, so that you know that the county records you received will be the place you will manage in the future!"

Those students were overjoyed, looked at each other, all bowed down and thanked together: "Thank you teacher for your cultivation!"

Gu Zhaobi pointed out: "Shhh... quietly, it's good for you to know the good things about our family. You guys, it's time to catch up. If the country doesn't need talents, I'm afraid there will be no hope of official career in this life. You don't need to take exams. No need to work hard, one official career is a seventh-rank official. I have spent a lot of effort for you, don't thank you, I also have requirements for you."

"I respectfully ask my teacher to teach me!"

Gu Zhao stood up, looked at the excited faces below, and said in a low and clear voice: "One parent is in charge of the food and clothing of tens of thousands of households below. Apart from judging cases, you have to learn a lot. These Although the county annals are incomplete, they are also the most original records of each era in Juehu County. How many good fields are there, how many mountains are there? How many green hills are there? A military disaster? People died, these are the only ones left, the last traces left by those innocent souls. Let them be passed on, familiar with your own rule, familiar with the water and soil, can manage it better, and it is not in vain You have come to this world so badly."

Gu Yan looked at his little brother, his mouth trembled a few times, he wanted to cry again!

Gu Zhao looked at those students, some of whom were already in tears, and laughed lightly. He pointed to the backyard, where ghosts and wolves were being hit by the board, and he said with a smile: "People over there, go After choosing, they are not literate, but they have the ability to brag! You can find that clever pair and dig it for me in the county annals! Those who have mines dig mines, and those who have fertile fields dig fertile fields. Give me a happy life these two years Stay here in this courtyard, eat steamed stuffed buns, and write good books! Wait for the opportunity... One day, the Lord will send you off, so that you can soar into the sky!!!!!!"

That night, when Gu Zhao came home, his courtyard was brightly lit. When he entered the house, Arun was sitting at the dining table looking down at a book with his hand in his hand.

Seeing him entering the room, Ah Run didn't say a word, just walked over with a smile, helped him take off his official clothes, and helped him change into the home clothes with his own hands, then hugged him from the back and said, "Don't worry, I will meet you sooner or later." If you make such a fuss, I will not let any of those people off!"

Gu Zhao smiled, turned around and hugged him, and kissed him along his neck, whispering: "Pull it down, and punish the book writer Dingjia? He wants to be the head of the six families now, I'm afraid he stepped on the wrong foot." Door! In the end, I'm afraid that only that idiot Geng Cheng will go with him. You just keep him and let him go with Hu Ji! To punish the Gao family who contributed to the trouble? No need, let my sister-in-law out some other day, Let the Gao family take it back to take care of it, my sister-in-law's lethality is comparable to that of the Imperial Guard..."

The two of them were chattering, but they didn't want to, Xizai ran in from the outside and said, "Master! Go to the front yard and have a look! The Elder Master has given you something extraordinary!"

Gu Zhao was stunned, and hurriedly took the sedan chair to the front yard. It didn't matter, but he overturned the jar of vinegar.

What do you think, there were eight charming storyteller girls with white skin and big breasts standing neatly outside the courtyard. When they saw Gu Zhao, they all fell in love with each other. "Greetings to the Duke...Slaves, Meimei, Lanmei, Zhumei, Chrysanthemum, Chunxiang, Xiaxiang, Qiuxiang, Dongxiang...to the County Duke...storytellers are coming!"

Hundredth time

Ah Run got angry, and he didn't come back to live there for the first two days. Gu Zhao felt that he was fine, otherwise he really thought that guy was a lifeless clay bodhisattva.Sometimes, when two people get along, it is natural to have some fireworks.That guy has something in his heart, and occasionally loses his temper, which is good for his health. It would be even better if he could provoke him to get angry and vent his anger.

Gu Zhao was thinking in his heart, to create some trouble these few days, to cause some troubles for Zhao Chunrun, whoever told him to keep silent, he would not come back after he left!

In the past few days, the yamen was in order, so Gu Zhao didn't go to work, so he sat alone at home and "reflected on himself". Don't bother, tell them to go by themselves.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Zhao read half a volume of idle books at home, sketched two copybooks, ate a plate of oily scrolls, and after eating, walked around the yard with his hands behind his back to digest his food. He returned in the middle of the morning. Go inside and order someone to find Gu Maobing.

Xizai took the order, and not long after, he went to the Qushui courtyard to invite Gu Maobing.Gu Maobing has had nothing to do in the past few months, so he has been resting at home to write a new book.Hearing that the little uncle was looking for him, he didn't dare to neglect, so he hurried over.

He came to the study room in the backyard, entered the door and looked up, only to see his little uncle lying in front of the desk, spreading out a map and measuring something with his hands. Hearing the sound of the door curtain, he looked up at Gu Maobing, with a soft mouth. Ticked it lightly.

Gu Maobing looked at himself, he changed his clothes, he wasn't overdressed, and he didn't know what the little uncle was laughing at.But he didn't know that he was the only one who could convey such a bright style of green in Shangjing.Gu Zhaojue felt that his whole body was bright green, adding a green hat would make him more conspicuous.

"What are you doing standing there, come here quickly, I have something to arrange for you." Gu Zhao beckoned and called Gu Maobing over.

Gu Maobing came to the desk, took a look, and said after a while, "This is the map of Wukang. My uncle is really hardworking now, and he doesn't forget to work at home."

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "You can see this, which means that there have been no white-collar soldiers in recent years."

Gu Maobing curled his lips: "I really think my nephew is a fool, can't you see this? It's just that this map doesn't connect with the other ones, but it's the official road map of counties and prefectures. The thin lines over there are private food roads in various places. Map, how did this map get into the hands of my little uncle? It is more detailed than the base map of the Ministry of War, and there are several roads that my nephew has never seen." After finishing speaking, he lay down and continued to look at it.

Gu Zhao clapped his hands, and not long after, Xizai came in with the tea tray in his hand, poured the tea and turned to go out.

"You sit down, let's talk about it in detail." Gu Zhao pointed to the seat by the window and asked Gu Maobing to sit down. After they sat down, Gu Zhao said: "Now, I'm afraid I have to arrange you to go out for a few years. I want to ask you to hand over the matter temporarily, do you think you are willing? Naturally, this matter is not forced, and now that you have just been promoted, it is a good time, and it is inevitable that it will be difficult for you to go out. "

Gu Maobing picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of water, put down the teacup and said with a slight smile: "What is difficult for others, others care about it, but I just can't see it, my nephew's ambition is not here, uncle already knew. I I can't wait to leave the work on the burden and have a leisurely time. It's a good thing in the world to take care of my teams at home every day.

Why!It's just that my father's mantle has to be taken over by someone. If... the eldest brother is more aggressive, forget it... but don't talk about it. If uncle has orders, just say it. "

Gu Zhao was relieved, then nodded and said: "I told you to go out, but there are two reasons, one is...your mother is coming out."

As soon as Gu Zhao finished speaking, Gu Maobing stood up suddenly, opened his mouth to say something, but held back, the corners of his mouth twitched, and said with a wry smile: "But I don't know why today..."

why?It is too unfilial for him to ask this question, his own mother, he should be filial to his knees, but he has no affection for his own mother at all, except for giving birth to him, Gao's treatment of him is not as good as It's just a dog, but it's not something he should complain about.

Gu Zhao waved his hand and said to him, "Sit down, and I'll talk to you in detail."

Gu Maobing suppressed his panic, sat down with his hands on the table, his mind was in a mess for a while, and he could only hear his little uncle saying: "Since the first year of Tiancheng, your brother has always asked for an order, and he will definitely pick you up." The mother came out to take care of her. If this son is not allowed to perform filial piety today, it will be against the law of the world. But...others don’t know, don’t I know him?” Gu Zhao said with a sneer: “He just wants to lose You have a good reputation, knowing that for the sake of our family, you will not let your mother out anyway, so he finds a place with a lot of people to cry once in a while, and he loses face."

Gu Maobing murmured, "What does little uncle mean?"

Gu Zhao nodded: "That's right, it's a disadvantage today. Since your brother wants to be a dutiful son, let him be, and your natal family has been making troubles all these years. It's too much to say that our Gu family is deceiving others. You pretend to be pitiful, but your elder brother is exactly the same as your mother's, and he has learned a lot. I'm afraid, next month, Mrs. Gao will come out, so everyone will be happy."

Gu Maobing sighed, stood up and adjusted his clothes, and was about to apologize.However, Gu Zhao waved his hand: "Don't worry, I don't care about these things. You can see through the matter of reputation after watching too much. After all, it's all a gimmick. In the final analysis... Whoever has a straight waist is right." , you have led soldiers for so many years, you must have realized it."

Gu Maobing nodded, but did not speak.

Seeing that Gu Maobing was still stable, Gu Zhao felt relieved. He smiled and said, "The second is my selfishness. When your mother comes out, our old Gu family is free. Now that she wants to come back, we will But absolutely must not allow!

Therefore, today I asked her to go back to her natal home to clean up, and since she came out, she will also be your biological mother, so... I have an idea, this time you go to Beijing, you should not stay here for now, the other side of your house is not as good Just ask me to help you take care of it.The people here don't need to give your brother face. It's not easy for you to save a few, so don't... be ruined.Mao Bing...you go to Wukang and find your Fifth Uncle...Firstly, to supervise the affairs of the racecourse, and secondly..."

Gu Zhao stood up, came to the case, pointed to the line from Wukang to Juehu County, and said, "From next year, from Wukang to Ganzhou, Changzhou, Qianding Division will build a road, come and see... "

Gu Maobing went over, followed the line that Gu Zhaobi had drawn, and understood in his heart: "What does uncle mean, is he ordering my nephew to take someone to check the road conditions on this road first?"

Gu Zhao felt relieved and nodded, "You have grown up."

Gu Maobing laughed, looking at his little uncle's pretentious face, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Yes, my nephew is getting older, so just give my uncle orders."

Gu Zhao had no choice but to roll his eyes in contempt, pointed to the map and read all the way: "There are many mountains, old cities, and deserted villages on the road between Ganzhou and Changzhou... In the past, there were official roads here too, but it is a pity that it has been in disrepair for a long time. , and no one has set foot on it for many years, I am afraid that it will be dilapidated long ago. But although it is dilapidated, it will definitely go there in the future. Therefore, every fifty miles, you have to help me mark a place with a water source, which will be useful to me in the future. "

Gu Maobing lowered his head, gestured with his fingers, nodded and said: "What's the difficulty? There used to be post stations on both sides of the official road. I'll go find the old site and investigate."

Gu Zhao nodded: "This matter needs to be kept secret. In a few days, you are afraid that what you need to know is the order of the Ministry of War to find rogues, so it will be too much work for you to be a capable person. The five counties of extinct households, although they are called extinct in name, but In various places, there are a few families that have survived the fate. In the past two years, you have brought people along the old official roads to survey the land and make statistics on the places where there are small households..."

The two uncles and nephews talked in the study all morning, seeing that noon was approaching, Gu Zhao wanted to stay with Gu Maobing for dinner, but Gu Maobing had something on his mind, but he couldn't eat any more.So he said that he had to pack his luggage and bid farewell.

Gu Zhao stood at the door with his hands in his sleeves, sympathizing with this little nephew from the bottom of his heart, but he was helpless, his filial piety was greater than heaven, and the only thing he could do now was to keep Gu Maobing far away before Mrs. Gao came back. Get rid of Shangjing, a place of right and wrong.He was upset, but he didn't want to, someone asked him from the other side of the rockery: "What are you thinking?"

Gu Zhao didn't look at anyone, so he smiled and still looked at the front and said, "Yo, are you willing to come back?"

Ah Run ate for a while, his face turned red, he flicked his sleeves and turned back into the room. As he walked, he said, "I just heard from them that some people stay up late every day for the past few days and don't have a good rest, and even more at night." Is it tossing pancakes over and over again, but I don't know why?"

Gu Zhao stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and after pretending to invite this person to enter the door, he sarcastically said, "No, I can't even eat well, and I can't sleep if I don't have people around me. I miss you."

Ah Run stopped abruptly, and Gu Zhao bumped into his back, sore tears came out immediately.

Covering his nose, Gu Zhao said angrily, "Hey? What are you doing! Do you want to hit me to death?"

Ah Run turned around and hugged him, and said angrily, "Just go and listen to the book, what do you want from me?"

"Hey! You're so boring. You know I'm innocent, but you're just mad at me."

Ah Run still hugged Gu Zhao, and after a long time, he whispered: "I didn't lose my temper, the queen... hanged herself."

Gu Zhao's scalp felt numb all of a sudden, and he murmured after a long time, "...is she dead?"

Ah Run shook his head: "No..."

Gu Zhao softened and almost fell down. Ah Run hurriedly hugged him tightly, and said after a long time: "She left a letter begging me to let the Hu family go."

Gu Zhao didn't move, nor did he persuade. He really didn't want to intervene in this matter. Selfishly speaking, he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the queen, the queen's family, and the queen's two princes.

Both of them have a bottom line when they get along. Take A Run as an example, he never asks about the private affairs of Gu Zhao's family. It's like he prefers Gu Maochang's success to the nobleman over Gu Maode. He doesn't believe in Gu Maode. Mu Jiner can clearly grasp his political direction.To choose an assistant, he is still willing to use Gu Maochang.

"Then...how many days have you been?" Gu Zhao murmured.

Ah Run sighed helplessly: "I ordered someone to invite the Empress's Niangbai to enter the palace... I will live in the palace for a few days."

Gu Zhao nodded, but he was also worried that if the queen leaked the news, he was afraid that the world that Ah Run had just stabilized would become chaotic again now.

"You don't have to worry, she hangs too hard, and she can't talk now. I ordered people to watch closely... It's okay, but you are at home, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear your temper, and you will be fooling around every day... What about listening to books..."

Gu Zhao had no choice but to pat him on the head and sigh, this insecure child.

In the Chaohua Hall of Qiyuan Palace in Shangjing, a strong smell of medicinal soup was lingering in the hall. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were walking on thin ice one by one, working on tiptoe in the courtyard, for fear that a loud cough would attract people. The catastrophe.

The queen's mother, Bai Shi, watched her daughter fall asleep, so she quietly came outside the palace, and sat on the cloth cushion brought by the maid beside her, weeping silently.The palace is huge without borders, yet it is dead silent.

A few swallows were bustling back and forth in the nest under the eaves with their worms in their mouths. Bai wiped away her tears and looked back at the magnificent palace behind her. The resplendent and resplendent colors could not conceal the desolation of the room.She really hurts.Her own daughter, she knows best, the child has been wronged a lot.

She was in her thirties, and as soon as the child was born, all the peonies in the yard bloomed.At that time, a person said that this child was extraordinary.At that time, the master also liked it, so he named her Wanqing. At that time, Bai's natal mother said that the word Qing was not good, because it was too big. At that time, the master laughed and said, my daughter of Hu Ji, naturally It can be called Qingqing.

Bai was a fool all her life, until her daughter grew up, she didn't understand, the so-called Qingqing is not a pet name, the master really has thoughts.When Qingqing was eight years old, the master would often dress her up as a child and take her to the East Palace. At that time, the late emperor and Qingqing had a good relationship, and they were always called brothers and sisters.

Bai also felt that something was wrong, but what could she say as a woman, she watched her daughter cry when the late emperor married the queen, and watched her daughter still communicate with the late emperor in private, and the master didn't let her care. She can't control it.She was thinking, the emperor, the 72nd concubine of the Sixth Court of Sangong, it doesn't matter if the status is low, it's just that the girl feels wronged.

But who would have thought that, as soon as the first emperor ascended the throne, the reincarnated master would marry Qingqing to today's emperor Cheng.

Outsiders, who doesn't envy her Bai Shi, the mother of the current empress, who wears 24 emerald feathers on her head!Thinking of this, Bai looked back at Chaohua Palace, and sighed, this is all in exchange for her daughter's life, she... dare not refuse, there is a big family behind her.

"Grandmother." Zhao Yuanrui, King of Surabaya, stood in the courtyard and greeted the old lady softly with a bowl of soup.

Bai looked up in a daze, and saw that it was his grandson, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Highness is coming."

King Sishui nodded: "Grandmother is getting old, and she doesn't