Sha Po Lang

Liao Ran was taken aback. He never expected that Marquis Anding would visit Huguo Temple one day, and hurriedly gestured to Chang Geng: "Don't Marquis Anding feel bad luck even if you step on a little incense ash? Today, the old man went deep into the tiger's den, will he go back?" Use mugwort leaves to wash off a layer of skin?"

Chang Geng ignored him, and an uncomfortable look flashed across his face.

He wasn't ready to face Gu Yun's accusation.

Speaking of which, by accident, both of them actually thought that they had lost their morals after drinking and molested each other, and each had their own guilty conscience.

Liaoran looked at Chang Geng strangely—because of suppressing Wuergu these years, Chang Geng's kung fu of calming and cultivating Qi has been practiced to the extreme, and he can sit in meditation facing the wall without moving for two or three days, even this "high monk" Liaoran has to bow down.

Sometimes people who are full of anxiety see his eyes and can't help but follow him to calm down. The handsome young man in white is sitting on the old futon of a poor monk and holding a cloud. , Unexpectedly, the word "Anding Hou" suddenly shattered a pool of ripples.

Chang Geng seemed to be fidgeting a bit, raised his hand inexplicably, and didn't know what he wanted to touch, halfway through it, he found that he was staring at him intently, suppressed his emotions, and put it on the teacup in a daze. On the ground, he lowered his head and took a sip of water in a concealed manner.

Rao, who is used to pretending to be gods and ghosts, also became puzzled, and said to himself: "Why, Master Hou is here to collect debts?"

Gu Yun came in quickly, with a look of disgust hanging from the corners of his eyes and brows, wishing he could walk in on tiptoe, he glanced at Monk Ran with a nose and eyes, and greeted with a fake smile: "How many years?" No, the master has become quite clean."

Knowing the demeanor of the master, he did not have the same knowledge as him, put his hands together and stood up to salute, and gestured: "Amitabha, the monk's heart is like a mirror stand, and there is no place to attract dust."

Even if you dare not take a bath, you can quote scriptures!

Gu Yun seemed to smell the bad smell again, he couldn't stay in this place of right and wrong for a moment, turned to Chang Geng and said, "You've been disturbing Master Qingxiu here for several days, you should go home."

Chang Geng's mind, which had finally settled down, was teased by the word "go home" again, knowing that even if he stayed under the bodhi tree, he would not be able to say "color is emptiness", so he had no choice but to make up his mind and stand obediently. stand up.

Gu Yun was choked by the smoky sandalwood in the Huguo Temple and coughed twice, and hurriedly withdrew to wait outside the meditation room, watching Chang Geng say goodbye to Qing Ran boredly.

In fact, sometimes relatives and friends are used to seeing each other, and it is difficult to notice whether the other is beautiful or ugly. Gu Yun has always known that Chang Geng is more like his northern mother, but now he looks carefully and finds out that it is not always the case. He has developed facial features He is handsome and upright, and he can't tell who he looks like at the moment, but he just thinks that people are like black jade, and there is a special kind of pleasing to the eye.

Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, remembering that there are all kinds of people in the rivers and lakes, especially since the opening of shipping, the folk customs in Daliang are generally open, especially along the coast of the East China Sea. Has the eye-catching person provoked him?

That's why he was so angry that day?

"That's right," Gu Yun's mind opened a hole, and he thought wildly, "If I gnawed on Shen Jiping, he would definitely not take it to heart. With such a poor face, he wouldn't think about it at all. It’s still a disadvantage for me to take a bite of him.”

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt embarrassed. After thinking about it quickly, he decided to pretend to be stupid, so he said nonchalantly to Chang Geng who came over: "Why did you wait so long? The cabbage tofu in Huguo Temple is so delicious. ?”

Seeing his calm expression, Chang Geng calmed down a bit, and replied: "Buddha music and vegetarian food can calm one's mind."

"At a young age, you should wear fresh clothes and be angry, and you don't plan to become a monk. Why should you be quiet?" Gu Yun walked side by side with him, habitually wanting to put his hand on his shoulder. Heart, so silently retracted and put his back behind his back.

Chang Geng said frankly: "Think about it."

He once thought that if he breaks his karma and escapes into Buddhism for three thousand years, he might be full of delusional thoughts and be transformed by boundless Buddhism.

"What?" Gu Yun's footsteps paused, he didn't react at first, he was stunned, and then he said in disbelief, "...you said you became a monk?"

It was rare for Chang Geng to see the astonishment on his face, he said with a smile: "I just thought about it, I didn't dare to go."

Gu Yun thought to himself: "Nonsense, if you dare, I will break your legs."

But Chang Geng is no longer the helpless little mothfly adopted son who was sheltered by him in the Marquis's mansion. After he was crowned as the Duke, he still called him "Father" now. After all, it is inconvenient for Yun to treat him as his son and teach him a lesson, so he didn't say that just now.

His face sank slightly, and he asked, "Why?"

Chang Geng politely exchanged salutes with the little novice who was walking towards him, and replied unhurriedly: "When I was young, I grew up looking at the words "Inevitability" in the foster father's room. The world is difficult and dangerous, but I have just tasted it, how dare I retreat? I was born in the world, although my natural aptitude is limited, I may not be able to achieve the eternal achievements like the sages, and I can't be ashamed of the world..."

……and you.

The last two words, Chang Geng, were hidden in his throat, but he didn't say it out.

Back when Xiuniang dragged him behind the horse, she failed to drag him to death, Ur's bone was entangled, but now she couldn't entangle him madly——Chang Geng sometimes felt that the only way to go against the current against the wind and waves was to reach a certain place. If he can think highly of himself, maybe he can be worthy of thinking about his little adoptive father when he dreams back at midnight.

Gu Yun's expression turned pale, but he still asked angrily: "Then why do you keep sticking to the monks?"

Chang Geng prevaricated casually: "Looking for Master Ran to drink tea, sometimes I get too excited and can't sleep well--Didn't Ms. Chen also prescribe a tranquilizer for me? I put it in my purse, but these two days The sky suddenly disappeared."

Gu Yun was dumb for a moment.

Chang Geng: "I don't know where it fell."

Gu Yun's face is full of food - there is a person who really doesn't open any pot and pick up which pot.

Gu Dashuai was silent for a while under the torment of his conscience, he still took out the small sachet made of cowhide from his bosom, and handed it to Chang Geng without saying a word: "Here."

Chang Geng: "..."

The fright came unexpectedly, and Chang Geng, who was in a cocoon by accident, almost bit his own tongue, and the palms of Yanbei King, who had "traveled all over the mountains and rivers" just now, had a layer of white sweat on his hands, and stammered, "Why, how? At the foster father's place?"

Gu Dashuai faced his face that had been honed over time, and said calmly: "It fell on my bed for some reason, maybe I was too drunk to go crazy that day, and I was accidentally dragged off by you."

Chang Geng looked at him in fear.

Gu Yunqi shamelessly pretended to be innocent and said, "What's wrong?"

Chang Geng hurriedly shook his head, heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that this matter is over, and they can still be together as calmly and intimately as before.However, at the same time, it is inevitable that he will feel some secret loss.

Seeing that his expression was different, Gu Yun thought Chang Geng was still interested, so he asked flatteringly: "I forgot to tell you two days ago, the emperor wants you to attend the court, what kind of errand do you want? I'll give it to you." You figure out a way."

Chang Geng quickly restrained his mind, and said seriously: "Each of the six departments has its own sphere of influence, and it's inconvenient for me to go in and disrupt the situation. These years, I'm not good at writing or military, and I'm used to idleness. The emperor really asked me to hear the testimony, so I just listen—" —Or let me follow Master Jiang from Dali Temple to investigate the case."

Gu Yun didn't know if this answer was what Chang Geng thought in his heart, but it was definitely what the emperor was willing to listen to. He was a little distressed for a moment, and didn't want to send Chang Geng to Emperor Long'an to be angry.

But that is impossible, his surname is Li, even if he becomes a flirtatious and idle prince in the future, he will not be able to hide in the Marquis of Anding's mansion for the rest of his life.

"I want to go to Dali Temple for a while, but I don't want to go anytime soon," Gu Yun said, "Recently, the emperor wants to investigate the black market of Ziliujin, and Mr. Jiang is in a mess. Pavilion to get in."

Chang Geng let out an "oh", and was not surprised by the news: "So soon? The emperor really can't wait, two days ago I was still thinking about when the emperor is going to restart the financial order."

Gu Yun: "How do you know?"

"Guess," light snow began to float in the air, and Chang Geng took an oiled paper umbrella from the door of a monk's house. The umbrella was small, and Chang Geng kept pushing the umbrella towards Gu Yun. After a while, the exposed shoulders It was covered with a light layer of snowflakes, and he didn't brush it off. He still walked at a leisurely pace, as if enjoying himself, "Actually, it can't be considered as a guess. The righteous father thought, the emperor, the first emperor, and even the emperor Wu— —Although they each have their own brilliance and prowess, they are all the same when it comes to Ziliujin, and they regard this thing as a serious problem."

Gu Yun has always regarded him as a junior, and it was the first time he walked side by side with him, listening to his thoughts felt quite fresh, so he didn't interrupt, just listened.

"When I was in Yanhui Town when I was young, I saw with my own eyes that the court was wasting money for Ziliujin. I have been thinking all these years, why do we have to strictly control it? If everyone can buy and sell Ziliujin at will like buying grain and tearing cloth , wouldn’t there be no black market?” Chang Geng shook his head, “It was only later that I realized that it was impossible. To put it bluntly, no matter who is the emperor, whether he is faint or smart, weak or martial, we cannot allow people to Ziliujin trade, otherwise, from now on, big merchants, foreigners, barbarians, even officials who control part of the resources, thieves who do evil... everyone will hold such a knife in their hands."

Gu Yun: "Like those bandits in southern Xinjiang."

"That's right," Chang Geng continued, "It's just a black market, just bandits, and just a few hills in the small southern border. What if it expands to the whole of Daliang? What if everyone has a 'knife'? It's impossible for the imperial court to take care of everything. People's interests, when the time comes, will inevitably press the gourd to float the ladle, and will be subject to the 'biggest knife', so everyone wants to hold this dragon-slaying sword, and they will fight and annex each other lawlessly, just like raising Gu , When the Gu King comes out, who owns the country?"

Gu Yun frowned: "Chang Geng, let me finish listening to these words, don't mention them to others——in your opinion, is it imperative to restart the financial order?"

"That's not true. In fact, it's best to continue the unrelenting control of Ziliujin during the late emperor's time. When it is stable, solve the urgent silver problem first. Since the introduction of puppet farming, a lot of grain produced every year has rotted in the granary Here, the price of rice is getting lower and lower, and those who store grain have changed to deposit gold and silver. All the gold and silver are stored in warehouses. Naturally, the national treasury cannot be enriched. Now it seems that the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst, and it can only be obtained from foreigners. Once the ancient Silk Road is completely opened up, the righteous father is an immortal merit, and even a hundred rebellions will not be able to make up for it."

"With money, it means that the house has beams, and people have the backbone. When the time comes, we will simmer slowly and adjust the internal affairs bit by bit. Although there are problems, the situation will not be intensified. The century-old Guotai people are safe and stable. One or two generations may find a way out." Chang Geng said this, sighed slightly, "It's a pity that the two rebellions within a few years were related to the black market, and it's not surprising that the emperor overreacted—so I have always suspected that Donghai has something to do with it." The matter in Nanjiang did not happen by accident, and they are investigating with the power of Linyuan Pavilion, and they have just vaguely touched a line, but they are too cunning, foster father, you must be careful."

Gu Yun didn't make a sound for a long time after listening, and his face couldn't tell whether it was joy or anger. Chang Geng didn't bother him, and slowly accompanied him out of the Huguo Temple. The bird is silent, and the mountain snow is silent.

The old general Zhong Chan has the ability to stabilize the country, but he can't teach the talents to govern the country and the world. For the first time, Gu Yun felt deep regret, thinking: "Why does he have to be surnamed Li?"

If his surname wasn't Li, it would have been easy for him to take the imperial examination and become an official. Maybe he would have already made it to the top and become a famous official of Zhongxing in the future, instead of just saying a few words to himself in this ruined temple, claiming that he just wanted to be a vase displaying idleness Prince.

...It's all life.

Chang Geng: "The weather is bad, the foster father's clothes are thin, don't ride a horse when you go back, take my car."

Gu Yun was distracted, when he heard his voice at first, he tilted his head abruptly, unexpectedly met Chang Geng's gaze unexpectedly.Gu Yun's heart suddenly "thumped", he had never noticed Chang Geng's eyes looking at him like this before, those eyes were extremely focused, with a slight light of snow reflected, as if he wanted to put his whole body in his eyes .

Chang Geng was stunned at first, then quickly looked away, lowered his head and flicked his sleeves to cover up, his sleeves were already wet and stuck to his hands, only then did Gu Yun realize that half of Chang Geng's shoulders had been covered with a layer of cold snow The water vapor, but not only did he not say anything, he even walked slowly with him.

Gu Yun stretched out his hand and touched it, the tentacles were cold: "You..."

As soon as he raised his hand like this, Chang Geng immediately tensed slightly, although it was only for a moment, but he couldn't escape Gu Yun's eyes.

Gu Yun was a bit informal in private - that is, he was heartless and rarely paid attention to some minor details, but the embarrassment after drinking that day was still there, which made him a little sensitive involuntarily.

"Illusion?" Gu Yun thought in surprise, and got into the carriage.

Mr. Shi Shi in the car turned on the heater, so Gu Yun leaned on the side and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He was half asleep and half awake, and suddenly felt someone approaching. He didn't open his eyes, and then felt Chang Geng put a roll of thin blanket on his body, gently It was like a feather, as if afraid of waking him up——Shen Yi always threw it directly at him, and even the most thoughtful personal soldiers did not have such gentle and almost caring movements.

Gu Yun's drowsiness disappeared in an instant, he closed his eyes and continued to pretend, he didn't dare to move, his neck was stiff, and he always felt that there were a pair of eyes staring at him.

In the world, there is probably no one's mind that can be hidden seamlessly, it's just that there is a little less nuanced observation.

The strings in Gu Yun's heart quietly tightened, and then he couldn't help but observe Chang Geng secretly. After a few days, instead of dispelling his inexplicable doubts, he felt even more frightened.

In addition, he had to think about the financial order and the emperor's hand in cracking down on the black market of Ziliujin, and at the same time he had to turn a corner to fish out Feng Hangong, the first head of the Lingshu Academy, which was exhausting and miserable.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Gu Yun sent off Shen Yi in the suburbs of Beijing, who was about to go to the southwest to take up his post.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, the emperor went to the imperial garden. For some reason, the dragon chariot broke down halfway, and the servant inadvertently said something, which reminded the emperor of Feng Hangong kneeling on the ground to help him adjust the steam dragon chariot, and the fire in his heart disappeared. Most of the time, after a little inquiry, I heard that the old man was alone, and in the past few days after he was imprisoned, apart from the students from the Lingshu Academy who had visited him, he didn't even have a family member who brought him meals.The emperor happened to be in a good mood, and felt sorry for the old man after listening to it, so he sighed and ordered people to put Zhang Fenghan back, and only fined him half a year as a punishment, and the matter was uncovered.

After these two matters were settled, Gu Yun felt that he couldn't stay in the capital for a day, so he immediately wrote a letter, please go back to Loulan.

He should indeed leave, the emperor had no objection and approved it on the same day.

On the first day before Gu Yun dressed up and left, the night was already deep. Gu Yun had just finished drinking the medicine and lay down. Although Chang Geng gave him an injection, it was only relief, not a cure for the headache. While sleeping, someone suddenly came from the palace, and it was reported overnight that Marquis Anding had entered the palace to face the saint.

I don't know if it's the effect of the medicine or what, but Gu Yun's eyelids suddenly jumped up.