Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

The imperial capital is Chang'an, the residence of the Marquis of Ding'an.

"Drinking a few sips of cold water almost gave him his life. It seems that what he is short of is not a blessing, but a fate."

Qin Nangui teased the sparrow in the golden silk cage, glanced at Ye Lanchen's face from time to time, and advised, "You don't need to be angry with a medicine jar, what kind of storms can he cause with his body, even if he really comes to the court, It’s not that the north wind blows and the life is gone, if you are not angry, buy a longevity material for him, and when the person dies, send it to Prince Jin’s mansion, so as to save the prince from being sad."

"Master Hou was joking..."

"It's good to know that it's just a joke. A sick young man can make you so angry. It's a waste of time to cultivate you. Lan Chen, you are not young anymore, you have to hold your breath, no matter how scheming Junziyou is." , is just a master who has today but no tomorrow, and if you act too impatiently, you will only expose yourself."

"Master Hou calm down, the lower officials will give an explanation over Gusu City."

"And..." Qin Nangui scattered the bait into the koi pond, and threw an object unexpectedly. Ye Lanchen caught it, and after a closer look, it was a jade pendant of poor quality.

"This is what he brought with him when he entered Beijing. He has to go to Gusu anyway. You might as well check his background carefully."

As he said that, Qin Nangui's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a bit of sternness in his pupils, "This Marquis wants to see what kind of thing he is."

Gusu City, Fulai Post House.

The first thing Jun Ziyou said when he woke up was: "Where is Little San! How is Li Xiaosan!"

Shen Ci stayed by his side in a dazed state, and when he saw him awake, he quickly asked the maidservant to inform Xiao Beicheng, and while helping the limp Jun Ziyou, she informed him that he was safe.

"Don't worry, sir. The other two children have been taken home by their parents. The mistress you mentioned and his mother, Mrs. Wang, are waiting outside. They are very anxious."

"They are here, come on, help me out to have a look."

Speaking of Junziyou, he got off the ground first, he couldn't even stand up, Shen Ci didn't dare to let him run around, so he quickly pulled him back.

"Sir, don't worry, you drink the medicine first, and then get up when your body is warm, otherwise the fever will be serious."

In order to meet the student in distress, Junzi Youzi agreed to everything, and drank the soup that was too bitter to open his mouth, and hurriedly got up again before swallowing it.

"How can you make people feel at ease like this, don't worry, my king asked their mother and son to come in to see you."

Xiao Beicheng pushed open the door as he spoke, raised his chin, and signaled Wang Shi and Li Xiaosan who were waiting outside to come closer.

As soon as the two women entered the room, they knelt down to Jun Ziyou without saying a word, and kowtowed until their foreheads turned red.

Jun Ziyou, who was frightened by this scene, hurriedly told them to get up, and saw that Shen Ci had no intention of helping them, so he planned to help them himself, but unfortunately his body was weak and he hadn't touched anyone, but he wanted to fall off the couch by himself up.

"Get up, get up, I can't bear your big gift, I didn't save Xiaosan to be grateful to you mother and son, please get up quickly. Shenci, help me..."

Shen Ci frowned and muttered on the side, "I think you almost died, sir, and they should thank you. It's nothing to knock a few more times. If these few bangs make you happy, your illness will be cured." It's even better."

Widow Wang cried so much that she kowtowed several times to Jun Ziyou according to her son, and then sobbed to thank the man for saving his life.

"Sir, it is thanks to your great kindness and virtue that our mistress is alive. If something happens to you, we will not be able to pay it back even if we spend our lives as cows and horses. It's good that you're fine, it's fine..."

The crying of a woman's house is really tiresome, Xiao Beicheng frowned, and patiently ordered: "Thank you, then go out first, sir is not in good health and needs to rest, I will bring in the chicken soup you made later for sir to taste. "

Jun Ziyou didn't show any dissatisfaction until the mother and son went out.

"You all look weird today, are you hiding something from me?"

Shen Ci couldn't pretend to be troubled, and was quick to speak out, Xiao Beicheng didn't even have time to wink, so he blurted out: "Sir, someone is going to kill you!"

Wang Widow Niang happened to hear this sentence when she brought the chicken soup in, and looked at Xiao Beicheng timidly, just in time to meet the latter's cold gaze, and hurriedly dodged and brought the chicken soup to Jun Ziyou.

"Sir, come and taste it. My mistress and I made this specially for you to nourish your body. You are sick now, so you need to take good care of it. You can drink more."

"Thank you for your concern, I will give it a try."

Said, Junziyou took the bowl, took a sip and put it in his mouth, and smiled at Widow Wang.

The latter saluted everyone and left after seeing him drink it down, but Xiao Beicheng watched Jun Ziyou drink the soup, his heart was in his throat.

When Wang Widow Niang was far away, Jun Ziyou coughed violently, spit out the chicken soup he had just drank, and leaned against the edge of the bed, gasping for breath.

Seeing his reaction like this, Xiao Beicheng knew that he was still wary of people, and after sending Shen Ci away, he asked, "Have you already guessed?"

"There was an unidentified person in the Longshenshan ancient tomb. It was me, not the prince, who was pushed into the water, which means that the person they wanted to kill was me. I never had any enemies in Gusu, only offended in the capital. If you don't succeed once, there will definitely be a second time."

The coughing made him feel sick, and he even vomited out the medicine he had taken before. He lay on the bed as if he was dying, and said in a hoarse voice: "Even if the chicken soup is poisonous, it won't kill me right away." Because of the deadly poison, no fool would be eager to take action when I was just out of danger, but after drinking it for a long time, it might not be so."

"You lie here unconscious, but you understand it in your heart."

"I would rather not understand. I risked my life to save people, but in the end they still wanted to kill me..."

It can be said that he was betrayed by many relatives, Junziyou seemed very disappointed, and was particularly sad during his illness, and he shed tears just thinking about it.

Seeing how pitiful he is, Xiao Beicheng couldn't bear it, and after sending Shen Ci out to make medicine, he sat next to Jun Ziyou, took out a food box from under the table, and brought out a bowl of hot chicken soup from it.

"After drinking the soup, take medicine again. Your stomach will be empty, and drinking medicine will hurt your body. I know you have no appetite, and you can't eat porridge. Why don't you drink some chicken soup. Don't worry, there is no poison here."

Jun Ziyou had a bitter face, his mouth was covered with burnt skin, he took the soup bowl from Xiao Beicheng's hand and put it aside, pouted and stared at him for a long time.

The man should have felt distressed, but seeing his expression, he found it funny again.

"You have something to say."

"My lord, you..."

He hesitated for a long time, his hands twisted together, his knuckles turned white.

"Can you... give me a hug."

Xiao Beicheng was startled when he heard the words.

"I, I know that the prince is noble and shouldn't be touched by a lowly person like me. But... when I was sad, my father always comforted me. My father is gone. I have survived these years by myself, and I am very sad. , at least I hope someone can accompany me when I am seriously ill..."

Before finishing his words, Xiao Beicheng hugged him.

He was already thin, and after a few days of tossing, he was almost skinny. Compared with the night when he was warmed up, he had lost a lot of weight.

"Only in this kind of time, I would think about marrying a wife. I was afraid that I would die alone. But after recovering from the illness, I would worry that I would delay the good girl of other people's family, fail to protect her, and even harm her for the rest of her life." , that is really a heinous crime."

"Don't think too much, you are young, you still have cures for your illness, and you even gave up on yourself, what will happen in the future."

Jun Ziyou regained some energy due to his comfort, sat up, without his persuasion, took the initiative to drink chicken soup, and ate a few pieces of minced meat from the bottom of the bowl.

"My lord's complexion is not very good. Apart from being worried about this case, he must have suffered from the cold and failed to take care of himself."

"You are sick, so you shouldn't be bothered by these things, but your life is at stake, so I think you should tell you some details, so that you can be more careful."

"The prince is just worried that the nobles in the capital will reach out to Gusu, but when it comes to the case, it may not have anything to do with them."

Xiao Beicheng didn't speak, he hugged Xiao Hei who was hidden in his sleeve to the bed, and let it circle around Jun Ziyou, biting its tail.

"I'm afraid the case didn't start with the collapse of Dragon God Mountain, but when the prince first arrived in Gusu a few days ago. You once gave Prime Minister Li a white jade wrench in front of me. The totem of dragon and phoenix is ​​only suitable for the royal family. It can be seen that this thing cannot be made by the people. As for the texture and workmanship, the prince is well aware of the origin of the finger puller, so I don't need to say more."

The man was honest with him and did not hide anything. "It was indeed a gift from a local official who had friendship. However, this old official has retired and returned to his hometown for many years, and the gift of the finger ring is just a private friendship."

"Don't worry, my lord. Since it's a personal relationship, others will naturally not start from the perspective of accepting-bribes. But tomb robbery is also a serious crime of beheading. If things get serious, even if the emperor cares about your family relationship with the lord, you don't want your life. Taking away your title and demoting you to become a commoner is not a crime, the most urgent thing is to clean yourself up, and someone else will do the messy things for you."

After calming down his coughing and panting slightly, Junziyou waved his hand to make Xiao Beicheng come closer, and whispered something in his ear, and the latter immediately showed a satisfied smile.

The two just looked at each other, everything was silent.

Shen Ci broke in at this misleading moment, "My lord, Xing Jinbao, the prefect of Gusu..."

Seeing the scene where the two were looking at each other tenderly, Shen Ci blinked, quickly stopped, and asked tentatively, "Did I come at the wrong time..."

Xiao Beicheng rolled his eyes at him, "It's good to know. Xing Jinbao told me why he came here?"

"I heard that the identity of the dead Tufuzi was found out, and several suspects were also found. I want to ask the prince to make a decision."

"Oh? It's interesting. Interrogation of prisoners and conviction and sentencing are all the business of their government. To actually ask this question is on the king's head. What a fool who is afraid of death."

Junziyou tugged on Xiao Beicheng's sleeve, and whispered: "Wisdom and stupidity are often just a thought, but I think this magistrate is too shrewd."

"As you said, the king wants to see if the fox stands in front of the trap, jumps straight down, or falls down and pretends to be dead. Or..."

Or dragging a dead dog as a stepping stone to save his life.