The return of the son-in-law

Guo Zhanan came back just in time, and Huo Yu counted the points for the cook to cook the soup. The stewed chicken soup was skimming off the oil, and it was fragrant and very tempting.

Seeing that Guo Zhan'an was back, he put down the brush in his hand and went up to meet him. While reaching out to unbutton Guo Zhan'an, he smiled and said, "Brother is back."

Ever since the two of them got to know each other, Huo Yu didn't allow others to get close to Guo Zhanan's body, and even Guo Zhanan had to wash and change clothes by himself on weekdays.

Guo Zhan'an also persuaded Huo Yu, after all, he is another master of Guo Mansion, how can he do this job of serving others?But Huo Yu was very stubborn, he refused to agree to anything, and almost cried in the end: "Does my brother dislike me for not doing well? I just want to do more for my brother."

Guo Zhanan had no choice but to let Huo Yu go.In fact, every time he saw Huo Yu doing all the work for him, he wished he could cherish Huo Yu more.

"Okay, I'll do this." Guo Zhanan grabbed Huo Yu's wrist, kissed the back of his hand, and then took off the hair crown by himself.

After more than ten days of Huo Yu's recovery, the scratches on his back and the wounds on his arms are almost healed, only the two sword wounds on his chest still need to be treated with medicine.Guo Zhanan saw that he was bored lying on the bed, so he let him get out of bed and move around for two or three hours a day.

But Huo Yu was still young, and it was the time when he was the most active and active. Sometimes it was inevitable that he would forget that he was injured, and he would pull the wound accidentally.Now that Huo Yu could reach Guo Zhanan's shoulders, he had to stretch his arms upwards to undo the crown on Guo Zhanan's head.Guo Zhanan worried that Huo Yu would accidentally tear the wound by doing so, so he did it himself.

Huo Yu touched the kissed piece of skin on the back of his hand, lowered his head, and stood aside without speaking.When Guo Zhan'an tied his hair loosely behind his head with a cloth towel again, he turned around and saw Huo Yu who was hesitant to speak.

"What's the matter, is this so shy?" Guo Zhan'an loved Huo Yu's appearance so much, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his cheek, then moved to Huo Yu's ear, and blew into Huo Yu's ear, He whispered: "When your wound heals, you will be even more embarrassing at night."

Huo Yu couldn't help but let out a weak groan, and begged for mercy: "Brother, I'm still young, please forgive me."

Guo Zhanan chuckled, let go of Huo Yu, and said, "Just because you are young, I will raise you for another two years and see how I bully you."

After hearing this, Huo Yu's heart beat like a beating drum, his cheeks were flushed, and he couldn't speak a word after several times.

Guo Zhanan looked at it, and really wanted to hug Huo Yu in his arms and love him. Fortunately, he was still awake and understood that even if Huo Yu was not injured, he couldn't bear his torment.

"Okay, if you show up like this again, I really can't help but want to bully you." Guo Zhanan patted Huo Yu's back and said, "Are you hungry? Let's go eat."

Huo Yu let out a sigh of relief, but felt a little lost.But before he figured out the reason, Guo Zhanan said he was hungry.

Huo Yu subconsciously forgot what happened before, and hurriedly said: "Yesterday I heard my brother said that his mouth was weak, and today I specially asked the kitchen to boil chicken soup. It happened that two boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables were delivered to my brother's village two days ago. Let the cook cook a vegetable soup with chicken broth and vegetables, which is delicious and not greasy. Cut half of the boiled chicken to make boiled chicken, and stir-fry the other half, brother, use some of both."

After hearing this, Guo Zhan'an couldn't help but stretched out his hand to hold Huo Yu in his arms, and kissed Huo Yu on the cheek: "You said you won't let me bully you, huh? Aren't you provoking me?"

Huo Yu trembled all over. He felt his body start to burn from the place where Guo Zhanan kissed him. He was happy and scared at the same time. He almost cried, "Brother, don't bully me."

With his appearance like this, how can Guo Zhanan stop loving him more?

Guo Zhanan hugged Huo Yu tightly, carefully not to touch the wound on Huo Yu's chest, and kissed Huo Yu's face and neck several times before letting him go.

Huo Yu was really speechless at this time, his legs were weak, and he could only support Guo Zhan'an with both hands.

Guo Zhanan teased him again: "Why, can't bear it?"

Huo Yu quickly shook his head and wanted to let go, but Guo Zhanan grabbed his wrist: "Okay, I'm scaring you. If your legs are weak, support me. What, want to let go? Believe it or not, I'll take you to dinner?"

Of course Huo Yu believed it, he clung to Guo Zhanan for a long time, and then opened a distance, saying, "Brother, let's go eat."

There are only two owners in the Guo Mansion, so there are not too many rules when eating, no one is around to serve the dishes, and you can pick what you want to eat.The Guo Manor doesn’t like the rules of not talking when eating or sleeping, but Guo Zhan’an entered the palace as a companion to Li Shaojun when he was a child. The rules in the palace are very scary. It took Guo Zhan’an several months to memorize them all before entering the palace. Now the movements naturally follow the rules of the palace.

Huo Yu was fascinated by what Guo Zhanan did, so he would do it.Therefore, when the two were eating, there were almost no other sounds except for the occasional collision of dishes and chopsticks.

After dinner, Jia Huan, who would not have appeared at this time, came to report with a serious face: "Young Master, Second Young Master, a group of people came in front, and the leader claimed to be Wei Zichen, and he was from the capital."

Guo Zhan'an didn't expect Wei Zichen to come, but since he came, he had no reason to refuse the door, so he said, "Go and invite Mr. Wei to the hall, and I'll come as soon as I change my clothes."

Jia Huan took the order and went without mentioning it. Huo Yu was a little nervous and asked worriedly, "Brother, who is Wei Zichen? Could it be that he is here to harm you?"

Guo Zhan'an didn't want Huo Yu to worry about him, so he smiled and reached out and nodded his brows: "Okay, I'm almost an old man, I don't like that. Wei Zichen is from the capital, and he has some friendship with me, probably He took this opportunity to visit me."

Huo Yu is not so easy to deceive now, and said: "If it is to visit my brother, how can there be a guest who comes to visit the master after it is dark? He doesn't give a name card before the visit. He doesn't respect himself. How dare he take it lightly? Brother's identity? Is it okay for our family to come and go whenever we want?"

Guo Zhan'an was not annoyed either, and pinched Huo Yu's cheek with a smile: "Now I understand the rules, who got into my arms in the middle of the night when I was sleeping?"

Huo Yu was ashamed and annoyed, and said, "Brother, I'm telling you the truth!"

Guo Zhanan asked him back: "Aren't what I said serious?"

Huo Yu was speechless in anger: "Brother, brother is really, really a hooligan!"

Seeing that Huo Yu's attention had shifted, Guo Zhan'an took the opportunity to say, "Have you finished your homework? I haven't checked your homework today. If you didn't do well, you'll have to play hooligans tonight."

Huo Yu blushed, "There's no reason for that."

Guo Zhanan took a step forward, pressed against Huo Yu, and said, "I am your man, don't you dare not listen to your man's words?"

Huo Yu's legs were about to go weak again, he pushed Guo Zhanan away, and said, "I'm going to do my homework, brother, be careful." After speaking, he trotted away.

Seeing that Huo Yu had gone to the backyard, Guo Zhan'an suppressed his smile, went back to the room, changed his clothes, tied his hair back, and then went to the front hall to meet Wei Zichen.

The two met, and after a few polite words, Wei Zichen said with a smile: "The tea in Mr. Guo's mansion is really top grade."

Guo Zhanan replied: "Master Wei, you are welcome. This is the tea produced by my mother in the tea garden in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not as good as Longjing before Ming Dynasty. However, it is not much different from Longjing before Ming Dynasty. .”

Wei Zichen nodded, and said, "It turns out that the tea leaves are from the Jiangnan tea garden, and they really are unusual."

The two came and went, seemingly casually chatting for a while, but Guo Zhanan was actually sweating on his back in order to deal with Wei Zichen.

Wei Zichen was a candidate for the last imperial examination during the late Emperor's reign. He also entered the Golden Luan Hall to participate in the imperial examination, but he did not rank among the top three in the end.Although this person's knowledge is not the best, but his observation of words and demeanor is top-notch. Within two days, he took refuge in Li Chonghao, who was still the fourth prince at that time. After that, his journey went smoothly, and now he has become Li Chonghao's confidant minister.

Guo Zhanan did not lie to Huo Yu on at least one thing. When he was in the capital, Guo Zhanan and Wei Zichen did have official contacts, and Wei Zichen left a deep impression on him.

Wei Zichen's thoughtfulness was no less than that of Guo Zhan'an. In addition, he took the initiative to come to the door, which caught Guo Zhan'an off guard. The latter is currently on the passive side, and can only accept tricks, but also be careful not to reveal any flaws, which really consumes his mind.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wei Zichen asked seemingly unintentionally: "If it wasn't for Mr. Huang today, wouldn't you know that Mr. Guo was assassinated by someone, and the assassins were caught?"

Guo Zhanan was stunned, and without showing any signs of expression, he replied: "The nursing home in the mansion only caught two men in black. It is said that several others escaped at that time, and their whereabouts are still unknown."

Calculating the time when Guo Zhanan left the government office, it was earlier than the time when Wang Shan rushed back to the government office to report. Logically speaking, Guo Zhanan naturally did not know.

He pretended to be very similar, and Wei Zichen really thought he didn't know it, and said: "It's also a coincidence, not long after Mr. Guo left the yamen, the yamen servant Wang Shan came back and said he found the group of men in black."

Guo Zhanan quickly asked, "Did you catch it?"

Seeing his anxious look, Wei Zichen didn't seem to be faking it, and replied: "When I came out, Mr. He had already sent people to arrest him."

Guo Zhan'an was still worried, and said, "My lord, I have a merciless request, please forgive me."

Wei Zichen said "Oh?" and asked, "What is it?"

Guo Zhan'an then said: "Although I was not in the mansion that night, my brother-in-law was injured because of it, and has been bedridden in bed for a few days. Even if I think about it now, I still don't feel relieved, and I ask my lord to handle it impartially. My two brothers take good care of this bad breath."

Wei Zichen didn't agree, and asked him instead: "Does Master Guo mean that you want me to convict them without interrogating them?"

Guo Zhanan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My lord misunderstood, I want to ask my lord to handle it impartially, and follow the rules."

Wei Zichen stared at Guo Zhan'an for a long time, his sharp eyes seemed to want to see through Guo Zhan'an's skin, to see clearly what was going on in his heart.

After a long time, Wei Zichen asked: "You mean, you are afraid that others will try to favor others and cheat?"

Talking about this incident, Guo Zhan'an was still angry: "My lord doesn't know. When I was in Cangshan that day, my brother-in-law got a wound on his arm to save me. Until now, the wound is still there. And now It was for me, he was seriously injured, and the doctor said a few days ago that although my foster brother’s injury has improved a lot, new injuries will add to old injuries, and when he gets old, his bones will be affected. How can I swallow this breath?"

The attack on Cangshan Mountain was reported to Li Chonghao by King Liang long ago. Officials above the fifth rank in the capital have more or less heard about it, let alone someone like Wei Zichen who is so simple in the emperor's heart?

However, Guo Zhanan made it clear that he acted with personal grievances, but Wei Zichen laughed: "Master Guo, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter fairly."

Guo Zhan'an seemed to say a few words unintentionally: "I've been thinking about it for the past two days, and I'm afraid this matter is still related to the Northwest Army."

The army, this is the most important thing in all dynasties, and Wei Zichen didn't care to think about whether Guo Zhan'an had any personal grievances in it, so he hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?"

Guo Zhan'an talked about Xu Lao Wu's matter, and finally said: "After Xu Lao Wu retired from the barracks, he was just an ordinary commoner. Why did he get killed for no reason? Someone wanted to kill me, so did I After I decided to pursue this matter, there must be a connection among them."

After thinking about it, Wei Zichen felt that Guo Zhan'an's words were reasonable, so he asked, "Where is Laowu Xu now?"

Guo Zhan'an said: "Xu Laowu came home two days ago and said that his wife's body had to be buried. Now it's just past seven, I'm afraid he's busy with this matter."

Wei Zichen sighed, and said: "Middle-aged bereaved son, old man bereaved wife, this is a pitiful person. Forget it, I will find time to visit him tomorrow. If he is also a victim of this incident, I will definitely not ignore it. "

Guo Zhan'an accepted it as soon as he saw it, got up and said, "Master Wei is kind, and Guo admires it."

Wei Zichen smiled, and it worked.

The two chatted for a while, until it was almost curfew, and Wei Zichen got up to leave.

Guo Zhan'an personally sent the person outside the door, and when the door was closed, he stretched out his hand to support the wall beside him and let out a long breath.

It is said in the capital that he is talented and intelligent, but who can become a high-ranking official without being a thousand-year-old fox?In order to deal with Wei Zichen, Guo Zhanan expended a lot of energy.Now that people are gone, he can't stand it anymore.

Jia Huan was always on the sidelines, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Master, let me help you go back to the house and rest."

Guo Zhanan nodded, but after entering the room, he asked Jia Huan to leave.

He walked around the screen and saw Huo Yu in the back room, wearing a middle coat, leaning against the smoke cage and taking a nap.

Guo Zhan'an stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hug Huo Yu into his arms, let him fall asleep against his chest, and asked, "Why don't you go to sleep on the bed?"

As soon as he moved, Huo Yu woke up, and now he was lazily leaning against Guo Zhan'an's arms, and said, "Let's rely on the smoke cage to warm up, I'll warm up first, so that brother won't be frozen."

For the past two days, they slept together under the same blanket. Huo Yutian's body would follow suit when it was cold. In order not to freeze Guo Zhan'an, Huo Yu would sit against the smoke cage for a while every day, and then sleep under the blanket when the whole body was warmed up.

Because every time Guo Zhan'an returned to the house after Huo Yu fell asleep, he didn't know that Huo Yu would do this every day until today.

Feeling extremely warm in his heart, he took Huo Yu to the bed and lay down with him.

Huo Yu had just slept for a while, but he was not sleepy now, and he was thinking about Guo Zhan'an again, and asked, "Brother, has that man left?"

Guo Zhanan wanted to train Huo Yu, and usually told him more about the affairs of the court.Now that Wei Zichen's test has been passed for the time being, Guo Zhan'an slowly talked about it.

After hearing this, Huo Yu felt a little uncomfortable, and said close to Guo Zhan'an, "Brother worked too hard."

Guo Zhan'an kissed his broken hair, and said: "It's nothing to work hard, but Yu'er, why do you think I have a flaw, but they didn't find it?"

Huo Yu thought about it carefully, and replied: "There is never a perfect thing in this world. These few flaws of my brother have actually dispelled their doubts, right?"

Guo Zhanan nodded and said, "Half of the answer is correct, what else?"

Huo Yu thought for a while, then shook his head.

Guo Zhan'an said: "Yu'er, you have to remember that no matter whether the other party is a seven-year-old child or a sixty-year-old woman, you can't underestimate me. They just look at me as young, and they underestimate me when I don't have the skills like them." Me. The flaws I exposed, as long as the investigation continues, the third prince behind me will definitely be found. However, they look down on me, so naturally they don't think of going to investigate these flaws carefully. I'm afraid, in their hearts , they will take the initiative to fill in for me."

Huo Yu nodded solemnly and said, "Brother, I remember."