Face Blind Self Help Guide
Chapter 19
Gu Changyi went out with a bundle in the morning, and within two steps, he saw a slightly familiar tailor shop. The style of the skirt was very similar to the one given by the imperial concubine.
He went in to try his luck.
Unexpectedly, the boss is very talkative, and he accepts Gu Changyi's clothes at the purchase price.
Gu Changyi was overjoyed: "I still have ten sets at home."
It's not that he doesn't cherish the concubine's gift, it's just... shameless.
Twenty sets of clothes, pink, pink green, pink purple... Very girly, like a straight man's dress for his girlfriend.
Of course, he didn't mean to satirize the straight man of the imperial concubine.
The style of the clothes is beautiful and the workmanship is fine, and it is obvious that he cares about it at first glance. The imperial concubine did not choose clothes for him to be stable and mature after marrying a woman, but was considerate of him like a little girl. Gu Changyi was very grateful.
Gratitude is real, and it's also true that you don't have a face to wear.In the clothes of the original owner, Gu Changyi reluctantly accepts the two colors of white and bright red, but pink is really unbearable.Instead of being idle, it is better to exchange money to buy lunch for Shen Hom, I believe the imperial concubine will not blame him.
When Gu Changyi said that there were still ten more sets, the boss seemed to be thinking of something, his face froze almost invisible, and he said bravely: "...OK."
Gu Changyi smiled: "Thank you boss, the boss is so kind."
He happily stepped out of the threshold, planning to stop cooking at noon and buy ready-made ones to go home.
The store owner looked at Gu Changyi's cheerful back, wiped off his sweat, and muttered to himself: "Thank you, you are the boss..."
When it's over, he seems to have bought back all the clothes that the master gave his wife.
……
When Gu Changyi came out today, he just wanted to do some simple tasks, such as going to the pier to unload cargo.
Before working, he had to buy an oversized woven basket, the kind with a lid.He puts the goods in woven baskets and puts them away in Wujie, so that no one can see what is in his basket.
Gu Changyi searched around, but the bamboo baskets he saw were not satisfactory, the gaps were too big and not secret enough.
He was coming out of a grocery store when he was suddenly stopped.
Gu Changyi quickened his pace, jokingly, face-blind passers-by who greeted him had better pretend they didn't hear them.
The man persevered in catching up and ran to Gu Changyi: "Miss Gu, are you still angry?"
Gu Changyi glanced at him, sorry, but couldn't remember who it was, so he walked around him: "I have something to do."
Meng Shusheng trotted to keep up: "That day at Luling Lake, it wasn't that I didn't save you, I, I didn't know water, and I was powerless..."
Gu Changyi stopped and looked him up and down. It turns out that you are Meng Shusheng.
Meng Shusheng is not from the capital city, and his family background is meager. The original owner was willing to join him and support him, because he thought that this person traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, gained knowledge and read poems and books along the way, which might be beneficial for him to find the Buli tribe.
However, when Meng Shusheng was with the original owner, he would imitate the Book of Songs and compose poems every day, which was very bitter. The original owner had never read the Book of Songs, and thought he had some talent, and would be able to enter the Hanlin Academy in the future to help him look up information.
Gu Changyi looked at him with a smile: "The spring is over?"
Meng Shusheng always felt that Gu Changyi's attitude towards him was different, but when he saw Gu Changyi's smile, he put all doubts behind him: "Yes."
There was something in Gu Changyi's words: "Then you really don't know what's going on outside the window, I'm already married."
Meng Shusheng lowered her head in shame, "It's my fault, I didn't win the exam sooner and propose marriage to your father."
He heard about Gu Changyi's marriage right away, and the marriage of the Hou's and Bobo's houses was something that he, a commoner, could not argue with, and as the spring was approaching, he put all his thoughts on the imperial examination.After the imperial examination was over, he didn't dare to look for Gu Changyi. One was that he got married, and the other was about the green water chestnut lake. He felt ashamed in his heart.
Gu Changyi rolled his eyes, the original owner had invested a lot in Meng Shusheng, if he didn't pick any fruit, wouldn't it be a big loss.
At least ask Meng Shusheng about it.
He smiled and said: "Then I will congratulate you in advance, why don't you go to Lvling Lake for a walk?"
Meng Shusheng's eyes lit up: "Okay."
As Gu Changyi walked, he referred the topic to various folk legends. Meng Shusheng was not concentrating on writing articles, but he had read a lot of biographies and unofficial histories.
An upright scholar who wants to concentrate on taking the imperial examination will not swim the lake with girls every day.
Gu Changyi came to the place where the two of them took the boat last time, and sure enough, he saw Qian Huarong's painting boat still parked there.
This boat was bought by Qian Huarong, specially for traveling on the lake with Gu Changyi.The last time he fell into the water and left in a hurry, the boat still remained as it was then.
In the overhead world full of masters, Gu Changyi talked about the Buli tribe, his voice consciously lowered: "I recently read an article, do you think there is a paradise in the world? The people in it can only come out on their own initiative, and outsiders can't find it? "
Meng Shusheng: "The traffic is blocked, and the land surrounded by natural moats is considered a paradise? There are many such places, but most of them are poor and remote."
Gu Changyi frowned, the original owner's mother didn't seem to come from this kind of place, so he changed the way of saying: "I've listened to storytelling a few times recently, and I don't think storytellers have any skills, they just mix folklore together, without any Nothing new. I conceived a story and wanted to sell it to teahouses. But the story, true and false is the most attractive to explore, relying on imagination will be boring, so I would like to ask you some legends to add truth to my story testability."
When Meng Shusheng was down, he also copied miscellaneous notes and made up stories for others. He understood Gu Changyi's needs very well and asked, "What kind of legend do you want to add?"
"Is there any family that was prominent in the past but disappeared later? Or they were suppressed for some reason and couldn't show their faces in the world, or they were guilty of committing crimes and kept their names incognito..."
Meng Shusheng: "There are many folk biographies, for a while..."
Gu Changyi grabbed a handful of melon seeds: "Just say it, I have time."
Meng Shusheng: "It is said that there is a witch clan in the southwest who can drive snakes and insects. The most powerful witch once drove millions of poisonous snakes to drive away the enemies who invaded from the south."
"Oh? Then why not?"
Meng Shusheng: "The Witch Clan passed down the exorcising technique from generation to generation, and it was very popular for a while. After about ten years, no daughter was born in the clan, and the big witch died early, so it was cut off, and it disappeared from then on."
Gu Changyi: Probably not.
Meng Shusheng: "Qinghe Jiang's clan, former regent's clan, once controlled the south of the Yangtze River and made countless enemies. Later, they were liquidated. They let go of a century-old feud and never died. The clan fled to Nanyang overnight, and even burned down the ancestral house."
Gu Changyi: "...so." Probably not.
Meng Shusheng: "I heard from the old man that there is a fox clan on Crescent Moon Mountain. In troubled times, fox girls will be born. All of them are bewitching and beautiful, and confuse the king. In prosperous times, they are ordinary-looking and live in peace."
Gu Changyi poured tea for Meng Shusheng, tsk, the direction was starting to be weird.
Next, there is Baifangqiu in the middle of Shu. All the people in the clan are as beautiful as flowers, and they can't distinguish between men and women.
There is also Beihao Liren Well, which had a prosperous population at first, but later the well water had problems, men and women in the clan were infertile, men had dystocia, and the clan was in depression.
……
Amazing.
Meng Shusheng concluded: "This is all read in the book, no one has ever seen it for real."
Gu Changyi listened to it all morning, and his mind was filled with weird and anecdotal stories. He was a little dazed, and felt that none of them were compatible with his mother.
Gu Changyi's stomach grumbled, and Gu Changyi covered his lower abdomen, and before he knew it, it was noon.
Meng Shusheng said that his mouth was dry all morning, and when he saw this, he quickly said, "Why don't we go to eat?"
Gu Changyi didn't want to treat guests: "I've been struggling recently."
Meng Shusheng used to collect a lot of money from Gu Changyi, but now that the spring is over, there is less room to use the money, and he doesn't want to just go to the lake with Gu Changyi for free every time, Gu Changyi married a fool, he asked He had a meal to comfort him, just to use this to show that he is more considerate than a fool, stand up to each other, and win back the beauty's favor.
"I'll treat."
Gu Changyi: "Okay."
He didn't make things difficult for Meng Shusheng. He chose a cheap shop and ordered seven or eight dishes, "It's different now. Since I'm married, I want to avoid suspicion with you."
As Gu Changyi said, he divided the dishes on the table into two parts, "Let's eat separately."
Meng Shusheng: "...OK."
Gu Changyi propped his chin, watched Meng Shusheng eat, and said a few words, but the food didn't move much.
"I said, you eat, don't stop." Gu Changyi urged.
When Meng Shusheng was almost done eating, Gu Changyi called Xiao Er: "I'll pack these and take them away."
No need to cook at noon.
Gu Changyi was about to starve to death, and he agreed to eat with Shen Hom, so he didn't move his chopsticks much, and didn't want to eat alone.
As soon as Meng Shusheng finished eating, he couldn't wait to leave, and he didn't bother to care about the other party's expression.
Meng Shusheng stared at the neat empty trays on the other half of the table, vaguely feeling something was wrong.
Gu Changyi didn't seem to want to eat with him, but to pack it back for a fool to eat.
Meng Shusheng frowned, no, what good is a fool?
It must be that Gu Changyi ate at the same table to avoid suspicion, but couldn't help but talk to him a few more words.
……
Meng Shusheng ate too slowly, the food was cold.Gu Changyi happily ran home, bought two warm steamed buns on the side of the road, and ate them with vegetables, so there was no need to heat them up.
He pushed open the door, saw Shen Hom standing in the yard, and shouted, "Take out the bowls and chopsticks for lunch."
Shen Hom: "Don't cook?"
Gu Changyi: "Oh, I was having dinner with someone just now, packing—"
Shen Hom already knew what was going on, so he couldn't help asking, feeling even more disappointed.Striding back to the room, he said stiffly, "I'm not hungry."
He didn't eat leftovers from Gu Changyi's date with men.
The rival in love invited Gu Changyi to eat, he didn't lack for it.If he ate it, it would be tantamount to acquiescing to Gu Changyi to swim in the lake with others, and he would use this to pick up a bite of food behind him.
He was not so generous and felt humiliated.
The door creaked shut, and Gu Changyi stood in the yard, puzzled.
Are you really not hungry, or what?
Gu Changyi looked around and saw two lumps of wet clothes on the bamboo pole. He went to spread out the clothes and found that his one was torn.
Gu Changyi threw down his clothes, walked to Shen Hom's door, and asked tentatively, "Are you not good at washing clothes?"
Sulked because the laundry was torn?Feel like you can't do anything right?Gu Changyi frowned. It is said that fools will have inexplicable persistence and stubbornness, so they have to be touched.
Shen Hom was lying on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, he just didn't know how to wash, what's the matter, he would be out of his mind if he would wash Gu Changyi's clothes in the future.
Gu Changyi: "My clothes are broken, but yours are not."
Shen Hom's heart tightened, almost thinking that Gu Changyi had discovered something.
It's enough to do such a naive thing once.
There will be no next time, no matter who Gu Changyi is with, let him go. This is Gu Changyi's hobby, and forcible interference will hurt both sides.
The fingers loosened and clenched again, overcoming all difficulties to suppress the thought of "possession" into the dust.
Unwillingness flashed across Shen Hom's face, and he gritted his teeth fiercely, as if a piece of newly grown flesh had been dug out from the tip of his heart.
Dig it out and it's the same as before.
In Gu Changyi's heart, he was no different from those confidantes. Gu Changyi said that he went out to work and tricked idiots to stay at home obediently, just like he was as skilled at cheating Qian Huarong, Meng Shusheng and Mu Xingwen.
The only extra thing is that he is a fool, so he will share more sympathy.If you ask for more based on this, you are a jerk, you are overwhelmed, and your dignity is demolished.
How can I believe it myself? I have seen his nonsense a long time ago.
In the past two days, he watched himself sinking and reminded himself several times, but he always forgot to be vigilant when he saw Gu Changyi.
If you don't rein in the precipice, there will be an abyss ahead.He won't jump alone, he must drag Gu Changyi along.
However, Gu Changyi was still standing on the other side of the abyss, calling him over and over again: "The materials of men's and women's clothes are different. It's because I didn't think carefully. You wash yours very clean, which is already very good."
"You really don't want to eat? Are you not hungry?"
It took Shen Hom a long time to hold back a sentence from his chest: "Don't eat."
There was a bit of annoyance in the voice.
Gu Changyi was very hungry, and he was also a little angry when he saw Shen Hom not cooperating.He hasn't been angry because of the broken clothes, Shen Hom has nothing to be angry about.
"alright."
When he returned to his room, he put braised pork and green vegetables in the steamed buns and devoured them hungrily.After eating half of the meal, Gu Changyi put the rest upside down in a large bowl and placed it in front of Shen Hom's door.
Holding the remaining ten sets of clothes, he was silent for a while, and said: "I'm going out, and I won't come back at night. If I'm hungry, I cook eggs. You can cook them."
There was no sound in the room, and the people inside seemed to be asleep.
The two of them instantly became like strangers, obviously they were shopping together hand in hand yesterday.
Gu Changyi pursed his lips, heck, coax him when you have time.
There is a boat going to Yuding Mountain tonight. Yuding Mountain is rich in stone materials. The owner of the ship is recruiting temporary workers at the pier. If it is late, it will not be able to line up.
Gu Changyi quickly sold his clothes, bought a big basket, and went to the pier.
After Gu Changyi left, there was a sound of shattering tables and chairs in the room, and the tunnel shook three times.
Shen Hom clenched his fists tightly, with a bitter expression on his face, he didn't think about where Gu Changyi was going tonight, he agreed to let go, even if he cut off a hand, he was so painful that he had to let go.
"Call Li Luan here."
With the substitute in place, Shen Hom went directly to the ruined temple outside the city. He and Ouyang Xuan had originally made an appointment to meet a master together, but because they were married and couldn't leave, they asked Ouyang Xuan to go alone.
Gu Changyi is not here tonight, he must find something for himself to do.
In the broken temple.
Ouyang Xuan repeatedly confirmed: "Your master would rather wash clothes at home than go with me to see Master Tan?"
What about careerism?
The head of the dark guard said indifferently: "Master appointed me as the representative."
Ouyang Xuan: "But Master Tan's eyes are vicious. He said he wanted to see your master, and that's what he wanted to see. The two of us may not be able to get his formula."
Master Tan is from Huzhou. He accidentally discovered a powerful gunpowder formula half a year ago. If it spreads out, the battlefield will change.
Tomorrow House was the first to find out, blocked the news, and bought the formula from him.
Master Tan insisted on meeting with the boss of Tomorrow Building, he has the conditions to talk, otherwise he would rather let the formula rot in his stomach.
The head of the dark guard glanced at Ouyang Xuan: "Master said, if you are not useful, he will come in person."
Ouyang Xuan has chest tightness, can aggressive methods change the fact that you do laundry at home?
He was filled with emotion: "In the past, your master was only suffering on the surface, secretly calling for wind and rain to make the country rich, but now, washing, cooking, and washing dishes... he never did these things before."
Stones can also be tempted, an anecdote through the ages.
He was sarcastically sarcasm here, and from the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Shen Hom appearing at the entrance of the ruined temple, and said in passing, "Did you finish the laundry?"
With a sound, the long sword passed over his head and was nailed to the wall behind him, causing a burst of dust to fall from the wall.
Ouyang Xuan:? ? ?Still can't say?
It was only when Shen Hom approached that Ouyang Xuan saw his frosty expression, and his eyes were so cold that icicles could fall off.
Ouyang Xuan subconsciously looked at the hidden guard behind him: what's wrong?
Dark six spread their hands, you have stepped on the thunder.
Shen Hom: "What are you still doing?"
Ouyang Xuan was surprised: "You want to go too?"
"Ah."
Master Tan worked in the palace when he was young. Because he offended the powerful, he was beaten half to death and kicked out of the palace. He returned to Huzhou to make a living.Therefore, no matter what he said, he refused to step into the capital again.
The meeting place was at an inn in a town around the capital.
Shen Hom: "Have you tried gunpowder?"
Ouyang Xuan thought to himself, it was only at this time that he asked what he had been doing for the past few days.
"I tried it on Yuding Mountain. After the burial was done according to the point, the stones were blown everywhere. The scene was disguised as a landslide. Now many people go to the mountain to transport stones."
Ouyang Xuan had an idea, and said in a roundabout way: "You don't want to build a garden, I think the stones over there are good, you can get them to lay the foundation."
Shen Hom has never thought of building a mansion for 20 years. He usually goes out to do errands, or rests in the tunnel under the Hou Mansion. Ouyang Xuan often suspects that Shen Hom is actually a rock, and he can throw it anywhere.He very much hoped that Shen Hom would have a stable home. The Hou Mansion was not a home, but a suffocating cage.
Gu Changyi really changed many of Shen Hom's thoughts, whether it was a blessing or a curse.
Shen Hom laughed at himself and said, "It won't be built anymore."
An Liu glared at Ouyang Xuan, which pot is not open and which pot to pick up, our master finally wants to have a family, and the brothers can also benefit from it.
The master sleeps in the tunnel, they are subordinates, how can they have the heart to eat sweets and spicy food.
After nightfall, a group of people arrived in the town and met Master Tan.
Tan Ping is in his fifties and sixties. He suffered from illnesses when he was young, and his hair was nearly gray. He sat in a wicker chair with half-closed eyes: "I will only sell this recipe once, but there are conditions."
After his home was bombed, Tomorrow Building came to check the situation and helped him without knowing the previous situation.
Tan Ping felt that his subordinates were so enthusiastic that being a master would not be bad. He could sell the formula and get rich and stable for the rest of his life.
The premise is that the formula cannot be used to harm civilians, and it must not be used first in the battle between the two armies to become a sharp weapon for the expansion of imperial power.In addition, there is a lot of business to be done by opening mountains and exploding roads.
If Ming Rilou can agree, he will feel at ease selling it.
Afraid that the other party would agree on the surface and backtrack, Tan Ping asked to see the person behind the scenes.
He has lived half his life, and he thinks he knows how to judge people, but if he misses it, there is nothing he can do about it. He has a clear conscience, and he must always take care of himself to live well first.
Shen Hom: "The old gentleman wants to see me. I think it's not about money, but with additional conditions. As long as it's not too much, I agree."
Tan Ping: "Tell me, what will I mention?"
Shen Hom expressionless: "I only do legitimate business."
Smart people don't need to be too straightforward, Tan Ping laughed: "Play a game of chess with me, the price is determined by the game."
That's the deal?Ouyang Xuan stood aside with folded arms, feeling that Master Tan was about to lose out, he had never seen anyone who could beat Shen Hom in chess.
After two sticks of incense, Shen Hom dropped a white stone, and the situation reversed slightly, from Shen Hom's sure win situation to a dead end.
Tan Ping narrowed his eyes, and he saw the right person. The other party was not afraid of him shouting a sky-high price, but let him live a good old age with wealth.
He is a stinky chess player, he will ask for a lot of money if he loses, and he is cheap.
"I want a Zhuangzi, I need it in..."
Not much to ask and easy to do.Ouyang Xuan looked at Shen Hom who had a calm face from beginning to end, and didn't know for a moment whether he released the water out of good intentions, or whether he saw that Master Tan was a stinky chess basket and deliberately didn't win him.
……
Gu Changyi rushed to the wharf to sign up, not just for part-time work, he heard that the stones from Yuding Mountain are unowned and anyone can transport them.
He moves bricks on the surface, secretly collects a batch, and sells them when the time is right. It is very cost-effective to buy and sell without money.
There were more than a dozen people queuing at the pier, Gu Changyi quickly rushed up, and was picked up by the boss: "Young lady, why are you joining in the fun?"
Gu Changyi: "I am strong."
Boss: "It's hard to tell."
Gu Changyi: "Let me try. If I can't do it, you can drive me away again, okay? My family is really poor. Both my parents are dead, and I have a younger brother to raise. My younger brother didn't even eat at noon. .”
It's all true.
The boss was aroused by the words, and remembered that his sister who was married far away was so kind to him when he was not out of the cabinet. He said: "Okay, okay, let you try."
Gu Changyi: "Thank you boss."
After a group of 20 people gathered together, a boat came from the river, with a deep draft and slow travel.After docking, the boss directed the workers to unload the ship.
Gu Changyi was at the end of the queue with his big bamboo basket on his back.
"Be careful, you won't be responsible if you fall."
"Ok."
When it was Gu Changyi's turn, he opened the basket and filled it with stones one by one. These stones were neatly cut and processed on the mountain, and each piece was about two or three bricks in size.
After it was full, the moment Gu Changyi closed the lid, he swished all the stones into the Boundless Realm, leaving only a small piece at the bottom.
He pretended to be carrying the bamboo basket with difficulty, and the hemp ropes on both sides were pulled into his shoulders. He staggered and took a few steps before he stabilized his center of gravity. A thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.
"I underestimated you, you have good strength." The boss praised Gu Changyi, "follow the people in front."
Gu Changyi pressed the hemp rope with both hands to make the rope feel tight under the weight. When there were fewer people, he quietly let go of the rope.With only a small stone on his back, his shoulders felt a little sore. Gu Changyi stared at the dozen or so people in front of him. There were young and middle-aged people, as well as old people.
Gu Changyi blinked, his eyes a little sour.
The boss is rebuilding the ancestral house, the terrain is rather high, a group of people carry stones up, so tired that they don't even have the strength to speak.
Without saying a word, Gu Changyi poured out the stones silently, counted them with the steward, and walked to the river with a basket.
The hemp rope rubbed against his shoulder, causing a slight sting, and after a few rounds of back and forth, the pain intensified.
Gu Changyi pursed his lips, he was too skinny and tender, and he was a little envious of the muscular brothers next to him.
After moving five times, the fake worker Gu Changyi and the real worker sat on the ground together panting.
Gu Changyi's cheeks flushed red from exhaustion, and the sweat was hanging on his eyelashes, falling down in the blink of an eye.
"Girl, I really have you." The rest of the people gave Gu Changyi thumbs up one after another.
Gu Changyi smiled guiltyly: "To each other."
He has worked so hard, Taipinghou should rest assured that he can't make waves, right?
After moving a boatload of stones, the boss began to pay wages on a piece-by-piece basis. After receiving the money, he went there to pick up a steamed bun, and the temporary workers left.
Gu Changyi received twenty copper coins and gave the steamed buns to the old man in the team.
He counted and counted, carefully hid it, and approached the boss: "Is the boat still going to Yuding Mountain to transport stones?"
The boss said: "Do you still have the strength to do the whole journey?"
Gu Changyi: "Yes."
The boss was holding a bowl of noodles and squatting by the river to eat: "It's getting dark, we've been working all night, you should think it through."
Gu Changyi was a little hungry: "I'm fine."
Seeing that the boss seemed to be finishing the noodles before leaving the boat, he gritted his teeth, squatted in front of him, and cheekily discussed: "I want to go home soon, can you wait for me to come back?"
The boss understands very well: "Look at your brother?"
Gu Changyi: "Yes."
The boss took a fixed look at Gu Changyi, remembered his sister, and said helplessly, "Hey, elder sister is the mother, let's go."
"Thank you!"
Gu Changyi rushed home and bought four meat buns on the way.
An Qi was worried all afternoon, and almost cried with An Si.
Madam is really working part-time, Madam is moving bricks at the pier!
They misunderstood Mrs.Although they couldn't wait to tell their master the truth, they were too far away from the capital. When they found him, he would have returned by himself.
Seeing Gu Changyi go back, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.If there is any accident with the wife moving the bricks, the master will definitely kill them when he comes back.
That's right, the master is out of Beijing!The one at home is a stand-in!
The dark guard was frightened instantly, no matter whether it was too late or not, he immediately sent someone to notify the master.
……
When he opened the door, Gu Changyi thought to himself, if he sees the lunch intact, let's see how he can teach Shen Hom a lesson.
In the end, the lunch was really fucking untouched!
Gu Changyi choked on his breath, and bit the steamed stuffed bun angrily.People get angry easily when they are hungry, let’s talk when they are full.
After Gu Changyi ate the buns in two bites, he went to his own room to drink some water. Ninety percent of his anger dissipated. Thinking that Shen Hom must be so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, his anger finally disappeared.
He knocked on the door, his tone non-negotiable: "Come out, eat."
The doors and windows slammed, and the dark guard closed his eyes in despair.
Li Luan in the room was stiff all over, not knowing what to do.
If he doesn't answer, Madam will be even more angry, if she wants to divorce her husband...
Li Luan has been acting as Shen Hom's stand-in since he was 12 years old. This moment is the biggest challenge since his career.
Don't go out, to irritate Madam, go out, Madam and Master have been sharing the same bed these days, and they know each other very well, let alone showing his face, he can be caught by stretching out his fingers.
"Shen Hom!" Gu Changyi was in a hurry and didn't have time to chat with him. When he kicked the door, he saw a person standing at the door from the corner of his eye.
Isn't it Shen Hom!
It turned out that he went out, causing him to call for so long in vain.
An Qi in the distance gasped, "Damn it, why did the Second Young Master come here?"
It's over, if the wife kicks the door now, the master's pretending to be stupid will be revealed to the world, and I have to find a way to stop it.At most, only the wife can know about the master pretending to be stupid.
Seeing Shen Hom, Gu Changyi immediately calmed down, stuffed two meat buns into his hands, and said, "Eat."
Shen Fan: "I'm not hungry."
This is the sentence again.
Gu Changyi narrowed his beautiful eyes slightly: "I advise you to be obedient, I have a bad temper. I'm going to work."
As he spoke, he trotted out the door, leaving a group of people in a mess in the wind.
Shen Fan looked at the meat bun in his hand, what would happen if he didn't eat it?
Li Luan: "..."
Dark Seven: "..."
No, that's not our master!Madame is in a hurry!
An Qi worriedly followed Gu Changyi. Although the crisis was temporarily lifted, he always felt that there was a bigger crisis hidden, the kind that he couldn't understand in a few words.
Shen Fan stood there for a while, then stepped forward to knock on Shen Hom's door: "Brother, are you there?"
Li Luan: "..." Not here.
Shen Fan knocked on the door for a while, but there was no answer from inside, only the sound of turning over on the bed.
His brother didn't want to see him.
Shen Fan wasn't too disappointed, he just passed by the garden and heard Gu Changyi's voice calling for someone, so he stopped by to have a look.
My father said that they have no brotherhood, and getting close is easy to cause trouble.
……
Gu Changyi took a boat to Yuding Mountain, it was completely dark, the mountain was by the river, and the reflection was pitch black.
When you get off the boat, you climb up. When you reach the top, you can see gravel everywhere.
There were clanging sounds one after another, and the boss asked someone to chisel the gravel into squares and transport them down the mountain.
Gu Changyi sniffed his nose, and smelled a slight smell of gunpowder. If he smelled it again, the smell would merge with the sparks and dust from the hammer hitting the granite, making it impossible to distinguish.
Gu Changyi frowned. Is this really a stone produced by the natural disintegration of the mountain?Why does he look like he was blown out of a mountain artificially?
Whether he is or not, anyway, the stones given for free, don't want them for nothing.
He said he wanted to relieve himself, so he burrowed into the tall and messy pile of rocks, and quickly disappeared.
The hidden guard stopped at the right time, and changed to show his wife the wind.
Gu Changyi is very skillful in loading stones. He only takes some of the piles and keeps them as they are.He specially selects stones with a diameter of about half a meter. Not only can they be sold, but they can also be used to suppress people when he is in danger. It is better than hidden weapons, and the more the better.
Meditating on the Boundless Realm, Gu Changyi went around to the backlight of the mountain, and he couldn't see his fingers. He was even more unscrupulous, and he would not let go of anything he touched, big or small. When walking back, the road was wide open.
It's so cool, it feels like the grandpa's supermarket ran No. 1 for free eggs.
Satisfied, Gu Changyi obediently picked up the bamboo basket and went to carry stones for the boss.
"Are you back? I'm afraid you will be picked up by wolves." The boss pointed to the worker, "Go to work."
Gu Changyi walked over quickly and fell silent when he saw the workers' working methods.
Those small square stones don’t need to be moved yet, the current job is to roll the big stones down the mountain, and then ask the master to carve dragons and phoenixes at the foot of the mountain, and then transport them back to use as stone pillars.
I saw the worker rolling the stone vigorously, rolled to a certain fracture, and pushed it directly.
This... seems to be impossible to cheat.
The boss was very enthusiastic: "It's windy on the mountain, I'll hold the basket for you, and I won't let the wind blow it away."
While speaking, the boss took the basket away.
Gu Changyi closed his eyes, my basket...
He walked up to the stone fearlessly, stretched out his hand and pushed it.
Not moving.
Gu Changyi exerted all his breastfeeding strength, his whole face turned red, and finally turned the stone over and rolled forward 0.5 meters.
He stared at the stone in front of him, and somehow remembered Shen Hom's face at noon, which was cold and hard, just like this stinky stone.
No matter how hard the rock is, he can use the principle of leverage to pry it open for him.
That's right, the principle of leverage... No, there is no iron pestle, so it can't be pried.
Gu Changyi vibrated, and desperately rolled the stone to the fracture. With a final push, the stone rolled straight down the path and disappeared into the darkness.
Gu Changyi wiped off his sweat, his confidence not only didn't increase, but even decreased.He went to roll two more, just like exercising his arm strength.
The moonlight struggled out of the dark clouds for a moment, illuminating Gu Changyi's blushing face due to exertion, beady sweat slipped into his collar, and his temple hair stuck to his face, very embarrassed.
An Qi scratched his head anxiously, Madam seemed to become weak after dark.
The top of the mountain is very windy and sweats so much that it is easy to catch cold.This is not going to work, he discussed with Dark Four and decided to pretend to howl like a wolf.
The two of them lurked separately, constantly changing positions, howling, and changing places. With their excellent lightness skills and the echo of the stone wall, they achieved the effect of stereo surround sound.
In the sound of the wind, wolves howled more and more, getting closer, lurking from all directions.
Although there were a dozen workers and bosses, no one knew how many wolves were around. The night had an advantage over the wolves, and they seemed to be able to jump out from behind and bite off their necks in the next moment.
The boss made a decisive decision: "Go down the mountain and do it tomorrow."
The workers immediately put down the stones in their hands and rushed down the mountain, but the boss and Gu Changyi, who were not working, fell behind.
An Qi and An Si were afraid that their wife would cause chaos in a hurry, so they tacitly reduced their howling.
Gu Changyi felt that the wolves seemed to have left. He wanted to get his basket back, but the boss held on tightly to the edge of the basket.
"Ok?"
The boss wiped off his cold sweat, feeling extremely sorry for his life: "Sell me the basket, and buy it from you for a tael."
Gu Changyi understood that the boss was afraid that he would not be able to run away in case of a pack of wolves, so he could find a crack and buckle the basket upside down on the spot to cover his body.His basket is big and thick, which is good as a protective cover.
Seeing that Gu Changyi didn't speak, the boss imitated Gu Changyi: "Two taels. I made an appointment with my sister to visit her after the ancestral house was repaired. My sister just gave birth to a son, and I'm going to be an uncle..."
Gu Changyi: "Just one or two."
He worked so hard this afternoon to earn less than [-] cents, which is no easier than moving bricks.
It's really profitable to resell things, and the net income is one tael.
Gu Changyi was sincerely moved.
He and his boss went down the mountain quickly, skating a few times on the way, and got up without saying a word, so as not to fall behind.
On the boat, a group of people are really relieved.The cabin was originally used to hold stones, but now it is empty, so it can be used for sleeping.
"Sleeping on the boat tonight, take turns keeping watch, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning." The boss thanked Gu Changyi for his kindness just now, and gave up his small cabin to Gu Changyi, and went to sleep in the big cabin with the big guys.
Gu Changyi was as dirty as a cat crawling out of a chimney, but he was so tired, he took out his own clothes from Wuyajing and spread them on the bed, blocked the wooden door with a big stone, and fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed .
The waves swayed gently, like a lullaby, Gu Changyi didn't get seasick and slept very comfortably.
At the same moment, outside Beijing, there is a bright moon hanging in the middle, lonely and far away.
"Drunk?"
Ouyang Xuan woke up in the middle of the night and felt someone was on the roof, so he put on his clothes and went out, and he saw Shen Hom sitting on the roof.
Shen Hom threw him a flagon.
Ouyang Xuan caught it: "If you want to open it up, there is no grass anywhere in the world, why don't I take you to see it right now—"
"roll."
Ouyang Xuan smiled, he heard the whole story from the dark guard, and couldn't help feeling that fate made people feel like Gu Changyi, it's not like he didn't remind Shen Hom.
I dismissed it at the time, but now I am full of jealousy.
Ouyang Xuan knew that Shen Hom was not reconciled, he finally met someone who made him want to start a family, and he was not willing to let go, but his nature was such that he could not buy or sell by force.
People have their own natures, and they are not compatible with each other, and being together will only increase the pain.
Ouyang Xuan reluctantly persuaded him: "Why don't you tell Gu Changyi clearly and give it a try."
Since Shen Hom met Gu Changyi, he has become a bit of a smoker, and Ouyang Xuan has seen it all.
If you don't try, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
Shen Hom paused, closed his eyes, "Forget it, I'm afraid I can't control it."
"What are you afraid of—" Ouyang Xuan turned his head, and in Shen Hom's eyes, he saw the cruelty of one sword and ten heads.
He silently pressed the shock button, thinking of Gu Changyi's confidant who was blooming everywhere, and said sincerely: "Let's rein in the precipice."
He was afraid that Shen Hom's love rivals would lose their heads.
If you like someone, but turn yourself into a stranger, it's wrong to like someone, and it's not worth it.
far
He went in to try his luck.
Unexpectedly, the boss is very talkative, and he accepts Gu Changyi's clothes at the purchase price.
Gu Changyi was overjoyed: "I still have ten sets at home."
It's not that he doesn't cherish the concubine's gift, it's just... shameless.
Twenty sets of clothes, pink, pink green, pink purple... Very girly, like a straight man's dress for his girlfriend.
Of course, he didn't mean to satirize the straight man of the imperial concubine.
The style of the clothes is beautiful and the workmanship is fine, and it is obvious that he cares about it at first glance. The imperial concubine did not choose clothes for him to be stable and mature after marrying a woman, but was considerate of him like a little girl. Gu Changyi was very grateful.
Gratitude is real, and it's also true that you don't have a face to wear.In the clothes of the original owner, Gu Changyi reluctantly accepts the two colors of white and bright red, but pink is really unbearable.Instead of being idle, it is better to exchange money to buy lunch for Shen Hom, I believe the imperial concubine will not blame him.
When Gu Changyi said that there were still ten more sets, the boss seemed to be thinking of something, his face froze almost invisible, and he said bravely: "...OK."
Gu Changyi smiled: "Thank you boss, the boss is so kind."
He happily stepped out of the threshold, planning to stop cooking at noon and buy ready-made ones to go home.
The store owner looked at Gu Changyi's cheerful back, wiped off his sweat, and muttered to himself: "Thank you, you are the boss..."
When it's over, he seems to have bought back all the clothes that the master gave his wife.
……
When Gu Changyi came out today, he just wanted to do some simple tasks, such as going to the pier to unload cargo.
Before working, he had to buy an oversized woven basket, the kind with a lid.He puts the goods in woven baskets and puts them away in Wujie, so that no one can see what is in his basket.
Gu Changyi searched around, but the bamboo baskets he saw were not satisfactory, the gaps were too big and not secret enough.
He was coming out of a grocery store when he was suddenly stopped.
Gu Changyi quickened his pace, jokingly, face-blind passers-by who greeted him had better pretend they didn't hear them.
The man persevered in catching up and ran to Gu Changyi: "Miss Gu, are you still angry?"
Gu Changyi glanced at him, sorry, but couldn't remember who it was, so he walked around him: "I have something to do."
Meng Shusheng trotted to keep up: "That day at Luling Lake, it wasn't that I didn't save you, I, I didn't know water, and I was powerless..."
Gu Changyi stopped and looked him up and down. It turns out that you are Meng Shusheng.
Meng Shusheng is not from the capital city, and his family background is meager. The original owner was willing to join him and support him, because he thought that this person traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, gained knowledge and read poems and books along the way, which might be beneficial for him to find the Buli tribe.
However, when Meng Shusheng was with the original owner, he would imitate the Book of Songs and compose poems every day, which was very bitter. The original owner had never read the Book of Songs, and thought he had some talent, and would be able to enter the Hanlin Academy in the future to help him look up information.
Gu Changyi looked at him with a smile: "The spring is over?"
Meng Shusheng always felt that Gu Changyi's attitude towards him was different, but when he saw Gu Changyi's smile, he put all doubts behind him: "Yes."
There was something in Gu Changyi's words: "Then you really don't know what's going on outside the window, I'm already married."
Meng Shusheng lowered her head in shame, "It's my fault, I didn't win the exam sooner and propose marriage to your father."
He heard about Gu Changyi's marriage right away, and the marriage of the Hou's and Bobo's houses was something that he, a commoner, could not argue with, and as the spring was approaching, he put all his thoughts on the imperial examination.After the imperial examination was over, he didn't dare to look for Gu Changyi. One was that he got married, and the other was about the green water chestnut lake. He felt ashamed in his heart.
Gu Changyi rolled his eyes, the original owner had invested a lot in Meng Shusheng, if he didn't pick any fruit, wouldn't it be a big loss.
At least ask Meng Shusheng about it.
He smiled and said: "Then I will congratulate you in advance, why don't you go to Lvling Lake for a walk?"
Meng Shusheng's eyes lit up: "Okay."
As Gu Changyi walked, he referred the topic to various folk legends. Meng Shusheng was not concentrating on writing articles, but he had read a lot of biographies and unofficial histories.
An upright scholar who wants to concentrate on taking the imperial examination will not swim the lake with girls every day.
Gu Changyi came to the place where the two of them took the boat last time, and sure enough, he saw Qian Huarong's painting boat still parked there.
This boat was bought by Qian Huarong, specially for traveling on the lake with Gu Changyi.The last time he fell into the water and left in a hurry, the boat still remained as it was then.
In the overhead world full of masters, Gu Changyi talked about the Buli tribe, his voice consciously lowered: "I recently read an article, do you think there is a paradise in the world? The people in it can only come out on their own initiative, and outsiders can't find it? "
Meng Shusheng: "The traffic is blocked, and the land surrounded by natural moats is considered a paradise? There are many such places, but most of them are poor and remote."
Gu Changyi frowned, the original owner's mother didn't seem to come from this kind of place, so he changed the way of saying: "I've listened to storytelling a few times recently, and I don't think storytellers have any skills, they just mix folklore together, without any Nothing new. I conceived a story and wanted to sell it to teahouses. But the story, true and false is the most attractive to explore, relying on imagination will be boring, so I would like to ask you some legends to add truth to my story testability."
When Meng Shusheng was down, he also copied miscellaneous notes and made up stories for others. He understood Gu Changyi's needs very well and asked, "What kind of legend do you want to add?"
"Is there any family that was prominent in the past but disappeared later? Or they were suppressed for some reason and couldn't show their faces in the world, or they were guilty of committing crimes and kept their names incognito..."
Meng Shusheng: "There are many folk biographies, for a while..."
Gu Changyi grabbed a handful of melon seeds: "Just say it, I have time."
Meng Shusheng: "It is said that there is a witch clan in the southwest who can drive snakes and insects. The most powerful witch once drove millions of poisonous snakes to drive away the enemies who invaded from the south."
"Oh? Then why not?"
Meng Shusheng: "The Witch Clan passed down the exorcising technique from generation to generation, and it was very popular for a while. After about ten years, no daughter was born in the clan, and the big witch died early, so it was cut off, and it disappeared from then on."
Gu Changyi: Probably not.
Meng Shusheng: "Qinghe Jiang's clan, former regent's clan, once controlled the south of the Yangtze River and made countless enemies. Later, they were liquidated. They let go of a century-old feud and never died. The clan fled to Nanyang overnight, and even burned down the ancestral house."
Gu Changyi: "...so." Probably not.
Meng Shusheng: "I heard from the old man that there is a fox clan on Crescent Moon Mountain. In troubled times, fox girls will be born. All of them are bewitching and beautiful, and confuse the king. In prosperous times, they are ordinary-looking and live in peace."
Gu Changyi poured tea for Meng Shusheng, tsk, the direction was starting to be weird.
Next, there is Baifangqiu in the middle of Shu. All the people in the clan are as beautiful as flowers, and they can't distinguish between men and women.
There is also Beihao Liren Well, which had a prosperous population at first, but later the well water had problems, men and women in the clan were infertile, men had dystocia, and the clan was in depression.
……
Amazing.
Meng Shusheng concluded: "This is all read in the book, no one has ever seen it for real."
Gu Changyi listened to it all morning, and his mind was filled with weird and anecdotal stories. He was a little dazed, and felt that none of them were compatible with his mother.
Gu Changyi's stomach grumbled, and Gu Changyi covered his lower abdomen, and before he knew it, it was noon.
Meng Shusheng said that his mouth was dry all morning, and when he saw this, he quickly said, "Why don't we go to eat?"
Gu Changyi didn't want to treat guests: "I've been struggling recently."
Meng Shusheng used to collect a lot of money from Gu Changyi, but now that the spring is over, there is less room to use the money, and he doesn't want to just go to the lake with Gu Changyi for free every time, Gu Changyi married a fool, he asked He had a meal to comfort him, just to use this to show that he is more considerate than a fool, stand up to each other, and win back the beauty's favor.
"I'll treat."
Gu Changyi: "Okay."
He didn't make things difficult for Meng Shusheng. He chose a cheap shop and ordered seven or eight dishes, "It's different now. Since I'm married, I want to avoid suspicion with you."
As Gu Changyi said, he divided the dishes on the table into two parts, "Let's eat separately."
Meng Shusheng: "...OK."
Gu Changyi propped his chin, watched Meng Shusheng eat, and said a few words, but the food didn't move much.
"I said, you eat, don't stop." Gu Changyi urged.
When Meng Shusheng was almost done eating, Gu Changyi called Xiao Er: "I'll pack these and take them away."
No need to cook at noon.
Gu Changyi was about to starve to death, and he agreed to eat with Shen Hom, so he didn't move his chopsticks much, and didn't want to eat alone.
As soon as Meng Shusheng finished eating, he couldn't wait to leave, and he didn't bother to care about the other party's expression.
Meng Shusheng stared at the neat empty trays on the other half of the table, vaguely feeling something was wrong.
Gu Changyi didn't seem to want to eat with him, but to pack it back for a fool to eat.
Meng Shusheng frowned, no, what good is a fool?
It must be that Gu Changyi ate at the same table to avoid suspicion, but couldn't help but talk to him a few more words.
……
Meng Shusheng ate too slowly, the food was cold.Gu Changyi happily ran home, bought two warm steamed buns on the side of the road, and ate them with vegetables, so there was no need to heat them up.
He pushed open the door, saw Shen Hom standing in the yard, and shouted, "Take out the bowls and chopsticks for lunch."
Shen Hom: "Don't cook?"
Gu Changyi: "Oh, I was having dinner with someone just now, packing—"
Shen Hom already knew what was going on, so he couldn't help asking, feeling even more disappointed.Striding back to the room, he said stiffly, "I'm not hungry."
He didn't eat leftovers from Gu Changyi's date with men.
The rival in love invited Gu Changyi to eat, he didn't lack for it.If he ate it, it would be tantamount to acquiescing to Gu Changyi to swim in the lake with others, and he would use this to pick up a bite of food behind him.
He was not so generous and felt humiliated.
The door creaked shut, and Gu Changyi stood in the yard, puzzled.
Are you really not hungry, or what?
Gu Changyi looked around and saw two lumps of wet clothes on the bamboo pole. He went to spread out the clothes and found that his one was torn.
Gu Changyi threw down his clothes, walked to Shen Hom's door, and asked tentatively, "Are you not good at washing clothes?"
Sulked because the laundry was torn?Feel like you can't do anything right?Gu Changyi frowned. It is said that fools will have inexplicable persistence and stubbornness, so they have to be touched.
Shen Hom was lying on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, he just didn't know how to wash, what's the matter, he would be out of his mind if he would wash Gu Changyi's clothes in the future.
Gu Changyi: "My clothes are broken, but yours are not."
Shen Hom's heart tightened, almost thinking that Gu Changyi had discovered something.
It's enough to do such a naive thing once.
There will be no next time, no matter who Gu Changyi is with, let him go. This is Gu Changyi's hobby, and forcible interference will hurt both sides.
The fingers loosened and clenched again, overcoming all difficulties to suppress the thought of "possession" into the dust.
Unwillingness flashed across Shen Hom's face, and he gritted his teeth fiercely, as if a piece of newly grown flesh had been dug out from the tip of his heart.
Dig it out and it's the same as before.
In Gu Changyi's heart, he was no different from those confidantes. Gu Changyi said that he went out to work and tricked idiots to stay at home obediently, just like he was as skilled at cheating Qian Huarong, Meng Shusheng and Mu Xingwen.
The only extra thing is that he is a fool, so he will share more sympathy.If you ask for more based on this, you are a jerk, you are overwhelmed, and your dignity is demolished.
How can I believe it myself? I have seen his nonsense a long time ago.
In the past two days, he watched himself sinking and reminded himself several times, but he always forgot to be vigilant when he saw Gu Changyi.
If you don't rein in the precipice, there will be an abyss ahead.He won't jump alone, he must drag Gu Changyi along.
However, Gu Changyi was still standing on the other side of the abyss, calling him over and over again: "The materials of men's and women's clothes are different. It's because I didn't think carefully. You wash yours very clean, which is already very good."
"You really don't want to eat? Are you not hungry?"
It took Shen Hom a long time to hold back a sentence from his chest: "Don't eat."
There was a bit of annoyance in the voice.
Gu Changyi was very hungry, and he was also a little angry when he saw Shen Hom not cooperating.He hasn't been angry because of the broken clothes, Shen Hom has nothing to be angry about.
"alright."
When he returned to his room, he put braised pork and green vegetables in the steamed buns and devoured them hungrily.After eating half of the meal, Gu Changyi put the rest upside down in a large bowl and placed it in front of Shen Hom's door.
Holding the remaining ten sets of clothes, he was silent for a while, and said: "I'm going out, and I won't come back at night. If I'm hungry, I cook eggs. You can cook them."
There was no sound in the room, and the people inside seemed to be asleep.
The two of them instantly became like strangers, obviously they were shopping together hand in hand yesterday.
Gu Changyi pursed his lips, heck, coax him when you have time.
There is a boat going to Yuding Mountain tonight. Yuding Mountain is rich in stone materials. The owner of the ship is recruiting temporary workers at the pier. If it is late, it will not be able to line up.
Gu Changyi quickly sold his clothes, bought a big basket, and went to the pier.
After Gu Changyi left, there was a sound of shattering tables and chairs in the room, and the tunnel shook three times.
Shen Hom clenched his fists tightly, with a bitter expression on his face, he didn't think about where Gu Changyi was going tonight, he agreed to let go, even if he cut off a hand, he was so painful that he had to let go.
"Call Li Luan here."
With the substitute in place, Shen Hom went directly to the ruined temple outside the city. He and Ouyang Xuan had originally made an appointment to meet a master together, but because they were married and couldn't leave, they asked Ouyang Xuan to go alone.
Gu Changyi is not here tonight, he must find something for himself to do.
In the broken temple.
Ouyang Xuan repeatedly confirmed: "Your master would rather wash clothes at home than go with me to see Master Tan?"
What about careerism?
The head of the dark guard said indifferently: "Master appointed me as the representative."
Ouyang Xuan: "But Master Tan's eyes are vicious. He said he wanted to see your master, and that's what he wanted to see. The two of us may not be able to get his formula."
Master Tan is from Huzhou. He accidentally discovered a powerful gunpowder formula half a year ago. If it spreads out, the battlefield will change.
Tomorrow House was the first to find out, blocked the news, and bought the formula from him.
Master Tan insisted on meeting with the boss of Tomorrow Building, he has the conditions to talk, otherwise he would rather let the formula rot in his stomach.
The head of the dark guard glanced at Ouyang Xuan: "Master said, if you are not useful, he will come in person."
Ouyang Xuan has chest tightness, can aggressive methods change the fact that you do laundry at home?
He was filled with emotion: "In the past, your master was only suffering on the surface, secretly calling for wind and rain to make the country rich, but now, washing, cooking, and washing dishes... he never did these things before."
Stones can also be tempted, an anecdote through the ages.
He was sarcastically sarcasm here, and from the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Shen Hom appearing at the entrance of the ruined temple, and said in passing, "Did you finish the laundry?"
With a sound, the long sword passed over his head and was nailed to the wall behind him, causing a burst of dust to fall from the wall.
Ouyang Xuan:? ? ?Still can't say?
It was only when Shen Hom approached that Ouyang Xuan saw his frosty expression, and his eyes were so cold that icicles could fall off.
Ouyang Xuan subconsciously looked at the hidden guard behind him: what's wrong?
Dark six spread their hands, you have stepped on the thunder.
Shen Hom: "What are you still doing?"
Ouyang Xuan was surprised: "You want to go too?"
"Ah."
Master Tan worked in the palace when he was young. Because he offended the powerful, he was beaten half to death and kicked out of the palace. He returned to Huzhou to make a living.Therefore, no matter what he said, he refused to step into the capital again.
The meeting place was at an inn in a town around the capital.
Shen Hom: "Have you tried gunpowder?"
Ouyang Xuan thought to himself, it was only at this time that he asked what he had been doing for the past few days.
"I tried it on Yuding Mountain. After the burial was done according to the point, the stones were blown everywhere. The scene was disguised as a landslide. Now many people go to the mountain to transport stones."
Ouyang Xuan had an idea, and said in a roundabout way: "You don't want to build a garden, I think the stones over there are good, you can get them to lay the foundation."
Shen Hom has never thought of building a mansion for 20 years. He usually goes out to do errands, or rests in the tunnel under the Hou Mansion. Ouyang Xuan often suspects that Shen Hom is actually a rock, and he can throw it anywhere.He very much hoped that Shen Hom would have a stable home. The Hou Mansion was not a home, but a suffocating cage.
Gu Changyi really changed many of Shen Hom's thoughts, whether it was a blessing or a curse.
Shen Hom laughed at himself and said, "It won't be built anymore."
An Liu glared at Ouyang Xuan, which pot is not open and which pot to pick up, our master finally wants to have a family, and the brothers can also benefit from it.
The master sleeps in the tunnel, they are subordinates, how can they have the heart to eat sweets and spicy food.
After nightfall, a group of people arrived in the town and met Master Tan.
Tan Ping is in his fifties and sixties. He suffered from illnesses when he was young, and his hair was nearly gray. He sat in a wicker chair with half-closed eyes: "I will only sell this recipe once, but there are conditions."
After his home was bombed, Tomorrow Building came to check the situation and helped him without knowing the previous situation.
Tan Ping felt that his subordinates were so enthusiastic that being a master would not be bad. He could sell the formula and get rich and stable for the rest of his life.
The premise is that the formula cannot be used to harm civilians, and it must not be used first in the battle between the two armies to become a sharp weapon for the expansion of imperial power.In addition, there is a lot of business to be done by opening mountains and exploding roads.
If Ming Rilou can agree, he will feel at ease selling it.
Afraid that the other party would agree on the surface and backtrack, Tan Ping asked to see the person behind the scenes.
He has lived half his life, and he thinks he knows how to judge people, but if he misses it, there is nothing he can do about it. He has a clear conscience, and he must always take care of himself to live well first.
Shen Hom: "The old gentleman wants to see me. I think it's not about money, but with additional conditions. As long as it's not too much, I agree."
Tan Ping: "Tell me, what will I mention?"
Shen Hom expressionless: "I only do legitimate business."
Smart people don't need to be too straightforward, Tan Ping laughed: "Play a game of chess with me, the price is determined by the game."
That's the deal?Ouyang Xuan stood aside with folded arms, feeling that Master Tan was about to lose out, he had never seen anyone who could beat Shen Hom in chess.
After two sticks of incense, Shen Hom dropped a white stone, and the situation reversed slightly, from Shen Hom's sure win situation to a dead end.
Tan Ping narrowed his eyes, and he saw the right person. The other party was not afraid of him shouting a sky-high price, but let him live a good old age with wealth.
He is a stinky chess player, he will ask for a lot of money if he loses, and he is cheap.
"I want a Zhuangzi, I need it in..."
Not much to ask and easy to do.Ouyang Xuan looked at Shen Hom who had a calm face from beginning to end, and didn't know for a moment whether he released the water out of good intentions, or whether he saw that Master Tan was a stinky chess basket and deliberately didn't win him.
……
Gu Changyi rushed to the wharf to sign up, not just for part-time work, he heard that the stones from Yuding Mountain are unowned and anyone can transport them.
He moves bricks on the surface, secretly collects a batch, and sells them when the time is right. It is very cost-effective to buy and sell without money.
There were more than a dozen people queuing at the pier, Gu Changyi quickly rushed up, and was picked up by the boss: "Young lady, why are you joining in the fun?"
Gu Changyi: "I am strong."
Boss: "It's hard to tell."
Gu Changyi: "Let me try. If I can't do it, you can drive me away again, okay? My family is really poor. Both my parents are dead, and I have a younger brother to raise. My younger brother didn't even eat at noon. .”
It's all true.
The boss was aroused by the words, and remembered that his sister who was married far away was so kind to him when he was not out of the cabinet. He said: "Okay, okay, let you try."
Gu Changyi: "Thank you boss."
After a group of 20 people gathered together, a boat came from the river, with a deep draft and slow travel.After docking, the boss directed the workers to unload the ship.
Gu Changyi was at the end of the queue with his big bamboo basket on his back.
"Be careful, you won't be responsible if you fall."
"Ok."
When it was Gu Changyi's turn, he opened the basket and filled it with stones one by one. These stones were neatly cut and processed on the mountain, and each piece was about two or three bricks in size.
After it was full, the moment Gu Changyi closed the lid, he swished all the stones into the Boundless Realm, leaving only a small piece at the bottom.
He pretended to be carrying the bamboo basket with difficulty, and the hemp ropes on both sides were pulled into his shoulders. He staggered and took a few steps before he stabilized his center of gravity. A thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.
"I underestimated you, you have good strength." The boss praised Gu Changyi, "follow the people in front."
Gu Changyi pressed the hemp rope with both hands to make the rope feel tight under the weight. When there were fewer people, he quietly let go of the rope.With only a small stone on his back, his shoulders felt a little sore. Gu Changyi stared at the dozen or so people in front of him. There were young and middle-aged people, as well as old people.
Gu Changyi blinked, his eyes a little sour.
The boss is rebuilding the ancestral house, the terrain is rather high, a group of people carry stones up, so tired that they don't even have the strength to speak.
Without saying a word, Gu Changyi poured out the stones silently, counted them with the steward, and walked to the river with a basket.
The hemp rope rubbed against his shoulder, causing a slight sting, and after a few rounds of back and forth, the pain intensified.
Gu Changyi pursed his lips, he was too skinny and tender, and he was a little envious of the muscular brothers next to him.
After moving five times, the fake worker Gu Changyi and the real worker sat on the ground together panting.
Gu Changyi's cheeks flushed red from exhaustion, and the sweat was hanging on his eyelashes, falling down in the blink of an eye.
"Girl, I really have you." The rest of the people gave Gu Changyi thumbs up one after another.
Gu Changyi smiled guiltyly: "To each other."
He has worked so hard, Taipinghou should rest assured that he can't make waves, right?
After moving a boatload of stones, the boss began to pay wages on a piece-by-piece basis. After receiving the money, he went there to pick up a steamed bun, and the temporary workers left.
Gu Changyi received twenty copper coins and gave the steamed buns to the old man in the team.
He counted and counted, carefully hid it, and approached the boss: "Is the boat still going to Yuding Mountain to transport stones?"
The boss said: "Do you still have the strength to do the whole journey?"
Gu Changyi: "Yes."
The boss was holding a bowl of noodles and squatting by the river to eat: "It's getting dark, we've been working all night, you should think it through."
Gu Changyi was a little hungry: "I'm fine."
Seeing that the boss seemed to be finishing the noodles before leaving the boat, he gritted his teeth, squatted in front of him, and cheekily discussed: "I want to go home soon, can you wait for me to come back?"
The boss understands very well: "Look at your brother?"
Gu Changyi: "Yes."
The boss took a fixed look at Gu Changyi, remembered his sister, and said helplessly, "Hey, elder sister is the mother, let's go."
"Thank you!"
Gu Changyi rushed home and bought four meat buns on the way.
An Qi was worried all afternoon, and almost cried with An Si.
Madam is really working part-time, Madam is moving bricks at the pier!
They misunderstood Mrs.Although they couldn't wait to tell their master the truth, they were too far away from the capital. When they found him, he would have returned by himself.
Seeing Gu Changyi go back, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.If there is any accident with the wife moving the bricks, the master will definitely kill them when he comes back.
That's right, the master is out of Beijing!The one at home is a stand-in!
The dark guard was frightened instantly, no matter whether it was too late or not, he immediately sent someone to notify the master.
……
When he opened the door, Gu Changyi thought to himself, if he sees the lunch intact, let's see how he can teach Shen Hom a lesson.
In the end, the lunch was really fucking untouched!
Gu Changyi choked on his breath, and bit the steamed stuffed bun angrily.People get angry easily when they are hungry, let’s talk when they are full.
After Gu Changyi ate the buns in two bites, he went to his own room to drink some water. Ninety percent of his anger dissipated. Thinking that Shen Hom must be so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, his anger finally disappeared.
He knocked on the door, his tone non-negotiable: "Come out, eat."
The doors and windows slammed, and the dark guard closed his eyes in despair.
Li Luan in the room was stiff all over, not knowing what to do.
If he doesn't answer, Madam will be even more angry, if she wants to divorce her husband...
Li Luan has been acting as Shen Hom's stand-in since he was 12 years old. This moment is the biggest challenge since his career.
Don't go out, to irritate Madam, go out, Madam and Master have been sharing the same bed these days, and they know each other very well, let alone showing his face, he can be caught by stretching out his fingers.
"Shen Hom!" Gu Changyi was in a hurry and didn't have time to chat with him. When he kicked the door, he saw a person standing at the door from the corner of his eye.
Isn't it Shen Hom!
It turned out that he went out, causing him to call for so long in vain.
An Qi in the distance gasped, "Damn it, why did the Second Young Master come here?"
It's over, if the wife kicks the door now, the master's pretending to be stupid will be revealed to the world, and I have to find a way to stop it.At most, only the wife can know about the master pretending to be stupid.
Seeing Shen Hom, Gu Changyi immediately calmed down, stuffed two meat buns into his hands, and said, "Eat."
Shen Fan: "I'm not hungry."
This is the sentence again.
Gu Changyi narrowed his beautiful eyes slightly: "I advise you to be obedient, I have a bad temper. I'm going to work."
As he spoke, he trotted out the door, leaving a group of people in a mess in the wind.
Shen Fan looked at the meat bun in his hand, what would happen if he didn't eat it?
Li Luan: "..."
Dark Seven: "..."
No, that's not our master!Madame is in a hurry!
An Qi worriedly followed Gu Changyi. Although the crisis was temporarily lifted, he always felt that there was a bigger crisis hidden, the kind that he couldn't understand in a few words.
Shen Fan stood there for a while, then stepped forward to knock on Shen Hom's door: "Brother, are you there?"
Li Luan: "..." Not here.
Shen Fan knocked on the door for a while, but there was no answer from inside, only the sound of turning over on the bed.
His brother didn't want to see him.
Shen Fan wasn't too disappointed, he just passed by the garden and heard Gu Changyi's voice calling for someone, so he stopped by to have a look.
My father said that they have no brotherhood, and getting close is easy to cause trouble.
……
Gu Changyi took a boat to Yuding Mountain, it was completely dark, the mountain was by the river, and the reflection was pitch black.
When you get off the boat, you climb up. When you reach the top, you can see gravel everywhere.
There were clanging sounds one after another, and the boss asked someone to chisel the gravel into squares and transport them down the mountain.
Gu Changyi sniffed his nose, and smelled a slight smell of gunpowder. If he smelled it again, the smell would merge with the sparks and dust from the hammer hitting the granite, making it impossible to distinguish.
Gu Changyi frowned. Is this really a stone produced by the natural disintegration of the mountain?Why does he look like he was blown out of a mountain artificially?
Whether he is or not, anyway, the stones given for free, don't want them for nothing.
He said he wanted to relieve himself, so he burrowed into the tall and messy pile of rocks, and quickly disappeared.
The hidden guard stopped at the right time, and changed to show his wife the wind.
Gu Changyi is very skillful in loading stones. He only takes some of the piles and keeps them as they are.He specially selects stones with a diameter of about half a meter. Not only can they be sold, but they can also be used to suppress people when he is in danger. It is better than hidden weapons, and the more the better.
Meditating on the Boundless Realm, Gu Changyi went around to the backlight of the mountain, and he couldn't see his fingers. He was even more unscrupulous, and he would not let go of anything he touched, big or small. When walking back, the road was wide open.
It's so cool, it feels like the grandpa's supermarket ran No. 1 for free eggs.
Satisfied, Gu Changyi obediently picked up the bamboo basket and went to carry stones for the boss.
"Are you back? I'm afraid you will be picked up by wolves." The boss pointed to the worker, "Go to work."
Gu Changyi walked over quickly and fell silent when he saw the workers' working methods.
Those small square stones don’t need to be moved yet, the current job is to roll the big stones down the mountain, and then ask the master to carve dragons and phoenixes at the foot of the mountain, and then transport them back to use as stone pillars.
I saw the worker rolling the stone vigorously, rolled to a certain fracture, and pushed it directly.
This... seems to be impossible to cheat.
The boss was very enthusiastic: "It's windy on the mountain, I'll hold the basket for you, and I won't let the wind blow it away."
While speaking, the boss took the basket away.
Gu Changyi closed his eyes, my basket...
He walked up to the stone fearlessly, stretched out his hand and pushed it.
Not moving.
Gu Changyi exerted all his breastfeeding strength, his whole face turned red, and finally turned the stone over and rolled forward 0.5 meters.
He stared at the stone in front of him, and somehow remembered Shen Hom's face at noon, which was cold and hard, just like this stinky stone.
No matter how hard the rock is, he can use the principle of leverage to pry it open for him.
That's right, the principle of leverage... No, there is no iron pestle, so it can't be pried.
Gu Changyi vibrated, and desperately rolled the stone to the fracture. With a final push, the stone rolled straight down the path and disappeared into the darkness.
Gu Changyi wiped off his sweat, his confidence not only didn't increase, but even decreased.He went to roll two more, just like exercising his arm strength.
The moonlight struggled out of the dark clouds for a moment, illuminating Gu Changyi's blushing face due to exertion, beady sweat slipped into his collar, and his temple hair stuck to his face, very embarrassed.
An Qi scratched his head anxiously, Madam seemed to become weak after dark.
The top of the mountain is very windy and sweats so much that it is easy to catch cold.This is not going to work, he discussed with Dark Four and decided to pretend to howl like a wolf.
The two of them lurked separately, constantly changing positions, howling, and changing places. With their excellent lightness skills and the echo of the stone wall, they achieved the effect of stereo surround sound.
In the sound of the wind, wolves howled more and more, getting closer, lurking from all directions.
Although there were a dozen workers and bosses, no one knew how many wolves were around. The night had an advantage over the wolves, and they seemed to be able to jump out from behind and bite off their necks in the next moment.
The boss made a decisive decision: "Go down the mountain and do it tomorrow."
The workers immediately put down the stones in their hands and rushed down the mountain, but the boss and Gu Changyi, who were not working, fell behind.
An Qi and An Si were afraid that their wife would cause chaos in a hurry, so they tacitly reduced their howling.
Gu Changyi felt that the wolves seemed to have left. He wanted to get his basket back, but the boss held on tightly to the edge of the basket.
"Ok?"
The boss wiped off his cold sweat, feeling extremely sorry for his life: "Sell me the basket, and buy it from you for a tael."
Gu Changyi understood that the boss was afraid that he would not be able to run away in case of a pack of wolves, so he could find a crack and buckle the basket upside down on the spot to cover his body.His basket is big and thick, which is good as a protective cover.
Seeing that Gu Changyi didn't speak, the boss imitated Gu Changyi: "Two taels. I made an appointment with my sister to visit her after the ancestral house was repaired. My sister just gave birth to a son, and I'm going to be an uncle..."
Gu Changyi: "Just one or two."
He worked so hard this afternoon to earn less than [-] cents, which is no easier than moving bricks.
It's really profitable to resell things, and the net income is one tael.
Gu Changyi was sincerely moved.
He and his boss went down the mountain quickly, skating a few times on the way, and got up without saying a word, so as not to fall behind.
On the boat, a group of people are really relieved.The cabin was originally used to hold stones, but now it is empty, so it can be used for sleeping.
"Sleeping on the boat tonight, take turns keeping watch, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning." The boss thanked Gu Changyi for his kindness just now, and gave up his small cabin to Gu Changyi, and went to sleep in the big cabin with the big guys.
Gu Changyi was as dirty as a cat crawling out of a chimney, but he was so tired, he took out his own clothes from Wuyajing and spread them on the bed, blocked the wooden door with a big stone, and fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed .
The waves swayed gently, like a lullaby, Gu Changyi didn't get seasick and slept very comfortably.
At the same moment, outside Beijing, there is a bright moon hanging in the middle, lonely and far away.
"Drunk?"
Ouyang Xuan woke up in the middle of the night and felt someone was on the roof, so he put on his clothes and went out, and he saw Shen Hom sitting on the roof.
Shen Hom threw him a flagon.
Ouyang Xuan caught it: "If you want to open it up, there is no grass anywhere in the world, why don't I take you to see it right now—"
"roll."
Ouyang Xuan smiled, he heard the whole story from the dark guard, and couldn't help feeling that fate made people feel like Gu Changyi, it's not like he didn't remind Shen Hom.
I dismissed it at the time, but now I am full of jealousy.
Ouyang Xuan knew that Shen Hom was not reconciled, he finally met someone who made him want to start a family, and he was not willing to let go, but his nature was such that he could not buy or sell by force.
People have their own natures, and they are not compatible with each other, and being together will only increase the pain.
Ouyang Xuan reluctantly persuaded him: "Why don't you tell Gu Changyi clearly and give it a try."
Since Shen Hom met Gu Changyi, he has become a bit of a smoker, and Ouyang Xuan has seen it all.
If you don't try, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
Shen Hom paused, closed his eyes, "Forget it, I'm afraid I can't control it."
"What are you afraid of—" Ouyang Xuan turned his head, and in Shen Hom's eyes, he saw the cruelty of one sword and ten heads.
He silently pressed the shock button, thinking of Gu Changyi's confidant who was blooming everywhere, and said sincerely: "Let's rein in the precipice."
He was afraid that Shen Hom's love rivals would lose their heads.
If you like someone, but turn yourself into a stranger, it's wrong to like someone, and it's not worth it.
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