I dare not

In the past few days, the attack of snail fruit has become more and more fierce. Before that, I could bear not to take the painkiller pills, but now I have to take two pills to get over it.

At present, all the medicinal materials are not available, and no matter how bad it is, they can only carry it by force.

Chang Huan is very interested in him, and it seems that he regards him as a major peak in his medical study, and it seems that he can break through a realm by crossing it.Fazhang has always been tolerant to his apprentices to the point of indulgence, and Chang Huan was so addicted to medicine that he stopped reading scriptures, and he happily let himself go.

Recently, Chang Huan was studying acupuncture. During this period of time, when he was caught practicing, several other people walked around when they saw him.

This day he felt that he had almost practiced, and wanted to give acupuncture to relieve the pain of the little fool.Unexpectedly, this idiot had already had a psychological shadow on the silver needle, and he was afraid of seeing it, let alone stabbing him.

Seeing that he was in severe pain, Gu Qiao wanted to coax him to have an injection, but he struggled desperately, neither of them could hold it down.After tossing and tossing until midnight without success, Chang Huan had no choice but to leave resentfully.

Gu Qiao hugged him into his arms, he endured the pain and pushed him away, with his back to Gu Qiao.The pain was so unbearable that he would rather bang his head against the wall than Gu Qiao hug him.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Gu Qiao was a little at a loss, "Chang Huan just wanted to help you relieve the pain, if you don't want to, forget it, he has already left."

The fool still ignored him.

Gu Qiao sighed, and called softly, "Third brother!"

Since leaving Shaocheng Temple, Gu Qiao never called him a fool again. He felt that this person should not be a fool in the first place, and he would be cured one day.

"Third!" He called again.

The little fool was trembling with his arms holding her, so Gu Qiao had no choice but to lie on him and wrap him up, calling over and over again, "Third brother, third child..."

After finally getting through, both of them were sweating profusely. Gu Qiao hugged him, feeling that this scene was a bit too ambiguous no matter how you looked at it. She wanted to pull her hand out, but the little fool refused.

"I'm sorry today. It's my fault. I said I'd be back soon, but I came back a bit late." Gu Qiao is still very good at coaxing people, "After a while, when the censor from the capital leaves, I will be back." Come back soon."

The little fool still didn't speak. Gu Qiao was so tired that he couldn't open his eyes. He closed his eyes and chattered with him, "You don't know, that Zhang Yushi who came here has long disliked me. At that time, he was the one who took the lead to join me, and I even hid in Lianzhou, and he still didn’t let me go. Didn’t I just decline to be his son-in-law? Hey, how stingy!”

This time the little fool spoke: "What is a son-in-law?"

"It is to marry his daughter as his wife."

"What is a wife?" the little fool asked again.

Gu Qiao was so sleepy that he said perfunctorily, "Just eat together during the day and sleep together at night!"

The little fool blinked, turned around and hugged Gu Qiao's waist, "Then are you my wife?"

Gu Qiao choked, knowing that the answer at this time was not that he would not let him go, he was tired and sleepy, and had to get up early for work tomorrow, so he said casually, "That's right!"

So the little fool hugged him and fell asleep contentedly.

However, Gu Qiao couldn't fall asleep anyway, she just felt her chest was pounding, and she didn't know when it started, and her concern for this person had far surpassed everything else.He clearly knows that his dependence is due to snail fruit, and when he is cured one day, whether he still remembers himself is unknown.But every time he relied on him, his heart softened so badly that he couldn't bear to say no to him.

The little fool slept unconsciously, Gu Qiao put her face on his bald head, thinking selfishly, if you can't cure it, let me take care of you for the rest of your life.

The next morning, the little fool rarely slept until the sun was up.

Gu Qiao went to the yamen early to order a job, and Fazhang took Chang Huan Chang Ling to ask for alms. After the little fool got up, he saw Chang Feng practicing in the yard.

"Where's my wife?" the little fool asked Chang Feng.

"What?" Chang Feng was about to jump up and make a move of Baihong piercing the sun, but he didn't hear clearly.

"Where's my wife?" the little fool shouted loudly.

Chang Feng, who had just jumped up, staggered and fell from the sky.

"What are you talking about about yourself?" Chang Feng didn't care to take a bite of the mud, "Wife?!"

The little fool puffed out his chest, "Yeah! My wife! Gu Qiao!"

Chang Feng almost couldn't breathe, "What did you do to him? How did he become your wife?!"

"Gu Qiao said that the one who eats with me during the day and sleeps with me at night is my wife!"

Oh, so that's how it is...Chang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, according to this, Chang Huan is my wife?"

The little fool nodded as a matter of course: "Yes, Chang Huan is your wife."

Chang Feng laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist: "If Chang Huan hears this sentence, he must stab you to death with a needle!"

Gu Qiao didn't know that his little fool had made such a big joke on him behind his back, and had been busy with disaster relief accounts all morning.

When the third prince came to Lianzhou, he brought 2000 million taels of silver to relieve the disaster, and the money came from the second prince's ironware factory.

It seems that these two brothers are brothers and sisters, how many turmoil and treachery are hidden under this is beyond the discussion of others.

Governor Huang spent all the disaster relief funds, and only he knew how to use them. Now the accounts are not clear, and there is still a few million taels short of money. I don't know where it was used.Wei Changshi's hair was almost shaved, and this tricky matter was finally left to the newcomer Gu Sima.

At noon, Wei Wushuang personally delivered the food to Gu Qiao's desk. He also brought a jug of wine, and the two cleared a small space among the piles of desk files to sit and eat.

Gu Qiao showed the details of his calculations to Wei Wushuang, "Although I didn't record the money when I spent it, Zheng Sicang's records of the incoming and outgoing grains are very clear, and most of them are correct."

Wei Wushuang doesn't care about the parts that match, he only worries about the parts that don't match, "Then how much is unrecorded?"

"No more, no less, exactly 600 million taels."

Wei Wushuang's eyes widened, "He swallowed 600 million taels by himself?"

Gu Qiao pondered for a moment, "After the censors arrive, it will be logical to raid his home. Now strictly guard the censor's mansion and don't let his family come in or out."

"Yes, more people have been deployed, and not a single fly can fly out of his house now."

"Furthermore, the grain that Governor Huang bought, old rice, is four taels of silver per stone. This is twenty times more expensive than the capital."

Wei Wushuang nodded, "That's right, the price of grain can't be kept down. As soon as we suppress the price of grain, those grain merchants will close their doors and go out of business, and they will sell it again when it is loosened. In the end, it is the common people who suffer."

Gu Qiao picked up the cup and touched Wei Changshi, "We don't suppress grain prices, we let them rise and encourage them to rise. The higher the price, the better."

"What's the point of this?"

"We not only want the price of grain in Lianzhou to rise, but we also want to tell the world that grain merchants from all over the country are welcome to come here to sell grain at high prices!"

Wei Wushuang put the cup on the table with a slam, and cursed with alcohol: "I didn't expect you, Gu Qiao, to be this kind of person. Did you take money from grain merchants in other places! Lianzhou is like this, and it's even more expensive!" Price? Do you want everyone to starve to death?"

Gu Qiao smiled slightly, "Master Chang Shi, don't worry, listen to me."

After explaining this and that, Wei Wushuang's eyes lit up, but he didn't have the guts to do it, "Is this really going to work? If it doesn't work, the superiors will blame it..."

Gu Qiao said: "I, Gu Qiao, will bear the blame alone."

Wei Wushuang immediately said: "No, no, that's not what I meant. Today's Lianzhou is on the verge of collapse, and it would be a great thing if it can be put to death and survived. Just do it, and I will arrange for people to come down." Make an announcement."

Two days later, two censors, Zhang Zhendao and Liu Renli, arrived as scheduled.

This time Zhang Yushi didn't seem to hold any grudges anymore, and he smiled happily when he saw Gu Qiao.Zhou Lushi quickly sent the checked list, and the people's situation reported by Gu Qiao and the household registration files of each county can be matched one by one.

With the consent of the censor, Wei Changshi immediately led people to seal up Huang Cishi's mansion.

On the same day, he brought two clever yamen servants to turn the governor's mansion upside down, and he found out the whereabouts of Huang Governor's 600 million taels of silver, and the words "Du Yuwen" were clearly written on his account book. .

Du Yuwen should be Du Gong's name, Gu Qiao is not surprised by this.It's just what kind of identity is this "Du Gong", and why does Huang Zhengxian give him money?

Moreover, after Huang Zhengxian committed suicide, he was buried in a hurry without even notifying the people in the state capital, which is also very strange.

Shaocheng Temple was Du Yuwen's site, and Huang Zhengxian committed suicide because he burned Shaocheng Temple and lied about being a bandit suppressor. It would be unbelievable for Gu Qiao to say that there was no connection between the two.

However, Huang Zhengxian was not a good official in the first place. He was corrupt, perverted the law, helped the tyrant, and neglected human life, any of which was enough to kill him.

Maybe... Could it be that Du Yuwen deliberately harmed him?

According to what Baci said before, Huang Zhengxian treats Du Yuwen very badly, and it is not impossible to become an abandoned child after being used.

But what is Du Yuwen's purpose?Who is behind him?An official of the fourth rank and a dignified governor of a state can be used as pawns, and his plans must be not small.

Gu Qiao didn't dare to talk nonsense until he figured out the matter, but told Wei Changshi that he had heard bandits calling their leader Duke Du in Shaocheng Temple.

This is already direct evidence that court officials colluded with bandits.

The two censors immediately drafted the memorial. Although the case was supervised by the emperor himself, the efficiency was unprecedented.

A few days later, the censors returned to Beijing with written memorials and first-hand evidence. Before they left, they passed on His Majesty's oral order: Lianzhou is in an emergency situation, and there is no suitable candidate for the governor yet. Chang Shi will take his place temporarily. All local systems, personnel dispatch, and expenditures in Lianzhou were ordered by Chang Shi, and Sima Gu Qiao assisted him.

Gu Qiao was overjoyed, now he can let go of his hands and feet and do it!

When he received the order, he glanced at Wei Changshi, but Wei Changshi didn't seem very happy.

After seeing off the censor, Wei Wushuang pulled Gu Qiao aside and poured out his bitterness: "It's too difficult for me, how can I take up the position of governor? Does your majesty know me? Why does he think I can do it? What should I do?"

Gu Qiao smiled, "This is His Majesty's personal order. You are acting as a substitute, and others can't ask for it. Are you still troubled?"

"Hey, brother Gu, you know me. I just want to earn some salary in this state government office to support my family. I'm satisfied when I can go back and see the three boys in my family. I really don't have any intention to go What's more, I can't do it even if I want to!"

Gu Qiao grew up in the capital, and his teacher was Zheng Sanpin Zhongshu Shilang, one of the prime ministers who was formally stationed in the Zhengshitang.In recent years, he has seen all kinds of officials, and it is not uncommon for them to lie down and just want to be content with the status quo.

He was noncommittal, but his focus was not on the officialdom, "Master Chang Shi is so lucky to have three sons?"

Wei Wushuang couldn't help but feel a little complacent when he talked about this, "This is a lucky woman, and I will follow suit."

Gu Qiao saw that the corners of his mouth were straight up, he didn't look distressed at all, and said with a smile: "Master Chang Shi is so young and promising, I think your son is also talented, sensitive and eager to learn!"

Wei Wushuang shook his head, "Hey, the boss is the most talented one among them. He was worshiped as a boy boy at the age of eight, and he can directly take the provincial examination at the age of 12. Who knows that when he was ten years old, he fell ill, and the doctor in the village was not good at learning. He accidentally ate a lot of snail fruit, and since then he has been dumb, like a three-year-old child."

When Gu Qiao heard the snail fruit, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly asked, "Is it all right now?"

"The snail fruit will never get better. Some people in our place have eaten it by mistake before, and they have been stupid all their lives."

After hearing this, Gu Qiao's heart became cold.

Wei Wushuang went on to say: "Fortunately, a few years ago, there was a doctor girl who knew how to cure the poison of snail fruit! My boss cured her, but it's a pity that I missed the best years. Now Although it has been mended, it is also mediocre..."

Wei Changshi was still feeling sorry for his child prodigy, but Gu Qiao couldn't take it anymore, so she almost rushed to hug him, "Where is the medical girl now?"

Wei Wushuang was taken aback by his excited appearance, "Is... still in Shuiyue County..."

"really?!"

"Yes... yes, the medical girl lived in Shuiyue County a few years ago."

Gu Qiao spoke quickly and authentically: "Didn't you say that the matter of motivating the landlord to agree to buy the land will not go on? Leave such a difficult matter to me, and I will lobby in person! Starting from Shuiyue County! I will do it tomorrow Walk!"

After he finished speaking, he ran away, leaving behind Wei Changshi who was inexplicable and shouted: "Hey! Hey! Wait! What will I do if you leave!"