Broken Iron Clothes

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After drinking less than half of the sugar water in the jug, Xu Guo raised her sleeve and wiped the corner of her mouth, and handed back the remaining half of the jug.

"I left it for you." Xu Guo said.

Lin Song took it with a smile. After taking a sip, he savored the sweetness in his mouth and asked, "Will you always be by Mr. Jiang's side from now on?"

Xu Guo blurted out: "Yes, I have nothing to offer, and if I don't follow my master, I can't live."

Lin Song asked again: "But if Mr. Jiang gets married, will you follow him?"

"Follow me," Xu Guo said, straightening her legs and shaking her feet, "Mr. Yu Chuan once taught me that there is a thing called guardianship, which means that you are willing to treat someone well, as long as you can follow him silently." By his side, let's see him spend the rest of his life in peace, it doesn't matter if there is anything in return."

Xu Guo turned her head and smiled at him: "I have this thing in my heart, so in the future I will guard my master as I am now."

Remembering what Jiang Shiqing said that day, Lin Song felt envious but couldn't hide his guilt, and his voice also weakened: "Young Master Jiang must have treated you very well."

"Master is the best in my heart," Xu Guo leaned his head, stretched out his hand and patted Lin Song's chest, and said in a low voice, "Hey, let me tell you secretly, I regard him as my brother, but you Keep this in your stomach, and don't let it out."

"What's not to say about that?"

Xu Guo withdrew her head, sighed a little, and said: "Master always feels that he is going to die, and he doesn't want me to get too close, and I don't want him to be burdened. Anyway, I just treat him as an elder brother in my heart. He doesn't need to know. .”

He couldn't hear Lin Song's voice for a long time, so he turned his head to look, but saw Lin Song looking straight at him with a smile in his eyes.

"What are you looking at me like that for?" Xu Guo's hairs stood on end.

Lin Song raised his chin at him: "It's grown up."

"Tch——" Xu Guo turned his head in feigned disgust, and asked after a while, "What about you, why don't you stay in Yemen Village from now on?"

Lin Song said, "I didn't think about it."

"Otherwise, what are your plans," Xu Guo asked, "Go back to Qinzhou?"

"I won't go back," Lin Song smiled with downcast eyes, and his voice was low, "It's just that I seem to have someone who wants to follow."

Xu Guo chuckled twice: "It can't be me, young master?"

Lin Song hooked his chin on purpose, and teased, "Are you willing?"

Xu Guo felt uncomfortable when he touched his chin, and hurriedly waved his hands to avoid it, so the two taunted each other for a while.

"Could it be that your heart belongs to you?" Xu Guo poked Lin Song's chest with his finger, "I warn you, sister Ji has someone."

Lin Song patted his fingers away and said, "Don't think about it."

"Just kidding, but we said we are good brothers, you can't deny it, I, Xuguo, have been called other people's brother all my life, and I haven't met a brother who can directly call his name, you are the first. "

Xu Guo stretched out his fist to signal him, Lin Song smiled and punched him casually, saying: "I recognize it, I won't go back on my word."

"Okay, then I won't ask any more questions." Xu Guo stretched his waist and lay down with his arms on his pillow, and said, "I'm going to watch over here all night. You should leave early, or you will ruin another person, Mr. Lin Meng." But it's going to explode."

Lin Song also imitated his appearance and lay down, and stretched out his hand to catch the wind, saying: "It feels good to lie here."

Seeing him, Xu Guo smiled, then raised one leg, and said, "If you still look like that when you climb the roof next time, don't call it my brother."

Lin Song raised his foot and kicked his leg, and said, "I'll give you the best of luck."

The two laughed and quarreled from time to time, lying on their backs on the roof and talking all night, until the morning sun took over from the cool light and lit up the sky, and the first rays of morning light at sunrise shone, and the young minds that the wind could not catch were all buried in the night .

After a night of careful care, Jiang Shiqing's high fever subsided a lot, and he woke up at noon, and now Yuan Mucheng was feeding him hot porridge.

Jiang Shiqing had a wound on his back and was weak from sitting, so Yuan Mucheng sat on the bed and let him lean on his left chest, and his arm deliberately avoided the wound on his back, passing through his waist and holding the bowl underneath.

The stuffy heat in the thick porridge slowly escaped with the stirring. Yuan Mucheng scooped up a spoon and blew the porridge in the spoon to warm it before feeding it to Jiang Shiqing's mouth.But Jiang Shiqing saw that he had no appetite for anything, so he shook his head wearily after taking a few mouthfuls.

"Hey, take another bite."

Yuan Mucheng coaxed people softly, Jiang Shiqing opened his mouth and took another bite.After several times, Jiang Shiqing was coaxed to swallow most of the bowl of porridge reluctantly.

"Is your mouth bitter?" Yuan Mucheng stretched out his fingers to wipe away the water stains left on his mouth.

Jiang Shiqing smiled, his voice hoarse: "It's all about the smell of medicine."

"I'll try it." Yuan Mucheng took out a candied fruit from somewhere, put it in his mouth, then lightly lifted Jiang Shiqing's chin, and kissed his lips.

The taste of honey then entered Jiang Shiqing's mouth, and it climbed to the tip of his tongue. He thought of this sweet taste, and licked his lips nostalgicly when Yuan Mucheng let go of his mouth.

"Is it bitter?" Jiang Shiqing asked.

Yuan Mucheng smiled lightly: "I tasted it quite sweet."

Jiang Shiqing reached out and climbed onto his shoulder, and gently sucked another mouthful on his lips.

Yuan Mucheng pinched his cheeks dotingly, and whispered: "This is considered cheating. My young master is still ill and can't eat too sweet, so I can only taste this, but if you want to kiss me, you can treat me as another." Never mind."

There was affection in Jiang Shiqing's eyes, and he just seduced people so brightly: "What's the other way?"

Looking at those eyes, Yuan Mucheng felt that the man was so bad that he was tempted so brazenly even though he knew he couldn't bear it.

His tongue slid across the tip of his teeth, and he slapped Jiang Shiqing's lower lip a few times with his fingertips, and swallowed insatiably. The beast in his heart saw its prey, and was also eager to move.

Facing the tenderness in front of him, Yuan Mucheng bowed his head, but when he was about to kiss him, the man put his finger on his lips.

"I'm sick." Jiang Shiqing smirked.

Yuan Mucheng pulled his finger, bit the knuckle, and said viciously: "It's bad enough, I will remember this grudge."

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When Zhong Dingshan came back, Jiang Shiqing had already fallen asleep, and Yuan Mucheng took a few steps aside to leave room for him to feel his pulse. At this time, He Xiao stepped on the door lightly, and Fang wanted to knock on the door and immediately stopped.

Just as Ji Dong was about to go out with an empty bowl, he happened to bump into He Xiao head-on, and the two smiled at each other in a tacit understanding.When passing by, He Xiao took Ji Dong's hand, caught her fingertips in his palm and squeezed.

After Ji Dong left, He Xiao was still immersed in the ambiguity just now, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Yuan Mucheng glanced at him, and immediately leaned forward and whispered something in his ear.

Zhong Dingshan turned his head and said in a low voice: "I have something to say, don't make noise here, Huaichuan has me watching."

Only then did Yuan Mucheng go out the door in two steps and one turn, the two walked down the corridor and walked towards the study.

"Yesterday, His Majesty left the palace in a hurry and rushed into the scene of the fire to look for you once." He Xiao said.

Yuan Mucheng's heart skipped a beat, he stopped and asked, "How is the person?"

He Xiao also stopped and said, "It's nothing serious. Later, Xu Yixu went in and stopped the person, and also served as an escort. The reward is indispensable. Right now, the position of Minister of Rites is vacant. To him, it should be Ninety-five are sure, but recently Xu Bin claimed to be sick and has not shown up for many days, and the Taiwei's mansion is also heavily guarded, I don't know what the situation is."

The last time Xu Yixu was promoted to the Secretary of the Imperial Academy, Xu Bin claimed to be sick within a few days, and after that Xu Yixu often used his name to walk around the palace, and no one saw Xu Bin again.But since it was just a complaint, why bother to strengthen the guards at the mansion, unless there was no one in the mansion, he was afraid of being discovered, so it was unnecessary.

Yuan Mucheng pondered for a moment, and replied: "I see, what's going on with the Yellow Book Library?"

"The Ministry of Criminal Affairs has taken over the matter of the Yellow Book Library. I have inquired about it. The books inside have been almost destroyed. Several dead bodies were found, and two of them were identified as Peng Yan and the Ambassador of the Yellow Book Library. Yes, in addition, I heard today that Gao Shilang asked for an order to re-record the book, and Wen Cifu seconded it. Maybe the Sand Snake matter can be caught by this opportunity," He Xiao said, "Also, the person who reported yesterday should be a dead man. Sergeant, I tried to stop him several times, but I didn't pry my mouth open."

"It doesn't matter if you can pry it open or not, just save your life." Yuan Mucheng went to the corridor and grabbed a bamboo leaf, leaning against the pillar of the corridor, and asked, "How about the food and grass?"

He Xiao walked up to his side and said, "It's consistent with yesterday's statement. Right now, the imperial court has sent people from the Ministry of Industry to clear the grain road, and Shenjiang's grain and grass are also being salvaged."

"In the past, the household department deducted [-] shi of grain and grass, but now it has lost [-] shi of grain." Yuan Mucheng fiddled with the bamboo leaves with one hand, his expression solemn, "Do you think it must be grain and grass that fell into the river?"

He Xiao shook his head: "Regardless of whether this is a coincidence or not, something was wrong when Peng Yan wanted to default on the grain and grass. He withheld the grain and grass either to supply the Weiming Army, or to exchange it for real money. Reselling such a large amount of food and grass should not be something he can do alone, I'm afraid he is feeding tigers."

Yuan Mucheng blew away the leaves he was holding between his fingers, and said, "I think so too, so I have to go to Aozhou as soon as possible. The people in the grain and grass team are not trustworthy now. I need to see with my own eyes what exactly is fished up." Just do it."

It's just that Jiang Shiqing was seriously injured this time and caught up with the poisonous hair. He didn't dare to get away. It would take at least a few days to go back and forth to Aozhou. If he wanted to go, he could only wait for Jiang Shiqing to recover. Missed the matter of salvaging grain and grass.

Yuan Mucheng was thinking, his brows were hard to relax.

He Xiao saw his worries, and said, "Master, let me go to Aozhou. There is no result of the investigation of the yellow book library, but most of the crimes can be blamed on Peng Yan. In addition, Yan Youqian's investigation of the case has also come to an end. There may be changes in the court in the near future. It just so happened that someone from the palace came to the mansion today to ask. Let's wait and see for a few days, besides, Mr. Jiang has not recovered yet, I think you should be worried, so it is better for you to stay in Yancheng."

"You boy," Yuan Mucheng couldn't finish his words, and patted him on the shoulder, "Go early and come back early."

"Okay, I'll bring the news back as soon as the matter of food and grass comes to fruition."

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When Yuan Mucheng returned to Jiang Shiqing's room after discussing the good news, Xu Guo had already taken Zhong Dingshan's place, and was sitting cross-legged on the ground at this time, gently teasing Jiang Shiqing's fingers stretched out from the edge of the bed.

Yuan Mucheng squatted beside Xu Guo, picked up a braid on his head, and scratched his cheek with the tip of the hair.

Xu Guo felt itchy, so she quickly shrank her neck and whispered, "General, itchy!"

Yuan Mucheng rubbed his head, said with a smile: "Look carefully, don't make trouble with him."

Xu Guo pursed his mouth and sat obediently, Yuan Mucheng stood up now, and was about to turn around to drink some hot water to moisten his throat, but saw Gu Nanxing walk in the door and gave him a look: "Let Xu Guo see Now, shall we go outside and chat?"