General, he's cheating again

The round table in the east hall is full of delicious food and wine. Looking outside the hall, you can see the flowing water of the stone bridge. Behind the stone bridge, there are grotesque artificial rocks interlaced to cover each other, and green and strong bamboos are also mixed in it.As soon as the wind blows, the rustling sound of bamboo leaves meeting and the humming sound of piercing holes in mountains and rocks, along with the melodious birdsong, caught the hearts of everyone present.

When it was time to eat, the room was already very lively, Qin Shi and Qin Qingrong were talking about the past, Chen Linxiang was holding a glass of wine to tease and laugh with Gu Zhen, Ye Ruan and Yan Xing were talking about the current situation in the capital, and so on.

It wasn't until Yan Xing looked at Qin Qingrong and mentioned Qin Yi's death that year that the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Hearing this, Qin's hand holding the soup couldn't help but froze slightly, she frowned slightly and looked at Yan Xing, realizing that Yan Xing's face was blush, obviously drunk.

The Qin family looked away silently, filled half a bowl of fish soup and brought it to Qin Qingrong with an embarrassed smile: "Qingrong, your cousin is drunk. I don't know what nonsense you are talking about now, don't take it to heart ah."

"Cousin, I want to see my cousin."

Qin Qingrong's hands were cold, and he looked at Qin with a little guilt.If he guessed correctly, his cousin's sudden illness was related to his leaving Beijing this time.

Seeing this, Qin couldn't stop crying. Yan Qi is her only son and now he is seriously ill. Among all the people present, she is the saddest.

But Qin Qingrong came to Caizhou just after Yan Qi became ill, and Yan Qi's symptoms were so similar to those of Qin Yi before his death. It is not difficult to see that the people who wanted to kill the Qin family extended their claws to Yan Qi.

It's just that Yan Qi's serious illness can do those people any good, Qin can't understand it and feels very ashamed of Qin Qingrong and Qin Xiaoxiao brothers and sisters.I think that Qin Yi helped the Yan family when they were in distress, but she didn't take care of Qin Qingrong and Qin Xiaoxiao's siblings once in the years since Qin Yi passed away.

This time, knowing that Qin Qingrong was going out of Beijing via Caizhou to be a guest, Qin tried every means to persuade Yan Xing to make Yan Xing promise not to mention Yan Qi's serious illness in front of Qin Qingrong.Originally, Qin Qingrong only stayed in the Yan Mansion for two days, and then went to Tanzhou for business.The Qin family didn't want Qin Qingrong to be involved again, so as not to cause complications.

It's just that now she didn't expect Yan Xing to tell the whole story in front of everyone when he was drunk. Qin felt sorry for her cousin who was watching her in the sky, and was worried about Yan Qi's illness and cried even more uncontrollably.

Qin wiped her tears with her handkerchief and sighed, "Forget it, I can't hide it from you, so I'll take you to see it."

After leaving the East Hall, Qin led the crowd to the west side of the inner courtyard.At this time, there were only two people left in the east hall, one was Yan Xing who was lying on the table and got drunk after speaking, and the other was Chen Linxiang who had made himself staggered.

Ye Ru'an and Gu Zhen walked silently behind the Qin family and Qin Qingrong, suddenly Ye Ru'an felt something was wrong, he thought about it for a while, looked at Gu Zhen and smiled slightly: "Master Gu, is the whereabouts of guard Leng always so unpredictable? Fang also saw him behind him, why can't he be seen at this moment."

"He has always been like this." Gu Zhen walked slowly with his hands on his back, standing upright, and he seemed to be a little taller standing next to Ye Ru'an.Faced with doubts, Gu Zhen was not impatient. Instead, he looked sideways at Ye Ru'an and replied with a light smile, "But he left to meet an old friend who is here. This time in Tanzhou, he may need the help of this old friend."

Ye Ru'an blinked and nodded, but she was surprised that Gu Zhen would explain it carefully to him.According to his original assumption, when Gu Zhen heard his question, he should have given him a sideways glance or a perfunctory "hmm" with his sleeves.

However, Ye Ru'an thought carefully about what he said just now. What Gu Zhen meant was that this old friend might stay with them until the end of the Yantie case.Presumably, it was also to avoid their doubts about that person in the future, so Gu Zhen explained a little more.

When a few people arrived at the courtyard where Yan Qi lived, Yan Qi was still in a coma.Sitting by the bed and holding her son's hand, Qin Qingrong couldn't hide her sadness. Qin Qingrong comforted Qin from the sidelines, looking at Yan Qi, who was seriously ill, wondering what the murderer's intentions were.

After a while, two figures walked into the door, one was Leng Ji who had just left, and the other was a shaggy man in red.

Gu Zhen, who had been waiting for a long time, was speechless for a moment when his gaze fell on the man in red in front of him.

Leng Ji walked to Gu Zhen's side, Gu Zhen turned around and frowned slightly, his phoenix eyes glanced at the man in red and asked Leng Ji with a little distaste: "Why is he here?"

Leng Ji also expressed his helplessness, and whispered to Gu Zhen's ear: "There was a message in the building saying that Hall Master Huayan insisted on asking for orders to come over after knowing that the general was going to leave Beijing. .

However, the subordinates believe that Hall Master Huayan's medical skills are excellent.Although the character is difficult to deal with, it can really help us a little bit. "

After Leng Ji finished speaking, he looked at the Qin family, and hinted that Gu Zhenhuayan might be able to help them cure Yan's cousin.

"Gu Zhen, Leng Ji, what are you two muttering so close to each other!" Hua Yan was dressed in a red dress, the jet black hair contrasted sharply with the bright red of the clothes.He has a pair of red phoenix eyes, a straight nose and thin lips, and fair complexion, which is described as coquettish, but his body is as thin as a weak willow flower, which is too feminine for a man.

He rolled his eyes displeasedly at Gu Zhen and Leng Ji who were looking at him and muttering, cleared his throat and looked up: "If you two don't know good and bad, if you don't like my hall master, my hall master But let’s go! The hall master over there who is lying dead on the bed will not be saved!”

After speaking, Hua Yan flicked his sleeves to make a gesture to leave, seeing Gu Zhen looking at himself and then at the back room, but he didn't speak, and coughed fiercely out of breath and posturing, which startled everyone in the room.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Qin came out from the back room, looked at Hua Yan, hurriedly wiped away her tears, smiled politely and said, "Since this young master is an old friend of General Gu, he is also a guest of the Yan family. Our Yan family will definitely not allow guests The truth is that you have to see off your guests with a cup of tea.

This... just now, young master can say, you can save your family! "

Hua Yan glanced sullenly at Yan Qi who was lying unconscious on the bed, wondering how strange this person's symptoms were, but Gu Zhen's attitude really made him too angry.

Seeing him coming, this guy was not only not happy at all, but also had a little disgust mixed in his expression, Hua Yan gritted his teeth and cursed Gu Zhen for his heartlessness.

"Ma'am, I don't know. The son in front of you is Hua Yan, the master of the Hundred Poison Hall." Gu Zhen couldn't help but feel a little headache when he spoke. If he wanted to talk about Hua Yan, he felt that he could sum it up in two words: "crazy man!" ".

In fact, Gu Zhen is also a lunatic, a bloody lunatic who kills without batting an eyelid.As far as Gu Zhen is concerned, whether the person in front of him is dead or alive depends entirely on his one thought.

As for Hua Yan, as the master descendant of the Hundred Poison Hall, Hua Yan has been soaked in various poisons since childhood.If it is said that Shennong tried all kinds of herbs and tested medicines, then the descendants of Huashi swallowed poisons for generations to test poisons, and this is one of the reasons why every hall master of Hundred Poison Hall is not very nervous.

Besides, Gu Zhen and Hua Yan got acquainted by chance.At that time, the war between Gu Zhen and Jin Yanyu was at a stalemate. Jin Yanyu knew that if there was a war of attrition, Goryeo would definitely not be Song's opponent, so he spent a lot of money to buy Gu insects from Fanjiang and arrange them in Gu Zhen's army at night. Putting Gu worms into the daily food and water, sure enough, a plague appeared in Gu Zhen's army not long after.

At that time, Hua Yan had just taken office as the head of the Hundred Poison Hall, and because he didn't have any power of his own in the hall, he tried every means to make allies to help him.

Hua Yan was bold and courageous, so he immediately set his sights on the Tingfeng Tower, where rumored masters gathered and a piece of news could be worth a thousand taels of gold.He thought that if he could persuade Tingfenglou to form an alliance with Baidutang, then Tingfenglou would be a good hand to make him secure the position of hall master.

Not long after, Hua Yan learned a very secret news, and he found it very interesting.It turned out that the owner of Tingfeng Building died a few years ago together with Gu Qinan, the great general who protected the country, on the Huainan border passing through the capital. The successor is Gu Qinan's son, his apprentice Gu Zhen.

It's just that Gu Zhen acted very low-key after becoming the landlord, and his notoriety was far above all kinds of rumors, so few people knew that Gu Zhen was the rumored landlord of Tingfenglou.

After hearing the news, Hua Yan went to the Liaodong area alone. It was a god-sent opportunity that happened to catch up with the plague during Gu Zhen's march, so he took this opportunity to form a bond with Gu Zhen.

In the end, Hua Yan naturally succeeded in forming an alliance with Tingfenglou, and secured the position of the new hall master.

Gu Zhen had seen Hua Yan go crazy before.Hua Yan likes brightly colored things, because brightly colored things can stimulate his nerves and keep him in a state of excitement without feeling tired, so he always wears red.

And because of the strict rules of the Hundred Poison Hall, Hua Yan grew up amidst the sound of beating and scolding.Moreover, he has tried thousands of poisons, leaving many unsolvable toxins in his body. When the attack occurs, he suffers physically and mentally, and life is almost worse than death.

Gu Zhen has seen Hua Yan lose his mind and kill people when he sees something familiar that reminds him of memories he doesn't want to be remembered. Simply difficult.

A woman from the Qin family doesn't know what the Hundred Poison Hall is, it was Qin Qingrong and Ye Ru'an who explained it to her before she realized that the man in red in front of her was actually a person who used poison.

Seeing that Gu Zhen introduced him solemnly to everyone, Hua Yan's expression improved a little.

He straightened up pretending to be a gesture and smiled slightly at Qin Shi: "Don't worry, there is no poison in this world that this hall master can't cure. Let me come and see him."

Hua Yan didn't like people staying around him when he was treating his illness, so he drove everyone out of the house and closed the door.

While everyone was waiting outside the door, Qin Qingrong accompanied Qin Shi for a walk to the edge of the pool, thinking about the intention of the poisoner, and noticed Gu Zhen staring at him from the corner of his eye.

That's right, Gu Zhen helped him twice this time, but he didn't say a word of thanks.

After saying a few words with Qin Shi, Qin Qingrong walked towards Gu Zhen, and thanked him solemnly with gratitude.

"Master Qin, it seems that someone wants to kill you."

The distance between the two was only two steps, but Gu Zhen took another step towards Qin Qingrong, looking into Qin Qingrong's beautiful peach blossom eyes with a smile on his face.

"Master Gu, although Mr. Qin is very grateful to Mr. Gu, he still doesn't understand why Mr. Gu wants to help me?"

Qin Qingrong took a step back, restrained the gentle smile on his face and looked serious.

"Didn't Master Qin want to cooperate with Gu?" The corners of Gu Zhen's lips raised slightly, but there was some intention in his eyes, "Gu has been thinking about it for the past few days, and decided to agree."

Hearing the words, Qin Qingrong couldn't help clenching his hands hidden in his sleeves. He knew that Gu Zhen would go to the South Courtyard that day in the Gu Mansion, so he chose the Water Pavilion as the inevitable place to go to the South Courtyard to rest and wait for Gu Zhen's arrival.

What he said that day was indeed implying that Gu Zhen's own intention was to cooperate with him to bring down Lin Wenshan, but later on the bridge, Gu Zhen's frivolous words meant to humiliate him, Qin Qingrong only thought that Gu Zhen was refusing cooperate.

"If Master Qin has considered it." Gu Zhen looked at Qin Qingrong with a frivolous voice and said slowly: "Gu is willing to have a long talk with Master Qin tonight."