I heard you want to let me down

Rong Jin rested for a while, then got up slowly, Gu Ruzhuo immediately stepped forward to help him.

Rong Jin looked at the sky outside: "You don't need to go to the Imperial Academy today?"

Gu Ruzhuo supported him: "I take a rest today, so I can guard Ah Jin. If not, I wouldn't dare..."

He silenced halfway through his speech, Rong Jin looked at him expressionlessly.

Rong Jin thought about himself last night, and felt that he was really stupid.She actually thinks that Gu Ruzhuo is an innocent, pure, and not dangerous herbivore at all.Look, how well thought out this is!

Gu Ruzhuo saw that Rong Jin's complexion was not good, and said courteously, "I'll comb A Jin's hair."

Rong Jin was sitting in front of the dressing table, and Gu Ruzhuo was standing behind him, holding a wooden comb, combing his hair gently and carefully.Rong Jin's long hair is well maintained, black and smooth, Gu Ruzhuo carefully adjusted it for him, then took out a wooden hairpin from his sleeve, and tied a man's hair bun for him.

It was a man's hairpin.

"The craftsmanship has improved a lot." Rong Jin looked through the bronze mirror, "But didn't you just give it away before?"

Over the years, Gu Ruzhuo would give Rong Jin a hairpin carved by himself every year on Rong Jin's birthday, and even if he was studying abroad, he would ask someone to take the hairpin back.

Rong Jin had never worn them before, but put away each one carefully.Firstly, he didn't think about accepting Gu Ruzhuo's wishes, so he didn't dare to wear it; secondly, Gu Ruzhuo was talented in other aspects, but his skills in this aspect really didn't make much progress, it was really ugly.If Dai goes out, everyone may think that the Rong family is going bankrupt.

But the one on his head looks much more pleasing to the eye.

Gu Ruzhuo accepted Rong Jin's compliment graciously: "As long as Ah Jin likes it. From now on, I will make men's hairpins for Ah Jin."

In fact, it's not that the craftsmanship has improved, it's that men's hairpins are obviously simpler than women's.He didn't have to think of a way to carve flowers and butterflies on the tail of the hairpin, of course it looked better.

"Xiu Mu today, don't you need to have a drink with your colleagues?"

Gu Ruzhuo shook his head: "No need."

"No one asks you out for a drink, so you just ask someone out for a drink. Didn't you meet some fellow subjects with similar temperaments?"

In the official business unit, interpersonal relationships are very important.The ancient officialdom was only more complicated than the modern one, and it also paid more attention to family background.Gu Ruzhuo is the son-in-law of a merchant, but he got the limelight again and won the first prize. Rong Jin was afraid that he would be excluded, and hoped that he could take good care of this important contact in the same department.

In fact, someone asked him out, but Rong Jin was here, of course he was reluctant to go out.

"Okay, I'll ask them out next time."

Rong Jin pretended to be casual and said: "By the way, Ruzhuo, I haven't asked you yet, how did you pass the examination and palace examination? Did it go well?"

Gu Ruzhuo was silent for a while, and there was an indescribable sarcasm in his eyes: "Actually, I didn't get the first place in the test, but I was only the third. But His Majesty praised me for my good looks, so I won the number one prize."

Rong Jin was slightly surprised.Although he had heard that His Majesty is absurdly powerful and superstitious about alchemy and numerology, he didn't know that it had reached such a serious level.Even the country's most important imperial examination for talent selection is so child's play.He leaned gently in Gu Ruzhuo's arms, put his head in his arms, and wanted to comfort him: "Ruzhuo, you don't need to think too much. Your talent is not inferior to anyone else."

Gu Ruzhuo leaned down and kissed Rong Jin's neck lightly: "Gu, does Ah Jin love me?"

This familiar sentence from last night made Rong Jin immediately have a bad association.He sat up straight and said coldly, "No. Not at all."

"No! We can't stay in the house all the time." Rong Jin looked cold, "You afternoon, no, you go out now, I will go to Rong's shop in the afternoon."

"By the way, I brought some master's personal letters this time. The master told you to take it and visit his old friend who is still in Beijing."

Gu Ruzhuo stood up in disappointment, he thought to himself: Did you scare Ah Jin last night?

In order to make Rong Jin happy and relaxed, he decided to go out obediently.Before leaving, Gu Ruzhuo suddenly turned around and said with a slight smile, "The customs in Beijing are conservative. If Ah Jin goes out, remember to wear a veil."

……

Gu Ruzhuo walked slowly on the street alone.

It took Gu Ruzhuo a whole month to go through the dossiers of those five years carefully twice. The ups and downs in the officialdom are commonplace, and there were not a few people who fell into the sand in those five years.But after sifting through age, division and so on, there is something wrong with any of them.

Isn't it a Beijing official, a local official?This is much more difficult to check.It would be fine if he went not to the Hanlin Academy, but to the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After much deliberation, Gu Ruzhuo found that among the officials in the capital, only that young person who had already reached the fourth rank and whose information was vague was somewhat suitable.But that person had a posthumous title, and it was obvious that he was mourned and honored after death, so how could something bad happen to his wife and children?Could it be that it happened first, that the charges were convicted, and then the case was overturned, and the posthumous title was added?But if the case is overturned, Rong Huaisong, Dai Xun'an and Wei Wushu, what are they afraid of?

Too much time has passed, no matter how smart Gu Ruzhuo is, it is difficult to imagine what happened back then.

He walked to a wealthy family, and handed a greeting card at the concierge: "Junior Gu Ruzhuo, with the letter from the teacher, came to visit Mr. Li."

Not long after Gu Ruzhuo handed in the greeting card, a middle-aged man hurried out.He glanced at Gu Ruzhuo, obviously he knew the newly admitted No. [-] scholar: "So it's Mr. Gu. Please come in."

Li Yi beckoned him to sit down in the hall, and asked impatiently, "Are you Brother Xun'an's disciple?"

Gu Ruzhuo saluted as a junior: "That's right. Before I came to Beijing to take part in the exam, in order to avoid suspicion, it was not good to come to visit. Now I come to visit rashly, I hope I don't disturb Mr. Li."

"What are you talking about! You are brother Xun'an's disciple and half of my disciple, so just call me Uncle Li. How has your master been doing all these years?"

"Master is living a good life, but sometimes it is inevitable to miss old friends."

Hearing this, Li Yi slapped the table and sighed: "Too stubborn. He is too stubborn! It's been more than 20 years! He still refuses to go to Beijing. I wrote to persuade him, but he refused to return. I always thought he was still blaming me." , dare not go to see him!"

Gu Ruzhuo's eyelashes were very long. He looked down at the ground with a very submissive expression: "Master said that he knew that he didn't blame Uncle Li for what happened back then, but he just didn't want to go back to this sad place."

Of course Dai Xun'an didn't say this, but Dai Xun'an told him in the letter that if anything happened, he would go to Li Yi.It also shows that Li Yi is Dai Xun'an's most trusted friend.Gu Ruzhuo has been following Dai Xun'an for many years, and knows Dai Xun'an's temperament very well.He even wanted to guess, and combined with the information from Li Yi's words, Li Yi had no doubts about what he said.

Li Yi looked sad: "Sadly, sadly. After so many years, he still can't let go."

Gu Ruzhuo's heart was beating very fast, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face.Li Yi must have been an insider back then.He didn't know about Rong Jin's affairs, so he thought that everything was over long ago, but he didn't know that Dai Xun'an would never mention the past events to any disciples.If you want to make something out of it, now is the best chance.

Gu Ruzhuo decided to take the opportunity to fight big: "My best friend has a grievance, and he can't look away. Even if the master is helpless, how can he let it go in his heart?"

"He said that?!" The teacup in Li Yi's hand fell to the ground and shattered, but he was stunned, "He is still like this, he dares to say anything! Yes, see Brother Su , don’t I hate and feel guilty! But thunder, rain and dew are all due to your grace! His Majesty has already given an explanation, what else can I do? Is it really going to turn upside down and can’t end?”

Gu Ruzhuo said in a low voice: "Master naturally only has gratitude for His Majesty's long grace. It's just that he feels ashamed of his old friend."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Yi calmed down his ups and downs tremblingly, and looked at Gu Ruzhuo lovingly, "He has been teaching at Bailu Academy for these years, and he has never heard of any personal disciple coming to take the exam. , even your parents and children are unwilling to send you to the capital. This time I wrote for you, which shows how much I value you. But no matter what brother Xun'an told you, you should do your errands steadfastly and never get involved things."

Li Yisheng was afraid that he would be influenced by Dai Xun'an, so he tried his best to persuade him: "Don't learn from your master. He is open-minded and values ​​love and righteousness, but this is not a good thing in the officialdom. You can only be cautious in your words and deeds, and be alone. The body is the long-term way."

Gu Ruzhuo said in a low voice: "I know. Uncle Li, Master sent me to Beijing for no other purpose than to make a career for myself. Master has also repeatedly told me not to act recklessly."

Farewell to Li Yi calmly, Gu Ruzhuo felt that his heart finally calmed down, only then did he realize that his back was slightly wet.What he said just now was all based on guesswork. Li Yi became suspicious when he said something wrong. It would be extremely difficult for him to get any inside information.

Fortunately, his guess was right.

Wei Wushu's son-in-law, Dai Xun'an's close friend who resigned from office and returned to his hometown, is also likely to be Rong Jin's biological father, the 27-year-old, who died suddenly and enjoyed the posthumous title "Wen Zhong". , Lu Jiansu.

Lu Jiansu was able to become the fourth rank at the age of 27. In addition to his own ability, he must also have a prominent family background.

Throughout the court, the Lu family can be called prominent, only the queen's mother family today.The Lu family was originally a general many years ago, more powerful than the Cheng family, but now it has changed from military to civil, not involved in military power, and has gradually retired from the court, but it has a deep foundation.Who in the street doesn't know that the emperor has long been disgusted with the prince and has been imprisoned for more than ten years, but he has not really been abolished.Although the queen is not favored, she still sits in the phoenix seat decently, isn't it because she is concerned about the Lu family?

Lu Jiansu died, and his wife and child who were still pregnant were not kept. Except for Your Majesty, who can make so many people helpless?But it is impossible for His Majesty to kill Lu Jiansu for no reason and intentionally offend the Lu family.

My best friend was wronged and couldn't rest in peace.

Li Yi did not deny this sentence.Someone framed Lu Jiansu.And the person who framed him is now enjoying a prosperous and happy life.Therefore, even after so many years, Rong Huaisong and Dai Xun'an did not dare to make a slight difference.

……

Gu Ruzhuo walked halfway along the road, and vaguely saw a familiar signboard out of the corner of his vision.He stopped at the entrance of the alley, looked inside and saw Mianyuzhai.

Gu Ruzhuo turned a corner when he was going straight forward: he made Ah Jin unhappy today, and he doesn't know if his anger has calmed down now.Why don't you bring some snacks back to Ah Jin.Over the years, Gu Ruzhuo has gradually discovered that Rong Jin has a sweet taste, but he doesn't like being known.

Gu Ruzhuo stopped at the door of the store, frowning slightly.This store probably has a bad location, it looks deserted inside, and I don't know if the dim sum is new or not.

He was wondering whether to go in, when he saw a woman in a cloak coming out of a small door, talking to a shopkeeper while walking out.

Both of them were stunned for a moment.

The woman walked over slowly first: "It turned out to be Mr. Gu. This is really destined."

Gu Ruzhuo didn't know whether she wanted to reveal her whereabouts or not, so after thinking about it for a while, he saluted and said, "I met Miss San. It was just a chance encounter, but I am grateful to you for remembering."

The woman caressed her lips and smiled lightly: "Walking around on horseback a month ago, how many daughters' hearts have I devoted to you. If I don't know Mr. Gu, it would be strange."

Gu Ruzhuo: "Miss San was joking."

The woman's gaze swept across him casually: "Young Master Gu is on holiday, what are you doing here in this remote place?"

"Come down to buy some snacks."

The woman was slightly surprised: "Master Gu also likes to eat dim sum from Mianyuzhai?"

Gu Ruzhuo was neither humble nor overbearing: "It's my wife who likes it, so I ordered you to come out and buy it."

The woman's lips curled up inexplicably: "Madam Gu is really lucky. Unlike me, if you want to eat something that suits your taste, you have to go out and buy it yourself."

"Madam, don't worry." The shopkeeper walked out with a smile, "Your little old man will prepare the snacks for you on time, keep them properly, and have the right taste. You can just call the servants to pick them up when the time comes. "

"That's good. I'm used to your family's food, so I naturally believe in your family's craftsmanship."

The woman left with the help of the maid, and Gu Ruzhuo followed the shopkeeper into the shop.While looking at the snacks on the counter, he casually asked, "Is that lady often here?"

The shopkeeper smiled kindly: "Yes, that lady is a regular customer here. Guest officer, is there something wrong?"

Gu Ruzhuo smiled and said: "That's not true. I saw the shop was deserted at first, and I was worried about the business of the shop. Looking at it now, the lady is distinguished, and with her as a regular customer in the shop, there is no need to worry about it. "

"Who says it's not." The shopkeeper said with emotion, "The location of the small shop is too remote, and it was almost closed. Fortunately, this lady met by chance, and has been coming here often since then. She is really a living Bodhisattva of the small shop."

Gu Ruzhuo left the store carrying the snack box.

At the moment when their eyes met, although the woman quickly calmed down, Gu Ruzhuo still noticed the panic flashing in her eyes at the beginning.

Hope he plays well enough not to cause trouble.