The most powerful minister in the world

On the shore of Taihu Lake, the willows were hanging down, and the warblers and swallows were full of romantic talents and twenty-eight beauties traveling around the lake. The sound of chanting the wind and the moon could be heard in the ears, and the spring scenery of the south of the Yangtze River could be seen before the eyes. Gu Chengxiao pulled off a piece of chicken skin and sucked it into his mouth. One hand pushed the long hair behind the ear, one foot stepped on the stone bench and laughed.

"Second Young Master, no matter whether you believe it or not, I just happened to pass by. Besides, you are always looking for me. When I go to the Yamen to look for you, you are always not there. Today is a coincidence."

Jingxi had a confused look on his face, folding a fan to fan himself, while Lian'er secretly took a sip of the small bar and smacked her lips, resting her chin on her hands and smiling innocently.

"What the hell are you talking about? The more you talk about me, the more confused I become. You said you happened to pass by Su embroidery cloth shop. Then let me ask you, you said you are from Lin'an Prefecture, why did you come to Suzhou?"

Hearing this, Gu Chengxiao nodded in agreement, and without stopping, he picked up a chicken wing and pointed it at Jingxi and said: "Hi~ I am the magistrate of Meiyang County. You sent it to me when you first arrived in Dancheng. The official document asked my government office to find you, have you forgotten?"

"Meiyang County? Why does it sound so familiar?"

Li Dongyang, who was sitting cross-legged on the railing, moved his buttocks and said, "That's the incorruptible magistrate who can match the account books."

Jing Xi closed the folding fan and looked at Gu Chengxiao with a pleased expression, but suddenly said with a droopy face: "That's not right, a Suzhou magistrate whose father is a fourth-grade official, why would he be afraid of you, a sixth-grade official? ?”

"Hmm~" Gu Chengxiao shook his neck, "Don't think that the county magistrate is not an official of the court!"

At this time, Li Dongyang turned around on the railing, looked at Gu Chengxiao who was eating chicken through Jingxi, and lowered his eyes and said: "The Gu family of Lin'an Prefecture, the first family in Jiangnan, in their eyes, the fourth-rank officials are probably the most junior ones." You can’t be a junior official anymore, right?”

Gu Chengxiao cupped his fists and said: "Brother's fallacy, no matter how big or small the officials are, they are all for the benefit of the people, isn't it, Second Young Master?"

Jingxi pursed his lips and said, "Don't talk to me about your own affairs. I haven't figured it out yet. Isn't the first family in Jiangnan the Qiao family? When did the Gu family pop up again?"

"It is indeed the Qiao family." Gu Chengxiao said calmly with a blink of an eye.

It was this kind of calmness that made Jingxi almost bite his tongue. He stood up angrily, stepped forward, grabbed Gu Chengxiao's collar and shouted, "Can you speak human language!"

Gu Chengxiao wiped the saliva from his face, picked up the wine bottle and said, "This wine is really good, it would be a shame not to drink it."

"Sir, please calm down and don't be impulsive." Lian'er saw Jingxi's back hunched up, which was a sign that he was going to go crazy. She quickly hugged Jingxi's waist and pulled him back.

But Jingxi was like a wild horse about to run free. He grabbed the lotus leaf chicken on the table and threw it towards the innocent-looking Gu Chengxiao. He couldn't avoid it, and his face was suddenly shiny. He was not angry, but looked distressed. He looked at the muscles that fell on the ground and said, "This chicken was given to me by Mrs. Chen."

"It's okay, it's okay, I can still eat it, I won't get sick if I eat it cleanly!"

"Li Dongyang, beat him up!"

Li Dongyang coughed twice and said, "Well, Second Young Master, you'd better calm down. The Gu family is really no worse than the Liu family in terms of their background."

Jing Xi was stunned, looking at Han Han who was busy blowing off the dust on the lotus leaf chicken, he couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth, he took a long breath and patted the curtain'er's hand: "Okay, let's hear what he wants. What to do."

Laner made a sound and let go of his hand, sat back to his original position and sipped the osmanthus wine. Jingxi flicked his skirt and robe and sat down boldly. He slapped the folding fan on the table and said in a loud voice: "Let's talk. , What is the purpose of approaching me? Since you know me, you should understand what my temper is."

"I said, I just want to get to know the Second Young Master, and have no other intentions. Besides, according to the normal procedure, we should meet at the government office, but now we have changed the way. Why is the Second Young Master so confused? Already?"

Jingxi was too lazy to argue with him, so he touched the jade ring and said, "Just now my friend said that your Gu family is the first aristocratic family in Jiangnan. What's going on?"

Gu Chengxiao wrapped the half-left lotus leaf chicken and put it in his arms, placing his hands on the stone table: "To be honest, second master, the current head of the Qiao family was once my grandfather's slave."

"You're bragging that you don't even draft a draft?"

"He's really not bragging." Li Dongyang picked off the maple vines that had grown in and threw them into the water. "Second Young Master, you have lived in southern Xinjiang for a long time. You may not know all about some things. The first head of the Gu family in Jiangnan was one of the first batch of imperial examinations in southern China. The number one scholar is also the founder of the four major folk academies in the South. The most important thing is that there was only one swordsman in the world at that time. He was known as killing gods with one sword and breaking the sky with two swords. He was their ancestor and his family inheritance has been passed down for more than 200 years. .”

Jingxi frowned and knocked on the stone table with the fan handle: "How come I haven't heard of it at all, and Old Man Yan didn't mention it either!"

Gu Chengxiao hugged the wine jar and drank, and breathed out comfortably: "Shi Haigou Shen, we juniors have just benefited from the glory of our ancestors. We have nothing to show off."

"Okay, I'm not interested in your family history. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."

As Jingxi stood up and was about to leave, Gu Chengxiao held the wine jar and whined inside without stopping him. He didn't stop him until he came down the second step and said, "Is the second young master planning to go to West Lake in Hangzhou next? It just so happens that I’m also planning to go home, why don’t we come together?”

Jingxi suddenly stopped and was silent for a long time, beating the folding fan in his hands. The breeze passed through the lake courtyard, ruffling the green water, and a maple leaf fell leisurely from the pavilion.

He turned around and returned to his seat again. Lian'er bounced back and sat back as well. Li Dongyang sat on the steps with his sword on his back.

Gu Chengxiao reacts to Jingxi’s return

Unmoved, she just raised her eyes and looked at him quietly, and saw the corner of his mouth curled up: "Okay, I still need a thug beside me, what's your strength?"

Gu Chengxiao stretched out his hands with ten fingers. Jingxi was about to take a breath when he spread his hands and said, "I don't know martial arts."

"..."

Jingxi's temples had veins popping out, Lian'er was holding a wine glass with both hands and sipping wine, looking at him sideways, subconsciously turned away, and the next second he heard him say angrily: "Your ancestor is a swordsman, tell me, you He doesn’t know how to do martial arts?!”

"Indeed, no one in my family will let me practice martial arts."

"Okay, okay, okay," Jingxi held his forehead and rubbed it helplessly, "I don't ask you for anything anymore, just stop talking."

"Second Young Master, this wine is really good. Please try it quickly."

Lian'er tugged on Jingxi's sleeves, her face was already flushed, and she stuck out her tongue and said, "Sir, this wine is very delicious."

Jingxi rolled his eyes, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He immediately hummed, smiled and said to the curtain, "It's really good~"