Master Luo Cao

Early in the morning of the second day, Kou Luoche finished his breakfast and went out with his luggage. He said as he walked, "When people from the government come to look for you, just say that the guest official has settled the rent and left on his own. Don't talk too much."

Xiao Er followed him to see him off, and asked: "Boss, your whereabouts are uncertain, and you are not on the gate of this county, so the government may not be able to find you!"

Kou Luoche casually said: "Since I want him to find it, he will definitely find it."

Xiaoer squinted his eyes to see his village master leave, Xindao village master was getting older, single for a long time, and his thoughts became more and more unpredictable.Turning around, I met two officials, followed by a young man with delicate skin and tender flesh. The young man looked into the inn for a while, and caught a glimpse of Xiaoer standing beside him, and hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, little brother, your inn There is a young master named Kou Luoche living in Zhongke? Which room does he live in?"

The village master is really clever!Xiaoer blinked his eyes and said, "I'm sorry for the guest officer, but it's my responsibility not to divulge information about the guests staying at the hotel."

Before the words were finished, one of the officials had already grabbed Xiaoer's skirt and shouted, "Do you know who you are talking to? This is Mr. Fu, the county's parent officer! Please answer quickly!"

Fu Yunshu quickly stopped, saying: "Stop! How can you be so presumptuous!"

The official let go angrily, and shrank aside under Fu Yunshu's cold gaze.Xiao Er fell to the ground and kowtowed continuously, "The little one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai! The little one didn't know it was Mr. Fu, and made a big mistake! I hope Mr. Fu will spare his life!"

Fu Yunshu sighed, stooped to help him up, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, the subordinates in this county are being rude. You should do your duty. What's wrong with you? Get up quickly."

Xiao Er's acting skills are superb, she stood up sniffling, her eyes were already red.

Fu Yunshu took out some scattered silver from his personal purse, stuffed it into the second hand, and said with a smile: "Go back and buy some food, and this county will pay you for it." Naturally, Xiao Er hurriedly refused, but Fu Yunshu firmly held it With both hands still smiling, he calmly said: "If you don't want to accept the compensation, then consider it a small reward—do you know where Mr. Kou Luocha is now?"

Xiao Er clenched Sui Yin's fist and shrank back little by little, lowered his head, and said, "Returning to your lord, that Mr. Kou checked out early this morning and left."

"What?!" Fu Yunshu was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Then do you know where he went?"

Thinking of the village master's order, Xiaoer immediately shook his head and said, "I don't know about this little one." After a pause, he raised his eyes to peek at the panic-stricken little county magistrate in front of him, his heart softened suddenly, and said, "I just saw him as if Headed towards the county gate."

Fu Yunshu immediately turned around and chased towards the county gate. Two officials followed quickly and ran for two miles in one breath. One of the officials was out of breath and said: "My lord, since that Kou Luoche left on his own Go, it means that he is not particularly obsessed with seeking a job here, so you don’t have to force me!”

"What do you know?" Fu Yunshu said displeasedly: "Since he came to take the exam, he did so on purpose. How can he be forced? When Uncle Liu asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain, he had to visit the thatched cottage. I just tried my best to find it."

Running all the way to the gate of the county, the three of them were exhausted.Fu Yunshu propped his hands on his knees for a while, then raised his head and looked towards the county gate. There were very few people entering and leaving the county gate, which could be clearly seen at a glance, and none of them were young people who were upright in green shirts that day.An indescribable sense of loss welled up in his heart, Fu Yunshu gritted his teeth, and continued to raise his legs to walk outside the county gate.

The two following officials were immediately dumbfounded, "My lord, do you want to continue chasing?"

"What's wrong?" A familiar loud voice suddenly came, and the two officials looked back, both surprised and delighted, "Lord Zhao, are you here?"

Zhao Ciji came on his horse, stopped beside Fu Yunshu, got off his horse and saluted, and said, "I have seen the county magistrate. Dare I ask why you want to leave the county? Can you help me?"

Fu Yunshu only said: "I'm going to find someone." His eyes fell on Zhao Ciji's tall horse, "The horse of County Captain Zhao is not bad."

County Captain Zhao saw it right away, and immediately respectfully handed over the rein to the county magistrate, saying: "Your Excellency, feel free to use it."

Fu Yunshu was not polite to him, took the reins and whip, and rode away, burying the people behind him in the dust raised by the horseshoes.

Zhao Ciji watched his boss leave, then turned his head and asked the two officials, "Who is the magistrate looking for?"

One of the officials said: "It should be one of the people who came to apply for the master this time."

Zhao Ciji raised his brows slightly, and said, "If you can't find it, it's fine. If you find that person, there will probably be two county magistrates in Jiuhe County in the future."

Kou Luoche, one of the two future grand masters of the county, knew nothing about what happened at the gate of the county, and was squatting in the nine-curved corridor at the moment, looking at the flowing water under the corridor.

There are two county gates in Jiuhe County, one leads to Jiuqu Corridor, and the other leads to Jindiao Mountain.In fact, all the way to Jindiao Mountain was originally going to the provincial capital, so it should be more lively, but there are groups of eagles guarding it. If people want to go to the provincial capital, they can only take a detour through the Jiuqu Corridor. Ruoxiao County Magistrate guessed that he left the county. , will definitely chase here.

The Jiuqu Corridor was built hundreds of years ago. According to legend, the wife of the county magistrate at that time was infatuated with the cherry forest in Houshan, but it was difficult to cross the long river. The county magistrate waved his hand and ordered the man-made bridge. It is a good story to go to the back mountain to enjoy the cherry blossoms.Now that the cherry blossoms are withering as the years go by, only the corridor bridge remains the same, the old people in the corridor are gone, there is only one Kou Luoche, holding a handful of pebbles in his hand, he is floating in the water for a while, thinking, why he hasn’t come yet ?

Almost the next moment, there was a horse honking not far away, and Kou Luoche turned his head to look, and saw a somewhat familiar figure riding his horse towards here.He stood up involuntarily, and threw all the stones in his hand into the water, splashing a lot of water.The man riding the horse obviously also saw him, and called out in surprise: "Young Master Kou! Young Master Kou, stop!"

Fu Yunshu finally came.

Kou Luoche pretended to be surprised and walked down the corridor bridge, watching the dusty young man get off his horse and run to his eyes. His neatly combed hair crown was a little messy, and the broken hair on his forehead was sticking to his face with sweat. On the face, a pair of peach blossom eyes were astonishingly bright, and the moment he opened his mouth, he couldn't hide his joy. Fu Yunshu said: "It's really you! I saw your name on the scroll, and I knew it was you, but I was afraid that it wasn't you. "

Kou Luoche seemed to be a real monk at the moment, and blinked in confusion, "How do you say that? How do you know I'm here... and you're chasing me?"

Fu Yunshu gasped and laughed, "To tell you the truth, I am the new county magistrate of Jiuhe County. I was surprised and delighted to see your article signed last night." Holding hands, looking at him sincerely, he said, "Young Master Kou, would you like to be my guest?"

Kou Luoche felt that he was getting into the drama too much, looking at the bright eyes of the little county magistrate, his cheeks burned involuntarily, he pulled his hand back, lowered his eyelids, avoided his gaze, and said softly: " I'm just a white man, without any fame, wandering the rivers and lakes for several years and achieving nothing, only two or three spots of ink on my chest, and a long knife handle at my waist."

Fu Yunshu said: "So what?"

Kou Luoche said: "I'm afraid I'm not worthy to be your master."

Fu Yunshu said: "If you're afraid you won't be good enough, why do you still have to take the exam?"

"Although I feel apprehensive, but..." Kou Luoche suddenly smiled softly and said, "I always want to give it a try."

"In that case, the county will tell you," Fu Yunshu said with a serious face, "You succeeded in your attempt." Stretching out his left hand and spreading his palm towards Kou Luoche, he said, "Come back with me. "

However, after three days, no one wanted to listen to the stories that Fu Qingtian and Cui Yinger had to tell. Kuai Zui Hua, a storyteller from a tea stall in the south of the city, stepped on a long bench and spittled in front of the onlookers in all directions. It tells the story of the county magistrate Fu seeking talents and chasing his master thousands of miles away.

"Master Kou was unrecognizable for his talents, wandering all over the world and bumped into walls many times, which made him disheartened. He happened to pass by Jiuhe County, and happened to meet our county magistrate recruiting a master. Then Master Kou had nothing to do, so he simply said, 'Why don't you give it a try', In fact, I didn't care about it in my heart. When the day came, I was about to leave. When I walked to the Jiuqu corridor, I suddenly heard a voice in the distance calling, "Brother Kou, wait a minute"! Master Kou looked back and saw an eight-foot-long, sword-browed and star-eyed, righteous man. The man is galloping here on horseback..."

Having said that, he quickly slapped his thigh, "That strong man is our county magistrate Fu!"

The onlookers asked expectantly: "And then? Then?"

"Then? As soon as the official and the people hit it off, they sat on the edge of the Jiuqu corridor and had a heart-to-heart conversation for half a day. Mr. Kou was finally moved by the sincerity of the county magistrate, and decided to serve the county magistrate for the rest of his life. The two rode together. Carried Mr. Kou back to the county government..."

The fact is that this is the case, but it is not the case.

Fu Yunshu stretched out his hand towards Kou Luoche, and said, "Come back with me."

Kou Luoche originally planned to sneak into the county government office. The previous series of awkwardness was just a retreat. Now that the young county magistrate is so enthusiastic, he really can't think of a reason to refuse, so he smiled slightly and held the small county magistrate's hand instead. Stopped, said: "Okay."

In the wilderness, there were bandits in the mountains, it was really unsafe, so Fu Yunshu proposed to go back first, and if he had something to say while walking, Kou Luoche naturally had no objection, and the two rode together on Zhao Ciji's horse.The little county magistrate is not good at riding, so riding by himself is no problem, but carrying another person is a little crooked. Kou Luoche was a little dizzy, so he simply moved forward, with his chest on the back of the little county magistrate, and his arms Passing by his waist, holding the rein, Kou Luoche said faintly in his ear, "Master, leave this horse to me."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but for a moment, Kou Luoche felt that the little county magistrate was shaking even more.Fu Yunshu stammered, "There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be so cautious."

Kou Luoche smiled and said, "Brother Fu."

Fu Yunshu pursed his lips, and said, "Brother Kou." He suddenly felt an inexplicable itchiness in his ear, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to scratch it. Kou Luoche looked over and saw his red earlobe.Staring at the glowing red earlobe for a moment, Kou Luoche raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "Brother Fu, am I not an outsider?"

Fu Yunshu was startled, and slowly put down the hand holding the earlobe, and said after a long while: "...When it's just you and me, you are naturally not an outsider."

Kou Luoche asked, "What if someone else is around?"

Fu Yunshu said softly: "Then you are not an outsider."

It's like accidentally knocking over a five-flavored bottle, and all kinds of flavors fall into my heart, so soaked that Kou Luoche is in a trance for a while, and when he comes back to his senses, he looks at the little county magistrate in front of him, still with a fair and clean face, delicate and beautiful There was an indescribable taste in the eyebrows and eyes.Looking at it, his heart suddenly moved, and he quietly approached Fu Yunshu's ear with his lips close to Fu Yunshu's ear, and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, county magistrate."

Fu Yunshu trembled, his ears became redder, his head shrank to his chest, and said: "No... nothing..."

The two returned to Jiuhe County in this way.

The author has something to say:

Fu Yunshu: Go back with me.

Kou Luoche: No.

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