I don't want to play anymore

Many years ago, A Qi looked at Long Si in the same way.

Indifferently with a hint of encouraging light.

It gives people a kind of strength to cheer up and work hard.

……

It's just that A Qi used to only look at him like this.

but now……

He clenched his fist again, and the knuckles were clenched with a "click", and Long Yanzhao's face darkened again.

In fact, when I think about it carefully, Ah Yuan is very kind to everyone.

Not only did he help himself when he was too young, but he also helped many people... He helped Ji Lian, who was invaded, helped Lingxiang girl who was bullied by Gu Shenming, and even Ying Ba, who was by his side, was also tortured when he was young. Master Gu's help...

Long Yanzhao didn't need to guess, he also knew that those young guards were probably some homeless children living outside, who were picked up by Gu Jingyuan.Not only raising them, but also imparting skills, so that they have a skill.

...Just like many years ago, A Qi chose to take care of him everywhere and be friends with him.

He never counted on his success in the future.

He simply regrets what happened to him.

Neither Ah Qi nor Ah Yuan asked for anything in return.

It is still the same today.

Gu Jingyuan is equally good to everyone.

Maybe there is no distinction at all.

It's just a coincidence that he was even worse, so Ah Yuan paid more for himself...

Thinking about it this way...

It seems that there is nothing special about him, Long Yanzhao?

……

Then, why do you think that you are special and can fall into Ah Yuan's eyes...?

Long Yanzhao suddenly covered his painful head.

His headache was very severe, his tall body shrank suddenly, his straight back bent down, and the movement was really not small.

Especially in a busy city, it shocked the pedestrians nearby.

"Young master?!"

Zhuo Yangqing next to him hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

...I haven't seen you for more than a year, but the emperor has many more problems than before.

Zhuo Yangqing was about to cry, he was still immersed in the horror scene of the emperor falling into the water yesterday.

"Don't scare me, minister... I've never seen the world, so I'm afraid of you." The young master said with a sad face.

But Long Yanzhao had already waved his hands to indicate that he was fine, and stood up straight again.

He shook his head, there was no more expression on his face, and his demeanor returned to calm and capable, saying: "It's nothing serious."

"Gu... Isn't there a miracle doctor at Shopkeeper Mei, why don't you go and see it?" Zhuo Yangqing suggested.

Long Yanzhao glanced at him, apparently not approving his suggestion.

"Then... so I saw it too, I recognize you and you don't intend to recognize each other." Zhuo Yangqing was helpless, and asked him: "Then when are you going to return to Beirong?"

It's not that he doesn't like to be reunited with the emperor, it's just that the battle has been fought for more than half, and it's time to approach the capital of Beirong, and it's time to reach the final step, but the emperor suddenly left the army and Beirong's envoys who came to ask for peace after the army was reorganized. The regiment ran away directly, and ran all the way to Jiangnan.

That's all.

People are running here, and they are timid and do not want to appear in front of Mr. Gu. They would rather go to the river to take a cold bath to cool off and hide...

Zhuo Yangqing really didn't understand.

He didn't know what happened between the emperor and Mr. Gu, because Long Yanzhao never mentioned a single word.

He only knew that after Mr. Gu left, the emperor sent a letter to his father who was far away in the north, and then he fell ill for a few days, and when he showed up again, he cooperated with several forces in the army to rectify the family in a big way, until Zhuo Yangqing himself was sent out of the capital...

Young Lord Hou always felt that he knew less about the truth than his father.

He almost thought that the emperor had let Mr. Gu go... He even thought that sending him to Jiangnan to take care of him was simply out of old friendship, but judging from the emperor's performance in the past two days...

Letting go is impossible.

If you can let it go, then there is a ghost.

He will not let go unless he tortures himself to death.

……

"Wait a little longer." Long Yanzhao said.

As he spoke, he frowned again.

... In fact, I don't know what I'm waiting for.

On the way from the north, all he thought was to make sure Ah Yuan was doing well.

That's what he meant to come here.

Ka ran over at the key point of the battle between Dayi and Beirong, just to take a sneak peek.

——If Ah wishes to live a good life, then I will not bring up the past in front of him again.

As if he had never been here before, he went back to Beirong to dig the grave of the old Beirong king, flogged the corpse for three days, and then went directly to Kyoto to take revenge on the current Beirong king.

And if Ah Yuan is still having a bad life... and still can't get rid of the past, then he will take him back to Beirong, personally suppress the prince brother and queen to apologize to Ah Yuan, and try to solve his knot.

And no matter whether he has come out of the haze or not, if Ayuan is still alone, then he will pursue him crazily and embrace him...

Of course, now he has seen with his own eyes that Ah Yuan is living a good life, has a successful career, and has a family... even has children, which is enough to be said to be happy and harmonious.

He shouldn't be bothering him again.

The latter two assumptions can already be crossed out, so there is no need to think about it.

He should also get out of here and do what is left to be done.

……

…………

Yes it has been confirmed.

...Obviously everything has been confirmed!

Long Yanzhao rubbed his eyebrows irritably.He also hates being so indecisive, he thinks he should leave now.

After all, the more I see it, the more reluctant I am.

But in his heart, he still wanted to stay for one more day and see him again.

Look at him one last time.

……

Gu Jingyuan said that everyone has selfishness.

It can be seen that what Ah Yuan said has never been wrong.

Long Yanzhao flicked up his clothes, and followed the flow of people irritably in a direction away from Mingyue Tower.

The banks of the Qinhuai River are crowded with people at night, and it is even more lively during the day than at night.

Amidst the crowd, a group of people dressed in official uniforms who looked like county government officers walked past Long Yanzhao and the others against the flow of people, each with hurried expressions and menacing faces.

Long Yanzhao and one of them looked at each other, only to feel that the other party was staring at him, he didn't look like a policeman, but more like a bully.

He paused for a moment of hesitation, then turned around, and saw that this group of people was actually heading towards Mingyue Tower.

"...Could it be that they went to arrest the gangster who just caused trouble?" Zhuo Yangqing also noticed the hostility on the other party.

Long Yanzhao shook his head, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Go, go back and have a look."

A group of troublemakers left, and Mingyue Tower returned to its former tranquility.

Gu Jingyuan invited Rong Qing back to the house, and continued to diagnose the child's pulse, while he himself returned to the lobby, and worked with the boys to clean up the scattered objects.

"Shopkeeper! We'll do all these things, you can go back to the house and rest." Seeing him working in person, the boys couldn't help rushing over to dissuade him.

In fact, the shopkeeper is very young.

They may look younger than them, far from the level where they can't carry their shoulders or hands, but for some reason, every time they see the thin shopkeeper doing work, these boys feel a little nervous. will be uncomfortable.

It seemed that he was afraid that the other party's slender wrist would be broken just because he lifted a heavy object.

Besides, the shopkeeper has always been very kind to them. There are not only many employees in this building, but the wages paid by each person are much higher than those outside.

Under everyone's persuasion, Gu Jingyuan did not go to clean up the scattered prices, but helped another group of guys put the tables and chairs in the store back.

Then he called the guy who had just clashed with the gangsters and got punched.

Originally, I wanted Miracle Doctor Rong to show him, but this guy is also a young child with a very solid skin.Not only did he not feel that he was responsible for being beaten in the store, but he also felt that he had done something wrong.

——It's not that I'm afraid of being blamed by the shopkeeper, but I'm afraid that I'll hurt the shopkeeper.

How can I trouble the genius doctor to see a doctor.

Gu Jingyuan looked at the wound on the corner of his lip, turned around and handed him the golden sore medicine that was always in the counter, and said, "You did make a mistake, so don't be so impulsive next time. If someone comes to find fault, we can still be reasonable. You can fuck if you can’t reason. The one who rushes up blindly will end up hurting yourself, understand?”

"The shopkeeper, I know I was wrong." The guy said, and couldn't help but lower his head.

The shopkeeper's eyes were too moist and bright, and his face was too good-looking, so close, he didn't dare to look directly at his face.

"Just understand, let's go back and rest." Shopkeeper Mei smiled, took out some copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to him: "Today you are on holiday."

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" After receiving the gold sore medicine and the shopkeeper's tip, the man ran to the backyard bouncing around.

Seeing that the lobby was almost tidied up, and fearing that someone would make trouble again, Gu Jingyuan deliberately called several nurses over to give instructions.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, several policemen appeared at the door of the store again, and opened their mouths to ask loudly: "Which one is shopkeeper Mei?"

"It's next."

Gu Jingyuan looked back and greeted him, and the officials were not polite, and said directly: "Someone reported that your business here is illegal. Before the government can verify it, Mingyue Tower will be temporarily closed!"

"Ah? What?!" The guys who had just cleaned up the store were stunned when they heard this.

Shopkeeper Mei didn't react at all. He had just sent away a group of local ruffians and a group of officials came. He still kept a very light smile and asked, "Dare to ask the officials, what is illegal?"

"This store is a formal operation, and all the formalities have been completed before opening the store. Why is there something wrong with the rules all of a sudden?"

The leader directly took out a piece of paper from his arms: "This is an ultimatum issued by the government. Shopkeeper Mei can read it by himself. As for this place, we will suspend the seal today!"

Shopkeeper Mei took the document.

A few slender fingers held the thin rice paper, and he read the documents very quickly.

It was almost ten lines at a glance, so he read the document with complicated content and a lot of official language, and then he held the document in his hand, and stopped the person before the officials chased him away: "Wait a minute. The document says that this store is illegal The problem is that there is a problem with the construction of the arena in the center of the hall?... And it was clearly stated that Mingyue Tower will be sealed for seven days?"

Stopping those officials, he was tall and tall, and said without moving: "Not to mention the irregularities, Mei has already obtained relevant permits from the government before building this arena, so he said it's a great deal. There has never been a law in the court that if someone reports a shop, it will be closed for seven days.”

Although shopkeeper Mei looked thin, his height was no lower than these fierce-looking head catchers.

He looked at them at the same level, and asked the leader of the police: "Master, is there any misunderstanding?"

"It doesn't matter if we misunderstood or not." The group of policemen obviously came prepared, and directly evaded: "Master Mei, the county magistrate received a report saying that you have a problem and asked us to come and temporarily close the shop." It's closed, and we can't do anything about it. Don't ask any more questions, just make it easier."

"Officer, what you said is serious. It's not that Mei doesn't want to, it's because my restaurant is already full of customers. If we close the restaurant now, it's tantamount to driving them away. How will Mei's business be done in the future?" ?”

Shopkeeper Mei said sincerely: "If the military master finds it difficult, I will go to the Yamen with the military master to reason..."

"Treasurer Mei." The policeman interrupted him, and said bluntly: "You have been in our Qinhuai County for a while, and we are considered acquainted, so don't make things difficult for us on purpose."

"Let's talk about it..." He quietly moved closer to Shopkeeper Mei.

Facing the most eye-catching and most talked about beautiful person on the Qinhuai River, this policeman is also a little distracted.

Especially from the side view, shopkeeper Mei's side face is extremely handsome and pleasing, and her complexion is too fair, like a piece of tender tofu...

He couldn't help getting closer, and whispered in his ear with a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The restaurant next door to you is opened by the magistrate's brother-in-law. Your place is lively day and night, but the restaurant next door doesn't even have a person staying there." No, how can you let people do business like this? Naturally, my brother-in-law will not allow it."

Shopkeeper Mei lowered his eyes and listened to this quietly, then took two steps back a bit to distance himself from the other party.

He said: "Mei is a serious businessman. He has never deceived customers, and has never engaged in malicious competition. Whether you come to my place to eat or stay, what you are looking for is the reputation and quality of Mingyuelou .It is because of the official's words... I am sorry that Mei does not agree."

Seeing that the other party toasted and refused to eat the fine wine, the arrester also lost his patience.

He only heard him sneer: "If shopkeeper Mei has any objection to the magistrate's decision, you can go back to the Yamen to reason with me. But now, this shop must be closed, or it must be closed!"

"Hey! How does this man talk? It's unreasonable!"

Among the guests who just sat down to eat again, some who were close to them heard their conversation with their own ears and couldn't help becoming filled with righteous indignation.

Most of them are literati who come to take the exam. They may be afraid of punks, but with the belief of traveling all over the world with reason, naturally they will not be afraid of people from the government.

Soon a scholar who couldn't stand it stood up and asked:

"If it's illegal, then it's fine to rectify it. Why do you have to stop it?!"

"That's right! Besides, if someone reports it, it will be banned, and the businessmen in the world will not be able to do their jobs that day!"

"Even if it is closed, how can it be sealed for seven days?! Even if it needs to be verified, it doesn't take so long, right? Like this, how efficient the Yamen is!"

Hearing that something happened to Mingyue Tower again, the gate was once again filled with onlookers.

Most of the people in the Qinhuai River area know the relationship between the county magistrate and the owner of the restaurant next door. In fact, the county magistrate’s brother-in-law has gone through many backdoors on both sides of the Qinhuai River in recent years, and even acted like a domineering man. Many people have been dissatisfied with him for a long time .

Now that I heard that the county magistrate came directly to embarrass the shopkeeper Mei, it is inevitable that they will also start talking about it.

"Hey, I guess it's the brother-in-law from the county magistrate next door who is doing business with the shopkeeper of Yan Hongmei!"

"This closure will last for seven days. When we reopen, the rural examination is almost over! During this period, everyone has no place to live, so they can only go to his house to stay at the top. Who doesn't want to make a quick buck!"

Long Yanzhao also mingled among the crowd, seeing the man in the clothes of a policeman approaching Gu Jingyuan, and hearing the voices of so many discussions... His eyes turned red again, and he said angrily, "It's unreasonable!"

"All the dandies in Beijing have been dealt with. I didn't expect this little local governor to dare to abuse his power and bully others here!"

"My lord, calm down, lord!" Zhuo Yangqing pulled Long Yanzhao back, but fortunately, the crowd was excited, and they mingled in the crowd, even if they wanted to say a few words, no one would hear them.

He said: "Master Gu... I mean shopkeeper Mei has opened a shop here and has been safe and sound. It is estimated that during the two days of township examinations, Mingyue Tower was too popular at night and was jealous. Don't get angry, young master, wait until you turn around... ..."

"Why wait!" Although Long Yanzhao said so, he still took a deep breath, and didn't rush directly to beat him up.

He thought that Gu Jingyuan is now the Marquis of Xiangyang.

The majestic Marquis wants to be bullied by a little seventh-rank magistrate here... Then what's the use of him giving him this Marquis.

But after thinking about it, this is Gu Jingyuan.

He will definitely not use this identity to suppress others, otherwise he will not work hard to disguise himself and hide his name...

……

Although he understood Ah Yuan's thoughts, Long Yanzhao couldn't watch him being bullied no matter what.

He took out a gold medal from his pocket, and handed it directly to Ying Er next to him: "You travel fast, take this token to the Jinling prefect's yamen, and call all the prefects and prefects there. Let them come and have a look." See what kind of virtue is in the land under your jurisdiction!"

Ying Er took the token and immediately took the order, and Zhuo Yangqing beside him was speechless.

Seeing that the emperor's face was clouded, Long Yanzhao stood with his hands behind his back: "A county magistrate of seventh rank can be so wanton, I think those of fourth rank and fifth rank don't want to do it anymore!"

"..."

Zhuo Yangqing didn't dare to speak, he worked with the magistrate here, and he felt that the other party was not bad, and he was a good and honest official.

But I didn't expect the magistrate here to be so confused. It was the time of the township examination, and the government paid special attention to the Jiangnan Tribute Court...to openly embarrass him at this time...

Of course, if there is a safety hazard in the arena of Mingyue Tower, the government does have a reason to seal it off.

But now they are only reported, and they will be suspended for seven days simply to confirm whether they comply with the rules... This is what it means to deliberately embarrass.

Although it was deliberate, but because the boundary of closing down the store is very vague, even if shopkeeper Mei really went to the Yamen to reason, it is completely in line with the regulations for the other party to evade for a few days.

And even if the higher-ups come to investigate, the yamen can always find an excuse, and they won't be blamed either.

Therefore, if this happened to an ordinary businessman, there was really no other way but to admit his failure and temporarily close the shop for a few days to avoid the edge.

Who makes you do business with the most heart and attract customers the most?

But it was really a coincidence that this matter fell on the head of Hou Xiangyang... and it happened to be caught by the emperor...

The Wusha hat of the magistrate here is probably going to be lost.

Together with the Zhizhou and Zhifu above, it is estimated that they will also be implicated.

Zhuo Yangqing clicked his tongue twice in his heart, saying that these two people are innocent, but it is true that the law is not strict, so isn't the honest merchant who was bullied innocent?

Nazhi County even took advantage of the loopholes to deliberately make it difficult for others to benefit his family, let alone innocent.

Although they work together, if they are wrong, they are wrong, and there is nothing to intercede.

It's just that no matter how fast Yinger's footsteps are, it takes an hour to go back and forth to Jinling Mansion. During this period...

Zhuo Yangqing asked the emperor in a low voice: "Do you want me to drive them away? So that they won't pollute Mr. Gu's eyes."

The emperor's complexion has become worse and worse.

Seeing that so many people couldn't reason with the people in the yamen, he just felt anxious.

...I don't even have the face to see Ah Yuan.

He thought that even if he could not have Ah Yuan, at least he should be given a peaceful and prosperous life, allowing him to do what he wanted freely.

But I have only been here for two days, and I witnessed an incident where the government oppressed merchants and people...

The more he thought about it, the darker his face became, and the corners of Long Yanzhao's lips tightened.

It seems that after cleaning up Bei Rong, he still has a lot of things to do.

There was also endless quarreling inside, there was no need for shopkeeper Mei to speak, the scholars inside all made generous speeches, and debated with the fast arresters.

How could the arresters argue against scholars, but they didn't take these scholars who didn't have fame in their hearts, so they became very annoyed, so they made a violent attack, and only threatened: "If anyone is dissatisfied, you can also contact us." Let’s go to the yamen together to reason! First treat you well for a few days and nights, so that you can talk enough!”

As soon as he threatened with words like this, the arrogance of those who spoke for Mingyuelou faded a little.

It's time to take the exam, and no one wants to cause trouble.If he was caught and missed the exam, this trip to Jiangnan would be in vain...

But shopkeeper Mei didn't make things difficult for them, and the arrester finally finished speaking, he had already said: "Even the government can't arrest people at will, lock people up, sir, you are deceiving people too much."

The policemen didn't take it seriously, they just laughed wantonly and said, "Master Mei, I think you still don't understand..."

"How presumptuous!"

Seeing that the arresters were about to approach Gu Jingyuan, Long Yanzhao couldn't bear it any longer, and was about to order Zhuo Yangqing to lead a few people to subdue the arresters and detain them all, when he saw behind the crowded crowd, suddenly there was a scholarly air, But a man in official uniform appeared.

After he uttered a voice, everyone turned their heads and saw that this person was wearing a crimson official uniform...the production was extremely meticulous, and the style was not like the one that magistrates often wear...

This man has a pale face and a gentle manner.Behind him were two guards with knives, also wearing official uniforms... It's just a military officer's style, and it's not the clothes that local officials are qualified to wear...

That's right, anyone with a little discernment would know that they came from the capital just by looking at the clothes of this group of people.

And thinking of the recent rural examination... I am afraid that these Beijing officials are the officials who were sent to the local area to preside over the rural examination!There may be an examiner among them!

The scholars who were preparing to take the exam inside and out were stunned.

As for the other onlookers, seeing that these people were dressed so formally and behaved so dignifiedly, even if they couldn't tell that they were from the capital, they gave way to them one after another.

Speaking of those arrests, they knew these officials from Beijing and China, especially the official from the Ministry of Rites.

——It was the county magistrate who settled down here and entertained them in person. Anyone with a slight wink must remember these masters, so how dare they offend them.

Seeing that they were the ones pushing through the crowd and walking into the main hall, those arresters immediately came over to salute.

"Master Ji, are you here to inspect or...?"

The leading arrester had a smile on his face, but he was in vain.

The Master Ji he was talking about walked straight past him, and made a deep bow to the shopkeeper Mei who was behind him.

"Students see teachers."

"..."

The policemen froze on the spot, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Beijing official did indeed walk up to... shopkeeper Mei, and said with a very respectful appearance: "The students have been here for many days and have been busy with various examination affairs. If you have time to visit the teacher, I hope the teacher will not blame you."

Not only him, but the two guards behind him were more direct.

They directly knelt on one knee, kneeling in front of Shopkeeper Mei, and saluted in unison: "See Lord Hou!"