[Qi Gu] West out of Yangguan

As the magistrate of Jiangning, Bai Lu was much younger than Gu Xichao imagined.He should also be used to this kind of doubt, and he didn't shy away from speaking: "My ancestors have covered this deficiency, Mr. Gu, don't overestimate my ability, otherwise I wouldn't be able to rush to the teacher after two months in office. Call for help."

"Your Excellency is humble. Being able to know yourself is already a great skill, better than cherishing the court." Gu Xichao has already probed into his actions after he took office, "Besides, the adults insist on implementing the New Deal against all opinions. I am afraid that the ancestors are not the same. I am willing to continue to shade you."

"Oh, what's the point of boasting? I just follow the teacher." Bai Lu said shyly, "Speaking of which, you and I are about the same age, and we have to work together for a long time, so don't be polite, just call me Guanyun. Can I call you Xi Chao?"

Gu Xichao was a little surprised, but finally agreed with him, and told the current facts: "I saw the soldier's body, I'm afraid the murderer is a master, so it's useless for everyone to take precautions."

Bai Lu nodded: "I'm afraid there are not many such masters like Jiang Ning. That Qi Shaoshang has already gone to investigate the clues of the murderer, but I am still afraid. These days, I always feel that someone is secretly watching me."

He was so straightforward that Gu Xichao felt that he was not talking to someone in the officialdom: "You and I are about the same size, and I'll pretend to be you to go in and out from tonight. If the opposition wants to achieve their goals, killing you won't work. Feelings, if someone is killed because of the reform, I am afraid it will only get more support from the officials. According to your style, I guess they will kill a few soldiers to threaten you. It is estimated that they will come to threaten you face to face. I am talking about deploying guards, as long as they come, they will definitely show their signs."

"I'm afraid that if you know who did it, you can't do anything about them," Bai Lu sighed, "It's better to come to your idea, that Qi Shaoshang kept on finding the murderer, but in fact, it doesn't matter if the murderer can be caught or not." What about the impact?"

Gu Xichao blurted out: "He just has a chivalrous heart, and he can't see these soldiers dying for nothing without an explanation."

Bai Lu quickly took a sip of her tea, and swallowed the next words.

She thought that Qi Shaoshang would be able to talk with Gu Xichao if she said a few words, but she made a mistake.

This place is probably a warehouse, it feels very empty, and there is a bit of stale wood in the air; it is windy, so it should not be underground, but it is also a bit too quiet, even though it is night, there is not even a bit of insects and birds.

Gu Xichao was placed on the ground with his hands and feet covered and his face covered, and felt that this position made his shoulders ache a little.

He had already left a tracking message for Bai Lu on the way here, and he thought there would be some movement before dawn. Of course, it would be better if he could try to get out of here in advance.

While dealing with the rope on his wrist, suddenly there was a slight sound of footsteps in the silent space, Gu Xichao immediately stopped his movements and pretended to be dead.

It's not like the person who kidnapped him, but how can the information to track him catch up so quickly?

Unless it's Qi Shaoshang.

When Gu Xichao agreed to Wang Anshi, he had already expected that he would meet Qi Shaoshang during this trip, and even his original intention was for this necessity.But he never wanted to imagine a reunion with Qi Shaoshang. His last impression of Qi Shaoshang was the blood-stained sword that came to him, even though he heard that Qi Shaoshang not only refused to kill him himself but also stopped others He also felt that the relationship between the two could never go back to the past.What's more, Zhuge Shenhou and Wang Banshan are facing each other for the new policy. Gu Xichao voted for Wang Anshi, but Qi Shaoshang is working under Zhuge Shenhou. This trip is probably for Zhuge's sake. I'm afraid that even the kind of unavoidable peace similar to Yuchizi will be difficult to maintain.

In a daze, the visitor hurriedly approached Gu Xichao, without looking at him, he just picked him up, carried him on his shoulders, and walked away; Gu Xichao rushed down to his head, his blood was on his face, and his heart was beating like a drum: "It's really Young Master Qi." business!

Qi Shaoshang should have already understood the defenses here, and he dodged several times by familiar ways, took Gu Xichao to hide in a secret passage, walked quickly for a while, and entered a cold place, and then let him down, to expose the secret behind him. A black cloth on the face.

When Gu Xichao opened his eyes, what caught his eyes was a sword light.He found himself as if he was in a pool of swords, surrounded by wide and narrow, long and short swords, a light on the wall was reflected and enlarged by these countless sword blades, and it filled Gu Xichao's sight in white, making him stare blankly. Time couldn't speak, as if the sound and movement were cut off by these sword lights.

However, he didn't stay in a daze for long, because Qi Shaoshang's expression changed suddenly, he took a step back in fright, and yelled out in a low voice: "Gu Xichao!"

It was as if he had unleashed a monster.

This kind of reaction made Gu Xichao a little annoyed. He thought that Qi Shaoshang should recognize him when he was carrying him along the way, when he suddenly saw him, or even when he found the message he left along the way; Sure, Qi Shaoshang shouldn't be so surprised at this time.

This kind of boredom made Gu Xichao very unfriendly when he opened his mouth: "I'm so scared, Qi Daxia thought that Gu died in some corner long ago, and he saw a ghost at this moment, right?"

"So you came to me after being a ghost?" Qi Shao agreed to calm down, "You escaped from prison? Why are you here? What does the matter of Master Bai have to do with you?"

Thinking that Qi Shaoshang is currently a famous arrester under Zhuge Shenhou's hand, Gu Xichao told the truth, did not tell Qi Shaoshang that he was here to help Bai Lu secretly, and asked him a question instead : "If you don't investigate your murderer carefully, what are you doing with my business?"

Qi Shaoshang raised his hand and pinched his neck: "The murderer in the army has nothing to do with you?"

"Hero Qi really thinks highly of me," Gu Xichao was shuddered by the warmth of his palm, "Six Doors has raised so many people, I can't find out when the accident first happened, I was still drinking bad water in the prison?"

As soon as he said this, Qi Shaoshang's eyes softened involuntarily, and he stopped asking questions, and slid his hands along Gu Xichao's shoulders behind him to untie the rope tied around his hands.

Gu Xichao let Qi Shaoshang go, looked over his shoulder and continued to look at the room full of sharp swords: "Interesting, it turns out that this is a sword village, no wonder the smell of wood in the previous warehouse; weapon casting is regulated , they can’t blatantly purchase charcoal, they can only substitute it in this way.”

Qi Shaoshang had already untied his hand, moved his wrist twice, then squatted down to untie his ankle: "That's right, this is a near-water villa outside the city, and everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that it is the location of a sword-making family. "He threw away the rope, and rubbed Gu Xichao's calf in the same way, so as to let his blood flow as quickly as possible.

"Do you recognize the owner here?" Gu Xichao regained consciousness in his hands and feet, and stood up to check carefully.

"I don't know, but I've heard that the owner of the villa is called Jiang Qiao. He grew up making swords all his life. Although his only son Jiang Dianhong inherited his father's business, he is also known as a Yanshan swordsman in the world," Qi Shaoshang hesitated. After a while, "No one is supposed to set foot in temples."

Gu Xichao said: "When I went to kill you, you were just a bandit leader, don't you still wear official clothes and eat imperial food?"

At this moment, he brought up the old matter again, like an epee coming straight down, Qi Shaoshang's brows became angry, and he stretched out his hand to pull him: "You like to fight against me so much?"

Gu Xichao slapped him away with his backhand: "I always do what I want to do, but you are always blocking me!"

Qi Shaoshang couldn't see his obsessive attitude, so he also went to get him, and the two of them were fighting in this small room for a while.

At first, they were afraid of disturbing the patrolling of the villa, so they still had some reservations, but after a few tricks, both of them had uncontrollable qi and blood surges, and they became serious unconsciously, it happened that the most indispensable thing in this place was weapons; "When the escape was discovered and the pursuers approached, the swords in the hands of the two touched each other, and they stopped for a while.

Qi Shaoshang asked him: "We can't hide, let's fight out together?"

Gu Xichao was annoyed that he made a mistake, this trip had nothing to gain except knowing the villa: "Who wants to be with you!"

But what was reflected on the edge of his sword was the smiles of two people.

Bai Lu and Gu Xichao worked hard for several days to switch identities and finally waited for the other party to make a move, because Gu Xichao came to help secretly, so he couldn't directly use the officers and soldiers to wait for the guards to follow the clues agreed with Gu Xichao. It was not until near the water villa that he found a reason to dispatch troops to respond, which was much too late for Qi Shaoshang.

When he approached all the way, he saw the bright lights of Jinshui Villa and the noise of people. After a while, a group of people came out with guns and clubs. In the chaos, two people gradually came out and went straight to Bai Lu. Beside them are Qi Shaoshang and Gu Xichao.

Bai Lu got off her horse to meet them, he didn't want to talk to Gu Xichao in front of all the officers and soldiers, so he could only greet Qi Shaoshang: "Captor Qi, have you ever caught up with the evil murderer?"

Qi Shaoshang knew a little about it, but he didn't want Gu Xichao's identity as a fugitive to be found out, so he could only point to him and say, "It's all because of this person's pestering, I tracked down the murderer all the way to Jinshui Villa and finally disappeared. He rushed out, pretending to kill both of us, and ignored Ping Luan Jue."

Gu Xichao sneered: "It turned out that I was in the way of the big arrest, but since you are an official, why don't you pay me back the money?"

Qi Shaoshang said angrily, "What do I owe you?"

Gu Xichao opened his hand: "20 taels, back then you drank my wine and ate my food in Yuchizi, why didn't you accept it?"

What he said was half true and half false, Qi Shaoshang was afraid that he would reveal his secrets if he continued, so he stopped quickly, turned around and shouted to the guards of the near water villa: "Master Zhifu is here, are you still making trouble?"

The officers and soldiers had surrounded the crowd, and the guards of the villa had no choice but to throw away their weapons and capture them without a fight.There were only a few commanders among them, but none from the Jiang family, the owner of the villa. Gu Xi gave her a wink, and Bai Lu had no choice but to arrest all those who made a move and go back home.

After all, I don't have any evidence, so it's not good to just call the door and search for Jinshui Villa.

Gu Xichao intentionally escaped and hid himself: "It seems that we can't collect the debt today, can the magistrate take a horse for him and me for the sake of working with Qi Butou?"

Qi Shaoshang handed the reins to him, glared at him and said, "Let's not entangle you for now, I will come to get this horse back sooner or later, you can do it yourself!"

Gu Xichao flattered and left: "We'll wait and see!"

Seeing that the two of them were at odds with each other, Bai Lu was at a loss: The teacher clearly said that Qi Shaoshang and Gu Xichao had joined the Reform Party regardless of past suspicions, and they both came to help him find out the obstacles and stabilize the New Deal. With a wrong eye, the two of them confronted each other like this?

really weird.

tbc

The author has something to say: Bai Lu: Xi Chao, in fact, Qi Shaoshang is...

Xiao Gu: Shut up, don't speak ill of Qi Shaoshang if you have nothing to do.

Wang Banshan: Huh?I haven't mentioned it to Xi Chao, Qi Shaoshang is also on my side?