Ji Yu

Someone opened the door and came in. I thought it was Ah Chun, but I looked up and saw it was Qi Yu.He carried two big food boxes, looked at the food we were eating, and frowned.

Calculating the time, he probably came before he had eaten. I got up and took the things in his hand, turned my head and said: "Dongli, after you have finished eating, go play by yourself in the afternoon. I don't need you to serve the pen and ink here." gone."

"Yes, third master."

Taking Qiyu back to the bedroom, he took out food and wine from the food box to eat with him.His complexion is not very good-looking, gloomy.

"What's the matter? Are you in trouble with your business?"

"No. Who was that girl who left you just now?"

"Girl? Oh, that's Ah Chun. Their family guarantees my three meals a day."

"A country girl?"

"Well, haven't you seen it? When you came here before, she also delivered meals a few times."

"Oh, I forgot."

"You are a noble person who forgets things too much," I said with a slight smile.

"What nobleman?" he said, "then why did you send her flowers?"

"She asked for it for her grandma, so I asked her to dig it herself. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," he said with a smile, "I was thinking about it, I thought you were interested in her."

"Why would you think of that?" I asked in surprise, there are several young and beautiful girls in my family, and there are quite a few girls who love to be by my side, no matter how beautiful or ugly they are.I haven't seen him react in the past, why did he suddenly become jealous of a girl delivering food today.

"Didn't I see you giving her flowers? What do you do to those flower babies?"

"It's just that no one asked me before", I don't mind giving flowers to people who like them at all.It is always good to have someone appreciate the fruits of hard work.

"I was still thinking that if you fell in love with her, I would buy her back to be your concubine." He lowered his eyes and said expressionlessly.

"What did you say?", I looked at him in surprise, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Aren't you mad at me for taking a concubine? I thought it would be fair if you took one too. Maybe you'd like to go home with me."

"...", this kind of fairness... It doesn't matter if you don't...

Maybe it was because of my bad face, so he didn't say anything.He stopped talking and kept bringing me food.I have lost my appetite.

I don't know why, our ideas are getting farther and farther apart.They can no longer understand each other.Whose sorrow is this?

Not long after eating, Qiyu pulled me into bed, and I was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm.No matter how bright it is today, it can be seen how prescient I was to send Dongli out in advance.

"Ji Yu, come back with me."

"Huh? I haven't lived here long enough."

"But I miss you so much, we have never been apart these years. I can't sleep alone at night...Ji Yu...Ji Yu..." He put his arms around my neck and called my name over and over again , "You just have the heart to leave me alone at home? I think you're going crazy. Shall I send that concubine away? Will you be willing to go back with me then?"

I have a headache……

Thinking about it, the list will be released soon, I nodded, "You don't need to send anyone away, I'll just go back with you. But after the list is released, I'm going to travel far away."

"Traveling? Where? How long?"

"Gu Shao has people from the imperial court behind him, so it's uncertain what will happen in the future. We are too involved with him now, there is no guarantee that if something happens to him, it will implicate you and me. Or he will use some method to make us take his guilt , so I can get away by myself. So I have to go out and arrange one or two, at least find a way out. Just in case, we have a place to go in the future."

"Is it so serious? We all have martial arts self-defense. If something happens, just leave?"

I shook my head, "That's the power of the imperial court. If the imperial court treats us as criminals, and if there are warrants for our arrest in every state and government in the world, then it will be difficult for us to fly. So I have to use other identities to arrange a few arrests. I own a real estate property, and if something happens, I will have a new identity and a place to stay. Besides, Gu Shao is kind to me after all, even though he has unpredictable thoughts, I don’t want to just walk away.”

"Then I'll go with you."

"Yes, yes, but what about your business?"

"Business..." He stopped talking in embarrassment.Can a career that has been worked hard for several years be thrown away casually?

"Let's go by myself, I can go in the name of study tour, and it won't make people suspicious."

"...how long are you going?"

I calculated, "If there are no accidents, it will take about a year."

"What? It's been too long, what should I do if you're gone?"

I kissed him, "You still live here and do business as usual. If you don't want to wait and find someone else, then you and I will be brothers in the future. If you are willing to wait, as long as you don't change, I won't change either. "

As long as his heart is not toward others, and he doesn't regard me as an outsider, even if the life between us is unsatisfactory, I can't leave him alone.After all, we have supported each other and been together for so many years, even if I cut off my desire to be with him, it still does not prevent me from truly treating him as my brother.

He stopped talking, sat on me, and got entangled with me again...

Not long after I returned to the city, the results of the imperial examination came down, and I really won the Juren, and my ranking was in the middle, which was not conspicuous.However, there are still a lot of people to entertain, meet the teacher and the same year.

After passing the Juren examination, the number of matchmakers who came to propose marriage suddenly increased.This is also common.They were all dismissed by Qi Yu with a black face on the grounds that I was already engaged.

"Ji Yu, I heard that many matchmakers have come to your house recently?"

"If you don't concentrate, you will lose this game of chess, Zixiu." I gave him a blank look.

The person sitting opposite me shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "What do you think of Miss Chen's family?"

"Miss Boudoir, I haven't seen it before. You are not kind, why are you talking about your wife's daughter. Be careful that you will hinder her boudoir's reputation, and my wife will fight for you." I leisurely placed a pawn .

"Why haven't I seen it? Last time, she came here disguised as a man, and everyone saw her."

"Really? I don't have any impression." The scenery of the venue of the last literary meeting was very nice, and I was too busy looking at the scenery, and didn't pay much attention to the people.

"What a nerd," Zixiu scolded with a smile, "I'll just say it straight. She admires your poetic talent very much, and the master also admires your calm temperament, saying that you will definitely be a success in the future. The two of you are just like men. Talented and beautiful. Besides, the master is very important in the Southwest literary world, and he has many students. If you become his son-in-law, I don’t need to talk about the benefits in the future, right?”

It's a pity that I can't become something, and I don't plan to go up.

I gave him a blank look, "It's not that you don't know about me. I was engaged. Although I've been separated for a while, I'm still young and I can afford to wait. If my family breaks the engagement first, they will come to me later." , go to the government to file a complaint, do I still have a future? Or wait a few years, when I get older, even if I break the contract, I have nothing to say."

Zixiu nodded, "That's right. But it's a pity, Miss Chen is really beautiful and talented in poetry."

I smiled and said, "Told me for a long time, but you actually fell in love with him, right?"

"It's a pity that people don't like me," he said with a smile, "She said she wants to find a husband who is talented and has the appearance of a dragon and a dragon. I probably have a little talent. It's just that I don't look as good as you. Maybe she thinks I'm not good enough. Are you handsome?"

"Go", I spat at him, "Why don't you say that you are too flirtatious, there are many concubines in the family, and your confidante is also in the flower house. How can a decent lady dare to fall in love with you."

He laughed loudly, "To be honest, for poor scholars like us, if we can have a father-in-law like Master Chen, it will be very beneficial to our future career. It’s all white, maybe he hasn’t reached his prime yet. It’s really a pity to give up this marriage.” His family is also a businessman, although rich but not expensive, it is difficult to help him in the imperial examination or official career.

I saluted him earnestly, "Brother Xie Zixiu treated me with sincerity, but there is nothing I can do about it."

He waved his hand helplessly, "Forget it. It seems that neither you nor I have the luck to make friends with powerful people and take shortcuts. Will you go to the capital to take the exam with us next year?"

I shook my head, "I don't have enough knowledge. This time I'm barely able to get into Juren. Let's study at home for a few more years."

"You really have a calm mind. Actually, I'm not sure, but I want to try it. Maybe if I'm lucky, I will pass the exam? Even if I fail the exam, it's good to see it."

I shook my head, that was not my way at all.If I really came from an innocent background and didn't have that history of being a male favorite, maybe I would give it a go.After all, being an official is the ultimate goal of all scholars.As an official, you can do many things and realize many ideals.If I could go that way, maybe I would have already devoted myself to the Vanity Fair.

I am like this myself, so how can I blame Qiyu for his great ambitions in business?

The next day Gu Shao called me over, and also talked about Mrs. Chen's marriage, "If you want to be an official, it's good to have this marriage. You don't have to worry about the past, everyone who knew you died almost That’s it. The remaining ones are easy to deal with.”

I shook my head, even if everyone who knew me in the Liu House died, at least Gu Shao knew about me.The King of Qin provided us with an identity certificate at the beginning, so he must have known about it.Before I became an official, such a big handle was already in their hands.After entering the court, they can only become their people, a small pawn.What's the point of flying high as a kite whose thread ends in someone else's hand?