set of flowers

Gu Junze raised his eyes and peeked at An Mingxi, who was reading seriously, and after a while, he turned his eyes back to the open book in front of him, trying to focus on the rows of black words—he wanted to leave An Mingxi with a book that was eager to learn. A good impression, but he is not very interested in these sage books.

After a long time, he finally couldn't help breaking the silence and asked, "Mingxi likes reading?"

After speaking, he regretted that he not only disturbed people, but also asked nonsense - if he didn't like it, why would Mingxi spend all his time staring at a book with a dark blue cover, and never rested his eyes for so long.

An Mingxi put down the book, faced Gu Junze, and responded, "I don't like it." Compared with these theoretical books, he prefers to read all kinds of books, which are the idle books in his mouth.

Hearing the unexpected answer, Gu Junze was puzzled: "Since you don't like it, why bother?"

An Mingxi raised the book again, stared at the correct words on the book and said, "Because I don't want to lose?"

"Losing? Is Mingxi betting with someone?"

An Mingxi shook his head and closed the book—he couldn't do two things at once, he couldn't listen to people's speech and digest the meaning of the words at the same time.He put the book back on the table and said, "I don't want to talk about it, let's change the subject!"

Compared with books, Mingxi prefers to chat with him——Thinking of this, Gu Junze's hair became excited: "Mingxi...how did you meet him?"

"Him?" An Mingxi didn't think much, and spit out a name, "Qianyu?"

Gu Junze nodded.

Although he didn't want to mention this person named "Qianyu", as the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles - Qianyu must be his biggest, even the only rival in love.

"He... saved me." Under the prince's fist.

In fact, as early as at the banquet, when he was mingling among the dancers and actors, he noticed a stranger of the same age on the seat, that young boy who was just sitting and laughing with others, he had a chic and carefree appearance... It was The way he wanted to live, but couldn't, made him envious and jealous.Feeling ashamed, he almost wanted to run away.

His arrogance and unyieldingness have always been just a hypocritical mask, but his heart is full of longing and... timidity for the eyes of others.He wanted attention, but was afraid of being hurt.Living with contradictions and falsehoods, even growing slowly.

"Saved you! How to save you?"

"It's not a big deal."

An Mingxi's indifferent demeanor and words made Gu Junze heave a sigh of relief: "It's not just a savior..."

Speaking of this, An Mingxi smiled: "That's sort of it. So...he saved me twice—maybe three times."

For a while, Gu Junze was speechless. After a while, he patted the table, stood up, and asked, "If I save your life too, will you marry me?"

An Mingxi stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, his eyes overflowing with a smile, and he said: "If you save me, I will promise you with my body, then shouldn't I promise myself?" For Qianyu?—Three times."

Gu Junze stared at him closely, and also clenched his fists, so hard that he trembled all over. Suddenly, he yelled: "I don't allow it!"

After a while, he was a little bit sullen because of An Mingxi's smiling eyebrows, and he said angrily: "Mingxi doesn't understand the feeling of loving someone at all...it's not funny at all!"

Seeing his reddened eyes, An Mingxi's smile disappeared immediately, feeling a little guilty, he got up hurriedly, tried to comfort him but was at a loss, after a while, he put down his raised hand, sighed silently, and lowered his head to wipe away his tears. Gu Junze said: "I just... I laughed because I couldn't help it. Except for my mother... this is probably the first time someone said I like it. I am very happy."

"Really?" Gu Junze raised his head, his eyes as red as rabbits appeared.

"En." An Mingxi nodded.

"Mingxi..."

Gu Junze threw himself into An Mingxi's arms, and the latter raised his hands, then put them down abruptly after a while, and patted the former's back to show comfort.

Ah Jiu, who came with Yu Chixiang with snacks, stopped at the door, looked at this scene, and thought: The little master said...

Forget it, the little boy doesn't know either.

……

"Young Master, Qingqing is here to see you."

Hearing the sound, Hua Qianyu signaled Le Yang to open the door to welcome people.

The woman holds a pipa in her arms, is dressed in green, with flowers of various colors pinned to her head, and two or three jasper hairpins stretching like branches and leaves.Most of the clothes on her body are light and fluffy gauze, the snow white is exposed on the chest, and the fragrant shoulders are faintly visible under the cover of the green silk and gauze. Compared with ordinary women, her dress is more presumptuous, but it is much more reserved than other women in the building.

"The bustard said that there was a handsome young man who wanted to see Qingqing. Qingqing thought he was a familiar young man, but she didn't want to be greeted." Before Hua Qianyu could entertain her, the woman named Qingqing found her seat and sat down. ——There is a wooden bench one foot away from Hua Qianyu, which seems to be used for girls to play the pipa.

Seeing that Hua Qianyu was silent, Qingqing went on to say, "My lord wants to listen to the music, or..."

Hua Qianyu just said: "I don't listen to music, and I don't do other things. I just want to chat with people about the customs of Sucheng."

"Customs and customs? If you are interested, my lord, wouldn't it be more thorough to go around a few times in person than spending money to chat with a fireworks girl?"

"I will," Hua Qianyu took a sip of tea before putting down the cup, "but since I'm here, I want to hear your opinion first."

Qingqing got up, put the pipa in the corner, then sat down beside Hua Qianyu, and asked, "What do you want to hear, my lord?" As she spoke, she covered Hua Qianyu's hand next to the teacup.

Hua Qianyu withdrew his hand and said calmly: "It was said in the book that the city wall of Suzhou was demolished as early as the previous dynasty."

"It's not uncommon to rebuild the city wall. It's a problem to delay the repair until half a year ago."

"The cost of repairing the wall?"

"If there is insufficient funds allocated by the imperial court, it will be donated by benevolent and righteous people."

"Donation? I heard that Mr. Zhang forced the people to donate money."

Qingqing looked into Hua Qianyu's eyes, squinted her eyes slightly, and raised the corners of her mouth: "Your words have wronged the envoy." With a meaningful appearance, it was difficult to tell the truth from the truth.

"Then where did this word come from?"

She raised her empty hand, put her elbow on the table, put her index finger against her chin, and said, "No matter how kind a person is, he can't please everyone. Will use words to slander."

"Miss, do you think you are the best?"

"Oh, there will be no better official than him!"

"Miss, can you understand the envoy?"

"I often hear people talk about it, and I have met several times on the flower boat, and had a few conversations - Shijun is good at pipa, and Qingqing is good at pipa. It is a pity that the young master came to see Qingqing, but he didn't listen to pipa." She slightly Turning sideways, the thighs were touching Hua Qianyu's thighs.

"Girl," he said, with a persistent smile on the corner of his mouth, but sharp eyes, "Please respect yourself."

"Self-respect?" Qingqing stood up leisurely, took two steps back lightly, and turned around again, the light veil fluttering on her body revealed some spiritual energy.

She smiled and said, "Young master, is it true that you are here just to ask questions?"

When Hua Qianyu heard the words, she answered inappropriately: "I already have a beautiful wife."

"Oh? What kind of peony is it that makes you lose interest in other wild flowers?"

"It's an orchid."

Qingqing covered half of her face, and suddenly laughed, her laughter was sweet and lively.

"Could it be...a man?"

Hua Qianyu didn't hide it, and answered calmly: "Yes."

"I thought Qingqing really lost her charm... It seems that she just doesn't like the young master."

He didn't talk too much about this topic, he just asked: "Miss Qingqing is well-informed, have you ever heard of Gu Fang Villa?"

"Know a thing or two."

"The girl thinks it's good and evil?"

Qingqing sat on the wooden stool she had just entered with her pipa in her arms, and said, "Good and evil are nothing more than the words of my family. Since the city wall was built, there have been few people from Gu Fang Villa in the city, so Qingqing doesn't know much about it, but there is one thing Appalling."

"What's the matter?"

"Four years ago, the second lady of the villa killed the owner of the villa. The eldest son at that time, who is now the owner of the villa, reported to the official. The whole city knew about the disturbance, but it ended up being nothing, which is puzzling."

"This is... an accident."

"Young Master, what else do you want to know, Qingqing will know everything."

"Oh? Don't you ask me why I want to know this?"

"Yiyuan is a place where you don't ask about the past, trade and laugh. It's boring to ask the officials. Just ask, as long as you have enough money, there is nothing I Qingqing can't say, and there is nothing I Qingqing can't do."

Hua Qianyu chuckled: "Ha, then, what news can you give me?"

"What news do you want, son?"

Hua Qianyu took out an ingot of silver ingot, put it on the table, and said: "The conversation between us is confidential-I will come again."

After finishing speaking, he turned and walked towards the door.

Qingqing walked to the table, put Yuanbao into her arms, bowed her knees and saluted Hua Qianyu's back, and said, "Goodbye, my lord."

……

Walking on the road, I heard people praise the governor of Suzhou again for no reason.

"My lord," Le Yang took a quick step and came to Hua Qianyu's side, "Who should we trust now? Why don't we ask Mr. Gu again?"

It stands to reason that there are many more people who say Zhang Shijun is good, but... Mr. Gu's obvious dislike for Shijun also makes people have to worry about it.

"Maybe we should meet the governor in person," Hua Qianyu said.

Le Yang turned around and said, "But... did the second lady really kill someone? She also killed..." her husband.

Hearing this, Hua Qianyu paused, turned around——

"Let's go back."

"Young Master, do you really believe it? But...they don't look like bad guys."

"Thousands of people have thousands of faces, so don't take it lightly."

"Yes!" Le Yang stamped his foot, with an air of awe-inspiring obedience.

It was almost in the hands of the robber not long ago, and he almost forgot again.

After a few steps, Hua Qianyu stopped in front of a hawker selling candied haws.Seeing this, Le Yang couldn't hold back and said, "Young master is still in the mood to eat candied haws." A moment ago, he looked like he had to go back to the villa immediately.

"My brother hasn't eaten candied haws for a long time."

He recalled the candied haws that night, and that may have been the beginning of a change in his relationship with An Mingxi.

Le Yang was at a loss for words.

"Pay."

Le Yang took out a few pennies from his purse and gave them to the peddler.

Hua Qianyu took three bunches of candied haws from the vendor.Stuffed a bunch for Le Yang, Le Yang took it.

It's just going back on the familiar road, as long as you find a carriage, you will be able to return to Gu Fang Villa in no time.

There shouldn't have been any disturbances, but when they were looking for the carriage and were about to sit in it, a group of policemen ran over, and Le Yang was on alert immediately——

"What are you doing!"

The head catcher waved his hand and said, "Take it away!"

Le Yang drew out his dagger and stood in front of Hua Qianyu, refusing to back down. The police officers surrounded them, scaring the coachman so much that he dared not move.

Hua Qianyu patted Le Yang on the shoulder, motioned him to relax, and then asked the catcher: "What's the matter?"

The head catcher said expressionlessly: "After you left Yiyuan, Yiyuan Huakui Qingqing was stabbed to death. No murder weapon was found in the wing room, but now..."

His gaze fell on the dagger in Le Yang's hand intentionally, and Le Yang couldn't help looking at his own dagger.

Hua Qianyu didn't show any fear on his face, and smiled instead: "Go forward, and then the arresters will find you... You really are capable, so fast."

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after meeting the envoy!" The head catcher stared at Le Yang, "Do you want to rebel?"

"No." Hua Qianyu closed his eyes and shook his head slowly, "We'll go with you."

"Son..."

"obedient."

"……Yes."

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