I dare not

The author has something to say: I'm sorry, there are too many things today, and it's a little late

The next day, the more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became, and after I got off the Yamen, I dragged Zheng Weiwen straight to the Qingfeng Building, but the girl in the building said that sister Hongfu had left early this morning.

Gu Qiao is angry... Could it be that your sister Hongfu came here to amuse me?

Then I thought about it again, if the red talisman was sent by the third child, why did she ask so many things that the third child knew?Judging by the trivial things she asked about her mother-in-law, it seemed that a stranger with no malice came to inquire about the situation.

Gu Qiao thinks that he is not afraid of being crooked, and he can stand up to anyone who comes to investigate. There is nothing that cannot be known, so let's let it go.

As the new year is approaching, it is customary for the governors of each state to go to Beijing to report on their duties.Lianzhou has no governor, so Wei Changshi inevitably made this trip.This matter almost made him bald, he had never seen an official bigger than Yushi, he had never even been to the capital, let alone face the saint, and he was still hugging Gu Qiao when he was about to set off.

Gu Qiao told him about the etiquette when entering the palace, how to speak, and where to look, and told him, "You can just follow other officials, and you can do what others do. There are so many people, the emperor I won’t pay attention to you at all, just don’t say the wrong thing.”

Wei Wushuang worried: "Will the palace keep me for dinner? Do I want to toast to all the adults? I must be the lowest official in the audience, and all the people here are Shangguan, so I have been toasting all night?"

"You think too much. If there is no His Majesty's permission for the night banquet in the palace, only officials of the third rank and above are eligible to participate. You just enter the palace and go through the motions." Gu Qiao looked at him at a loss. , sighed, "I have an annual gift for my teacher, please take it for me, I will ask the teacher to take care of you in the letter."

Wei Wushuang was so grateful that tears welled up in his eyes, "Good brother, thank you for your kindness, I will treat you to Qingfenglou when I come back!"

Gu Qiao got a headache when she heard the words Qingfenglou, and waved her hand, "No need, no need, just don't cause trouble, go early and return early."

The holidays of the local administrators in Hao Country are pitifully few, and there are only seven days off during the Spring Festival, and officials above rank six have to take turns to be on duty, so Gu Qiao can only rest for five days.However, as the Spring Festival approached, there was nothing to do in the yamen, and I just went to order a diary every day to see if there was any emergency that needed to be dealt with.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and it rarely snows in the south, and there are also a little bit of snowflakes these days, like salt.

The workers in the temple went home one after another, and Fazhang took his apprentices down the mountain and returned to Gu Qiao's small courtyard.

Chang Ling has a childish temper, and he likes to be lively the most. He counts the days on his fingers, hoping to celebrate the New Year as soon as possible.Gu Qiao gave her a few taels of silver to buy New Year's goods, and she wandered around Ningcheng, very busy.

When Chang Huan came back from Shuiyue County, he was much calmer than before, exuding the air of a professional doctor.He looked at Wang Weili's eyes and said that it could be cured, but it would take a long time to recuperate. Wang Weili was so grateful that he almost knelt down.

The years are quiet and everything goes smoothly. When he is not on duty, Gu Sima can finally relax.

After grinding the ink and spreading out the white paper, I prepared to make up for the lost manuscript.Gu Qiao likes to write some strange and chaotic love stories, such as people and monsters, people and gods, monsters and gods, all kinds of lingering love stories can happen.These articles are not listed in the elegant hall, but they are very popular among the people. The source of life these years has all depended on this pen.

"The scholar surnamed Wang looked around for the injured little snake, but saw a beautiful woman lying on the collapsed bed..."

Someone behind him read the words written by Gu Qiao. Gu Qiao was startled, covered the manuscript paper and shouted: "The story is not finished yet, so I can't read it!"

Chang Feng smiled: "Isn't this beautiful woman transformed from a snake? They've already agreed to each other, why can't the prince recognize her?"

"Ah?" Gu Qiao was stunned for a moment, a little upset that someone else had spoiled her plot, and just about to speak, Chang Feng took out a book from his arms, with the words "Nanshan Xianyu" written on the cover, The ink has been smudged with water.

"Huh?" Gu Qiao snatched the book over, "Isn't this my manuscript? Where did you find it?"

Chang Feng didn't answer, and pointed to the small print on the cover with his finger, "'Yeguiren' is you?"

Gu Qiao held the scroll in his hand, "Have you read it all?"

"Well, the poor monk is very concerned about the major events in the life of the scholar surnamed Wang. Since the benefactor is a man returning from the night, please tell the poor monk how the follow-up development will be."

Snapped!Gu Qiao clapped her hands with the book, shook her head and said: "If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down."

Chang Feng: "..."

It was a surprise to find the lost manuscript again, and I was able to save a lot of words.Gu Qiao was in a good mood, put the book in her arms, and bowed to Chang Feng: "Thank you, big brother, for returning the manuscript."

Chang Feng saw his complacent face and made a gesture to knock him on the head. While he was receding tactically, he suddenly touched the book back, held it in his hand and said: "You continue to write later, otherwise the elder brother will be killed." I won't give it back to you."

Gu Qiao protested, "You don't talk about martial arts!"

"Then I'll talk about Wude, you come and grab it."

The gap in strength was too great, so Gu Qiao naturally didn't want to challenge.

It would have been nice if the third child was here at this time, since the idiot cured the snail fruit, his strength had increased significantly with the naked eye, and even Chang Feng was no longer his opponent.

Thinking of this Gu Qiao felt uncomfortable again, he has been gone for so long.It's Chinese New Year, he must be with his family now... I don't know where his home is, and if his family treats him well...

Seeing that he was about to cry, Chang Feng quickly returned the book to him, "Forget it, forget it, give it back to you, don't make that expression."

Gu Qiao didn't want to explain to him, so she took the book and went straight out, leaving Chang Feng with a dazed face, wondering what was wrong with this benefactor.

In the evening, when Chang Ling greeted everyone to make dumplings, Gu Qiao remembered that it was New Year's Eve.

Since my father passed away, every year has been a year spent at the teacher's house.Ouyang Chigong is in a high position, and since the twelfth lunar month, he has been sending invitations until after the Lantern Festival.Ouyang Chigong's only son, Ouyang Zhiwen, doesn't like those social gatherings. Usually, he would take Gu Qiao out to drink and go shopping at this time, and he didn't go home to eat some dumplings until it was dark.The master dotes on her son, and always leaves the dumplings with hidden coins at the end, causing Gu Qiao to follow suit.

Monks don't pay much attention to wrapping dumplings, but the stuffing of dumplings is all vegetarian.Although Chang Ling is mischievous, he is still very reliable at critical moments.Mustard green fungus and carrots are cut into thin cubes, put a little salt, mixed with sesame oil and thirteen spices, it smells very attractive.

Gu Qiao was a man who had never been in the kitchen, and the dumplings he made were oddly shaped, not even as well as the half-blind Wang Weili. Chang Ling couldn't take it anymore and kicked him out, claiming that he would eat all the ugly dumplings alone.

There was a bonfire burning in the yard, Fazhang sat by the bonfire and meditated, the dancing flames cast a warm color on his face.

Gu Qiao walked over, Fazhang slowly opened his eyes and looked at him for a while, then asked with a half-smile, "Young benefactor Gu, is there something on your mind?"

"No," Gu Qiao sat down by the bonfire, "It's Chinese New Year, everyone is lively and lively, it's good."

Fazhang said to himself: "Life is like traveling against the road, you and I are both pedestrians. When you meet and separate, you don't need to be attached for a while, everything has a chance."

Gu Qiao was silent for a while, "If this opportunity doesn't come, why don't I look for it?"

"If the opportunity is not yours, you will not be able to find it if you look for it."

It's just that no one expected this opportunity to come so soon.

Watching the new year at night, several young people took advantage of Fazhang's sleep, drinking and playing cards, and they didn't go back to their rooms until midnight.

Gu Qiao was still asleep the next morning when she was awakened by a loud knock on the door.

Opening the gate of the courtyard, there were actually two servants standing outside.

The older waiter saw Gu Qiao, and his face burst into a smile: "Master Gu, you are here, we are worried that you are not at home!"

"Eunuch Zhai, why did you come in person!" Gu Qiao hurriedly invited people in. Di Renli was the emperor's attendant, and he had met once before, but he did not expect to come to Lianzhou in person!

The wrinkles on Zhai Renli's face smiled like a steamed stuffed bun, "The emperor suddenly thought of you a few days ago and asked us to invite you to the palace for a banquet. The New Year's Eve banquet will not be in time, but the Lantern Festival banquet will be in time."

It turned out that when Wei Wushuang went to the capital to report on his work, Gao Fengliang refused to take credit for it. He pushed several major achievements in improving people's livelihood in Lianzhou to Gu Sima, saying that he was diligent and caring for the people, conscientious, and did many practical things for the people. It was Gu Sima's credit for resolving it so quickly.

His Majesty the Emperor thought of the number one scholar he had hand-picked, and kept talking about calling him back after the festival.When I drank with the princes in the evening, Long Yan was very happy while drinking, so I sent someone to Lianzhou to call Gu Qiao on the spot.

Even if the emperor said something at the wine table, it was an imperial decree. There was no order or edict, just a verbal decree.Eunuch Zhai had no choice but to bring a servant and the two of them hurried and hurried, day and night for five whole days, for fear that they would miss the time and Gu Qiao went out on vacation and would not find anyone.

Gu Qiao sealed the money for the two servants according to the usual practice, and then asked respectfully: "The emperor didn't say anything, what did you ask me to do?"

"How dare this old servant listen to your majesty talking to the princes? It's not a bad thing after all."

Looking at his expression, Gu Qiao knew that the old fox must have heard it. He took out "Nanshan Xianyu" from the house and handed it to Zhai Renli with both hands, "This is the manuscript of Ye Guiren, please send it to Sanhe Bookstore Shopkeeper Xiao, he knows how to do it."

Ye Guiren is a famous name in the capital, and his works are often sold out every time he is born. It is true that a book is worth ten thousand gold.

Many people in the court knew that Ye Guiren was Gu Qiao, and he didn't need to explain further. Zhai Renli flipped through the book, only the first volume, and only spoke half a sentence, covered his mouth with the book, and whispered in Gu Qiao's ear: " It was mentioned by the second prince."

Second prince?Gu Qiao was very surprised.

The second prince is He Fangzhi's grandson, he offended He Fangzhi, why did the second prince help him return to Beijing?

What else did he want to ask, the old fox didn't know a single word, he just stood by the side with his hands in his sleeves and waited, asking Gu Qiao to pack up his things and go back to Beijing with them now.