Looking for green hills

After 20 days of squatting in Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, Gu Yulin was finally released back to Hou's Mansion. When he came out, he was already too thin. The eldest lady hugged his precious son and cried and shouted, which annoyed Gu Zhao Very annoying.

Gu Zhao knew that Gu Yulin was able to come out thanks to Gu Yuanshan's relationship, so he felt that Gu Yuanshan was a promising son. It was decided that after the turmoil of Gu Yulin passed, he would pass on the position of the prince of the Hou family to Gu Yuanshan.

Speaking of the court situation, since the new wave of officials came in, the situation in Dayan's court has become more complicated and confusing. The group of Jinshi headed by Gu Yuanshan has just entered the Hanlin Academy, and they have been defeated by the two camps of conservatives and reformists. Win over.

However, Gu Yuanshan, as the champion of this year, unexpectedly did not join any camp.Everyone thought that he had a close personal relationship with Jiang Yousi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he would definitely join the reform party, but he surprised everyone.

His attitude was always unpredictable, as if he was waiting for something.

It wasn't until this time that the aristocratic families realized that Gu Yuanshan originally came from the Gu family of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion!Although the Gu family has fallen, it is still one of the four great families. Gu Yuanshan should be more inclined to the family. How could they be so careless and leave Xin Ke Zhuang Scholar in the cold!

So Zhou Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, who had always been on the front and rear of King Ning, immediately sent an invitation to Dingyuanhou's mansion overnight, inviting Gu Yuanshan to have a banquet at his mansion tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yuanshan, who had been wavering between the two camps, would happily agree.

In the dim bedroom at night the next day, Xiaoqing put on a cloak and tied it for Gu Yuanshan, lowered her head and said sullenly, "Are you coming back very late?"

"It won't be too late. If you're sleepy, go to bed first." Gu Yuanshan stretched out his cloak and hugged him in. "Why are you unhappy? Huh?"

Xiaoqing buried her head in front of his chest, her voice was astringent: "Can you drink? Will there be many dancing girls toasting you? Will they touch you and hug you?"

Gu Yuanshan couldn't help laughing, he pinched Xiaoqing's chin, "What dancer? Who are you listening to all this nonsense?"

"I saw it myself... In those restaurants, when those men drink, they are always surrounded by many beautiful women, kissing and touching, so intimate!" Xiaoqing looked at Gu Yuanshan aggrievedly, and said a word One sentence: "You are not allowed to hug other women! You can't kiss them either!"

This little goblin actually ran to the brothel while she was going to court? !Gu Yuanshan's heart was on fire, this damn Hailou asked him to follow the little goblin, but he actually took the little goblin to such a messy place!

Gu Yuanshan's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Who told you to go to which place?"

"I wanted to go. I wandered the streets for a long time that day, and I accidentally came to a place called "Cuihonglou". Passers-by said it was a brothel. I went to many places these days, including restaurants and shops. , dyeing workshops, slums...I have visited almost all of the capital, but I have never been to a brothel, so I took Hailou to accompany me to go shopping...Why are you so angry?"

"Why am I angry? You have gone to the brothel behind my back, I can't be angry anymore?!" Gu Yuanshan cursed secretly in his heart, and then restrained the anger on his face, "Don't go to that kind of place in the future , It’s too messy there, you know?”

"You haven't promised me not to let others touch you yet?! You can go out to drink, but you can't hug or touch others... Do you hear me?!" Xiaoqing said with tears in her eyes. Very wronged.

Ever since Gu Yuanshan became an official in the imperial court, Xiaoqing stayed alone in the courtyard of the Marquis Mansion. Every morning, he would get up and wash with Gu Yuanshan. In front of the palace gate, when getting off the car, Gu Yuanshan would always kiss him reluctantly, then bite his lips and say to him: "Come pick me up at night."

After seeing off Gu Yuanshan, he was bored, but he didn't want to go back to the Houfu compound alone, so he took Hailou to wander around the capital.

He just came into the mortal world, except for things related to Gu Yuanshan, he knew almost nothing about this world. He walked through the streets and alleys of the capital like a newborn baby, and was extremely curious about everything.

Seeing children frolicking on the street, he would smile and join them to play with them; smelling the delicious food in the restaurant, he would happily buy a copy and take it back for Gu Yuanshan to taste; The prodigal son would also secretly use spells to rescue those poor people; when he met an old man begging, he would also ask Hailou to donate some silver.

He just wanders around the world every day, has seen sorrows and joys, all kinds of attitudes, and sentient beings. The various scenes in the world are like dazzling flowers, but he will still stand obediently in front of the palace gate when the sun is setting. Waiting for that tall and tall figure, that is his world.

"Don't cry, why do you love to cry more and more now?" Gu Yuanshan hugged him into his arms, feeling a little bitter in his heart, he couldn't see the little goblin crying, he would feel that he was unforgivable, "How could I touch other people?" ?I want no one but you."

"But they are all prettier than me." Xiaoqing hid in Gu Yuanshan's arms, her little nose twitching from crying, he really wanted to cry more and more, but he couldn't help it, the more he knew about this world, the more he He was afraid that Gu Yuanshan would leave him. He didn't understand it before, but now he gradually understands that there are so many things between him and Gu Yuanshan...

"Nonsense, you don't know how beautiful you are, how can they compare with you!" Gu Yuanshan lowered his head and kissed the teardrops in the corner of his eyes, "You are always the most beautiful in my heart, you are beautiful when you smile, and you are also beautiful when you are not smiling , beautiful when you wear clothes... even more beautiful when you don't wear clothes!"

Ever since the two of them lived together, Gu Yuanshan has always come up with such frivolous and flirty words at his fingertips, he has completely lost the reserved and dignified attitude of a nobleman in the past, but this time Xiaoqing did not blush into his arms as usual , but stared at him with wide eyes, "Master, I have seen many couples on the street, by the river, and on the bridge these days. They sometimes linger, sometimes argue, and sometimes cry, but they are all a man and A woman, I have never seen two men on a blind date, why is that?"

Gu Yuanshan's body froze suddenly, he let go of Xiaoqing, turned around and walked to the window, said in a deep voice, "It's just that you didn't see it, don't think about it."

Xiaoqing looked at Gu Yuanshan's back, and there was a flash of pain in his eyes. He didn't understand why he let others bump into him and Gu Yulin, but Gu Yulin was arrested. Always dodge, now he seems to understand everything, it turns out that in this world, men cannot love each other, and his relationship with Gu Yuanshan is not allowed or praised.

So what are they going to do next?Have you been dodging like this all your life?

"So men and men can't be together here? What should I do? I'm just a male bamboo! What should I do?" Xiaoqing squatted down and hugged herself into a ball in the corner after finishing speaking. , muttered in his mouth: "What should I do?"

Gu Yuanshan turned around and saw his small figure. For a moment, his heart hurt like being pricked by a needle. Gu Yuanshan rushed over and pulled his arm and hugged him tightly, "Does Qing'er believe me? I It will take care of everything, you don’t have to worry, you don’t have to worry about anything, you just have to stay by my side obediently.”

Xiaoqing hugged his waist tightly and nodded heavily, "Qing'er believes in you, Qing'er believes in you, young master, Qing'er will not leave young master, and young master will not leave Qing'er behind!"

"Fool, little fool!" Gu Yuanshan rubbed his head, and brought him into his arms again, tightly fitting and tightly connected.

Xiaoqing was a little tired from crying, Gu Yuanshan hugged him to the bed and covered him with a quilt, "Go to sleep for a while, I will call you when I come back, don't think about it, understand?"

Xiao Qing obediently rubbed her head into Gu Yuanshan's palm, "Well, I see, you can go."

When Gu Yuanshan went out, Xiaoqing was already asleep. He walked outside the door and gave Hailou a cold look, "Get over here!"

"He's ignorant and you're ignorant? You let him go to the brothel, and that's how you take care of people for me?" Gu Yuanshan's voice was full of anger, and Hailou was too frightened to breathe, so he quickly lowered his head and replied, " Young Master Xiaoqing wants to go in, but the servant can't stop him..."

"From now on, you have to report to me where he went during the day, and then you don't want to take him to such a messy place!"

"Yes!"

Gu Yuanshan turned and left without even looking at Hailou.

It was already late when he arrived at Zhou Yuan's mansion. The mansion of Shangshu of the Ministry of War was brightly lit, and there were people everywhere. As soon as Gu Yuanshan handed over the greeting card, Zhou Yuan greeted him from inside, "Oh, Mr. Gu, you can count yourself here, hurry up." Come on, please."

Gu Yuanshan nodded politely: "Master Zhou is too polite, I dare not be a junior."

His word "junior" instantly brought his relationship with these aristocratic families one step closer. The adults in the court are the juniors at home.

When Zhou Yuan heard it, his face was full of smiles, and he took Gu Yuanshan's hand and walked in: "Nephew, in fact, your father and I used to have a very close personal relationship, but we haven't moved around very often in recent years."

Of course he doesn't move around very often, Dingyuanhou's mansion has long since fallen, how could he, a minister of the Ministry of war, pay attention to Gu Zhao's wine bag and rice bag.

"You have passed the new department, and the emperor favors you very much. It can be said that you have a bright future in the future, but the current form of the court is unknown, and those poor children have no respect and methods. You must not be on the wrong team! Today you I’m here to introduce you to a noble person.” Zhou Yuanfu whispered into his ear.

Gu Yuanshan borrowed the slope to get off the donkey: "Oh? I don't know which nobleman it is?"

"You'll know in a while!"

Zhou Yuan brought Gu Yuanshan into the banquet, and saw that the banquet had already been filled with many officials of aristocratic families, a group of people came and went to deal with each other politely, after half a round of drinking, the nobleman finally showed his head.

Ulan was wearing a black gown with dark cloud patterns, followed by two guards with swords, and walked in from the hall expressionlessly. Zhou Yuan nodded and bowed and led him to the main seat, and everyone got up to pay their respects.

Ulan said in a deep voice, "Sit down, don't be restrained." Then he didn't say another word.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan brought Gu Yuanshan in front of Wu Lan: "His Royal Highness King Ning, this is this year's No. [-] scholar, Gu Yuanshan of Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, good nephew, hurry up and pay homage to His Highness King Ning."

"My minister, Gu Yuanshan, is meeting His Royal Highness King Ning."

Ulan lowered his head and glanced at Gu Yuanshan, with unclear meaning in his clear eyes, as if recalling when he had seen this person in front of him before, he said in a deep voice after a long while: "Excuse me, today is a private banquet, don't be restrained .”

Gu Yuanshan raised his head slowly and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

In a blink of an eye, Ulan finally remembered when he had seen Gu Yuanshan. On the jade steps outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, this person had walked side by side with Jiang Youpan, and their relationship was quite close.

Ulan's voice suddenly turned cold, and she turned to Zhou Yuan and said, "Master Zhou, hurry up, I want to have a private chat with Master Gu."

"Hey, okay." Zhou Yuan withdrew after speaking.

Gu Yuanshan sat beside Ulan. Although he lowered his head, he could still feel Ulan's gaze on him like a needle.

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Gu seems to have a very close personal relationship with Mr. Jiang of the Imperial Academy, so why did he transfer to my account?" Ulan asked while playing with the turquoise ring on his hand.

Gu Yuanshan vaguely remembered that he also saw an identical ring on Jiang Yousi's hand, these two people are really...

"Master Jiang is outstanding in talent and learning. I have read his articles since I was a child, and I have always admired his talent. It was only when I became an official in the court that I realized that I had a big difference in political views with Master Jiang. Gradually estranged." Gu Yuanshan said calmly.

"Really?" Ulan approached Gu Yuanshan suddenly, and said sharply at a volume that only the two of them could hear: "You'd better stay away from him!"

Gu Yuanshan replied calmly: "That's natural. I will follow you in the future, so I will naturally keep a distance from your worst enemy."

"He's not my enemy, he's... Forget it, let's not talk about him, anyway, stay away from him!" Ulan glared at Gu Yuanshan viciously.

Gu Yuanshan kept his expression on his face, but he couldn't help but sneered in his heart. This King Ning was a little too simple. Although he knew about his entanglement with Jiang Yousi, even if he didn't know anything, he just threatened like that. Don't get close to Jiang Youpan himself, that stern attitude is like telling the world that Jiang Youpan is his treasure, and he will kill anyone who gets close to Jiang Youpan.

Such a person who can't hide things, Gu Yuanshan can hardly feel the slightest threat from him, but Gu Yuanshan has not let down his vigilance, the most important thing for him now is to drag the minister of the Ministry of War into the water.

Gu Yuanshan raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yuan who was fawning left and right in the banquet, his gaze sank.