During the days when he came back from hunting in the mountains, the wolf cub Gu Xiu became more and more diligent.Whether it is reading strategies, or practicing calligraphy and composition, they are done quickly and well.

Gu Xiu knew that only in this way would Han Mochu accompany him to the hunting ground in the palace and guide him in riding and shooting.Han Mochu's method of teaching Gu Xiu to ride and shoot is obviously much simpler and more rude than the method of teaching him to read.Every day with a heavy stone hanging on his forearm, he practiced bow bending for an hour. If the stone moved, the ruler in Han Mochu's hand would be pulled down mercilessly.

Gu Xiu is a young man with a kung fu foundation, he is stronger than ordinary young people, so it doesn't matter if his daily practice is more demanding.

Under Gu Xiu's strict training, where his whole body was bruised and purple, the effect was also very obvious. In just one month, Gu Xiu was able to blindfolded and shoot a moving target in the hunting ground.

Gu Xiu practiced very well in the hunting ground, and at the same time, he became very curious about how Han Mochu practiced riding and archery when he was a teenager.

Han Mochu looked at Gu Xiu with a smile, and told him a story about him learning art in the mountains many years ago.

At that time, Han Mochu was two years younger than Gu Xiu now, because his mentor, Mr. Yi Ji, was a vegetarian.If he and Su Che, who are eleven or twelve years old, want to have a tooth sacrifice, they can only go hunting on horseback in the mountains.

Due to the dense forests in Baiming Mountain and the perennial mist, most of the time it is difficult to see the road, let alone hunt.So as witty as Han Mochu, he simply blindfolded. After falling off a horse, rolling a mountain, and hitting a tree countless times, including one of which almost broke his neck, he finally practiced the blindfolded ability to distinguish the position and shoot without fail.

After hearing this, Gu Xiu touched his neck thoughtfully.

He really didn't expect that his master, who was like a fairy, could practice this exquisite and unparalleled archery technique under the pressure of life.

Compared with his master, although he was born in a bitter cold since he was a child, he has never lost his mouth.

After hearing Han Mochu's somewhat sad history of blood and tears, Gu Xiu practiced more diligently every day.

Han Mochu didn't tell Gu Xiu one thing, that day on the Hunting Mountain, he wooed someone for Gu Xiu.That person is Ding Quan, the eldest grandson of the General Zhen Guo's family.

Ding Quan was born in the concubine's room of Ding Pei, the second son of Ding Yushu. He was honest and upright, and had the ability to manage the army. It was only because of his low birth that he wasted so far.

At the age of 25, he still has no fame. On the hunting mountain that day, he wanted to hunt and kill the golden dragon beast to make a future for himself.But I didn't want to have such an accident.

That day, everyone's attention was focused on Gu Xiu and Gu You who were almost killed, and no one noticed Ding Quan who was secretly lonely in the dark.

Only Han Mochu noticed.

After Han Mochu stepped forward to inquire about the situation, he handed over his quiver to him, because the marks on the feather arrows could make him a warrior for hunting golden dragon beasts.

Ding Quan is very grateful for this.

Han Mochu knew that behind Ding Quan was Ding Yu, an important minister who was comparable to the loyal and diligent Chancellor Han Ming in the previous dynasty.If Ding Quan becomes an official because of this, he will be grateful to him, and he will also be grateful to Gu Xiu.And this gratitude will surely turn into an invisible force in the future, pushing Gu Xiu forward.

Every year on the seventh day of April is the birthday of Empress Dowager Cizhuang. In order to show filial piety, every year at this time, she will go to Jinghua Temple to do ritual worship.

During this period, the heir of Enzhun accompanied him.

In fact, it is not so much that the emperor's heir is accompanied, but rather that it is to give the wife Meng who has been away from the palace for ten years to have more opportunities to meet the princess.

Last year, Meng's family contracted a cough, and Gu Hong also allowed Princess Qingzhao, Gu Jin, to stay outside the palace for two months to show her filial piety.

With Han Mochu's unremitting efforts, Gu Xiu has not been harshly criticized by the king Gu Hong for a long time, and occasionally he can say a few words of praise in his indifference.

At this time last year, Gu Xiuxiu was punished and grounded by Gu Hong, so he never caught up.This year, Gu Xiu can finally leave the palace logically and go to Jinghua Temple to meet the queen mother.

When he was in the Northern Wilderness in the past, his mother Yun Yao once mentioned her nominal aunt to him.

Mother said that she was a gentle woman down to the bottom of her heart, she always spoke in a low voice, and she was very timid, even snakes, insects, rats and ants would be afraid.But the craftsman is very good.When her mother was General Yun Hui, she also helped her mother repair broken armor.

Originally, it was only Gu Xiu and Gu Jin who accompanied him, and Meng got the news from nowhere, and asked Han Mochu to go with him by name.

Han Mochu, as a minister, needs the emperor's order to leave the palace.

For some reason, when Gu Jin went to the king to ask for an order, the king Gu Hong didn't even hesitate.

On the palace road before Gu Jin and Gu Xiu left, the baby-faced sixth prince Gu You led the little eunuch Bao Fu who was almost beaten to death, sticking to him with smiles all over his face.

"Seventh brother, you and eldest sister are gone, it's boring to leave me alone in the palace, why don't you take me with you."

Ever since he came back from the hunting mountain, the sixth prince has almost become Gu Xiu's follower, he will follow wherever Gu Xiu goes, and the seventh brother screams at each other, making Gu Xiu feel hairy.

Gu Xiu went to the hunting ground to practice riding and archery, and he also went to the hunting ground to eat snacks.

Gu Xiu was doing his homework in Guiyun Palace, so he stood in front of the gate of Guiyun Palace to tease cats and dogs, and even pretended that he wanted to study with Gu Xiu.Now that Gu Xiu has to follow him from the palace, it is really troublesome.

Gu Jin glanced at Gu You who was sticking to him, and said with a smile: "Success, but Master Han is going too."

Hearing Master Han's three words, Gu You's face instantly collapsed: "Master Han, go, I won't go." After saying that, he dragged the little eunuch and ran away without a trace.

Because of Gu You's words that he wanted to study with Gu Xiu, Gu You's biological mother, Concubine Li, immediately piled up a whole box of gold ingots in front of Han Mochu, and said sincerely to Han Mochu, "Thank you, Master Han, for asking him to recognize a few more." Words will do!"

For the sake of the yellow gold, Han Mochu reluctantly accepted Gu You.

On the first day of class, Han Mochu just took out the Analects while Gu Xiu was practicing calligraphy, and Gu You began to cry. Seeing that Han Mochu was indifferent, Gu You's tears gradually burst into tears. They were sent back to Concubine Li's Palace together with the box of gold.

No one knew what Gu You went through that noon, nor did anyone know what Han Mochu went through that noon.

Everyone only knew that from then on, whenever Gu You saw Han Mochu, he would be afraid, and if he wanted to cling to Gu Xiu, he could only go through the palace wall of Guiyun Palace.

The distance between Jinghua Temple and the imperial city is not too far. We set off in the morning and arrived at the gate of Jinghua Temple in the afternoon.

The arrangements for the upper and lower levels of the temple have been properly arranged. Gu Jin and Gu Xiu only need to put incense sticks on the throne of the Empress Dowager Cizhuang on the main hall, and then they can leave the table to pay their respects to Empress Meng in the Yunni Nunnery in the back mountain.

Yunni Temple is a very secluded small courtyard. The courtyard is full of crabapple flowers of various colors. It is spring and summer when the crabapple flowers are intertwined, and the red and green are suitable.Against the blue-gray brick walls of the Buddhist hall, it looks more vibrant and full of spring.

"Queen, I brought my seventh brother here!" Gu Jin pulled Gu Xiu and stood in front of the hall door and called softly.

"Your Highness, Mrs. Hui Ning asked you to bring the other two nobles in." An old nun wearing Buddhist robes with hair wrapped came from the house.

Empress Meng left the palace to practice. Although she is still a queen in the royal genealogy, she already has a dharma name in the temple.

Gu Jin bowed his head to the old lady, took Gu Xiu's hand and walked into the hall.

On the right side of the hall, there is an incense burner enshrining the Buddha table. Under the incense table, a woman in gray Zen clothes is fiddled with rosary beads.The woman's hair is black and tied in a very simple bun, without any jewels and jade decorations except for a wooden hairpin.

"Empress Mother, Erchen brought the seventh brother over."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Meng stopped playing with the rosary beads, turned around and saw the young man beside her daughter.

The young man was just as she thought, handsome and upright, in full bloom, his brows and eyes looked exactly like the cheerful, talkative and laughing Sister Yun in memory.

After practicing for many years, she was pulled back to the mortal world in an instant by the thoughts of the past ten years.

"Chi'er, can I let the queen mother hug you?" She opened her arms, expecting that the young man who had been so cold-eyed in the palace would throw herself into her arms.

Gu Xiu's nature is a person who doesn't know how to get close to others, especially when they meet for the first time, no matter what the identity of this person is, Gu Xiu's first reaction is to take a step back.

When he was in Beihuang, even when facing his biological mother Yunyao, Gu Xiu, who was three years old, never stabbed her in her arms again.Even if she chases Gu Xiu all over the world, Gu Xiu is not willing to let her hold him again.

"Mother, the seventh brother is cooler than ordinary children, so don't be in a hurry." Gu Jin supported his younger brother's shoulders, and said in a gentle voice, "Chi'er, be good, go and let the mother take a good look at you."

Gu Xiu nodded, walked up to Mrs. Meng, raised his robe and knelt down, bowing down with Mrs. Meng.

Meng bowed, helped the child who was kneeling on the ground up, lovingly stroked the top of Gu Xiu's hair, and couldn't stop admiring: "It's really like, really like, Jin'er, look, your brother's facial features, this body Quantity, does it look like your mica concubine?"

"Like, my daughter also thinks it's very similar." Gu Jin nodded, and smiled like her mother.

Gu Xiu looked at the aunt in front of him, trying to pull a smile from the corner of his mouth.

"Is Chi'er in the palace okay?" Meng's eyes were red, and she asked Gu Xiu to walk around in front of her, as if to make sure that the child really had all four limbs and five internal organs.

"It's good that Chi'er is in the palace." Gu Xiu followed Meng's eyes and walked around in front of her.

The Meng Shi in front of her was indeed as gentle as her mother described, she spoke softly, her ten fingers were as soft as silk, stroking her cheeks itchy.

Meng looked at it, and then opened Gu Xiu's palm, which was a circle larger than that of an ordinary boy. Those hands were already well-articulated and strong. The faint scars on the face have not faded.

Meng rubbed it twice with her fingertips, glanced at Han Mochu who had been standing behind everyone, and then patted Gu Xiu on the shoulder: "Hey, follow your elder sister to the backyard for snacks. The queen mother has something to say with Master Han."

Gu Xiu followed Gu Jin and retreated out of the hall together.

Meng walked up to Han Mochu and stopped Han Mochu who was about to salute her.

"Mr. Han doesn't have to be like this, I should salute you." Meng said with a warm smile, raising the corners of her mouth.

"Master Huining, you are too serious. I really don't dare to be a humble minister." Han Mochu replied warmly. The scar on Xiu's palm will be in a hurry with him early in the morning.

"Mr. Han, you don't need to be so polite. I know that Chi'er is today because of your careful education, so I should thank you." Meng clasped her palms together and bowed to Han Mochu.

"What Mrs. Hui Ning said is a matter of the minister's duty. Your thanks are too heavy, and this humble minister dare not bear it."

"Young master's job is to teach the four books and five classics, and restrain the prince's words and deeds. I know how much you have taught Chi'er. I also know that your entry into the palace is not just for your future, but for Chi'er, the child himself. .”

"Master Hui Ning, how do you know?" Han Mochu was a little surprised. Mrs. Meng has been away from the court for ten years, so why does she know everything inside the palace walls so well.

"If you really want to seek a future, wouldn't it be better to follow the fourth prince Gu Yan? Why do you need to guard such a lonely little prince like Chi'er? I heard that the fourth prince has been recruited several times, but Mr. Meng is indifferent." Meng said softly : "I have no other intentions this time, I just want to thank Master Han for his painstaking teaching in person, and hope that Master Han will not change his original intention when he comes to Japan."

Han Mochu took two steps back, gave a deep salute to Mrs. Meng, and said in an unusually firm tone, "Master Huining! Don't worry, I have received great kindness from Mrs. Yun in the past, and now I am fortunate to be the prince's junior teacher. I will devote myself wholeheartedly, only for the sake of your majesty's success in the future." .”

"Master Han said so, so I feel relieved. Master Lao Han will take the two children to the mountain temple behind. I will have guests here later, so I can't keep you any longer."

The guest Meng Shi spoke of was none other than the king Gu Hong.

At dusk, King Gu Hongping retreated to the left and right, and came to Yunni Nunnery alone.

In the ten years since Meng Shi left the palace, he would set foot in this small courtyard every year today.The crabapple flowers in the courtyard greeted the eyes, dazzling like the scorching sun.

Rushing across the small courtyard, Gu Hong went straight to the small Buddhist hall, looked at Meng Shi who had his back turned to him, and called in a low voice: "Xuefu."

Hearing her former boudoir name, Meng Shi still knelt indifferently, and didn't even stop chanting scriptures.

"Xuefu." Gu Hong called out again, stretched out his hand to grab Meng Shi's shoulder, and forced her to turn around: "As the mother of a dynasty, how long are you going to fight with me?"

"Your Majesty, you seem to have misunderstood the person. There is no Xuefu here, let alone your queen, only the poor girl Huining." With a cold face, Meng faced the monarch in front of her without emotion.

"Jin'er is so big now, what else do you want? I have kept your title and title all these years, and you are so deadlocked with me, don't you think about your daughter?" Gu Hong suppressed his thoughts With a breath of anger, he shook Meng Shi's shoulders.

"Jin'er is also His Majesty's daughter, how His Majesty treats her is His Majesty's business. Poor nun has a clear conscience as a mother." Meng's gentle eyes were full of sharpness at this moment, One knife at a time pierced Gu Hong's heart.

"With a clear conscience, a clear conscience, it's been ten years, what happened to Chang'er was an accident, you will believe what you want me to do!"

Facing Gu Hong's hysteria, Meng Shi raised the corners of his mouth and revealed an extremely sarcastic smile.

"Okay, I don't advocate it, you saw that child today, and I haven't angered him for so many years. After he returned to the palace, I gave him the status of prince, and invited him to teach him, and now let him go out. Seeing you in the palace, what else do you want me to do?" For some reason, Gu Hong dared not look directly into Meng Shi's eyes.He has always been full of guilt for the death of his eldest son, so he can only change the subject and chat with Meng Shi about Gu Xiu.

"Yes, that child was born very well. He is calm and prudent, with a pure disposition." Meng turned her back indifferently: "But it's not because of you that he is so good. None of his admirable advantages are bestowed by you." .What did you do to that child? What you did to his mother, you know very well!"

"Meng Xuefu, you are too presumptuous!" Gu Hong was completely enraged, and pulled up the Meng family who was turned away. Over the years, no one dared to mention Yun Yao in front of him, even if Gu Xiu entered the palace. No one dared to talk about his biological mother.

What happened to Yunyao was a thorn in Gu Hong's heart, a wound that would bleed and pus if touched a little bit, and the pain went to the bone.

"Meng Xuefu, I have done my best to you now! Aren't you afraid that I will destroy you!"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to do anything. Didn't the poor nun already abolish herself? On the day you left the palace, the poor nun told you that the poor nun could not be your queen. But you just kept your status as a poor nun and gave it back to the poor nun." A name of praying for the country. Isn’t it because your Majesty does all kinds of things because he can’t let go of his status as a noble daughter of the Meng family, a poor nun, and the help of his grandfather’s family?” Meng looked at Gu Hong coldly, and raised his lips He smiled and said, "Just like when you shamelessly asked General Yunhui to marry you back then."

"Presumptuous!" Gu Hong firmly slapped Meng's face with such force that Meng's whole body fell to the ground.

After a while of silence, Meng Shi slowly got up from the ground and knelt down in front of the Buddha again, not caring about the swollen cheeks at all.

"What's the matter with those crabapple flowers in your yard?" Gu Hong, who had calmed down, also became extremely cold.

"The poor nun likes crabapple, so he planted crabapple, what's wrong?"

"No, you don't like Haitang, you never liked Haitang." Gu Hong stood slumped on the spot, muttering to himself.

Gu Hong knew very well in his heart that the person who liked Haitang was the thorn in his heart, and that thorn had been buried so deep for so long that he couldn't even look directly at the flowers growing in the sun.

"Your Majesty doesn't like begonias, so just order someone to shovel them away." Meng closed her eyes and raised her mouth slightly, "You shovel them away today, and the poor lady will plant them tomorrow, and plant them where you can't see them. What will happen?" Isn’t it all that you can treat as non-existent if you can’t see it?”

"Meng Xuefu!" Gu Hong was almost overwhelmed by Meng Shi's words, holding his chest to suppress the burning anger in his chest, and said in a cold voice, "You can do it yourself!"

The moment King Gu Hong turned to leave, Meng Shi suddenly called him back: "Your Majesty, treat that child well, that is your only chance in this life to atone for your sins."

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