In the evening, Gu Qingning was the first to return home today. Because of the sun on the city wall to supervise the repair of the city tower for a day, when she went home was sweaty and gray, Fusu prepared a bath soup and fruit tea for her to relieve the heat, she bathed and changed clothes to cool off until this time to ease up, only complained that this summer day did not make people live in peace.

took off the heavy official uniform, changed into a light brocade dress, and was really much more relaxed and cool, shaking the fan and walking to the study, and did not see Gu Qingxuan.

Recently, Gu Qinghuan has been busy, and Gu Qingfeng can't stay at home, usually Gu Qingxuan is the earliest to return home, and today is this time and he hasn't come back, only Gu Qinghuan is in the study, buried in the case, and writes angrily.

Gu Qinghuan was so hot that his forehead was full of beads of sweat, and he didn't bother to wipe it, and he had a pile of official documents in his hand that made people dizzy when they looked at it.

Gu Qingning walked in, stood beside him, poured him a cup of herbal fruit tea, helped him fan, and glanced at the fold he was drafting.

Before she could speak, Gu Qinghuan raised her head first and asked with concern, "Sister, has Yang Longxing passed your strip?"

Gu Qingning smiled and said sarcastically: "The beauty is in his arms, he gets his wish, and he lures him with profit, so he can't help but nod." ”

"What lure them?" he asked.

Gu Qingning said: "At present, the imperial court is discussing the matter of rectifying officials and businessmen, and it has become a fixed practice for officials not to be involved in business, and Yang Longxing naturally has a lot of business to hand over, which is a big loss, how can he be so greedy? Although he is the right secretary, he still can't interfere in the procurement of building materials, and I can decide, and I can do this right, so, for the sake of this, he agreed. ”

Gu Qinghuan looked at her with some admiration, thought for a while, and said, "But I'm afraid there will be some risks, right? What if he uses the stone from the quarry to trouble you in the future? After all, it is not in his name, with his character and power, he can be said to be my sister, you are secretly operating to accept bribes, and only then cooperate with the quarry in the southern suburbs?"

Gu Qingning shook his head: "No, I won't wait for the day when he bites me back." At present, the Imperial Historical Observatory is so strict in its investigation, if he is stupid and is caught, what does it have to do with me? ”

Gu Qinghuan understood, looked at her, and laughed out loud, "Yes, anyway, now that the Imperial History Observatory is under the control of his father, it is not impossible for any blind Imperial History Dao Excerpt to report him, and this is not an uncommon thing." ”

"Hmm...... I have already told my father, and he also thinks that this is feasible, and it can also be used as a handle to defend against Yang Longxing's old fox. She said.

Gu Qingning looked at the document in front of him and asked, "This is the article of the rectification and scientific examination?"

He nodded: "Yes, I have been busy with this for a while, the Lang Intermediate Court has collectively deliberated and revised dozens of drafts, and then it has passed the approval of the Lang Ting, I think this should be no problem, after all, Yang Rong'an...... It's just a headache for the Ministry of Officials, after Yang Rongan passes it, this will have to be discussed with the Ministry of Officials, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult......"

Gu Qingning pondered: "Well, indeed, this strategy has long been approved by the emperor, so they shouldn't have to worry about the content of the policy, it's just the people in the ministry...... Eh, Qinghuan, you can stand it. ”

Gu Qinghuan thought of all the things he encountered when he went to the Ministry of Officials during this time, and the squire of the Ministry of Officials was Fang Liang, who sent him to prison more than a year ago......

He was so congested that he had no choice but to say: "Eh, this is also something that cannot be avoided, forget it, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I don't believe that I can't handle that rabble." ”

Seeing that he was so confident, Gu Qingning patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Yes, courage is commendable." ”

"Sister......

She shook the fan and fanned him cold, "Don't worry, I will accompany you to suffer, then I will have to establish an official position for the counselors to rectify the official system, and then I will have to deal with the officials? ”

Gu Qinghuan laughed and arched his hand, "That's good, there is Lao Gu Lang." ”

Gu Qingning knocked his head with a fan: "Then you get busy first, I won't bother, Gu Langzhong!"

She glanced at him, smiled tacitly, turned around, and walked out.

After socializing with Yang Longxing and others, Gu Qingning learned more about the dirty side of officialdom, thinking that they could be so in front of her own women, how unbearable they would be in ordinary times? She became more and more considerate of her younger brother Qinghuan, who had just entered the officialdom, and the two sisters and brothers were also much closer.

They were worried about dealing with the officials, but Zhongli, who heard her mention the matter later, disagreed, and said that he was very sympathetic and distressed to the officials who were about to encounter the Gu family's sisters and brothers.

Although Zhongli is not a person in the court, he has a happy relationship with the hundreds of officials in the court, and these officials can play with him in private, especially the officials, Zheng Zhiyang, the official department, Fang Liang and others are also his drinking friends, so he will inevitably have more "sympathy" for them.

After knowing that Zhongli had such close contacts with the Venerable Master in the officialdom, Gu Qingning did not miss the opportunity to inquire about some officials' hobbies, gossip, scandals, etc., and they often talked about these things in their spare time.

She complained to Zhong Li about the virtues of Yang Longxing and others she had seen in Jiangyue Tower before, Zhong Li said that it was not surprising that such shameless behavior, and also "feedback" to her some more exciting things, such as a few people in the officialdom who are fond of exchanging wives and concubines, a few people taking the wives of their subordinates, a few people sucking five stones and sucking until they went bankrupt, Zheng Zhiyang and others are all veterans of nonsense, and they are all ......

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These are all later words, just talking about the present, after waiting for a long time and not seeing Gu Qingxuan come back, Gu Qingning went to the workshop to make a drawing, Fu Su came in to bring her tea and fan, and gave her something.

So she went to the study again, suddenly ran to Gu Qinghuan, and put a small white porcelain bottle directly on the document he was writing.

The pen in Gu Qinghuan's hand paused, and he looked up in confusion: "Sister, what do you want to do?"

Her joy overflowed, and she said, "Send this to Xian Ge! This ointment can remove the scars on her face! Let her return to her original appearance!"

Gu Qinghuan was also pleasantly surprised, and clenched the porcelain bottle: "Really, sister, how did you get this medicine?"

Gu Qingning choked and knocked him on the forehead: "That's not the point. You don't have to ask so much, just send it to her anyway, and Xian Ge will be very happy. My sister has given you this great credit, so you have to behave well. ”

"Okay!" He immediately stood up from behind the bookcase, put the porcelain vase into his arms lovingly, and walked out: "I'll go to Jiangyue Tower!"

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That night, Gu Qingxuan arrived home before Gu Qinghuan came back, and Gu Qingfeng came back with him.

It turned out that Prince Jin didn't just invite Gu Qingxuan tonight, he deliberately asked Gu Qingfeng to arrive later, so that he could ask Gu Qingxuan what he meant first.

But how good is Gu Qingxuan at Tai Chi? From family affairs to state affairs, he dragged him directly to Gu Qingfeng when he came, and insisted that he would ask Qingfeng what he meant.

And Gu Qingfeng refused.

This made King Jin very angry and puzzled, because after such a long period of observation, he was already very sure of Gu Qingfeng's intentions for Jun Tong, so he didn't care about anything else and wanted to marry the Gu family, but in the end, Gu Qingfeng was unwilling?

Why is he unwilling?

On the evening of the next day, the King of Jin called Gu Qingfeng to the Jin Palace, and looked for him to "talk", but it was not the King of Jin who was waiting for him, but Chen Juntong, the lord of Chengshuo.

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"Ruined her beautiful face......"

Gu Qingning sat on the edge of the bed, preparing to fall asleep in her clothes, Fu Su stood silently in front of her and combed her hair for her, she sighed faintly: "I've always been sad." Although Xian Ge has never blamed me, Qinghuan ......"

She closed her eyes, shook her head helplessly, turned her face to show a relaxed smile, raised her head and held Fusu's hand: "Fortunately, Fusu, it's really good, thank you for making medicine for scars for Xian Ge, I know it's not easy, thank you." ”

Fusu smiled, brushed her shawl hair with her fingers, and shook her head, signaling her not to mind.

After a tiring day, she felt a little relaxed at this time, leaned forward, leaned on Fusu's arm, and was intimate with her, "Xian Ge is my only good sister, I don't want her to be hurt in any way, but I drag her down again and again......"

The smile on Fusu's face disappeared, and he pressed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her to sit upright, his eyes did not wave, as always, even his eyes were silent.

Fusu looked at Gu Qingning fixedly for a while, then reached into his sleeve and took out another object to show in front of her.

Seeing a white jade ornament in the hand of this slender Hao, Gu Qingning was stunned, this thing was so familiar.

When she thought about it, she suddenly couldn't even say anything, "This Qilin Yujue...... Oh, no, this Jue is a pair, so, so this one is the other one, and you are the Su family of the Luoyang Medicine King Family......"

Fusu nodded.

Gu Qingning now fully understood, why did Fusu come to Chang'an? Why did she make herself dumb? Why did she say that she wanted to help her achieve a certain goal before she was dumb?

Her purpose is to ......

The two looked at each other, her face was a little cold and condescending, Gu Qingning looked up at her, there was still a look of surprise on her face, and gradually receded and returned to normal.

At this time, it is no longer necessary to say anything, they silently make eye contact, as if they are exploring the deepest ambitions and desires of each other's hearts, they can read each other without saying a word.

Gu Qingning stretched out his hands to take her hand and closed her straight palms: "Okay, I understand, don't worry, your purpose, Zhongli's purpose, can be achieved." You have helped me too much, I will definitely help you too, Fusu, I promised you, I never forget. ”

Fusu shook her hand in turn, spread out one of her palms, put the piece of jade into her hand, and then closed her palm, covered it with his own hand, and did not let go directly, but shook it hard.

Gu Qingning seemed to be able to hear the crisp sound of the knuckle of this finger being pinched by her, ten fingers connected to the heart, and in an instant, the sharp pain spread directly from her hand to her whole body, making her very sober.

Fusu slowly let go, she didn't let go directly, and Gu Qingning didn't break free, she knew that Fusu was helping her remember the pain, reminding her, and even threatening her.

Don't forget the past, and the future can be expected.

The cold jade jue became hot because of the hot palms of the two of them, like a flint that had been frozen for a long time, and when it encountered a fierce fire, it would definitely burst out, causing the prairie to burn until it was extinguished.

Immortal Sect, Chang'an Tribulation!

The emperor is dark, and the society is tilted!

The family and the country are destroyed, and the courtiers hate it!

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Jiang Xiange didn't use the medicine made by Fusu to repair her appearance, and she accepted it after Gu Qinghuan persuaded her repeatedly, not to say that she must not use it, and she didn't want him to feel that his efforts were in vain.

In fact, she had already made up her mind and kept going like this.

She was used to this broken face, to the undisturbed life she was living now.

Taste bamboo and silk every day, live in the boudoir, see the people you want to see, wait for the people you want to wait, and guard the heart that only you understand, and you don't feel relaxed and comfortable.

Gu Qinghuan was very disappointed, he was not disappointed that Xiange refused to recover her beauty, but disappointed that he couldn't do something for her.

He walked home alone depressed, there were no stars and no moon in the sky, and the night was particularly hot, and his official uniform was soaked with sweat and did not notice, so he only walked silently.

A shadow on the ground, very lonely and lonely.

There was a bright thunder in the sky, and the bright lightning split the black night, and the thunder was repeated, startling him.

The thunderstorm poured down, smashing the ground like falling stones, wetting the steaming Chang'an Street, every alley, every street entrance, and every piece of eaves were trapped in this rainstorm.

We all know that the rainstorm in midsummer is said to be a walk-and-go, and it never lasts long, but when it hasn't left, it's always difficult.

At this moment, every house in Chang'an City is closed, and those who have been sleeping are at most woken up by a thunderstorm and continue to sleep, only those who live on the streets like him have nowhere to dodge, covering their heads in the heavy rain and running wildly, embarrassed.

In the rush of rainstorm, a horse-drawn carriage came galloping from the deep corner of the street, and passed him on the bluestone street, because the light was dark at night, almost knocked him down, and even if he dodged, he was splashed with muddy water.

The tall steed neighed in the heavy rain, and the coachman with a hat outside the canopy asked him in a loud voice, "Is the son okay?"

Gu Qinghuan was a little angry, but he didn't mean to think of others, and besides, he was already soaked, so what difference did it make if he had more muddy water?

The coachman, who was in good shape and cheerful, gave him a fist salute, and was about to swing his whip, and was about to continue on his way, when he heard the voice of the shed, and stopped again.

The curtain of the brocade caravan was lifted, and in the dark night wind and rain, he saw that there were candles in the car, and a woman's face was exposed without sheltering from the rain, which was not real, but it made him feel familiar.

The voice was clear and proud, not losing the reverberation of thunderstorms, "If you are in a hurry at night, you should take the umbrella and save yourself from being drenched in soup." ”

Obviously out of good intentions, through her mouth to say it, it becomes like a commanding force, as if she was born with pride and toughness deep in her bones, and she won't even turn her tone.

As he spoke, an umbrella came out of the carriage window and threw it to the ground without waiting for him to take it.

"Take it, don't thank you, Miss Ben has no time to talk to you. ”

Gu Qinghuan stood in the heavy rain, looked at the umbrella on the ground, snorted, wiped the rain on his face, stubbornly and arrogantly, waved his sleeves, turned around and walked forward directly, and was not in a hurry, and walked in the rain in a frank and chic manner.

"The black clouds do not press the mountains, and the heavy rain pours over the city and wets the clothes! The wind and thunder destroy the soul of Chang'an, and my generation stands alone and does not bend the waist! An seizes the power from the heavens? The city is full of wind and rain and the city is full of clear ......"

The sound of the rain hitting the ground was still as loud as his laughter, lightning and thunder, but it was still not as loud as the poems he chanted loudly made people's hearts tremble.

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He walked farther and farther away from the streets of Chang'an in the night rain, and the luxurious carriage was still parked in place.

The bamboo curtain to keep out the rain did not fall until a long time.

The young man beside her was a little stunned, and he lost his mind and thought: "My generation will not bend my waist...... An from the heavens to seize the power...... Such an ambitious man, it's really admirable...... What kind of person should this be?"

She bit her lip angrily, still having that distant back in her mind, and became angry, "An arrogant madman, what's the big deal?"

"Nope. He smiled and shook his head: "He's a very interesting person." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly got up and got out of the canopy.

"Brother, what are you doing? It's raining so hard outside...... she didn't know what he wanted.

He did not listen to the advice of his sister and the coachman, jumped out of the carriage, and his white clothes were also wet by the relentless rain, so he only searched for it in the rain himself, and saw the oil-paper umbrella that his sister threw on the ground.

He picked it up cherishly, drained it, and then stretched it out, and the high-quality white paper umbrella hung above his head like a bright moon in the sky in the heavy rainy night, unable to shield the wind and rain, but it could give people comfort.

Holding this umbrella, he ran in the direction where Gu Qinghuan had walked, and chased in a panic in the heavy rain, and the figure he was looking for had disappeared in the stormy Chang'an City......

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