"Alas—do what you do when it's right. ”

"Either way, no matter what!"

Looking at himself at this time, he was ragged and gray-headed, as dirty as a beggar. Gu Chen smiled bitterly unconsciously, then shook his head helplessly, turned around and slowly approached the bath. Soon, Gu Chen took off the tattered clothes on his body and entered the bath.

"I think my mother died of childbirth when she gave birth to me. For many years, it was my father who brought me up, but my father eventually left. Now—but I'm left alone. Looking at the little ripples on the water, Gu Chen muttered unconsciously, his tone full of boundless bitterness

"Today's entrance examination in Beijing seems to be afraid that I will not have a chance. Father!"

"My father once said that the village where they were located was actually built by a group of bandits who washed their hands in a mountain village!"

“......”

It seemed that it was too quiet here, and Gu Chen looked at himself reflected on the water, and gradually lost his mind. As his thoughts wandered, he gradually remembered what his father said to him before he died.

"Your mother and I are outsiders, and we are not welcome in this village. However, at that time, your mother was pregnant, and it happened that she was about to give birth to you, so the people of the village reluctantly took us in. ”

"After entering the village, we realized that the people in the village were bandits in the first place, where would they farm. On weekdays, they live by picking up things that others don't use or discard. ”

"Chen'er, the people in the village have no emotion, don't mind, you must go to the capital Chang'an to see if you have the opportunity in the future, this world is really big, there are many people and things you don't know......" Thinking of this, Gu Chen's eyes suddenly turned a little red, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but shed two lines of sad tears.

"Father, Chen'er really misses you so much~ Father!"

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An hour later, Gu Chen held a volume of "Tao Te Ching" and walked out of the house slowly. After some washing, except for the sallow color on his face caused by malnutrition, Gu Chen's whole person looked normal - at this time, he was wearing a white coarse cloth shirt, although the clothes were a little loose, but they could be regarded as fitting. Under the sunshine, it still has the atmosphere of a scholar.

"Alas, how can you look like a woman, it took so long to come out?" After seeing Gu Chen come out, Hun Er, who was standing impatiently waiting by the door, frowned and said to Gu Chen.

"Xiaosheng, I found a book in the room, and I was fascinated by it for a while. So, forgot about it. Gu Chen replied simply, without explaining too much, and continued

"Aren't you going to take me to see your village master, why don't you lead the way?"

"Yo, you kid is in a hurry. I'm not in a hurry, you're in a hurry!"

"Okay, let's go, I'll take you to see the owner of the village!" As he spoke, Hun Er reached out and took out a black strip of cloth, and after blindfolding Guchen without saying a word, he took Guchen towards the house where the owner of the village lived.

Lonely Chen while walking, he felt that Hun Er took him around and around, and he stopped after walking for about half a pillar of incense. At this time, I only heard Hun Er say to him: "This is it, the owner of the village is inside, you can go in by yourself!"

After removing the strip of cloth that blindfolded Gu Chen, the red-faced man named Hun Er left. At this time, what appeared in front of Gu Chen's eyes was an extremely large mansion, and there was no decoration in the courtyard, but it could not hide the atmosphere of this room.

Looking at this house, Gu Chen couldn't help but think of the small earthen house he lived in, and suddenly couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, and walked towards the room.

"Hahaha, you're finally here!" As Gu Chen walked in, a neutral voice suddenly came from inside the room.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I heard Scarface tell me you're a scholar?"

At this time, Gu Chen looked at the eight-foot man in front of him - a leopard head with ringed eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, and skin like black charcoal, and suddenly felt like he was in a tiger's den. And the big man was not fixed Guchen looked at the strangeness in his eyes at this moment, and continued.

"I'm calling you here today for nothing else, just to ask you to write me a few poems. I'm a rough man, but I'm also the lord of a house, you write me something in ink to bring out the majesty of my lord!"

"Hahaha-"

As soon as this laughter came out, Gu Chen's sallow little face immediately became a little pale. The expression also became a little strange, but soon Gu Chen calmed down his mood at this time, forcibly suppressed the strange expression on his face, and said after slowly bowing

"Dear lord of the village, Xiao Sheng has never drunk a sip of water or eaten a mouthful of food since he was tied. Xiaosheng's body is already fragile, so where can he still have the strength to write poems for you at this time?"

"Oh, was I negligent?"

The black charcoal man seemed to be very concerned about Gu Chen's words, and after turning around and looking at Gu Chen for a long time, he seemed to feel that what Gu Chen said was very reasonable. After a few gentle pats of the big hand on Gu Chen's shoulder, he turned his head and shouted to the door

"Someone!"

"Serve me food and drinks, I want to treat this little scholar well!"

"Yes!"

As the thunderous voice of the black charcoal man spread, a response immediately came from outside the door. Soon after, several slightly thinner men walked in with several plates of dishes.

"What about wine?"

"Why is there no ?!!! wine?"

When the black charcoal man saw that each of these people had wine in his hands, he immediately yelled at one of them, and the frightened man suddenly trembled violently, and he looked down and didn't dare to look at him. At this moment, a red-faced man walked in outside the door, and this person was Hun Er, who had brought Guchen here before!

"The lord of the village, due to the consumption of a few days, there is no wine in the back room. If the owner of the village really wants to drink, he can only open the cellar and take the charcoal sealed ......"

Before Hun Er's words were finished, he was forcibly interrupted by the owner of the village and said, "Take it out, go and take it out for me!"

"But ......"

"But what is it, wine is for drinking, and it is for ...... Isn't it a waste !!?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Gu Chen's heart was speechless - this village owner is too straight. And there seems to be a deep sense of insurmountability in his words and deeds!

"The owner of the village is also a man of temperament, Xiaosheng admires, admires!" At this time, Gu Chen, who was standing next to the black charcoal man, was not standing or sitting, so he had to hug his fist awkwardly and say to the black man

"Yes, the owner of the village, I'll go get it!"

Seeing this, Nahun Er immediately saluted and left, and he didn't want to stay in front of the owner of the village for a moment. This village owner has a very strange temperament, if he wasn't the village owner's personal guard, he wouldn't want to have anything to do with it!

......

After three rounds of drinking, the black charcoal man asked Guchen to recite a poem for him. Gu Chen thought to himself, if he still refused this time, wouldn't everyone be coming?

So, after walking around the huge house, Gu Chen cleared his throat and chanted in a deep voice. The "Tao Te Ching" in his hand is still swaying in front of him from time to time, as if this is the source of his wisdom!

"The mountain is the mountain, the river is the river, and the eldest brother of my village owner will ......"