It's night, and the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

The dog yawned, held the drum gong in one hand, closed the door of his house with the other, rubbed his eyes very sleepily, and removed the drumstick from his waist.

"Knock," he knocked, and then opened his mouth to shout the words he had to read every night.

Along the east of the city to the west, and then from the south to the north at the end, the capital is quite large, he went down this time, it will take some hours, if it is not for the sake of this husband's errand every month is not bad, this kind of errand that reverses black and white, he is not willing to do it.

Tonight, as it has been for countless nights.

Pan Gouzi knocked all the way, he walked through Xifang, turned into the South City, glanced at the gorgeous houses of Bishuiting in the South City, pouted, and walked to the North City by himself.

However, just walked into the boundary of Beishi, Pan Gouzi frowned, these days, many outsiders came to Dajing, most of these people settled down in Beishi, he has been a husband for many years, there are still eyes, at a glance you can see that these people are craftsmen, and recently Emperor Dayin for the selection of tribute, but also specially issued a holy decree.

Yes, even ordinary people like him know about it.

Pan Gouzi was not very attentive to knocking on the more, while thinking in his heart, is it not to take this opportunity, but also to find an apprenticeship for his son, now more ink craftsmen in Dajing, maybe a little silver, can let his son recognize a good master, learn for a few years, if you can enter the ink chamber of commerce again, even if you don't have to worry about food and clothing in the future, and then meet the opportunity of the emperor to choose tribute ink, maybe you will be able to get ahead, this is much simpler than reading and taking the top prize, and there is a craft can also support the family, no matter how difficult the world is, it will not starve to death.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible, so he concentrated on looking at Beishi, and during the day, he had been here a few times, and knew which houses were where the ink master lived.

Walking through Wuyi Lane, seeing that this round of more was about to be finished, Pan Gouzi stepped forward. Just as he was about to turn out, he heard the sound of dogs barking from the depths of Wuyi Alley.

He was so worried that he wanted to turn around and leave, but he encountered a dog barking at night. Most of the time it is not a good thing, but after only half a step, he paused, and hesitated, if there is really something, this is also a good opportunity to get to know the ink master.

Think about it, do it. He clenched his drumsticks, stepped on the deep shadows in the alley, carefully discerned them, and went to the place where the dog barked.

There are many lanes in Beishi, Willow Lane, Sanqi Lane, Angelica Lane...... There are all kinds of alleys, among which Wuyi Lane is the most famous, just because from this alley, there have been two prime ministers in history, and these two famous prime ministers are all alleys that came out of Wuyi. Therefore, it is "Wuyi Lane".

So far, Wuyi Lane has become the most significant alley in Beishi, and the status of the people who can live in this alley is not lower than that in Nanshi.

The sound of the dog barking was getting closer and closer, Pan Gouzi smelled a bloody breath at the end of his nose, his heart chuckled, and he suppressed the urge to turn around and run away.

The courtyard gate is wide open, and you can see the vicious dog barking. The fishy stench that permeated the night became more and more intense.

Pan Gouzi found the big stone at the door, squatted there, and only showed half of his head to look in, and then followed. He was so frightened by the scene in front of him that his soul was scared -

In the dark night, the blood on the ground was glowing with a little refraction fluorescence, and several corpses were spread out on the threshold of the hall door, and there was no breath of living people in the entire courtyard.

Pan Gouzi sat on the ground one by one, and he didn't dare to come out. Just as he was about to shout, he saw a cold reflection coming out of the flower hall, and the reflection was a point of light on the blade of a knife.

Pan Gouzi covered his mouth and nose tightly, and he didn't dare to make a sound at all.

He swallowed his saliva, raised his eyelids, and looked up along the blade, only to see a rare pair of six-fingered right hands, the sixth finger was long on the side of the thumb, shorter than the little finger, but it was unforgettable.

Pan Gouzi was so frightened that he almost fainted, until the man slowly left, and after a long time, at least half an hour, Pan Gouzi came back to his senses, beat the drum gong violently with the drumstick in his hand, and shouted loudly and mournfully, "Kill, kill......

On the second day, the murder in Wuyi Lane caused a stir throughout Kyoto.

As soon as Gu Fei got up in the morning, he listened to his mother talking about this, and told You Er and Egret to close the courtyard door as soon as it was dark, and no one would open it, and take turns to keep vigil at night.

She used breakfast to listen to her mother's detailed reply, and at the end, she twisted her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, her eyebrows were slightly together, "So, the person who was killed was the ink-making master who came to Dajing to participate in the tribute and ink selection this time?" ”

"Yes," Ku Ma hurriedly brought water to Gu Fei to rinse her mouth, "It's an ink envoy master from the Hanzhou Ink Chamber of Commerce, and I also participated in the ink meeting with the girl a few days ago." ”

Gu Fei's heart froze, "Is that the fifty-year-old master?" The ink he made, I said that I wanted to add an extra cent of Qin skin foam and pound 800 more pestles? ”

Ku Ma nodded and motioned for Nightingale to remove the dishes and chopsticks from the table.

Gu Fei bent his fingers and knocked on the handrail, "That master has good skills, in this Gongmo selection, even if he can't enter the Internal Affairs Bureau in the end, at least he is a top-notch ...... in Simo Fang."

As she spoke, she suddenly paused, and her eyes instantly condensed, "So, in this murder case, some people are excluding dissidents?" Are you still looking for an ink-making master who has performed well these days? ”

Ku Ma looked worried, "I'm afraid yes, the girl is going out to participate in the ink meeting these days?" ”

Gu Fei chuckled, she glanced at her bitter mother, "What are you worried about, with you and You Er, and the egret here, who kills who may not come." ”

The bitter mother sighed, and the nasolabial folds on both sides of the nose deepened, "The old slave quietly went to see the corpse, they were all killed by several knives, and the fists and feet of the person who started it were not necessarily good, the key is that the person who was killed, there was no trace of struggle, as if he was killed while he was asleep, so the old slave felt that the person who started it was either an acquaintance who died or used other means." ”

Gu Fei listened to it, and she suddenly asked, "Who found out first?" ”

"A husband." Bitter mother said.

Gu Fei said again, "Did the husband say that he found something?" ”

Hearing this, Ku Ma thought for a while, shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of this, I just said that he heard the dog barking, and then went over, and when he saw that he was frightened, he woke up and shouted murder." ”

Gu Fei thought about it for a while before saying, "In a few days." When the matter settles down, see if you can invite the husband to ask, and be sure not to be embarrassed, and give some money or something. ”

Ku Ma nodded. said that he had written it down, and then wondered, "Does the girl think that the husband knows something else and hasn't told the people in the government?" ”

Gu Fei smiled and didn't answer, just let Ku Ma do this.

On the same day, Gu Fei went to participate in the ink meeting again without being affected in the slightest. Who knows that this ink club, there are few people who really read ink, and there are many people who talk about the murder in Wuyi Lane, Gu Fei suddenly felt bored, so he went out of the ink club on his own and wandered around the Dajing ink pill shop.

Just as she was watching with relish in the color and ink shop, she saw Zuo Shengsi and several literati in long robes coming down from the second floor.

It was still a few days later, Gu Fei saw Zuo Shengsi for the second time, and he didn't seem to expect Gu Fei to be there, and Zuo Shengsi was stunned. Immediately stepped forward a few steps and bowed, "Zuo has seen the ancient girl." ”

Gu Fei withdrew his gaze from the colored ink, his expression cold, "Hmm." ”

She was even very rude, she didn't return to Zuo Shengsi, where did the whole person still have the soft and simple atmosphere of that day.

Zuo Shengsi raised his eyebrows, he didn't mind Gu Fei's attitude, "Why didn't the girl say goodbye that day?" The harmful Zuo is a good student and found a girl. ”

Gu Fei hooked his lips, and there was a bright sneer in his big black and white eyes, "Oh? It turned out that it was a little woman's. Let Zuo Gongzi bother. ”

Zuo Shengsi smiled, he was about to say something, but among the group of sons and brothers who had been a few steps behind him, some people were not used to seeing Gu Fei's high-minded manner. hurriedly spoke, "Brother Zuo, who is this girl?" ”

Zuo Shengsi's eyebrows tightened, and he quickly unfolded, turned to one side, and pointed at Gu Fei and introduced. "This is the master of Yizhou ink making, Master Gu Fei."

And those people, Zuo Shengsi did not introduce who Gu Fei was.

Gu Fei glanced at those people lightly, and saw clearly the contempt on their faces that they didn't have time to hide.

She knew that Zuo Shengsi's father, Zuo Qing, was the imperial historian of the dynasty, and the young son who could go in and out with him was naturally a person with a comparable family background, so she had no intention of making friends with this group of people, and she would only need to calculate it in the future, so they disdained her, and she ignored them.

"It turned out to be the master of ink making, disrespectful and disrespectful," the provocative son just now stood up, his eyebrow bones are higher than ordinary people, the bridge of his nose is straight, and his lips are thick, and he looks really honest and kind, but in fact, the eyes of the heart are the same as the eyes of a needle, "Originally, I thought that among the masters of ink making, there was a Mo family Mo Qingge who was already a genius who did not let the eyebrows be shaved, and I didn't want to see the ancient girl today, and Mo Qingge was the same age, and he was also a master, and his skills must be not bad." ”

This kind of obviously provocative words made the lightness of Gu Fei's lips become unfathomable, she glanced at Zuo Shengsi on the side, and saw that he was silent, and she knew more or less in her heart, "Childe praised it." ”

Everyone listened attentively, wanting to see what Gu Fei would say, but who knows, she just said five words so lightly, and nothing else, but made the boy feel that he had smashed his fist on the cotton, and he couldn't say anything, and he was bored with blood and blood.

Zuo Shengsi knew too well the nature of his own group of people, and before that person was about to get angry, he stood up and diluted the mud, "Is it a false praise, but I can hear about the tasting deeds of the ancient girl every day recently, it is really wonderful." ”

Finally, he turned to the sons and said, "Didn't you say that there is another poetry club to attend?" I'm not going. ”

These people often mingle with Zuo Shengsi, and they can't hear his voice, so they pull the son who is still angry, and say goodbye to the two.

Gu Fei also wants to leave, this Zuo Shengsi is used to calculating, although she also loves to calculate, but it doesn't mean that she likes to be stupid and let others calculate, so when it's not necessary, she doesn't want to have anything to do with him at all.

"Girl, stay." Zuo Shengsi's footsteps were on the side, blocking Gu Fei's way, and said with a smile, "There is something I want to talk to the girl about, I don't know if the girl is convenient." ”

Gu Fei looked at Zuo Shengsi, wanting to see something from his face, and it took a long time before he replied, "Lead the way." ”

It's not that she didn't think about refusing, but as soon as she first arrived in Dajing, although it seems to be in the limelight recently, it is all a not-so-good reputation, and the effect that can be achieved is far from it, if she has the strength, she is naturally willing to continue.

Zuo Shengsi led Gu Fei to the second floor of this color ink shop, and asked for a secret private room, and only after seeing that there was no one else, did he consider speaking, "Zuo, when I saw the girl that day, I really wanted to test the girl's depth to see if the girl was really capable." ”

Gu Fei turned the tea cup in front of him and asked lightly. "The result?"

Thinking of the events of that day, Zuo Shengsi smiled bitterly, "Isn't it too late, I wanted to find the girl later." But when she came back to her senses, the girl was already ethereal. ”

Gu Fei took a sip of tea, the color of the tea soup was heavy, and as soon as the tea flavor was in her mouth, she felt disliked. "Childe, did you go to pick up Mo Qingge, the first beauty of Dayin, that day? Ah Fei thought, this beauty is accompanied by a woman, where can she get out for a while, so after reading the ink pill, he left by himself. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Shengsi's face immediately sank, and he didn't know which of Gu Fei's words made him unhappy.

After a long time, he sneered and said, "Accompanied by beauties? Hum. I can't afford it. ”

I thought it was very much, Gu Fei raised her eyebrows, and she thought that the name of this first beauty was liked by any man in the world.

"What? The first beauty, isn't it enough to fall into the city? ”

Zuo Shengsi glanced at Gu Fei with a strange expression, a little puzzled by her expression, which was obviously a little gloating, and there was a disguised curiosity, and a pair of big black and white eyes blinked. People can't help but answer her questions obediently.

"Of course, beauty is beauty, and it is not an exaggeration to overwhelm the country and the city, but it's a pity that ......" Zuo Shengsi pulled the long tail note, "Luo Shen is intended." It's not in me. ”

"Oh?" Gu Feiyan smiled at Yan Yan, at this moment she wanted Zuo Shengsi to say more.

Zuo Shengsi shook his head, he shook the teacup in his hand, and looked at Gu Fei with thoughtful eyes, "I wonder if the girl can dare to compete with this first beauty?" ”

Gu Fei was slightly stunned, and her heart was in a hurry. In an instant, he had already thought of a lot of things, but the interview was not obvious at all, and he sneered, "Zuo Gongzi, don't you succeed in teasing the little girl, you said that Mo Qingge is the first beauty in Dayin, how can you fight for Ah Fei?" Wouldn't that be self-inflicted? ”

"No," Zuo Shengsi explained, "Mo Qingge not only has the name of the first beauty in Dayin, but at the same time, she comes from the Mo family, a century-old ink-making family, and is known as the most dazzling genius in recent years, with a talent for ink-making, which is also enviable.

"Ink!"

Gu Fei sneered one after another in his heart, the world was ignorant of Zuo Shengsi's words to Mo Qingge, and they had always thought that Mo Qingge was the real proud daughter of the sky, but they didn't know that everything about her had already been planned and arranged by Mrs. Mo.

What dazzling peerless genius, what ink-making talent......

All of this is just to cover up the weaknesses of others with their strengths.

In the past, in those ten years, it was not to steal her talent to make up for Mo Qingge, no one knew that in those ten years, all the ink pills she made would eventually fall on Mo Qingge's name, and the praise and praise of the world fell on Mo Qingge's head.

She has been making a wedding dress for Mo Qingge for ten years!

"Ancient girl?" Zuo Shengsi called a few times.

Gu Fei suddenly came back to her senses, she suddenly let go of the tea cup in her hand, pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "So, does Childe want Ah Fei and Mo Qingge to fight Mo?" ”

Zuo Shengsi nodded, "If it weren't for the fact that there was no other way, I wouldn't have made such a decision." ”

"That's it......" Gu Fei lowered her head slightly, the dark shadow at the corner of her mouth deepened for a moment, like a dark tide surging under blue water, "Dare to ask Gongzi, why do you want to find someone to fight with Mo Qingge?" ”

It seems that he didn't expect Gu Fei to ask this, Zuo Shengsi thought about it, and then moved his mouth and said, "I don't hide it from the girl, Mo Qingge has always wanted me to marry her seventh sister Mo Jingxiu, I naturally don't want to, her seventh sister is clearly a concubine, but what does she say, as long as I want to marry, she will give Mo Jingxiu an identity." ”

"Hmph, she's very ambitious." In the end, Zuo Shengsi was angry.

Gu Feixing's eyes narrowed, and Mo Jingxiu's delicate face floated in her mind, if she hadn't seen this Mo Jingxiu a few times before, she would have no impression at this moment.

Mo Jingxiu, the seventh in the Mo family, her mother is Mo Qingge's mother-in-law, Le's personal maidservant, and was later raised as a concubine.

Therefore, Mo Qingge used Mo Jingxiu as a chess piece and wanted to intervene in the back house of the imperial doctor, which was also in the past.

After all, they are all confidants, and if this thing is done, Mo Qingge will give Mo Jingxiu an identity as a concubine, and marry Zuo Qing's favorite son, no matter how you look at it, the Mo family will make a lot of money.

It's no wonder that Zuo Shengji is not happy.

Thinking about it, Gu Fei said, "Zuo Gongzi, this matter, Ah Fei can't help you, but ......"

"But what?" Zuo Shengji's brows furrowed.

"However, if Ah Fei defeats Mo Qingge, what benefit can Zuo Gongzi give Ah Fei?" She has never done loss-making transactions, and having contacts is the long-term way, and in the face of Zuo Shengsi, she will not give in at all, and she must get enough benefits in it. (To be continued.) )