As the night fell, the rain did not stop, but became heavier and heavier. The sky was like a dark curtain drawn, and there was not a single glimmer of light, and a light mist rose on the surface of the wide canal. Guo Chengsi sat alone in the box of Piaoxiang Building, the table full of delicacies did not arouse his slightest interest, and he only sipped the wine in the cup one by one.

His back is straight, but his frowning eyebrows and slightly squinted eyes all show that he is in a bad mood at the moment.

The box door was pushed open with a "hoo", and Zhu Fei walked in with a swagger in the cold wind, his robe fluttering. After he sat down opposite Guo Chengsi, he picked up the wine jug on the table and poured himself a full glass of amber wine, and a rich sauce fragrance immediately overflowed.

He picked up the cup and sniffed it, his eyes immediately lit up, and he praised: "The sixteen-year-old daughter is red, but it is hard to find." It's a pity that Yi entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother and missed such good wine. After speaking, he tilted his neck, and a full cup of daughter red instantly entered his mouth.

A sticky trace of amber residue slowly slid down the corners of his red mouth and across his delicate chin. He ignored it, and after drinking three glasses in a row, he put down the wine glass unsatisfied. Curious: "Sweet and mellow, where did such a fine wine come from?" ”

Guo Chengsi also filled a glass for himself, and said: "This is when Lan'er was born, her father spent all his family wealth to buy five jars of fine wine and buried it under the old pear tree in her house. For a full sixteen years, no matter how difficult the family was, they never thought of paying attention to them, they just wanted to stay until the day Lan'er got married, and then dig it out as a dowry to send her to marry. I didn't expect the wine to become more sweet and mellow. But it's hard to find. Lan'er's family would be touched by the scene when they saw these jars of wine, and they were saddened, so his brother gave me all the wine. ”

"I see." Zhu Fei was silent for a moment. said: "I always feel that her family is not unaware of the fact that she was defiled by Zhang Lao's thief. ”

Guo Chengsi sighed: "The Lan'er family was forced to sell her to Zhang's mansion as a maid for their livelihood, and found out that she was defiled by Zhang's old thief, and their hearts were indeed full of anger. It's just that Lan'er herself has always said that her wife intends to mention her as her aunt, and her family has not found those terrible scars on her body, so she finally chose to remain silent. Maybe it seemed to them at the time. Lan'er can become the aunt of Zhang Shilang's family, which is also an excellent home. Unexpectedly, it was their acquiescence that would cost Lan'er's life in vain. ”

"Auntie!" Zhu Fei sneered: "In the dirty little pond of Zhang's Mansion. How many girls with aunt dreams have been buried! I always feel that there may not be more than those seven girls who died in Zhangfu. ”

"This is only known to the old thief Zhang and his wife in the underworld." Guo Chengsi said helplessly.

Zhu Fei suddenly approached him, and said with a gloating expression: "You said that the old thief Zhang died, what will happen to the thief?" ”

"Don't worry." Guo Chengsi snorted lightly and coldly: "Although he didn't harm anyone's life. but ruined the bodies of so many young girls in Fengyue Place. Now there is no support from the dignified officials. Those people won't let him go easily. ”

"Okay, okay, this good news is worth three more drinks." Zhu Fei laughed and poured himself three cups in a row, and his mellow daughter blushed, so he wiped the corners of his mouth unsatisfactorily, looked at Guo Chengsi's gloomy and incomprehensible face, and said strangely: "Now that the old thief Zhang is dead, what else can make our Lord Guo so troubled?" ”

Guo Chengsi shook the blue and white lotus one-legged wine glass in his hand. said in a low voice: "Now I'm only worrying, how can the marriage with the daughter of the Liu family be dissolved?" ”

The smile on Zhu Fei's face flickered. He looked at Guo Chenghe, who was silent, fixedly, and after half a ring, he suddenly said, "You have already made your mind clear to her?" ”

Guo Chengsi looked at him calmly and replied, "It should be said that we expressed our hearts to each other. ”

Zhu Fei frowned, poured herself another cup of daughter red, took a sip slowly, and then said: "Do you know that with her current status as the daughter of a criminal minister, even being your concubine is still insufficient. If you want to be together, how can the Zhenguo Mansion tolerate her? There is also Queen Guo's level, but I'm afraid it will be even worse. ”

"The Zhenguo Mansion really can't tolerate her, and my sister's eyes can't tolerate her." Guo Chengsi turned the wine glass in his hand and muttered: "But I can only tolerate her in my heart, and I can't say that I have to fight with all my strength." ”

"Hahaha." Zhu Fei tilted his neck and drank the wine in the glass, and laughed: "Dignified husband, if you can't even protect your beloved, what's the point." Yes, I support you. ”

Guo Chengsi saw that his cheeks were flushed and drunk, he frowned slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Drink less!" I'd like you to help me come up with an idea! ”

Zhu Fei glanced at him obliquely, and said with a smile: "There is one thing I forgot to tell you. Two days ago, she took a newborn milk dog in my house and wanted to give it to the young lady of Liu Shangshu's family. What to say can divert the patient's attention and mobilize the patient's enthusiasm for treatment. Of course, I didn't understand what she said, and I don't know when she got involved with the Liu family. All I know is that she's now single-mindedly helping your unmarried wife get her body right. Your relationship with Miss Liu's family, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide it from her for long. ”

Guo Chengsi didn't feel much surprised when he heard his words, he only poured himself a glass of wine silently, drank it all in one gulp, and then said sullenly: "I already know about this matter." On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, she once saved Miss Liu's life by the canal, so Mrs. Liu personally invited her to see a doctor for Miss Liu. ”

This time it was Zhu Fei's turn to be extremely surprised, and he asked puzzledly, "You actually know all of this?" Then why didn't she stop coming into contact with the people of Liufu earlier? As long as Miss Liufu herself dies, the biggest obstacle among you will naturally be gone. ”

Guo Chengsi said lightly: "Miss Liufu didn't do anything wrong, I haven't been ruthless enough to kill her." Besides, you don't know Ziyuan's nosy nature, as long as Miss Liufu still has the slightest possibility of healing, she will not give up easily. Not only did you despise me, but you also despised her. ”

Zhu Fei was stunned. couldn't help laughing at himself: "I forgot, I'm narrow-minded and vicious." The character of retribution is not the same as you. ”

Before the words fell, Guo Chengsi put down the wine glass violently, stared at him and said, "Can you still drink this wine?" ”

Zhu Fei laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I'll reflect on it, how about punishing myself with three cups first?" ”

Guo Chengsi said hatefully: "No, you just need to help me think of a way to get the best of both worlds." It's good to be able to get in touch with Liufu smoothly. ”

Seeing that Zhu Fei was really frowning and pacing back and forth in the wing, a pair of peach blossom eyes were misty, obviously in contemplation. Guo Chengsi's lips floated with a faint smile of relief that was difficult to detect.

Suddenly, Zhu Fei stood still, raised his head arrogantly and said, "On family background, I am the son of the King of Shu." On family wealth. It will definitely not be inferior to the Zhenguo Mansion, in terms of appearance, I am also above you It is not as cheap as Miss Liu, how about letting me help you take her? ”

Guo Chenghe's daughter red squirted out all the red that Guo Chengsi had just drunk into his mouth, and he coughed violently, and said in a panic: "Stop, when I didn't say anything, your idea is simply rotten." ”

Although the wind chill on Zhong Ziyuan's body is not heavy. But she thought about Liu Yuciao's weak body, and she was afraid that she would be sick. So there was no gate to Dengliu Mansion for the time being. In the past few days, in addition to going to see Fu Siyuan, he is hiding in his own house to develop the anti-anxiety pill.

The recipe of the anti-anxiety pill is a combination of the wisdom of countless excellent doctors for thousands of years and the essence of traditional Chinese medicine, and its effect is naturally undoubted. What Zhong Ziyuan did was just to make this miracle medicine after a thousand years come out early.

After a few days, the cold and annoying autumn rain finally stopped, but the sky remained gloomy, and the temperature dropped completely. When Zhong Ziyuan went out, he also changed into a blue straight-embellished robe with cotton, and a brass charcoal basin with a dark red tongue was also placed in the carriage.

Guo Chengsi was waiting in the teahouse box near the prison of the Criminal Department early in the morning, and at this moment he leaned in front of the window with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at Zhong Ziyuan and Qingdai condescendingly, and climbed out of the carriage with difficulty with difficulty with a huge burden.

Guo Chengsi glanced slightly, and walked downstairs quickly with great joy. He took the burden from Zhong Ziyuan's hand and said with a smile: "Doctor Jia, just leave these to me." ”

"Great, and this, it's all Madame's winter clothes." Qing Dai cheered, and unceremoniously piled the burden in her hand into Rongxi's hand. The two bags were filled with freshly sewn winter clothes, which were stacked together and were not small, and almost buried Rongxi's entire head in them.

Zhong Ziyuan scolded uneasily: "Qingdai, don't mess around, take off the burden quickly." ”

Qing Dai said with a smile: "Childe, don't worry, it's just two bags of clothes, it's hard to help Brother Rongxi, right?" ”

Rongxi's face was buried in the pile of clothes, he couldn't say no! His sullen voice came from behind the baggage: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just two bags of clothes, don't be embarrassed." Doctor Jia, let's go, our prince has been waiting for a while. ”

"You! Just love to mess around. Zhong Ziyuan glanced at the smiling Qingdai helplessly, and said to Rongxi apologetically: "In this case, little brother Lao Rongxi sent it to my uncle and aunt." ”

"It's okay, it's just a few steps." Rong Xi hurriedly agreed, holding the two bags of clothes, and tremblingly walked towards the prison of the criminal department opposite.

Although it was only a few steps, it was tantamount to the end of the world for Zhong Ziyuan, and she watched Rong Xi enter the gate with her eyes in a daze, and then turned around and stepped into the door of the teahouse.

Guo Chengsi's chin has freshly shaved blue marks, and the smile on the corner of his mouth is clear and pleasant. He prepared a cup of hot red date and ginger tea for her, which exuded a sweet smell, and urged: "Drink it quickly, warm up your body." ”

Zhong Ziyuan smiled and took it in her hand, and the hot breath passed through the thin wall of the cup, warming her cold palm. She took a sip slowly, the sweet jujube tea was mixed with a faint ginger flavor, which warmed from her mouth to her belly, and she couldn't help laughing: "Don't you have to go back to the yamen today?" How do you have the heart to drink tea here? ”

In the past, when she wanted to send things to the prison, Rongxi waited here, and after receiving them, Guo Chengsi rarely came forward in person.

Guo Chengsi sighed and said: "Today, the emperor has issued a decree to suspend my position in the Criminal Department, so there is no need to go back to the Yamen of the Criminal Department to do an errand now." ”

Zhong Ziyuan was taken aback and said eagerly: "But there was a mistake in Zhang Shilang's case, which made the emperor dissatisfied?" I said that there must be something strange about their death, and it will definitely not be strangulation of themselves, let alone some unjust soul asking for their lives. Or you go and beg the emperor to let you re-investigate the case. ”

Seeing that she was really anxious, Guo Chengsi hurriedly covered the back of her hand resting on the table, and comforted gently: "You don't have to worry, I said a long time ago, there are many doubts in this case, and I have already made it clear to the emperor one by one, and he doesn't blame me for being ineffective." It's just that the emperor takes Zhang Shilang's case very seriously, so there is another person to investigate, and it is inconvenient for me to meddle in it. ”

"I see." Zhong Ziyuan heard that the emperor didn't mean to blame, so she was relieved.

Zhong Ziyuan was also frightened, originally she continued the memory of the previous life, and she was not too in awe of the so-called imperial power in this life. is obviously a confused case, but because of the emperor's thunderous anger, the Zhong Mansion collapsed in an instant. Zhong Jinchuan and his wife were imprisoned, and except for the four people who escaped from Manchuria, the rest of them were all beaten as the lowest official slaves. Only then did Zhong Ziyuan fully realize the horror of imperial power.

After thinking about it, she asked in surprise: "Since the emperor has no intention of blaming, why did he suspend your position in the Criminal Department again?" ”

A hint of gloom flashed in Guo Chengsi's eyes, and he only said indifferently: "Because the emperor plans to let me return to serve in the army." ”

"Returning to serve in the army, why?" Not afraid of power, redress the grievances of the people' is simple to say, and how many people can really do it? But you did it, this title of Chang'an's ghost is a nightmare in the hearts of many powerful and wicked people in the city. Could someone else be better than you? Zhong Ziyuan was really angry for him.

She knew that the atmosphere in the court had always been to emphasize literature over military force. Guo Chengsi used to be a waiter in the Criminal Department, and he was a proper member of the civil and important ministers. Now that the emperor has made him a member of the many lowly generals, will he really have no guilt in his heart?

Zhong Ziyuan's undisguised anger and worry calmed Guo Chenghe's originally resentful heart. To say that he doesn't mind is naturally fake, originally before entering the Criminal Department, he was willing to stay in the army. But since he entered the Criminal Department, he has been diligent and diligent, never afraid of power to take refuge, and he doesn't know how many hard bones that others can't gnaw. Now that a few fluttering words on the emperor's holy decree have wiped out all these credits, he naturally doesn't have a taste in his heart.

Seeing that Zhong Ziyuan's little face was flushed, obviously more angry than himself, Guo Chengsi smiled, and comforted her instead: "It's okay, everywhere you go, it's just to work for the emperor on an errand." Moreover, a noble family like ours is actually still rooted in the army. My father and second uncle are still leading the military now, and returning to the army is just a son inheriting his father's business, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

"Who's worried about you?" Zhong Ziyuan's face flushed, and she withdrew the hands he was holding lightly. (To be continued......)