There is no name, no division and no position, but Zhang Huaiyu still stayed in Shiqiao Village without saying a word, silently doing something for Gu Qing.

What is a girl less than twenty years old, enduring a boring life day after day, doing everything for another person in a strange mountain village?

This is a question that even Zhang Huaiyu rarely asks himself.

There are some feelings in the world like wine sealed in the altar, only the years can make it mellow, all the vigorous love at first sight is so shallow in comparison, at the cost of youth, in order to make this period of life shine.

Supervising the teenagers to practice all afternoon, in the evening, Zhang Huaiyu returned to the deserted room, lit a charcoal fire alone, sat by the brazier and held his cheeks and began to be in a daze.

There was a sound of light footsteps outside the house, Xiu'er walked in with a food box, and Zhang Huaiyu saw her, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She likes Xiu'er very much, she doesn't talk much, but she is hardworking and sensible, and she makes good dishes, even if she is now the fiancée of the county order, she still maintains her frugal nature, and has never served the county lady's shelf in front of the villagers, she is still the timid and inferior little girl at the beginning, but she no longer worries about her livelihood.

After Xiu'er entered the house, she smiled timidly at Zhang Huaiyu, then opened the food box, brought out the hot meal, and carefully arranged the dishes and chopsticks for Zhang Huaiyu.

"Xiu'er, have you eaten it?" Zhang Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Xiu'er pursed her lips and smiled, nodding.

Zhang Huaiyu smiled: "Then I'm not welcome, you can do it yourself." ”

Saying that, Zhang Huaiyu picked up the bowl to eat, and Xiu'er looked at her from the side, her eyes full of envy.

She envied Zhang Huaiyu's character of saying the same, and also envied Zhang Huaiyu's courage to dare to love and hate, for a man to stay in a strange mountain village without a name and no point, she couldn't do such a thing.

Fiancé Song Gensheng is clumsy in expressing his feelings, from the two to now, Song Gensheng has been on an errand in the county office, rarely returns to Shiqiao Village, and Xiu'er rarely takes the initiative to go to the county office to see him, both of them are obviously less than twenty years old, but they live a duller life than the old husband and wife.

After eating three bowls of rice, Zhang Huaiyu stroked his stomach with satisfaction, and the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked. If Gu Qing was there, he would definitely laugh at her food again, and the hurtful sentences that came out of his mouth were more poisonous than arsenic.

After eating, Xiu'er took out a pot of wine from the bottom of the food box like a trick, Zhang Huaiyu took it happily, and then said with some disappointment: "Why is it so little?" ”

Xiu'er smiled: "When Brother Gu left, he specially told Feng Aweng to ask the villagers to give you less wine, and said that he was young like a drunkard, and he would definitely become dementia after the age of fifty, he said that he didn't want to see a middle-aged woman sitting on the edge of the patio smirking and drooling when he came back......."

Zhang Huaiyu was furious, and then wanted to laugh again, and after hesitating whether to be angry or laugh, he finally laughed.

"Phew! I won't be stupid if he's stupid. Zhang Huaiyu chirped.

Taking the wine jug, Zhang Huaiyu took a shallow sip on the spout, there was very little wine, and she cherished it.

Xiu'er stared at her face, and suddenly said, "Sister Huaiyu, you obviously have Brother Gu in your heart, why don't you never tell him?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu's pretty face gradually turned red, as if because of alcohol.

"Did you talk to Song Geun-sang?" Zhang Huaiyu asked without answering.

Xiu'er shook her head and smiled shyly: "I am married to him, it doesn't matter if I say it or not." ”

"Marriage is marriage, and expressing love are two different things."

Xiu'er sighed faintly: "I never said it, and he never said it, he is too busy, especially after becoming a county magistrate, he is so busy that he doesn't even have enough time to sleep, how can I bear to disturb him with these little things." ”

Zhang Huaiyu casually fiddled with the wine jug in his hand, and said lightly: "How is Song Gensheng's nerd being a county magistrate?" Can such a dull person be a good county magistrate? ”

Xiu'er hurriedly defended: "He is very good as a county magistrate, although he is a wooden person, but he is very diligent in his work, and he is never greedy for money, after taking office, he is busy taking charge of the autumn harvest in the county, and he is worried about clearing wasteland, planting mulberry, repairing embankments, etc., which is very hard." ”

Zhang Huaiyu looked at her amusefully and said, "What are you anxious about?" I didn't say anything bad about him, he was originally a nerd, and working hard and being effective are two different things, the method is wrong, the means are wrong, often half the result, and end up infamy, you look back and remind him, don't be too rigid as an official, be flexible, know how to be flexible, and know how to compromise, balancing the power of those landlords and squires in the county is a great difficulty, but don't make trouble in front of those people. ”

Xiu'er hung her head and muttered, "Anyway...... He did a great job as an official. ”

Zhang Huaiyu smiled: "Okay, okay, he did a good job as an official, he is a flawless county magistrate, okay?" The person has not yet married, but he is full of confidence to defend his husband. ”

Xiu'er's face turned red and she hung her head and said nothing.

Silently put away the dishes, Xiu'er picked up the food box and was about to leave, when she suddenly stopped talking.

Zhang Huaiyu smiled: "What's wrong? You can pick up the flask tomorrow. ”

Xiu'er shook her head, hesitated for a while, and said sneeringly: "There is something I don't know whether to say or not......

"If you have something, say it, hurry up."

Xiu'er said softly: "Yesterday, I went to the county government to send him winter clothes, and overheard the county office's errand chatter, saying that he had offended people. ”

Zhang Huaiyu said casually: "He is a county order, and the administration will inevitably offend people, what's so unusual." ”

"I heard that he offended the gentry in the county, and there are bigger people behind the gentry, so this matter is a little troublesome." Xiu'er said with a sad face.

Zhang Huaiyu put down the wine jug, and his expression became solemn: "Which gentleman in the county?" Who is behind it? ”

Xiu'er shook her head: "I don't know, I just heard that it's not small." ”

"What did Song Gensheng do to offend people?"

Xiu'er said: "I heard that it is related to the land in the county...... Later, I asked him, but he smiled and said that it was okay, and he didn't want to tell me anything, and I was a woman and it was inconvenient to ask about men, so I had to come back. ”

Zhang Huaiyu's expression became more and more solemn, frowning and muttering: "The matter of the land? Which gentry in the county has a big man behind it? ”

Xiu'er said worriedly: "Perhaps...... It's scary, isn't it? The gentry is just a landlord, even if he offends the landlord, he doesn't dare to fight with the officials. ”

Zhang Huaiyu shook his head: "The county order is not necessarily a big official, and the gentry, not necessarily just the gentry, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there are many powerful princes and princes sent slaves to occupy farmland in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, for fear of impeachment of the imperial history of the court, the farmland occupied by the magnates is often registered in the name of irrelevant gentry, operated by the gentry, and the money and grain obtained every year are secretly returned to the magnates, I hope that Song Gensheng offended not this kind of gentry, otherwise it will be a big trouble." ”

Xiu'er looked nervous: "Is it a big trouble?" ”

"Land and property, for the establishment of the powerful, left to pass on to future generations, more important than money, if Song Gensheng moved other people's land, do you say the trouble is big?"

Xiu'er suddenly became a little anxious, and said in a panic: "Then what should I do?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu rubbed his forehead and sighed: "This nerd is really reckless, fortunately Gu Qing is smarter than him, otherwise I wouldn't be enough to beat him three times a day......"

Xiu'er tugged at her sleeve anxiously: "Sister Huaiyu, please help him......"

Zhang Huaiyu said helplessly: "If it weren't for the fact that he was Gu Qing's brother...... That's it, I went to the county office overnight and asked in person. ”

There was still residual wine in the pot, Zhang Huaiyu picked up the wine pot and drank it all, raised his sleeves and wiped his mouth indiscriminately, and said chicly: "I'm leaving." ”

After speaking, Zhang Huaiyu strode towards the door.

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When Zhang Huaiyu arrived at the Qingcheng County Office, it was two hours later, it was midnight, the county government was silent inside and outside, and under the yellow lantern at the door, two errand officers were dozing off with their backs against the pillars.

Zhang Huaiyu didn't alarm them, this kind of guard was useless to her, she didn't bother to go through the process of asking to see and report, Zhang Huaiyu flew into the wall of the county government as soon as she pulled out her body, and after looking around, she found the house where Song Gensheng ran an errand.

There was an oil lamp lit in the room, and Song Gensheng was wearing a thick coat and was writing something on the desk.

There was no charcoal fire on the table, Song Gensheng was so cold that he shivered, put down his pen after writing a few lines, rubbed his hands together to make a hot breath, and then continued to pick up the pen and write again.

Zhang Huaiyu silently pushed open the door, walked into the house, and looked at him expressionlessly from afar.

I don't know how long it took, Song Gensheng seemed to be aware, looked up at the corner where the oil lamp couldn't shine, and saw a figure standing quietly, Song Gensheng was frightened and exclaimed, "Who?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu took two steps, from dark to bright, still staring at him expressionlessly: "It's me." ”

Song Gensheng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I didn't make a sound, I was scared to death." Why are you here in the middle of the night? ”

Zhang Huaiyu said coldly: "Come to you." ”

Song Gensheng was stunned for a moment, and then stared at her vigilantly: "Gu Qing has only been away for less than a year, and you actually have a private meeting with a man in the middle of the night, ...... I already have a fiancée! ”

After a pause, Song Gensheng added: "It's immoral for you to do this!" ”

Zhang Huaiyu smiled, for Gu Qing's sake, for a person who can only be regarded as an acquaintance at most, she rushed all the way from Shiqiao Village to the county government at night, she reluctantly held back her belly, and was worried that she couldn't find an excuse to vent, Song Gensheng's words gave her the perfect reason.

So in the next moment, Song Gensheng found himself flying upside down, his body suddenly rose into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, and only after falling did he feel a sharp pain in his abdomen.

This is not the end, and then Song Gensheng found that his back, abdomen and thighs were trampled on, and he stepped on countless feet mercilessly, until Song Gensheng couldn't help but let out a miserable scream.

When Song Gensheng sat up with a groan of pain, Zhang Huaiyu sat casually across the table, admiring his slender white hands by the light of the oil lamp.

"People who have some ability may be qualified to be cheap, but you, without Gu Qing's ability, had better keep your mouth shut, otherwise you will pay a heavy price."

Song Gensheng sat dejectedly, without the official authority of the county order, he knew that in front of Zhang Huaiyu, the county order was nothing at all.

"You came in the middle of the night just to beat me up?" Song Gensheng said listlessly.

After beating someone, Zhang Huaiyu was refreshed and in a much better mood, still hanging his head and admiring his hands, and said lightly: "Beating you is just by the way, I'm here to ask you, who have you offended recently?" ”

Song Gensheng hesitated for a moment and said, "A gentleman surnamed Cai." ”

"Why did you offend him?"

"The encirclement of more than 300 hectares of farmland in this county has forced thousands of peasant households to become landless refugees and go into exile.

Zhang Huaiyu sighed secretly and said, "Before you took office as the county commander, did anyone sue this person surnamed Cai?" ”

"Yes, it's all gone."

"Have you ever wondered why the successive county commanders are gone?"

"I know that there are big people behind him, and even the land he occupies under his name is not necessarily his land."

"Why do you want to ask him?"

"Heaven is fair, and I will not be allowed to sit idly by."

Zhang Huaiyu suddenly fell silent for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "I really don't know if Gu Qing asked you to be the county magistrate to help you or harm you......"

Song Gensheng smiled and said: "Being an official only seeks to benefit one party, and you have a clear conscience." ”

Zhang Huaiyu stared at his face and said, "Do you know what advice I will give you?" ”

"You say."

"Immediately let go of the gentleman surnamed Cai, send him home respectfully, and apologize, and turn a blind eye to the behavior of the surname Cai from now on, so that your life can be safe, and your official position will not be lost."

Song Gensheng still smiled and said, "Forgive me." ”

Zhang Huaiyu frowned: "Then you will immediately submit your resignation to the Jiannan Jiedu Embassy, and from now on stay in Shiqiao Village without taking half a step, and you can save your life." ”

"I'm not a lover, but I won't resign until this matter comes to an end."

Zhang Huaiyu's face became cold: "Are you forcing me to beat you again?" ”

This time, Song Gensheng looked at her without fear: "I will never compromise on this matter, Zhang Huaiyu, if Gu Qingru is here, he will not force me to do anything I don't want to do." ”

Zhang Huaiyu was stunned, his expression was uncertain, and he sighed for a long time: "At least...... You should let the guy surnamed Cai out, otherwise it will be very troublesome, although I don't know who is behind him, but I know that it must be someone you can't afford to mess with. ”

Song Gensheng laughed, took a stack of letters from the table, threw them in front of her, and said, "Do you know how many Shangguan colleagues have written to me in the past few days, asking me to release the surname Cai?" Including Shuzhou Thorn Shi Peidi, including Wei Du, who once served as the county commander, and even the other driver of the Jiannan Dao Jiedu Embassy...... But the one surnamed Cai is still squatting in my county jail. ”

"Zhang Huaiyu, I am not a stupid person, but I have to seek his own government in his position, these days I have read the county records of Qingcheng County in the past 30 years, the new farmland in this county is nearly twice as much as at the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but the strange thing is that the farmers on the cultivated land in this county are nearly twice as less than at the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, obviously there are more and more newly reclaimed farmland, but there are more and more farmers who have lost their land, and all those lands are occupied by the local gentry landlords, and they forcibly buy and rob one household by one with the trend of encroachment. Farmers who were unwilling to sell their land used all means to force them to leave their homeland, became refugees and went into exile, and even did many things to destroy their families in order to occupy their land......"

"I am the county commander, the head of a county, those farmers who have been forced to be displaced, if I turn a blind eye to their life and death, what is the point of this official? Zhang Huaiyu, tell me, if you are a county magistrate, what should you do? ”

Zhang Huaiyu was silent and silent.

Song Gensheng said again: "Or let me put it another way, if Gu Qing is the Qingcheng County Commander, what will he do?" Is it the same as the previous county commanders to compromise and retreat to the gentry? If Gu Qing is such a ruthless Gu Qing, how can he be my brother and brother of Song Gensheng? ”

Speaking of Gu Qing, Zhang Huaiyu finally reacted, she took a long breath, exhaled slowly, and then stood up and said: "Personally, I don't approve of your stupid scholarly anger, and I believe Gu Qing doesn't approve either." But you have your reasons and your sufferings, and although I don't approve of it, I will do my best to save your life. From tomorrow, the teenagers who practice every day in Shiqiao Village will be stationed in the county office, and those errand servants under your command are unreliable, and you still have to rely on the local villagers in times of crisis. ”

"Your father and Xiu'er's mother and daughter will also be taken to the county government tomorrow to live, so as not to be retaliated against by the other party. Also, I will repair the book to tell Gu Qing about your situation, and see if he can help you turn around in Chang'an......"

Song Gensheng hesitated and said: "The matter of Qingcheng County, Gu Qing is thousands of miles away and it is difficult to help, why tell him?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu said coldly: "Song Gensheng, the situation is more critical than you imagined, don't think that the gentry are just gentry, the big people behind these gentry must be something you can't afford to provoke, and you must immediately ask who is standing behind the surname Cai." Also, choose a person who is good at riding a horse to send the letter to Gu Qing, eight hundred miles is urgent, change horses and do not change people, I will pay a lot of money, and be sure to send it to Gu Qing as soon as possible. ”

Looking at Song Gensheng's speechless appearance, Zhang Huaiyu suddenly smiled: "Song Gensheng, I have always looked down on nerds, but you may be a little different, Gu Qing once said to me, you are another once innocent him, although I don't understand his words very well, but I am willing to risk my life to protect the once innocent him, that is, you." ”

"Do what you want, and I'll do the rest."

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At the foot of the South Mountain, the Taoist Temple of Turin.

Gu Qing has lived in the Taoist temple for three days, the scenery of the Taoist temple is really unforgettable, Gu Qing has unconsciously forgotten all kinds of troubles and sorrows in Chang'an City, and drinks and chats with Wang Weichao Heng every day, Wang Wei is quite addicted to poetry and writing, and every time he always pulls Gu Qing to talk about creation, and Gu Qing has a few taels of ink in his belly only he knows, so he had to search his stomach to take out some established theories in his previous life to deal with it.

In the previous life, there were many books on sound rhythm and poetry rhyme, such as the most famous children's book "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment", which is catchy to read, and Gu Qing can even remember most of them, such as "clouds to rain, snow to wind, evening light to clear sky" and so on, although the content remembered is incomplete, but the part that can be memorized makes Wang Wei and Chao Heng shocked, there are more than 10,000 people who write poetry in the Tang Dynasty, but there are very few people who have studied poetry theory.

Wang Wei is a serious person, he attaches great importance to the theory of poetry, and the enlightenment of Gu Qing's back immediately made Wang Wei pay attention to it, and he pulled Gu Qing even harder, locked up in the room all day to study the theory of poetry and rhyme, and even blocked Princess Yuzhen's banquet.

Gu Qing was extremely remorseful, and felt that he had done another stupid thing.

It's obviously here for vacation and to avoid trouble, why did it become a research? What's the use of researching this? Wouldn't it be fragrant to write a few more poems like "Dogwoods all over the place"?