Chapter 174: Affection and Righteousness

Gu Qing felt full of malice, and at the same time, he also discovered a truth, even if a woman is as noble as a princess, it is unreasonable.

The "truth" is contrary to the nature of women.

"Your Highness, slow down, can't kill!" Gu Qing shouted anxiously.

Princess Wanchun said angrily: "Why can't you kill it? ”

"If you don't teach and punish the abuse, may I ask Her Royal Highness the princess, what is the reason for killing the minister?"

Speaking of the reason, Princess Wanchun became more and more ashamed: "Don't you know the reason? ”

Gu Qing said blankly: "The minister really doesn't know. ”

"You, you just ......"

"What did the minister do just now?" Gu Qing looked at her innocently.

"You obviously saw ......," Princess Wanchun said halfway and couldn't go on.

"The minister was here just now to enjoy the sunset, but I didn't see anything else."

An elderly palace maid next to her stepped forward and said cautiously: "Your Highness, don't kill the courtiers, things will make a big fuss......

Princess Wanchun glanced at Gu Qing hatefully, and said coldly: "You have to remember what you said, you haven't seen anything, if this palace hears any rumors outside, it must be spread by you, and at that time, this palace will swear your life if you are scolded by your father." ”

Gu Qing reluctantly pointed to the dozen or so palace maids around him, and said, "If they spread it......"

"Take your life too!"

Gu Qing said convincingly: "Her Royal Highness the princess is fair, impartial, and obedient. ”

Princess Wanchun's face turned red, snorted and turned to leave.

In the mountainside dormitory, Princess Wanchun was lying on the bed with her face covered, and a pair of white jade-like lotus feet were kicking in the air.

Princess Yuzhen sat next to her and looked at her with a funny face: "How bad did you say your luck was, you actually rolled all the way from the bath to the mountain road, or did you ...... naked?"

"Imperial Aunt-" Princess Wanchun screamed, pulling her hair in a broken and said, "Mo Ti is about this, I want to kill myself!" ”

Princess Yuzhen said with a smile: "If you see it, you can see it, anyway, there is no piece of meat missing, and Gu Qing's kid doesn't dare to spread it, if he dares to talk nonsense, the imperial aunt will personally help you chop him." ”

Princess Wanchun was so angry that she kicked her legs: "What do you mean to be seen when you are seen?" I haven't been seen by a man since I was a child, Imperial Aunt, did you say that Gu Qing did it on purpose? He must have deliberately waited on the mountain road for me to fall out of the bamboo forest. ”

Princess Yuzhen covered her mouth and smiled: "That's right, he must have done it on purpose, he had already calculated that you would definitely fall down from the mountain, waiting to see your white body." ”

Princess Yuzhen mentioned Bai Huahua's body again, and Wan Chun was ashamed and indignant: "If you mention this matter again, I will jump off the mountain, and I will not live!" ”

Glaring at Princess Yuzhen hatefully, Wan Chun said: "When you first built the Taoist temple, why did you build a bath in the bamboo forest? What was going on in your mind at the time? ”

Princess Yuzhen laughed and said, "I have already calculated that you will roll down from the bamboo forest in vain, so I specially built a bath for you, otherwise how would you be in vain?" ”

Wan Chun was furious, flew over and tickled Yuzhen's flesh, and the two rolled into a ball and laughed non-stop.

After a long time, the second daughter was tired, stopped and lay her head on the bed, looking up at the beam above the dormitory, Princess Yuzhen gasped and said, "Then Gu Qing has seen you through, can't you be responsible?" Fortunately, he has not yet married a wife, and you are not married, so it is better to ask your father to marry you and marry you as a couple, so that he can see you at any time and punish him for a lifetime. ”

Wan Chun covered his head angrily: "Huang Gu Mo said, I have no intention of being male or female towards him." ”

Princess Yuzhen looked at her strangely and said, "Why? A talented young man like Gu Qing looks ...... Well, Zhou Zheng, why are you unintentional about him? ”

Wan Chun snorted: "There are thousands of teenagers in the Tang Dynasty who can write poetry, do I have to marry a teenager who can write poetry?" ”

Yu Zhen said with a smile in his eyes: "Of course, there are many young people who can compose poems, but the person who can write poems and see your body is the only one in the world, who else can you marry if you don't marry him?" ”

"Imperial aunt, you say it again! Again! Wan Chun was angry and pounced on her to scratch her, and the two laughed again.

The cloud board outside the hall knocked three times, and the eunuch walked through the hall with small steps, and shouted the time with a sharp voice: "Heaven, earth and people, to Fu Hengchang, in the middle of the night, the hour." ”

In the dormitory, the second daughter quieted down and gradually became sleepy.

In the drowsiness, Princess Wanchun murmured like a dream: "Imperial Aunt, my favorite person must not only have the talent to stabilize the country, but also have the true temperament of being affectionate and righteous, so that I can marry willingly, Gu Qing...... He wasn't enough. ”

After speaking, Princess Wanchun fell into a deep sleep.

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Early the next morning, Gu Qing asked Princess Yuzhen for her resignation again.

Princess Yuzhen was quite surprised, thought about it and felt that it was expected, and looked him up and down with a smile.

Gu Qing was uncomfortable with her, twisted her body, and said with a dry smile: "The minister still has official business in Chang'an Zuowei, and he really can't stay here for a long time, so I ask Her Royal Highness the princess to forgive me." ”

Princess Yuzhen said funny: "Didn't you say yesterday that you would leave in three days?" Why did you suddenly change your return date? ”

Gu Qing said solemnly: "The minister tossed and turned last night, thinking that the colleagues of the left guard were trying their best to take care of my Tang Day, but the minister did not want to make progress and spend a leisurely life in a pleasant place, after the minister reflected, he suddenly felt ashamed and landless, and lived up to the trust of the Son ......of Heaven."

The corners of Princess Yuzhen's mouth twitched: "I really know how to make up, and the talent who can compose poetry is really extraordinary, and he doesn't blink his eyes when he makes up nonsense, this is barely a skill, right?" ”

"The words of the minister come from the bottom of his heart, and there is no word of nonsense."

Princess Yuzhen smiled and said: "Isn't it because you did something you shouldn't do yesterday and saw something you shouldn't have seen in such a hurry to go back to Chang'an?" ”

Gu Qing said blankly: "The minister talked about poetry with Mr. Maha yesterday, and he didn't do anything else that shouldn't be done." ”

Princess Yuzhen snorted: "Okay, you continue to pretend, and after you return to Chang'an, you have to pretend too, and take care of your mouth, otherwise, ...... Hum. ”

Gu Qing saluted: "Your Highness's hum is terrible, the minister must remember His Highness's words." ”

Princess Yuzhen sneered and said, "Go, go, this palace won't keep you this time, it's embarrassing for you to think about it, it's better not to see you for the time being." ”

Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Highness Xie is considerate, if you have leisure in the future, you should come to the Taoist Temple again to listen to His Highness's teachings." ”

Gu Qing said goodbye for a long time, then turned around and left.

After Gu Qing left, the figure of the landscape screen behind Princess Yuzhen flashed, and Princess Wanchun walked out of the screen, hanging her head silently, but her face was full of shame.

Princess Yuzhen smiled: "The person who saw your body has left, he is still an acquaintance, he is embarrassed to stay, and he is in a hurry to leave early in the morning, are you satisfied?" ”

Wan Chun snorted: "If he goes or not, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Princess Yuzhen smiled: "Since it has nothing to do with you, then I will invite him back to stay for a few more days......

Wan Chun was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "Imperial Aunt, you tease me again." ”

Princess Yuzhen said meaningfully: "You are not rare to him, but others are rare to him." As far as I know, Huai Jin, the niece and granddaughter of Zhang Jiuzhang of Honglu Temple, has a very close relationship with Gu Qing, and Huai Jin seems to have the intention of seeking a phoenix. ”

Wan Chun was stunned and muttered, "Zhang Huaijin? ”

Princess Yuzhen looked at her funny: "Gu Qing is such a handsome young man, how can no one like him?" If you don't like it, you have to give it away. Before inviting Gu Qing to the Taoist temple, I specially inquired about Gu Qing, he is not only good at writing poetry, this person is not simple......

He ...... What's not easy? ”

Princess Yuzhen said leisurely: "Since you have no intention, don't come to ask me, if you are interested, you can inquire yourself, I won't say anything." ”

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Gu Qing hurried down the mountain in his humble carriage.

If you don't go down the mountain, it's too embarrassing, Gu Qing really tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep, when he closed his eyes, his mind was full of white flowers, although what he saw last night was very short, it was just a glimpse, but he saw everything that should be seen, the speed was too fast, Gu Qing was a little motion sick......

Sitting alone in the carriage, Gu Qing crossed his legs and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked.

I didn't expect to look like a mixed-race child, and his figure was so extraordinary, white.

In the future, in Chang'an, try to avoid meeting with Princess Wanchun, it is not an embarrassing problem, Gu Qing feels that she is very likely to be killed by her, after all, women have always been unreasonable, if she looks back, the more she feels that she will suffer, it is difficult to say what crazy thoughts she will have.

Two hours later, the carriage entered Chang'an City, entered from the Yanping Gate in the west, passed through Fengyi Fang, Changshou Fang, and crossed Suzaku Avenue.

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment and lifted the curtain of the carriage.

However, I saw that on the street of Anyifang outside the East Market, the crowd was pouring away like a torrent, and the looks of the pedestrians were full of horror, as if they had seen a flood beast.

A moment later, there was not a single pedestrian left near Gu Qing's carriage, and then, there was a rush of footsteps in the distance, Gu Qing stared at it, but saw a team of armored street patrol martial marquis hurrying over.

Looking at the empty middle of the street in front of the carriage, a middle-aged man fell to the ground covered in blood, and a large pool of blood had flowed on the ground.

Next to the man stood a burly man, the big man was full of beard, his eyes were full of anger, holding a dagger in his hand, the dagger was stained with blood, obviously there was no one around, the big man still held the hand holding the dagger high to the sky, and shouted around: "I want to teach you to know, I am Zhou Hengwu, and the murderer is me." One person does things and one person is responsible, I am waiting for the government to come and ask at the killing place, don't involve irrelevant people. ”

Gu Qing frowned, and with just one sentence, he could hear the taste of a ranger.

"The person who was killed, Liu Jingzu, the shopkeeper of Xiangfuji in Chang'an East City, I have no grudge against Liu Jingzu, but I still killed him with my own hands, why? Because Liu Jingzu was rich and unkind, the silk sold was shoddy, and the high-grade silk was exchanged for low-grade goods, a businessman in Fuzhou did not know, and returned to Fuzhou with a large batch of goods, and rushed to Chang'an to argue with Liu Jingzu after finding out, but Liu Jingzu did not admit the account, and turned to the government, which said that there was no basis and did not accept the case. The Fuzhou businessman's family was in high debt, and in desperation, the whole family drank arsenic for more than 20 sips last month and died. ”

"Zhou was a reckless man, vowed to eradicate the injustices in the world, after hearing about this, Zhou came to Chang'an alone, waited for a few days to learn the whereabouts of Liu Jingzu, and killed him in the downtown today, the murderer Zhou Hengwu has no regrets, frankly confessed, but can shovel an injustice for the world, comfort the injustices of the Fuzhou businessman's family, and Zhou has no regrets when he dies!"

"Haha, happy! It would be nice to have wine at this time. ”

After speaking, Zhou Hengwu threw away the dagger and sat cross-legged in the middle of the street, and the pedestrians around him quietly peeked from afar, looking at him with respect and awe, and a few bold people in the lively crowd suddenly applauded and coaxed.

"Well done! Happy enmity, eradication of injustice, really strong man! ”

Zhou Hengwu listened to the cheers in the crowd, couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh with relief, and then said loudly: "Who can borrow Zhou's turbid wine, Zhou can't afford to pay it back in this life, and he will definitely repay it in the next life." ”

Several people in the crowd who admired Zhou Hengwu pooled the money for the wine, bought a jar of wine in the restaurant next to it, and carefully handed it to Zhou Hengwu with the courage to do so.

Zhou Hengwu took the wine and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of me, I am not a person who loves to kill, if I have no grievances, I will never do anything to innocent people, not to mention that you have the grace of wine to me, and this kindness will be repaid in the next life." ”

After speaking, Zhou Hengwu picked up the wine jar, poured half a jar of wine, put down the wine jar, wiped his mouth, and laughed: "It's really happy!" ”

The Wuhou patrolling the street had already arrived at the scene, and had been quietly waiting for Zhou Hengwu to finish drinking, and finally the Wuhou stepped forward and locked Zhou Hengwu with shackles, Zhou Hengwu did not resist, and calmly let the Wuhou escort him away.

The empty heart of the street still seems to reverberate with a wisp of chivalry.

After the excitement was over, Gu Qing instructed the coachman to continue walking.

Sitting in the carriage, Gu Qing's expression was very calm.

It is certainly pleasant to see chivalrous people happy and revenge, and to eradicate injustices in the world, but if this world needs chivalrous and righteous people everywhere to uphold justice, then what has become of this world?

If the so-called justice can only be maintained by these reckless rangers, and the government is powerless, then the world is too ridiculous.

And most importantly, who defines the word "justice"? Ranger?

When the carriage arrived at Changle Fang, Gu Qing thought about it and told the coachman to go to Li Twelve Niang's mansion.

Entering Li Shi Niang's Mansion, the female disciples were practicing swords in the courtyard, and when they saw Gu Qing coming in, the female disciples saluted Gu Qing one after another, but a few female disciples giggled after saluting and ran away shyly.

There were guests in Li Twelve Niang's house, and when she saw Gu Qing suddenly arrive, Li Twelve Niang was overjoyed and said, "Didn't you go to the princess Taoist temple in Zhongnan Mountain?" Why did you come back so quickly? ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "I missed Aunt Li, so I came back early." ”

Li Twelve Niang snorted and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not me who thinks about it, right?" What's going on with that girl in Huaijin? In the past few days since you went to the Taoist temple, she has come to my house every day to ask when you will return, and you and her must ......"

Gu Qing sighed: "Good brotherly love, how can Aunt Li misunderstand?" The purity of me and my third brother can be learned from heaven and earth......"

"Okay, okay, I'll introduce you to a few friends." Li Twelve Niang interrupted him unceremoniously, turned to the three middle-aged men in the front hall and smiled: "This is the only son of the Gu family couple, Gu Qing." He is not a person from the rivers and lakes, and now he is an official and has a long history of the left guard. ”

The three middle-aged men immediately got up and saluted Gu Qing with their fists.

Gu Qing returned the salute with a smile, and at the same time looked at the three of them quietly, all three of them were dressed as martial artists, and they knew that they were from the rivers and lakes when they looked at the style of holding their fists, and they should be chivalrous people.

One of the burly men said with a smile: "My name is Chen Fufeng, an unknown person, I met Ling's parents in Chang'an more than ten years ago, and the most admired person in Chen's life is Ling's parents, but it's a pity that ......"

Li Twelve Niang interrupted: "Okay, Mo Ti what happened back then. Every time I see you deceased, I have to revisit the past, and I will be sad again and again, so I don't want to see the old people again in recent years. ”

Chen Fufeng said with a smile: "Okay, if you don't mention it, don't mention it, and I don't feel good when I talk about what happened back then." ”

Li Twelve Niang said to Gu Qing: "You came just in time, I sent a letter from Qingcheng County this morning, and the handwriting was written by Huaiyu to you, and the person who sent the letter said that there seemed to be an urgent matter, and Zhang Huaiyu promised to send it urgently for eight hundred miles." ”

Saying that, Li Twelve Years took out a letter from his arms and gave it to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing's heart tightened, Zhang Huaiyu never wrote to him, this time not only wrote a letter, but also rushed eight hundred miles, obviously something big happened.

Unfolded the letter and hurriedly read it, Gu Qing's expression became more and more cold.

Li Twelve Niang looked at him and said curiously, "What's wrong?" Is Huaiyu in trouble in Qingcheng County? ”

Gu Qing handed her the letter and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Huaiyu is not in trouble, the trouble is another person......"

Li Twelve Niang took the letter and read it, frowned while reading, and said, "Is this Song Gensheng your friend?" Or is it Qingcheng County Order? How could the county order be so confused and easily move the land and property of the gentry? ”

Gu Qing sighed: "This Song Gensheng has always been a little naΓ―ve, I just didn't expect him to be so naΓ―ve." ”

After thinking about it, Gu Qing had to argue: "It's not enough to say that it's confused, Song Gensheng asked the gentry, obviously the land and taxes in the county have reached an imminent juncture, and the gentry may have acted too much......"

Li Twelve Niang said helplessly: "What's the use of you telling me these words?" Huaiyu wrote to you, although she did not ask for help in the letter, but it can be seen that she is also very anxious, otherwise according to the girl's temperament, she will never take the initiative to write a letter. What are you going to do next? ”

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said: "The letter said that Song Gensheng has not yet asked the person behind the gentry, I suspect that this person has a great background, it should be a certain magnate in Chang'an City, I want to ask Aunt Li to inquire about it, and see which magnate in Chang'an City has a large amount of land in Qingcheng County, Shuzhou......"

Li Twelve Niang nodded and said: "It may take some time, it shouldn't be difficult to inquire clearly, if the result is inquired, what should you do?" ”

Gu Qing sighed: "Of course, I will directly find the main owner and calm things down, after all, Song Gensheng is my friend since childhood, and I will take responsibility for the trouble he caused." ”

Li Twelve Niang's eyes gradually had a smile, and said: "I remember when you first came to Chang'an, there was a smile on your face, but there was ruthlessness in your eyes, I used to worry, worried that you were ruthless and ruthless by nature, but I didn't expect you to slowly change, and now you can afford the words 'affection and righteousness'." ”

"Don't worry, my aunt will help you."