After the battle, the courtyard was full of corpses, and the front yard was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the blood stains on the ground had dried up and seeped into the soil, showing a dark brown color, which could not be washed away with water.

Flowers and trees withered and broken branches, pillars covered with traces of swords and chisels, broken weapons, scattered and discarded limbs, the county government looks as tragic as Shura's hell.

Under the leadership of Feng Aweng, the villagers endured nausea and cleaned up the aftermath one by one, and Zhang Huaiyu, Li Shiniang and others were carried back to the backyard to rest.

Song Gensheng was not injured, but his expression was always very low, watching the corpses of the guards and heroes of the rivers and lakes being carried away one by one, covered with white scarves, Song Gensheng sat at the bottom of the steps in a daze, and tears flowed down again.

Gu Qing leaned on the pillar, a villager bandaged the wound under his ribs, Gu Qing trembled in pain, but still did not forget to enlighten Song Gensheng.

"Gensheng, tomorrow we will go back to Shiqiao Village to live for a few days, everyone will have to recuperate from their injuries, and you, on the cusp of the storm, will also hide from the limelight, if King Ji does not die, send the second batch of dead soldiers to assassinate you, we will have no chance of winning at all. Of course, King Ji should not send a second group of people to come, and tonight's matter will be big, and King Ji himself will not be able to protect himself. ”

Song Gensheng said in a low voice: "Gu Qing, I want to resign, go home to be a farmer, and farm and study in Shiqiao Village with peace of mind in this life......"

The villagers bandaged the wounds roughly, Gu Qing twitched in pain, and subconsciously slapped the villager hard, and said angrily: "Light!" What about delivering your livestock? ”

The villager smiled honestly and said, "My family has no livestock, and I have almost saved up the money, so I plan to buy a cow next month......

"Leave a piece of filet for me......"

Villager:???

"Forget it, you don't understand." Gu Qing waved his hand, looked at Song Gensheng and said, "Don't plan to be an official?" When you were in Shiqiao Village, you swore that you would benefit the people, but that doesn't count? ”

Song Gensheng said gloomily: "I can't benefit me, I have tried my best, and the people under my rule are still displaced and their wives are separated." My recklessness has killed so many people, and my people have not had a good life, and I am an incompetent county magistrate......"

Gu Qing pointed at the villagers and said, "If you are incompetent, why did they come to save you tonight?" ”

Song Gensheng was speechless.

Gu Qing said again: "If you are given another chance, you find that the gentry have enclosed the land, and half of the land in the county has been occupied by the magnates, what will you do?" ”

Song Gensheng thought for a while and said, "I'...... Presumably, I won't be as reckless as this time, and if the county order can't confront the powerful head-on, I won't ask the gentry, and I won't rudely confiscate the land, I ...... will think of other ways, in a roundabout and gentle way, secretly collect evidence of the enclosure of the powerful, wait for the opportunity to send the evidence, and then ......"

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Song Gensheng sighed: "Then, I don't know what to do, if the monarchs and ministers of Chang'an don't think so, even if I sacrifice my life to admonish a county order, it must be like a stone sinking into the sea, maybe it will displease the monarch and invite death." ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "You can think like this, it means that you have really grown up, and now you are barely qualified to be a county magistrate, because you have the most basic officialdom experience." ”

"Officialdom is a place that pays attention to forbearance and obscurity, and it is also a place where it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.

Song Gensheng stared at him and said, "If you were the Qingcheng County Commander, what would you do?" ”

Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "I will do everything I can to get promoted." ”

"Promotion?" Gu Qing's answer made Song Gensheng extremely stunned.

"Yes, promotion. The prefectural order cannot confront the powerful, but the prime minister has a way. Because the prime minister has the right to speak and has the power of the court, the greater the official, the greater the power, and when the power is big enough to dominate the policy direction of a country, there are more ways to deal with the enclosure of the powerful. ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "The county order said to the magnates, you are not allowed to occupy the fertile land of the people, the magnates are farting when you say, they don't even bother to pay attention to you, and if the temper is almost bad, maybe they will send someone to kill you directly, than this time tonight." But if a prime minister says to the powerful, you are not allowed to enclose land, no matter how angry the powerful are, they dare not take the prime minister's words as a deaf ear, because the power and power of the prime minister, there are ways to make the powerful not a powerful person, do you understand what I mean? ”

"If you want to change the situation in the world, you must first strengthen yourself. If you can't change it, you can simply break everything with your strength, rebuild order with your will, and make the rules of the game you want with your own hands. ”

Song Gensheng hung his head thoughtfully.

Gu Qing smiled: "Do you still want to resign?" ”

"I ......"

Gu Qing looked sadly at the rows of corpses of guards and heroes parked under the corridor, and said, "What are they risking their lives to protect you?" Maybe for the justice of the world, but I think more, they are to leave some hope for the common people, a good official is a seed of hope, there are more good officials in the world, the common people have a good life, if this good official just experienced a setback and resigned and returned home, they will not blame you, but under the nine springs, there must be a little disappointment......

Song Gensheng gritted his teeth and said, "I will continue to do this county order!" ”

Looking up at Gu Qing's eyes, Song Gensheng said word by word: "Not only do I have to do it, but I also want to be promoted, I want to be a thorn in history, and I want to be a festival envoy!" ”

Gu Qing turned his face and said: "Don't have this cannibalistic expression, make it seem like you have blackened, first be honest and be a good county commander, from now on, you learn the rules and experience of officialdom with your heart, and think about the people and things in the officialdom thoroughly, so that you can be like a fish in water in the officialdom, even without my help, you can deal with all kinds of troubles and difficulties alone." ”

Song Gensheng nodded, and then said uneasily: "You won't have trouble after you return to Chang'an, right?" We have wiped out the dead soldiers of King Ji, will he give up? ”

Gu Qing sneered: "Send two hundred dead soldiers to attack thousands of miles to assassinate the county commander appointed by the imperial court, do you think this matter can be hidden from the Son of Heaven and the court?" ”

"This ......"

"After I return to Chang'an, it's not a question of whether King Ji will give up, but whether I will give up. We take care of this matter, what are you afraid of? Wait, tonight, the news of the annihilation of the dead soldiers in the Jiwang Mansion reaches Chang'an, and the King of Ji will be scared. The Son of Heaven is not a person who pays attention to flesh and blood affection, and the three princes said that they would be abolished, and His Royal Highness King Ji may not have a good end. ”

"Why was King Ji so bold in the first place, and dared to send so many dead soldiers out of Chang'an to assassinate me?"

Gu Qing smiled: "Because King Ji didn't expect me to be a variable, he thought that he would send a group of dead soldiers to kill you unknowingly, and find someone to push the dead ghost afterwards, and this matter would be over." But he didn't expect that I would dare to return to Qingcheng County desperately, and he didn't expect Aunt Li to gather so many heroes to fight against the dead, a prince who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, how scheming do you think he is? With only one county order, he has the ability to suppress the matter, but with the death of two hundred dead soldiers, the situation is out of his control. ”

…………

After dawn, the aftermath of the county government was almost settled, and Feng Aweng hired many carriages from the county town, loaded the corpses and weapons into the cars, covered them with white cloths, and left the city.

The bodies of the dead were all buried in a no-man's field, and the guards and heroes who died in the war were transported back to Shiqiao Village, and a cemetery was opened up on the hill opposite the porcelain kiln in the middle of the village, and the bodies of all the guards and heroes were buried in coffins and buried in the soil.

On the day of the burial, Gu Qing and Song Gensheng led the whole village to kneel in front of the tombstones of all the heroes, the sky was drifting with cold winter rain, so cold that the bones were chilling, but the old and young of Shiqiao Village were still kneeling motionless in the rain.

The villagers still don't know much about what happened in the county government, but Gu Qing is back, Song Gensheng is also back, they kneel in front of the tombstone reverently and sadly, even though the villagers don't know much, but they know that the people buried in this land must have done something earth-shattering, and they must have paid the price of their lives for someone and something.

Such a person deserves to kneel.

After the funeral, Zhang Huaiyu, who had not recovered from his new injuries, announced to the villagers with a cold face that a new martyr's shrine would be built in Shiqiao Village, and the ancestral hall would be dedicated to all the people who had worked hard for Shiqiao Village, and their names would be engraved on the tablets to enjoy the incense of the villagers of Shiqiao Village for generations, and their deeds would be recorded in the village chronicles. Those who gave their lives for the sake of justice and the lives of the people in the world will be remembered by history forever.

Gu Qing was not in a hurry to return to Chang'an, his injuries were not light, and he couldn't travel long distances, and besides, he had to wait for the reaction of this matter in Chang'an, waiting for it to slowly ferment.

After writing a letter to Zhang Jiuzhang and Li Guangbi in the village, Gu Qing stayed in the village to recuperate from his injuries.

After the letter was delivered to Chang'an, Zhang Jiuzhang and Li Guangbi would know how to do it.

The winter rain is bitterly cold, the river is frozen, the mountains and villages are bleak, and the bare ginkgo trees in the yard are only jagged branches in various strange shapes.

Gu Qing and Zhang Huaiyu were half lying side by side on the two beds in the room, and two pots of charcoal were lit in the middle of the two.

Zhang Huaiyu also has a lot of injuries on her body, that night's fighting, she almost walked several times on the ghost gate, and there were countless wounds on her back and legs, until today, her face is already very pale, and she can only slowly make up for too much blood.

Long days of recuperation, most of the time boring. Gu Qing had the heart to catch up with Zhang Huaiyu, but Zhang Huaiyu was like a stuffy jar and rarely paid attention to him.

"The village has changed a lot compared to before, with a lot of new homes built and a lot of people from other villages moving in." Gu Qing drooped his eyes and chatted without saying a word.

"Hmm." Zhang Huaiyu replied with a faint voice.

"I'm glad that my house wasn't burned down by you."

"Hmm."

"But I noticed that something was wrong with my kitchen, there were signs of fire and the roof had been renovated. What's going on? Gu Qing turned his head to look at her.

A touch of surprise flashed on Zhang Huaiyu's face, and he said calmly: "After you left, I tried to cook by myself, but there was too much firewood in the stove, and I accidentally burned the kitchen......"

The corners of Gu Qing's mouth showed a domineering president-style crazy and cool smile, and he lowered his voice and said, "Woman, you are playing with fire......"

Syllable!

A piece of sun-dried meat smashed into Gu Qing's face, and the cold image of the domineering president was instantly broken.

Gu Qing lay back in frustration and sighed faintly.

Zhang Huaiyu is a quiet but honest girl, such a girl often does things with a tendon, and she will continue to do what she recognizes, and no one can persuade her. If such a girl is truly on her side, she is often more loyal than anyone else, and would rather die than shake her loyalty.

However, she is not a suitable person to talk to.

In contrast, Zhang Huaijin in Chang'an City is very suitable for chatting, Gu Qing can catch Zhang Huaijin no matter what topic, sometimes Gu Qing has no topic, Zhang Huaijin can also take the initiative to create a topic to forcibly talk awkwardly, if Gu Qing doesn't talk, she can pretend that Gu Qing is talking, and talk to herself all day.

For some reason, Gu Qing missed Zhang Huaiyu very much when she was in Chang'an, but when she was by Zhang Huaiyu's side at this moment, she unconsciously remembered Zhang Huaijin's cute little girl.

Then Gu Qing was a little shocked, the two lives were single by virtue of their strength, and any weird and bizarre love could be perfectly dodged in the past, in this life, he actually missed two women at the same time, the cinnabar mole and mosquito blood in his heart, the two women often switched against each other, obviously they were still single, but they were like scumbags......

The straight man suddenly became a scumbag, so, when did the character design quietly collapse?

When Gu Qing was silently reflecting on himself, Zhang Huaiyu suddenly spoke.

"What are you going to do next?"

Gu Qing was stunned: "What to do?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu looked into his eyes and said, "After returning to Chang'an, how do you plan to slowly grasp power?" ”

Gu Qing's eyes narrowed: "Why do I want to hold power?" ”

"Isn't it a joke that you have the ambition to swallow heaven and earth, and you have no power in your hands?"

"How can you tell that I have the ambition to swallow heaven and earth? I have a word engraved on my face? ”

Zhang Huaiyu smiled and said lightly: "I have no threat to you, and even I can help you without reservation, it doesn't hurt for your ulterior thoughts to tell me, I won't betray you, otherwise, why do you think I stayed in Shiqiao Village?" ”

Gu Qing was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Zhang Huaiyu, your confident look is very annoying. ”

Zhang Huaiyu's smile grew cold: "If you don't like the way I look now, I can show you something else." ”

Saying that, Zhang Huaiyu's face suddenly straightened, revealing a stupid and stupid bright smile, and said, "Is Zhang Huaijin like this?" Do you like it? ”

Gu Qing was startled, sweat oozed from his forehead for some reason, although he didn't know why he was weak, but at this moment he just felt weak.

Immediately, Gu Qing quickly recovered his nature. I haven't done anything, so why should I be weak?

"Zhang Huaijin is not like this, you don't imitate it enough, I'll imitate it for you, you have a good ......"

Saying that, Gu Qing adjusted his facial expression, and then his eyes began to become dull, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a row of teeth, his eyes bent into two crooked crescent moons, and he looked like a demented girl with a poetic feeling, and said in a cute and stupid voice: "Sister, Sister, I wet the bed again......"

Zhang Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, then sneered, covered his small mouth and turned his back to laugh uncontrollably.

Gu Qing felt that his imitation was very successful, and he couldn't extricate himself from his profound acting skills, so he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Do you want me to imitate your appearance?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu's laughter suddenly paused, his face suddenly turned cold, and he sneered: "You try." ”

Try it, just try it, Gu Qing didn't notice the difference between a sneer and a normal smile at all, adjusted his expression with great interest, and then slapped the small low table next to him, rolled up his sleeves and spat on the ground, and shouted viciously: "Come on, I want to eat three bowls of rice!" Three bowls! ”

In the next moment, Gu Qing found that the Hu bed he was lying on suddenly collapsed, and his whole body fell down with the Hu bed, falling heavily to the ground.

When I looked closely, several wooden legs of the Hu bed had been cut off, and the incisions were neat.

Zhang Huaiyu casually put the dagger into the sheath, put it in his arms, looked at the gloomy sky outside the house with a gloomy expression, and said leisurely: "Today's north wind, so noisy......"

A woman recuperating from injuries actually carries a sharp weapon with her, either neurotic or ruthless.

Before he had the strength, whether it was a neurotic or a ruthless character, Gu Qing couldn't afford to provoke him.

So Gu Qing got up obediently and bowed.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong."