Shen Bai was carried out of the Zhou Mansion by Gu Hengzhou like a chicken.

Afraid that Gu Hengzhou would be angry, Shen Bai shrunk his neck for a long time and didn't dare to speak, and when he saw Gu Hengzhou walking in the direction of the Guogong Mansion, he said weakly, "Brother Gu, you promised to walk around with me first, do you still count?" ”

Shen Bai is famous in Tai Academy, but she has a pair of dark and bright eyes, and every time she asks for something, her eyes will become watery, like a clear spring in the mountains, which is very deceptive.

Gu Hengzhou kept his promise the most, stared at Shen Bai for a long time, and finally let go and took a step back, signaling Shen Bai to walk in front and lead the way.

Shen Bai was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to take Gu Hengzhou to visit the gambling house and the place of fireworks, so he took him to the opera garden first, and specially ordered the dried fruit pastries he liked to eat and the "Great Commander Out of the Customs" that he was more interested in.

"The Great Commander Out of the Customs" is adapted by the people of the drama team based on the deeds of Zhen Guogong who led the troops to the battle in his early years, although there is polishing, but it basically follows the situation at the time, the martial artist who plays Zhen Guogong is not tall and burly enough, but the action is very neat.

Shen Bai watched these dramas no less than eight hundred times, and all his attention was on Gu Hengzhou.

Gu Hengzhou entered the opera garden for the first time, and at first he was shocked by the noisy gongs and drums, and his brows were furrowed, but he quickly understood what story was being played on the stage, and his brows gradually loosened, and he was fascinated.

Seeing that he liked it, Shen Bai's eyebrows and eyes curled, and he diligently pushed the pastry to Gu Hengzhou's hand: "Brother Gu, let's watch while eating." ”

Shen Bai's eyes were shining with anticipation, and Gu Hengzhou took a piece of pastry to eat.

A play was sung for more than an hour, and the sun was setting when the two came out of the opera garden, Gu Hengzhou was still immersed in the final battle of the opera, his expression was cold and fierce, Shen Bai was not afraid at all, and gently bumped Gu Hengzhou's shoulder: "Brother Gu, I'm hungry again, I know that there are flower boats and lanterns in the moat, let's swim together." ”

Gu Hengzhou has known about the lantern tour activities of the flower boat in the past two years, and most of the men and women who have exchanged tokens travel together on the boat to enhance their relationship, and during the New Year's holidays, Ye Wanyu will let Gu Hengzhou invite the girl to travel with him.

If Gu Huaijin and Ye Wanyu knew that he didn't take the girl on a cruise, but took Shen Bai on a cruise, I don't know how many incidents would happen.

Gu Hengzhou subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Shen Bai pleaded softly: "Brother Gu, it's not a festival right now, there should be very few people on the cruise, I know what Brother Gu is afraid of, Brother Gu will soon go to Lingzhou to take up his post, I'm afraid that I won't have the opportunity to swim with Brother Gu again, Brother Gu, you should take pity on me." ”

Lingzhou is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and the number of times I have returned to Beijing is indeed only a handful.

Shen Baiyang begged so pitifully, Gu Hengzhou did not refuse after all.

At this time, there were indeed not many people on the cruise, Shen Bai was very interested, and directly found the largest boat, patted his chest and said: "Boat family, tonight the master wants to charter this boat, good wine and good food are on it, the master has money!" ”

At this time, it is rare to meet the master who made such a big mistake, and the boatman was full of smiles, but he opened his mouth apologetically: "Two Xiao Langjun, I'm really embarrassed, our ship has been chartered today, can Xiao Langjun come back tomorrow?" ”

Tomorrow? The master can wait, but Brother Gu doesn't wait for the master.

The other boats in the river couldn't get into Shen Bai's eyes, and Shen Bai asked unwillingly: "Who chartered this ship?" I want some extra money, but can I ask him to give me the boat tonight? ”

Shen Bai's attitude was quite sincere, and there was an extraordinary Gu Hengzhou standing beside him, the boatman hesitated for a moment and replied: "It is the deposit that the second young master of the Guogong Mansion sent someone to pay an hour ago, if Xiao Langjun really wants this ship, you can go to the Guogong Mansion to discuss with the second young master." ”

Gu Hengxiu?

Shen Bai glanced back at Gu Hengzhou, and Gu Hengzhou was also surprised in his eyes.

Gu Hengxiu has not yet entered the ranks, and the only people he makes friends with on weekdays are those young masters in the school, and there is nothing special today, where do you need to charter such a large painting boat?

"Thank you, I have a good relationship with Gu Ershao, since he contracted it, let him use it first." Shen Bai smiled on his face, took out a silver ingot from his waist and handed it to the boatman, "Please serve more good wine and good food to entertain Ershao, don't tell Ershao that we have been here." ”

Pingbai won a lot of rewards, and the boatman was so happy that he nodded again and again: "Please rest assured, Xiao Langjun, I will definitely entertain Gu Ershao well." ”

Shen Bai took Gu Hengzhou away, and after walking a distance, Shen Bai lowered his voice and asked Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, can you be curious about who the second young man wants to invite to the banquet tonight?" ”

Gu Hengzhou already knew Shen Bai's routine, and frowned slightly: "Do you want to be a gentleman on the beam and do the thing of eavesdropping on the wall?" ”

Shen Bai squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox who had only become a fine fox: "Why did Brother Gu say it so ugly, the situation in the DPRK and China is complicated, and the second young man is not deeply involved in the world, it is inevitable that he will be blinded by fame and fortune, Brother Gu, who is the elder brother, should also care more about him, lest he go crooked and evil and shame the lintel of the Gu family, right?" ”

Shen Bai whitewashed this matter very reasonably, if Gu Hengzhou didn't follow her to eavesdrop, it would be indifferent and ruthless, and let his brother go the wrong way.

Gu Hengzhou couldn't say anything about her, and he also had doubts in his heart, so he got on an inconspicuous boat with Shen Bai, and waited until night fell, and then jumped on the big boat while no one was paying attention.

The two-storey boat is a two-storey private room with two corner pavilions top, tables and chairs made of rosewood, and the night breeze brings cool water vapor to dispel the heat of the day.

There were only a few waiting maids walking around on the boat, and Gu Hengzhou easily took Shen Bai to hide behind the screen of the largest private room.

Not long after the two of them hid, Gu Hengxiu led the three guards in, Gu Hengxiu looked serious, handed over his eyes, and the three guards began to search the private room, I didn't expect him to be so vigilant, Gu Hengzhou subconsciously hugged Shen Bai, and was trying to find another place to hide, when a young man wearing a dark color costume walked in outside the door.

This person's name is Jiang Yinglou, is the adopted son of Taiwei Jiang De'an, and is also an old acquaintance of Shen Bai, in the last life, he clashed with Shen Bai several times in the court, relying on the Jiang family as a backer, and used some unacceptable means, Shen Bai suffered a lot of losses in his hands, but not long after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Shen Bai grabbed his handle, and he lost his official position and was exiled from Beijing.

I didn't expect Gu Hengxiu to have a relationship with someone like Jiang Yinglou.

Jiang Yinglou has high black hair, wears a silver double dragon playing with beads and wipes his forehead, has handsome facial features, has a dark complexion, and is equipped with a sword carved with a tiger and blue jade around his waist, the corners of his lips are slightly raised with a windy smile, and he sneers disdainfully: "How many times have we all met, what is Young Master Gu still afraid of?" ”

They are all teenagers of the same age, and when they were said like this, Gu Hengxiu's face flushed with shame, and he didn't want to appear that he was too timid to cower, Gu Hengxiu raised his hand to let the guards out, and said softly: "Zhaoling has not allowed parties to run for personal gain since ancient times, so it's better to be careful." ”

When Jiang Yinglou heard this, the smile on his face was deeper, but it was full of ridicule: "Young Master Gu hasn't even obtained fame now, what kind of party is selfishness?" ”

These words poked Gu Hengxiu's sore spot, and his face was ugly.

Although he is the son-in-law of the second room, his father is only a five-grade official, and his temperament is quite arrogant, and he has no contact with other officials in the DPRK and China on weekdays, so he is not qualified to enter the Tai Academy for further study.

Gu Hengxiu has always felt that even Shen Bai and Zhou Juezhi and others who entered the Tai Academy could gain fame in the examination at a young age, it must be because the examiners of the previous imperial examinations were all from the Tai Academy.

For a person like him who failed to enter the Tai Academy, it is really difficult to gain fame and fame.

Not wanting to continue this topic, Gu Hengxiu cut straight to the point: "Why did Brother Jiang ask to meet me here today, but what do you have to say?" ”

Jiang Yinglou smiled meaningfully: "Naturally, there are good things to say." ”

Meddlesome?

Gu Hengxiu's heart jumped, seeing that Jiang Yinglou deliberately hung his appetite, he suppressed his excitement and asked people to bring sumptuous wine and food, and when the dishes were finished, Gu Hengxiu instructed others not to disturb, and personally poured Jiang Yinglou a glass of wine: "Brother Jiang, please use it." ”

Jiang Yinglou was arrogant, calmly accepted this glass of wine, and sighed: "Good wine!" ”

Gu Hengxiu helped Jiang Yinglou fill a cup again, Jiang Yinglou was not in a hurry to drink, and said quietly: "In the spring exam next year, my father-in-law will be the chief examiner." ”

Gu Hengxiu had been waiting for this opportunity, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help asking, "Really!?" ”

Jiang Yinglou sandwiched a crispy peanut into his mouth and bit it crunchy, sneering: "Notices will be issued everywhere tomorrow, what am I lying to you for?" And don't be excited, although your father-in-law is the chief examiner, he will not favor you, if you don't have hard skills, you will only have the share of Sun Shan! ”

Jiang Yinglou poured a basin of cold water on Gu Hengxiu's head, Gu Hengxiu suppressed his excitement and nodded: "This is natural." ”

Jiang Yinglou took in Gu Hengxiu's expression and raised his eyebrows: "However, this matter is not without room for change. ”

Gu Hengxiu's eyes lit up again: "What does Brother Jiang mean by this?" ”

Jiang Yinglou finally got to the point: "I heard that Shen Bai, the only son of Mrs. Shen, is recuperating from his injuries in the Guogong Mansion?" ”

Shen Bai's eyebrows raised slightly, and he licked his lips, but he didn't expect the Jiang family to hit her head with the idea.

She turned her head to look at Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou's jaw was tight, and there was a heavy storm in his eyes, she didn't expect her second brother to do such a thing under his nose.

Gu Hengxiu didn't realize that he was being led by Jiang Yinglou's nose at all, like an acrobatic dog, Jiang Yinglou threw a ball and rushed over with his head and tail.

Shen Bai's recuperation in the Guogong Mansion is not a secret matter, Gu Hengxiu said truthfully: "Young Master Shen is indeed in the Guogong Mansion right now, and he lives in the Xiling Courtyard of our West Courtyard, Brother Jiang suddenly asked what is this for?" ”

Jiang Yinglou didn't rush to answer, drank the wine in the cup, and ate two chopsticks before putting the empty cup in front of Gu Hengxiu, Gu Hengxiu immediately picked up the wine jug to help him pour the wine, Jiang Yinglou then spoke: "Shen Bai is a bastard who goes to the house to expose tiles in the Tai Academy, and he also plots against your eldest brother, have you heard of these?" ”

Gu Hengxiu's hand as he poured the wine shook, and the mellow wine overflowed the cup and spilled it on the table.

Gu Hengxiu had already guessed what Jiang Yinglou wanted to say, and he was a little uneasy, so he couldn't help but remind: "Brother Jiang, he is the son of Taifu." ”

Jiang Yinglou was amused and laughed out loud: "Young Master Gu, he likes men, he is a rabbit master who is ridden, you are still the nephew of Zhenguo Gong, I just mentioned his name, you are afraid of being like this, if you really want to do something, won't you be scared to pee?" ”

Jiang Yinglou's tone was contemptuous, and he was very disdainful of Shen Bai, as if Shen Bai was a thing that could be manipulated by him at will.

Gu Hengxiu pursed his lips and didn't dare to respond, he was actually not particularly stupid, since Jiang Yinglou mentioned Shen Bai in front of him, it was definitely more than that.

The atmosphere became a little subtly tense, Gu Hengzhou's jaw was biting hard, and his chest was full of anger, there was anger against Gu Hengxiu, and there was also hatred for Jiang Yinglou's disrespectful words.

Jiang Yinglou was eating the dishes comfortably, seeing that Gu Hengxiu was becoming more and more entangled, he urged lightly: "Young Master Gu, pies will not fall from the sky, you won't have heard of the phrase "seeking wealth and danger, right?" ”

Gu Hengxiu clutched the wine jug in his hand tightly, and said with little confidence: "My eldest brother is a little different from that Young Master Shen. ”

Jiang Yinglou ate the food, sat up straight, his eyes lit up, and looked at Gu Hengxiu eagerly: "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that the cold and lonely prince of Zhenguo actually likes a rabbit master? So is he on top or down? ”

Jiang Yinglou's expression and tone were very disgusting, Shen Bai heard him say that he could bear it, and when he heard him say Gu Hengzhou, his anger suddenly surged to Tianlinggai, and when he raised his foot, he wanted to kick the screen and rush over to beat Jiang Yinglou fatly.

You like Rabbit, your whole family likes Rabbit!

As soon as Shen Bai moved, Gu Hengzhou grabbed her waist and raised his hand to cover her mouth and nose to prevent her from making a sound.

Gu Hengxiu was also shocked by Jiang Yinglou's words, and hurriedly denied it: "My eldest brother is normal, it is impossible to like Master Rabbit, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Jiang Yinglou touched his chin and smiled playfully, Gu Hengxiu was like a cat that had been stepped on by his tail, and the fur all over his body exploded: "If you have something, just talk about it, don't say what you have or not!" ”

Jiang Yinglou glanced at Gu Hengxiu: "Young Master Gu has no guts, and secondly, he still has a deep brotherly relationship with the prince, why should I talk in vain?" ”

Gu Hengxiu was agitated, gritted his teeth and replied, "Who said I don't have the guts?" ”

Jiang Yinglou put his hands around his chest and looked at Gu Hengxiu playfully, Gu Hengxiu's palms and back were in a cold sweat, he knew what he was doing, once he took the line of the Jiang family, he would never want to draw a clear line with the Jiang family, but he knew that without him, there were still many people who wanted to climb the high branch of the Jiang family.

He doesn't do it, but he does things for the Jiang family.

Gu Hengxiu felt as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff, walking on thin ice as if he was walking on thin ice, but the other side was rich and glorious, and although he was down-to-earth, there was only a piece of barrenness left.

He has lived in the shadow of his eldest brother for seventeen years, and he doesn't want to live like this for the rest of his life, so he wants to fight for wealth and glory!

Having made up his mind, Gu Hengxiu's eyes became firm, and his voice stabilized: "Since I came to Brother Jiang's appointment, I am sure that I will do what Brother Jiang explained, Brother Jiang might as well say it directly." ”

Jiang Yinglou was waiting for this sentence, hooked his lips and laughed evilly: "It's great that Young Master Gu can think like this, in fact, there is nothing difficult, Young Master Shen is stubborn by nature, if he commits one or two wrong things in the Guogong Mansion, it is normal, if this wrong thing is outrageous enough to put him to death, it will be even better." ”

Gu Hengzhou held Shen Bai's hand and lost his strength slightly, the people of the Jiang family actually wanted Shen Bai's life!

This little liar is a little bit more deviant, but he has no personal grudge against the Jiang family at all, why did the Jiang family do such a vicious move?

Shen Bai had already stopped struggling, she was surprised by what Jiang Yinglou said, but after the accident, she felt that it was very reasonable.

As long as Mrs. Shen is still teaching and educating people, there will always be different political opinions from Mrs. Jiang in the court, and the opinions of the world will never be unified.

If the speech is not uniform, the people below cannot become obedient puppets, and the Jiang family cannot always sit back and relax.

Gu Hengxiu was scared stupid, Jiang Yinglou drank wine and ate food, patiently waiting for Gu Hengxiu to slowly digest the news.

It is not easy to kill the son of the prince of the dynasty without knowing it, Gu Heng cultivated a cold sweat, and did not dare to agree, only said that it would take time to plan slowly and act when the opportunity came, Jiang Yinglou readily agreed, after all, the matter of the school captain's camp had just happened, if Shen Bai had an accident immediately, it would inevitably cause an uproar.

Gu Hengxiu ate absent-mindedly in the back meal, and when Jiang Yinglou was full of food and drink, Gu Hengxiu immediately dropped the dishes and chopsticks and left with Jiang Yinglou.

After making sure that the person was gone, Shen Bai pushed Gu Hengzhou away, and was so angry that he spun around in place with his hands behind his back, and after two turns, he still couldn't dissipate his anger, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "His uncle, the mouth surnamed Jiang is too stinky, and the master has to find a sack to put on his head and beat him up!" ”

Shen Bai said that he was about to run out to hire someone, his waist was grabbed, Shen Bai thought that he was going to stop himself, and kicked his legs vigorously: "Gu Hengzhou, don't stop me, the master has to beat him into a pig's head today!" ”

"I'll go with you."

"You can't say anything, sir...... Huh? Shen Bai was dumbfounded, "Brother Gu, what did you just say?" ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't say a word, and took Shen Bai to avoid the others and secretly got off the boat.

After Jiang Yinglou and Gu Hengxiu separated, they did not rush back to Jiang's mansion, but rode their horses to West Street.

There were not many people on West Street, Jiang Yinglou didn't let the guards follow, and when he arrived at a dark narrow alley, Gu Hengzhou kicked Jiang Yinglou off the horse with one kick, Shen Bai didn't have time to buy a sack, and was about to take off his coat and cover Jiang Yinglou's head, Gu Hengzhou slashed Jiang Yinglou's neck with a knife.

Jiang Yinglou didn't snort and fainted.

Shen Bai's undressing action froze, a little helpless: "Brother Gu, the essence of a black beating in a sack is to listen to the painful pleas of the beaten person like a pig, and it is not fun for you to knock people unconscious." ”

Gu Hengzhou walked to the entrance of the alley and looked outside, and said softly: "There are a lot of people around here, and he will attract the people of the Night Patrol Division when he calls." ”

"Oh."

Shen Bai nodded, and found out that Gu Hengzhou was helping her to keep guard, his heart was hot, and he turned around and kicked Jiang Yinglou fiercely: "Let you scold me Rabbit, the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, can you scold such an elegant person as Brother Gu?" Rabbit cub, don't talk if you can't speak, the master will see you and beat you once in the future! ”

His hand was injured and couldn't move, Shen Bai kicked for a while and was so tired that he was panting, Gu Hengzhou said coldly: "Okay, it's curfew time soon, let's go." ”

"Good!"

Shen Bai responded, seized the time to kick Jiang Yinglou twice, and spit out two mouthfuls of saliva, and then followed Gu Hengzhou back to the mansion.

The two of them didn't go fast, and Shen Bai still chattered non-stop along the way, but he didn't mention that Gu Hengxiu and Jiang Yinglou colluded to kill her, Gu Hengzhou stiffened his face and didn't respond to her at all.

The moonlight was very bright, gently enveloping him, a little cool, but the breath around him was even cooler, like a piece of ice that would never melt, Shen Bai didn't like him like this, so he walked two steps quickly and stopped in front of him: "Brother Gu, don't you want to go back to the Gongfu?" ”

Gu Hengzhou lifted his eyes to look at her, his eyes were also cold, and he said bluntly: "No." ”

Shen Bai didn't relent: "Then what is Brother Gu angry about?" ”

Shen Bai's expression was stubborn, as if Gu Hengzhou didn't say one, two, three, four, and she wouldn't give up.

Obviously, the people of the Gu family and the people of the Jiang family wanted to calculate and even plot to kill her, but she didn't care at all, but was worried about whether he would be angry.

When she was injured and returned to Taifu's mansion that day, she only cared about whether he would be angry because of Taifu Shen's words, and even before in the lieutenant camp, he was angry with her, saying that the people in the lieutenant camp were not her bargaining chips, and she didn't get angry with him because of this.

She didn't seem to have any temper, and she didn't seem to care about anything, only his feelings.

Gu Hengzhou's heart was a little heavy, he looked at Shen Bai seriously, and asked, "The person they want to kill is you, aren't you angry?" ”

Shen Bai was stunned for a moment, and naturally asked, "Why should I be angry?" They are not my people, it is their business to treat me well or badly, and I am not a fool, they may be lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot if they want to harm me, I will not show mercy to Brother Gu's face. ”

Shen Bai's tone was quite confident, as if no matter what kind of stumbling block others gave her, she could deal with it calmly.

Gu Hengzhou looked straight into Shen Bai's eyes: "Gu Hengxiu is my younger brother, aren't you afraid that I will favor him and be unfavorable to you?" ”

Shen Bai bent his eyes, and the bottom of his eyes was full of trust: "Brother Gu, you won't be that kind of person." ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't know where Shen Bai's self-confidence came from, he was not as upright as he appeared to be, he was short-sighted, and he would backtrack, when Zhao Dingyuan's people almost killed the blind monkey, he also had the idea of turning his face in public.

He's not a perfect person, and he'll even stop at nothing for what he wants to protect.

But there is a person, who takes off all his defenses and trusts him for no reason, feeling that he will not be related to all the dark sides, looking at these eyes, he can't say his truest thoughts, and even subconsciously wants to suppress those dark thoughts that are about to move, and be an upright person as she wishes.

His throat was slightly dry, Gu Hengzhou lowered his eyes, and promised in a low voice: "Well, I'm not that kind of person." ”

After saying that, he bypassed Shen Bai and continued to walk forward, Shen Bai didn't know anything, and followed behind Gu Hengzhou like a fart: "Brother Gu, we haven't taken a flower boat tonight, next time we have a chance to sit with me again, okay?" ”

"Okay."

"There are still a lot of delicious and fun things in Hanshang Jing, next time you have nothing to do, I'll take you to play again, okay?"

"Okay."

"And ......"

"It's all good."

Gu Hengzhou suddenly became unusually easy to speak, and Shen Bai couldn't stop laughing all the way, wishing that this road would never end.

It was already past the curfew time when he returned to the Guogong Mansion, and the doorman was left behind, and when he saw Gu Hengzhou, he hurriedly stood up: "Shizi, Young Master Shen, you can be regarded as back, the second master has been waiting for Shizi to sleep yet." ”

Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai were suddenly summoned into the palace, and they didn't send a message home after they came out, Gu Huaijin was naturally so worried that he couldn't sleep, Gu Hengzhou bowed his head slightly and said to Shen Bai: "I'll go see the second uncle, you go back first." ”

Shen Bai was still immersed in the previous happiness, and smiled from ear to ear: "Then I'll go back first, and Brother Gu will rest early after chatting with Second Uncle Gu." ”

Gu Hengzhou said: "Okay." ”

Gu Hengzhou responded a lot tonight, and each of them was like candied fruit just fished out of a sugar jar, sweet to Shen Bai's heart.

Shen Bai hummed a little song and sang a song back to Xiling Courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he unexpectedly saw Gu Hengxiu standing at the door with a bag of things, staring at Li Shan with big eyes.

The smile on his face disappeared, Shen Bai walked up to Gu Hengxiu with his face and hands behind his back, and asked casually: "It's this hour, why is the second young master here, is there something wrong with me?" ”

Gu Hengxiu was a little depressed, and when he heard Shen Bai's voice, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly handed the things in his hand to Shen Bai: "I heard that Brother Bai likes to eat Fubao Zhai's walnut cake, and I brought a little bit by the way today, and Brother Bai can eat it as a snack if he is bored during the day." ”

Bai Di? If you know you very well, you will be called a brother.

Shen Bai scolded secretly, his face deliberately floated with joy, and he changed his words from the kind flow: "Brother Xiu is so good, then I'm welcome, if there is anything that needs help in the future, just ask, I will never refuse." ”

Shen Bai said and took the bag of walnut crisp, opened it in front of Gu Hengxiu and took a big bite, she believed that Gu Hengxiu was not stupid enough to buy pastries and poison them to harm people.

Gu Hengxiu had something hidden in his heart, and when he saw that Shen Bai had eaten the pastry defenselessly, his face turned pale, panic flashed in his eyes, and he pretended to be calm and said, "The hour is not early, Brother Bai will rest early, and I will go back first." After saying that, he ran away.

Li Shan saw Gu Hengxiu's strange appearance, reached out and took the bag of pastries in Shen Bai's hand, Shen Bai swallowed the contents of his mouth, and said lazily: "It's not poisonous, don't try it, help me finish it tomorrow." ”

Li Shan nodded to indicate that he understood.

After that day, Gu Hengxiu talked to Shen Bai more frequently, basically sending Shen Bai delicious and fun under the banner of discussing schoolwork, Shen Bai did not refuse, and accepted all of them according to the order, but once Gu Hengxiu proposed that he wanted to go out with Shen Bai to play, Shen Bai refused on the pretext of having a sore hand.

During this period, Shen Ruxiu asked people to send money to Shen Bai twice, and Shen Bai accepted the money and did not return a word to her father.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of autumn hunting, the wound on Shen Bai's left hand had scabbed off, and the arrow wound on his right arm had also healed, but he couldn't use too much force.

Zhao Heng ordered the people accompanying him in the autumn hunt, Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou were among them, Gu Hengxiu and Gu Heng were not qualified to participate, and knelt down together to receive the holy decree, and as soon as the father-in-law who passed the decree left, Gu Heng snorted in a weird way.

Although Ye Wanyu was not surprised by this, she was still a little disappointed, and forced a smile to pack the package for Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai.

The autumn hunt is not ordinary, Zhao Heng brought two noble concubines, four princes, three princes and officials above the fourth rank all brought their families with their families, plus the accompanying medical hall, palace people, and maidservants, there were hundreds of people.

The hunting ground is in the suburbs, it takes one day to go back and forth, five days of formal hunting, a total of seven days, now that the weather is hot, at least three sets of clothes must be brought, Gu Hengzhou has to enter the hunting ground in person, Ye Wanyu specially prepared a burden of trauma medicine, Gu Hengzhou was too cumbersome and refused to bring it, and Shen Bai stuffed it all into his own baggage.

Zhou Deshan's injuries were almost better, but the cavalry training behind was basically done by Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou first had to accompany Zhou Deshan with these cavalry and the Praetorian Guards, Shen Bai couldn't be with him, and he had been lying in Jingteng Courtyard the night before leaving and refused to leave.

"Brother Gu, you were the best in autumn hunting in previous years, but I heard that this year's hunting ground is set in a dense forest, and there are many birds and beasts in the forest, you don't have to take risks alone in order to compete for the first place, if you are injured, the gains outweigh the losses."

Gu Hengzhou carefully rubbed his bow and crossbow with a handkerchief, and responded lightly, Shen Bai still felt uneasy, and couldn't help but plead: "Brother Gu, why don't you tell Your Majesty to let me participate too, I don't compete for the ranking, will I follow you to help you pick up prey?" ”

Gu San and Gu Si were helping Gu Hengzhou check the arrows, and when he heard Shen Bai's words, Gu San couldn't help but sneer: "Young Master Shen, with your skills, please don't make trouble for His Highness, okay?" ”

Shen Bai is also angry that she is not good now, if she can live a little earlier, she must practice diligently every day, and she will never drag Gu Hengzhou's hind legs.

In the face of major rights and wrongs, Gu Hengzhou's principle is very strong, Shen Bai knew that he couldn't follow, so he could only ask softly: "Brother Gu, no matter what situation you encounter, please put your own safety first, if you have a good one, I won't be able to live." ”

Hearing the last sentence, Gu Hengzhou stopped what he was doing and looked at Shen Bai, who immediately raised three fingers and swore: "Brother Gu, I'm serious, if you have an accident, I won't live, let our Shen family's incense be cut off here." ”

Gu Hengzhou frowned: "It's okay to think less, I hope I'll be better." ”

Shen Bai said, "Oh. ”

Shen Bai had a nightmare all night, and went to Jingteng Courtyard before dawn the next day.

Gu Hengzhou had already woken up, Gu San waited for him to wash, and Gu Si helped him put on silver armor.

The silver armor is newly made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a fish-scale silver armor on the upper body and a lotus-shaped hem underneath, protected by green-faced fangs on the shoulders, elbows and knees, and a begonia-colored cloak on the back.

After a simple breakfast, Gu Hengzhou strode out in silver armor, the moist morning light sprinkled softly, the silver armor refracted a slightly cold light, Gu Hengzhou's momentum became cold and sharp, and he had faintly had the demeanor of the commander of Zhen'an after many years, Shen Bai squatted at the gate of the courtyard and looked at Gu Hengzhou, forgetting to move for a while.

She came too early, hadn't washed yet, slept with black hair and was disheveled, squatting at the gate of the courtyard inexplicably like a puppy guarding the yard.

Gu Hengzhou didn't expect Shen Bai to get up so early, surprise flashed in his eyes, he strode up to Shen Bai, and looked down at her: "What are you doing squatting here?" ”

Shen Bai raised his head and smiled like a fool: "It's nothing, I just want to wish Brother Gu a smooth autumn hunt and win the jackpot." ”

Gu Hengzhou's desire to win was not so strong, he was about to leave after her, and he took a few steps and looked back at her: "Autumn hunting is extraordinary, stay by Taifu's side, don't run around." ”

He has a lot of things to do, and he may not be able to take care of her then.

After a night of panic, Shen Bai stood up and said energetically: "Brother Gu, don't worry, I will never cause trouble for you!" ”

Shen Bai sent Gu Hengzhou to the gate, Zhou Deshan had already led the cavalry of the captain's battalion to wait outside, Hunt Yun was led out, and the horse was also wearing a silver horse face on his head, which was majestic.

Gu Hengzhou turned over on his horse, raised his sword and shouted: "Go!" ”

All the horses and horses marched in the direction of the palace.

When the whole team disappeared around the corner, Shen Bai turned around and returned to Xiling Courtyard to ask Li Shan to help her tie her hair and trim her crown, and when she was about to go out, Gu Hengxiu came again and took a pack of incense to Shen Bai: "Autumn hunting is going to camp in the suburbs, there are a lot of mosquitoes in this season, I specially asked people to find incense, Brother Bai can take it and light it, and have a good night's sleep." ”

The accompanying medical officers will prepare incense to repel mosquitoes, Gu Hengxiu should have heard of it even if he had never participated in the autumn hunt, but Shen Bai did not pierce it, and took the bag of incense with a smile: "Brother Xiu is really thoughtful, I have written down this kindness." ”

In front of Gu Hengxiu, Shen Bai properly put the incense into his arms, and greeted warmly, Shen Bai took Li Shan out of the door, the carriage of Taifu's Mansion just arrived at the door, Shen Bai stepped directly into the carriage, lifted the curtain and went in, Shen Ruxiu sat in a navy blue embroidered crane feather court dress, solemn and solemn, but Shen Bai saw at a glance that his sideburns had a few more dazzling silver threads.

Lowering the curtain, Shen Bai sat down and said nothing.

The carriage first arrived at the gate of the palace to meet Zhao Heng's guard of honor, Shen Bai lifted the curtain and took a look, there were dark and heavy Praetorian Guards holding halberds on both sides, and they couldn't see their heads in front and back, nor could they see where Gu Hengzhou was.

The procession quickly moved forward, and the officers and soldiers of the night patrol division cleared the road in advance, and the people in the city only dared to look at the excitement on both sides of the road.

It was still early before the hunting ground, and Shen Bai was not in the mood to look at the scenery outside the car, so he leaned against the wall of the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate.

At noon, the team stopped for a rest, Shen Bai also got out of the car and moved his legs and feet, and someone at the front of the team made a fire, cooking hot food for His Majesty, the concubine and several princes, and the others ate the dry food they brought.

Shen Bai nibbled on the pastries prepared by Ye Wanyu and looked around, wanting to see where Gu Hengzhou was, but Shen Ruxiu, who hadn't spoken all the way, suddenly spoke: "Don't look at it, at the front, it's not a place where you can go as a little Tanhualang." ”

Shen Bai walked up to Shen Ruxiu and squatted down, lowered his voice and asked, "Dad, are you trying to lie to me, as long as I climb high enough, I can get closer to him?" ”

After asking, without waiting for Shen Ruxiu to answer, Shen Baixian laughed lowly: "Dad, I have already believed this kind of lie once, you can't deceive me." ”

She had tried very hard to climb up, but she didn't even see him for the last time, only heard the news of his death from others.

No corpses, no coffins, nothing.

In the evening, the team arrived at the hunting ground, all the carriages and horses were parked according to the arrangement of the Praetorian Guard, and when Shen Bai got out of the car, he happened to see Gu Hengzhou and the cavalry camping.

These things should have been done by the Praetorian Guards, after all, the Praetorian Guards accompany them every autumn hunt, they are experienced, they are not easy to mess around, and they are quick with their hands and feet, but His Majesty wanted to test the ability of this cavalry, and these things fell to them.

Gu Hengzhou put away the cloak and only wore silver armor to work with other soldiers, the sun was about to set, but the ground was still steaming hot, Shen Bai saw the bright sweat sliding down Gu Hengzhou's cold and hard chin to the slightly raised throat, and he was also thirsty.

Shen Bai retracted his gaze, took Li Shan to the side a few steps, and said in a low voice: "Let the logistics prepare mung bean porridge for the prince and those cavalrymen to relieve the heat." ”

I didn't expect Shen Bai to make such a request, Li Shan's eyes widened in surprise, and Shen Bai's face was slightly gloomy: "Don't look at me like this, I know it's not a difficult thing for the master behind you." ”

Li Shan pursed his lips and left, and soon came back, after a stick of incense, the camp tents were all set up, Zhao Heng and several princes' camp tents were larger, all next to each other, separate from the minister's camp tent, and the rest of the camp was distributed according to the grade, the higher the grade, the closer it was to the camp tent of His Majesty and the princes.

When Shen Bai followed Shen Ruxiu to find the camp tent, he saw that the official in charge of logistics carried a large pot of mung bean soup and asked Gu Hengzhou to drink it, and his eyebrows were slightly raised.

Shen Ruxiu is a second-grade official, second only to the third public, the camp tent is behind the imperial doctor, separated by two camp tents, Shen Bai saw Jiang De'an's camp in front of a girl wearing an apricot-colored embroidered gold leaf begonia, there is already a gentle night breeze floating, the girl is covered with tulle, black hair and skirt flying, in the bloody sunset, beautiful as a painting.

This autumn hunt Jiang De'an did not bring Jiang Yinglou here, but brought his concubine Jiang Qinse, looking at this way, he probably wanted Jiang Qinse to choose one of these princes to be the princess.

Shen Bai took a look at it and entered his tent.

Shen Bai's camp tent was next to Shen Ruxiu's camp tent, with a thick cloth blanket in it, a low bed, and a small square table on it, and a set of tea sets on the table.

Shen Bai put the burden in the bed, poured a cup of hot tea and took a sip, slowly combing through the distribution of everyone's tents in his mind, calculating the distance between her and Gu Hengzhou now.

Originally, Shen Bai still wanted to wait for everyone to fall asleep and then secretly go to Gu Hengzhou, but at dinner, Sun Yuehai came to the camp and asked Shen Bai to accompany Zhao Heng to eat in front of the palace.

Shen Bai followed Sun Yuehai over, the accompanying palace people had already set up a long table on the lawn in front of the camp, presenting delicacies, Zhao Heng and the two concubines sat in the top position, the four princes sat on the left and right according to the eldest and youngest, Gu Hengzhou sat next to the three princes, and there was still a position left on the opposite side, which was obviously reserved for Shen Bai.

Shen Bai didn't dare to look at it more, walked over and knelt down and saluted uprightly: "Shen Bai knocks to see Your Majesty, the noble concubine, and greets all the princes, and His Royal Highness the prince!" ”

Zhao Heng still remembered the fun of eating with Shen Bai before, and said casually: "Get up, I just think it's too restrained to eat with them, don't be restrained, just like before." ”

Shen Baiying said: "Yes! ”

got up and walked to his place, and as soon as he sat down, a joking voice sounded: "In the Tai Academy, I heard that Young Master Shen's funny kung fu is first-class, and he can make his father laugh, this prince and the three imperial brothers are very curious, today Young Master Shen might as well make me laugh first." ”