Knock knock!

The door was knocked three times, Cha Bai immediately opened the door, and when he saw Shen Bai, he immediately became overjoyed, and said, "Young Master, you are back." ”

Cha Bai welcomed Shen Bai into the house, and after closing the door, he helped Shen Bai untie his cloak, still muttering in his heart that Shen Bai didn't seem to be wearing a cloak to go out in the morning, and found that Shen Bai was soaked under the cloak, and he was so frightened that he exhaled: "Young master, have you fallen into the water?" After speaking, he hurriedly went to probe Shen Bai's forehead, and felt a coldness, and his eyebrows were knotted.

Shen Bai smiled and wrote on the table: I'm fine, just change into clean clothes.

Cha Bai said disapprovingly: "No, the weather is so cold now, it is easy to be infected with wind cold, so the slave maid will let people send hot water and ginger tea." ”

After Cha Bai finished speaking, he was about to go out, but Shen Bai grabbed her and shook his head with a calm expression.

At this time, the imperial dining room has long stopped providing hot water, and if you go to ask for hot water and ginger tea, I am afraid that it will make half of the palace know that it is not a good thing.

Shen Bai has always had his own opinions, and Cha Bai was afraid of causing trouble for her, so he could only quickly find clean clothes from the cabinet for Shen Bai to change into.

The chest cloth was also wet, Shen Bai took it off together, dried himself and sat on the bed, Cha Bai poured a cup of hot tea for her to hold, and also sat on the bed to help warm her feet.

The distance between Chengxuan Palace and Ling Zhao Palace was not close, Shen Bai walked for a quarter of an hour before coming back, his body was already cold, his little face was a little pale, and he drank two sips of hot tea before he became ruddy.

Cha Bai was distressed, but he couldn't help asking, "Young master, but someone pushed you into the water?" On such a cold day, that person was too ruthless. ”

Shen Bai shook his head, his eyebrows bent, and he showed a smirk, not angry at all, as if he still felt that he had taken advantage of something.

Cha Bai became more and more curious, thought seriously for a while, his eyes widened slightly, and asked, "Young Master, it won't be His Royal Highness the Prince who pushed you into the water, right?" ”

Clever!

Shen Bai gave Cha Bai an appreciative look, Cha Bai didn't feel happy at all, but was a little speechless: Young Master, you were pushed into the water by His Royal Highness the Prince, shouldn't you feel sad and sad? Why are you still smiling so happily?

Shen Bai drank the rest of the tea in one go, and wrote in the palm of the white palm: He is now the master's person.

Cha Bai asked puzzledly: "What does it mean that His Royal Highness the Prince is now the young master's person?" Young Master, have you done anything to His Royal Highness? ”

Shen Bai smiled unfathomably, and after a while, his body warmed up, and he let Cha Bai go to sleep.

After drinking, Gu Hengzhou got up late again the next day, and the palace people were instructed in advance, but no one called him.

When he first woke up, the lingering afterglow of the hangover had not yet dissipated, and he stared at the bed tent for a while before he fully came to his senses.

The sky was shining outside, and the bright sunlight revealed a dim and warm halo through the thick window screen, indicating that it was already late, Gu Hengzhou sat up suddenly.

I was about to call someone to bring hot water in and prepare to wash and change clothes, when I suddenly realized that the situation was wrong.

It was true that he was lying in his room, but his body under the quilt was not covered at all.

Who took off his clothes?

Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows squeezed out wrinkles, and he had no impression of what happened at the banquet last night.

After thinking about it for a long time, his head still hurt a little, he raised his hand to rub his temples, Gu Hengzhou lifted the quilt and got out of bed, ready to find clothes to change into by himself, the afterglow swept over the bronze mirror standing not far away, and his body froze suddenly.

With a cold face, he walked a little closer in the direction of the bronze mirror, and saw his body more clearly.

On his thighs, there were two distinct rings of bright red tooth marks.

The person who bit him used a lot of force, and the two circles of tooth marks were bright red and eye-catching.

The position that the man picked was very tricky, especially close to that place, and Gu Hengzhou couldn't help but think of the picture of the man burying his head in his lap and biting, his blood was surging, but his anger went straight to Tianlinggai.

He didn't have to ask anyone for confirmation, and he could guess who was responsible for the two tooth marks.

The little liars are really getting bold!

Gu Hengzhou changed his clothes and walked out of the room with a black face, he wanted to go straight to Ling Zhao Palace, but the palace people said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, Young Master Shen has been waiting for you in the front hall for a while." ”

Little liar, dare to send it to the door!

The cold on Gu Hengzhou's face became heavier, and he strode towards the front hall.

The palace people followed for a while and were left far behind, and inexplicably felt that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World was murderous today, as if he wanted to screw off Young Master Shen's head and kick it as a ball.

Shen Bai was unaware of the danger, and was sitting in the front hall with Erlang's legs crossed drinking tea, humming a little tune between his noses, as if he was having fun in his own backyard.

Gu Hengzhou walked into the front hall with a dark and rolling evil aura, the wind was howling under his eyes, lightning and thunder, and he wished that a thunder would kill the scourge in front of him.

Shen Bai's face did not change, and when Gu Hengzhou walked in front of him, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to him, which read: I promised to meet Brother Gu with Brother Gu after returning to Beijing in Donghengguo, and I just have time today, let's go.

Gu Hengzhou glanced at the words written on the paper, didn't pay attention to this topic, only looked at Shen Bai fixedly, and there were palace people waiting next to him, Gu Hengzhou couldn't ask too bluntly, and asked in a deep voice: "What did you do after you sent me back last night?" ”

Shen Bai shrugged, looking innocent.

Brother Gu, what are you talking about, why can't I understand it?

Shen Bai pretended to be stupid, Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he was about to get angry, Shen Bai turned the paper over, and it read: Brother Gu forgot what happened last night again?

She had prepared the paper a long time ago, indicating that she had anticipated what questions he wanted to ask.

Gu Hengzhou didn't like this feeling of being completely seen through, and his heart was a little irritable, Shen Bai took out another piece of paper, and wrote on the back: I did send Brother Gu back to Chengxuan Palace last night, Brother Gu rest assured, I will be the same as last time, forget all about drunkenness, and never mention it to anyone.

Gu Hengzhou's face was tense as if he had just taken it out of the ice cave, he snatched the two pieces of paper and tore them to shreds, Shen Bai did not stop him, and took out a small note from his sleeve pocket and unfolded it: Brother Gu doesn't have to be so angry, no matter what happens, it will not be you who suffers after all.

Shen Bai's eyes were clear and clear, he didn't dodge or dodge, and let Gu Hengzhou stare at him.

Gu Hengzhou was slightly stunned, and then asked in disbelief and anger: "Do you think I want to take advantage of you?" ”

Shen Bai showed the back of the note: Brother Gu hates me, I am shameless, and I humiliated Brother Gu.

Gu Hengzhou asked, "When did I say I hated you?" ”

Shen Bai sighed and took the initiative to shred the small note, looking sad and helpless, as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

She drooped her head and walked out dejectedly, Gu Hengzhou grabbed her wrist and said with a cold face: "Answer my question!" ”

Shen Bai took out a note like a trick, which read: If I can still live after the face of the saint, I will definitely answer Brother Gu's questions.

Her attitude inexplicably made Gu Hengzhou's chest flutter with anger, his jaw line was cold and hard, and after a while, he let go of Shen Bai and strode outside.

Shen Bai followed him slowly, his eyes swept over his straight and loose back, and finally landed on his narrow crotch, smacking his mouth slightly.

I knew that I was playing tricks in front of the master, and I was too soft-hearted last night, so I should bite harder to relieve my anger.

The two walked out of Chengxuan Palace together, walked straight towards the imperial study, and halfway there, they happened to meet Hanchen.

He should have just come out of the imperial study, Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai saluted him according to the rules, Hanchen looked at the two of them for a while, and suddenly raised his hand to take off his mask and handed it to Shen Bai.

He has been in Zhaoling for so long, even when he met Emperor Hengde, he didn't take off the mask, but at this time, he took off the mask and handed it to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai had already seen him without a mask once in Dongheng Kingdom, and he was not particularly shocked when he saw it again at this time, but just looked around unexpectedly.

She originally thought that the true face of the high priest was a very confidential matter in Dongheng Kingdom, and she couldn't let people know it casually, but there were still so many palace people and Praetorian Guards at this time, but Hanchen directly unveiled the mask, could it be that she guessed wrong, it didn't matter if his face was actually covered or not?

Shen Baiwu thought to himself, and just wanted to take the mask, Gu Hengzhou pressed her hand and looked at Han Chen suspiciously: "It seems that the high priest has always covered his face with a mask, what is the meaning of this move now?" ”

Gu Hengzhou saw Hanchen's face for the first time, but he didn't expect Hanchen to be so handsome, because he was wearing a mask and not seeing sunlight all year round, his skin looked snow-white and transparent, comparable to a fine mutton fat jade, and it seemed to reflect the luster of Yingying.

With thick eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and thin lips, plus a head of silver hair, his temperament is transcendent, and at first glance he looks like an immortal who falls from the sky and does not eat fireworks in the world.

Gu Hengzhou's tone was full of vigilance, Han Chen glanced at him, and then said to Shen Bai: "Take care of this thing, it will be my return gift, if you encounter danger in the future, this thing may come in handy." ”

Hanchen said something unfathomable, but as soon as Shen Bai heard that this mask could come in handy when he encountered danger in the future, he immediately took the mask from his hand, and the speed was quite fast, almost snatching it.

Unable to speak, Shen Bai bowed to Hanchen twice in succession.

Brother Chen, you are too polite, I didn't give you anything, you actually gave me such a big gift, and it was really too generous.

Shen Bai smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyes, as if he had picked up a big treasure on the road, he looked greedy and cheap, flattering, very like a small person in the market, but it was not disgusting.

Hanchen looked at it for a while, put his hand on her head, and gently rubbed it twice.

Shen Bai was surprised, and Gu Hengzhou squinted his eyes dangerously in an instant, like a big wolf dog, and suddenly found that someone was trying to snatch his food.

Gu Hengzhou's hostility was released obviously, and before he could get angry, Hanchen withdrew his hand and said to Shen Bai in a warm voice: "Live well, you haven't taken me to Hanjing yet." ”

This made Shen Bai seem to die young.

Shen Bai chuckled in his heart, Gu Hengzhou also frowned, but Hanchen didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

The sun was just right today, and the flamingos on his clothes faintly refracted scarlet light, as if there was life flowing on it, Shen Bai looked at it for a while, and then heard Gu Hengzhou ask, "What did you send him?" ”

Huh?

Shen Bai turned his head and looked at Gu Hengzhou's cold and inquiring eyes, as if she had done something to collude with foreign thieves and defect to the enemy and treason.

Brother Gu, if I told the truth that I just casually pulled a sachet from the unified system of the Internal Affairs Government to him, would you believe it?

Shen Bai felt that Gu Hengzhou would probably not believe it, so he grabbed his hand and wrote in his palm: I guess I thanked him for taking him on a cruise before.

Gu Hengzhou immediately remembered her ridiculous move of picking twenty women from Lanyue Pavilion to accompany the cruise ship, his face was slightly gloomy, and he asked coldly, "Did you buy the twenty women from Lanyue Pavilion and give them to him?" ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Brother Gu, is your imagination a little too rich? Even if I really send people out, with Brother Chen's cold and noble temperament, not only will he not accept people, but he will also want to beat me up.

Shen Bai's face was expressionless, Gu Hengzhou only acquiesced to her, her brows furrowed even tighter, and she really wanted to bring people over and teach her a good lesson, lest she do more deviant things in the future.

Shen Bai put the mask in his arms and went to the imperial study with Gu Hengzhou.

Emperor Hengde was dealing with the backlog of twists and turns on the case, so the two of them stood by and waited for a while, and the two of them stood there and waited quietly.

There is no need to go to court for these three days, Emperor Hengde only wore a bright yellow embroidered five-clawed golden dragon regular clothes, he did not wear a crown, and his gray hair was completely exposed, and he looked much older than usual.

After a while, Sun Yuehai, the head of internal affairs, personally put a cup of ginseng tea on Emperor Hengde's case, and whispered: "Your Majesty, you can drink ginseng tea and rest first, don't be too tired." ”

Emperor Hengde didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "Put it here first." ”

Sun Yuehai put down the ginseng tea and exited the imperial study, and Emperor Hengde processed two more excerpts, and then took a sip of the ginseng tea.

In the end, when he was old, he spent a little longer at the desk, and his shoulders and necks began to hurt, Emperor Hengde swallowed the ginseng tea and frowned slightly, Shen Bai immediately walked over, and when everyone didn't react, he helped Emperor Hengde pinch his shoulders.

In the previous life, she helped Zhao Che and Shen Ruxiu to press, quite experienced, and her strength was very good, Emperor Hengde swallowed back the scolding that came to his mouth, his tightly locked brows slowly loosened, and Emperor Hengde laughed in a low voice: "Shen Xiaolang is so quiet and quiet, but it is much more likable than when he speaks." ”

Who's to say no, this man is not only noisy when he can speak, but also very unheard.

Shen Bai knew what Emperor Hengde meant, so he couldn't answer, so he could only help him press more and more carefully.

After pressing for about a quarter of an hour, Shen Bai was sweating and breathing a little, and Emperor Hengde groaned: "Okay." ”

Shen Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and retreated to Gu Hengzhou's side, Emperor Hengde raised his eyes to look at Gu Hengzhou, and asked in a deep voice: "Xingyuan came here to talk about the important event yesterday?" ”

Gu Hengzhou walked up to him, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, and said, "Exactly!" ”

Emperor Hengde didn't rush to ask Gu Hengzhou what he wanted to say, and when he saw Shen Bai also kneeling next to Gu Hengzhou, he asked in a deep voice, "This matter also has something to do with you?" ”

The question was abrupt, Shen Bai was just about to nod, Gu Hengzhou said: "This matter has nothing to do with her, we just met halfway, so we came together!" ”

Shen Bai lowered his head, his eyebrows raised slightly, Brother Gu, why did you suddenly change your words in front of Your Majesty?

Emperor Hengde didn't doubt Gu Hengzhou's words, and asked, "What did Xingyuan want to say yesterday?" ”

The imperial study was quiet for a moment, Gu Hengzhou raised his hands above his head, and said word by word: "Weichen is brave and refuses to go to Lingzhou to take up his post, and he is reappointed as the captain of Muzhou!" ”

This matter was decided before Hui Hanjing, because Emperor Hengde's birthday never found a chance to say it.

Shen Bai couldn't help but tilt his head to look at Gu Hengzhou, did this person plan to talk about this matter from the beginning, or did he change his mind today?

Shen Bai couldn't understand, Emperor Hengde was even more surprised, Gu Tingge also escorted a return gift to Donghengguo before he firmly believed in the battlefield, Emperor Hengde saw that Gu Hengzhou's heart had changed a lot when he came back from this trip, but he didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to refuse to go to Lingzhou and wanted to go to Muzhou to be a school captain.

"The letter of appointment for you to be the captain of Lingzhou has been stamped with a jade seal and sent to Lingzhou last month, and you have no jokes." Emperor Hengde looked at Gu Hengzhou with deep eyes and said, "Xingyuan, you have to give me a reasonable explanation!" ”

Emperor Hengde's tone was very heavy, and the coercion that had been sharpened for decades roared, and even Shen Bai unconsciously buried his head lower, but Gu Hengzhou straightened his back and said firmly: "The situation in the Muzhou Captain's Camp is complicated, and Weichen has more opportunities to hone himself when he goes there." ”

After hearing this, Emperor Hengde frowned slightly, and asked in a calm tone: "There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in Lingzhou, and there are only 30,000 in Muzhou, Xingyuan thinks that these 30,000 soldiers and horses are more challenging than the 100,000 elite soldiers in Lingzhou?" ”

If soldiers are fed with equipment, grain and grass, then generals and commanders are fed by soldiers and horses.

Only by leading soldiers to fight and experiencing the baptism of bloody wind and rain can generals better understand the application and significance of the art of war.

Gu Hengzhou couldn't answer this question now, he directly slammed his head on the ground, and said stubbornly: "Wechen has made up his mind, if Your Majesty refuses to agree, Wechen can only resist and disobey!" ”

In front of the Ninety-Five Supreme, you said that you want to resist the order and disobey it, isn't this obviously looking for death?

Emperor Hengde's eyes narrowed dangerously, and the coercion of the superior was overwhelming, and Gu Hengzhou's back was straight, and he didn't bend at all.

Emperor Hengde asked: "Yesterday you asked me for the gold medal for avoiding death, just for this?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said: "Yes! ”

The imperial study fell into a dead silence, Shen Bai looked down at Gu Hengzhou, his palms were sweating with anxiety, and he only hated that he couldn't speak now, and he couldn't even help say a word.

Emperor Hengde has been on the throne for so many years, but it is not the first time that he has been confronted so face-to-face, Gu Hengzhou kneeling here reminds him of Gu Tingge many years ago, and he also knelt in front of him like this and asked for his life to go to the battlefield.

They can completely enjoy the exploits earned by the martyrs of the Gu family, but the blood nature of the Gu family is destined to make them make the same choice.

After a long time, Emperor Hengde softened his tone and asked gently: "Does your father know about this matter?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said truthfully: "Weichen plans to wait for His Majesty's consent before telling his father that his father has been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and Weichen believes that he will support Weichen." ”

Emperor Hengde pursed his lips, this matter is not only about Gu Hengzhou's own wishes, but also reflects the attitude of the Zhaoling Imperial Court towards the Zhenguo Gong and the military generals from the side.

The Gu family has been loyal and martyred for generations, and the first generation of Zhenguo Gong is famous, and his only son was supposed to go to Lingzhou to be a school captain, and the son inherited his father's ambition, but finally went to the remote and poor Muzhou.

Is it deliberately done by the imperial court that it is afraid of the high merits of the town, or is it the intention of the imperial court to emphasize literature over military force and no longer cultivate excellent generals?

Emperor Hengde couldn't make a decision immediately, so he turned to look at Shen Bai and asked, "What do you want to say when you come today?" ”