When I was dizzy, the door was gently knocked open, Qing'er poked her head in, and first looked at Gu Bei, who was reading at night, my uncle is really a talented and hard-working reader!

Then he spit out his pink tongue with a red face and said, "Uncle, Miss please come over!"

Gu Bei was taken aback, could it be that the lady was going to settle accounts with him?

The cool moon hangs like an eyebrow in the willow bay, and the mountains in the courtyard are seen in the mirror......

The artistic conception of the poem is beautiful, and the insects chirp in the middle of the night, and the rhyme is leisurely.

Gu Bei scratched the back of his head, looked left and right, and looked blank: "Lady, are you looking for me?" ”

I have already made up my mind that if I don't admit that I was killed today, I just went to the wrong door.

Bai Luoshi snorted and did not respond.

Gu Bei said secretly, is the lady still angry? If he wasn't angry, he would definitely not ignore him, so he glanced at her, and said with a smile on his face: "Lady, do you have something on your mind?" It's normal to have something on your mind, don't worry too much, I didn't see anything for my husband today. ”

Bai Luoshi glanced at him, she was just preparing words, how could he bring up the old thing again.

Flirting? What does that mean? Is it to make him confess and be lenient? Gu Bei thought for a while, and said to himself: "Lady, what is it today...... It's normal to eat ice cream, uh, there are women in my hometown who are more daring than you......"

"Shut up!" Seeing that the more he talked, the more outrageous it became, Bai Luoshi had to scold and interrupt him, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing to let him continue......

What's wrong with eating ice cream?

Or even bolder?

A day of gibberish, no shape!

"It's okay, you can go back and rest!"

Bai Luoshi wanted to find him something to say, but suddenly he lost interest, it would be better not to let him know some things, and tell Xiao Ran to protect him well tomorrow!

Well, before I started to persuade myself, Luo Shi figured it out by herself?

Seeing Qingli's thin figure, Gu Bei squirmed his lips and finally walked to the room.

He knew that the lady had something on her mind, and since she didn't say it, he wouldn't ask, he would know when he should know, and knowing what he shouldn't know would only increase his troubles in the future.

Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon!

This sentence means that every time you are proud in life, you should be happy, and you must not let the golden cup be empty to the bright moon.

In the same way, it is better not to know or not to know what is causing trouble.

Gu Bei is not evading, with the energy of the Guogong Mansion, the troubles that the lady can't solve, even if he knows it, it's still the same.

The top priority is to expand the firm, and only after everything is on the right track and there is no shortage of silver, can he implement the plan in his heart, after all, that plan needs a steady stream of silver and two supports. While the old man is still there, first of all, he has to lay a good foundation for the business bank, and the foundation is stable, so that he can build a house up.

The strength is still too weak.

"Qing'er."

Bai Luoshi shouted into the empty room.

A moment later, in the dim corner of the room where the light could not shine, a shadow came out, it was Qing'er, and I don't know when and where she appeared.

"The servant is here."

"After tomorrow, you will follow your uncle, and you will follow your uncle wherever he goes." Bai Luoshi stood there, not looking back, as if she knew she was there.

"Understood!" At this time, although Qing'er was puzzled, she didn't ask much, she knew that something must have happened.

Bai Luoshi thought for a while, and added uneasily: "Remember, while protecting your uncle, you must also ensure your own safety." ”

Most people in the house only know that Qing'er knows martial arts, but they don't know how high Qing'er's kung fu is, only she, who grew up with Qing'er, knows.

When grandpa brought Qing'er back to the house, a few years before she came to Baifu, Qing'er worked hard to practice martial arts in order to find her biological mother, and it was only in the past two years that she was a little better.

Turkic spies, members of the White Flower Sect, mysterious forces...... They all gathered in Ying Tianfu, although they didn't know what their plans were, and the enemy situation was unknown, she had to deal with it as soon as possible. As for grandpa having a guard by his side, she doesn't have to worry about it.

Although Bai Luoshi's arrangement was good, it was a pity that the plan could not catch up with the changes, and Gu Bei's plan to collect money came to an abrupt end with a letter from Old Man Bai.

The Bai family is from Jinan Mansion, Shandong, except for a generation of grandfathers who moved this branch to Shuntian because they followed Emperor Taizu in their early years, and the ancestral lineage of the old house is in their hometown.

Few people know that after the death of the old man of the previous generation, Bai Batian also had a half-brother, who was only a few years younger than him. Bai Batian took care of his brothers when he was young, and the feelings between the brothers were quite deep. Because the younger brother does not like officialdom, he settled in his hometown decades ago.

Early in the morning, an urgent letter from his hometown entered Yingtian and was delivered to Baifu.

Bai Batian was sad at first sight, and his old tears flowed.

But the brother was critically ill, and the nephew sent someone to deliver a letter, hoping that Bai Batian could go home to see him for the last time. Fifteen years ago, his beloved son died on the battlefield, and now even his younger brother is actually ......

Bai Batian really wanted to go back, but now that the undercurrent of Ying Tianfu was surging, he needed to be in charge, how could he get out? If he didn't sit in charge himself, when the time came, something big would happen with him, how could he explain to His Majesty, and he couldn't do it for the sake of family affairs and misunderstanding state affairs.

Moreover, he is old and frail, and his health is not well, so he has traveled so long distances, I am afraid that his old life will have to be explained, and his granddaughter Luo Shi will never allow it.

The only son died on the battlefield fifteen years ago, and her granddaughter Luo Shi is also pregnant, so it is not suitable to travel far.

Only his grandson-in-law, Gu Bei, can go to the house.

Bai Batian discussed it with his granddaughter at the moment, so he repaired a letter and handed it to his granddaughter, asking his grandson-in-law to go to Jinan Mansion on his behalf.

Luo Shi also agreed with his grandfather's proposal, and now Ying Tianfu is a place of right and wrong, and the forces of all parties are mixed, so it is better to let Xianggong go to the Daimyo's Mansion to hide.

For this grandson-in-law, Bai Batian's expression was complicated.

A scholar is not good at studying for the imperial examination and serving the country, but instead runs the lowly business that the family looks down on the most. It's just that his granddaughter has no opinion, and he can't say more......

After all, Bai Batian is a human master, and it is not difficult for his only grandson-in-law to take a certain position, but he has this heart, but his grandson-in-law is unwilling!

If it was his own grandson, if he dared to be disobedient like this, Bai Batian would have hung up and beaten him a long time ago, but he was the husband of his grandson-in-law......

How did Gu Bei know that the old man and the lady were thinking like this.

Under the feudal etiquette, the clan has the largest bloodline, and the second grandfather is critically ill, so someone must go back to visit. What's more, the lady also entrusted, if you can catch up, it will be a visit, if you can't catch up, it will be a funeral......

This is a top priority, without an heir, the Bai family, Gu Bei, the son-in-law, can only go out.

A son-in-law and half a son......

Is it possible to let the old man and the lady run this trip in person? This is not the 21st century, and you can get there with a "whoosh" on a plane. Ying Tianfu is more than 700 kilometers away from Jinan Mansion, no less than 700 kilometers, and the two of them can't stand it by riding horses and cars. Boat? It was too late to wait for the funeral in Daming Mansion......

Even Gu Bei, all the way north, it takes more than half a month to play back and forth.

At that moment, I had to entrust Chen Jinwang with all kinds of miscellaneous things one by one, ask the lady to take care of it, pack up the soft salute, take Xiao Ran and a few other generals, and set off immediately.

Before leaving, Bai Luoshi told him to be careful on the road, not to miss the accommodation because he was in a hurry, and let him take Qing'er with him by the way.

This is not to play, it is inconvenient to take a little girl on a long journey, and it was rejected by Gu Bei.

Bai Luoshi and Qing'er's insistence, in the end, the minority obeyed the majority, and Gu Bei had no choice but to give up.

Gu Bei's heart is warm, and he is about to travel far away, but some people are worried about themselves, and they finally didn't live in vain! Hearing this, she comforted her mother, so she took Qing'er and Xiao Ran and other generals on the road, taking advantage of the daytime to hurry more and strive to go early and return early.

Bai Luoshi stood at the door of the mansion stupidly, and the sound of horses' hooves in her ears gradually faded away, leaving only a vague back......

This time to the north, Gu Bei galloped all the way up along the post road by the Grand Canal.

People who have not been in Bactria will never be able to imagine how developed the post road was in this era.

The post road of the Xia Dynasty was inherited from the previous dynasty, and continued to expand on the basis of the original during the reign of Emperor Taizu, forming a post road from Shuntian to the Western Regions with Shuntian Mansion as the center, a post road from Shuntian to the southwest, and a post road from Shuntian to Yingtian......

There are many pedestrians on the post road, Gu Bei with his general, a group of ten people are double horses, and they do not change horses all the way.

Gu Bei, who had never ridden a horse, was a little fresh at the beginning, but fortunately, the horses were tamed, and he mastered the skills after a while, and after the horse ran at speed, the bumpy Gu Bei was miserable.

In the evening, a group of ten people found an inn.

A row of houses is built in the mountains and forests beside the road, with five wide doors and a forested courtyard.

The flat bluestone slab in front of the door, Xiao Er had already seen a team of knights galloping from afar, so he waited on the side of the road, and as soon as Gu Bei and the others arrived, they would go forward.

Gu Bei turned over and dismounted, the legs of the long-term horse riding were numb from pain, some weak, almost fell down, Xiao Er just wanted to come over, fortunately Qing'er's eyes were fast, and he reached out to support him.

"This noble man should be slower, don't fall."

Gu Bei said with a smile: "And prepare high-quality wine and food, feed some high-quality forage to the horses, and prepare six upper rooms." He turned back to Xiao Ran behind him and said, "Reward." ”

Xiao Ran answered, took out a small piece of silver from his coat, and rewarded it to the little two.

In ancient times, every dynasty and every generation lacked silver, and the Xia Dynasty was not another, but copper coins were the currency in circulation, such as gold and silver, which were mostly used by wealthy families, or traded in large quantities, and rarely circulated in the market, so the price was expensive.

This small piece of silver is half a tael, and when has the little two seen such a bold shot.

Suddenly smiled, and said in a loud voice: "Noble and rest assured, the small one will prepare, and the noble person ......will be satisfied."

As he spoke, he ran into the inn and went to Zhang Luo to prepare.

Gu Bei stretched his waist, moved his body bones that were about to bump and fall apart on horseback, and entered the inn with a figure outside, and Qing'er laughed on the side.

Gu Bei turned his head and glared at the little girl fiercely, his legs were together, and there was a piercing pain in his thighs against the horse's back.

In Gu Bei's impression, the Wilderness Inn was almost synonymous with being dark, cramped, dirty, and dilapidated, but entering the hall of the inn really surprised him.

The wide and bright hall has a flat wooden floor on the floor, a few tables of eight immortals on each side, and a few calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

Gu Bei, Qing'er, and Xiao Ran sat down at one table, and the rest of the families would have another empty table, and there would be a small two end to hot tea.

Qing'er was afraid that her uncle would not be used to drinking and did not dare to let him drink it, so she hurriedly asked the little second to remove her uncle's tea cup, took out the Longjing tea leaves from the package, and ordered the little second to bring boiling water to brew it herself.

Qing'er uses bamboo tweezers to take out a little green tea leaves, put them into the tea cup, and then the boiling water is washed in, when the boiling water into the cup, the green tea leaves are tumbling and rolling in the hot mountain spring water, and after a while, a clear and fragrant tea fragrance rises.

Xiao Er sniffed hard, his throat moved, and he looked yearning.

What kind of tea is this? Smelling this aroma has already made the mouth revel, it is not ordinary!

Xiao Er is also a knowledgeable person, and he dared to laugh and said: "The noble man knows that this tea is extraordinary just by smelling the aroma, I don't know what kind of tea it is?" ”

Gu Bei glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's not a good tea, it's just an ordinary tea ......"

After listening to Qing'er next to her, she didn't speak.

Longjing tea, which is worth a hundred taels of silver, is actually an ordinary tea in my uncle's mouth, so that those top teas that are not worth a hundred taels of silver are embarrassed.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was clear, Gu Bei got up, ate a bite of food, and set off on horseback.

Outside the city of Jinan, a team of knights' hooves came in bursts, in the blink of an eye, the horse team arrived under the city gate, the knights on the horse looked at the closed city gate, and reined in the reins of the horses.

The guards of the city had already noticed this group of knights, and leaned down at the battlement and shouted: "The city gate is closed, if there is nothing urgent, enter the city again tomorrow morning!"

The horse team under the city came to mourn the funeral...... Uh, Gu Bei and a cadre who came to visit.

Gu Bei looked up at the city gate tower, and Xiao Ran beside him had already shouted: "A certain aunt is the grandson-in-law of the old man Bai in the Zhenguo Mansion, and he came to visit the elders in the city, please make it convenient!"

Although Jinan Mansion is also a big city, but it is not as strict as Kyoto, Yingtianfu and other heavy places, and there is no curfew, as soon as I heard that the grandson-in-law of Zhenguo Gong came, the guards hung down the bamboo basket on the city, and ordered Gu Bei and others to put the token into it and then hang it up, and immediately open the city gate after verifying the body.

Gu Bei and the others rode in from the half-open city gate, and among them, there were people who knew the old mansion of the Bai family, and they led everyone to gallop towards the destination.

The sound of hooves shattered the silence of the long street.

In the old mansion of Baifu, at this time, people were already panicking, and the maids were busy going in and out, preparing for all kinds of things to mourn.

The second master is terminally ill and is dying.

Although the Bai family is a big family in Shandong, there are hereditary princes in the court, and the glory is for a while, the Bai family is plain and low-key, kind to people, and has a very good reputation in Jinan, whether it is a government official or a rich gentry, they have always had dealings.

When the families got the news, there were already people who had deep friendships who came to help one or two, and the front hall was overcrowded.

Bai Bashan's eldest son, Bai Chongwen, knelt at the head of his father's bed at this time, his eyes were full of tears, and he held his father's bony hand tightly, looking sad.

All the relatives knelt on the ground, and the female relatives were even more crying.

There was a sad atmosphere in the room.

At this time, Bai Chongwu, the second son of Bai Bashan, took two steps forward, leaned into his brother's ear and whispered: "Seeing that my father is afraid that he can't hold on, but I don't know when Uncle Yingtian's mansion will come, do you want to send someone else to report the funeral?" ”

Bai Chongwen was a little undecided.

Funeral is certain, but Jinan is hundreds of miles away from Yingtian, it is a fast horse, a round trip also has more than ten days, if you wait until your father is gone in the funeral, I am afraid that the people who should come to the day will not be able to catch up with the seven-day period.

But if you send someone to report the funeral now, this old father hasn't breathed yet......

Bai Chongwen was in a dilemma, and said entangledly: "I just don't know if I went to Yingtian some time ago to report that my father was seriously ill, and whether my uncle would send someone to ......."

Bai Chongwu sighed lightly: "What if you send someone here?" The uncle is too old to travel long distances, and Luo Shi is a woman, so she must not show her head in front of her, as for her uncle Gu Bei...... Don't mention it. Therefore, even if the uncle sends someone here, it must be not weighty enough, how can he represent the uncle? ”

Bai Chongwen's face was full of sorrow, and he said softly: "If you don't come with a weighty one, how can you make the Yun family give in?" ”

Bai Chongwu said angrily: "This Yun family is really too much, relying on the Chen Governor's Mansion to do nonsense, and he actually dares to invade the land of my family's ancestors, is it to fight with my Bai family?" ”

At this time, Bai Chongwen's son Bai Gaoxing listened to it behind him, and said angrily: "The Yun family is too deceitful, and let the child take the people in the house to reason with the Yun family, if he is still unreasonable, the child will let people smash his mansion!"

Bai Chongwen shouted in a low voice: "Silence! If you disturb your grandfather, Lao Tzu will pick your skin!"

Bai Gaoxing was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak.

Bai Chongwu said helplessly: "If I had known that there was such a right and wrong, I would have sent a letter to the uncle earlier to explain the situation, and the uncle would have come forward, and I would not dare to protect the Yun family if I wanted to come to the Chen Governor's Mansion, but at this time, it would be too late to write again......

The grandfather was full of sadness, and he didn't know what to do.

At this time, someone hurriedly came to report, and someone should come to the day!

The Bai family suddenly perked up, and Bai Chongwu hurriedly asked, "Who is here?" ”

The servant said, "It's the grandson-in-law of the old man's family." ”

Gu Bei?

Bai Chongwen and Bai Chongwu brothers glanced at each other, and the hope that had just risen was extinguished in an instant.

Uncle's grandson-in-law......

If it is enough to attend his father's funeral on behalf of the uncle, but if he communicates and negotiates with Governor Chen, I wonder if Governor Chen sells his face as a son-in-law of the Bai family?

(PS: Big guys, little brother tears for some collection......)