Cui Xiang's face was already red, but Zhang Bao'er's face was as usual, and he asked Cui Xiang: "Master Cui, is Gu Zhutou really your junior brother?" ”

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"Since that's the case, why did he speak coldly to Lord Cui? Could it be that the two of you have a holiday? Zhang Baoer asked curiously.

Gu Yuntian's attitude towards Cui Xiang was originally a knot in Cui Xiang's heart. On weekdays, Cui Xiang is buried in the bottom of his heart, never telling anyone, but after drinking today, when he heard Zhang Baoer ask, he actually opened the conversation box to Zhang Baoer: "How can we have a holiday, it's just that Senior Brother Gu has some misunderstandings about me." ”

"Misunderstanding?" Zhang Baoer asked, "Why did Mr. Gu misunderstand Master Cui?" ”

Cui Xiang suddenly sighed, drank a bowl of wine in one gulp, and said, "It's not because of Wan'er!" ”

"Is Master Cui talking about Shangguan Zhaorong?" Zhang Baoer exclaimed.

Cui Xiang nodded: "I fell in love with Wan'er at first sight, when she was thirty-five years old and I was twenty-eight years old. At that time, those important civil officials and military generals in the DPRK admired Wan'er so much, not only admired her talent, but also admired her strategy. Everyone knows that whether it is the court or the harem, Wan'er covers the sky with one hand. Before I met Wan'er, I knew the same thing, I was young and vigorous at that time, and I was proud. After so many years, I finally understand how different it is to be a poet and a person, and only I know how hard she has lived, I am afraid that I am the most admired and able to understand Wan'er in this world. For Wan'er, I can't care so much, as long as she can be happy, as long as she can keep her safe, I am willing to do anything. ”

Zhang Bao'er looked at the wine in the bowl blankly, feeling the smell coming out, he didn't want to interrupt Cui Xiang's intoxication that was distracting for a moment.

"We have known each other for ten years, and when Emperor Zetian was still there, we would get along carefully, but after Zhongzong succeeded to the throne, all this was different. During this time, I can be said to have risen steadily, all the way up. From the middle scholar to the servant of the ministry, it is like a myth. Everyone knows that my promotion is because of Wan'er's relationship, but I can't refuse, I don't want Wan'er to be unhappy, in fact, I don't care about these fame and fortune, I only care about her feelings. ”

Zhang Bao'er understood a little, and he guessed: "Mr. Gu doesn't approve of your relationship with Shangguan Zhaorong, does he?" ”

"I can understand his feelings." Cui Xiang showed a wry smile: "Two years ago, in order to be able to stay with me, Wan'er built an extremely elegant and beautiful residence on the southeast side of Qunxian Fang, the design of the residence is all according to Wan'er's wishes, full of bookish atmosphere, and the hall can be described as a huge volume, which is the realm that Wan'er really likes." From then on, I moved into the depths of the courtyard, and in the middle of a fir grove, I built a room for myself to read. It's secluded there. There was a meandering pool, and that was a place where Wan'er wouldn't let anyone go. ”

"I see!" Zhang Bao'er suddenly realized: "Mr. Gu must be dissatisfied with the woman who took away Your Majesty!" ”

Cui Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Anyway, he thinks what I did is wrong, maybe what you said is right, you must be dissatisfied with the woman who I took away His Majesty!" ”

Zhang Baoer said with a straight face: "I think Master Cui is right!" ”

"Oh? You name it, come and hear it! In these years, it was the first time that Cui Xiang heard someone say that he had done the right thing, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhang Baoer said indignantly: "A man should protect his beloved woman, this is a matter of course, if you can't do it, it means that this kind of person is not worth entrusting for a lifetime!" And Lord Cui, you can have nothing, but you have the heart of Shangguan Zhaorong, you may borrow wine to drown your sorrows, but you will not collapse. So, in my opinion, you are a man who dares to love and hate, dare to be angry, dare to speak and act, dare to be a real man"

Cui Xiang's face turned even redder, and he laughed and said, "I didn't expect Zhang Gongzi to be my confidant, for your words, I should float a big bowl!" ”

Cui Xiang raised his head and drank it all.

Zhang Bao'er also drank it all, and then diverted the topic and said: "Master Cui, what did you just say that the court didn't want to see those people, so as not to make people sick?" ”

Cui Xiang said angrily: "Little brother, you don't know, this Princess Taiping and Princess Anle opened a mansion and placed officials, and they are in a position to be in the opposition. As long as they paid 30,000 taels of silver, whether they were butchers and drunkards, or slaves and maidservants for others, they were awarded official positions by the two of them, and there were five or six thousand official positions at one time. There are often local tyrants and bad sticks, who took the door of Princess Anle, and suddenly came down to worship the high-ranking officials, not only did the officials and yamen not know, but Emperor Zhongzong was also inexplicable. This method of sealing officials is to write another edict 'oblique seal' and then hand it over to the province of Zhongshu for handling, so it is also called 'oblique sealing official'. Let's just say that there should only be two waiters in my department, but now there are five or six more oblique waiters, and it is disgusting to be with them every day. ”

Zhang Bao'er was about to speak, but suddenly felt a feeling of suffocation in his chest, and suddenly got up and spewed out a stream of wine arrows.

Hou Jie was shocked when he saw that Zhang Bao'er's wine arrows were actually red: "Bao'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Maybe it was ...... just now" Before she finished speaking, Zhang Baoer fainted.

Seeing this, Cui Xiang immediately sobered up for seven or eight minutes, and he didn't care much, so he picked up Zhang Bao'er and rushed out as soon as he picked up his robe, Hou Jie followed closely behind, with a sad look on his face.

……

When Zhang Baoer woke up, she found herself lying in a strange place, but fortunately, Hou Jie was still by her side and was napping.

Zhang Baoer wanted to shout at him, but he felt that his throat was dry like fire, and he couldn't make a sound, so he had to knock on Hou Jie's bald head.

Hou Jie was awakened, and when he saw Zhang Bao'er looking at him, he was very happy and said, "Bao'er, you finally woke up!" ”

Zhang Bao'er pointed to his mouth to Hou Jie, and Hou Jie asked, "Bao'er, do you want to drink water?" ”

Zhang Bao'er nodded.

After a while, Hou Jie brought a bowl of water and helped Zhang Bao'er sit up. Although Zhang Bao'er grinned in pain, she couldn't care about it so much, and drank the water in one go, which made her feel better.

"Monkey, where am I?"

"This is Song Langzhong's medical hall!"

"Song Langzhong?" Zhang Baoer was confused.

"It's the Song Langzhong who treated Uncle Chen!" Hou Jie explained.

"Huh?" Zhang Bao'er was nervous for a while: "Monkey, what disease am I suffering from, am I about to die?" ”

"you!" Hou Jie said angrily: "Song Langzhong has checked your pulse, he said that you were injured in your internal organs and drank alcohol, so it caused blood and qi backlash, which will cause fainting, as long as you rest for a few days, it will be fine to heal the injury." ”

Zhang Baoer then remembered that at that time, when Qiufeng Tang was chasing and killing him, one of the black-clothed men slashed his palm, although he narrowly avoided that palm, but he was still swept by the palm wind, presumably he was injured because of this.

"These people almost killed their master!" Zhang Baoer scolded hatefully.

……