The person who came was a middle-aged man of about forty years old, who was white and fat, and he couldn't see his eyes when he smiled.

He claimed to be the chief housekeeper in Beijing named Gu Qi, and handed a letter to Gu Mengping, "The old lady knows that the master has moved to the outer third room, and I don't know how happy I am." The mountain road of Fenglin Temple is steep and slippery, and the master is old, and it is time to go to the bottom of the mountain to recuperate. ”

Gu Qi looked at Gu Mengping with a smile, constantly looking at him secretly.

I saw Gu Mengping wearing a homely crow blue plain gown, with a half-old bamboo hairpin on his head, and he had nothing but a belt.

But standing there, his posture is straight, neither humble nor arrogant, and he has a unique demeanor.

It's like the old lady when she was a teenager.

Gu Qi felt a little sorry in his heart......

But in the end, he was a subordinate, and he didn't dare to arrange the family affairs of the master's family too much, so he accepted the sigh in his heart and said respectfully: "The old lady knows that the master is old, and specially invited a doctor surnamed Wei in Beijing. The doctor's father worked in the Tai Hospital, and his family was educated. ”

"Brother Ping'er will see when it is convenient for the master to come to the house, and the villain will ask the doctor to come to the house for treatment."

Gu Mengping was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his heart was filled with gratitude.

He hurriedly got up and thanked him.

Seeing that Lao Anren led Dr. Wei to the upper room, the smile on Gu Qi's face deepened, "The old lady asked the villain to ask Brother Ping a few words, and asked Brother Ping'er if he was used to living in the third room outside?" Is it good to eat? Do you have enough clothes to wear? The old lady also said that there is nothing fun and delicious in the bitter cold land of Kyoto, so he brought a few sets of inkstones and pine smoke ink to Brother Ping, regardless of whether they are for personal use or given away, they are all excellent. ”

As Gu Qi spoke, he ordered the servant behind him to step forward and open the cage in his hand.

said that only a few sets of inkstones were sent, but there were several sets of winter clothes in them, even two pairs of shoes, and as for the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, there was a box full of cages.

"This winter coat was sewn by Mrs. herself, because I don't know Brother Ping'er's size, so I made a few pieces for Brother Ping according to the height of the second young master of Zhongchen in Dongfu." The second young master of Zhongchen mentioned by Gu Qi is the eldest son of Gu Weifeng, the second master of Dongfu, and he is fifteen years old this year.

Hearing him say this, Gu Mengping hurriedly got up again and thanked him, answering Fang Cai's questions one by one.

The so-called elder gives, and it is indispensable. Regardless of whether he is willing to associate with the people of Xifu in the future, he can't shirk Gu Lixian's intentions.

"The old lady said that what he had to say was in the letter." The more Gu Qi looked at Gu Mengping, the more he felt fond, and he couldn't help but speak with kindness, "If it's convenient for a while, can you allow the villain to visit the master?" When the old lady came, he asked the villain to kowtow for him. ”

Gu Mengping raised his eyes and looked at him, bowing slightly.

After a while, Dr. Wei came out with a solemn face, and Lao Anren followed behind him, his eyes were red.

Gu Mengping sighed.

Even the expression on Gu Qi's face became nervous, and when he walked up to the room, his face was also heavy. I don't know what he said to the old monk, but when he left, he had a satisfied smile on his face.

Gu Mengping sent him outside the alley, holding an umbrella to watch him disappear around the corner, and then turned around and went home.

Gu Lixian didn't just give gifts to Gu Mengping, from the old monk to the Ying sleeve, everyone gave half a box of cage things.

When Gu Mengping walked into the house, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth when he saw Jia Mu grinning and taking a piece of pink cloth and drawing it on Yingsleeve.

But this good mood disappeared as soon as he entered the upper room.

The old monk closed his eyes and remained motionless, seemingly silent.

Gu Mengping was startled and hurriedly walked to the old monk's side.

When he just stretched his hand under his nose, his hand was grabbed by the old monk, "Idiot, what is this doing?" ”

He let out a long breath and smiled and talked about the cloth test between Jiamu and Yingsleeve outside.

The old monk was smiling at first, but when he listened to it, his mind became in a trance, and in the end, he suddenly said, "Master Dong is dead!" ”

Gu Mengping opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

"I can't be punished in prison, I just want to die quickly......," the old monk muttered to himself, "and once after a meal, he sharpened the bamboo chopsticks and inserted them into his throat. ”

This sentence has a lot of information. The edict prison does not supply chopsticks at all, where did Lord Dong get the bamboo chopsticks? How did he sharpen his sharpening and how he thrust it into his throat?

But looking at the appearance of the old monk, it seems that this matter has been settled.

He didn't ask any more, most likely because the Gu family and the Dong family secretly hid chopsticks when they went to deliver the meal......

What he cared about was whether Master Dong had involved the Gu family this time.

Pushing the prince into the river is a capital crime.

Although the dynasty doesn't kill scholars and doctors now, why do you want to get a brocade guard? Isn't that a contradiction?

"Lord Dong is very tough, and he didn't push the third prince into the ......river in the edict prison," the old monk said.

Gu Mengping was surprised, he couldn't see that this Lord Dong still had such hard bones.

The old monk had already sneered, "Don't go to the avenue of heaven, but want to cross the single-plank bridge......"

Gu Mengping wanted to say something, but the old monk had already said something else, "I remember you once said that whoever benefits is the murderer, but now, the person who benefits has been invisible, what is the reason for this?" ”

Rao is Gu Mengping, no matter how smart and capable he is, he can't understand why the third prince refuses to show up.

Could it be that he guessed wrong? Is this really the work of the eldest prince and the second prince? Could it be that the third prince was really killed?

In fact, there is more than one person who thinks the same as him, and most of the people in the court think that the third prince did this thing himself.

But when the third prince did not show up for two months and was suspected of being killed, the limelight in the court began to turn to the eldest prince and the second prince.

At this moment, Lord Dong chose to commit suicide.

Dong Gu and the two families are afraid that they will not be able to speak clearly......

"If you are not in your position, you don't have to do anything, you can study hard now." The old monk patted Gu Mengping's head pityingly and said with a smile.

The old monk's laughter was full of bitterness and helplessness!

Gu Mengping's heirs and heirs need him to keep three years of filial piety, plus his own filial piety, I am afraid that he can really only participate in the next county exam.

But without his own company during the next county examination, can this child go to the imperial examination with peace of mind?

If he didn't take the imperial examination, what way out would Gu Mengping have?

He had already seen that there was some great secret about this child, but he had never asked about it.

Being able to accompany is fate, why cling to other people's secrets?

With this in mind, he sat cross-legged and smiled brightly.

Looking at this smile, for some reason, Gu Mengping remembered Haizi's poem. "Stranger, I bless you too. May you have a bright future. May you have a lover and eventually become married. May you be blessed on earth. I just want to face the sea and bloom in spring. ”

His heart thumped.

The pain is overwhelming.

Outside the street gate, in the drizzle, someone knocked on the door of the outer third room.

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After dinner, I went to scrape and dial the can, and I felt very effective, and now my head is not dizzy or painful.

I think I can resume the two shifts tomorrow, right? I have remembered everything I owe these days, and I will make up for it when I have time. Everyone also help me remember how much I owe......