However, he said that Gu Tongzhi returned to the yamen of the prefect of Gongchang Mansion, waited outside the second hall gate for a while, and saw Song Shiwen, the master of the Shan Prefect accompanying Yang He, the governor of the three sides, walking out with a smile.

"Although Mr. Song can rest assured, the lower officials will definitely fully cooperate with the matter discussed with the Heavenly Dragon." Shan Zhifu said.

Master Song was polite and left.

Shan Zhifu turned around and saw Gu Tongzhi following behind him, so he asked in surprise: "Master Gu, aren't you accompanying Xu to participate in politics?" How? ”

Gu Tongzhi sighed helplessly, and arched his hand: "Futai, the lower officials have something important to report." ”

Seeing Gu Tongzhi's solemn expression, Shan Zhifu raised his hand and gestured to the second hall: "Lord Gu said inside." ”

The two entered the second hall, and Gu Tongzhi told Xu Liang's actions in detail to Shan Zhifu.

Shan Zhifu's face became ugly, he pondered for a moment, and muttered to himself: "I heard that although this young political sufficiency is a young man and covers the sky with one hand when he was in Pingliang Mansion, he doesn't look like the kind of person who acts violently. He did this when he first came back to our Gongchang Mansion, why did he do it? ”

Gu Tongzhi hesitated for a moment, hesitated and said: "Futai, this Xu has been in office for more than half a month in Hanzhong Province, and there are two places in Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong Mansion. Could this Lord Xu be a scheming person who deliberately makes things difficult for us? ”

Hearing this, Shan Zhifu nodded slowly, and subconsciously walked a few steps in the second hall. said: "What Master Gu did, there is some possibility. Then he sneered: "The hair has not grown." But you want to learn from the bosses in the court to put on a stand to make a face? He thinks he is a relative of the emperor and a nobleman? ”

Gu Tongzhi arched his hand and asked, "Then ...... Futai-sama. How do we deal with it, please show me. ”

Shan Zhifu snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "He came this time to put on the name of Hanzhong Dao to supervise official business, and we can't snub him in terms of reason, so as not to be truthful." In this way, in the past few days, Lord Gu has been with him all the way, and he wants to stay in the inn, so he will live with him. Although Gongchang Mansion is poor, it is not short of those few dollars. He looked at Gu Tong seriously and knew: "This person is young and vigorous, so you bother to follow him and send him back to Hanzhong Mansion as soon as possible." ”

Gu Tongzhi looked bitter and accepted it.

The next day, Gu Tongzhi just arrived at the prefect's yamen and came out, and met the experience officer of the Hanzhong Dao yamen who came with Xu Liang, Wang Qinian waited at the yamen with a smile, and bowed his hand to Gu Tongzhi from afar: "Lord Gu." My lord specially ordered the officials to come and ask Lord Gu to come over. ”

Gu Tongzhi sighed secretly and beckoned, "Let's go." ”

When he came to Yunlai Inn, Xu Liang had just finished washing. I was about to eat the breakfast specially prepared by Yunlai Inn. Seeing Wang Qinian and Gu Tongzhi, Xu Liang greeted him with a friendly smile: "Hmm, Lord Gu arrived so early?" Yang Yang xiaolongbao with chopsticks. Xu Liang asked, "Has Master Gu had breakfast?" ”

Gu Tongzhi arched his hand and said, "Xiaguan has eaten it." Master Xu uses it slowly. ”

"Well, then please sit down for a while." Xu Liang smiled disappreciatively. beckoned Wang Qinian and sat down to enjoy a delicious breakfast.

Gu Tongzhi stood in the lobby on the first floor for a while. As far as the eye can see, the first floor is full of Tsing Yi guards eating breakfast. Gu Tongzhi felt that watching a group of big men eating breakfast, it was indeed a year that he didn't taste things, and was about to borrow the gang to go out to take a breath, when he raised his eyes and suddenly saw Ye Zhangchao behind the counter making a look at him.

Seeing this, Gu Tongzhi slowly walked to the counter and looked at Shopkeeper Ye.

Shopkeeper Ye took out an account book from the drawer, pushed it in front of Gu Tongzhi, and said with a smile: "Lord Gu, this is the cost of food for Lord Xu and his subordinates yesterday, please take a look at it." ”

Gu Tongzhi chuckled and said: "Shopkeeper Ye, it's not like you've done business with our Gongchang prefect's yamen once or twice, is it possible that the dignified prefect's yamen will not be able to repay the account?" ”

Shopkeeper Ye smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed somewhere in the account book, and whispered: "The reputation of the Shan Prefect and Lord Gu, Xiao is naturally trustworthy. It's just that Lord Xu's food yesterday was not all my Yunlai Inn's things, yesterday's banquet in Fenglai Pavilion and the evening supper were all named by Lord Xu, and the cost was paid in advance by the small shop, Lord Xu said, you can find the prefect's yamen to settle the bill. ”

Gu Tongzhi was taken aback, glanced at the account book, and then glanced back at Xu Liang, who was eating xiaolongbao, and asked the shopkeeper Ye in a low voice: "How can it cost hundreds of taels for just one supper?" ”

Shopkeeper Ye sneered and said, "Lord Xu is called supper, but it is all for each person." ”

Gu Tongzhi choked, and only felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, he couldn't understand the style of this young political suffocator. But yesterday, the prefect Shan handed over the bottom, and as much as possible to follow this young Xu to participate in politics, and send them back to Hanzhong Mansion as soon as possible, he suppressed the helplessness in his heart, nodded to the Ye shopkeeper and said: "Ye shopkeeper, you keep the accounts, go back to the prefect's yamen to settle the account." ”

Seeing that Gu Tongzhi agreed, Shopkeeper Ye was worried that the prefect's yamen would repay the debt. He pushed the account book forward again, and said with a smile on his face: "Since Lord Gu also agrees, then please ask Lord Gu to put a handwriting on it, so as not to make it difficult for the small shop." As he spoke, he presented the pen he had prepared in front of Gu Tongzhi.

Gu Tongzhi listened, looked at Shopkeeper Ye unhappily, choked, but still took it and signed his name on the account book.

At this time, the head of Tsing Yiwei, who was sitting at the same table as Xu Liang, beckoned to Shopkeeper Ye and shouted: "Shopkeeper Ye, here are four more baskets of xiaolongbao." ”

Seeing that Gu Tongzhi had lost his handwriting, the shopkeeper Ye had no doubts in his heart, and when he heard the words, he trotted to the kitchen in person, and responded as he ran: "Lord Tie waits, the small one will be sent immediately!" ”

Gu Tongzhi saw that as soon as the shopkeeper Ye ran, the fat on his buttocks was shaking, and the fat and greasy were very ugly, so he frowned in disgust.

This expression was captured by Xu Liang, who was full, and he smiled slightly.

Finally, Wang Qinian and Tietou also finished breakfast, and the Tsing Yi guards had already prepared, and Xu Liangcai smiled in front of Gu Tongzhi, who had been waiting impatiently. Said: "Lord Lao Gu has been waiting for a long time!" While it's still early, the sun is not poisonous. Let's go to the suburbs to check the water conservancy facilities. ”

Gu Tongzhi naturally happily responded, and the group set off to the outskirts of Gongchang Mansion. Along the way, Xu Liang admired the wind shadows along the way, encountered any novelties, and asked Gu Tongzhi for advice with great interest, and even stopped the carriage on a whim.

Along the way, they stopped and stopped, until it was close to noon, and the group did not reach the destination.

Passing by a restaurant, Xu Liang looked up at the sky. He also proposed that the big guy had been gone all morning, and it was time for lunch, so he ignored Gu Tongzhi's surprised eyes, led everyone into the restaurant, ordered five or six tables of wine and food, and seemed to be ready to eat a big meal before leaving.

Gu Tongzhi was helpless, and he wanted to persuade but was afraid of making Xu Liang unhappy. It was Xu Liang and the Qingyi guards at the table who pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and drank happily, but Gu Tongzhi had a situation in his heart. Not very interested.

After lunch, the others went on the road again and went to the water conservancy facility. Gu Tongzhi sat in the official sedan chair, feeling that the hand holding the IOU was trembling.

Yes, the money for lunch is naturally counted on the head of Gongchang Mansion. Gu Tongzhi didn't bring any cash, but it didn't matter, after showing the certificate seal of the prefect's yamen. The hotel owner actually agreed with Gu Tongzhi's IOU.

Xu Liang and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Gu Tongzhi's heart was full of emotions. Xu Liang had lunch. and he ate more than a hundred and sixty pieces of silver.

This is equivalent to Gu Tongzhi's silver for about three years, for Gu Tongzhi. Such a huge amount of money, but just a meal?

When Xu Liang and the others walked around the shore of the reservoir on the outskirts of Gongchang Mansion and said a few words of nonsense, Xu Liang went back to the Yunlai Inn, saying that the sun was too poisonous today, and the next project would be mentioned another day.

Gu Tongzhi couldn't help but stay for a long time.

When Gu Tongzhi escorted Xu Liang and the others back to the Yunlai Inn, when they were leaving, Xu Liang's face was warm, and he sneakily pulled Gu Tongzhi to no one's place, and asked, "Master Gu, where is the most famous fan in Gongchang Mansion?" Presumably Lord Gu won't know, right? ”

Gu Tongzhi couldn't help but be shocked again, and only when Xu Liang was too out of the house and in demand, he reported a place name in a disgraced manner, and left in embarrassment.

However, when Gu Tongzhi came to the Yunlai Inn early on the third day, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the account book presented by the shopkeeper Ye of the Yunlai Inn, and raised his voice and asked the shopkeeper Ye: "Eight, eight hundred taels?" The most watery girl in Gongchang City is only five hundred taels at most, where are the goods you looking for Lord Xu to be so expensive? ”

Shopkeeper Ye looked at Gu Tongzhi awkwardly, with an unspeakable expression.

Gu Tongzhi was already getting angry, glared at Shopkeeper Ye, and said suspiciously: "Isn't it that you, Shopkeeper Ye, saw that the government had chartered the entire inn, so he began to open his mouth and offer prices all over the sky?" This official tells you that the outrageous cost will not be recognized by our prefect's yamen. ”

Shopkeeper Ye suddenly screamed and hit the sky. He waved his hand hurriedly and said, "Master Gu, this matter is really not trivial." The little one can be regarded as the old man of Gongchang Mansion, and no one dares to deceive Governor Shan and Lord Gu, where are you?"

Gu Tongzhi pointed to the details in the account book and screamed, "Then what's going on?" ”

Shopkeeper Ye hesitated for a moment, and saw that Xu Liang had not yet come down from the Tianzihao on the second floor, and there were four ordinary Tsing Yi guards sitting on the first floor, so Shopkeeper Ye pulled Gu Tongzhi over, and said with a strange expression: "Last night spent a lot, in fact, the single girl called by the small one is not expensive, and the youngest and beautiful girl is only a hundred taels of silver." However, Lord Xu treated his subordinates very well, he ordered forty-five girls in one go, and the small one was over in the morning, last night Lord Xu and his subordinates, but one of them held a delicate girl, and tossed it all night......"

Hiss! Gu Tongzhi gasped.

Gu Tongzhi and Shopkeeper Ye stood with awkward expressions and said a conversation, and then they heard the call of Yingying Yanyan on the second floor.

Gu Tongzhi looked back at the second floor, and saw the girls with flowers and branches, their hair in a messy bun, and their flushed faces went down to the second floor with a smile as they walked.

Passing by Gu Tongzhi's side, Gu Tongzhi only felt a different fragrant breeze wafting beside him.

"Master Ye, if there is such a business in the future, you can come to the slave family at any time, and the slave family and the sisters are on call." An older woman who walked at the end, when she passed by the counter, paused, smiled and greeted the shopkeeper Ye, and gave a wink by the way!

"By all means...... Certain. Since Gu Tongzhi was on the side, Shopkeeper Ye couldn't say it clearly, so he replied curtly.

Gu Tongzhi's eyes seemed to be about to turn around, and he walked and followed the woman's two-petaled round arms out of the inn gate.

When the woman disappeared, Gu Tongzhi sighed regretfully, looking infinitely melancholy.

The two stayed for a while, and Xu Liangcai yawned all the way down to the second floor.

Gu Tongzhi hurriedly greeted the shopkeeper Ye.

Both were smiling.

"Lord Xu, where are we going to check today?" Gu Tongzhi asked.

"Lord Xu, what do you want to eat this morning? The small one makes the kitchen easy to prepare. "This is the voice of the shopkeeper Ye.

Xu Liang smiled at Gu Tongzhi, but returned to Shopkeeper Ye first, and instructed: "Shopkeeper Ye, I'm a little tired today, you can just prepare something to eat." ”

He looked at Gu Tongzhi who was surprised, with an apologetic expression, and said, "Master Gu, this official is weak today, so he won't go out today, so he will live in the inn for a few days." It's really gratifying to bother Lord Gu to run for nothing. ”

Gu Tongzhi's face darkened, the corners of his mouth twitched fiercely, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and arched his hand: "In this case, then Lord Xu has a good rest today, and the next official will come back tomorrow." With that, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.

Shopkeeper Ye saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly flashed into the kitchen.

Gu Tongzhi reported to the Yunlai Inn every day after that, not wanting Xu Liang to put on an unhurried posture, according to the recent decree of the court, he took Gu Tongzhi out every day to check one or two, and after he came back, he feasted and drank and rested for a day or two before going out again. Gu Tongzhi finally saw that this young Xu Shenzheng was here to supervise official business, and he was obviously going to Gongchang Mansion for a vacation!

Xu Liang was passive and slacking off, Gu Tongzhi was happy to see it, and he didn't urge or ask, by Xu Liang, Xu Liang ate and drank, and he also followed.

However, after only more than ten days, Gu Tongzhi found that he couldn't mess around!

In the second hall of the Yamen of the Governor of Gongchang Mansion, Shan Yuxiong faced the thick dozen account books that the shopkeeper Ye put on the bookcase, and finally couldn't help but be angry anymore!

"What for! What is he going to do! Shan Zhifu scolded indignantly, "It's not such a way to fight the autumn wind!" Staying in an inn for ten taels of silver a night, eating the delicacies of various restaurants in Gongchang Mansion, and recruiting geisha, singing every night! Did he think he Xu Liang was something, the prince and grandson! How can this be true, how can it be! ”

Gu Tongzhi shrank his head and stood aside silently. But the face of the shopkeeper Ye has turned into a bitter gourd face, looking at the account book placed in front of the Shan Governor's Mansion with a resentful face, and said to the Shan Governor's Mansion with a sad face: "Lord Futai, the silver taels owed by this political veteran in the past ten days, you have to allocate it to the small one, otherwise, the small shop will be forced to close tomorrow!" (To be continued......)