Chapter 12: A Transaction

Turning around, Su Tanxue found that Gu Qingyan was already sitting under the bar behind him for some time, and before she could speak, she heard Gu Qingyan say, "It's been a while." Don't be afraid of catching a cold, let's go back together. After speaking, he looked at Su Tanxue, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry to go back.

Su Tanxue didn't know how long Gu Qingyan had been here, and she didn't know if she heard something: "Qingyan ......"

Gu Qingyan approached Su Tanxue: "It's rare that you took the initiative to make a friend, this is a good thing."

Su Tanxue knows who is willing to be good friends with whom, that's her own business, Gu Qingyan doesn't want to say anything, she also hopes that Su Tanxue can understand her own affairs and make decisions by herself.

didn't say anything, Gu Qingyan gently pulled Su Tanxue back to the house. Just happened to run into the Han Yin clan coming out: "Grandma."

The two of them called, and Han Yin smiled and said, "The old man is getting old, and he can't play anymore, so you guys have fun."

The Hanyin clan said that they would go back first, and then look at the hall, some of the guests also left one after another, and most of the rest were their peers. After Gu Qingyan brought Su Tanxue back, the two sat together and chatted, during which Bailimo came to Gu Qingyan and told Gu Qingyan about King Yu's meeting.

The next day, after sending off the guests, Qingquan Villa regained peace, and the Hanyin clan and He Jing discussed the time to go to Qingluo Temple to repay their vows.

"There's news from the Sky Master, we can prepare it for the next few days, and we can go over at any time." He Jing said.

Hanyin nodded, he was going to go before his birthday, but now he can go early now: "Then let's leave tomorrow." Go back and ask the little ones, and if you'd like, follow along. After the Hanyin clan finished speaking, the people below began to prepare.

There is no doubt that Hanyan will follow, Su Tanxue will also follow, Xu Shaolin is going to Lincheng not far away to see a few businesses, and he plans to send a few people to Qingluo Temple, he will leave, Zong Yue knows that there are some herbs in the back mountain of Qingluo Temple, and he wants to go and see it by the way, there is nothing big in Yuhualou, he is not in a hurry to go back, thinking that Gu Qingyan will also go to Qingluo Temple to see Master Kongyun and say Zen Dharma.

And Gu Ning and Yun Luan were invited by Han Zhuo to go around Xieyang City, and then they went back to Peach Blossom Stream directly, so they didn't go. With such an arrangement, Gu Qingyan had to go to the appointment tomorrow before he could go to Qingluo Temple, Xu Shaolin proposed to let everyone go first, and he sent Gu Qingyan over later, so the arrangement was made, and the day passed uneventfully.

In Xieyang City, Gu Qingyan arrived at the teahouse where she had made an appointment, Xiao Er led her into the private room, the tea set was set, the tea master was ready, and was about to boil the water.

The tea master was slightly stunned, looked at Su Xin, saw Su Xin nodding at him again, and then retreated.

After the tea master left, Su Xin did not sit in front of the coffee table, but asked Gu Qingyan to sit down, Su Xin sat on one side, helping Gu Qingyan at any time, boiling water, cleaning the tea set, taking out the prepared tea leaves, and throwing tea...... When King Yu came in and saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but lighten his steps, secretly retreated, and even Su Xin quietly left.

Pour a cup of tea, the green smoke curls, the faint aroma also follows, the tea cup in front of you is transparent, and the tea soup adds a bit of charm.

The tea is poured seven points full, slowly picked up, smells the fragrance and tastes light, and the time is quiet and stable at this time.

Gu Qingyan raised his head and said slowly: "I came to me through them, not to reminisce about the past."

King Yu smiled, his smile always made Gu Qingyan feel ruffian, he said: "If you have something, if you want to find you in private, I'm afraid that your shrewd valley master will say that I will find something for you."

"Not looking for trouble now?" Gu Qingyan asked rhetorically, she doesn't like trouble, so she will only help these princes when she has to.

King Yu took out a pamphlet and said, "You can only come to this matter."

Gu Qingyan took the booklet and opened it, there were some names on it that she knew, but she still asked, "What do you mean?"

King Yu explained: "This was found in Yuan Zhao's house, it was originally in the hands of the person in the palace, this is what I copied and sorted out." Saying that, he took a sip of tea, "The people with the marks in front of them are the people who have been dealt with, the ones who have been dealt with in the middle of the court or you, who have been dealt with." ”

He looked at it while talking about Gu Qingyan, indeed, some of these people on the first page or two died at her hands, such as Yuan Zhao, such as the county lord of Yong'an, these people were originally the people of the five princes, and at that time, Gu Qingyan helped to remove some.

Flipping through the back, the people are a little miscellaneous, there are occasionally sects that I have heard of, and there are also adults, Gu Qingyan asked: "These are the same?"

King Yu said: "It can't be considered direct, but it is also related, as you can see outside the court, there are localities." "But that's not the point. ”

"Oh?" Gu Qingyan asked. King Yu pointed to the Yong'an column and said, "Do you remember that Yong'an County Lord?"

Gu Qingyan thought about it, it was a year ago, King Yu found her and asked her to let the county lord of Yong'an "die unexpectedly" within seven days, she didn't ask the reason, so she did it easily, that day I heard that the lord of Yong'an County went out, and passed by an inn halfway and everyone listened to the plan to eat, Gu Qingyan added some chronic poison to the ingredients, and left, seven days later, news came from the Yong'an Hou Mansion that the county lord of Yong'an had died of an incurable disease.

At night, Gu Qingyan personally sneaked into the Hou Mansion to check the corpse, and only left leisurely after confirming that it was correct.

"I'll tell you why." King Yu said, "She is also the host of the Fu Tu Master Mother Gu. ”

Gu Qingyan listened, as if she had thought of something, not long after the death of the county lord of Yong'an, it seemed that it was indeed the time when Fu Di began to look for the host in private again.

"You know why you didn't say it earlier?" Gu Qingyan didn't understand why King Yu was hiding this reason.

King Yu said: "The world only knows that the five princes died violently, but there are people in the palace who know that they were affected by Gu worms. The royal family and the prince are involved in the previous dynasty, and this matter is not something that can be said casually. ”

"So you suspect that someone in Fu Tu has been hidden in the palace, and then found out the host of the master mother Gu, so it is inconvenient to find me by yourself?"

Gu Qingyan roughly brushed it off, in the three months after the violent death of the fifth prince, the palace privately moved a lot of hands and feet, and cleaned up a large number of people, palace maids, eunuchs, and guard officials, so fast. Gu Qingyan is only regarded as a Qing henchman, but he doesn't know that there is such a layer.

Recently, there have been a lot of movements in Fudi, and the palace has noticed it, and a book has been searched from Yuan Zhao's house, and there are people directly related to Futu on it, and they have gone around in a circle, and everything seems to be back again.

Gu Qingyan sighed lightly and said, "You can check the affairs of the court yourself, and you can tell you what you want to do." Also, we've met with Futu, and the new host he's looking for is right next to me. Gu Qingyan originally wanted to say that it was in Qingquan Villa, but after thinking about it, he changed his words.

King Yu said: "There is a secret order in Peach Blossom Stream, and now you need to continue to implement it." As for these people, I'll send someone to tell you when I'm confirmed. ”

Gu Qingyan knew about that secret order, and at that time she heard Xu Shaolin say that one day, that secret order would need to be executed, otherwise, Peach Blossom Stream would always have a heavy implication.

As he spoke, Gu Qingyan started the second course of tea, and the fragrance of tea filled the entire private room again, and he heard King Yu sigh: "I thought that this matter was over."

Originally, they thought that Yuan Zhao was the last minion of the Five Princes' henchmen, except for the former rebels, they would be clean, and the floating thread would naturally disappear with the disappearance of these people. Even if he wants to cultivate again, the time in the middle is enough for the palace and Peach Blossom Stream to set up their game.

But as soon as this booklet came out, a lot of people were dug up, and it didn't seem to be inconsequential, but it wasn't without trouble, plus I heard that a new battle had started in the rivers and lakes, and Fu Di gradually appeared in front of me again, and time didn't wait.

Gu Qingyan comforted him instead: "If you don't worry about it every day, you should have gotten used to it."

"Isn't there you out there?" King Yu said, "Besides, the backlash that time also hurt their vitality." ”

"Even if the vitality is greatly damaged, isn't it still a potential palace?" Gu Qingyan teased.

Yuwang argued: "It's just a fish that slipped through the net, allowing them to seize the opportunity."

Gu Qingyan chuckled, took the booklet, pointed to the above sects and said, "What about these few?" In the affairs of the rivers and lakes, it is inconvenient for the court to intervene, but if you just take action with a roster of Taohuajian, it doesn't seem right.

"Before this, they were also peaceful, all I can know is that they have secretly helped the fifth child gather forces, and since the fifth child left, there has been no movement." Yu Wang said, if those people return to the rivers and lakes without ironclad evidence, they will be helpless.

Gu Qingyan said: "Since they appear on this roster, you also want to know if they have anything to do with Fu Di, right?"

King Yu nodded undeniably and looked at Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan understood: "This matter can only be handed over to the third brother."

King Yu snorted, and Gu Qingyan said, "If it's related, I'll solve it."

"What conditions? Talk to Shaolin? Or Thyme? Yuwang got the desired result and asked Gu Qingyan, in the past, the trading chips between them would be negotiated by Xu Shaolin or Bailimo.

It's just that this time, Gu Qingyan opened his mouth: "No, I'll talk to you."

King Yu looked at Gu Qingyan, the girl in front of him looked at him with firmness, he knew that what those eyes revealed was an important decision for Gu Qingyan: "Do you have what you want?"

Gu Qingyan may be because she has never worried about food and clothing, so she always has no desires, as long as she sees everything and thinks it is okay, it can be regarded as passable.

Gu Qingyan said: "It's not just me, it's what the whole Peach Blossom Stream wants."

Gu Qingyan didn't know if it could be realized, but she felt that she might be able to gamble: "After this matter is over, Peach Blossom Stream has no more relationship with the palace, there is no longer a secret guard to transport, and there is no longer any contact." ”

If you can get rid of the floating in addition to the floating from now on, even if the court has no hidden dangers in the rivers and lakes, it is precisely because of the many things that Peach Blossom Stream has done for them that one day it will become someone else's handle, and it will be unfavorable to Peach Blossom Stream and the palace.

Over the years, Peach Blossom Stream has always maintained neutrality in the rivers and lakes, just for its own survival, she has seen Xu Shaolin being a multi-faceted person to balance the relationship between all parties, she has seen Zong Yue running at both ends and often puns on each other, and she has seen Baili Mo's helplessness, in fact, everyone has been doing two of themselves because of the dual identity of Peach Blossom Stream, because of this identity, everyone has to bear this pressure, Gu Qingyan saw it in her eyes, and wanted to make Peach Blossom Stream easier in the future, and wanted everyone to be a chivalrous man.

"Besides, when the court is stable one day, you don't want anyone to say that there is an emperor in Nanwan who is the fourth girl of Peach Blossom Stream, the ruthless blood-stained murderer. Wenchen historians, long and long, how bad. "Peach Blossom Stream has a connection with the court, this matter is not a secret in Nanwan, even people who don't know can know it as long as they inquire a little, after all, the marriage between Emperor Yunluan and the second master of Peach Blossom Stream was still given by the first emperor.

Gu Qingyan also retains the title of Emperor Qinrui in the court.

After Gu Qingyan finished speaking, he raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, Yuwang didn't know why, he suddenly felt that Gu Qingyan in front of him was a little ethereal, accompanied by tea-scented green smoke, and he couldn't touch it: "Yan'er, what do you want to do?"

They rarely called each other, and he blurted out this address.

Gu Qingyan poured another cup of tea for him and said, "On the day when the floats are all gone, there will be no more four girls in the peach blossom stream." As for Emperor Qinrui, don't you have your own way? ”

Yuwang is not good at making his own decisions, after all, in their eyes, there are things that cannot be readily agreed: "I will give you an answer, but not now." Gu Qingyan also knew, so he didn't say any more.

I saw that King Yu took the manual and took out a brocade box, Gu Qingyan opened it to see that it was a delicate and small hand stove, King Yu said: "That day, I saw that the style of the first-hand stove was beautiful, and I drew it and asked the master to make one."

Gu Qingyan likes it, she likes to wear clothes with longer sleeves in winter, her hands are hidden in it to be warm, this hand stove is small and exquisite, and she can't see it when she hides her hands under her sleeves.

Gu Qingyan took it in his hand and played with it, said thank you, and listened to King Yu say, "You take a good look at the bottom."

Gu Qingyan listened to the hand stove, there was a small dark grid at the bottom, Gu Qingyan opened the dark grid under the guidance of King Yu's eyes, and saw a small bottle inside, connected to the hand stove Gu Qingyan studied it, didn't understand much, King Yu explained: "Don't you have some poison that can poison people through smoke, No, you put the poison here, and it will produce smoke when it is hot......"

Gu Qingyan smiled, this is a good way, and quipped: "Then you are not afraid that I will be poisoned too?"

King Yu said: "It's not bad if you want to smoke incense." He wouldn't have said that he really didn't think of this question at first.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Qingyan said goodbye to King Yu, before leaving, King Yu saw two horses parked under the window at some point, Xu Shaolin was on a horse, Gu Qingyan was about to go out, and heard King Yu say in a slightly lost tone: "Yan'er, you haven't called us Brother Wang for a long time."

Since Gu Qingyan went to Peach Blossom Stream, he has only called Xu Shaolin and their brother since then, Gu Qingyan did not look back, and said: "After all, I am the fourth girl of Peach Blossom Stream." After that, he went downstairs, and King Yu watched Gu Qingyan go out of the door of the teahouse upstairs, get on the horse, and say a few words to Xu Shaolin, and like Xu Shaolin showing off the hand stove he had just gotten, and finally walked away.

"Did you see that? Her smile, her lightness, is only when she walks out. King Yu said to the guards behind him, and the personal guard was also one of the secret guards sent to the palace by Peach Blossom Stream.