At the beginning of the week, when I came to the Gu Lord's Mansion, I found that it was just an ordinary family, with a main gate and a side door, and the side door was short, so I couldn't get into the car at all, and even the main gate was just enough for a carriage to enter and exit.

"My master came to Qishan from the capital to do business, and he temporarily borrowed to live here, so the house is smaller. Seeing that Zhou was puzzled at the beginning, the servant explained.

"It turns out that Master Gu is from the capital. ”

The servant smiled and didn't answer, but there was still pride on his face.

Zhou Zhichu looked at the gate and asked, "Is it impossible for non-dignitaries to enter this main gate?"

"Haha, what the little brother said is interesting, the city guard mansion is an official mansion, and there are naturally more rules, we are a private house, and you can enter the main gate casually. ”

At the beginning of the week, he was very happy, and led the donkey cart into the courtyard from the main gate.

After entering the courtyard, the servant shouted, "Little Liuzi, pour tea." ”

A seventeen or eighteen guy came over with tea.

"Little brother drink tea, I'll go and report to the master first. ”

Zhou Zhichu took the tea and said, "You go, you go." ”

The little guy who poured the tea also retreated, but the contempt in his eyes was seen by Zhou Chuchu, but he didn't care, people didn't care about being lowly, but some people were willing to fall but still wanted to step on others to reflect nobility, which is really low.

After a while, the servant came back alone, and Master Gu did not appear.

"The master said that since the snow covers the mountain, it will start after the year. ”

After speaking, he handed a silver ingot to Zhou Zhichu, "This is a deposit." ”

"It's a lot. "At the beginning of the week, there were ten taels, and I grinded hard, and there was an extra fingerprint on the silver, which was in good condition, stronger than the city guard.

One tael of silver and a thousand copper coins, according to the price of the city guard, twenty copper coins for a bundle of firewood, ten taels of silver is five hundred bundles, and it is enough for ordinary people to burn for two years.

When the servant saw that Zhou Zhichu actually pressed the silver out of his fingerprints, his eyebrows jumped, and he thought that this kid's finger power was really great.

"My master said that with the courage of the little brother in front of the city guard, ten taels is less. ”

Zhou Chuchu felt strange in his heart, an adult from the capital actually praised a young woodcutter who delivered firewood?

"Ten taels can have five hundred bundles of firewood, isn't your master staying temporarily, so much is needed?"

"If it's too much, it's a reward for you. ”

At the beginning of the week, he threw the silver back to the other party, "No merit will be lost, and it will not be too late to settle the bill when I send firewood." ”

The servant was a little surprised when he saw the silver in his hand: "You are not afraid of the hard work of carrying firewood, and I don't want it." ”

"I believe that Master Gu will not bully me, a poor boy. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he drank the tea in one gulp, then put the tea bowl on the servant's hand, and said, "When the snow melts, I will send firewood." ”

"Little brother is easy to go. The smile on the servant's face was a little more sincere and admiring.

Zhou Zhizhi waved his hand and led the donkey cart away.

Seeing the boy go away, the servant returned to the house and went directly into the master's study.

Gu Liyuan was writing a letter, and after the servant came in, he stood aside and waited quietly.

After writing the letter, Gu Liyuan dried the letter, and the handwriting gradually disappeared, and then he turned the seemingly blank letter paper and began to write again, using another pen and another bottle of ink.

After a long time, Gu Liyuan put down the pen and dried the letter paper again, this time the handwriting was not hidden, he would carefully fold the letter paper, put it in the envelope, and then wrote four small words in the lower left corner of the envelope: Gu Liyuan submitted it, but did not write who received it.

After all this was done, Gu Liyuan asked, "He's gone?"

"Gone, but he didn't ask for any money. ”

The servant placed the ingot on the table, and there was a clear fingerprint on it.

Gu Liyuan looked at the fingerprints on the silver and frowned slightly, "He left it?"

"Yes, I'm scared too. ”

"Qianshan Village, fourteen years old, at the beginning of Zhou, has learned martial arts, which is really interesting. Gu Liyuan pressed his hand on his temple and muttered to himself.

The servant waited for a while and said: "This young man is by no means simple, he is neither humble nor arrogant in dealing with people, there is a trace of arrogance in his bones, ten taels of silver is enough for a year's income for a family like him, but he can easily put it down, if it weren't for a cloth coat and calloused hands, I would have thought he was a powerful son of that family." ”

Gu Liyuan was noncommittal, and said: "In the future, when he comes, he doesn't need any special care, just do what a firewood giver should do, and explain it to Xiao Liuzi." ”

"The master doesn't want to startle the snake. ”

"You don't have to worry about it, there's one more thing you need to do here. ”

"Yes. ”

Gu Liyuan was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Gu Zhong, we have been together for more than twenty years. ”

The servant named Gu Zhong smiled: "My name is still from the master." ”

Gu Liyuan is thirty years old Chinese New Year's Eve, which is two or three years older than Gu Zhong, and he said: "My father died early, and I am a stranger, you and I have suffered a lot, and we can be regarded as companions, and it can be said that you are the person I trust the most." ”

"What's wrong with the master, speaking of these. The servant sensed some uneasiness in his master.

Gu Liyuan looked at his hand, a little trembling, Gu Zhong was even more uneasy in his heart, he knew that his master was a master among the martial artists, and he had a strong control over his body, and now his hand was actually trembling, which he had never seen before.

Gu Liyuan did not answer Gu Zhong's words, but patted the letter on the table and said, "There is a letter here, you have to go back to Beijing in person and hand it over to Lord Yang in person, you must do it yourself." ”

"Yes. Gu Zhong stepped forward.

Gu Liyuan stared into his eyes and said, "This letter is very important, very important. ”

"Rest assured, master, if you want to lose your faith, unless I die. Gu Zhong was apprehensive, but he didn't dare to ask why.

Gu Liyuan shook his head, he gently put the letter in Gu Zhong's hand, "Even if you lose your life, you can't lose the letter." ”

Gu Zhong's heart froze, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Master rest assured, if it's really time to hand over my life, I will destroy this letter first." ”

Gu Liyuan looked at Gu Zhong and didn't speak, until Gu Zhong's forehead was sweating, then he smiled and said, "You don't have to be too nervous, this letter is very important, but no one should pay attention to it, you just need to be careful and you'll be fine." ”

"Yes, when will the villain go. ”

"Set out when it's dark, take the waterway, and don't draw attention. ”

“...... It takes five months for the waterway to reach the capital. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, focus on stability, and reply quickly when you get a reply. ”

"Yes. ”

After Gu Zhong retreated, Gu Liyuan sighed softly and said to himself: "I hope I am wrong, otherwise the world will really be in chaos." ”

At the beginning of the week, I came to the Nanfang market, after the winter, the market became more and more lively day by day, the people who purchased the New Year's goods rubbed shoulders, the young man was looking for a knife while they bought some New Year's goods, and the search stopped to see a lot of girls' jewelry on the stall set up by a merchant, thinking of the moon, he stopped and stopped.

"Little brother, this is to buy jewelry for that girl, look at this pendant......" The merchant greeted the guests warmly.

A few little girls on the side smiled when they saw Zhou Chuchu choosing girls' jewelry.

At the beginning of the week, he picked up a bracelet, and there were many moire carvings on the flat bracelet, and the word "moon" was engraved on the interface.

"Boss, how do you sell this?"

The merchant said: 100 wen.

At the beginning of the week, he dropped the bracelet and left without saying a word.

The merchant hurriedly stopped, the little girl was scattered just now, and if she ran again, it would be a loss.

"How much do you say. ”

article. ”

The merchant's face turned green, "Stinky boy, ninety wen, if it's low, it won't be sold." ”

"Erwen. ”

"Eighty-nine!"

The two bargained, and finally bought the bracelet for ten cents at the beginning of the week.

The merchant sent the boy away with a smile, and Zhou Zhichu smiled and put the bracelet in his arms, and was about to continue looking for the knife, when he suddenly heard a cow cry in front of him.

Squeezing through the crowd, Zhou Zhizhi saw many people surrounding in front of an inn, and an ox cart on the side, the old cow pulling the cart had a whirl, and the young man recognized that it was the old cow of Zhang Xiaodao's family.

Before he stepped forward, he heard the crowd sighing on the side, as if someone was injured.

Zhou Chuchu's heart tightened, and he immediately pushed away the gathered crowd and saw a scene that made him stunned.

Chun Niang was lying in a pool of blood, looking at the sky with blank eyes, blood bubbles in her mouth, no one around her, Zhang Xiaodao and Yueyue were gone.