Chapter 1: Death as Atonement for Sins
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Gu Changming looked at it, Kaifeng City was behind, farther and farther away, as if a drop of ink was blended into the clear water, vaguely the most beautiful ink painting, after all, it became a faint shadow, falling in a corner of the deepest memory.
"Gu Changming, if you are reluctant, you can go back." Dai Guozi snorted beside him, "Didn't the emperor say that he would give you time to think about it, and wait for you to change your mind at any time." โ
Gu Changming retracted his gaze, and a chuckle appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not like I will never be able to come back." Kaifeng City is always here, all year round, spring, summer, autumn and winter, when I think about it, when I can return. โ
"It's not good for you to be like this, let the emperor take it to heart, not simply." Dai Guozi turned his head, saw Liu Zhuxue looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly denied it, "It's definitely not me who regrets it, although the emperor promised those are all good things, but I didn't take it to heart, I just want to be with you." โ
Liu Zhuxue turned her head awkwardly, her snow-white face flushed, and she said in a low voice: "I haven't said anything yet, and you've finished talking alone." โ
Dai Guozi looked at her beautiful side face: "Xiaozhu, the imperial doctor has said that your face can heal after a period of time, don't worry." โ
"So, we're going to the Southwest." The location of the little phoenix is on the other side of Liu Zhuxue, looking at the terrible scars on it, like colorful graffiti on the beautiful scenery, which makes people feel distressed, "Imperial Doctor Wen said very clearly, the medicinal herbs that can make Sister Liu recover as soon as possible are in the southwest border, maybe we will see Su Na again." โ
"That Suna doesn't like him, you can rest assured!" Dai Guozi was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and Gu Changming saw him blatantly sowing discord, where could he bear it. As soon as he raised his hand, his sword in his sleeve seemed to have eyes, and it leaped out, pointing directly at Dai Guozi's throat.
Dai Guozi's voice stopped in astonishment, and he slowly lowered his eyes and stared at the tip of the sword that was still an inch away from his throat, and screamed: "Gu Changming, you actually dare to use a killer against your life-saving benefactor, do you have a conscience!" โ
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Su Xu never thought that he would be in such a bad situation, surrounded by salted fish, and the pungent smell made him almost faint. But he couldn't faint yet, his ears were vigilant and listened to the movement outside, according to his calculations, the ox cart was about to arrive at the gate of Kaifeng City.
"Stop and check!" Someone shouted, "That's you, what's on the car?" โ
The man who drove the cart hurriedly and obediently parked the ox cart: "This is not a small business to be done every day, to transport salted fish out for delivery." Why is the investigation so strict today? โ
"Don't ask us about this, we don't want to check people and cars one by one in the limelight in the winter, if you want to ask, ask your boss." The gatekeeper was impatient and told the driver to hurry up and open the barrel.
I didn't dare to delay the moment of catching the car, I picked up the lid of the bucket with both hands, pulled it up hard, and the salty water that splashed up almost splashed the other party.
"Why does it stink like this!" The gatekeeper hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and asked suspiciously, "Where are you going to sell such a stinky salted fish to harm people!" โ
"Sir, this fish is a good thing, it smells bad and tastes fragrant, and it is specially ordered by other families. Why don't you take two of them back and cook them? "The driver is really going to lie on the barrel," I picked two big ones for the chief. โ
"No!" The gatekeeper was about to be smoked to death several times, waving his hand to drive him away, "Hurry up, hurry up, Lao Tzu's clothes will be stinky, and I can't explain when I go back." โ
The driver was very knowledgeable and stuffed some money: "Sir, go back and bring some rouge pollen to the lady, and you will have to explain." โ
Su Xu listened to the dialogue of singing and harmonizing under the barrel, and sighed secretly. Up and down the government and the opposition, everyone said that he could speak well and was exquisite, but they didn't know that a car driver in the market could speak better than him.
You must know that there is a big living person hidden in the barrel, and if it is searched out by the city gate, it will be a great crime in such an extraordinary period. But the one who drove the car was not in a hurry, neither humble nor arrogant, and even he was listening so carefully, there was no flaw. Gu Changming is Gu Changming, where did he find such a powerful character!
The ox cart set off again, and after waiting for about another stick of incense, someone knocked on the wooden barrel outside, and Gu Changming's voice came: "Su Xu, Su Xu, asleep?" โ
No matter how good Su Xu's temper is, he almost scolds, and the gatekeeper said that it stinks, how can he sleep.
"If you don't fall asleep, come out and talk." This time it was Dai Guozi, and there was never a kind word.
Su Xu looked at this person as the most unsuitable, what kind of identity and taste did Gu Changming have, how could he be mixed up with such a thug all day long. What did you say before, you used to be a fast catcher, but you were obviously a gangster who came out of a small place!
He stood up angrily, with a stomach full of resentment, but there were still a few salted fish hanging on his body, and he really couldn't support his aura.
"Get out of the car, don't delay people doing business." Gu Changming didn't dislike it, and stretched out his hand to him, so that Su Xu could take a handle and stride down from the ox cart.
Dai Guozi over there was paying people, but the driver refused to accept it: "It's all introduced by acquaintances, don't be polite, a few people really don't need to be polite." I helped you this time, and it will be the same next time you help me. โ
Gu Changming gave a look, Dai Guozi three times five divided by two, put the money bag directly into his arms, slapped it twice, and signaled him to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.
Su Xu couldn't care about the fishy smell of his body, and looked left and right: "Where did you find this person?" โ
"They didn't find him, they found it." The little gourd crossed his arms and replied coldly beside him. This Su Xu has nothing to do with him, if Gu Changming hadn't found him, he wouldn't have been too lazy to wade into troubled waters, "It's easy for others to get out of the city, but you can't." โ
"What did you hear just now while hiding in the barrel?" Gu Changming looked at Su Xu's expression and roughly guessed his thoughts, thinking that it would not be a difficult task to get out of the city.
Su Xu didn't hide it at all, and told all the conversations he had just heard.
"Then you know how many guards are at the gates of the city, and how many are standing on the gates to check at this moment. How many copies of your portrait were painted, and distributed to everyone? Lord Su, you are a celebrity in front of the emperor, and you can be compared to non-idle people. Little Hulu glanced up and down at him, "As for what happened to you when you were caught, I shouldn't need to describe it in detail, right?" โ
Su Xu asked Gu Changming with his eyes, is this person telling the truth? After receiving the affirmation, he fell silent. Because he can't say, what happened in the Imperial Garden? Gu Changming was very trustworthy and did not ask questions, but made him even more embarrassed.
So when he saw the little gourd, he thought that Gu Changming was joking, making fun of such a half-grown child. Until Xiao Hulu sat down, he drew a road map from Gu's house to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion in detail, how many street patrols would be encountered, and how to reduce the probability to the minimum.
Subsequently, he found the driver who delivered the salted fish, and brought the fish over to pick them up from Gu's house. At this time, the sky was bright, and he thought that he would be able to get out of danger soon, but he never thought that the car went to a more remote place to make a big circle, and detained half a bucket of stinky fish on top of half a bucket of salted fish, and almost buried people alive in it.
"What the hell is this man coming from!" Su Xu didn't want to waste his tongue here, he was originally a little clean, and he couldn't wait to bathe and change clothes immediately.
"I don't ask you too much, so don't ask me either." Xiao Hulu knows almost the ins and outs of this matter. The news from the palace, both fiction and reality, generally pointed to Su Xu harming the emperor in the imperial garden, causing the emperor to not wake up so far. He looked at it two more times, and said in a slurp, "I don't know what those people who issued the arrest order think, if you want me to say, the emperor can knock you back three feet with a punch, and you look like a black pot." โ
Su Xu directly avoided this question and did not answer positively: "Thank you for your help, I will definitely repay you in the future." Turning to Gu Changming again, he humbly asked, "This place is not suitable for Tibetans, where are you going to place me?" โ
"Let's go." Gu Changming saw that Taxue refused to approach Su Xu, for fear that he would be annoyed, so he found another horse to come over, "Little Hulu deliberately didn't let the driver send you directly to your destination." No matter how reliable you are, you have to keep an eye on it. โ
Xiao Hulu was suddenly very satisfied with Gu Changming's words, which clearly regarded him as his own. Originally, I always felt that the emperor had revealed my true identity in front of him, and it was a little embarrassing to see the little phoenix in the future.
Gu Changming took the initiative to mention it, so that he didn't have to worry, he had already made it clear to Little Phoenix that when he saw people in the future, although it was not the same door, it was still the same relationship as before.
The little gourd's thoughts about the little phoenix were handled by Gu Changming in the best way. He was grateful, so he agreed to help him with this big favor, and Gu Changming didn't say what role he played by the emperor's side in front of Su Xu, only said that he was the senior brother of the little phoenix.
Brother, that sounds good.
Su Xu was an official in the end, and he was very self-contained, and he never showed the surprised look he had in the past. Gu Changming explained very lightly that the little gourd had a strange disease, and when the person grew up, his body had not changed, and it was most taboo for others to ask, so it was best to avoid opening his mouth.
This way, the more Su Xu looked at the road, the more familiar he became, and he couldn't hold it anymore: "Gu Changming, this, this is not the direction to go to another courtyard?" โ
"You can see it." Gu Changming turned back to him on horseback and smiled, "You said that not far from the city, where else could there be more peaceful than this one?" โ
"That's where the emperor uses it." Su Xu emphasized again, "We can't. โ
Dai Guozi said behind him: "You have persecuted the emperor until he is unconscious, and you still care about secretly living in the emperor's other courtyard?" โ
When Su Xu heard this, he almost rolled off the horse's back and fell to the ground, gritting his teeth before he could barely sit down: "I didn't do anything to the emperor, let alone hurt the emperor, I don't even have this heart!" โ
"Okay, when you want to go back and say what you want to say, say what we're going to listen to, and at least keep yourself safe. Xiao Hulu said just now, if you are caught, no one will be able to save you, and it is very likely that you will not even have a chance to defend yourself, and you will be directly apologized for your crimes. Gu Changming's fingers tapped rhythmically on the back of the snow's neck a few times, "The emperor should have abandoned that courtyard, and after Sun Youxiang left again, how many people do you say will be left there?" โ