Chapter 1: The Friendship of the Landlords
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Quyang County, county government. The courtyard is quiet.
The shadow of the moon is sufficient, and occasionally a cloud floats by, swallowing the moonlight, leaving only a faint silver glow on the edge.
When Sun Youxiang walked into the study, he saw a letter placed in the most conspicuous position on the desk. The envelope was snow-white and did not have the name of the recipient. The corners of his eyes jumped, and he walked quickly to the table, and when he reached out his hand twice, he immediately took it back when he touched it, as if there were small clusters of flames on the cover, which could burn the skin, and he did not dare to touch it.
When he held his breath and turned the envelope over to take a closer look, the seal was a fire paint seal shaped like a vine. Sun Youxiang's fingers brushed over the fire paint print, once again confirming that it was not his delusion. The letterhead, which had been waiting for years, finally arrived. For a moment, I don't know whether my face is surprised or happy, or if I can breathe a sigh of relief.
Sun Youxiang was not interested in what was written in the envelope, and the letter itself was a signal. He flipped the envelope over and over twice, and then without hesitation, he leaned over to the candle and watched the envelope be lit instantly, and the candle flame was imprinted on the bottom of his eyes, and he couldn't stop jumping. It wasn't until it was almost burned out that he pulled his hand out. Let the ashes of the paper fall to the ground and turn into ashes.
Last night's series of events, Sun Youxiang's whole person can be said to be refreshed. He opened the third drawer on his left-hand side, felt a bulge in the dark corner, and pressed it five times with all his strength. The continuous sound of the mechanism fell in his ears at this moment, like the most beautiful music, and his heart was almost completely relaxed when he played.
The entire wall was originally used as a bookshelf for the county government files, but at this time it was divided into two sides, leaving a passage for only one person to enter and exit. Sun Youxiang stood in front of the passage, his eyes were still a bright gold, as if the flame just now had never been extinguished.
In the private room on the second floor of Tianxiang Pavilion, there is a fragrance of big fish and meat.
Lao Qiu and Lao Quan drank with their fists, Hu Wenqiu and Zheng He had basically drunk and lay down, Zheng He was still arguing to find a drink one moment ago, and the next moment he slipped to the ground with a mixed chair, and fell asleep on all fours.
Dai Guozi got up and looked at the empty wine jar on the table, and said to himself: "As if these are not enough, go and shout some more." He said hello, and the little two legs came up quickly, and when he heard that he was going to add wine and food, he smiled so much that his eyes were almost gone. Anyway, someone came in and paid the bill, and a large ingot of silver was thrown on the counter, not to mention that there were so many people drinking and eating, and if they came five times or ten times, it would not be enough.
Lao Fist's character is kind, he has just been fined a big cup, and he wiped the corners of his mouth casually: "Fruit, I'm almost drunk, Gu Gongzi's silver is also silver." ”
Dai Guozi smiled particularly slyly: "Isn't that that why Gongzi Gu likes Quyang County very much, and he is reluctant to leave if he stays here." We must always enter the friendship of the landlord more, and do not let him down. As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass on the table and took a drink.
Gu Changming sat at the window, whether it was a private room or a stall on the street, Changming's sitting posture was elegant, and his back was straight. Hearing their conversation, he turned around and said with a faint smile: "Guozi is right, you should do your best to be a landlord and drink a few more drinks for me." ”
He was also toasted just now, and those who came to eat and drink for nothing still gave him face, and said a lot of good things. At this moment, Gu Changming's snow-white face, only the tips of his eyebrows were slightly dyed with rouge-like color, which became more and more like the peerless and handsome son depicted in the book.
Lao Qiu couldn't sit still, pulled Dai Guozi to his side, pulled a piece of eight-treasure fat duck and stuffed it, and first blocked Xiao Guozi's mouth that could make people angry. Dai Guozi was almost not swallowed by a mouthful of duck fat, and he felt that his upper and lower lips were muddled, and the most important thing was whether Lao Qiu had washed his hands today, he was about to have a shadow in his heart.
"I said that Gu Gongzi has something on his mind, right?" Lao Qiu looked at Gu Changming out of the corner of his eyes, and wanted to scold in his heart, he had lived in Quyang County for decades in vain, and he had never seen such a handsome son, but now he was standing in front of his nose all day long, and he still added blockage to the little fruit.
"I don't know him well, how do I know what is on his mind." Dai Guozi finally swallowed the fat duck, and rolled his eyes at Gu Changming's back without any scruples. It stands to reason that the case of the female corpse has been solved, and the presentation of Master Sun's book has also been replied to, why hasn't this person who claims to be a passer-by leave. Quyang County, the land of projectiles, is there something worth nostalgia again.
"Isn't it because Miss Liu didn't leave, so he deliberately stayed?" This sentence, Lao Qiu said it in his throat, and he really didn't dare to ask out loud.
Liu Zhuxue fainted that time, and everyone almost thought that she was the residual poison from the last time and was not cured. If the old illness recurs once, and he chases and kills with the Snow Melting Sword in his hand, except for Gu Changming, no one present will want to hide.
Dai Guozi was so anxious that he dragged Cun Xiao over and asked him to give Liu Zhuxue a radical cure! If you look left and right, you can only scratch your hair, and he is not a doctor, not a means from Miao Jiang's side, he can't see it.
Gu Changming threw Dai Guozi and Cun Xianquan behind him one by one, and when he saw Lao Qiu approaching, he also shouted in a low voice: "Please come to the doctor, just a normal doctor." She wasn't tricked, she was just sick. ”
Liu Zhuxue's face was flushed, her breathing was short, and she looked unbearably painful. When Dai Guozi hurriedly went to invite a doctor to come over, and after checking the pulse, Liu Zhuxue was a little more sober, and said weakly: "I have an old disease, don't worry." ”
The doctor also said that it was an old problem of asthma, and prescribed medicine, saying that he could not be affected and could not eat wind recently, and it was better to recuperate in the house. Gu Changming paid the consultation fee to send the doctor out, Dai Guozi was responsible for catching the medicine, and when the two came back from a busy circle, Liu Zhuxue drank the medicine and rested.
Sun Youxiang asked about the situation, allocated a guest room in the backyard of the county government for Liu Zhuxue, and asked an old woman to help take care of it. A county government is full of old men, and it is always inappropriate for such a delicate girl to have no personal care.
Liu Zhuxue said a lot of kind words, to say that these are old problems, and sometimes they will get sick when they are at home. If you take a decoction for half a month and don't go out to recuperate, you will naturally be fine.
Almost coincided with the doctor's words, although Sun Youxiang didn't ask where Liu Zhuxue came from and what kind of background he was, his own tutoring demeanor was there, and at first glance he was a girl from a good family.
Liu Zhuxue left it rightly, Gu Changming waited for Sun Youxiang to write a letter by hand, saying that Cun Ming took the initiative to make meritorious contributions in the case of the unknown female corpse, and asked the general to see that Cun Xiao was not a person from the Central Plains in the first place, and he didn't understand these people's feelings and sophistication, so he was taken lightly.
General Yujing's mansion soon came to reply, only saying that the border war was tight, and the general had left the mansion ahead of schedule and went to the town guard.
Before leaving, General Yujing mentioned that since the jewelry, the things outside the body, have been claimed back, and he doesn't want to trouble for trivial matters.
I heard that the prince of Changming took people to Quyang County, and his master Sun was an upright official, so he asked Sun to make a decision.
Gu Changming conveyed General Yujing's words to Cun Xi in their original form, and asked Master Sun to give a verdict.
After thinking about it again, Sun Youxiang was sentenced to the charge of burglary, and then the crime was reversed, which happened to be leveled. Repatriation to his place of origin, and he will not be allowed to set foot in the Central Plains for one year, effective immediately.
Inch Xi didn't expect everyone to really have the intention of letting go, and he was inexplicably grateful in his heart, and after saying goodbye to Gu Changming, he left happily.
Only when no one else paid attention, he left a note with an address in Gu Changming's hand, Gu Changming glanced at it, wrote it in his mind, and then crushed the note.
It was already three days after sending away the inch, and it was only three days before there was a saying that Tianxiang Pavilion was fighting wine.
Sun Youxiang saw that such a case could be successfully solved, and his superiors praised him in a reply, saying that the case was handled quickly, and he still had the same demeanor as he did back then.
He liked it in his heart, and he took all the efforts in the case for a day off, and Dai Guozi shouted a sentence to the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, and there was no half of him who was absent.
Among them, Lao Qiu had the best amount of wine, so he grabbed Dai Guo and came over to ask why Gu Changming stayed.
Dai Guozi looked at Gu Changming's back and sneered, if you want to say what you are waiting for, Senior Brother, I said it in a hurry, how many days have passed, and there is not a single figure of Senior Brother. Therefore, he decided that what Gu Changming said was all an excuse, but he didn't want Liu Zhuxue to stay alone.
This Quyang County is not a Longtan tiger's den, and it can swallow Liu Zhuxue in one bite, and it can't be done without spitting out bones!
So the little goodwill that he had accumulated when he solved the case had disappeared in Dai Guozi's eyes.
It's just that Gu Changming is a patient person, and he doesn't deliberately explain. He has helped a lot like this, and he will continue to help a lot in the future, and he is willing to stay, Sun Youxiang is too late to welcome him with both hands, and there is no reason to pick people out at all.
Dai Guozi's heart was uneven, but his face never showed it at all. He got up with a smile, pushed the private rooms away again, and shouted: "Who is the person outside, arguing like this, it doesn't look like Tianxiang Pavilion, but more like bargaining in the vegetable market." ”
Where did Xiao Er dare to offend them, and hurriedly came over to explain: "Dai Zhukuai, this is not a pair of men who are singing, they both said that no one wants to listen to the song when they only drink alcohol here, and they don't believe it." The old man was still blind, and he couldn't drive people away, so he was louder. Everyone's responsibility. ”
Dai Guozi slapped his thigh and said: "Who said that no one wants to listen to the little song, I want to listen to it!" Invite someone over and sing a few tunes. ”
After a while, the blind old man carried the huqin on his back and was led in by a girl with a delicate face. The two stood firm and saluted first.
Dai Guozi bit his chopsticks and said: "Don't use these false courtesies, pick your best tunes and sing two songs first, and if you sing well, you will naturally be rewarded." ”
The girl was generous and took out a pair of tooth plates from her bosom. The blind old man set up the huqin, and the two had a tacit understanding. After the huqin pulls a long board, the tooth plate is struck, the clear sound is lingering, and the song comes when the mouth is opened.