Chapter 204: Xingshi asks for guilt

After Mu Yi received the news from Yunhu Hall, he has been sitting in the martial arts hall. After resting all the training in the martial arts hall, let Mu Er pull Mu San and wait together. Mu San sat on the circle chair for a while, feeling uneasy in his heart, so he went back to the account room, piled up a stack of account books, came out with an abacus, and waited while calculating. Boss Mu and the second brother watched their third brother go from being restless to being busy with peace of mind, and they couldn't speak.

"I said, third child, you have a lot of accounts that you haven't settled recently? If the second brother is lazy again, tell the eldest brother, don't do everything alone. "Mu Er has been helping the third child manage the accounts since he came back. Mu Yi is informal, and never cares about this kind of trivial business.

"No, I'm just sitting and getting irritable." Mu San looked up from the ledger and looked at his eldest brother with some apprehension, some not understanding what he meant. This big brother is good at everything, but he always loves to control himself and treats himself like a three-year-old child. He looked up at Mu Er's face begging for mercy, and added, "Second brother has been doing well lately." ”

"Hmph, when I heard you say that, I knew that the second child was going to play again. When are you going to lie and not dry up and come back to intercede with the second child. Mu Yi looked at Mu Er with disapproval, twisted his wrist, and his joints rattled, "Second brother, how long have we not competed?" ”

"Big brother, big brother, don't be angry, let's have something to say, this brother's action is not good if it hurts the harmony." Mu Er's eyes rolled, he quietly sat up from the chair, and began to circle in front of the hall, smiling hippie as he walked, "I've heard Huyue say before that it's easy to sprain your hand if you break your joints all the time, you have to care about yourself for us." ”

Mu Yi laughed angrily at him, and casually threw a teacup over to finish it. They didn't wait until midnight to come to Gu Huai, but someone from Chang'an came again. After explaining the situation, Mu Yi said that he knew, and then he took the second and third children to sleep, and went out to Muyun Pavilion by himself.

It's pretty much the same on Yun Fan's side. Drove Yunlan to sleep, she sat at the door of the account room and watched the lonely moon. There is no threshold in the account room, Yun Fan's legs and feet are not very neat, he is too lazy to cross the door, and since the account girl fell twice with the account book, the threshold that was lowered again and again has completely disappeared.

"You've got the message, too." Mu Yi walked over, lifted the hem of his clothes and sat down side by side with Yun Fan, looking at the inky sky, the moon and the stars, they have seen this kind of tranquility for many years, no matter what happens in this imperial city, the night is quiet and lovely. I can't wait for you to unload all your defenses and obediently release your weaknesses.

"Where do you think the master will be at this time?" When Yun Fan said this, there was a little more annoyance on his face, more worry and distress, "Now none of us can contact her, and we have to ask her to send us a message, it's really, it's too useless." She lowered her head and hugged her knees, buried her head in it, and sighed fiercely. Gu Lingge never seemed to need them to worry.

"She sent everyone back herself, and no one could disobey her orders." Mu Yi was also worried, but no matter what he said, it was Gu Lingge's own decision. "Since the master knows Gu Huai's whereabouts, he naturally has a way." He could only comfort the other party so much, even though both sides knew it was impossible.

"Do you remember when we were chosen by our masters?" Yun Fan's voice was muffled, and the tents and worries of this time turned into moonlight, almost suffocating her. She suddenly remembered that time, when everyone was still young, when everything had not yet begun. At that time, everything was still in time, and everything was still perfect.

"At that time? At that time we seemed to be taken in. Mu Yi was about to lose his memory of the specific situation, but he only knew that Gu Huai bought them all and sent them to Gu Lingge. said it was bought, but it only gave them freedom and left them to fend for themselves in a ruined temple. There were more than 20 children in that batch, and only six of them remained.

Seeing that the six of them had lived for a few more days, and felt that they had stabilized, Gu Huai asked people to lead them up the mountain to show Gu Lingge. "At that time, she was a master, but she didn't even dress as well as us." Gu Huai finally asked someone to send them a set of clothes to wear, and the coarse linen clothes on Gu Lingge's body were all torn and bloodstained. She stood in front of them, her eyes wide and small, her eyes like knives.

"yes, it's been so long in the blink of an eye." Mu Yi's eyes were far away, and he suddenly looked up at the moon and sighed. "She has always been ahead of us, never hurt, always determined and strong." Liulizhuang has a running rule that as long as Gu Lingge is there, everyone only needs to obey and don't need to think. Gu Lingge is the pillar of everyone.

"I have a hunch that we may never see her again." Yun Fan's voice began to tremble, she wanted to cry now when she thought of Gu Lingge, such a strong person, her whereabouts are unknown, life and death are unknown, there is Qing Ruifan in front of her, and Gu Huai in the back, she is not good yet, how can she live this day.

"She said let's live our lives." It's not that Mu Yi is cold-blooded, it's that he also knows that Gu Lingge is right. Now no one can protect Gu Lingge, Gu Lingge is determined not to let them take care of it, they are powerless, "If we can't handle our own affairs well and make the master worry, then I am really sorry for her." ”

"yes, at the end of the day, we can't help her." Yun Fan muttered, and there was indescribable loss in his voice. It didn't last long, and I heard Mu Yi make fun of her, "Then again, where did that guy Yimo go to the end of the earth to get you a bride price?" It's been a long time, and I haven't come back yet. ”

The matter between Yimo and Yun Fan is not new, and it has been more than two years since the two got together less and left more, and they are almost talking about marriage. Yun Fan only has two sisters here, and Yimo also has only one sister, and both sides say that there is no need to be too formal, but the necessary steps must not be missing. Yimo didn't know which tendon was wrong, and when he came back from a trip to King Han's mansion, he made a fuss about preparing a bride price for her, and ran away the next day, and he still hadn't seen anyone for more than a month.

"Hell, if he doesn't come back by the end of this month, the old lady won't marry, and it's like who's rare." Yun Fan was also angry when he said it, but the sweetness in his voice made Mu Yi shudder unnaturally, muttering why he wanted to bring up this topic.

The two chatted for a few words, and Mu Yi also said goodbye and went back, saying that if he stayed for a while, Yimo would have to talk to him. Yun Fan sent people out with a smile, and the pear vortex on his face made his whole face more and more gentle. Liulizhuang is always infatuated, Liu Yu is like this, Chang'an is like this, and Yimo is also like this. The stars in the man's eyes before setting off longed to drown himself, and the affectionate appearance of bowing his head made people full of strength when he thought about it.

The days that followed were very peaceful. Three days later, in the afternoon, news came from Changling, saying that Gu Huai's traces had been found. Yun Mu and the two families summed it up, and no one moved, but they just kept their legs and feet on it, and those who didn't have much strength withdrew it. After all, Changling has nothing left, and they are not afraid of him making trouble.

When Yunlan heard the news, he was holding a handful of gold thread and sifting pearls. I don't know how it is recently, obviously the purchase channel is all the way smooth, but most of the pearls in my hand are defective, not good-looking, not to mention, and always lost. I don't have a concept of how many silver taels are involved, but looking at the white flowers and pollen tender beads, my heart hurts, and I don't even have a good mood.

"Who did the last shipment come from?" Yun Lan opened his eyes wide and looked in the sieve, and asked the maid standing aside. The maid said that it was a new merchant surnamed Gu who came, and Yun Lan frowned at that time, "Didn't you say that we don't want goods from scattered suppliers?" It's so troublesome to hold accountable in this way. ”

Muyunge's purchase channels are fixed, and there are only two in charge of pearls in total, and this new merchant Yunlan has never heard of it, who knows what the origin is, and who knows if the batch of goods is innocent. She found the liaison office of two suppliers in Beijing, and let people take a look, those who are incomplete belong to the fixed suppliers, and those who are full and shiny are the new merchants.

"Are there any difficulties this year? Why is the quality of the goods delivered so bad? Yunlan asked the maid to accept the gold thread, and looked at the two shopkeepers with kind faces. Everyone is an old friend, and besides, this is the first time in three years, and everyone is not better than a harmonious solution.

"This year is a good year, and the pearl mussels raised are also fat, but when it comes to shipment, the waters are swollen, and the sediment is alluvial down, taking away a lot of bait, and the triangle mussels are not nutritious enough, which makes the quality uneven." The supplier's statement is not clear, but it is true that there has been a lot of rain recently, and the water is rising everywhere.

"The other thing is that we were robbed in transit. I don't know who the people are, there are no casualties, and there is nothing else to do except delay the progress. The proprietor said let's not tell you, but it's a big deal after all, and it's good that you know. "Mu Yunge can be said to be the largest consignee in the capital, what they want to know, they will naturally make it clear in 1510.

It is not uncommon for this to be robbed on the way to Beijing, Yunlan nodded to show that he understood, and then knocked two sentences and let them go back. was intercepted for no reason, and new people emerged, Yunlan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it. Absentmindedly strung beads all afternoon, and in the evening he still asked people to check on the new merchant.

Inside the secluded courtyard

Gu Huai looked at his hand, which had just improved, chuckled, and let people move the piano and put it in the pavilion in the backyard, which was rarely very interested. The maid walked past him, looking nervous and trembling like chaff, and he was unaware of it, and had no intention of reprimanding, but hummed a little tune of his own, and walked slowly with his hands in his hands.

A maid had just finished tidying up the corridor, bowing her head and waiting for Gu Huai to walk over. When she stood up, she turned her head in a ghostly way, Gu Huai's brocade was graceful and luxurious, the white forehead was inlaid with Baoyu, from behind, the ribbon of the bamboo pattern and the hair flew up and down with the night wind, he was upright, not angry and arrogant, heroic, but also able to afford a gentleman like jade, as long as he couldn't remember what he had done.

But how is that possible? No matter how good-looking he is on the surface, no matter how modest and polite he is, he is still a madman.

Gu Huai didn't know what the maid was thinking, he sat in the pavilion, put his hands on the strings, and the rhythm was played like flowing water. Gu Huai was playing the piano day and night for a while to dispel his thoughts about Pei Yao, and when Gu Lingge came back from training, he heard the sound next to him, and it was also thanks to that time that Gu Huai was in a good mood, and he also allowed Feng Yiluo to teach her.

The moon outside the pavilion was very good, round and big, Gu Huai remembered when he and Pei Yao first met many years ago. She followed her sister at the lantern festival, looking around with big eyes. When he came to the stage, he timidly refused, and then Huang Li disturbed his heart with a loud voice, and he was intoxicated for half a lifetime with a glimpse.

Gu Huai remembered that he was just a poor scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, Pei Yao didn't dislike him, she took her piano and walked with him without hesitation, bumpy and hard, indescribable, but she was always smiling, she was always gentle and lovely in front of her, and she raised her eyebrows with him, and she flew with him. It's just that all happiness can't be complete, and I still lost her in the end.

Who is to blame for this? blamed the emperor who coveted beauty and countless beauties, because of Pei Yao's piano sound, she had dirty thoughts, and finally let her be bullied to death by that jealous woman; blames the lowly billet who was born in October when she was pregnant, that is, she hollowed out Pei Yao's body, so that Pei Yao fell into a serious deficiency of qi and blood, and it was not good to recuperate; blame the queen mother who lacks virtue and is full of calculations, if she hadn't killed Pei Yao, why would he be alone looking at the moon now?

Who is to blame? Blame everyone in this world, blame that disobedient son, blame that damn wind ghost Ruri!

The sound of the piano became more and more frenzied, and it was creepy to listen to in the silence of the night. The maids, who were already afraid of him, did not dare to step forward. Gu Huai was like a mad demon, the strings made a clanging sound, and after repeating the cycle many times, Gu Huai finally stopped, and the strings almost broke in his hand. It had been a long time since he had played such a wild piano.

Putting down the piano, Gu Huai stood up with the wine glass, and the pain in his hand clearly reminded him of the loneliness of drinking alone under the moon, but it would not be soon. He touched his chin, and soon he would be able to "reunite" with his daughter and share the joy of family. Soon, he'll enjoy it then.

The maids and guards in this courtyard all wanted to go but couldn't go. When Gu Huai accepted them in, he promised a ingot, saying that he would leave after serving him in a month, and he would not interfere with anyone's stay or go. At that time, they all thought that they could get such a large sum of money in a month, and for their own purposes, they would get together to serve him.

Although Gu Huai is said to be marginal and irritable, at least he has not done obscene things, as long as he is usually cautious, it is not difficult to make a living under him. They have been here for more than ten years, and they only know that Gu Huai seems to be waiting for someone, and he seems to be calculating something. Yunhu Hall and Muyun Pavilion are the objects they rarely come into contact with, and only dignitaries can go to places, but they often appear on his lips and teeth, which makes them very frightened.

But in any case, they just collect money and do things, and the money is gone, that's all.