"Lingyun, take a good look, what is this?" ……

Ling Yun was forced to fall off the cliff by the people of the Heavenly Owl, thanks to the rescue of the Ge father and son.

Seeing that Ling Yun was depressed and discouraged, Ge Beiqiu suddenly shot like lightning, and raised his hand to restrain his acupoint; Then he took out a notice from his bosom, held it up in front of his eyes, and snorted coldly.

Ling Yun struggled to look, and it turned out that this was an official notice from the imperial court that had offered a heavy reward and strictly ordered his arrest.

But it is clearly written: "If the report is true, the reward for arresting the winner will be 50,000 taels of silver; Those who directly capture the imperial court prisoners and send them to the government will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver! ”

He felt that his heart had sunk to the bottom, as if he had lost all the strength of his body, his eyes were dry to the point of pain, and he was gasping for breath, and everything in front of him seemed to shake.

"Ling Yun, have you seen clearly, you are worth 100,000 taels of silver now!"

Seeing his emotional collapse, Ge Beiqiu casually flirted his eyelids, and said with a sneer: "You still think that you are worthless, and there is no point in living in this world - but do you know that now the whole country is digging three feet into the ground and looking for you frantically!"

"As long as you are caught, you can get rich overnight and live a good life that is hard to find in the gods. Alas, it seems that you still underestimate yourself! ”

Ling Yun felt his heart beat in a dead ash, vibrating and pulling to his fingertips, and his entire body trembled slightly.

The corners of Ge Beiqiu's mouth raised a shallow arc, and he said in a somewhat playful tone: "As long as I send you to the government, the 100,000 taels of silver will be at your fingertips." Anyway, you don't want to live anymore, wouldn't I just fulfill a piece of your heart by doing this, and also fulfill my wish, killing two birds with one stone, why not? ”

Ling Yun's face was pale and speechless.

Ge Beiqiu frowned and sneered, his eyes stopped at him, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Ling Yun struggled to adjust his breathing, his voice seemed to be pillow in his throat, bitter and helpless, "What else can I say, I just didn't think of it-"

"I just didn't expect myself to be worth so much, did I?"

Ge Beiqiu sat down on the chair in front of him with an idle posture and continued: "Actually, I don't think the price the court has offered you is high at all. Needless to say, Ling Daxia's own value is not to mention, not to mention Lord Lu's grievances, the truth of the prince's case, the whereabouts of the dragon and phoenix jade talismans, and even the future and fate of many important people in the court, are now in the hands of Ling Daxia! ”

Ling Yun lowered his head, his eyes were silent, and his pale complexion made him look miserable and broken, like a decadent and mysterious painting, filled with a sense of vulnerability.

After being forced to jump off the cliff by the Heavenly Owl that day, he was covered in scars all over his body, and hardly an inch of his skin was intact.

At this time, he was only wearing a middle coat, half-covered, and the old and new scars could be faintly visible, densely packed, with different shades, which made people feel shocked and sad when they saw it.

Looking at his miserable and helpless description, Ge Beiqiu couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, and sighed lightly: "They must get rid of you at all costs, with Ling Daxia's character, you should cheer up and compete with them, but you are so decadent and depressed, isn't it just what they want?"

"Rather than this, it is better to fulfill us poor families, and entrust you with a good life of fine clothes and food, and we will always thank you for your kindness - I don't know what Ling Daxia thinks?"

Ling Yun was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, he was already calm, "Brother Ge, don't say it-"

Ge Beiqiu smiled slightly, raised his hand and unlocked Ling Yun's acupoint.

Ling Yun arched his hand and said: "Thank you Brother Ge for your teachings, Brother Ge's words made the little brother suddenly, and the little brother thanked him here." ”

Ge Beiqiu nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes looking at him were also solemn and deep, "You just need to think about it, the heavy responsibility of investigating the prince's case and Zhaoxue's grievances for Lord Lu is still on Ling Daxia." In the future, Ling Daxia will only open his mouth if he has a place to get my father and son, and he will obey his orders. ”

Ling Yun was so moved in his heart that he didn't know what to say for a while; He only stared silently at his hearty and sincere face, and a faint smile swept over his colorless lips......

The sunset is like wine, drunk with the sunset on the horizon. A crescent moon crept up, and around it, a few stars shone faintly.

After dinner, Ling Yun and Ge Beiqiu chatted without a match.

Ling Yun suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "By the way, Brother Ge, what about Mr. Ge?" ”

Ge Beiqiu said: "There is a child in the neighboring village who is seriously ill, and he invited his father to the house this morning, and he will come back in a few days." ”

Ling Yun let out an "oh".

During the conversation, Ling Yun learned that Ge Beiqiu's wife had passed away three years ago, and he couldn't help but sigh.

I also know that Ge Beiqiu's two sons, Ge Long and Ge Hu, have grown up, the eldest is nineteen, and the younger is fifteen years old, and now they are working in a ceramic workshop in the capital to earn some pocket money to supplement the family.

Ling Yun's eyes flashed and said, "Why haven't you seen your two nephews come home these days?" ”

Ge Beiqiu said: "The boss there is dark, and sometimes he has to work overtime overnight if he can't get out; Working all day without being in vain or black, how can I have time to run home? Alas, I haven't been back for more than ten days. ”

As he was talking, he heard a knock at the door.

Ge Beiqiu's eyes flashed with joy, "I really said that Cao Cao Cao is here - finally back." ”

waved his hand at Ling Yun again, told him to keep quiet, and got up and walked out.

but saw the two sons walking in in a state of embarrassment and disheveled; As soon as he saw Ge Beiqiu, he shouted again and again, "I'm going to starve to death", and hurried to get food.

Ge Beiqiu went to the kitchen to bring the food, and watched the two sons gobbling up the food, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Why did you two come back suddenly, and you didn't say hello beforehand." ”

Ge Hu's eyes shrank suddenly, and he blurted out: "Don't mention it, we fired the boss!" ”

Ge Beiqiu was stunned: "What? ”

Ge Long said: "The boss is too bad, he let us work in vain and black, and when he doesn't agree with his hand, he will open his mouth and scold, and he will not pay the salary." My brother and I couldn't bear it anymore, and reasoned with him, but he was quite unreasonable and beat us; In a fit of rage, we went up and beat the guy all over the ground and looked for his teeth, and then we came back. ”

Ge Hu sighed and said, "It's a pity that the salary still hasn't come back." ”

Ge Beiqiu smiled bitterly: "You have beaten everyone like that, and you don't know how to compensate them, and you still want to ask for wages?" Alas, what a sin! ”

The two brothers were silent, but ate with their heads down.

After eating, the table was cleaned up, and the father and son sat in the shadow of the lamp and were relatively speechless.

In the end, Ge Long opened his mouth, "Actually, it's okay not to do this errand, and you can't earn a few dollars after working all day." This world is so unfair, those who have money don't work, and those who work don't have money! ”

Ge Beiqiu's face froze, and his eyes said coldly: "What are you talking nonsense?" ”

"I didn't talk nonsense, I just wanted to say that our family is too poor, life is too sad, how can we think of a way to get some money? ……”

Ge Long blinked his eyes and leaned his head over with a hippie smile, "Dad, otherwise, I'll go and take that exquisite jade pendant, right?" This thing looks quite valuable, maybe it can be exchanged for a lot of money, and it will be enough for us to spend some days! ”

"No way!" Ge Beiqiu's face was gloomy, and he shook his head categorically, "I repeat it again, no matter how you do, you can't beat that jade pendant's idea!" ”

"Why?" Ge Long shook his head puzzled, "This thing has been in our family for more than ten years, and I just watched it all day long, and I wasn't allowed to move, what's the point?" No matter how good it is, it's about to get moldy, right? It's better to take it out and exchange it for a few dollars to spend, so as to solve our urgent needs! ……”

"Don't say it, anyway, if I say no, I can't do it!" Ge Beiqiu said sharply.

"Well, I really don't understand......" Geron grimaced with a sarcastic face.

"Some things can't be just superficial, and some things are not just one thing, they mean something else – and you'll understand when you grow up."

"Hmph, I'll understand when I grow up, and I'll understand when I grow up, but now that I've grown up, why don't I understand? Dad, let's have one thing to say, two to say two, and you can tell me straightforwardly about some things, don't be so vague, okay? ”

Ge Beiqiu saw that this son was dead in elm pimples, so he couldn't help but glance at him, and he didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

Unexpectedly, Ge Long was full of interest and did not give up. His cunning eyes turned, and he had a new idea, "Since this doesn't work, there's one more thing, we can always give it a try, right?" ”

"What the hell are you up to again?" Ge Beiqiu looked at him vigilantly and warily.

"How can it be a ghost idea, the child told you a serious thing!"

"Oh? ........." Ge Beiqiu glanced at him with some confusion.

Ge Long said: "Dad, you have probably heard about it, now the imperial court is offering a reward for the capture of an important court criminal, and the reward for reporting the success of the case is 50,000 taels of silver, and the reward for direct capture is 100,000 taels of silver!" ——100,000 taels of silver, money that our father and son can't earn after working hard for several lifetimes! ”

Ge Beiqiu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, immediately changed color, and said angrily: "Ge Long, you have to talk nonsense again, be careful that I am not polite to you!" How many times have I told you that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way, and he must never do anything that violates ethics and conscience! ”

When the two saw that their father was angry, they chattered and didn't dare to say any more.

Ge Beiqiu said: "It's not early, you are also tired for a day, go back and rest early." ”

The two of them replied and retreated dejectedly.

"Well, I don't understand, what's wrong with us thinking that?"

When he went out and walked to his room, Ge Hu whispered: "The imperial court is now posting notices everywhere to arrest key criminals, for this 100,000 taels of silver, how many people in the whole country have done nothing but go all out to respond to the call of the imperial court, others can do this, why can't we?" ”……