The summer heat gradually envelops Gangneung.

In late May, the vigorous black pigeon circled in the sky and flew into the peach orchard.

Yueyan next to the window untied the letter raft and handed it to Gu Mingzhu, who closed his eyes and rested.

Gu Mingzhu opened it and read it, then burned the letter and said, "Yun Zhao has been promoted again." ”

Yue Yan stood beside her and said, "Yun Zhao's ability is outstanding, and his promotion is expected. ”

Yesterday, the letter of appointment of the Ministry of Rites came down, and Yun Zhao was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Households, from the second grade.

Gu Mingzhu shook the pu fan to drive away the summer heat, and said, "The emperor is very important to him now." ”

Yue Yan smiled and said, "I heard that Qi Feiyan has entered Beijing. ”

"Because of Yun Zhao?"

"Said that he was going to be carried into the mansion as a concubine."

Gu Mingzhu shook his head, lightly pressed the fan against the tip of his nose, and said, "If you can be a concubine, the Qi family can be regarded as taking advantage." ”

She pondered for a while and said, "I heard that Wu Jingming is going to get married next month, and the martial arts family is fast. ”

As she was talking, Chun'er hurriedly ran over, shouting as she ran: "Miss is not good, Miss......"

The two looked at her in unison.

"Miss, the matchmaker has come to the door and wants to say goodbye to you, and she is now in the courtyard of the eldest young master."

"How can you say kiss if you are good?" Gu Mingzhu muttered, his movements were fast, and after a while, people arrived at Tingchao Garden.

Sure enough, there is a matchmaker.

"Brother." Gu Mingzhu stepped forward generously, there were seven or eight paintings on the stone table, she picked one up casually, unfolded it and saw that it was a young man.

"Miss Gu." The matchmaker saw that everyone was a three-point relative: "I was entrusted by Lord Gu to tell the girl that the matchmaker is here, here are all young talents from Jiangling, the Gu family can see if there is a right eye, I have been a matchmaker for fifteen years, and there is no matchmaker who can't say it!" ”

Gu Xiurong looked very serious, Gu Mingzhu leaned over and glanced at it, and said with disgust: "This is too ugly......"

"Ugly?" Gu Xiurong said suspiciously: "This is the son-in-law of the Rite Department's waiter's family, and he looks like a talent." ”

"How can this be called a talent." Gu Mingzhu took the painting: "Look at these eyes, this nose, and then look at this face, even Wu Yue can't compare." ”

Gu Xiurong coughed lightly and said, "If you don't like it, then pick it again." ”

He pulled out another portrait and said, "Look at this, it's a lifter, and he looks like a talent, right?" ”

Gu Mingzhu frowned: "Even my brother can't compare to ......"

Gu Xiurong put it down and picked up another one: "This is always okay, the sister-in-law of the Ding family, the famous handsome in Jiangling." ”

Gu Xiurong stared at Gu Mingzhu, wanting to see what else she had to say.

Gu Mingzhu took the painting, really looked at it, and then said: "Jun is Jun, but it is far worse than Xu Jue." ”

Gu Xiurong said: "What nonsense is the little girl talking about, can Man Jiangling find a few who come out to compare with Ah Jue?" Picking a husband can't just look at the skin. ”

Gu Mingzhu raised his head: "But I love skins......"

Gu Xiurong said: "Mess around." ”

Gu Mingzhu grabbed his arm: "Brother, don't worry about these things......

Gu Xiurong waved his hand, the matchmaker was a discerning person, accepted the reward, and said happily: "The little one will retreat first." ”

Gu Xiurong said: "You heard the news that Yun Zhao wants to take a concubine." ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded.

Gu Xiurong said: "Now that I am in the officialdom with him, I don't see you when I look up and look down, you are also sixteen, you should always set a family business, if you don't like this, we will look for it." ”

Although Gu Mingzhu was unwilling, he still nodded along with his words and said, "It's okay to look for it, but I have to nod." ”

"That's nature, nothing more important than you."

Gu Xiurong mentioned her matter, Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but think of Gu Xiurong's family affairs, Gu Xiurong was seven years older than Gu Mingzhu, and he had ordered a family affair for him when he was young, and then because Gu Xiurong secretly joined the army, the woman came to the door to quit her relatives and marry someone else.

In the previous life, the elder brother was alone, until the identity of the prince of Yunzhao was exposed, he took the daughter of the Yue family for various reasons, and the husband and wife did not say that they were in love after marriage, but they also respected each other like guests, and after the death of the elder brother, the daughter of the Yue family took the book that her brother had written earlier, and set herself on fire at home.

"My brother is now twenty-three, so it's time to say kiss." Gu Mingzhu said.

"There's no hurry."

Gu Mingzhu wrinkled her nose: "The young and the young are orderly, when my brother is married, I will talk about my business." ”

"You, you...... That's it, let's talk about this matter again. Gu Xiurong took out a post from his arms, handed it to her, and said, "I almost forgot, the post personally given by Jing'an Hou this morning, inviting all families to participate in the banquet three days later." ”

Gu Mingzhu took the post and said, "The martial family wants a banquet?" Why? ”

"Marquis Jing'an got a daughter at this time last year, the gift of the first birthday, Li Guo has always been cautious, and Marquis Jing'an is the emperor's nephew, this time it should be lively."

Gu Mingzhu read the post and said, "My name is on the post. ”

"The eldest princess personally named you to go too."

Gu Mingzhu raised her head and said in surprise: "The eldest princess named me?" ”

"I heard that I went to the palace a few days ago to talk to the queen, and the queen mentioned it, so this is the case."

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "I see, then just go." ”

At night, Ah San knocked on the door with a body of wind and dust.

"Miss."

Gu Mingzhu put down the book: "I'm back." ”

Ah San poured a cup of tea on the table, drank it all, and said, "I stayed in Fu County for more than ten days, asked many people, and finally found the author, and the person brought it back." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "What about people? ”

"Waiting in the garden, this person's name is Qiu Qingzhai, and he used to be a teacher in Fu County."

"Let him in."

Ah Sandao was, put down the bead curtain, and said outward: "Mr. Qiu, come in." ”

Qiu Qingzhai walked in.

The visitor looked to be in his forties, wearing a scholar's hat, with a long beard, and looking quite knowledgeable.

Behind the bead curtain, Gu Mingzhu's face was not clear, and the girl's voice was a little tired: "Why did you invite Mr. to come to Jiangling, Ah San has already told Mr. ”

Qiu Qingzhai replied: "I have heard a little. ”

"I happened to see miscellaneous records, and I was very interested in the content of this book, especially one of the anecdotes, which was related to Fu County, and I didn't understand something, and I wanted to ask Mr. for advice."

Qiu Qingzhai said: "Miss, please speak." ”

Gu Mingzhu picked up the book on the side, turned a few pages, and said: "I'm curious, there are twenty articles in this book, almost every one of them is about the strange things of the people, and these strange things all imply irony, only one is a real case about Huang Yao seven years ago, can Mr. Qiu answer my doubts." ”

Qiu Qingzhai's face was calm, and he looked at the shadow behind the bead curtain: "Qiu felt that Huang Yao's incident was indeed a strange thing, so he recorded it." ”

"How weird?"

Qiu Qingzhai smiled slightly: "Miss, would you believe that a person who runs day and night to repair the embankment and sleeps on the riverbank for three months will be greedy for ink?" ”

"Officialdom is corrupt, someone is greedy for these fifty taels, but in the end they want Huang Yao to be this scapegoat, isn't this kind of thing more appalling than demons?"

Gu Mingzhu's faint voice sounded: "Do you have any evidence?" ”

"Qiu only has a handwritten letter from Huang Yao, and he will definitely die after the river embankment is blown up, so he secretly wrote a letter to me, hoping that one day his grievances can be revealed."

"Where are the letters?"

Qiu Qingzhai fumbled and took out a letter from his arms.

Ah San took it, passed through the bead curtain and handed it forward, and for a short moment, he vaguely glimpsed the girl's face.

Gu Mingzhu took the letter, it seemed that it had been a few years, and the letter was kept fairly well.

After reading, she asked, "You just said fried?" I heard that the embankment was not able to withstand the impact of the flood because Huang Yao cut corners. ”

"It's a fallacy! It was clear that someone deliberately blew up the embankment and caused the embankment to burst. ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "This is just your one-sided words. ”

Qiu Qingzhai's expression turned pale: "Since Miss can find me, she has the ability to find out the truth, it depends on whether Miss is willing or not." ”

Gu Mingzhu was silent for a moment and asked, "Are Mr. Qiu and Huang Yao old friends?" ”

"I've met a few times, and the friendship is like water."

Gu Mingzhu was silent.

Qiu Qingzhai seemed to understand her silence, and said: "Huang Yao has a lot of respect for scholars, and we scholars have no hands to tie the chicken, but we have this respect, he died unjustly, and the scholar is powerless, so he is respected in vain." ”

Gu Mingzhu's eyes couldn't help but fall on the book, and he was silent for a long time, and said, "Mr. has worked hard all the way, so let's live in the mansion first." ”

Ah San took the people out.

When the two arrived at the courtyard, Yueyan and Chun'er were coming with food, Li Guo was a literati, and most of the scholars with knowledge were respected, coupled with Qiu Qingzhai's dress, the two bowed slightly to him.