Following.

The morning sun rises over the horizon, and a shadow stretched by the sun rushes down the road out of the city on a cold morning in early spring.

When he saw Su Shi's small courtyard sitting by the lake from a distance, the man gritted his teeth and rushed over.

Pause, pause

In front of the water tank, the man swallowed the cold water with a scoop, and sent half a scoop of cold water into his stomach in one breath, only then did he exhale a breath of hot air comfortably, splashed the remaining water on the ground, and carefully put down the scoop, as if he was afraid of alarming the master, he stood in the yard and looked at it for a while. Only then did he enter the dining hall.

Walking for half an hour, the spirit for a whole day.

That's right, it's Gao Yu who came.

Take his work beside Su Shi as an example, it is not much different from the guy who runs errands. In the morning, the official documents from the yamen need to be brought with the official documents approved by the governor, and when there is a newspaper, the newspaper of the day will also be brought. Then take away the official document that Su Shi approved yesterday, as for the case judgment and the like...... It's all about pushing officials, and Su Shi won't overstep his bounds.

The rest were trivial things, such as handing over some personal letters to the merchant or dropping them off at the caravanserais.

Generally speaking, Gao Yu is a '1-hour service in the same city' dedicated to Su Shi.

Of course, the Great Song Dynasty does not have the concept of hours, and the time it takes Gao Yu to get from Su Shi's residence to the yamen is also about half an hour, two hours per hour, and one hour, which is not wrong.

Although it is an inconsequential job such as running errands, Gao Yu is not discouraged.

For him, life is on the rise.

He has changed from a martial artist who specializes in protecting the safety of his master's road to today's private bookstore, which can also be said to have become a book history, thanks entirely to his efforts. Gao Yu's knowledge is average, mainly because he has not been systematically studied. But he is literate and hyphenation, and can write a good hand, in the years by Su Shi's side, his calligraphy has advanced by leaps and bounds under the influence of Su Shi, who is everyone in the book world.

Of course, his characters are all copied from Su Shi's words.

In the eyes of a layman, it is similar to what Su Shi wrote.

Only insiders can tell the authenticity, but in any case, Gao Yu's words have a strong Su Shi style, and even Gao Yu recently got a job to reply to unimportant letters for Su Shi.

He's in a lot of energy.

Entering Su Shi's study, the first thing that fell on the letter on the bookcase was very abruptly clipped a note, on which there was a line of words: "The post station is delivered by a fast horse, and the money is at your own risk." ”

In other words, this is a personal letter that Su Shi thinks is very important, and he will reply to the letter in person, not to mention, and it will be transported by the fast horse of the imperial court station. The price is naturally not cheap, and Su Shi bears the freight himself, which is enough to show that Su Shi attaches great importance to the people who communicate. The Great Song Dynasty was a dynasty that developed commerce to the extreme of feudal society, and the post stations of the imperial court could also send and receive private letters, but they needed to bear their own freight. Fast horse delivery, the price is more expensive. The moment he saw Su Shi's communication partner, Gao Yu was dumbfounded, couldn't help but slap himself, and said in frustration: "Make you crazy." ”

The letter was addressed to Zhou Yuan.

The scene of Li Kui's anger at him that day was still vivid, and Gao Yu also went back to recall his reply to Zhou Yuan. When he first received the letter, he thought he was an admirer of the bachelor. Although Zhou Yuan's tone in the letter was very humble, a letter written with disciple etiquette. But when a young man writes a letter to a bachelor, which one is not humbly seeking advice and performing discipleship rituals?

After pondering for a long time, Gao Yu remembered that the text of the letter he had replied to the bachelor during this time had this sentence: '...... Bachelors work all night and don't disturb everything. Remember! ’

Gao Yu was also taken aback by his boldness, this should be a bit of a lesson, right?

If you use Li Kui's colloquial language to explain, isn't it: "Don't make trouble, play!" ”

So Zhou Yuan decided that there was a villain around the bachelor, and this villain Gao Yu now knows that it is himself. Thinking that he had accidentally offended a jinshi, Gao Yu panicked. Want to explain to Zhou Yuan, right? Not a chance. He never went to Yishui County to tell Zhou Yuan in person that he accidentally made a mistake in the manuscript and wrote down what he shouldn't have said.

How much does that cost?

Mr. Su only sends him two times a month, which looks like a lot, but in addition to not asking for money for the house he lives in, he asks for money when he goes out. He hasn't saved much over the years. It's not that he can't even make up the fare for taking a boat to Yishui County, the key is to admit his mistakes, and he can't go empty-handed, right?

Gifts don't cost money!

Add to that the huge pressure of road fares.

He is really reluctant to spend a lot of money to lose because of a person's grudge.

Gao Yu decided to pretend not to know about offending Zhou Yuan, anyway, he was a dignified court official, and he couldn't get along with himself, right?

But the moment he saw Su Shi personally writing a letter to Zhou Yuan, he was really nervous and worried, could it be that Zhou Yuan was a student that the bachelor liked very much?

That's right, the old son and the old son, the youngest is loved.

Zhou Yuan may not be as good as Qin Guan and Huang Tingjian in terms of literary talent, nor as good as Chao Buzhi and Zhang Lei, but this guy has won the title of little junior brother by virtue of his young age. As for whether this little junior brother will have a conflict with Su Shi's youngest son Su Guo, this is not a question that Gao Yu will consider. He was determined to turn his rivalry with Zhou Yuan into a jade silk and eliminate the misunderstanding in the other party's heart.

Gao Yu hesitated again and again, glanced at the direction of the bedroom, and then took out a piece of stationery from the place where Su Shi stored the letterhead, and wrote: Senior Brother Qinghuai, junior brother Gao Yu.

After thinking about it, I felt that it was inappropriate.

Rub it, rub it, and the ball is on the side. took out another piece of letterhead and wrote: 'Senior brother is like a face, and the younger brother is afraid to take the blame...... although he feels that doing this is a bit of a bad character, but Gao Yu does not feel ashamed, anyway, even if he wants to be a literati every day, no scholar will agree to accept him. After all, without fame, everything is vain.

After hesitating again and again, he wrote a letter of repentance with sincere feelings, empty content, but no lack of deep confession of mistakes. Carefully stuffed into the envelope written by Su Shi, which made him a little relieved.

At this time, it is already time for the sun to rise.

As a night owl, Su Shi slept until he woke up naturally, got up leisurely, and appeared in the study after washing. When I saw Gao Yu, I asked casually: "Did you say what you did after studying with Renjie?" ”

Too?

Gao Yu is too familiar, it is Su Guo, the third son of the bachelor's family.

But who is the 'hero'?

Got a guest at home?

Why didn't he know?

But he didn't know, why did the bachelor ask him?

Su Shi saw that Gao Yu didn't reply, so he raised his eyelids, slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "I forgot to tell you, Renjie is Li Kui, you met yesterday, don't you know each other?" ”

Gao Yu then remembered that the black young man, who seemed to have a vicious magical boy hidden in his body, said that he was magical, because Gao Yu saw it, this kid wanted to come to the bachelor to rub his reputation, and he wanted to rub the reputation of the bachelor, and he also wanted to ask me if Gao Yu agreed? also dared to take the word 'Renjie', a shameless boy, Gao Yu felt angry when he thought about it.

But Gao Yu doesn't remember seeing Li Kui in the morning!

As for Su Guo, he has seen it, when Gao Yu was in the study, Su Guo liked to read under the corridor. One of the two of them reviewed the way of learning, and the other sorted out Su Shi's official documents and letters, and no one bothered anyone. He went through it in his mind several times, and said helplessly: "Bachelor, Li Kui has never been here." ”

"Lazy boy, go get him for me?"

Su Shi was not happy when he heard it, he may have guessed why Li Kui's knowledge is so commonplace, mainly because this guy is too lazy and doesn't work hard. Genius is like himself, when he was young, he also studied hard every day. And Li Kui, this kid, has a little talent, but he doesn't know what hard work is, isn't it hurting Zhongyong?

It's even worse than hurting Zhongyong.

Hurt Zhongyong was killed by his father, and Li Kui was completely self-harmed.

If you don't work hard when you're young, what will you achieve in the future?

Gao Yu went out to find someone like a headless fly, and after finally asking around, he learned from Wang Chaoyun's mouth that Li Kui was gone, and he left last night, saying that he was going back to the city.

Hearing this, Gao Yu was extremely jealous in his heart. He has been following the bachelor for so many years, and the bachelor has never stayed overnight, but Li Kui, who is like a reckless man, threw the bachelor's kindness in the puddle, and he didn't know how to cherish it. Thinking that Li Kui only came the day before yesterday, he was arranged by the bachelor to live at home yesterday, why didn't this favor fall on him?

Gao Yu's eyes were filled with jealous anger and told Su Shi the news that Li Kui had left yesterday, and Su Shi's stretched thick eyebrows suddenly gathered, as if squeezed into a Sichuan character: "Go to the city and call this kid to me." ”

Gao Yu will definitely not be able to live in Su Shi's house because of his identity, he is the bookstore invited by Su Shi, and he can also be jokingly called the history of books, anyway, he is a little higher than a slave, it is impossible to treat him as a family member, and it is even more impossible to treat him as a junior. And he is not a housekeeper's slave, and it is impossible for him to live in the master's house.

At the same time, Su Shi's family has no servants for Gao Yu to manage, all the housework in the family is helped by his wife and concubine, and his son Su Guo has also grown up, and he doesn't need to ask for manual work, so he naturally doesn't need Gao Yu.

Except that the male host is the hostess, it is really not like to let an outsider like Gao Yu live in the house.

This is also the reason why Gao Yu rents in the city.

Gao Yu was hired by Su Shi, and the biggest advantage was that Su Shi had too many books, as long as they were not too precious, he could borrow them, and at the same time, he could also seek advice in learning. But Gao Yu also knew that his reading comprehension was a little worse, and he didn't force it too much. Calligraphy has advanced by leaps and bounds.

When he met Li Kui, a lazy boy, who was still in the blessing and didn't know the blessing, and brushed off the bachelor's good intentions, Gao Yu couldn't wait to find Li Kui immediately, pulled his ears, and roared violently, so that Li Kui, the kid, knew how much of a blessing it was to be able to favor the bachelor. He has followed the bachelor for many years, and he has no merit and hard work before and after the saddle, and he has not mixed this opportunity, but Li Kui does not cherish the bachelor's kindness, which makes Gao Yu angry and angry.

Rushed to Yingzhou City, Gao Yu didn't dare to slack off and ran to the inn where Li Kui stayed, and turned his head to see that the silk Luo fluttering in the air under the corridor of the 'Yanbin Building' next door lazily caressed with the spring equinox, just like the slender waist of the Chu girl, sending out bursts of fragrant wind, which is the color and tone that every man in the Great Song Dynasty understands......

Gao Yu scolded angrily: "Bastard things, don't learn well!" ”

At the same time, the jealousy in his heart became heavier, and he secretly thought: "No matter how old Li Kui is, he won't learn well." 'Yanbin Building' has never even been to him. Rich, so fragrant. ”

Li Kui mainly has no lofty ideals and is willing to fall; Gao Yu mainly has no money, and he feels very heartbroken.