"Don't you say... At first, I thought it would cost a lot of money, but who knew that I didn't need to care about it at all," On a low slope next to the official road, Gu Huai put up a pergola and looked at the crowd in the distance, and sighed a little: "There are stonemasons among the refugees, and other people are also willing to help, and they don't know where to raise money, so they carved out the statue of the god... It's a little rough because it's too short, but it's enough to look at. ”

The corners of Qingming's eyes, who were standing behind Gu Huai, twitched: "Is the hand a little too big?" ”

It's not just a big hand... This matter was rushed to buy people's hearts from the beginning, Gu Huai and Qian Lao's words in the teahouse were indeed right, in the past, the Li Mansion was too low-key in the Jiangning territory, and many people didn't know that there was still a princess of the former dynasty living in the city, so after hearing that conversation, Qingming was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity to make a reputation.

But it is also limited to fame - Jiangning is one of the richest areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and the identity and status of the Li Mansion are too sensitive, if the action is really too big, I don't know what kind of chaos will be made, but Qingming never thought that Gu Huai was so fat, and he dared to package a living princess of the former dynasty as a bodhisattva.

The key is that one dares to make up, and the other dares to believe...

"I'm afraid it's too late to talk about it now?" Gu Huai said with a smile, "And there's nothing to worry about, as long as the Li Mansion doesn't come forward in person, this matter won't make much trouble." ”

How does this sound like comfort, it is reminiscent of Li Mingzhu's advice before going out, and the secret letter since these days has not mentioned this matter at all, once Li Mingzhu comes back and finds that he has been offered as a bodhisattva... Qingming felt a little headache just thinking about it.

"Are you sure it's okay to do that?"

"What can be the problem, the Li Mansion opened a medicine shop, the medicine shop saved the refugees, and the refugees were grateful and spontaneously wanted to make a statue of Princess Mingzhu who 'inadvertently' leaked her identity, who cares?"

Gu Huai touched his chin: "But there are indeed some strange places... My people say that there are a number of people among the refugees who seem to be deliberately trying to lead this matter to a cult. ”

Qingming's eyes froze: "Cult? Your people? ”

"White Lotus Sect, you should have heard that they preach among refugees these days, but these days they seem to have deliberately instilled in the refugees the concept of 'Princess Pearl is the Virgin'... Although this sounds like a curse at some point," Gu Huai paused and nodded his chin down the hillside: "As for the people I recruited to do things... There it is. ”

Qingming looked over, and the merchant with two whiskers bent over this side flatteringly.

"Merchant?"

"What else could it be? There are so many refugees outside the city, as soon as the plague passes, they will have food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and I don't know how many people want to earn this silver... I wasn't idle when I was buying books before. ”

"These are the booksellers?"

"Pretty much the same, it stands to reason that it would be easier to find other businessmen, but maybe there will be cooperation with them later, and there is nothing wrong with establishing a good relationship early."

Qingming retracted his gaze: "It sounds like you still have a lot of plans. ”

“... In short, draw some cakes, stuff some money, and let them do things without a trace, and they are naturally happy," Gu Huai quietly changed the topic, "and this is done." ”

The bustling crowd in the distance has begun to go up the mountain road, and the refugees with the strength to shout the trumpet and raise the idol under the support of other refugees, considering that there is still a long distance from the foot of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain, Gu Huai turned around and went down the hill, ready to find a shady place to wait slowly.

"In this way, the promised thing has been done, and this matter has come to an end, but since there has been such a harmonious beginning, our cooperation..."

Before the words were finished, the dusty cavalry had already stopped at the foot of the hillside, and behind the curtain of the sedan chair, a figure in a pale golden palace skirt looked coldly over to this side.

Gu Huai shuddered.

……

Contrary to Gu Huai's expectations, the pale golden palace skirt fluttered up the hillside, and the biting coldness dissipated, Li Mingzhu's autumn-like eyes glanced at Qingming, and then looked at Gu Huai:

"Official."

The atmosphere was a little embarrassing for a while, after all, Li Mingzhu was here, what was happening here must be counted, and the statue with her face engraved was transported up at the foot of the mountain at this moment, Gu Huai thought that if he came back from a trip for more than half a month, he found that it was himself who had been confessed inexplicably, and the smile on his face became more and more stiff.

"Lady... Coming back? ”

He glanced at Qingming without a trace, and thought it was the pit dug by this girl, after all, how could she not know when Li Mingzhu would come back?

"Originally, I had to delay a little longer, but thinking that I would not be able to linger all the time when I got married, I came back a few days early," Li Mingzhu smiled warmly, trying her best to hook the corners of her mouth like a doll: "I didn't expect to meet an official here." ”

That's what it is going to explain... Gu Huai's forehead slid through the cold sweat: "Hmm... I have nothing to do, and the lockdown of Jiangning has been lifted, so I thought I would come over and take a look... After all, it still has something to do with the pharmacy at home. ”

Qingming on the side skimmed his head.

"Pharmacy?" Li Mingzhu smiled more brightly, and the light on the hillside became brighter and brighter, "Did the official remember the mistake?" I didn't have a pharmacy at home. ”

The corner of Gu Huai's eyes twitched: "Hmm... It's my memory, the pharmacy hasn't opened when the lady travels, it's a coincidence, I often go to the teahouse to play chess, and I got acquainted with Qian Lao who retired from the Tai Hospital, and talked about the plague outside the city, seeing that the lives of so many Li people were hanging by a thread, so I thought about opening a pharmacy to relieve it. ”

Li Mingzhu's eyebrows bent up: "The official is really kind-hearted. ”

For a while, Gu Huai couldn't tell whether this was settling accounts or really boasting, in the end, it was Li Mingzhu who came back too coincidentally, he glanced at Qingming, and signaled not to let him carry it alone, but he didn't expect Qingming to have no sense of righteousness at all, don't open your head and don't see it.

Gu Huai, who was extremely helpless, could only tell everything about what had happened in these days, and as for the things such as provoking refugees to storm the city gate and preparing to promote penicillin to the world, he still concealed it, and most of the credit for curing the plague was given to Qian Lao.

Li Mingzhu has been listening quietly, and the gentle smile has not changed, as if the cold gaze that Gu Huai felt at first glance was just an illusion.

When the matter was finished, Gu Huai didn't tell from Li Mingzhu's face whether she believed her words or not, he looked up at the sky, and was about to ask Li Mingzhu if he wanted to go back to Jiangning, when he saw Li Mingzhu walking in the direction of Qixia Mountain.

She stopped: "It's all here... How about the official accompany the concubine to take a look? ”