Just when Zhaocai was about to ask Gu Hanzhang if he could go down first, Gu Hanzhang opened his mouth.

"Very good, your monthly routine is gone again."

Zhaocai couldn't figure out why Gu Hanzhang wanted to deduct his monthly case again, he had just said the news of the princess in such detail, why did he still deduct the monthly case?

Thinking of this, Zhaocai shrugged his head and looked at Gu Hanzhang with tears in his eyes.

"Shizi, the slave didn't do anything, why do you want to deduct the monthly case? How many times have you deducted the monthly routine of the minion, and the minion can't afford to eat, and he has lost a lot of weight. ”

Woo boo, fortune is good and wronged.

Gu Hanzhang looked at Zhaocai's round belly and face indescribably, and he really couldn't connect him with what he said about not being able to eat and losing a lot of weight.

Although he deducted the monthly case on the surface, in fact, he didn't lose half a cent of the money he got from Zhaocai, how could he make him, the master, seem to have done something hurtful?

"Alright, don't pretend, get out of here." Gu Hanzhang had a gloomy face.

He has not made half a cent of progress with Chaoli now, but this kid has a hot fight with the maid in the backyard, and he has made an appointment to go to the theater together, it is strange that he can have a good temper.

It's just a small punishment and a big precept for deducting some monthly examples, and then saying something that shouldn't be said in front of him, next time he will deduct it even harder!

Zhaocai pouted, silently wiped away the tears that had not fallen, and left the study slowly.

Gu Hanzhang took a deep breath, ignored the account books on the table, and simply got up and walked out of the study.

When he went out, Gu Hanzhang originally intended to see Chaoli, but as if he had thought of something, he turned around and walked in another direction.

Relying on a good memory, Gu Hanzhang stepped into the cold courtyard.

Standing in the cold courtyard, Gu Hanzhang was thinking about Chaoli in his heart, and he couldn't help but have some doubts, what was different about this cold courtyard, so that Chaoli, a person who had never set foot here, stayed here for so long?

It's just that Gu Hanzhang looked at it carefully and carefully, but he still didn't see any difference.

Immediately, he stopped under the crooked-necked tree.

Listening to Zhaocai, Chaoli has been standing under this tree for a long time, don't you like this tree?

It's just a jujube tree, but it makes Chaoli care so much, this kind of thing is not a precious thing, and it is not very rare, something is wrong.

Suddenly, Gu Hanzhang raised his hand and involuntarily stroked the trunk.

At this moment, his heart suddenly ached, and even his breathing became much shorter, and some fragments flashed through his mind.

In a daze, there was a person lying on the snow, the snow-white underwear appeared a few irregular patches of bright red on the chest, and a maid next to him was crying hoarsely, his heart was more and more painful, and his ears seemed to sound the roar of the howling cold wind.

Gu Hanzhang held his breath and wanted to see the person on it clearly, but he was hindered by the wind and snow, and he couldn't see it really.

The only thing that was certain was that the man on the ground, who didn't know whether it was a man or a woman, tugged at his heart, and made his heart twist as he tried to see clearly.

It's a pity that in the end, Gu Hanzhang still couldn't see the people lying in the snow.

When the surroundings calmed down, Gu Hanzhang's eyes were already scarlet, and he covered his heart and gasped.

Gu Hanzhang found that the pain in his heart did not come from the previous injury, but because of the suffocating pictures that appeared in his mind just now.

What's going on?

Why did he see a man lying under this tree?

Even if you look at it from a distance, you can feel as if the people on the ground have stopped breathing.

There was even a moment when Gu Hanzhang felt that that person was Chao Li.

This is not untargeted, but well-founded.

He had a dream before, in which he had a conflict with Fang Zhengye, because of the incident of leaving the everlasting lamp.

Could it be that Chaoli died under this crooked-necked tree, and then he went to the temple to light an everlasting lantern for him?

At first glance, it seems to be reasonable, but Gu Hanzhang feels that this guess is not right, why Chao Li died here in a dignified manner, there is no explanation at all.

Thinking so, how did Chaoli know about the cold courtyard?

Gu Hanzhang prides himself on being wise and incomparable, but at this moment, he is rarely a little confused, he can't figure out these things, and it seems that they can be connected, but there is something missing.

After a long time, the pain in Gu Hanzhang's heart disappeared, and he suddenly laughed a little bitterly.

"I'm probably crazy."

Maybe you should go to Master Mingjing to solve your doubts, and you should go to the Cold Night Temple tomorrow.

After stopping for a moment, Gu Hanzhang exhaled a breath of turbidity, put his hands behind his back, returned to his previous appearance, and walked out of the cold courtyard.

Late at night, Gu Hanzhang went back to the house.

The lights in the house have been turned off, Chao Li doesn't know if Gu Hanzhang will come back today, she didn't leave the lights, she has already fallen asleep on the collapse, but she hasn't fallen asleep yet.

"Haven't slept yet?" Gu Hanzhang's voice sounded.

Chao Li opened his eyes, and he couldn't see Gu Hanzhang's appearance clearly in the dark, but he could smell a cold fragrance from him.

"The prince is back." Chao Li spoke lightly.

Gu Hanzhang stood in the dark for a moment, then slowly walked towards Chao Li, and sat on the collapse.

Chao Li felt Gu Hanzhang's approach, and couldn't help but retreat a distance, staring at Gu Hanzhang with some confusion.

Although Chao Li couldn't see Gu Hanzhang's expression clearly, Gu Hanzhang, a person who practiced martial arts, had good night vision and could see Chao Li's expression clearly.

"This morning's incident is not what Pei Yu thought." Gu Hanzhang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I know you don't care, but I still want to explain to you." I had nothing to do with the maid, and when she knocked on the door, she said you brought me my clothes, and I let her in. Then she came in and untied her clothes, and I quickly kicked her out, and happened to be seen by Pei Yu. ”

Chao Zhongzhi knew that Gu Hanzhang would really do such a thing.

Hearing his explanation this time, it is undeniable that Chao Li's heart is still a little happy, but she doesn't want to delve into it.

"The prince doesn't need to explain it to me, I already believe in the son." Chao Li replied lightly.

Gu Hanzhang's mood was a little better, "Do you really believe me?" ”

"What is there to believe in this? Shizi was originally a person who dared to act, and if he really wanted the maid's body, he would not hide it, and would arrange a small courtyard for her. Tingyu Pavilion is the largest courtyard in the Hou Mansion, and there are several small courtyards inside, so it is not impossible to take out a small courtyard to place the concubines. And the world's vision is high, I think I shouldn't look down on those ordinary maids, otherwise there would be no room around now. "Towards the road.

I have to say that Chao Li's words made Gu Hanzhang's heart feel a lot better.

Although he knew in his heart that this didn't mean that Chaoli cared about him, at least his evaluation in her heart was not so bad.

"That morning, I heard Pei Yu say that a maid came out of the study in rags, did you feel uncomfortable?"