Gu Yunqiu blinked, how could he not have any impression of this kind of thing.

The dog baby also knew that Gu Yunqiu didn't remember, it was a snowy day two years ago, and the little maids in the courtyard were afraid of the cold and lazy, so they threw all the dirty work to him.

He slipped and fell at the gate of the courtyard with water, soaked and feverish, and the servants not only did not help to ask for a doctor, but also beat him with rattan sticks, saying that he was pretending to be sick.

At that time, Gu Yunqiu happened to pass by, drank away the group of small people, and invited him to a doctor.

"For my son, it's a gesture, but for me, it's a great favor." The dog baby looked at him with bright eyes and said very seriously.

Gu Yunqiu was a little embarrassed by him, and touched his nose to pull the dog baby up.

- It turns out that there is such a past between them.

The dog baby stood up and obediently saluted and thanked her.

The more Gu Yun looked at it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but say again: "I'll change your name!" ”

The dog baby subconsciously shook her head, thinking that her name really didn't seem to be good, and nodded with a red face.

Gu Yunqiu passed the names of Fuwang, Laicai, and Yuanbao in his mind, and felt that he was not satisfied, and finally glanced at the food box, and said happily: "There is!" ”

"From now on, you will be called 'dim sum', and from now on you will be my little dim sum."

Dim sum?

The dog baby blinked blankly, and Gu Yunqiu couldn't tell whether he liked it or not, only saw that his unkempt hair and ears were red.

Later, this name was also recognized by Princess Ning, and the identity list of the dog baby was transferred from the palace, and the name was changed seriously, and the monthly money was recorded as a silver.

Gu Yunqiu is a good talker, and he really gets up early every day to read and practice calligraphy, which makes the princess feel gratified.

Not only did he write by himself, but Gu Yunqiu also brought snacks with him, and the two of them always squatted on the sand side of the courtyard to write and draw.

The small tree branch is easier to hold than a brush, Gu Yunqiu was not used to it at first, but after a long time, he was able to write a few beautiful words, and he could also pick a few simple snacks to teach.

One day, the princess passed by and listened to his little cub, "These two words are - point, heart, is your name." ”

It's hard to write about dim sum.

The princess took a sneak look, but unexpectedly found that the child's writing was not bad, although it was not Yan Jian Liu Gu, but the characters were upright, horizontal and vertical.

The princess was very pleased, and it was only the result of Gu Yunqiu's hard work during this time.

She smiled and thought it was good.

And Gu Yunqiu taught dim sum literacy, but he actually had selfish intentions.

He thought about it, and now there are many books in the bookstore that talk about the way of doing business, such as "What You Need to Know About the Dictionary", "Seven Words of the Fishermen" and "Business Talks".

If the royal steward is asked to buy it, the buyer's book will definitely be criticized and thought that he is not doing his job. After the prince and princess found out, most of them also had to ask.

But if dim sum is literate, he can open an order for dim sum to buy, and he doesn't know it.

And the palace does not smuggle books when it buys books, it is all recorded in the public account. The dignified royal mansion will not end up worrying with him about this amount of book money.

After teaching for a few days, Gu Yunqiu felt that it was okay, so he asked the dim sum to go down the mountain to buy it for him.

It's just that he doesn't know what Jingzhong Bookstore has now, so he made a list casually from memory, and he was afraid of putting pressure on the dim sum, so he added: "It's naturally good to have books on the list, if you don't have them, you can buy one of each." ”

"Every, one of everything?" Dim Sum was stunned.

Gu Yunqiu nodded, and was afraid that there were too many books and dim sum, so he wanted to go to Princess Yang to borrow a carriage.

"No, no, son," Dim Sum tugged at his sleeve, "I, I have an uncle who works as a coachman in Beijing, he can help, no, you don't need to be like this." ”

"Uncle?"

Dim sum said his life experience, "Uncle he, he was originally in the northwest military camp, and this year's layoffs in the army, he went back to Beijing to find a coachman's errand, I, I asked him to send it, and I will send it." ”

Gu Yunqiu tilted his head, "Don't you delay his errand?" ”

"I—I'll ask first."

Gu Yunqiu thought about it, borrowed the princess's carriage, maybe she would ask him what books he bought, more things are better than less, "Just do as you say!" ”

Dim sum received the order, and on the same day, he went down the mountain with a list to find Jiang Jun.

Jiang Jun's current head of the family is a small official of the Jingshi Bureau introduced by the official teeth, the little official is kind and easy to get along with, but his old mother is short-tempered and irritable, and she is often angry with the servants, and she is either beaten or scolded.

Jiang Jun was on an errand for only ten days, and he had a lot of injuries on his body.

Although he has martial arts and has been a soldier, the other party is an old woman, and he really needs an errand to support himself, so he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

It happened that Jiang Jun was not on duty today, so he listened to the dim sum and sent him in a natural package.

On the way, Dim Sum told Jiang Jun in detail about his experience in the past few days, saying that Gu Yunqiu saved him, returned his innocence, changed his name, and taught him to learn calligraphy.

"And teach you how to write?!"

"Uh-huh." Dim Sum was so excited that his face was flushed.

It's not easy for a countryman to read, Jiang Jun listened, and the expression on his face softened, "That's good." ”

Everyone in Beijing said that Gu Yunqiu, the prince of King Ning, was a troublemaker, arrogant, and absurd, and not easy to get along with. However, as soon as Changsheng Lane saw it, Jiang Jun felt that the little boy was not as unbearable as the rumors.

Now listening to the words of Xiao Dim Sum, it seems that the rumors are not to be believed.

The largest bookstore in the capital is located in the east of the city and on the edge of Ningfang, only one wall away from Qingyang Academy.

The boss read the letter and knew that they were from King Ning's Mansion, so he immediately took out the best tea to entertain them. His attitude was too courteous, and he couldn't push off the dim sum after repeated refusals, so he could only eat some with him.

Heningfang is adjacent to the forbidden middle, the five temples of Taichang, Guanglu and Honglu are all here, the west is the hall of the criminal department, the torture room, and then to the south, is the south prison, which is commonly known as the "heavenly prison".

These days, Li Congzhou has traveled back and forth to this place many times.

He inquired about the news from the tea doctor at the tea stall at the foot of the sacrificial dragon mountain - saying that the group of Miao people in the southwest could be sentenced in three days because the evidence returned from Shu Mansion was conclusive.

Adult men were convicted of "treason" like them, adult men were beheaded, women and children were not official prostitutes, and the rest were sold into slavery.

When the time comes, the tooth man will go to prison to talk about business.

The tooth men were in business for profit, and if they could buy them from prison and sell them immediately, they would be the most profitable: they would not have to go from place to place to sell them, and they would not have to bear the risk of starvation and death of slaves on the road.

So Li Congzhou took all the silver, found an excuse to go down the mountain, and guarded outside Heningfang.

Just after the end of the hour, I saw a corner door open on the side wall of the hall of the criminal department from a distance, and a lean hunchbacked tooth man walked out, followed by several strong men with fierce faces.

The strong man held the iron rope in his hand, and the Miao people who were about to be sold were tied to the end of the chain.

Li Congzhou waited for a while, but instead of seeing the black shadow come out, he saw several jailers carrying out a large iron cage from the door, and the black shadow was curled up in it, and his body was covered with whip marks.

Carrying the iron cage to the cart prepared by the Naya man, several jailers gave their hands: "Boss Sun is rich." ”

The thief surnamed Sun had rat eyes and buck teeth, and while stuffing them with benefits, he smiled and returned the salute, "TOEFL TOEFL, thanks to the blessings of the officials." ”

The jailers weighed the red cloth bags in their hands, and after a few polite words to him, they turned back.

Li Congzhou stood behind the big elm tree in front of the forbidden city, looking at all this, his face was frosty, and his brows were tightened.

The tooth man didn't go far when he came out, but he shouted in the street outside the South Prison—

"Come and have a look, take a look, hey——! Strong Hmong slaves! ”

The rebellion in the southwest was big, and a few days ago, he beheaded a few people at the entrance of the vegetable market, and this matter spread in Beijing.

Ordinary people just come to see a novelty, after all, these people are "chaotic parties", and they are worried that they will be wild and untamable when they buy it back.

However, Zuo Fengluan of the Beijing Education Department stepped forward wearing a veil and picked a few from a group of Miao children, ready to take them back to teach and train, which is also a kind of wild fun.

Boss Sun took the money and smiled, and signed the deed for Zuo Fengluan on the spot.

Originally, the tooth people had to go to the official tooth registration to make a register before introducing the slaves, but in order to facilitate the sale, most of the tooth people with official certificates would carry dozens of blank deeds issued by the official teeth.

This deed is from the Hebu Heqi Factory, and a whole piece of paper is folded into three parts, and each fold is sewn with the official seals of the Hubu, the Heqi Factory and the official teeth.

After the servant slave dealer came out, the tooth man filled in the contents, signed the deed and drew the deed, one copy was taken away by the buyer, one was kept by the tooth man, and the remaining one was returned to the official tooth to make up the list.

In the future, if there are fugitives or illegal human trafficking, this deed of union will be relied upon.

There is Zuo Fengluan as an example, and several bustard mothers from the Qinlou Chu Pavilion in Beijing also stepped forward, and most of the Miao slaves were reduced in a blink of an eye.

A few people stopped in front of the black shadow's iron cage, but they all shook their heads and left.

Boss Sun's mouth was dry, and a pair of small eyes stared at the black shadow, not knowing if he was thinking about the bad idea of selling him to Xirong.

Li Congzhou then walked out of the shadow of the tree.

He wore a monk's robe, twisted the Buddha beads in his hand, walked straight over, stood in front of the cage and said the Buddha name.

Boss Sun was fanning the wind with his sleeves, and when he heard the sentence Amitabha Buddha turned his head to look for no one in sight, his eyes swept down, and he saw Li Congzhou.

He spat with disgust on his face, stretched out his hand and pushed him, "Go, go, don't come to me to beg for money!" ”

Li Congzhou pointed to the cage with an expressionless face, "This, how to sell it." ”

Boss Sun raised his eyes, looked him up and down, stretched out his little finger and picked his teeth, "The little bald donkey also learns from the Bodhisattva to help all sentient beings?" Are you rich? Go aside, don't make trouble for Lao Tzu! ”

Li Congzhou's eyes became cold, and his voice was also cold, "More, less." ”

As he spoke, he took out a heavy money bag from his placket.

Boss Sun's eyes lit up when he saw the money bag, his eyes rolled, and he snorted coldly: "This Miao was a nobleman before, sell it to the northwest and don't talk about this amount, don't come to ask the price if you don't have money!" ”

As he spoke, he held out five fingers.

The market price in Beijing ranges from 4,000 to 20,000 yuan to buy a maid, and the price is different depending on the age.

Li Congzhou glanced at him and took out five silver dumplings from his money bag.

Boss Sun didn't expect a little monk to be so rich, he swallowed his saliva, took the five taels of silver and bit them one by one, and found that they were all fine snowflake silver.

He immediately smiled, and was about to go over and open the iron cage, but then stopped moving, a treacherous expression flashed on his face, and he patted the cage, "Only five taels?" If he is like this, he can sell it to the Western Regions and be auctioned, and at that time, it was more than five taels-"

Li Congzhou didn't want to make a big deal at the moment, so he added another corner to him.

Boss Sun took the money and thought to himself what kind of rich fool this was.

"Oh, the little master is really merciful," he patted the car in a weird way, "The donkey pulling the cart has been with me for five or six years, and he is really old. ”

These words reminded Li Congzhou.

He only thought about saving people, but he didn't expect that the black shadow would come out of prison with such a serious injury.

Having a donkey cart is convenient, but ......

He glanced at Boss Sun and sneered in his heart: I'm afraid you won't be able to eat this money.

Li Congzhou didn't talk nonsense, and threw a whole money bag on Boss Sun, "Is it enough?" ”

Boss Sun was beaten, but who was not happy to be smashed with silver, while he was happy in his heart, he took out the deed of life and gave it to Li Congzhou, Li Congzhou did not use his real name, but made up a fake name casually.

On the Guanya side, he believed that this surnamed Sun would always have a way.

After saving people, Li Congzhou drove away from Heningfang without hesitation.

Instead, the black shadow huddled in the iron cage hissed, opened his eyes and looked at him through the cage, and whispered in his hoarse throat: "Mengxia." ”

Li Congzhou didn't understand this, but the important thing was -

Now the black shadow can still speak.

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After the refreshments, the owner of the bookstore helped to find the book.

Gu Yunqiu wrote all the business books he remembered in his previous life, and some of them had not yet been published in this year.

The boss was courteous and suggested that dim sum bring a copy of the finished books in the shop.

Although Gu Yunqiu said that he could buy a copy of everything, Dim Sum had never done such a heroic errand, and he was a little undecided.

The boss saw that he was hesitant, and added with a smile: "Anyway, the Zunfu is to settle the account with the small place once in half a year, and the little gentleman will take it back to pick the prince, and if it is not satisfactory, it will be returned again." ”

Dim Sum thought about it, and finally took a deep breath and nodded.

A shop of books said not much, said less and not a lot, the boss ordered to go down, the young men went into battle to help tidy up, but today's book was also piled up on the cabinet, the careless guy didn't look closely, so he also mixed one or two books into it.

In the end, it was a thick stack, and after Jiang Jun sent the dim sum back, it was already sunset.

Jiang Jun of Baoguo Temple was inconvenient to enter, so he could only send him to the gate of the temple, and he picked up four stacks of books by himself, panting, walking very slowly, and when he arrived in the backyard of the Tianwang Palace, the sky was completely dark.

He paused, trying to see the road ahead by the moonlight, but suddenly noticed a light in front of him.

"Snacks, you're back!"

——It's Gu Yunqiu's voice.

The little boy in a brocade robe put on a cloak with a hood and a small lantern in his hand, and ran over from the Jiuqu Bridge in the distance:

"Scared me to death, I thought something had happened to you!"

Dim Sum looked at Xiao Shizi's face in the candlelight, and his throat tightened for a moment.

"Wow, that's a lot! How are there so many! Gu Yunqiu noticed the book in his hand.

The dim sum honestly told me what had happened, Gu Yunqiu didn't care, it was good if it could be bought, and the bookstore owner's method was good.

It's just that the four stacks of books are too heavy for the little snack to carry, he put down the lantern and grabbed the two stacks with his hand, "There are not a few steps ahead, let's go faster together!" ”

The dim sum was frightened, and he stretched out his hand to grab it: how can the master help his subordinates to work?

Gu Yunqiu dodged back, not letting him grab it, "It's so fast!" You're grinding and grinding more alone—woo! ”

He turned his head and walked hurriedly, but at once he bumped into a man, who was also holding a large stack of books, and after a muffled snort, their books scattered all over the ground.

"Childe, are you alright?" Dim Sum hurriedly brought a lantern over.

Gu Yunqiu covered his head and shook his head, "It's okay......"

As a result, under the flickering candle flame, he looked up and was shocked to find that the person he hit was none other than Li Congzhou!

Xiao Shami's sword eyebrows were tightly twisted, and his ink pupils looked extremely dark under the candlelight.

"......" Gu Yunqiu swallowed his saliva, got up in a panic, and his hands couldn't stop shaking.

Li Congzhou was still wearing the gray monk's robe, and the corner of the hem was faintly dyed a little red, and as soon as he hid the black shadow in an empty house in the old temple in Houshan, he was called by Senior Brother Mingyi to go over to get the scriptures.

didn't think about it, as soon as he crossed the Jiuqu Bridge, he was knocked down by this reckless little gentleman.

He licked his back molars, didn't speak, and got up to pick up the scriptures.

He was like this, Gu Yunqiu was even more scared in his heart, and hurriedly leaned over, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I didn't mean to! I'll pick it up for you! Don't, don't be angry! ”

His movements in grasping the scriptures were unruly and rude.

Li Congzhou couldn't help but push him away, "...... Don't touch it. ”

Gu Yunqiu didn't squat well, and was pushed down by him and squatted, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he only moved back a little.

After looking at it for a while, he found that Li Congzhou thought his hands were heavy, and Gu Yunqiu carefully held the last volume close to him with both hands, "Give it to ......"

Li Congzhou glanced at him, and finally took it.

Gu Yunqiu didn't dare to come out, and watched him leave.

When the people were far away, Gu Yunqiu let out a sigh of relief, quickly packed up the books on the ground, pulled up a small snack and went back to the house.

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Li Congzhou returned to the monk's house with the scroll.

Senior Brother Mingyi's body was not yet good, and he was about to lie on the kang alive, and when he saw the little junior brother coming in, he just snorted twice to say hello.

As soon as Li Congzhou put the book on the case, Master Yuankong pushed the door in.

He looked at Mingyi, asked Li Congzhou about his condition, and picked up the scriptures on the table and flipped through them.

Then, Master Yuankong's face suddenly sank, and he shouted: "Mingyi! ”

Mingyi was frightened, "Master? ”

"If you break the vows once or twice once or twice, Master can ignore you, but now! How did you come across these things?! Did you listen to Master?! I think you're going to me off! It's going to ruin the century-old reputation of Baoguo Temple! ”

These words were heavy, and Mingyi immediately sat up straight, "What's the matter, Master?" ”

"What's wrong?" Master Yuankong trembled, and swept off the scrolls on the case with a flick of his sleeves, "What are these?!" ”

"These are ......" Mingyi scratched his head, "I asked my junior brother to bring me the scriptures......?" ”

"What about this?!"

Master Yuankong smashed a book in front of the kang.

Mingyi and Li Congzhou looked at each other, only to see a colorful booklet on the ground, and on the cover of the big red peony, there were three big characters written on it-

"Beauty, Spring, Love".