Goose feathers and heavy snow drifted in the northwest, and the world was set against a white expanse, and the scenery was not spectacular. The snowflakes, whirling in the bitter cold wind, fell suddenly, and suddenly floated again.

The wind, the snow howling, someone in the north looking at the south from afar, there is a city there, called Chang'an!

Chang'an, a thousand-year-old city, is the capital of the Xia Kingdom, there, there is an old man, who has been in the city for a lifetime, that old man is called Ning Qing, is a great cultivator of the innate realm, when he was twenty years old, he entered Chang'an by chance, and has taken root since then.

As the capital of the Xia Kingdom, it is not surprising that he is a congenital master, but Ning Qing is different, he served in the Qintianjian when the first emperor was alive, and for decades, a generation of new people has replaced the old, and even the emperor has changed one, but he is still in the Qintianjian.

Therefore, in the court of the Xia Kingdom, there are basically no Beijing officials who do not know Ning Qing, and Ma Dongyang, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the current dynasty, naturally cannot not know Ning Qing, although the old man's friendship is not deep, but as an official of the same dynasty, there is naturally some intersection, so Ning Qing recognized Ma Zhibai, the son of the Ministry of Rites.

With acquaintances, Ma Zhibai is naturally much better than before, and Ning Qing also gave Ma Zhibai a chance to explain the cause and effect of the matter in the face of Ma Dongyang, but Ning Qing will not go beyond it, how to deal with it, the power is in Gu Qingci's hands, so he asked Pang Shilong to send someone to find Gu Qingci.

Gu Qingci learned about the situation from Uncle Yan and rushed over as soon as possible.

As soon as he arrived outside the camp tent, he heard Ning Qing's voice.

"Boy of the Ma family, when the old man was in Beijing, he had heard of your good name, and the old man also believed that you were not the kind of person who would do anything for the future, but the person who was injured this time was not me, but Gu Qing and Master Gu, if you want to take away your servant, I don't count!"

Gu Qingci took two more steps forward and heard a young man's voice: "Elder Ning, the younger generation knows that it is me who is sorry for Master Gu, but although Uncle Dong is a servant of my Ma family, I have been raised by him since I was a child, and I can't watch him die here...... I will make amends like Lord Gu, hoping to get his forgiveness. ”

At this time, Yan Bo suddenly lifted the cloth of the camp tent, Gu Qingci walked in slowly, and said coldly: "Young Master Ma, this county is also very confused now, how are you going to make amends?"

As soon as Gu Qingci came in, the people in the tent hurriedly looked over, and Pang Shilong rushed over as soon as possible, and said excitedly: "Lord Gu, you ...... You're awake!"

Gu Qingci smiled faintly, patted Pang Shilong's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, there is nothing big about this county now, huh...... This morning, the Northern Desert people attacked the city, you, did a good job, and did not disappoint the county!"

Pang Shilong looked ashamed and said, "My lord...... My subordinates are ashamed, in the battle this morning, they lost too many of my good men in Daxia, they ...... Alas!"

Gu Qingci waved his hand, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Ning Qing's voice:

"County Lieutenant Pang, I don't blame you, you have done your best, and now that Lord Gu has woken up and stabilized the morale of the army, you are fighting a good battle, killing more thieves in the Northern Desert, and avenging the sacrificed soldiers, they will definitely be able to rest in peace in the spirit of the sky!"

Gu Qingci looked at Ning Qing, who was slowly getting up and walking over, arched his hand, bowed slightly, and said, "Elder Ning, it's hard work!"

Ning Qing shook his head and said lightly: "It's not hard to be old, but I'm a little worried about you, Master Gu, but now that I see you doing well, I can breathe a sigh of relief." ”

"Thank you Ning Lao for your concern!"

Gu Qingci greeted Ning Qing and Pang Shilong, and then looked at Ma Zhibai on the other side, and felt that this person's temperament was very good, as if he was upright, walking with the awe-inspiring appearance of a scholar, but he also frowned secretly, afraid that he was a hypocrite!

He wouldn't be so simple as to believe in a person just by virtue of the first image, not to mention, there are still grievances between the two.

He didn't believe Ma Zhibai's previous statement, if Ma Zhibai didn't have any idea about his great merits, and his attitude was very resolute, he didn't believe that the servant with the knife would really decide to assassinate him privately, and it was more likely that he was instructed.

It's not that Gu Qingci is dark in his heart, but he firmly believes in a sentence, at the beginning of people, nature is evil, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and people gather by like.

Ma Zhibai is full of curiosity about Gu Qingci, since he heard about Gu Qingci's personality, he is even more eager to make friends, and now when he sees Gu Qingci, he is not disappointed, Gu Qingci's body is also completely in line with what he thinks, and as he expected, he is humble and polite, but he is arrogant, this kind of thing from the inside out cannot be disguised.

There is also a young man in the camp, it is Ma Zhibai's scholar Sancai, he has been staring at Gu Qingci since Gu Qingci came in, people of their age are the most enthusiastic and hero-worshipping age, for Gu Qingci's legend, he only heard it once, and he can remember it very clearly.

Sancai hid behind Ma Zhibai, staring at Gu Qingci with two small eyes open, his face was a little flushed, and he was slightly excited.

Gu Qingci also noticed the young man, but he felt that this young man was quite spiritual and very likable, not to mention, it was impossible for him to transfer his anger to a child, so he smiled at Sancai.

Gu Qingci's smile suddenly eased the atmosphere in the camp tent, which was not very good, like a little star in the night, especially for Sancai, it was even more pleasantly surprised, and he plucked up the courage to say: "Master Gu, I'm ...... I...... It's called Sancai, I admire you so much, you ...... You're such a good officer, you're a hero...... Hero ......"

Sancai said this, because he was excited, he suddenly didn't know what to say, he kept smashing his mouth, wanting to say something, but he just couldn't say it, so anxious that his face turned red, and it was red until his neck.

Gu Qingci also saw the state of Sancai, smiled slightly, arched his hand, and said: "Little brother is falsely praised, Gu Mou can't be a hero, it's just in his position, seeking his own government, doing what I should do, and asking for a clear conscience!"

"What a clear conscience!"

Ma Zhibai suddenly applauded: "People in my generation should be like this!"

Gu Qingci glanced at Ma Zhibai and didn't speak, as if he didn't exist.

Ma Zhibai was stunned for a moment, but he didn't show an embarrassed appearance, nor did he get angry because of Gu Qingci's slackness, he arched his hand towards Gu Qingci and said, "Master Gu, you are getting off the horse!"

Gu Qing turned his head and stared at Ma Zhibai, he wanted to find some flaws in Ma Zhibai, because this person's performance was indeed too deep, for this kind of person, there were only two possibilities, one was a real gentleman, and the other was a hypocrite who was deeply hidden!

True gentlemen, hypocrites.

Someone is swaggering, someone is pretending!