The night was already deep, maybe it was too deep, maybe it was too remote, the night was as cold as water, except for the old man and the young man in white Confucian shirts, the whole street was a little deserted, the restaurant was closed, the old man was denied entry, and the young man went in again.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was very embarrassed and said: "This son, I'm really embarrassed, the shop has closed, if the two of you want to drink and come back tomorrow, I'll give you a discount." ”

Gu Qingci smiled slightly and said, "Are you really not doing business anymore?"

People who do business have a pair of unique discerning eyes, he looked at the old and the young in front of him, knowing that these two people are either rich or expensive, and it is not easy to offend, so he had to say apologetically: "Childe, the shop is indeed closed, well......"

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned, and then immediately said with a smile: "Although the shop has closed, if the two of you want to drink, I will prepare it immediately." ”

Then the shopkeeper took over a silver ticket in Gu Qingci's hand, although there was only one, but the clear denomination made the shopkeeper immediately respectfully arrange Gu Qingci and Mr. Wufeng into a private room, a good position for clinical listening.

All kinds of delicacies were brought in and placed on the table, Mr. Wufeng looked at the lights in the night, took a sip of my wine glass in his hand, and said, "I thought you kid was going to overwhelm people......?" Haha, good way, good way!"

Gu Qingci smiled slightly, and said: "Mr. didn't expect it to be so simple, in fact, many things in the world seem complicated, but in fact, they couldn't be simpler, not to mention, what reason do I have to use power to overwhelm people?

Mr. Wufeng looked at the stars above Chang'an City through the window, drank wine and said: "What you said is right, everyone has their own way of life, how difficult it is to maintain your heart, today's thing in the Ma family, although you have a proud backbone, but, I don't like it, I originally thought that because of the fame at a young age, your heart was disturbed, and I wanted to enlighten you, but now it seems that you don't need it, but why are you so reckless today?"

Gu Qingci shook his head and said, "Sir, in life, who can always be calm, I have always known that compared to this world, no matter who it is, it is just a small stream, but every stream has its own mission or responsibility. ”

"I am Gu Qingci, when I am an official, my mission is to rule the people, when I am the hope of others, my mission is to seek justice for them, but I will always be a son of man and a brother, how can I be calm. ”

"My friend has already startled the snake, what if the Ma family did other means to my mother and brother when I was calm and hesitant? I can only use the most concise way to let them throw a rat trap, this is not reckless, this is my method. ”

Mr. Wufeng nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, in this way, it is normal, this Ma Dongyang has gone too far, I think he was young and proud, but unfortunately, the evening is not guaranteed." ”

Gu Qingci took a sip of wine, not drunk, but a little confused, and said leisurely: "Others, I can't control it, I don't have the ability to manage it, I only do what I think I should do." ”

Mr. Wufeng smiled slightly, his gray beard was flying in the night wind, but it was a little elegant, and he said slowly: "Then what are your plans now? Now that you have won, what do you want to do with the Ma family?"

"Hehe......" Gu Qingci sneered and said, "Deal with the Ma family, do I have that power? Isn't all this the one above who said it?"

Mr. Wufeng smiled thoughtfully, smiled a little purely, and said: "You kid, I haven't read a few sage books, this scholar's arrogance but he has learned a lot, it seems that he has an opinion on the emperor, if the emperor is in front of you now, do you have to point at his nose and scold?"

The literati of the Xia Kingdom are the most backbone people in the world, not to mention complaining about the emperor, even if there are many people who criticize the emperor in the current dynasty, in this Xia Kingdom, there will never be a saying that they will be imprisoned for their speeches, when they were in Changling County, Gu Qingci pointed his nose and scolded the princess, and now, he has a lot of complaints about the emperor, which is not a big deal.

Therefore, Gu Qingci spoke, but he had no scruples, and said: "If I could, I really wanted to scold him, I had been desperately trying to get justice for the soldiers on the battlefield, but in the end, all this was meaningless, then the emperor knew everything for a long time, but he didn't do anything." ”

Mr. Wufeng was silent for a moment, and said: "You also have to understand and understand the emperor, he is in that place, the height is unbearable, he can't do things as he wants, although sometimes I want to beat him, but, I have to admit that he is a good emperor, a very qualified emperor." ”

Gu Qingci muttered: "I'm not saying that he is not a good emperor, there are so many countries in the whole world, and only the people of Xia Kingdom are living a little better, and in the past ten years, the country has also been thriving, but this kind of imperial trick is not good for anyone, and I am no exception." ”

Mr. Wufeng smiled helplessly and said: "You kid has such a temper, but it is very suitable to go to the Imperial History Terrace, however, if you have such a big complaint against the emperor, you are not afraid that he will know about it, and deliberately suppress you, even if you are given píngfǎn, he will not reuse you, then even if you have great ability, there is nowhere to go." ”

"No," Gu Qingci shook his head and said: "If you don't ask for it, I don't plan to continue to be an official at all, I came to the capital for a walk, just for the spirit of thousands of colleagues in the sky, if it weren't for the Ma family to make such a scene, I might have gone back to my hometown now, to be a teacher, fishing every day, taking my younger brother to catch shrimp in the river, or chatting with my mother, this is what I want." ”

Mr. Wufeng frowned and said, "You are still so young, and you left the heart of retreat?"

Gu Qingci picked up a glass of wine, swayed in front of the window, and said lightly: "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan, isn't this kind of life very good? ”

"At that time, I always wanted to grow up, study hard, get ahead, and let my mother and younger brother live a good life, until the first war in Changling County, I remembered that in those years, every afternoon, when the sun was setting, with the afterglow of the sunset, my mother was doing needlework for people while telling stories to me and my brother, and she always had a satisfied smile on her face. ”

"At that time, I carried my younger brother to the creek to catch shrimp every day, he laughed on my back, shouted hard, he was so happy, even if I often fell into the mud, he was smiling, his face was full of mud, only two front teeth, but he was very happy, holding a few small shrimp in the bamboo basket, able to laugh all day. ”

"When the two of us came home dirty, my mother always complained about us, but never beat or scolded, washed our clothes, and teased us while washing, and played water fights with us, at that time, how happy and satisfied our family was!"

"But, later, it's different, I took the Tongsheng exam, I just thought about taking the Xiucai exam, I thought about the Xiucai, I thought about the exam, I stayed in the house all day long and read alone, I can't remember all those years, I haven't seen my mother's satisfied smile, I didn't see my brother's silly smile, every time he rushed to the house to look for me, he would be kicked out by me, he was so lost, he wasn't happy at all, he thought he was making me angry, and ran to the river to catch shrimp for me, big shrimp, he wanted to make me happy, let me play with him!"

Gu Qingci looked at the night, holding a wine glass, and unconsciously, his eyes were a little hazy. Mr. Innocent looked at him quietly, did not speak, just listened quietly.

"How many years have I not played with my brother, how many years have I not gone to the mountains with my mother to pick wild fruits, and how many years have I not squatted quietly beside my mother to watch her sew clothes. ”

"I always think I'm doing it for their good, I'm going to give them a good life, but in fact, it's all just a matter of taking it for granted, do they really need a day like this? Will they really be happy? They don't ...... happy."

In fact, what the mother wants is for the two sons to be by his side, to accompany her to chat, to be able to eat and dress warmly every day, what the younger brother wants is very simple, the elder brother can accompany him to the river to catch shrimp, or take him to catch hares in the mountains, or run around the yard with him, and the mother is watching with a smile on the side. ”

Gu Qingci slowly turned his head and said, "Mr. Wuji, you understand this feeling, right? This is what I want, really." ”

Mr. Wufeng nodded and said, "I understand, who doesn't yearn for the joy of family?" Your idea is very good, but ...... With great power comes great responsibility, you know?"

Gu Qingci nodded and said, "I understand, but when the sky falls, aren't there also tall people on top of it?" I'm really just an ordinary person, I'm not that noble." ”

Mr. Wufeng shook his head and said: "What you have, it's just that you don't know it, I originally had a lot to say to you today, but now I think I shouldn't pull you here, I should let you go to see your mother and brother, you go back first, and enter the palace tomorrow!"

Mr. Wufeng slowly stood up and walked away slowly.

............

Gu Qingci was a little heavy, he walked back to the inn slowly, he didn't think about why Mr. Wufeng was looking for him, and he didn't bother to enter the palace tomorrow, he only had two figures in his mind now, the simple woman, the swarthy child, that was his mother and younger brother.

Since he came to this world, Gu Qingci has found a very strange thing, he seems to have inherited even the emotions of his predecessor, but he does not have any discomfort, he also likes it very much, especially the two people in the depths of his emotions, which makes him make up for the indifference of his previous life.

In the distance, Gu Qingci paused, and he saw a plain-clothed woman at the door of the inn, and a swarthy child standing next to him, staring at him.

His eyes suddenly rippled, his eyes became hazy, he trembled all over, and called softly: "Mother, little stone!"

The night breeze caresses, in Chang'an City in the middle of the night, more than 9,000 lights have been extinguished, in addition to the palace wall, there may be some Goulan tile houses left, in this deep street and alley, the doors are closed, it has long been dark, but there is an inn with lights on, in this night is not very bright, only a little dim.

But under this dimness, there were two people, both of them and another young man in white stopped and watched, and the touch in his heart made him a little panicked, this is an emotion that does not exist in the battle of Wangjing, but at this time, it is undoubtedly revealed, the kind of cowardice in the depths of his soul makes him stand and dare not move, worried, this scene is broken.

"Brother!"

With a crisp, excited child's voice, Gu Qingci had a satisfied smile on his face, and then he saw the swarthy child rushing over and directly into Gu Qingci's arms.

Gu Qingci picked up the little stone hard, gently touched the little stone's head, and said with a smile: "Why is it so heavy." ”

"Hehe," Xiao Shi grinned, his silly smile seemed so innocent, he took out a chicken leg wrapped in yellow paper from his arms, and said, "Brother, the chicken leg I left for you is delicious, you can eat it!"

Gu Qingci slowly put the small stone on the ground, took the chicken leg, it was already cold, his hands trembled slightly, his eyes were always a little hazy, and he smiled: "The little stone is really good, brother is not hungry now, eat it when he is hungry!"

"Okay, okay," Xiaoshi put the chicken legs away, and said, "Then, brother, can you play with me?" Let me tell you, I caught a lot of shrimp for you, and I didn't eat any of them, and I raised them all for you. ”

Gu Qingci nodded, and said seriously: "Well, brother will play with you, I will take you to catch hares, pheasants, fishing, and picking fruits......"

Xiao Shi seemed to have imagined the scene that Gu Qingci said in his mind, laughing stupidly, nodding vigorously, and he was a little eager to go immediately, in his eyes, this prosperous Chang'an City may not be as practical as this chicken leg and a hare in the mountains.

Gu Qingci walked to the door of the inn with the small stone, every step was heavy, and as the plain-clothed woman who always exuded a divine luster in her eyes became clearer and clearer, the throbbing of the blood connection became more and more profound.

"Qingci, I'm back!"

This sentence, there was a strong emotion in his voice, which made Gu Qingci's heart full of bitterness, his face was a little pale, and he slowly knelt on the ground, and said, "Don't Xiao Zi Gu Qingci, let your mother suffer!"

Mrs. Gu seemed to be a little cramped, and hurriedly grabbed Gu Qingci and said, "Oh, Qingci, don't be like this, mother...... My mother is happy to see you, my mother is not suffering, my mother is happy, happy, you get up quickly......"

Mrs. Gu pulled Gu Qingci, and slowly sobbed as she spoke, choking up: "My mother thinks about you every day, afraid that you are hungry, afraid that you will not be able to take care of yourself...... If you sometimes hear someone passing by outside the house...... I thought you were back...... Mother, I miss your ...... so much."

"Mother's ......"

Gu Qingci was also a little choked, a thousand words were blocked in his heart, he finally knew what he lacked in two lives, maybe it was this family affection.

Xiao Shi touched his head, looked at his brother and mother, and said suspiciously: "Mother, brother, why are you crying, Xiao Shi is very happy." ”

Gu Qingci hurriedly helped Mrs. Gu up and said, "Mother, it's cold at night, let's go in and talk!"

Mrs. Gu nodded, wiped her tears, and said with a smile: "Okay, look at your mother, this happiness will be ......."

Gu Qingci smiled slightly: "Qingci is also happy!"

Whether it is the vicissitudes of life, or the fact that things are wrong or wrong, the mountains and rivers are long, and when I return, I will still be your young man in white!