The snow is fluttering, a few people in clothes are walking on the street in Changling County, stepping on the soft snow under their feet, and there are quite a lot of snowflakes on their bodies, the one in front is thin, and he looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the two big men in the back have scimitars hanging on their waists, and they are full of killing momentum, they stopped in front of the inn, slowly untied their clothes, and entered the inn.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, the man with the knife upstairs felt it, and arched his hand towards Ma Zhibai, who looked gloomy and said, "Childe, they are back just three times." ”

Sancai is the name of Ma Zhibai's scholar.

Ma Zhibai, who was drinking warm wine slowly, raised his head, a look appeared on his delicate face, and said slowly: "Uncle Dong, bring a pot of hot wine, let them warm up first!"

Uncle Dong nodded, did not speak, took the hot wine handed by Ma Zhibai and went downstairs, he is a servant of the Ma family, watching Ma Zhibai grow up from childhood to adulthood, he knows that his son-in-law has a gentle personality and is approachable, without the arrogance of those children, but brings kindness, treats everyone very well, and treats people the same.

Soon, the scholar Sancai and the two six-door catchers quickly followed Uncle Dong upstairs, came to Ma Zhibai's side, and was about to salute, but was interrupted by Ma Zhibai and said: "Don't be polite, sit down and roast the fire first, it's very cold this day." ”

"Thank you, Childe!"

Sancai's immature face was full of smiles, his two eyes rolled, he grinned, and sat down next to Ma Zhibai unceremoniously, stretched out his hand and baked. He has been by Ma Zhibai's side since he was very young, and he knows Ma Zhibai's temper well, and the two are both servants and friends.

And the two catchers were not familiar with Ma Zhibai, but they knew Ma Zhibai's identity very well, and they didn't dare to be as casual as Sancai, but after getting along for a few days, they also knew that this son's brother had a good temper, so he arched his hand and said: "Thank you Ma Gongzi!"

After a few people sat down, Ma Zhibai asked, "Can you find out where Master Gu lived?"

Ma Zhibai now wants to find Gu Qingci, if it weren't for the fact that the city is closed by heavy snow now, and it is getting late, he would have rushed to Gu Qingci immediately and questioned, if this same year's conscience is still clear, he hopes that the other party can get lost and become a clean official.

But what surprised him was that as soon as this question was asked, both Sancai and the two of them looked a little unnatural, looked at each other, and no one spoke, and finally Sancai scratched the back of his head before he slowly spoke: "Childe, we ...... We seem to have misunderstood this Master Gu?"

"Misunderstanding?" Ma Zhibai wondered: "How can I misunderstand, isn't there anything hidden in this situation in Changling County?"

"Well," Sancai nodded and said, "I just went to investigate with the two Lord Kuai and found out that this Lord Gu is not only not the corrupt official we expected before, but a good official who is very popular with the people. ”

"This ......" Ma Zhibai frowned and said, "But why is Changling County like this now?

Sancai explained: "We didn't believe it at first, but after inquiring about many people, we determined that this Lord Gu is a good official who loves the people like a son, and even risked his life alone for the sake of the people, fighting with gangs alone, and almost losing his life several times." ”

Sancai's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "The reason why Changling County is lifeless now, and there is no one in the Yamen, is because the people of the Northern Desert went south and slaughtered many people......

"Okay, Sancai, say it well!"

This Sancai is just a teenager, inevitably a young man's temperament, after hearing about Gu Qingci's deeds, he admired Gu Qingci very much, and at this time he was more and more excited to talk to Ma Zhibai, and he danced as he spoke, wishing that he was Gu Qingci, and finally, until Uncle Dong couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him, he stopped, realized that he was too rude, confessed, quietly closed his mouth, and stopped talking.

Ma Zhibai's mood was like a wild wave in the sea, rolling layer after layer, undulating and undulating, it took a while to come to his senses, no wonder he was like this, because the turning point was too big, he originally thought that Gu Qingci was a corrupt official, but suddenly found that everything was wrong, although it was not a blow, but the impact was still there.

However, after only being slightly uneasy for a while, he was relieved, but relaxed, opened his eyebrows, and said: "Then I will rest assured, a good official is good......

Speaking of this, Ma Zhibai looked at the two catchers again and asked, "Two adults, I don't know what Sancai said, can it be true?"

"Qi Qi Ma Gongzi, the little brother of Sancai didn't talk nonsense," one of them said quickly: "I have just confirmed it several times, this Lord Gu is definitely a rare good official, with a style and a famous demeanor, that is, we have been running the rivers and lakes all year round, and we have seen all kinds of people who are officials, and we have to sigh, this Lord Gu is a good official!"

Ma Zhibai smiled slightly, picked up the book on the table, and said, "I must meet him, this is the ...... of my generation of readers."

At this time, the shopkeeper came over with a pot of new wine, Ma Zhibai immediately stopped him and asked: "Little second brother, there is something unclear below, your Changling County Zun is obviously a good official who loves the people like a son, why didn't you want to mention him just now? Isn't it, what complaints do you have against him?"

As soon as the shopkeeper put the wine on the table, he raised his head sharply and said hurriedly: "Childe, you can't talk nonsense, if it spreads, the villain is afraid that he will be poked in the backbone by his father and fellow villagers!"

Ma Zhibai was puzzled and said, "Then why did you just go?"

The shopkeeper held the coffee table, bent down and said: "So that the son knows, the villain is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do, and it's not that he is unwilling to mention Lord Gu when he finds someone to be suitable, and now who in Changling County doesn't know that Lord Gu is our benefactor and the protector of our Changling County, who doesn't owe him some kindness?"

"It's just that just now, Gongzi, you talked about Lord Gu, the villain sighed for a while, worried about Lord Gu, now the Northern Desert thieves have more than 10,000 soldiers, Lord Gu for the sake of our people in Changling County, regardless of his own safety, personally led the troops to fight with the Northern Desert thieves, and we can only watch from behind, I ...... I'm ashamed!"

Ma Zhibai's eyebrows jumped, he could see that the shopkeeper didn't have the slightest act of acting, and it was completely true feelings, which shocked him even more, an ordinary shopkeeper admired Gu Qingci so much, not to mention that there were thousands of ordinary people like the shopkeeper in Changling County.

Suddenly, Ma Zhibai looked stunned and exclaimed, "You...... What did you just say? There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the Northern Desert?"

"Yes," the shopkeeper sighed: "Those thieves in the Northern Desert are simply not people, I don't know how many people in Changling County killed me, alas, I hope that Lord Gu will be rewarded." ”

"Suffered!" Ma Zhibai suddenly slapped the table, and the books were scattered, but he didn't seem to notice, and said excitedly: "Something is wrong!"