Chang'an Fu

"It's really strange, why don't you drink water?" Mr. Xiao said to himself when he saw this

Ah Zheng on the side seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly realized something, he patted his head, "By the way, before, the villain was taking care of his wife according to Mr. Gu's instructions, and then the lady kept asking for water when she woke up. I fed my wife a few sips of water, but I didn’t expect that she would also refuse to drink but still kept talking about water, water, water, just like now.”

Gu Huai glanced at Li Yu who was standing beside him, and seeing Li Yu's thoughtful look, he turned to Master Xiao and said, "The sickness in Mrs. Xiao's body has basically been relieved, but because she hasn't had rice water for a long time, her body is in trouble. Very weak." Gu Huai did not disclose that Mrs. Xiao's illness was due to poisoning, but just rounded up the words from the previous plague. Before, she was very strong without eating because of the power of Man Huanshu's medicine. Now Man Huanshu is in the The effect of the medicine in her body has gradually disintegrated. Without the support of the medicine, her body would inevitably be relatively weak, so Gu Huai continued, "In the future, as long as Madam Xiao calms down and takes care of her body, she will be much stronger than now." He did not bluntly say that Xiao Madam's body can no longer recover

Hearing Gu Huai's words, Mr. Xiao just held his wife's hand tightly. Mrs. Xiao just looked at her husband quietly, shedding tears silently. Although she was not conscious some time ago, but at this moment, she can truly Feel the pain of those around you

Seeing this, Gu Huai and Li Yu glanced at each other, and said together, "If that's the case, then I won't disturb Madam's rest, I'll take my leave first." After finishing speaking, they both left

There was nothing to say all the way back. When we reached the door of the room, Gu Huai suddenly said something

"Brother Zihuan just thought of something."

Li Yu glanced at him, looked around, and nodded, "The night is long, Brother Gu San, do you want to come to my room for a cup of tea?"

Gu Huai wanted to know what he was thinking, so naturally he followed him into the room

"Speak," Gu Huai asked impatiently as soon as he entered the room.

And Li Yu didn't seem to be in a hurry, but sat down slowly first, poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and then slowly said, "When you poured tea for Mrs. Xiao before, I felt strange. I suddenly remembered that before I met you, that is, before those men in black appeared to assassinate me, Brother Huang and I met a group of villagers who claimed to have sneaked out of Mao'an." Li Yu took a sip of tea to moisturize Moisten his throat, and then went on to say, "At that time, I talked to one of them about whether there were any strange things before their plague broke out. He mentioned a well to me."

"A well?" Gu Huai said thoughtfully.

"That's right. According to the name of the village, most of the water that people in Mao'an drink in that well comes from there."

"You mean, the water Mrs. Xiao mentioned is also the water in that well?"

"I'm not sure, but it's not impossible. The strangest thing is that the villager told me that not long after the villagers caught the plague, the well turned into a dry well overnight."

This point is indeed very doubtful, if it is not the theory of ghosts and gods, then someone is playing tricks, and Gu Huai naturally believes in the latter possibility

"It seems that we have to hurry up and go to Mao'an. I am afraid that if we stay longer, the evidence will become less and less."

Hearing what Gu Huai said, Li Yu nodded in agreement, "Now it seems that Mrs. Xiao may have been poisoned by that Man Huanshu because of eating the water in this well by mistake, but she didn't expect to be hit by us by mistake." met"

"Tomorrow we will bid farewell to Master Xiao, and then we will set off for Mao'an." Gu Huai was about to get up and leave after speaking, "Wait" Suddenly Li Yu called Gu Huai

"What's the matter?" Gu Huai turned around

Li Yu paused, then smiled suddenly, "It's nothing, I just wanted to tell you to rest early."

Gu Huai didn't doubt him either, so he replied "okay" and went back to his room to rest.

When he returned to the room, Guo Ye was no longer there, and he thought that Guo Ye would not leave today. Gu Huai thought to himself, Li Yu's reaction just now seemed to be a bit wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong with him, so it was like this Thinking about it, he fell asleep unconsciously

That night he didn't sleep well. He had a dream. In the dream, his father, General Gu, held him in his arms as a child. Just when he wanted to touch his father's thick beard, he was caught. His father threw it away, "As my son, Gu Qingfeng, he must be the strongest warrior in the world." Just as little Gu Huai was crying and wanted to reach out to grab his father, he was thrown away fiercely, "No!" Cry, you are so cowardly, you are not worthy to be my son, Gu Qingfeng."

"Father, I don't want to go to war"

"Shut up, I don't want to hear such unambitious words again"

"San'er, Lai Niang's side" the gentle and familiar female voice in the dream sounded again

"Mother, San'er doesn't want to go into battle to kill the enemy." Little Gu Huai said to his mother his petty words in a childish voice.

"San'er, do you know? Only when you are strong enough can you protect the one you love from harm, so mother hopes that you will make yourself stronger and protect the one you want to protect."

Little Gu Huai listened carefully to his mother's words, and nodded half-understood. The tears that had just been scolded by his father for crying were still hanging on both cheeks. Compared with the firm expression on his face, it was really Extra dazzling

Gu Huai opened his eyes. He didn't cry, but his eyes hurt. He hasn't had this dream for a long time. Before, his mother told him to become stronger. He did so, but the person he wanted to protect But he couldn't keep the man, didn't he complain, no, he did, but after the resentment passed, he did know the responsibility he shouldered as a descendant of the Gu family

Gu Huai was woken up by Li Yu the next day, he didn't know why he fell asleep in a daze last night

"I went to see Master Xiao early this morning and told him about our plan to set off on the road, so now we can go on the road after we have breakfast." Li Yu walked into Gu Huai's room while talking

"Have you packed your luggage and everything?"

Gu Huai was tormented by that dream yesterday and didn't sleep well, so he replied sleepily, "I have nothing to clean up, Guo was here with me yesterday and took care of everything for me."

While washing up, Gu Huai suddenly remembered, "I'm going to talk to Mr. Xiao about borrowing a horse in a while." They were originally here for the horse. Thinking of what happened before, Gu Huai didn't want to share the same horse with Li Yu again. up

Li Yu pretended to be sad when he heard the words, "How can you be so cruel, you don't recognize me as an injured person in just a few days?"

Gu Huai couldn't be bothered to listen to him talking nonsense here, so he put away his handkerchief and went straight to the front hall to have some breakfast, completely ignoring Li Yu who was crying and howling behind him

Master Xiao didn't show up until they finished eating, "The old man just went to see his wife. I met Mr. Li in the morning and said that you are leaving for another place today?"

"Yes, there have been many interruptions these days." Gu Huai said respectfully

"Hey, why bother, my wife's illness wouldn't get better so quickly without you guys." Master Xiao was a straightforward person, and he said, "I don't have anything to thank you for, except for some external things. If the two sons want it, just take it."

Seeing that Master Xiao is so generous, Gu Huai and the two were taken aback for a moment, but then they returned to normal. Gu Huai smiled lightly and said, "I don't like these external things, but now I have another matter and I want Master Xiao to help you."

Hearing what Gu Huai said, Master Xiao immediately asked, "If there is anything I can help, I will definitely help."

"It's nothing else, it's just that a horse was naughty and lost when we came here, so we urgently need a horse for writing. I wonder if Mr. Xiao is willing to find a horse for us?"

"It turns out that this is the case. Although we don't have the kind of horses that go into battle to kill the enemy, there is a bloody horse that was mortgaged to me by the Persians who came to me to do business a few years ago. It is also considered precious. If Mr. Gu doesn't dislike it, just take it away."

"Then I will thank Master Xiao."

The two led the horse and bid farewell to Master Xiao and were about to set off when Li Yu realized that there was one person missing.

"Where did Guo go, it seems that I didn't see him this morning"

Gu Huai glanced at him angrily. This person's reflex arc is too long. "He sneaked out early this morning. He was afraid of meeting Miss Xiao. He left me a letter saying that he would wait for us outside the city."

"There is a beautiful woman who favors me so much, and Guo also treats her as a scourge. It is really a waste of money." Li Yu said regretfully

"In this regard, a reckless man like Guo Ye is naturally inferior to the second prince, you know how to be compassionate and cherish jade." After speaking, Gu Huai drove his horse towards the direction of leaving the city.

And Li Yu, who was left behind, looked at the other person's back with a funny face, then kicked his feet and clamped his legs, and ran towards that person

Sure enough, Li Yu saw that familiar figure outside the city. This Guo is really incomprehensible. Someone who is not afraid of killing enemies in battle is actually afraid of a defenseless woman. No one will believe him if he tells it.

The three of them drove forward one after the other like this. Li Yu always found various excuses to ride a horse with Gu Huai from time to time. Sometimes he said that his wound was hurting again, and sometimes he said that he was still injured. No, but Gu Huai naturally turned a blind eye to these words. He managed to get rid of the bad luck of being watched everywhere, and he didn't have to endure the discomfort of being crowded together. It's too late for Gu Huai to be happy. How could it happen again?

Gu Huai on this side was secretly happy, but Li Yu on the other side didn't look very good. He thought of so many ways and made so many excuses all the way here, and Gu Huai ignored all his pretending to be miserly along the way. Naturally, I am not very happy that my treacherous scheme cannot succeed.

Therefore, he often finds fault with Guo Ye.

"I said, can you wash your horse's hair, it's so dirty that you can't see its original color?"

"..." Guo Ye was in a hurry and did not have time to bathe his horse, but his horse loves to be very clean, and will always lick here and there, so it will not be as dirty as he said that way

"Can you ride a little faster and keep up with us, or when will you get to Mao'an?"

"..."

"Hey, why are you riding so fast, I just said a few more words, as for what?"

"..."

After a round of attacks, Guo finally couldn't take it anymore, so he quickly ran to Gu Huai's side, "General, can you take care of the second prince, I'm always making trouble for me along the way, and I can't go on my way with peace of mind."