Changle Floating Life

Chapter 22 Lord Hou Ye looks at each other from afar

Li Sihai and Xiao Lanshan went in first after carrying their things, while Ye Jianqing stood outside the door, looking back at King Duan's house across the alley, hesitating.Lan Shan suddenly leaned out from the door, stretched out his hand and pulled him in: "Why are you standing there stupidly?"

Walking around a Fushou Linmen screen wall is a huge courtyard. The ground is desolately barren grass, full of bird droppings and rat droppings, and the flowers and trees are growing wildly. You can vaguely see the appearance of some rockery ponds, and now they have become the dens of urban foxes and rats.The houses in the front row looked quite imposing, but they couldn't stand the disrepair for a long time, and they were all dilapidated.

Gu Su entered the main hall, and Li Sihai also followed.Lanshan went to the kitchen on the east side. She was small, so Ye Jianqing helped her carry the food box and followed.Li Sihai's voice passed through the courtyard: "Lanshan, come here to make tea." Xiao Lanshan responded, jumping around in the kitchen, bossing around: "You come to light the fire, and I'll see what I can drink." Jian Qing was still immersed in the shock of seeing Gu Su, and Mu Dai was at her mercy.She jumped up and down, and finally found a dusty lead pot, washed it clean, picked a handful of wild tea in the yard, poured hot water, and asked Ye Jianqing to send it.

There are several tables and chairs in the hall, Gu Su sits at the main seat, and Li Sihai sits beside him.After Ye Jianqing served the tea, he said anxiously: "Master, I'm going back first." Li Sihai was drinking hot tea, choked, and coughed again and again: "You don't live here?"

Only then did Gu Su turn his head to look at him.He is no longer the little shepherd boy in Nanshan.He has a burly figure, long head and high cheekbones, his facial features are as deep as a knife, and his eyes are occasionally light blue.Looking forward, it is extremely powerful.His voice was low: "Wait a minute, I have something to say. Shopkeeper Li is my friend for many years, not an outsider."

Ye Jianqing almost shivered, so he could only stand aside with his hands down.He was grateful to Pei Zhaoye with vigilance, but to Gu Su, he was curious mixed with fear, and there was a bit of sympathy and sentimentality in the curiosity.

Li Sihai felt the atmosphere was weird, turned his head to look at Gu Su and said, "Amei, what's going on? You don't live together?"

Ah Mui?Ye Jianqing's ears twitched, feeling itchy and curious as well as slightly sick and sour.

Gu Su said lightly: "He is now under the care of King Duan and lives in the courtyard opposite."

Li Sihai took a breath, couldn't help counting down Ye Jianqing and said, "Nephew Ye, what I said is a bit shallow, how can you get involved with Duan Wang? Duan Wang is not a good friend If Gan Jing wants to say who has the most bad intentions, it must be him."

Ye Jianqing raised his head and said, "I know that King Duan wants to seize the throne. He has treated me with great kindness, and I promised to help him."

Li Sihai's eyeballs were about to fall out, he pointed at Ye Jianqing with one hand, while looking up at Gu Su, the latter drank his tea with his head down as if he didn't hear anything.Li Sihai was puzzled and said: "Master Gu, didn't you tell him the origin of the master's school? Isn't your religion not allowed to meddle in these court affairs?" Seeing that Gu Su didn't speak, Li Sihai couldn't help but feel old-fashioned for a while, and said: "Nephew Ye, you said that King Duan has kindness to you. Do you think he has any good intentions? He just thinks that you are the only heir of the princess. The so-called rare goods can live in it. He can justifiably collect the old part of the princess by holding you in his hand. It's just a matter of seizing the position and gathering connections."

They talked about King Duan again and again, but Gu Su seemed to have disdain on his face.But Ye Jianqing knelt down and kowtowed, and said stubbornly: "Master, shopkeeper Li, I can't let the princess and grandma be wronged like this. Prince Duan promised me that once I board the Dabao, I will reverse the case and set up a sacrifice for grandma." It is not good to be young, so I sneaked away from Nanshan that day. The uncle will be beaten and scolded, killed and cut, and I will let you deal with it after I overturn the case for grandma and have a good funeral."

Li Sihai couldn't bear his kowtow, he stood up when he saw him kneeling down, and frowned after hearing what he said.Gu Su put down the teacup, turned to Li Sihai and said mockingly: "He is a fool who can't be ignored." Li Sihai said solemnly: "This matter must never be done! Reserved positions are related to the foundation of the country, and should not be abolished suddenly. Although the current emperor In the case of the princess mansion, the work was not bright, but it did not harm the country. What's more, the prince's eldest son is already an adult, so there is no serious fault. If the prince is changed, others will think that the prince's position can be managed. Got it. From then on, the vassal kings and powerful ministers spied on Jiuding, opening up the world’s chaos and chaos.”

The implication of his words is that today it can be described as a thunderbolt method, with a bodhisattva heart, talking about politics and human feelings.The case of the princess mansion is a big tree attracting wind, and it is only to be blamed.In fact, in all fairness, what he said was not too much, but Ye Jianqing, an orphan of the Hou family, heard it very harshly.So he raised a sneer and said, "Didn't it be Taizong who started the vassal kings and powerful officials spying on Jiuding? What is wrong with the East Palace? It has been plagued by illness for a long time, and the foolish heart is not exhausted. It is full of vicious virtue. It is because of the worry that he will be dethroned and accept the heresy." But disobeying the emperor's order, harboring heresy and doubting your younger brothers. Isn't this a ready-made excuse? King Duan just took advantage of the situation."

Li Sihai was at a loss for words for a moment, and after a long time, he stomped his feet and said, "Amei, your apprentice has a sharp tongue, I can't beat him!"

The corners of Gu Su's mouth twitched, and a smile flashed across his eyes: "If you talk too much, you must do too little. That's all he has." Li Sihai saw that his words were meant to protect his weaknesses, and sighed: "What a fool." Nonsense!" Gu Sudao: "Brother Li, this child is stubborn, let me teach you slowly." Li Sihai frowned and said: "Nowadays there is a lot of noise in Beijing, and what King Duan is worried about is Queen Qi's kindness in nurturing. Or It is said that His Majesty is counting on Empress Qi to control the hearts of jackals and tigers with her gentle virtue. It is rumored that Empress Qi has been ill for many years, I am afraid that the time is coming soon."

Seeing that Gu Su and Ye Jianqing were silent, Li Sihai smiled wryly and said, "Why did Gu Tingrang go all out to climb Luofu Mountain last winter? It wasn't because of the queen's illness. I heard that he had died a few days ago. When I came back, I was promoted to the admiral of the [-]th Regiment Battalion."

When he mentioned Gu Tingrang, Ye Jianqing's eyes suddenly shot a stern light, and his face changed.Gu Su glanced at him, and said to Li Sihai, "Brother Li, thank you for letting me know."

"Come on, let's go, I knew you were going to use someone as a backer!" He picked up the cold tea, drank a few gulps, then wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said angrily, "Amei, for the sake of my old club Come on, I also want to help you." Then he stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Make a plan early. I won't come here, so that no one who cares will see it." Gu Su also stood up and sent him out, saying: "Brother Li Gao Yi, thank you Gu Su."

The two walked past Ye Jianqing, who was kneeling, and were walking to the door, when they ran into Lan Shan who had barged in to refill the water, and chirped: "Hey, the talk is over so soon, isn't the shopkeeper going to get drunk with Master Gu tonight?" Hugh?" Li Sihai smiled wryly and said, "You are so talkative." When he said this, a thought suddenly occurred to him, and he turned to Gu Su and said, "Master Gu, I beg you for one thing."

Gu Su nodded and said: "I know, I don't have a servant girl here, and I just want to borrow someone from you." Li Sihai had a sense of relief on his face, and said to Lanshan: "You start tomorrow, come and serve Gu Jiaozhu .”

Poor Xiao Lanshan stood in the barren courtyard, holding a lead pot in one hand, dumbfounded, not knowing what mistake he had made, why the shopkeeper sold himself in a few words.

Li Sihai grabbed Xiao Lanshan, who was full of tears, and went out. He looked up and saw the white board door six feet away, and said to himself, "It's strange, why did Prince Duan buy the house here?"

Gu Su sent the two away and went back to the main room. Seeing Ye Jianqing was still kneeling on the ground, he walked over and said, "Get up, sit down and talk." Ye Jianqing got up and sat on the seat where Li Sihai had sat.Gu Su also sat down, not knowing where to start.After thinking for a long time, he said, "Did you encounter any danger when you came out of Nanshan, and how are you doing?"

It seems that a piece of spring snow fell silently on the stamens, slowly melting and turning into water drops.Ye Jianqing's eyes suddenly filled with mist, and he couldn't see anything clearly.Gu Su's face turned cold, and he said: "You swore a day ago that you would serve your uncle in the snow mountain for the rest of your life, but you slipped away at night the next day, how brave you are!"

Ye Jianqing was shocked, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Uncle, it's Jianqing's fault. But Jianqing's respect and love for uncle will not change." After speaking, he also felt very numb, so he Peeking at the expression of the master uncle, Gu Su just laughed it off.His slender fingers tapped on the table, and he said in a rambling voice: "Are you curious why I know Li Sihai? You have probably heard that this Sihai gambling house has a history of a hundred years. Its first Ren Dong's family is the daughter of our founding master, the former Princess Xiliu."

"So, the founder of the mountain is Emperor Cheng Xuanwu?" Ye Jianqing was very surprised.

Gu Su nodded and said: "Yes. After the patriarch abdicated, he went to live in seclusion in the snowy mountains and founded our teaching. The master I told you is the grandson of the patriarch, the son of Princess Xiliu, and the Marquis of Changle in the Taizong Dynasty. Pei Qing."

"Isn't Princess Xiliu married to the former Shu Lord? Why is her son the Lord Marquis of our court?" Hearing this, Ye Jianqing was momentarily insane.

Gu Su also felt quite a headache, and said: "It's a long story. Well, I'll talk about it later. Your grandma once worshiped under the teacher and was his first disciple. From Master to your grandma."

He is really not a good storyteller, so Ye Jianqing was confused when he heard it, so he had to ignore the cause and effect, the ins and outs, and asked curiously: "What about after my grandma? Could it be that I am the young master?" Gu Su frowned and said, "Maybe it's the master." Uncle left too hastily. She forgot to tell who it was passed on to. Do you remember the crystal dice that Li Sihai took out when you first went to the casino? That was one of the tokens between the boss and the shopkeeper. .If you don’t know this thing, you can’t be called the next owner.”

Ye Jianqing tentatively said: "Then shopkeeper Li will help me and Duan Wang for my grandma's sake, right?"

Gu Su was unhappy when he heard the word "Duan Wang", and remained silent for a while.Ye Jianqing took a peek at his face, and said cautiously: "Uncle Master came to the capital, why?" He definitely didn't want to catch me.

Gu Su glanced at him sideways, as if he had guessed his thoughts, wanted to scold him, but felt powerless, and finally said: "You are in Nanshan, and you want me to help you find a man named Jiang Xilie, remember? There are already some clues." Ye Jianqing was overjoyed, and grabbed Gu Su's wrist: "Really? Where is he?" After he finished speaking, seeing Gu Su's eyebrows frowned, he let go of his hand in surprise, Cowardly said: "I'm sorry, uncle." Gu Su retracted his wrist, stood up without saying a word, and walked to the back of the main room.

Ye Jianqing thought he was angry, so he quickly got up and took a step, but didn't dare to follow him, and stood there in a daze.After a while, Gu Su came out again, holding a book in his hand, and said, "From tomorrow onwards, you will come to my pharmacy every afternoon for an hour, and I will teach you the golden needle technique."

An hour at noon every day?Ye Jianqing shrank her neck and looked at him in fear: "Master, I'm clumsy and I can't learn it." Gu Su stared and said coldly: "Do you want to come by yourself at noon, or do you want to be surrounded by me in the middle of the night?" Grab it here?" Ye Jianqing took the old book in a hurry, put it in his arms, and said repeatedly: "I will learn and I will learn."

Gu Su sat down again, flicked his sleeves and said, "Go back."

Ye Jianqing didn't want to leave at this moment, her eyes rolled wildly, and she whispered: "Master, why does Shopkeeper Li call you that old man?"

Gu Su was taken aback, and after thinking for a while, he understood what he meant, and said, "My father's surname is Gu, and my mother's surname is Su. I was born in the season when plum blossoms bloom, and my name is Meisheng. They called me that when I was young."

them?Ye Jianqing gave a "huh" and asked again: "How did the uncle come here?" Gu Su was so annoying that he was so noisy, and was about to scold him when he suddenly thought of something, and said: "You really don't know this is Where? This is the mansion built by Emperor Taizong's imperial edict Zhao Yan, the old house where Zhao Nanxing lived when he was a child. I would like to know why King Duan bought the mansion here?"

As soon as the Dragon Boat Festival arrives, the scorching heat arrives, and the people in Beijing are less and less likely to travel.After Ye Jianqing returned, she had dinner with Granny Li and Lan Xin's grandfather and grandson in the small courtyard.At this moment, Pei Zhaoye came.As soon as he came in, his forehead was covered with sweat, Lan Xin went to fetch well water to wipe his face, and Granny Li went to the kitchen to serve dinner.Ye Jianqing also put down the rice bowl in his hand, followed over, and said, "Why is it so hot?"

Pei Zhaoye smiled and said, "I just came out of the palace, and came here on horseback." After washing his face, he took out something from his sleeve, handed it to Ye Jianqing, and said, "Today, Emperor Father has rewarded you with a bunch of things. , This was opened by the Daxiangguo Temple, and I specially brought it for you." It was a sachet, which contained a piece of agarwood and a talisman from the Xiangguo Temple.

The things are not expensive, but the affection Baba sent over without rest at night is really not light.Ye Jianqing was deeply moved, and quickly took the leather belt tied around his waist.

When Granny Li came out with the meal, Pei Zhaoye waved his hand and said, "I can't eat more, so the palace gave me a banquet. You guys eat, I'll just eat this." He pointed to a basket of peaches and plums quenched in the well and said.

Ye Jianqing and the others finished their meal in a hurry, and the grandfather and grandson cleaned up the dishes.Duan Wang put his foot on the mouth of the well, opened his neck wide, and took a mouthful of plums. His teeth were so sour that he deliberately spat out the fruit pits all over the yard.Ye Jianqing had never seen such a mischievous and uninhibited appearance in the market, and he felt much kinder in his heart.

The two had a conversation by the well, and Pei Zhaoye felt that the night breeze was getting a bit chilly, so he walked into the study with Ye Jianqing.He hasn't stayed here since that day.

After Ye Jianqing closed the doors and windows, Pei Zhaoye took out a stack of writing paper from his body, on which were densely written names and positions.He took out a red slip from the end and showed it to Ye Jianqing, and said, "This is from last year. You follow this rule and send it to these people. The money goes from Songfeng Pavilion, and the account should be carefully done so that the shopkeeper can't see it." .In the future, I will bother you during the Chinese New Year and holidays.”

Whenever he is with Pei Zhaoye, the tender warmth and innocent illusions at first will eventually disappear.That's why Ye Jianqing couldn't really relax in front of him.

The lights were crackling, Ye Jianqing only took one look, and his heart jumped.He suppressed his mind, read the list again carefully, memorized each one by heart, and nodded towards Pei Zhaoye.The latter put the note on the candle and lit it until it was burned to ashes.

Most of these people are hidden in the three provinces and six ministries, and some of them are recognized as henchmen of the prince and King Ning.This cannot be done overnight.Ye Jianqing's face was pale, and he forced a smile at Pei Zhaoye: "My cousin thinks deeply and plans with secrets, which is really rare in the world."

Of course this is not a compliment!Fortunately, Pei Zhaoye didn't care.Seeing that his face was really ugly, he caressed his face with some pity, and changed the subject: "I came here just now, and saw the seal of 'Lucky House Rental' on the opposite door torn on the ground, has the haunted house been sold?"

The head of his hands trembled slightly.Ye Jianqing said cautiously: "I heard that it was rented by a middle-aged man who opened a pharmacy. I came here today to say hello to my neighbors, and I also sent a lot of commonly used pills and seasonal items." Pei Zhaoye said calmly: " That's fine too, don't deliberately keep a distance from others, it's better to be natural."

Ye Jianqing suddenly asked: "Why is it called a haunted house?"

Pei Zhaoye glanced at him and said, "I forgot to tell you that it is the home of Marquis Wen Zhao Yan, and also the ancestral home of your friend Zhao Nanxing. I heard that Zhao Nanxing's father was a sixth-rank official in the household department. He died unexpectedly. People in the capital said that the house was not clean, so it has been abandoned for so many years. I don’t know what happened. This time his family has been sentenced to homelessness again, and no one wants this house.”

Whether I really forgot to mention it is hard to say.Ye Jianqing nodded slightly. Although the criminals were still being searched outside, he had already learned from Gu Su that Zhao Nanxing was in a very safe place.Afraid that Pei Zhaoye would bring the topic back, he said, "Do you have any arrangements for the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow?"

Pei Zhaoye suddenly turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Do you want to visit the night market in the capital? The Daxiangguo Temple will also be open, and there is everything inside, which is fun. Let me take you to see it, okay?"

Because Pei Zhaoye entrusted him with a confidential matter, the next day he went to Gu Su's pharmacy to learn acupuncture and moxibustion, and he was a little out of his mind.Gu Su is closed for two hours at noon every day, which is specially set up for teaching him acupuncture.At this moment, he couldn't bear it any longer, and stuck a needle in the laughing point on his waist, which made Ye Jianqing laugh for a stick of incense before he stopped.After the acupuncture point was released, Ye Jianqing was in tears, the corners of her mouth were cracked, her cheeks were sore, her jaw almost couldn't close, and she cried, "Master, I won't dare again!"

The corner of Gu Su's mouth curled up, and he took a sachet from the medicine plaque on the table, picked up a pen and wrote the word "Fengyan" on the back, and handed it to him.

Ye Jianqing stretched out his hand to take it, but Gu Su glanced at his waist, where a palace-made multicolored gold and silver silk sachet was already tied.His eyes suddenly narrowed.Ye Jianqing yelled inwardly, and quickly snatched the sachet from his hand, stuffed it into the front of his chest, and said with a stern face, "Thank you, uncle!"

At night, he changed from his coarse clothes to a robe of light gauze, and walked towards the Diamond Bridge near Daxiangguo Temple.The road is decorated with lights and festoons, the incense and dust are scattered, and there are pedestrians parading everywhere.The water on the moat meanders, the lights are bright, and the tributary of Ganshui drags the gold-encrusted skirt through the city.He walked to the bridge and waited for Pei Zhaoye's arrival.

At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice came from the painting boat on the canal: "The realgar wine has been drunk, have you finished untying the Nine Links yet? Do you want my help?" A woman smiled and said, "Who wants you more?" Things, look, isn’t this solved?”

All the blood in Ye Jianqing's body had already congealed.He swiped the ground to the river, and there were thousands of pleasure boats, large and small, intertwined on the canal, and he could no longer identify where the sound came from.

"Jiang Xilie! Come out for me!" Ye Jianqing growled, raising his spirit, and wanted to jump off the bridge.

"Don't follow!" A figure suddenly passed by, flying like a butterfly, landing on the ceiling of the painting boat, chasing all the way down the canal.

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