General's Good Friday

Either strike up a conversation and make friends, or simply chat about anecdotes about the South China Sea and the North Dynasty and the field for entertainment. The group of people upstairs are obviously listening with great interest.

Xiaobai had something on his mind, so he didn't listen to what they were talking about. Seeing that Mr. Baili was always talking to himself about trivial matters with a slight smile on his lips, he finally mustered up his courage and said in a low voice: "First... …gentlemen……"

"Ok?"

"That..." Xiaobai's face turned red again, "You... the book you gave me was taken away by... the general..."

"Huh?" Mr. Baili raised his eyebrows, "General?"

"Well," Xiaobai lowered his head, "yes... sorry, I read it secretly, and before I finished it, the general found out, and then... I was not allowed to read it again, and took the book away. ..."

Mr. Baili looked at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "General, why is he so overbearing?"

"No, it's none of the general's business!" Xiaobai hurriedly argued, "The general... he just thinks, it's too...too that!"

"Ha ha……"

As if he had heard something interesting, Mr. Baili put one hand on the table, rested his chin on the table, and lowered his voice.

"'That'? The general didn't dislike 'that' when he did that kind of thing with you. Why do you think you're 'that' after reading a book?"

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"No...it's not like that..."

Xiaobai felt guilty, and his voice became even lower.

"General, he... he is very..."

Seeing his appearance, Mr. Baili couldn't help smiling a little mockingly: "I shouldn't have been involved in the family affairs of the general's mansion, but Mr. Ruan, you are pure in nature and have a good relationship with me, so I really can't see it, so I dare Exceeding the rules—but if Mr. Ruan himself would rather be like those thousands of boudoirs and be a so-called "virtuous wife" who obediently obeys the three obediences and four virtues, then I don't say anything!"

"I'm not..." Hearing this, Xiaobai became anxious, "I... General and I, we haven't..."

"Huh?" Mr. Baili raised his eyebrows again, "Nothing?"

Xiaobai blushed, turned his head away slightly, held his fingers, and said in a low voice: "General... he treats me very well, we haven't... haven't consummated... consummated the house..."

"Ah..." Mr. Baili opened his mouth, "Ah..."

Xiaobai looked at him nervously.

"General, he...he didn't know that Mrs. Weng bought me...so, before...the general has been trying to accept me, so...so the general is not what Mr. thinks, he is very good people!"

"Oh?" Mr. Baili smiled noncommittally.

Xiaobai nodded quickly: "Sir, don't misunderstand the general..."

"Hehe..." Mr. Baili seemed to find this incident very funny, touching his face and laughing non-stop.

Xiaobai couldn't hold back anymore on his face.

"gentlemen!"

Mr. Baili pursed his lips, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Then what do you want to do when you invite me to drink tea again with such a sneaky look?"

Xiaobai was startled, his face was hot immediately: "That..."

He held the small teacup in both hands, sipped it in small sips, and blinked his eyes, as if he felt that his words were a bit difficult to say.

Mr. Baili was not in a hurry, he shook his teacup gently, and waited quietly with a smile for him to say something.

At this moment, among the group of people who had been chattering about current affairs, the voice of the middle-aged scribe suddenly became clear.

"...The governor of Jingzhou, Mr. Zhou, is also considered to be unlucky!"

The smile on the corner of Mr. Baili's mouth froze, and the tea in his cup almost spilled out.

"How to say?"

Someone next to him asked.

"Hey, what are you talking about?" The middle-aged scribe smiled, "Do you still remember that a few days ago, for the embankment matter, Mr. Zhou, the former governor of Jingzhou and now the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Li, participated in a book? ?”

"Why don't you remember such a big event?"

"Xiaosheng is from Jingzhou, Mr. Zhou's move is really gratifying!"

The audience next to him echoed.

The middle-aged scribe shook his head, sighed and said: "Although Mr. Zhou is upright and considerate of the people, he has offended many dignitaries in the court by doing so. So who is Mr. Li? He has been in Jingzhou for more than ten years. I was stunned because I didn't let the court hold a handle. How can Lord Zhou bring it down by himself? Lord Zhou's move has already caused himself a lot of trouble. The officials sent by His Majesty to Jingzhou to investigate have gone two Dial, no, until now I haven't found out why!"

"Ugh!"

"I heard it again," the middle-aged scribe lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I only heard about it from my fellow countrymen this morning—Master Zhou, this time there is a new big trouble !"

"what happened?"

"Could it be that Mr. Li took advantage of it and bit back?"

Hearing everyone's speculations, Mr. Baili frowned.

Seeing that Mr. Baili's expression suddenly became serious, Xiaobai couldn't help pricking up his ears curiously, listening to what the people over there were saying.

"No, no," said the middle-aged scribe, shaking his head, "I don't know the reason for this, but I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Qingzhou seemed to have something wrong in Jingzhou... No, His Highness set off the day before yesterday to return to Jingzhou. Jianyang, it is said that Mr. Zhou is also on the entourage, the strange thing is that he even took off his black hat, it seems that he is going back to court to ask for sin..."

"what?"

"What's going on here? Did Lord Zhou offend the prince?"

"But I heard that Mr. Zhou has a good personal relationship with King Qingzhou..."

"Hush...that's all I'm going to say, don't take it seriously—this king of Qingzhou is a romantic man, and Mr. Zhou, I heard that he is also a personable appearance, and he has such an upright temperament. Could it be that the prince can't please you? In a fit of rage, Master Zhou was given to..."

Everyone showed a knowing smile.

The muscles on Mr. Baili's face twitched slightly, and his expression suddenly became a little strange.

Xiaobai was a little unhappy when he saw the amiable King Qingzhou in his mind, and thought to himself, how can these scholars talk like this when they look serious and polite?

"...Hey, brother," someone laughed enough, and then said seriously, "Master Zhou is worthy of our admiration, it is really disrespectful for us to speculate like this!"

"Hahahaha, everyone is just joking, just joking, don't take it seriously!"

"Yes, yes—but, speaking of it, shouldn't we do something?" said the middle-aged scribe, "I don't know what Mr. Zhou has committed this time, and he has been charged with crimes. When he comes back to Jianyang, most likely It's not going to be a good thing, although we are ordinary people, we have read the books of sages and sages. I speculate that if Master Zhou is really in trouble this time, he wants to unite with others in the same way to speak to His Majesty and pray for Master Zhou. It's just a matter of letting His Majesty see what the people want, what do you think?"

"Oh, that's a good idea!"

"Brother, this move is very satisfactory to me!"

……

Seeing that the scholars over there started to second the proposal, Xiaobai couldn't help being very happy, and said in a low voice, "It turns out that the prince is all right now, that's great! The general must be very happy to know about it!"

Mr. Baili looked at him and frowned: "My lord? What's wrong with my lord?"

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"Ah?" Xiaobai suddenly realized that he seemed to have slipped his mouth, and hurriedly said, "No...it's nothing..."

Mr. Baili looked at him suspiciously, and thought for a while: "Could it be that the prince encountered trouble in Jingzhou, so the governor was held accountable?"

"This..." Xiaobai hesitated, "This... I don't know..."

Under the eyes of Mr. Baili who seemed to see everything, he lowered his voice, submissively, and after a while, he finally whispered: "Since the prince is out of danger, maybe it's okay to tell Mr.... right? "

"Well, you say." Mr. Baili nodded approvingly.

Xiaobai swallowed his saliva: "A few days ago... I heard from the general that the prince disappeared in Jingzhou, and now it seems that he has something to do with the governor... So although the prince escaped from danger, the governor was still punished. ?”

He was thinking about it for himself, so his tone was a little hesitant, but Mr. Baili seemed to be very sure, and nodded with a sneer.

"Oh! I knew..."

"Huh?" Xiaobai was surprised.

Mr. Baili glanced at him, and there was some sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "I heard what they said, why did I refer to the book of the previous governor's history, and I felt that this person was old-fashioned, stubborn, stupid, and the so-called evil is still forgiven. Self-inflicted..."

In the middle of speaking, Mr. Baili stopped suddenly.

Xiaobai looked at him with a strange expression: "Sir..."

Mr. Baili coughed twice, seeming to realize his gaffe, and turned his head to take a sip of tea.

Xiaobai rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Sir, don't you...know Lord Inspector?"

Mr. Baili glanced at him, frowned, and said, "Let's count it as acquaintance!"

"oh oh……"

Xiaobai saw that his face was not very good-looking, so he didn't have the nerve to delve into it. He thought to himself that Mr. Baili didn't seem to like Mr. Zhou very much... But it's better to be too curious about his private affairs.

Although... I'm really curious!

Mr. Baili drank a cup of tea, coughed twice, and said seriously: "Well, cough cough, then tell me, what did you want to do with me?"

"oh oh……"

Speaking of this, Xiaobai felt embarrassed again, and lowered his head, looking coy and uneasy.

"I... I just want to ask sir, um... the first... first time,