I'm just a dude

Not only was Ruan Hong not annoyed when he heard the words, but he clapped his hands and laughed.

Xu Yu heard it clearly from outside, she was extremely embarrassed, but now she couldn't stay any longer, turned around and left in a hurry.

Fang Chenghe heard footsteps leaving outside, but he just smiled and didn't look back.

Ruan Hong didn't know it yet, and just said cheerfully: "Brother Zijing asked me how to learn painting from you that day. Kungfu is not good, you said I can't draw well, but you can draw a picture for me?"

Fang Chenghe glanced at him: "The bet just now was for me to guess, not for me to draw."

"I admit defeat." Ruan Hong laughed, "Whatever you want, just ask."

Although he is a bit stubborn, he is very serious about his promises and never breaks his promises. When he spoke for Qi Yuan in the restaurant, he just looked down on Lu Qiu and others for breaking their promises.

Fang Chenghe said with a smile: "This thing is not difficult, just ask Brother Shen to prepare two birthday gifts for me."

Ruan Hong said "uh": "You want to celebrate my father's birthday?"

Next month is his father's birthday, and now many foreign officials have brought gifts to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.Many students in the Guozijian also voted to pay homage, and began to send some congratulatory poems and so on.

Fang Chenghe said: "That's right, your father is overwhelmed by the gift givers, what should I do. This birthday gift is for my teacher's wife."

Ruan Hong didn't think it was disobedient, and asked with a smile: "What do you want?"

Fang Chenghe said: "It is said that there is a strange stone in Beijing, which belongs to Lu Fangweng's family. It is solemn and bright, and it is most suitable for playing with on the desk. It is a pity that it has fallen into the hands of a Huizhou merchant."

Ruan Hong yelled strangely: "You dare to open your mouth like a lion. Huizhou merchants are the most difficult to deal with. How can I get them?" After speaking, he hummed twice, but continued to ask, "What about the second one?"

"The second one is the Fang Xinghe inkstone." Fang Chenghe said with a smile, "This one is at Shi Shilang's house."

The stone eyes of ink inkstones are divided into high and low. High eyes refer to those outside the ink pool, which are especially precious because they will not be stained by ink stains.That Xinghe Inkstone has seven high eyes, scattered up and down like the northern stars, which is very rare.Shi Shilang didn't know where he got it, and kept secretly hiding it at home, thinking of giving it to Cai Xian as a congratulatory gift someday.

Ruan Hong knew this because Shi Qinglun couldn't help showing off to him and said it in private.

When Ruan Hong heard this, he immediately put away his laughing expression, and looked at Fang Chenghe solemnly: "How do you know? You won't cheat me, will you?"

Fang Chenghe shook his head: "I won't cheat you. If you're worried, you can go get something else. But these are the two things I want."

Ruan Hong hesitated, shaking his fan aside, thinking about it and not speaking.

Fang Chenghe looked up at him, focused on his eyebrows, then turned around to spread paper and rub ink, chose another mouse whisker brush, and got busy on his own.

Ruan Hong was distracted, thinking that he was practicing calligraphy, walked over to take a look, but couldn't help but yelled "ahhh".

On the other hand, Fang Chenghe, who was painting, drooped his eyelashes slightly, and said without changing his face: "This kind of painting method is the gossamer method of using a center pen tip to draw evenly and finely. It is most suitable for drawing silk and silk patterns. Brother Ruan likes to wear it." Jin Yi, it will look better if you paint like this."

Fang Chenghe's lines of clothing outlined in several strokes are delicate and soft, which is amazing.It's just that the brocade quilts and costumes in the painting were all piled up on the ground, and the owner of the clothes, the loyal young man who looked like Ruan Hong, was naked with a happy face at this moment.

Ruan Hong stared at the round and lovely buttocks above, and was so angry that one Buddha was born and the other ascended to heaven.But in his heart, he was curious about how Fang Chenghe drew erotic pictures, so he blushed and leaned behind to look down.

Naturally, Qi Yuan couldn't think of what the two of them were doing here. It was already noon when he returned home, and the weather was still clear when he left the prison. In the afternoon, he saw dark clouds covering the sky, and rumbling spring thunder rolling over.

Hu Fu was quite happy, he happily snatched the firewood in, and said to Qi Yuan: "Lord Dragon is finally willing to rain, this year's drought is severe, and I haven't heard thunder since spring."

The severe drought in Shandong is known to everyone in Beijing and China. In fact, not only Shandong, but also the northern region has been affected by the drought. Recently, the price of rice and grain has risen, and it is much more expensive than in previous years.

Qi Yuan had never worried about this before, but now he listened to others talking about it all day long, and he began to worry about it, so he nodded involuntarily.It's just that there are some troubles on his own side - it's not easy for him to come out, and the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the price of spices will skyrocket again, so Qi Yuan bought some more materials to save now.

There are not only commonly used local spices such as eelland, angelica, and nard pine, but also gold and silver incense from the old port, rosemary from the Western Regions, and golden face incense from Chenla.Many of them are afraid of moisture and dryness. Now that it is raining suddenly, he doesn't have many containers at hand, so he can only refine all of them and make them into finished products.

In this way, the honey needs to be refined again, not to mention one afternoon, even if it is done all day tomorrow, it will not be finished.Qi Yuan hesitated whether to go back or not.

The time for the "Exit Respect Card" is limited, and the chief of the house will definitely not give it to him, but if he asks for leave to go home, he will have to find a note for sacrificial wine.Qi Yuan was very afraid of Gong Jijiu and Tang Siye, if they remembered him, it would be a disaster if they asked him to go up again next time.

Qi Yuan hesitated, looking worried at the fire in the stove.

Hu Fu watched him sigh, and asked from the side: "Is there anything bothering you, Master?"

Qi Yuan couldn't say that he was afraid of the exam, so worried that he held his head in his hands and didn't speak.

Hu Fu felt sorry for his young master, and asked from the side: "Is there anything a servant can do?"

Qi Yuan: "..."

This really exists.

"You know how to fry things, right?" Qi Yuan turned to look at her.

Hu Fu laughed: "Of course I will, isn't the young master still boasting that the dishes cooked by the servants are delicious?"

"This time it's not cooking." Qi Yuan asked her to come over, pointing to the small pot beside him and said, "It's cooking spices."

If you want to do more in the future, you must ask Hu Fu for help.Qi Yuan was originally very cautious about making incense, but after observing it for a while, he felt that Hu Fu is a loyal and good girl, and it would be no harm to teach her some skills.

There are methods of refining spices such as boiling, frying, steaming, broiling, and firing. Different raw materials have different degrees of heat and refining methods. Hu Fu can't remember too many at a time, so Qi Yuan first taught her a few of the most commonly used, slightly expensive ones. Some of them are still made by themselves.

The master and servant were so busy that it was dark outside before they came out of the small kitchen.Qi Yuan hasn't had time to refine the honey yet, looking at it now, he has to ask for leave tomorrow, otherwise a lot of things will be wasted.Fortunately, with Hu Fu helping, tomorrow should be almost finished.

He hurriedly changed his clothes, held up an umbrella and hurried to the meeting.There are not many donkey carts outside on rainy days. It takes at least an hour and a half to walk back to the Imperial College from here. I don’t know if I can make it in time.

Qi Yuan didn't care that his shoes and socks were soaked by the rain, seeing the raindrops flying across the street, making it almost impossible to see the road, so he ran northward with his umbrella in his hands.

The umbrella was not very strong, and two ribs had been broken by the wind within a short distance.Half of Qi Yuan's body was drenched, the street was empty, the rain was slanting front and back, and it was a vast expanse of whiteness.

Qi Yuan was already afraid of the dark, so now he could only run blindly.When he reached the intersection of Chaoyangmen Street, the sky suddenly became dark. He was stunned for a moment. Standing on the street and looking up, he saw a dazzling light splitting across the sky in front of him, which seemed to be directly aimed at him. come.

The scene of the old Taoist being struck to death by lightning in "The Wrong Soul" suddenly flashed out.

Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat, he froze on the spot, his mind was in a mess, he couldn't help but think, is this God coming to take his life?Can I die and go back to Yangzhou?Is the physical body over there still there?In fact, even if you are gone, it is good to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan...

The umbrella in his hand fell to the ground, the ray of light shot straight at him, and when he was about to reach him, Qi Yuan felt his arms tighten and he was lifted up.

At some point behind him, dozens of soldiers came, wearing armor.Xu Yu grabbed his arm and lifted him directly onto his horse.

The red-maned horse snorted, the light stopped suddenly, and the street was illuminated as bright as day.

Qi Yuan turned around in panic.Behind him, Xu Yu's face was covered with rain, the line from the bridge of the nose to the chin was like a knife, and the Adam's apple was more obvious.

Xu Yu glanced at him, then cupped his hands to the person next to him and said, "Thank you, Brother Luo, for your help!"

Only then did Qi Yuan realize that the person next to him turned out to be Luo Yi, the commander of Dongcheng Bingma Division.

Luo Yi also glanced at Qi Yuan, with obvious dissatisfaction and scrutiny in her eyes, and then she said to Xu Wei: "It's nothing, brothers, go back first, let's drink together some other day."

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and headed straight to the north, and the dozen or so soldiers immediately patted their horses to catch up with them, their movements were neat and tacit understanding.

As the rain became heavier, Xu Yu stopped talking, and wrapped Qi Yuan with one hand to prevent him from falling, while holding the rein with the other hand, with a slight tug, the red-maned horse began to gallop lightly.

There was no obstacle on the way, Xu Yu led the horse to the stable, told the laborers over there to take good care of it, and then ran back to the number room with Qi Yuan.

In Room No. [-] a small stove had been installed, on which hot water was boiling.

Qi Yuan was already standing at the door in a daze, looking at the puddle of water oozing out from under his feet, he couldn't recover for a long time.

Hearing that there was no movement behind him, Xu Yu turned around to see what was wrong with him, when Qi Yuan suddenly raised his head and stretched out his hand to pounce on him.

Xu Ting took two steps back in shock.

But Qi Yuan moved faster, put his arms around his neck, buried his face in his chest, rubbed against him, and burst into tears again.

"I almost...almost died..." Qi Yuan cried and twitched, feeling aggrieved and moved, "Why...how did you go..."

Xu Yu hesitated for a moment, then patted him on the back lightly, and explained, "Just to have a look."

Both of them were drenched by rain, and it was very uncomfortable to stick to their bodies.

Qi Yuan also came back to his senses, gradually stopped crying, and whispered: "I want to go home..."

Xu Yu let out a "huh" and comforted him: "I can't do it today, tomorrow you will ask for leave from Jijiu and go back to live for a day."

What Qi Yuan was thinking about was the family in Yangzhou, Xu Yu obviously misunderstood.But he still has to ask for leave, and he has to go back to work to earn money.

Qi Yuan let go of his hand and nodded.

The two took turns bathing and changing into dry clothes.Xu Yu cooked ginger soup, and the two drank a bowl each. They sat on their own beds sweating, and waited for their hair to dry.

Xu Yu was still thinking about Fang Chenghe.

That kind of picture, in his opinion, is extremely private, no different from the sex in bed or the things in the room.He doesn't know what Fang Chenghe is like, but Ruan Hong is a bit romantic.When Xu Yu first came into contact with Dao's child molestation in Dali Temple, she got to know the inside story from Ruan Hong.It's just that Ruan Hong's words are more explicit, and occasionally he likes to comment on other people's sitting postures, to see which ones are the most popular on weekdays.

Now he treats Fang Chenghe like this...

Xu Yu regretted secretly, wondering if this matter had something to do with her refusal to change the room number.

He was thinking about those two people, but Qi Yuan next to him was also thinking about it.

Ask for leave tomorrow, come back the day after tomorrow, and the exam will be the day after tomorrow... I will definitely not be able to answer the questions, so I can only rely on Ruan Hong to steal the questions.

Ruan Hong said that day that he had found Fang Chenghe as a ghostwriter, but Fang Chenghe was strict with himself, but he had no demands on Ruan Hong.If that's the case, who can I find...

"Mr. Xu?" Qi Yuan really couldn't think of a second candidate, so he could only look at Xu Yu anxiously.

Xu Yu let out a "hmm" and asked him, "What's the matter?"

"I'm afraid of thunder." Qi Yuan pursed his lips, thinking of the way he used to act like a baby with his grandmother, copied it, and said to Xu Xuan, "Can I go to your place and talk to you?"

Xu Yu froze for a moment.Under the candlelight, Qi Yuan's small face was pale and moist, without any color, as if frightened.

He hesitated for a moment, but still moved to the side to make room.

Seeing that this move worked well, Qi Yuan was overjoyed, and hurried over, and consciously lifted Xu Xuan's quilt, and his whole body stuck to it like twisted candy.

Xu Yu didn't expect him to be so clingy, she was a little stiff, and didn't know how to get along with her.

But Qi Yuan hugged his waist, raised his face and smiled softly: "Young Master Xu is the best. No wonder Brother Ruan said that he has trouble looking for Big Brother Fang. If I have trouble, I will come to you."

Xu Yu choked sharply, coughing non-stop, and asked in disbelief: "What?? Be careful with him..."

How can you act like this!

Qi Yuan thought he didn't believe him, raised his hand and said, "Really! I wanted to ask Big Brother Fang for help, but he refused. But Brother Ruan asked him for help, and he agreed..."

Xu Yu was shocked: "You know everything?"

Qi Yuan let out a "hmm".

The two stared at each other for a while.

Qi Yuan guessed that he might be soft and not hard, so he gradually lowered his voice, coyly saying: "If...you really don't want to, just... forget it. I'm so pitiful..."

While talking, he secretly raised his eyes, stared at Xu Yu eagerly, and begged, "Just once... I won't tell anyone else, so no one will know..."

Xu Yu looked at him dumbfounded as if struck by lightning.

Qi Yuan didn't expect him to react so strongly. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, he saw that he was motionless and felt a little embarrassed, so he said embarrassingly, "Or...forget it. At worst, I'll go and ask Brother Fang."

If Fang Chenghe could write an article for himself, besides, he really didn't want to, and he would hand in a blank paper at worst.It's just that when he thinks that Qi Caizi's reputation will be completely ruined by himself, he feels a little uncomfortable again, and feels very sorry for the original body.

Qi Yuan went back with his head drooping, full of melancholy, and heaved a sigh.

The rain outside gradually subsided, and he was tired and startled this day. He was about to fall asleep when he heard the person on the other side suddenly whisper: "Let me think about it..."

Qi Yuan was startled, and happily turned around to look.

Xu Yu glanced at him with a complicated expression, then glanced away hastily, paused, and said, "Anyway, don't go...seeking Fang Chenghe."

The author has something to say:

Qi Yuan: There is a boss to help write the article (⊙v⊙)!

Xu Yu (turning over the book urgently): How can I help you with that kind of help?

ps: supplementary information

[1] In the previous chapter, the rose water tributed by the Dashi Kingdom refers to the rose water in Baghdad, and the roses there are not the same species as those in China, so Yang Wanli said, "Overseas rose water is not available in Zhongzhou. "The truth is still the case until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.In addition, the route taken by Dashi Rosewater at that time, the Maritime Silk Road was also called the Spice Road, and Dashi merchants were also active in Guangzhou and Yangzhou.

[2] In this chapter, "old port gold and silver incense", the old port refers to Palembang, Sumatra Island, Indonesia.

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