General, he's cheating again

Chapter 14 Missing

The night was dim, Gu Zhen looked up at the bright moon and sat on the roof drinking most of the night, Leng Ji just stood silently by the side until Gu Zhen said he was sleepy and wanted to go back to his room.Last night Gu Zhen thought that as long as he and Qin Qingrong slept together, he would be able to fall asleep and dreamed of Gu Qinan, but he did not expect that he fell asleep, but there was no dream all night.

Gu Zhen went through the window and entered the guest room. Because he was so drunk that his eyes were dizzy, he groped for the bed in the dark room without turning on the light.

Pulling the quilt on the bed consciously, he closed his eyes and curled up in the darkness, replaying the past scenes one after another in his mind.

He recalled the few days when the bad news of Gu Qinan's death spread in Huaibei, cousins ​​from far and near came to his door like wolves one after another, asking him for money from real estate and shops openly and secretly.

Gu Zhen's only attitude was to close the door tightly and keep everyone out.

Even the funerals of Gu Qinan and the princess were postponed by him, and the door of the Gu family has not been opened for a while since he closed it.

At that time, people in Huaibei area, regardless of gender, old or young, reviled Gu Zhen as a rebellious son, who even committed a taboo in order to keep his family property so that his deceased father and mother could not rest in peace under Jiuquan.

Gu Zhen chuckled lightly, even if he was scolded by everyone, it was a common occurrence for him to hear scolding.It's just that he knows that the Gu family can't be destroyed in his hands so far and become disintegrated.Not only does he want to revive the Gu family, but he also wants to find out the murderer who killed his parents and take revenge.

He just lingered with those covetous people outside the door, until he watched the bodies of Gu Qinan and the princess gradually stink and were eaten by insects and flies with his own eyes, and the imperial decree passed down from Beijing was ready to rush to Huaibei.After Gu Zhen succeeded to the throne as Marquis of Huaibei, no one dared to mention to him the distribution of the Gu family's property, so that the coffins of Gu Qinan and the princess could be buried in the ground.

The corners of his eyes gradually became moist, and he inserted his slender fingers into his hair. He lay on his back on the bed and sighed helplessly.

Four years, plus this year, he has not been back to Huaibei to worship Gu Qinan for four years.Facing the darkness, his Adam's apple was rolling with blank eyes and he choked up softly and sighed: "I, I really miss you very much..."

The next day, Gu Zhen led a group of people to catch up with the whole day's journey at full speed, and arrived in Ezhou in the evening.

At the gate of Ezhou City, Hua Yan, dressed in red and with black hair like a waterfall, and a tall and strong man in Chinese clothes holding a long whip were standing upright in the wind, waiting for Gu Zhen's men and horses against the sunset.

After Gu Zhen entered the city gate and reined in his horse, he lowered his eyebrows and looked at the man beside Hua Yan. The man immediately bowed to Gu Zhen and said, "Li Zhenyi, the head of the Baihui Security Bureau, has seen the general."

When he finished speaking, he saw Gu Zhenwei nod his head, and Li Zhenyi and Hua Yan got on their horses and led the way.

In the carriage, Qin Qingrong and Ye Ruan opened the window curtains to look at the scenery along the way. After a while, the carriage stopped on a bustling street full of horses and dragons. When everyone dismounted, they stared at the inscription "Baihui Bodyguard Bureau" on the door plaque in front of them. Qin Qingrong couldn't help secretly I was amazed at Gu Zhen's strength with his extensive network.

Everyone followed Li Zhenyi into the Escort Bureau. In the open space of the Escort Bureau's inner courtyard was a group of commoner disciples who were being watched by the bodyguards practicing kung fu.

Li Zhenyi stopped at this point and waited and watched in the corridor. Others found it interesting and took a leisurely look at it.

Among the crowd, Ye Ru'an saw a disciple swaying left and right absent-mindedly in his practice. Just as he was about to start a joke, he heard a "crack!" as a long whip tore through the air.

I saw that the long whip in Li Zhenyi's hand lashed the disciple's back fiercely, and a bloodstain instantly exploded on the back of the whip.The disciple fell to the ground before he could react. When he looked up, he saw Li Zhenyi was looking at him coldly, and his heart trembled again.

The bodyguard calmly pointed to a servant to take the disciple down, Li Zhenyi withdrew his whip, turned around and continued to lead everyone in.Behind the crowd came faint sobbing. The low sobs were mixed with the cry of the disciple who was beaten, and the cry of being frightened on the spot, but they didn't dare to cry out for fear of being caught by Li Zhen. Yi heard it.

Ye Ru'an and the others who were able to chat and laugh behind were only shocked at the moment, Hua Yan looked at the stunned people and turned around and smiled lightly: "Masters, don't be afraid, although our escort Li is a little irritable , but they are not cruel people. You must know that those disciples just now will become bodyguards who often go into dangerous situations in the future, and the reason that Chief Li is strict with them now is to make them strong enough to save their lives no matter what dangers they encounter in the future. "

"That's right, it's true. The disciples can understand the hard work of Escort Li."

Chen Linxiang, who was the most frightened, pretended to be calm, thinking that Huayan was already nervous enough, and now a violent escort Li appeared, he was afraid that Li Zhenyi would have some opinion on him in the future, and now he hastily flattered him.

"Ahahaha, my hall master said that Master Chen has a pleasant personality when he stayed with Master Chen a few days ago." Hua Yan waved at Chen Linxiang with a playful smile and said, "Come, Master Chen, come to me. You know Escort Li will go down to Tanzhou with us in the future, General Gu specifically asked him and me to take extra care of you, and Escort Li will also like Mr. Chen very much."

"Ah, this..." Chen Linxiang glanced at Gu Zhen, only to see Gu Zhen's expression was calm, but even so he didn't dare to speak to provoke.

Reluctantly, Chao Huayan waved his hand to refuse, Chen Linxiang put on a wry smile on his fleshy face, "I don't want to disturb you if I walk slowly, Hall Master Hua will do as he pleases."

Ye Ru'an, who was walking by the side, lowered his head and suppressed a smile, gloating in his heart that it would be really unlucky for Chen Linxiang to be haunted by two evil gods in the future.

When they got to the inner courtyard, the steward came forward and ordered the servant girls to take everyone to the courtyard where they were resting.

After a while, a servant came to summon and said that it was Li Escort who invited everyone to the wine pavilion for dinner, and when the group was about to go out, they ran into Wang Inspector who was visiting the Escort Bureau at the door, so this Wang Inspector was invited together Go to the Wine Court.

The lights in the pavilion were flickering, the music was full of music, Xiao Er led everyone up to the second floor into the box and closed the door, only then did everyone get a little quiet.

Along the way, Qin Qingrong saw that the city of Ezhou is near and far away, with a prosperous economy and a clear and bright scene. At the dinner table, Qin Qingrong couldn't help but smiled admiringly at Wang Cishi and said: "Wang Cishi, Qin sees that Ezhou is prosperous and unbeaten by Kaifeng. The way of governing the city must have its own outstanding insights."

The governor Wang has a middle-aged appearance. Seeing Qin Qingrong's praise, he hastily replied modestly: "Where is it, Mr. Qin? Ezhou is surrounded by well-developed waterways and is located in the center of our dynasty. It is often one of the routes of trade between various places." Land. Today, such a scene is all due to the good luck of my own terrain. Thinking about it, the lower official was appointed here by the emperor, which is really favored by the emperor."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the people in front of him one by one and roughly identified who was who, then looked at Gu Zhen and Qin Qingrong and got up to toast respectfully, "Recently, the lower officials learned that General Gu and Taifu Qin came to Ezhou, I just feel very honored. So when I heard the news, I came to the Escort Bureau to greet me. If the adults need help in Ezhou, just come to find the subordinates. I implore the adults to look forward to it."

The smile on Qin Qingrong's face stagnated when he heard the words, and he couldn't help wondering how the governor Wang knew they would come to Ezhou.

I saw Gu Zhen next to him playing with the jade porcelain wine glass in his hand, and a pair of phoenix eyes glanced at Wang Cishi opposite. Didn't you get a little frightened when you got the news from the capital that we were going to Ezhou?"

"Yeah, I was really taken aback at the time..." Hearing what Gu Zhen said, he said it subconsciously.When he realized that he was not opposed, his pupils dilated, and he quickly waved his hand to deny it: "No, no, I haven't received any news from the capital. I just heard about it from Caizhou in the restaurant these few days. In the evening Seeing the guards coming to report, I guessed that it was probably you, my lords."

"Oh? The people from Caizhou mentioned us." Gu Zhen stood up and took a sip of wine at the governor and then smiled playfully, "The governor Wang didn't hear them talking about the fire in Nanchan Temple, which has been in turmoil recently. Prime Minister Lin Is it about generous donations?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Wang Cishi was dumbfounded, but the rest of the people present except Leng Ji and Hua Yan were also ignorant and couldn't help but frown upon hearing this and only said it was strange.

But if you don't know, you have to pretend to know. The governor looked at Gu Zhen and nodded, "Of course I heard a little bit about it. Prime Minister Lin did a good job."

"Hmph, Governor Wang, you are really humorous. What's so good about that?" Gu Zhen looked at the already anxious governor of Ezhou, shaking his head and sneering at Lin Wenshan, saying: "The governor doesn't even think about it. Although Caizhou and Kaifeng It’s not far away, but there’s still some distance there. As soon as Nanchan Temple caught fire, it was used to spread rumors and cause trouble, saying it was a bad omen for the bad luck of the country.

And before the emperor knew about such things, Prime Minister Lin already knew about it and the donations had already been sent to Nanchan Temple. How do you think the emperor would guess about Prime Minister Lin? "

Seeing the governor of Ezhou's face turned pale and unable to speak, Gu Zhenxie's charming phoenix eyes had a half-testing expression, and he continued: "The emperor will naturally ask Lin Xiang if he has secretly inserted eyeliner in Caizhou.

Hey, Wang Inspector, do you think Lin Xiang has his own eyes and ears in Caizhou, and he also has eyes and ears in Ezhou, and maybe that person is in your Inspector's Mansion right now. "

"This... How would this officer know." Wang Cishi's legs were weak and he fell on the chair, and he didn't dare to look at Gu Zhen with a vague mouth.

Gu Zhen looked at him with a sneer, put the wine glass in his hand on the table, picked up the folding fan to play with and sat down, then nodded lightly, "Well, I don't even know about the governor Wang."

Why did Lin Wenshan donate money to Nanchan Temple?

Qin Qingrong looked sideways at Gu Zhen silently, hesitated for a long time in his heart, and finally asked Gu Zhen to follow him outside to talk in a low voice.

Everyone was having a good meal and chatting with each other, but Ye Ru'an saw Qin Qingrong leave the table alone, and then Gu Zhen followed.

Half a moment later, he got up and walked out the door, only to see Gu Zhen and Qin Qingrong talking in the corridor not far away.

"If Qin's guess is correct, Mr. Gu is probably responsible for the donation of Nanchan Temple. Why did Mr. Gu do this?" Qin Qingrong's pair of tender peach blossom eyes under his brows are particularly attractive, but at the moment But he looked at Gu Zhen coldly.

Gu Zhen leaned against the wall with his hands behind his head, looked down at Qin Qingrong, pursed his lips and smiled slightly: "If Gu said that this is to avenge Lord Qin, will Lord Qin believe it?"

The hand behind Yu secretly clenched his fist. Although Qin Qingrong frowned upon hearing the words, he believed them somewhat in his heart.

To be honest, since Gu Zhen returned to Beijing, basically every time Qin Qingrong was killed, Gu Zhen would appear by Qin Qingrong's side in time to help Qin Qingrong.Even if Gu Zhen is someone who is not familiar with Qin Qingrong, no matter how indifferent Qin Qingrong's heart is, he will gradually be moved.

Thinking of the inexplicable sense of security he felt when he fell asleep in Gu Zhen's arms the day before yesterday, Qin Qingrong's ears turned red. He did not deny Gu Zhen's words but reminded Gu Zhen seriously, "Since Mr. Gu has reached a cooperation with Qin, no matter what , anything should be discussed with Qin in advance before making a decision."

Hearing this, Gu Zhen watched Qin Qingrong raise his eyebrows and nodded, and then he didn't care about it and even softened to the person in front of him. When he spoke, his lips softened a little and he said with a smile: "Okay, Gu is wrong. Gu promised Qin Adults will never dare again."

Hearing these words, Qin Qingrong's heart became numb, and he couldn't help turning away his face. He only felt pain in his forehead when he saw Gu Zhen's unscrupulous appearance.

"However, there is one thing that Gu thinks it's better to tell Mr. Qin." Gu Zhen became serious as he spoke, looking at Qin Qingrong's profile with a pair of phoenix eyes, and gently parting his thin lips, he said in a deep voice: "The gang who assassinated the Yan family The assassin was hit by "Taipan", I'm afraid that the murderer who killed your father is also related to Lin Wenshan."

Qin Qingrong couldn't help but shrink his pupils after hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Gu Zhen in disbelief, his face turned pale instantly.Gu Zhen knew that this matter was extremely heavy news to Qin Qingrong.He embraced Qin Qingrong's slightly trembling body with a serious look, and patted the back of the person in his arms with his slender and fair hands. The expression in his phoenix eyes was particularly sinister, but his voice was rarely softer when he spoke.

"Master Qin, why worry. You must know that no matter what, this general will make life worse for that old bastard."