General, he's cheating again

Chapter 5

It was raining continuously during the day, and Gu Zhen, who had slept with a book on his face for most of the day, woke up, walked around Gu's mansion, and finally found Leng Ji in the practice room.

The two of them went out with umbrellas and walked all the way to the Privy Council and ordered to arrange for the troops to go down to Tanzhou tomorrow.

And by the time they came out of the Privy Council, the rain outside had stopped.It was just in the evening when the sky was getting darker, and looking at the sky, there were red clouds like shadows appearing in the white clouds.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Fangshi restaurants in the East and West Streets of the capital were lit up, with a faint light in the dim sunset.

Gu Zhen and Leng Ji were strolling on the West Street. At this time, the night market had not yet started and every household was preparing dinner, so the flow of people on the street gradually thinned out.

When passing the state bridge, Gu Zhen saw a white-bearded old man selling sugar skewers standing in an inconspicuous corner under the bridge. His face was full of exhaustion and he had no strength to shout.

After resting his hands on his back and watching intently, Gu Zhen stopped and looked sideways at Leng Ji beside him.

Leng Ji stopped immediately, and saw Gu Zhen walking off the bridge by himself, and went straight to the old man with white beard.

"Oh boy, you are a poor person. It's just that I don't have much money so I can't give it to you. So, old man, can I give you a candy string?"

The white-bearded old man stooped and handed a bunch of puppy-shaped sugar figurines to a one-armed boy with yellow hair.

The little boy was covered in ragged clothes, and the slightly cool wind by the river burrowed into his body from time to time.He looked helplessly at the wrinkled old man in front of him, took the candy figurine and looked at it for a while, but still felt unhappy, and stood by the side, refusing to leave.

"Grandpa, two bunches of candied haws."

The old man felt uncomfortable looking at the boy who refused to leave. When there was business here, he hurriedly took the money and saw that he was a man in fine clothes and jade crowns, so he didn't dare to neglect him. He hurriedly picked two strings of good quality and said, " Take it, my lord," and handed it to Gu Zhen.

When the little boy saw the copper coins in the old man's hand, he couldn't help but shake his eyes. He shook the old man's straw target here and there, asking the old man to give him the money in his hand.Seeing that the candy strings on the grass target were crumbling, the old man was so anxious that he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Gu Zhen put his hands on his back, straightened his body and looked at the boy indifferently. The boy couldn't help but stop and didn't dare to make another move, but he still refused to leave.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Zhen turned and walked towards Leng Ji.

Leng Ji knew that Gu Zhen probably noticed him when he was in a trance this morning, and Gu Zhen also took it to heart, so he bought him candied haws.However, he has always had a cold personality, and he was tall and tall. If he walked on the street with candied haws in his hand, he would be laughed at by many passers-by.

Looking to the other side, Gu Zhen, who coldly blushed and refused the gift with a smiling face, said: "General Xie, my subordinates won't eat."

"Tch!" Gu Zhen couldn't help laughing when he saw that Leng Ji was so embarrassed and shy that he was amused by him, his eyes were full of smiles, he shook his head and said with a smile: "I know you are too embarrassed to go shopping in the morning. , now Grandpa eats with you, you are not happy?"

Leng Ji gritted his teeth silently, and suddenly saw Qin Qingrong walking to the side of the bridge and looking at him with a smile and nodding his head, he immediately changed the topic and reminded Gu Zhen to cup his hands at Qin Qingrong, "Teacher Qin."

Qin Qingrong was still wearing a light white robe today, because Ye Ru'an called a servant to the Qin Mansion a moment ago to send a message to invite him to Jinglinge to attend a farewell banquet prepared by a friend for them.So at this moment, he was rushing to Jingling Pavilion. When passing by here, he happened to meet this white-bearded old man and wanted to bring a bunch of candied haws back to Qin Xiaoxiao.

He just didn't want to be entangled by a one-armed boy, Qin Qingrong turned his eyes from Gu Zhen, Lengji and the two back to the boy, then took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and leaned over to hand it to the boy.

Qin Qingrong saw the happy expression on the boy's face when he saw the silver, and then he grabbed the boy who was about to leave and said to him earnestly: "You accept this silver coin now, and I hope you can understand two things."

Qin Qingrong became serious, "First, it is not easy for this old man to make a living. I hope you can compare your heart and learn from him. Because if you want to survive, you need to use your own ability, not other people's pity for you. Although the old man has no Donate money but give you food. I also hope that you will be grateful for the help of others in the future, instead of taking it for granted that others give you alms because of your own pity.

Second, the rich and the poor will never change, do you understand? "

"You gave me the money, I thank you. But I don't understand what you said!" The boy's broken left arm suddenly stretched out from his sleeve, he put the sugar string in one hand and put the money in his pocket with the other, then made a gesture to Qin Qingrong With a grimace, he turned his head to look sideways at Gu Zhen and Leng Ji, shaking his arms triumphantly, and said, "Fake bastard, real blind man, just a little bit!"

After speaking, he fled away like a little gray rabbit.

"I already knew that this is a little liar, but I ran very fast."

As Gu Zhen spoke, he looked at Qin Qingrong, who still had a peaceful expression, and thought that Qin Qingrong is really a piece of wood, knowing that he would jump into a pit, and he likes to be taken advantage of.

The most incomprehensible thing in his life is that people who are full of losses are blessings, because with his personality, he would never give others a chance to lie to him.Of course, if he accidentally suffered a loss and was taken in, he would retaliate and demand that person retaliate.

Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Zhen remembered that old bastard Chen Linxiang had tortured him for a day in the Privy Council in the afternoon, and said that he had prepared a big gift for him in Jinglin Pavilion, and asked him to go there as a reward.He knew that Chen Linxiang was timid and fearful, so he probably wanted to bribe him so that he could save his life when Xiatanzhou encountered danger.

Gu Zhen didn't want to go at first because his injuries were still not healed, and he was often very sleepy these days.Unexpectedly, that old thing was too abrasive, so Gu Zhen finally got annoyed and had to perfunctorily agree.

At this moment, he quickened his pace and went straight to Jinglin Pavilion.

And Leng Ji recalled that Qin Qingrong could detect the injuries on Gu Zhen's body in subtle ways yesterday, and couldn't help wondering why Qin Qingrong couldn't detect the fake severed arm that could be found with a little observation.

He cupped his hands and asked Qin Qingrong, "Why did the Taifu help him?"

Qin Qingrong looked at Leng Ji with gentle eyes, and he said calmly: "Actually, I know that the boy's severed arm is just a fake. It's just that at the beginning of the human being, he has a good nature. He is still young. If he is persuaded in time, he will not be able to go on the road in the future." crooked."

After hearing this, Leng Ji bowed his head and bid farewell.

When Gu Zhen walked to the door of the attic, Leng Ji just arrived, and the manager quickly led Gu Zhen to a private room called Xianshui Court on the second floor.In the private room, the tea table on the soft couch is placed next to the mahogany carved window. After Gu Zhen takes his seat, there is a beauty in a saffron tunic silk dress with a light veil kneeling on the cotton cushion in front of the soft couch to give Gu Zhen a gentle beating. legs.

The burning incense in the house makes people gradually relax their minds. There are several exquisite dishes on the low table. Gu Zhen half-lying on the couch squints his eyes and looks at the street view from the window.

Downstairs, a group of half-grown teenagers were blocking a boy who had been beaten black and swollen into the alley. The candy string in the boy's hand was slapped on the ground and trampled under the feet of the teenagers, and the money in his arms was turned over. Instantly snatched away.

After getting the money, several teenagers ran away to distribute the money.And the little boy was crying in embarrassment sitting at the entrance of the alley, Gu Zhen looked away and said coldly: "Nothing."

"General."

When Leng Ji saw the scene just now, he couldn't help but recall his childhood, he clenched his fists tightly.

Regardless of asking Leng Ji, Gu Zhen also knew what Leng Ji was thinking.Sighing, Gu Zhen looked at Leng Ji and said helplessly, "Go if you want."

There was a slight wind in the ear, and Leng Ji was standing in front of the child in the blink of an eye.

Gu Zhen saw Leng Ji squatting down to wipe the medicine on the little boy, and the two standing on the side of the road eating with relish the bunch of candied haws he had just put on the porcelain plate on the coffee table, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Unexpectedly, the guard next to the general looks cold, but he is actually a kind person."

The woman in red mentioned Leng Ji, her peach blossom eyes moved slightly but she was looking at Gu Zhen affectionately.

Gu Zhen didn't make a sound, just looked at Leng Ji and the boy.

Seeing that Gu Zhen didn't hate herself, the woman boldly leaned closer to Gu Zhen's arms, then took off the veil on her face and looked up at Gu Zhen shyly.Gu Zhen lowered his head and looked into the beautiful peach blossom eyes of the woman, and his heart was moved for a moment. His slender fingers stroked the beauty's red lips and smiled faintly.

The woman's watery lips felt extraordinarily soft to the touch, and Gu Zhen felt a little hot in his heart.Putting his hand on the beauty's slender waist, he hugged her into his arms, and the beauty's cheeks were instantly stained red. Her soft and waxy voice evokes General Gu Zhen emotionally. Gu Zhen's nose is full of fragrance. He looks at the beauty in front of him and closes his eyes. He bowed his head and kissed.

"Sorry everyone, Qin is late."

The door creaked and was pushed open by Qin Qingrong, but the person sitting in the room in front of him was not Ye Ru'an and others, but Gu Zhen who was embracing the beauty.

Hearing this, Gu Zhen opened his eyes and saw Qin Qingrong, who was already blushing, looking at him standing in the doorway, he couldn't help but find it funny.

His palm comforted and caressed the disheveled and frightened beauty's thin back. There was still a gleam of water hanging from the corner of her mouth, and a pair of phoenix eyes stared at Qin Qingrong in perfect leisure. Gu Zhen raised the corners of his lips and laughed, "Qin What do you mean, my lord, could it be that he is jealous and refuses to leave?"

Qin Qingrong reacted and hurriedly leaned over to apologize, Gu Zhen only saw his red ears and neck, Qin Qingrong lowered his head again and said: "It was Qin who offended, I hope Master Gu will forgive me."

After finishing speaking, he closed the door, walked to the fence and held on to the pillars to breathe slowly.

Growing up so big, this was the first time he had seen a so-called relationship between a man and a woman.He who has always been ascetic, but now his mind is full of the flirtatious look between Gu Zhen's eyebrows just now, he hastily turned around and looked at the Xianshui Court and Xianmiao Court on the door numbers of the private rooms on both sides, thinking in his heart that it's no wonder he got it wrong.

When pushing open the door of Xianmiao Court, Qin Qingrong saw that most of the students present here were classmates from back then, who settled down and walked in with a smile, saying that he was late, so I hope you don’t blame me.

And to say that among the group of friends Ye Ruan invited, Wang Hao, the current Minister of the Ministry of War, is the one who likes to persuade people to drink the most.

Because Wang Hao practiced martial arts a lot, he was not very familiar with Qin Qingrong and other arts and science students when he was studying.Ye Ru'an made many friends, and he and Ye Ru'an were good friends, and he could occasionally meet with Qin Qingrong and others.

Qin Qingrong was only half a quarter late, so Wang Hao persuaded him to drink three rounds.

Seeing Qin Qingrong, Ye Ru'an thought that Qin Qingrong was a good drinker and thought Qin Qingrong was a good drinker. He thought to himself that Qin Qingrong had lied to him for so many years.As soon as he thought this way, he saw a slightly drunken blush on Qin Qingrong's white face.

He couldn't help being worried and hurriedly persuaded Qin Qingrong to drink away. Qin Qingrong felt dizzy and dizzy at the moment, and his stomach felt as if he wanted to vomit.After exhorting Ye Ru'an, he went outside the building to sober himself up.

Stumbling to the entrance of an alley, Qin Qingrong leaned against the stone wall and took advantage of the coolness of the wind to wake up a bit.

After throwing up nearby, Wang Hao thought he was drunk, and saw a white-clothed beauty with a thin waist and white skin in the night not far away.When he got closer, the beauty in white was looking at him dimly with her peach-blossom eyes.Wang Hao was overjoyed, he hugged the beauty with joy on his face but didn't want to be pushed to the ground by the beauty.

Wang Hao woke up a little bit and looked up to see that the beauty in white was actually Qin Qingrong.It is said that today's literary champion is a rare talent and beauty, and Yin Hong Wang Hao, who is a little drunk at the moment, only feels that Qin Qingrong's appearance is even more excellent.

Thinking that Qin Qingrong was just a weak person with no strength to restrain a chicken, Wang Hao got up from the ground and looked at Qin Qingrong who was panting against the wall, his heart was agitated.

"Whoever spoils me is a good thing!" Wang Hao, who was thrown to the wall, stretched his neck and said angrily.

"Don't you know who he is?"

Wang Hao was pressed against the wall with a folding fan and could not move. The slender knuckles of the speaker pointed at Qin Qingrong who was beside him. Hearing the words, Wang Hao couldn't help but pretended to be drunk and said, "Isn't that a little beauty? I warn you, I am the Minister of the Ministry of War to advise you to mind your own business."

"Then do you recognize me?"

Hearing this, Wang Hao turned his face to look at the person with sideways head, only to see a pair of coquettish phoenix eyes staring at him, and the eyes were full of chill.

Realizing who it was, he couldn't help being startled, and stammered in a low voice with a bitter look on his face: "Gu... General Gu."

Gu Zhen stared at him with his head down, his voice was cold, "Looks like he's sober?"

"Wake up! Wake up! It's time to wake up!" Wang Hao cried out to himself while begging for mercy.

"Get lost." Gu Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly at Qin Qingrong, who was still gasping for help against the wall, and turned his back to Wang Hao and said coldly.

Wang Hao was so frightened that he ran home without saying hello.

Gu Zhen stood with Qin Qingrong at the entrance of the alley for a while, watched Qin Qingrong vomit coldly, and inwardly slandered that this person's wine quality is really bad, and he just loves to drink more food.

When Ye Ru'an arrived at the entrance of the alley to pick up Qin Qingrong, who was already drunk, Gu Zhen returned home with Leng Ji.

Leng Ji remembered the woman in the Xianshui Court and reminded Gu Zhen: "Why doesn't the general live in the Xianshui Court tonight?"

"I'm not interested anymore." Gu Zhen yawned and waved his hands and said, "After being interrupted by that surnamed Qin, I didn't touch her again. You can buy her a good certificate tomorrow and then give some money to find someone to send her back. let's go home."