In fact, on the way here, he sulked for ten days. He had thought that when he saw someone, he could put on a face, but the moment he saw Liu Yuru, he suddenly felt that there was nothing more delightful than this.
Like a person, it is to see each other, feel everything is good, everything can be forgiven.
But this happy can not last long, in the other side of the eyes down defeat.
In fact, he also knows that Ye Shian is now in a dangerous situation, it is normal for her to worry, so he has been restraining himself. But there are always a few hard feelings in the heart, perhaps because of the familiarity in her tone, and perhaps because he knows many things about the past.
For example, he knows that Liu Yuru’s writing is similar to Ye Shian’s, and for example, he knows that Liu Yuru’s brushwork is similar to Ye Shian’s, or when he sees Liu Yuru and Ye Shian standing together, the calm and serene look, are the same.
This is the imprint that Ye Shian left in Liu Yuru’s life, she spent so many years to imitate, close to this person, a line to marry him. The gap between him and Ye Shian in Liu Yu Ru’s heart is perhaps not just a few years, but a gap of responsibility and affection.
He looked at Liu Yu Ru look at Ye Shian’s eyes, and even a moment of decadence, Liu Yu Ru this life, perhaps will not look at him so.
But these thoughts he could not say out, he could only restrain himself, sitting quietly next to Liu Yuru, let her rely on the slumber, waiting for Ye Shian wake up.
When dawn came, Ye Shian woke up in a daze, and as soon as he made a sound, Liu Yuru woke up, and she was busy going to Ye Shian’s side, saying anxiously, “Brother Ye, are you okay?”
Ye Shian opened his eyes blankly, and only after a long time did he utter a hoarse voice: “Water.”
Gu Jiusi went to the side and poured a cup of water for Ye Shian, he helped Ye Shian up and fed him water, Liu Yuru went outside and called the doctor, the doctor came over and rechecked Ye Shian, then said, “Nothing serious, just take the medicine daily according to the previous prescription.”
The tense nerves suddenly loosened and she couldn’t help but take two steps backward, Gu Jiusi raised her hand to hold her, Ye Shian saw this and said, “Is Yuru tired, hurry up and go rest?”
“It’s okay,” Liu Yuru shook her head, but said, “I’ll go see Yun’er.”
However, Gu Jiusi grabbed her, Liu Yuru looked back at Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi lowered his eyes, his expression was flat: “There is nothing wrong with Ye Yun, I will have someone call you when you wake up, you go back to rest first.”
Liu Yuru’s mind is a little dizzy, she is still a little uneasy, but she also understands that Gu Jiusi is right, she was about to nod, but Gu Jiusi thought she was still planning to be stubborn, without saying a word directly forward a step, will be carried directly to the shoulder.
Liu Yuru shrieked, Ye Shian and the other people also looked stunned, Liu Yuru was carried out of the room, only then reacted, red face said: “What are you doing? You quickly put me down!”
Gu Jiusi pursed his lips and did not say anything, he just walked out quickly, kicked open the door, threw the person to the bed, and then turned over to lock the door.
Liu Yuru was a bit dumbfounded by this series of actions, Gu Jiusi sullenly did not say anything, took off his coat and walked to the bed, half kneeling in front of the bed grabbed Liu Yuru’s feet and took off her shoes for her.
Then he got on the bed, untied the bed curtain, and turned his head to look at Liu Yuru sitting on the side.
Although it was still a green day, but this bed curtain fell, the whole light is dark, two people in this narrow space, the temperature is also a little high.
Gu Jiusi quietly looked at Liu Yuru, Liu Yuru knew that Gu Jiusi was unhappy, she cautiously said: “Are you unhappy? If you are unhappy with anything, tell me, if I am wrong, I will change.”
Gu Jiusi didn’t say anything, he lay down and turned his back to Liu Yuru, and said lightly; “Sleep now.”
Liu Yuru looked at his back and knew that he was unhappy as hell. She was lying on the bed, obviously knowing that Gu Jiusi was not sleeping. Gu Jiusi’s back was to her, looking at the bed curtain, keeping his eyes open.
He didn’t know what he was waiting for, he was just waiting with his eyes.
And Liu Yuru looked at the top of the bed, in fact, she was very tired.
This ten days, days of chasing, running, fleeing, last night Ye Shian life and death line, her nerves are tense, the whole person is very sleepy. But now Gu Jiusi is not happy, she is also hanging in her heart, she pondered the reason why Gu Jiusi is not happy, but fatigue makes it difficult for her to think.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
Liu Yuru heard these words, could not help but laugh out loud, she does not know how, the heart suddenly relaxed a lot. The person hugged, and dazed sleep.
And Gu Jiusi hugged Liu Yuru, he suddenly knew why lovers like this posture, this posture has a magical power, the heart again hard, then angry, then aggression, it can quietly soothe the go.
He also did not sleep well for a long time, feeling the sound of Liu Yuru’s breathing, he could not help but drift off to sleep.
The two of them woke up with a sleep, and it was already the afternoon. Liu Yuru opened her eyes and found that she was still leaning on Gu Jiusi’s arms, she was in much better spirits and quietly looked at Gu Jiusi.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
However, he is still good-looking.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. She began to seriously ponder Gu Jiusi’s thoughts, why was he angry?
Because she took care of Ye Shian?
But Ye Shian was seriously injured last night, isn’t it common sense for her to worry? Ye Shian repeatedly saved them, Gu Jiusi should not be such a petty person.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
But she is indeed more than just grateful to Ye Shian. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market.
The company’s main goal is to provide a good solution to the problem of the problem.
He took back his hand and lifted the curtain of the bed and stood up, walking to the table to drink water.
He drank the water, and wondered if Liu Yuru wanted to drink water, he wanted to give Liu Yuru a glass of water, but could not pull his face, but luckily Liu Yuru rolled up the bed curtain and came down from the bed at this time.
Gu Jiushi saw her coming, and did not say anything, walked to the water basin by himself, hand bowed and splashed water on his face, after splashing, he looked up and saw the handed to him by Liu Yuru’s handkerchief.
He paused, then chose to take his own sleeve and wipe his face and turned around.
He looked around the room and finally chose to run to the paperwork, sit down and start reading the unprocessed paperwork.
The first thing you need to do is to get dressed and wash up, and then go to Gu Jiusi’s side.
She first leaned on Gu Jiusi’s shoulder, Gu Jiusi paused the pen in his hand, then pretended she didn’t exist, and ignored her. Liu Yuru leaned for a while, saw that Gu Jius did not respond, thought about it, then stood up, turned behind him and gave him a shoulder rub.
Gu Jiusi was so disturbed by this action that he couldn’t write, so he raised his hand and pushed her away, whispering, “Don’t you fool me.”
“What Langjun said is strange,” Liu Yuru said with a smile, “I rubbed your shoulders, how is it fooling you?”
Gu Jiusi sulked and whispered, “I still have to approve the paperwork.”
“Then I’ll be less forceful, so I won’t hinder you.”
Gu Jiusi pursed her lips, still unhappy, Liu Yuru thought about it and finally said, “Since you think I’m bothering you, then it’s just that, I’ll go see Brother Ye and Yun’er first.”
Saying that, she stood up and went outside, Gu Jiusi pinched his pen and said behind her, “He said he is fine, why are you still going to see?”
“Langjun said strange,” Liu Yuru looked back at him, smiling, “even if there is no big thing, there are still small things, I am thinking about him, how can I not go.”
Liu Yuru turned around and lifted her steps, smiling, and said, “Langjun work well, I’ll go over first.”
“Liu Yuru!”
Gu Jiusi finally dropped his pen and shouted lowly, “Stop right there!”
Liu Yuru heard this, but her footsteps did not stop, but even walked a little faster.
Gu Jiushi saw that she really did not stop, and after a moment, he hurriedly stood up and rushed out after Liu Yuru, saying anxiously, “Liu Yuru, you come back! You are not allowed to go!”
Saying that, he hurriedly chased after him to the promenade, and just after he turned the corner, he saw Liu Yuru standing at the edge of the promenade, smiling and waiting for him.
She had draped herself in a fox fur cloak and was holding a heater with both hands, as if she had expected him to catch up with her, and said with a smile, “Isn’t Langjun too annoyed with me?”
Gu Jiusi did not say anything, he looked at Liu Yuru’s smile, his heart suddenly understood that Liu Yuru actually knew what he was angry about. The first thing that she wanted to do was to grind his temper and give him a break from his anger, and then to talk to him by retreating.
She has always been a smart person, this method is good, the effect is also there, but once you think that everything is as she wishes, she is afraid to be complacent bad, Gu Jiusi heart is not happy.
He is not used to seeing her this calm and steady kind, always feel that he is in this relationship in a person’s own worry and anxiety and careful, she can still act like a person, he felt unfair.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
He kissed with great force, and his lips and tongue drove straight in, stirring her a little dizzy.
This is on the promenade, although the subordinates have long ago retreated, she also felt panic in her heart. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
The first time she knew that Gu Jiusi had such a strong time, not allowing people to refuse half, she was panicked and afraid, confused, heartbeat more than a few indefinable emotions, that always calm heart, finally a few ripples.
When the kiss was over, her face was red, she didn’t dare to open her eyes, her eyelashes trembled slightly, leaning against the pillar, the whole person looked very lovable.
Gu Jiusi looked at her appearance, his heart soothed a lot, he felt the people under the touch of the people gently tremble, can not help but laugh: “still will be afraid, if you do not give me some response, I really want to think you are a Bodhisattva.”
“You…” Liu Yuru opened her eyes with difficulty, not daring to look at him, looking at the courtyard, trembling, “You should not be so.”
She seemed to be a little weak in the legs, the whole person relying on his strength to hold on, her voice changed timbre, the usual gentle tone with some trembling, as if it contained a crying accent.
However, she is still trying to pretend to be calm, Gu Jiusi looked at her, feeling tight under his body, he could not help but gulp, for a moment, the previous sullenness swept away, he lowered his eyes, covering his look, hoarse said: “I am not right, go in.”
After saying that, he slid his hand down to hold her hand and whispered, “Shall I carry you, or will you walk by yourself?”
“I…I’ll walk by myself.”
Liu Yuru nervously uttered, Gu Jiushi answered, but did not make it difficult for her. The two of them walked in hand in hand, there was an awkwardness that inexplicably lingered around them.
When they entered the house, Gu Jiusi closed the door and took off the fox fur for Liu Yuru, who shrank, Gu Jiusi paused in his movements, and only after a moment did he say, “It’s my fault for scaring you.”
Liu Yuru didn’t say anything, Gu Jiusi came forward and held her in his arms, his warmth slowly eased her over, she relaxed and whispered, “There is the promenade, Langjun is being naughty.”
“Hmm.”
Gu Jiusi whispered, “It’s me who’s not.”
Liu Yuru didn’t say anything, and after the two of them hugged quietly for a while, Gu Jiusi noticed her relaxing before he slowly said, “I’m just too angry.”
“I took care of Mr. Ye because he was in critical condition, and there are not many people I have known since childhood who are still alive today. I did not consider your emotions, it is my fault.”
Liu Yuru saw that his emotions were stable, raised her hand, hugged him, and said softly, “You don’t need to be angry.”
“Yuru,” Gu Jiusi spoke calmly, “I’m not angry about this.”
Liu Yuru froze, she raised her eyes to look at him, Gu Jiusi let her go, his gaze fell on her, calmly said: “I was thinking all the way, for you, what am I, what is he, you sacrificed your life to save me because I am your husband, if I am not your husband, you can still sacrifice your life to save me?”
Liu Yuru looked at Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi felt a little embarrassed to say these words, he turned his head away, his tone was hoarse: “Ye Shian is not your husband, you are willing to sacrifice your life to save him, what about me? The rest of him you, you say is a brother, a friend, a deceased, but this person, you give too much, but also do too much. I know your words are similar to his, I know your paintings are similar to his, I know you wanted to marry him in the past, I know you used to like him, I told myself it was all in the past, but what about now?”
Gu Jiusi said, closing his eyes.
He originally knew that like this thing, give people sweet also give people bitter, but like Liu Yuru since, he really felt the first time bitter.
He is not the nature to hide things, whispered: “Now, you also like him, right? If you didn’t like him, how could you risk your life to save him?”
Liu Yuru did not speak, she looked at the youth in front of her closed eyes to say this, perceiving that he was sad, she was a little panicked. She said: “Jiu Si, whether I like him or not is not important, I am already married to you…”
“How unimportant?!” Gu Jiushi turned around violently and shouted out loudly, “I like you, do you like him or not, how is it not important?”
He said this, causing Liu Yuru’s whole body to freeze. His eyes were clear and clean, with the persistent stubbornness of a teenager in them, seemingly demanding an answer no matter what.
The first time he said something like this, she thought she didn’t have to say it, but when she did, she felt a silent joy spreading out. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the actual website. What do I count as? Do you like him or not?”
Liu Yuru listened to him step by step, as if he was a child, she did not know why, her heart suddenly smoothed down.
If he is holding his breath, she is unable to, say it openly, she is not afraid. She looked at him quietly and calmly said, “What do you like when you say you like it?”
“Wholeheartedly delivered to this person, a lifetime only this person’s like.” Gu Jiusi spoke seriously, Liu Yuru was silent for a while, she slowly said, “If I like him, what should you do?”
“If you like,” Gu Jiusi held her hand slightly trembling, he listened to these words, his heart twisted like a knife pain, but he still had to say, he arduously said, “If you like him, he also likes you, I will be for you, I will not do more entanglement, you have a kindness to my Gu family, I will treat you as a benefactor to this point I will treat you well and protect you for the rest of your life.”
“If he doesn’t like you, I’ll keep you, and when you meet someone you like again, I’ll still treat you well and protect you.”
When Liu Yuru heard his words, she felt as if her heart had suddenly collapsed somewhere, his eyes were so serious that it made people feel as if such a lifelong vow could be taken seriously. Liu Yuru looked at him and couldn’t help but ask again, “What if I like you?”
“If you like me,” Gu Jiusi reluctantly smiled, “I will love you and love you for the rest of my life, make you the flesh of my heart, the pearl in my eyes, treat you as my life, accompany you to grow old and protect you for a lifetime.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru couldn’t help but laugh: “Then what difference does it make if I like you or not and you have to protect me for the rest of my life?”
“It can’t be helped,” Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly, looking at the person in front of him who seemed overjoyed by these words, and said helplessly, “Whether you like me or not, I like you, so what can be done about it?”
Liu Yuru faintly froze.
She has read many books and listened to many plays, the play in the sea and mountain vows, but no sentence, come so moving.
You like me or not, I like you, what can be done about it.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
She is not an impulsive person, not in the past, not now, and not in the future. She can’t let those words out of her head just because she was moved for a moment. So she raised her eyes to look at him, and he looked at her, not allowing her to escape for half a second. After a long time, Liu Yuru sighed softly: “Do you really want to say things so thoroughly?”
“Really.”
“Okay.”
Liu Yuru smiled gently, “I like you.”
Gu Jiusi didn’t move, he knew she had something to say later. He watched her sit down and poured herself tea, she took a light sip and seemed to be thinking for a long time before saying, “But I think that this liking of mine is not what you want. Jiu Si, in fact, I have always known what kind of feelings you want, you want that person, wholeheartedly and unreservedly entrusted to you, but this is something I can not do in my life.”
“I’ve seen my mother and I’ve seen too many women who are pathetic, I can promise you verbally, wholeheartedly, but I can’t lie to you. I can only promise what I can do,” Liu Yuru raised her eyes to look at him with a clear expression, “I can be with you for the rest of my life and treat you well, if you like me, I am willing to give you my heart. If you don’t like me, I will also be your first lady and never betray you.”
Gu Jiusi didn’t say anything, he didn’t know whether to rejoice or be sad.
He suddenly understood the root of his uneasiness about Ye Shian, he was not uneasy about Ye Shian, but he knew clearly that his feelings for Liu Yuru, in fact, had no roots.
He was apprehensive about Liu Yuru, and thus was in danger of losing his mind.
He wanted to laugh, but felt forced, Liu Yuru lowered her head, she felt a little uncomfortable, after a few moments, she said hoarsely: “But Jiu Si, I really like you.”
I will be moved by this person’s heart, rejoice because of this person, willing to go a thousand miles for him, and follow him in life and death.
But he wants too much, and she really can not give, she wants to give, but the heart of this matter, but never she can decide. She has never liked a person so much in her life, but like this person again, she can’t change herself.
She has only ever been capricious in front of this person, and she has only ever felt at ease in front of this person.
This is her uniqueness, but what he wants is not only unique.
Gu Jiusi did not speak, and after a long time, he suddenly said, “Then what are your feelings for Ye Shian?”
“He used to be a wish of mine.” Liu Yuru answered frankly, “When I was a child, I always wished to live a better life, so I would think about how to live a better life. I knew him from Ye Yun’s mouth and spoke with him occasionally, I always imagined what kind of person he was and what kind of life he would give me. I used to think I liked him a lot.”
Liu Yuru smiled helplessly, “But then I realized that liking someone is not like that.”
“Then when what is it like?”
Liu Yuru was silent, after a few moments, she raised her eyes to look at him and calmly said, “You like this.”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, he froze as he listened to these words.
Liu Yuru lowered her head, she had some hard feelings and fears in her heart, but she couldn’t show it. She forced a smile and restrained her emotions, “I know, you think I am teasing you by saying these words, on the one hand saying that I can’t respond to your request, and on the other hand saying that I like you, I have little sincerity in this like. You do not know, in fact, before I was apprehensive.”
“Apprehensive about what?”
“I was apprehensive to think,” Liu Yuru paused, she swallowed the choke in her tone, let herself try to calm down, before saying, “I thought I was not good enough for you. I covet your affection, but I can’t give you a relationship worthy of you, so I don’t want to think about it, just think of us as husband and wife, and live in a muddle. But you,” Liu Yuru forced a smile, she could not support it, red eyes, she sucked her nose, turned her head away, hoarse, “too annoying.”
Must make it clear, must make things clear.
Let her know clearly and seriously, oh, this relationship is not reciprocal, oh, she does not deserve it. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into, and you’re afraid he’ll find out and leave her. She lowered her eyes, her heart was afraid and hard.
She couldn’t bear to lie to him, but she knew that these words were hurt feelings.
Gu Jiusi did not say anything, she had some control over her emotions. In fact, she also pressed for a long time, from Yangzhou to here, Liu Xuan family exile, the family of the old friends, the old land is not restored, the old people are not the old, and then all the way to chase and kill displaced, came to this person, this is also the last harbor, who would like to, the harbor also has a stormy day it.
She felt tired and sore in the bones, but she could not say, all this just in the silence of the silent accumulation, and finally turned into tears and rushing down. At that moment she even thought about it, if Gu Jiusi is thus distant from her, what she should do.
Gu Jiusi looked at her thin body trembling slightly, gritting his teeth and falling into tears, he was silent for a long time, after a long time, he suddenly exhaled a breath of turbid air, went forward and held this person in his arms, Liu Yuru heard his laugh, hoarse: “What are you laughing about?”
“I figured out that I don’t want you to argue.”
“What have you figured out?” Liu Yuru looked at him with red eyes. Gu Jiusi smiled, hugged her and said, “I’m happy that you can cry for me.”
“You just sincerely want to make me unhappy, don’t you?”
“If you are willing to cry for me, then you have me in your heart.” Gu Jiusi rested his head on her shoulder and said gently, “There is no absolute fairness in this matter of liking? In fact, as long as you like me, do not like others, that will be enough, I am a man, not as calculating as you, nor as pretentious as you, I like you a little more, I do not feel anything, but I am very happy. This way the one who suffers is me, not my beloved baby.”
The two of us have a lifetime, I want the feelings, I will earn, if not, it is not good enough for me, I am not aggrieved.”
“This is you being good to me,” Liu Yuru spoke hoarsely, “I understand it in my heart.”
“You understand in your heart, then write it down, you will remember every day, how good my husband is to me, remember, remember, you do not remember your father those bad things, and do not remember other people’s bad things, only remember me good. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into,” Gu Jiusi sighed, “it’s just that people’s feelings are like having money, not everyone is rich. I have a hundred, I give you ninety, you have fifty, you give me fifty, this does not mean that I give more than you. Yu Ru, you have given me enough.”
He hugged her tightly and murmured, “I am content.”
“I don’t ask for more, you only promise me two things.”
“Which two things?”
“In this life, you like me alone.”
“And,” Gu Jiusi let go of her, looked into her eyes and smiled openly, his smile was bright and gentle, as if the clouds had seen the sun, so that all beings could see the light of day.
He said, “Like me a little more every day.”
Only like me alone, like me a little more every day, this is enough.
Liu Yuru listened to such words, she did not say anything. She reached out her hand, wrapped her arms around his neck, leaned into his shoulder, and spoke hoarsely: “I will be good to you.”
“Really, I will treat you especially, especially well.”
“I will be with you for the rest of my life. If you are good to me, I will give my heart to you and my life to you. If you are not good to me, I will stay with you.”
She said it with all seriousness.
She couldn’t promise what she couldn’t give.
The fact that she likes it or not is a bit too pretentious for her, she can only promise what she can do, what Gu Jiusi wants wholeheartedly and without reservation she may not be able to give, but her money, her life, her consideration, her time, what she can have, she is willing to shell out to him.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
He hugged her, took a deep breath, and said helplessly: “Silly girl, ah.”
She always feels that she has not done enough good enough, others give her five points, she wants to return ten points. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
He has seen how many of those who grew up pampered girl, shouting love, shouting to you, but always think about their own today to cook you a meal, tomorrow to give you a bowl of soup.
She can never remember what she did, but always think that she did not do enough good enough.
He hugged her tightly and suddenly had a few moments of self-loathing, he was heartbroken and sore, low mute voice: “I am not good, I think too little, did not understand your difficulties. I was too frivolous and not calm enough to give you enough peace of mind, you were tired and I had to fight with you. You are afraid, and I still force you to respond.”
He let her go, looked up at her, and said with a bitter smile, “I’m too much of a husband.”
“You’ve been very good.” Liu Yuru looked at him, bowed her head and held his hand, softly said, “It’s my fault, I was too assured of you, too dependent on you, and neglected you instead. It’s my fault.”
Gu Jiusi listened to this, and did not argue with her, he softly said: “It does not matter, in the future we both change it will be good. The couple is not always in harmony, we are still young, in the future I am not happy, I will talk to you, you have any fear, you talk to me. You know, Yuru,” Gu Jiusi raised his eyes to look at her, laughing out loud, “I do not know how, in fact, I was sad at first, but at the moment I do not know why, I am very happy, like very much. I see you cry for me, you say your heart, I really feel in my heart, we this day, is down.”
“I used to feel that you float in the sky, I can not touch, want to be good to you, but always feel not enough. Now I finally know how I can be good to you,” Gu Jiusi held her hand, look full of joy, “I finally know that my family Yuru will cry will be tired will be weak will be sad, this time I can give you support, give you to rely on. You want to fly to the sky, I will watch. If you want to land, I will follow. I can finally do something for you, my heart is also a good deal.”
“You’ve been very good to me.” Liu Yuru slowly slowed down her emotions, she lowered her head and said softly, “Very good, very good.”
Gu Jiusi laughed out loud, “You’ve been complimenting me, so it’s just a few sentences of good, very good, very good.”
Liu Yuru heard him joking, some red face, Gu Jiusi stand up, pulling her said: “Well, we have not eaten, wash your face, eat, let’s talk about business.”
Liu Yuru heard this, nodded, she seemed to suddenly want to say something, then looked up and saw Gu Jiusi, and then held in the mouth, raised a smile. Gu Jiusi gave her a strange look: “What are you smiling about?”
“There is a happy event,” Liu Yuru waved her hand, “go wash your face first, wait until after dinner.”
Gu Jiusi was curious, but he suppressed it, and went with Liu Yuru to wash her face, and had someone serve food and rice.
Liu Yuru has not eaten anything from last night to noon, so the kitchen staff served small dishes and rice porridge. The two of them finished their meal and sat at the table, drinking tea and resting.
Gu Jiusi held the tea, and only then said, “You just said happy event, what is it?”
Liu Yuru looked at him and said with a smile, “I said, you have to be calm.”
“Hmm?” Gu Jiusi was a little confused, Liu Yuru looked at his expression and said seriously, “The eunuch is still alive.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi’s tea cup fell straight down in his hand, he looked at Liu Yuru in a daze, for a long time, he reacted violently, went forward to hold Liu Yuru’s hand, and said urgently: “He is still alive? Where is he now? Is he injured? He… how come he didn’t even inform me!”
Saying that, Gu Jiusi stood up and said, “I’ll call someone, I’ll go find him, I’ll go there myself…”
“Jiu Si,” Liu Yu Ru saw that he had completely lost his composure and hurriedly got up and grabbed his sleeve, smiling, “I’ve already brought the man back.”
Gu Jiusi looked back, somewhat incredulous: “Brought… brought back?”
“Yes,” Liu Yuru said with a smile, “you sit down first, I’ll tell you slowly, the eunuch is safe and sound now, I had someone escort him by water straight to Youzhou, I and Mr. Ye as a target of Luo Zishang to attract attention, no one knows the existence of the eunuch, when you go back, he should be in Wangdu. “
“Luo Zishang?” Gu Jiushi frowned, “And who is this?”
Liu Yuru smiled helplessly, she sighed and said softly, “You sit down first, this is a long story, and do not rush.”
Liu Yuru pulled him to sit down, starting from her entry into Yangzhou city, who was Luo Zishang, how she speculated in Yangzhou, how she was detected by Luo Zishang, how she finally met Ye Shian, and then learned that Gu Langhua was alive, how she escaped from the tiger’s mouth, until she met her.
Gu Jiusi listened quietly, did not speak, Liu Yuru finished, sip tea, raised his eyes to look at him: “Why do not speak? There is nothing to ask?”
“He…” Gu Jiusi said in a low voice, “Is he okay?”
“His leg is injured, after returning to Youzhou, let’s give him a good recuperation, he should be fine.”
Gu Jiusi nodded and didn’t say anything more. Liu Yuru saw that he looked different and cautiously said, “Jiu Si?”
“Nothing,” Gu Jiusi took a deep breath and shook his head, “I’m just a little hard to feel.”
“Eunuch is back,” Liu Yuru said seriously, “you should be happy, why do you feel bad?”
“Yuru,” Gu Jiusi raised his eyes to look at her, “I really didn’t do a good job. As a child, I didn’t protect my father properly, I didn’t know any better, I always quarreled with him and got angry with him, I always felt that he treated me badly at that time, but when I think about it, how good he was to me, how can words say that? Luckily he is alive,” Gu Jiusi choked up a bit, “otherwise I don’t know how to make up for it in this life.”
Liu Yuru listened to his words, smiled lightly and said, “Then he came back alive, you make up for it, and I will pay respect to his old man with you, isn’t that all?”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, he quietly looked at her, he said something, but in the end did not say anything.
He just stretched out his hand and held her hand.
Her hand was delicate and smooth when she was there, but now it is already calloused, worn skin, full of wounds.
Gu Jiusi took her palm and looked at it quietly, and only after a long time did he say, “And you.”
Liu Yuru froze, Gu Jiusi said hoarsely, “You suffered.”
Suffered so much, but he did not understand, did not give her the greatest comfort and companionship in time, but she did not know, this is perhaps, is her greatest suffering.
Liu Yuru listened to Gu Jiusi’s words, she did not understand, but looking at his eyes with guilt, she was a little bored in her heart, she could not see Gu Jiusi upset, so she smiled and moved forward, teasing him, “Yes, I suffered,” she moved closer to him, propped up her chin, smiling, and said, “Then How are you going to compensate me?”
Gu Jiusi heard this, knew she was afraid that he was sad to change the subject, he also did not brush her good intentions, just silently took her good in his heart, pursed his lips and smiled: “How do you want to compensate?”
This question will Liu Yuru froze, she frowned, seriously think, Gu Jiusi look at her appearance, can not help but explore his body, kissed her, asked: “Enough?”
Liu Yuru laughed at his kiss, crying and laughing, “Is this compensation for you or for me?”
“Compensate me,” Gu Jiusi hurriedly said, “Compensate me for this fistful of love that I’ve been thinking about.”
“Gu Jiushi,” Liu Yuru raised her hand and pushed him, “how can you be so shameless?”
“Because you like me,” Gu Jiusi said, leaning on her shoulder, playing the game, “and I also like you. If it were someone else, not only would I not be shameless, I wouldn’t even give them face.”
“Don’t be cheeky,” Liu Yuru tried to suppress her laughter until the man was so playful and cheeky next to her, her hanging heart finally let go, she tried to pick up the man who was leaning on her and tried to be serious: “Let’s talk about business, be serious. “
“I can’t be serious,” Gu Jiusi, as if he had no bones, leaned towards Liu Yuru and said, “I have to lean on madam in order to say business, madam does not give me lean, I can’t say.”
“Gu Jiushi,” Liu Yuru helpless, “are you soft-boned?”
“Yes,” Gu Jiusi said with a frank face, “how do you know, madam, I eat soft rice, the bones are naturally soft.”
“You get up,” Liu Yuru heard him talking nonsense and hurriedly said, “Don’t give me such nonsense.”
“No, I can’t get up.” Gu Jiusi leaned against her, reached out and hugged her, and said seriously, “It’s only good if the lady kisses.”
“Gu…”
“Gongzi, madam…”
Mu Nan’s voice suddenly scurried in from outside, Liu Yu Ru was so frightened that she jerked up, Gu Jiusi’s whole body stumbled, but fortunately he reacted fast enough to brace himself in time, and in an instant turned the pose into a noble princess drunkenness pose.
When Mu Nan entered the room, he looked at Liu Yu Ru standing at one side somewhat at a loss, Gu Jiusi maintaining the posture of a noble princess drunk, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
Mu Nan froze and cautiously said, “Gongzi, what are you doing?”
“Cough,” Gu Jiusi clenched his hand into a fist and coughed lightly on his lips, then said, “I’ll take a rest.”
“Why don’t you go up to the couch and take a rest?” Mu Nan was a bit confused.
Gu Jiu Si frowned and said, “What’s the matter, why do you ask so much?”
“Oh,” Mu Nan heard this and hurriedly said, “Duke Ye and Miss Ye are outside the door and want to thank Duke and Madam in person.”
“They are both still injured,” Liu Yuru heard this and immediately said, “when we go over only.”
“Coming over wounded is the only way to show true feelings.” Gu Jiu Si analyzed Ye Shian’s mind to Liu Yu Ru, then said, “Come are here, pass it on.”
Mu Nan answered, Liu Yu Ru hurried to help Gu Jiusi, whispering, “Net nonsense.”
Gu Jiusi was about to reply, when Mu Nan led the Ye family siblings in.
Ye Yun was holding Ye Shian, who looked much better, but Ye Shian was still injured and did not look well. Ye Shian took Ye Yun to meet Gu Jiusi. Ye Shian knelt down to Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru first.
As soon as Gu Jiusi saw Ye Shian’s appearance, he rushed forward to hold Ye Shian before he knelt down and said anxiously, “Brother Ye need not be like this, Brother Ye has saved my Gu family twice, if you are so polite, Jiusi is afraid that he will have to kowtow to many heads.”
Ye Shian paused, then he sighed: “I have nothing now, Brother Gu and Madam saved me, I have nothing to repay.”
“Brother Ye is very kind,” Gu Jiusi personally helped Ye Shian in and said with downcast eyes, “Madam has already talked to me about what happened on your journey. You took the risk to take in my father, you are a great kindness to the Gu family, the Gu family can’t thank you enough, it’s only right to save you, if you do this, I don’t know what to do.”
Gu Jiushi helped Ye Shian to sit down and poured tea for Ye Shian, Liu Yuru went forward to pull Ye Yun, Ye Yun politely bowed, Liu Yuru’s action stiffened, but also understood Ye Yun this distant, she pursed her lips, but also did not force Ye Yun close, led Ye Yun to sit down.
Gu Jiusi lifted his hand and lifted his sleeve, poured tea for Ye Yun, then raised his eyes and smiled with Ye Shian: “Just now I was talking with Yuru, I was going to say thank you to Brother Ye when I finished talking, whether it was when you saved me and Yuru, or now you saved my father, my thanks came too late.”
“This is what I should have done,” Ye Shian smiled, “We have known each other since we were young, and although we are not considered friends, we are still fellow students. I’ve been friends with Yu Ru for a long time, so how can I stand by and do nothing when you two are in trouble?”
“So,” Gu Jiusi said, “if brother Ye is in trouble, it is also my duty and Yu Ru’s duty to help. In the past, although we are not considered to be close, but now the world is floating,” Gu Jiusi cup of tea, bitter smile, and then raised his eyes to Ye Shian said, “We are also considered to be in the same trouble, through life and death, in the future, as brothers, do not have to count too clear.”
“Come on,” Gu Jiusi raised his cup, “tea instead of wine, cheers this cup.”
Ye Shian listened to these words, his eyes a little red, he used to be restrained, but also raised a cup, with Gu Jiusi drink this cup.
Gu Jiusi drank the tea, turned his head to look, and then could not help but laugh: “No wonder you two Ye Liu is a family friend, you are all boring gourd nature, the three of you to my side, I feel as if surrounded, lonely army without support, really scared.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru was amused by him, gently slapped him, and smiled at him, “Net open mouth nonsense.”
She turned her head to look at Ye Shian and said gently, “Brother Ye doesn’t need to mind, Jiu Si is always like this.”
“I know,” Ye Shian pursed his lips and smiled, “in the past, he was beaten out by the teacher in the school because of this.”
This is what Liu Yuru did not know, she turned her head to look at Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi lightly coughed, seems to be a little embarrassed: “past matters will not say, oh, since brother Ye is here, I will ask,” Gu Jiusi frowned, “do you know that Luo Zishang is what comes. “
“Luo Zishang,” mentioning this name, Ye Shian lifted his cup, took a sip, and said coldly, “I have inquired about it on purpose. At the beginning, I even had someone put a message to Yu Ru, Yu Ru can still remember.”
Once heard this, Liu Yuru reacted: “At that time that beggar, is you put to Shen Ming to check?”
“Exactly.”
Ye Shian nodded his head.
“Shortly after you entered the city, I found that the food prices were not right, so I knew that someone was behind the control. I secretly checked and found traces of that Shen Gongzi, and later I was approached by Master Long, who told me about your entry into the city. Only at that time I did not know it was you, only that you were inextricably linked to Brother Gu, and I thought you were a henchman sent by Brother Gu.”
“And how did you and Yang Long Si meet?” Liu Yuru was a bit puzzled, she remembered that a person like Ye Shian would never have anything to do with a mobster like Yang Long Si.
Ye Shian is a bit helpless: “Master Long is a good man, after Yangzhou City was controlled by the Wang family, Master Long has been circling between the Wang family and people like me, he will help a hand if he can.”
Liu Yuru nodded, she wasn’t surprised that Yang Long Si had such a chivalrous heart.
“Then again, shortly after the fall of the Gu family, the King of Liang plotted to rebel, Wang Shanquan took power, this Luo Zishang was pushed to the forefront, became a knife in the hands of Wang Shanquan, known as Luo Gongzi, his words Wang Shanquan will listen to almost everything, simply listen to everything. At that time everyone was checking what Luo Zishang is a character, I was also checking, but no clue, after one day, I heard that the city outside the city temple died a dozen beggars overnight, I had people go to see, and I met the beggar I sent to Shen Ming. I let people bring him back, and that’s how I learned the news of the child called Lai Fu of the City God Temple.”
“According to this beggar, this child at the age of twelve, in fact, not missing, but dead.”
Ye Shian said, suddenly said: “Brother Gu can remember, seven years ago outside Yangzhou, there was a murder case?”
“The case of the extermination of the Luo family?” Gu Jiusi thought seriously and remembered.
This world, although under the impact of the imperial examination system, family heritage is no longer important, but for the Luo family with hundreds of years of ritual and music heritage is obviously not applicable. Luo family since the previous dynasty to date, generations have been a popular figure, but few people, the last generation of the Luo family is the only son of the Luo family, the official to the prime minister resigned to return to the suburbs of Yangzhou, who had thought that overnight, the Luo family will actually be the mountain bandits into the house, full of chickens and dogs left behind.
This case is considered shocking Yangzhou, when the holy Lord was furious, personally sent General Meng Ao south to combat the bandits, in one fell swoop, Yangzhou city outside the thirteen strongholds, Yangzhou city is almost no one knows, no one knows. Gu Jiushi frowned: “What does this have to do with Luo Zishang?”
“The relationship lies in the fact that the beggar said that when the Luo family was destroyed, this little beggar named Lai Fu was in the Luo House.”
Gu Jiushi froze: “What do you mean?”
“The beggar said with me, that year Lai Fu and his adoptive father begging in the street, the Luo family servant walking through, kicked and injured his adoptive father, his adoptive father suffered a serious illness, no money for treatment, in order to save his adoptive father, so Lai Fu on the Luo family gate to ask for money, the Luo family beat him up, and threw out. When he returned to the temple, his adoptive father was already seriously ill and died of gas.”
“So the Luo family isn’t killing people?!” Gu Jiusi angrily out, Liu Yuru raised his hand to hold his hand, mildly said, “are things of the past, gas also useless, listen to brother Ye say on.”
“This beggar and Lai Fu good relationship, originally intended to adopt Lai Fu, the result of that night, Lai Fu took the old beggar saved all the silver, went to buy a knife, and then ran away. Obviously, Lai Fu went to seek revenge on the Luo family. But he didn’t succeed, and was arrested by the Luo family and locked up in the Luo house.”
“Locked up in the Luo family?” Liu Yuru was a little surprised, “The boy intended to kill someone, why didn’t he report it to the police?”
“Because at that time, there was a very important person who came to Yangzhou.”
Gu Jiusi spoke, Ye Shian looked up at Gu Jiusi and nodded: “Good, at that time, Prime Minister Luo’s good friend, Ming Manchu’s famous scholar Zhang Huaili was planning to come to Yangzhou to visit his old friend, the Luo family should not want to make jokes and trouble at this time. I heard that the Luo family actually left a child, Zhang Huaili remembered the friendship of the old friend, but also afraid that there is a hidden agenda behind the extermination of the family, so quietly took in the child, as a disciple raised, so that the Yangzhou government announced to the public that the Luo family was exterminated.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru understood: “And this Luo Zishang, rumored to be the orphan of the Luo family, Zhang Huaili’s disciple!”
“But he looks similar to that Lai Fu back then.”
Gu Jiusi knocked on the table, he raised his eyes to Ye Shian, seems to understand Ye Shian’s meaning, he deliberately said: “The Luo family has always lived deep and simple, disdain for the Gu family such as the merchant family, to I wonder if brother Ye in the past, whether he has seen the young Duke Luo?”
“That’s the question.”
Ye Shian smiled: “Back then I had studied chess in the Luo House for several months, and I had some friendship with Luo Xiaogongzi, and as far as I remember, the looks of Luo Xiaogongzi and this Luo Zishang today -“
“The difference is very far.”
These words came out, everyone present understood.
Now this Luo Zishang, should be the beggar’s Lai Fu back then.
But what exactly did the Luo family go through that year? Why was the Luo family destroyed? Why did Luo Zishang go from being a beggar to being the youngest son of the Luo family to be accepted by Zhang Huaili as his disciple?
All this is unknown.
Liu Yuru gave it a moment’s consideration, then said: “Then Master Zhang knew that he had taken the wrong disciple?”
“I don’t know if he knew it during his lifetime.” Ye Shian shook his head, “But today, he must not know.”
Liu Yuru had bewilderment, Ye Yun reminded in real time, “Half a month before the Gu family accident, Master Zhang was poisoned and killed.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi looked up sharply.
Before Zhang Huaili became famous, he used to lecture in Yangzhou, Gu Jiushi and Ye Shian and others had been his students, at first hearing the news of his death, especially in such a way, Gu Jiushi was a bit weak and difficult to rest. Even though there was no visual evidence, he couldn’t help but say, “Is it Luo Zishang?”
Ye Shian shook his head: “It’s hard to say.”
Everyone fell into silence, everyone weighed this information, after a moment, Liu Yuru said: “Everyone stop thinking, brother Ye and Yun’er to recuperate, what there is to say, we return to Wangdu and then slowly talk.”
“Yuru is right.” Hearing this, Gu Jiusi said, “I was thoughtless, I’ll send Brother Ye.”
Ye Shian has already reached the friendship, also not strong, so by Gu Jiusi support, and Liu Yuru Ye Yun together back to the room.
Ye Yun was alone in the other room, and Liu Yuru helped her into the room. She has been stiff, Liu Yuru noticed her movements, and did not say anything, when into the house, Liu Yuru closed the door, for her to make the bed, like when she was young with her advice to go to the Wangdu need to pay attention to.
This is how they used to be, Miss Ye Yun nature, many things are not to pay attention to, are Liu Yu Ru take care of her.
She always used to smile and respond, but now she is standing next to Liu Yuru, look calm and respond to Liu Yuru words, look very respectful look. The first time I saw her, I was very happy to see her.
Liu Yuru turned her back on her, and after a long time, she finally held back all her words and sighed, “Nothing, it’s just that I think you’re talking a lot less.”
“After all, it’s not the same as before.” Ye Yun smiled and said with a bitter face, “The identity is different, the people are also different.”
“You and I, however, are always the same.”
Liu Yuru responded, she raised her eyes to Ye Yun and said seriously, “You are always my friend.”
Ye Yun froze, and after a moment, she smiled bitterly and bowed her head, “Yuru, I really didn’t think that you would say that with me.”
Saying that, she sighed, “It’s a good thing that you are with Gu Jiusi.”
“How can you say that?”
Liu Yuru some doubts, Ye Yun sat down, poured himself tea, she looked out the window, calmly said: “We two play together as children, your family that concubine into the door, you have heavy heart. In fact, I know in my heart, you have to beg me, have to beg the Ye family, you ah, calculating deep, but also not frank enough. And I, too, because of bad temper, not much friends, we both hang out together, but also to take what you need. The first time I saw you, I was already surprised that you saved me, and now you’re a government wife, and I am,” Ye Yun smiled and raised her eyes, “and that’s it for this life. You are still willing to talk to me like this, I’m really grateful in my heart.”
“You married him, you finally have some of the appearance of a child, I think, a person who can live as their most true appearance, should be living a good life.”
“I…am indeed living a good life.”
Liu Yuru reluctantly replied, she raised her eyes to look at Ye Yun, she knows Ye Yun’s heart knot, lost in Wang Shanquan, is her heart can not pass the hurdle. She wanted to persuade her, but could not say anything until Gu Jiusi’s voice came from outside, calling her, “Yuru, are you coming back with me, or should we wait?”
Liu Yuru came back to her senses, Ye Yun hand holding a cup of tea, softly said: “Go over, I’m fine here.”
“Then…” Liu Yuru held her breath for half a day and finally said, “Then I’ll go first.”
After she finished, Ye Yun walked her to the door, Gu Jiusi stood at the door waiting for her, Gu Jiusi nodded towards Ye Yun, Liu Yuru said goodbye to Ye Yun and then walked with Gu Jiusi on the promenade. Gu Jiusi reached out to pull her, he looked at her look, Liu Yuru noticed and turned her head to look at him: “Why are you looking at me like this?”
Gu Jiusi smiled: “I see you don’t seem very happy, so I’ll take a closer look and remember what you look like when you’re unhappy.”
Liu Yuru was amused by him: “You just think about these useless things every day.”
“No, no, no,” Gu Jiusi hurriedly said, “This is my top priority.”
The two of them went into the house, and the doctor came over to check on her, confirming that Liu Yuru was fine, and after letting her drink some medicine to calm her down, Gu Jiusi discussed with her, “We’ll leave for Wangdu tomorrow, and let Brother Ye come back later, I still have some things to deal with in Wangdu.”
Liu Yuru answered, and after thinking about it, she remembered, “You want to see your father, right?”
Gu Jiusi was a little embarrassed, he lowered his head, took his clothes and turned behind the screen, muttering, “What do I want to see him for? Anyway, he’s fine.”
Liu Yuru pursed her lips outside and laughed, but didn’t say much.
When Gu Jiusi finished washing up, Liu Yuru also went to take a bath, after coming out of the bath, she saw Gu Jiusi sitting on the bed, holding a book and looking at it, Liu Yuru was wearing a single shirt, her hair was still dripping with water.
The late winter night carried a chill, but the charcoal fire was burning quietly, making the room just the right temperature warm, Gu Jiusi patted the side of the bed, looking at the book, and said happily, “I’ve warmed the bed for you, come in.”
Saying that, he raised his head, and once he looked at the person in front of him, he froze a little.
Yesterday a night running, and in the morning there was an argument, until this moment, he really did not have a good sense to gaze at this person. After three months of not seeing, Liu Yuru has obviously lost a lot of weight, people thin, the features stand up, eyebrows open, look is more and more beautiful and beautiful.
He felt like he had raised a tree, planted a flower, she took root in his heart, sprouted and bloomed. He did not know whether it was his illusion or reality, he felt that the person in front of him had eyebrows like a mountain and eyes like autumn water, nowhere not exquisite, nowhere not beautiful.
Although her body is thin, but the neck of that piece is full up, now only wearing a single shirt, it can be seen that the mountains rise and fall, water droplets stained candlelight, all the way downstream, through the mountain ravine, hidden in a white jade between.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. She did not dare to move, nor did she dare to move forward, she could only lower her head and eyes, and whispered: “What is Langjun looking at?”
Gu Jiusi was a little flustered by her question, but he still had to pretend to be calm, smiling and saying, “Why don’t you put on more clothes, come on up?”
Liu Yuru answered, she took the handkerchief and sat on the bed, Gu Jiusi wrapped her up with the quilt, as if she was afraid she would get cold, but also seemed to be afraid of something else.
After wrapping it up, Gu Jiusi breathed a sigh of relief as he picked up the paddle and wiped her hair, saying softly, “I’ll wipe your hair, sleeping directly will give you a headache when you get old.”
Liu Yuru lowered her eyebrows, she felt this person was busy behind her, she suddenly remembered Ye Yun’s words to –
It is a good thing that you are with Gu Jiusi.
She suddenly felt that, in fact, in this world, she already counted as a girl who had lived a very good and good life.
She will always have such a person standing behind her, even if he is now just a sesame seed official, in this chaotic world and nothing can turn the sky over, but he is behind her so rubbing her hair, she felt, the sky is falling, she is not afraid.
She lowered her eyes and slowly said, “This time you prepared the money and the soldiers’ food, and gave Fan Xuan a solution to his worries, so you have made a great achievement, right?”
“Yes,” Gu Jiusi said carelessly, “I’m still letting the stragglers reclaim the barren fields in Wangdu, and also set the rules up and down, now you go to Wangdu, safe and clean, compared to Yangzhou is still worse than the bottom, but also very good,” Gu Jiusi said, with a smile in her eyes. The company’s business is a very important one. By then, Wangdu has money and people, and I don’t have to worry about it.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru could not help but say, “Hearing this, I finally understand what it means to be a parent official. You are worrying about this Wangdu as if it were a child.”
“You’re right,” Gu Jiusi sighed, “but also because you’re not here, you’re not here, I miss you, I always have to find something to do, otherwise every day busy writing to you, you annoy others also annoyed. The national debt matter you carry, then I will be busy with some other things.”
Gu Jiusi gave the half-dried hair combed and tidied, softly said: “busy, but also feel very new. Oh, you’ll never guess how much I’ve learned.”
“Hmm?” Liu Yuru opened her eyes to look at him, Gu Jiusi said happily, “I can plant rice, I can also drill wells, I can also check the dam, I think ah, in the future, even if I do not become an official, only farming, but also be able to support you.”
This comment made Liu Yuru laugh out loud, she couldn’t help but say, “You’re shameless, who’s going to support who?”
When Gu Jiusi heard this, he hurriedly said, “You feed me, but I want to feed you in my heart. I don’t think I’m worthy of you if I’m not a big official.”
“What are you talking about,” Liu Yuru raised her hand, holding Gu Jiusi’s hand, lowering her eyes, seemingly a little embarrassed, “You are my husband in any case, how is the best person for me.”
Gu Jiusi did not move, he felt the palm of this person fell on his hand, she still has unhealed wounds in her hand, a few calluses, not at all like the soft palms of those big girls. He remembered that she was not like this before, just married to the Gu family, although she was not favored, but always a young lady who did not lack of food and clothing. Even though the lady of the house is not considered, but the little family is there. Now her hand seems to be a notebook of her life, a clear record of everything she has experienced, but he does not feel bad, he feels nothing but heartache, but think, such Liu Yu Ru, very good.
He held Liu Yuru’s hand in his backhand, hugged her from behind through the heavy quilt, and whispered, “Yuru.”
“Hmm?”
“Let’s have a child when we have settled down in some years.”
When Liu Yuru heard this, she faintly froze, and after a moment, she felt her heart beating fast and flustered, with a few indescribable surprises, she answered in a low voice and whispered, “Mm.”
“I want a daughter,” Gu Jiusi whispered, “the most like you, good and obedient, I will be a big official in the future, to protect you mother and daughter.”
“Of course, a son is also good,” Gu Jiusi somehow, suddenly that began to think about the future, slowly said, “If it is a son, I do not beat him, I grew up with him to play.”
“Play as you do?” Liu Yuru couldn’t help but purse her lips and laugh, “that no good girl is willing to marry.”
“How,” Gu Jiusi immediately retorted, “good girls are not blind and can see the good in us. Just like you,” Gu Jiusi put her face up and said happily, “you think I’m especially good, right?”
Liu Yuru smiled and did not say anything, her hair had already dried, so she took the handkerchief away from Gu Jiusi’s hand, got up and went to blow out the candle, then returned to the bed, lay down with her back to him and said, “Sleep.”
Gu Jiusi sat next to him for a while, he suddenly smiled, he got under the covers, he lay quietly, the two did not know how, did not close their eyes.
Liu Yuru is a little nervous, Gu Jiusi can also feel that he can clearly hear his own heartbeat.
This night in bed with the past seems to be completely different, in the past, the two people ignorantly live, muddled “will be”, from the initial just because really can not sleep on the floor to sleep in a bed, to later a tolerant not to talk, an impulsive do not know how to try, never a day is like this night, to determine the intention, clear future.
Gu Jiusi intuitively should do something, but there is some panic, and Liu Yuru also know what Gu Jiusi will do, tense body not to speak.
After a long time, Gu Jiusi finally moved, he turned over and hugged her from behind.
Liu Yuru stiffened, she blushed and reminded in a small voice, “We have to rush tomorrow.”
“I know.” Gu Jiusi said gently, “I’ll just hug you.”
Liu Yuru relaxed, she leaned into this familiar embrace, after a long time, she heard Gu Jiusi whispering, “It’s time to get married again.”
Liu Yuru: “…”
Liu Yuru was actually very tired for days, her spirit was always tense, finally reconciled with Gu Jiusi, the whole person relaxed, a sleep was a little heavy.
When they woke up, Gu Jiusi had already prepared the horses and vehicles outside. After washing up, Liu Yuru said goodbye to Ye Shian and Ye Yun, who were seriously injured and continued to recuperate while they went back to Wangdu first.
The drought in Cangzhou had eased and the people had increased, but there were still corpses everywhere on the road, frozen, starving, and dead, and the two of them looked at them, and even though the situation was completely different from the last time, it was still hard to feel.
There were refugees everywhere along the way, and before they reached Wangdu, the two of them already knew something about the situation at the front.
Fan Xuan brought the whole army to press the alarm, directly forced the East Capital, the northeast of the king of Liang has Fan Xuan frontal hard battle, southwest of the rear of the Jiannan Festival Ambassador Liu Xingchi harassment closely, as long as the capture of the East Capital, the king of Liang is not enough to fear.
After getting the news, Gu Jiusi looked a bit worried, and Liu Yuru couldn’t help but say, “Lord Fan is about to take the east capital, what are you worrying about?”
“The King of Liang is no longer enough to be feared,” Gu Jiusi sighed, “but now that the King of Liang has beheaded all the royal children, who will Lord Fan elect as emperor once he enters the Eastern Capital in order to convince the public?”
Liu Yuru did not speak, Gu Jiusi sip tea, continued: “Great probability, is Lord Fan himself to ascend the throne, if he really did, others are bound to follow suit, not to mention the other, let’s say Liu Xingchi, he is now sitting on the two states of Yi Jing, eyeing the tiger, how can be convinced? In addition to Liu Xingchi, Yangzhou, Liangzhou, Jiaoshu, and various vassals, which one is easy to deal with?”
Liu Yuru was silent, after a long time, she sighed, holding Gu Jiusi’s hand and said, “You do not think too much, you just manage Wangdu, how about the future, when he Fan Xuan gave you the appropriate salary, you then give him worries.”
This said, Gu Jiusi froze, a moment later, he could not help but smile: “said so.”
It’s not that the salary is not salary, but this kind of thing should not be his concern as a county magistrate.
But he also hung in his heart, and always send people to check the situation outside. The two of them finally returned to Wangdu, Gu Jiusi first had someone send a letter, when the two arrived at the door, Jiang Rou had brought someone with mugwort fire pots standing at the door. Gu Jiushi and Liu Yuru came down together hand in hand, and just after they came down, Gu Jiushi’s eyes were frozen. An old man in a wheelchair at the door, his hair is a bit white, looks full of seriousness, Gu Jiusi looked at each other, the other party also did not speak, a moment later, Gu Jiusi three steps to do two steps, towards Gu Lang Hua rushed over, Gu Lang Hua once Gu Jiusi rushed, immediately raised his hand, said angrily: “rebel son what you want to do!”
This scolded everyone, Gu Jiusi subconsciously said, “At this time you still want to scold me?
Gu Lang Hua also felt that this reaction seemed to be a bit too big, he coughed lightly and then said, “It’s not scolding you either.”
He said, he blamed: “What are you doing rushing towards me so fast? I look afraid you bumped into me.”
Gu Jiusi was furious, he just saw Gu Langhua, subconsciously wanted to pounce on him to have a father’s love and son’s crying drama, but the old man is so capable, a sentence made him immediately lost all the warmth and touch, he could not help but say: “You still have the nerve to blame me? So long outside without giving a letter, you know I … my mother how worried about you, made himself into this look back, you have a father’s look?”
“Jiu Si,” Liu Yu Ru saw the father and son quarrel, rushed forward, pulled Gu Jiu Si said, “the eunuch just came back, you talk properly.”
Jiang Rou, seeing this, also hurriedly came forward, pulling Gu Lang Hua said, “You also say a few words less.”
With the two women’s appeasement, the two finally stopped arguing, but Gu Langhua folded his hands in his sleeves, turned his head away and gave a “hum”, nakedly expressing his dissatisfaction.
And Gu Jiusi heard this “hum”, he sneered, and no longer looked at Gu Lang Hua.
Liu Yuru and Jiang Rou glanced at each other, both of them were a bit helpless, Jiang Rou sighed and said, “Let’s not talk about it, let’s cross the fireplace and enter the door.”
Gu Jiushi led Liu Yuru across the fire bowl with a stern face, and splashed water on her body with mugwort before entering the door. After entering, Liu Yuru looked at Jiang Rou pushing Gu Lang Hua, the two did not say a word, she knew Gu Jiusi missed Gu Lang Hua, hurriedly said: “Grandma, let Jiusi push the eunuch in.”
“I don’t want to,” Gu Langhua immediately refused, “he is reckless, I am afraid he will hurt me.”
“You say that as if anyone is happy.” Gu Jiusi mockingly opened her mouth, Liu Yuru was a bit helpless and could only say, “I’ll do it then.”
She said, she walked next to Jiang Rou, Liu Yu Ru’s face Gu Lang Hua is given, daughter-in-law to push the wheelchair, he did not say anything, Liu Yu Ru pushed the wheelchair, with Gu Jiusi said: “Jiusi, come next to me, talk to me.”
Gu Jiusi answered sullenly and really came to Liu Yuru’s side, Gu Langhua showed some surprise, but did not say anything more, the two men were silent, Liu Yuru smiled and said, “Eunuch has suffered alone in Yangzhou, right?”
Gu Lang Hua heard Liu Yu Ru ask, stiffened his voice and said, “Ah, it’s okay.”
“Eunuch is might as well tell us what happened in Yangzhou at that time.”
Liu Yuru glanced at Gu Jiusi and said with a smile, “Jiusi and I were thinking about you at that time.”
“It’s nothing,” Gu Langhua said lightly, “I came out of the secret passage, was rescued, accidentally broke my leg, and was later found by Mr. Ye who has been taking in.”
“What danger did you encounter that you were saved? And how did you break your leg? How was found by Ye Shian?”
Gu Jiusi asked a series of questions, Gu Langhua subconsciously wanted to mock, next to Jiang Rou lightly coughed, then said: “Langhua, Jiusi has suffered a lot these days, you should be more understanding as a father, don’t be so old, still think of playing children’s temper.”
Hearing this, Gu Lang Hua finally banned his voice, he was silent for a moment before answering Gu Jiusi’s questions one by one. With this beginning, it was much easier to follow up and talk. Liu Yuru and her group went to the main hall, and everyone drank tea and listened to Gu Lang Hua talk about his situation. When Gu Lang Hua finished, Gu Jiusi told them what they had encountered again.
After saying that, the two men were silent for a long time, Gu Langhua said, “It’s good that everyone came back safely, you are also tired, go back first.”
Gu Jiusi replied in a low voice, Liu Yuru then led Gu Jiusi to get up, the two walked out of the door, before reaching the door, Gu Lang Hua suddenly called out to him: “Jiusi.”
Gu Jiusi stopped in his tracks, and he heard Gu Lang Hua say, “Come here, I’ll see if you’ve grown strong.”
Gu Jiusi faintly froze, he looked back and saw Gu Langhua deliberately face, but there were tears in his eyes, Gu Jiusi’s heart softened, sorrow and sadness came up together, he walked to Gu Langhua.
He was much taller than the man in the wheelchair, so after a moment’s pause, he squatted down on one knee, Gu Lang Hua quietly looked at him, and reached out to pat his shoulder, after a while, Gu Lang Hua smiled and said, “Grow up.”
Saying that, he did not know whether it was relief or emotion, and repeated one more time: “Grown up, a big kid.”
“I’m not a child anymore.” Gu Jiusi muttered, “I’m a magistrate now.”
“Nonsense,” Gu Langhua glared, “even if you become the prime minister, you are still my son in front of me!”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi smiled and sour. He raised his eyes and said, “Yes, yes, yes, I am your son, you can beat, scold or whatever you want, okay?”
“You can’t think of me as good,” Gu Langhua raised his hand and slapped Gu Jiusi’s head, angrily saying, “as a father is to give you a piece of heaven, I beat you and scold you, is not also for your own good? So next time, don’t have anything to die on the matter of the old son,” said Gu Lang Hua a slap Gu Jiusi’s head down, gritted his teeth and said, “If there is a next time, old me beat you to death.”
Gu Jiusi listened to Gu Langhua’s words, for a moment, finally had a few past feelings.
In this life, as long as the parents are still alive, whether they are old and weak or strong, always feel a place to return to, a support. Gu Langhua’s death was like a sudden collapse of a titanic mountain, so Gu Jiusi felt that everything had changed. Now that he is back, even if they argue and bicker, but in his heart, he finally really has something to rely on again, so he feels that, although the outside world has changed, but what he has, his family, his love, but is not changed.
He actually wanted to cry for a few moments, but felt ashamed, so he forced a smile and said hoarsely, “Got it.”
Gu Lang Hua patted his shoulder, looked up at Liu Yuru, then said: “Go, be good to your daughter-in-law, don’t be such an adult, still like a child, let Yuru take care of you.”
Gu Jiusi answered, he stood up, and walked out with Liu Yuru, to the door, he took Liu Yuru’s hand, walking in the courtyard, Liu Yuru whispered with him about the follow-up matters she was thinking about.
“This time out to collect grain, I went to host, you should always give me some pay. After I receive these payments, I plan to hand over the business of Huarong to others, and I want to buy some land outside Wangdue City. Did you take in many stragglers and distribute all the land to them? I heard that you promised them that you would give them some basic spending expenses until these lands grow food? How much silver did you give for these expenses? I plan to buy the land with these people, then unify the management, hire a person who specializes in growing food, and plan to grow food. There are so many people and so much land, there must be some rules.”
Gu Jiusi listened to her rambling, like a little money fan, snapping the abacus, he was very happy, and when Liu Yuru finished, she looked back at him and saw that the eyes of the next person seemed to be full of galactic starlight, Liu Yuru froze, and then said, “Did you listen to what I said?”
“Listen to it.”
“What do you think?”
“All according to you.”
“Gu Jiushi,” Liu Yuru couldn’t help but laugh, “I just praised your parental officer, can you be more attentive?”
“I understand,” Gu Jiusi hurriedly said, “in fact, you just want to help me, the government has been giving them silver is not a matter, after all, it is necessary to let everyone make money together in order to have money. You spend money with them to buy land, with them to plant food, the next year hope to have a good harvest, these people have a dependence, you own money is small, help me solve the matter is big. You want these methods, are very good, I understand.”
She suddenly had a feeling of panic and embarrassment that her heart had been seen through. She coughed lightly and turned her head away and said, “I will go to your office tomorrow, everything will go according to the process.”
Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi discussed, then went to find Su Wan alone and had a chat with her.
Su Wan learned about the Liu family’s situation, she froze for a long time, and did not say anything. Seeing Su Wan’s expression, Liu Yuru was afraid that she would be sad and said, “Mother, don’t think too much, I’ll have someone go out and find…”
“It doesn’t matter.” Su Wan sighed and waved her hand, “Most of my life has passed, when we left from Yangzhou, I don’t want to think about it anymore. This chaotic world seeking days, you are not easy, and do not bother to look for them. Find back what to do?” Su Wan smiled bitterly, “We do not have to identify with them as a family again. Your father couldn’t let go of Zhang Yue’er and her children, so why should we suffer that anger?”
Liu Yuru did not speak, Su Wan raised her eyes to look at her, she raised her hand to hold her hand, softly said: “I am worried about you, that is after all your father, you…”
“Past it.”
Liu Yuru sighed, she looked up at Su Wan, smiled bitterly: “It’s impossible, I was really sad at first, but now it’s better. We are both dependent on each other, you are here, I feel safe, don’t think too much.”
Liu Yuru calmed Su Wan and walked out of the room. She felt a kind of invisible boredom pressed on her heart, but she just walked out and saw a figure, his back to her, leaning against a pillar, holding a book in his hand, looking at the words on it with the moonlight and the light on the promenade.
He is unable to learn the rules, and no shape, even standing, are standing crooked, like no bones in general.
Hearing Liu Yuru open the door, he turned back and looked at Liu Yuru and smiled: “Finished?”
Saying that, he walked over and draped the cloak onto Liu Yuru, who lowered her head and whispered, “Why are you here?”
“I saw you didn’t bring your coat out,” Gu Jiusi said with a smile, “and thought of you, so I came over and waited, in case you felt cold after you left the door?”
“Just one small section of the road.”
“A small section I also want to wait for you.”
Liu Yuru could not say anything, she just felt the warmth from the cloak rolled all the way in, straight into the heart. Gu Jiusi’s hand wrapped her hand, the two walked on the promenade, Liu Yuru suddenly felt that the road was not cold at all, not lonely at all.
The two of them went back to the room together, Liu Yuru took a bath first, Gu Jiusi then went into the purification room to wash, Liu Yuru listened to the sound of water inside and looked at the figure on the screen, she dried her hair in front of the mirror, after hesitating for a moment, she carefully went to get the lip gloss and applied it on her lips.
After doing this, she seemed to be a bit regretful and hurriedly wiped it again. After wiping it, her lips were still colored with some abnormal redness, she looked at herself in the mirror, pursed her lips, spat gently and went to bed. Before going to bed, she went to the cupboard, looking for a silk white handkerchief, padded on the bed, and then she turned out the light, lying down on the bed, covered herself with the quilt.
She was a little nervous, staring at the top of the mosquito net, her mind recalling the things in the booklet Su Wan had shown her before the wedding, she felt her face burning, uneasy with some indescribable joy, she thought about Gu Jiusi, thinking about how he might treat her, and thinking about the future, the more she thought about it, the more she felt she was a little too prodigal, and secretly despised herself, and it was then that she heard Gu Jiusi get up from the water.
Gu Jiusi put on a single coat and wiped his hair to come out of the purification room, only to find that Liu Yuru had turned off the lights. He froze, not expecting Liu Yuru to sleep so early. He could only walk carefully in the bedroom for fear of waking up Liu Yuru.
Liu Yuru lay stiffly on the bed, her heart beating fast. She wondered when Gu Jiusi went to bed, came to bed, would not laugh at her.
She felt Gu Jiu Si walking over, the whole body tensed up, nervous, who had thought Gu Jiu Si groping to half, suddenly sat down!
Liu Yuru in bed eyes open a slit, in the night saw Gu Jiusi sitting there rubbing hair.
He intended to dry his hair before going to bed.
So Liu Yuru opened her eyes and stared at Gu Jiusi, waiting for him to come to bed.
She watched Gu Jiusi sitting there rubbing his hair, rubbing it and then stopping, seemingly thinking about something, rubbing it for a while and then stopping again, and seemingly remembering something.
Liu Yuru’s heart was a little anxious at first, but as she watched, she got sleepy, and after a while, she drifted off to sleep.
By the time Gu Jiusi got into bed, her whole body was already dazed from sleep. Gu Jiusi was afraid of her cold, hair thoroughly dry before coming up, after coming up, he felt that the bed seemed to have something more, he did not think much about it, reached out to the pad underneath a draw, and threw it out.
He thought, Liu Yuru must be very sleepy, the bed more things are not aware of the sleep.
He was heartbroken, and lowered his head and kissed Liu Yu Ru’s forehead, contentedly hugged and slept.
The next day, Liu Yuru woke up first, she opened her eyes, sat down from the bed, reached out to touch her pad of white cloth.
And then her attention was drawn to the white silk on the floor, Gu Jiusi opened her eyes in a daze and said vaguely, “So early, sleep a little longer?”
“I…I went to check the accounts.”
Liu Yuru was a little embarrassed, her courage from last night dissipated, she hurriedly got up, stepped over Gu Jiusi and wanted to go pick up the white silk on the floor and hide it. However, she just bent down to pick up something, the white silk but others fished up a step ahead, Gu Jiusi grabbed the white silk, raised his eyebrows to look at Liu Yuru: “What is this?”
Liu Yuru instantly blushed, whispered: “I…how do I know?”
“Then what are you panicking to hide it for?”
“I didn’t.” Liu Yuru hurriedly denied and turned around, “I’ll go wash up…”
Liu Yuru did not finish the sentence, Gu Jiushi lightning, fiercely remembered the night draw away, he seemed to suddenly understand what it is, he grabbed Liu Yuru, hurriedly said: “Ugh ugh you don’t go!”
Liu Yuru turned her back to him, quite a bit nervous, Gu Jiusi hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear, “Yuru, did you want to have little dolls with me last night?”
“Gu Jiusi!” Liu Yuru felt that she had never blushed so much in her life, she clearly felt the burning temperature on her face, she said in exasperation, “I have to go do my business! I’m going to earn some money! Don’t stop me!”
When Gu Jiusi heard her say this, he hugged her tightly and didn’t let go of her even though she struggled and pushed, instead he laughed out loud and kissed her, saying happily, “Don’t worry, I’m ready.”
“Get lost!”
Liu Yuru heard him say she was in a hurry and was even more ashamed. Gu Jiusi felt her desperately struggling and knew he couldn’t bully her anymore, finally kissing her one more time, he was busy saying, “Wear something nice tomorrow, ow!”
Liu Yuru stomped on his foot, Gu Jiusi finally let go, Liu Yuru hurriedly ran out, Gu Jiusi bounced on one foot and saw Liu Yuru peeking out of the door with half a face, looking at him with worry in her eyes, cautiously said, “Are you…are you okay?”
Gu Jiusi hurriedly fell to the ground and said with a sobbing face, “My leg is broken.”
So Liu Yuru knew he was fine, put her heart down, turned around and walked out, went next door, called someone, washed up, and then went out to get busy. She went to Huarong first, Yun Yun had already returned to Wangdu before her and started to clean up Huarong’s accounts, as soon as Liu Yuru came over, she gathered people together.
Liu Yuru first understood the situation of Huarong in recent days, and then talked about her agreement with various merchants along the road, only she just opened her mouth: “I was in Cangzhou before…”, Yun Yun suddenly interrupted her and said in a gentle voice: “Madam prepared those gifts in Cangzhou. I have given them all to everyone.”
Liu Yuru paused, then understood that Yun Yun was not going to let her say it, so she smiled and changed the subject: “That’s good,” she said in a soft voice, “I have been thinking about everyone outside, now safely back, is also a blessing, tomorrow night set a table in the East Restaurant, let’s eat a meal together. “
The topic was hastily teased, and when everyone dispersed, Liu Yuru left Yun Yun alone, she sipped her tea and raised her eyes to Yun Yun: “You did not let me speak, what is it for?”
Yun Yun said in a low voice: “Madam, after I came back, I got those fake goods that were in circulation from some channels.”
Saying that, Yun Yun took out a box of rouge, and Liu Yuru took the rouge from the side, then heard her say, “But I found out that it was not fake.”
Liu Yu Ru’s hand paused, she raised her eyes to look at Yun Yun, Yun Yun did not speak and said in a low voice: “The formula of this rouge is not any different from our genuine product.”
Liu Yu Ru understood what Yun Yun meant, the rouge formula was extremely difficult to imitate, one point more or less, there was a difference in the color feel. After a moment of silence, Liu Yuru finally said, “You think it was our own people who did the thing outside?”
“Yes.”
Yun Yun decisively said: “I’m still checking the details, but basically have locked in a few workers who make rouge.”
Liu Yuru tea, she listened to Yun Yun’s words, can not help but smile: “I understand what you mean, each step of our rouge is separate a person only master a part of the ratio, only the initial two people making rouge almost a person know half of the recipe. Those two people are Gu family patriarchs, you are not convenient to say, is not it?”
Yun Yun did not speak, Liu Yu Ru put down the tea cup, lightly said: “The most important thing in this matter is not sentiment, but these two people are the most core people we make rouge, rouge is made by them, you remove them, how do we do in the future?”
“But it can’t always be like this.”
Yun whispered pushed the accounts up and whispered, “These days, our store business is down badly, and this kind of stuff is flooding outside, our prices can’t go up, and our reputation can’t be protected.”
Things are precious by their scarcity, they go originally is the rouge as the face of the road, how can let the same grade of things outside the flood?
Liu Yuru listened to Yun Yun’s words and remained silent, she pondered and slowly said, “You go down first, I’ll think about it.”
Yun Yun answered, but did not say much, and went down.
Liu Yuru rested for a moment, then went to the government office to find the chief book. When her caravan traveled, she signed an agreement with the government to pay her earnings according to 10% of the profits, and now the total amount of food and silver she earned from this business added up, almost doubled.
Gu Jiusi heard that it was Liu Yuru contract, but also did not avoid, he carefully read the content after, then noticed her words.
She has some twisted words, not quite the same as before, it looks as if she is trying to erase her previous font and change a writing style.
Gu Jiusi understood her meaning, he could not help but smile, lowered his head back to sign his name, looked at the time, handed the bookkeeper said: “You tell Boss Liu to wait, I have something to say to her.”
The chief bookkeeper froze, but still answered, after Gu Jiusi’s words, led Liu Yuru to the hall, Gu Jiusi hurriedly finished approving a few documents under him, counting the time to rest, hurriedly got up and took off the official uniform, changed clothes to find Liu Yuru.
Liu Yuru saw Gu Jiusi walk in wearing a regular uniform and couldn’t help but say, “Aren’t you still in the office?”
“Let’s go,” Gu Jiusi said happily, “the time has come to finish the matter, I go home with you.”
Liu Yuru was a bit helpless, then she understood that Gu Jiusi wanted to go home with her.
The two of them went back together, Gu Jiusi saw her sulking and couldn’t help but say, “What’s wrong with you, your face is full of unhappiness? I went back with you, and you are so sad?”
“Not really.” Liu Yuru sighed and told the story of the store, she had some headache and said, “These two people, I can not open, not open either. If the people are driven away, the future of this rouge, who will get. If you still keep them, each one of them will do the same, there is no rule, how can I manage?”
Gu Jiusi listened quietly, he tapped his fan and did not speak. Liu Yuru’s face is full of worry, Gu Jiusi lightly laughed: “You do not worry, I think it’s also good.”
“How is it good?” Liu Yuru raised her eyes, some confusion, Gu Jiusi smiled and said, “you ah, is too smart, young walk so smoothly, not a few falls how to become? You are always calculating the profits, thinking about how to make money, just focus on the outside, have you ever thought about the truth that the dike of a thousand miles is destroyed by an anthill? In fact, Huarong out of this matter, is also sooner or later, sooner out of the matter, you sooner understand some sense, is also good.”
Liu Yuru listened to Gu Jiushi words, listen to his analysis: “You do things, never use people without doubt, you do yourself, is to say to do, think of everyone with you, but their own requirements for themselves is one thing, how to see others is another thing, where the money involved, you have to think about it, the other party is a person. You open a store, hire two guys, you have to guard against, the most core things can not be placed in the guys. If it is put on the guys there, either a control of their method, a group of people to check and balance each other, or you have to firmly tie up the key people. Now these two people who make rouge are the most critical people in this rouge store of yours, and as a result, you have neither tied them up with benefits, nor a way to control them, you treat the key people as ordinary fellows, and come to this day, is not inevitable?”
Liu Yuru nodded her head and responded, “You are right.”
Saying that, she sighed and looked up at Gu Jiusi, with a bit of help in her eyes, “Then what do you think, what should I do now?”
Gu Jiusi heard her ask for help with him, the watery eyes a look, his whole heart and soul rippled away, can’t wait to give her a dozen or twenty wonderful methods, let her look at him with such a look every day.
But he still put up with it, smiling: “This way when you think, this thing is not a difficult thing, later your business grows bigger, there is a lot to think about things, you first take this practice. Think about it, we are all human, we all have personal desires, this time why things happen? What are your most critical requirements now, and what will it take to meet what you want?”
Liu Yuru listened to his questions and knew that Gu Jiu Si was guiding her, she went silent, Gu Jiu Si looked at her serious look and thought that this person was really beautiful.
During the night, Liu Yuru did not sleep, she sat in the study, repeatedly counting the accounts. Gu Jiusi did not dare to disturb her, so he took a book and sat in the room, flipping through it while waiting for her.
He saw Liu Yuru staring blankly at the candle flame, until midnight, he finally could not look, got up and squatted beside Liu Yuru, smiling and said: “I said this lady, if you do not sleep again, do not blame me not polite.”
Liu Yuru lightly laughed out loud, she was hurt Gu Jiusi did not sleep, so she got up and went back to bed with him.
Gu Jiusi knew that she couldn’t sleep well if she didn’t think about it, so he sighed and said, “You’re good, I’ll ask you, now do you think that Hua Rong wants to keep them?”
“Naturally,” Liu Yuru sighed softly, “I can’t find a replacement for them today.”
After all, the Gu family has been raising people for more than ten years, where is a replacement so easy to find?
Gu Jiusi then said, “Do you want to keep them all, or just one?”
Liu Yuru paused, then answered, “One will do.”
“Then isn’t that enough?”
Gu Jiusi sighed: “If you only plan to keep one, put a bait, let them keep one for you, the other set the rules, you blocked the road behind them, to ensure that the ones left behind can no longer do chaos, and the ones going out can no longer trip you up. Specific how to do, you have to see what kind of nature those two people are, you sleep first, think again tomorrow.”
Liu Yuru listened to Gu Jiusi’s words and gave a low response.
However, her mind reverberated with Gu Jiusi’s words, and her mind slowly came up with a plan.
The next day, she went into the flowers, with Yun Yun inquired about the details, then called the two people with more seniority over.
The person’s name is Wang Mei, everyone calls her Aunt Mei, another person who makes rouge is called Song Xiang, originally Wang Mei’s apprentice, always listen to Wang Mei’s words. The company’s main goal is to find the best way to get the most out of the market, and Song Xiang is responsible for developing the formula. Song Xiang was born with a keen sense of smell and vision, and some of the recipes have not entered their hands, are Song Xiang guessed the recipe.
However, all this is also mainly Yun Yun according to the nature of the two guesses, but Liu Yuru estimated that it is also eight or nine is not far from the truth. She invited Wang Mei over, drinking tea and said, “I’ll talk to Aunt Mei about this, I was going to discuss it with Aunt Mei before I left, but I left in a hurry, so now I’m just saying it, it seems a little late.”
Wang Mei sat on the side and looked a little apprehensive: “What does the proprietor intend to say to me?”
“You and Sister Xiang joined me when I had nothing, and I created Huarong with my own hands, Huarong can have today, you and Sister Xiang credit, but I did not give you the treatment you deserve, is my fault.”
Hearing Liu Yuru’s words, Wang Mei hurriedly said, “The proprietor is joking, the old proprietor brought us over from Yangzhou and gave us a place to live, we can’t thank you enough, how much the proprietor gives, it’s all due.”
“I hope you will forgive me for my previous negligence,” Liu Yuru said with a smile, “Nowadays, the scale of Huarong is getting bigger and bigger, I went to Cangzhou this time and negotiated with various merchants along the way to ensure that we can supply all the way from Huarong in the future. The officials of the three places played a good deal, in the future, once there in these places to sell fake flowers, are all arrested, we will not have to worry about business problems, but rather in the development of these things above more thought. I think always so chaotic is not a look, I think, we have to have some rules, like the army, there must be an arrangement, someone to control a bunch of people doing these developments, this person is our key person in the future, the treatment should naturally be higher.”
Wang Mei listened to Liu Yuru’s words, her face changed and changed, hearing the last, her eyes lit up a bit, seemed to understand Liu Yuru’s meaning, cautiously said: “You mean?”
“So,” Liu Yuru smiled, “what do you think, Sister Xiang?”
Wang Mei’s face changed dramatically, Liu Yuru sip tea and softly said, “I heard that Sister Xiang is very sensitive to color and taste, no matter what the formula is, she can know it as soon as she scratches and smells it. She is your disciple, I think, give her a promotion to the next level, give her an extra ten taels of silver per month, and give her an extra 10% of the dividend in the store, you should be happy for her, right?”
Wang Mei didn’t say anything, and her face didn’t look good. Liu Yuru pretended not to see her face as well, smiling and looking outside said: “Later when the world is pacified, with the merits I have achieved for Lord Fan, later Hua Rong became a royal merchant, we will never worry again, Sister Xiang is not only a rouge master, may also be able to get a grade, Aunt Mei you are her master, then you can say with others, this is your disciple. “
Said, Liu Yu Ru looked at Wang Mei, seems to ask: “Aunt Mei think, I think this idea, can be appropriate?”
Wang Mei listened to Liu Yu Ru’s words, twisting her handkerchief, trying to squeeze out a smile: “If Ah Xiang is well, I am naturally happy. But Ah Heung’s seniority… is it a bit shallow?”
“This should not be,” Liu Yuru smiled, “I also asked the others, they all said that Ah Heung is a teacher, after all, now in the store are new people, you are her master this thing everyone knows less, will not have any influence.”
Wang Mei stiffened her smile, but could not say anything, Liu Yuru softly said: “But in my heart, you are always Sister Xiang’s master, so I deliberately came to ask you, do you think this matter, I did the right thing?”
“Naturally…naturally it is proper.”
Wang Mei also has nothing to say, Song Xiang’s ability is stronger than her, she knows. But when she thought that Song Xiang was now going to press her head, she was uncomfortable in her heart after all. Liu Yuru can see her discomfort, pretending not to see, the two said a few words, Wang Mei will go out. Wang Mei out of Liu Yu Ru’s house, the heart began to think about.
If Liu Yuru will be sold directly to all places, and together with the government to catch people selling counterfeit goods, then the sale of counterfeit goods this matter is not only the problem of lower profits, I’m afraid there is a considerable risk, so imitation of the crime of selling counterfeit goods, then I’m afraid to waste hands and nose, never again to do this line of work. The risk is big gain is small, by the time Song Xiang rose position, not only up the monthly money, but also to get a 10% of the profits of the flowers, I am afraid that no longer willing to do.
10% of the profits, ah, to the scale of the flowers, later expanded to go, than they sell counterfeit goods also to more, not to mention no risk no burden, as long as the peace of mind to do things on.
Wang Mei saw that Liu Yuru this time in order to recruit people, simply under the blood money. But what is Song Xiang? That is her single-handedly taught disciple, that is also her disciple, how can cross the master to steal her job?
The more Wang Mei thought in her heart, the more unjust she walked around outside, and after a moment, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind, went back inside, and respectfully called out, “Dongjia.”
Liu Yuru pretended to be surprised and froze before saying, “Why is Aunt Mei back again?”
“Dongjia,” Wang Mei said calmly, “there are some things that I have to explain to you after thinking about it. If you want to mention Ah Heung, it’s not right.”
“How?” Liu Yuru blinked, full of confusion, “Sister Xiang is of good character, excellent craftsmanship, and was unanimously elected by everyone, what does Aunt Mei think is wrong?”
“Dongjia,” Wang Mei sighed, “in fact, this matter, I also hesitated for a long time, Sister Xiang is my single-handedly brought up, many things I did not teach her well, protect her, this is my fault, originally I thought more time to advise her, maybe she will be lost, but Dongjia want to mention her, I I had to say it.”
“What’s wrong with her?”
“The proprietor knows that there is a flood of fake goods out there, and some of them are almost indistinguishable from the real ones, right?”
Wang Mei observed Liu Yuru’s expression, Liu Yuru frowned and said with considerable concern, “I heard about it and am bothered by it.”
“Has the proprietor ever wondered why the goods from outside, and the goods from Huarong can resemble each other to the point of being fake?”
Liu Yuru froze, and after a moment, she jerked her head up, surprised, “You mean, it’s Sister Xiang?”
“Yes.” Wang Mei face sunken, sighed, “Before someone approached Sister Xiang, with her to ask for the formula of rouge lipstick in the flower face, you also know, our family’s craft, are one person responsible for a part, only Sister Xiang is different, she took a look at it, you can see the raw materials and ratios. So for so long, she has been supplying outside. Not only stealing the recipe, but also selling out the store’s defective products to others.”
Liu Yuru sunken face, Wang Mei looked at her, heart secretly happy, continue to stoke the fire: “I also advised her, but Sister Xiang she recently got a man, the man is seriously ill and lack of money, she is also forced to money ah. You do not blame her, I say this, is to let you consider carefully, she is my disciple, but you are my East, the heart of the hand are flesh, I am also very difficult.”
“Aunt Mei, I understand,” Liu Yuru took a deep breath and raised her eyes, “but when you say this, there must be some real evidence, after all, this is a big deal, I can’t just believe it.”
Wang Mei’s face stiffened, and after a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, “I know the proprietor is cautious, and I have proof.”
“Oh?”
“Yesterday I quietly saw Sister Xiang write a note to someone outside, asking the other party to deliver in the courtyard of Donglai Restaurant. She will give the recipe for the latest lipstick to the other party, and the proprietor will be able to go over and naturally capture the stolen goods!”
“Are you serious?” The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
“You can rest assured.” Liu Yuru answered, “You can tell me this, I naturally believe you. I know your character, don’t worry.”
Liu Yuru and Wang Mei finished talking, Wang Mei retreated, quite a bit happy, took a handkerchief and fanned the wind, just now she had a cold sweat, now finally relieved.
She is actually not afraid, although she is the middle of the line of people, but do cautious, Song Xiang is a stupid brain, will not leave any evidence, at most and Liu Yuru said she was also involved, but she preemptively, Liu Yuru like a little girl, smart and not enough eyes, will not believe her.
Wang Mei finished calculating in her heart, and left happily.
When she left, Yin Hong and Yun Yun came out of the room cabinet, Yun Yun sighed and said, “This Wang Mei, really too malicious mind.”
“But it’s good,” Yin Hong said happily, “they cry out to catch the thief, Madam can put them behind a pot, then see how they can make waves again.”
Liu Yuru listened to them, a moment later, but said: “Song Xiang really found a man in Youzhou, really seriously ill?”
Yun Yun listened and responded, “I recently went to check, and indeed this is the case. She should also have agreed to Wang Mei because of this.”
Saying that, Yun Yun hesitated for a moment, but finally said, “Sister Xiang is still a good person.”
Liu Yuru lowered her eyes, and after a moment, she sipped her tea and raised her eyes and said, “Shen Ming is back, right? Go get him, bring someone to plant in the Donglai Restaurant, and arrest him with me.”
Yin Hong answered, and rushed to find Shen Ming.
Shen Ming is following Gu Jiusi in the street to buy things, two big men, holding a bunch of things, wrapped in cloth, sneaking around.
Shen Ming walked beside Gu Jiusi, some impatience said: “You say you are so adult, not a child, and what ceremony? That cross-cup wine did not drink, you are blindly fussing all day long, took leave to run home to hang lanterns, let people know that you are not ashamed?”
“Can you talk a little less?” Gu Jiusi frowned, “I asked you to help, not for you to count me.”
Shen Ming bristled, and after thinking about it, he came forward and said happily, “You really haven’t had a full house yet, huh? Do I still have a chance?”
“Shen Ming,” Gu Jiusi coolly look at him, “brain too hot you said earlier, I send you to the marketplace to cool off.”
Shen Ming saw that Gu Jiusi was annoyed and hurriedly withdrew his head and did not speak. The two bought the things to be prepared, saw the road squatting in the streets for food stragglers, Gu Jiusi could not help but frown: “I heard that Lord Fan broke the Lingjiang Pass, and now has surrounded the entrance to the East Capital, and Liang Wang confronted.”
“Ah, I heard that it is.”
Shen Ming said happily, “When Lord Fan breaks the city, won’t you be promoted and I can be promoted too?”
“Don’t you still want to be the king of the mountain?” Gu Jiusi spoke mockingly, “Still want to be promoted?”
Shen Ming coughed lightly, “Doing things for the people, doing anything. I can suffer this aggravation.”
Gu Jiusi hooked the corner of his mouth, but he suddenly had some worries: “But doesn’t the king of Liang still have 150,000 troops? If there are 150,000 men, how can Lord Fan break through Lingjiang Pass so quickly?”
“Who knows?” Shen Ming shrugged his shoulders, then advised, “Don’t worry about it either, hurry up and prepare the wedding room, tonight…”
Shen Ming showed a meaningful expression, Gu Jiusi was a little embarrassed, he coughed lightly and was about to speak when Yin Hong’s call came from far behind him, “Shen Ming!”
As soon as the two men heard the voice, Gu Jiusi hurriedly said, “Quickly give me the things to me!”
Shen Ming panicked and threw something towards Gu Jiusi, Gu Jiusi hugged something taller than others and hurriedly ran to the side.
Yin Hong trotted to Shen Ming, some strange said: “I just saw the aunt here, where is he?”
“No,” Shen Ming looked around and said, “Just now there was only a person who asked for directions, and the ninth brother is still in the government office.”
“I really saw it.” Yin Hong is a bit strange, Shen Ming immediately said, “If you have something to say, do not ask questions here, you are a spy ah?”
“What kind of attitude is this!” Yin Hong was a little upset, then she did not dwell on this topic, hurriedly said, “Oh, the lady said, let you bring some people to the East Lai restaurant at night, to help her catch people.”
Shen Ming raised his eyebrows, let Yin Hong tell the original story, he heard and understood, nodded and said, “Okay, a small matter, I’ll go call someone.”
Yin Hong got the word and went away with confidence. After she left, Gu Jiusi came out with something in her arms and poked her head out and said, “What did she come to see you for?”
Shen Ming said the words, Gu Jiusi immediately said: “I go with you.”
So the two of them called Tiger and a group of brothers, and then took the Gu family butler, and went to the Donglai restaurant, we put on makeup, mixed in the restaurant, pretending that nothing happened and drinking wine.
Gu Jiushi and Shen Ming sat upstairs, chatting with one another, until darkness fell, you heard the sound of a group of women like silver bells laughing, the two turned their heads, they saw Liu Yuru came.
Most of the guys at Huarong are women, and they are all beauty loving women, they are a store to eat, carriages have come four or five, and then young and old girls talking about walking down from the carriage, the powder fragrance floating away, all of them looked over.
The head of the Liu Yuru draped in fox fur, wearing a blue shirt, ear drops of white jade earrings, gently swaying in the light, looks like her whole soft beauty with a few spirit.
She is not high in the Northlands, holding a heater in her hand, the whole person also does not have any extra momentum, but the strange thing is, this a noisy, but she is always the focus of attention, there is a kind of silent sense of silence from her body spread all the way away, together with her beautiful and beautiful features, presenting an unspeakable transcendental beauty.
This is the first time that a lot of women travel to attract attention, not to mention that there is a Jiangnan beauty such as Liu Yuru in the crowd, the crowd is quiet, watching Liu Yuru into the restaurant, with the man ordered a few words, and led people to follow the man, together with the private room.
She carried the skirt step by step up, no one dared to speak, it is Gu Jiusi, are in such a space, suddenly felt her that somehow appeared, the amazing beauty.
Liu Yuru seems to feel Gu Jiusi’s gaze, she suddenly paused in her steps, raised her head, looked at Gu Jiusi. Between the four eyes, Liu Yuru looked at Gu Jiusi holding a cup, staring at her, and she suddenly smiled.
The smile in the soft light, as if a lotus flower blooming, startled the hearts of people set off shocking waves, Gu Jiusi could not return to his senses, Liu Yuru felt funny, did not think that the marriage for more than half a year, but also from this familiar with their own can not be familiar with the face, see such a foolish expression, she pursed her lips and twisted her head, and quietly intimate him a glance, the glance between the corners of the eyebrows are all the style, and then led the people behind them to the next floor fold up, into the private room.
When the people of Huarong have entered the private room, the hall has resumed its sound, and they are all talking about the female boss of Huarong, who is not only capable of making money, but also has such a good-looking birth.
The first thing you need to do is to hold up a cup and not speak for a long time, as if you are still recalling the impact of that shy and teasing glance.
Shen Ming couldn’t help but stretch out his five fingers and shake them in front of him: “Brother Jiu?”
Gu Jiusi’s eyes straightened, he smothered the wine in his cup in one gulp and finally slowed down, then said, “I’m dead.”
“Hmm?” Shen Ming was a little confused, why talk about this for a good reason.
Gu Jiusi sighed, with a smile on his face, seems to be a little helpless, but biased and let Shen Ming see a few indescribable happy said: “died in the hands of this woman.”
“What does this mean?”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, he just sipped his wine and smiled. In his heart, however, he knew clearly that in Liu Yuru looked up at him, four eyes met that moment, he suddenly understood what is the water of the ocean, the clouds of the witch mountain.
He thought he would never find a woman in his life who could make him feel this way.
More frighteningly, he also found that Liu Yuru’s beauty still seemed to be a tree that was growing rapidly, in his eyes, in this world, at an unimaginable speed, growing and blooming.
He didn’t know how beautiful she could be, only that every time he took a serious look at her, it was amazing to find that he liked her that much more.
When Gu Jiusi finished his drink, he raised his hand and grabbed some copper coins from his pocket, handed them to the tiger next to him, and said with a smile, “Go, find someone for me and buy a few plum blossoms to send to the madam.”
When Gu Jiushi’s flowers were delivered to Liu Yuru’s table, she froze for a moment, then took the flowers amidst the uproar.
Everyone was laughing at her, but Song Xiang and Wang Mei were obviously a bit upset, Wang Mei kept sizing up Song Xiang and Liu Yu Ru, while Song Xiang kept fidgeting, as if she was worried about something.
Liu Yuru led everyone to play hot pot together, hot and rowdy, Liu Yuru picked up a glass of wine, took the initiative to come to Wang Mei, first and Wang Mei toasted, and then Liu Yuru took the cup to Song Xiang, said seriously: “Sister Xiang, I came to toast you.”
Song Xiang heard this, hurriedly stood up, some panic, said: “Dongjia…”
“Coming to Youzhou these six months, everyone has been soldiering on, I didn’t have time to take care of everyone more, it’s my fault. You are a meritorious servant of Huarong, and have come with Huarong, I regard you as a sister, if there is anything, you must talk to me.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru sighed: “I’ll drink this cup of wine, Sister Xiang, what about you?”
Song Xiang did not say anything, her heart was beating a little fast, looking at Liu Yuru’s clear eyes, she almost felt that Liu Yuru seemed to know everything.
But if she knew, how could she be allowed to stand here?
Her heart was flustered and uncomfortable, and guilt made her lower her head and hastily drink the wine in one go, then said, “Dongjia, I’m sorry.”
Liu Yuru raised her hand and patted Song Xiang’s shoulder without saying more.
Wang Mei quietly watched, heart more and more worried, if Liu Yu Ru is bent on favoring Song Xiang to mention her, she will have to do in the future?
However, Wang Mei quickly calmed down, today as long as she made more noise, everyone is watching, Liu Yu Ru even if you do not want to do Song Xiang, also have to do her.
Wang Mei’s heart has a bottom, also no longer speak. Everyone is drinking wine and eating hot pot, between the chips and light, everyone relaxed, Song Xiang heard the sound of the cuckoo outside, so he excused himself and went out.
Wang Mei saw Song Xiang go out and hurried to Liu Yu Ru’s side, whispering, “Dongjia, Sister Xiang’er went out.”
Liu Yuru raised her eyes and looked over, nodded, and answered, “Got it.”
Saying that, she beckoned Yin Hong to come over, helped her to get up, and said with a smile with everyone: “Everyone play, I’ll go out for convenience.”
Liu Yuru said, and led Yin Hong out. Wang Mei sat down for a moment, but she could not sit still, so she stood up and asked a girl who was usually close to her to accompany her to go out for “convenience”.
The three waves of people rushed back and forth to the courtyard, and at this time Gu Jiusi and Shen Ming ambushed on the beams of the long corridor in the backyard, two people sat stoned melon seeds, Shen Ming listened to the sound of the cuckoo, could not help but laugh out loud: “winter learning cuckoo, this is silly, right?”
Hearing this, Gu Jiusi stoned melon seeds, “tsk” said: “such a poor game, but also too look down on their East. Wait and see, my family Yuru will definitely give them a slap on the face.”
Shen Ming rolled his eyes and didn’t say much. The two big men just got high on melon seeds and watched a man sneak out to the side of the promenade, and soon after, Song Xiang appeared, and when the man saw Song Xiang, he said urgently, “Where’s the formula?”
Song Xiang hesitated for a moment and finally said, “I thought about it, I can’t give this recipe, I don’t want your money either, these deposits…”
Song Xiang pulled out the money from his sleeve, the man’s face suddenly changed, he opened the silver in Song Xiang’s hand, said angrily: “said to give the formula, we are now ready to workers, materials bought, transport channels everywhere has also been ordered, you temporarily notice quit? You think so many losses can be afforded with just a few taels of silver?
Song Xiang heard these words, his face white, the other party saw her look, slightly calm down, lowered his voice: “Song master, I do not mean to make things difficult for you, we are doing errands for others, you want to live, I also want to live. Your family still has a consumptive ghost to feed, we just share the work, do not lose you anything. At least you have to do this single, a man must be faithful to his word, if you do not promise, said a long time ago, now we are ready, you say no, is not some unreasonable?”
“I…” Song Xiang was a bit embarrassed, after holding her tongue for half a day, she just said, “I’m sorry…”
“You have the formula with you, right?”
The other party finally ran out of patience, he saw the paper page in Song Xiang’s sleeve and raised his hand to grab it, angrily saying, “I don’t want to talk nonsense to you, today you have to give it or not!”
“You let go…” Song Xiang and the other side push fend up, the two pulling and tugging, Gu Jiusi stoned melon seeds, thinking about when to strike, it is at this time, suddenly came a strong angry shout: “What are you doing! “
The voice was always soft and smooth, but suddenly with anger, scared Gu Jiusi hand shake, the melon seeds in the hand fell down.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. Then under such an expression, melons fell on her head with a clatter.
Liu Yuru: “…”
Gu Jiusi raised her hand and covered her face in pain.
Shen Ming sat across the table and applauded him secretly.
No one dared to speak, Liu Yuru raised her head and looked calmly at Gu Jiusi who was sitting on the beam of the room.
Gu Jiusi showed a pleasing expression.
Liu Yuru: “…”
Counting on this is not important.
Liu Yuru pressed all the emotions in her heart, quickly swept the eye knife to the opposite side, then smiled and walked over, stretched out her hand towards the two who were arguing and said softly: “What are you two arguing about, might as well bring it out for me to see?”
Song Xiang body trembled slightly, the man was also silent and did not speak, seems to have long known who Liu Yuru is.
The two stalemates, after the arrival of Wang Mei a healthy step rushed forward, when Song Xiang was caught off guard a hand from her sleeve grabbed her written prescription, a casual glance, excited shouted: “ah, sister Xiang’er, the proprietor is so good to you, you actually so eat out?
Song Xiang’s face was white, the man saw the situation was not right, turned his head and ran, however, he just crossed the corridor, then shouted, as if he was beaten with pain, howling away, a moment later, he was Shen Ming escorted to carry back.
Wang Mei pinched the formula and looked at Song Xiang in pain: “Sister Xiang’er, Sister Xiang’er, the East family is so good to you, even for your man, you can’t eat out of the bag like this. I know that you are usually dissatisfied with the Dongjia for reusing a girl, but you can’t be so confused, look at what you have done!”
“I’m not…” Song Xiang trembled, she seemed to want to explain something, but couldn’t. She could only look at Wang Mei and said anxiously, “Aunt Mei, it’s not like that, you know.”
“What do I know?” Wang Mei said loudly, “At this point, you are still obsessed, just think of dragging people down?!”
“I…”
“Aunt Mei,” at this time, Liu Yuru faintly spoke out, everyone looked over and found that she was holding the “recipe” that Aunt Mei snatched over, Liu Yuru turned the piece of paper around and looked at Aunt Mei, “Sister Xiang wrote a few songs for this person. children’s rhymes, what’s wrong with that?”
The moment these words came out, everyone froze, even Song Xiang, the whole person was also confused.
Liu Yuru lowered her head, looking at the paper in her hand, with appreciation in her eyes, and said gently, “I didn’t expect that Sister Xiang not only made when a rouge master has a high memory, but even the words, they are written very well.”
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The author has something to say: Liu Yuru: everyone get out of the way, I’m going to pretend.
Gu Jiusi: I can explain this melon thing…
Liu Yuru: No need, take the letter of repudiation, goodbye, my Jiu Si.
Gu Jiusi: …
This change took Wang Mei by surprise, Song Xiang was also confused, and the people who came with Wang Mei saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Yuru, the corridor was left with Wang Mei Song Xiang and Liu Yuru’s party.
Liu Yuru looked at the sky, and said calmly: “It’s not good to stand here for outsiders to see, let’s talk inside.”
With that, they led the people back upstairs together.
They entered the room that had been opened, Liu Yu Ru sat on the main seat, the others found a seat each, only Shen Ming escorted the man captured at the beginning kneeling, and Song Xiang and Wang Mei stood together.
Liu Yuru took a sip of tea, Wang Mei at this time began to sense that the situation is not right, she did not dare to say much, just quietly surveyed the surrounding, the next person seems to be waiting for something, Song Xiang also noticed that the situation is not good, but she has been prepared for the worst, the whole person but frankly down, just look down at the floor, did not say anything.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.
This kick finally made people stop, Tiger cleanly reported: “Madam, Ninth Master, this is the real messenger, he approached the man in the house at the door and asked him to come in to deliver the message. There were three of them, one got away, and we’ve had someone go after them.”
“Well done.”
Liu Yuru nodded and smiled, “Thank you for your trouble.”
Where Tiger dared to let Liu Yuru thank him more, he hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that nothing was wrong.
The man they had captured saw that the situation was not right and stopped talking, he darted a glance at Wang Mei and lowered his head again.
“Tell me,” Liu Yuru looked calmly at Wang Mei, “what is going on.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru put the pages on the table and raised her eyes to Wang Mei: “It’s obviously just some poems, Aunt Wang, how are you sure this is the formula?”
Song Xiang listened to these words, her eyes fell on Wang Mei, Liu Yuru continued, “Sister Xiang is your disciple, you, as the master, should trust her more, the one who denounced her is you, and now the one who got it wrong is also you, you said…”
“Dongjia, you must not be dumbfounded!” Wang Mei heard Liu Yuru say this, immediately reacted, she thought in her heart, this must be Song Xiang cheating, busy table loyalty said, “they want to hand over this matter in the East to the restaurant, is my own ears heard, that’s why I am so sure that is the formula. Dongjia, you check again, check again will know that she has a problem, otherwise this hour, why would she hand over something with a man here, even if it’s just poetry, it doesn’t make sense!”
“Aunt Mei!” Song Xiang couldn’t listen any longer, her face turned red, and because she was too angry, she said in a trembling voice, “What are you talking about? This thing, this thing is clearly you are asking me to do.”
“You are nonsense!” Wang Mei shouted angrily, “Do not believe you ask these people arrested today, see who they actually came to find!”
Hearing these words, Shen Ming pushed the man who brought back the first one, half squatted and said: “Ask you, who are you looking for.”
The man trembled and raised his hand, pointing to Song Xiang.
Song Xiang froze, Liu Yuru sighed: “Sister Xiang, originally I thought to give you a chance, want to give you a promotion position, give you more money, did not expect you actually … this position, can only be left to Aunt Wang.”
With these words, Wang Mei’s heart suddenly became secretly happy. But Song Xiang suddenly understood the cause and effect, this must be Wang Mei eyeing her, sold her!
She momentarily some hate annoyed, but held half a day, but also could not say one more word, Liu Yuru see Song Xiang just stared at Wang Mei, after a while, she slowly said: “Sister Xiang, if you really did such a thing, Huarong can not keep you.”
Song Xiang’s face turned white, and after a moment, she took a deep breath and raised her eyes to Liu Yu Ru: “Dongjia, I can’t stay after doing such a thing, and I do understand. It’s just that I can’t stay, Aunt Wang is more…” Her words were held in her mouth, as if she was deliberating, and Liu Yuru took over: “More what?”
Song Xiang finally settled down and finally said, “Even more, I can’t stay.”
“Sister Xiang’er, I know you hate me for betraying you,” Aunt Wang sighed, “but if you slander people like this, the East will not believe you.”
“Do you have proof?”
Liu Yuru then asked, Song Xiang did not speak, Wang Mei heart raised, then listened to Song Xiang said: “evidence, I do not have intuitive, but I know that they whole a sales road, know how Aunt Wang operate, you follow the clues I gave to arrest people, will certainly be able to find out something.”
“No evidence you have to arrest people to investigate people?” Wang Mei raised her voice, “I’ve never seen you so unreasonable.”
“What I said is true!” Song Xiang got anxious and shouted out, “It was Aunt Mei who came to me because she knew these people outside who were selling fake goods, they agreed to sell only in places where Hua Rong could not sell, and it would not affect the business of the store!”
Song Xiang said, with guilt in her eyes, she knelt down, respectfully kowtowed to Liu Yuru, and said seriously: “Dongjia, I know, you will not believe anything I say now, but I really have no desire to harm the store. My man is very sick and needs money, I have no choice, this is my fault, but I am not without principles bottom line! I have failed you,” Song Xiang red eyes, “before I go, I hope I can help you as much as possible, Aunt Mei can not stay, she is greedy by nature, and not much ability…”
“What did you say!” Wang Mei stood up violently and shouted angrily, “I am your master!”
“You haven’t taught me anything.” Song Xiang lowered her head, she seemed to be open-minded, her speech was fast and calm, and she quickly said, “At that time you prevented me every day, I was trying to learn by myself, and later when I had achievements, you went around saying that you were my master. You let me into the Gu family, this is you have been kind to me, so I have been tolerant of you, but now I have to leave, can not leave you in the eyes of the proprietor to do whatever you want. The East, I am not the only one in the store who has been bought by Aunt Mei, I can give a list of names, I…”
“Little wannabe you talk nonsense again!”
Wang Mei saw Song Xiang talking more and more, she also never thought that Song Xiang would suddenly say such a lot of words one day, she pounced on her, trying to shut Song Xiang up, Song Xiang and she fought on the ground, Liu Yu Ru listened to Wang Mei angrily: “I told you to talk, I told you to do whatever you want, trying to bring me down? And do not see how many pounds you have!”
“You…steal things…”
Song Xiang and Wang Mei tore, a pile of one piece of Douluo said, difficult: “You bully…”
“You make fake goods…”
“You steal materials out to sell…”
“You buy cheap materials…from your relatives’ homes…”
…
Song Xiang was fierce and said it one by one. Wang Mei face can’t hang, just keep cursing, two people wrestling together, Liu Yu Ru see they also said almost, finally let people pull them apart. Liu Yuru looked at the two people whose hair had been torn, and said: “All right, don’t fight, you say that the male has a reason and the female has a reason, so,” Liu Yuru raised her eyes and swept a circle, “I ask one by one. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
Liu Yuru raised her hand and swept the two people they had captured next to her, and said lightly, “You interrogate them.”
Gu Jiusi hurriedly answered, then led Shen Ming led people to the next door.
And then Liu Yuru left Song Xiang behind, Wang Mei put out, Song Xiang sat in front of Liu Yuru, looking unusually calm, Liu Yuru tapped on the table, and after a long time, she suddenly said, “Actually, I probably know everything.”
Song Xiang was a little surprised, raised her eyes to look at Liu Yuru, Liu Yuru lightly said: “I’m just not sure. Sister Xiang, in fact, I know your nature well, I always appreciate you, originally your man’s illness, should have told us, we will think of a way for you. You have been with the Gu family for so many years, and you are a big contributor to Hua Rong, you can’t be so out of touch.”
“Dongjia…” Song Xiang listened to these words with remorse in her heart.
Liu Yuru smiled, softly said: “I also did not take care of you, do not know your situation, did not plan a good path for you, this is also my fault as a proprietor. I will correct this in the future, and I hope that you,” Liu Yuru said meaningfully, “will do the same as me.”
The same as her, naturally, is the same as her know wrong and correct. Song Xiang heard the meaning of Liu Yu Ru, hurriedly kneel down to serve, Liu Yu Ru will help up, smiled and said: “really for my good, you will tell me what you know.”
Not only to catch the counterfeit goods, or to completely cut off the back of Song Xiang. No matter how good a person is, they can’t be put on a litmus test.
The reason why human nature is human nature is that everyone has, just different circumstances, will inspire different situations.
She gave Song Xiang a high salary, naturally there must be corresponding supervision, can not put her in temptation at all times.
However, Song Xiang didn’t think much about it, she just rushed up and said exactly what she knew.
When Song Xiang finished, Gu Jiusi’s side was almost finished with the trial. He took all the statements, Liu Yuru called again, and all of them went back to the hall.
Wang Mei has been standing at the door, she is a bit uneasy, she has been outside the door speculating what happened inside, her mind appeared a very terrible idea.
What if Liu Yuru was setting them up?
What if Liu Yuru was trying to sow discord and get information through their internal discord?
The moment she thought of this, Wang Mei felt cold sweat, she tried to reassure herself that it was impossible, however, when she entered the lobby and saw Song Xiang sitting beside Liu Yuru, emotionally stable, her heart, however, seemed to have suddenly landed on the ground.
Sure enough, it was Liu Yu Ru who set the trap.
She wanted to understand over, Liu Yu Ru saw her standing alone at the door, picked up a cup of tea, softly said: “Aunt Mei is here, come over and sit.”
Wang Mei apprehensively sat down to the position designated by Liu Yuru, Liu Yuru drank the tea, then smashed a stack of confessions in front of Wang Mei and calmly said, “Aunt Mei, explain it.”
Wang Mei didn’t speak anymore, she looked at the handwriting on the confession, she didn’t dare to imagine at all, what those people had gone through. She was silent, the whole room was silent, after a long time, she suddenly laughed mockingly: “In fact, you have it all in your heart, why are you asking me?”
“Ask a question about you,” Liu Yuru sipped her tea and was about to say the next sentence when she heard Gu Jiusi say, “You’re welcome.”
Everyone looked over, Gu Jiusi hurriedly bowed his head: “You guys talk, I said it casually.
“Lord Gu is also right,” Liu Yuru turned her gaze back to Wang Mei and said calmly, “I was just, polite and courteous, that’s all.”
Wang Mei did not say anything, after a long time, she sighed and said, “Since the proprietor wants to punish me, just say so, I am not someone who does not admit it, it is puzzling to come around the corner like this.”
“I did it with Song Xiang,” Wang Mei raised her eyes to look at Liu Yuru, her eyes a bit guilty, “we followed the Gu family, a long way to come to Youzhou, but not half the benefits, Sister Xiang’s family is in trouble, my family is also the old and young are counting on me, Dongjia, this thing will not be the next time I’ve been in the Gu family for decades, so please do me a favor.”
“The story of this matter, I have all clear,” Liu Yuru calmly said, “I originally thought that you are just selling some fake goods, but later found out that you are not only the store’s recipe outflow, you also stole property, using our store’s reputation outside the fraud. “
“The owner,” Wang Mei heard this, hurriedly kneeled down, “this is all sister Xiang revenge I nonsense ah! Is there any evidence?” She said sharply, “How can you take something without evidence seriously?”
“You know it was Sister Xiang who sued you again?” Liu Yuru mocked, she beckoned, Gu Jiusi hurriedly handed over the statement that was just examined, for Gu Jiusi so sensible, Liu Yuru could not help but look up at him, pursed her lips to laugh, but suppressed, she threw the statement over, lightly said: “Read it yourself.”
Wang Mei did not need to see.
The person who was arrested is her lover, he knows how much, Wang Mei clear. Wang Mei did not say anything, Liu Yuru sighed: “Aunt Mei, you have been in the Gu family for so many years, I just do not understand, how can you be like this?”
“How could I be like this?” Wang Mei laughed out loud, she raised her voice violently and shouted angrily, “How could I be like this, you shall not ask yourself?!”
Liu Yuru froze, but everyone present froze, Wang Mei looked at Liu Yuru and said sharply, “You also know that I have been in the Gu family for so many years, I have followed the First Lady since I was a teenager, the First Lady asked me to come to Youzhou, I came without saying a word, you guys let us go, saying that we had to dismiss all the underlings, we left. You begged us to come back, and I came back with Sister Xiang, and what happened?!”
Wang Mei raised her finger and pointed at Yun Yun, “You got such a thing to control us?!”
“What do you mean?” Yun Yun was so pointed, also angry.
Wang Mei looked at Yun Yun, mockingly said: “Usually no one dares to say anything, so today we will open up the sky to say the brightest, anyway I can see that you want to make an example of the monkey, to send me to the official, right? Then send, send ah, the big deal I cut off these hands from this business, but Liu Yuru I tell you, even if you get me killed today, you think that the flowers will be able to open well? This little girl what temper? Bullying soft and hard to deceive the top, do not know anything to know blind command. Last time you took two sets of orders, in fact, the first set of orders we can not finish, she also told you that we can take the second set, so you borrowed another 300 boxes of orders, and finally that single delayed, she will blame it all on our heads to find someone out to punish you, saying that we are lazy. In fact, we have been sleeping two hours a day for almost a month!”
“You’re talking nonsense!” Yun Yun angrily slapped the table, she turned red, gasping for breath, trying to restrain her emotions and said, “Miss, there is no such thing, I won’t do such a thing!”
Liu Yuru was confused by Wang Mei’s stirring, she didn’t say anything, she just listened to Wang Mei’s complaint against Yun Yun, who was standing by her side, tears snapping down, Liu Yuru listened to Wang Mei’s complaint, after a long time, she raised her eyes to Song Xiang and finally said, “Sister Xiang, is what Aunt Mei said true?”
“Sister Xiang!” Hearing this, Yun Yun hurriedly half-kneeled in front of Song Xiang, holding Song Xiang’s hand and said, “Say something for me, you say the truth for me! I didn’t, I did it for the good of everyone.”
Song Xiang was pulled by Yun Yun, and after a long time, she sighed and said, “We all have our own difficulties, right?”
Song Xiang was a bit embarrassed, “Yun Yun doesn’t know the process, she imagines everything and doesn’t know what difficulties she will encounter. She is so dedicated to you that she doesn’t sleep much during the day and is always busy with the store. So the method is not right, but it can be made up by time. But she is young, we are not young, so have been doing continuously without rest, naturally all will have emotions.”
Yun Yun listened to this, the whole person is confused, Song Xiang looked up at Wang Mei, and then lowered his head: “Aunt Mei said, not so exaggerated, but it is true. It’s just that Yun Yun is not bad-hearted…”
“I understand.” Liu Yuru sighed out, she was a little tired.
She originally thought that after solving the matter of Song Xiang and Wang Mei, the matter of Hua Rong would be solved. But now it turns out that this is a ball of thread, you can see countless things exposed when you pull.
And these things are exposed, in fact, her incompetence and ignorance.
She was suddenly a little glad that it all happened early.
Her journey was so smooth that if these wounds buried beneath the snow had been discovered only when she had gone further ahead, they would have been fatal.
Liu Yuru waved her hand and stood up, “Take Aunt Mei down first.”
Hearing this, Wang Mei froze, and the man who had been kneeling next to her without speaking suddenly broke free of the rope, pushed Shen Ming backwards and rushed outside, shouting, “Run!”
Wang Mei suddenly reacted, she can not be sent to the government, if sent to the government, she stole the master’s belongings, and the secret recipe to the outside, the pile, is enough to chop off her hand.
Wang Mei followed the man and rushed back, Yun Yun a healthy step to grab Wang Mei, Wang Mei struggled, kicked away Yun Yun, the scene instantly chaotic, the man pushed open the door and rushed out, Gu Jiushi rushed up and followed, and Wang Aunt in the house and the whole house of women chase up, she is strong, and rogue, the whole room made the chicken jump.
At this time, the sound of horses’ hooves came from outside, Gu Jiushi and Shen Ming outside to restrain people to catch back, at this time, Yin Hong, Yun Yun, Song Xiang and other people pressed on Aunt Wang, Shen Ming came in, “tsk” and went forward, pushed aside the people pressing Aunt Wang, before Aunt Wang resisted a hand grabbed her, quickly tied with rope Then raised his eyes to the next Yin Hong said: “See, this is the way to tie up people.”
Yin Hong seemed a little angry, puffed out his cheeks and did not speak. Liu Yuru was made headache, hold forehead said: “Okay okay, send back to Huarong it.”
With that, Liu Yuru stood up, with Yin Hong instructed a few words, then walked out.
Gu Jiushi and Shen Ming instructed and hurriedly followed Liu Yuru out.
The two walked in the corridor, the weather is good today, the moon shines high, but still a little cold. Gu Jiusi looked at her head down and did not say anything, reached out his hand and hooked her finger with his little finger, Liu Yuru raised her eyes to look at him, with a look of confusion in her eyes, Gu Jiusi smiled and said, “What is unhappy, tell me.”
Liu Yuru smiled bitterly, she sighed and slowly said, “Actually, it’s not sad.”
She turned her head and looked at the front of the promenade: “I just think it, clamoring to catch the murderer, but caught and caught, only to find that the murderer is himself.”
Gu Jiusi froze, Liu Yuru turned her head to look at him: “I did not do well, did I?”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, Liu Yuru hand holding the heater, with some bewilderment in his eyes: “In fact, I understand Aunt Mei, I just thought about it, if I were in her position, in the Gu family for more than ten years, but came up to let a little girl who does not know anything pressure, no one can be convinced. But how come I didn’t think of it at that time?”
Liu Yuru smiled bitterly: “I can now think about it, how did not think of it at the time? How did I not think to ask them more about how they were doing, did not think that the group would not be convinced, from the moment I treated them as ‘fellows’ instead of people, this matter was doomed, but I…”
“So what?” Gu Jiusi raised his hand and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, saying happily, “Yuru, don’t think so much, you can’t be too conceited.”
“Conceited?”
“What is conceit if you think you can do everything well? Everything is perfect, that is a saint, but we are all mortals, mortals will make mistakes, so what if they make mistakes? What is inexcusable? Wrong is wrong, just learn the lesson and move on.”
Saying that, Gu Jiusi stopped walking, he lifted his hand and used it to squeeze Liu Yuru’s face. He squeezed Liu Yuru’s face all together, looking fleshy, Liu Yuru’s eyes open, eyes full of confusion, Gu Jiusi look, can not help but laugh: “We are the first time to this world to walk this, are inexperienced, walking stumbling nothing, no one should not laugh at anyone, and, I am still here.”
When Liu Yuru heard this, she slowly laughed. She raised her hand, pushed Gu Jiusi’s hand away, pursed her lips and said, “Talk, just talk, rub my face for what?”
Just as she finished speaking, an urgent male voice came from outside: “Can Lord Gu be here?!”
Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi both froze, they looked back at the same time, and saw Ye Shian following a servant, coming out from around the corner.
Ye Shian’s body was stained with blood and his face was pale, Gu Jiusi paused for a moment and then said, “Why is Brother Ye here? You should rest for a few more days…”
“It’s too late.” Ye Shian pressed one hand on the wound and said urgently, “I met the Liang King’s army on the way, I guess they were heading towards Wangdu, so I drove all night and day to come and inform you.”
“What is the Liang King’s army doing in Wangdu when they are not at the front?”
Liu Yuru spoke out sharply, yet the words asked, everyone present understood.
Wangdu is the state capital of Youzhou, now Fan Xuan with his army in the front line and Liang Wang’s people stalemate, he said before, Liang Wang’s army in the Lingjiang Pass how to defeat so quickly, he thought there was a fraud, but did not want the fraud is here!
Liang Wang put heavy troops around the back, directly took the Youzhou, when Fan Xuan even if Fan Xuan into the East Capital, Liang Wang can also occupy Youzhou from now on, and Fan Xuan continue to stalemate.
“But even if the king of Liang took Youzhou, and Lord Fan confronted, what good does this do? Why is it better to simply hold the eastern capital and stalemate with Lord Fan?”
Liu Yuru thought around, still did not understand, Gu Jiusi waved his hand and said sharply, “I’ll talk to you about these later.”
With that, he walked outside, and ordered someone to fetch him a horse, while asking Ye Shian: “Where did you meet them? How many of them were there?”
“When we entered the border of Youzhou, they had already led their troops into the country, I heard that the king of Liang had brought 100,000 troops, I bypassed the main road and took a detour to go forward from the small town, I guess they…”
The words did not finish, Gu Jiusi raised his hand to stop him from speaking, this action of his came out, everyone felt the ground vaguely tremble, Gu Jiusi sank his voice: “I’m afraid that they have already arrived.”
“What to do?” Ye Shian was a little anxious.
The king of Liang came with all his strength, and the cities in front of him came over as if they were flat, if Wangdu City is broken, then Fan Xuan must return to reinforce his troops, or just to give up Youzhou.
Everyone looked at Ye Shian, next to Mu Nan could not help but speak: “My lord, how about abandoning the city?”
“No.”
The three people present spoke with one voice at the same time, abandoning the city at this time is to leave all the people in the city behind. And for Fan Xuan, this is absolutely intolerable crime, abandoning the city in time of war, this is a crime to be beheaded.
Gu Jiusi was silent for a moment, his heart was set, he quickly took the waist plate from his waist and handed it directly to Ye Shian, “I’m going to delay them for a while, you hurry to find Shen Ming, start preparing to arm, Yuru go find the carrier pigeons, put all the pigeons out, from the west gate, don’t let people see.”
After saying that, Gu Jiusi led Mu Nan, and walked out at a fast pace, turned on his horse, and said with Mu Nan: “Go order a thousand soldiers and horses to follow me!”
Liu Yuru heard that he ordered a thousand soldiers and horses, she wanted to ask him how to drag, but now at such a time, she did not dare to ask more, ordered someone to lead Ye Shian to find Shen Ming, then turned around and went to the place where the carrier pigeons were kept, with all the women’s families, began to write Wangdu besieged notes asking for help, one by one tied to the carrier pigeons and threw them outside.
After arranging for the carrier pigeons, Liu Yuru hurriedly ran over in the direction of the city tower. When Gu Jiusi finally left, he said he was holding off the king of Liang, with only a thousand soldiers and horses, she did not know how he was holding off, she just felt very uneasy in her heart, she had to see him with her own eyes, to make sure he was okay.
At this time most of the people in the city knew about the war, dragging their families and rushing outside the city. At this time, only the west gate was still open, all the people rushed towards the west gate, Gu Jiusi met the battle at the east gate, Liu Yuru ran wildly against the flow of people, and when she arrived at the east gate tower, she saw that the gate had been closed, and all the people were standing on the tower, dragging all kinds of defensive weapons over.
When Liu Yuru arrived at the bottom of the city tower, she saw Shen Ming and Huang Long counting the soldiers, she grabbed Shen Ming in a panic and said, “Where is the lord?”
“Madam?” Huang Long looked over and busily said, “Why is madam here? It’s dangerous here.”
“Where is the lord now?” Liu Yuru gasped and slowly smoothed out her breath, “He told me he was going to drag the Liang King’s men, I came to see how he could drag them.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru calmed down, she raised her hand and wiped the sweat, and asked again, “Where is the lord?”
Shen Ming and Huang Long did not look good, they looked at each other, did not speak, Liu Yuru intuition is not right, at this time, Ye Shian hurried down from the city tower, he pulled Shen Ming, with Shen Ming said: “Shen Gongzi you go up with me, they do not listen to me!”
After saying these words, he saw Liu Yuru, he froze, then heard Shen Ming said, “You hold the waist plate of the ninth master, if they do not listen to you, how can they listen to me?”
Shen Ming raised his finger and pointed at Huang Long: “You might as well pull this big brother, I’m just a guard.”
Huang Long heard Shen Ming’s words, hurriedly waved his hand and said, “I am the head of a magistrate, you let me control the magistrate line, the rest of the city, I really can not control.”
Huang Long said this, the three people are at a standstill, Ye Shian frowned, seems to be thinking about the law, Liu Yuru looked at the three people, immediately said: “Lord is not in the city now?”
Ye Shian nodded decisively, “He is now arrayed outside, preparing for the battle, leaving me here to lead the rest of the men in preparation for the battle.”
Hearing this, Liu Yuru’s breath caught, and she eagerly said, “How many men is he outside?!”
“One…one thousand…”
These words Shen Ming are a little embarrassed to speak, Liu Yuru face white, Shen Ming hurriedly said: “We have advised, he said he has a number, the situation is not right let us open the city gates.”
“Yuru, since he dares to take people out, he has a bottom in his heart.” Ye Shian immediately said, “Now the most important thing is to use the time he has bought to prepare for the war properly. Now the city’s armament and food have to be counted, there are also personnel to be adjusted, the people have to be pacified, all aspects have to be arranged. I am new to the city, everyone does not obey me, is there an old man in the city today that everyone is convinced of, to introduce me to?”
“Those respected old men are all on the city tower,” Huang Long raised his chin, rather disdainfully, “those who spoke to you just now, that’s it.”
When Ye Shian heard this, his brow furrowed even tighter, seemingly a little unable. Liu Yuru clenched her fist, she was worried about Gu Jiusi’s safety, but also knew that Ye Shian was right, she took a deep breath, and then said, “Go, I’ll go up to the city with you.”
Ye Shian was a little surprised: “You?”
“Take me up, I’ll try.”
Liu Yuru looked determined, Shen Ming immediately said, “Let her try, she is spirited enough, may become.”
Liu Yuru heard this, fiercely plucked out Shen Ming the same, Shen Ming hurriedly covered his mouth, said no longer say. Ye Shian thought about it and nodded, “Okay, you go in with me.”
With that, Ye Shian turned around and took Huang Long Shen Ming with him, and the four of them went up to the city tower together.
All the important officials in Wangdu City were gathered in the assembly hall of the city tower, and Liu Yuru was escorted by Huang Long and Shen Ming, and led by Ye Shian, walking towards the assembly hall at a fast pace.
When she reached the edge of the city tower, she could not help but pause, she saw the dust and smoke in the distance, as if the army was marching, stopping to quiet the mind, you can feel the ground more and more obvious vibration. And below the city tower, is more than a thousand cavalry, led by Gu Jiusi arrayed in front. The soldiers, who had hardly ever been on the battlefield, still seemed a bit scared, and the horses were agitated by the vibrations of the ground, while Gu Jiusi, wearing silver armor and carrying a lance in his hand, left only a back view to her.
She pursed her lips and clenched her fist, she had an urge to rush up and smack this man’s head.
How can you be so unreliable when you’ve never been reliable? A thousand people dare to bring outside, to buy time, to buy what time? The other side is trying to crush the horses for a while, so that they do not want to enter the city?
It is absurd, simply absurd!
Her heart is incomprehensible, but still willing to habitually to believe him. She could not help Gu Jiusi other, but Gu Jiusi commanded, she will help sit to. Since Gu Jiusi let Ye Shian take charge of things, then she would help to let Ye Shian take charge of things.
She walked to the door of the synagogue, took a deep breath, and whispered with Ye Shian: “Wait a moment, you go in, when I do not exist, what to say how to say.”
Liu Yuru turned her head and said to Huang Long, “Find a few trusted soldiers and surround the hall.”
After saying that, she raised her chin and said with Ye Shian, “Go in.”
Ye Shian glanced at Liu Yuru, he did not think that under such circumstances, Liu Yuru can still be so calm, and even with a little bit of everyone’s calm, than he a man came to be much more calm.
Ye Shian could not help but feel stable in his heart, as if he had found a mountain of support, he led Liu Yuru into the synagogue, the people are discussing things, see Ye Shian come in, all frowned.
Ye Shian stepped forward and said respectfully towards a middle-aged man: “Master Yang, I do not want to come here to seize power and seek a position, but now the situation is urgent and I need someone to assist everyone to go in one direction, now I must know the number of weapons in the city, in order to allocate how much each soldier needs, how much each gate needs…”
“Ye gongzi,” Yang main book smiled up, “not that I do not listen to Lord Gu, just that we have never worked with Ye gongzi after all, Ye gongzi know almost nothing about wangdu, now in an emergency, suddenly let Ye gongzi intervene, I am afraid it will delay the military situation. “
“So now you guys are a scattered mess will not delay the military intelligence?” Shen Ming mocked at the side and opened his mouth, Yang master’s face cold, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Ming, lightly said, “Shen Gongzi also do not need to ridicule me in order to give Ye Gongzi head, I am just the truth. Ye Gongzi is still too young, we are also out of the overall consideration, not intentionally difficult.”
“This is the Yang master does not understand the origin of Mr. Ye.”
Liu Yuru suddenly spoke up from the side, everyone raised their eyes to look over, the Yang head book froze, then hurriedly stood up and said, “Madam.”
Liu Yuru because of the matter of the national debt, usually and this bookkeeper had a lot of dealings, also know his person, she smiled and sip tea: “Gentlemen, my family Langjun at this moment to occupy to Ye Gongzi, not without reason. All of you in Youzhou, you must have been unaware of Ye Gongzi’s fame in Yangzhou. At the age of three, Mr. Ye could recite and write at the age of five, and at the age of seven, he discussed state affairs and the war with his family. His father was a close friend of Lord Fan, and his uncle was a general on the southwest border. Do you know the most famous battle in the southwest in this decade, the one in which three thousand men fought thirty thousand?”
“I’ve heard of it,” Yang frowned, “what does it have to do with today?”
“That battle, is from the handwriting of this Mr. Ye.” Liu Yuru raised her hand, her face full of reverence. Ye Shian froze, he opened his mouth, wanted to argue, but did not dare to speak at this time.
Liu Yuru stood up and said with the crowd: “Mr. Ye has been a teacher of famous scholars since childhood, diligently learning the art of war, at the age of thirteen, he accompanied his uncle to fight in the southwest, no one in the noble circle in Yangzhou knows no one knows this little general, but their family has always valued literature over martial arts, hoping that he can enter the military through the examination, but he has extraordinary talent in warfare, Zhang Huaili Zhang master once personally said, he is the reincarnation of Bai Qi He is the reincarnation of Bai Qi, the talent of a qilin.”
“Zhang… Master Zhang Huaili actually said so?”
Someone in the crowd exclaimed, Liu Yuru solemnly nodded, Ye Shian remained silent, at this moment he had a heart of death. He had never seen a person who could lie so blushingly and with such a decent face. If he was thirteen years old he could beat 30,000 with 3,000, he is still standing here at this moment panicking about what?
But he could not say, he could only listen to Liu Yuru continue to brag about him, blowing him into a master of his craft, for the sake of Gu Jiusi brother decided to come out of the mountain high.
Liu Yuru saw that the bragging is almost done, finally said: “To be honest, today is in a life-and-death situation, Lord Gu will be entrusted with the important task no matter who, we all deserve to cooperate. Today, if you do not cooperate, the city should be well guarded, if anything happens, who will take the responsibility?”
Liu Yuru swept her cold eyes over the crowd and slowed down her tone: “Today is not like normal times, if you commit a crime during war, you will be killed.”
These words finally made the crowd quiet, Liu Yuru held the cup of tea and took a sip, then she stood up and drew the sword from Shen Ming’s hand.
The sword was a bit strained for her, and she held the sheathed sword to the table, and after sitting down softly, she said in a slow voice: “If you still don’t understand after saying this, don’t blame me for making it clear.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru’s voice was austere, and she said in a cold voice: “Now it is war time, you delay for a moment is life! Whoever does not cherish the lives of others, do not blame others for taking their lives. I will ask one last time,” Liu Yuru slashed her sword on the table and said angrily, “Lord Gu gave the order to appoint Lord Ye to supervise everything in the city now, who is disobeying the military order?
This time everyone was silent.
Liu Yuru had settled everything that was worrying their minds.
Worried about Ye Shian’s lack of seniority and ability, Liu Yuru’s boasting had made them dizzy, one by one the names of famous soldiers came out, a battle came out, it was hard for them to think carefully.
Fear of Ye Shian robbed the credit, but the credit and crisis go hand in hand, they want to grab the credit, can afford to lose the consequences?
Can not afford.
This matter, the benefits are nothing, the risk is great.
And everyone can see, if today they dare to say a “no” word, Liu Yuru really dare to kill here.
After a short period of contemplation, Yang finally laughed and said, “Madam is right to remind.”
Saying that, he beckoned towards Ye Shian and said, “Mr. Ye, sit over here.”
Hearing these words, Liu Yuru and Ye Shian were relieved.
And at this time, outside came the urgent sound of war drums, Liu Yuru hurriedly followed Ye Shian and others to run on the city tower and found that finally they could see the figures on the Liang King’s army, waving swords and spears, shouting from running towards Gu Jiusi.
Liu Yuru clutched her own sleeve and prayed secretly in her heart.
And under the city tower, Mu Nan riding a horse, wearing armor, carrying a spear, looking at the opposing crowds, gulped and said, “Gongzi, are you… are you sure?”
Gu Jiusi frowned at the front and calmly replied, “No.”
Mu Nan’s heart beat faster.
This was his first time on the battlefield and he was faced with such a scenario, but he chose to trust Gu Jiusi and continued, “Then… then do you have any other strategy to retreat from the enemy.”
Gu Jiusi nodded: “I’m considering it.”
“You…what are you considering?” Mu Nan barely smiled as Gu Jiu Si stared at the people peeking out from the dust and sand in front of him and said deliberately, “I was just thinking, should I take the initiative to scold them.”
Mu Nan’s smile froze on his face.
Scold them?
The other side is so overwhelmed towards their weak, pathetic and helpless thousand people running over, and still intend to scold them again? Is afraid to die quickly enough not cruel enough to have a sense of picture?
“So… what is your decision?” Mu Nan still harbored a trace of hope, however, the next moment, Gu Jiusi suddenly burst out laughing, then opened his mouth and shouted: “Old thief Liang Wang, you’ve finally come!
This shout out, everyone was confused.
Mu Nan’s mind was filled with only “It’s over, it’s over, it’s over”, while Liu Yuru stood on top of the city tower, clutching her sleeve, and said with a trembling voice: “He…what’s he doing!” .
After a few moments, the soldiers gave way and a man came forward on a horse, he looked to be in his early forties, clad in battle armor, with an extraordinary aura, he stood in the crowd and looked at Gu Jiusi from a distance, and said aloud: “Who is the vertical man blocking the road ahead? “
“The magistrate of Wangdu, Gu Jiusi!”
Gu Jiusi also rode his horse out and spoke back loudly.
The other party looked up and down with Gu Jiusi for a moment, the king of Liang nodded: “The king remembers.”
The King of Liang raised his eyes and swept a glance at the people behind Gu Jiusi, snickering, “Is that all you have brought to fight me? I suggest you don’t fight against me, surrender early and I can spare your lives.”
“Rebel,” Gu Jiusi ‘bah’, contemptuously said, “how dare you say spare my life? Look at yourselves, you are worse than a dog or a pig, you are beaten by Lord Fan and do not dare to confront him, so you think of such nasty ways to seek a way out for yourselves, and you say spare us a way out? Can you be more sober? Is the sand on the 500-mile road too much to blind your eyes or the water in the East Capital moat to fill your brains? A group of rebellious dog thieves, and the court officials said to give a way out?
“You!” The King of Liang was so angry that he took a step forward, and a man in green clothes next to him hurriedly stopped him and whispered, “Your Majesty, don’t be angry, this little boy is provoking you.”
When the king heard this, he paused and Gu Jiusi saw him stop, as if he was not angry enough, and hurriedly said, “Why don’t you say anything? The only thing that you can say is that you are weak, that is, you have acquiesced, right? It’s not easy to escape all the way from the Eastern Capital, right? Are you hungry? We in Wangdu City have always been tolerant, treating the exiles well, you are still human beings when you put down your weapons.
This scolding made the people behind the King of Liang stir, who had previously scolded the King of Liang, but now started to scold them all!
Some grumpy soldiers couldn’t help but shout out angrily and began to scold Gu Jiushi: “What are you talking about, you little white boy?
“White face nonsense, you pig-headed face is not nonsense?”
Gu Jiusi’s ears are keen and he heard it and scolded back directly, who scolded him and disliked him, one person and many people scolded each other at one time, and the two armies buzzed into one.
The other side cursed hard, Gu Jiusi mouth without dirty words, but than the other side cursed harder, they cursed at the time, Ye Shian also did not hesitate, and hurriedly with Yang master and other people on the rest of the men, weapons, food and grass.
The city now has a total of 10,000 soldiers, just before a batch of weapons were made, originally to be transported to the battlefield, but now there is no time, all left in the city. Therefore, although there were few soldiers, but there were enough weapons.
Ye Shian had people immediately split up to take out these weapons and distribute them, and then had people go from door to door to take out all the oil, firewood and other things are prepared, and then according to a north and south of 2,500 people each, the west gate 1,000 people, the east gate 4,000 ratios to arrange the entire city fortification.
While Ye Shian was busy, Gu Jiusi and Liang Wang’s army into a brawl, and Liang Wang’s army people are still following one after another, Liang Wang’s side of the green-shirted man observed Gu Jiusi, with Liang Wang said: “Your Majesty, this person early in the morning here to set up the formation, obviously already learned that we came to the news, but only brought so few people, but also took the initiative to provoke, afraid there is a fraud. “
The king heard this, silent for a moment, his heart some uneasiness, looked up at Gu Jiusi is arguing with people, whispered: “But we have now reached Wangdu, no matter what, this city must be attacked!”
The green-shirted man hesitated, and after a while, he whispered, “You can give it a try.”
When the king heard this, he sank his eyes, he turned his head, raised his hand and waved his hand towards the man carrying the flag.
Seeing the king’s action, Gu Jiusi knew that this was the king’s intention to attack, he pulled in his heartstrings, turned his head and quickly said with Mu Nan: “Wait a moment when I say retreat, immediately retreat!”
Mu Nan was dumbfounded, then he saw the people carrying the flag in the Liang King’s army suddenly started waving the flag, and then the Liang King’s army rushed up with a dense roar. Gu Jiushi gritted his teeth and rode his horse to the front! Liu Yuru watched from the city tower, her liver and guts split, so many people, even one bite, is enough to eat Gu Jiusi alive!
She watched as Gu Jiusi rushed forward, her heart beating fast, she did not dare to make a sound, she was afraid she would lose her temper, she could only keep saying to herself.
Believe him.
Believe him!
Like when Yangzhou bet, like every time in the past, must believe him!
She watched Gu Jiusi carry his spear, his horse galloping towards the thousands of horses, and yelled out: “Kill!”
Behind him followed by a thousand people on horseback, also closed his eyes and charged forward, Gu Jiusi rushed the fastest, went up to the lance swing, the two armies only the first battle, Gu Jiusi suddenly shouted: “can not win, run!
The words just finished yelling, everyone saw Gu Jiusi turn his horse around, all the way towards the city gate, running side by side shouted: “Quickly open the city gate ！！！！！！”
Everyone was actually waiting for Gu Jiusi’s “run”, those who did not rush forward turned their horses and rushed towards the city, those who rushed forward were better horses, and did not love to fight, turned their heads and ran.
Liang Wang’s army came from a hundred-mile run, already tired, simply can not catch up with Gu Jiushi’s 1,000 people, so we only see the battlefield this group of people come and go like the wind, one second is still aggressive shouting “charge”, the next second to take out a life-threatening stance crying out “run, run to save lives! ” Flee back to the city.
This action not only shocked the king of Liang, but also shocked everyone on the city tower, Liu Yuru was the first to react and immediately said urgently: “Open the city gate! Open it quickly!”
Wangdu is considered a large city, surrounded by thick walls outside the gates, the walls are in an arc, there are two gates in and out, and outside the walls protecting the gates is the moat, you have to drop by the gates on the north and south sides and take the bridge before you can pass people.
Gu Jiu Si towards the city gate all the way wildly, Liu Yu Ru never seen him run so fast, she could not help but some crying and laughing, Gu Jiu Si just to the moat, the city gates fell exactly, Gu Jiu Si drove his horse rushed in, just into the city, immediately rolled over and dismounted, and then rushed up towards the city tower!
He rushed to the city tower, which had just finished arming, and the soldiers just arrived, all with their bows and arrows drawn and ready to stand by. Ye Shian watched the battle and tightened his fists as Gu Jiusi rushed up to the city tower and said loudly, “Don’t move! Don’t shoot arrows!”
Everyone was baffled by him, and Yang, the chief bookkeeper, couldn’t help but say, “My lord, if we don’t shoot arrows at this moment, they won’t be far from the city gate.”
“Don’t shoot.” Gu Jiusi stared at the battlefield and calmly said, “Wait a little longer.”
King Liang’s people were getting closer to the city, more and more soldiers rushed back, Gu Jiusi did not order, everyone did not dare to move, however, everyone looked at the densely packed soldiers surrounding them, but they could not help but tremble their hands. Ye Shian looked at the distance of the king of Liang and could not help but remind, “Jiu Si, there are only two miles.”
“The last mile.”
Gu Jiusi’s heart was beating fast, but he still said, “If we go further, shoot another arrow!”
Master Yang couldn’t help himself, he was busy saying, “If we start shooting arrows only in the last mile, it will be too late!”
However, at this very moment, the sound of trumpets suddenly blew in the King of Liang’s camp!
Everyone was confused, but the King of Liang’s soldiers really stopped. The last soldier entered the city, and only then did Gu Jiushi raise his hand and stare at the battlefield, “Close the city gates.”
The city gate slowly closed, the king of Liang and the man in green shirt both stared at Gu Jiusi on the city tower, Gu Jiusi showed a mocking expression and yelled, “Old thief, why don’t you dare to come in? If you have the guts, you can attack the city. There are not many people in my city, and they are all old and sick, so hurry up and come. If you do not come, you are my grandson, I count to three, if you do not attack the city, you stay away from my city! I don’t want to get too close to my grandson! Three, two, one! Hey,” Gu Jiusi said happily, “grandson!”
Gu Jiusi danced around the city tower, cursing back and forth out of tune, yet the king of Liang was unmoved and began to call the men to retreat back, and five miles away began to encamp around Wangdu City, preparing to repair.
Gu Jiushi saw them retreating and continued to curse from the city tower: “Why did you leave? So obedient, huh?”
When the king of Liang retreated completely, Gu Jiushi saw the king of Liang set up his tent and entered the tent, he suddenly became deflated and took a few steps back and sat straight back.
Liu Yuru rushed to hold him, but he was directly with the roll down. His armor are dozens of pounds, where is Liu Yuru to support the move? He saw Liu Yuru being taken by him in full view of the roll to sit down, he leaned against the wall, and suddenly grinned.
Liu Yuru looked at him smiling at her heartlessly, fear and anger came together, could not help but raise his hand and “slapped” a slap in the past.
Gu Jiusi was stunned by the slap and was about to scold her for being stingy when he saw Liu Yuru’s tears falling and she flung herself into his arms, crying out, “You tiger cub, why are you so brutal!”
Gu Jiusi reacted, everyone was surrounding them, looking at them with some tears and laughter. He did not know where Liu Yuru’s usual dignity had gone at this moment, only that the couple was sitting on the ground surrounded by so many people hugging and crying, for he had always been thick-skinned, but also some could not carry the gaze of his peers making fun.
He coughed lightly, patted Liu Yuru’s back and whispered, “Yuru, I’m fine, you get up.”
As soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Yuru could hear the hoarseness in his voice. He had been cursing for so long, cursing at the top of his lungs, and now that he was deflated, his vocal cords hurt.
Liu Yuru hurriedly raised her head from his arms, then realized that there were many people around, she pretended that nothing had happened, got up from Gu Jiusi’s arms and reached out to wipe her tears.
Gu Jiusi was pulled up by Ye Shian, Liu Yuru went to pour him a glass of water, Gu Jiusi moistened his throat, then said with everyone: “Everyone come in with me first.”
Everyone followed Gu Jiusi into the hall, Gu Jiusi sat down and said with Ye Shian next to him, “Tell me about the situation first.”
Ye Shian nodded, and told all the data and arming situation, Gu Jiusi nodded. Next to him, Yang Jushi saw Gu Jiusi’s calm face and said anxiously, “My lord, what should we do now?”
“I’ve tried everything to ask for help, Lord Fan will send troops to rescue us, until then we’ll try to spend time with them.”
“But they… there are so many of them.”
One of them spoke cautiously, Gu Jiusi raised his eyes and looked over, after a moment of silence, he spoke, “Do you have any other method?”
“Let’s abandon the city.”
The man spoke, “Or surrender.”
“Lin Feng, this is the first time you say this, we are usually brothers, so I will spare you,” Gu Jiusi looked calm, his voice was still hoarse, but there were some seriousness in it that was not usually there, “but today I said, from now on, if anyone says the word surrender and abandon the city again I will drag out whoever says the word surrender and abandon the city and behead them!”
Once these words came out, everyone looked awe-inspiring, Gu Jiusi took tea from the side, took a sip, then said: “You do not blame me, I am also for the good of everyone. You have to think about it, why did they travel so far to come here? It was Lord Fan who could not fight back before he came! If you surrender today, Lord Fan will fight back to the capital, and we will all be copied for the crime of destroying our families!”
If we surrender, when Lord Fan returns, none of us will be able to escape. If we abandon the city, it is also a death sentence. The only thing we can do is to stay here peacefully and wait for Lord Fan to rescue us.”
“But there are so many of them…”
Master Yang was a bit worried: “I’m afraid that if we resist too fiercely, the city won’t be able to defend itself in the end, what if they massacre the city?”
“It won’t.” Gu Jiusi said calmly, “Although they have many people, but one, the king of Liang is a defeated army is a desperate, unstable army; two, they have come a long way two, the general is exhausted; three, the best time for them to attack is just now, now they hesitate not to go forward, we have deployed, they again attack the city will be difficult. And,” Gu Jiusi knocked on the table, “we also can’t give them to have to put off their attack on the city again to a later date.”
“What does Your Excellency mean?” Huang Long was a little confused, and Gu Jiusi pondered, “Do you know who that man in green was on the battlefield?”
“It’s King Liang’s strategist,” Ye Shian answered, “Qin Si, it is said that this person is cunning and resourceful.”
“Cleverness is misplaced by cleverness.” Gu Jiusi smiled, then said, “Now the king of Liang is expected to repair, they should be cavalry first, infantry is still behind, the king of Liang is expected to wait for all soldiers to arrive together to attack the city. How about this,” Gu Jiusi knocked on the table and said, “You go and call out all the girls in the city’s youth houses, and sing and dance in the city tower at night, singing some Jingzhou songs, and then beat the war drums every two hours during the night.”
Gu Jiusi this intention is clear to everyone, is not going to let the other side sleep. It was a long-distance raid, and so noisy, who can still sleep?
Gu Jiusi and all of them instructed what to do afterwards, and finally looked at everyone and said, “Everyone actually don’t worry too much, I’m not one who’s not afraid of death, I’m here with everyone, I won’t joke with my life, don’t worry, the king of Liang is a paper tiger, Wangdu City won’t break, Lord Fan will save us.”
These words were plain and simple, but as everyone listened, their hearts settled down.
Hope was rekindled in everyone’s eyes, so they went down to do their own things.
After everyone had left, Ye Shian hesitated, but in the end he didn’t ask anything and turned to leave.
Gu Jiushi watched Ye Shian leave and laughed softly. Liu Yuru looked over with some confusion and couldn’t help but say, “What are you laughing at?”
Gu Jiusi shook her head, stood up and said, “Wait for me to change my clothes and go back with you.”
Liu Yuru nodded, Gu Jiusi turned behind the meeting hall screen, took off his battle armor, a moment later, he changed back into his usual blue official uniform, draped in fox fur, walked out from behind the screen, and said with Liu Yuru, “It’s done.”
Gu Jiusi said walking up and holding Liu Yuru’s hand, he looked down at her, Liu Yuru looked up somewhat confused and saw Gu Jiusi’s soft smile and heard him whisper, “Scared today?”
Liu Yuru did not say anything, Gu Jiusi then understood her meaning: “let you worry,” he reached out to hug her, smiling, “is my fault, not so brutal in the future.”
“I’m sorry.” Liu Yuru low and hoarse voice, “I did not restrain myself and hit you.”
Gu Jiusi smiled, “I know, you were too scared. It’s my fault for making you so scared, I should have told you earlier.”
Gu Jiusi held her hand and said with a light smile, “Go, go home.”
This home made Liu Yuru’s heart warm, feeling that the whole winter became mild.
They walked hand in hand, in the cold dark winter night, together towards home.
The streets were crowded with people, everyone was carrying weapons, and the whole city was filled with a stern aura, yet Liu Yuru felt a sense of stability inside as she pulled this man along.
She was surprised to find that by holding this man, she felt that there was no hurdle in life that she could not overcome.
He is like a mountain for her to rely on, like a tree for her to shade the sun, even if she was never a delicate flower glaze, but he also held in his hand, as precious.
She held his hand, she clearly perceived, on the battlefield today, she realized that she could lose him at that moment, her heart, to what extent, fear.
The two of them walked on the road and waited until they got home, and when they entered, Gu Jiusi went to take a hot bath, and after he came out dressed, he found Liu Yuru making the bed. He quietly watched her back, listened to the sound of candles gently popping, felt the appropriate temperature of the charcoal fire, and smelled the just-right orange fragrance in the room.
This is the life where everything is just right, and Gu Jiusi knows exactly how much thought goes into this “just right”. What is the right temperature, what is the right fragrance, these are the things that need to be thought about. But since living with Liu Yuru, no matter what the situation is, Liu Yuru has a magical ability to make life go well in that situation.
Other people live is to mix life, she is to live life.
When she noticed that Gu Jiu Si had finished taking a shower, she looked back and met Gu Jiu Si’s gaze. She froze, pursed her lips and said, “What are you looking at me for?”
“Nothing,” Gu Jiusi smiled softly, “I just remembered a saying my mother used to say. When I was young, my mother said to me that if you marry a good woman, you will find that you will have a good life no matter what. I didn’t believe it in the past, but now I do.”
Saying that, Gu Jiushi beckoned her hand and said, “Come here.”
Liu Yuru blushed and walked over, Gu Jiusi swept her into his arms, he let her sit on his lap, his hands on her waist, he leaned against her and said gently, “Yuru, when you are here, I feel that everything will pass.”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Liu Yuru laughed, “I’m not a talisman.”
“Yuru,” Gu Jiusi buried his face in her shoulder and whispered, “I’m actually very afraid.”
Liu Yuru froze as Gu Jiusi slowly said, “I lied to them today. Lord Fan will not rescue us soon, he will not turn back to rescue us until at least after he has defeated the Eastern Capital.”
Liu Yuru was confused at these words, she didn’t dare to move, she didn’t dare to panic either, it took her a long time to slowly calm down and whispered, “So today, you are pacifying them?”
“What else could we do?”
Gu Jiusi’s voice was steady: “We cannot surrender, nor can we abandon the city. Now we can only grit our teeth and seek a way out. The reason why the king of Liang must take Youzhou, his calculations are afraid that he wants to ask for help with Northern Liang.”
“Northern Liang?” Liu Yuru can not understand, Gu Jiusi voice calm, “North Liang has been obstructed by the Great Wall, if the king of Liang in exchange for Youzhou, begging North Liang to send troops to the Central Plains to attack Fan, North Liang is afraid of begging. The king of Liang must now occupy Youzhou and intends to use Youzhou to rise again, except for this method, I can’t think of any other.”
Liu Yuru did not say anything, Gu Jiushi continued, “Wangdu cannot be lost, Youzhou cannot be broken.”
“I know.”
“We have no way but to hold on.”
“I understand.”
“But I don’t know if I can hold it.” Gu Jiushi couldn’t help but tighten his hand and said in a low, dumb voice, “If I can’t hold on, what about you? What about my parents?”
“Don’t be afraid,” Liu Yuru spoke in a soft voice, “If I can’t hold on, I can still carry a sword.”
Gu Jiusi heard these words, some confused to look up, Liu Yuru turned his head to reach around his neck, smiling and said: “When the time comes, we kill one person is not a loss, kill two people to earn, the family on the road to the Yellow Springs together, there is nothing to fear, right?”
Gu Jiusi did not speak, he looked at Liu Yuru, the girl seemed to be pampered, but the words that came out, but not at all pampered people say.
He always knew that she carried blood in her bones, but he didn’t want this girl to always have much more guts than he thought.
He took a deep breath and raised his hand to cover her face.
“Don’t worry,” he said softly, “there won’t be that day.”
“My Yuru has not yet become the richest,” Gu Jiusi laughed out loud, “how can I let her accompany me to talk about ‘killing one person without losing and killing two people to make a profit’ before she even gets what she wants? Don’t worry,” he leaned against her, as if swearing an oath, his voice steady and deep, “I will not let them enter Wangdu City even if I have to fight for my life.”
Both of them were a bit tired after a long day of stress, Gu Jiusi went to rest first, and after Liu Yuru freshened up, she also returned to bed, she leaned on Gu Jiusi’s arms and suddenly remembered, “Why did you let Brother Ye take charge of things today? He just came to Wangdu, not afraid that he will not convince the public?”
“I know those officials in Wangdu City well,” Gu Jiusi closed his eyes and said calmly, “the good ones were taken away by Fan Xuan, there are only some ordinary officials left, they can’t hold up this kind of scene, if they are allowed to take charge, when I may be a little frustrated in front, they will all surrender, they surrendered, after the king of Liang entered the city, you and your parents as a member of the government. After they surrendered, the king of Liang entered the city, you and your parents as the general’s family, afraid that they can not escape.”
Gu Jiusi said, calmly said: “I know Ye Shian, his ability and character I know, things to him, even if I lost the battle in front, he will do whatever it takes to defend the city. And for the matter of defending the city, Ye Shian has seen it before with his uncle, and he is a smart man, let him take charge, than that group of only know to enrich their own pockets of rice bucket is much better. As for whether he can convince the public, there is still you?”
Hearing Gu Jiushi mention herself, Liu Yuru was a bit helpless: “You are even counting me in?”
“This is not a calculation,” Gu Jiusi sighed, “this is understanding.”
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
“Just to try.”
Gu Jiusi closed his eyes and said calmly: “The city was not prepared when they came, if they attacked the city directly, the city would be broken. I calculate in my heart, the king of Liang is so desperate to throw, the whole army is bound to be terrified, cautious and careful. So I deliberately led the troops out and formed up in front, so that they thought I was informed in advance. Then I scolded them, and then pretended to run away from the battle, when the king of Liang pursued, I asked them not to release arrows even if they were close, exactly to lure them into the city, this set of plays to sit down, the king of Liang will be afraid, thinking that Lord Fan has long been informed, deliberately waiting for them in ambush here, but I was young and inexperienced, the play was too pompous, so they saw the opportunity. “
Liu Yuru listened and finally understood why the king of Liang retreated in the last mile today.
Gu Jiusi was acting, how was the king of Liang not testing? If the people in the city showed the intention to obstruct at that time, the king of Liang might have been firm in his determination to fight over. It was only that Gu Jiusi held out until the last mile without releasing an arrow, which really made the king of Liang uneasy to retreat.
“This is the last chance for the king of Liang to place a bet, he must not only get Wangdu, but also cannot lose too much,” Gu Jiusi sounded a little sleepy, “otherwise when Fan Xuan fights back, he simply has no chance to resist Fan Xuan and the northern Liang connection, then he will be left with a basket of water. But Wangdu he must take down, so he is now waiting for the best time to attack, when the time comes, they will do it.”
Saying that, Gu Jiusi opened his eyes, he raised his hand and patted Liu Yuru’s back, barely smiling, “But don’t you be afraid…”
“I’m not afraid.” Liu Yuru decisively spoke, she hugged Gu Jiusi, listened to Gu Jiusi’s heartbeat, and said in a gentle voice, “The wind and rain have come, you are by my side, I am not afraid at all.”
Gu Jiusi froze, he pursed his lips, finally said nothing, he sighed and reached out to hug Liu Yuru.
“I owe you a wedding.”
He spoke in a soft voice, Liu Yuru was a bit confused and heard him say, “When this is over, we’ll get married again.”
Liu Yuru blushed a little and answered in a low voice, not saying much.
People always have something to look forward to.
While the two of them were sleeping, the city tower was bustling with activity. All the girls of Wangdu City went to the city tower, singing Jingzhou ditties, singing and laughing on the city tower. They sang and danced and called out to the soldiers outside the city, and some of the soldiers outside the city were so noisy that they couldn’t sleep, and when they got up in the middle of the night, they saw the girls standing on the city tower, wrapped in light veils, and couldn’t sleep.
They have been fighting outside for more than half a year, especially in these months, all the way to the army in a hurry, almost never near the women, now looking at the women on the city tower, some bold can not help but to move forward a lot closer, in order to see more clearly.
Everyone listening to the tunes of their hometown, looking at the women in the distance, lying on the cold ground, for a while some people could not help but be bewildered.
All the way here, what is it for?
Now that the old home has been sacked by Liu Xingchi, and Dongdu is besieged by Fan Xuan, thousands of miles to Wangdu City, even if the capture of Wangdu, where is the road ahead?
During the day, Gu Jiusi’s words surfaced in the soldiers’ hearts, and it was not the first time they heard such words, but the first time they were scolded so nakedly, rebellious subjects, disloyalty and injustice, the world to discuss. The people are in trouble, disrupting the discipline of the great glory, the country together to cut.
It is clear that the personal desires of the king of Liang alone, how to drag everyone, to such an extent?
So singing and dancing all night, until dawn, the military officers found many soldiers sneaking off to see the girls, they caught people back, beheaded a few people on the spot, all of them then stopped and went back to the tent.
However, the beheading of those few people became a thorn in everyone’s heart, following the king of Liang to become such a traitor, but just to see a girl was beheaded.
Everyone’s heart is indignant, and even the night has not rested well, the king of Liang follow-up troops are still scattered to come, the king of Liang perceived military instability, some uneasiness in his heart.
And Gu Jiusi rested well, got up early in the morning, had someone boil a bowl of pear soup to moisten the throat, put on a red tunic, draped a warm pure white fox fur, with a golden crown on his head, holding a heater in his hand, and instructed with Mu Nan: “You go to the city to find some people who are especially good at cursing, no matter men and women, young and old, as long as they can cuss.”
“What are you going to do again?”
Liu Yuru smiled as she turned out of the room and saw how Gu Jiusi was dressed.
He used to be born beautiful, now so red robe, white fluffy fox fur cloak a ride, this beautiful in a few bright and flamboyant, fell in the eyes of Liu Yuru, born with a few lovely feeling out.
But the other people are not feeling, only feel that this person handsome mixed with a few good color, is still their handsome parent official Gu Jiusi.
Gu Jiusi saw Liu Yuru come out, smiled and said, “I’ll go to the city tower and take a look, and bring people to fight with them.”
Liu Yuru felt that this battle was like child’s play when it came out of Gu Jiusi’s mouth, so many tens of thousands of troops were standing at the entrance, but they were fighting a war of words, she sighed and went forward to tidy up his clothes and said softly, “Just scold casually, don’t make your voice dumb again.”
Gu Jiusi was amused by this, waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry, I brought helpers this time.”
Gu Jiushi and Liu Yuru finished their discussion and went out. Liu Yuru went to find Ye Shian, and together with Ye Shian, they began to count the inventory of weapons and pacify the people in the city.
Now the army is outside, the people in the city is extremely nervous, Ye Shian let the city teahouse all free hospitality, by the government expenditure, the storyteller timely said the situation, let the people do not nervous.
And Gu Jiusi went up to the city tower, when he arrived, saw Shen Ming led a group of people standing, this group of people are good at scolding the city, see Gu Jiusi are trembling, Gu Jiusi hugged the heater, temper mildly said: “you do not be nervous, stand on the city tower to scold them, there will be someone to protect you, scolded after you can receive a reward, this is on your talent to eat it. “
The group was calmed down by Gu Jiusi’s words, all secretly looked at this good-tempered adult, Gu Jiusi discussed the content of the scolding with all of them, scolding this time today, in fact, the importance of distracting the other side of the military.
The first thing you need to do is to let them know clearly what their current situation is, what the King of Liang intends to do, and what they will end up with if they follow him.
Everyone understood Gu Jiushi’s content and understood how to scold, Gu Jiushi led the way, stood up on the city tower and immediately began to scold: “Old traitor Liang Wang, why didn’t you attack the city today? Is not attacking the city is not a weak heart, afraid that you do these things are waiting for the lightning strikes? What did you bring these soldiers to Wangdu, you think we do not know? You just want to take Wangdu and use Youzhou as a gift to unite with Northern Liang to invade the Central Plains again! Do you think everyone doesn’t know about your plans? The Northern Liang and the Great Rong have been fighting against each other for hundreds of years, but they are both blocked from the Great Wall. Only you, King of Liang, could do such a disgraceful, heartless and treasonous thing!”
Gu Jiusi opened his mouth and told the King of Liang’s plan completely, the King of Liang heard it inside the account and wanted to rush forward with his sword, Qin Si held the King of Liang down and said anxiously: “Your Majesty, you have already endured it earlier, to do it now would be impulsive.”
“Look at what this brat is saying!” The King of Liang said angrily, “If he says this, how will the others look at me? If he continues to curse like this, will the battle be fought or not!”
“Your Majesty, don’t be upset,” Qin Si smiled, “It’s just a battle of words, your Majesty doesn’t need to be angry, I’ll go.”
The king of Liang nodded, “Then you go.”
He walked down to the city tower, dusted off his sleeves, and then shouted, “What are you talking about, you ungrateful son of a bitch! The King of Liang is the rightful bloodline of the former Li clan, and now he is restoring the kingdom and the country, in accordance with the heaven and earth, and yet you brand him as a traitor. Now the king wants to take Wangdu for the sake of the people, how can you slander him like that!”
“I slander?” Gu Jiusi laughed out loud, “Then you tell me, the king of Liang now home Jingzhou was taken by Liu Xingchi, and the eastern capital was besieged by Lord Fan, he neither went south to Yangzhou nor west to take Jingzhou, but went north to Youzhou, in order to use the Great Wall of Youzhou in exchange for the northern Liang or what? Do you really think that you can stop the world’s momentum and become a nation with such a rabble? If you don’t take Youzhou, you will be invaded by Northern Liang in autumn and winter every year in the north, and be invaded by domestic lords in the south.
“What does the king do is your turn to care?” Qin Si sneered out, “Yangzhou playboy, not even a talent exam fool, relying on the family to buy officials as a county magistrate, and still dare to talk about state affairs here? Do you think no one knows about your bad deeds in Yangzhou when you are in Youzhou? You’re over 18 years old and still only know how to fight chickens and gamble, but you’re a phoenix in Wangdu? Do you still believe the words of such a person?”
This out, Mu Nan on the spot angry, he was about to go forward to shout, but Gu Jiusi grabbed a hand, Gu Jiusi laughed: “This bamboo spirit said strange, I and you know? What I used to do and you know? I Gu Jiusi played smart, not to take the imperial examinations because I was too lazy to take the examinations, I this county magistrate, I was in the government service when the merits of becoming, this city who does not know? I can now stand here, is also my Gu Jiusi exterminate the black wind fortress, solve the Wangdu stragglers food and wages after the prestige, how do you come a few words, and then I can be described as a bag of wine and rice?”
“Is it a wine bag or not, won’t you know from the test?” Qin Si’s face was expressionless.
In fact, he did not want to talk to Gu Jiusi, but Gu Jiusi said those words, indeed too shaken the military, and Gu Jiusi said is indeed the truth, if Gu Jiusi is a stupid okay, but he is smart, now he has the right, even if Qin Si tongue, can not change the truth. The fact is that instead of pestering the King of Liang about the legitimacy of his rise to power, it would be better to pester Gu Jiusi about how he became a government official and these boring words.
The two of them are also aware of Qin Si’s meaning, but he is also just dragging the time, can drag a day is a day.
So the two of them quizzed each other on the problem, Gu Jiusi has a very good memory, read books and fast, this half year, almost time he was reading books, so and Qin Si each other test an afternoon, actually both will be difficult to each other. When the night came, both of them had sore throats, and only then did they stop.
After Qin Si returned to the barracks, the king of Liang said in a deep voice: “can not wait any longer, wait any longer afraid that this kid has a backward move, tonight a good sleep, and so tomorrow, we will attack the city!”
Qin Si nodded, scolded this day, he also deeply Gu Jiusi is not an ordinary person, and from the time, indeed can not be delayed any longer.
And Gu Jiusi came down from the city tower and hurriedly went to find Ye Shian.
When Ye Shian heard that Gu Jiusi was looking for him, he rushed up and heard Gu Jiusi say in a dumb voice, “Get ready, tonight, I’m going to take everyone out of the city for a raid.”
“Raid out of the city?
Ye Shian was confused, the words “you’re crazy” almost came out, but thinking about the retreat of the king of Liang before, he suppressed it and said: “Jiu Si, we’d better defend the city well, not to risk.”
“They will attack the city tomorrow.” Gu Jiusi said hoarsely, “They won’t be on guard tonight, let’s sneak attack them first, their army is in turmoil now, if we sneak attack like this, they might retreat instead.”
Gu Jiusi raised his eyes to Ye Shian: “Otherwise, when the Liang King’s army attacks the city, our people themselves will collapse first.”
Ye Shian froze, and after a moment, he understood what Gu Jiusi meant. They were supposed to survive in the midst of danger, so if they didn’t go off the edge with their swords, where would they have a chance to win?
Ye Shian was silent for a moment and finally said, “I’ll go and prepare.”
After saying that, Ye Shian turned around and left.
And Gu Jiusi went home and ate dinner, then said goodbye to Liu Yuru.
When he left he kept looking at Liu Yuru, who put on his armor with her own hands, she seemed to know nothing about everything and trusted him completely, softly saying, “Langjun used to be quite handsome with his pen, and today in military attire, he is also very handsome.”
Gu Jiusi looked at her and just watched seriously, Liu Yuru looked calm, she lowered her head and tied the amulet around his waist, and whispered, “Don’t be impulsive.”
“I know.”
Gu Jiusi smiled: “I have a number in my heart, you sleep well, everything will be fine. Oh, don’t be afraid to hear the sound of war drums at night, I’m the one who scares the king of Liang.”
“Mm.” Liu Yuru nodded her head. She walked Gu Jiusi out the door, and when she reached the door, she watched him get on his horse. She always had a smile on her face and a calm demeanor, and Gu Jiusi thought she didn’t notice and didn’t even turn around when he hit his horse and left.
If he had looked back, he would have seen Liu Yuru’s sudden loss of smile and suddenly bent spine. Next to him, Yin Hong held Liu Yuru and whispered, “Madam!”
“I’m fine.” Liu Yuru waved her hand, and a moment later, she spoke out, “Clean out the Buddha Hall, I will go to the Buddha Hall tonight.”
When people can’t do anything about a matter, they can often only put their hope in the gods and Buddhas.
In fact, she knew Gu Jiusi too well, the way Gu Jiusi looked now, she knew he had a big move. But he did not say, she naturally will not ask, she guessed, he will hide things from her, is only planning to go to war.
She was afraid that he would be worried, so she did not ask more questions, and had the Buddha Hall swept and knelt before it herself.
She never believed in Gods and Buddhas, but at this moment she suddenly transformed into a good man and woman, begging for the blessing and mercy of the Bodhisattva to let that person return safely and securely.
Gu Jiusi went back to the city tower, he ordered the plan for this night, and then went to bed.
As for the Liang King’s side, he also prepared for the attack on the second day and told everyone to rest well. Only at night, soon after all of them woke up, they heard the sound of war drums thundering and rising.
“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”
All of them woke up from their sleep, put on their armor and weapons, and rushed out of the camp to form up, only to find a vast wilderness with no one in sight.
Everyone cursed and went back to sleep.
Another hour passed before everyone woke up and the sound of war drums came from outside!
This time there was also the sound of horses’ hooves, and the army of the king of Liang was called up in a hurry, everyone rushed out, but saw that there was no one left, this time they were completely fired up and simply did not sleep, cursing and yelling at the city gate, but after a few moments, a group of people cursing and ignoring, they were sleepy again. This time when they fell asleep, many soldiers mocked, “Those Youzhou soldier brats, they only know these tricks.”
“Next time, we’ll knock and shout again, and we’ll never pay attention to them!”
A group of people discussed indignantly, and then went to sleep.
It was the darkest time of the night, and in the woodshed in the backyard of Huarong, Wang Mei was biting the rope tied to the man’s hand.
Her mouth has brought blood, but she still did not stop. This is called Qian San, is her lover for more than ten years. He is also carrying a murder case, this time by Gu Jiusi caught, but also Gu Jiusi did not have time to trial, but when things are over, she and Qian San can not escape.
She broke a tooth and finally bit the rope, Qian San’s rope untied, immediately found a bowl from the side, smashed it and desperately cut the rope on her hand, and then led her to secretly open the door.
At this time, everyone is asleep, the flowers are exceptionally quiet, Aunt Wang and Qian San two people sneak around the flowers out of the Yung, and then towards the direction of the city gate all the way to run wild.
They heard the sound of war drums, the sound of war drums, there will be a war, war, will open the city gates!
This was their only chance, even if the battlefield was dangerous, but it was their only chance to leave Wangdue.
The two of them ran to the city gate not far away, watching the soldiers come and go at the city gate, they did not dare to show their faces, hiding in the alley sneaking a look.
Wang Mei and Qian San snuggled up to each other, the day was a bit cold, Wang Mei said hoarsely: “Money you put in the money bank, right?”
“Yes,” Qian San whispered, “we go out of Wangdu, go to Cangzhou, take out the money, I find a way to change the identity of the document, from now on anonymity.”
Wang Mei was a little tired, she did not speak. But Qian San’s words became her only hope, she sat with him on the steps, waiting for the city gates to open again.
In fact, they do not know if it will open again, but if it does not open, they do not know where to go. They waited for a long time, the star of enlightenment brightened up, when the war drums once again sounded!
This time after the war drums sounded, the door slowly opened, and the soldiers rode their horses, holding swords, and rushed all the way towards the outside.
Their movements were small and stealthy, without any sound.
And once again the King of Liang’s army was called up, all with discontent, many dragging their feet and refusing to get up, thinking this must be another tease.
“They just don’t want us to sleep,” someone spoke up, disgruntled, “We’re just being tricked by getting up so time and time again!”
Many people thought the same, so this time the assembly seemed extra difficult. However, while the King of Liang was still assembling his troops, the ground suddenly shook.
This time everyone finally sensed that something was wrong, but when they reacted, they saw a large group of iron horsemen waving their long swords and coming towards them!
In the darkness of the night, everything could not be seen clearly, neither did they know how many people were on the other side, nor did they know what the other side’s situation was, so they could only flee in the dark.
Nearly 100,000 people of the army, a time not divided into north and south scattered away, only just fight, not even a strong resistance to organize, then retreat away.
Gu Jiusi took advantage of the victory to pursue, taking advantage of these people still panic, all the way to cut and kill the past.
Blood stained his eyes, the surrounding are swords and shadows, but he felt no fear inside himself.
He waved his lance and galloped his horse through the battlefield.
The king of Liang did not sleep after the drums sounded, he was thinking and hesitating.
Must Wangdu City be taken?
This is the capital of Youzhou, so it would be best to take it. But what is the most important thing in Youzhou? It is the Great Wall. As long as we can get the Great Wall, does it make so much sense to take Wangdu or not?
The king of Liang desperately gave himself a reason not to attack Wangdu, forgetting why he came to Wangdu in the first place.
He just felt that Wangdu was too elusive, and going forward he was afraid of an ambush, but now he could only retreat.
Qin Si could see King Liang’s hesitation, and he cautiously said, “Is the king afraid of an ambush in the city?”
“Mr. Qin,” the king of Liang sighed, “I can’t afford to lose.”
When Qin Si heard this, he was silent for a moment, then he nodded and said calmly, “I understand, but Your Majesty, now that it’s the last minute, are you willing not to take Wangdu?”
Liang Wang Wan pursed his lips, how could he be willing to be? He took a deep breath and finally said, “As you say, sir.”
Just as the words were finished, there was chaos outside. Then a loud shout was heard, and a man with a horse and a gun rushed straight into the tent and forced the king of Liang!
The surrounding area was in a state of panic, Qin Si protected the king of Liang and shouted, “Men! Protect His Majesty!”
Many people stopped Gu Jiusi, and the King of Liang and Qin Si were escorted by nurses to the outside of the tent. Outside the tent, it was already a hell on earth, with lights shining all over the place, chopping and killing, and King Liang stood in this camp, unable to distinguish how many people were on the other side, he only felt that he was surrounded by Gu Jiusi’s people, and everything was at stake! Everyone was running, no one was listening to him, and he panicked for a moment, turning on his horse and shouting, “Go! Let’s go first!”
The king of Liang beat his horse as fast as he could, Qin Si followed closely behind, knowing that after the king of Liang directly faced life and death, it would be difficult for him to move this man again.
He could only follow, listening to the king of Liang’s analysis: “He must have many people in ambush in the city, Fan Xuan knows I’m coming, how can he not make preparations for nothing? We don’t want Wangdu, let’s go to the next place!”
Qin Si did not say anything, he did not feel right.
And the sound of shouting and killing behind them, Gu Jiusi chased after them, seemingly must want their lives to quell the battle.
So they ran one after the other, while Wang Mei and Qian San took advantage of the confusion, and after quietly knocking out a soldier, they hurriedly escaped from the city gate with the other side’s document.
Out of the city gates, only to find everywhere is chopping, are blood, they panic hand in hand in the battlefield to move, afraid of what happened.
When the night passed and dawn rose, Gu Jiushi finally gave the order to retreat. The king of Liang ran far away and saw that Gu Jiusi was not chasing him, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back and found that there were still about general people still following him.
Seeing that there was no one in the field, the king of Liang settled down a bit and decided to set up camp, while Gu Jiusi led his men back to Wangdu City, and as soon as he entered the city, he saw everyone looking at him .
They seemed to want to praise him, but there were no good words. They could only look at him with hope. Gu Jiusi smiled and said with everyone, “Don’t worry, they’re gone.”
Saying that, he put down the lance and said calmly with everyone: “Do what you have to do, don’t delay.”
Everyone nodded in response, but the excitement in their hearts was unstoppable, everyone knew that the battle was over, and what was about to come was the good reputation of Wangdue City as one against ten!
Ye Shian organized everyone to carry the wounded down, Gu Jiusi swept a glance at the wounded, sighed and said, “It’s good that we left, if we were to come back, we still don’t know what to do.”
Ye Shian nodded and responded, “It’s okay.”
And at this time, Wang Mei and Qian San were supporting each other to walk forward, Qian San suddenly stopped his steps and cautiously said, “Is that the Liang King’s camp?”
Wang Mei froze, and after a moment, she took a look at the “Liang” flag flying and nodded. Qian San gritted his teeth, but said, “The Liang King is right here, Ah Mei, you wait for me here, I’ll be right there.”
“You…what are you going to do!” Wang Mei was a little scared, Qian San patted her hand, mildly said: “Do not worry, I am going to ask for food, no conflict.”
Wang Mei couldn’t believe it, but Qian San was determined and didn’t care about Wang Mei’s thoughts at all, he ran in the direction of the King of Liang, anxiously saying with the guards, “Quickly, report to the King of Liang for me, I have a very important message to tell him! Please ask him to summon me to see me!”
The king of Liang originally did not intend to see such a person, but when he heard that Qian San had escaped from the city, he asked someone to bring him here.
Qian San restrained his excitement, and after bowing to the king of Liang, he raised his head and said with the king of Liang, “Your Highness, I came here on purpose to share the king’s worries.”
“How to share?”
“Your Majesty probably doesn’t know, how many people are in the city, right?”
Hearing this, the king of Liang looked up expansively, Qian San smiled gently, “Not coincidentally, I know, no more, no less, just 10,000.”
Everyone froze at these words, and the king of Liang subconsciously said, “Impossible!”
If there were really only 10,000 people, how could Gu Jiusi be so arrogant, and even lead people to hunt him down?
He had 100,000 men and horses, who gave Gu Jiusi the guts?
“The King of Liang drew his sword in anger, and was about to kill Qian San, but Qin Si stopped him and said calmly, “King of Liang, listen to him again.”
The king of Liang was stopped by Qin Si, he looked at Qin Si, gritted his teeth, and sent everyone down, leaving Qian San and Qin Si in the tent.
Qian San was frightened by the king’s action, he shivered and dared not speak, Qin Si went forward and said gently: “This strong man need not be afraid, our king is a generous man, as long as you tell the truth, the king will not only not kill you, but also reward you with heavy gold, silver and beautiful women, and if you can break the Wangdu City, you are still the first merit, high officials and generous pay is close at hand, the king The king will not treat you badly.”
Qian San listened to these words and slowly calmed down.
He passed by the camp, thought of the king of Liang, thought of Gu Jiusi, he was originally thinking of this idea.
The information to the king of Liang, not only can kill Gu Jiusi, but also can get a sum of money, why not do it?
Qian San calmed down a bit and immediately said, “Your Majesty, every word is true, if there is any falsehood, then let me be struck by thunder and lightning and be punished by death!”
The king of Liang stiffened his face and nodded his head. He could not believe that there were only 10,000 people in the city. If there were only 10,000 people in the city, then he had been fooled by this young man!
A young man who is not yet a young man, played him around, this spreads out, will not let the world shame?
But these words in the heart of the king, did not say more, Qin Si picked up Qian San to ask him about his origins. Qian San honestly told the cause and effect of his conflict with Gu Jiusi, the king of Liang and Qin Si then reassured some, Qin Si some doubts, and then said: “Then even if you have a conflict with Gu Jiusi, Wangdu is after all your homeland, what you do today, are you not afraid of dragging your friends and relatives?”
“My lord,” Qian San smiled, “I am not from Youzhou, I am from Yangzhou.”
“So that’s how it is.” Qin Si nodded, “It seems that you came with the Gu family from Yangzhou, you are also considered loyal servants, but Gu Jiusi treated you like this, it’s really not right.”
“Yes.” Qian San gritted his teeth when he spoke, “My woman is also dedicated to the Gu family, I also followed them all the way to Youzhou, did a lot of things for them, no credit but also hard work, I did not expect them to treat us like this. Your Majesty,” Qian San turned his head and said to the king, “I have always admired your Majesty, and I have long wanted to come and join you.
At these words, Qian San knelt down and bowed heavily with the king of Liang. The king of Liang was soothed by this ass-kissing, he smiled and then said, “All right, I know your loyalty, tell us more about the specifics of the city.”
Qian San hurriedly opened his mouth and told us everything he knew about the specific situation. The more the king of Liang and Qin Si listened, the more they frowned, and the king of Liang was furious.
The last time, the last time, any time he just need to be adventurous, he will be able to take Wangdu City into his pocket, but he did not!
The last time, the last time, any time he just needed to be aggressive, he could have taken the city into his own hands, but he didn’t. For a moment, he complained about Qin Si, but he didn’t know that he couldn’t complain about his subordinates at such a juncture, and he had nowhere to vent his anger.
Qin Si could see that the king was unhappy, and even knew that part of the king’s displeasure was because of him. He knew that the king needed an outlet for his anger, so he did not say anything.
Qian San was rushed in by the King of Liang’s men and set up, such a sudden change of events made Qian San’s whole body a little confused, he sharply said, “What are you doing? What are you doing?”
“What are you doing?” The King of Liang spoke in annoyance, “You are such a traitor who betrayed his master, and you expect others to respect you? Drag them out and chop them up!”
Hearing these words, Qian San’s face immediately changed, and he hurriedly spoke out in a panic, shouting in alarm, “Your Majesty! Your Majesty, don’t! I’m still useful, you still need me…”
The King of Liang sneered as Qian San was dragged far away by the soldiers, screaming out miserably outside, and then lost his voice.
A few moments later, the sound of a woman crying and cursing came from outside, and the king of Liang raised his head and said in annoyance, “Who is crying outside?”
“Your Majesty, stay calm for a moment, I will go and take a look.”
Qin Si stood up and walked outside, and saw Wang Mei kneeling on the ground, hugging Qian San’s corpse and bawling.
“Who is this?”
Qin Si glanced at the soldier next to him, who whispered, “Said to be this man’s daughter-in-law, who was just outside screaming and cursing for a long time.”
Qin Si listened and frowned, he looked Wang Mei up and down, raised his hand and said, “Chop them all together, don’t let her make noise to the king.”
After saying that, Qin Si turned his head and went back to the tent, when he came back, it was also quiet outside. When the king of Liang saw him return, he was annoyed and said, “What’s going on?”
“It’s Qian San’s wife,” Qin Si said respectfully, “It’s been taken care of.”
The king of Liang nodded, not caring, and after a few moments, he finally said, “I think we can go back.”
Qin Si had been waiting for these words for a long time, and he calmly said, “This person’s words do not seem to be false, and I also think that we can go back.”
The original did not know the reality of the city, fearful and apprehensive, but now know that there are only 10,000 people inside, the king of Liang’s spirit, immediately rushed out, reorganized the team, and immediately killed back!
Now the remaining half of the people are loyal, without the interference of Gu Jiusi’s words, we no longer have to suspect each other who intends to surrender and who does not, now those who want to run away have run away, there is no need to suspect, so the army is invigorated.
Fifty thousand people attacked a city of 10,000 people, and the king of Liang was a veteran general, so it was considered a crushing attack.
The king of Liang knew in his heart that now Gu Jiusi must think he had left, he rashly turned back, is to hit Gu Jiusi a surprise, fast will become the key to victory.
So the king of Liang went all the way to the fast horse and led his men to kill back.
At this time, the army in the city was unloading their armor and resting, or sending the wounded and corpses, and everyone was chatting, and many men were proudly boasting about how unbeatable King Liang’s army was.
Gu Jiusi also arrived home, he just took a hot bath, changed his clothes and ate breakfast with Liu Yuru.
He came back safe and sound, Liu Yuru felt extremely happy, breakfast had several extra dishes, Gu Jiusi noticed Liu Yuru’s joy and couldn’t help but say, “So happy, did you worry all night?”
“No.”
Liu Yuru hurriedly said, “I slept all night and woke up to hear that you won the war.”
Gu Jiusi opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but finally swallowed.
In fact, when he came back he heard that Liu Yuru had spent the night kneeling in the Buddha Hall.
He should have known, where he could hide from her, it was always she who lied to him, he could never hide anything from him.
He smiled, looked at the black eyes under Liu Yuru’s eyes, and put the dishes in her bowl, then said, “Alas, the first time I won a battle, my heart suddenly became bewildered.”
“Confused about what?”
Liu Yuru some strange, Gu Jiusi seems to be quite sad look said: “just do not know in the future you should call me adult good, or call me general good, or even called adult general.”
Liu Yuru pursed her lips, knowing that he was joking: “Then what did you finally think out?”
“I thought about it,” Gu Jiusi said seriously, “it’s better to call me husband, save time and effort,” he threw a winks, “and sounds good.”
Liu Yuru laughed out loud and was about to say something when the two felt the ground move significantly.
A few moments later, Mu Nan rushed into the main hall and said anxiously, “My lord, the king of Liang is back again!”
Gu Jiusi got up with a sudden start, and didn’t even have time to put on his coat, so he rushed out directly to the outside.
Liu Yuru saw that Gu Jiusi was in such a hurry, and called for someone to take the armor and fox fur heater, and rode his horse to follow him.
Gu Jiusi hurriedly rushed to the city tower and saw Ye Shian directing people to the city wall from a distance. Gu Jiusi stopped his horse and said anxiously, “How is it?”
“You go up and see!” Ye Shian spoke out anxiously, then shouted with the people behind him, “Move the oil up! Hurry up!”
Gu Jiusi crossed the steps and rushed up to the city tower, and saw the King of Liang’s army coming not far away, they didn’t hesitate, they rushed all the way up, just as Gu Jiusi reached the city tower, the King of Liang’s army stepped into range, Gu Jiusi shouted, “Release arrows!
Gu Jiushi saw that nine out of ten soldiers in the front were turned into hedgehogs, but there were still some lucky ones who continued to sprint forward, and people came in waves. Those who retreat will be killed! Those who climb the city will be rewarded one hundred taels! One tael for each person who kills!”
People were like ants, densely packed, rushing forward regardless of life and death, while the people on top of the city tower were also desperately shooting arrows.
Gu Jiusi had three people in a row, lined up on the wall, the first row immediately after shooting let the second row follow, the first row to the very end to change arrows to draw the bow, while the second row after shooting let the third row follow, and again to the end to change arrows to draw the bow.
It was as if the people under the city tower did not care about their lives at all. Their bodies fell on the battlefield, and their blood stained the ground outside Wangdue City.
Every foot they advanced forward was a road paved with corpses, but they still went forward.
Outside the moat, they fell one after another in the river, and the shouts of killing were always incessant.
Gu Jiusi looked at such a battlefield, such a stand, his heart was trembling slightly.
This is a very different battle from the previous one, the last one he played smart, and the king of Liang simply did not intend to engage in a head-on battle, so one took advantage of the victory to pursue, one fled in haste, one did not intend to drive to the end, one still knows to protect life and cherish life.
However, at this moment is different, all are desperately trying to grab this inch of land, the kind of human life as grass, the sense of haste, clearly surfaced in Gu Jiusi’s heart.
He was tempted to tell them to stop, to tell them to stop.
Why?
Why attack Wangdu, why go to war, why treat their own lives improperly, to sell their lives for someone else’s kingdom, someone else’s power, to this extent?
A hundred taels for those who boarded the city, and one tael for a head of a beheaded man.
Is a human life worth only one tael?
The blood-stained haste left him at a loss, but he could not think more, he only knew that he had to defend the city, behind the walls of this city, the people, his parents, is … Liu Yuru.
Liu Yuru’s face appeared in his mind that moment, the moat has floated full of corpses. In some places, the corpses piled up and filled the drinking channel, so the soldiers of the King of Liang stepped on the corpses and rushed under the city tower to set up the ladder.
There were usually soldiers already at the top of the ladders, and as soon as the ladders touched the walls, these soldiers would frantically hack their way over, and just this instant, the people below the ladders immediately rushed up.
Gu Jiusi kept the soldiers constantly replenished, and as soon as a ladder came up, he and some wandering soldiers rushed over and helped cut each other down, then poured fire oil down.
The arrows and kerosene worked together, causing the city to burn under the towers, with screams of misery. Gu Jiusi was pouring kerosene and releasing arrows from the towers, his face stained with the blood of those who had just climbed up the towers, and his whole body was trembling.
The strong siege lasted from afternoon to evening. In addition to the ladder siege, the most difficult place to defend was the city wall, where they built bridges and used battering rams to constantly hit the city gates.
The chariots that hit the pillars were the main target, and from the time they entered the range, Gu Jiusi’s people kept shooting the people who sent the chariots, and the chariots had to move with difficulty on the battlefield, almost every step they moved was in exchange for human lives. However, at night, because of poor visibility, the crashing pillars finally came to the city gates.
When the first sound of the city gate sounded, Gu Jiusi knew it was not good, he hastily pulled out troops and went to standby under the city tower.
There are two small gates under the city tower, which can only accommodate almost one person to pass, and after entering the small gate, about five feet away, is the main gate. Gu Jiusi had people open the main city gate a slit, the elite to the gates, just waiting for the outermost gates to break, it is a direct physical combat, guarded at the small gates of war, with the human wall to block the other side of the attack.
And when the sound of crashing the city gate sounded, Liu Yuru was counting the number of weapons, she looked back and said in horror, “What sound?!”
“I’m afraid it’s crashing into the city gate.”
Yin Hong was also a little scared. Hearing this, Liu Yuru gritted her teeth, handed the accounts to Yun Yun, and said with Yun Yun, “I’ll go check it out.”
Saying that, Liu Yuru rushed out.
She rushed all the way to the city gate and saw that the soldiers under the city tower were already in chaos. When she went up to the city tower, she saw Gu Jiushi was killing the enemy with a sword. Between the blood and flesh, her whole body was trembling, but she made herself try to calm down, she swept a glance, then found that the number of wounded around was increasing, yet many of the wounded were simply too late to get down from the city tower immediately after being wounded.
Logistics were too few.
Liu Yuru immediately understood, she took a closer look at the situation and hurried down the city tower, she ran all the way back, running on one side and rapping on the doors of the streets on the road, saying loudly, “Villagers and fathers, Wangdu is in trouble, everyone come out and help!”
She tapped on the doors, and at first not many people opened the doors, but as the first one opened, more and more people opened the doors and came out.
Liu Yuru was breathing heavily, looking at the people who came out, everyone’s face was worried and confused, Liu Yuru swept a glance around and said seriously, “Everyone, now that the enemy is out there, Lord Gu and the soldiers alone can’t stop them, I implore you, men go up to the city tower as generals at your service, women go with me to carry the wounded.”
Everyone listening to this, are a little hesitant, Liu Yu Ru understand what they are thinking.
The first thing you can do is to go into battle, that is after all a matter of risking your life, she gritted her teeth and couldn’t help but say: “Do you think you are all right just because you are shrinking now? If someone like the king of Liang breaks the city today, do you believe that not a single one of you will be able to stay in Wangdu today!”
“That’s… that’s not necessarily true.”
Someone whispered, “If Lord Gu surrendered…”
“Even if he surrenders, the King of Liang will not keep us! Why does he want to fight Wangdu? No money, no women, he fought Wangdu to specialize in the relief of the people as a generation of benevolent ruler?
Liu Yuru yelled out, “Have you never seen the towns outside the Great Wall plundered by the Northern Liang or do you not know how many cities the King of Liang slaughtered when he attacked the Eastern Capital? After spending so much effort to defeat Wangdu, you still think you can be safe and sound, dreaming in the blue sky!”
Listening to Liu Yuru’s words, everyone hesitated, Liu Yuru nodded her head, “Okay, I understand, people don’t do it for themselves, heaven and earth will be destroyed.”
Saying that, she fiercely pulled out the silver ticket from her bosom and shouted: “Then we pay you to go up to the city tower today, go up to the city tower to see how those soldiers were born to die to protect you, to see how my husband took his life to fight to protect us! Raise your swords, kill one person for one tael of silver, and carry the wounded with me for ten cents each, go or not!”
“I’ll go!”
A big man in the crowd suddenly voiced out, he stood out and said loudly, “Boss Liu, you do not need to say money or not, if I live, this is all my due, no need to give money, if I die, you will give money to my mother and my old lady.”
“If you die, I will settle them well, to ensure that they are clothed and fed for life.”
Liu Yuru spoke decisively, and an old woman next to her rushed out crying, “No, son, the battlefield is dangerous…”
“Mother,” the big man patted the old woman’s hand and calmly said, “I am going to protect you and my wife and children, don’t worry about it.”
“I’ll go too.”
The big man just finished speaking, the woman standing next to him came up, she handed the child beside her to the old woman behind her, raised her eyes to look at the big man next to her and said, “If something happens to you, I will carry you back too.”
The big man smiled, someone started, and more and more people around responded to stand out.
Liu Yuru looked at them, nodding repeatedly, she could not say what she felt, she felt inexplicable emotions rushing to her heart, sourness blocked in her throat. She took a step back, bowed towards everyone and said seriously, “Yuru is here, thank you all.”
“Boss Liu is joking,” someone said, “This is also our Wangdu City, what you and Lord Gu have done for us, we all remember it in our hearts.”
Liu Yuru listened, she couldn’t help but smile, she suddenly felt that everything was worth it.
She took a deep breath and then arranged for the big man to say, “Please go door to door to call people, organize people, divide men and women into teams, and if the women know martial arts, follow the men. I’m going to count the weapons, you all go to the direction of the city building, I will bring weapons over to distribute to everyone.”
After saying that, Liu Yuru ran back to the armory, let Yin Hong take all the weapons, all went to the direction of the city building, and then brought the medicinal materials, doctors together, not far from the city building to build a shed.
Everyone under the command of Liu Yuru, in order to receive what they need, the women put on white cloth dresses, carry with them life-saving herbs and carry stretchers. The men and the stronger women put on simple armor and lifted their weapons.
All this was over in less than half an hour, and at this time the outermost small city gate was finally breached, Gu Jiushi hurriedly transferred a thousand people down, the robbed boarding attack on the walls did not stop, Gu Jiushi knife were cut blunt three, Gu Jiushi transfer order just sent down, Ye Shian rushed up, anxiously said: “Jiushi, there are not enough people.”
“What do you mean there are not enough men?”
Gu Jiu Si kicked a soldier down, Ye Shi An said urgently, “Now all four sides are under siege, the other three sides have 3,000 people defending the city, the remaining 7,000 people are in the East City, we have collected 4,000 wounded, now 1,000 at the city gate, 2,000 on the city tower, we simply have no one to carry the wounded!”
“Jiu Si!”
Just as he finished speaking, Gu Jiusi heard Liu Yuru’s call, he and Ye Shian turned around at the same time and watched as Liu Yuru came up with people carrying stretchers, Liu Yuru was standing on the far side, while the women were already carrying stretchers up to the city tower, lifting the wounded in an orderly manner and sending them down under the command of Yin Hong.
Gu Jiushi and Ye Shian both froze, and Liu Yuru put her hand in front of her body and smiled, “I’m afraid you don’t have enough manpower, so I brought the people of the city to help.”
“Don’t be afraid,” Liu Yuru’s voice was soft, reminiscent of the willow branches swaying lightly under the spring sun in Yangzhou, “there are 200,000 people in the city, we are all here.”
Hearing these words, not only Gu Jiusi and Ye Shian, but also the generals shooting arrows at the side, all burst into tears at that instant.
“Good.”
Gu Jiusi hoarse voice, he looked at Liu Yuru, the girl under the moonlight, beautiful so a few unreal.
He suddenly felt that he was too lucky in this life.
To meet this person.
He couldn’t help but smile.
“I’m not afraid.”
Behind him, there are 200,000 people in the capital, and Liu Yuru.
Even if he faced a thousand troops, he was not afraid.
The addition of the people instantly relieved the Liang King’s advantage in numbers.
Although these people are not professionally trained, but the soldiers intermingled with the people, with the advantage of the city gates and walls, actually did not let the king of Liang’s army to take another step forward.
As the day dawned, Gu Jiushi and Shen Ming guarded the walls and the towers, while Liu Yuru and Ye Shian sat at the rear, directing in an organized manner, ensuring the supply of weapons and maximizing the aid to the wounded, greatly reducing the death and disability rates.
The initial fear and anxiety gradually turned into fighting spirit as the day dawned.
Wangdue City would not lose.
At that moment, everyone was convinced that as long as Gu Jiusi was there, as long as Liu Yuru was there, Wangdu would never be broken and would never lose.
The sound of cutting, killing, and drums.
All the sounds intertwined in this morning.
When the sun rose in the east, there was a tremor in the distance.
Qin Si was the first to notice it, and he hurriedly said with King Liang, “Your Majesty, a large army is coming!”
“How is that possible?”
The King of Liang uttered incredulously. However, at this moment, in the distant mountains, the “Zhou” banner came waving in the sunlight.
Gu Jiusi was standing at the city tower, and when he saw the word “Zhou”, he couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Zhou Ye was in the forefront, and he was accompanied by a small person, who seemed to be a female general.
They rode their horses, shouting and killing, and at that moment, Shen Ming shouted loudly and drove his horse fiercely out!
Zhou Ye’s army was encircled from behind, and Shen Ming led his men to rush out from inside the city and attacked with Zhou Ye on both sides. The King of Liang’s army was immediately surrounded. Gu Jiusi stood on the city tower, watching the Liang King’s army being surrounded by Zhou Ye and Shen Ming, with his sword in his hand, wearing his long, tattered shirt that had been completely dyed red with blood, he quietly watched all this.
And at this time, he heard movement from behind him, Liu Yuru wore a long dress with a red and white background, with white plums falling on the skirt, wearing the phoenix pacesetter he once gave her on his head, carrying a tray in his hand, with the tray carrying the wine.
The wind rolled ice particles blowing over, her hair gently waving in the wind, Gu Jiushi quietly gazed at her, could not help but smile: “dressed like this, what is doing?”
“I thought, if the city can be defended, should be celebrated, naturally should be dressed well. If we can’t, we’ll go to the Yellow Springs together, so we should also dress nicely.”
Liu Yuru pursed her lips and smiled, carrying the wine to him, she put the tray on the wall and poured two cups of wine, then she handed a cup of wine to Gu Jiusi, tilted her head and smiled: “Your first victory, you should raise a cup to celebrate.”
Gu Jiusi took the wine cup from her hand, he looked down at the wine cup and smiled, playing with the wine cup, raising his eyes to look at Liu Yuru who was holding the cup in front of him, his eyes, falling with the morning light, falling with the mountains and rivers, falling with her.
The beauty is so thrilling that it is hard to sink.
Liu Yuru faintly froze, then watched Gu Jiusi stretch out his hand, holding up a cup to hold over her hand, into a crossed cup posture.
“I originally wanted to hold another wedding to make up for the one time we drank this cross-cup wine. But now it turns out that there is no time like this moment.”
“Three feet have spirits, heaven and earth testify,” Gu Jiusi looked at her seriously, “you are my wife, Liu Yuru.”
“The sun and the moon are clear, the mountains and rivers are the matchmaker,” Liu Yuru looked at Gu Jiusi, with a smile, but her eyes were also full of seriousness, “You are my husband, Gu Jiusi.”
Gu Jiusi looked at her and smiled gently, “Do you believe me when I say that in this life, I will only have you?”
“You do not need to say,” Liu Yuru softly spoke, “I wait to see this life, then I will know.”
Hearing these words, Gu Jiusi laughed out loud, he and Liu Yuru lowered their heads together and placed their lips on the wine glass.
The sunlight completely rose and fell on them, they drank this cup of cross-cup wine at the same time, and then they could see the light of the sky break the clouds and sprinkle all over the earth.
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