The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 240

Li Wei only followed Shen Qi to travel north and south. He had seen a lot, so he didn't care about his children's love. Maybe he was worried about Shen Qi, Shen Qu, and Mr. Zhong. Gu Huaixiu didn't need it here. Say.He talked to Gu Huaishu with a smile, and also ate the tea fruit that Qing Dai brought up from below.

Gu Huaishu didn't say those weird words, but only asked about his business affairs.

Some things can be said, some things can't be said, Li Wei will pick up the good ones and say them.

The two of them kept talking until the sky began to faint, and then they walked into the mansion.

Li Wei saw Gu Huaixiu off at the side, sat on the horse slowly all the way, and walked behind Gu Huaixiu's sedan chair.

Seeing that he was about to reach the side gate of Zhang's mansion, a young man in blue clothes came out from the front, and another letter was handed over. Gu Huaishu sat in the sedan chair and read it, without saying a word, he asked someone to press the sedan chair : "Let's get off the sedan chair. Seeing that it's getting late, Li Wei, you also come in here to have a meal before leaving. Maybe it's been a long time since I thought about it."

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and said: "Today I took some time to visit you, and I still have the account books in my hand to show Master Shen, and my brother should be at the house now, so I won't go, I will come tomorrow Give you a meal."

After hearing this, Gu Huaixiu was a little surprised, taking his brother in the house?
She thought of Zhang Tingyu, and of the father and son, and she was filled with emotion.

"Then be careful along the way."

After Li Wei got the words, he rode his horse through the side gate, exited the alley, headed back towards Chang'an Avenue, and walked out of the inner city to the vicinity of Liulichang.

Gu Huaishu looked back at him, and suddenly asked Qing Dai: "This kid has grown up by his own eyes."

Qing Dai said: "Master Wei is filial."

"I don't know that he has filial piety..."

It's not in vain to hurt him once, but seeing Li Wei's actions now, may not have brought a bit of Shen Qi's evil nature, but fortunately Shen Qi didn't let everyone go on his crooked path...

Gu Huaixiu thought about it, and he had already entered the mansion.

The people in front saw that Madam had returned, so they hurried to a group of people to report, surrounded by a dozen maids and servants, Gu Huaishu went into the room and changed into ordinary clothes before going to the mansion behind.

Zhang Tingyu was talking to Shen Qu with a normal expression, and there was nothing unusual on his face.

Gu Huaixiu came by coincidence, just in time to hear Shen Qu finish saying "inner sage and outer king", because he sat down beside Zhang Tingyu casually, he only asked Shen Qu with a smile: "It's rare to come back, why is it being dragged by your old man?" Asking these boring words?"

Shen Qu glanced at Zhang Tingyu, but said: "Mr. asked, but my son didn't answer."

It goes without saying that Zhang Tingyu calls himself "Mr." and Gu Huaixiu calls himself "Son".

Zhang Tingyu knew that he was wrong at the beginning, but now that he can see Shen Huping, he doesn't care so much, but when he thinks about it, how bitter and bitter it is.

"It's good that you come back. I heard that you went to Dianchan Temple. Is the scenery not bad now?"

Gu Huaishu nodded, remembering all the calculations at Dianchan Temple back then, he also laughed: "When I go, I think of many old things, and the time is right, let's ask someone to visit. When did you come here?"

Shen Qu said: "I came here in the afternoon, and I didn't sit around for a while. I'm going to stay in the capital for a long time."

This is similar to what Li Wei told Gu Huaishu earlier.

Gu Huaishu smiled slightly, and the three of them sat at the same table, watching the maids bring up the dishes, and didn't say much.

Shi Fang left, and the food in the mansion seemed to become unpalatable. He left a small jar of plum blossoms and pear flowers for making tea, and now Gu Huaishu is reluctant to take it out to drink. Such enjoyment has become somewhat copable.

Shen Qu had also heard about the cook in the mansion, and Zhang Tingyu was even more aware of it, and now he can only get used to it gradually.

Zhang Tingyu looked at Shen Qu, saw that he was not picky about food, not as refined as his mother, and said, "He has a good temper."

Shen Quyuan didn't pay attention, and only now did he understand what Zhang Tingyu was talking about. He said casually: "It's the same as anything, it's bitter."

Because of drinking too much medicine.

He glanced at Gu Huaixiu, and said: "There is a new chef at the guild hall. Huaiyang cuisine is a must. Uncle Liao said the taste is not bad. I'll call to give you a taste tomorrow, shall I?"

Gu Huaixiu put down his chopsticks, his expression became a little dazed.

She bent her lips reluctantly, but said: "Recently, I don't have a good appetite. How can I be so particular about it? It's you, you can't get tired of food, fine meat, fine meat, fine meat, so it's better to eat some meat."

"Shen Qu took it down."

He nodded, then took the tea that the servant girl handed over in a small tea tray, rinsed his mouth, cleaned his hands, and then brought the tea to drink.

Gu Huaishu took a look at the sky, asked Qingdai to take out her pocket watch to see, at the beginning of the year, she asked, "Are you still going to the guild hall tonight?"

"Of course I have to go back, but I'm not in a hurry, people outside are waiting for you." Shen Qu drank his tea and thought of Tongcheng's little orchid again, so he didn't say anything.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't get in any words, and couldn't say anything, so he simply sat aside and listened to the mother and son talking, feeling a strange peace in his heart.

Shen Qu talked about what he had seen and heard in various places. Occasionally, when he encountered something funny, he could make the servant girls in the hall laugh out loud. Gu Huaixiu said: "I heard that you were not in good health a while ago, I recognize you A famous doctor who treats the emperor in the palace, when you are free, I will find someone to take a look for you, it is better than waiting for medicine every day, and even your tongue will be useless."

"I've been in the capital for two or three months. When will my mother find time and find someone? Just send someone to the guild hall to call me. If there is nothing to do, I will come."

Shen teased, feeling at ease.

For a moment Gu Huaishu was a little reluctant to part with him, but seeing that it was getting late, he was afraid that he would miss the time on the road, so he got up and said that he would send him out of the house.

Shen Qu didn't refuse, so he resigned from Zhang Tingyu, walked around the back of the upper room, stepped on the young grass that just came out of the garden path, and went to Yimen.

On the way, Gu Huaishu sighed and said, "Are you unwilling to forgive him?"

"No." Knowing that she was asking about Zhang Tingyu's affairs, Shen Qu smiled, "Don't worry too much...it's a foregone conclusion, why bother to think about it? Besides, Zhang Tingyu The old man has always been a tolerant and open-minded person, you may not be annoyed at him in your heart. There is a definite fate between birth and death, and he and I are destined to be indifferent to father and son..."

Where is it so easy to forget?

His biological father almost ignored him, and now that he could sit and eat together, Shen Che felt that he was already very generous.

"Originally, I was a person who would get revenge, but now I feel that everyone has their own retribution."

"You know what's in your heart, and I won't tell you."

Gu Huaishu didn't interfere with his thoughts, and just walked with him, mother and son walked side by side through the garden, and the maids followed from a distance.

"I don't want to pursue Shen Qi's matter for the time being. I think you seem to know his fate better. After all... I'm afraid that his matter will implicate you."

"Some people are born alone, like him; some people are born for a death... I was originally the latter, but now I am still standing here alive, life and death, wealth and honor. You don't interfere with my affairs, I don't interfere with his affairs either, just take care of myself."

Shen Qu didn't know what to say about his feelings for Shen Chao.

After all, it was not his father, but he was doing what his father should do.

In the bottom of my heart, I can't let go, and I'm too lazy to let go.

"I saw him alone and alone, and I only wanted to save him once... But he has blood and deep hatred, and he has his own plans. I don't know how to persuade him, so I simply let him do it, not to mention... he I don't intend to leave alive."

Walking and talking, Shen Che stopped when he saw that he was about to see Yimen.

"Mother, Prince Yong is really not a good master."

"Why did you suddenly think of such a sentence?"

Gu Huaixiu thinks about it, aren't all the nobles in Tianhuang like that?Who are you not following?They have already fallen into it, and it would be too late to say anything about getting out.

In fact, she has been in the mud all the time for the rest of her life. How easy is it to say?
Shen Qu wanted to say something, but in the end he could only lower his head and smile: "Maybe one day, you will understand."

"I've always understood."

It's just not the right time.

Gu Huaixiu didn't like to sit still and let others decide, but the gap between her and Zhang Tingyu was so great that she and Zhang Tingyu struggled for half a lifetime before they could reach the next level.

As for the latter, just take one step at a time.

The current situation is good to keep.

Gu Huaixiu's thoughts, Shen Che didn't quite understand, he just went out, got into the carriage and left.

In front of the carriage hung two horn lamps from the Wanqing Guild Hall, which disappeared at the end of the street in the darkness.

Gu Huaixiu had long since disappeared, she turned around, remembered the letter in her sleeve, and felt that she was still walking on the tip of a knife.

When she turned her head, she passed by the garden path and heard the sound of water gurgling under the stone bridge. She raised her eyes and saw Zhang Tingyu stroking a flute, as if she wanted to play it, but somehow held it down. He moved, and his figure was frozen under the dark light, revealing a bit of indescribable coldness.

Walking all the way to the side of the flower stand, Gu Huaixiu saw Zhang Tingyu hanging his head, and heard him say: "He went back?"

"gone back."

Gu Huaishu looked at the flower hall with hanging lamps, the dishes had been cleared away, only two bowls of cold tea were placed on the coffee table, Zhang Mansion was so big, it felt a little unusually cold.

Zhang Tingyu's two thin lips touched the hole of the flute, and when he blew out a sound, he felt that the tune was distorted, so he stopped.

"When you were not here, the fourth sibling came to you a few times and said they wanted to apologize to you. If you have some time when you look back..."

"Everyone is gone, what is there to say? Only the telltale Peng Weixin can't be forgiven, and it's useless to beg me."

How could Gu Huaixiu not know what Peng Shi had in mind?
After all, Shi Fang's matter will continue for a while, and Fourth Master Fang also sent a message to ask her to visit Yuanmingyuan tomorrow. I don't know where she knew that she was secretly working under the banner of Fourth Master.But Gu Huaishu was not afraid, it took her a long time to settle accounts with her, and it was no one's fault. She walked around the flower stand, sat on the richly carved lacquered armchair made of yellow rosewood, and tapped lightly with her fingers Holding the armrest, eyes lowered: "It's you, are you ready to intervene?"

"...Forget it, just do what you want, just do it, as long as you feel happy in your heart."

Zhang Tingyu twirled the flute with his fingers, and finally he didn't feel like playing it, so he put it on the table.

"Stop blowing?"

Gu Huaishu laughed.

Zhang Tingyu said: "Why bother poking my sore spot?"

"I'm afraid you'll heal your scar and forget about the pain." Gu Huaishu didn't show mercy at all. When she laughed, there was a small dimple on her lips. With sarcasm in her eyes, she said, "You can't force it." , why are you such an indecisive person? If he is still willing to visit you, you should feel that you are a blessing from several lifetimes of cultivation."

"I am a widowed person, and you are right to say that."

Zhang Tingyu slightly bent his lips, but raised his hand and handed Dong Xiao to her.

Gu Huaixiu took it casually, feeling a little dazed for a while.

"Listen to what?"

Zhang Tingyu folded his hands behind his head, thought for a while, and said, "Liu Sanbian, Jade Butterfly."

Gu Huaishu pressed a tune, and just sat in the flower hall and blew a tune. When he got to the line "The evening scene is bleak, it can move Song Yu's sadness", but he couldn't help but twitch his fingers, and the tune was wrong.She looked up at him and said, "What do you think?"

"If you want to leave a name in history, you will still be infamous for thousands of years."

Zhang Tingyu stood up, although he knew that he had a rift with her, but the only one who understood him best was this beauty.

He took the flute from her hand slowly, and said: "I also have a song here, come and listen to it?"

Gu Huaixiu didn't speak, just saw him standing in front of the steps, suddenly he started to speak, at first he was a little calm, but soon he became gloomy again.

"In the absence of a moon, a sparse tree hangs, and the first silence of a person is broken. Whoever sees a lonely person coming and going alone, a misty lonely shadow. Startled but turn around, no one regrets. Pick all the cold branches and refuse to live. The lonely sandbar is cold."

It's Su Dongpo's "Bu Suanzi", which can be regarded as a tune composed by people today, and the ancient rhyme has long since disappeared, but Gu Huaixiu said: "Are you going to rebel?"

Now he is a close minister of Kangxi, what do you say "not willing to live"?
Zhang Tingyu raised her finger suddenly, the sound of the flute stopped, she just turned her head and compared a finger, and said softly: "Madam be careful."

He was Zhang Tingyu who wanted to leave his name in history, and he was loyal to the emperor and worked hard without complaint.

Gu Huaishu was too lazy to talk to him, so he just grabbed the flute and said, "Go to bed early, I'll go to Yuanmingyuan tomorrow."

But Zhang Tingyu refused to let go, wrapped her waist into his arms, and said in a low voice: "At the end of last year, the eighth master completely offended the emperor because of the fact that he gave away the half-dead Hai Dongqing, but the fourteenth master is gradually becoming more and more powerful now. For a while, let Brother Ai stay away from Master Fourteen, I'm afraid of accidents."

"Brother Ai also said that he wants to learn from Nian Gengyao. I think we should find a time to send him back to Jiangning."

It's time for Brother Ai to prepare for the imperial examination, he's not too young.

Gu Huaixiu had a clue in his mind, so he left the flower hall with Zhang Tingyu, went through the hall, went to the main room in front, entered the room, and brought hot tea to drive away the cold, only then saw that the room was warm, as if it was still old Day appearance.

After serving the two masters, Qingdai and Bailu withdrew, and the young servant who was in the night outside went by, Bailu couldn't understand: "Aunt Qingdai, why do I always fail to understand Second Master and Madam?"

Qing Dai laughed when she heard this, she sighed, stretched out her finger, and poked Bai Lu on the forehead: "Ade just asked me before, but you are here again today, it can be seen that they are all fools. You are still a good student I want to find someone to marry, so I can talk to my wife later. You don’t have to ask about the second master and his wife, and you don’t go out to spread it. This is a serious life. "

(End of this chapter)