In the study room, Gong Zhuoliang and Qiao Yingze were discussing a murder scene. In fact, it should be said that Qiao Yingze, a master of the law, pointed out several loopholes in the text and helped Gong Zhuoliang fill them in one by one.
Gong Zhuoliang's thoughts are deeply influenced by later generations, and in this era, the body has been kept in a deep house, and the common sense of the outside world is very little in memory, so although Gong Zhuoliang has tried to restrain and avoid it, there are still many others in the text. Things that I take for granted. At the beginning, Qiao Yingze thought it was funny and too ideal when he read it, but as he got to know more about it, he found that after modification, many things in it could become the way of governing the world, so he couldn't help but pay more attention to it.
Qiao Yingze sorted out his own experience while revising Gong Zhuoliang's manuscript, pondered it every day, and felt that he benefited a lot. In the end, he was more serious than when he was taking the imperial examination, but he was also more energetic. Gong Zhuoliang was in the inner house before He could still grow some flesh by staring at him, but since Gong Zhuoliang got busy, he himself didn't pay much attention to it, until now it basically disappeared again.
Although Qiao Yingze is not short, he has a slender frame. He is about 1.76 meters tall, but his waist is so thin that it can be broken with a pinch. It makes Gong Zhuoliang feel itchy and distressed.
"Sanggong, the manuscripts you edited for me are enough to be sent out until the end of the year, so why bother to suffer so much? You see that you have lost weight again, and now is the season when you are prone to illness. Starting today, if you don't get back twenty Jinrou, you are not allowed to touch the manuscript again."
Seeing that Qiao Yingze finished one point and wanted to continue, Gong Zhuoliang hurriedly collected all the manuscripts and forbade him to touch them again. Spring and summer are the seasons for bacteria to multiply, especially in the south, unlike the north, where the cold weather can kill many, although Gong Zhuoliang Many preventive measures have been taken, and Qiao Yingze has avoided some chances of infection by not going out all day, but after all, the most fundamental reason is that he is weak, and he still needs to strengthen his own immunity.
"Twenty catties... Zhuo Zhuo, even if you raise me like a pig, I won't be able to grow this amount in a year."
Qiao Yingze chuckled when he heard the words, and his gentle eyes fell on Gong Zhuoliang who packed the manuscript and stuffed it into the box. He has a physique that won't get fat no matter what he eats, but Gong Zhuoliang coaxed him to eat more and sleep more every day to raise the few pounds of meat... Well, Qiao Yingze has to admit that the reason why he lost weight is because he studied hard. It was indeed the main reason, but it might not have been a small thought to protest against Gong Zhuoliang's neglect.
"One year doesn't make two years. Anyway, everything at home and in the bookstore is on the right track. Let's do other things step by step. I don't have anything to do. From now on, I will watch you grow fat every day."
The box was locked with a sound of 'click', Gong Zhuoliang shook the key in his hand to Qiao Yingze, then walked to his side leaning on the armrests of the chair with both hands, leaning over and looking down at him.
"Zhuo Zhuo, thank you for your hard work, I can't help you much."
Hearing Gong Zhuoliang mention other things, Qiao Yingze felt a little guilty. His Zhuo Zhuo had been carefully arranging for the future of the two of them. He couldn't help him, so he even got into a fight because of his slight neglect. , it's a bit too stingy, and... Forget it, don't mention that matter to Zhuo Zhuo for now, and make him worry and embarrassing for no reason, let's talk about it after all the current matters are resolved.
"What's the trouble? The tigress of the Gong family is smart and knows how to choose. That matter has to be postponed until after the crown ceremony of your second uncle's marriage. Otherwise, I will pour out the seat of the first wife. If they match you with a lady from another family, then I won’t hit the wall.”
Gong Zhuoliang sat back on the table as he spoke, with a trademark smirk on his face.
Now that the family has been separated, it is much easier to fake an accidental death. The easiest way is that Gong Zhuoliang first pretends to be sick and finds a remote house to avoid, and then goes to the mountains outside the city to find corpses of similar size, and arranges it so that it catches fire accidentally. Burning human charcoal is enough, and Gong Zhuoliang can still help prepare for the funeral of "sister" openly. So right now it is easy for him to get away, but it is very difficult for him to be with Qiao Yingze openly.
Although it is not uncommon in this era to marry a man to fill a house, but after all, there are only a few ordinary people, how can a real rich family let a man run the house, so if Qiao Yingze was still in Qiao's mansion, they would not have to think about this road at all Well, even if they are separated now, and there is no one of their generation who is married and has heirs, it is absolutely impossible for them to let Qiao Yingze marry a man.
So right now they can only wait patiently. This era attaches great importance to men's crowning ceremony, unlike women who directly salute when they go out, men have to formally perform crown ceremony even when they become relatives, usually every year It will be held in February, and Qiao Yingze will be 20 years old next year. After the crowning ceremony, many things can be decided by himself, and there is no need to follow the orders of the elders, so wait until after the crowning ceremony to make this plan. The family can't just take care of Qiao Yingze The marriage of this separated heir is in charge.
And according to Gong Zhuoliang's current growth rate, he reckoned that he would be able to hide it until April or May next year. When the weather gets hot, his makeup won't work anymore. If Qiao Yingxuan can have children before then, it will be the best Well, the elders of the family don't have the heart to stare at them, otherwise they can only escape their shells when they can't hide it, and then adapt to the situation.
Besides, Gong Zhuoliang also has his own little calculations in his heart, thinking that he will be "famous" in a year, and maybe he can coax Qiao Yingze into marrying him... Well, Gong Zhuoliang has to admit that this is the one he has to do first. It's enough to dream about it, let's not talk about letting the current Juren master marry, this matter is afraid that it will attract widespread attention from all levels of society, and his family's husband-in-law alone will be the first to blow up hair, so I say this idea The risk is too high and the feasibility is too small...
"I don't want anyone but you."
Qiao Yingze stretched out his hands to hold Gong Zhuoliang's arms, raised his head and spoke seriously.
Although he knew that Gong Zhuoliang was just joking, Qiao Yingze wanted him to understand that he was the only one he had to do.
"I also... come in."
Gong Zhuoliang was about to respond, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, hearing the urgency in Ruo Lan's voice, Gong Zhuoliang smiled and let her in.
"Young Master, Uncle, the young master of Gongjiatang is here. Just now, I went directly to the gate of the small house to look for you, young master. At that time, the servant was talking to Zhou Guanshi..."
Ruo Lan closed the door and walked quickly into the inner room, and after saluting to the two of them, she explained everything that happened just now, without missing any details.
"Why did my cousin come to Bo City suddenly? Didn't the Beijing officials not allow you to leave Beijing at will?"
After hearing Ruo Lan's words, Gong Zhuoliang was very surprised. Since the correspondence with Gong Zhuoxiang last year, there have been nearly ten letters to and from, all of which are about parents' short-sighted topics. The meaning of coming to Bocheng, why did you go directly to the door today
"You don't remember? Mr. Gong is a member of the Imperial Academy. According to the rules, he will be released to travel for a year after serving in Beijing for a year, and then he will be officially appointed. You told him in the letter that he will live in Bo City temporarily. He probably wants to I have a surprise for you."
Qiao Yingze knew a lot about the government affairs. Hearing this, he calmly explained Gong Zhuoliang's doubts, but he felt a little uncomfortable. You must know that most of the Hanlin people traveled at the end of April. Benbo City is here.
"Sir, please believe this is a shock."
When Gong Zhuoliang heard the words, he immediately hugged Qiao Yingze's waist pitifully and did not let go, thinking, Mr. Gong, your words are sour, sour.
Gong Zhuoxiang didn't pay much attention to Gong Zhuoliang's letters, and he had long forgotten what kind of official he was. Gong Zhuoliang just replied each letter more plainly, and the meaning of "breakup" is only understood by those with a little emotional intelligence. But I don't know why this No. 1 scholar is so persistent. Does it have to be clear in person to embarrass everyone
"He also cares about you...don't be so heartless."
Pleased by Gong Zhuoliang's tricks, Qiao Yingze had a smile on the corner of his mouth. After thinking about it, he said something fair. He believed that the cousin was sincere towards Gong Zhuoliang, otherwise he would obviously look down on him with his wealth. The relatives of the merchants in Bocheng, why bother to protect Gong Zhuoliang like this.
"I wish he hadn't treated me so differently."
Gong Zhuoliang looked helpless and troubled on the surface, but in fact he was slandering his own husband, saying in his heart that you mean it, if I really have a conscience for him, you should drink the decoction for reducing fire and dredging stasis as water again.
Gong Zhuoliang was not so self-obsessed as to think that his cousin "loved" him so much. After all, that man's eldest son could make soy sauce, and the deity promised to buy a house for him to get married at the beginning, so Gong Zhuoliang was very concerned about the relationship between the two. Positioning, like most men in this era, is that the red flag at home will not fall, and the brothers and younger brothers will hand in casually outside.
But right now, the officials in the palace are about to foul, even if Gong Zhuoliang is impatient, he can't offend him openly. After all, he is a wealthy family in Beijing, and it is not easy to punish his husband and wife... Although Gong Zhuoliang doesn't think Gong Zhuoxiang He is a villain, but he will not naively think that he can play with others casually, so the only way to deal with it now is to deal with it first, and let it go.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX later, Gong Zhuoxiang did as he said, someone sent invitations, Qiao Yingze sent people to the inn where he was staying to invite them to stay at his home temporarily, or to live in another hospital, but They were all politely declined by Gong Zhuoxiang, and Qiao Yingze and his wife had no choice but to give up. They prepared a family banquet at home the next day and invited Qiao Yingxuan to accompany them.
I don't know how Qiao Yingxuan leaked the news, but the next day he even brought his senior brother Lu Zijian here, making Gong Zhuoliang who was wearing women's clothes and staying in the inner house very irritable, and ordered Ruolan and the others to keep a close eye on him and stop He took advantage of their uncle.
Although Gong Zhuoxiang is related to his natal family, he is an adult man after all, and it is inconvenient to meet his daughter-in-law in the inner house directly, and he did not bring his female relatives to visit, so in the end, he only had a few polite words with Gong Zhuoliang through the screen, and then went out with a group of men There are seats in the hall.
When he first met Gong Zhuoyan, he was still a little girl whose voice hadn't changed, so now he couldn't hear anything wrong with his voice, and besides, he didn't intend to find out anything from Gong Zhuoyan, so he didn't care about it.
"I haven't seen you for a year, but there have been so many changes in Brother Yu's family. Brother Yu also missed you and your husband very much in Beijing. Today, seeing Brother Yu is more energetic than before. Brother Yu also has to admire your generosity. gone."
Looking carefully at Qiao Yingze in front of him, Gong Zhuoxiang couldn't help but feel a bit less suspicious. He has always trusted his own eyesight to see people. When he first met him, he felt that Qiao Yingze was really a gentleman. Now that he saw him again, his eyes became clearer. , if it is said that such a person will have an affair with his wife and younger brother behind his wife's back...
"Brother Gong is absurdly praised, Zeshi is ashamed and dare not take it..."
Qiao Yingze spoke politely and modestly, glanced at his younger brother from the corner of the eye, the understanding Qiao Yingxuan took over the conversation and started chatting with Gong Zhuoxiang, while Lu Zijian, who was accompanying him, was uncharacteristically serious today, expressing neither humble nor overbearing After realizing his admiration for the No. 1 Scholar, he honestly drank his wine and had a part-time job to accompany him to laugh. He didn't even dare to approach Qiao Yingze. Qiao Yingxuan, who was familiar with his character, was very surprised.
"I said senior brother, this is really not like your style today, Brother Gong is such an extraordinary person, why don't you have any intention of getting close?"
Taking advantage of the opportunity to come out to relieve himself, Qiao Yingxuan went to the side of Lu Zijian who was leaning on the wall and sighing, and did not hide his surprise.
"You don't understand. The aura is too strong. I can't hold it back... No, is it my fault? I still love your brother the most."
As soon as Lu Zijian saw Gong Zhuoxiang today, he knew that he couldn't afford to offend this person, and he regretted that he came after him just to see the beautiful woman. It really made him very sad that a handsome man like Zhuangyuan Lang couldn't flirt with him.
"Come on, you have too many favorites, and I will warn you again, don't hit my brother, or my sister-in-law will kill you."
Qiao Yingxuan cast a disdainful glance at Lu Zijian, and pushed him into the living room. He was called by his brother to rescue him today, so naturally he couldn't neglect his duty.
"Is your sister-in-law really that powerful?"
Lu Zijian was lazily pushed away by Qiao Yingxuan from behind, and asked him in a low voice so that no one else could hear him. I was a little curious in my heart to make Qiao Yingxuan such a "missing" sister-in-law. The boy didn't realize it himself. The evaluation is always based on his sister-in-law.
"My eldest brother has been married for almost two years. Except for my sister-in-law, I have never seen anyone else, neither male nor female. Do you think my sister-in-law is amazing?"
Although Qiao Yingxuan hadn't really seen his sister-in-law get angry, he could feel that she was not to be messed with, and his elder brother who had always been aloof and spoiled her, which showed that she was indeed capable!
"All right, your sister-in-law is amazing!"
Seeing the entrance of the hall, the two stopped whispering, adjusted their expressions, walked in, and continued their great business as companions.
Gong Zhuoxiang stayed at Qiao's house until the afternoon, and after accepting Qiao Yingxuan and Lu Zijian's hunting appointment for a few days, he politely declined Qiao Yingze's stay again, and left after asking Ming Gong Zhuoliang's return date.
Afterwards, Gong Zhuoliang spent two days getting the family's account books ready, then sneaked out of Qiao's mansion pretending to be a servant, changed his clothes in another 'cave' they had prepared outside the city, and went alone. The rider entered the city through the city gate, returned home aboveboard, and then pretended to have just received the news from Qiao's family, and went to the inn to meet his cousin in person.