After that day, Shi Wuduan didn't have time to take his "Guji Snack Illustration" paper to wander around with Bai Li, and he started to get busy.
Guji City's armaments are loose on the outside and strict on the inside, but Gu Huaiyang's ambition is like a gopher burrowing out of the ground, gently opening the soil crust, looking around tentatively, carefully revealing some clues.
It turned out that the land that King Guji robbed from the city lord had not had time to re-measure it, so he changed the owner and changed his surname to Gu. That’s not enough, Gu Huaiyang also invited the big landlords and big merchants in the city together, everyone " Sitting happily among the hard-wearing army commanders, they drank and ate together.
Then he dealt with several "rebels" in front of them, including the Wang Ergou who killed his original master with one knife - Gu Huaiyang believes that the golden mean is the way, and everything should be done in moderation. Although it is non-toxic and not a husband, To be able to bend and stretch, one should be shameless, but it is a bit too much to be as shameless as Wang Ergou.
Wang Ergou yelled "I am a hero", and was cut in two in front of everyone.
These wealthy people go to and from the gentle village of gold and silver brocades all day long. Regardless of whether they can read or not, they always talk about "a gentleman far away from the kitchen". They have never even seen a pig or a chicken. Two were smoked on the spot, three were vomited, and one had cold hands and feet, and his eyes were dull and wobbly. I don't know what kind of illness he had.
During the banquet, Shi Wuduan personally stood up to toast, and while toasting, he comforted him: "Everyone, don't be afraid, my eldest brother came to seek rebellion under the order of the prince. Now that the rebel is dead, everyone can live and work in peace in the future—eh, this The seat is Yuanwai Jiang, right? Why are your hands shaking like this? Come and refill Jiang Yuanwai quickly."
The burly man who had just wiped off the blood on the blade came over, picked up the wine glass without saying a word, mixed with the smell of blood, and filled it up for Jiang Yuanwai, who was like a sapling in the wind.
Jiang Yuanwai miraculously stopped shaking—he started rolling his eyes.
Gu Huaiyang sighed bitterly and said: "I was late and surprised you all. I deserve death. Gu will punish himself first."
Shi Wuduan accompanied him for a cup, and then continued: "Everyone, don't look dignified. This is a good thing. In the future, our brothers will live in Guji for a long time, and we need to rely on you to take care of us. Soldiers and civilians do not separate families. Guji City With my eldest brother in charge, I guarantee that there will be no rebels in the future."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Yunzhou slapped the table hard, and slapped the cold sword in his hand on the table, which only shocked the hearts of these old men and women three times. Lu Yunzhou said coldly: "Yes Anyone who dares to rebel will be punished!"
The old men at the table who were for Daozu and themselves for fish and meat were silent, but Shi Wuduan laughed and said softly: "With the sword of Third Brother, there is no rebel who is so ignorant and dares to make trouble."
He bit the words "anti-thief" and "knowledge" heavily, and the biggest tea merchant in Guji, Mr. Song, was the first to react. "This kind of plague has nothing to do with it. For the safety of the people in this area, he decided to destroy the family to relieve the disaster and contribute to the military expenses of the Red Turban Army.
Except for Mr. Jiang, who was still rolling his eyes, the others didn't want to "break it all" on the spot because they were regarded as rebels, so they all said that only Mr. Song was right. As for Mr. Jiang, he kept silent, presumably because he was too excited to say anything , when he is the default.
Gu Huaiyang became "Gu Dadong's family" in such a coercive and intimidating manner, the speed is comparable to "transformation".
Immediately ask someone to bring up the papers, black and white, and turn them around the table, sign and draw notes one by one. In the end, they are not afraid of your masters denying them. Everyone, bring the land deed and the house deed, such important items as wealth and life will be kept by General Gu himself to prevent bandits from stealing them.
Paying a mortgage and taking a person away - "robbery" is simply not enough to describe his iron wrist.
Money, food, soldiers and horses, circles of influence, all have to be built up bit by bit.
Shi Wuduan took full responsibility for all the people who came to Anqing. As soon as this group of unlucky ghosts arrived in Guji, they were politely invited to the city. A group of beauties personally trained by the boss are serving, and life is like a fairy.
No one put them under house arrest, and no one imprisoned them. The soldiers who were originally brought to fight suddenly found that they were here to enjoy themselves. After a few days, Guji City officially entered winter, and a light snow began to fall. It’s much less, and as soon as I go out, I will be poured a few mouthfuls of cold and hard mountain wind. At this time, I listen to a little song in the house, and the stove is warming up, and the wine is warming on the stove, which makes people even more lazy to move.
The so-called open guns are easy to hide, but hidden arrows are hard to defend... What is more difficult to defend than hidden arrows is the soft knife with red flowers and willow green.
No matter how long Shi Wudu socialized outside, Bai Li stayed in his room for as long. At first, Li Siniang was worried that Shi Wudu had neglected him, and even asked him to come out to share with everyone, but Bai Li refused No, once Shi Wuduan left his sight, he seemed to turn into a cold stone.
Although Li Siniang had run into a setback, she didn't take it to heart, she felt that looking at Bai Li's appearance, it was obvious that he looked like an outsider, an expert always has a habit different from ordinary people.
Bai Li was bored in the room all day long, pouring the water in the teacup on the copper mirror, and a layer of film floated on it, and then the extremely shallow water ripples fluctuated gently, and then appeared Shi Wuyuan's shadow appeared.
As if being nailed there, Bai Li stared motionlessly at the water surface on the mirror for a long time, watching Shi Wuduan shuttle through different crowds, every look in his eyes, every expression with different meanings Smile, every tiny movement, seems to make up for those many years.
It was always late for Shi Wuyuan to return to his room. In winter, there was another night of wind and snow. In the room, he could hear the sound of snow falling outside, and the occasional sound of tree branches breaking. Non-stop, even though the room is warm, the cold wind can sneak in through the cracks in the doors and windows.
Shi Wuduan came out from Wenrou Township. On the way, he learned that the people sent by King Anqing were really good. Seeing this scene, he ran out in the snow all night to report to King Anqing.
Gu Huaiyang was worried that they would become suspicious, so he specially sent someone to intercept them on the way, and after a lot of trouble, they were finally released. I am afraid that it will not be long before Cui Hu's suspicion makes him unable to send him, so he insists on personally Come here.
Shi Wuduan thought all the way, and when he came back, he was a little bit cold. At night, he had a coughing habit, and he couldn't sleep well because of tossing and turning. He was in a daze when suddenly the door was gently pushed open, and someone came in. Holding a small candlestick, it was cold and windy outside, but for some reason, the flame on the candlestick in his hand didn't even shake.
Bai Li closed the door with his feet, and seeing the cold wind blowing, he wrapped himself in the quilt and curled up into a ball for no reason, and said, "I heard you cough."
While he was speaking, the candlestick in his hand fell lightly to the ground, Shi Wuyuan sat up in surprise, and saw that the candlestick slowly became a foot square, just leaning against his bed, he stretched out his hand, Then I felt warm. He stretched out his hand to poke the motionless flame, and his fingers passed through the flame, but it didn't burn his hand, but it was like sticking into a basin of warm water.
"What's this?"
"A little trick." Bai Li said, stretched out his hand to try it on his forehead, and asked, "Did you catch a cold?"
"No, it's okay to secretly drink Liufenglu when I was a child." Shi Wuduan said carelessly, "I didn't go out very much when winter came, but now I'm living in the rivers and lakes, so I can't do it without going out."
You don't have to be in the rivers and lakes, Bai Li thought to himself, he moved a chair, sat beside Shi Wuduan's bed, stretched out his hand to brush over the flames, the bright flames suddenly turned dark, and there was nothing in the night. Not dazzling anymore, but still warm, Bai Li said: "Go to sleep, as long as I'm here, it won't go out."
Shi Wuduan stared at him blankly for a moment, then asked, "What are you doing sitting here?"
Bai Li said in a low voice: "You coughing here makes me upset, I watch you sleep."
Shi Wuduan said: "I opened my eyes in the middle of the night and found a door god sitting upright beside me. I must have been scared to death."
Bai Li remained silent.
Shi Wuduan sighed, feeling that the bigger this guy is, the harder it is to deal with, so he moved in, lifted the quilt, and said, "Come up."
Bai Li looked at him, but didn't move.
Shi Wuduan said again: "Hurry up, the heat is gone."
It was only then that Bai Li climbed up slowly as if his hands and feet were rusty, and lay on the edge of the bed stiffly, like a corpse. After a while, he felt that Shi Wudu's occasional cough subsided a little, and the man stopped tossing and turning, as if he was about to fall asleep, so he couldn't help asking: "I... said that, and you still told me to lie down, are you not afraid?" Me?"
Shi Wuduan buried his head and said in a daze, "If I'm afraid of you, wouldn't I be a rabbit?"
Bai Li then slowly turned his head, his eyes were very bright in the darkness, he asked: "Then are you angry?"
Shi Wuduan was disturbed by him and woke up a little bit, so he opened his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "The birth is over."
Bai Li was stunned, he remembered that year when Shi Wudu walked out of the cave with difficulty behind his back, and asked him "I lied to you, are you angry?" The next sentence is "I don't have time now, I will be born again when we run out and find my master".
Bai Li turned sideways slowly, put his hands on Shi Wuduan's waist, and wanted to hug him slowly, but Shi Wuduan clapped his hands away: "Don't move around."
Bai Li then moved towards him by himself, feeling the other person's breath on his neck, there was some indescribable itching, his heart seemed to lighten, and he jumped and trembled wildly.
"Unreasonable..." he said, as if hesitating to speak, and after a while, he continued, "Today, a woman's hand was chopped off in Ruanrou Township and hung on the door beam. You secretly covered up this matter I’m just looking for someone to investigate secretly, isn’t it?”
Shi Wudu suddenly opened his eyes.
Bai Li said calmly: "That woman happened to be the woman who grabbed your clothes when you dragged me to Ruanxiang that day."
"How did you know?"
"I saw it." Bai Li said, "Aren't you afraid that I did it? I hate people looking at you, I want to gouge out their eyes, I hate people touching you, because only I can hold you... I think Cut off her hands and eyes, don't you suspect that I did it?"
Shi Wuduan paused and asked, "What do you mean? Are you telling me that you did this?"
"It's not me." After a while, Bai Li said softly.
"Then what are you talking about?" Shi Wudu asked suspiciously.
"Don't you doubt me?" Bai Li's tone suddenly became anxious, he asked, "No matter what weird things happened in the valley back then, Bai Ziyi thought it was..."
Shi Wudu interrupted him even more strangely: "Do I look like your stepmother?"
Bai Li choked.
Shi Wudu thought for a while, and felt that Bai Li was haunted by monsters in the first place, and his mind would definitely be affected, and he was so idle. He seemed to be sitting in the house all day to hatch eggs. I was thinking wildly, so I whispered: "Little ion, don't think about it."
After a pause, he added: "I know that many of your words and deeds are not out of your original intention... and those monsters on your body, no matter how they were provoked, suppress many of these things, and it is uncomfortable to think about it. I I'll help you figure it out, don't worry."
Hearing this, Bai Li stopped talking, but slowly moved closer to him, feeling as if his chin had touched Shi Wudu's hair.
After a while, Shi Wuyuan's breathing was stable, as if he had fallen asleep, and Bai Li carefully and secretly hugged him, thinking to himself, how do you know that I didn't mean it
How do you know I don't want to chop off that woman's hand
You clearly have doubts, why do you still think of me as good
How do you know I'm not...