"Mother, father, don't worry. I'm doing well now... Have you seen my brother and the other two down there? Are grandpa and grandma okay? Grandma has bad legs and feet and can't stand the cold. You need to take good care of her... Grandpa has an impatient temper, so you need to be more considerate of him... My daughter is unfilial. I'm afraid it will take a long time before I can reunite with you two..."
Deep in the mountains, the wild grass growing wildly on the graves had been carefully cleaned up. In front of the graves were several plates of offerings to the ancestors and bamboo slips of scriptures that had been burned out. A woman in plain clothes with two swords on her waist lowered her head and talked to the decaying tombstone. . .
"… If you run into my daughter's master down there, please say hello to her for me, and tell her that I miss her. And ask her if her martial arts have improved. My daughter, you are now promising. If you can gather your martial arts courage in the future…"
He talked on and on for more than an hour before he finished.
When she slowly returned to Fugu, she felt the warmth as soon as she stepped into the city gate, two seasons inside and outside the city. Bai Su was slightly stunned, just at this time the opening ceremony officially began, and the dazzling fireworks under the sky made her lose her mind.
What, what is this
Just at this moment, she heard someone calling her.
Following the sound, I looked.
The sound came from high above.
"Why is Mr. Gu here?"
Seeing Gu Chi leaning against the eaves with his legs trembling under his clothes, she took a deep breath and jumped up, using the force of the two to climb onto the roof. When she got closer, she saw that she was not mistaken, it was indeed Gu Chi.
At this moment, Gu Chi looked even worse than usual.
"Of course it's for the celebration..." Gu Chi looked exhausted after working overtime for three consecutive days and nights. Seeing Bai Su noticed him, he breathed a sigh of relief, sat weakly on the eaves, and said with a wry smile, "I don't have the strength now, I can't go down..."
If Bai Su didn't find him, and he accidentally lost his strength and fell off the roof, getting hurt would be secondary, and the most important thing was that he couldn't afford to lose face. Gu Chi saw that Bai Su came in from outside the city, so he asked Bai Su what she was doing, and it was a pity to miss this grand ceremony.
Bai Su said: "Worship the ancestors."
Only then did Gu Chi remember that Bai Su was from He Yin.
Bai Su asked again: "Sir, do you need my help?"
This proposal was exactly what Gu Chi wanted.
"Yes, yes." Gu Chi was about to extend his hand, but he caught a glimpse of the fireworks display that was still going on, so he retracted his finger and suggested, "The view here is wide, and we can overlook the main venue. Why don't you sit down and enjoy it?"
"Yeah, that's fine."
Bai Su sat steadily on the eaves.
Gu Chi was already in poor health, and now his energy was completely drained away. His hands that were holding onto the eaves were shaking, but Bai Su couldn't bear it and helped him up. He didn't refuse, but instead used Bai Su's strength to sit still and took a breath.
"Mr. Gu, you should take good care of your body. It's okay..." Bai Su paused and reminded Gu Chi in a calm voice, "Don't climb such a dangerous place. It's not good to bump into something."
Gu Chi smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "This problem can't be cured."
Bai Su was surprised and asked, "How could he not be raised well? Could it be a weakness he was born with? But I heard that the scholar with a literary mind..."
"no."
Gu Chi interrupted her guess.
"It's not a congenital weakness." It may be hard to believe, but before Gu Chi acquired the Way of the Scholar, he was in very good health, proficient in riding, shooting and swordsmanship, and dared to go deep into the mountains and forests with a sword. If he encountered bandits, he would definitely not be the unlucky one.
Seeing that he didn't want to talk more, Bai Su didn't ask any more questions.
Until the fireworks show on the sky was completely over.
The two looked at the thousands of lights below them.
The thoughts are completely different.
Bai Su asked him, "Mr. Gu, don't you want to go down and play?"
There were crowds of tourists and the lanterns were as bright as day. The overwhelming atmosphere made people want to join in. Even if they did nothing but simply followed the crowd, they would feel inexplicably happy and satisfied. However, Gu Chi beside him had no intention of joining in.
"It's very noisy."
Although he expressed disgust, his face did not show any impatience, and the corners of his mouth even curled up in an imperceptible manner under the light.
Gu Chi hates crowded places the most.
Every time he was in this kind of environment, he was forced to face the darkest side of everyone's heart, which made him mentally exhausted. He was mentally tired and physically exhausted. But today, most of the voices that reached his ears were passionate and sincere.
Surrounded by all the laughter and noise, I didn't feel the tiredness of the past.
He even began to enjoy it.
Bai Su: “…”
Gu Chi didn't want to go downstairs to play, but she wanted to.
Just as he was thinking of finding a random excuse to leave, Gu Chi changed his mind: "But—today is an exception."
With the time he had just taken to rest for a cup of tea, he managed to recover some of his energy, his hands and feet finally stopped shaking, and he could climb down the ladder by himself. He wanted to ask Bai Su to help him move a ladder, but the female knight was so generous that she grabbed his hand and lifted him onto her shoulders. After a moment of weightlessness, he stepped on the ground.
Gu Chi: “…”
Bai Su: "I am also a martial artist after all."
Although she was not as strong as a martial artist, and she also took a nimble route, it was not difficult for her to carry someone off the roof. If Gu Chi needed it, she could even carry Gu Chi over the eaves and walls.
Gu Chi also said: "I am an adult man after all! Although I am thin, I have weight..."
Bai Su: “…”
To be honest, I don't really feel it.
Gu Chi's weight was much lighter than expected.
Under the scholar's robe was a very thin body, not skin and bones, but almost, no flesh, which made her shoulders ache. If it weren't for Gu Chi's very bright eyes, just looking at his face, he looked like a tuberculosis patient who was about to die. Who would not suspect that he was seriously ill and would not live long
Gu Chi: “…”
Bai Su saw that Gu Chi's feet were still wobbling, and there were so many tourists, she was worried that he would be hit by someone and trampled to death, so she couldn't just leave. She saw that Gu Chi bought a lot of cakes, a jar of wine, a set of pens and ink, and some little toys that girls like.
She took the initiative to help carry the things. Who made Gu Chi look so empty? The jar of wine was quite heavy. She asked casually, "Why didn't you bring your wife and daughter out to have fun together?"
Gu Chi smiled and said, "Because I don't have a wife or daughter."
Bai Su: “…”
"I bought it for worship."
Gu Chi hadn't thought about the past for a long time, but today, looking at the thousands of lights and hearing Bai Su coming back from worshipping outside the city, he inexplicably had the urge to talk to his family.
He told his grandfather and father about the people he had met and the things he had experienced over the years. Although he knew that the two of them would be furious and scold him based on their straightforward temperament, Gu Chi was also prepared to "deal with the crisis". Hey, those pens and small things were bribes for his younger brother and two sisters. If he accepted his benefits, he had to help him hold the two of them.
Thinking of the noisy scene in his mind, he couldn't help but chuckle, attracting Bai Su to look at him.
People in this world...
Neither seems complete.
Although it seems glamorous, it actually has unknown sufferings.
The phoenix flute sounds, the jade pot shines, and the fish and dragons dance all night.
The opening ceremony lasted until midnight, and the tourists gradually left, but they were still thinking about what they had seen and heard tonight. The next day was the day of the official competition, and the competition items were already announced on the notice board.
Gu Chi returned to his residence, but did not sleep all night.
He burned the gifts he bought one by one.
Watch them burn to ashes in the basin.
He poured more wine and drank it with the air.
Muttering to himself.
“… Father, I seldom drink anymore. But today I am happy so I made an exception and had a few more drinks. Please don’t scold me, you and grandpa…” Gu Chi’s alcohol tolerance is actually quite good. He likes to drink on weekdays, but he drinks a small amount each time.
"…Is my mother okay?"
Gu Chi drank a whole jar and felt a little drunk.
Whispering to the bright moon in the sky.
"… My brother and sister are still young, and although they are a bit naughty, they are better than my son and not so annoying… I wonder when you will be reincarnated? If you haven't yet, listen to my advice and reincarnate in a later year. When the world is peaceful, I will feel relieved when you come back to the world… Otherwise, you will be bullied in places that I don't know. In your next life, remember to temper your temper, be more tactful and cunning, and don't trust those so-called "nobles" who think highly of themselves, or—"
Gu Chi came up with a bold idea under the influence of alcohol.
"How about being the son of your son?"
After he finished speaking, a chuckle came from next door. Gu Chi was so angry that he threw the empty bowl over the low wall and smashed it into the yard next door. Hearing the sound of the wine bowl breaking, Gu Chi said, "Qi Yuanliang, you eavesdropped on private conversations at night, which is not a gentleman's behavior."
Qi Shan jumped onto the top of the wall and landed, looking at Gu Chi, who was wearing a cloak and huddled in the corridor, cooking and drinking.
"Drinking alone is boring, why not count me in?"
Gu Chi glanced at him sideways.
There was a look of diswelcome written all over his face.
He was talking to his family, why would Qishan interfere
Qishan didn't care, he shook the two jars of wine in his hands, opened the seals, and filled his own wine bowl. Gu Chi saw that there was free wine, snorted, picked up a bowl, and drank it all in a few gulps, tacitly agreeing that Qishan could stay.
Qi Shan smiled and said, "We are both lonely and helpless, and we are both wanderers in this world. I offer you a bowl of soup."
The two of them clinked their bowls.
Seeing the families of the common people traveling together in the streets, they felt mixed emotions. They were glad that this activity had the expected effect and added some sweetness to their hard life, but when they looked around, they felt even more desolate and deserted.
On such a good day, Qishan also talked with his family and "Qishan" for a while. The one he mentioned the most was his lord Shen Tang - although she was a woman, still at the age where cats and dogs hated her, and she would do things that made his blood pressure soar. Compared with previous lords, she had many shortcomings, but her greatest advantage made Qishan want to follow her wholeheartedly.
even-
If, one day, the two of them really fell out, Qishan also wanted to kill himself before the Way of the Scholars took effect. He thought that if she no longer trusted him, it must be that he had gone astray and lost his original intention. This was Qishan's true feeling at that moment.
Gu Chi snorted and laughed: "I am a lonely man..."
But there are more than just the two of them.
The two of them took turns to have a bowl, and if that wasn't enough, they had other supplies. Soon, six or seven empty wine jars had rolled around their feet.
"Would you like to have a drink with Wuhui?"
Chu Yao: “…”
It was the middle of the night and he didn't want to take in two drunks.
But he was really worried about letting out these two drunkards who seemed sober but were actually half drunk - ordinary drunkards would at most cause trouble to others if they got drunk, but for these two scholars of literary talent, it would be a disaster.
"Wuhui! Drink!"
"I don't drink."
Qishan: "Aren't you also alone?"
Gu Chi: "A glass of wine can relieve a thousand worries!"
Chu Yao calmly reviewed the homework of two students and Yu Zi, an auditor. He had three children to worry about, so how could he be alone? These two simply had too little to do and too much to think about. If he could find more things to do, he wouldn't get depressed easily.
"No dimness!"
"Chu Wuhui~~~"
Seeing that Chu Yao still ignored them, they lost interest.
"Forget it, let's go have a drink with the Lord."
"Good idea, my lord is also alone..."
Chu Yao: “…”
It's bad enough that these two got drunk, but now there's a lord who can be knocked down by just a drop of wine. Aren't these three going to tear Fu Gu down
He made a decisive move to take down the two men, but his literary instinct was ingrained into his bones, and he fought back immediately when he sensed danger.
Chu Yao: “…”
Aren't these two drunks quite skillful
It was the next day when Shen Tang received the news.
I saw Kang Shi with black eyes early in the morning.
She casually asked the others.
Kang Shi's expression was as if he had hemorrhoids and was constipated for ten days.
Shen Tang figured out something was wrong.
"What happened?"
Kang Shi hesitated: "Last night..."
Shen Tang listened patiently.
"Last night? Last night and then what?"
"Last night, Yuanliang and Wangchao got drunk and went to Wuhui's courtyard to act crazy, which annoyed Wuhui, so they started fighting in Wuhui's courtyard... and now they have just sobered up, so it is inconvenient for them to meet people."
Shen Tang: “???”
She knew every word Kang Shi said.
Why is it that I don’t understand at all when they are put together
These two who went to someone else's house and got drunk and even teamed up to fight the owner... Are they really the Qi Yuanliang and Gu Wangchao she knew
She didn't understand and was shocked.
Shen Tang came back to his senses and asked hurriedly, "Where is Wuhui? Is Wuhui injured? You said he is old and weak, how can he beat two young men like Yuanliang and Wangchao? Is he at a big disadvantage?"
Kang Shi: “…”
Chu Wuhui is indeed the oldest among the several Wenxin scholars, but in a few days, he is only thirty-five. As long as the Wenxin scholars do not die suddenly or have other diseases, they can live a stable life, and they are far from being "old and frail".
How come it sounds old and feeble when it comes to my lord
It’s no wonder Shen Tang thinks so.
Chu Yao always had gray hair on his head. She had seen Chu Yao at his most old and miserable. Even though he had regained his youthful appearance, Shen Tang always subconsciously regarded him as an old man who had regained his youth... If he fought with others, or two against one, he would definitely suffer.
Pushing Kang away, he said impatiently, "I'll go and see for myself."
Kang Shi opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
He can say—
Are the other two people the ones who suffer
Chu Yao was sober, but the other two were drunks.
What's the use of two against one
Aren't you still being suppressed and beaten
His face was bruised and swollen, and he was almost too embarrassed to see anyone.
Seeing the three injured, Shen Tang, who understood the whole story, said: "..."
Good fellow, cleaning up the local tyrants in Fugu didn't hurt these three literary scholars, and after a few bottles of wine, they got drunk and started fighting among themselves, and all three of them were injured? Shen Tang endured the bruises.
"Stop drinking! All three of you stop drinking!"
No drinking, no emo!
Chu·Innocent·Yao: "…"
What does this have to do with him
The common people of Fugu who came to watch the game today found that the faces of the gentlemen in the government office were covered with bruises, as if they had been beaten.
"impossible!"
"Maybe it's a makeup trend somewhere."
"We common people don't understand the hobbies of great people."