The sky changed as soon as it was said, and before Gu Jiaoren left the academy, the rain poured down.
Mu Qingchen accompanied her to hide from the rain in the gatehouse for a while, but no one spoke.
Gu Jiao always talks less, and Mu Qingchen doesn't actually talk much, but he can't say why, he is still willing to speak in front of Gu Jiao.
But Xu Shi recalled the sad past. After he finished talking about his childhood friend, he didn't say a word until Gu Jiao left.
When Gu Jiao returned home, night had completely fallen, and the aroma of delicious food wafted from the stove.
Nan Shi Niang made scallion pancakes, and the whole yard was full of crispy fragrance.
Gu Xiaoshun had already vividly explained the exciting process of the kicking competition to Nan Shi Niang, Lu Shifu and Mr. Meng Lao. Different from watching training on weekdays, the atmosphere on the field is difficult to describe in words.
"Anyway, it's amazing! My sister is amazing!"
The family was very happy, Nan Shi Niang cooked a large table of good dishes, and no one ate it first, they were all waiting for Gu Jiao to come back.
As soon as Gu Jiao entered the room, she saw her family sitting in the main room waiting for her. She looked at everyone and the food on the table. She didn't say that she didn't have to wait for me in the future, but said, "I'll come back earlier next time."
Nan Shi Niang smiled: "It's okay, it just rained a lot, didn't it rain?"
Gu Jiao shook her head: "No, I hid in the academy for a while from the rain."
Nan Shi Niang said warmly, "Go wash your hands and eat."
"The water is coming! The water is coming!" Gu Xiaoshun trotted into the house with a basin of water in his hand.
Gu Jiao washed her hands: "I'll go see Ayan first."
Nan Shi Niang smiled: "Okay."
Gu Yan was exhausted after watching the game all day. After returning home, she fell asleep. Gu Jiao patted his forehead and gave him a pulse. After making sure there was no major deterioration, she got up and walked out.
In the main room, Nan Shi Niang said to Gu Jiao, "I pickled a little radish. Next time you enter the inner city, bring it to Liu Lang and Jing Kong. It's plain oil, and Jing Kong can eat it."
Gu Jiao said, "Thank you, Sister Nan."
After eating, Gu Jiao took a shower and went back to the room to rest.
Don't say that Gu Yan was exhausted at the end of the day, she was also a little tired, so she fell into a deep sleep after a while.
That night, she fell asleep again.
But it is neither a deep house, nor a noisy street, but on the back of a mountain.
She saw the young prince again.
In fact, there was only one back, but she recognized him.
He is not alone, he is holding a little girl in plain clothes by his hand.
The little girl held a maroon foal in her hand.
In front of the two of them were more than a dozen tombs stacked on top of each other, and on each tomb stood a wordless tablet.
The sky was grey, and the cold wind whistled all around.
The young grandfather said, "Yinyin, come and kowtow to your grandfather and uncles. They all hugged you when you were born, and your uncle took your name. They love you very much."
"Why is there no name on the stele?" The little girl pointed at the wordless stele on the tomb.
The young prince said, "Because I can't write my name."
The little girl asked, "Why? Did they lose their names?"
The young grandfather said in a daze: "Yes, their names are lost. When Yinyin grows up, can I find the names of my grandfather and uncles back?"
The little girl said: "Okay, when I get back, I will engrave the names of my grandfather and uncles on the tablet!"
The young grandpa looked into the distance: "Yes, it is engraved on the tablet. One day the world will let the world know that Xuanyuan Erlang, who guards the Dayan River and Mountain, is buried under the ground."
…
Gu Jiao woke up in the middle of the night and the dream faded again, but this time she remembered a little more than the last time, except for the grandfather of the country, there were more than a dozen graves with wordless monuments.
Gu Jiao was quite puzzled.
The appearance of this tomb is strange, and the appearance of the grandfather of the country is also strange. I just saw him during the day and dreamed of him at night.
Wouldn't it be because she saw someone who was good-looking and thought about them
Gu Jiao scratched her eyebrows: "Is this... cuckolding my husband?"
…
The government's mansion is brightly lit, and the people are busy.
The second lady was sweating profusely inside and out.
"Miss Mu let all the medicines be boiled?"
"Did you stew the porridge that the second master was stewing?"
"Give me the paper money, and I'll burn it myself!"
The grandfather of the country was ill, and the high fever persisted, and the whole of the mansion turned their backs. Although there was Mu Ruxin to heal the grandfather, the second wife secretly burned some paper money for the ancestors, asking them to bless the eldest brother safe and sound. thing.
Master Jing was like a frightened quail pestle at the door of the elder brother, neither entering nor leaving.
Speaking of which, the eldest brother will be sick and have to blame him.
On the way back to the mansion, he met the oiran parading the street, and he did that... After a few more glances, the time to return to the mansion was delayed, and a torrential rain happened.
The carriage was drenched, and he and his eldest brother were all lost.
His martial arts body could endure, but the elder brother suffered.
The second lady came back after burning the paper money and glared at her husband: "It's all your fault!"
Second Master Jing said embarrassingly: "blame me, blame me, this is indeed my fault."
He really didn't expect it to rain. If he had known earlier, let alone the oiran parading the streets, he wouldn't even watch the oiran bathing!
The second lady was annoyed at him, but she couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and said resentfully, "The porridge is ready, you can go eat some and come back."
Second Master Jing sighed: "I can't eat it, I'll be here to watch, I'll leave when my eldest brother is all right."
The second lady said: "It's useless for you to guard, and you can't help Miss Mu."
Second Master Jing thought for a while: "Then... I'll kowtow to my ancestors."
He turned away.
The second lady looked at his back and shook her head helplessly.
Inside the house, Mu Ruxin was treating the grandfather of the country.
When she was treating patients, she didn't like to have outsiders watching. Apart from her, there was only one personal maid she brought from Chen Guo in the room.
The maid has a little understanding of pharmacology, and usually helps her as a drug boy.
"Three-edge needle." Mu Ruxin sat beside the bed and reached out to the maid.
The maid handed over a brand new three-edged needle.
The grandfather's fever persisted, so Mu Ruxin used a three-edged acupuncture to puncture the Dazhui point of the grandfather of China and let out a few drops of blood.
After the release, she treated the wound for the grandfather of the country, and turned the grandfather over to lie down.
"Go get some medicine."
"I just urged, and they said it was coming soon."
Mu Ruxin said nothing.
Called her up in the middle of the night, sleepy her.
Just when she was about to ask the maid to pour her a cup of strong tea to refresh her, she heard a faint voice.
She frowned and looked at the grandfather of the country, who seemed to be in a coma.
She leaned down and listened carefully to what Grandpa Guo said.
"Miss, is the grandfather talking?"
"Shh."
Mu Ruxin made a silent gesture.
She listened for a while, sat up straight, and said to the maid, "He seems to be calling a name, Yinyin."
Mu Ruxin hesitated for a moment, then took the pulse of the grandfather again, and checked the temperature of his palm by the way.
As soon as her fingers were released, they were grabbed by the grandfather of the country in a conditioned reflex.
"Miss!" The maid was taken aback.
Grandpa Guo called that name: "Yinyin... Yinyin..."
"The medicine is ready..." The second lady came over with the medicine in her hand, and as soon as she pushed the door into the room, she saw the scene of her elder brother holding Mu Ruxin, and she took a step.
"Second madam." Mu Ruxin greeted calmly, and then she pulled out her hand.
In fact, if it is more accurate, it is more like the grandfather of the country took the initiative to let go of her hand.
He seemed to know he was wrong.
But the second lady couldn't see these subtle movements.
The second lady was stunned for a while before she stepped forward with the medicine bowl: "Grandpa Guo's condition... how is it?"
"I've already injected needles for Grandpa Guo, let's wait and see." Mu Ru Xin said.
"Ah." The second lady pursed her lips, and couldn't help looking at the hand of the grandfather.
Mu Ruxin explained: "I am just taking the pulse of the father of the country."
The maid hurriedly explained to Mu Ruxin, "It was the grandfather who caught my young lady! The grandfather kept holding my young lady's hand and shouted... Yinyin! Who is Yinyin? Don't mistake my young lady for something. …”
"Shut up!" Mu Ruxin said coldly.
The maid closed her mouth.
The second lady looked at Grandpa Guo, and then at Mu Ruxin, and said in disbelief, "Grandpa Guo really... Did you call me Yin Yin?"
Mu Ruxin frowned and nodded.
It seemed to her that it was true, there were only her and the maid in the room, and the grandfather of the country only caught her screaming.
"Put the medicine and medicine here first, and I'll go out."
After the second lady said that, she quickly went to the small ancestral hall of the Guogongfu with her skirt.
Second Master Jing was kneeling on the ground and kowtow reverently to the ancestors.
"Stop knocking, stop knocking! I have something to do with you!" The second lady dragged the second master Jing out.
"What's the matter?" Second Master Jing looked at her in confusion.
The second lady said with bright eyes, "Big brother has spoken."
Second Master Jing was very calm: "Didn't I tell you earlier, does eldest brother call Yinyin?"
The second lady said, "That's not it. Brother just grabbed Miss Mu's hand and called Yinyin, and he took Miss Mu as Yinyin!"
Second Master Jing waved his hand: "How is that possible? How many years has Yinyin been gone?"
"Of course I know that Yinyin is gone, but didn't Big Brother break here?" The second lady pointed to her brain, "Maybe he doesn't remember at all."
Second Master Jing shook his head decisively: "No, eldest brother will not forget."
The second lady said: "Okay, just remember it as the eldest brother. I ask you, did the eldest brother get better after Miss Mu came to our house? Did the eldest brother only call Yinyin at night when Miss Mu saw the eldest brother that day?"
Second Master Jing kept thinking: "Okay... like... yes."
"Brother just grabbed her and shouted Yinyin again!" The second lady emphasized this matter again.
"What do you want to say?" Jing Erye asked.
The second lady smiled mysteriously: "I want to say that the eldest brother wants a daughter. Miss Mu is about the same age as Yinyin. If the eldest brother really likes it, it's okay to recognize her as a daughter."
"This..." Second Master Jing hesitated.
The second lady said: "Let Miss Mu be called Dad, maybe I can wake up the big brother."
Second Master Jing frowned: "Wait, don't you believe in talking to eldest brother? The classmate of Mu Qingchen brought it up, and you were sent out as a quack doctor."
The second lady said angrily, "Can't I believe it now?"
Second Master Jing raised his eyebrows: "Oh."
Then his 500 taels of medical fees were not paid in vain.
The second lady has a good heart to respect the grandfather of the country. She married to the grandfather's mansion. Use silver to subsidize her mother's family.
She really wanted her brother to wake up.
"But other girls may not be happy." Second Master Jing said.
The second lady smiled and said, "I'll go check her tone first."
Soon, the second lady went to the father-in-law's room, called Mu Ruxin to the courtyard, and explained Yinyin's identity to her in a low voice: "It's my eldest brother's daughter."
Mu Ruxin nodded: "So it is."
The second lady smiled and said, "You are about the same age as my eldest brother's daughter. Your presence by my eldest brother these days must have reminded my eldest brother of his daughter."
"The status of the daughter of the Duke's mansion is very precious, and Ruxin dare not compare it with her." No matter how arrogant Mu Ruxin was, she would not compare her status to the daughter of the Shangguo family.
"I haven't asked about Miss Mu's commander yet?" said the second lady.
Mu Ruxin said in a low mood, "My parents left early, and my master raised me."
"It's really hard." The second lady held her hand and patted her gently, "If Yinyin were alive, she would be about the same age as you."
…
After the second lady left, the maid asked Mu Ruxin, "Miss, what do you mean by the second lady? Why do you suddenly say so many strange things to you?"
Mu Ruxin looked at the hand that the grandfather had just grabbed, and said lightly, "Who knows?"
The next day, a gossip spread like wildfire in the Guogong's mansion.
Several little maids gathered in the garden to do the sweeping.
The maid Jia said: "Have you heard? The grandfather of the country is going to recognize the girl as his righteous daughter!"
Second servant girl said: "Who did you listen to?"
Maid A: "Don't worry about what I heard, just say you believe it or not!"
Second maid: "I don't believe it!"
Maid Bing came over and said, "It's absolutely true! I heard it all! Grandpa Guo took Miss Mu's hand and called his daughter's name!"
The maid Ding also came over: "Is the grandfather of the country awake?"
Maid A: "I only wake up when Miss Mu is with me."
Second maidservant: "So it seems that Miss Mu is going to be the daughter of our country's government? She is a bit arrogant, and I don't like it very much."
Maid Jia: "Do you need to like it? It's enough that the grandfather likes it!"
…
Gu Jiao didn't know anything about what happened in the Guogong's mansion. She trained in the morning and evening and went to school during the day, so she was very busy.
The sun and the moon were like shuttles, and in the blink of an eye it was the sixth day.
The next day was the second round.
The last time they had no funds, they could only live in the academy, and they rushed from the academy early on the day of the competition.
This time, the academy allocated a bonus, and Master Wu set up an inn in the inner city, and they stayed there tonight.
So tomorrow morning, I don't have to get up before dawn, and I'm still wasting my energy on the road.
The contestants had to enter the arena in advance, and the audience did not need it, so Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun would still go there tomorrow morning. Dean Cen had a spacious and comfortable carriage, so he guaranteed to take good care of them.
A group of people entered the inner city mightily.
Wu Fuzi's inn is called Crescent Inn, which looks like two miles away from Lingbo Academy.
After getting off the carriage, Muchan saw that it was this inn, and said resentfully, "It's very far from Lingbo Academy!"
Master Wu coughed lightly: "It's only two miles away, it's not far away! Just walk there!"
The main reason is that the money given by the academy is only enough to book this inn. Recently, due to the kicking competition, the prices of all the inns nearby have gone up.
"This inn is so dilapidated." Muchan said in disgust.
The young master of the Mu family said that his mother had never lived in such a dilapidated inn when he was punished by his mother to experience the hardships of the people.
"Cough! It looks simple from the outside, but it's pretty good inside." Master Wu said, stepping over the threshold, and with a bang, the plaque in the lobby fell.
Master Wu: "..."
"Fourth brother, let's go home and live." Muchuan whispered to Mu Qingchen.
Mu Qingchen glanced at Gu Jiao, who was already carrying the burden upstairs, and said lightly, "I want to go back to you."
After all, he also stepped upstairs.
"Hey! Fourth brother—"
Master Wu gave them the upper room, one room per person. On the second floor, Master Wu himself was not as good as them.
Gu Jiao's room is between Mu Qingchen and Muchuan, and Muchuan came over with a burden: "Xiao Liulang, I'll change to a room with you."
He wanted to be next to his fourth brother.
Gu Jiao has no opinion.
Muchuan got his wish and lived next to Mu Qingchen.
When Mu Qingchen came to look for Gu Jiao, what he saw was Muchuan's smirk face.
Muchuan opened his arms with a smile like a flower: "Fourth brother! Surprised or not?"
Mu Qingchen: "…"
Dinner is eaten in the lobby. In order to ensure the personal safety of all the jugglers, Wufuzi will try every dish first to make sure that it is non-toxic and harmless before letting Xiao Er Duan go out.
We have to enter the venue very early tomorrow, and after dinner, everyone will go back to their rooms to rest.
Master Wu was guarding the corridor, not allowing anyone to come out for a walk.
The room was a little stuffy, Gu Jiao pushed open the window to let the air blow.
Her wing is facing the street, and standing by the window can see the night view of half the street.
The prosperous night scene of Shengdu is comparable to that of the capital of Zhao Kingdom.
She quietly looked at the endless crowd, and suddenly, she saw a familiar figure.
The night was dark and the distance was far away, but she was sure she had read it right!
She stared at his portrait countless times, drawing his demeanor in her mind.
it's him.
Nangong Li with a broken arm!
Nangong Li just came out of a shop and stepped into Nangong's carriage.
Gu Jiao narrowed her eyes dangerously, jumped up, and jumped off the second floor!
(End of this chapter)