The night is slightly cool, the moon is hidden and the stars are sparse, bamboo curtains hang on the tall windows, and the fine tassels sway gently in the night wind. The wind blew into the window, the wick was blown left and right, and the light and shadow on the table also changed drastically. In the jumping light, a pair of slender white hands put down the pen, picked up the lampshade, and gently placed it on the lamp stand?.
The candle light stabilized instantly. Those hands are clean and beautiful, with well-defined joints, almost glowing white under the light, just like the finest suet jade. Gu Mingke picked up the pen again, moistened the nib, and said softly, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time. Today, my mother came to visit late at night. What's the matter?"
Gu Peishi was sitting on the side table, she had already drank a cup of tea, and Gu Mingke was always sitting quietly behind the desk, and had no intention of going up to accompany her. Gu Peishi was a little displeased, she put the teacup on the low table, and deliberately exerted some strength, the porcelain on the table made an ear-piercing sound.
Gu Peishi thought that she showed her emotions so clearly, and that Gu Mingke, who had some filial piety, should come here to plead guilty now. However, Gu Mingke acted as if he didn't hear it, and still lowered his head and wrote the scroll, without any intention of interfering.
It seems that Gu Pei's displeasure has nothing to do with him doing his own thing.
Gu Pei's complexion became more and more ugly, she held back her anger and asked, "I heard that you are going to take the imperial examination?"
"yes."
Gu Mingke simply said "yes", without any explanation or clarification other than that. Gu Peishi waited for a while, and found that Gu Mingke was only answering her questions, without saying a single extra word. Gu Pei became more and more angry, and frowned: "It's ridiculous! Why don't you discuss such a big matter with your family and dare to make your own claim?"
"I'm an adult, and I should make up my own mind about my own affairs. Why should I make up my own mind?" Gu Mingke said quietly without raising his eyes, "Besides, my grandfather and father are dead, and my mother never went hunting with me. I am the only person in charge of the Gu family."
Gu Pei choked for a moment, and blurted out: "Although there is no one in the Gu family, there are still many elders in the Pei family. What do you, a junior, know about such a big thing? Naturally, you should ask your uncle and aunt to let them Call you back."
You have to entrust others to help you even answer the phone call. This kind of life is really wasteful. According to Gu Mingke's temperament, he didn't want to deal with someone who had nothing to do with him at all, but Gu Pei was a mother of this status after all, and it didn't fit the personality of a sick and weak son to drive his mother out, so Gu Mingke thought about it and decided to take care of Mingke. set, and meekly admitted his mistake: "Okay."
After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. Gu Peishi fell backward in anger, is he admitting his mistake? He was clearly trying to anger her on purpose!
Gu Peishi slapped the table table again, his chest heaved, and he scolded angrily: "I think you have really been tricked by someone who doesn't know the so-called, and you can't remember your identity. In the past few days, people have died one after another. They are all students who participated in the scientific examination. It can be seen that the imperial examination is not tolerated by the heavens, and none of the participants died well. There are only a few members of the Gu family. It has been three generations? Single pass to you. Your father died early. You have worked so hard to bring you up, running around and suffering for your body. You are like this? Taking your own life as a joke, can you be worthy of the ancestors of the Gu family? Can you be worthy of me?"
Gu Pei's voice was agitated, and at the end he had already started crying. But Gu Mingke's side face is still cold and clear, alienated and indifferent, unmoved at all. Just finished writing one page, Gu Mingke put down the pen, and while waiting for the ink to dry, raised his head and corrected Gu Peishi very seriously: "Your logic is wrong. The ones who eat demons are young men, but it's just that in recent seasons However, those who are young and literate and still wandering the streets late at night are mostly imperial examination students. This monster is not a person who specializes in imperial examinations. If you don't take part in the imperial examinations, you can't guarantee that you won't be eaten. You reversed cause and effect, as for heaven? The punishment for the imperial examination is even more groundless. Since you don't know the truth, don't talk nonsense, and if you end up creating rumors and causing panic, you are also responsible."
Gu Pei was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, she was furious: "Presumptuous, how dare you teach me a lesson?"
"I'm reminding you."
Gu Peishi covered her heart, feeling more and more angina. Gu Mingke didn't contradict her, nor did he deliberately say hurtful words, even his tone was polite, his expression was calm, and he looked extremely humble. But this kind of performance is the most annoying, Gu Peishi even felt that he didn't have her in his eyes at all, he said these words, just seeking truth from facts, stating cause and effect, without any emotion in it.
It seemed that no matter what Gu Peishi said, it couldn't affect Gu Mingke's mood.
Gu Pei's fist hit the cotton, she resented Gu Mingke for being unfilial, and also resented that Gu Mingke didn't take her seriously. Gu Peishi asked with a cold face, "Are you determined to participate in this spring?"
"Yes. Since I? Agreed, I will naturally do it."
"Why?" Gu Peishi stared closely at Gu Mingke's eyes, wishing to see into his heart through his calm appearance, "Because of Princess Anding?"
Gu Mingke was slightly taken aback, and asked sincerely, "What does this have to do with her?"
Gu Pei's lips hooked coldly, consciously seeing through Gu Mingke's thoughts. Gu Peishi became more calm, she leaned on the table, took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "I didn't expect that you would have such thoughts. The eldest son is going to be engaged to Princess Guangning , you set your sights on Princess Anding. It would be fine if Princess Anding grew up in the palace, but she was adopted by a farmer, and she has learned a rough habit. It is said that she often hangs out with men, and she is not of a noble family. The demeanor of a woman. The sage and the queen are guilty of her now, but the guilt and pity are temporary. After a long time, the sage will lose patience with her sooner or later. Marrying a wife should be like a big man? , A gentle and virtuous woman, Princess Anding has no etiquette, and her behavior is rough, so she cannot enter the door of our Gu family."
Gu Mingke was silent for a moment when he heard these words, and then said: "I really have no intention of marrying her, but this is my decision and has nothing to do with her. Madam hasn't met Li Chaoge yet, so why dare she say that she doesn't understand etiquette? Rough behavior? What's more, how she behaves is her freedom, and no one can judge her."
Gu Pei raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, and said, "You actually contradicted me for a woman?"
"Madam is my mother, but it has nothing to do with what you did." Gu Mingke also looked at her calmly and indifferently, and said calmly, "You did something wrong. Apologize."
"Okay, okay!" Gu Pei shook his sleeves angrily, stood up from his seat, glared at Gu Mingke and said, "It's said that you forget your mother when you have a daughter-in-law, and you haven't become a son-in-law yet? Biased. Your uncle originally prepared a great future for you. You are not a good official. He insisted on being recruited by the Queen of Heaven to work in Dali Temple. In order to please the Queen of Heaven and Princess Anding, you actually bought the family I don’t care about your reputation and character, so I want to see, without the Pei family to escort you, without me to help you move around, can you make a name for yourself in the officialdom!"
Gu Mingke was indifferent, nodded and said: "What I do myself, I will naturally take on it. If there are no other questions, you can go back."
Gu Peishi was trying to scare Gu Mingke, but she didn't expect that Gu Mingke had no intention of repenting, and openly drove her away! Gu Pei's anger was not light, and a ruthlessness was really born in his heart. She had already made an agreement with the Pei family to arrange Gu Mingke to Xiushiguan, Chongwenguan and other places after the imperial examination, but now Gu Peishi has changed her mind, and tomorrow she will go to Pei Silian and Pei Size to let him They don't need to care about Gu Mingke's appointment of officials. Since Gu Mingke is obsessed with obsession, then let him hit the south wall hard. Gu Pei wants to see if Gu Mingke can survive a month in Dali Temple without her!
Gu Peishi sneered, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Okay, you said this, don't regret it in the future. Do it yourself!"
Finally about to leave, Gu Mingke stood up, upholding the etiquette of a son, watched Gu Peishi and said: "Mother, go slowly."
Standing under the lamp, Gu Mingke was tall and tall, and his clothes were better than snow. He came with his hands behind his back, the corners of his clothes swept across the ground, the dark lines on his face were shining brightly, and his face was reflected in the light, cold and distant, like a beautiful jade. However, he has black hair like ink, deep eyebrows and eyes, red lips and white teeth, and there is a glamour in the cold.
In one person, two diametrically opposite qualities of majesty and beauty can be concentrated at the same time. He is good-looking, but his behavior is ruthless and desireless. The combination of the two contradictory temperaments makes it even more difficult for people to look away.
Gu Pei was secretly startled. She knew that her son was good-looking, but the aristocratic family was pampered and held power from generation to generation. As long as the background was not too poor, there would be almost no ugly people in the children and grandchildren. The young gentlemen of the aristocratic families are not bad in appearance. Gu Pei used to think that Gu Mingke and Pei Ji'an were similar in appearance. Since when did Gu Mingke change more and more? Now, Gu Pei almost dare not recognize him anymore. .
Did Gu Mingke look like this before? Gu Pei was in a trance for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she found that she was in a daze looking at her son. Gu Peishi lowered her face, shook her sleeves vigorously, and pushed the door away.
Luqi came in to deliver water. She just approached and was about to open the door, but unexpectedly, the door suddenly fell open from the inside. Lu Qi was taken aback, she saw Gu Pei's face was gloomy, her expression was extremely ugly, and when she raised her eyes again, Lang Jun followed Gu Pei's coldly.
Luqi then knew that there was another dispute between the wife and the man. Maybe it can't be called a dispute, because every time the wife is angry and scolds, but the husband doesn't say a word. In the end, the wife gets more and more angry when she scolds, and leaves angrily. Luqi sighed slightly. Madam and Lang Jun had a weak relationship between mother and child before, but since Lang Jun fell ill and woke up, their mother and son got along with each other more and more difficult. scattered. Lu Qi didn't dare to say much, so she hurriedly greeted her with a smile, followed behind Gu Pei, and asked, "Ma'am, have you finished talking with Mr. Lang? This servant will send you back."
"No need?" Gu Pei's face was so cold that it almost froze, and he sneered, "I can't help you people from the Gu family."
How come it's still up? It's up to the Gu family? Luqi's face also became embarrassed, but Gu Mingke didn't respond, as if he didn't understand Gu Pei's words? He calmly said to Luqi: "It's dark and the road is slippery. Take mother back to the room. Be careful on the road. "
Luqi should be, but at this time Gu Peishi had already walked away without turning her head. Luqi didn't have time to talk to Gu Mingke, and after a hasty salute, she hurried to chase Gu Peishi.
The conversation just now did not affect Gu Mingke in any way. He still returned to his room calmly and continued to silently write the sentence. Law Shu is a criminal law, which does not completely cover all crimes, and some are scattered in six parts, especially the criminal part. Gu Mingke has already tacitly read the laws and regulations, and then he will get acquainted with the punishment department, and his routine review can come to an end.
Gu Mingke raised his pen to dip in the ink, suddenly the tip of the pen paused, and he slowly raised his eyes.
There was a crackling sound from the lantern flower, and the candle flame shook violently. Gu Mingke's eyes were flickering in the light, and suddenly there was a murderous look.
There is a monster.
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Li Chaoge squatted in the streets and alleys for a long time, but found nothing, not even a shadow of a monster. She was puzzled, and suddenly realized that she had made a fatal mistake.
Yokai's purpose is to eat people, not blocks. In the beginning, its mana was low, so it could only look for lonely men on the street. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and it is more and more difficult to prey. So, why does it have to start on the street?
It is big? It can change shape, mix into residential areas, and go to the most popular places to pick food?.
Li Chaoge's complexion changed drastically. She immediately summoned people and sent an order: "No, it went to the house. Go to Beicheng immediately!"
Beicheng is a place where officials and dignitaries gather. Since this monster wants to absorb talent and open up its spiritual wisdom, then the family of officials with hairpin tassels for generations is its best choice.
Everyone was taken aback by Li Chaoge's words. Before they had time to ask why, Li Chaoge had already jumped on his horse and galloped towards Beicheng. The sound of horseshoes on the silent street? It is especially obvious, crisp and decisive, and indomitable. The rest of the people looked at each other, Zhou Shao and Bai Qianhe were the first to react and chased after Li Chaoge, Huo Jingzhou frowned and motioned for everyone to follow
Just trust her this time.
Li Chaoge chased north, sure enough? After a while, she felt a wave of evil spirit. She followed the vaguely demonic aura all the way, turned around, and finally stopped at a tall courtyard wall.
The evil spirit stopped here. Li Chaoge raised his head and looked at this huge and magnificent mansion.
Pei Mansion.
After a while, Bai Qianhe and others also arrived. They all stopped behind Li Chaoge and asked, "Princess, what's the matter?"
Li Chaoge said in his heart that it wasn't because his friends didn't get together, but this monster actually entered Pei's house. Li Chaoge gestured to the tall plaque in front of him and said, "It went inside."
Bai Qianhe and Zhou Shao didn't understand the layout of the imperial court, so they didn't feel much when they saw those two words. They just thought that this family should be a big official. When Huo Jingzhou saw it, his eyebrows slowly frowned.
"Pei Xiang's mansion?" Huo Jingzhou's face was extremely ugly, and he couldn't help saying, "Princess, this is Pei's mansion, and I won't tolerate any offense. Are you sure?"
Li Chaoge was too lazy to talk, so she dismounted directly, strode towards the main entrance of Pei's house, and showed her answer with actions.
Li Chaoge kicked on the tall and majestic wooden door, which could tell the age of it at a glance, and shouted: "Open the door."
When Huo Jingzhou saw Li Chaoge kicking Prime Minister Pei's door directly, his face turned blue. He dismounted quickly, and pulled Li Chaoge away before Pei's family opened the door: "Princess Anding, what are you doing!"
Li Chaoge opened Huo Jingzhou's hand with his backhand, and said with a cold face, "Can't you see what I'm doing? Don't touch me, or else? I'll cut off your hand."
The two of them were talking when the side door opened, and the porter poked his head out from inside, looking at them in surprise: "Who are you, dare to make noise at the door of Pei's house?"
Huo Jingzhou cupped his fists at the porter and was about to explain, but Li Chaoge had already folded his arms and said with a half-smile: "Your family is about to kill someone, I'm here to save you."
Human life? The concierge frowned, completely unable to understand what the person in front of him was saying: "What kind of life, this is Pei's house, for generations? Gongqing's Pei Xiang's house, how can you arrange it?"
The two sides were in a noisy room, and a voice came from inside: "What are you doing?"
The concierge turned around and saw the person coming, and said hello respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Pei Ji'an had already changed into homely clothes. When he walked to the door, his pupils dilated slightly when he saw the people outside: "Li...Princess Anding?"
Li Chaoge thought regretfully, now that Pei Ji'an has appeared, he is not the one being targeted by the monster. Li Chaoge was very embarrassing, why didn't the monster eat Pei Ji'an, it was considered a merit.
Pei Ji'an at the door of his house? When he saw Li Chaoge, he immediately understood. He sighed slightly, and said, "Princess, what do you want to do?"
Pei Ji'an thought that Li Chaoge deliberately made excuses and came to see him at Pei's house. In the previous life, this kind of thing happened countless times, but he was reborn, but Li Chaoge still couldn't let go, and his nature did not change.
The time to speak has been delayed for a long time. Li Chaoge frequently looked at the quiet and deep Pei's house, and gradually couldn't stand still.
The monster is still wandering around in Pei's mansion, isn't it about to be captured by this kung fu? Li Chaoge suddenly felt a wave of monsters rushing to the west, Li Chaoge's expression changed suddenly, and he pointed to the west and asked, "Who lives there?"
Pei Ji'an looked at her fingers, and said truthfully, "That's my cousin's residence."
Gu Mingke? Li Chaoge couldn't stand for a moment, she drew her sword with a squeak, and said with a serious face, "Get out of the way!"