I was Idle and Cool Chapter 26: Gu Taishi’s House

The soldiers of the two battalions of the infantry have disappeared.

The street was finally restored, and the surrounding traffic and horses began to pass gradually. The passers-by and merchants who were blocked and dared not walk finally dared to walk along both sides of Changshun Street with a sigh of relief.

Princess Yongning stood tall in the car and watched for a while, staring at the group of Liu Jin who were leaving, her eyes narrowed, and she just said "Go back to the car", and then turned back.

Lu Jinxi also withdrew his gaze, and then re-entered the gentle and rich car.

"It's a good thing that you're still here today, otherwise it's going to be a mess. It'll be ugly then."

Leaning on the big lead pillow, Princess Yongning's long armor swept across the golden phoenix densely thorned on the cuff, and glanced at Lu Jinxi.

"You live in the house for a long time and don't walk outside. I'm afraid you don't know the dangerous situation in the DPRK now."

Lu Jinxi just sat down long and did not dare to lean against the wall of the car.

After hearing what Princess Yongning said, her heart moved slightly.

Eldest Princess Yongning said: "The one in the white robe beside Liu Jin just now is the one who has been the most in the limelight these days and the one with the most troubles. His surname is Fang and Shaoxing. Fighting here, he is brave and staunch, but also has a arrogant arrogance, which often makes the enemy fearless."

This point can be seen by looking at the relaxed appearance of the other party playing with the blue steel sword.

Lu Jinxi nodded: "My niece just saw him standing beside Master Liu, but it seems that the relationship is very similar, and she is also thinking, if it wasn't for the feelings handed over on the battlefield, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so thick, and why This person holds injustice and makes such a big thing."

Princess Yongning nodded, looking at her eyes, she couldn't help but change.

"You are also a smart mind, and you weren't afraid in the scene just now. This palace just pulled you out, but it was just a stopgap measure, I just wanted to make them restrain themselves. I didn't expect you to say anything. Liu Jin. I didn't even think about such an obvious method when I was so angry just now."

“…”

These words came out of the mouths of others as a compliment, but from the mouth of the Yongning eldest princess, it brought a bit of a taste of making Lu Jinxi's heart tremble.

She didn't dare to accept this compliment, she just lowered her head and said: "You dragged your niece out just now, and she was scared to death, and she was talking nonsense. I didn't dare to think about what I said for a while, and now I have the palm of my hand. It's still sweaty."

"You don't have to be humble, Mr. Lu has taught you very well, but you didn't suffer at home in the first place, and your temperament is weaker after all. A good thing."

Eldest Princess Yongning knows all about Lu Shi's life experience and even her situation at home.

It's just that she didn't say much, and quickly pulled the topic back.

"The battle of Hanshan Pass has been over for many years. After the war, Fang Shaoxing continued to guard Hanshan Pass and was a general of Hanshan Pass."

"Last year, the courtiers thought that when he was guarding, there was a lot of trouble on the border, which made the Central Plains and Western Regions uneasy, so they wrote a letter together to ask him to return to the capital, enjoy the blessings at a young age, and arrange When I arrived at the emperor's side, I was appointed as the envoy of Yun."

"This is the guard next to the emperor. Once he has the emperor's green eyes, what kind of high-ranking officials are there?"

"He's good. He is often seen flirting with the maids and officials around the emperor. He has never been formal. The emperor knows that he is young and bloody, and also heard that when he was at the border, he was a romantic in his bones. I don't mind, I think he's a talent, and he'll be able to restrain him soon."

Speaking of this, Princess Yongning glanced at Lu Jinxi and laughed.

Smile.

Lu Jinxi has become a little curious, and is slightly surprised: "As you say, the emperor loves talent and can't bear to blame him, isn't it good? How can the ministers refer to him?"

"Who told him to do something wrong?" Princess Yongning shook her head and sneered, "A few days ago, I heard that he really restrained himself. Unexpectedly, he was caught that night. He underestimated the maid next to Concubine Xian, that girl was in her twenties, and she was about to be released from the palace when she was old. When this happened, she couldn't bear the humiliation and threw herself into a well to die."

Lu Jinxi was surprised.

"You also know Wei Yi, and you know it's a temper that can't stand humiliation. She is favored in the palace, and even the queen is a little arrogant to her. How can you take a breath when this happens? Now? Then I went to the emperor to ask for an explanation."

Princess Yongning's eyes flickered with sigh.

"I couldn't cover up such scandals. Within two days, the government and the public knew about it. Even if Fang Shaoxing was young and promising, he couldn't stand this life lawsuit, so the emperor had no choice but to remove him now. , I haven't figured out a way to deal with it yet."

This...

There is a reason for such twists and turns in it?

But Lu Jinxi thought about it and felt that it was not quite right.

Liu Jin, Admiral of the Nine Gates, she has not had much contact with.

Only because the other party had given her a centennial ginseng when she was seriously ill, which was particularly prominent on the gift list, she remembered the name, and inferred that the other party attached great importance to the General's Mansion.

That's why she said that when she told Pan Quan'er to invite Guishou Zhang later.

I have just communicated with this person. Although there are not many words, I can know that this person is clear-headed and not as rude as he seems.

How can someone who has reached this position not even have the ability to distinguish right from wrong?

But he came out to toss like this, and he had to force Fang Shaoxing to get ahead...

It shouldn't.

Lu Jinxi looked at Eldest Princess Yongning, and had doubts in her heart, but did not ask.

Princess Yongning could see that she didn't ask questions, but she admired her smartness in her heart, so she couldn't help but squinted and laughed, propped her forehead lazily, and squinted her eyes. Her pale face.

"It's just like this from the front. There's no secret in it, but there's no proof."

"Fang Shaoxing is just too young, and the edges and corners are too heavy. Although it is not as shy as Gu Juefei's arrogance, it is not far away."

Lu Jinxi was a little hesitant after hearing this: "But they are making such a fuss, won't something happen?"

And kneeling to her "Mrs. General" in the street, would it be too much?

Princess Yongning was not worried at all.

Thinking of the changes in this group of people in the past six years, her eyes brightened and she only said: "They are smarter than you think. When Xue Kuang was still there, he was careful everywhere, for fear that Xue Kuang would be impregnated. The name of the Lord. Now that Xue Kuang is gone, I don't have this worry, so I respect you a little more. You don't have to be afraid, the emperor knows what he knows, and knows that these rude people are not happy."

"Not happy?"

Lu Jinxi remembered the sentence that Princess Yongning had just said about Fang Shaoxing, "The courtiers thought that when he was guarding, there was a lot of trouble on the border, which caused all the troubles in the Central Plains and Western Regions", and there was speculation for a while.

The answer of Princess Yongning also confirmed her guess. She only gave three words: "We have negotiated peace."

We made peace with...

Daxia and the Western Regions, after fighting for so many years, actually negotiated peace?

Lu Jinxi became a little dazed and said, "The soldiers in the infantry barracks that were all over the street just now, my niece felt dignified and tidy, not as loose as other garrison troops in the capital..."

"They're all from the Battle of Hanshan Pass."

Princess Yongning let out a long sigh, but she didn't want to say any more, she just said, "These are all matters of the imperial court, and they have nothing to do with you. I tell you, just to make you feel more in your heart. , lest the other day encounter, both eyes will be caught blind."

"My niece can save it."

Lu Jinxi nodded, thoughtfully, and thanked him respectfully.

At this time, the car had already entered Changshun Street and walked for about a minute.

After the incident just now, everyone knew that this car was driven by Princess Yongning, and the wife of the general, Lu Jinxi, was sitting in the car, so everyone avoided it.

The eldest princess's car drove unimpeded and ran all the way.

After a short while, I had already circled to the end of the long street on the side of Tiehuangcheng. From a distance, I could see that the carriages and horses in front had stopped, and the officials in Chinese attire came down and greeted each other.

The two large stone lions on the north side of the street were squatting, and the three front doors were all opened.

Many servants were waiting outside, watching the invitations, receiving the stream of visitors, and another person recording the gift list at the door.

"Princess, here we are."

The driver in black threw his whip out of the car and waited beside the car.

Lu Jinxi was sitting outside, but she took a hand from the maid next to her and came out, standing aside.

At this moment, the surroundings were quiet for a while.

One is because of the car, and the other is because of the master who got out of here——

Many people didn't witness what happened on Changshun Street just now, and the people who have been stuck here all wiped their eyes with fright: the facial features are so delicate, as if the people who were given by God, can't be found in the capital Several come!

I'm still riding in the car of the eldest princess...

The identity of this person is self-evident!

It was actually the widow wife of General Xue Kuang!

Didn't she go out?

Many people were surprised and couldn't help but look at each other.

Of course Lu Jinxi also felt those gazes, and felt amused in her heart, but she felt like she had come out of a zoo.

In the car, Princess Yongning has already leaned out.

The low stool had already been set up beside the car, but it was not any of the palace maids who just handed out a hand to help her, but a cold-faced man standing beside him with his hands down.

Lu Jinxi was stunned for a moment, her eyelids twitching.

Princess Yongning put her hand in his hand very naturally, and he helped him down steadily, and her feet fell to the ground.

Only said to him: "Lao you as a driver for me. Can you also go to the birthday banquet in Taishi's mansion?"

"I still have to go back to the palace. It's not convenient for me to show up at the birthday banquet of the Grand Master's Mansion." /

"Alright."

Eldest Princess Yongning didn't mind, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Lu Jinxi's gaze and laughed for a while. He just waved his hand at will and let the man in black go, while he walked to Lu Jinxi's side, slightly ahead of him by two steps.

"He is the first-class bodyguard by the emperor's side. Ben Gong finds him pleasing to the eye, so I called him to be a coachman once, but it can't be regarded as wronging him."

……

First-class bodyguard, once a coachman.

Although Lu Jinxi saw that this man was extraordinary before, he didn't expect that he was actually a third-rank military officer, and only felt in a trance.

Listening to what Princess Yongning said, of course she didn't say anything and nodded in agreement.

Many people around saw Princess Yongning, and those who were close to her came forward to salute.

“Xiaguan greets the eldest princess.”

"Greetings to the eldest princess."

"The eldest princess is here too, I'm so thankful for you on the road."

……

Today's birthday banquet at the Taishi Mansion, it is rare to have the front door open.

Because the Taishi's wife, Mrs. Tang, also held a banquet in the back garden, most of the officials who came and went brought their relatives, which seemed to be harmonious and lively.

The people who came up to greet the eldest Princess Yongning were mostly civil servants, and the women who were with them only saluted and didn't dare to say more.

Even though many people saw Lu Jinxi next to him, they were all surprised, but no one stepped forward to say hello.

After all, there is Princess Yongning, if you accidentally say the wrong thing and overstep, it will be a disaster.

So Lu Jinxi kept it a little clean, and in this intensive chat, he went to the main entrance with Princess Yongning.

"Ouch, Princess Yongning, you are here too!"

Beside the table where the gift list was recorded at the door, Wan Baochang, the chief butler of the Grand Master's Mansion, was wearing a light brown brocade round neck robe. When he saw someone coming, he immediately bent down to three points, and his smile became more sincere. Come to welcome.

Princess Yongning said with a smile: "It's rare for the old lady to hold a birthday banquet, and she is also half of my mentor. How dare I not come? But I didn't bring any generous gifts. When you come, the gift list is here."

The palace maid who followed behind immediately presented an exquisite gift list and stepped aside, allowing the person behind to send in the gift as well.

Wan Baochang took it with both hands, respectfully, and only complimented: "Eldest Princess, you are here. Even if you are empty-handed, our master will definitely welcome you. I'm afraid we will have a few more days of fun."

After finishing speaking, I handed over the gift list to the person below, and then hurriedly instructed the waiting servant.

"Come here quickly and invite the eldest princess in."

"Don't worry, Ben Gong and my niece are here today, so we have to wait." Princess Yongning looked at Lu Jinxi and nodded.

Lu Jinxiyuan didn't fall behind, so she stepped up and handed over the greeting first.

Wan Baochang actually noticed Lu Jinxi just now, but Princess Yongning didn't speak, so it's hard to say hello.

He held the position of the big housekeeper of the Gu family for some years, and he was not the housekeeper in charge of internal affairs, but a long-sleeved and good dancer.

So today, I stand at this door and personally greet the guests who are celebrating their birthdays from far and near, just to express the politeness and grandeur of the Taishi Mansion.

After more than ten years of experience, Wan Baochang's eyes have long been extremely old.

Hundreds of people came in and out of the door today, and he could name each of them. He even knew each other's official rank and career experience.

When he heard Princess Yongning say "niece-in-law", he immediately knew the identity of the person in front of him. He didn't show any surprise on his face, and he also put on a smile, no different from when he welcomed Princess Yongning. .

"Please say goodbye to Mrs. General, you are also a rare guest. Master Ling Zunlu also came early in the morning. He is talking to my master in the study, and the villain orders someone to help you spread the word."

Master Lu...

That's Lu's father.

Lu Jinxi had thought about it before she came, and she was bound to bump into it, so she wasn't surprised. Instead, she thanked the shrewd butler: "That's really helpful to you, I'm here to meet you. Here's today's gift list."

Speaking, I also called someone to present it.

A gift list is accompanied by two brocade boxes, one is long and narrow, one can see that it contains auspicious things such as jade Ruyi, and the other is a boxy box.

Wan Baochang didn't dare to look at Lu Jinxi very much. Even though she knew that she was amazingly beautiful, she only lowered her eyebrows and took the gift list.

His eyes swept along the brocade box held by the person next to him.

When he saw the special copper lock in front of the brocade box, his eyelids trembled suddenly, and he almost suspected that he was blind!

Eight long and narrow leaves spread out in eight directions, which are the shape of the leaf crown of the "Arena star" commonly found in drugstores, and at the center is the lock that can be opened with a twist.

This kind of brocade box, this shape of the lock, is only available in the Huishengtang Medical Center in the east of the outer city!

In the beginning, the old lady teacher Gu Chengqian's legs were always troublesome.

Even if the emperor sent several famous doctors from the Taiyuan Hospital, who were known as "medicine to cure the disease", they were not optimistic. When the weather was cold, it was still painful, and he was always sweating in the house.

How could he, an elderly man, stand such torture?

Wan Baochang once took the servants up and down the mansion, contacted the Xinglin Holy Hand all over the country, and visited the old lady one by one, but he was helpless.

In the end, I did everything possible to go to Huishengtang.

In the beginning, it was hard work, hoping to impress this eccentric old doctor.

Unexpectedly, people rolled their eyes and drove them away. When they didn't leave, they almost threw them with a pestle.

Afterwards, they thought, if it doesn't make sense, it's better to break the jar and smash it, give gold and silver, Xu high officials come here, give whatever they want, and even in the winter, a group of people knelt to the door of Huishengtang for him, just begging Zhang Yuanzhi could soften his heart and see the old lady once.

As a result, the only response to them was a pot of warm foot-washing water...

Wan Baochang will never forget that smell in his life.

Now that he saw the Tiannan star pattern lock that had been branded in his heart and hated for several years, he couldn't even react.

Seeing that the ignorant little servant was about to put this brocade box together with many brocade boxes, Wan Baochang actually shouted in a fit of composure: "Silly stuff! Can that be placed in random places?"

This sudden sound really shocked many people.

Even Lu Jinxi and Princess Yongning, who handed over the gift list and were led to the gate, were startled.

At this time, Wan Baochang realized his gaffe, and coughed quickly, but said to the surrounding: "It's okay, it's okay, let's teach the ignorant servants a lesson."

Although everyone was strange, they didn't ask much.

Princess Yongning glanced at the box, showed a clear smile, and brought Lu Jinxi into the door, bypassing the front shadow wall.

"You're really talented. You know, Taishi Gu has a leg problem, and he hasn't invited Guishou Zhang for thirteen years."

Thirteen years?

Lu Jinxi was stunned and felt that although Guishouzhang had a bad temper, it was not that the big family invited him to watch it, but he just complained a little more.

Gu Taishi has a high position in the court, but he is also a good official for the people.

The court and the opposition, the people inside and outside, when they mention it, there are many words of praise. The ghost hand Zhang Lian is in charge of the general's mansion, and he will not ignore Gu Taishi for thirteen years, right?

She originally thought that the Taishi Mansion had never invited it.

I didn't expect it, but I invited Guishou Zhang, and they didn't go.

The kindness of those who can heal...

Lu Jinxi frowned: "Ghost Zhang...Isn't that true?"

"Who knows?"

Princess Yongning shook her head.

"Anyway, everyone said that there must be something in the Taishi's mansion that offended him. Although this man is highly skilled in medicine, he is a man who will pay for it. It seems that he once said that Taishi Gu's 'Tanding into Mu' pushed him to death in his early years. He has two members of his family, so even if the old lady was in pain, he wouldn't go to the doctor. He also said 'what's the fear of pain, it's only half life'."

It is a decree that is beneficial to the people at the bottom who are farming.

Lu Jinxi still knows this.

This isn't going to kill anyone, is it? Only those who occupy a lot of fields will donadine silver, and it is not unaffordable.

"Dr. Zhang, is it possible that you just don't want to treat him and make up excuses at will?"

Listen, why do you feel so distracted?

Princess Yongning could only sigh: "It doesn't matter if he made it up or not, anyway, just don't deal with Gu Taishi. You have the ability to ask for medicine from him now, which is the first time in history, or You are capable of..."

Princess Yongning has complimented her several times along the way.

Lu Jinxi couldn't help thinking about whether he did a good job in this matter, or whether he passed it, and he could only say: "It's just an occasional thought, it's up to you to point it out. I hope the old lady uses the medicine and it will improve. ."

After speaking, she thought of Pan Quan'er.

This incident is due to his efforts.

Isn't Guishou Zhang unwilling to give it at first?

Such a difficult task, the Grand Master's Mansion failed to do it. He, a servant with no status and no status, managed to do it. Thinking about it, it's kind of incredible.

Lu Jinxi pondered that if he was really impressed by his ability, he would have given him a high look. It's just that I didn't have time to inquire about the situation before, so I don't know more specific details now.

She turned her thoughts around in her heart, and stopped talking, she just went inside with Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning has always dealt with officials in the DPRK and China, but she did not go to the back garden to entertain female guests, but in the front hall. So when he reached the fork in the road, he separated from her and said only: "You relax and go to the banquet. You will definitely invite the opera troupe to sing the opera, and we will come at that time. You can pay attention to see if you can see it. I like it. On the other hand, if something happens, just send someone to come back and come back to me.”

Lu Jinxi felt ashamed.

Is this asking her to take the opportunity of watching a play to look for a "next home"?

She couldn't respond well, so she could only respond, and after thanking her, another little girl with a double bun led her into the back garden.

At the gate of the mansion, there are still people coming and going.

Wan Baochang, the big butler who lost his temper, reacted early, and only explained that the servant put the box aside and went up to open it.

There is a prescription in it, along with several medicines, and even the doctor's order.

This handwriting is in a mess, and it looks like the ghost who told him to drink foot wash!

For a while, Wan Baochang only felt that his old heart was jumping up, holding the doctor's order, he couldn't help but want to tear it apart, like tearing up the face of that bastard. !

It's both hate and joy!

This feeling is really complicated.

He stood at the door for a while before he came to his senses and said, "I have to take it to see the master once. You can take care of the affairs of the guests at the door, and then go and invite the housekeeper Bai Baosheng to come. Press it, hurry up!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at the reactions of the servants, so he took the brocade box and walked all the way into the front yard. He ran along the hand porch, and an old heart skipped a beat. Finally, the time came. Chao Yipin Taishi Gu Chengqian's study outside.

Gu Chengqian is nearly sixty years old, with white temples and a brocade round neck robe. He is sitting on a chair against the wall in the study, drinking tea with Lu Jiuling, the current Minister of Rites and Cabinet Bachelor.

The two have been classmates and friends for decades, and they are Jinshi in the same department. Although they have different positions, they have always had an excellent relationship.

After returning from the Jokhang Temple that night, Gu Chengqian's leg was so painful that he couldn't go to the ground, and he couldn't even go to court.

The weather has gotten warmer these past few days, and his legs seem to be much better.

Seeing the snow outside, it disappeared little by little, and even the mood seemed to have some changes.

It's just that Gu Chengqian couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.

The news passed down by the abbot Shangjueyuan at Jokhang Temple, he is very clear, and he knows that there are countless eyes, and Baba is attached to the snow-green top.

But so what?

As a father, he can only be like all outsiders, in the uncertain answer, hesitant, tossing, looking forward, and even...

Fear.

"Master Gu? Master Gu?"

Lu Jiuling, who was talking to Gu Chengqian, saw him in a trance, and finally shouted twice.

Gu Chengqian's gaze was recovered from the little begonia flower bud that was poking out of the branch outside the window, and he sighed: "I'm old and lost again. Brother Lu, what did you just ask me?"

"I didn't ask you anything."

When Lu Jiuling saw him, a man in his fifties, he was even more embarrassing than the old man in his waning years outside. He also had mixed feelings. Thinking of his daughter who had been wronged in countless ways in the General's Mansion, his heart was full of mixed feelings.

He only said: "It's the housekeeper Wan outside, and he said he wanted to see you."

Wait a day?

Gu Chengqian's recovered appearance is already calm and composed, but he just put one hand on his knee and the other on the smooth armrest of the red sandalwood inlaid enamel armchair, the old voice laughed: "It was he who came, If you don't treat the guests well, come see me instead. Pass him in."

Wan Baochang, who had been waiting outside for a long time, then bowed in, gave a salute, held up the brocade box in his hand, and said, "Master, the madam of the General's House has brought you a copy today. The birthday gift is a prescription for expelling cold, dehumidification and pain relief from Huishengtang, please take a look!”