In this world, what cannot be grasped is water, and what cannot be retained is time.Even with all the reluctance, the time for the army to launch is still within a blink of an eye.

Gu Huaisheng probably stayed overnight the night before, and he stepped on the auspicious time for the army to leave the house before dawn.But when he was asked if he was going to see him off, he hesitated, remained silent for a while, got into the carriage and went directly to the Ministry of Officials.

This was the first time he arrived so early since he took office, and all his colleagues were surprised.

"Master Gu is here so early today?" As soon as he entered the door, someone stepped forward to make a cliché.

Gu Huaisheng cupped his hands in return: "It's not early, not early, isn't this still a step behind you?"

Another person immediately answered: "Today is the day when King Xie and General Gu lead their troops to march. We originally thought that Mr. Gu would go see him off today, maybe he will come very late!"

Gu Huaisheng just smiled, cupped his hands in return, and went straight to his seat, straightened his robe and sat down.It seems that he is serious about handling official duties, but he hangs his wrist and starts to write, but he hasn't seen it for a long time.

Everyone could see his state, and there was still something they didn't understand, but no one hugged him anymore to make him unhappy, they exchanged glances secretly, shook their heads and parted ways.

"Master Gu, really don't want to see him off?" Only one person walked up to Gu Huaisheng's side, and persuaded him earnestly: "This march and war is nothing like suppressing bandits, and you will return three or five months later. It is a protracted war, at least half a year, and long Three years and five years, once we leave, we may not know when we will see each other again, let’s go see it off, don’t look back and regret it.”

After the man finished speaking, he patted Gu Huaisheng on the shoulder and sat back in his seat.

Gu Huaisheng didn't move, but the moment the marching horn sounded, he dropped his pen and got up and rushed out.

Carriages usually go back after delivering people, and come to pick them up when the time comes, so Gu Huaisheng can only run on two legs to rush over at this moment, but since the horn has sounded, it means that the army has already set out, he ran so far, If it is good, it will catch up with the tail, but if it is not good, it will not even catch up with the tail.

But even so, Gu Huaisheng still carried his robe and ran all the way.

"Master Gu, you are..."

Gu Huaisheng stopped in an emergency, turned to look at the other party's carriage, and jumped on it without saying a word.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cha, I have something urgent, so I'll borrow your carriage!" He rushed in and pulled the man up, and then pushed out the carriage: "It's not far from the Ministry of Accounts, so I'll trouble you to walk up a few steps. I'll come back and apologize!"

"Hey!" Cha Liangyong staggered and stood still, turned his head to ask why, but Gu Huaisheng had already closed the curtain, and he shouted anxiously: "No, Mr. Gu, you are..."

Before he finished speaking, the carriage turned around and left under Gu Huaisheng's urging.

Cha Liangyong, who had been sprayed with dust all over his face, suddenly rubbed his face, he was dazed for a long time before he remembered what day it was, and immediately understood, he shook his head helplessly, and resigned himself to his fate and walked towards the household department on foot.

On the other side, Gu Huaisheng hurriedly urged him to run far away, and the coachman came back to his senses and asked, "Master Gu, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"City gate!" Gu Huaisheng tightly clenched his fists with his hands on his knees, under his serious expression was an eager and restless heart.

It has to be said that Gu Huaisheng knew it was rude to snatch the carriage.Even with this carriage rushing all the way in a hurry, it only caught up with its tail when it reached the city gate, not to mention that if he ran on two legs, he would definitely not even be able to choke on the dust.

"Master Gu, today is the day when the army is marching. Cars and horses are prohibited on the main street, and the small ones are not allowed to go any further. I'm afraid I will have to excuse you to go through this gate." The horse stopped the carriage, turned and shouted at Gu Huaisheng inside.

"Then let's stop here." Gu Huaisheng got out of the carriage, did not wait for the coachman to set up the footstool, and jumped down neatly, without looking back, he went straight to the direction of the city gate: "Thank you!"

An ingot of broken silver was thrown from a distance, and the driver hurriedly caught it with both hands, and when he raised his head to thank him, Gu Huaisheng had disappeared.

When Gu Huaisheng ran to the gate of the city, the army had already left the gate, marching a long way.He put his hands on his knees and panted heavily, looking up at the army flying away in the dust, he couldn't straighten up for a long time.

"Master Gu?" Commander Mu came over when he saw Gu Huaisheng, turned his head to look at the far away army: "Is this not in time to see you off? Do you want me to borrow a horse..."

"No, thank you." Gu Huaisheng picked up his sleeves and wiped his sweat before straightening up: "That's fine, we met each other, and I don't know what to say... Commander Mu doesn't care about me, I'll just stand for a while, for a while just go."

After he had said that, Commander Mu couldn't say anything more, so he nodded and turned to walk away.

Gu Huaisheng stood alone at the gate of the city, facing the gradually rising sun, and let the people around him come and go. He stood still and watched the army gradually disappear at the end of the national road, then turned and left in silence.

"Second brother!"

Gu Huaisheng was walking back while wiping his sweat, when someone patted his shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw Gu Huaiyang standing behind him with a jug of wine.

"Looking for a place to drink?" Gu Huaiyang pretended not to see the despair that Gu Huaisheng was trying to hide, and shook the flagon: "Why don't you go to the opera troupe for a drink? I won't be on stage today, how about treating you to a drink?"

Gu Huaisheng shifted his gaze from Gu Huaiyang's face to the flagon in his hand, sighed and nodded.

Gu Huaiyang raised his head: "Then let's go?"

"Let's go." Gu Huaisheng turned his head, and the two brothers walked towards the tofu alley together: "You..."

"Yes." Before Gu Huaisheng finished speaking, Gu Huaiyang interrupted him and said, "I knew you wouldn't come, so I came here for you... King Xing has something, let me pass it to you."

"What?" Gu Huaisheng looked at Gu Huaiyang curiously.

Gu Huaiyang took out a bag from his waist and handed it to Gu Huaisheng: "Hey, this is it."

Gu Huaisheng took the kit, thought it was something, opened it, and inside was a strand of hair tied with a red string.Seeing this, Gu Huaisheng was taken aback for a moment, and then stopped.

"King Xing also left a kit." Gu Huaiyang looked at the red knotted hair, feeling a little complicated, and couldn't explain why: "He said, he cut it while you were asleep last night. , the hair of both of you, the red string is entangled, it is the hair knot."

"Is this his?" Gu Huaisheng asked in a daze after a while.

"Second brother, are you stupid?" Gu Huaiyang was speechless: "The so-called hair knot, of course, is the tangle of your two hairs, which is called hair knot, otherwise, what a ghost?"

Hearing this, Gu Huaisheng clenched that lock of hair tightly, feeling that the palms of his hands were being ironed all the way to the bottom of his heart, and his blood boiled, his chest was rumbling, his nose was sore and his eyes were swollen.

"Isn't it, second brother? It's just a bunch of hair. You won't be moved to cry on the street, right?" Gu Huaiyang looked around and lowered his voice: "Be patient, let's go to the troupe and ask for a private room. No one is there. See you cry again, otherwise it will be embarrassing."

"Do you want to be beaten?" Gu Huaisheng glared at Gu Huaiyang, didn't pay attention, lowered his head, curled up his hair and put it back, put the kit away carefully, and stood there for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief and stepped forward .

When did Gu Huaiyang see Gu Huaisheng like this, lacking in interest, as if the king of Xun left, his entire energy was taken away, this state is really worrying: "Second brother..."

"I'm fine." Gu Huaisheng reached out and patted Gu Huaiyang's shoulder: "It won't be long."

Hearing this, Gu Huaiyang frowned: "Second brother, you..."

Gu Huaisheng's eyes interrupted him: "Didn't you invite me to watch a movie and drink? Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Then he raised his chin: "Let's go."

Gu Huaiyang looked at Gu Huaisheng's back with some worry, and finally swallowed his words.

But today, the two brothers were destined not to have this kind of leisure and comfort. They had just walked a few steps when they met Zhao Yi head-on.

Gu Huaisheng paused, feeling irritable, but still had to smile on his face, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Your Highness, Third Prince." Almost subconsciously, Gu Huaisheng took advantage of his height to block Gu Huaiyang behind him.

"How does Mr. Gu look at..." Blocked by him, Zhao Yi didn't notice Gu Huaiyang behind him, but raised his eyebrows and looked at him strangely: "Are you in a bad mood? What's the matter? King Xun went out to fight and didn't catch up." Sending off?"

Gu Huaisheng's smile remained unchanged: "The emperor's dragon body is not safe, and the third prince is not guarding in the palace, so how can he still have the leisure to go out for a stroll?"

Hearing this, although the corners of Zhao Yi's mouth were raised, his face sank.

Gu Huaisheng stepped forward and leaned closer to Zhao Yi's ear: "Your Highness, how can the crown prince alone do the job of filial piety? No matter how busy you are, you should be filial, or you have to be filial. Are you right?"

"What does Mr. Gu mean by that?" Zhao Yi's eyes darkened, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Gu Huaisheng.

"Your Highness is a smart person, so you should understand." Gu Huaisheng took a step back and stood back, blocking Gu Huaiyang again, and cupped his hands: "Your Highness is busy, so I won't invite you to have a drink together. Let's just say goodbye and leave."

Gu Huaisheng stood up after finishing speaking, and was about to drag Gu Huaiyang away, but Zhao Yi stretched out his hand to stop him just as he turned around.

"Master Gu." Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows and put down his hands, glanced at Gu Huaisheng's folding fan pinned to his waist: "We talked about that day, have you thought it through?"

"Your Highness is very talented, and a few words of the sage's words can enlighten others. If you still don't understand this, then I am afraid that the minister really answered the words of the king." Gu Huaisheng followed Zhao Yi's line of sight and saw the folding fan. , took it out and tapped his palm, eyebrows and eyes raised evilly, with an indescribably romantic and evil charm.

"Oh?" Zhao Yi's curiosity was immediately aroused.

Hearing Gu Huaisheng slap his palm again, he felt pain in his flesh even hearing the sound.Not only Zhao Yi's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, and the corners of his eyes twitched as he stared at his movements, even Gu Huaiyang behind him rubbed his hands together.

However, Gu Huaisheng's appetite was whetted, so he narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I, the servant of the official department, was bought with money."

Zhao Yi paused: "That's it?"

"Hmm." Gu Huaisheng sighed: "At any rate, the minister was also... well, it's okay not to mention it outside the three rankings, but it's based on real facts. Do you think King Xing's words are irritating? So Ah, just to prove that this official position is not bought, His Highness must understand it, right?"

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