Rebel

Looking at the flag, Gu Ao couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth for a long while.

He rode his horse all the way with Dian Buzhi, followed by the Yu family Anqu who was driving the chariot, and soon arrived at the gate of Shangjun County Mansion.Dian Bushi looked around, and asked Gu Ao curiously: "Brother, don't you go to the other hall first today, why did you come to the county mansion?"

Gu Ao said: "You stay here for a while." Then he jumped off the horse, took out a shiny jade pendant from his bosom, went straight to the guard guard at the gate, and showed it to the man standing beside the main gate. A man who looked like an official took a look.

The soldier was expressionless at first, but after looking at the jade pendant, he respectfully said, "Please come inside!"

Gu Ao nodded slightly, with a little narrow mind, stepped up the steps of Baiyun in front of the county mansion, followed the soldier into the inner gate, walked through a courtyard, and finally came to the residence.That armored soldier took two steps forward, and whispered a few words to a handsome butler of the inner courtyard, the man looked at Gu Ao's direction and nodded, solemnly said: "My lord, come with me!"

Gu Ao followed the attendant into the inner house of Huai Mansion, the man stopped in front of a small courtyard and said to Gu Ao: "My lord, please!"

Gu Ao took the jade pendant and walked in, looked left and right, and saw that the courtyard was densely packed, with clear water and stones... From this point of view, this place should be Huai Xin's daily living place.When he got closer, he saw that the maids in the house were all standing straight in place, like guards in the army, with their eyes watching their noses, noses and noses watching their hearts, and there was no expression on their faces, as if they were not curious about him as an outsider. .

Gu Ao could only take a step forward, showed the jade pendant, and asked, "Where is Mr. Huai?"

Only then did one of the maids loosen her expression, and quickly replied: "My lord, this way."

After that, the maid took Gu Ao quickly, passed through several rooms with clear windows, and drew the curtain for Gu Ao in the last room.

Only then did Gu Ao slightly bow and enter.

Just now there were some water stains on the ground at the door, Gu Ao felt a little strange, now that he stepped into the door, Gu Ao looked at the situation in front of him, and was stunned for a while.

I saw a large bathtub in the room, and under the bathtub, there was a small wooden step with exquisite carvings.It is so cold, but there is no fog in the room, which means that the water in the bucket is cold water. Someone buried his whole body in the water, leaving only half of his face outside, and his long black hair hung behind the rim of the bucket. A familiar old woman was sitting on a wooden chair behind the barrel, tidying up with a comb, and carefully braiding the hair of the bather.

As soon as the sound of Gu Ao's footsteps fell, the bather opened his eyes slightly, and when he saw the comer clearly, he sprayed out a sip of water, coughed for a long time, then he showed his face, opened his eyes wide, and said in surprise : "...So it's Brother Gu!!"

Gu Ao was also stunned at this time: "Excuse me, I didn't know you were taking a bath, if you knew, you wouldn't come in, why didn't anyone outside tell me?" After more than a year, Huai Xin's complexion was as pale as ink Yu, Gu Ao took a rough look, but found that Huai Xin's spirit was much better than that in Shanyun Academy.

Huai Xin listened to Gu Ao's question at this moment, and couldn't help swallowing the cold water that had just been swallowed in her throat: "...The jade pendant I gave you is a sign of urgency...How dare they stop you?"

Gu Ao laughed loudly, and said: "So that's the case!... But I never thought that you maids are so well-trained!"

Huai Xin gradually relaxed, and now she slowly buried her chin in the water: "My mother trained them." As she said that, Huai Xin looked Gu Ao up and down again, and sighed: " I was really scared to death... I said, where did a walker covered in black come from! Later, I thought, besides my parents, you are the only one in the world who can enter this place. It's you."

Gu Ao touched his face and wondered: "Is it really so unbearable?"

Huai Xin leaned against the bucket, and said leisurely: "...In short...I have never seen you covered in dirt, with a messy beard...Your body still smells, how many days have you worn this clothes? Didn't wash it?"

Hearing this, Gu Ao raised his sleeves and smelled it, then lowered his eyes to look at himself: "Is that why you can't see it?"

Huai Xin frowned slightly, and nodded solemnly: "...I'm going to ask someone to boil some hot water for Brother Gu to take a bath and change his clothes. There are still a few places to live in this yard. How many people have you brought with you?" ?”

Gu Ao said: "One is not familiar with Dian, you have seen it in Chencun before; the other one is the dark song of the Yu family who was given to my guard on the road by Master Yu Fan Yu, and now drives for me."

Huai Xin thought for a while, and said: "The Yu family's trilogy is temporarily arranged to live in the other building, you and brother Dian can live in my courtyard."

"Okay, then I'll settle them down." After saying that, Gu Ao turned around and wanted to leave.

Huai Xin stopped Gu Ao: "...Brother Gu, since you've come to my house, I just need to let you settle down. The north is different from the south, the temperature difference between day and night is huge, the clothes you brought may not be suitable. Shangjun has its own riding clothes and hunting clothes, both of which are Chinese style, after you go out, wait for someone to measure your body, take a bath, and I will come right away."

"Okay, thank you so much."

At this time, the old lady had already braided Huai Xin's braids, and now Huai Xin gave her some instructions, and she nodded her head in agreement, and then she walked out of the bathroom, ordered two maids standing at the door, and said so. some.

Gu Ao raised the curtain and came out, and a maid came up immediately: "Please take off your coat, sir, and have it tailored for you."

Gu Ao nodded, let others play with him and carefully measured his length, another maid came forward and led Gu Ao to a hot water bathing place, after Gu Ao took a bath, the outside room was already prepared Good new clothes, the maid who brought them closed the door and said outside the door: "My lord, this is a new military uniform. Please wait for a few days, and the new clothes will be ready soon."

"It's okay."

Gu Ao put on his clothes and walked out, only to see Huai Xin was already waiting for him in the living room, still wearing the same black robe for thousands of years. Settling down, Brother Gu, don't worry about it. Brother Dian is probably hungry, and he is eating in his room; you didn't eat anything in the morning, did you?"

Gu Ao said, "I ate pancakes on the way."

Huai Xin smiled and said, "There are many different dishes in the Northland, you should come and try them too. Then tell me, how did you get here? What month did you see on the way?"

Gu Ao nodded: "Okay."

The two entered the guest room together, only to see Dian Bushi sitting behind the table with a table full of dishes in front of him.And Dian Bushi was holding a huge bowl, eating noodles with big mouthfuls, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat from time to time. When he saw Gu Ao, he said loudly, "Brother! You are here, hey, Living here is much more comfortable than the other hotel!"

Gu Ao sat down together, someone immediately prepared bowls and chopsticks for Gu Ao, Gu Ao smiled and said: "Then why don't you thank Mr. Huai?"

Dian Bushi looked at Huai Xin and grinned: "Thank you! Thank you Mr. Huai! The first time I saw you in Chencun, I knew you were a good person!"

Huai Xin couldn't help laughing: "Brother Dian is really overrated." After saying that, Huai Xin sat down together, greeted Gu Ao to eat, and asked, "Tell me, how did you get here?"

"That's a long story..." Gu Ao took the soup Huai Xin gave him, took a sip, and opened the painting box.Starting from when I first came out of Shanyun Academy, I skipped the part where Dian didn’t know how to be rude and hurt people, and didn’t mention personal matters. I just sorted out the results of my travels: from Yingchuan County to Hejian County, and from Hejian County talked about Jibei County, then from Jibei County to the capital, and from the capital to Yuyang County, and then said: "We came from Yuyang County."

Huai Xin nodded, thoughtfully: "So that's the case." But at the same time, he thought: "Brother Gu has changed his temperament and thinking a little bit differently from when he was in the academy. At that time he cared about The emperors and generals, we usually talk about the family affairs of the emperors and generals and the trivial matters of the court in the past and present; but now it seems that Brother Gu is fond of the word 'nong'. It is also no wonder that when he first saw it, he put it down I tidy up like a farmer at the bottom, but I can only see the demeanor of walking, and the look in those eyes can tell that it is not the case."

And at this moment, a man in military uniform knocked on the door outside and said, "Young master, my lord wants you to go."

Huai Xin replied: "Understood." Said Huai Xin turned to Gu Ao and said, "Brother Gu, I will take you to meet my father together."

Gu Ao nodded, and said to Dian Bushi who was burying his face between the dishes: "I don't know, you eat first, I'll go out for a while."

Dian didn't know that during the past month, a bird faded out of its mouth in the military camp of Yuyang County, and now hearing what Gu Ao said, he ate without raising his head and said, "Good! Good!"

Gu Ao followed Huai Xin out of the room, Huai Xin said: "I told my father about you, and he has always wanted to see you."

Gu Ao laughed and said, "I'm flattered."

Huai Xin also smiled and said, "He likes young people who are self-motivated."

Gu Ao nodded slightly when he heard the words, suddenly remembered that Huai Xin spoke smoothly, which was different from Shanyun Academy, Gu Ao couldn't help saying: "You are in Beidi, your health is much better."

Huai Xin said: "That's not true, the south is humid and always coughs, and the north is dry, so it's not like this."

Gu Ao nodded and said: "...Before you were in the academy, it was hard for you."

"There is no limit to learning, if you don't suffer a little bit, how can you seek true knowledge?"

Gu Ao laughed: "Yes."

While talking, the two had already reached a large school field in the backyard, where two people were competing in martial arts.Gu Ao looked intently, and saw that one of them was a middle-aged man with a curly beard wearing a dark embroidered pattern, wielding a spear; There are half a dozen women in strong clothes who are similar to Huaixin, with two swords in both hands.

Huai Xin led Gu Ao to sit down and wait until the competition between the two of them came to an end, Huai Xin signaled to Gu Ao, and the two walked over together, Huai Xin said: "Father, mother, this is me. Gu Ao that I told you about."

The man glanced at Gu Ao, laughed, and said in a rough voice, "So you are Gu Ao, and I am Huai Jinsong, the prefect of Shang County, this is my wife."

Saying that, the woman also retracted her sword and came over at this time, I saw that she had a heroic demeanor, but her appearance was extremely beautiful, which formed a strong contrasting beauty.Approaching Gu Ao, she also sized him up for a moment, first said to his husband: "Look at how handsome this young man is." Then she smiled at Gu Ao: "So, you just heard his name at my house. Gu Ao, who doesn't see him... Gouzi has been studying the battle formation against the cavalry for the past few days, and you came at the right time, you play with one, and let his father and I review it to see if you have the ability!"