That Person In That River and Lake

  Chapter 176 When I return, I will still be a teenager

The night is already late, maybe it's too deep, or maybe it's too remote here, the night is as cool as water, except for the old and the young in white Confucian shirts, the whole street is a bit deserted, and the restaurants are closed Yes, the old man was rejected, and the young man went in again.

  The shopkeeper of the restaurant said in a very embarrassed way: "Master, I'm really sorry, the shop is closed, if you two want to drink, please come back tomorrow, I will give you a discount."

  Gu Qingci smiled slightly and said, "Are you really not doing business anymore?"

People who do business have a pair of unique eyes. He looked at the old and the young in front of him, knowing that these two people were either rich or expensive, so he couldn't offend them, so he said apologetically, "Master, the shop is indeed closed, um... "

  The shopkeeper didn't finish his sentence, he was stunned suddenly, and then immediately said with a smile: "Although the shop is closed, if the two of you want to drink, I will prepare it right away."

Then the shopkeeper took a bank note in Gu Qingci's hand. Although there was only one, but the denomination was clear, the shopkeeper immediately and respectfully arranged Gu Qingci and Mr. Wuque into a private room. Location.

All kinds of delicacies were brought in and placed on the table. Mr. Wu Que looked at the lights lit up in the night, took a sip from my wine glass in his hand, and said, "I thought you were going to overwhelm others with power? Didn't you?" Thinking of... haha, good way, good way!"

Gu Qingci smiled slightly and said: "Sir, I didn't expect it to be so simple. In fact, many things in the world seem to be complicated, but in fact they couldn't be simpler. What's more, what reason do I have to use power to overwhelm others? If you say this Potential, who can compare to you, sir?"

Mr. Wu Que looked at the stars above Chang'an City through the window, drank his wine and said, "You are right. Everyone has their own way of life. It is so difficult to keep your heart. What happened to you in Ma's house today, although You have an air of pride, but I don't like it. I originally thought that because you became famous at a young age, your heart was disturbed, and I wanted to enlighten you, but now it seems that it is not necessary, but why are you so reckless today? "

Gu Qingci shook his head and said: "Mr., who can remain calm forever in this world? I always knew that compared with this world, no matter who it is, it's just a small stream, but every stream has its own meaning. own mission or responsibility."

"I am Gu Qingci. When I was an official, my mission was to rule the people. When I was the hope of others, my mission was to seek justice for them. However, I will always be the son of man, the elder brother, how can I Calm down."

"My friend has already startled the snake. What if the Ma family did other things to my mother and younger brother when I was calm and hesitant? I can only use the most concise way to make them use the mouse. This is not reckless, it is mine. method."

  Mr. Wu Que nodded, and said: "You are right, so to speak, it is normal. This Ma Dongyang has gone too far. I think that when he was young, he was also a proud man. It is a pity that he will not be guaranteed at the end of the year."

   Gu Qingci took a sip of wine, not drunk, but a little confused, said leisurely: "I can't control other people, and I don't have the ability to control them. I only do what I think I should do."

  Mr. Wu Que smiled slightly, his gray beard fluttered in the night wind, but he was somewhat elegant, and he said slowly: "Then what are your plans now? Now that you have won, how do you want to deal with the Ma family?"

   "Hehe..." Gu Qingci sneered, and said, "Deal with the Ma family? Do I have that right? Shouldn't the person above say all of this?"

Mr. Wu Que smiled thoughtfully, with a pure smile, and said: "You boy, I haven't read many books on sages, but the pride of this scholar has learned a lot. It seems that he has a problem with the emperor." , if the emperor is in front of you now, won't you point to his nose and curse?"

The literati in the Xia Kingdom are the most spineless people in the world. Let alone complaining about the emperor, there are many people who criticize the emperor. In this Xia Kingdom, no one will be imprisoned for speaking out. It is said that in Changling County, Gu Qingci pointed his nose at the princess and scolded the princess. Now, he complains about the emperor, but it is not a big deal.

Therefore, Gu Qingci had no scruples when speaking, and said: "If it is possible, I really want to scold him. I have been desperately trying to seek justice for the soldiers on the battlefield. In the end, in the end, all this is meaningless , the emperor already knew everything, but he just didn't do anything."

Mr. Wuque was silent for a moment, and said: "You have to understand the emperor, he is in that place, the height is extremely cold, he can't do things as he wants, although sometimes I want to beat him, but I have to admit, he He is a good emperor, a very qualified emperor."

Gu Qingci murmured: "I'm not saying that he is not a good emperor. There are so many countries in the world, and only the people of Xia Kingdom have a better life. In the past ten years, the country has also flourished, but who falls on this kind of emperor's mind? I don’t feel well, and I’m no exception.”

Mr. Wuque smiled helplessly, and said: "You have such a temper, but you are very suitable to go to Yushitai, but you have such a big complaint against the emperor, you are not afraid that he will find out and deliberately suppress you, even if you are rehabilitated. If you don't reuse you, then even if you have a great ability, there is nowhere to use it."

"No need," Gu Qingci shook his head, and said, "If you don't ask for it, you will be steeled. I don't plan to continue to be an official at all. I came to the capital for a while, but it was just for the spirits of the thousands of comrades in the sky. If it wasn't for the Ma family After such a incident, I may go back to my hometown now, be a teacher, go fishing every day, take my brother to catch shrimps in the river, or chat with my mother, this is what I want."

  Mr. Wu Que frowned, and said: "You are still so young, and you have lost your desire to live in seclusion?"

Gu Qingci picked up a glass of wine, swayed to the window, and said lightly: "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and seeing Nanshan leisurely, isn't this kind of life very good? A family is together, or raising chickens, or Growing vegetables, since I remember, I have never seen my father, only my mother worked hard to bring me up, and later, I picked up my younger brother in a ravine."

"At that time, I always wanted to grow up, study hard, get ahead, and let my mother and younger brother live a good life. It wasn't until the battle in Changling County that I recalled that in those years, every afternoon, the sun set At that time, with the setting sun, my mother was doing needlework for others and telling stories to my brother and me, always with a satisfied smile on her face."

"At that time, I carried my younger brother to catch shrimps in the creek every day. He smiled on my back and shouted hard. He was so happy. Even though I often dropped him into the mud, he always smiled. , with mud all over his face and only two front teeth, yet he is very happy, hugging a few small shrimps in a bamboo basket, he can laugh all day."

"When the two of us came home dirty, my mother always complained about us, but never beat or scolded. She washed our clothes, teased us while doing the laundry, and played water fights with us. At that time, we How happy and fulfilled the family is!"

"However, later, it was different. When I took the Tongsheng examination, I thought about being a scholar. After I passed the examination, I wanted to be a scholar. I stayed in the room all day and read books alone. I can't remember all those years. I haven’t seen my mother’s satisfied smile anymore, and I haven’t seen my brother’s silly smile anymore. Every time he came to the house excitedly to look for me, I would kick him out. He was so disappointed, he was not happy at all, He thought it was him who made me angry, so he ran to the river to catch shrimps for me, big shrimps, he wanted to cheer me up and let me play with him!"

  Gu Qingci looked at the night, holding a wine glass, unconsciously, his eyes were a little hazy. Mr. Wu Que looked at him quietly, did not speak, just listened so quietly.

   "How many years have I not played with my younger brother, how many years have not gone to the mountains with my mother to pick wild fruits, and how many years have not squatted quietly beside my mother to watch her sew clothes."

"I always thought that I was doing it for their own good, and I wanted to give them a good life. In fact, I just took it for granted. Do they really need such a life? Will they really be happy? They are not happy of…"

"Actually, what the mother wants is for her two sons to be by her side, to chat with her, and to be able to eat and wear warm clothes every day. What the younger brother wants is very simple. The older brother can accompany him to catch shrimps in the river, or Take him to catch wild rabbits in the mountains, or run around in the yard with him, and my mother looks on with a smile on her side."

  Gu Qingci slowly turned his head and said, "Mr. Wuque, do you understand this feeling? This is what I want, really."

  Mr. Wu Que nodded, and said: "Understood, who doesn't yearn for family happiness? Your idea is very good, but...the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, do you understand?"

  Gu Qingci nodded and said: "I understand, but when the sky falls, isn't there a tall man to support it? I'm really just an ordinary person, I'm not that noble."

Mr. Wu Que shook his head and said: "You have something, but you don't know it. I wanted to tell you a lot today, but now I think I shouldn't bring you here, and I should let you see it Your mother and younger brother, you should go back first and enter the palace tomorrow!"

  Mr. Wuque slowly stood up and walked slowly.

  …

Gu Qingci was a little heavy, he walked back to the inn slowly, he didn't think about why Mr. Wuque would look for him, and he didn't worry about entering the palace tomorrow, he only had two figures in his mind now, that simple woman, that dark child, That is his mother and brother.

Ever since he came to this world, Gu Qingci discovered a very strange thing. He seemed to have inherited the emotions of his predecessor, but he didn't feel any discomfort, and he liked them very much, especially the two people in the depths of their emotions. Let him make up for the indifference of his previous life.

   Far away, Gu Qingci paused, he saw a woman in plain clothes at the door of the inn, and a dark child standing beside him, staring at him.

   His eyes suddenly became rippling, his eyes became hazy, he trembled all over, and he called softly: "Mother, little stone!"

The night wind caresses gently. In Chang'an city in the middle of the night, more than 9,000 lights have been extinguished. Except for the palace wall, there may be some Goulan tile houses left. In this deep street, all the doors are closed. It was already dark, but there was still a light on in an inn, which was not very bright at night, only a little dim.

However, under this twilight, there are still two people. These two people stopped and watched with another young man in white. The touch in his heart made him panic. This is an emotion that did not exist in the Battle of Wangjing. Undoubtedly, the timidity deep in his soul made him stand still and dare not move, worried that this scene would be shattered.

"elder brother!"

  With a clear, excited child's voice, Gu Qingci had a satisfied smile from the bottom of his heart, and then he saw the dark child rushing over and threw himself into Gu Qingci's arms.

  Gu Qingci hugged the little stone vigorously, touched the little stone's head lightly, and said with a smile, "Why is it so heavy?"

"Hey," Xiaoshi grinned, his silly smile appeared so innocent, he took out a chicken leg wrapped in yellow paper from his bosom, and said, "Brother, the chicken leg I left for you is delicious, you eat it Bar!"

Gu Qingci slowly put the small stone on the ground, took the chicken leg, it was already cold, his hands trembled slightly, his eyes were always a little hazy, he smiled and said: "Little stone is so good, brother is not hungry now, eat when you are hungry! "

"Okay, okay," Xiao Shitou put the chicken legs away and said, "Then, brother, can you play with me? Let me tell you, I caught a lot of shrimp for you. I didn't eat any of them. I feed you."

  Gu Qingci nodded, and said seriously: "Well, brother will play with you, I will take you to catch hares, catch pheasants, go fishing, go pick fruits..."

Xiao Shitou seemed to have imagined the scenes that Gu Qingci said in his mind, he smiled silly, and nodded vigorously, a little eager to go right away. In his eyes, this prosperous Chang'an City may not be as good as this Chicken legs, a hare in the mountains is practical.

Gu Qingci led the little stone to the door of the inn, each step was heavy, and as the plain-clothed woman who always exuded a sacred luster in her eyes became clearer and clearer, the throbbing that was connected by blood became more and more intense. profound.

   "Qingci, you're back!"

  This sentence, with strong emotions in the voice, filled Gu Qingci's heart with bitterness, his face was a little pale, he knelt on the ground slowly, and said: "I am unworthy, Gu Qingci, I have made my mother suffer!"

   Mrs. Gu seemed a little embarrassed, she hurriedly grabbed Gu Qingci, and said: "Oh, Qingci, don't be like this, mother... Mother is happy to see you, mother is not suffering, mother is happy, happy, get up quickly..."

Mrs. Gu pulled Gu Qingci, and started to sob slowly as she spoke, choked up: "Mother misses you every day, afraid that you will be hungry, afraid that you will not be able to take care of yourself... If you sometimes hear someone passing by outside the house... I thought it was you who came back...Mom, I miss you so much..."

   "Mother..."

   Gu Qingci was also a little choked up, unable to express his thoughts, he finally knew what he was lacking in two lives, maybe it was this family affection.

  Little Shitou touched his head, looked at his brother and mother, and asked in doubt: "Mother, brother, why are you crying, Xiaoshitou is very happy."

  Gu Qingci hurriedly helped Mrs. Gu up, and said: "Mother, it's cold at night, let's go in and talk!"

   Mrs. Gu nodded, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, mother, this happy, just..."

  Gu Qingci smiled slightly: "Qingci is also happy!"

  Whether it’s the vicissitudes of life, or whether things are changing, whether mountains are long and rivers are wide, when I return, I will still be your boy in white!

   Tomorrow is Saturday again, should there be an update or not?

  (end of this chapter)