beauty heart thorn

Chapter 110 Exchange
Gu Mingzhu's eyes were gloomy, remembering the way she looked at Xu Jue just now, as if she went to a brothel to choose a small shop.

A little unhappy, the mania in the depths of his heart was faintly rising.

Want to see blood.

want to kill.

That's her person, her thing!

Yang Fuyan knelt and crawled up to him, kowtowing repeatedly: "Your Highness... please forgive me! Jiaojiao is only 17 years old, please spare her life!"

As soon as the master of the Ma family entered the door, he saw this tragic scene. The son-in-law kowtowed while pressing his head, and the daughter was crying with blood on her face.

The eyeballs of the woman with a distinctive dress on the seat are indifferent.

Gu Mingzhu snorted: "Do you think you can keep her life with her? I am kind, and I won't hurt my family and children. Kowtow to thank you."

Master Ma had already heard the ins and outs of the matter when he was on the road, and there was a plop at this moment.

Seeing that Gu Mingzhu knelt down again, the corners of her eyes twitched slightly: "Master Ma?"

Four people knelt in this back hall.

Gu Mingzhu's eyes met Xu Jue's in the chaos, and the man smiled and raised his eyebrows in a gesture.

The restlessness in Gu Mingzhu's heart receded like a tide, and she calmly turned her gaze back.

Master Ma said fearfully: "Your Highness, it is my daughter who is reckless, and my daughter is guilty. It is also my idea to donate armor to the soldiers. I am a businessman and I don't know how to fight. I just feel that the weather is cold and I want to buy winter clothes for the soldiers."

Gu Mingzhu's knuckles were loose, and the high-quality nanmu table made low noises.

Master Ma gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness, Ma Huaimin has come here to ask His Majesty, the Ma family is willing to donate money to buy winter clothes for the soldiers in the twelve states in the southeast."

It turns out that there really is a way not to kill Yang Fuyan.

Gu Mingzhu thought about the conversation between the two just now.

He had already expected that the Ma family would get involved. Master Ma was eager to save the girl, he gritted his teeth and drew out blood. He was also a decisive person to replace her, but why did Ma Jiaojiao become such a fool?

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Master Ma is so sympathetic to the soldiers of the twelve states in the southeast, I will accept this kindness on their behalf."

Master Ma buried his head on the ground: "The Ma family is honored."

Gu Mingzhu got up: "However, your daughter's arbitrary detainment is too bad, let Yang Fuyan write a seal letter and reduce her to a concubine's room."

"Yes."

Gu Mingzhu thought for a while, then said, "Wei Zhizhou."

Wei Huilin slightly raised his head respectfully: "The lower official is here."

"Your crime of laxity, how do you say how to deal with it?"

Wei Huilin lowered his head: "His Royal Highness, please punish me."

Gu Mingzhu pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think that the common people will suffer from hunger in this icy and snowy place?"

Wei Huilin said: "His Royal Highness Ming Wang said so. The officials are planning to buy some cotton clothes and food and send them to the disaster-stricken areas."

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said: "Wei Zhizhou is indeed the official of the people's parents. I will first thank you for your generosity on behalf of the twelve states."

Wei Huilin hastily said: "The duty of a subordinate official is, I dare not be..."

Gu Mingzhu walked to the door, stopped suddenly, and said: "What you two promised, let's fulfill it in a few days, so that everyone can have a good year."

"Yes."

She followed Xu Jue out of the gate of the Captain's Mansion.

As soon as the two of them came out of the courtyard, Ma Jiaojiao on the ground burst into tears: "Husband...husband, my face..."

Yang Fuyan was so distressed that he hugged her. Seeing that bloody face, it was a little bloody, so he comforted him patiently: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will definitely invite the best doctor to look at you."

Wei Huilin slowly stood up from the ground, thinking about what he just promised, his face was extremely ugly.

Over the years, he has received a lot of things from the Ma family, openly and secretly. This time, he accepted it, and it was like emptying them out.

Several people have different ideas.

When going out, Captain Yan Yunqi, who stayed behind in Dangzhou, escorted more than ten people who had just been arrested in the opera garden, and knelt at the gate of the captain's mansion.

Seeing her come out, Zou Lin respectfully stepped forward to salute, and knelt in a circle: "The last general, Zou Lin, has met His Highness King Ming."

Gu Mingzhu took a glance, stared at Human Way, and said in a playful tone, "Is this how you lead troops?"

Zou Lin couldn't help showing shame when he was questioned.

"One hundred sticks per person, and torture here! As the captain of [-] Yanyun riders, you are not strict in discipline, and you will be punished for crimes first class, and you will be punished with two hundred rods!"

"Yes!"

Gu Mingzhu lifted the curtain, got into the carriage, and the coachman drove forward.

Gu Mingzhu put her hand between her eyebrows and said, "I'm still worrying about the heavy snowfall in the Twelve States, but today this Wei Huilin bumped into my hand."

She thought of the messy things that happened this morning, and she was very upset: "These things are really troublesome to deal with, the show is not seen, and the meal is too late."

Gu Mingzhu was a little annoyed, she moved closer to Xu Jue, and was hugged by him, laying on her knees and rubbing her brain and heart.

Gu Mingzhu closed her eyes.

Xu Jue said: "I told you from the beginning that the local government is not as easy as you seem. Today we took advantage of it. The new clothes worn by the soldiers of the twelve states for the winter have a source, and the people affected by the disaster can also To get winter clothes and rations, if these two sums of money are allocated from the account, there will be no two million."

Gu Mingzhu thought about the money that had been rushed away from the account recently, and couldn't help but feel sad: "Nowadays, everyone needs money. I used to think that the money in the account would be enough for six states, but now it has become twelve states. After a few battles, the family will be wiped out."

Gu Mingzhu said: "I have some money in Jiangling, but now that the two sides are fighting, the bank is blocked, and I can't withdraw money casually. If I want money, I have to exchange the banknotes for silver in the country of Li and ship them over."

The eyelids suddenly became warm.

Gu Mingzhu opened her eyes and met Xu Jue's eyes.

Gu Mingzhu smiled unconsciously, and reached out to touch her eyelashes: "Kiss me secretly?"

"Wrong, this is an aboveboard relative."

Gu Mingzhu thought for a while, moved closer and touched his lips, and said, "That's even."

"Just now that Ma Jiaojiao was trying to flirt with you, I was already being polite without twisting her neck!"

Xu Jue smiled lightly, a trace of elusive strangeness flashed in his heart, he didn't care, pinched the tip of Gu Mingzhu's nose, and said, "Take you to dinner."

It was already past noon, and there was no one in the restaurant.

The two went up to the second floor and found a place by the window to sit. When the food was served, the topic returned to Ma's house.

The Ma family is located in the twelve states in the southeast, and it can be described in two words: rich.

Ma Huaimin has a way of doing business, he is involved in both red and white, and has accumulated a lot of contacts in the early years. Later, these businesses have turned to the right track, and all the previous things have been buried.

Even so, gossip is still indispensable.

The family affairs of the Ma family were also strange. Ma Huaimin had five concubines in total, but unfortunately they had nothing to do with them for many years. Later, I heard that someone got pregnant with a wrong idea, and even the mother's womb was buried alive after giving birth.

Ma Huaimin could not give birth.

"Can't give birth? Then how did Ma Jiaojiao get here?" Gu Mingzhu asked.

The coachman said: "Afterwards, I asked God to heal her. It's just because of the years, my health is not as good as a man's, and I have a daughter like Ma Jiaojiao after many years. Why don't you hold her in the palm of your hand?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded knowingly, waved her hand, and the driver stepped back.

Gu Mingzhu then said: "If Dongnan hadn't changed hands, Ma Jiaojiao's life would have been smooth sailing."

She picked up some food with her chopsticks, thought for a while, and said: "I saw that Ma Huaimin acted today. He is a courageous person. He guessed that we were short of money, but his family had money. Exchange money for Ma Jiaojiao. Waiting for the reaction, he must have been a big shot in the business field back then."

Xu Jue wasn't hungry. After taking two mouthfuls, he picked up hot tea and said, "It's a quick response."

Gu Mingzhu said: "It's puzzling that such a person will be succumbed to the southeast these years."

Xu Jue's eyes darkened slightly, and he said, "Wouldn't it be clear if you check it out?"

Gu Mingzhu looked at him while eating: "?"

Xu Jue said: "Let Hongyelou check his details, I always feel that there is something wrong with the Ma family."

Gu Mingzhu said: "It's not difficult to check, Hongyelou Spring Banquet is in charge, just tell him when you go back."

Xu Jue was silent for a while, then looked at her: "I suddenly remembered something."

"what?"

"The group of killers outside Jiangling City retreated when they saw you. After September, they found Hongyelou."

Why did you bring this up all of a sudden?

Gu Mingzhu lowered her head with a guilty conscience: "Oh...that's right..."

Xu Jue snorted, "Gu Mingzhu!"

Gu Mingzhu simply put down her chopsticks: "Okay, I admit it, but at the time I really didn't expect that the emperor would send you to meet Li Sui, this is really the truth! The conscience of heaven and earth!"

"I'll settle accounts with you later!" Xu Jue said.

Knowing that she was wrong, Gu Mingzhu rubbed the tip of her nose, thinking that there were many side details in Jiangling that he didn't know about back then, and that she deliberately used it, he would remember it when he was free in the future...

When will this account be settled?
Gu Mingzhu looked calm on the surface, but she was a little flustered in her heart.

It would be fine if Xu Jue's settlement was serious, but this person...

Xu Jue stared at her face, which turned red and then pale, with a hint of doubt on her face. She stretched out her hand and pressed her fingertips against Gu Mingzhu's cheek: "Why is your face so red?"

Gu Mingzhu stepped back a bit: "No...it's nothing..."

This is not a self-inflicted appearance.

Xu Jue was slightly stunned, thinking about what he said just now, and suddenly smiled: "I thought something was wrong? So you are still shy? Why? The paper tiger is afraid that I will settle the score?"

It was rare for Gu Mingzhu not to answer.

Xu Jue laughed wantonly.

Gu Mingzhu glared at him angrily: "What's so funny?"

Xu Jue smiled and said, "I should laugh, why shouldn't I?"

Gu Mingzhu simply ignored it, took a sip of tea, calmed down, and tried to bring the topic back to the Ma family.

Xu Jue leaned over, her breath approached suddenly, and she laughed in a low voice: "Only your mouth is hard..."

Again and again...

Gu Mingzhu looked back at him: "Oh? Really? Not necessarily."

Xu Jue raised his eyebrows.

Gu Mingzhu said slowly: "In addition to my stubborn mouth... my fists are also tough!"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Jue threw a punch, and was lightly caught by Xu Jue, who smiled and said, "Why are you so impatient?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "I'll let you wave!"

Xu Jue: "Tsk... This is turning into anger from embarrassment..."

Gu Mingzhu was grabbed by him with one hand, and swung the other hand, which landed on the side of his neck. As soon as he touched her, her wrist was grabbed. on the lap.

Gu Mingzhu struggled for a few times, Xu Jue patted the back of her head and said, "What's the trouble..."

It wasn't that he really wanted to make a fuss, Gu Mingzhu became honest when he made such a clap.

Xu Jue said, "Are you still eating?"

"Eat! Why don't you eat!"

He reached for the chopsticks and said, "Which one do you want to eat?"

Gu Mingzhu pouted, and Xu Jue put a broad bean into her mouth. After feeding her five or six mouthfuls, she packed up and went downstairs to return home.

(End of this chapter)