beauty heart thorn

Chapter 41 Invitation
The heat of summer gradually enveloped Jiangling.

In late May, the vigorous black pigeons circled in the sky and flew into the Taoyuan Garden.

Yueyan by the window untied the letter and handed it to Gu Mingzhu who was resting with her eyes closed.

Gu Mingzhu opened it and read it, then burned the letter and said, "Yun Zhao has been promoted again."

Yueyan stood beside her and said, "Yun Zhao has outstanding abilities, and his promotion is expected."

The appointment letter from the Ministry of Rites came down yesterday, and Yun Zhao was promoted to the Minister of the Household Department, from the second rank.

Gu Mingzhu waved the cattail fan to drive away the sweltering summer heat, and said, "The emperor thinks highly of him now."

Yueyan smiled and said, "I heard that Qi Feiyan has already entered Beijing."

"Because of Yun Zhao?"

"It is said that she will be carried into the mansion as a concubine."

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, her fan gently pressed against the tip of her nose, and said: "Being able to be a concubine will be considered an advantage for the Qi family."

She pondered for a while and said: "I heard that Wu Jingming is going to get married next month, the Wu family is really fast."

While talking, Chun'er hurried over, shouting as she ran, "Miss is not good, miss..."

Both of them looked at her together.

"Miss, the matchmaker has come to your door and wants to say goodbye to you. She is now in the yard of the young master."

"Why do you want to talk about kissing when you are so good?" Gu Mingzhu muttered, her movements were fast, and she arrived at Tingchao Garden in a short while.

Sure enough, there is a matchmaker.

"Brother." Gu Mingzhu stepped forward generously. There were seven or eight paintings on the stone table. She picked up one at random and unfolded it. It looked like a young man.

"Miss Gu." The matchmaker sees everyone who is a third-degree relative: "I was entrusted by Mr. Gu to come and tell the girl about the matchmaking. Here are all young talents from Jiangling. The Gu family can see if there is a match. I will be a matchmaker In 15 years, there is no matchmaker that can't be said!"

Gu Xiurong looked at it seriously, Gu Mingzhu leaned over to take a look, and said disgustedly: "This is too ugly..."

"Ugly?" Gu Xiurong asked suspiciously: "This is the son of the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and he looks like a good-looking talent."

"How can this be called a good-looking talent." Gu Mingzhu took the painting: "Look at these eyes, this nose, and this face, even Wu Yue can't compare to it."

Gu Xiurong coughed lightly, and said, "If you don't like it, then pick another one."

He took out another portrait and said, "Look at this, it's a Juren, looks like a good-looking talent, right?"

Gu Mingzhu frowned: "Even my brother can't compare to..."

Gu Xiurong then put it down, and picked up another one: "This is the head office, the son of the Ding family, Jiangling is famous for being handsome."

Gu Xiurong stared at Gu Mingzhu, wanting to see what she had to say.

Gu Mingzhu took the painting, really looked at it, and then said: "You are handsome, but you are far behind Xu Jue."

Gu Xiurong said: "What nonsense are you talking about in the film, little girl? Can Man Jiangling find out how many people can compare with A Jue? You can't just pick a husband and son-in-law by looking at the skin."

Gu Mingzhu raised her head: "But I just like skins..."

Gu Xiurong said: "Make trouble."

Gu Mingzhu took his arm: "Brother, don't worry about these things..."

Gu Xiurong waved his hand, the matchmaker was a perceptive person, and after receiving the reward, she said happily, "The little one will leave first."

Gu Xiurong said, "You heard the news that Yun Zhao wants to take a concubine, right?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded.

Gu Xiurong said: "Now that I'm in the officialdom with him, I can't see you up and down, you are sixteen, you should make a marriage, if you don't like these things, let's look for someone else."

Although Gu Mingzhu didn't want to, she still nodded along with his words and said, "It's fine to look for it, but I need to nod."

"That's natural, nothing is as important as you."

When Gu Xiurong mentioned her, Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but think of Gu Xiurong's marriage. Gu Xiurong was seven years older than Gu Mingzhu, and his family had arranged a marriage for him when he was young. Later, because Gu Xiurong secretly joined the army, the woman came to the door to withdraw her marriage and married someone else.

In the previous life, the elder brother was alone, until the identity of the prince Yunzhao was revealed, he took the daughter of the Yue family for various reasons. After writing He Li's book, he set himself on fire at home.

"My brother is 23 now, so it's time to kiss me." Gu Mingzhu said.

"Not urgent."

Gu Mingzhu wrinkled her nose: "Seniors and elders are orderly. When my brother makes an engagement, I'll talk about my affairs."

"You, you... that's all, let's discuss this matter later." Gu Xiurong took out a post from his arms, handed it to her, and said, "I almost forgot, the post that Jing'an Hou personally gave this morning, invites all families after three days. Participate in the banquet."

Gu Mingzhu took the post and said, "The Wu family wants a banquet? Why?"

"The Marquis of Jing'an had a daughter at this time last year. Li Guo has always been cautious about the first birthday ceremony. Marquis Jing'an is also the emperor's nephew. This time it should be lively."

Gu Mingzhu read the post and said, "My name is on the post."

"The eldest princess personally called for you to go too."

Gu Mingzhu raised her head and asked in surprise, "The eldest princess called me to go?"

"I heard that I went to the palace to chat with the empress a few days ago, and the empress raised her mouth, which is why this happened."

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said: "So that's the case, then let's go."

At night, Ah San knocked on the door and entered with a whole body of dust.

"Miss."

Gu Mingzhu put down the book: "I'm back."

Ah San poured a cup of tea on the table by herself, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "I stayed in Fu County for more than ten days, and after asking a lot of people, I finally found the author of the book, and he brought it back."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Where are people?"

"He's waiting in the garden. His name is Qiu Qingzhai. He used to be a teacher in Fu County."

"Let him in."

Ah San said yes, put down the bead curtain, and said to the outside: "Mr. Qiu, come in."

Qiu Qingzhai walked in.

The visitor looked to be in his forties, wearing a scholar's hat, with a long beard, and looked quite knowledgeable.

Behind the bead curtain, Gu Mingzhu's face could not be seen clearly, and the girl's voice was a little tired: "Why did you invite me to Jiangling? Ah San has already told me about it."

Qiu Qingzhai replied, "I have heard a little bit about it."

"I came across Miscellaneous Records by chance, and I am very interested in the content of this book, especially one of the strange stories, which is related to Fu County. I have some things I don't understand, and I want to ask sir for advice."

Qiu Qingzhai said: "Miss, please tell me."

Gu Mingzhu picked up the book on the side, flipped through a few pages, and said, "I'm curious, this book has twenty articles in total, and almost every article is about strange things about folk powers and gods, and these strange things all imply There is only one article, which is ironic, and it is about the real case about Huang Xia seven years ago, can Mr. Qiu answer my doubts."

Qiu Qingzhai's face was calm, and he looked at the beautiful figure behind the bead curtain: "Qiu felt that Huang Xia's incident was indeed a strange thing, so he recorded it."

"How strange?"

Qiu Qingzhai smiled slightly: "Miss, would you believe that a person who worked day and night to build embankments and slept on the river bank for three whole months would be greedy for ink?"

"Corruption in the officialdom, some people are greedy for the 50 taels, and in the end they want Huang Xia to be the scapegoat. Isn't such a thing more shocking than a ghost?"

Gu Mingzhu's faint voice sounded: "Do you have evidence?"

"Qiu has only one letter written by Huang Xia. After the river embankment exploded, he knew he was going to die, so he secretly left the letter, hoping that one day his grievances would be cleared up. This letter was first in Huang Yu's body, and then it was transferred to me. .”

"Where is the letter?"

Qiu Qingzhai groped and took out a letter from his arms.

Ah San took it and passed it forward through the bead curtain. For a brief moment, she vaguely glimpsed the girl's face.

Gu Mingzhu took the letter, it seems that it has been a few years, and the letter is still well preserved.

After reading, she asked, "Did you just say it was bombed? I heard that the embankment failed to withstand the impact of the flood because Huang Xia cut corners."

"It's just nonsense! It's obvious that someone deliberately blew up the embankment and caused the embankment to burst."

Gu Mingzhu said: "This is just your one-sided statement."

Qiu Qingzhai's expression turned pale: "Since Miss can find me, she will be able to find out the truth. It depends on Miss' willingness."

Gu Mingzhu was silent for a while, and asked, "Mr. Qiu and Huang Xia are old friends?"

"I've met a few times, and our friendship is like water."

Gu Mingzhu was silent.

Qiu Qingzhai seemed to understand her silence, and said: "Huang Xia has a lot of respect for scholars. I am a scholar without a chicken, but I get this respect. He died with injustice. The scholar is helpless, so I am respected in vain."

Gu Mingzhu's eyes could not help falling on the book, she was silent for a while, and said: "Sir, you have worked hard all the way, so let's stay in the mansion first."

Ah San took the man out.

When the two arrived at the courtyard, Yue Yan and Chun'er came with a tray of food. Li Guo valued literati and respected most of the learned scholars. Coupled with Qiu Qingzhai's attire, the two nodded slightly at him.

　1. Regarding the role of Yueyan, it can be understood as the second female and the third female. It is a very important line, which needs to be rewritten.

　　2. The issue of official promotion in the article, you can just read it for fun, don't take it too seriously.

　　3. There is also the Thirteenth Garden. The heroine opened this building for other purposes, so at the beginning her group was all the big families, and the high price is inevitable. Gusu is a very common prefecture and county in the setting, 10 Wanliang is very high, Jiangling is the capital, and the Thirteenth Garden has set a threshold. The main effect of the female is this effect.

　　4. Regarding the relationship line, before Xu Jue had a conflict with the heroine, Gu Mingzhu had always been in a somewhat evasive attitude. Even if the heroine deliberately approached, it must be for a purpose. Some people may feel cruel, but the heroine He is not a good person.

　　Finally: welcome everyone to catch bugs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)