That Person In That River and Lake

  Chapter 73 Someone is frank, someone is pretending

  There was a heavy snowfall in the northwest, and the whole world was set against a vast expanse of whiteness. The scenery is so spectacular. The snowflakes swirled in the biting cold wind, falling and floating again.

  The wind, the snow whistling, someone from the north looking far to the south, there is a city called Chang'an!

Chang'an is a thousand-year-old city and the capital of the Xia Kingdom. There, there is an old man who has stayed in the city all his life. The old man is called Ning Qing. He is a great practitioner of the innate realm. When he was twenty, he entered Chang'an by chance. Since then, it has taken root.

As the capital of the Xia Kingdom, it is not surprising that a congenital master is not surprising, but Ning Qing is different. He served in Qin Tianjian when the first emperor was alive. For decades, a new generation replaced the old one, and even the emperor had changed. However, he is still in the Qin Tian Prison.

Therefore, in the court of Xia Kingdom, almost all the officials in the capital did not know Ning Qing, and Ma Dongyang, who was the Minister of Rites of the current dynasty, naturally did not know Ning Qing. As an official, there are naturally some overlaps, so Ning Qing recognized Ma Zhibai, the son of the Minister of Rites.

With acquaintances, Ma Zhibai is naturally much easier to talk to than before. Ning Qing's face to Ma Dongyang also gave Ma Zhibai a chance to explain the cause and effect of the matter, but Ning Qing will not go beyond, how to deal with it, the power lies Gu Qingci was in his hands, so he asked Pang Shilong to send someone to find Gu Qingci.

   Gu Qingci learned about the situation from Yan Bo, and rushed over immediately.

  As soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard Ning Qing's voice.

"Boy from the Ma family, when I was in Beijing, I have heard of your virtuous name, and I also believe that you are not the kind of person who will do anything for the sake of your future. However, the person who was injured this time is not me, but Master Gu Qingci, If you want to take away your servant, I won't count!"

Gu Qingci took another two steps forward, and heard a young man's voice: "Old Ning, this junior knows that I am the one who is sorry for Mr. Gu, but, although Uncle Dong is a servant of my Ma family, I have been watching him since I was a child." I grew up, I can't just watch him die here... I will apologize like Mr. Gu and hope to get his forgiveness."

  At this time, Yan Bo suddenly lifted the cloth of the camp tent, Gu Qingci walked in slowly, and said coldly: "Mr. Ma, the county is also very confused now, how are you going to make amends?"

  As soon as Gu Qingci came in, the people in the camp hurriedly looked over, Pang Shilong rushed over immediately, excitedly said: "Master Gu, you... you are awake!"

  Gu Qingci smiled lightly, patted Pang Shilong on the shoulder, and said: "Don't worry, there is nothing serious in this county now, um... Beimo people attacked the city this morning. You did a good job and did not disappoint this county!"

  Pang Shilong looked ashamed, and said: "My lord...I am ashamed of my subordinates. I lost too much of my good man in Daxia in this morning's battle. They...ah!"

  Gu Qingci waved his hand and was about to speak when he suddenly heard Ning Qing's voice:

"Lieutenant Pang County, I don't blame you. You have done your best. Moreover, now that Lord Gu is awake and has stabilized the morale of the army, you are fighting a good battle, killing more Beimo thieves, and avenging the sacrificed soldiers. They The spirit in heaven will surely rest in peace!"

  Gu Qingci looked at Ning Qing who was slowly getting up and walking over, arched his hands, bowed slightly, and said: "Old Ning, you have worked hard!"

  Ning Qing shook his head, and said lightly: "It's not hard for me, I'm just a little worried about you, Mr. Gu. Now I can breathe a sigh of relief seeing that you are well."

   "Thank you, Mr. Ning, for your concern!"

Gu Qingci greeted Ning Qing and Pang Shilong, and then looked at Ma Zhibai on the other side, and felt that this person had a very good temperament, as if he was upright, walking with the dignity of a scholar, but he also frowned secretly, afraid that it was a hypocrite!

  He won't be so simple as to trust a person just by relying on the first image, not to mention, there is still a big or small grievance between the two.

He didn't believe what Ma Zhibai said before, if Ma Zhibai had no idea about his great achievements, and his attitude was very firm, he didn't believe that the servant with the knife would really decide to assassinate him privately, even worse Might still be authorized.

   It’s not that Gu Qingci’s heart is dark, but he firmly believes in one sentence, at the beginning of human beings, nature is evil, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and people like to flock together.

Ma Zhibai is full of curiosity about Gu Qingci, since he found out about Gu Qingci's personality, he has been looking forward to making friends with him. Now that he sees Gu Qingci, he is not disappointed. Gu Qingci's body is also in line with what he thinks in his heart, and also As he had expected, he was humble and polite, yet proud. This kind of thing from the inside out couldn't be faked.

There is also a young man in the camp, Ma Zhibai's book boy Sancai. He has been staring at Gu Qingci since Gu Qingci came in. People of their age group are the most passionate and hero-worshipping age. The legend of Gu Qingci , he only heard it once, and he was able to remember it clearly.

   Sancai hid behind Ma Zhibai, stared at Gu Qingci with two small eyes and kept turning, his face was a little flushed, and he was slightly excited.

  Gu Qingci also noticed the young man, but felt that the young man was quite spiritual and very lovable, not to mention, it was impossible for him to transfer his anger to a child, so he smiled at Sancai.

Gu Qingci's smile suddenly eased up the not-so-good atmosphere in the tent, like a little star in the dark night, especially for Sancai, it was even more pleasant surprise, and he summoned up his courage and said, "Master Gu, I...I...my name is Sancai , I admire you so much, you... you are such a good official, a hero... a hero..."

  Sancai said this, because he was excited, he suddenly didn't know what to say, he kept slamming his mouth, trying to say something, but he just couldn't say it, so anxious that his face flushed red up to his neck.

Gu Qingci also saw the state of the three talents, smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and said: "Little brother is absurdly praised, Gu can't be regarded as a hero, he is just in his position, seeking his own government, doing what I should Do it, just ask for a clear conscience!"

   "What a clear conscience!"

  Ma Zhibai suddenly cheered and said: "People in my generation, that's how it should be!"

  Gu Qingci glanced at Ma Zhibai, but didn't speak, as if he didn't exist.

  Ma Zhibai was stunned for a moment, but he didn't show any embarrassment, nor was he angry because of Gu Qingci's negligence, he cupped his hands towards Gu Qingci, and said, "Master Gu, you are dismounting Zhibai!"

Gu Qingci turned his head and stared at Ma Zhibai. He wanted to find some flaws in Ma Zhibai, because this person's performance was indeed too deep. For this kind of person, there are only two possibilities, one is a real gentleman, or There is one kind, and that is a hypocrite who hides deeply!

  True gentleman, hypocrite.

  Some people are frank, some people are pretending!

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