When Xu He led Sister Gu to meet his sworn brother.
Mao Yi stood up in surprise and said, "This, isn't this Gu everyone?"
Mao Yi's family was in Jinling and he was from the noble circle. How could he not know Gu Hengbo.
I saw Gu Hengbo saying calmly and generously: "It turns out to be Mao Xiaohou from Ningguo Houfu. Gu Meisheng is so polite!"
Mao Yi sighed: "Gu's fairy-like figure has become my younger brother and sister. Why do I feel a little unreal?"
"What siblings?" Gu Hengbo didn't know why.
Xu He whispered in his ear about today's sworn vows.
When Gu Hengbo heard this, his pretty face turned red. He glared at Xu He with shame and left.
It wasn't until after he left that Mao Yi sighed: "Brother, brother, I really admire you more and more. You are such an immortal person like Gu, and now you have brought him into your family. To be honest, I don't know how many scholars in the world will envy you." Yo!"
The two of them drank until three o'clock that night before they took a break.
Mao Yi has been worried about Ma Liangbi's humiliation and his family's future. Today he stopped drinking, and finally got a room in the inn to sleep.
Xu He was also drunk, and Sister Gu came to help him wash up. He took Gu Hengbo to talk about the past and the present, and to recite poems and lyrics.
What's the difference between drinking and singing?
A gold bottle of wine costs ten thousand yuan, and a jade plate of precious wine costs ten thousand yuan.
Why do you want to get drunk and sing to the wine...
In the end, he just hugged Sister Gu and refused to let go, which made Gu Meisheng feel ashamed and angry.
Finally, Xu He fell asleep with his head covered after being exhausted.
While Gu Hengbo wiped his face, he was thinking about the word "younger brother and sister" that Mao Biao said today.
"He calls me [younger brother and sister] in front of others." Gu Hengbo was secretly happy in his heart, and the hand he wiped Xu He's drunken face became gentler.
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Early the next morning, Xu He sat up from the bed in excitement and saw Sister Gu sitting on the edge of the bed, sleeping soundly.
He shook his head. Even now, his mind was still in chaos because of his hangover.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and quickly got up to wash up. There was a big event to transport food today, and he had to go find Mao Bao quickly.
The sound of getting up woke up the sleepy Gu Hengbo.
Xu He quickly got out of bed and picked up Sister Gu before she woke up.
Gu Hengbo was frightened and woke up immediately: "You, what are you doing?"
Sister Gu, you have somewhat misunderstood the gentleman Xu Liangsheng.
I saw Xu He gently placing her on the bed and whispering in her ear: "Meisheng, thank you for your hard work. You can sleep for a while. If everything goes well, we can go back at noon!"
Gu Hengbo's heart was pounding like a deer when he was so close. He closed his eyes like an ostrich and said, "Well, then I'll wait for you here!"
Xu He took the opportunity to peck her on the forehead, and then like a successful child, escaped from the guest room before Sister Gu could get angry.
Unexpectedly, when he came downstairs, he found that Mao Yi and Uncle Liu were looking at him teasingly.
When he sat down at the table full of breakfast, Mao Ye said: "My dear brother, I am so envious of others. With a beauty in my arms, my ears and temples are rubbing against each other, eh~!"
Damn it, you don’t know how much everyone drank last night?
But when it comes to this kind of thing, men always have to fight for face. He smiled and immersed himself in drinking porridge, but did not explain it. I will neither admit nor deny it. You can guess for yourself.
After breakfast, a carriage was already parked at the door of the inn, waiting for the two of them.
"Let's go, brother, I'm going to say this for you today because of my brother!" Mao Yao waved his hand and was ready to set off.
But at this moment, Magistrate Hu County suddenly rushed over panting and holding up his robe.
It turned out that he had received news from Xu He last night, saying that the shipment would be shipped tomorrow.
After he returned, he told the third group of government servants and boatmen and rowers from Hailing County to let them rest early.
Moreover, he stayed up all night, guarding this group of people, fearing that someone who had tipped off could slip out.
Who would have thought that there was no talk all night and not even a cat was seen.
But in the morning after dinner, when we counted the number of people, we found that one person was missing.
This made Huxian Cheng anxious. After checking for a long time, he found that a boatman on the official ship was missing. According to the boatman who was traveling with him, he saw that person when he went to bed last night.
"Brother Xu, that person can't be..." Hu Xian Cheng was afraid that Xu He would blame him, and then let go, even looking at Xu He with a hint of carelessness.
After Xu He heard the whole story, his heart moved, so he asked: "Is that boatman about thirty years old, with a sallow complexion and a black mole between his eyebrows?"
Upon hearing this, Huxian Cheng turned his head and looked at the household official who had also come to report the news, Qiu Hushu's immediate superior.
The official nodded and said: "Yes, exactly, this man is the boatman who was just recruited this summer!"
After hearing this, Hu Xian Cheng looked at Xu He eagerly.
Xu He thought for a while and shook his head: "This person should not be the messenger of a big family in the county!"
Huxian Cheng was delighted when he heard this and said, "Why do you see that?"
"Obviously knowing that you are watching them, brother, he still ran away blatantly. This means that he will not be able to do the job of boatman in the future. The small reward from a wealthy family is more important than the iron rice bowl of the county government. Everyone knows it!”
As soon as these words came out, Hu County Cheng and the house official nodded repeatedly.
In fact, what Xu He didn't tell them was that through his observation, the boatman was well-spoken and knowledgeable. He should not be an illiterate boatman.
The fact that the other party was willing to talk to him showed that he didn't care about exposing his identity in front of Xu He and others.
From this point of view, although Xu He didn't know which level of immortal the other party was, it seemed to have nothing to do with him.
Isn't that okay if it doesn't matter?
Why do you care so much?
When he returned to the car, Mao Yi asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Xu He said: "It's okay, one of the people brought by the county is missing!"
Mao Yi said: "Brother, do you want me to help you look for him?"
Xu He pondered for a moment and then shook his head: "He will come when he is supposed to come. If he cannot be found when he wants to leave, let him go!"
Silently all the way, the carriage carried Mao Yi and Xu He, followed by people from Hailing County and a group of Mao Yi's soldiers, taking advantage of the early cool to rush to Renziba where the canal ships were shipped north.
After walking and stopping for about half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the Renzi Dam.
There were more than a thousand water workers carrying grain and grass beside the dam, and the grain boats on the river could not be seen at a glance.
Mao Biao called Uncle Liu and said, "Where is our ancestor Chi Mao?"
Uncle Liu quickly asked someone to invite him.
After a while, the soldier hurried back and said to Mao Yi: "Reporting to the army gate, a group of officials from the water transportation yamen have surrounded the general manager of the pool. I don't know what is going on!"
Hearing this, Mao Yi's face suddenly darkened and he said: "Humph, I was just trying to find some trouble with them to vent my anger on my virtuous brother, but they came to knock on my door first! Let's go and see if these sour scholars from Caosi Yamen still dare to Why don't you beat up our big boss?"
