When Gusaka saw Li Shui, he thought of dying together. When I think of dying together, I think of the gold medal for immunity from death. When I think of the gold medal for immunity from death, I think of murder without repayment.
Gusaka was a little scared and wanted to leave this place of right and wrong immediately. Lest Li Shui go crazy and kill him later.
However, Gusaka didn't want to act too cowardly and make people laugh, so he had to pretend to be fearless.
Cowards pretend to be bold and often use too much force. Gusaka committed this problem. He shouted at Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, do you dare to kill me?"
Li Shui looked at the old man in confusion and asked Zhou Qingchen, "Who is this?"
Zhou Qingchen laughed dryly: "This is my father-in-law."
Gusaka sneered: "Who is your father-in-law? From today on, our two families have nothing to do with each other."
Li Xin crossed his arms and looked at it for a while, then gradually understood, and said to Li Shui: "It seems something happened to their family, how about we come back later?"
Li Shui said with a smile: "That's okay, let's go to the Banished Immortal Tower for a couple of drinks first."
But Zhou Qingchen stopped Li Shui and said: "Exiled Immortal, Exiled Immortal, don't leave, help me."
Li Shui asked in confusion: "What's going on?"
Zhou Qingchen told the story exactly. After hearing this, Li Shui sneered: "Okay. Is it actually embarrassing to be friends with me, Huai Guzi?"
Li Xin whispered in Li Shui's ear: "Brother Huai, do you want to tell them about that matter?"
Li Shui shook his head slightly: "There's no rush, we'll talk about it later."
Li Shui and Li Xin were not found by Zhou Qingchen's family. After the servant left Zhou Mansion, he went straight to Shang Jun's Courtyard and has not returned yet.
Li Shui and Li Xin went to the palace early in the morning. In the palace, they met with Ying Zheng and received a list of names. This list contains the names of those who proposed the imperial examination.
Ying Zheng obviously had many considerations in drawing up this list. Among the people who proposed the topic, there were Legalists, Confucianists, Wang Wan, Li Si, and Chun Yuyue. Try to be as balanced as possible to prevent the topic from being beneficial to some people and disadvantageous to others.
Ying Zheng planned to put someone from Li Shui inside. After much deliberation, I chose Zhou Qingchen for no other reason than that every time someone impeached Li Shui, Zhou Qingchen was always at the forefront. Ying Zheng was really impressed by this person.
After Li Shui and Li Xin got the news, they went to Zhou Qingchen's house together to tell them the good news.
As a result, as soon as I came in, I saw this scene.
Gusaka saw Li Shui and Li Xin whispering there, but there was no other action. Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that rumors are just rumors. Huaiguzi doesn't dare to touch him after all.
As a result, as soon as he thought of this, Li Shui raised his head, looked around, and asked, "Who is Gu Mu?"
Gu Mu said nothing, but the servant of Zhou Mansion pointed at him.
Gu Mu had no choice but to stand up and said, "What are the orders from the banished immortal?"
Li Shui said: "You raped a common girl in broad daylight, and your crime is not small. Come on, send him to Lord Nei Shi, and he will be convicted as you please."
Gu Mu's face turned pale and he said loudly: "I didn't rob the girl, she was my little sister."
Li Shui waved his hands quickly: "I'm already married, not just your little sister. But you're right, I just used the wrong word. You didn't rob a civilian girl, you broke into the courtier's house first and beat the court official. Then he robbed the courtier’s wife. God, this is a serious crime. If I act bravely and kill you with a knife, I shouldn’t be responsible, right?"
Gu Mu took a few steps back, fearing that Li Shui was really going to draw his sword and kill someone.
Gusaka stood in front of his son, looked at Li Shui and said, "Exiled Immortal, don't bully others too much. Don't think that because you have a gold medal to avoid death, I am afraid of you."
The banished immortal said: "You are also guilty of breaking into the palace of the court officials and beating the imperial officials. Not only that, you also despised my immortal's gold medal for immunity from death. This gold medal was given by His Majesty. Are you despising His Majesty? Do you dare to do anything to His Majesty? Disrespectful? I think you have a disobedient heart. Could it be that you have colluded with Xiang Liang from the south and want to rebel?"
Gusaka almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Why did he become a rebel in the blink of an eye?
He leaned on crutches and said breathlessly: "I have a lot of friendships with the important officials in the court. Lord Han, Lord Niu, Lord Zhao, and I are all family friends and have been married to each other for generations. If the banished immortal wants to touch me, they won't do it. If you don’t care, you should think about it.”
Li Shui smiled and said, "What? Are they as powerful as Wang Li? Are they as powerful as Zhao Gao?"
Gusaka's face suddenly turned pale.
At this time, Zhou Qingchen had already untied Mrs. Zhou's restraints. The couple walked up to the banished immortal and bowed respectfully.
Mrs. Zhou said: "Thank you for your high righteousness, but after all, they are concubines, father and brother, so I beg you to be accommodating."
Li Shui looked at Zhou Qingchen: "What did you say?"
Zhou Qingchen smiled bitterly: "Why do you need to ask more questions when you want to banish an immortal?"
Zhou Qingchen knew Huaiguzi well, and knew that he screamed fiercely, but he would not kill someone for such a trivial matter.
Li Shui scratched his head: "That's all, since this couple is interceding for you, I will spare you. But... you have to thank them."
Neither Kosaka nor Komaki moved.
Li Shui rubbed his hands: "What? Not happy?"
Gu Mu gritted his teeth and said to Zhou Qingchen, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
Gusaka still didn't move.
Li Shui raised his hand and slapped Gusaka on the face: "If you don't say thank you for saving your life, how are you different from an animal?"
Gusaka was beaten so hard that he fell to the ground. His face turned red with anger, and he shouted loudly: "I am nearly sixty years old, and yet I am so fooled by such a bastard as you..."
Li Shui came over, raised his hand and slapped the other half of his face: "How about I hit you? You are disrespectful and should not be hit? Didn't you call me shameless? You scolded me for being shameless. , while expecting me to respect the old and love the young, why are you so shameless?"
Li Shui pulled out his sword and put it on Gusaka's neck: "Go and say thank you."
Gusaka really wanted to wipe his neck and forget it, but he really didn't have the courage. He gritted his teeth and said to Zhou Qingchen, "Thank you very much."
Zhou Qingchen smiled bitterly.
Li Shui drew his sword and put it back, and said to Gusaka: "Go away."
Gusaka stood up on crutches and looked at Mrs. Zhou: "Are you serious about not leaving?"
Mrs. Zhou shook her head.
Gusaka paused with his cane and said, "Okay, from now on, you will no longer be part of my Gu family."
Mrs. Zhou burst into tears as if struck by lightning, but she did not say anything to save her.
Gusaka and Gumu walked out with their people with determination on their faces.
But at this time, another group of people came outside the door.
Zhou Qingchen was a little puzzled and thought: What happened today? People came to visit one after another.
The person who came was named Fang, and he was also a minister above the court, but he was not very familiar with Zhou Qingchen. Ever since Zhou Qingchen and Li Shui got involved, Mr. Fang has not spoken to Zhou Qingchen. I don't know what happened today, but he came to visit him.
Zhou Qingchen greeted him with a bit of confusion. At the same time, he had some doubts in his heart: Could it be that this person heard that something happened in my family and came here specifically to watch the joke?
But Zhou Qingchen felt that it was impossible. Mr. Fang had always kept aloof from the world and would not be so bad.
Mr. Fang stood in the yard and chatted with Zhou Qingchen for a while. Suddenly he took out a piece of beautiful jade from his arms, handed it to Zhou Qingchen and said, "Brother Zhou, please help me appraise it. How does this piece of jade look like?"
Zhou Qingchen looked at it, nodded repeatedly, and praised it: "It's a good piece of jade. It's rare, very rare, and I'm afraid it's worth a fortune."
Master Fang chuckled and said, "It is a waste of such beautiful jade to fall into my hands. I saw that Brother Zhou was quite knowledgeable about gold and jade, so I visited you rashly and wanted to give this jade to you." "
Zhou Qingchen was startled, waved his hand repeatedly, handed the jade to Lord Fang, and said, "You don't get reward for no merit, and it's just for no reason. How can you ask Brother Fang to be so polite?"
When Lord Fang saw Zhou Qingchen refused to accept it, he suddenly became anxious: "Is it possible that Brother Zhou doesn't want to give me face?"
Zhou Qingchen was a little confused: Is there such a thing?
The Gu family not far away was also a little puzzled. They also knew this man named Fang. He was the number one figure in Xianyang City. What happened today? Did you take the wrong medicine?
Gusaka looked at Li Shui, who was standing not far away with a smile on his face, and thought: I understand, this person must have been found by Huaiguzi, and he deliberately put on a show in front of me to support Zhou Qingchen. Most likely, Mr. Fang was threatened by Huaiguzi.
The more Gusaka thought about it, the more likely this was, and he couldn't help but nodded.
Over there, Zhou Qingchen was forced to accept the jade.
Master Fang was very happy, holding Zhou Qingchen's hand and said, "Brother Zhou, from now on, we are close friends."
Zhou Qingchen nodded and said a little confused: "Yes, we are close friends."
Master Fang came over mysteriously again, lowered his voice, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Mr. Zhou, what are you reading these days?"
Zhou Qingchen was a little confused and said, "I have been reading The Analects of Confucius recently."
Master Fang suddenly realized it and asked in a low voice: "Master Zhou, what do you think of the general trend of the world?"
Zhou Qingchen became even more confused.
Master Fang laughed dryly and whispered: "Let's put it this way, what are you most worried about in Da Qin now?"
Zhou Qingchen said: "The one who is most worried is naturally Xiang Liang from the south."
Master Fang looked like he understood, and said with a smile: "In that case, I will take my leave now."
Lord Fang gave him a piece of priceless jade, said a few nonsense words, and then left.
Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but take out the jade and look at it over and over. Now he was a little doubtful whether the jade was real or whether Mr. Fang made a fake thing to entertain himself.
But before Zhou Qingchen could figure out what was going on, another adult came outside the door. As soon as this person came in, his face was filled with spring breeze, and he said to Zhou Qingchen: "Brother Zhou, I'm here to see you. It's a small courtesy, don't show up." ah."
Then, two servants came outside and brought in a large, heavy box.
