Gu Jingyun looked up at him lightly, surprised in his heart, but asked calmly, "Who is your distinguished guest?"

  Yuan Shanting coughed lightly, and then he remembered that although he and the shop assistant had inquired about Gu Jingyun, and had met him face-to-face twice, the other party obviously hadn't paid attention to him, and it was even more impossible to know his identity.

  Yuan Shanting smiled and said, "Young Master Gu doesn't recognize him, but he has long admired his name, and it happened that they lived in the same inn in Kaifeng Mansion, so I met Master Gu several times."

   Yuan Shanting clasped his fists and said with a smile, "I am going down to Yuan Shanting."

  Gu Jingyun returned the salute, "Gu Jingyun, Master Yuan, please take a seat, everyone please take a seat."

  The Jianghu people who were standing at the door came in hula-la, filling the main room in one fell swoop, lifting the cloak, and Gu Jingyun saw four foreigners with high noses and deep eyes at a glance.

   Yuan Shanting introduced on his behalf: "These four are knights from the Western Regions, this is Heihan, this is Huilan, Shi Guku and Tudan."

   Heihan was obviously the leader of the four. He placed his right fist in front of his left chest and slightly bent over to salute Gu Jingyun. He smiled and said, "I am disturbing Young Master Gu."

  Gu Jingyun's eyes swept across the Jianghu people in the room, and saw that the four Heihan were together with the other two people from the Central Plains, while Yuan Shanting and Su Anjian took their subordinates to one side, obviously not together.

  Last night the landlord said that two groups of people had already moved into the village before they came, and it was obviously them.

  Gu Jingyun asked them to sit down and said straight to the point: "I don't know why the heroes are here."

Heihan smiled slightly and said, "Young Master Gu, we were in a hurry and we didn't bring enough food, and we are not used to the food of the villagers. I heard that you brought a lot of white rice and noodles, so we want to talk to you. buy some."

  Gu Jingyun never cared about these things, he looked at Erlin.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you," a door suddenly opened, Li Baolu stood in front of the door and looked at Heihan and said, "Our current rice is only about twelve pounds, and our noodles are only seven or eight pounds. It's raining outside now. We can’t leave for a while, and we don’t know how long we will stay here. We are a group of five, and we will eat two catties in one meal, six catties in one day, and these rice noodles will be enough for us to eat for three days.”

Her eyes went back and forth between Heihan and Yuan Shanting, and she smiled: "I can even out a little, it's not much, so many of you are still adult men, I'm afraid it's not enough to put your teeth in. Well, are you sure you want it?"

   Yuan Shanting's face kept smiling, it was obviously cold weather, but the folding fan in his hand kept fanning, Li Baolu looked cold for him.

   Heihan frowned slightly, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "I wonder if Young Master Gu is willing to give us some white flour? Four or five pounds is enough."

   "I have to ask my wife about this." Gu Jingyun lowered his head and perfectly brought out the image of fear.

  Li Baolu leaned against the door and smiled and looked at Heihan, "Yes, but only four pounds. It's up to you how you divide it."

   Heihan turned his head to discuss with Yuan Shanting, "Yuan Daxia, we are really not used to the food in the Central Plains. I wonder if we can give us all these four pounds of white noodles."

  Yuan Shanting nodded generously, "Don't dare not obey."

   Coarse grains only, who has never endured hardship?

   Not to mention that there are still black-faced buds now, even the bark of weeds and trees can be eaten by them. Wenyuan Pavilion is a sect of rivers and lakes, but it is also a businessman.

  Yuan Shanting was especially generous in giving up the benefits to others, causing Su Anjian behind him to almost gnaw his teeth.

  Li Baolu asked Erlin to mix four catties of white noodles with him, and Heihan generously took out a piece of silver for him.

  Er Lin was stunned, the silver is worth ten taels, and this one hundred wen thing turned around and sold for ten taels...

   Erlin hurriedly looked at Li Baolu, Li Baolu waved: "Since the hero rewarded you, you can accept it."

   Erlin then put away the money.

   Yuan Shanting and Su Anjian couldn't help turning their heads to look at her, but they saw that she was looking at them with bright eyes and asked, "Are the heroes still doing anything?"

  Yuan Shanting saw that she meant to see off guests, coughed lightly and was about to get up, but Heihan sat firmly on the chair and smiled and said, "Master Gu and Madam Gu are not like people from all corners of the world, are they scholars?"

  Gu Jingyun wanted to take a sip of tea, but Li Baolu grabbed his hand. He had no choice but to put down the tea and nodded, "Yes, we are scholars."

   Heihan exclaimed, "I have always admired scholars very much. I heard that there are many academies in Dachu. As long as you can afford to pay for the training, you can study, right?"

   "That's right." Gu Jingyun asked with a smile, "Isn't Heihan's hometown like this?"

   Heihan shook his head and said enviously, "In my hometown, only nobles can read and write."

   "Oh, where is Heihan's hometown?"

   Heihan smiled embarrassedly, "My hometown is in the east of Jinshan, a place called Kebudo. It's a very small place, I'm afraid Young Master Gu has never heard of it."

   Gu Jingyun lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "That is the junction of Oara and Tartar. It is said that there are many medicinal materials there, among which snow lotus is the most famous. I think it must be a very beautiful place."

   Heihan's pupils shrank, and he said with a smile on his face: "Young Master Gu is really knowledgeable. I thought no one from the Central Plains would know about Cobdo. Did you hear about it from your elders?"

Gu Jingyun shook his head, "It can be seen from the book that there are records in "Guo Di Zhi", "Jiuyu Zhi" and "Xu Shi's Travel Notes", but it has been a long time. At this time, Kobudo belongs to Oara, and he lives in two places all year round. At the junction of the big tribes, I am afraid that there is a big difference."

Heihan was amazed in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Although I haven't read those books, Cobdo has not changed much over the years, and it should be no different from the records in the books. Master Gu is really well-informed. You can know the world by sitting at home, are all scholars like this?"

   Gu Jingyun twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "It is better to travel a thousand miles than reading ten thousand volumes of books. Hero Heihan thinks too highly of scholars."

  Li Baolu saw that it was impossible for Heihan to leave, so she could only turn around and go back to the room to make medicine for Gu Jingyun.

Yuan Shanting lowered his eyes, sat on the chair calmly and took a sip of tea, and smiled coldly in his heart. As a veteran of collecting news, he certainly could hear that Heihan was testing Gu Jingyun's origin, but Gu Jingyun looked young, He acted without leakage, his news did not leak out, but he touched a lot of black and rare situations.

   Hei Han looked at Gu Jingyun in astonishment when he smelled the medicinal smell in the air, "Young Master Gu, is this sick?"

  Gu Jingyun smiled slightly and said, "I got a little cold from the rain yesterday."

   Yuan Shanting saw that the little lady was standing at the door staring at them again, he was amused, knowing that if he didn't leave, he would make people angry. He got up and smiled and said, "Since Young Master Gu is unwell, then we won't bother, and we'll bother you another day."

  It was a pity that Heihan could only leave with Yuan Shanting. Gu Jingyun sent the people to the door of the main room and watched them go through the courtyard and open the door before turning back to the room.

  Li Baolu touched his hand, and when she saw it was cold, she pushed the person onto the kang, "Go up and cover the quilt, the medicine will be ready in a while."

Gu Jingyun obediently wrapped himself in the quilt, but his eyes crossed the half-opened window to look at the drenching winter rain outside, and said inaudibly, "Although the Tartars and the Vara are two large tribes, they are actually They come from the same line, and although they have been targeted over the years, they were able to unite as one against the Great Chu. The five princes of the Tartars are still imprisoned in the capital."

   "You suspect that Heihan is not a member of the Jianghu, but a member of the Tartar or Owarat court?"

Gu Jingyun was silent for a moment before saying: "It's just an intuition, and there's no real evidence, but it's too dangerous to let someone from outside the realm run wild in the Great Chu, I will write a letter to the Kaifeng House garrison, and let them make the decision. "

  Li Baolu nodded, poured out the medicine and handed it to him, "It's a little hot, let's drink it after a while."

   "How is Zigui?"

   "Still sleeping," Li Baolu also had a headache, "He's sicker than you, I'm afraid he needs to rest for two more days."

   Knowing that he is not the worst, Gu Jingyun was relieved. He drank the medicine, handed her the medicine bowl and said, "I'll let people heat the food on the stove. You eat something first, and you don't need to worry about the outside."

   is just a suspicion, and it is true, the two of them at most remind the court that they have no right to do anything.

   But at this time, Heihan asked with a cold face: "Are you sure he is Qin Xinfang's nephew?"

   Huilan lowered his head and said, "General, the last will see the mark on their carriage. It is indeed Qin's badge, and Qin Xinfang's nephew is indeed called Gu Jingyun. He is also the teacher of the current prince."

   Hei Han frowned, "That young man can actually be the prince's teacher? Isn't the prince already the crown prince?"

   Gu Jingyun looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, right?

   "It is said that he was erudite and talented. After he passed the exam, he was admitted as a fourth-rank attendant by the late emperor. He also made the grandson of the time and the current prince to worship him as a teacher."

   Heihan's eyes brightened, and he clenched his fists and said, "My grandfather was killed by Gu Xiuneng back then, and now I will let his grandson pay for his life!"

   "General, there are many Jianghu people living in this village, and their skills are not weak. If we start here..."

Heihan raised his hand to stop him and said with a sneer, "I know, let's talk about it after leaving the village, not to mention it's too cheap to kill him like this, since his status is so noble, it is natural to make the best use of it. , such as exchanging hostages.”

   Huilan's eyes lit up, they came to Da Chu this time to try to rescue the fifth prince, so that the fifth prince would not be taken as a hostage when the two countries were at war, but what if they also had a hostage in their hands?

   When Li Baolu arrived in the kitchen, the five children were gathered around a stove, drooling while smelling the fragrance wafting from the pot, and reaching for warmth by the stove.

Li Baolu couldn't help but stop. The pot was boiled with big bones. Heihan and the villagers bought a pig and slaughtered it in the morning. They kept one for themselves. Yuan Shanting shared the other with them. To ward off the cold, Li Baolu prepared the ingredients and let Erlin boil it.

   At this time, the soup base was boiling, and the aroma wafted out. Several children were cooing and staring straight at the pot on the stove.

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