Chapter 74: Soil Rogue and Future Book
Runying's skillful hands quickly combed a beautiful hairstyle for Gu Yuqi. Her long black and shiny hair was formed into a double circle by her skillful hands. Unlike other girls' makeup, Runying put the pair of circles closer After a while, it seemed playful yet solemn. When they left the mansion, they basically brought out the jewelry. So she easily found a pair of small hairpins with plain silver orchids inlaid with pearls in Gu Yuqi's jewelry box, and pinned one to Gu Yuqi.
Although this pair of hairpins is not expensive, the shape is very delicate and elegant, the pearls are round and lovely, and Gu Yuqi's skin is like a fine white jade with suet. She also put on a pair of white pearl earrings for Gu Yuqi. It is interesting to match the hairpin on the head.
She chose a light green dress to put on for Gu Yuqi, with a dark green silk sash tied around her waist, and on the silk sash hung the sachet that Gu Yuqi wore all year round. Chi sees the island dead.
"Miss, this sachet is almost worn out, let Rouge make a new one for you." Runying said while helping Gu Yuqi hang the sachet.
"Got it." Gu Yuqi smiled and touched her forehead with her fingers, "Why didn't you say you made one yourself? It's just a lazy bone."
Runying giggled, "Isn't there something else, slave servant?"
"It's just you being slick." Gu Yuqi spat at her with a smile. "Okay, hurry up and do what you should do. By the way, it's too dangerous outside. If you want to go to the dock tomorrow, ask Zhao Wuduo to ask two guards to accompany you. Also, be careful."
"En. Don't worry, miss, the servants at the dock have been there several times. Isn't it all right?" Runying said with a smile. "Really, ma'am, there's a lot of good stuff piled up on that pier. You have such a good eye."
In the past few days, according to the instructions of taking care of Yuqi, Runying went to the wharf to find cheap goods to buy them back.
Those merchants who were trapped by the heavy rain were anxious. The rain is endless. Seeing that their money is about to be spent, the price of food has begun to rise. In order to maintain their livelihoods and reduce losses, many people have begun to sell their goods at low prices. For the past two days, Runying has let the guards accompany him to the wharf every day, and collect some very cheap things that will sell well. Yesterday, Runying received a lot of high-quality spices and came back, and the price was less than half of the usual price. Happy Runying was laughing in her dreams at night. As long as those spices are shipped to the capital after the catastrophe, the price will quadruple immediately. In the capital, the princes and nobles have nothing else, that is, people are stupid and have a lot of money, as long as the flattery is good. No matter what the price is, there will be people who take advantage of it and take the money to buy it.
Gu Yuqi was just afraid that Runying would become addicted to picking cheap things and forget her own safety, which would be bad, so she had to warn her a few more words. Seeing that Runying had responded, Gu Yuqi felt that it was necessary to warn Zhao Wu again that Runying was a girl who wanted money and not her life.
After waiting for everything to be cleaned up, Gu Yuqi ran to the kitchen again. Dai Mei was cooking with a few village women, and His Royal Highness Prince An lived here. Naturally, his food must be very delicate, and Dai Mei will take care of it himself, while the other guards also have to eat, so the village women will take care of it. Fortunately, these village women have lived in the yard for a while, and they have seen a lot of the world with Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi, and they were all quick at home, so the things they made can be considered delicious.
His Royal Highness An's burning has not completely faded away, so the food is mainly light. Dai Mei boiled some lean meat porridge, and added fresh scallops to it. It smelled like a strong aroma. After King An sent it, Gu Yuqi took out a big bowl first, and licked the corners of her lips in a daze. If it wasn't for Dai Mei's not doing enough, she really wanted to drink another bowl.
After drinking the porridge, Gu Yuqi felt that she was really full of blood and resurrected.
She pulled Dai Mei and made another cake, until King An sent someone to ask for dinner, and then Gu Yuqi took the tray and walked towards the courtyard where His Royal Highness Prince An lived.
Gu Yuqi did not forget to let Dai Mei hold some other cakes and go with her.
The cake this time was even better than the last time. Gu Yuqi walked briskly with Dai Mei to the door of His Royal Highness Prince An.
Sure enough, in the dark at the door, Du Xia, wearing a guard costume, was standing upright.
"The two guards have worked hard." Gu Yuqi walked over with a smile and said to the guards standing in front of the door. "There are some snacks here for you to eat." After she finished speaking, she motioned for Daimei to come over. Dai Mei took the snacks that had been distributed in advance to the guards at the door one by one, and finally, when giving them to Du Xia, secretly gave him another oiled paper bag.
Du Xia was stunned at first, then immediately wrapped the oil paper in his arms, his heart beating like a drum. The oiled paper bag was still hot, and it was pressed against Du Xia's heart in her arms. It must be the cake Gu Yuqi had promised before.
Du Xia instantly felt that time seemed to pass too slowly, it would be nice if it could go faster, so that he could change shifts, and then found a corner where no one was around to open the oil-paper package. He felt like his heart was about to fly. Gu Yuqi was very thoughtful. If she gave Du Xia something alone, it would inevitably lead to discussions among other guards, but it would not attract attention.
Gu Yuqi saw that Dai Mei had finished what she had instructed, so she walked in with a tray.
"Gu Yuqi, the girl of the people, greets His Highness Prince An. The girl brought dinner, and also invites His Royal Highness Prince An to eat." After she entered, she raised the tray high above her head, and people bowed their knees.
"Come here." Yun Ke replied lightly.
"Yes." Gu Yuqi then stood up, put the tray down on the table, separated the food boxes in the tray one by one, and took out the hot porridge, side dishes and two kinds of snacks inside. Dai Mei's cooking is really getting better and better. Gu Yuqi sighed in admiration while posing, it's really a waste to feed this guy.
"Come here to help this king get up." Yun Ke saw that Gu Yuqi had set up her things, and she was like a wooden stake, and frowned slightly, he said slowly.
"Yes, Your Highness." Gu Yuqi lowered her head and replied, but she pouted. She walked over, helped Yun Ke to get up, and then helped him to the table.
His palms were still hot, which was better than before. Under the light of the candlelight, his complexion was still very poor. The abnormal blush that was floating had faded away, and what was left was a pale white, and his lips had lost their blood color, but his clothes had already been changed. It was refreshing and refreshing, and even the hair was meticulously combed behind his head and pinned with a white hosta.
Gu Yuqi couldn't help but glance at him, there was really something wrong, she was still ill, what did she have to dress up for, and who to show it to!
Seeing that Gu Yuqi looked at him more, Yun Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was still a little stuffy. If everything in the previous life was really his misunderstanding, how would he face Gu Yuqi in the future?
He knew that Gu Yuqi woke up early, and he specially sent a dark guard to monitor Gu Yuqi, not for anything else, just to know her movements. I also know that Gu Yuqi has deliberately dawdled until now. Since the secret guard sent back the news that Gu Yuqi went out, he began to wash and organize himself. He didn't understand why he suddenly attached so much importance to Gu Yuqi, but he really didn't want to be seen by Gu Yuqi in his most sloppy appearance.
Maybe Gu Yuqi was seduced by this skin in the last life, so maybe, now he can still keep Gu Yuqi's eyes more.
He glanced at the food on the table and frowned slightly. Is something missing?
Seeing that His Royal Highness Prince An was slow to move his chopsticks, Gu Yuqi just thought he was holding Qiao, and compared her **** with contempt, and then asked, "Is it something that does not suit His Highness's appetite, if so, the people's daughter will take it. Ask someone to redo it, maybe if your Highness has something special you want to eat, you can also tell the girl, and the girl will see if she can get it for your majesty.”
How to do? To say or not to say? If she said it, Gu Yuqi is so smart that she must know that he sent someone to monitor her. If she doesn't say it, then... Forget it, if it doesn't, it won't be there, maybe the dessert that Gu Yuqi is busy in the kitchen is not a cake at all. Make it for him to eat.
He had wanted to send someone to urge Gu Yuqi, but he heard from the dark guard that Gu Yuqi was making a kind of dessert called cake in the kitchen, so he pressed that idea and waited patiently, but wait, wait, where is there? What kind of cake, the cakes on the plate are very beautiful, but they are just ordinary mung bean cakes and maple sugar cakes. If he didn't know these two desserts, then his two lifetimes would be considered in vain.
"In special times, you don't need to be so troublesome." Yun Ke replied indifferently, holding up the bowls and chopsticks.
Gu Yuqi stepped back and made a big grimace at Yun Ke's back, telling you to pretend!
Yun Ke still ate quietly like in his previous life, but he ate quickly, as if someone was urging him behind his back. Seeing that Yun Ke had finished eating, Gu Yuqi stepped forward to pack up, but was stopped by Yun Ke.
"Let it go." He glanced at Gu Yuqi, who couldn't wait to leave the room, his mind was full of thoughts, but he said without any expression on his face.
"Yes." Gu Yuqi heard the words, lowered her hands and stepped aside again.
Yun Ke was embarrassed for a while, couldn't she take the initiative to talk to him? Just like the previous life.
In the last life, as long as he went to Gu Yuqi's place, Gu Yuqi would be extremely excited, pulling him to talk about things, saying how much she missed him, how much she expected him to come, how happy he was when he came. In this life, he said one sentence, she did one sentence, and there was no nonsense at all.
Such Gu Yuqi made Yun Ke very uncomfortable.
Also, when she saw her for the first time, she was obviously very afraid of herself, and when she saw her the second time, she was too busy trying to avoid herself. Alas, Yun Ke sighed silently in his heart. If he really misunderstood her in the last life, then he really hurt her too deeply.
The room was silent for a long time, and there was a strange aura that Gu Yuqi felt suffocated. What's going on with this Yun Ke now? Don't think of any bad tricks to deal with yourself. But it doesn't look like it. Now that he has formed an alliance with him, although he is a bastard, he will still treat those who are useful to him more politely and be good at attracting and using them, otherwise he will not be able to succeed in ascending the throne. After a period of time, he will rescue two very down-to-earth literati in Jiangxia City. These two people will become his most loyal staff, and they will become Daqi's grand scholars and ministers of rites in the future. So Yun Ke is very good to those who have helped him.
With the identity of the alliance, Yun Ke should not be too embarrassed for himself.
Gu Yuqi is thinking wildly here, so why not Yun Ke.
He has always been deserted, and he can't warm up to others. Even Zhang Wanyi, who he felt fascinated with in the last life, was also indifferent, and he didn't show any enthusiasm. Now she doesn't say a word to Gu Yuqi.
"That recipe..." Yun Ke thought for a while, but still broke the calm that circulated in the room.
"What recipe did the lord ask?" Gu Yuqi asked knowingly.
"The recipe that can cure the plague." Yun Ke was not annoyed, but when he saw Gu Yuqi speak, he seemed relieved and continued to ask, "Did you really find the last life?" He still couldn't help asking. It came out that the fact that he was sure of in the previous life has become less certain in this life, and he really wanted to get another confirmation from Gu Yuqi's mouth.
"Does it make sense?" Gu Yuqi's heart sank suddenly, thinking of her stupid appearance in the previous life, she couldn't help but sneer. "Anyway, in the bottom of His Highness's heart, a judgment has already been made."
Significant. Yun Ke's brows wrinkled, and his heart also wrinkled. He slowly turned around and looked at the disdainful smile on Gu Yuqi's mouth, and his heart sank. Anger and disdain flashed in her eyes.
Yes, she didn't bother to explain anything anymore.
"This king wants to know." It was still a cold tone, but if Gu Yuqi paid more attention, she would find that there was a bit of trembling in her tone. Yun Ke said slowly. "Can you tell me the story of that recipe and tell this king again."
"Isn't the recipe discovered by His Highness's good cousin? The lord can ask her to go." Gu Yuqi mentioned these anger, and she didn't get angry. She had tried her best to suppress it, but her tone was still not good.
"This king is asking about you now." Yun Ke's brow furrowed even deeper. Why was she so gentle in front of her in the last life, but so irritable in this life, like a cannonball, blowing up at one point.
"Do you really want to know?" Gu Yuqi tilted her head slightly and looked at Yun Ke with suspicion. In the last life, she just explained it, and he yelled back at her, and even scolded her in the face, banning her feet for a month. What kind of wind did he smoke in this life?
"Speak, this king listens." Yun Ke said patiently.
"Okay. In the last life, I heard that you fell into Jiangxia City and were infected with the plague, so I started to ask doctors and pharmacists, and I almost asked the large and small medical centers in the capital. They proposed a lot of prescriptions, but none of them worked. So I started flipping through books by myself. I rummaged through bookstores the size of the capital, and finally found a half-handed ancient book in a bookstore in the east of the city. There was such a plague once, and the condition described above was almost the same as the one that happened this time, so I copied the recipe down, and I asked Zhang Wanyi to ask her to help determine whether the recipe was accurate or not. I asked her to find a few people who were infected with the disease to testify. At that time, all the people who had the disease in the capital were quarantined in Nancheng, and I couldn't get close, but Zhang Wanyi was the prime minister's daughter, so there was still a way. , I got the news that Zhang Wanyi found a prescription for treating the epidemic." Gu Yuqi finished speaking quickly, then shrugged, "You already know what happened after that, and you don't need me to repeat it."
The more Gu Yuqi spoke, the more Yun Ke's heart couldn't stop shivering.
Gu Yuqi's statement is well-founded. If Gu Yuqi didn't find the recipe, how could she even say the name of the bookstore and the name of the ancient book?
Yun Ke's heart is very chaotic now, he waved his hand weakly, "You go down. This king needs to rest." He said coldly.
"Yes." Gu Yuqi didn't ask any further questions, she just bowed, then picked up the tableware and chopsticks on the table, and took them out together.
Yun Ke watched Gu Yuqi's back and left his room. At the moment when the door was closed, he felt that he really did something extremely stupid. If she also said so in detail in the previous life, how good would it be?
As soon as Yun Ke's thoughts moved, he felt a gloom shrouded in his heart, making him almost breathless. In the last life, I never gave her a chance to explain it well... I just interrupted her rudely after listening to a beginning, and banned her feet. The most ridiculous thing is that at that time he also threatened her. If he told Zhang Wanyi's right and wrong in front of him in the future, he would send her out of the palace.
He blamed everything on her on her jealousy of Zhang Wanyi.
In the previous life, after learning that Zhang Wanyi had found a prescription to save him, he stubbornly believed that Zhang Wanyi was the one who truly treated him well and his lifelong companion. How could he know that the people who were really kind to him were already by his side...
There is almost no need to go to verify, Yun Ke already knows that Gu Yuqi is not lying... Because in the previous life, Yun Ke also asked Zhang Wanyi where the recipe came from, but she was fooling around, what is it like Gu Yuqi said So careful.
"Someone." He called the dark guard who was hiding in the dark. "Let's check if there is such a bookstore in the Dongcheng of the capital, and whether there is an ancient book in the bookstore." The dark guard hid in the dark and already listened to all their words, so as long as Yun Ke mentioned it, he immediately Just know.
After sneaking the dark guard away, Yun Ke sat alone for a long time, and after a long time, pains came from his lower back. The various pictures of getting along with Gu Yuqi in the previous life flashed before his eyes one by one.
Finally, he slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. When he was in it in the last life, he felt that seeing Gu Yuqi was not pleasing to the eye. He was in the midst of blessings, and he was completely ignorant of blessings. But now he jumped out and looked back, and it turned out that he had wrongly blamed her.
He may have been wrong in his last life... Is the meaning of God letting him live again just to let him correct this mistake?
But Gu Yuqi in the last life was full of herself, but in this life, Gu Yuqi didn't even want to look at him more. If he really tried to save it, would he be saved? She has ignored her heart for too long, and the people who have ignored her for too long. She might not give herself a chance, otherwise, how could she have made a vicious vow that she would never meet again before her death.
"Someone." He thought for a long time, and then called the dark guard over. "Go and find out the truth about Gu Yuqi's departure from the Hou's Mansion. What this king wants is the truth, not what others say. What happened to the Hou's Mansion that night when Gu Yuqi left."
"Yes." The dark guard took the order to leave again.
The heavy rain stopped abruptly on the second day, as if it had come suddenly, without warning, Jiangxia City had been tortured by the heavy rain for several days. Although the refugees entered the city, most of them were penniless when they left home. They could not find a place to live in Jiangxia City, and could only gather under the eaves of ruined temples and streets.
Runying was walking to the pier. Today, Zhao Wu sent two more people to protect her as instructed to take care of Yuqi, but Runying felt that it was completely unnecessary. She went to the pier almost every day and did not encounter anything. matter. But Gu Yuqi's attitude and Zhao Wu's attitude are very firm, so Runying will not refuse.
But it was a coincidence that a medicinal herb dealer took the initiative to find Runying a few days ago. He has a large number of medicinal materials in his hand, but due to improper storage, most of them have been drenched in the rain. He found out that Runying had been collecting things at the pier since it started to rain, so he wanted to try his luck. Maybe this little girl was stupid and collected his soaked herbs. Runying is so shrewd, so what? At this meeting, I returned the herbal medicine dealer.
Seeing that Runying was young and carrying a huge sum of money, the medicinal herbs trader thought she was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in this Jiangxia city, and suddenly became malicious and wanted to kidnap Runying and ask her family for it. Some silver taels. He gathered a few hooligans and ambushed on the road that Runying was going to pass by.
Unluckily, the conversation between the gangsters he was looking for while they were in ambush was overheard by a fleeing scholar, so he went before the gangsters.
He waited anxiously according to the descriptions of the local hooligans, and finally waited for a little girl who looked almost the same as the person they said. Not to mention, that scholar is really smarter, it was none other than Runying who he stopped.
He hurriedly rushed in front of Run Ying, stopped Run Ying, and told Run Ying what he had seen and heard. When Run Ying heard it, he burst into anger, and the guards at home laughed angrily. At the rhythm, everyone followed the advice of the scholar, and came to catch the turtle in a urn, and beat up the hooligans who were ambushing on the street corner. Shang grabbed it, stripped it, and dropped it in front of the dock as an example.
Run Ying naturally hid with the scholar, smiled brightly in spring, and was secretly afraid in her heart. She admired Gu Yuqi even more, her own young lady really has the ability to predict!
But when she finished laughing and looked back, the scholar who was standing beside her just now fainted beside her, and they hadn't eaten for several days.
Runying was grateful for his kindness, so he decided to bring him back home.
After Runying went back, she couldn't wait to tell Gu Yuqi everything. Gu Yuqi was also curious, so she glanced at the scholar, her eyes almost fell, she knew him!
Gu Yuqi burst into tears, and Runying went out to pick it up and picked up a future Ritual Minister of the Qi Dynasty, and returned, Xiao Nizi, she really had a future with her!