That Person In That River and Lake

  Chapter 60 There is righteousness in the book, and people are proud

The snow was fluttering, a few men in coir raincoats were walking on the streets of Changling County, stepping on the soft snow under their feet, and there were a lot of snowflakes on their bodies. A big man with a scimitar hanging from his waist, with a killing aura, stopped in front of the inn, slowly took off his coir raincoat, and entered the inn.

These three people are the two six-door policemen and his book boy sent by Ma Zhibai to inquire about the news. As soon as the three of them entered the door, the man with the knife upstairs felt it, and turned towards the sad-looking man. Ma Zhibai cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Sancai and the others are back."

  Sancai is the name of Ma Zhibai's book boy.

  Ma Zhibai raised his head while drinking warm wine by himself, with a look on his delicate face, and said slowly: "Uncle Dong, bring a pot of hot wine, let them warm up first!"

Uncle Dong nodded without saying a word. He took the hot wine from Ma Zhibai and went downstairs. He is a servant of the Ma family. He has watched Ma Zhibai grow up and knows that his son has a gentle personality. , approachable and approachable, without the arrogance and domineering of those big family children, but instead leads people to be kind and treats everyone very well, even the servants.

Soon, the book boy Sancai and the two six-door policemen quickly followed Uncle Dong upstairs, and came to Ma Zhibai's side, and were about to salute, when Ma Zhibai interrupted him, saying: "There is no need to be too polite, just sit down first." Let's warm up by the fire, it's extremely cold today."

   "Thank you son!"

  Smiling on Sancai's immature face, he rolled his eyes, grinned, and sat down next to Ma Zhibai without hesitation, stretched out his hand and started baking. He has been with Ma Zhibai since he was very young, and he knows Ma Zhibai's temper well. The two are both servants and friends.

And those two policemen were not familiar with Ma Zhibai, but they knew Ma Zhibai's identity well, so they didn't dare to be as casual as Sancai, but after getting along for a few days, they also knew that this son had a good temper, so they bowed their hands , Said: "Thank you, Mr. Ma!"

   After several people sat down, Ma Zhibai asked: "Can you find out where Mr. Gu lives?"

Ma Zhibai really wants to find Gu Qingci right now. If it wasn’t because the city was closed by heavy snow and it was getting late, he would have rushed to Gu Qingci immediately and questioned him. If the same year’s conscience was still alive, he hoped that the other party could get lost. Knowing to return, become an upright official.

But what surprised him was that when this question was asked, both Sancai and the two police officers looked a little unnatural. They looked at each other, but no one spoke. Finally, Sancai scratched the back of his head before slowly Opened the mouth: "Young master, we... We seem to have misunderstood Mr. Gu?"

   "Misunderstanding?" Ma Zhibai asked suspiciously: "Why did you misunderstand? Could it be that there is something hidden about the situation in Changling County?"

"Well," Sancai nodded, and said, "I just went to inquire with the two police officers and found out that Mr. Gu is not only not a corrupt official as we expected before, but a very good man with the hearts of the people. official."

   "This..." Ma Zhibai frowned, and said, "But why is Changling County like this now? There is no one in the yamen?"

Sancai explained: "We didn't believe it at first, but after asking a lot of people, we were sure that Mr. Gu is a good official who loves the people like a son. For the sake of the people, he even took risks alone. He fought with gangs alone and almost lost his life several times. .”

There was light in Sancai's eyes, and he said excitedly: "The reason why Changling County is dead and there are no people in the yamen is because the people from Beimo went south and slaughtered many people. In order to avenge the people, Mr. Gu led the county soldiers to kill them." In the past, it is said that he personally raised the sword to kill the enemy..."

   "Okay, Sancai, let's talk!"

This Sancai is just a young man, and it is inevitable that he has a young heart. After inquiring about Gu Qingci's deeds, he admired Gu Qingci very much. Now he is getting more and more excited when he tells Ma Zhibai, and he starts to dance while talking , I wish I was Gu Qingci, and in the end, until Uncle Dong couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him, he stopped, realized that he was too rude, apologized, quietly closed his mouth, and stopped talking.

Ma Zhibai's mood was like the raging waves of the sea, rolling layer after layer, ups and downs, and it took him a while to recover. It's not his fault, because the turning point was too big, and he thought Gu Qingci was a corrupt official in his heart. I suddenly found out that everything was wrong. Although it was not a shock, it was still a shock.

  However, after being slightly uneasy for a while, he felt relieved, relaxed instead, and said with open eyes, "Then I can rest assured, a good official is fine..."

   Speaking of this, Ma Zhibai looked at the two arresters again, and asked: "My lords, I wonder if what Sancai said is true?"

"I want to report to Mr. Ma, the little brothers Sancai are not talking nonsense," one of the arresters said, "I have just checked several times. This Mr. Gu is definitely a rare and good official. He has a strong character and a famous official style. Even if we have traveled all over the world and seen all kinds of officials from all over the world, we have to sigh, Mr. Gu is a good official!"

  Ma Zhibai smiled slightly, picked up the book on the table, and said: "I must meet him, this is my generation of scholars..."

At this time, the waiter from the shop just came over with a pot of new wine, Ma Zhibai immediately called him, and asked: "Brother, I have something unclear. You, the county official of Changling County, are obviously a good official who loves the people like a son." , why didn't you want to mention him just now? Could it be, what complaints do you have against him? "

  The shop waiter just put the wine on the table, suddenly raised his head, and said anxiously: "My lord, you can't talk nonsense, if it gets out, I'm afraid the villain will be stabbed in the back by the folks!"

   Ma Zhibai was puzzled, and said, "Then why were you just now?"

The waiter in the shop held the coffee table, bent down and said: "So that you know, the villain is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. It's not because he doesn't want to mention Mr. Gu. Now everyone in Changling County doesn't know that Mr. Gu is our benefactor. He is the patron saint of our Changling County, who doesn't owe him any kindness?"

"It's just that when you mentioned Mr. Gu just now, my lord, the villain felt emotional for a moment and was worried about Mr. Gu. Now that there are more than 10,000 Beimo bandits stationed in the army, Mr. Gu personally led the troops to fight against the Beimo bandits for the sake of the people of Changling County, regardless of his own safety. Killing, but we can only watch from behind, I... I am ashamed!"

Ma Zhibai frowned, he could see that the waiter in this store was not acting at all, he was completely showing his true feelings, which shocked him even more, even an ordinary waiter in an ordinary store admired Gu Qingci so much, not to mention that there are thousands of people in Changling County. Just like the ordinary people in the shop.

  Suddenly, Ma Zhibai's expression paused, and he exclaimed, "You...what did you just say? How many thousands of soldiers are stationed in Beimo?"

   "Yes," the waiter sighed, "Those Beimo thieves are simply not human. They killed countless people in my Changling County. Alas, I hope Master Gu will be rewarded for being a good man."

   "It happened!" Ma Zhibai slapped the table suddenly, and the books fell apart, but he didn't seem to notice, and said excitedly: "Something happened!"

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  (end of this chapter)