The next day.

The morning sun rises from the horizon, and a shadow stretched by the sun runs quickly on the road out of the city on the cold morning of early spring.

When he saw Su Shi's small courtyard by the lake from a distance, the man gritted his teeth and rushed over with all his strength.

Dun dun dun

In front of the water tank, the man took a gourd and swallowed the cold water in big gulps. He put half of the gourd of cold water into his stomach in one breath. Then he exhaled a breath of hot breath and poured the remaining water on the ground. He put the gourd down carefully to avoid being disturbed.

As if he were a master, he stood in the yard and looked around for a while. Then he walked into the dining hall.

I walked violently for half an hour and was energetic for a whole day.

That's right, it's Gao Qiu who's here.

Take his work around Su Shi as an example, it is not much different from an errand boy. In the morning, the official documents from the Yamen need to be approved by Zhizhou. When there is a newspaper from the government, he will also bring the day's newspaper. Then Su Shi will

The official documents of yesterday's approval were taken away. As for the conclusion of the case... it was all a matter of promotion, and Su Shi would not overstep his authority.

The rest are trivial matters, such as handing some personal letters to merchants or delivering them to inns.

Generally speaking, Gao Qiu is a "one-hour delivery service in the same city" dedicated to serving Su Shi alone.

Of course, the Song Dynasty did not have the concept of hours. The time it took Gao Qiu to get from Su Shi's residence to the Yamen was about half an hour. One hour, two hours, one hour is not wrong.

Although it was an inconsequential job like running errands, Gao Qiu was not discouraged.

For him, life is on the rise.

He went from a warrior who specialized in protecting his master's safety on the road to a private bookkeeper today, which can also be said to be a history of books, all thanks to his efforts. Gao Qiu's knowledge is average, mainly because he has not received systematic study.

But he could read and write well, and he could write pretty good calligraphy. During the years when he was with Su Shi, his calligraphy improved by leaps and bounds under the influence of Su Shi, a master in the calligraphy world.

Of course, his calligraphy was copied from Su Shi's calligraphy.

From a layman's perspective, it is similar to what Su Shi wrote.

Only an expert can judge the authenticity, but no matter what, Gao Qiu's handwriting has a strong Su Shi style. Gao Qiu even recently got a job where he could reply to unimportant letters for Su Shi.

This is when he is full of energy.

Entering Su Shi's study, the first thing he noticed was the letter on the desk. A piece of paper was inserted unexpectedly, and there was only one line on it: "The post will be delivered quickly, and the money will be taken care of."

In other words, this is a personal letter that Su Shi considers very important. Not only does he reply to the letter personally, it also has to be transported by the fast horse of the court station. The price is naturally not cheap, and Su Shi pays the freight himself, which is enough to show that Su Shi attaches great importance to the people who communicate.

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that took business to the extreme of feudal society. The court's post station could also accept personal letters, but you had to bear the freight yourself. If it was delivered by fast horse, the price was just more expensive. When he saw the person Su Shi corresponded with,

For a moment, Gao Qiu was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but slap himself in the face and said in frustration: "I'm making you crazy."

The letter was written to Zhou Yuan.

The sight of Li Kui being angry with him that day was still vivid in his mind, and Gao Qiu also went back and recalled his reply to Zhou Yuan. When he first received the letter, he thought he was an admirer of the bachelor. Although Zhou Yuan's tone in the letter was

It is a very humble letter, written with the etiquette of a disciple. But when a young person writes a letter to a bachelor, who is not asking for advice humbly and practicing the etiquette of a disciple?

After thinking hard, Gao Qiu remembered that the text he wrote in reply to the bachelor during this period had this sentence: '...the bachelor works hard day and night, don't disturb anything. Remember!'

Gao Qiu was also shocked by his boldness. This should be regarded as a lesson, right?

If we use Li Kui's colloquial explanation, wouldn't it be: "Don't make trouble, just have fun!"

So Zhou Yuan decided that there was a villain around the bachelor. Now Gao Qiu knew that this villain was him. Thinking that he had accidentally offended a Jinshi, Gao Qiu panicked. He wanted to explain to Zhou Yuan.

?No chance. He would not go to Yishui County to tell Zhou Yuan in person that he accidentally made a mistake in the manuscript and wrote down something he shouldn't have said.

How much will that cost?

Scholar Su only gave him two coins a month, which seemed like a lot, but except for the free house he lived in, everything else required money when he went out. He hadn't saved much over the years. It wasn't like he even took a boat to Yishui.

The county can’t even raise the travel expenses, so the key is to go to the door and admit your mistake. You can’t go empty-handed, right?

Gifts are free!

Coupled with the huge pressure of travel expenses.

He really couldn't bear to spend huge sums of money to ruin his family because of one person's grudge.

Gao Qiu decided to pretend that he didn't know he had offended Zhou Yuan. After all, he was a high-ranking court official and he couldn't be at odds with a white man like him, right?

But when he saw Su Shi writing a letter to Zhou Yuan in person, he was really nervous and worried. Could it be that Zhou Yuan is a student that the bachelor is very interested in?

That's right, old son, old son, only the youngest will be loved.

Zhou Yuan may not be as good as Qin Guan and Huang Tingjian in terms of literary talent, nor as good as Chao Buzhi or Zhang Lei, but this guy got the title of junior brother by virtue of his young age. As for whether this junior brother will compete with Su Shi's youngest son Su

If there is a conflict, this is not an issue that Gao Qiu will consider. He is determined to turn hostility into friendship with Zhou Yuan and eliminate the misunderstanding in the other party's mind.

Gao Qiu hesitated again and again, and looked in the direction of the bedroom. Then he took out a piece of paper from where Su Shi had kept his stationery, and wrote: Senior brother Qinghuai, little brother Gao Qiu.

After thinking about it, I felt it was inappropriate.

Knead it, knead it, and put it aside. He took out another piece of paper and wrote: "Senior brother is like a face, and I am afraid that I am not to blame..." Although he felt that doing so was a bit demoralizing, Gao Qiu did not feel ashamed.

Anyway, even if I wanted to be a scholar every day, no scholar or scholar would agree to accept him. After all, without fame, everything is vain.

After hesitating again and again, I wrote a sincere letter of repentance, which was empty in content but contained a profound attitude of acknowledging my mistakes. I carefully stuffed it into the envelope written by Su Shi, and I felt a little more at ease.

At this time, the kungfu has already reached the peak of three poles.

As a night owl, Su Shi woke up naturally after sleeping, got up leisurely, washed up, and appeared in the study. When he saw Gao Qiu, he asked casually: "Did Guo'er and Renjie talk about what they were doing after they studied by themselves?"

Have a good time?

Gao Qiu was very familiar with Su Guo, the third son of the bachelor's family.

But who is the ‘hero’?

Are there guests at home?

Why doesn't he know?

But he didn't know, why did the bachelor ask him?

Seeing that Gao Qiu didn't reply, Su Shi raised his eyelids, slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "I forgot to tell you that the hero is Li Kui. You met yesterday, don't you recognize me?"

Only then did Gao Qiu remember that dark young man, who seemed to have an evil-like magical boy hidden in his body. He said he was magical because Gao Qiu saw it. This boy wanted to come to the bachelor's place to gain fame and gain the reputation of the bachelor.

You also want to ask me, Gao Qiu, if you agree? He still dares to use the word "renjie". You are such a shameless boy. Gao Qiu feels angry just thinking about it.

But Gao Qiu didn't remember seeing Li Kui in the morning!

As for Su Guo, he had seen it. When Gao Qiu was in the study, Su Guo liked to read in the corridor. One of them reviewed the knowledge, and the other sorted out Su Shi's official documents and letters. No one disturbed the other. He went through it in his mind.

After calling it several times, he said helplessly: "Bachelor, Li Kui has never been here."

"Lazy boy, go and find him for me?"

Su Shi was not happy when he heard this. He might have guessed why this guy Li Kui had so little knowledge. The main reason was that this guy was too lazy and didn't work hard. A genius like himself, he studied hard every day when he was young. And this guy Li Kui relied on his

If you have some talent but don't know what hard work is, isn't it hurting Zhongyong?

Even worse than hurting Zhongyong.

Injuring Zhongyong was harmed by his father, while Li Kui harmed himself entirely.

If you don’t work hard when you are young, what achievements will you have in the future?

Gao Qiu went out to look for someone like a headless fly. After finally asking around, he learned from Wang Chaoyun that Li Kui was gone. He left last night, saying he was going back to the city.

After hearing this, Gao Qiu felt extremely jealous. He had been following the bachelor for so many years, and the bachelor had never stayed overnight. On the contrary, Li Kui, who was as reckless as a man, threw the bachelor's kindness into the puddle and did not know how to cherish it.

Thinking that Li Kui had just arrived the day before yesterday and was arranged to stay at home by the bachelor yesterday, why did this favor not fall on him?

With jealous anger in his eyes, Gao Qiu reported the news to Su Shi that Li Kui had left yesterday. Su Shi's thick eyebrows suddenly gathered together, as if squeezed into the Chinese character Sichuan: "Go to the city and call me this boy."

Because of his status, Gao Qiu definitely couldn't live in Su Shi's house. He was the book clerk invited by Su Shi. He could also be jokingly called the book history. Anyway, he was just a little taller than the slave. It was impossible to regard him as a family member or a junior.

Even more impossible. And he is not a servant of the housekeeper, and it is even less possible for him to live in the master's house.

At the same time, Su Shi's family had no servants for Gao Qiu to take care of. His wife and concubines helped with all the household chores. His son Su Guo had grown up, and he didn't need anyone to do manual work, so Gao Qiu was not needed.

In addition to the male host, the hostess is also the hostess. It is indeed outrageous to let an outsider like Gao Qiu live in the house.

This is also the reason why Gao Qiu rents in the city.

The biggest advantage of Gao Qiu being employed by Su Shi was that Su Shi had a large collection of books. As long as they were not too precious, he could borrow them and ask for advice. But Gao Qiu also knew that his reading comprehension was a little bit behind.

, and I didn’t impose too much. On the contrary, my calligraphy progressed by leaps and bounds.

When he met a lazy boy like Li Kui, who was still living in blessings and didn't know how to be blessed, Gao Qiu couldn't wait to find Li Kui immediately, pull his ears, shout in front of him, so that this boy Li Kui knew that he could

What a blessing it is to be favored by the bachelor. He has been following the bachelor for many years, and he has worked hard both before and after, and he has not been lucky enough to get this opportunity. However, Li Kui did not cherish the bachelor's kindness at all, which made Gao Qiu angry.

, unforgivable anger.

Arriving at Yingzhou City, Gao Qiu didn't dare to slack off and ran to the inn where Li Kui stayed. He turned around and saw the silk thread floating in the air under the corridor of the 'Yanbin Building' next door, caressing it lazily with the spring equinox, like a daughter of Chu.

Her slender waist sends out bursts of fragrance. This is the color and tone that every man in the Song Dynasty knows...

Gao Qiu angrily cursed secretly: "You bastard, you don't learn well!"

At the same time, the jealousy in my heart became more serious, and I thought to myself: "Li Kui is so talented, but he doesn't learn well. He has never even been to 'Yanbin Building'. He is rich and smells great."
Chapter completed!