Gu Yun actually lived next door to Changgeng, but it was different from here. The place where he stayed was cold and cheerless.
If Changgeng said "I don't need to be served", Governor Guo would definitely shamelessly boast about how "His Highness is diligent and thrifty and loves the people", and then shove a few dozen servants over to him.
But even if he was given a sack of courage, Governor Guo would not dare to run to Marshal Gu to flatter him.
Gu Yun lightly said, "Don't disturb me". Other than those scary Black Iron Battalion soldiers, no one dared to rashly step into the place where he lived.
In the past, when Gu Yun couldn't hear or see clearly, he would be especially tense. He especially hated it when unfamiliar people walked around him.
Shen Yi had not seen him so tense in a long time. He thought that after hiding in Yanhui Town for two years, Gu Yun had already learned how to coexist peacefully with this vague human world. But now, it seemed that it was still not possible.
The one who learned how to coexist peacefully was only "Shen Shiliu", not Gu Yun.
In fact, Gu Yun usually showed confidence and calmness, but in fact, it was most likely an act. But his act was too real, and no one could tell that he was faking it.
At the same time, although his deafness and blindness were real, they seemed to be faking it.
From this point of view, Marshal Gu could be said to be an example of "when the false is real, the real is also fake". Shen Yi did not know if he really lacked something in his heart, or if he did it on purpose.
Oh right, his sincerity was also real, but it did not seem to be very convincing.
It was close to evening. The curtain of night had just fallen, and the stars had not yet revealed themselves. The first thing Gu Yun did when he returned to his room was to light up all the lights.
Then, he took off the glass mirror, rubbed his eyes hard, and said to Shen Yi, "Give me the medicine."
Shen Yi was a well-mannered chatterbox. Nagging was his second main occupation other than fighting wars. He said with familiarity, "Marshal, every medicine has a side effect. I think you should drink as little as possible unless you're in dire straits …"
Gu Yun stood expressionlessly under the light. His eyes were a little blank, and he did not respond.
Shen Yi shut his mouth. He remembered that at this distance, Gu Yun could not hear him.
Gu Yun's deafness was a unique skill to restrain talkative people. It was a one-hit kill, and he had never failed in all these years. Shen Yi could only silently turn to the kitchen to decoct the medicine.
The glass mirror was of little value. When it was placed on the bridge of the nose, it would condense a white mist to block the vision if there was a slight change in the surrounding temperature. Moreover, it was very fragile. Once it was broken, it would easily hurt the eyes. It was very inconvenient for a military general to move around. However, if it was only in one's room, it would not be a problem to wear it.
After Shen Yi went out, Gu Yun placed the glass mirror on the bridge of his nose again. He ground it himself, picked up the brush, and began to write the memorial.
Although Governor Guo was just a small border official, he didn't live a poor life. The lamp on the table wasn't an ordinary oil lamp, but a gas lamp that could adjust its brightness. Looking at the overly complicated lace, it might have been bought from the barbarians.
Next to the gas lamp, there was an imitation of a western clock. It was very similar, but if one looked closely, it was carefully marked with the heavenly stems and earthly branches and the twelve hours. On the upper left corner, there was a small window showing the changes of the twenty-four solar terms. It looked a little out of place. Under the transparent clock base, large and small gears pushed forward without moving. Gu Yun hated this thing because it was very noisy when the gears turned, so he wanted to ask someone to take it out another day.
However, it didn't matter at the moment. He couldn't hear it anyway.
When Shen Yi came back with a bowl of medicinal soup, Gu Yun had just finished writing and put down his brush.
Gu Yun: "Help me see if there's anything wrong with it."
The gas lamp was dazzling, and there was a row of baring western women on the lampshade. Each of them was stroking their hair coquettishly. Shen Yi covered the light with his hand and muttered in a low voice, "It's a disgrace to the refined."
Then, he quickly scanned Gu Yun's memorial and sighed, "Is there anything wrong with it? Marshal, forgive this Shen for being ignorant, but I don't see anything wrong with it. "
Gu Yun: "Oh? What? "
Shen Yi: "… …"
He pinched the corner of Gu Yun's handwriting and stuffed it back into his arms. He gently propped up his elbow and pointed to the small couch next to him, indicating for him to stay there. Then, he spread out a piece of paper and dipped it in ink, planning to start writing a new one.
Gu Yun held the bowl of medicine and drank it in one gulp. Then, he leaned back on the exquisite couch. He didn't even take off his shoes. He crossed his legs and quietly waited for the medicine to take effect. At the same time, his hands weren't idle — Gu Yun's fingers quickly folded the paper into a paper swallow. Then, he threw it at the back of Shen Yi's head.
This person's hands were really asking for it!
Shen Yi heard the sound of the wind and caught it in his hand. He simply lost his temper and asked Gu Yun, "Can you hear me if I speak like this?"
"It's okay, it's a little blurry," Gu Yun said, "Anyway, what I wrote just now is what I meant. You can just change it into a more decent excuse for me."
Shen Yi sighed and said, "Marshal, you told His Majesty that it was His Highness the Fourth Prince who saw through the conspiracy of the barbarians and the barbarians. He put righteousness before family, and allowed our army to take the initiative and annihilate the barbarians in one fell swoop? Do you believe this? "
Gu Yun didn't know what kind of elixir he drank, but the two small moles at the corners of his eyes and earlobes seemed to come alive and turned dark red again.
"Otherwise?" Gu Yun asked, "Don't tell me that I wanted to monopolize Daliang's military power for a long time. As soon as the dust of the Western Expedition was settled, I was thinking about taking over the military power of the Northern Borderline. I wanted to use the opportunity of protecting the Little Prince to come and set a trap for the barbarians? Or should I say that I secretly meddled with the Purple Gold black market and accidentally discovered that the amount of Purple Gold flowing into the black market in recent years was abnormally large? "
Shen Yi, "…"
Gu Yun boasted shamelessly, "You can make it sound more believable. Otherwise, what do I need you for? Besides, with that unlucky mother of his, when that child Chang Geng returns to the capital, it will be inevitable that those old bastards will make things difficult for him. In a while, you have to polish it up for me. Just say that although the Fourth Prince's life experience is miserable, his heart of loyalty and devotion to the country is undiminished. You have to make it sound a bit more sorrowful. As long as the Emperor cries, I want to see who will dare to say anything. "
Shen Yi, "…"
He just asked him to coax the Prince, and now he made the Emperor cry.
Shen Yi sneered and put down the brush, "I don't have enough ink in my stomach. Marshal, you should find someone better."
Gu Yun, "Ah!"
Shen Yi tilted his head and saw that he had no sincerity in playing the trick of injuring himself, "My head hurts. It hurts so much that it's about to explode. Brother Jiping, other than you, there's no one else who can help me. How can you bear to let me down? This bleak mortal world is really heartless. What's the point of living? "
After he finished speaking, he covered his chest with his hand and fell straight down on the small couch, pretending to be dead.
… Why did he cover his chest when he said that he had a headache?
A row of small blue veins popped out on the back of Shen Yi's hand.
But after a while, Shen Yi sat down again helplessly. He spread out the paper and carefully revised Gu Yun's memorial.
After Gu Yun lay down, he didn't pretend to be a corpse anymore because he really had a headache. Shen Yi also knew that this was the aftereffect of his bowl of magical medicine. After drinking a bowl of medicinal soup, he would first have a sharp sense of hearing and vision for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, and his body would feel extremely relaxed. After this time, he would start to have a splitting headache. When he opened his eyes, he would feel that everything around him was spinning, and all the sounds would be distant and near.
This kind of symptom would only slowly subside after about an hour. Then, he would be able to see and hear like a normal person for the time being.
It was hard to say how long it would take for him to be normal. When Gu Yun used this medicine for the first time, he was in so much pain that he hit his head against the bedpost. After that, he was able to see and hear clearly for more than three months. It made him almost forget that he still had two parts on his body that weren't working well. And as he used the medicine more frequently, on one hand, he had mastered the consummate skill of being able to fall asleep no matter how painful it was. At the same time, the medicine's effect seemed to be slowly diminishing for him.
Until now, a bowl of medicine could only last him for three to five days.
"Maybe after a few more years, it won't be effective anymore." Shen Yi thought.
The two of them, one sitting and one lying down, were silent. It wasn't until the night was deep and the sound of the night watch could be heard from afar that Shen Yi put down his brush, turned around, picked up a blanket, and covered Gu Yun's body. Gu Yun maintained the exact same coffin-like sleeping posture as when he was lying down. He didn't move at all. Only his eyebrows were furrowed. His lips and cheeks were bloodless, and only the two cinnabar moles were eerily contrasting with each other.
Shen Yi glanced at him and walked out quietly.
The next day, when Marshal Gu got up, he became the lively Marquis of Stability.
Before dawn, Shen Yi was woken up by Gu Yun, who woke up early, knocking on the door. He opened the door sleepily.
He saw Gu Yun proudly saying, "I finally got what I ordered. Just wait and see. I'll go and ask for forgiveness. I guarantee that I'll be able to coax that little bastard!"
Shen Yi forcefully blinked his eyes. He had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The Marquis of Stability selected four soldiers from the Black Iron Battalion. They carried a large chest that was longer than the beam of a house and majestically went to look for Changgeng. When he passed by the stalk of silver pellet grass that he had harmed the day before, he plucked a leaf and stuffed it into his mouth. He didn't mind that the leaf was prickly and played a little tune that he had invented on the leaf, announcing his arrival from afar.
In the end, just as he stepped into Changgeng's courtyard, he was welcomed by a heavy sword that was brimming with murderous intent. A manservant who was about to serve tea was so frightened that he screamed. The tea tray fell to the ground, and the cups, pots, and plates all shattered into pieces.
A palm-sized knife instantly popped out of Gu Yun's sleeve and caught the heavy sword in Changgeng's hand. He slid out like a fish in water. The edges of the two sharp blades gently rubbed against each other, producing a long and reverberating sound of metal hitting stone. Then, Gu Yun lightly flicked his finger. Changgeng's wrist immediately went numb, and the heavy sword almost fell out of his hand. He had no choice but to retreat.
Gu Yun flicked the knife back into his wrist guard and placed his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "It's so early in the morning. Is there something troubling Your Highness? It's alright. Just greet this subject. It's fine as long as your anger has subsided. "
Changgeng, "…"
This person surnamed Gu probably thought that he was here to offer a humble apology. Unfortunately, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like he was here to cause trouble.
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