Just when Zhaocai was about to ask Gu Hanzhang if he could go down first, Gu Hanzhang spoke.
"Very good, your monthly schedule is gone again."
Zhaocai was racking his brains and couldn't figure out why Gu Hanzhang wanted to deduct his monthly salary again. He had just told the news about the Crown Princess in such detail, why was he still deducting his monthly salary?
At this point in his thoughts, Zhao Cai Da raised his head and looked at Gu Hanzhang with tears in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I didn't do anything, so why do you have to deduct your monthly allowance again? How many times have you deducted my monthly allowance? I can't even afford to eat, and I've lost a lot of weight."
Uh-huh, it's so frustrating to attract wealth.
Gu Hanzhang looked at Zhaocai's round belly and face without words, unable to connect him with what he said about not being able to eat and losing a lot of weight.
Although he apparently deducted his monthly salary, in fact, he didn't lose even half a penny of the money he got from recruiting money. How come it made him, the master, seem to have done something evil?
"Okay, stop pretending, get out of here." Gu Hanzhang had a gloomy face.
He has not made any progress with Chaoli now, but this boy is having a heated fight with the maid in the backyard, and they even made an appointment to go to the theater together. It's surprising that he has a good temper.
It's just a small monthly deduction but a big warning. If you say something you shouldn't say in front of him, he will punish you even more severely next time!
Zhaocai curled his lips, silently wiped the tears that had not fallen, and slowly left the study.
Gu Hanzhang took a deep breath, ignored the account books on his desk, and simply stood up and walked out of the study.
After leaving the door, Gu Hanzhang intended to see Chao Li, but as if he thought of something, he turned around and walked in another direction.
Relying on his good memory, Gu Hanzhang stepped into the cold courtyard.
Standing in the cold courtyard, Gu Hanzhang was thinking about Chaoli. He couldn't help but wonder, what was so different about this cold courtyard that allowed Chaoli, a person who had never set foot in it, to stay here for so long?
But Gu Hanzhang looked at it carefully and still didn't see any difference.
Immediately, he stopped under the crooked-neck tree.
After hearing what Zhaocai said, Chaoli stood under this tree for a long time. Could it be that he likes this tree?
It's just a jujube tree, but it makes Chaoli care so much. Jujube trees are neither precious nor rare, so something is wrong.
Suddenly, Gu Hanzhang raised his hand and touched the tree trunk involuntarily.
At this moment, his heart suddenly felt painful, his breathing became much faster, and some fragments flashed in his mind.
In a daze, there was a person lying on the snow, with a few irregular patches of bright red appearing on his chest in his snow-white underwear. Next to him, a maid was crying at the top of her lungs. His heart was hurting more and more, and there seemed to be a sound in his ears.
There was the roar of the howling cold wind.
Gu Hanzhang held his breath and wanted to see the people on the ground clearly, but was blocked by the wind and snow and couldn't see clearly.
The only thing that was certain was that the person on the ground, who was not sure whether he was a man or a woman, touched his heart, making him feel like he was in a knife-like state while trying to see clearly.
Unfortunately, in the end, Gu Hanzhang still couldn't see clearly the person lying in the snow.
When the surroundings calmed down, Gu Hanzhang's eyes were filled with scarlet red, and he covered his heart and gasped for air.
Gu Hanzhang discovered that the pain in his heart was not from the previous injury, but from the suffocating images that had just appeared in his mind.
What is going on?
Why would he see a person lying under this tree?
Even if you just look from a distance, you can feel that the people on the ground seem to have stopped breathing.
There was even a moment when Gu Hanzhang thought that person was Chaoli.
This is not aimless, but well-founded.
He had a dream before, in which he had a conflict with Fang Zhengye because of the incident of leaving the Changming Lantern.
Could it be that Chaoli died under this crooked-neck tree, and then he went to the temple to light a lantern for him?
At first glance, it seemed to make sense, but Gu Hanzhang felt that this guess was wrong. Why Chaoli died here could not be explained at all.
If you think so, how did Chaoli learn about Leng Yuan?
Gu Hanzhang prides himself on being unparalleled in wisdom, but at this moment he is rarely confused. He can't figure out these things, but he seems to be able to connect them together, but something is missing.
After a long time, the pain in Gu Hanzhang's heart disappeared, and he suddenly laughed slightly bitterly.
"I'm probably crazy."
Perhaps we should go to Master Mingjing to clarify our doubts, and we should go to Hanye Temple tomorrow.
After stopping for a moment, Gu Hanzhang exhaled a breath, put his hands behind his back, returned to his usual appearance, and walked out of the cold courtyard.
Late at night, Gu Hanzhang returned to the house.
The lights in the house had been turned off. Chaoli didn't know if Gu Hanzhang would come back today. She didn't leave any lights on and was already sleeping on the couch, but she hadn't fallen asleep yet.
"Still not asleep?" Gu Hanzhang's voice sounded.
Chaoli opened his eyes. He couldn't see clearly Gu Hanzhang's appearance in the darkness, but he could smell the cold fragrance coming from him.
"The Crown Prince is back." Chaoli said calmly.
Gu Hanzhang stood in the darkness for a moment, then slowly walked towards Chaoli and sat on the collapse.
Chaoli felt Gu Hanzhang's approach and couldn't help but stepped back a distance, staring at Gu Hanzhang with some confusion.
Although Chaoli couldn't see Gu Hanzhang's expression clearly, Gu Hanzhang, a martial arts practitioner, had very good night vision and could see Chaoli's expression clearly.
"What happened this morning was not what Pei Yu thought." Gu Hanzhang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I know you don't care, but I still want to explain to you. I have nothing to do with that maid," she said when she knocked on the door.
You brought me some clothes, and then I allowed her to come in. Then she came in and took off her clothes, so I quickly drove her out, and Pei Yu happened to see her."
Chao Li understood clearly and did not think that Gu Hanzhang would really do such a thing.
After hearing his explanation this time, it was undeniable that Chaoli felt a little happy in her heart, but she didn't want to go into it further.
"The Crown Prince actually doesn't need to explain to me. I already believe in the Crown Prince." Chaoli replied calmly.
Gu Hanzhang felt better, "Do you really believe me?"
"Why don't you believe this? The prince is a daring person. If he really wants that maid's body, he will not hide it. He will definitely arrange a small courtyard for her. Tingyu Pavilion is the largest courtyard in the Hou Mansion.
, the small courtyard inside is also
There are several of them, so I won’t be able to find a small courtyard to house my concubines. Besides, the prince has high standards, so I think he can’t look down on those ordinary maids, otherwise he wouldn’t have a concubine around him now.” Chaoli said.
road.
I have to say that Chaoli's words made Gu Hanzhang feel a lot better.
Although he knew in his heart that this did not mean that Chaoli cared about him, at least his evaluation in her heart was not that bad.
"Then when you heard Pei Yu say that a maid came out of the study disheveled this morning, did you feel uncomfortable?"