Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 67

The distant Sanjin Village had already started discussing whether to pay for the construction of a memorial archway for the Juren, and the classmates were also calling for him to hold a banquet to celebrate.

After An Yinong prepared a banquet to thank his teacher for his kindness, he held another small banquet, and several people recited poems together.

He drank too much, his mutton-fat skin was glowing, his fingertips tapped the table, and he hummed a new poem.

The headmaster always thought that An Yinong’s advantage was “poetry”, and his poems were naturally suitable for composing music and singing, but it was the first time for his classmates to hear him humming a rhythm.

Seeing his drunken eyes, the mountains and rivers flowed in his eyes, and listening to his melodious singing was simply bone-softening, and he also leaned lazily on the railing, like a jade mountain falling.

Many of the classmates who came to celebrate had married and had children, and there was no such thing as a romantic relationship. But at this time, they could not turn their eyes away and said with a red face: “Brother Yinong is drunk, why don’t you help him go.”

So the two classmates booked a room for him and helped him inside. Seeing that he could still take care of himself, they did not dare to stay any longer and left.

An Yinong walked over and lay on the bed, his hair crown was still on, his clothes were still on, and his face was flushed after being drunk, like a peach blossom with dew on it. A familiar warm fragrance appeared in the air, and the black hem of his clothes slid across the wooden floor.

The footsteps stopped in front of the bed. He leaned down and wanted to cover him with a quilt, but a hand reached out and grabbed the ends of his scattered hair, pulling him closer inch by inch, and grabbing his sleeve.

“Are you not drunk?”

“Drunk, and woke up again.” An Yinong, who was sleeping on the bed, raised the corners of his lips: If he was not drunk, when would this person dare to show up?

He yanked his sleeves and Gu Zhengzhong was pulled over, their faces almost touching, the faint aroma of rice wine drifted over.

“I miss you so much, sir, do you miss me?”

Gu Zhengzhong turned his head away, avoiding eye contact: “I heard that your teacher has selected a quiet beauty for you.”

“I’ve already rejected her, I don’t have any interest in her, how can I delay the blooming period of that girl.” An Yinong seemed to be drunk, tilting his head to look at him, “How did you know about this?”

Gu Zhengzhong choked, he couldn’t say that he was secretly watching, it was not a gentleman’s behavior – in front of An Yinong, he hoped that he was a gentleman with no major flaws in his character.

“Sir, I have passed the imperial examination.” An Yinong came closer.

“I know.” Gu Zhengzhong’s arms were stiff, if he got closer he could kiss his face, but he couldn’t bear to avoid him.

“Do you know, sir, that I have decided to travel and gain knowledge?” An Yinong said softly, “I wanted to be the first to tell you about this, but I didn’t know how to find you.”

An Yinong didn’t play the victim or pretend to be pitiful, but Gu Zhengzhong still felt guilty, as if he had done something wrong and failed his expectations.

“I know now.”

“Will you go with me?”

Gu Zhengzhong took a deep breath, although he didn’t need to breathe anymore: “Yinong, do you know who I am? My surname is Gu, my name is Yu, Yu in the six arts of a gentleman, and my name is Zhengzhong. I am the eighth-generation grandson of Taizong from the Daye Dynasty more than two hundred years ago. When the capital of Daye was broken, I also died for my country.

“Yinong, I am a ghost who has been dead for many years. The closer you are to me, the more seriously I will affect you. The monk only said that it would affect your lifespan, but he didn’t tell you that if you stay together all the time, I’m afraid you will be plagued by diseases in the future and lose the fate of your descendants. “

An Yinong’s eyes widened slightly, not because Gu Zhengzhong was a ghost, nor because he couldn’t have children, but because his name was Gu Yu.

Well, the same name as his first love, he was fighting with ‘Yu’, right?

“So, you want me to get married and have children?” An Yinong was curious, was this man too generous? He was about to become a homosexual, but he still wanted to withdraw and let him get married and have children?

There seemed to be a gap between the ideas of the ancients and him. Let’s not talk about whether the girl was willing to take over, even if there was such a stupid one, wouldn’t Gu Zhengzhong be jealous?

Gu Zhengzhong was silent for a long time and avoided his sight: “Yes, I hope you can live a normal life.”

An Yinong blinked, he suddenly reached out and pulled Gu Zhengzhong, turned his body and pressed him on the couch: “But I’m not a normal person, how can I live a normal life?”

He smiled, neither sad nor angry, pressed Gu Zhengzhong, hooked his chin: “You don’t think I will get married and have children without you, do you? ”

This reaction was unexpected for Gu Zhengzhong. He slightly opened his eyes and was pressed down firmly. The crow in the window raised a wing to cover his eyes.

“I am very picky. He must be good-looking, preferably with a pair of phoenix eyes, a good figure, long legs and a thin waist, and be well-educated. He must be able to answer any questions I ask. He must understand music and know what I am playing when I play the piano. He must be a little clean and have a little fragrance. He must have a cute personality, especially when he blushes…”

The more An Yinong spoke, the lower his head was. Then he kissed Gu Zhengzhong and saw that his fair face was pink, and then he licked the corner of his lips: “Just as cute as you are now.”

“How can a man be cute? “Gu Zhengzhong finally regained his sanity. He gently pushed An Yinong away, stood up with a red face, and ran to the table to drink herbal tea.

And An Yinong, like a lecher who had teased the young lady enough, sat up while shaking the fan, and his eyes were still hooking him: “Among all the men and women in the world, how many are suitable for me? If you don’t stay with me, won’t I be a lonely man for the rest of my life?”

“You are drunk.” Where had the old antique seen such a scene? For a moment, Gu Zhengzhong suspected that he was the “human” who was being pressed step by step.

“Not drunk.” An Yinong also sat down on the round stool, “If I was drunk, would the gentleman still be able to sit here and drink tea with his clothes intact?” He would have taken off the packaging and fried him long ago.

“If you stay with me, you will be plagued by all kinds of diseases.”

An Yinong didn’t take that seriously. After the last world, he learned a truth: people should not make things difficult for themselves and should enjoy themselves in time, otherwise they will be single until they die.

“The weather is unpredictable. I am not in good health and I catch colds and fever from time to time. What does it have to do with you? Besides, there is a risk of choking to death when eating. Should I not eat?”

Seeing An Yinong like this, Gu Zhengzhong told him about the fact that he fed him spiritual creatures and the fact that An Yinong had merits: “Your merits can only resist for a while, not for a lifetime.”

He originally wanted to persuade An Yinong, but An Yinong’s eyes lit up.

“If I can benefit my neighbors for a while, then if I benefit a county, can’t I resist for ten or twenty years? If I go one step further, I can benefit a prefecture and a region, and it is not impossible for me to grow old with you.”

An Yinong directly seized this logical loophole: “I believe I can do it, but you don’t believe I can do it? ”

His attitude was so direct and decisive, giving people infinite courage. In front of him, it seemed that those who were separated by life and death, those who were sick and weak and had no children, were not a big deal.

Gu Zhengzhong was even flattered for a moment, and was secretly happy that he was favored by fate.

An Yinong had a lot of twisted ideas, and Gu Zhengzhong himself secretly hoped that the two of them would have a chance, so after drinking a cup of tea, Gu Zhengzhong dazedly agreed to travel with An Yinong, and the two of them traveled together.

As a result, An Yinong fell ill the next day.

“If you dare to leave, I will never miss you again. It’s not bad to be alone for the rest of my life. “An Yinong, who was lying on the bed, coughed twice, and his eyes were wet.

After all, could Gu Zhengzhong still walk? Not only could he not walk, but he had to stay to take care of An Yinong, who became particularly ‘fragile’ after falling ill. He worked hard and never complained, and there was no trace of evil spirit in him.

Of course, Gu Zhengzhong still cared about the monk’s words and did not dare to get too close, let alone be intimate. So every night while An Yinong slept in the house, he spent the whole night on the roof blowing the wind with the crow.

Crow: … The crow was lonely like snow.

Afterwards, An Yinong wrote a letter and told the Imperial College Master about his plan to travel. His article was gorgeous, and his words revealed his sincerity after careful consideration. The Imperial College Master was also moved and allowed him to come back to school in two years.

After that, he modified the carriage to make it more suitable for long-distance travel, and set off with a coachman and a guard.

They were traveling with a caravan. When the leader of the caravan heard that he was a scholar, he was impressed by his youth and talent, and said that he would have a bright future, so he refused to charge any fees.

An Yinong thought about it and said that he could teach the merchant’s two children along the way to offset the fee. The merchant was very happy and took good care of him along the way.

“Boss, here is the baked meat pie. “When the caravan stopped to cook, a guard came over with a meat bun-like food, with two buns sandwiched with a piece of vegetable leaf and chopped meat.

Coincidentally, this guard was the man who fled famine with An Yinong that year. He was from the same family, surnamed Tian and named Tian Zhi.

Before his mother left, she ate a persimmon cake and half a pound of grain from An Yinong, and he remembered it for several years. Later, he found that there was that kind of special paper (embossed napkin) at An Yinong’s house, so he found him.

So now that he knew that An Yinong was going on a long journey, he volunteered to follow the caravan as a guard.

An Yinong took the full cake and ate it with the water in the water bag. He rinsed his mouth with mint tea before returning to the carriage. Gu Zhengzhong was playing chess in the carriage. He twisted a black chess piece and frowned slightly. It was said that this was a very famous endgame.

He did not disturb Gu Zhengzhong. He opened the map and made marks by himself, and ground ink to write a travel note.

“It is really necessary to make a pencil.” Everytime, An Yinong would sigh that pencils were much more useful than brushes when taking small notes.

The caravan did business along the way, so they had to stop for three to five days at a new place. They walked for more than a month and did not traverse two hundred miles. This was exactly what An Yinong wanted. He wanted to experience the most authentic customs and people, and three to five days was not enough.

After the tour, he often had to write an experience of the tour, or even draw a picture.

“When I go back, I will compile it into a book and print it at my own expense.” An Yinong said with a smile.

However, his most important gain was not this, but the prices, specialties, climate, land resources, etc. of each place. Every time he arrived at a place, he would formulate several ways to get rid of poverty and become rich based on the experience of later generations, and would think about how to use the most gentle method to achieve the best effect.

No matter how beautiful the scenery along the way, An Yinong did not forget the purpose of his hard work in the scientific expedition.

“But it’s still not comprehensive.” The stay was too short. If he wants to truly understand a place, he has to live there for at least a few months, otherwise he will only know the fur. “If there is Baidu… eh? “

An Yinong slowly looked at Gu Zhengzhong: Although he didn’t have Baidu, he had Gu Zhengzhong. Gu Zhengzhong was a ghost, and a very capable ghost, so does he have a lot of useful human (ghost) hands under his command?

Think about it, no one will guard against an invisible ghost. Moreover, ghosts generally have special abilities, and their perspectives may be more comprehensive and detailed.

Gu Zhengzhong, who was playing chess, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned his head and saw An Yinong lowering his head to concentrate on writing.

Two days later, An Yinong put forward his own ideas.

“Who do you want to hire?” Gu Zhengzhong, a ghost who had lived for more than 200 years, was shocked by people’s ideas for the first time and couldn’t hold the tea bowl.

“Both demons and ghosts are fine, but I am short of money and I am afraid I can only afford a few boxes of incense sticks, so it is better to hire a ghost. ”

“…” Others couldn’t stand knowing that the people around them are ghosts, and they were even more afraid to avoid them when they heard that they would shorten their lifespans. This guy was good, and he was eager to pull a group of ghosts to work for him.

“Why do you have this sudden idea?”

An Yinong couldn’t say that this was inspired by the Taoist raising little ghosts, so he said righteously: “Demons and ghosts are just like humans, they are all creatures born on this land. It’s just that the human race is domineering. After occupying it, they say that they are the leader of all things, and all others are crooked.

“I think that since they are all creatures nurtured by this land, we are equal. I hire demons and ghosts like I hire other people, and there is nothing wrong with that.”

This was the official tone. He just wanted cheap labor that was easy to use and not expensive.

“Sir, are you willing to help me?” An Yinong took the celadon teapot and poured tea for Gu Zhengzhong. Gu Zhengzhong now understood that he was waiting for him here.

Yes, it’s not enough for a human to suppress ghosts to work for him. Thinking that he still had such a different meaning to him, the “ghost” who was fleeced became happy.

Gu Zhengzhong was also a human being, and he had some deep-rooted ideas that “people and ghosts are separated, and it is harmful to be close to each other”. An Yinong paid a steep price to be with him (getting sick from time to time, unable to get married and have children, and damaging his career).

Therefore, Gu Zhengzhong, who had always been conceited, always felt uneasy about the fate of An Yinong. Gu Zhengzhong hoped that he would be more useful and more worthy of his love, so he agreed as soon as he heard it.

There was only one thing, the gathering of a large number of ghosts would make the aura of that place turn negative, which was not good for humans, and it would also attract the attention of monks and Taoists. Gu Zhengzhong must make some preparations to ensure that things go smoothly.

“This cup of tea is really not cheap.” Gu Zhengzhong picked up the teacup, took a sip and put it down, “How many people do you need?”