C116 (2/2)

”Miss, please come with me.”

With these words, the sedan bearer walked towards the large ship on the shore, followed closely by Gui Zhi.

The exterior of the large wooden boat looked quite ordinary, like a cargo ship carrying goods. However, as soon as he stepped onto it, he realized that it was a different world.

The interior of the boat was elegantly decorated. As soon as he entered the cabin, the heating rushed at him, and the top of his head was filled with glazed tiles. A bunch of green bamboo plantains and bananas came into view.

There were several white lotuses isolated in the water. There were rouge colored dragonflies clinging to the heads of the flowers. They also had transparent long wings, appearing as adorable as jade sculptures.

In this winter, we can still see the green clouds and red clouds, which makes the laurel branches shake.

Seeing Gui Zhi stop and look at the small view, the sedan bearer explained, ”This water is a hot spring about ten miles away, and people are ordered to pour it here from time to time, causing this room to be filled with spring.”

As they continued forward, they saw many flowers and trees along the way. Gui Qi felt that this was not a boat, but a fresh mountain forest.

He walked all the way to the back of the cabin, where there was a door less pavilion, which was covered by a light gauze curtain.

In the middle of the pavilion, there was a wide chair covered with a layer of white fox skin. A man wearing an embroidered jade robe was sitting on the chair.

This made him look extremely heroic. Even though he had a seductive face, he didn't have a trace of femininity. Instead, a chilling air emanated from him.

He only sat there, yet he already possessed a peerless beauty. This man, Gui Zhi had only seen him once, but he had never forgotten him.

Seeing that the person had walked over, the man smiled and said softly: ”The shoes are old, why are you still reluctant to throw them away?”

Gui Zhi's face reddened with embarrassment before he could even stand up straight.

He quickly withdrew his feet and hid his shoes inside his skirt.

Coincidentally, today, she was wearing the pair of blue cloth shoes he gave her.

”If you like it, I'll give you another pair.” The man leaned back in his chair, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Cinnamon.

Huang Guizhi hurriedly focused her mind: ”I, I definitely do not dare to accept Young Noble's cloth shoes again this time, for no reason.”

The man laughed, as if he found Gui Qi's cautious appearance very interesting.

Twisting his fingers, he asked, ”For no reason at all, how dare you get on my palanquin?”

Gui Zhi was stunned for a moment before replying, ”I just want to know who Young Master is. After all, I owe Young Master a favor and cannot repay it. I have to remember the name of the benefactor and from now on, I will be burning incense to accumulate blessings for Young Master.”

The man laughed heartily as he pointed to the Lin'er in Gui Qi's arms. ”Is this your child?”

Gui Zhi hurriedly shook his head. Before he could reply, he heard the man say, ”You don't need to accumulate blessings for me. The blessings you've accumulated are not enough to cover up my sins.”

Gui Qi paused for a moment before asking, ”Who the hell are you?”

The man looked at Gui Qi and said, ”You can call me Fifth Master, just like them.”

”Fifth Master.” Gui Qi cried out and asked again, ”Why did you bring me here?”

The man twirled his fingers again.

Gui Qi discovered that he seemed to love twirling his fingers, as if there was a bamboo leaf slowly curling up between his fingers.

”Nothing much, just that we haven't seen each other for a long time. I wanted to ask how you were doing.” The man shifted his gaze down and looked at the child in Gui Qi's embrace. ”This child isn't yours, but is he on good terms with that girl?”

Last time, when Gui Qi was saved by the Fifth Master, he told him why he had ventured into the mountain forest. Naturally, he also told him about the relationship between him and Jin Xiaolou.

Gui Qi nodded.

”Then why are you carrying the child alone? What happened to them?” Fifth Master casually mentioned it.

Gui Qi's eyes immediately turned red. He had been worrying all night, but now he said everything out loud.

When Gui Qi finished talking about the murder case with the strange Mountain Note last night, the Fifth Master slightly frowned: ”Why didn't I hear you mention that foolish husband of yours, Jin Xiaolou, where did he go?”

”Gao Lang?” Gui Qi shook his head. ”On the first day of winter, when Little Lou returned from the He Mansion, she did not mention Gao Lang at all.”

”Winter? The Residence of He? ” ”Even when I was outside the city, I heard that on the day of winter, there was a riot in the County Magistrate Mansion. Did Gao Lang and Jin Xiaolou meet with misfortune together?”

”No, Gao Lang had a fever that day and stayed in the house for an entire day. No one could call him.” Gui Zhi sighed, ”When Lou came back, I was worried about Gao Lang. Lou also said that not only was he not stupid, he was also much stronger than us. Even now, I don't understand what she means. ”

Fifth Master's eyebrows immediately furrowed, he waved his hand and called the carriage driver who had just brought Gui Qi here: ”Red Xiao, Miss Huang is tired, bring her down there to have a good rest, prepare some food for her to eat.”

A servant with a full beard cupped his hands in greeting.

The Fifth Master said to Gui Zhi, ”I originally wanted to ask about your situation, but I never thought that I would run into you in such a difficult situation. You can stay here with me without worry, I'll keep an eye on the Mountain Note case for you.”

Gui Qi had nowhere to go. She initially wanted to stay in the restaurant, but the only hairpin she had was given to the bailiff. She had no choice but to agree to Fifth Master's request.

However, he felt more grateful in his heart, thinking that he had helped him once again.

He didn't even know his name.