Shi Lanqing didn't expect to cause him so much trouble and was very sorry for it.

Faced with the guilt of the two, Gu Lingze said it was not necessary.

He thought that if it were just the He family, they might not be so bold knowing his identity.

After seeing off the Cao family, Gu Lingze sat in a chair and began to ponder.

Today in the crowd, there were obviously people with bad intentions who were waving the banner of condemnation and trying to take the opportunity to make him infamous.

When these people found out that He Tianshui was no longer stupid, they took the opportunity to sneak away.

He absolutely didn't believe that all this was just a coincidence.

After dinner, Gu Lingze was reading in his room. Hearing footsteps lingering in front of the door for a long time, he simply got up and opened the door.

"Come in."

He Tianshui was stunned at first, then walked in with his head lowered.

After the two sat down, Gu Lingze poured him a cup of tea and said directly: "No need to apologize, I don't think it's your fault."

He Tianshui raised his head and glanced at him quickly, then looked away.

"Brother Gu, thank you for your care all the time. I want to..."

"Want to leave here?" Gu Lingze looked at him, "Do you want to go back to Mayang Village?"

He Tianshui shook his head anxiously, "No."

"Where are you going?"

After being asked this question, He Tianshui fell silent again.

Gu Lingze chuckled and moved closer, "Even if you have a suitable place to go, can you bear to leave my second brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, He Tianshui's entire face, including his ears, turned red, and he looked like a boiled shrimp.

Gu Lingze originally just wanted to tease him, but unexpectedly he heard the other person sniffing.

He Tianshui raised his pretty little face, tears still welling up in his eyes, and sobbed as he said to Gu Lingze, "I'm sorry, Brother Gu, I shouldn't have had such thoughts about General Gu, I won't do that again."

Gu Lingze slapped his thigh and said, "How can that be possible? You must have some thoughts!"

After saying that, he stood up and immediately pulled He Tianshui out the door.

"Second brother." Gu Lingze pushed open Gu Feirui's door alone.

Gu Feirui was sitting at the desk and no one knew what he was doing. When he saw him come in, he immediately covered the rice paper in his hands.

Gu Lingze pretended not to see the word Tianshui all over the table. He sat on the chair and poured himself a cup of tea slowly.

"Lingze, why haven't you rested yet so late?" Gu Feirui laughed dryly.

"I was about to go to bed, but Tianshui came to find me."

When Gu Feirui heard He Tianshui's name, he immediately sat over and asked, "Why did he come to see you so late at night?"

Gu Lingze said calmly, "He said he was leaving."

"No!!" Gu Feirui shouted immediately.

Gu Lingze looked at him in confusion, "Why not? Tianshui is not sold to our house. He has the right to decide whether to go or stay."

When Gu Feirui heard this, he was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat. "He is a young boy without a home. Where else can he go if not staying here?"

"Oh, I forgot to mention it." Gu Lingze put down his teacup, "I plan to arrange for him to be a priest in the City God Temple."

"That's even worse!" Gu Feirui jumped up, "Didn't you say that Wu Xuan became the City God?"

"Yes." He nodded as a matter of course, "That's why I arranged it this way. Wu Xuan still hasn't repaid Tianshui, so he should take care of Tianshui."

"Lingze you, me."

Gu Lingze looked at Gu Feirui, who was anxious to go up to the room, and pinched his thigh hard.

Then he put on a earnest expression and started to persuade the other party.

"Second brother, Tianshui can't live in our house forever. He is a young boy and he has to get married."

Gu Feirui panted, "Marry, marry." He kept repeating these two words over and over again.

Gu Lingze was about to continue guiding when he unexpectedly Gu Feirui suddenly rushed towards the door.

Fortunately, he was quick to grab the other person and asked hurriedly, "Where are you going, second brother?"

"I'll go find He Tianshui and ask him to marry me."

Gu Lingze pulled him back with all his strength, "Even if you are a general, will he marry if you ask him to? Tianshui doesn't like you!"

Gu Feirui's eyes turned red when he heard this, "If he doesn't like me, then I will always be nice to him until he likes me too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lingze immediately let go of his hand and sat back in his chair, "Okay, then go ahead."

Gu Feirui was completely confused by his back and forth and stood there in a daze.

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside, and He Tianshui, with a pair of rabbit eyes, did what he thought was the bravest thing in his life.

"General Gu, I will always treat you well."

——

The next day, Gu Feirui took He Tianshui to meet Gu Tianhua and Xie Qingwan.

In fact, Xie Qingwan and Su Wenyu both more or less noticed that the two liked each other, so in the end, only Gu Tianhua was surprised.

Taking into consideration that He Tianshui is still a minor, Gu Lingze proposed to arrange the marriage this year and get married next year.

Gu Feirui was a little unwilling at first, so he directly said that this year's dates were in conflict with He Tianshui. When Gu Feirui heard this, he immediately agreed to get married next year.

From then on, He Tianshui officially became a member of the General's Mansion and no longer considered himself an outsider.

A month later, Tan Leming finally arrived in Beijing.

Gu Lingze asked Aunt Tao to clean up a room for him in Mutao Courtyard so that Tan Leming could live there with peace of mind.

Then he borrowed an experienced shopkeeper from Xie Luocheng and asked the other party to learn from him.

Tan Leming was smart and eager to learn, with a clever mind. It only took him half a month to master the basic points. All that was left was to put them into practice.

It just so happened that Han Xiaoran was in the capital during this period, so he took the other party to familiarize himself with the operation of the pharmacy.

After two or three contacts, Han Xiaoran told Gu Lingze that he had found the right person.

Time passed quickly and it was late autumn. Xie Luocheng had been very busy in the past two years and finally planted double-season rice in the experimental fields in the south.

At first he didn't understand what the experiment meant, but after Gu Lingze explained it to him, he found it very interesting.

In addition to rice, there are also crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes that are suitable for growing in sandy land. Not only did they have a good harvest, but they tasted even better than those grown in the fields.

When Emperor Jing heard about this, he was very pleased and praised Xie Luocheng highly. At the same time, he also truly realized what Gu Lingze had said last time, the importance of opening up the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture.

Gu Lingze has been concentrating on studying the vegetable greenhouse with Xie Luocheng these two days.

Due to the cold climate in the north, except for one or two very cold-resistant vegetables, people in the north rely on pickled vegetables to survive the winter.

The rich and powerful could naturally spend money to buy vegetables from the south, but not only were the prices high, the vegetables were not fresh when they were delivered.