In the first year of Dachengqing, the ancient state mansion

Dressed in a gorgeous costume, Gu Bin, the prince of the dynasty, sat on the top with a sad face, looking at the child who was snuggled in his arms, already asleep, his eyes were full of love and reluctance, a pair of strong and powerful palms gently stroked the child's face, wiped away the crystal tears in the corner of his eyes for him, the three-year-old child seemed to be able to feel the breath of parting, and left reluctant tears in the dream.

Sighing softly, Gu Bin looked up at the person kneeling in front of him, and said: "Third brother, from now on, Yu'er will be handed over to you, if this thing fails, I will raise him as an adult, don't tell him about his life experience, let him spend his life peacefully, and don't get involved in the disputes in this world again." ”

When the kneeling man heard this, he immediately said loudly: "Master, you have finally got this son, but you can't just leave him alone, he is only three years old." ”

Gu Bin took out a jade pendant from his arms, carefully hung it around the child's neck, and then said firmly: "That's why I handed him over to you, third brother, you and my brother for more than forty years, only by handing him over to you, can I do something with confidence." ”

Gu San knew that the old man had made up his mind and could not change it, but this was a big deal, so he couldn't help but persuade him: "Master, let the old slave go instead of you, this huge Guogong Mansion can be done without anyone, but you can't do without you, master." ”

Gu Bin shook his head and sighed: "Guogong Mansion? If the matter fails, there will be no more such Guogong Mansion in this world from now on." Third brother, there are some things that you won't understand, do as I tell you, take Yu'er, leave quickly, if it happens, I will go to pick you up, if I don't show up within three days, no matter what the outcome is, take Yu'er away from here, from now on, you will be Yu'er's father. ”

Gu San was still about to speak, but Gu Bin interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Sir. It must be cherished!"

Gu San was helpless, knelt on the ground, kowtowed deeply to Gu Bin, and took over Gu Yu who was sleeping, his eyes were already full of tears. Gu San has accompanied Gu Bin since he was a child, he was an orphan, when he was a child, the Gu family took him in, Gu Bin ranked third, so he was called Gu San, Gu San accompanied Gu Bin from a young master to a master. The old man finally got old and had a son, but now he wants to give up all this and embark on a road of no return, why is this? Gu San didn't understand in his heart.

The rain was getting more and more urgent, and the thunder seemed to explode overhead. Quiet, Xiao Kill shrouded the entire Gu family compound, the night was dark, the rain was urgent, and the night was murderous.

Gu Bin pushed open the door of the hall and strode out, his eyes like an eagle soaring in the sky, looking at the palace from afar.

"Sir... Gu San looked at Gu Bin's back, and there was a deep reluctance in his eyes.

"On the side of the Qing monarch, Feng Xianming, the traitor is in charge, the country is no longer in charge, are you willing to follow me, welcome back to orthodoxy, purge the traitor, and return the world to a bright future?"

After a pause, Gu Bin glanced at everyone and continued, "Are you afraid of death?"

Click... Click...

With lightning piercing the sky, Gu Bin's words were like thunder, exploding in the hearts of everyone in the courtyard. The whole courtyard was full of people, everyone was covered by black armor from head to toe, just standing quietly, like a statue, the rain fell to the ground drop by drop along the long knife at the waist, under the black helmet, everyone who only showed their eyes, just stared at the tall figure in front of them, no one answered, no one wavered, just so quietly, resolutely staring ahead.

"Hahaha, okay, it's been peaceful for a long time, the world has forgotten your existence, tonight, raise the long knife in your hand, and let the people of the entire imperial city know that you are still the terrifying Gu Yuwei!" Gu Bin laughed, spread out his broad right hand, caught the rain falling down the eaves, and waved towards the night sky, the raindrops collided with the raindrops, and the wind and rain in the sky seemed to be reversed, which was very spectacular.

In the courtyard, all the Gu Yuwei knelt down on one knee in unison, clenched their right hands into fists on their chests, and shouted loudly:

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

The rain is even more urgent.

......

Prime Minister's Office

Cao Hui, the secretary of the military department who was drenched in heavy rain like a chicken in soup, appeared at the door of the lobby. After tidying up his wet official hat, Cao Hui bowed to Li Sheng, the prime minister sitting in the lobby.

"Xiaguan Cao Hui, meet Xiangye. ”

Li Sheng, the prime minister of the dynasty and the founding father of Dacheng, is now full of henchmen in the DPRK, and no one can control the power.

"It turned out to be Lord Cao, come in the rain tonight, what's the matter, come on, sit down and talk slowly, wipe the rain first, and then taste the fire tea of this Qusha country, warm your body, this is a rare treasure. Li Sheng was dressed in civilian clothes, sat on the main seat, and beckoned to Cao Hui, the embarrassed secretary of the military department outside the hall.

By the candlelight, he could see that there seemed to be a faint green flame in the teacup placed in front of him, slowly floating on the surface of the tea.

Cao Hui sat down at the first place, stretched out his hands to take the tea brought by the next person, and said: "Thank you Li Xiang, the lower official came late at night, and there is really something important to report. ”

Hearing this, Li Sheng glanced at Cao Hui from the corner of his eyes and asked, "Oh, Lord Cao, what's the matter?"

Cao Hui put down the tea, clasped his hands into fists, and said to Li Sheng: "Report to Li Xiang, the traitor Liu Ning has arrived at the Golden Gate Pass outside the imperial city today, and he can be escorted into the city tomorrow, but the lower officials received a report from the secret agent, and the Guogong Mansion seems to be a little abnormal today." ”

Li Sheng glanced at Cao Hui lightly and asked, "What is wrong with the Guogong Mansion?"

After thinking about it, Cao Hui opened his mouth and said: "According to the secret agent's report, from today, the family members of the Guogong Mansion, the old and the weak and the female dependents, have left the house one after another, so far, no one has returned to the house, after the lower officials knew, they sent people to the various city gates to understand the situation, these people have all gone out of the city, I don't know what the intention of the Guogong Mansion is?"

When Li Sheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, as if he was thinking about something, and then said: "Gu Bin? hehe, it's a bit interesting, since the new emperor ascended the throne and King Ning committed treason, this Gu Bin has no voice in the court, even on the day King Ning was arrested, he was just sad and angry, and did not make any radical moves, and the old man always thought that he had seen the situation clearly and was ready to be his prince of peace and happiness." Now it seems that this son is still a thief, but I don't know what his intention is to be so forbearing? Master Cao, you can tell me. ”

Cao Hui respectfully picked up the handkerchief and wiped the fine droplets of water on his forehead. I don't know if it's because the rain hasn't dried up, or if it's sweat secretion caused by nervousness.

Cao Hui understood in his heart that Li Sheng didn't know what Gu Bin was going to do, and when he asked himself, he wanted to express his own position, and also to show his loyalty. Only Gu Guogong's Gu Yuwei was retained, and the military salary was directly allocated by the inner government, which was equivalent to Gu Yuwei from the private army of the country to the royal private army, but the first emperor did not take over the power, and Gu Yuwei has always been under the jurisdiction of Gu Guogong. After the death of Lao Guogong, the first emperor did not take back the command, and was still in charge of the successor Gu Bin. It was a force independent of the military headquarters and one of the three armies within the Imperial City. The city defense army is under the jurisdiction of the military department and is responsible for the defense of the entire imperial city, and the janissary army is under the jurisdiction of the inner government and is responsible for the defense of the entire imperial palace, but Gu Yuwei has no duties, even Cao Hui, who is the secretary of the military department, does not know what the actual situation of this army is. At this time, it was possible to confront Gu Yuwei head-on, and Cao Hui was inevitably nervous.

Putting down the handkerchief, Cao Hui arched his hand and said: "Back to Xiangye, the lower official thinks that I am afraid that the ancient prince will do that disloyal and unrighteous thing tonight, and I also ask the prime minister to make it clear that the lower official will definitely do his best to capture the rebellious people." ”

After listening to Cao Hui's words, Li Sheng smiled, did not speak, stretched out his right hand and picked up the teacup in front of him, his eyes stared at the flame floating on the tea water, his right hand kept turning the teacup, with the rotation of the teacup, the flame flickered in the teacup, very magical, and then, Li Sheng drank the fire tea of Naqu Shaguo.

Cao Hui had been waiting for Li Sheng's instructions, and after seeing Li Sheng drink the tea, he knew that Li Sheng had made a decision, and glanced at the cup of fire tea placed in front of him, Cao Hui also picked it up with both hands and drank it all.

"Lord Cao, where is Gu Bin at this time?" After waiting for a long time, Li Sheng finally spoke.

Cao Hui hurriedly put down the teacup and said, "Gu Bin has not been out of the Guogong Mansion since he went to court yesterday. ”

Li Sheng nodded, "Then I think Gu Yuwei is still in this imperial city now." Order: Go down, closely monitor every move of the Guogong Mansion, if they have any abnormal movements, you should not act rashly, just let it go, the city gates are always guarded, do not let them find anything abnormal, and all the rest of the people are arranged to set up an ambush outside the city. ”

"This is Xiangye, put all the city defense troops outside the city, then... Cao Hui didn't understand Li Sheng's arrangement, if the city defense army was put outside the city, and Gu Bin led his troops to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would rely on those family members in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he was probably not Gu Yuwei's opponent. Cao Hui didn't dare to say this. So he clenched his fists and asked Li Sheng for instructions.

Li Sheng put down the teacup, but his eyes were fixed on the door, as if he could penetrate many obstacles and look directly at the Guogong Mansion. "Just do what I tell you to do, and I'll make my own arrangements for the rest. ”

Cao Hui secretly glanced at Li Sheng, only to see that Li Sheng's eyes were like the cup of fire tea he had just drunk, and there were two dark green flames beating incessantly. With that, he saluted Li Sheng and left in a hurry.

After Cao Hui left, Li Sheng said to the empty hall: "Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan, think about how high-spirited you were back then, under one person, above ten thousand! But after today, there will be no more of you Gu Guogong in this world, your son, your grandson, I will personally send them to the underworld to reunite with you." If you can see it, I hope you look carefully, look at the current Dacheng Empire, look at me now, the shame that was once trampled under your feet, I will return it to you one by one, the glory that once belonged to you now belongs to me. Haha, haha. ”

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The Emperor's Bedchamber

The wind, wrapped in fallen leaves, swirled, drifted into the distance. The doors and windows of the emperor's bedroom were blown to creak.

When Liu An, the son of heaven, lay down in front of the couch and looked out the window in a daze, the glass bottle in his hand flowed out of the wine from time to time, spilling it on the ground, and the faint aroma of wine filled the entire dormitory.

"Father, if it were you, how would you deal with yourself? Now the imperial power is not like the imperial power, the human minister is not like the human minister, and the son has neither the will nor the art of the emperor, but now the imperial power is added. The eldest brother of the emperor inherited the will of his father, but now he has fallen into a treasonous crime, how should I be good? Liu An muttered something.

The founding emperor of Dacheng died of illness suddenly, leaving an edict that was passed on to the second prince Liu An. Liu An, who had just reached the weak crown, succeeded to the throne in the praise of the Manchu Dynasty and became the second emperor of the Dacheng Empire. But Liu An knew in his heart that his throne should be inherited by the eldest brother Liu Ning, whether it was the order of the eldest or youngest, or the literary and martial arts brother was too much better than him, and he also hoped that the imperial brother would inherit the throne in his heart, and he had no intention of competing for the throne at all. Moreover, his father's dragon body has always been healthy, why did he suddenly die, as soon as he thought of this, Liu An felt deep panic and helplessness.

Since the succession to the throne, all the affairs of the court and the central government have been decided by the prime minister Li Sheng, and those ministers in the court, except for maintaining their superficial respect, are completely useless as the emperor. Hearing that the eldest brother rebelled, Liu An's heart was extremely happy, he hoped that Liu Ning could lead his troops into the imperial city, kill the real traitors in the court, and then he would give up the throne to the imperial brother, and be his own free prince with peace of mind, but it backfired, Liu Ning was arrested, and he will be escorted to the imperial city tomorrow.

"Eh, Brother Emperor, I can't stand you for my brother, because my brother knows that you are raising troops for the sake of Dacheng's country, and the purpose is also those traitors in the court, but my brother can't provide you with a little help, because my brother is incompetent, because my brother hurt you. ”

"You are going to enter the city tomorrow, then Li Sheng will definitely let me kill you in front of the civil and military officials, if that is the case, what kind of face do I have to face the ancestors and the ancestors, the eldest brother." ”

As he spoke, Liu Anbei came from his heart, but he cried alone.

"The king of a country, but hiding in the bed and crying, a courtier, can't you kill the emperor?"

A cold voice suddenly sounded in the dormitory.

"Kill, how to kill? I, the emperor... No, who's talking?"

Click, click, click.

A bolt of lightning fell into the sky, illuminating the person standing at the door of the dormitory at this moment.

This person wears a hat, a green shirt, and a long sword around his waist, you know, this is a forbidden place in the palace, except for the Praetorian Guards, all people are not allowed to carry weapons, and violators will be killed. But this person can quietly appear at the door of the emperor's bedroom.

Liu An was shocked, this is the forbidden place of the palace, how can there be an unfamiliar voice, and he dares to talk about killing the prime minister of the dynasty.

"Someone, Xiao Yuanzi. ”