When Gu Zhongyong returned to the mansion, he saw that the mansion was plain white, with white curtains hanging everywhere, and two miserable white lanterns were hanging at the door, a cold wind blew, the lanterns were blown and swayed, and the black tassels seemed to dissolve into the old ink, crackling on the white lanterns, two extreme colors, so that the tall lintel of the Ningguo Mansion was infected with a layer of deep solemnity, and the sense of depression flew over the square house with the white curtains.

It seems that the vicious and ruthless things that have been deposited in the Ningguo Mansion for many years are all exposed to the bright sky, and the dust of the old years is flying, and they are flying one after another.

Gu Zhongyong frowned and walked all the way to the upper room of the main courtyard, the upper room was busy, Meiniang opened the tent, lifted the board, saw Gu Zhongyong, with a bag of tears in the corner of her eyes, as if frightened, and said softly: "Grandpa Guo is finally back, Mrs. said to leave as soon as she left, you are not in the house, the concubine is like she has lost her heart, I don't know what to do, so I sent someone to wait at the gate of the palace, waiting to pass a message to you." ”

Gu Zhongyong nodded, signaling that she didn't need to panic, this was originally what he calculated, Mei Niang served Chang's family in the main house for one night, Chang's was critically ill in the middle of the night, he couldn't receive the letter in the palace, so he could only rely on the palace people to pass on the words, and these words spread throughout Yunfu in an instant, even if the emperor didn't want to restore his official position, he had to take into account the reactions of the various families in Yunfu.

Although the news is fake, Chang's death is true, and it is the most difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Presumably, the will will soon come down.

Gu Zhongyong bent the corners of his mouth, taking care of Chang's affairs with one hand, and calculating the power of the court with the other, he received the holy decree just after noon, and before he had time to be happy, he was shocked by the content of the holy decree, and the whole person seemed to be nailed to the shadow wall carved by the crane pine and cypress, and he couldn't say a word of thanks, leaning forward to look at the bright yellow in front of him, and his mind was buzzing.

What he planned to do, the position of the governor of the Chinese army is not available to anyone, and he has been sitting for five years, and all the connections are in Nanzhili and Yunfu City, only he is the most suitable and the most appropriate, but the emperor would make such a decision and let him take over the affairs of Chuangui, which caught him off guard.

The chamberlain held the holy decree in his hand, and his eyes were crooked waiting for Gu Zhongyong to receive the decree and thank him, but he unexpectedly saw Gu Zhongyong not moving, his eyebrows raised, and he laughed in a sharp voice, "Is Ning Guogong stunned with joy? Why did he kneel on the ground for a long time and not accept the order?"

His train of thought was interrupted by this shrill voice, he shivered slightly, and when he looked up, he was facing the inner servant who was announcing the decree, and the inner servant was frowning and looking at him suspiciously.

This chamberlain is the godgrandson that Zhao Yuande recognized in the palace, his name is Cui Yi, he is gloomy and mean, it turned out that he came to announce the decree, Gu Zhongyong was cold.

He endured the doubts in his heart, stretched out his hand to receive the holy decree, Cui Yi smiled at this time, he was afraid that Ning Guogong would not accept the decree, so that he would not be able to reply in front of the emperor, seeing that Ning Guogong had compromised, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and half reminded: "The emperor also has an edict, let our family bring it to you." ”

Ning Guogong bowed down and listened carefully, Cui Yi smiled, and said: "The emperor said that since the founding of the country, the Ningguo Mansion has always been the minister of Dayan, and now that the war in Sichuan and Gui has been settled, I hope that Ning Guogong will take care of Chuangui with his heart and reproduce the prestige of the Ningguo Mansion back then," he said and leaned down and said softly, "When the emperor mentioned the grandfather of the country, his words were full of expectations, and when he asked the slave to issue the holy decree, he also specially instructed the slave to come to you first, for fear of delaying your affairs......"

Gu Zhongyong heard such words in his ears, and couldn't help but look at the look on Cui Yi's face, and found that Cui Yi's expression was real, so he relaxed his tense heart a little.

Cui Yi said again: "The slave also has a lot of words, the emperor's second will is to send the eldest son of the hussar general Xiao Rui to lead 100,000 troops to support the northwest, if you think about it carefully, you can understand the emperor's good intentions, this slave is only here to tell you, don't let down the emperor's hard work!"

Gu Zhongyong smiled on his face, stuffed two good seals for him, and Cui Yi resigned and went to Xiao Mansion.

Gu Zhongyong held the holy decree in his hand, only to feel that his palms were heavy and he didn't have any strength.

Walked quickly to the study and instructed the servant: "Please Mr. Zhang come over and talk." ”

The little guy hurriedly answered.

He sat on the Taishi's chair, and carefully read the holy decree again with a restless mind, the emperor's ability to rise and fall in the dark is becoming more and more powerless to fight back, and the bureau he has worked hard for many years will be invalidated with a holy decree?

When Zhang Chaoyan walked into the study, he saw Gu Zhongyong's eyebrows frowning, and his whole person exuded a sense of irritability, which surprised him greatly.

Gu Zhongyong saw Zhang Chaoyan, handed him the holy decree, and told him what he heard from Cui Yi.

Zhang Chaoyan saw the meaning of the holy decree, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, stroked his beard, looked at Gu Zhongyong and said, "What does Grandpa Guo think?"

Gu Zhongyong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Mingsheng and Dark Fall, Chuangui has just experienced a great chaos, and it will take a long time for all parties to really settle down, especially my connections are not in Chuangui, and it will take a lot of effort to become the commander-in-chief of Chuangui, but I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of Yunfu when the time comes, and in this way, many layouts above the court can no longer be used." ”

Zhang Chaoyan nodded slightly, "Grandpa Guo's inference is reasonable, but I think that the choice of this holy decree to be issued at this time is not a bad thing." ”

Gu Zhongyong looked at him, waiting for his next words.

"Think about it, if the emperor asks you to reinforce the northwest, then you can tear your face directly with An Beihou, your errand is done, the emperor will not praise you much, this is a matter of duty, if the errand is not done, I am afraid that the emperor will be the first to take you under the knife, it is better to avoid it far away now. ”

Gu Zhongyong naturally thought of this, but what he was unwilling to do was that the layout in the court over the years had been thrown away so stubbornly, which really made him feel a pity.

Zhang Chaoyan is a good hand at observing words and feelings, and when he saw the unwillingness on Gu Zhongyong's face, he could think of his mood at the moment, and said a few words of comfort, " Grandpa Guo doesn't have to feel a pity, wait for Anbei Hou to fall, the court is facing a big cleanup, if you are in Yunfu, the emperor will inevitably treat you as a party of Anbei Hou, by the way, it is better to give up some layouts first, and wait until you are stable in Sichuan and Guizhou before redeploying, and after all, the relatives and officials of Nanzhili are still close to you, you ask the emperor for a favor, and arrange the prince and the second son in Nanzhili...... In this way, Nanzhili also has manpower on his side, and if Chuangui's side stabilizes, it will also be a help. ”

Gu Zhongyong nodded, and the tense expression on his face soothed.

Zhang Chaoyan said in a low voice: "Look at the emperor's meaning, it should be that he still wants to reuse the grandfather of the country, otherwise he will not take you away at this time, think about it, our house and the emperor have been in love for many years, when the old grandfather was alive, he was valued by Emperor Wuzong, and now the emperor is even more nostalgic, otherwise he would not put you in the position of the chief soldier." ”

Gu Zhongyong listened to Zhang Chaoyan's persuasion, and finally settled down.

……

Jian Anli was busy all morning, and stabilized Gu Yi's situation, dozed off quietly, and walked on the palace road with Chu Shaoyuan with the medicine box, Chu Shaoyuan whispered to him beside him.

“…… Who did you learn your medical skills from?"

Jian Anli said as she walked, "Follow my master." ”

Chu Shaoyuan looked sideways at Jian Anli and asked softly: "Is your master in his forties, very tall, very good-looking, wearing a monk's robe with patches all the year round, a mouthful of Nanhuai dialect, always saying four as ten, the taste is on the heavy side, and he likes to eat salty and spicy vegetarian food?"

Jian Anli looked at him in surprise, he was able to tell his master's preferences so completely, he was still the first person other than himself, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, "How do you know this?"

Seeing his expression, Chu Shaoyuan already knew what he was conjecturing in his heart, and smiled faintly, "It's just that I happen to know such a person, and his medical skills are also very strange, just like the medical skills you used today, so I will ask curiously." ”

Jian Anli thought that his master traveled all over the year round, and would always stay in Yunfu for more than a month every year, and most of the time in those more than a month, he would not see anyone, so he would sometimes wonder about Master's whereabouts, but he was indifferent by nature, curious and curious, but he never asked Master, and every time he returned for a month, Master would travel far away, and he only did not pay much attention to Master when he had a close friend to visit in Yunfu.

Listening to the meaning of Chu Shaoyuan's words, could it be that Master has often been in contact with him during this month?

Chu Shaoyuan didn't speak again, thinking about things so hard that he didn't figure out something until he was lying on the warm couch in the inner hall, closed his eyes, and fell asleep sleepily.

After sleeping for two hours before waking up, Zhang Quanfu saw him get up, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the emperor has issued a decree to come over and let you accept it." ”

Chu Shaoyuan got up and freshened up, and when Zhao Yuande finished reading the holy decree and accepted the decree, Zhao Yuande said with a smile: "The emperor is waiting for you in the Star Viewing Pavilion." ”

Chu Shaoyuan nodded, sorted out his clothes and went to the Star Pavilion.

The emperor is standing on the top floor of the Star Viewing Pavilion at the moment, overlooking the appearance of Yunfu, Yunfu City under the sunny day, can only see the boxy courtyard and the colorful streets, because they are too far apart, the pedestrians on the four streets are a small dot the size of sesame seeds, there is nothing to see.

There was no smile on the emperor's face, a cold look in his eyes, he looked at it silently for a long time, and sighed softly.

There will be a time when the idle light will be quiet, and the flow of flowers and water is impermanent......

Such a sentence is now only chattering in the heart.