Chengqian Palace.

Vimo is making a presentation to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven looked tired and didn't talk much. Although the Son of Heaven always said, "Then do what you want", there was no sign of approval in his tone. Vimo was worried. He could sense the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven with him, but he did not know where the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven was. The attitude of the Son of Heaven always made him wonder if he was really so mediocre and difficult to take on a big job.

At one moment, someone approached to report, "The Second Highness has something to ask to see, and the Marquis is outside the hall." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and let Erlang in, and Vimo couldn't help but be a little distracted.

The Son of Heaven seemed to notice it, so he said, "Don't pay too much attention to your brother, you are the prince, as long as the instrument is better than him, it is enough." ”

Vimo said, "Yes. ”

The Son of Heaven looked at him for a moment and seemed to sigh.

Erlang entered the house and saluted the Son of Heaven first, and then to Vimo.

The Son of Heaven asked him what was the matter, and he went straight to the road, "Daddy still remembers the youngest son of Gu Huai, the assassin of Jiangzhou, named Gu Jinglou?" ”

After many years, the handsome young man who came by boat with a sword immediately appeared in his mind, and his face softened, and he said, "Remember." He's coming to Jiankang? ”

Erlang said, "Yes--he came from Runan, and said that he had confidential matters to report to Daddy." He handed over the seal letter that Gu Jinglou had given him, "He's waiting outside, can't you see him?" ”

The Son of Heaven took the letter, leaned back slightly and looked at it—he was already a little dazzled—and saw that it was indeed Gu Huai's token, so he said, "Let him come in." ”

The chamberlain went to Xuangu Jinglou to see.

Wei Mo stood beside the Son of Heaven and couldn't help but hesitate a little - unlike Erlang, he had a real friendship with Gu Jinglou. Although he didn't say how familiar he was, every time he looked back at Huai and returned to Chang'an, he would meet Gu Jinglou. It is said that with his relationship with the Gu family, Gu Jinglou wants to see the Son of Heaven, he should come to him, why should he ask Praruo for help instead?

In the blink of an eye, Gu Jinglou followed the attendant to meet him.

After the ceremony, the Son of Heaven first asked, "Is your father okay?" ”

Gu Jinglou said, "I don't know either—I haven't been back to Jiangzhou for more than a year since I left Luling in September last year. ”

The Son of Heaven was a little disappointed, but he didn't show any signs, but said, "Yes, Shicai did hear that you are new from Runan—did you go last year?" ”

Gu Jinglou said, "Yes." On the order of my father, I went to Runan to investigate some things. Today's request to see His Majesty is precisely to report to His Majesty. This matter involves confidentiality, and please step back from the left and right. ”

The Son of Heaven was not suspicious, and raised his hand to order the attendants to retreat. Only Vimo and Jiro were left to serve on the side.

Gu Jinglou said, "Last summer, there was a bandit rebellion in Jiangzhou -- three to five hundred thieves looted boats with the intention of crossing the river. When my father heard the news, he sent me to exterminate the thieves. ”

Three or five hundred people made a rebellion, saying that it was not big or small, and it was not small to say that it was small. But judging from the fact that Gu Huai sent a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy to lead the army to exterminate him, he should not have taken this matter too seriously.

The Son of Heaven nodded and listened.

Gu Jinglou said again, "I don't want this gang of thieves to be very cruel, the minister led two hundred elites to fight against them, and they were on a par, and it took some stratagem and strength to hunt them all down." ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but sit up slightly straight--it is said that ordinary people are in rebellion, both weapons and marching are quite hasty, even if there are many people, they should definitely not be the opponents of the elite officers and soldiers.

Gu Jinglou said, "The minister stayed alive for interrogation, and only then did he know that they were all Jinren. Twenty years ago, they surrendered with Li Hu's southern crossing, and after Li Hu's rebellion was destroyed, they were scattered and migrated to Jiangzhou. He paused.

The Son of Heaven had a very flat face and asked, "And then—why do they make trouble?" ”

Gu Jinglou said, "According to their confessions, it was Li Hu who summoned them to Runan to start an incident. That's why they abandoned their families and businesses and went to Runan to join Li Hu -- not only Jiangzhou, but all the people from all over the world had to go to Runan to meet. ”

The Son of Heaven did not make a sound, nor did he make a color, and there was a dead silence in the hall.

Gu Jinglou had some doubts in his heart, quietly paid attention to the expression of the Son of Heaven, and said, "My father feels that this matter is strange - Li Hu is dead, who is making trouble in his name?" He sent me to investigate the matter. So I left Jiangzhou and went north, pretending to be the son of a summoned man to join the people, and sneaked into Runan to find out the news. ”

The Son of Heaven then asked slowly, "So, what is the news you found out?"

Gu Jinglou said, "I'm afraid Li Hu is indeed alive." ”

In the news brought back by Gu Jinglou, "Li Hu may really be alive" is only the most irrelevant one.

But this matter always haunted the mind of the Son of Heaven, making his eyes black again and again.

In fact, even if Li Hu is still alive, he has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. Wouldn't it be better for an old man half-cut into the ground to lead a rebellion than a thief in the prime of life?

But the Son of Heaven knew very well what he was thinking in his heart - Li Hu was more terrifying than anyone else.

After nearly twenty years of hibernation, this cunning and ferocious jackal has finally waited for the right moment. He will only be more cunning, bloody and cruel, and it is definitely not something that the two blue-headed boys, Vimo and Atan, can deal with. And he is here for revenge, he has already incarnated as Shura, and this time he is bound to drag himself into hell.

Wei Mo was still asking Gu Jinglou how he confirmed that the thief leader was indeed Li Hu, and how he found out the news and escaped.

And when the Son of Heaven heard Gu Jinglou's description of the thief's suspicion and cunning, he already believed seven or eight points in his heart - this character and behavior were indeed the same as Li Hu's back then, not to mention that no one else except Li Hu had such prestige, and he could unite the scattered people again.

He then interrupted Wei Mo and asked, "You said that Li Hu has an internal response in Jiankang City, but who is the internal response?" ”

Gu Jinglou said, "No." Before I could listen carefully, I was discovered by the thief, and I only knew that he would take Li Hu to cross the river. ”

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and carefully sorted out the people in Jiankang City who might be connected with Li Hu in his mind.

But Jiankang City Defense is so huge, it is impossible for him to know every detail. And the more he thought of Li Hu, the more he recalled the shame of the past, Xu Si's face kept flashing in his mind, and finally the face of a baby appeared in his mind, and he ordered to "dispose of" it......

He couldn't help but think that the baby must have been disposed of...... But the next moment, the baby in his brain suddenly opened his eyes, and his face coincided with Ruyi.

Suddenly, he realized that even if the baby was disposed of, it was as if it had not been disposed of. Because he replaced him with Ruyi, then Ruyi is also him.

- After all, he still raised Li Hu's children by his side and raised them well!

He was startled, and stood up to reads;

However, suddenly there was a color of blood, and then a black......

He fell headlong to the ground.

The Son of Heaven had a stroke.

Vimo panicked.

Fortunately, Erlang was on the side, and he restrained the palace attendants in time and stabilized people's hearts. In the chaos, he didn't forget Gu Jinglou, and after a few words, he was put under his solitary custody, which was called politeness but was actually under house arrest.

Gu Jinglou knew that this was an extraordinary time, and he was not dissatisfied with Erlang's decision. Just thought that Vimo actually forgot about him, and couldn't help but realize that this prince was very easy to "assist".

Thinking of the scene when the Son of Heaven had a stroke, he secretly said in his heart, it turned out that the so-called true Son of Heaven was just a mortal - once he was seriously ill, he was not even as good as an ordinary person. I also thought, if Li Hu succeeded in rebelling and attacked Jiankang, wouldn't he be able to ascend the throne and become the emperor? It turns out that the so-called "Son of Heaven" is such a thing. No wonder Chen Sheng and Wu Guang said, "Princes and generals would rather have a kind."

Approaching the end, the Son of Heaven finally woke up leisurely.

Vimo had been guarding his bedside, and when he opened his eyes, he was pleasantly surprised, "Daddy! ”

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes for a moment and tried to control his hands and feet—since the sudden death of King Wuling from a stroke, the Son of Heaven had been mentally prepared. His grandfather, father, and brother were all killed or disabled by strokes, and he was no exception. Therefore, in the past few years, he has practiced meditation and abstained from alcohol, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the previous generation.

However, in the end, it was not escaped.

Fortunately, he didn't have a severe seizure, just dizziness, and his left hand and foot were slightly numb, and he wanted to die for a while.

But if you have to worry about the government and military affairs as hard and unstable as you did in the previous months, you can't think about it.

Now all he can do is "sit down", as long as he is alive, presumably people's hearts will not be chaotic for a while.

He looked at Vimo closely, closing his eyes for a moment due to dizziness and nausea before asking, "How old are you?" ”

Vimo was stunned for a moment, and said busily, "My son is twenty or three years old this year. Daddy, you'......"

The Son of Heaven raised his hand to stop him - thinking that when he was twenty-three years old, although he did not say that he had experienced a hundred battles, he was already a military general who could take charge of his own affairs, whether it was in the country or in the family. And Vimo may not be inferior to him in talent, but he grew up in a greenhouse since he was a child, and he is still green at the moment, and he is not far from a child. Where is Li Hu's opponent.

The Son of Heaven said, "Spread the decree - during the period of my recuperation, the crown prince will supervise the country." First, the personnel should be the same as before. And he said, "...... Passed Gu Huai into Beijing, auxiliary government. ”

Vimo Dao, "What about the history of Jiangzhou thorns? ”

The Son of Heaven said, "...... is still concurrently held by Gu Huai. He also told Vimo and said, "I have already married Liuli to Gu Liu, and you will set it for them at a later date." ”

Vimo thought to himself that the Son of Heaven was sick, where was the time when the children talked about marriage? But he still answered, "My son wrote it down." ”

After a while, the Son of Heaven asked, "What about your brother?" ”

Vimo was silent for a moment before he stepped aside, Erlang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt beside the bed of the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven tried to raise his hand but couldn't, Erlang was busy holding the hand of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven looked at him carefully for a moment before he sighed, "...... Help your brother well. ”