Li Mao sent his mother home, didn't even drink a sip of water, and immediately summoned two gentlemen, Wu Yuzhou and Chen Yi.

He now feels the biggest crisis since his debut.

That is, the emperor gave birth to distrust of him.

The biggest difference between the noble family and the family is that the honor, disgrace, wealth and wealth are all related to the monarch's body.

This is just a sentence, but the meaning behind it has to be frustrating. With a family and a huge power to rely on, the emperor has to take great pains to move, but for them who seem to have ascended to the sky, it is just a matter of a thought for the sky to fall.

Li Mao admitted that he had not done anything to make the emperor jealous, but the emperor still took the opportunity to clean up the assassins and spies to beat him, which had a deep meaning and made people feel cold.

After a while, Wu Yuzhou and Chen Yi came, and on the way, the two had already inquired about the assassination of Mrs. Qiu from the family who went to report the news, and they were also speculating in their hearts, probably Li Guogong summoned them to come and asked about this.

Who would have expected that this Lord Xinguo did not ask about the assassination of Old Taijun Qiu, but the emperor's intention to ask him to clean up the secret agents, and what to do in the future.

To be honest, Chen and Wu really didn't expect Li Mao to grow up so fast, and it was not accidental to see that the emperor asked him to come forward to clean up the remnants of the previous dynasty.

But just being able to see clearly is not enough for this crisis-ridden government.

"Xin Guogong, you were filial piety back then, why did you become a soldier as soon as you entered the court?" Chen Yi decided to let Li Mao figure out what to do for himself.

"Because the military department is a yamen controlled by the noble faction, the emperor is not worried that the military power is in the hands of the clan."

"Then why did the Holy One reuse you almost immediately?"

"Because my family has been worried for several years, the Xungui faction that has always looked down on my father and brother has been suppressed by the clan for many years......," Li Mao said here, suddenly pausing.

"Why did the assassins never assassinate Mrs. Qiu, but now they have started to assassinate again? It is precisely because this time it is the turn of the Jin Kingdom Gongding to worry. Chen Yi analyzed the situation for Li Mao.

"The two factions are evenly matched, so that the relationship can continue to deteriorate in the friction, so that the government decree is not in line and the court is inefficient. If one side overwhelms the other, it will naturally be very unfavorable for the emperor's trade-off technique, but if there is a war, such a situation can quickly set things right. ”

"The remnants of the Yin Dynasty hope that the Great Chu can give birth to internal strife, and it is best to keep internal friction, and now the Duke of the Jin Kingdom is worried, and the clan hides its edge, so the remnants of the Yin Dynasty panicked...... "Chen Yi thought about it, "I think they have been preparing for a long time, and the incident is just a few years, so I can't see the stability of the court, so I want to let the grandfather of the country worry too, like this, the dragons have no leader, and the court of the Great Chu will be even more chaotic." ”

"So, the existence of Jin Guogong is a good thing for me?" Li Mao drew inferences, "In other words, my existence is also a good thing for the Duke of Jin?" ”

"Exactly. This is also the reason why you can occupy a high position as soon as you come out, but you are not suppressed by other clans. First, they urgently need someone to appear to reassure the emperor, second, you are young after all, and you have no experience, so you are not a tricky opponent, and third, Zhang Ning of the Zhang family served as the secretary of the ministry, which played a balancing role, and your seat sat down steadily. You can rise all the way to the military department and become the youngest scholar in the history of Great Chu. ”

"But that's no longer the case." Chen Yi made a collapsed posture, "Whenever the situation changes, in order to maintain balance, the Holy Lord will naturally change the weight and weaken your weight. ”

"My suggestion is that you might as well show weakness."

"Show weakness? How to show weakness? Am I stronger? Li Mao smiled bitterly, "I don't know where the Dao is so strong that the Holy Lord is jealous." ”

"The Duke of Xinguo should not be arrogant, you represent the entire Gongfu of Xinguo. If your mansion is not strong, why will the remnants of the Yin Dynasty stare at your mansion again and again? Why did the remnants of King Qiyang try their best to drive a wedge between your mansion? "Wu Yuzhou has been following Li Laoguogong, so naturally he knows why the Xinguo Mansion has been traveling so hard.

"You are the knife in the emperor's hand, the shield in his hand, the shield, and the sharp weapon that cuts through thorns and thorns. This is the way of the emperor, it is the way of ruthlessness, not for you alone. ”

"To weaken you is to use you. If nothing has changed at this time, I will have to worry about you. Wu Yuzhou persuaded Li Mao and said: "At this moment, the Jin Guogong faction is showing weakness, you might as well show weakness in front of the saint." You are not a sharp person, as long as you show your true nature generously and ask the emperor more about everything, after a long time, the emperor will naturally rest assured of you and will rely on you more. ”

"I believe in the loyalty ...... of the Guogong Mansion," Li Mao said with grief and indignation, "My family is in danger, and now I have to ...... it."

For a while, Li Mao couldn't go on.

"Then let the emperor know that the Xinguo Mansion is in danger. You can say ......"

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Mao entered the palace to go to court, and when he was waiting for his ascension, many colleagues came to greet him and asked if Mrs. Qiu was okay. Even many high-ranking officials of the clan were concerned about Li Mao's answer, and they couldn't wait to put their ears up and listen to the long distance.

Li Mao's eyes turned red, and he choked up and said: "I don't know where the murderous assassin came from, he actually wanted to use a secret weapon to kill my old mother in the banquet, if it wasn't for the Deyang County Lord sacrificing himself to save me, I would have been fatherless and motherless now." Although my mother was not injured, she was frightened, and she endured it at the county lord's mansion and did not show it, and when she returned home, she collapsed and is still in bed. ”

Li Mao had already discussed with Gu Qing and asked her to rest at home for a few days, report her illness to the outside world, and refuse to visit.

At this time, this kind of statement that Mrs. Qiu was afraid of was naturally more sympathetic.

"My mother has had a stroke in the past few years, and she had a stroke during the Chinese New Year, and we didn't even dare to let her be angry at home, and now that she is frightened, I am really worried that something will come. What about our family...... Our house is really half the way down......"

Also, if Li Mao worries again, then all the most precious time in his life will be filial piety, which is indeed sympathetic. There are so many families in this Dachu, and there is no one who has lived as many disasters and hardships as his family.

Thinking of his identity as a lonely minister, I can't help but give birth to countless imaginations.

Today's dynasty, the emperor said about the remnants of the Yin Dynasty in the court, and he was furious.

These traitors have been hidden for many years, and their branches are luxuriant, but they are like poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows, and they don't know when they will jump out and bite people, and they must be eliminated. The emperor named and denounced many ministers for the laxity of the imperial palace, and even let the remnants of the previous dynasty mix into the mansion, some were punished, and some were ordered to go home for a month to rectify the affairs of the palace.

Ordering him to go home is actually a disguised expulsion for a while, which is the most common punishment method used by the emperor.

Intriguingly, most of the people who were punished were nobles. Although it is a common problem that the Xungui faction is not strict in governing the family, and they do not have so many domestic servants to □□make a good living, but this time so many people have been applied, which can't help but make people imagine if the emperor wants to appease the family again.

For a while, the clan was a man with his tail between his legs.

For a while, many people looked at Li Mao. He stood at the forefront of the civil service team, and Zhang Nuo, the political affairs of Pingzhang, who was originally standing at the front, was already worried, and his purple clothes appeared there, which was very conspicuous.

All the clans are waiting.

They waited for Li Mao to come out and plead for mercy, and if he did not show his protection for his subordinates at this time, the Xungui faction would most likely disagree with him. Originally, he was young, and he had long been criticized by others, and now that he is wise enough to protect himself, he will be rejected in the future.

But Li Mao didn't do anything, neither came forward to explain, nor pleaded for mercy. actually accepted the emperor's arrangement safely.

Bah!

What a good dog raised by the emperor!

After the dynasty, the emperor naturally comforted Li Mao for a while, and even sympathized with the plight of his house.

When Li Mao heard the emperor's words, he cried bitterly on the spot, explaining that he really didn't want to bear the grief of losing his relatives again. He denounced Yin Chao Yu for being cruel and ruthless, and repeatedly attacked his family, making him live in the shadow of fear, his old mother had already had a stroke, and if he came a few more times, he would definitely die, he really didn't want to gamble.

Li Mao begged the emperor to allow him to resign and go home, close himself to the old and young at home, and be a free man.

Chu Rui had always been ready for Li Mao to lose the chain, but he didn't expect that it was just an assassination, which made him retreat. Thinking about his performance on weekdays, several life and death robberies in Fenzhou, Fang's leading the goddess home, Li Rui was shocked by the technique of disgust with victory, thinking about it again, he suddenly felt that the Xinguo Mansion was really unlucky, so many adults and children in this family are still alive now, and it is really the ancestral tomb that is smoking.

It is also necessary to let a mediocre person endure so many situations and be frightened.

Chu Rui can't leave Li Mao now, and now that the Duke of Jin is just worried, he allowed Li Mao to resign and go home, this unloading and killing donkeys is too fast, if the ministers are cold to him, then he is really struggling.

Such an unwise thing to destroy the city wall by himself, he naturally would not do it.

Chu Rui hurriedly comforted Li Mao, and praised his family's loyalty, saying that he would definitely become a solid backing for the Xinguo Mansion in the future, and would also arrange for people with outstanding martial arts in the palace to carefully teach Li Rui to protect the safety of the old and young in the mansion.

Li Mao cried and begged this time, just to find the emperor to ask for benefits, his family suffered so many losses, even he himself died to do the errand arranged by the saint, and now the saint wants the horse to run, and the horse does not eat grass, he has already been cold.

At this time, he was ordered by Wu Chen's two masters, and his words were all bent on taking the whole family to hide and escape from this murderous disaster. In desperation, the emperor repeatedly promised that he would purge the remnants of the Yin Dynasty in Jingzhong as soon as possible, and not let the old Taijun Qiu live in fear, and was even willing to let Li Mao recruit another fifty generals into the palace to supplement the number of generals in the Xinguo Mansion, so as to be able to protect the old and young in the mansion.

Li Mao saw that the emperor said that this was all he wanted, so he accepted it when he saw it.

It's just that this incident has made him see clearly what kind of identity the "emperor" is, and his father shouted all day long to return to the field, which strengthened his decision to follow his father's route back then.

I can't play with you smart people, it's a big deal that I'll stop doing it, see who's in a hurry!

Li Mao was comforted by the emperor, and got the confession recorded by the assassins of the county lord's mansion yesterday, and went back to take a closer look, secretly afraid in his heart.

Mr. Chen Yi's guess was right, the remnants of the Yin Dynasty were afraid that the Xungui faction would overwhelm the clan, and the Great Chu Dynasty would become a hall of words from then on, so he hurriedly started.

Most of the Xungui faction got up with martial arts, although most of them have handed over their military power in exchange for their backgrounds under the leadership of his father, but the strength and prestige are still there, and they can lead the troops when they get on the horse, and they are generals, so that these remnants have to be guarded against.

The second is that the Xinguo Mansion has found spies one after another, which makes these people panic.

Li Mao saw the "original plan" of these assassins, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

It turns out that it is not only the use of pigeons to send letters, but also the mystery in the flower pots. If it weren't for the fact that the new flower pot had not been sent out of the stronghold two days before entering the palace because of the Holy Majesty's order, then it was a crossbow bolt instead of an iron bullet that shot her mother yesterday.

The speed of the crossbow arrow is extremely fast, even if the county lord of Deyang wants to replace him, he will not be able to escape if he wants to come.

And the poison under the tea lady is the kind of poison in the sea that Chen Yi said, fortunately, his mother never drinks tea, and when she sees the masterpiece of the tea lady, she just looks at it and lets people serve it, otherwise even if his mother is a little polite, touch the tea cup with her lips, and they will be separated forever.

The same goes for aqueducts. They had captured all the thieves in the stronghold outside, so that no one would have answered, otherwise everyone would have fled except for the female assassin who knew very little.

This has to be said to be God's eyes, and he can't bear to suffer another catastrophe for his family, so he didn't have any regrets.

It's just that this kind of luck can't be there every time.

From then on, he had to cheer up his spirits.

As for her mother being protected by Mama Hua this time......

Mama Hua is so strong in martial arts, why has it not been revealed? Why is she willing to be ignored by his family for so many years, and she has not been reused until the past few years?

When was Mama Hua reused by the old lady? Yes, it was when Li Rui was in danger, and when the old lady moved Rui'er into her yard, she was reused.

Who is Mama Hua?

Does his mother know the identity of Mama Lu Daohua?

In Zhiyun Courtyard, Gu Qing was also asking Mama Hua the same question.

This time, Yanyun was injured, and a big hole was cut on the upper arm of his right hand, although it did not hurt the bones, but the girl's family had a scar on her body, which inevitably became a pity. And although Xiangyun is the oldest, he has the least courage, and he has been having nightmares every night for the past few days, and now he is even floating when he walks, and he will jump up in fright when he speaks.

However, Jiayun and Qiyun actually supported the big and small affairs of the Zhiyun Courtyard, and commanded the girls of the Zhiyun Courtyard to take their places, so that the Zhiyun Academy did not make any mistakes.

Gu Qing received Li Mao's instructions yesterday, and she had to stay in bed for a few days these days, for fear of leaking the news, except for a few close people, she couldn't even tell the situation about a few children.

It's just that she pretended to be pretending to be sick after all, so she was really uncomfortable when she was sick, so she used the excuse of wanting to sleep, and drove away all the children of Li Rui, Li Ming, Li Jun, and Li Zhao, leaving only a few insiders to "recuperate" in the room.

This time he was free, and Gu Qing directly began to ask about Mama Hua's identity.

"Mama Hua, are you a spy? Or a hidden guard? "Gu Qing can't think of anything other than these two." Tell me the truth, you don't know my temper, I won't be angry. ”

She is not the kind of roaring party in the bloody TV series, "You dare to deceive me, I trust you so much, you dare to deceive me". What's more, Mama Hua has always taken care of her like an elder, and she really can't see that Mama Hua has anything to do with her.

Mama Hua knew that Old Taijun Qiu had no meaning of clichés, and she didn't have such a complicated identity, so she bent down slightly and said in a low voice: "It's not that I deliberately hide it, it's just that I don't think this matter is important." I'm not a spy, but if I'm a guard, it's not that complicated......"

"I only learned martial arts by chance, and I happened to see this and had to make a move."

Gu Qing's eyes lit up.

Could it be that Mama Hua is still the daughter of a martial arts family, and she will be in the court because of fate?

She loves to hear stories the most!

"Mrs. Tai also knows that I am a palace maid. When the Hu people occupied the royal city, they did not kill the people of the palace, because they still needed people to do things, and my ancestor survived that catastrophe. At the beginning of the founding of the Yin Dynasty, there was the help of many people in the rivers and lakes, and there has always been a practice of cultivating shadow guards in the palace. ”

"When I was young, because my roots and bones were suitable for practicing my master's kung fu, I got my master's blue eyes, and I grew up beside her, in addition to learning how to be a palace maid, I also learned the ability to protect myself."

Mama Hua continued: "It's just that we are all Han Chinese, and the Yin Dynasty has been destroyed for decades, and my master himself has no concubines and princes who can be protected, let alone me." My master didn't want to expose his skills to protect Hu Ren, so he kept me secret. The Hu people are not like the Han people, they often beat and scold the palace maids, and even the concubines of the Han people are often humiliated, I learned this martial art, and there are indeed infinite benefits, so I often take advantage of various conveniences, and slowly rise to the position of female officials, no longer have to suffer and suffer. ”

"I first took care of the transfer and training of the palace maids, and then I did a good job, and then I became a female official with the concubine of the Hu people somewhere. That Concubine Hu thought that I looked better than her, so she found an excuse to get me to the cold palace to be the head of the maids, and I never had to see the emperor's face again. ”

"She didn't know that this matter was in my hands, and I was not willing to serve the Hu people, so I was willing to stay in the cold palace until the first emperor broke through the royal city and occupied the palace."

"I'm very grateful to the old prince for saving me from the palace, so that I don't have to look at the cannibalistic places in the palace anymore. Although I learned martial arts in the palace, I had no place to use it, and I had to hide it all my life to prevent myself from being exposed, otherwise the kind of place in the palace full of suspicion and unbearable, even if I made it clear how my martial arts came from, there were all kinds of torture waiting for me. ”

When Mama Hua recalled the past, her face was full of gloomy looks.

"Everyone said that I was appreciated by the old man when I saw the soldiers brutally and spoil the palace maid and came out to speak up, but in fact, it was not, it was because I killed someone in a fit of anger that I was discovered by the old man. Mr. Li subdued me, and when he heard what happened to me, he was very sympathetic, so he went to the emperor to ask me to let me out of the palace and let me fend for myself. ”

"But I have spent half my life in the palace, and I have infinite fear of the world outside, I have been in the palace since I can remember, there are no relatives and friends outside the palace, the world is so big, where to go?

"There is no place for me in this world......"

"Therefore, I begged Lao Guogong Li to come to serve by your side and serve as your shadow guard to protect your safety. For me, it is easier to go from the palace to the palace, but in a place like the palace, the so-called past and the so-called future are not important. I'd rather live so simply. ”

Gu Qing listened to Mama Hua's words, and the whole person showed a look of worship.

Miyauchi masters! Hidden in the depths! Killed! Uniformed by Li Laoguogong!

The experience of this flower mama is so much like the heroine in the novel! Yes, even her name "Hua Chao" is so poetic, more like the protagonist than her.

But reality is not a novel, so Li Laoguo is a married man, and he is destined not to achieve a perfect encounter, and there is no surprise in love. So Mama Hua walked out of the deep palace, but she couldn't get out of the shackles in her heart.

So she can hide her martial arts, but she still can't live a peaceful life.

She could have roamed the world like the chivalrous woman in the novel and made a great name, but she volunteered to stay by the side of Mrs. Qiu, an eccentric old woman, and lived a quiet life, without leaving a son and a half daughter in her life, and she didn't even taste the taste of love.

She is her own white-headed palace maid in the Xinguo Mansion, a person who has a story but is unwilling to tell it.

"I see." Gu Qing nodded. Not saying anything at this time is the greatest understanding of her.

"Everyone has their own way of living, I don't think you know what is unacceptable about martial arts, just like someone who cooks well, someone who plans to plate the same thing, you know martial arts, what is there to blame me?"

Mama Hua had tears in her eyes, she just felt that there was no need to say it at first, but gradually, she didn't know how to say it.

Now that she told her biggest secret, her body suddenly relaxed, as if she was reborn.

"Mama Hua, it is a blessing for our family to meet a master like you. I won't say anything grateful, but Mama has always taken care of me, I see it in my eyes, and I will ask Mama to continue to take care of me in the future, although I can't be called a 'sister' with you, but in my heart, I am indeed like a relative. ”

For her, her gratitude and affection for Mama Hua, even above Li Mao, she sees that she is indeed not a "sister", but an "aunt" and a "teacher".

"It's my blessing to be able to accompany the old lady." Mama Hua wiped away the tears on her face and said solemnly: "Don't worry, old lady, with me by your side, no one can cross me and hurt you." ”

"Uh, that's not what I meant......" Gu Qing wanted to say that she wasn't here to brush up on friendliness, but after thinking about it, she said that she didn't mean that, with the concept of people in this era, not to say whether she could believe it or not, even if she believed it, she couldn't take it seriously, what was there to say about this kind of polite words.

People are expensive to get along, is it this heart, you will know the Tao in one place.

"Mama Hua......" Gu Qing thought of Mama Hua's chic skills yesterday, and asked with a shy face: "Your kung fu, can you teach me a few hands?" ”

Whoa, whoa, no, people also have a chivalrous dream, okay? People have also read Jin Yong's ancient dragon Liang Yusheng all over the place!

I beg Master to take me as an apprentice!

"Old lady, my muscles and bones have been boiled since childhood, and I practice the kung fu of protecting people, your identity is so valuable, who is worthy of your protection?" Mama Hua looked at Gu Qing's body in embarrassment, if she was a young man, she could still teach her this mastery, but the old lady's body was ......

It's not that she hits people, if it's judged by talent, this is really a rotten wood.

As soon as Gu Qing heard this explanation, his head drooped.

Okay, okay, I know that there is no quick martial arts master in the Dao.

"Then, why don't you teach me two grandchildren?" Learn this skill, no assassin is afraid, right?

"But my exercises are kung fu that only women can learn, if the two young masters learn my internal skills, I am afraid that they will not grow beards in the future, and their voices will be soft and ......."

"I'm X, Sunflower Treasure!" Gu Qing's eyes widened.

"What is the Sunflower Book? I don't have a name for this skill. ”

"Then I'll give it a name, and it'll be called "Sunflower Treasure Book" in the future, okay?" Gu Qing asked with interest.

"After this kung fu self, I'm afraid it's going to be lost, it doesn't matter what to call it, if Mrs. Tai thinks it's good to call it "Sunflower Treasure Book", then call it Sunflower Treasure Book."

Whether it's called the Sunflower Treasure Book or the Peach Blossom Treasure Book, it doesn't matter to her.

As soon as her master dies, I am afraid that few people in this palace will be able to do so.

In the evening, Li Mao returned home and went straight to visit his mother.

Gu Qing had already grinded Mama Hua at this time, and even asked her to promise to teach them the tricks of self-defense of their ancestors and grandchildren in the future.

If you can't learn internal skills, it's better to learn some skin self-defense than to catch blindness at the end of the day.

When Mama Hua saw Li Mao coming, she hurriedly showed an expression of "Ah, saved", almost immediately jumped up, and immediately bowed and retreated.

Gu Qing looked at Mama Hua regretfully as if she had to run away in a gust of wind, revealing a regretful expression.

Woo woo woo, Li Mao, can't you come back tomorrow?

Li Mao looked at Mama Hua's back, hesitated for a while, and still asked Gu Qing: "Mama Hua's ...... about this?"

Gu Qing was worried that Li Mao would think too much, so he didn't tell Mama Hua about the experience of learning art in the palace, but said lightly: "Mama Hua is the shadow guard arranged by your father by my side, at this time, I know it, don't ask more." ”

When Li Mao heard that it was his father's arrangement, he suddenly felt even more awe of his father.

Father is really a man of God!

Mama Hua got the opportunity of Li Mao's coming and ran away, and hurriedly patted her chest and recited "God bless".

She had never thought that Gu Qing was such an abrasive old lady before, and today she was arrested for a day, and her mouth was dry when she talked about her experience, and she was even asked many strange questions.

"Was there an official named Huang Shang during the Yin Dynasty?"

"Do you know if there is a eunuch in Lu Dao who became a monk after leaving Lu?"

"Then did you leave any princesses behind?"

"Is there a martial arts outside? Is there a river and lake? Do you know someone who can take in my two children? ”

"Is there a ......?"

Help, how does she know if there is a way!

She's just a palace maid!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Xin Guogong cries when he says he cries, and this fact is admirable.

Li Mao pointed to his cuffs: The medicine that Master Chen Yi gave me cried when I touched it.