Although Gao Wei is mediocre and ignores the government, he is still very nervous about the imperial power, if anyone threatens his emperor's throne, he will execute him without mercy, whether he is his father-in-law, the pillar of the country, the great general and prime minister Hu Luguang, or from the royal family, his cousin, the god of war in the army, and the king of Lanling!

Therefore, after Hu Luguang was suddenly lured into the palace by Gao Wei last year, he died aggrievedly at the hands of the killer Liu Taozhi, and now, after the news of the sudden death of the last person of the three heroes of Qi State, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, spread out, it instantly shocked the entire Yecheng and the people of the entire Qi country!

However, compared to the incomparable shock and grief of the people, the officials of the Qi court seemed very calm and indifferent, and Gao Changgong, one of the three princes of the imperial court, died suddenly, and the cause of death was very suspicious and controversial, but it was completely without the fierce reaction when he heard that the general Hu Luguang was executed!

Some ministers only symbolically wrote to Gao Wei to express their condolences and condolences for Gao Changgong's death, and some ministers only expressed simple doubts about Gao Changgong's sudden death, and after receiving Gao Wei's reply that he was self-inflicted and could not live, he did not dare to say anything more!

Therefore, Gao Wei was very satisfied with the performance of the ministers in the court, and still held Feng Xiaolian to the court, and he was in a good mood, so he posthumously awarded Gao Changgong who died in his hands as Taishi, Taiwei Gong, and Jizhou Assassin History, and posthumously presented the fake Huang Yue and the nickname Zhongwu!

Gao Wei treated the dead Gao Changgong so kindly, and finally made the officials and people of the entire Yecheng put aside the worries in their hearts, and used various ways to pay tribute to and mourn the Gao Changgong, the god of war of the Qi Kingdom, and release the sadness in their hearts! For a while, every family was crying, every household was burning paper, and the whole Yecheng was shrouded in a heavy and sad atmosphere!

At this time, Xiao Yao had also come to the small border town of Yanzhou and Xuzhou under the heavy protection of Han Changluan, and then successfully joined Huang Wenyuan, who led the soldiers of the forward brigade to be stationed here for nearly two months!

In order to hold Han Changluan and prevent him from completing the escort mission back to Yecheng too quickly, which may hinder Mu Tipo's plan to kill Gao Changgong, Xiao Yao used all kinds of methods to slow down the march along the way! Sometimes it is said that the weather is too hot and it is not appropriate to walk too fast, sometimes it is said that the road is bumpy, and it is not appropriate to walk too quickly, and even said that it is written on the yellow calendar that it is not suitable to travel far, and then he asked Han Changluan's army to rest in place for a day, and only then did he hurry slowly the next day, and finally walked for seven days before he arrived!

Seeing that Xiao Yao led his guards and negotiation team to leave the border of Qi and return to the forward brigade stationed here, so that the soldiers of Qi who were stationed in this small city had been terrified for two months, Han Changluan, who had completed the escort task, breathed a sigh of relief, and he always felt that the situation was not good, and always felt that Xiao Yao was deliberately slowing down the march, and there would be something big happening in Yecheng, so he immediately led the army back to Yecheng!

Three days later, when Han Changluan returned to Yecheng, he was greeted by the sudden death of Gao Changgong, or even the bad news that he had been buried, which made Han Changluan suddenly feel dizzy in front of him, and then a wave of grief and anger arose, making Han Changluan go straight to the palace to ask Emperor Gao Wei for an explanation!

"Your Majesty, why did King Lanling suddenly die, is the rumor true? Was it true that King Lanling was given poisonous wine by Your Majesty and died suddenly? Han Changluan ran in front of Gao Wei, and before he had time to report to Gao Wei that he had completed the task of escorting Xiao Yao back to Chen Guodi, he directly questioned Gao Wei.

"yes!" Gao Wei admitted directly without care, and then didn't care about Han Changluan's disrespectful attitude at all, and continued to ask, "Has Shiro returned to Chen Guo safely?" So you're only coming back now, is there an accident on the way? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, General Xiao has returned to Xuzhou safely, and his subordinate forward brigade has been waiting for General Xiao there for a long time! It's just that the last general really can't understand why His Majesty suddenly gave King Lanling to death? What did he do to make His Majesty kill so suddenly, after all, King Lanling is the god of war in the hearts of our Great Qi soldiers, and his sudden death will definitely greatly damage the morale of our army, so that Zhou Guo Chen will have an opportunity to take advantage of it, and then launch an attack on our Great Qi! Han Changluan said eagerly.

As Gao Wei's confidant, Han Changluan didn't know that Gao Wei had already had murderous intentions towards Gao Changgong, but as a military general, he had admiration for the generals of Qi State, so he usually went against Gao Wei's mind, even if he knew that doing so would annoy Gao Wei and make him lose the emperor's favor, but he would speak up for Gao Changgong and dissuade Gao Wei from attacking Gao Changgong!

So now, when he just returned to Yecheng, he heard the news of Gao Changgong's sudden death, and the people rumored that he was given death by Gao Wei, which made Han Changluan very sad and angry, so he rushed into the palace, regardless of the danger that he might offend Gao Wei and lose his favor, he also had to ask the emperor to understand!

"Han Changluan, what kind of attitude are you talking to me!" Gao Wei heard that Han Changluan was still struggling with himself about why Gao Changgong was executed, his mood really became very unhappy, his face had already dropped, and his tone was a little colder and said: "Gao Changgong himself has already admitted that he is the murderer behind the assassination of Shiro on Qinglong Street, this crime of assassinating the envoy of another country, do you think he deserves to die?" However, as the person in charge of the thorough investigation of this case, you didn't find out Gao Changgong in the first place, if it weren't for your hard work in the past and your loyalty to me, I would have punished you a long time ago! You still dare to speak to me in such a tone, where is the reverence you used to have for me? ”

"King Lanling himself has admitted that he is the murderer behind the assassination of General Xiao?" Han Changluan was shocked and said, although when he was investigating the case, someone also proposed to him that Gao Changgong was the biggest suspect in the case, but out of admiration and protection for Gao Changgong, Han Changluan also sternly refuted such a statement, and then would rather be scolded by Gao Wei himself, but also wash away all suspicions for Gao Changgong!

"Not only that, Gao Changgong also secretly colluded with the Du family, although their explanation was to deal with Shiro, but these things were all carried out in secret, one of them was rich and rival the country, and the other held military power in their hands, the two secretly colluded, who knows what else they did in private! Don't you think that these days, the ministers of the court seem to be less in awe and loyal to me? So at this time, of course, I have to make an example of them, to deter these people, and let them know that I am the emperor of Qi and their master! Gao Wei said excitedly.

"These two crimes, do you also think that I still want to let Gao Changgong go? I know that the reason you said is also very reasonable, so I don't want to make this matter too big, I didn't involve the Du family and others, and even for the sake of his royal family and his contributions to the Qi country, I am not to blame for his past, nor have I implicated his family, and I also held a very grand funeral to save some face for him, is it rare that I am not merciful enough? Gao Wei looked like a benevolent and righteous gentleman, and said confidently.