Chapter 115: The Game
"Gu Gong!"
In the secret room in the backyard, Xu You bowed respectfully.
"Don't be formal, get up!"
Gu Changyong's dim eyes were half-open and half-closed, languishing on the bed, whether it was spirit or momentum, there was no difference between the old peasant people who wandered on the street on weekdays. But Xu You didn't dare to have the slightest contempt for this old man, Zhu Zhi once told him that if there was one person in the four surnames of Wu Jun who needed to be respected, it was undoubtedly this person in front of him.
Compared with Lu Zongzhou, who is good at making decisions, Gu Changyong is difficult for people to see. Since begging for bones, he has lived in seclusion in the house of Beiguli, and it seems that he rarely takes care of things, and rarely shows up, and he is the only one with the lowest reputation among the four surnames of Wu County, which always gives people a feeling of dispensability. But for more than 30 years, the Gu family has been thriving under his leadership, not only has the family status become more and more stable among the family members, but also cultivated many outstanding descendants like Gu Yun, and the future development is limitless.
Doing nothing and doing nothing, this is great wisdom!
"You and Ah Yun have always been good friends, and Zhu Zhi's little fox is also full of praise for you, even Xiao Yushu's eyes are above the top, and I heard that you have a lot of praise in Jinling. In the past two years, I have paid attention to and listened to the things you have done, and the literary talent and character are the choice of the moment, especially the perseverance and setbacks, which is far better than those fools of the Wujun Gate Valve. Hehe, quenching and alchemy, you can see the true appearance at the beginning, you can shed your shell from the change of Yixing, and finally become a great tool, and you can be regarded as living up to your surname! ”
Gu Changyong spoke with the humor of an old naughty boy, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Xu You would never have believed that the Gu clan sect master, who was famous for his loyalty, had such a free and easy temperament, and said, "Don't dare, the kid is just a fluke." ”
Gu Changyong laughed, the phlegm in his throat was blocked, making a stinging noise, covering his mouth and coughing a few times, a strange rosy suddenly appeared on his face, and then disappeared in a flash, turning over full of exhaustion, and said, "Say, what are you doing to see me?" ”
Have one foot in the grave!
Xu You suddenly realized that the time of this Gu clan sect master was running out, but as long as he was there, whether he was lying down or sitting, he was the Gu family's Dinghai Divine Needle. However, the dialectic pays attention to looking at the problem in two, and Gu Changyong is old and endless, is it not because there is no figure in the next generation who can shoulder the burden of the family?
It's actually kind of sad!
Xu You no longer hesitated, any act of wasting Gu Changyong's time was a crime, and said his suspicions about Xiao Ling and speculation about what might happen.
Gu Changyong slowly sat up, his wrinkled face telling the vicissitudes of life for decades, as if every ravine contained a wonderful story, and said, "Catch them all? ”
"Yes!"
"Do you suspect that Xiao Ling is a person from Six Heavens?"
"Yes, seventy percent of the time!"
"Six days...... Hey, six days! ”
Gu Changyong closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, if it weren't for the occasional unintentional flicking of his fingers on his legs, Xu You would almost think that he was asleep. After about a tea time, Gu Changyong suddenly opened his eyes, walked up to Xu You from the bed, pulled a futon over casually, sat down cross-legged opposite him, and said, "Do you really have such a big appetite for six days?" ”
"Two or three years ago, even Yangzhou was almost occupied for six days...... Six days of recklessness, there is nothing they dare not do......" Xu You stopped at the point and stopped talking.
"Reasonable!" Gu Changyong patted the case, which startled Xu You, and said: "Whatever you want in six days, you are devouring the world, in their hearts, Yangzhou Gate Valve is just a side dish with wine, of course they can eat it." Not only can you eat it, but you also have to eat it well! ”
Xu You complimented: "There is Gu Gong in Yangzhou, and six days is just wishful thinking." ”
"I love to hear what you kid says!" Gu Changyong leaned closer and said, "How do you think Qilang will plan?" Although the Gu clan is not martial, there are more than 1,000 armor soldiers, and the rest of the scholars who came to congratulate them all have tribes, ranging from a few to dozens of people, which is also not a small strength. There are also 2,000 elite soldiers from the Governor's Mansion outside the city, the Zhang family and the Lu family are close at hand, and there are more than 1,000 troops inside the mansion. ”
"Poison!"
Xu You recalled Qingming's words and said: "Six days of good use of poison, the rebellion of the white thieves can hardly catch a live prisoner, it is because Du Mingyu's Seven Non-Heavenly Palace secret system Fusu poison, where the entrance is irremediable." After that, Luo Killing Heavenly Palace secretly intercepted and killed Heavenly Master Dao Ning Changyi, and those five wounded, hundred spirits and ghost soldiers who didn't have time to escape were also poisoned and died. According to the inspection of the Crouching Tiger Division, this poison is different from the Fusu poison of the Seven Non-Heavenly Palace, named Bird Without Horns, unlike the Fusu poison that seals the throat with blood, but it can paralyze people's five senses and six senses, and gradually lose consciousness and cut off vitality.
Not long ago, I was stabbed by a man for six days, and I used another poison, called the barn cymbal, which was somewhat similar to the hornless bird, and the same treacherous and cruel. As far as we know, there are these three kinds of poisons, and how many others there are are really can't be predicted. Therefore, I think that if you want to take the opportunity of the wedding banquet to wipe out the Yangzhou Shi clan in six days, the only way is to poison! ”
"Poisoned?" Gu Changyong said: "Yes, today's feast, I borrowed a lot of cooks and people who helped the kitchen from other places, if there are really six days of spies hidden in it, it will not be found out in a short period of time, and the kitchen is not a heavy place, and it is not difficult to sneak in temporarily while there are many people." However, poison is a trail after all, and it's okay to kill a few people...... How can these thousands be poisoned? ”
"You don't need to be poisoned, just make the person who can hold the sword lose his combat power." Xu You's voice sounded calm and terrifying in the secret room, and said: "I heard that the exterminated Ming pirates have a kind of magical secret medicine, unknown, colorless and tasteless, extremely difficult to detect, whether it is put into water or food, it can make people weak and weak, and is often used by lustful thieves to deal with beautiful women who plunder to the Ming Sea. The pirates and the Six Heavens must also have this medicine, and it is most appropriate to use it on an occasion like today. ”
The mountain sect once used this medicine on Zhu Lingbo, and no matter how good you are to the sky, it is still not as good as the Huangkou Ruzi, and then he was given the name of the mountain ghost by He Wei. Although the mountain ghost is the exclusive secret technique of Fengdong Mountain, the first Yan Qingzhou of the Ming pirate is a person of six days, and it shouldn't take too much effort to get the formula from Fengdong Mountain.
"And such poison?"
Gu Changyong's expression finally became solemn, Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang and other gate lords regarded themselves as gentlemen, and there were no talents in the mansion who were good at making poison and identifying drugs, and the Sili Mansion was pervasive, and it was very easy to attract the suspicion of the lord by raising such a person. If it is really as Xu You said, it is estimated that few people in the world can see through this rare strange poison, and for today's plan, the only way to do this is to temporarily cancel the banquet, strictly investigate the inside and outside, etc., and put on a stormy posture to minimize the possible losses.
But just a few words from Xu You made a mess of Gu Yun's wedding, if it was found out to be a false alarm afterwards, how could Gu's face remain? What should Lu think? Originally, this marriage was delayed again and again, and the Lu family was dissatisfied, and then there was a turmoil, which really hurt the harmony of the two families, and also made the foreign surname see a joke.
"Shichiro has a good plan?" When Gu Changyong was thinking hard, he saw that Xu You's face was as calm as water, and his heart moved slightly, Zhu Zhi said to him in private, Xu You's talent is unparalleled in the world, he can be a good looker, or a hero, if you want to break the trick in front of you, it is better to ask his opinion.
"Six days of preparation, the big net is spreading, we are in a hurry, the most important thing is not to startle the snake, once Xiao Ling is alert, immediately launch an attack, in order to be prepared to attack unprepared, I don't know how many people will die. First, find a convincing reason to let the elite troops of your house not eat or drink for the time being, stay sober, defend the important places, remember to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and don't show flaws; Second, it's too late to thoroughly check the guest list, only keep an eye on Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling may just be a bait and a trick, the real commander is someone else, and you need to be cautious, but if there is anything abnormal, you can't let it go; Third, immediately send henchmen to find the Lu family and the Zhang family to borrow troops, the more the better, in addition to the armor soldiers, servants, tenants, women and children can all wave their flags and shout, with suspicion of the soldiers, just wait for the smoke in the north to rise, and immediately come to help; Fourth, those with noble status in your mansion and the guests who come to congratulate must be guarded by their side to prevent them from being held hostage for six days and then thrown into a rat trap; Fifth, find the poison and the person who poisoned it, leave the matter to me, there is no guarantee that it will be done, but the matter has come to this, do your best; Sixth, notify the garrison outside the city of the Governor's Mansion to strengthen their defenses, lest someone steal the camp and find that there is chaos in the city, and do not go out blindly, so as not to ambush ......"
Xu You instantly gave nine countermeasures, which are both stable and comprehensive, from the inside to the outside, from the most feasible plan at present. Gu Changyong listened to it with great brilliance, and ordered without hesitation, and this trust and determination also made Xu You admire.
Almost at the same time as the order was passed down one by one, the entire Gu clan was like a huge giant, slowly waking up from its slumber, accompanied by bursts of laughter and laughter, and the turbulent undercurrent began to flow silently.
Qingming changed people's clothes, and easily blended into the kitchen, a large courtyard with two entrances, closed front and back, leaving only a side door for the slaves with the food table to enter and exit. After two turns in a row, he didn't find anything abnormal, checked the prepared food, and there was no trace of the mountain ghost, it should be that the spy of six days has not received the order, after all, the banquet has just started, and everyone has not yet fallen into the carnival, once the wine has passed three rounds, when he is half drunk and half awake, it is the best time to poison and close the net.
That said, there's still time!
Qingming raised his head, the night covered the sky, the jade rabbit hung high, this autumn was cool like water, warm and cold at first.
The beautiful scenery of a good day is killing people!
Xiao Ling sat at the front of the lobby, this was Gu Changyong's special gift to him, and it was also the face of taking care of the Xiao family, he stared at the case in front of him, but his heart was always uncertain. The little grandmaster behind Xu You was like a thorn pierced there, no matter what, although there was almost no possibility of failure in today's plan, even one more grandmaster could not change the final outcome, but he had always planned to act later, and he didn't like things outside of control, thinking about it, he suddenly realized that Gu Changyong had been away for too long.
Everyone can see that Gu Changyongtian is not on vacation, he is weak and weak, and he is tired enough to toss this whole day, and it is reasonable to go back to rest, but there are still so many nobles from the capital and all over the country in the hall, no matter how tired he is, he has to hold on until the banquet is more than half before leaving, and there is no reason to disappear as soon as the banquet starts.
For some reason, Xu You's calm face with a weird smile appeared in Xiao Ling's mind, and his hand holding the wine glass tightened suddenly!
"Let you wait for a long time, this body is getting worse and worse, just go back to rest for a while, so I feel more comfortable. Come on, come on, the little old man will punish himself with three cups first! ”
Gu Changyong walked out of the side door behind the screen, ascended to the main seat, held the pot in one hand and the cup in the other, and drank three times in a row, which was very informal.
Everything seemed to be as usual, but Xiao Ling became more and more uneasy, and his intuition told him that he couldn't wait any longer. He believed in intuition, a spirit honed between life and death, more reliable than any wisdom and stratagem.
No waiting!
Xiao Ling got up slowly, walked up to Gu Changyong with a wine glass, knelt on his knees, and said, "The kid has admired Gu Gong for a long time, and I wish Gu Gong an unlimited life with this cup." ”
Five steps!
Within reach!