The palace is the most beautiful in summer, with red walls reflecting green tiles and green trees, lush greenery, butterflies and bees flying around the flowers.

The palace door was wide open, and a small internal official came out of it, "Fifth prince, the emperor asked the slave to greet you." ”

Gu Jianglin nodded, and happened to see Zhou Fang riding a tall horse running from not far away, he had already changed into the official uniform of the court, red clothes, golden armor, shining in the sun, looking extremely powerful and strong.

Gu Jianglin watched him approach, smiled and said, "I don't know if I can ask Lord Zhou to get off the horse and have a chat?" ”

"You can't ride a horse in this palace, so you should stop here." Zhou Fang said with a smile, after getting off the horse, he handed the reins to the little internal official, and after the small internal official led the horse away, Zhou Fang looked at Gu Jianglin, clenched his fists slightly, and saluted, and then said: "It seems that the fifth prince stopped me here, and he has something to say to me." ”

"I have something to say to you." Gu Jianglin nodded, "A lot of things have happened along the way, and thanks to your help, we were able to turn the corner." ”

"The Five Princes want to thank me? That's not necessary, because this is the emperor's will, and I listen to the emperor. Zhou Fang said with a smile.

Gu Jianglin nodded, "You were also summoned by the emperor when you entered the palace, right?" ”

"The emperor probably thinks that my escort has martial arts, so he summoned me personally." Zhou Fang nodded and said: "But this time I failed to bring back Miss Xi, it can be regarded as my dereliction of duty, don't worry, I will explain it to the emperor well, Miss Xi is indeed not suitable to come to the capital now." ”

Gu Jianglin always felt that there was something in his words, but he didn't think deeply, just nodded slightly, "Thank you, in addition to this matter, I have one more thing that I need your help with." ”

Zhou Fang looked at him and was silent for a long time before he said, "I am loyal to the emperor, so when the fifth prince speaks, he has to weigh whether I can do this matter." ”

Gu Jianglin nodded, "It won't embarrass you too much, it's just that too many things have happened along the way, and I can't react in my head, I want to say, this time I was assassinated, you must not mention it to the emperor, I don't want the emperor to worry." ”

"I'm afraid that's not what you think in your heart." Zhou Fang asked.

Gu Jianglin nodded, "I do have some selfishness in my heart, I probably know who the person who wants to harm me is, I want to give that person a chance, I don't want to investigate it with great fanfare." ”

"There are so many opportunities to say along the way, why did you choose to talk about it at this time?" Zhou Fang asked a little puzzled, with more doubt in his eyes.

Gu Jianglin took a deep breath and said after a long time: "The reason why I chose to say it at this time is just to make you agree as soon as possible, so that you have no choice and room for consideration, Lord Zhou, if you are experiencing all the things I have experienced now, maybe you will agree that I will help me hide it from the emperor, and this matter is not a big deal." ”

Zhou Fang looked at him deeply, "I don't know if your hard work is useless." ”

"Whether it's useful or not, I hope everyone can have one more chance, and this time I don't want my father to hurt the harmony of father and son because of a harsh reprimand." Gu Jianglin said sincerely.

Zhou Fang thought for a while, and then said: "Okay, I understand the position of the five princes, so I agree." ”

"Thank you." Gu Jianglin smiled sincerely.

Zhou Fang opened his mouth, a little wanted to tell Xi Muyun about it, but he felt that it was useless to say it at this time, and Gu Jianglin would not necessarily pay attention to it, even if he really cared, there was no way to say it, it was just to make people sad, and after thinking about it, he finally swallowed the words back.

He was really worried about that girl now, and wanted to know about her, but there was no way to do it now.

It just so happened that the little internal official came back to lead the way, and the two didn't talk much.

Unfortunately, the emperor was talking to people inside, asking them to wait outside for a while.

It didn't take long for the door of the store to open, and an official walked out of it, and when he saw Gu Jianglin, he also recognized him, and immediately came over to salute. Bora

"I remember that I had contact with you about the dam, and you are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, right?" After Gu Jianglin finished speaking, he paused again, and then said: "The emperor personally summoned him, could it be that there are some big projects recently?" ”

"Not really." The Ministry of Industry Shangshu shook his head, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Gu Jianglin smiled gently, "I understand, the emperor's secret edict, so I can't say it, go down." ”

The Ministry of Works' book is like being amnesty.

Gu Jianglin felt a little strange, although the emperor had a secret decree, and it was possible to be nervous, and he didn't want to say it, but the nervousness of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu seemed to be only for himself, as if he had something to do with himself just now.

Is it possible? Is the emperor investigating the dam?

Gu Jianglin gritted his teeth, and finally reacted, the emperor should be checking how much money he transferred out? The accounts on the dam side have also been checked, and it should be possible to find out soon that all his net worth, plus the money allocated by the Ministry of Works, cannot build such a huge dam project at all.

The emperor was still suspicious, although this time he praised himself for doing a good job, but secretly he still doubted where the money came from.

Gu Jianglin smiled faintly, he had already been able to see so many things.

Thinking of this, he returned to his usual appearance, turned his head and left, and after entering, he followed behind him - entered, and after seeing the emperor, the two kowtowed to say goodbye, and the emperor immediately put down the things in his hand and walked down, and helped Gu Jianglin up with his own hands, "Get up." ”

Gu Jianglin lowered his head and took a step back, "Thank you, father." ”

"I'm tired of working in the boats and cars, Zhou Fang you have merit this time, I have already thought about what to reward you, so I will give you the rank of the guard of the capital, and the official will be promoted." The emperor said with a laugh.

"Your Majesty, this is all within the scope of the matter, how dare Weichen ask for a reward?" Zhou Fang immediately fell to his knees.

"I give it to you, and you will continue, and this time you should be rewarded." After the emperor finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Gu Jianglin again, "This time you have made a meritorious contribution to building the dam, so I want to bring you back to the capital and keep you by your side, you are worthy of a great responsibility." ”

Gu Jianglin immediately knelt on the ground, "Thank you, Father!" ”

The emperor nodded, and then said, "What are you doing along the way?" How is it a few days later than the date that I am going to come back in the same place? After speaking, a pair of shrewd eyes looked at Gu Jianglin.

Gu Jianglin gritted his teeth, and then said: "I haven't been out of Qi County for many years, and I can't help but stop and stay when I see the beautiful scenery along the way, so I delayed it for a few days, and I also went to Fengxian Town, where the scenery is good, and the grain situation is also bearish, and there will definitely be a bumper harvest this year." ”

"Nothing really happened?" The emperor asked with some confusion.

Left some of the strong martial arts guards in the capital because they were afraid of any accidents on the road, but they didn't expect that the road would be safe.

"Father thought something was going to happen." Gu Jianglin asked.

The emperor didn't answer, and turned his head to look at Zhou Fang, "You have worked hard all the way, has there been anything wrong?" ”

When Zhou Fang heard this, he glanced at Gu Jianglin, and then lowered his head and replied, "No." ”

He is a martial artist, with a straightforward personality and extremely rudeness, it is not easy for him to lie a hundred times, so the voice seems a little empty.

Isn't it bad when Gu Jianglin hears this? The emperor is so suspicious, he doesn't become suspicious when he hears this voice.

When he was thinking about how to deal with it, the emperor asked again: "It is said that my country has great rivers and mountains, and I don't often have the opportunity to go on patrol, this time I went to Yanzhou all the way to be in a hurry, and I haven't experienced the great rivers and mountains, where did you go?" ”