(2-in-1)

Inside the curtain leading to the inner room, Guo Chong's violent cough sounded. Although my body is getting better, I can't avoid a cough every day after waking up. The first thing I did when I got up was to drink the decoction, and in the early hours of the morning, the queen had already personally delivered the decoction, which was suffocating in the crockpot at the moment. After Guo Chong got up, the decoction happened to be warm, and the cough stopped when he took a sip and dried. This has been a standardized procedure after Guo Chong got up in the past two months.

"Where is Lin Jue? What's the matter with coming to see me? Guo Chong's voice sounded, and it was obvious that he got up early, his body was a little uncomfortable, and he seemed to be a little angry.

"The minister has something important to report to the emperor." Lin Jue said loudly.

After a pause, Guo Chong's voice said, "Come in and talk, I don't want to get up yet." The body is very tired. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly lifted several curtains before entering the dragon bed in the inner room. Guo Chong was leaning on the head of the bed holding the medicine bowl and drinking slowly, coughing a few times from time to time. Lin Jue stepped forward and saluted: "Minister Lin Jue knocks to see the emperor." ”

Guo Chong glanced at Lin Jue, was stunned and frowned, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Lin Juedao: "The minister has just returned from Xishan, and last night the minister, the princess and the minister's family were attacked by unknown thieves in Xishan, and they almost died. The reason why the minister was in disarray was because he had experienced fighting and had not slept all night. Please forgive the emperor! ”

"What? You...... Attacked by thieves? How about the princess? Are you hurt? What the hell is going on? Guo Chong sat up, didn't drink the remaining half bowl of medicinal soup, handed it to Qian Delu, stared at Lin Jue and asked.

Lin Jue explained the whole thing in a deep voice.

The more Guo Chong listened, the more solemn his expression became, and when Lin Jue finished speaking, his face was already gloomy like the bottom of a pot, and his anger could no longer be contained.

"What a bold man, who dares to be so bold and dare to do such an act in broad daylight? It's simply lawless. Guo Chong said angrily.

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say to the emperor alone. So far, there are some things that the minister has to say. Some people already want the life of the minister, and the minister has no choice. ”

Guo Chong glared at Lin Jue and said, "What? Do you know who it is? ”

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Please let the emperor retreat from everyone, these words can only be said to the emperor alone." ”

Qian Delu laughed dryly on the side: "Lord Lin can't even believe me? ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "It's not that you can't believe it, but just in case." Not only Father-in-law Qian, but also the guards inside and outside the palace and the palace maids must be avoided. This is for the sake of avoiding suspicion and for the good of you. ”

Qian Delu was a little embarrassed, but he heard Guo Chong say in a deep voice: "Qian Delu, you let everyone leave the dormitory." The maids of the chamberlain include the guards. I want to talk to Lin Jue alone. ”

Qian Delu had no choice but to bow down and say, "Slave obeys!" ”

Qian Delu was unhappy with a smile on his face, and beckoned everyone in the dormitory out. The huge dormitory fell silent all of a sudden. The morning breeze blew in through the open windows, and the curtains in the dormitory danced in the wind, popping and popping. It makes the empty and quiet dormitory feel more lonely.

"Lin Jue, you can say it. Who orchestrated this attack on you? Needless to say. Guo Chong said in a deep voice.

Lin Jue suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed, and then in Guo Chong's stunned gaze, he took off the hat on his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister resigns from the post of the third minister, and asks the emperor to surrender to the minister." ”

Guo Chong was surprised: "What's wrong?" What are your sins? ”

Lin Jue said slowly: "The minister committed sins before and concealed these sins from the emperor. Now is the time for the minister to confess. ”

Guo Chong said angrily: "What the hell is going on." Say it. ”

Lin Jue sighed and said something. From the time when Lu Wu's identity was suspected, to Concubine Rong being followed to Hangzhou, until Lu Wu and Lin Hu were kidnapped and imprisoned by King Huai for a month. In the end, he had to kidnap Lu Tianci in exchange for Green Dance's freedom. Both sides held each other's handles, so neither dared to make the matter public. After all this, Lin Jue dragged it out without missing a word.

Guo Chong's eyes were as big as copper bells, he never expected that there would be such entanglement and conflict between his son and his courtiers. It was much more serious than he thought.

"You ...... You're ...... in private? How has it come to this point? It's ridiculous, ridiculous. Guo Chong was speechless in anger.

"The minister is guilty, the minister kidnapped Lu Tianci and violated the laws of the Great Zhou, and the minister also had the crime of shielding King Huai. This is the sin of the ministers. Therefore, the minister is not worthy of the emperor's trust, and the minister should resign from his official position and accept punishment. …… Today, when the minister said this, he didn't want to bear the torture of conscience. Besides, this matter is no longer a matter of the minister alone, and the minister can no longer be silent. The emperor asked the minister if he knew who instructed and did today's incident, but the minister had no real evidence, and the minister did not know who did it. But the minister said that if the minister is killed today, whoever has the most benefit will be seriously suspected. It's not a pity for the minister to die, but if the emperor is blinded by these people, it is too big for the minister. After thinking about this matter, the minister was extremely frightened, not long ago, the minister had figured out the whole thing, so the minister had to come and confess the matter to the emperor. ”

Lin Jue knelt on the ground and said in a calm voice.

Guo Chong shouted angrily: "You mean, Guo Xu already knew that he was my daughter and his own sister when he kidnapped Green Dance? ”

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Exactly, otherwise he would have no reason to kidnap Lu Wu, let alone be bold enough to track Concubine Rong's whereabouts." Concubine Rong Niangniang is indeed missing Hangzhou where Green Dance is going to be, if His Royal Highness King Huai does this without knowing, what is the purpose? ”

Guo Chong frowned, gritted his teeth and said, "I understand." He wanted to force Green Dance to tell about the relationship between her and Concubine Rong, as evidence, so that he could immediately attack Concubine Rong. You went to kidnap Lu Tianci in exchange for saving Green Dance? ”

Lin Jue nodded and said: "The minister deserves to die, but the minister can't let Green Dance be hurt, Green Dance may be killed by him at any time, and the minister has no other way, so the minister can only take this step." The minister expected that Lu Xiang knew what King Huai had done, and the minister wanted to force Lu Xiang to let King Huai release him. The minister's move was also a helpless move, but after all, it was a violation of the law. ”

Guo Chong laughed angrily, bared his teeth and sneered: "If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, how could I have known that there was such a dirty affair between the courtiers, and my son actually kidnapped my daughter?" I'm going crazy, am I crazy or are you crazy? ”

Lin Jue said softly: "The emperor is angry, and the minister concealed this matter from the emperor, precisely because of ...... The minister has long known that Green Dance is the emperor's daughter. The minister didn't want this matter to be known to the emperor, as for the reason...... Last time, the minister had already made it clear to the emperor. But now, the minister had to say it. Indeed, as the emperor said, some people are really crazy. So crazy that he has already begun to use such means to cut off dissidents, so crazy that he is desperate. ”

Guo Chong squinted at Lin Jue and said, "You mean, this incident was done by Guo Xu?" ”

Lin Jue said: "There is no evidence, but there are some things that don't need evidence." It's like we can hear each other's voices, but we can't prove that they exist. Some things are there, who did it, and what purpose they want to achieve, in fact, it is not difficult to guess. ”

Guo Chong frowned tightly and was silent. Lin Jue said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister told the emperor that the position of the crown prince is pending for a day, and the court will be uneasy for a day. It's time for the emperor to make a decision. After the crown prince is decided, there will be much less trouble, which is the root cause of today's chaos. At this moment, the emperor has not dismissed the minister, and the crime of surrendering the minister, the minister, in the name of the envoy of the Great Wednesday, proposed to set up the prince's performance, and asked the emperor to make a choice. ”

Guo Chong's face was cloudy, and he had also thought about the establishment of the crown prince, so it was better to establish it earlier, so as not to fight endlessly towards division. But I always felt that I had to be cautious and procrastinate, so I kept putting it off.

Guo Chong stared sideways at Lin Jue and said, "You mean, I should establish Guo Mian?" ”

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "This is the emperor's business, if the minister wants to be virtuous, he will be virtuous, and if he wants to be long, he will be long." Regardless of Changxian, the emperor has his own decision in his heart, and the minister does not want to influence the emperor's thoughts. ”

Guo Chong was stunned, if what Lin Jue said today was true, in fact, there was only one candidate for the position of prince. On the long, it must be Guo Mian. On virtue, if what Lin Jue said is true, then Guo Xu can not be called virtuous, but Guo Mian is more virtuous than Guo Xu. There is only one candidate, King Jin. But Guo Chong reminded himself that this kind of thing cannot be decided hastily, once it is discussed, it cannot be changed, and it seems that he should think again.

"What the minister wants to say has been fully understood, and the minister asks the emperor to dismiss him from his post and reduce his guilt, and the minister is willing to assume the responsibility that the minister should bear. The minister has no complaints. Lin Jue kowtowed and said in a deep voice.

Guo Chong got out of bed barefoot and kept pacing in front of Lin Jue. The whole thing was thinking quickly in my head. For Guo Xu, he was already very angry. If Guo Xu did this today, then he really deserves to die. Green Dance is also among them, isn't he going to kill his sister today? This bastard is really intolerable. However, there have been scandals in the royal family, and Concubine Rong's matter has already disgraced him. Later, Guo Chong didn't even let anyone mention anything about Guo Hao's death, because he was afraid that he would find out that it was really Concubine Mei's doing. Lin Jue once mentioned it, but Guo Chong angrily reprimanded him and never mentioned it again.

Now, Guo Xu's attack on Lin Jue broke out again, and even his own sister refused to let go, and even kidnapped her. Once the truth of these things is discovered, won't it be another scandal? The prestige of the Guo royal family is low enough, and these things can't be broken out again. If the words of brother and sister cannibalism are spread again, people in the world are afraid that they will shake their heads and sigh when they mention the royal family. You can't blow it up, you can't make it public, you can't do it. Even if he doesn't pretend to be to Guo Xu in the future, he can't let the royal face and decency be damaged. It was a royal disgrace and a disgrace to him.

"Lin Jue! Get up. I won't punish you, your original actions were to save Midori Dance, and this matter is understandable. I forgive you. Today's Events...... Although you say that you are suspicious of some people, but after all...... There is no evidence. In this way, you don't make a noise about these things, I will call the shots for you, and I will secretly find out this matter for you. If someone does go too far, I will punish him and reprimand him. But the matter ...... It's better not to make it public. After all, it is not good for me, for my Guo royal family, or for you. Finally, the people's hearts have settled down, and the court seems to be thriving. Guo Chong said softly.

Lin Jue sighed, this was the result he had already expected. Guo Chong loves his face too much, although he claims to be wise and martial, he is actually extremely indecisive. He is very protective of the dignity of the royal family, and sometimes prefers to swallow his anger rather than take decisive measures to solve the problem. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why under his rule, the Great Zhou is getting worse day by day, but he has achieved nothing.

Lin Jue was not disappointed, he had achieved his goal. Before he came, he had already thought about it, he wanted to open everything up, and let all the darkness be exposed in front of Guo Chong. Doing so is risky, and you're likely to be punished heavily. However, it was a fatal blow to Guo Xu. When Guo Chong knew what Guo Xu had done, how could he make Guo Xu a candidate for the crown prince again. Of course, this devastating blow may have planted himself in it, but after yesterday's attack, Lin Jue couldn't care so much. Any other thought is superfluous, and this is a life-and-death contest. Since he tore his face, he could only flip the table.

"Lin Jue, I know that you are resentful. If this matter is really Guo Xu's doing, I apologize to you on behalf of Guo Xu. The Son does not teach the Father's fault, and I am responsible. For my sake, save me some face. But Guo Xu is my son after all, and I don't want this matter to be turned upside down, do you know what I mean? Guo Chongwu said in a deep voice.

Lin Jue sighed and said, "The emperor has said so, what else can the minister say?" Obey the order. But I hope that such a thing will not happen again, and it is not a pity for the minister to die, but under my great Zhou Lang, how can such a thing happen again? That is a manifestation of disregard for the laws and discipline of the DPRK. ”

Guo Chong said softly: "He won't, he won't have a chance to do this." I won't let him do that. ”

After a pause, Guo Chong said to Lin Jue as if he had made up his mind: "I agree to your request, and I will re-establish the crown prince soon." It's time to make a decision. ”

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In the back house of King Huai's Mansion, Guo Xu, who had washed and changed his clothes, was sitting in the flower hall drinking tea, eating snacks one by one. Although he washed and tidied up, and changed into luxurious clothes, his face was full of tiredness. The eye sockets are a little sunken and black, the face is a little pale, and the eyes are also red.

The reason for the exhaustion comes from the sleepless day and night yesterday. Lin Jue's guess was right, yesterday's attack on Xishan Cuigu was done by Guo Xu, and Guo Xu himself participated in the command throughout the whole process. After the failure of the operation, Guo Xu fled back to the city in a hurry, and had already bypassed the north gate to enter the city at the fourth watch.

This time the operation was actually a bit hasty, or not hasty, but a little temporary. Because of the assassination plan against Lin Jue, Guo Xu had been preparing for a long time. It's just that Lin Jue's precautions are very strict, and the precautions of the Lin Mansion are also very strict. Unless a large number of people were mobilized to raid Lin Jue's mansion with great fanfare, it was impossible to kill Lin Jue. And in the capital, it is obviously impossible to do so. Guo Xu only looked for opportunities with patience in secret.

Yesterday, when he learned the news that everyone in the Lin family went out of the city to go on a spring outing in Xishan, Guo Xu immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to kill Lin Jue's entire family. After many days of waiting, Lin Jue's negligence finally came, although seventy or eighty people from the Lin family's nursing home accompanied the guards, but if they thought that they could protect the Lin family, it was too naïve.

As early as when Guo Xu decided to kill Lin Jue, Guo Xu selected hundreds of people from the guards and courtyards in the palace to train them. King Huai is a prince and prince, and the establishment of royal guards can reach thousands. Guo Xu used to like to recruit people, and like other princes and nobles, his mansion was full of martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes. But this time, the selection criterion is not only to pass the martial arts, but also to have the heart to die. Guo Xu knew that this time the matter could only succeed and not fail, and the Lin family would kill all of them, leaving no one alive. And those involved in this matter must also be absolutely loyal, and if necessary, they must die to avoid future troubles. Once this matter is revealed, he will face severe punishment from his father.

Guo Xu didn't take into account the fact that Green Dance was his sister at all. In his opinion, there are only two kinds of people in everyone, one is to help him succeed, and the other is the stepping stone to the throne. And there is no doubt that the green dance is the second type. Concubine Rong's matter was unexpectedly over, and the news from the palace was that it was precisely because Concubine Rong was Lu Wu's mother that her father couldn't bear to be ruthless in Lu Wu's face. And Green Dance also begged for a long time, which made his father's heart soften. All this made Guo Xu hate it so much that such a major event was annihilated like this. Concubine Rong's punishment was completely insufficient to bring down the chain of forces supported by Guo Mian. He hated Lin Jue, hated Lu Wu, hated Concubine Rong, hated the Queen Mother, hated Guo Mian, and even had a resentment towards his father in his heart.

Guo Xu's psychology has undergone many subtle but drastic changes in the past year, which even he himself sometimes feels surprised.

After learning the news, Guo Xu immediately gathered his men, and more than 300 people scattered out of the city from several city gates in the south and west. In order to ensure the suddenness of the action, these people did not assemble, but rushed to the green valley of the west mountain in twos and threes, and hid in the woods. When everyone arrived, they were assembled. Although there was a considerable delay, and the assembly was not completed until the end of the afternoon, all the actions until this time were in order, and no one knew about it.

The original plan was to set up an ambush in the woodland in the valley and wait for Lin Jue and the others to carry out a surprise attack on the way to the grove to fetch horses and vehicles when they returned home from the mountain. Guo Xu had even thought about it, and after killing Guanglin's family, he left a handwriting and faked it as a revenge action by the remnants of the Qingjiao. Isn't Lin Jue known as the first hero of the extermination of the Qingjiao? Then it is logical for the remnants of the Qingjiao to seek revenge. After everything was ready, Guo Xu sat back and waited for Lin Jue and the others to fall into the net, and he couldn't think of a reason why Lin Jue could return to the capital alive this time.

However, things still went wrong after all, and after waiting for an hour, the Lin family showed no signs of going down the mountain. Guo Xu couldn't wait, mainly because he suspected that the whereabouts of his people had been leaked, so it was not a way to wait. If Lin Jue knew his ambush plan, he would never have gone down the mountain for the rest of his life. And the more time passes, the more troublesome it becomes. Lin Jue is the third envoy, if he does not appear in the yamen tomorrow morning, it will definitely cause others to look for it, and this search will find Xishan, and everything will be in vain.

So Guo Xu decided to venture to the mountain beam and suddenly attack, but coincidentally, it was his actions that led to the exposure of their whereabouts. If they endured even half an hour, they would be able to see Lin Jue and Fang Huanqiu return to the mountain beam, and they would get the result they wanted according to the ambush plan. However, things often change the outcome in the blink of an eye.

The subsequent attack was lackluster, and the Lin family nursing home was obviously not a vegetarian. Guo Xu also tried his best, but after all, with the arrival of reinforcements, he had to choose to evacuate. This failure made Guo Xu annoyed, and at the same time nervous. Although he returned to the capital, when he sat here drinking tea, his body was still trembling slightly. He didn't know what the consequences would be for him. Obviously, this thing was screwed up.

Guo Xu ate most of the plate of dim sum, and when the tea was drunk and he was about to order someone to add tea, the sound of the guards came from outside the door.

"Lord Yu, Lu Xiang is here."

Guo Xu was taken aback, and the half-eaten piece of dim sum in his hand fell to the ground, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Please!" ”

"Then there's no need to invite, the old man is already here." An old voice sounded, and Lu Zhongtian's figure appeared at the door, but seeing that his face was covered with frost, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he strode towards meteors, and he didn't even pay attention to Guo Xu's rise to greet him.

After entering the door, Lu Zhongtianjing came to a Taishi chair and sat down, his face was extremely cold.

"Guo Xu has seen his grandfather." Guo Xu bowed and saluted.

Lu Zhongtian waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "That's it, how dare the old man of His Royal Highness King Huai accept it?" Is there still an old man in the eyes of His Royal Highness King Huai? ”

Guo Xu hurriedly smiled and said, "What does grandfather mean by this? If the grandson has something to do with his grandfather, he will ask his grandfather to take care of it. ”

"Bang!" Lu Zhongtian stretched out his hand and slapped the table, which frightened Guo Xu for a moment.

"You didn't do something that couldn't live with the old man, you did something that couldn't live with yourself. I still have to pretend to be confused. Guo Xu, Guo Xu, why are you so confused? How dare you lead someone to attack Lin Jue? It's just confusing. Lu Zhongtian said loudly and angrily.

Guo Xu frowned and said, "Who is so fast-talking?" Is it Master Huang? Hmph, it must be him. When asked to help, he didn't help, but he ran faster than anyone else. ”

Master Huang is one of the masters in Lu Zhongtian's mansion, after the death of Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu, a series of murders in the city appeared, in order to protect Guo Xu's safety, Lu Zhongtian sent a master to protect Guo Xu's mansion, this person is this martial artist surnamed Huang. At the last moment yesterday, it was this person who repelled Bai Bing. Although this person protects Guo Xu, it is actually the eyeliner that Lu Zhongtian used to restrain Guo Xu's behavior, which Guo Xu also knows very well in his heart. Out of this person, no one dared to report the matter to Lu Xiang without authorization.

"What? You're not happy, are you? How can you act so recklessly? You acted too inconsiderately, and you didn't even know the old man, do you know the consequences of acting without permission? Lu Zhongtian shouted.