As soon as Gu Ruoyu and Yu Chi Baoqi came to the gate of the banknote printing factory, the doorman told them that something was wrong inside, and the two hurried to the courtyard where Gu and they lived, and saw many people standing at the door.

Seeing Yu Chi Baoqi and Gu Ruoyu coming, a guard from the Hundred Cavalry Division greeted him.

Gu Ruoyu knew him and asked eagerly, "This lord, what about my father, is he okay?" ”

The guard said cautiously: "Gu Xiaoniang, please mourn, Lord Lingzun ......"

Before he finished speaking, Yu Chi Baoqi was anxious, and Gu Ruoyu even cried "Daddy" and rushed in......

After a long time, a man from the Hundred Horsemen Division took a letter and said to Gu Ruoyu: "This is what Ling Zun left behind. ”

Gu Ruoyu, who had just woken up, had tears in her eyes, and vaguely saw that the envelope read, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi personally opened".

Qi Wangfu.

The ancient mourning hall was set up in the Qi Palace, and Xiao Wanyu and others helped Gu Ruoyu handle the funeral. There were no relatives in ancient times, and the people who came to mourn were all from the Qi Palace. Even so, Gu Ruoyu still knelt next to Gu's coffin, waiting for Gu.

Gu Ruoyu already knew that Gu was her uncle, but in her heart, Gu was her father, and she insisted on waiting for Gu as a daughter.

Yu Chi Baoqi was silently accompanying Gu Ruoyu on the side, and he had been waiting by her side these days.

At this time, two people came to mourn outside, they were Yu Chi Gong and Yu Chi Baoqi's mother Gao, they knew that their son was in love with Gu Ruoyu and wanted to meet their future daughter-in-law through condolences.

Yu Chi Gong and Gao Shi gave Gu incense, Gu Ruoyu kowtowed in thanks, and when she raised her head, Yu Chi Gong saw her face clearly, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Wei Chigong and the Gao clan soon left the Qi Palace. On the way home, Gao said happily; "Master, our Baoqi's vision is so good, that Gu Xiaoniang is so good-looking, better than what I looked like back then."

Wei Chigong was silent and pondered silently.

Seeing that Wei Chigong ignored him, Gao pushed him a little unhappily and said, "Master, I'll talk to you." Do you think our Baoqi's vision is very good? ”

"yes, okay." Wei Chigong muttered, and fell into deep thought again.

When Gao saw him like this, he said angrily, "You have hysteria." I didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

Wei Chigong continued to ponder, he always felt that this Gu Ruoyu seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Gu and others had an accident, and people who didn't know the truth thought that Li Shimin had poisoned them, and for a time the prestige of Li Shimin and the imperial court was hit hard.

Cui Huang anxiously waited for the response of the five major families, and at the same time, commanded the children, in-laws, and protégés of the Cui family to spread rumors while seizing the time to connect around.

On this day, he finally waited for the good news, and the first to respond was the Boling Cui clan of the same sect, and they decided to advance and retreat together with the Qinghe Cui clan. Immediately, the people of the Bolingcui clan also joined the tandem.

Soon after, the major families responded one after another, and they all said that they wanted to advance and retreat together with the Qinghe Cui clan, and they were numerous in number, connecting in tandem everywhere, secretly accumulating strength.

Liangyi Palace, study.

Yin Hongzhi took Yin Guanghao to see Li Shimin, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister's son has heard some rumors that are unfavorable to the imperial court, and I want to report to you. ”

Li Shimin knew that Li You had an intelligence network, which was in charge of Yin Guanghao, and he said, "Say it." ”

Yin Guanghao said: "Your Majesty, I am under the orders of His Royal Highness the King of Qi to monitor the Qinghe Cui clan and related personnel, and find that they are brewing a huge conspiracy. ”

He reported to Li Shimin about the connection between those gate valve clans.

Li Shimin said: "Okay, I know, you continue to monitor them, if there is any situation, you can report to me directly through the prison guards and find Wang De." "It's a much easier way to do this than to go through other ministers.

"Obey." Yin Guanghao saluted and said.

After Yin Hongzhi's father and son left, Li Shimin called Ma Xuanliang, compared the information provided by Yin Guanghao with the information he had, and then asked him to step back, and then called Li Chengqian, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Chigong.

Li Shimin reported on the activities of the Gate Valve Clan in Chang'an, which he controlled.

The eldest grandson Wuji said with some concern: "Your Majesty, the minister also heard some rumors, but I didn't expect the situation to be so serious. ”

Fang Xuanling's mind turned quickly, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the number of several major families is too large, and the strength is too strong. If they are allowed to huddle together, once a disturbance breaks out, ordinary officials and ordinary people will not know the truth, and the situation will be difficult to control.

The excuse for these people to unite is that the Qinghe Cui clan has been suppressed for no reason. The top priority now is to be able to quickly break through the Qinghe Cui clan, get evidence of their violations, and quickly dispose of them, so as to be able to break up their alliance. ”

Li Shimin said: "Xuan Ling, you immediately send someone to urge Li You and Wei Zheng to deal with the Qinghe Cui clan as soon as possible." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "The ministers obey the order, so they will send people from the military department to urge them." ”

Li Shimin said: "Auxiliary, during Hou Junji's absence, you must keep a good grasp of the Ministry of Officials and monitor the activities of Chang'an and foreign officials in Chang'an. ”

"Obey." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"Jingde, you secretly mobilize Jin Wuwei to prepare for war, you must do a good job of law and order in Chang'an City, and don't let Chang'an City get out of control." Li Shimin said.

"Obey." Wei Chigong said.

"Prince, you immediately publish a newspaper and do a good job of publicity. In addition, you send someone to inform Kong Yingda, let him take charge of the Ministry of Education, and guide all the schools in Chang'an City, so as not to let the students get involved in the incident of the Gate Valve Clan. ”

"And the ministers obeyed." Li Chengqian said.

Li Shimin said: "You guys should step back first." ”

"The ministers are leaving." Fang Xuanling and the others saluted and left.

Li Shimin called Ma Xuanliang and said to him: "You send reliable people to Luoyang immediately, and let Gao Yong lead no less than 15,000 people to Chang'an." ”

Although there are many garrisons around Chang'an, the influence of the gate lord clan is too great, and many of the generals in these garrisons have a close relationship with the gate lord clan. Li Shimin is preparing for the worst.

Qinghe County.

After this period of hard work, Wei Zheng and others have made some progress, but they are still not satisfactory, and the evidence they have still does not involve the important people of the Qinghe Cui clan, and these evidences alone are not enough to bring down the Qinghe Cui clan. He was depressed.

Wang Huairen is also on fire, he has never seen such a concerted people, no matter how coercive and tempting, no one has come out to expose and report the Qinghe Cui family.

Hou Junji was already anxious, he stared at his blood-red eyes, and wanted to kill someone, but no one reported it, he wanted to vent his anger but couldn't find anyone to vent, so angry that he slapped the table with a horsewhip from time to time. The people around him avoided him one by one to avoid being accidentally injured by him.

At this moment, a flag officer came in and said, "Dashuai, Lord Wei, Lord Wang, His Royal Highness King Qi has arrived." ”