Yesterday, after Gu Chengen sent Yue Yunpeng to make a private visit among the people, he really found that there was another secret in Heifengzhai's rebellion against the imperial court.

Since Guo Da took office as the prefect of Jiyang, he has searched for people's fat and ointment in various names.

In addition to collecting money, he also likes to rob people's daughters, but the emperor is far away, and the people can only dare to be angry about his evil deeds.

Those who make the slightest dissatisfaction will not end well.

And Black Wind Village is the one who stands out for the people.

When Guo Da united with the rich squires to do evil in Jiyang County, the people of Heifeng Village robbed the rich family's property and used it to help the poor people.

However, the heroes of Heifeng Village did not reveal their identities at first, and the people thought that they were chivalrous, and then there were more things stolen from the rich people's homes, and the people called them "chivalrous thieves".

Later, more and more cases were committed in Heifengzhai, and his identity was exposed, so he simply blatantly opposed the government.

Guo Da sent people to encircle and suppress Heifeng Village more than once, but each time he failed, so because of personal enmity, he deliberately exaggerated and smeared the crimes of Heifeng Village, describing them as heinous bandits and bullies who endangered the people.

After some careful consideration, Gu Chengen decided to stop continuing to kill Heifeng Village first, and bring back to Beijing the evidence collected from Guo Da's crimes over the years, and see what the old emperor meant.

In fact, he could have sent Yue Yunpeng back to Beijing, but since there were three days left before Gu Jinli's birthday, he wanted to go back as soon as possible.

However, not long after Gu Chengen walked out of Jiyang, he met Zhang Xiaofang and a group of brothers from Heifeng Village.

Black Wind Village was badly injured last night, and they had planned to take revenge after recuperation. But today they heard that Gu Chengen was going back to Beijing inexplicably, and they couldn't swallow this breath, so they planned to stop him on the road like when they came.

Coincidentally, Zhang Xiaofang had just surrounded Gu Chengen with his brothers, and before the two sides had started a war, the killers sent by Guo Mingshun and Yin Taifu also came, so the three parties fell into a melee.

Zhang Xiaofang was bent on avenging her brothers, so she pestered Gu Chengen to death.

If this was before, Gu Chengen would never let Zhang Xiaofang go. But knowing that they were the enemy of the government out of chivalry, they didn't want to entangle with her more, so they only defended and did not attack.

Although Zhang Xiaofang felt strange, she bit Gu Chengen even more and killed her.

Since the assassins and the people of Black Wind Village arrived on the front and back, Gu Chengen's people thought that they were in a group.

On the one hand, they had to resist the attacks of the black-clothed assassins, and on the other hand, they had to defend against the people of the Black Wind Village, so they were in a dilemma between the front and back, and the situation was very bad.

And after the people of Black Wind Village saw the assassins appearing in the sky again, their first reaction was Gu Chengen's rescuers. But when I saw that they were murderous towards Gu Chengen and the others, they knew that everyone had a common assassination target, so their morale increased greatly.

During the fight, Gu Chengen was unprepared, and was hit in the back by the black-clothed assassin, and when he rolled down the cliff, he only heard Zhang Xiaofang's exclamation: "I'll go to your grandma's!" ”

"Bang!" , her body was crooked, and she was also beaten down by the man in black.

The figures of two people, one red and one blue, are like two butterflies. Falling Down.

"Big boss!" Unexpectedly, the man in black would make a move on Zhang Xiaofang, and Brother Dog waved the meteor hammer in his hand and hit the assassin's head.

Yue Yunpeng kicked away the assassin who was blocking him with one kick, ran to the edge of the cliff with his sword, and said bitterly: "Master! ”

"Kill! Avenge the big boss! Brother Dog had red eyes, led the men and horses, and fought hard.

Holding his sword, Yue Yunpeng turned around with the same scarlet eyes: "Avenge the master!" ”

The two sides began to focus on the black-clad assassins, and a burst of hissing roars shook the entire valley.

The news of Gu Chengen's fall off the cliff was transmitted back to Beijing on the afternoon of the second day.

Xiangfu, the eldest lady cried into tears with a handful of snot and tears, Gu Huai couldn't accept the reality, and his old eyes fainted.

When the old emperor learned about it, he was very shocked, and immediately sent someone to assist Yue Yunpeng, who had come back to report the news, to find someone where Gu Chengen fell off the cliff.

Qi Hao also felt that it was too sudden after receiving the news, so he sent Du Jiang to investigate, but the information that Du Jiang fed back did say that Gu Chengen was surrounded and fell off the cliff.

At the same time, there was also the female thief head of the Black Wind Village.

As for the black-clad assassin who appeared in the middle of the way, due to the chaos of the scene at the time, and the timely retreat and escape, it was not possible to find any trace.

The happiest are none other than Guo Mingshun and Mrs. Yin, the two of them toasted and celebrated, so comfortable.

Gu Chengen fell from such a high cliff, and he was definitely unlucky!

Considering that Gu Jinli had to recuperate from her injuries, Qi Hao didn't tell her about it at the first time, but thinking that paper couldn't hold the fire, she would know sooner or later.

Rather than knowing from the mouths of others, it is better to tell her himself, so it was another day before he went to the Fuyuan Temple.

Gu Jinli was basking in the sun in the courtyard at the time, Qi Hao pursed her lips, her face was a little heavy, but she still told her what happened.

After listening to Qi Hao's words, Gu Jinli looked at him in a daze, her expression was very disbelieving, and she pulled the corners of her lips for a while, and her voice trembled: "Big brother's martial arts are very powerful, besides...... There are still a lot of guards to protect, even if ...... No matter how powerful that thief is, it is impossible for him to ......."

She clenched her fists, her expression seemed to be crying rather than crying, and she seemed to be strong and calm, which made Qi Hao feel the urge to take her into his arms.

However, he restrained himself.

The hand stretched out into the air landed on Gu Jinli's shoulder. He patted her lightly on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "Don't worry too much, my father has already sent someone to find her yesterday, and maybe Gu Shilang still has a chance to live." ”

Gu Jinli bit her lip stubbornly, her eyes were red, but she stubbornly didn't let the tears fall.

"Lord Wang." At this time, Qin Feng suddenly came in from outside, and without waiting for Qi Hao to give him a look, he said directly: "The people sent by the emperor have already searched everywhere, but they still haven't found Gu Shilang's body." There are often jackals around that mountain, and it is very likely that ......"

After Gu Jinli heard the "corpse", tears burst out of her eyes, and when Qi Hao saw this, she scolded angrily: "Shut up! ”

"Uh......" Qin Feng realized that there was something wrong with him just now, so he shrunk his neck in fright, and comforted him in a low voice: "Concubine Gu, although Gu Shilang has been retaliated against by the thief, he may not be killed in the line of duty, you ......"

Qin Feng was already clumsy, and this comforting word sounded more like a knife stabbing into someone's heart, so Qi Hao resisted the urge to slap him away, and glared: "Get out." ”

"Yes, lord." Qin Feng listened, and the "whoosh" disappeared all at once.

Gu Jinli's shoulders twitched, tears fell one by one, and the corners of her mouth were bitten again.

Qi Hao's heart hurt, raised his hand to touch her lips, and said softly: "If you are sad, bite this king." ”

Gu Jinli raised her eyes, looking at Qi Hao's serious face with teary eyes, she really opened her mouth and bit it.

With all his strength, it seems to be trying to vent the sadness in his heart.

Qi Hao stood up straight, his fingers were dripping with blood, he endured the pain, and looked down at Gu Jinli.

Seeing that her tears still had no intention of stopping, his eyes darkened.

is obviously a close person, but at this moment she is crying sadly for the man next to her in front of him......

Even though she only has brother and sister affection for Gu Chengen, this feeling still makes him feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

As long as Gu Jinli bitten, Qi Hao looked at her deeply.

He didn't feel the pain in his fingers, he only felt that his heart was aching a little bit.

I don't know if there will be a day when he can get close to her heart and make her care so much......

The strength in his hand suddenly disappeared, and Gu Jinli finally let go.

Looking at Qi Hao's bloodied fingers, she sniffed and whispered, "I'm sorry." ”

She is sad and sad, but she shouldn't take the opportunity to vent it on Qi Hao.

I felt a little guilty in my heart, and just wanted to take out the handkerchief to help Qi Hao bandage it, but he took the lead in reaching out to wipe away the tears on her face, and said gently: "Do you feel better?" ”

People, maybe that's how weird.

Sometimes I don't say anything when I am greatly wronged, but I can't cry when I hear comforting words.

Although Gu Jinli has not yet reached the point of crying. But after hearing Qi Hao's very ordinary words, tears poured out again.

Qi Hao didn't say anything more, and continued to gently wipe the tears on her face.

There was a tenderness in his deep eyes, which made Gu Jinli unable to take his eyes off for a while.

Moving her lips, she muttered, "Qi Hao......"

The two men looked at each other silently, and neither of them moved.

Flicking away Qi Hao's hand, Gu Jinli looked at him directly, and her voice was very ethereal: "In the future...... Don't be nice to me anymore, and don't come near me anymore. ”

Don't be nice to her, she is afraid of indulging in it and not being able to extricate herself in the future.

Don't go near her anymore, she fears that as time goes by, her determination to leave him will become more and more shaken......

With that, she stood up and walked back into the house.

Gu Jin ...... Xiu! ”

As soon as he took two steps, Gu Jinli's shoulders were buckled by Qi Hao from behind.

Stiffening, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and said in a muffled voice: "What else is the matter with the prince?" ”

"This king ......" Qi Hao's hand holding Gu Jinli's shoulder became tighter and tighter, and he opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to tell her.

Originally, it was about Gu Chengen's life and death being unknown, but why did she suddenly pull it aside?

Don't want him to be nice to her? Ask yourself, he used to be extremely bad to her, and now he is just a normal way to treat people, and it is not good.

Don't want him near her? If he could control his heart, he wouldn't want to fall in love with her.

Because, falling in love with her means that you will have to choose a dilemma in the battle with King Xuan and Gu Huai in the future......

"Brother Hao!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice at the gate of the courtyard made Qi Hao turn his head, and also made Gu Jinli's body tremble.

Yin Suwan is now moving freely, she took a step forward, but she didn't enter the courtyard, "Someone came to the palace, saying that Xiaoba woke up." ”

"I thought that I hadn't been to the palace to greet the Queen Mother for a few days, so I wanted to ask Brother Hao if he wanted to go into the palace together?"

Although the eighth prince had no worries about his life, he was also seriously injured in the back of his head, so he woke up.

Her legs have long been healed, where do you want to go to the palace to greet the Queen Mother today?

It was obvious that he was walking in the garden before, and he saw Qi Hao coming in the direction of Fuyuan from a distance, and after thinking about it for a long time, he was unwilling to chase after him and make a fuss from the eighth prince......

"Okay." A flash of struggle flashed in his eyes, Qi Hao let go of his hand a little, and then turned to leave.

Listening to the footsteps behind her, Gu Jinli felt an inexplicable sense of loss in her heart. There is also a hint of discomfort.

Perhaps, she still expected him to say something to herself, but she ......

With a self-deprecating smile, Gu Jinli entered the house.

Hexiang and Aiyue were cleaning the inner hall, so they didn't notice Qi Hao coming just now.

Seeing that Gu Jinli came back with a bad face, Aiyue put down the feather duster in her hand and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hexiang hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Gu Jinli's hand.

Gu Jinli sat down and held the teacup tightly, and the heat of the tea in the cup surged all over her body. Dispel the coldness in your heart little by little.

"Miss, what the hell is going on?" Seeing that Gu Jinli didn't speak, Aiyue was a little anxious.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Jinli said slowly: "Big brother, he ...... On the way back to Beijing, he encountered an assassin and fell off a cliff. ”

"What?" Aiyue listened, and with a "snap", the feather duster fell to the ground.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she whispered, "The eldest prince is dead? ”

He Xiang frowned and glanced at Aiyue, who was screaming, and then comforted softly: "Miss, the eldest prince is strong in martial arts, and he will definitely be auspicious." ”

Gu Jinli lowered her eyes and was silent.

Accidents, sometimes just so suddenly......

It's unexpected, it's unbearable......

If Gu Chengen really died this time, then she would definitely regret it.

I regret that I didn't make a dress for him many days ago, I regret that I deliberately alienated him because I suspected him of having wrong thoughts about him, and I regretted that I didn't have time to say a few words to him......

Taking a deep breath, she held back her tears, raised her head and smiled reluctantly: "Well, big brother will be fine." ”

Seeing Gu Jinli's forced smile, Hexiang sighed lightly, and didn't know how to comfort her, glanced at Aiyue, and then continued to clean the house.

After Qi Hao walked out of the Fuyuan Courtyard, his steps were heavy and slow.

Yin Suwan walked side by side with him, but the two were silent all the way.

Suddenly paused, Qi Hao said to Du Jiang, who was not far away and not close to him: "Go to Lin Sheng's courtyard and let her go with this king." ”

When Yin Suwan heard this, she subconsciously said: "Brother Hao, there is Wei Liao in the palace, and there are other imperial doctors, Miss Lin, there is no need for her to follow us into the palace, right?" ”

Lin Sheng used a poisonous spider to trick her last time, and she can't forget it in her life.

After Lin Sheng left, the spider also miraculously crawled away from her clothes, but it left her covered in red spots.

The little red dot was painful and itchy, and it took a whole day to fade away from her.

She originally wanted to be alone with Qi Hao, and seize the time to mend the current lukewarm relationship between the two, but if there is one more Lin Sheng, not only will she not be able to get close to Qi Hao, but she may also be angry with Lin Sheng......

So, how could she let Lin Sheng, a nasty ghost, follow?

Du Jiang obeyed Qi Hao's orders, so he didn't listen to Yin Suwan's words at all, and bowed his hand to Qi Hao, so he went directly to Lin Sheng's courtyard.

Qi Hao looked at Yin Suwan, frowned lightly, and said slowly: "No matter how many doctors there are in the hospital, none of them add up to Lin Sheng. ”

After a pause, he said coldly again: "Don't you want Xiaoba to get better soon?" ”

Yin Suwan held the handkerchief and retorted urgently: "Brother Hao, I have also treated Xiaoba as a younger brother all these years, how can I not want him to get better?" ”

said that he regarded the Eighth Prince as his younger brother, and Yin Suwan was just because of Qi Hao's relationship with Wu Wu, or he was just pretending to be kind and kind to the Eighth Prince on the surface.

She is now full of unscrupulous means to get rid of Gu Jinli, even Yin Zike, her own brother, can be used as a chess piece, how can she care about the life or death of the Eighth Emperor?

Qi Hao asked Lin Sheng to enter the palace together, because he really wanted the eighth prince to get better quickly.

Second, it was the embarrassing scene that Yin Suwan saw with Gu Jinli just now.

On the way to the palace, he didn't want to be too embarrassed to be alone with her.

With Lin Sheng here, the atmosphere should be better......

"It's getting late, let's go." Sighing lightly, Qi Hao stretched out his hand slightly and held Yin Suwan's hand.

He didn't have to guess to know her thoughts.

It's just that in front of her clear eyes, he can't be too ruthless......

Yin Suwan didn't expect Qi Hao to take the initiative to hold her hand. First stunned, then a flash of joy flashed in her eyes.

The unhappiness of a few days gradually dissipated, and Yin Suwan rekindled hope.

As long as Qi Hao still has a trace of affection for herself, then she will never lose to Gu Jinli!

It is said that men will forget their old love when they have a new love, but there is also a saying that "clothes are not as good as newcomers".

Her relationship with Qi Hao over the years is the biggest hole card in her hand!

Qi Hao held Yin Suwan's hand and walked forward, but the person he was thinking about was Gu Jinli.

If he was a little braver and boldly confessed his heart just now, would she dispel the idea of leaving Ning Wangfu and leaving herself?

Bitter smile. He felt he was too greedy.

couldn't give Yin Suwan a complete heart, but he wanted to trap Gu Jinli by his side, so he was a little disgusted even by himself......

However, he has been thinking about the throne step by step for so many years, and he has almost never indulged himself.

Now, this is the first time I want to do whatever I want......

He wanted to love Gu Jinli and protect her.

As for Wanwan, when the time is right, he will talk to her about it.

I don't ask her to forgive herself, I just want to give her an explanation.

Otherwise, in the relationship, the three of them can only continue to suffer endlessly......

Of course, it should be him who suffers the most......

Yin Suwan secretly looked at Qi Hao's expression from time to time, and when she saw his contemplative face, as if she had made some major decisions, she couldn't help but feel uneasy in her heart.

Thinking of the distress and tenderness he revealed when he wiped Gu Jinli's tears, she held his hand unconsciously and unconsciously forced.

Why, what used to be everything that was only exclusive to her, Qi Hao would give it to other women?

Why. Why is that?

"Brother Hao......" couldn't help it, Yin Suwan still asked, "Gu Jinxiu is in your heart, what is your position now?" ”

Qi Hao's eyes flashed, his thin lips were pursed into a straight line, and he said with an indistinguishable expression: "Wanwan, this matter will be told to you by the king when he comes back from the palace." ”

"Brother Hao, ...... you" Yin Suwan panicked in her heart, and just wanted to say something, but she heard a disgusting voice not far away.

"Hey, princess!"

Lin Sheng came from another path, and the medicine box on his shoulder was flicked one by one, which was as unpleasant as her.

Three steps and two steps, she strode forward, looked Yin Suwan up and down, touched her chin and smiled evilly: "I haven't seen you for a few days, is the princess okay?" ”

In front of Qi Hao, even though Yin Suwan hated Lin Sheng so much, she still had to endure the anger in her chest, and said with a smile: "Miss Laurin is worried." ”

Lin Sheng's eyes fell on the hands of Qi Hao and Yin Suwan, and the smile on the corner of his lips grew, but with a hint of mockery: "The relationship between the prince and the princess is really good!" ”

Pouting, she snorted softly and got into the carriage on her own.

Lin Sheng's eyes made Gu Jinli's light and calm face immediately appear in Qi Hao's mind, and he was a little weak-hearted.

After letting go of Yin Suwan's hand, Qi Hao wanted to get into the car directly, but when he turned his head and saw the aggrieved and disappointed look in Yin Suwan's eyes, he still raised his hand to lift the curtain and motioned for her to get in the car first.

Although Qi Hao didn't help her into the car like before, it was much better than him leaving himself and getting into the car first.

Nodding, Yin Suwan got into the carriage.

After Qi Hao entered the carriage, he glanced at Lin Sheng, who was holding his arms and smiling strangely at Yin Suwan. sat next to Yin Suwan.

"Let's go." After giving an order to the coachman, the carriage drove in the direction of the palace.

When they arrived at the palace, the Eighth Prince's dormitory was crowded with people.

In addition to the Queen Mother who had a cold, Concubine Li, who was still recuperating from her injuries, and Concubine Yao, who avoided the limelight, did not come, there were old emperors who aged ten years in a few days, the queen who covered her mouth with a handkerchief and sobbed, Concubine De who comforted the queen, Xiyue who accompanied Concubine De, and Hua Qiong who came to see the excitement and inquire about the news for Concubine Li, who was a thief.

Next to the Eighth Prince's dormitory is the residence of the Seventh Prince, so the Seventh Prince's house must be indispensable in the house.

And King Xuan must express his concern for the younger brother of the Eighth Prince at this time, and he cannot be absent.

Chen Zexuan and Lord Yushu also came to Mingyang Palace with many precious medicinal materials, and of course, the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital were also waiting on the side.

The eighth prince just woke up, his body was still very weak, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep again, which scared the old emperor a lot.

After Gonggong Jia whispered in the old emperor's ear, the old emperor stood up from the side of the bed and hurriedly said, "Quick, let Lin Sheng come in!" ”

Father-in-law Jia answered, and then went to the door of the dormitory to welcome Lin Sheng in.

It was not the first time that Lin Sheng had entered the palace, and looking at so many people in Wuyang, he couldn't help but say with a cold face: "There are too many people, which affects the air circulation, so the idle people should go out quickly." ”

While talking, she didn't look at it, and at the same time pulled Princess Huaqiong, who was in the way, aside roughly.

"How dare you run into this princess?" Princess Huaqiong was used to being high, and no one dared to touch a single hair of her, so she raised her hand angrily and was about to hit Lin Sheng's face.

"Ouch!"

didn't wait for Hua Qiong's hand to reach Lin Sheng's face, but Lin Sheng directly grabbed her fingers, and she screamed in pain.

"Let go, let go!" Hua Qiong's tears hurt out, and seeing Lin Sheng sneering and not letting go, she could only ask the old emperor for help: "Father, save me!" ”

The old emperor had more or less understood Lin Sheng's temper from Qi Hao's mouth, and when he saw her speak, he waved his hand to everyone and said, "You go out first, I can be here." ”

Chen Zexuan and the Seventh Prince went out first, and then King Xuan, Concubine De, and Xiyue left, and a large number of imperial doctors followed behind and also went out of the house.

Seeing that there were a lot of people in the house in an instant, Lin Sheng felt that the air was a lot fresher.

Letting go, she rolled her eyes at Hua Qiong, and then put down the medicine box and gave the Eighth Prince a pulse diagnosis.

Hua Qiong was angry, pointing at Lin Sheng and wanting to scold, but after seeing the old emperor's warning eyes, he could only swallow his sleeves and leave.

"Your Majesty, the concubines won't leave." The queen is usually insidious and vicious, but the eighth prince has been brought up by the queen since he was an infant, and it is a bit too much to say that he is not sincere to the eighth prince.

The old emperor ignored the queen and looked at Lin Sheng with blank eyes.

Qi Hao and Yin Suwan sat on the side, and the room was very quiet except for the breathing of a few people.