It turned out that Zhao Yanshan was Gu Yuntian's friend, and the two had been friends for many years and were like brothers.

One year, the Lantern Festival coincided with the 70th birthday of Gu Yuntian's mother, so Zhao Yanshan prepared a generous gift and came to Beijing to celebrate Gu Yuntian's mother's birthday.

Gu Yuntian's mother saw that Lang Yanshan was knowledgeable and reasonable, and her bearing was extraordinary, and she was happy for a while: "You and Gu Yuntian are the same age, and they have a very good relationship, why don't you two worship brothers, wouldn't I have another son?" ”

Gu Yuntian is a filial son, as soon as he heard his mother speak, and he already had this intention, he hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Yanshan also gladly responded.

So the two immediately swore with blood and wine: "There is heaven and earth, and there is a seventy old mother below, I, Gu Yuntian and Zhao Yanshan, are willing to worship as brothers, Zhao Yanshan is one year older as a brother, and Gu Yuntian is a brother, the two cannot live together, but they wish to die together, if they violate the oath, they will be ......destroyed on the same day."

Then the two worshiped the ancient mother again. Since then, they have become brothers.

Gu Yuntian has a son named Gu Zhen, who has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, and he is good at kung fu.

When Gu Zhen was eighteen years old, Gu Yuntian handed over a letter to Gu Zhen and said: "You will bring this letter to Zhengyang County tomorrow to find you Uncle Zhao, he is from three Jinshi, and he is all good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you go to his house to live for three years, learn some liberal arts and science knowledge and come back, so as to serve the country and make a difference." ”

Gu Zhen obeyed his father's orders, so he packed his luggage the next day and went to Zhao Yanshan with a letter.

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Li Tao suddenly realized when he heard this.

Gu Yuntian picked up his son, only to see that he hadn't seen him for two years, Gu Zhen's heroic posture was cool, his demeanor was elegant and generous, he was no longer the ignorant boy of the past, he was deeply comforted, and thanked Zhao Yanshan and said: "Zhen'er is thanks to the eldest brother's teaching, so that today's climate is possible."

Zhao Yanshan said with remorse: "Brother, this is out of sight, isn't your Gu Yuntian's son the same as my Zhao Yanshan's son?" ”

Because of the heavy responsibility, several people turned the topic to the case after a few cold words.

Gu Yuntian asked, "Big brother." I wonder if there was a tolerance that survived the last robbery? ”

Zhao Yanshan frowned, and said for a while: "The robbers have done a good job, and none of them have survived."

Li Tao suddenly said on the side: "There must be someone among the robbers who knows him, otherwise he is only asking for money, why should he kill people!" ”

Gu Yuntian nodded secretly after hearing this.

Zhao Yanshan was speechless when he heard this.

On the second day, Gu Yuntian and Li Tao began to visit around to investigate the case, but there was no clue, and ten days had passed in a blink of an eye, and the case was still confusing and nothing. Seeing that the deadline for solving the case was approaching, Gu Yuntian was worried and anxious.

This night, everyone fell asleep, but Gu Yuntian couldn't sleep because the case was unsolved. So, I opened the door and went for a walk in the courtyard alone.

The cool breeze was blowing outside, the bright moon was in the sky, Gu Yuntian found Li Tao standing in the courtyard, and asked in surprise: "Li Xiaolangjun, you haven't slept yet?" ”

Li Tao smiled bitterly: "Yes, Mr. Gu, you see, what a good moon, it should be a good scene for drinking or chanting poetry under the moon before the branches, but now there is no such leisure." ”

"I'm ashamed, Gu Mou's matter bothered Li Xiaolangjun!" Gu Yuntian said guiltily.

"That's it, don't mention it, Mr. Gu catches the head, follow me in the courtyard!" Li Tao said with a smile.

The two walked around the courtyard, and Li Tao and Gu Yuntian saw that Gu Zhen's room was also lit up, so they walked over.

Pushing the door in, the room was in a mess, there was a table inside, there were leftovers of wine on the table, Gu Zhen had crawled on the table and fell asleep.

"It seems that Ling Lang is also drunk because he is worried about the case, and having such a filial son is a blessing for Mr. Gu!" Li Tao said with emotion.

Gu Yuntian was suddenly moved, he helped his son to the bed, helped him take off his shoes, covered the quilt, and was about to turn around and leave with a wry smile.

At this moment, Li Tao and Gu Yuntian heard Gu Zhen muttering to himself in his sleep: "Actually...... Actually, I don't want to be a robber...... All...... It's all Uncle Zhao...... Let...... What I do,...... I'm not trying to kill you, who ...... Who made you recognize me? …… I...... Shall I not kill you? …… Father...... Dad, I'm sorry for you......"

As soon as he heard this, Gu Yuntian was like five thunderbolts, oh my God! Could it be that his respected brother and beloved son were the murderers of this robbery? Is this true? Thinking of this, Gu Yuntian couldn't help but be angry, and spit out blood with a "wow".

Gu Zhen was startled, and immediately woke up, and saw that his father was staring at him angrily, knowing that he might have lost his words after drinking, and his father heard it, his heart was empty, and he knelt on the ground and told the truth as it was.

Zhao Yanshan's term of office is about to expire, but he is still a clean breeze on his sleeves, thinking that after leaving office, it is really difficult to live a rich life with that little bit of imperial court Fenglu. So when he saw the idea of making money, he made Gu Zhen, who was bold, robbed the thousand taels of disaster relief gold......

Li Tao looked at Gu Yuntian, Gu Yuntian was silent for a long time, turned around and went out.

After a while, Lei Yu came into the house with Yu Kuai, he looked at Gu Zhen who was depressed on the ground, and hesitated: "Master asked me to come ......"

Gu Zhen laughed miserably: "Come on! ”

When Zhao Yanshan saw Gu Zhen being tied up in front of him, knowing that the matter had been revealed, he was immediately ashamed, and said to Gu Yuntian with tears in his eyes: "Virtuous brother! It's all to blame for the eldest brother who was confused for a while, did something wrong, and didn't say anything about himself. It also ruined your and Zhen'er's life and future, and I regret it now. This matter was caused by me, no wonder Zhen'er, I hope you don't blame Ying'er, so you will escort me to Beijing alone...... It's just that after I died, my wife and younger brothers took care of me......"

Gu Yuntian turned his face away, and a line of tears fell, and then he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to take off Zhao Yanshan's six-rank official hat, put them in shackles, and put them in a prisoner car with Gu Zhen and escorted them to Chang'an.

On the 25th of the lunar month, when Li Tao and his entourage arrived in Chang'an, Zhongzong ordered the prince Li Chongmao to lead a hundred officials out of the city to greet him.

On the same day, Li Tao and the Yuan family entered the palace to meet His Majesty Zhongzong.

That night, Li Taozhong's ancestors and grandchildren had a long talk all night, and no one knew what they talked about.

The second night.

Third night.

The two talked for three nights.

On the 28th day of the lunar month, the Central Sect sent Yang Siqiao to announce the decree and named Li Tao as the king of Lantian.

On the 29th of the lunar month, Li Tao was ordered to move into the Lantian Palace.

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"A-Niang, are you ready? We can go out now! Li Tao stood behind Yuan.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and Emperor Zhongzong is going to have dinner with his relatives in the evening, and Li Tao and the Yuan clan are naturally among the invites.

Yuanshi turned his head and said with a forced smile: "Tao'er, A-Niang said that as long as you decide, A-Niang will accompany you!" ”

Li Tao sighed and said, "Ah Niang, I know that I may have wronged you now, but don't worry, I won't let you live that kind of frightened life again." ”

"Tao'er, I believe in you, you can do it with confidence!"

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