In a warm pavilion in Xingqing Palace, the fire is very hot.

Emperor Xuanzong, Gao Lishi, Guo Xuan, and several people were around the stove, drinking Fenjiu that had been stored for many years.

Guo Hua picked up a glass of wine, sipped it slowly, and listened to the old emperor tell some stories about his youth.

Originally, he was still a little worried about whether it was inappropriate for him to run to Xingqing Palace all the time. However, every time I come here, I will always be impressed by the demeanor of the old emperor, and even Gao Lishi is not a person who can only flatter as rumored.

Except for the occasional deep city mansion and the secrecy about some things, the two of them are like kind elders next door, with the special cuteness of the old man.

"Guo Yu, I heard about Gao Xianzhi's grave relocation, and you are also involved in it?"

After chatting for a long time, Emperor Xuanzong asked a meaningful sentence, at least in Guo Hua's opinion, the old emperor must have some intention when he asked like this.

"Yes! Because of my admiration for General Gao, and I have some opportunities with Du Gongzi and Master Cen, I just did my best. ”

"Do you admire Gao Xianzhi very much?" the old emperor's face suddenly changed.

"It's-"

Guo Wu suddenly realized his gaffe. Back then, it was rumored that Gao Xianzhi's death was the will of the old emperor. Now Bian Lingcheng's whereabouts are unknown, and it is not clear whether it is true or not.

"Hehe, you don't have to be embarrassed, Gao Xianzhi is also a person who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. You were born in Jiangmen, and it is not an exaggeration to think that Guo Ziyi has mentioned Gao Xianzhi's deeds to you. ”

"That's what the old emperor said. ”

In fact, Guo Hua didn't want to ask face to face whether it was really the will of the old emperor who killed Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing in the first place. But in this case, how can you ask?

"I heard about the relocation of the grave, and there was something wrong?"

"Ugh. I really can't hide anything from the old emperor, "It seems that there are still many old emperors' eyeliner hidden in Chang'an City, which makes Guo Hua respect and fear the old emperor" Originally, the matter of moving the grave was very smooth, until the day of the official relocation of the grave, I went to the scene with Du Huan, Cen Shen and other friends of General Gao before his death, and found that something was wrong. The dozen or so men and a few monks who stayed behind were all gone. ”

"Everyone's gone?" Gao Lishi glanced at Emperor Xuanzong and asked instead.

"Yes. We didn't think about it at the time. It was only bitter cold in winter, and the thatched hut was unbearable, so I found a place to eat and drink to keep warm. The people searched for a long time, searched all the villages and towns, restaurants, and the residences of relatives and friends they might go, but they didn't see anyone. Those people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, not only that, but even General Gao's old grave was dug up in advance, and the traces of snow falling were at least dug up the night before, and we realized the seriousness of the matter, and the matter of moving the grave was put on hold, and we made every effort to find the missing people. ”

"The old emperor must have known what happened later, and we finally found a corpse in a bush, a mason summoned from a nearby village, who was purple and black, and had been poisoned by snakes. We guessed that the rest of the craftsmen and the monks must have also been poisoned, and the corpses were destroyed and destroyed, and the corpse we saw was probably some coincidence, although it escaped, but also died of snake venom on the way. ”

"Well, these are all in Jin Wuwei's recital. You were there at the scene, did you find anything that wasn't in the report?" The old emperor looked at Guo Hua's eyes, and his tone was gentle, but there was an unquestionable majesty.

"Yes. Guo Yu replied with one word, and then stopped talking. Slowly stretched out his hand and took out a bag from his arms, and opened it to be a jade pendant with excellent carving, the jade quality was warm and moist, and it was the best Khotanese white jade.

"This—" Colliers stared at the jade pendant, his eyes shining with an unusual light.

Guo Yu handed the jade pendant to Gao Lishi's hand and remained silent.

Of course, he could see the strangeness in the eyes of Gao Lishi and even Emperor Xuanzong. He understood earlier that this piece of jade pendant, whether it was carved or jade, was something that only people in the royal family would have.

"Where did you find this jade pendant?" but there are still others who know about it?" Emperor Xuanzong asked thoughtfully.

"Right now, only the three of us know about this jade pendant. At that time, near the old mound of General Gao, although there was fresh snow cover, but judging from the traces of the surrounding grass and trees, there was a fierce fight, we carefully melted the snow layer on the ground with fire, in addition to some footprints, we also found this jade pendant in the new soil that the old mound was dug up, at that time half of it was inserted into the new soil, and a small half was exposed, which should have been caused by an accidental fall.

After listening to Guo Xuan's words, Emperor Xuanzong nodded at Gao Lishi.

"Do you know the origin of this jade pendant?" asked Colliers, tentatively.

"Half the guess. ”

"Hehe, very good, very good, you are very cautious, in fact, Guo Gongzi is not an ordinary child, the origin of this jade pendant must still have some knowledge. Has the owner of this jade pendant ever looked for you?"

"This, five days have passed since the incident, and no one has yet come to Jin Wuwei to take the initiative to explain the situation, maybe he has not yet discovered the loss of this jade pendant. ”

"No, it won't. He must have already discovered the loss of the jade pendant, this jade pendant is not a trivial matter for him, but there are two possibilities, one is that he doesn't remember where the jade pendant was lost, so there is no way to find it, and the other is not good to say at the moment. ”

Gao Lishi looked at Emperor Xuanzong again, and the old emperor nodded.

"You can let you know who the owner of this jade pendant is, but you must keep it secret, and you can't let the fourth person know about this matter. Do you understand?" said Colliers, changing his playful and kind expression, almost in a commanding tone.

Guo Yu nodded deeply. Sometimes silence is more sincere than promises.

"This is the jade pendant of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Dugu Huan. He only has one such jade pendant. ”

Colliers gave the man's official position and name, but intentionally or unintentionally did not say his background.

In fact, Dugu Huan is the son of Princess Xincheng and Dugu Ming. In terms of seniority, he is the grandson of Emperor Xuanzong and the nephew of the current emperor.

To be honest, Guo Hua was still relieved at that time. Although he is the son of a horse, he is not a member of Li Tangnei's clan after all, and things will not be too difficult to handle after all.

Gao Lishi naturally saw Guo Hua's thoughts, and added: "Guo Gongzi doesn't need to worry too much, let go of this matter to investigate, and when necessary, I also hope to protect Duguhuan's thoughtfulness." ”

"Protection?"

"Yes, you have to keep him safe as much as possible. No matter what the situation was at that time, since Duguhuan was involved, someone must have wanted to attack him, at least he wanted to use him to achieve something. ”

Guo Hua was shocked when he heard this, it seems that Gao Lishi and the old emperor must know a lot of information that he has not yet come into contact with.

Helpless, I was like a chess piece, pinched in my hand. Can't these guys stand up on their own, make things clear, one is one and two are two, and the grievances and hatreds are clear.

Guo Yu left Xingqing Palace and walked very slowly all the way, for fear that he would step on the air and fall into the abyss ice cave.

He stretched out his hand and kept groping for the jade pendant in his arms, and he smiled bitterly in his heart.

After Guo Yu left, Gao Lishi waited for Emperor Xuanzong to enter the dormitory.

"Emperor, tell Guo Huan about Dugu Huan, is this really good?"

"Since Dugu Huan has been involved, you might as well follow the other party's move, it was inconvenient for us to come forward, and it happened that Guo Huan, this kid, picked up Dugu Huan's jade pendant, just let him stir and stir up again, I think Guo Huan, this kid is also a lucky general, maybe he will make some big waves." Dugu Huan actually went to Gao Xianzhi's tomb and left the jade pendant there, this matter is not simple. ”

"What the emperor said is very true, in fact, the old slave has always doubted whether that old friend was really dead back then. ”

"If he is still alive, the matter of Ling Cheng over there will make sense. A lot of things make sense. ”

"I just don't know what choice he's going to make today. ”

"Guess what?"

The old slave couldn't guess. ”

"Hahahaha," Xuanzong suddenly laughed heartily, "Let's wait for the matter to have an eyebrow, we are all old, and the things on the table will be left to the young people, and it is time for us to sit down and watch the play." ”

The snow is falling, the sky and the earth are white, and the shape of a mountain cliff is shown in the chaos.

Guo Hua stood on the edge of the cliff, alone.

He vaguely remembered that he came out of Xingqing Palace, walked all the way, and came to this place. He looked around, but he couldn't see what kind of place this was, Chang'an City had already fallen far behind him, and the shadows were hidden in the wind and snow.

"What is this place, how did I get here?"

Guo Hua himself was also a little surprised, and unconsciously walked into the wilderness.

When I looked around, I saw a team of people in the distance, coming by stepping on the snow with difficulty. Look at the attire, it's a squad of * cavalry.

The team also seemed to see Guo Xuan, and accelerated their speed more and more. In the howling wind, people kept calling their names, and it was an unusually poignant and strange call.

"Ahh

Blood bubbles continued to bubble up his throat, leaving his armor and robes covered in blood.

The shout came from a headless corpse led by the leader, because there was no mouth, and the breath erupted directly from the chest cavity to the throat, no wonder the voice sounded very poignant and weird.

"Guo Hua - Sixth Brother - Guo Hua - Sixth Brother"

"Is it the elder brother, is it the second brother?" Guo Yu saw that the general was dressed in silver armor and white robes, which was the armor of the second brother Guo Yan.

"Guo Hua - Sixth Brother - Guo Hua - Sixth Brother"

"Second brother—second brother—" Guo Yu shouted loudly.

But the headless general and the soldiers couldn't hear Guo Hao's shouts at all, and they continued to shout, approaching and walking away. In the vast white world, it is difficult to wander.

"Second brother-second brother-" Guo Yu started to go crazy, ignoring the weirdness of the vision in front of him, and screamed like crazy.

They can't hear, they don't have heads, they can't hear. As if he understood something, Guo Yu jumped off the cliff and stumbled towards the group of soldiers.