Last night it was determined that the Gu family hired a murderer to assassinate Xie Zheng, Xiao Zhen was angry for a while, so he killed the Gu family violently, at this time the Gu family was already closed, Xiao Zhen rushed here, immediately turned over and dismounted, picked up the long sword hidden under the horse's belly, and then walked over, fortunately Yin Luo pulled him down, the Tao is private and easy to get into trouble, it is better to be public, just wait for tomorrow, the matter will be made clear to Your Majesty, and then Your Majesty will make the decision, wouldn't it be better?

Xiao Zhen thought left and right, what Yin Luo said was not unreasonable, not to mention that the Gu family has many parts, if he breaks in at this time, the Gu family will not stop fighting with him, he and Yin Luo may not be able to gain the upper hand alone, and if it is public, as long as the county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning are invited to testify, the Gu family will not be able to get away with it.

After some persuasion by Yin, Xiao Xun finally left, returned to the prince's mansion, slept in the study and thought about it almost all night, it happened that there was a Qilang in the Gu family who was on an errand in Shangshu Province, and it happened that this Gu Xun would also appear in the court early tomorrow morning, so he was considering whether to report the matter in front of the civil and military officials when he went to the court, or to go to the Shiqian Palace to report the matter after the court.

Although there is not much difference between the two, the effect that can be said is very different, if the matter is reported in the court, Xiao Daocheng can be forced to severely punish the Gu family, the light male exile, the female slave, the heavy, the whole door is beheaded, but if the matter is reported in the Shiqian Palace, it must be one person to do things and one person to do it.

After all, the Gu family is a member of the Wujun clan, and their children are in-laws, and they are widely implicated, and the Gu family was also full of loyalty, that is, they supported Xiao Daocheng to change the dynasty, because of these reasons, Xiao Daocheng will not easily dispose of the Gu family.

Xiao Zhen didn't close his eyes almost overnight in order to think about this matter, but when it was dawn, his thoughts were still confused, no matter what Xiao Daocheng thought, the Gu family was always kind to the Xiao family, and he didn't want to kill them all, but the Gu family harmed Xie Zheng like that, how could he let it go easily......

At that time, Xiao Daocheng was discussing with the ministers whether to send officials from the household department or officials of the Taicang Department to Xiangzhou to allocate disaster relief food, and when he saw Xiao Zhen standing at the bottom carelessly, it was clear that he had been in a fugue, and he couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart, as a prince, now Xiangzhou is seriously flooded, with countless casualties, he is still indifferent!

"Prince," Xiao Daocheng suppressed the fire, but he also kept a straight face, and called coldly, pulling Xiao Zhen's thoughts back, he picked up the jade wat in his hand, lowered his head, and responded: "Father." ”

Xiao Daocheng was not in a hurry to pursue his fugue matter, but only asked, "Which side do you think I should send?" ”

It's hateful that Xiao Zhen didn't pay attention to what they were discussing, and he couldn't answer now, but he had an idea and replied: "My father has always been impartial, no matter what my father decides, it must be reasonable." ”

When he said this, he was afraid that he couldn't be confused, so he immediately said: "Actually, since my father asked so, I believe that the best decision has already been made in my heart. ”

Xiao Daocheng said "best", and immediately made Xiao Daocheng smile, "I asked your opinion, but you asked about me!" Okay, since you all have your own opinions, then let me make the decision, I mean, send the household department, this time to Xiangzhou, not only to transport disaster relief food, but most importantly, to comfort the affected people, so it is most appropriate to send people from the household department to go. ”

It turned out that he was discussing the flood in Xiangzhou, so wouldn't it be right to mention the assassination of Xie Zheng? Xiao Zhen first said: "Father Emperor Shengming, and his sons also feel that it is most appropriate to send officials from the Ministry of Households. ”

Because it was Xiao Daocheng's decision, the ministers below followed Xiao Zhen to cater to Xiao Daocheng, but the new Si Nongqing, standing there silently, transporting disaster relief food, this matter is a good thing for anyone, as long as the food is delivered, it is a great achievement, and now such a good thing, but let the household snatch it, he is naturally uncomfortable, he invited so many people to eat duck blood vermicelli soup before, and bothered them to help lobby, but at this time, the whole wind turned the rudder!

Everyone was full of praise for Xiao Daocheng's decision-making, so Xiao Zhen saw the needle and said: "Father, when it comes to the flood in Xiangzhou, the son also has a report. ”

"What?" Xiao Daocheng asked, all the ministers quieted down, Xiao Xun turned his head to look at the other side, glanced at Gu Xun who was standing among the ministers, and then took a long sigh of relief, and said to Xiao Daocheng: "The lord of Hengyang went to Jiming Temple to worship the Buddha for three days because of the flood in Xiangzhou, in order to pray for the blessings of the affected people, but last night, an assassin broke into the meditation room and committed murder, severely injured him, unconscious, although Tao Hongjing was treated by the imperial doctor, but he was still unconscious........."

Before Xiao Cheng finished speaking, Xiao Daocheng couldn't sit still, he raised his butt slightly when he heard it, but he sat down again, grabbed the words, and exclaimed: "There is such a thing!" ”

Xiao Ying, the king of Linchuan, was already distracted, and suddenly heard that Xie Zheng was "seriously injured and died", his eyes lit up, his heart was very happy, and he quickly turned his head to look at Xiao Ye, the old Wuling King who was standing in the opposite rows, and Xiao Ye was also looking at him at this time, the two brothers only glanced at each other, and hurriedly turned their faces away, only thinking in their hearts, they seemed to think that the other party sent someone to attack Xie Zheng.

The courtiers also pretended to sigh and discuss, but Gu Xun frowned slightly, and his face was full of real worry.

Xiao Zhen then said: "Erchen frankly admitted that he had a great friendship with the lord of Hengyang, and now that she was seriously injured, Erchen naturally wanted to avenge her, so he wanted to find out who was so cruel to her, so he rushed to Jiming Temple overnight, but he heard that all the monks said that the assassin was ...... ......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Daocheng deliberately pretended to be difficult, so he hesitated, and Xiao Daocheng asked impatiently: "Who is it assigned?" ”

The two brothers who stood on the left and right listened to Xiao Xun say this, and they were all waiting to see each other's jokes, but Xiao Xun glanced at Gu Xun meaningfully, and then said, "It was assigned by the Gu family!" ”

"Gu family?" Xiao Daocheng was already stunned, Xiao Ying and Xiao Ye were even more surprised, the two looked at each other again, and those eyes seemed to be asking: Shouldn't it be you? How is the Gu family?

The ministers were speechless, and they all set their eyes on the only Wu County Gu Langjun in the court, and for a while, Gu Xun became the target of everyone.

And Gu Xun was also frozen at this time, yesterday when he returned home, he saw his mother standing in the front yard with a burly man with a fierce face and a scimitar in his hand, talking, looking around between words, as soon as he saw him come back, he quickly sent people away, he was not suspicious at that time, but last night Xie Niangzi had an accident, now I think about it again, is it really ......

Gu Xun didn't dare to think about it!

Xiao Daocheng obviously had concerns, and didn't want outsiders to know too much about this matter, so he shouted impatiently: "Retreat from the dynasty, retreat from the dynasty!" You all stand down, stand down! ”

The ministers retreated in groups, and Chu Yuan, the chief secretary of Nankang County and the head of the household department, was now trying to ask Xiao Daocheng when he ordered the household department to leave for Xiangzhou, so he called out "Your Majesty", and before he could say it in a hurry, he saw Qu Ping standing behind Xiao Daocheng, and kept waving his hand at him, signaling him to retreat, Chu Yuan still wanted to continue, Qu Ping shook his head at him again, he gave up and retreated with everyone.

Gu Xun didn't retreat, he still stood there, bowing his head slightly and not saying a word.

Until the irrelevant people have retreated, and now only Xiao Zhen and Gu Xun are left in the court, Xiao Daocheng calmed down and asked: "Xuanyuan, what you said is true?" ”

"In front of the holy driver, how dare the retainer have half a lie," Xiao Xun arched his hand and lowered his head to show his earnestness.

Xiao Daocheng looked at Gu Xun and asked, "Gu Xun, how do you explain this matter?" ”

"Wechen...... Wei Chen didn't know...... "At the moment, I can't be sure whether this incident was done by my mother, and he doesn't dare to admit it rashly, if the person who assassinated Xie Niangzi is not the one he saw yesterday, wouldn't he hurt his mother by admitting it like this?"

At this time, Xiao Zhen said again: "Father, the county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning, went to Jiming Temple with the lord of Hengyang to worship the Buddha, last night's incident, the monks in the temple have still heard of it, and the two county lords are naturally more clear, why didn't the father summon them to the palace, whether this matter was done by the Gu family, the father will know as soon as he asks." ”

"Good! Transmit! ”

Xiao Daocheng said, and immediately two inner eunuchs retreated outside the hall and hurriedly went to Li Yang's second mansion to invite people, but they were all invited by the one who went to Li's house.

The two county lords were originally timid and afraid, and when they went to the palace, they lowered their heads and were very panicked, and they were about to kneel on the ground to salute, Xiao Daocheng raised his hand impatiently and said: "No need to be polite, I have passed you here, I have something to ask you, and you answer truthfully." ”

"Yes," the two replied in unison, and Xiao Daocheng asked: "You worship the Buddha in Jiming Temple with the lord of Hengyang, and you should live in a Zen temple at night, and the lord of Hengyang was assassinated last night, do you know what is going on?" Also, who instructed the assassin? ”

The lord of Liyang County replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers do live in a Zen courtyard with the lord of Hengyang, last night the lord of the county said that he would go back to the room to copy the "Great Compassion Spell", and handed it over to Master Huiyuan in the morning, and the courtiers also went back to the room with her sister to copy, but ...... After about half an hour, I suddenly heard movement in the county lord's room, as if someone was fighting, and the courtier and her sister quietly opened the door and looked at it...... I saw the county lord covered in blood and fell in the courtyard......"

At this point, she recalled what she saw last night, and she was so frightened that she couldn't cry, and then she said in a hurry: "Lianmen...... Even the door was smashed, and the county lord fell to the ground, and his body was ...... A pool of blood, the assassin looks ...... He was tall and big, and he still had a scimitar in his hand, saying that it was ...... said that it was a Mrs. Gu and called him...... and told him to come and take the lord's ...... The head of the person on the item ......"

When the county lord of Liyang said this, he was no longer able to continue, so he simply knelt on the ground and bowed his head and cried: "Your Majesty! Courtiers...... The courtiers didn't dare to say much! ”

At the same time, the county lord of Xinning also knelt on the ground and paused, although he did not speak, but the meaning was also obvious.

Xiao Xun couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard the county lord of Liyang dictating Xie Zheng's tragic situation, and Gu Xun also knew that the Gu family was in a catastrophe today, and he couldn't hide it!

"It's not Mrs. Gu, it's me," Gu Xun took two steps closer to Xiao Daocheng with an expressionless face, and said calmly: "It's me who holds a grudge against the county lord of Hengyang for conniving at my brother to kill my ninth brother, so I hired a murderer to take her life, just to avenge my family, and get rid of my personal hatred...... It's a pity, she didn't die, but now she is also half-dead, I believe that soon she will be able to ...... for my ninth brother."

Xiao Daocheng was so angry when he heard this, he glared at Gu Xun angrily, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, and it was clearly killing intent.

He could still sit still, but Xiao Xun couldn't bear it anymore, and before Gu Xun finished his last sentence, he had already rushed over and picked up a fist, slamming it on Gu Xun's chin, Gu Xun was a weak scholar, not to mention that he was defenseless, even if he was prepared, he couldn't withstand his blow.

So he collapsed on the ground, the corners of his mouth were overflowing with blood, Xiao Xun grabbed his collar with one hand, and directly carried him to stand up, followed by another fist and swung it over and put it on Gu Xun's abdomen, Gu Xun spit out a mouthful of water, his face was extremely painful, Xiao Xun did not relieve his hatred, and then swung a punch over, this time, even he himself failed to drag the person, and as soon as his hand was released, Gu Xun had already flown out of the zhang.

Gu Xun collapsed on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, but he still struggled to support himself to get up, Xiao Xun still wanted to go and pick him, but he heard him say, "Why? Why did she condone her brother to kill my ninth brother, and now she can still get away with it? Just because she's the county lord? Because she is deeply favored by Your Majesty, are you favored? Or is it because she looks like someone who died unjustly four years ago, and His Majesty feels guilty about her? My ninth brother...... The bones are not cold, and the dead are not blind, why can she still be safe? Why! ”

He knew Xie Zheng's identity, but he still exposed Xiao Daocheng's scar at this time, which was actually deliberate, criticizing the dragon scales, and only asking Xiao Daocheng to blame him for all the blame, and would not ask the assassin about "Mrs. Gu" again.

"You! You ......" Xiao Daocheng heard him mention the old things, and finally couldn't suppress his anger, he immediately stood up, and wanted to find something that could be moved left and right to smash it at Gu Xun, but there were only two half-person-high bronze tripods on the left and right of the dragon chair, and he looked sideways to see Qu Ping holding a whisk in his arms, so he suddenly grabbed it and smashed Gu Xun on the head and broke the blood.

Gu Xun fell to the ground, but he was still conscious, lying on the ground, laughing wildly, Xiao Daocheng was angry, so he raised his hand to the outside of the hall and scolded: "Someone! Come! Drag him out of here! Drag it out! ”

Two young generals in armor came to the hall, one grabbed Gu Xun's left arm, and the other grabbed Gu Xun's right arm, and dragged him outside the hall to walk away.

At this time, the two county lords were still kneeling in the hall, Xiao Daocheng sat paralyzed on the dragon chair, his elbows propped on his legs, his forehead was closed, and he seemed to calm himself down, so he opened his eyes for a long time, looked at the two county lords who were still kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "You two should also retreat." ”

The two county lords stood up with each other's arms, trembling and retreating outside the temple gate, the two were shoulder to shoulder, the county lord of Xinning looked at the blood on the ground, and involuntarily remembered Xie Zheng's tragic situation last night, and suddenly his eyes were dark, and he fell.

Xiao Daocheng hurriedly called a few inner supervisors to help people out, he had calmed down a little, and said: "Spread Tao Hongjing, tell him to come over and see me quickly." ”

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