Su Jinyao looked at the box and asked, "What is this...... Let me open it myself? ”

Feng Jihe nodded and said, "Young Master, you can see it at a glance. ”

Su Jinyao suppressed the excitement in her heart and reached out to pull the lid on the top of the box. She thought that this should be a relic preserved by Feng Jihe and belonged to her father.

But I didn't expect that after opening it, there were two holy decrees inside.

It was the first time that Su Jinyao had seen the true holy decree. It's not the same as she imagined, or what she has acted in the TV series.

Neither of these decrees had scrolls, nor was the material of bright yellow satin embroidered with the image of a double dragon. Rather, two pieces of yellow rice paper mounted on a white sheepskin, written in cinnabar.

Su Jinyao took out one of them, and after unfolding it, it was only one foot wide and more than two feet long. The writing on it is extremely neat, but the writing is not very good. At least it doesn't look like it was written by a person with a lot of skills.

Su Jinyao looked at the content again, and the table (qíng) became more and more shocked, and finally stood up from the chair all of a sudden.

Because this turned out to be a letter of punishment, which means that Feng Jihe escaped from the battle, colluded with the rebels, and was arrested along with the 500 people under his command, and beheaded on the spot.

That is to say, no matter who this holy decree is, as long as the holy decree is bright, Feng Jihe and his subordinates can be executed together, and there is no need to report to the imperial court for approval.

Seeing that Su Jinyao was so surprised, Gu Shangqing also got up (shēn) and walked to Su Jinyao's (shēn) side to read this holy decree with her.

After taking a look at it for the first time, Gu Shangqing naturally said: "This is actually a holy decree written by the imperial pen." ”

After speaking, Gu Shangqing saw the content, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and asked, "Feng Xianxianguan, this, this is the letter of punishment written by the Holy Lord himself?" I want you to be put to death on the spot? ”

Feng Jihe's eyes finally rolled a teardrop, nodded, and said, "Our group is desperately fighting to get out of the encirclement, just to buy time, find reinforcements as soon as possible, and rescue the general." It's just that we didn't expect that when we came to the nearest city and wanted to ask the garrison there to send troops, we got such a holy decree. ”

"So, you didn't take the order?" Gu Shangqing frowned, took this holy decree from Su Jinyao's hand, looked at it, and said, "This is indeed the emperor's own handwriting. But the emperor's decree shouldn't have arrived so soon, right? ”

Feng Jihe nodded and said, "We also thought the same way at the time, but at the moment of the holy decree, we can either confess our sins and be punished, or we will resist the decree and flee." We thought that the general was still under siege, and that we could not die in such an unknown way, so we prepared to resist the order and leave. But at the head of the city, the garrison directly ordered the arrows to be fired, and our remaining less than 500 men were broken by another hundred. ”

Feng Jihe sighed and said, "At this time, we already know that the general's expedition this time should have been calculated, and the result of the general and our will be certain death." But I was unwilling, I was not worth it for the general, so I took the rest of the people and rushed all the way to the capital, wanting to report the matter to the emperor in person. Even if there is only one person left in the end, we must rush to the saint and tell the emperor that we are not deserters and that we have not colluded with the rebels. However, after chasing and killing all the way, in the end, we came here with only about 100 people left. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Jihe stopped speaking, hugged his head with both hands, bent his waist down, and the whole person curled up like a shrimp, and whimpered.

Su Jinyao understands that the most difficult thing is not to fight bloodily in the face of the enemy, not to be determined and willing to die, but to be abandoned by her own country, and to be hunted down by her former compatriots and comrades-in-arms along the way.

In the end, the brothers on the side of (shēn) fell one by one, and they still had a long way to go from the capital.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the will is being worn out little by little, and the hope is gradually disappearing. Therefore, when they came here, they met Kong Xiao, and then stayed.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but ask again, "What about later?" My dad ...... When did he ......"

Feng Jihe did not speak, but one of his (shēn) apprentices continued: "On the fifteenth day after we left the battlefield at the border pass, we got the news that the general had been killed in battle. We wanted to rush back immediately, even if we died with the general, we were willing. But the boss said that the grievances of the general's death, no one knows the truth, so we have to continue walking. However, a few days later, I heard the news that the imperial court had posthumously crowned General Gu as the Great General King, and notices were posted everywhere, saying that the Great General Wang fought bloody battles and was martyred in battle, along with his relatives and lieutenants, a total of 13,600 people. ”

"Thirteen thousand, six hundred?" This number made Su Jinyao stunned, and for a while she didn't understand what he meant by emphasizing this number so much.

The man explained: "This number includes 600 of the general's personal army, 3,000 directly subordinate iron cavalry troops, and 10,000 Gujia troops. That is to say, all those who faithfully followed the ancient generals were ......"

Speaking of which, this person can't go on.

Only then did Su Jinyao understand that it seemed that this was really a planned big operation. Otherwise, more than 10,000 people would not have been killed, and the Holy Decree would not have come so "timely".

Gu Shangqing couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "This time I lost 10,000 Gu family troops, no wonder my second uncle wants to abandon martial arts." ”

Only then did Su Jinyao know that the Gu family had also raised an army called the "Gu Family Army".

At this time, Feng Jihe raised his head, with tears on his face. The so-called "man has tears and doesn't flick, just because he hasn't reached the sad place", he should really hurt his heart and hurt (qíng) at this time.

Shocking big (yīn) scheme

Feng Jihe wiped his face and said with a wry smile: "I knew at that time that even if we were the only one hundred people left, even if we did everything to reach the capital in the end, we probably wouldn't have the opportunity to meet the emperor and tell the truth." Instead, it may be just a few more 'heroes'. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she asked, "So, you stayed here and didn't want to go back?" ”

She can understand what Feng Jihe meant, not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but because going back is also a dead end, and there is no way to send Xue to death in vain.

But for so many years, Feng Jihe has not moved, and even the people of the Gu family don't know that he is still alive and living in seclusion here, so what is the difference between them and dead?

Feng Jihe sighed, looked at Su Jinyao, pointed to the other holy decree in the box with his chin, and said, "We have actually waited until now to be able to preserve this thing. It's not that we haven't thought of a way, but without someone we can trust, we won't show up easily. Perhaps, Pingba Mountain will be our grave, but we will always find a way to pass on such things. ”

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing turned back suspiciously, and looked at the other holy decree in the box again.

At first, Su Jinyao thought that they were two holy decrees with similar meanings, both of which were to drive Feng Ji and them to death.

But when Su Jinyao picked up the second one and unfolded it, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Because this holy decree was not written to Feng Jihe, nor was it to kill them on the spot. It was written to the general Gu Chengduo, that is, to Su Jinyao's father.

The general meaning of the holy decree is that the general Gu Chengduo cannot easily engage the enemy, and must cooperate and obey the dispatch of Ruan Shiming, the border guard, and at the critical moment, he must hand over the military talisman and arrows.

When Su Jinyao saw it, she felt that there was something wrong with this holy decree. She handed the holy decree to Gu Shangqing and asked, "Brother, my father was the general who led the army back then, why did he still obey the dispatch of the border guards?" I haven't seen the decree, but it means that everyone understands that it doesn't make sense. ”

Gu Shangqing took the holy decree and read it twice from beginning to end, and finally frowned and shook his head, "If I hadn't seen the real holy decree, I would have thought that this holy decree was fake." The so-called 'generals are outside, and the king's orders are not subject to it', in fact, the original meaning is to point out that the generals who are on the expedition are more aware of the war and the situation at that time, and can deal with the situation at that time, rather than the crime of bullying the king. But the meaning of this holy decree is clearly to ask the third uncle to hand over the military power, I have never seen such a holy decree. ”

After Gu Shangqing finished speaking, he looked at Feng Jihe and asked, "This holy decree was brought out by my third uncle?" ”

"Yes." Feng Jihe nodded and said, "The Great General asked me to send this holy decree directly to the Gu family to verify the authenticity. For he doubted that it was indeed a false decree. Because this holy decree was not delivered by the envoy of the capital himself, but was received from Ruan Shiming, the border guard. At that time, the general deliberately did not follow the order, because the situation of the war was tense, and the slightest delay could cause great consequences. But Ruan Shiming also immediately attacked, saying that the general was disrespectful and wanted to punish the general. ”

Hearing this, Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing had already understood that this holy decree was problematic seven or eight times out of ten, and Ruan Shiming was indeed not a good thing.

Gu Shangqing asked again: "What about the rebels you are talking about?" What about the rest of the people, except for the thirteen,600? ”

It is indeed impossible for a general to lead his troops to an expedition with only more than 10,000 people. Even if the imperial court is not sufficiently deployed and cannot lead 100,000 troops at a time, there are always tens of thousands of troops.

Feng Jihe sighed again and said, "The general led a total of 80,000 troops, and in addition to the 13,600 people, I took 2,000 people with me, and there were 5 or 6,000 wounded soldiers. In addition to the soldiers who died in the previous battles, more than 30,000 people were directly led by the traitor Li Siren, and nearly 20,000 people wavered, and when the situation was unfavorable to the general, they surrendered directly, and kept shouting what to be loyal to the imperial court, and persuading the general not to disrespect the order. But later I heard that the traitor Li Siren was directly beheaded by the general, which can be regarded as a bad breath. ”

Although Feng Ji said that he breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes turned red again. A dignified seven-foot man, a tough guy who has been on the battlefield, actually cried several times, and the scene is really embarrassing.

Su Jinyao was moved when she heard this, and her heart (qíng) could not calm down for a long time.

In her ears, it seemed that she could hear the passionate and indignant cries of the martyrs; In front of her eyes, it seems that she can see scenes of swords and swords, iron hooves and spears, on the battlefield, men can shed blood without sweating, they can throw (rè) (qíng) for the country, shout the last voice, but they can't withstand betrayal and insult, it is like a sharp blade piercing their hearts from behind.

Gu Shangqing was holding the holy decree in his hand, and he was also panting heavily. His peach blossom eyes widened, and his teeth clenched even tighter.

After a while, he suddenly said: "My father and my mother also sacrificed their lives for the country, and that time, the Gu family army also lost nearly 7,000 people. After two defeats, the Gujia army suffered heavy losses, the Gujia army had a total of 30,000 people, and only more than 10,000 people are now hoarded in Luoqiu, the northeast border pass, which was the last honor of the Gujia army, but I didn't expect that the original Gujia army fell into (yīn) trickery. ”

Su Jinyao was also stunned when she heard Gu Shangqing finish speaking, and then recalled that Gu Shangqing said several times that he was an orphan and grew up with the second and third uncles since he was a child. His parents also died on the battlefield.

Now, Gu Shangqing should have thought about it, guessing that his parents might have died in such a conspiracy.

If this is really the case, then the Gu family has always been calculated, and has already lost two sons and a daughter-in-law from the previous generation.

So, who is calculating the Gu family? Who has been going against the Gu family for so many years?

That person, will he make another move now, will it be unfavorable to Gu Shangqing or someone from the Gu family?

One question after another caught Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing a little off guard, and the two of them suddenly discovered that this unexpected discovery seemed to uncover the corner of the earth-shattering (yīn) scheme.

The two of them were even more puzzled, did the Gu family, including the old man of the Gu family and the prime minister of the Gu family, know that such a (yīn) conspiracy existed?

If so, how did they respond?

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing glanced at each other, and at the same time felt that this time they were in big trouble. They had to be careful to deal with it every step of the way so that they would not fall into the yīn conspiracy that had lasted for twenty years.

Hetou Mountain dry ink Zen master

Su Jinyao looked at the two holy decrees in her hand, and only felt heavy and a little at a loss.

Feng Jihe said that she suspected that this holy decree was fake, and she had also heard of the false holy decree. So, is this fake decree the same as the one in Aunt Ma's hand?

And the pair of senior brothers she met in Anji City before were they the ones who copied the holy decree?

One question after another is in front of you, but you can't find the answer.

Su Jinyao understands that this road is getting longer and longer. And she's just getting started.

Gu Shangqing forcibly suppressed the hatred and anger in his heart and asked, "Feng Xianxianguan, what are your plans now?" ”

"Of course, I want to follow the young master." Feng Jihe clenched his fists and said, "Although the imperial court has posthumously crowned the general as the king of the generals, the events of the year (qíng) have not been revealed, and I still want the truth to be revealed to the world." ”

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "That's right, what's the use of a dead person asking for a name?" Not to mention what the 'Great General King' is sealed, even if it is posthumously crowned as the King of Heaven, the King of the Earth, and the King of Immortals, it is useless. If no one had stuck a knife in the back, my father would not have died. ”

Gu Shangqing nodded, but sighed again, and said, "I suspect that my grandfather was also aware of this matter (qíng), but he had no evidence, so he persuaded my second uncle to become prime minister and no longer lead the army." If that's the case, I don't think my grandfather wants us to look any further. ”

Of course, Su Jinyao also knows that with the power of the Gu family, although it is not the power of the government and the opposition, and the control of the dynasty, how many people can really compete with the Gu family?

The old men of the ancient family have all retired to the countryside and no longer ask about the world, presumably there is a reason why he has to hide and endure this matter (qíng).

If Gu Shangqing went back to question at this time, or showed that he knew (qíng), it might alarm the person who attacked the Gu family, or it could make him stupid (yù) move again.

And Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing are actually just scratching the surface, and they haven't touched the door, so if they continue like this, they will suffer a lot.

Therefore, Su Jinyao spread out her hands and made a downward motion, signaling everyone to calm down.

Then she said to Gu Shangqing: "Brother, I think we know about this matter, but now is not the time to act rashly. Let's just go with our original plan. ”

"Jinyao, what do you mean......" Gu Shangqing thought for a while, and then understood what Su Jinyao meant, and said: "You mean to take this opportunity to let the Gu family re-integrate Feng Xianxianguan and them?" ”

"That's right." Su Jinyao said to Feng Jihe: "The reason why we want to fight the cottage is not because we are young and vigorous and deliberately provoke trouble. We originally planned to recruit a group of relatively powerful and influential bandits before entering Beijing, so that the imperial court would pay attention to us. If these people are co-opted in the name of the Gu family, this force will be in my hands. Now that we have met Feng Xianxianguan, you can implement our plan. And it's more secure. ”

After listening to this, Feng Jihe nodded again and again, and said, "If the young master can come forward, it is of course the best to bring us under his banner." If we are classified as the Gu Family Army, it is also possible. You know, we have been on this mountain for more than ten years, and we can't go back to our homes, and we can't even call out our respective names, which is really uncomfortable. ”

Su Jinyao waved her hand and said, "Don't worry. If I were to co-opt you, you would still claim to be thieves on the three peaks of Pingba Mountain, Hujialing and Guozi Mountain. You must say that you will obey only my commands, and you will not be exposed until I have taken you under my banner. When I have conclusive evidence, I will vindicate you. ”

In fact, in Su Jinyao's heart, finding the truth of the matter (qíng) and avenging her father is already a seed buried in her heart.

But now is not the time to water the seeds, Su Jinyao knows very well that this matter (qíng) must not be too hasty, otherwise this will implicate them, and their foundation will be unstable, and it is possible that even the Gu family and even Gu Xuebin will be pulled into the water.