After Li Jian was absent from the court for ten days due to illness, he finally appeared in the Jinluan Palace, but his condition seemed to be aggravated, and he even almost fainted when listening to the recital, which made the ministers afraid.

Prime Minister Cao Ren also had a worried face, first greeted the official family's body a few words, and then had an astonishing remark, "Qiqi official family, Weichen has an important matter, and he has to let the official family decide it himself." ”

"Prime Minister, please speak."

"The minister must first confess to the official family, the war in the north is peaceful, and the Qin mission sent by the imperial court is still in Dashengguan, but the minister insisted on letting the official family pay a gold medal to summon the northern army back to Beijing earlier."

All the generals who participated in the Beirong Battle heard this, and they were all vigilant.

"The reason why the minister has this move is because the minister received a secret letter two months ago, the content of which is to sue the British public Gu Ye and his son for passive slackness in the war and collaborating with the enemy to rebel!"

As soon as Cao Ren's words came out, the ministers were shocked.

Gu Ye's expression was serious, on the way back, they had been plotted by people suspected of being instructed by King Yi Li Jing, fortunately, Gu Chenyi received the news that it did not cause a catastrophe, so the generals also discussed the mistakes that might be accused of returning to Beijing this time and made preparations in advance, but they didn't think that it was actually framed by Prime Minister Cao Ren himself, or a felony such as collaborating with the enemy and treason!

King Yi and King Gong's faces immediately turned black like the bottom of a pot, and they both said "old fox" in their hearts.

Li Jian remained silent, "The British Duke is an important minister of the imperial court, and the Zhenbei Army is also like the Great Wall of our country, the commander collaborates with the enemy, which is not trivial. ”

"The minister naturally knows that this matter is serious, and if there is no evidence, he does not dare to speak falsely." Cao Ren said, "For the safety of the whistleblower, the minister didn't dare to say who he was, but what he gave the minister was very serious." ”

Cao Ren said, presenting several letters and a recital.

Li Jian took it and looked at it carefully, and his face was difficult to look at.

"British Gong, Prime Minister Cao Cheng said in the compromise, in June this year, when the Zhenbei Army fought against Beirong in the three passes of Zhenbei, the city was suddenly poisoned, resulting in heavy losses and delaying the war, and this matter is a conspiracy between you and Beirong, the purpose is to let Beirong break through the three passes of Zhenbei, and then cooperate with the outside to annex the Chinese country, this letter is the evidence of your correspondence, do you have anything to say?"

Gu Ye immediately took several sons of the Gu family to kneel down and said, "Official, the Gu family has led the Zhenbei Army for many years since my father, although I don't dare to take credit, but I have always taken it as my responsibility to protect the family and defend the country. ”

Cao Ren immediately said, "The British said that Cao is a bunch of nonsense, and how to explain the large-scale poisoning of the soldiers of the Northern Army in the town for no reason!" ”

Gu Ye thought about it for a while, and explained what Bingran said when he saw him on the way back to Beijing.

"Cao remembers, the British Duke is extremely disgusted with poison, when did he have such a deep insight into this poison?"

"This is the doctor who has solved the poison of the three passes in the north of the town and told me, but now this doctor is not here, I can only say that there is no deception in this matter!"

"Really? Cao heard that the reason why the Zhenbei Army was invincible was because he had worked military intelligence, and since there was a doctor to help, it was not difficult to find out who was poisoned, I don't know if there was a gain? ”

Gu Chenyi's expression tightened, and sure enough, a smile appeared on Cao Ren's face, "If you still haven't found anything until now, then Cao Mou will wonder how the Gu family's army won the battle in the past." ”

Gu Ye pondered for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth, "The official family, forgive the minister for being incompetent, this matter has not yet been resolved, but please give the official family a little time, and the minister will give the official family an answer." ”

"No results yet? Hehe, the British public said this really cleverly. Cao Ren said, "Grandpa Guo is strict in governing the army, but if there are hundreds of secrets, there are also mistakes, could it be that Grandpa Guo feels that there is a traitor in his army, and this traitor is very likely to be a high-ranking general, and it is not easy to open up to the official?" ”

The ministers talked a lot, and the sons of the Gu family were all like great enemies - when Bingran had this speculation, they didn't want to believe it, but in the later investigation, all the clues pointed to the fact that they were "traitors", they didn't dare to divulge the matter and startled the snake, so they could only secretly investigate it, but they didn't expect Cao Ren to learn about it from somewhere.

Cao Ren said to Li Jian with a fair and selfless face, "The official family, the minister feels that the British duke resolutely denies collaborating with the enemy, but he cannot prove his innocence, and whether there is a traitor in the army is still doubtful, and there must be a countermeasure to this matter today." ”

Li Jian's mental state was extremely poor, and at this time, listening to the quarrel of a group of ministers below, he couldn't help but press his temple, "In this case, the generals and leading officers in the Zhenbei Army should all be investigated, I don't know if the British public has any opinions?" ”

"The officials are wise, and the ministers will fully cooperate."

"The British are sensible. Zhou Yu, "

Zhou Yu, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

"You will lead the Praetorian Guard to cooperate with the Criminal Department of the Ministry of War, count all the officers and generals above the seventh rank in the Zhenbei Army, and order them to stay in the barracks and not move around, and each family member must also bring someone to take care of them, so as to avoid trouble!"

"Yes!" Zhou Yu said, glanced at the British Duke and others again, and looked embarrassed, "Official, there are also generals of the Zhenbei Army above the main hall, I don't know ......"

"Equal treatment."

"Yes." Zhou Yu sighed, he had always respected Gu Ye, the god of the northern army, for his use of soldiers and people, "Grandpa Guo, I have offended." ”

Gu Ye's heart was not calm at this time, but he still had some trust in the fact that the official family would find out the truth and make a fair judgment. ”

After the cadres were taken away, Li Jian became more and more in a trance and had to retreat.

That night, the Empress Dowager Gu Qian went to the Ming Palace to visit the official Li Jian's illness.

After retiring the others, only me, who pretended to be a palace maid, Sun Jichen, who pretended to be a eunuch, and Chen Shu, who pretended to be a grandmother, were left.

"It's been a few days, being a man during the day and a woman at night, is there anything sadder in this world?" I lamented.

"Yes, if you are a man during the day, you will become a eunuch at night." Sun Jichen followed closely and said, "What should I do, I feel that if the old man of my family knows that I have been a eunuch, he will definitely beat me." ”

"You two, can you put your mind to business?" Li Jian was very helpless, although he still had a "sick face" at this time, his spirit was good, and he did not look sick at all in the Jinluan Palace.

"Isn't it nice that two children are generous and lively?" Gu Qian smiled lovingly, and reprimanded Li Jiandao, "Do you have to be like the official family when he was a child, and he always has a serious plank?" ”

Li Jian shook his head, he didn't understand how this woman, who was a little similar to Jun Qinglan, just checked her body for her mother and prescribed some warm and tonic prescriptions, how she coaxed her mother so happy in just a few days, and protected her vigorously, "I have already made arrangements on the side of the Zhenbei Army, Zhou Yu is my confidant, I have sent a secret letter, and the Praetorian Guard will not be unfavorable to the Gu family." ”

"Okay, although your body is no longer safe, it is still hard for you to pretend to be a patient for a few more days."

Chen Shu said, "Thanks to Bing Ran's heart, my nephew and nephew and daughter-in-law happened to be in the capital again, so it must be appropriate for them to secretly protect Murong Xiaohouye." ”

When Li Jian heard this, he sighed, "I really didn't expect that Li Jing would have such wolf ambitions. ”

"He has this heart, but he can't do it with his own ability, heh, if you want to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, you have to be a tiger first." Chen Shu said, "What does the official family want to do with him?" ”

Li Jian pondered for a moment and said, "After all, he is my brother, and he is also the only bloodline of Qingmei." ”

"Then let him show his fox feet, as for other things, when the investigation results of the Criminal Department come out, if it can match what Bing Ran has found, everything will be solved."

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