Wei Tian over there finally remembered me, turned his head and asked me, "I don't know if the imperial brother thinks this punishment is appropriate, but do you have other requirements?" ”

I stepped forward and said, "Brother Chen wants to ask, should the Chengsun Zhiling of Lingtai County also be arrested?" My ten official ships and two thousand soldiers were burned to ashes in the Lingtai River section, and the younger brother had seen Sun Zhiling, and what he said was exactly the same as Lu Shuyuan, but in the story of Sun Zhiling, Li Jingtang and Li Daren were replaced by Gao Shu and Gao Cheng. ”

Gao Shu turned around and bowed to me: "Your Highness is frightened, this Sun Zhiling wrote a letter to ask the old minister to give him a certain official errand in the imperial capital in his early years, and the old minister felt that he was not knowledgeable and incapable, so he categorically refused, so he may have a grudge against the old minister, and he made up such a lie to trap the old minister." The old minister thought that this person was vicious and should be arrested and punished together with Lu Shuyuan, so as to appease the grievances suffered by His Royal Highness King Chong'an in the two places. ”

Wei Tian asked me again: "Do you think it's appropriate to deal with this way?" ”

Zhao Mengqing, who had not spoken not far away, nodded to himself, signaling me to come here.

I wanted to take this opportunity to mention my request to see Xu Guangguang, but after thinking about it, Wei Tian didn't mention it himself, if I had mentioned going to death row to see Xu Guangguang first, he would probably recognize that we were going to rebel together, so I could only pretend that I didn't know that Xu Guangguang was locked up, and avoided that topic and replied: "My brother thinks that Your Majesty has handled it very properly." ”

Wei Tian nodded, "Then this matter is over, first put the Lu Shuyuan outside on death row and wait for his fate." Xu is "death row" reminded him once, he raised his eyebrows, and looked at me, "By the way, not long ago, Xu Guangguang was also locked up on death row by me, does the imperial brother know or not know about this time?" ”

I put on a shocked expression: "Brother Chen doesn't know. ”

Zhao Mengqing also looked at Wei Tian with a shocked expression.

Wei Tian obviously didn't believe it, so he laughed and said, "Oh, you don't even know? After you returned to the imperial capital, have you ever seen Xu Guangguang, and have you ever asked others about his whereabouts? ”

"It's true that I haven't seen Xu Guangguang since my brother came back," I looked at him, pretending to frown and wonder, "The younger brother asked the princess Qin Buxian why she didn't see Xu Guangguang come to the palace?" Xian Xian said that Xu Guangguang went south to find me, because his brother thought that the two of us just missed it on the road. The younger brother also knew that His Majesty had made a decree to let Xu Guangguang stay in the imperial capital, and it was a rebellion for him to leave like this, so the younger brother was also waiting for him to come back, so as to bring him to His Majesty to confess. ”

Wei Tian made his usual action of knocking on the table again, and after a few soft bangs, he leaned back on the dragon chair, looked at me leisurely and said, "Is this what Qin Buxian told you?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"Hmm, don't blame Qin Buxian, I asked her to say this."

I froze.

This king did not expect Wei Tian to answer like this, and would admit so happily that he was in cahoots with Qin Buxian, so some assumptions in his heart suddenly collapsed, and turned into broken fragments and clues that could not be connected.

"So, what happened to Xu Guangguang?" The king steadied himself and asked.

Wei Tian narrowed his eyes, but he didn't smile, "My Yulin Wei found the bloody edict of Cheng Jingsheng, the last emperor of the old southern kingdom, on him. ”

"How could he have this on him?"

"I don't understand where he got it, so I put him in prison for the time being, and then send someone to check his identity," At this point, he curled the corners of his lips and smiled kindly, as if he was watching a play, "King Chong'an, you might as well guess, what is the identity of this soldier next to you?" ”

I don't understand what he means, and I don't know how much he knows about Xu Guangguang, so I can only tell me what I know about Xu Guangguang's identity, trying to make a difference: "The younger brother told His Majesty that Xu Guangguang was a native of Nanguofu, and because of his good water nature and martial arts foundation, he was promoted to deputy general in the army in the war against Ning. ”

"That's all you know about him?" Wei Tian lifted his eyelids, looking incredulous.

I looked at Gao Ji, who was standing in the corner of the left back wall of the main hall, and bowed down to answer Wei Tian: "That brother is going to offend Lord Gao Ji." After a pause, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Gao Ji over there trembling, and continued, "The first time my brother saw Xu Guangguang was on a painting boat, and at that time, Lord Gao, the governor of Nanguo Mansion, was entertaining a group of beautiful young men on that painting boat, but this is called hospitality, and it is actually a business. The younger brother got on the wrong boat, so he was fortunate to bump into a son in a scarlet shirt who resisted the death of the tall man, the son ran to the stern of the boat and jumped into the lake, the younger brother felt that human life was precious, so he followed the son and jumped into the lake to save him. This scarlet-clothed boy is Xu Guangguang. ”

Wei Tian's gaze fell on Gao Ji, and Gao Ji stepped forward in fear, and weakly accused the king: "His Royal Highness King Chong'an...... You can't talk nonsense and toss the lower officials, how dare the lower officials ......"

"Uh-huh——?" Wei Tian raised his hand slightly and interrupted him, "Don't say it, this matter can only be done by your son-in-law of Gao Ji and Prime Minister Gao." I am between Lu Shuyuan and your father, and I believe in your father; But between you and my own brother, I believe in my brother. ”

Gao Shu was well-informed, and hurriedly pulled Gao Ji to kneel: "The dog is doing nonsense, please Your Majesty don't take care of the old minister's face, and punish him." "The dog is doing nonsense, please Your Majesty must see that the old minister once saved His Majesty, spare his dog's life.

This routine is very familiar to this king.

Last time, he knelt down, and asked Wei Tian to surrender with tears: "It is the old minister Gao Shu who has no way to teach his son, and he wrote a crime that made my Dajin Queen Yide insulted and dusty, this evil obstacle is deeply responsible, and it is not a pity to die, I hope that Your Majesty will punish the rebel son heavily, and I also hope that Your Majesty will punish the old minister for the crime of disconfronting the unruly!" ”

Wei Tian's treatment of this time is similar to the last time, such as he did not ask for Gao Ji's life;

But there was a little difference, because he didn't ask Gao Ji to go home and think about it, but-

"He has made mistakes three times, you have repeatedly pleaded three times, you two are not annoyed, but I am annoyed. Gao Ji—"

"The sinners are here."

"I heard that when you served in the Nanguo Mansion, you spent a lot of money on fine clothes and jade food, if it wasn't for greedy ink, then it must have been your father in the Prime Minister's Mansion who gave you a lot of supplements. Since you also have money in your family, it is better not to do the official position of the governor of Nanguo Mansion, it is tiring, hard and easy to make mistakes, you should stay at home and serve your father well, don't let him come out again and again to kneel and beg for mercy for you, it can be regarded as filial piety. ”

When Gao Shu heard this, the tears in his eyes shook, and it was not that he fell, and finally received the decree in a trance, kowtowed, and said: "The old minister thanked His Majesty for not killing on behalf of Gao Ji." ”

Gao Ji also knelt down in a daze: "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace not to kill......"

Li Jingtang, who was not far away, didn't seem to have thought through the holy will, kneeling or not kneeling, and finally got stuck there, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, didn't you just talk about Xu Guangguang's identity, His Royal Highness King Chong'an probably doesn't know yet." That's when I pulled the conversation back.

Wei Tian let out a long sigh when he heard this, and then turned to me and said, "So, that's all you know about Xu Guangguang?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"That's interesting, this Xu Guangguang is very bold, he hid it from me, and even more from you." Wei Tian breathed a long sigh of relief, looking relaxed and happy, "Come to think of it, he shouldn't have really told you that he is the eldest son of General Xu Yecheng Xu of the old Southern Kingdom." ”

In the old southern country, Xu Yecheng was General Xu, stationed in the south for 20 years, and he would rather be a thief than the Changlan River.

In these years, when the king fought with the Ning army in the south, he read the battle records left by General Xu, and the final offensive and defensive methods also relied on the topographical maps he drew back then.

Can...... But why did Xu Guangguang suddenly become Xu Yecheng's son? Why did he never mention it to me?

Wei Tian in front of him seemed to see my suspicious expression, so he became interested, raised his eyebrows, and looked at me and said, "And he still has an identity, you may not know." He had a marriage contract with the late Princess Xuanyi of the old southern kingdom, and the year of the fall of the southern kingdom should have been the year they got married. ”

I heard a boom in my head......

Princess Xuanyi of the old southern kingdom is none other than Cheng Yu.