Chapter 74: Be Honest

Two days later, the holy decree was transmitted to Zhenbei Pass, and Li Xia returned to the imperial city with Jin Lan and Chu Shuting.

Gu Du sent it to the gate, and Li Xia said softly: "Senior brother, I'm really sorry, if I hadn't made trouble with you to exchange Jin Lan at the beginning, there would be no such thing." ”

Gu Du looked at her and didn't speak, Lixia flattened her mouth, and begged: "Senior brother, you have ignored me for two days, this farewell, at least, you haven't seen each other for two years, you ...... Just forgive me, okay? ”

Gu Du looked at Jin Lan and said, "Take care." ”

Then he turned around and walked away.

Conghai and Fang Shiyao saluted Li Xia together, and then followed Gu Du.

Li Xia bit her lip and shed tears, Chu Shuting cried out and shouted, "Master Gu! I want Master Gu......"

Sitting in the car, Li Xia cried silently, but Chu Shuting cried like a mourner, calling Master Gu one by one, and those who didn't know thought Gu Du was dead.

Covered by Chu Shuting's crying, Jin Lan said softly: "It's not that he ignores you, he doesn't want to affect you, since the emperor is suspicious of me, he naturally has doubts about him, if he treats you as usual, it's unreasonable, isn't it?" Besides, he is also angry in his heart, don't go to your heart, he is your senior brother after all, didn't he give us the two treasure knives. ”

Lixia cried and said: "He is just afraid of being robbed and killed on the road, and you don't have the blade in your hand." ”

Jin Lan frowned and said, "If you want to be so hypocritical, then I really have nothing to say." ”

Lixia cried and said: "They all blame me, if I don't make trouble to change with him, you will be promoted early, and you will blame me." ”

Jin Lan said angrily: "Yes, I blame you, forget if you die!" ”

Li Xia cried loudly and cried with Chu Shuting.

Wu Renxiong set up a banquet in the General's Mansion, came to Gu Du in person, dragged Gu Du alive, drank two glasses of stuffy wine, Wu Renxiong persuaded in a low voice: "Brother, don't be too obscured, you won't see each other for two years." It's gone in the blink of an eye. ”

Gu Du said: "What if you don't transfer me back to the palace after two years?" ”

Wu Renxiong sighed and said in a low voice: "Brother, listen to my brother's advice, as a courtier, you must not have a grudge, as long as we are loyal to our duties, we will definitely be able to get what we want, besides, you are not a big deal, you can rest assured, I dare to give you a guarantee, it may not take two years, you can see Jin Lan, really!" You believe in my brother. ”

Gu Du sneered, and Wu Renxiong said, "Come, drink!" ”

Gu Du said: "I am panicked, I want to kill someone." ”

Wu Renxiong frowned slightly and said, "Okay! Tomorrow I will transfer 20,000 soldiers, let's go and kill him, if it weren't for these bastards to make trouble, how could I make my brother upset! ”

Gu Du shook his head and said, "I'll go by myself." ”

Wu Renxiong exclaimed: "How can that happen?" You can't mess around! Jin Lan is still waiting for you in the Imperial City! ”

Gu Du replied: "Don't worry, I'm not a three-year-old child, how can I have such a temper, I just go out to relax, and kill a few people by the way." ”

In the palace, the high priest found Chu Qin and told him about Emperor Ling's summoning of Xia back to the palace.

Chu Qin frowned and said in a low voice, "The emperor is too cautious, right?" ”

The high priest sighed and whispered, "Yes, it's just a woman with ordinary qualifications, why is it so?" ”

Chu Qin said in a low voice: "Gu Du is a person who admits death, he won't cause any trouble because of this matter, right?" ”

The high priest replied in a low voice: "I wrote a letter to Lixia and told them the truth, Gu Du should not cause trouble, and besides, this is the emperor's order, he does not dare to cause trouble." ”

Chu Qin nodded, pondered for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "That means that if you can't defeat the rebels, Jin Lan can't be promoted to the Soul Master?" ”

The high priest nodded, and Chu Qin asked in a low voice, "Is the emperor trying to blackmail Gu Du?" ”

The high priest rebuked in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense! The whole world is not the king's land, why does the emperor need to blackmail a courtier? ”

Chu Qin was silent, not to threaten, so what is this? Is this necessary? On the contrary, it is only appropriate to give marriage, so that it can win people's hearts and make Gu Du swear allegiance.

In the north, this year's cold, the snow fell a foot thick, Emperor Ze fell ill, and the condition deteriorated, and when he saw it, his face was yellow, skinny, and showed a sign of death.

Emperor Ze called his second son Dongfang Sheng to the front of the bed, and after retiring the waiter, Emperor Ze said weakly: "Sheng'er, I dreamed back last night and saw the Spirit Emperor, although I don't know him, but I know that it is him, he came to me, the grassland...... I can't go back. ”

Dongfang Sheng choked and said: "Father, don't say such things, my father is in his prime, but he is occasionally infected with a cold, and he will be healed in the coming spring. ”

Emperor Ze shook his head slightly, took a moment of rest, and asked, "How many soldiers, horses, grain and grass are still in my country?" ”

Dongfang Sheng replied: "There are 80,000 infantry troops, 16,000 iron cavalry, 8,000 bows and crossbows, and 800,000 stones of grain and grass. ”

Zedi said: "Son, this is the last family of my Dongfang clan, you have to make good use of it, you must take the people back to the grassland, and don't suffer from this glacier again." ”

Dongfang Sheng asked softly, "Father, it's time to call the eldest brother back, right?" ”

"Nope." Emperor Ze shook his head slightly again, and said: "Back then, your eldest brother swore by blood that the spirit kingdom would not be destroyed, and he would never return to the dynasty, and would rather bury his bones in a foreign land." ”

Dongfang Sheng cried, and Zedi said: "Don't cry, my hour is coming, and I don't have time to listen to you cry." ”

Dongfang Sheng hurriedly suppressed his crying, and Emperor Ze asked, "Son, if someone from the Spirit Kingdom comes to surrender, how will you stay?" ”

Dongfang Sheng replied: "The people give the land, the soldiers give the armor blade, if the soul master comes to surrender, the son must treat him with the courtesy of the countryman." ”

Emperor Ze asked, "Even if it is a soul master like Chu Qin, Gu Du, and Li Xia, will you treat them as a national warrior?" ”

Dongfang Sheng replied: "Each is his master, killing is loyal to the monarch to serve the country, defend the land and the people, if these three people can come to my country, it is a great fortune for my country, and my son will treat him as a soldier and serve him as a teacher." ”

Zedi smiled and said, "Okay...... In this way, the father can have peace of mind. ”

"Father......" Dongfang Sheng cried in a low voice.

Emperor Ze said again: "Son, you have to remember that the new Spirit Emperor is suspicious, as long as you treat the scholars sincerely, the world will return to your heart sooner or later." ”

Dongfang Sheng kowtowed and replied: "Obey the teachings." ”

Emperor Ze slowed down for a moment and said, "Chuan Sansi will meet you." ”

Dongfang Sheng went out, and after a while, he came in with the head of the three divisions, and the four of them knelt in front of the couch together.

Emperor Ze said: "On the occasion of the country's move south, I don't deserve to die, I can't live with the people, and I can't live with the soldiers." ”

The three heads of the three divisions said together: "The emperor must not say this, the emperor will be cured." ”