Chapter 64: The Second Light
In the Taishou Mansion, Jun Yao was fiddling with the delicate lamp with her hands, looking cautious.
Jun Yao knocked on the maid in Su Yunlai's room: "Take good care of it, don't break it, this is ......" This was won back by the young general himself.
Su Yunlai glanced at her amusedly: "What are you going to take care of, let Mama Lan receive it in the warehouse, and really plan to put it out?" ”
Today's incident is so big, it must not be hidden from the eyes of people with a heart, Gu Junyan's identity can't be hidden at all, and she swaggers to put the lamp out, isn't she afraid that others will not know the relationship between them?
Jun Yao looked pity, it was a pity to put away such a beautiful and strange thing, and it was a pity to put it away and press the bottom of the box.
Mama Lan walked in from outside at this time, and also carried a lamp in her hand: "Miss, a person came outside just now, left this lamp, said it was for Miss, and the person who came left only the lamp, and left without saying anything, Miss knows who sent it?" ”
Jun Yao looked at the lamp in Mama Lan's hand, and then at the table on the table, shocked: "Another exquisite lamp!" After a pause, she said suspiciously: "No, didn't Cheng Yuanwai say that there is only one lamp?" Why did another one pop up? ”
Su Yunlai also frowned, she didn't know the person who sent the lamp, she didn't have a clue at all, but the person had already left, and she couldn't find anyone if she wanted to, which was a troublesome thing.
"No, Sister Jun Yao, this lamp can only change three colors, and the texture doesn't look as good as ours, it should be a textile, right?" A little maid in the house looked carefully and immediately noticed the difference.
Jun Yao put the two lights together, although they were both brilliant, but they could still see the gap at a glance.
Jun Yao glanced at Su Yunlai and said suspiciously: "Miss, could it be that the young general went back and won another one?" ”
Su Yunlai shook her head, if it was Gu Junyan, with his temperament, he would not have been sent in so secretly, she thought about it for a while, but she really couldn't think of a clue, so she said: "Forget it, put it away, don't make a noise about this matter, tomorrow I will let the third brother go to Cheng Yuanwai to investigate." ”
The lamp actually flowed out of Cheng Yuanwai's hand, and he must have known who won the lamp.
Jun Yao nodded and ordered someone to put away the two lamps.
It's just that the next day, Su Zhan went to Cheng Mansion for this matter and asked about the Linglong lantern, and Cheng Zhan was also very happy and informed Su Zhan that after Gu Junyan left for half an hour, another person cracked the riddle in the maze and walked out, but it took him twice as long as Gu Junyan to come out.
But there is only one Linglong Seven Treasure Lamp, which has been won away by Gu Junyan, and this three-color lamp is an experimental product made in the early stage, so it was given to this son.
Cheng Yuanwai didn't know the son, and Su Zhan didn't get the result, so the matter became an unsolved case.
After the grain and grass incident, Gu Yanshan deliberately checked the generals in the army to avoid mixing in the spies, so he checked it again, but did not find the spies, but found a lot of hidden talents, many soldiers who had not been reused before were promoted, including Xu Guanyi.
Xu Guanyi was personally selected by Gu Junyan, and this matter had to start from when he was rescued at the top of the Ethereal Peak.
On the same day, Liu Gui led people to search for Miao Peak, which happened to rescue Gu Junyan who was trapped by the Great Liao people, although Liu Gui later said that the search location was found by Master Su, but Gu Junyan found that the search and rescue site was still some distance away from Miao Peak, but Liu Gui was able to find their hiding place so quickly, which is a bit of a coincidence.
Gu Junyan felt that Liu Gui didn't seem to be a person with such a mind, and after a little inquiry, he found out that the person who found the suspicion that day was Xu Guanyi.
Gu Junyan specially sent Yi Wen to investigate Xu Guanyi.
"Xu Guanyi is a native of Xujia Village, Xuzhou, studied since childhood, and is also a famous local talent, when the Liao army came in, the whole village of Xujia Village was destroyed, and his family died, he escaped because he went to a relative's house, he just enlisted in the army this year, and he was originally recruited in the account room, but this person has a clear mind and is found by Liu Gui, so he was transferred to the account and became his dog-headed military advisor." Yi Wenhui reported: "There is nothing wrong with looking at the background. ”
Gu Junyan nodded, and couldn't help but smile a little: "This Liu Gui is also a talent, there are more than a dozen people under him, and he also needs to find a dog-headed military division." ”
The desire to survive is also very strong.
Yi Wen looked at Gu Junyan and said, "The young general wants to use this Xu Guanyi?" ”
Gu Junyan thought for a while, and said noncommittally: "It seems that he is a talent, it is a pity to put it under Liu Gui's hands, this person is smart but very humble, otherwise it would be impossible to stay under Liu Gui for so long, he is not invited to take credit or be aggressive, he is bold and very cautious, at that time, he dared to make such a decision, it can be seen that he is an assertive person, you go back and test it twice, if your character is passable, you will bring it up." ”
Yi Wen looked at Gu Junyan's indifferent expression, but his analysis was very reasonable, and he secretly admired it in his heart, so he nodded: "Yes, my subordinates will do it!" ”
Capital.
Wang Chen also seduced and raped the people's women, causing the evidence of the people's women to commit suicide is conclusive, and the Zongren Mansion soon went to the Jin Bei Hou Mansion to arrest the criminals, and the Jin Bei Hou tried his best to stop it, even if he was angry in his heart, Wang Chen was not angry, and he would cause trouble. But the prince is also a son-in-law, the Marquis of Jin Bei attaches the most importance to the distinction between the concubines and the concubines, there is no way, the queen is the mother of the main palace, he must also show the attitude of attaching the most importance to the concubines, otherwise it will affect the second prince.
Therefore, the Zongren Mansion went to the Northern Jin Marquis' Mansion, and the Wang Chen was 'sick', so sick that he couldn't get up from bed.
The Marquis of Jin Bei and the Empress Niangniang went to cry outside the imperial study, and the Empress Niangniang fainted, but she didn't even see the face of Emperor Qianyuan.
It is self-evident why a marquis buys important ministers, the second prince has always shown a humble and gentle appearance, but now he finds that his grandfather's family acts like this, and even the reputation of the second prince is not good.
Under this circumstance, Chen Ge Lao saw the opportunity and went to the emperor to request a thorough investigation of the bad atmosphere in the capital, and severely crack down on those gentlemen who relied on their family background to do evil and prey on the common people.
Chen Ge Lao took every opportunity, and actually began to care about the affairs of the gentlemen, everyone knew that Chen Ge Lao had ulterior motives, and he was completely going to the second prince, but the second prince had no other way than to echo and agree.
The second prince was bitter in his heart, but even if he was bitter, he still had to support Chen Gelao's approach, and then more and more crimes were exposed in the Marquis Mansion of Northern Jin.
opened a casino, frantically collected money, looted the people's fat and ointment, many crimes were exposed, the queen mother did not dare to go to the emperor to intercede now, and the emperor even let go out to collect the queen's authority to manage the harem, everyone knew that Emperor Qianyuan had the idea of abolishing the queen.
Su Yunlai has been paying attention to the movements of the capital, and seeing that the Marquis Mansion of Northern Jin is already at the end of the crossbow, she hooked the corners of her lips and wrote a letter with her pen and asked Su Zhan to send it to Gu Junyan.
Gu Junyan was cultivating a relationship with his newly promoted military advisor at this time.
Xu Guanyi is really a talent, and his temperament is transparent, Gu Junyan often says the beginning, and he knows the elegance when he hears the string songs, which makes Gu Junyan very surprised, and he is more and more satisfied with him.
Su Zhan and Gu Junyan often came and went, so they were a little more casual than others, and walked directly into the camp tent and took out Su Yunlai's letter.
"Here, Ah Wan gave it to you." Su Zhan's expression was a little unsightly, he had now become a messenger between Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan, he really didn't work hard when he was young, and he grew up to be a messenger.
Gu Junyan frowned slightly, glanced at the screen, Xu Guanyi walked out from behind, and when he saw Su Zhan, a warm smile hung on his face: "Young Master Su." ”
Su Zhan didn't expect anyone else to be there, so he returned a salute and looked at Gu Junyan, Gu Junyan said: "This is my military advisor, Xu Guanyi, Guanyi, he is the only son of Master Su." ”
Xu Guanyi bowed slightly, I don't know why, Su Zhan always felt that Xu Guanyi's attitude towards him seemed to be a little too enthusiastic, but it was obviously the first time they met.
Weird.
Gu Junyan didn't notice Su Zhan's suspicion, he had already opened the letter, and when he saw the content, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.
Gu Junyan's attention was all on the letter, so he didn't notice Xu Guanyi's eager gaze at him, perhaps to be precise, at the letter in his hand.
After Gu Junyan finished reading it, he hooked the corners of his lips, and Su Zhan glanced at him and said, "Seeing your expression, I know that my sister is going to do something bad again." ”
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a dissatisfied glance from Gu Junyan and Xu Guanyi.
Su Zhan became more and more puzzled, what did he say? Why did this military advisor just look enthusiastic about him, and now he looks unpleasant to look at him? Could it be that the legendary fetish of broken sleeves is true?
Su Zhan's mind was opened, and now he had begun to worry about Gu Junyan's chastity.
Su Yunlai's letter is actually very simple, now the second prince is already the target of everyone, and the Marquis Mansion of Northern Jin is also in turmoil, and now there is a lack of the last straw to crush them, and the Gu family is the best knife, after all, the fact that Wang Chen also killed meritorious soldiers is conclusive evidence, and it is understandable for the Gu family to come forward.
But this thing is easy to say, difficult to say, it is difficult to say, who to let do it is a problem, Gu Yanshan has no shortage of fierce generals who can fight and kill, but there are few people who are good at Yang Mou and strategy, and those big guys in the capital, which one is an old fox, who to let deal with this matter, Gu Junyan made a difficulty.
In the end, he set his eyes on Xu Guanyi, but he was a little worried, Xu Guanyi was young in the end, although he was talented, but in the end he lacked experience, whether he could take on this important responsibility was a question, and there was also a question of loyalty, he had just taken refuge, whether he could entrust him with such an important matter, Gu Junyan still had concerns in his heart.
Gu Junyan found Xu Guanyi, and the two of them sat in the tent drinking tea.
As soon as Xu Guan took a sip of tea, he praised: "Good tea!" Thanks to the blessing of the major general, I can still drink such a good Biluochun. As he spoke, he arched his hand at Gu Junyan.
Gu Junyan smiled: "It seems that Guanyi is very easy to be satisfied, just a pot of tea, and he is already satisfied." ”
"I think it's a good thing that people are easy to be satisfied when they live, and they can have a lot less worries and no anger." Xu Guanyi said lightly: "Especially for a life like mine, it is already a gift to be alive, I only hope to drive away the Daliao people and avenge my parents and relatives, what else can I ask for?" ”
Indifferent to fame and fortune, nothing else to ask for, how can these eight words be so easy?
Gu Junyan's eyes fell on his face deeply: "You are young, your life has just begun, it is a pity to see through the red dust, I don't believe it, you really don't have what you want?" Let's ask me this way, when you join the army, you always need something other than revenge, right? ”
Xu Guanyi was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "What you want, there is still the same." A gentle smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "I hope to be matched with the girl I like, and then marry her." ”
I don't know why, looking at Xu Guanyi like this, Gu Junyan suddenly thought of himself and had a feeling of empathy.
Some people's sense of identity only arises for a moment, and at this time, Gu Junyan really appreciates this young man who just wants to work hard to become a girl he likes.
Gu Junyan took out Su Yunlai's letter and handed it to Xu Guanyi, "Look at it, this is what I want you to do next." ”
Xu Guanyi took it and took a look, he was gentle and graceful, but he had a different style, and at first glance, it was from a woman's hand, and he suddenly thought of the letter sent by Su Zhan today, which was ...... Did Miss Su write a letter?
He looked at this letter differently long, and the letter stated the next plan, and Gu Junyan could already make a move.
After a long time, Xu Guanyi reluctantly put down the letter in his hand.
"How? Are you confident that you can do it well? Gu Junyan asked.
Xu Guanyi smiled slightly: "In the future, I will not disgrace my life!" ”
Capital.
At this time, in the mansion of the Marquis of Jinbei, the second prince came to the door and came to discuss countermeasures with the Marquis of Jinbei, and the Marquis of Jinbei welcomed him into the study.
"Your Highness shouldn't have come! Now how many people outside are waiting to catch His Highness's handle, if it reaches the emperor's ears, I am afraid that His Highness will be affected again. Jin Beihou said worriedly.
The second prince sneered, after many days of blows, he could no longer maintain the wind and clouds of the past, "What are you afraid of, even if we don't do anything, someone will come to grab our handle, I can see it, now my father looks at me unpleasantly, and he can't wait to step on me!" What do I care about if it doesn't even matter? After a pause, he said again: "I have received the news that Gu Yanshan has sent someone to Beijing to inquire about the soldiers, I am afraid that we will be in the capital in the next few days, uncle, we still have to come up with a charter." ”
In the past, Emperor Qianyuan was really good to the second prince, after all, he was the queen's concubine, and Emperor Qianyuan also attached importance to his concubine.
The Marquis of Jin Bei opened his mouth, and finally sighed: "This matter is still caused by the minister," after a pause, he gritted his teeth and said: "If it is a last resort, I have to hand over the minister." ”
"Uncle!" The second prince was taken aback: "If you hand over the ministers, I'm afraid it will be more auspicious." ”
Things have reached this point where there is no choice.
The Marquis of Jin Bei only has a son-in-law of Wang Chen, although there is still a concubine, but the Marquis of Jin Bei is worried that it will affect the future of the second prince, and he has always been respectful of the concubine, and he is dedicated to cultivating Wang Chen, but Wang Chen is not angry, and now he wants to give up Wang Chen, which is also like a knife.
The Marquis of Jin Bei looked at the second prince and said sincerely: "Your Highness, Gu Yanshan has always protected his shortcomings, only by handing over the ministers can his anger be calmed, and His Highness can have a chance to breathe, as long as we can get through the difficulties in front of us, we can still slowly figure it out, and when His Royal Highness ascends to the throne in the future, this is the most important thing for us!" ”
The second prince looked at the cloudy and stubborn eyes of the Marquis of Jinbei and nodded heavily.
Xu Guanyi soon arrived in the capital, this time he came to the capital for business, he brought a team of guards with him, and Gu Junyan also sent Yi Wu to follow him.
"Let's go to the General's Mansion and rest first." After entering the city, Yi Wu faced Xu Guan.
Xu Guanyi shook his head: "Without further ado, let's do it first," After a pause, he arched his hand at Yi Wu: "It's my first time in the capital, and I don't know much about the capital, so I need more guidance from Brother Lao Yi." ”
This was originally Yi Wu's errand, but seeing Xu Guanyi so kind, he still had a good impression of him in his heart, especially when he went on an errand as soon as he entered the city, it was indeed not easy.
Yi Wu nodded, and his face was a little sincere, "Gongzi Xu is polite, the young general asked me to obey Gongzi Xu, naturally everything is decided by Gongzi Xu." After a pause, he added, "Where do we go first?" Go to the Marquis Mansion of Northern Jin first? ”
"No, let's go to the Zongren Mansion first." Xu Guanyi said.
When he arrived at the Zongren Mansion, Xu Guanyi asked to meet the head of the Zongren Mansion according to the process, Yi Wu muttered a little in his heart, he had always been used to rampage with Gu Junyan before, and he had never met anyone who dared to stop him, this was the first time he entered the door according to the normal process, and it was a little ...... Unusual.
The head of the Zongren Mansion is none other than Prince Zhuang, the father of the county lord of Anning.
Zhuang Wangye is the only brother of the emperor today, but Zhuang Wangye is unruly, has no intention of political affairs, and plays with dogs and birds all day long, which is quite similar to the four masters of the Su family.
Zongrenfu is responsible for the clan roster, the encirclement of criminals and the education of the children of the clan, they are all his own family, he has the emperor as a backer, anyway, he can't get out of the big basket.
As a result, as soon as Zhuang Wangye took office, the first case ran into the Gu family.
Zhuang Wang Ye came out with a bitter face, although Gu Junyan did not come, but he did not dare to slack off on Gu Junyan's people.
Xu Guanyi's words were very respectful, but his attitude was very tough, and he directly asked Prince Zhuang to hand over the prince's ministers.
But Wang Chen is also sick now, and the Marquis Mansion of Northern Jin still doesn't let him go, where can he hand it over?
Xu Guanyi smiled and said: "Our general is very angry about this matter, and we must severely punish the murderer to comfort the soul of the deceased in the sky!" Please also ask Lord Zhuang not to be embarrassed, General Gu is already very angry, if he can't solve this matter, I'm afraid that General Gu will come in person. ”
Threat! This is a naked threat!
Zhuang Wang Ye misses his lovely pets very much, these people are really terrible!
"This matter, this king is also helpless, the prisoner is now unwell, still at home, after all, the prisoner's status is noble, the emperor has not made a decree to pronounce the sentence, if there is any mistake, this king can't afford it." Zhuang Wang Ye said with a bitter face.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with him!
Xu Guanyi's face sank: "The so-called prince is still guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law!" Killing people pays for their lives, which is a matter of course! Could it be that just because of his different status, he can get away with it? ”
Zhuang Wang Ye nodded again and again, not daring to refute: "Yes, yes, what you said is right." ”
"Since Lord Zhuang also agrees with my statement, then ask Prince Zhuang to accompany him on a trip, and go to the Hou Mansion together to catch the prisoner, and then he can go back to deal with the general."
Zhuang Wangye wanted to say no, but he couldn't afford to provoke the Gu family, so he shrunk his head and followed him to the Marquis Mansion in Northern Jin.
This time, the Marquis of Jin Bei was very cooperative, after all, he had already made a decision, but when he saw Wang Chen also crying and being taken away, while shouting for his father to help, he still couldn't help but be excited, and glared at Xu Guanyi angrily.
Xu Guanyi turned a blind eye to his angry gaze, and directly ordered the person to be taken away, walked to the door, and happened to meet the second prince.
The second prince heard that Gu Junyan didn't come, but he was just a subordinate, so he thought that with his identity and majesty, he would intimidate two sentences, which would also make the prince suffer a little less.
"Although the minister has done something wrong, the prisoner is also different from the prisoner, and his guilt is not something that others can decide, so this lord should do it himself." The second prince said with a smile.
In fact, the second prince did not come forward to save the prince, but if he did not come forward, others would think that he had lost his position now, and there would be more people who would step on him at that time, so he had to come forward to protect the prince's ministers, and when the emperor pronounced the sentence in the future, he would come out to kill his relatives in righteousness, and suggest that the emperor deal with it according to law.
In this way, he can leave a righteous and awe-inspiring image in front of the emperor, and he can also save his reputation, which has been getting worse and worse recently.
The second prince had a good plan, but Xu Guanyi didn't give him this opportunity, his eyes were red, and he was excited and indignant: "The victim is a meritorious soldier of my Gu family's army, he once killed the enemy in blood to protect his family and defend the country, but his family was killed by this extraordinary noble, he wanted to get justice for his family, and was killed!" With such conclusive evidence, does His Highness still have to protect it? After a pause, he said proudly: "General Gu said that he will never let the soldiers who have contributed to the country die unjustly in vain, and this matter will definitely be investigated!" As for His Highness's warning, the villain will tell General Gu! ”
As soon as Xu Guan finished speaking, he took people away with his head held high, he was a scholar, but he was a little arrogant and awe-inspiring, and he looked quite heroic, so angry that the second prince's face was blue and white for a while, and finally he became interested in protecting the prince and ministers.
Xu Guanyi wanted to hand over the person to Zhuang Wangye, but the timid and fearful Zhuang Wangye didn't dare to accept it, so Xu Guanyi pressed the person into the prison of the military department.
The prison was darkly lit and humid, and there were a lot of torture instruments, which were stained bright red with blood.
Xu Guanyi sat in front of Wang Chenye, smiled and asked, "Come, let's talk about it, how much do you know about the second prince's collusion with the Liao army?" ”