Su Yunlai got up and wrote a letter, and then handed it to Su Zhan: "You turn the corner of this letter to the major general." ”

Su Zhan put away the letter, and then looked at Su Yunlai: "What are you going to do?" Now this situation is very unfavorable to us, and if we want to completely clear General Gu's charges, I am afraid that he will come forward to clarify it in person. ”

But Gu Yanshan's poisoning is still unsolved, and what is even more troublesome is that the news of his poisoning cannot be spread yet, in this case, it is really difficult to clear the charge.

"Who said we were going to clear his name?" Su Yunlai glanced at him, and then sighed slightly: "These two princes, although they have great ambitions, but the means are still worse in the end, after so many days, they will only spread some rumors, and there is no substantive evidence at all, you know, rumors are rumors after all, and as soon as General Gu comes forward, he can clarify, he really can't afford to scrutinize, let's do him a favor and confirm this crime." ”

Su Zhan glanced at her with a chill on her back, and there was always a strange feeling in her heart: "Ah Wan, what do you want to do, you tell my brother, you are like this...... I don't know the bottom of it. ”

Su Yunlai nodded at him: "This matter still needs the help of the third brother to arrange, it is actually very simple......"

"Third brother, are you there?" Su Chen's voice came from outside.

The two stopped talking, Su Zhan walked out, and Su Chen smiled as soon as he saw him: "Third brother, you are at home, and I happen to have something to talk to you about." ”

Su Zhan invited him into the study, and Su Yunlai hid in the inner room and did not show up.

"Third brother, don't hide it, this time I came to find the third brother on the order of the fourth prince." As soon as Su Chen came in, he said: "The third brother also knows that now the Gu family is in danger, and His Royal Highness the eldest grandson is also difficult to protect himself, third brother, as a younger brother, you are really worried about your future, and the third brother should have planned for himself as soon as possible." ”

Su Zhan sneered in his heart, and was about to reprimand him, but changed his mind and asked, "I don't know how to worry about my future?" What is the best way for the fourth brother? ”

Su Chen was very satisfied with his attitude, and smiled lightly: "Third brother, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, the fourth prince is benevolent and kind, and has the heart of loving talents, he has long had the intention of wooing, with the talent strategy of the third brother, why not choose another master?" ”

Su Zhan's expression was unfathomable: "How do you know that the fourth prince will be the last master?" ”

"The so-called plot is in the people, not to mention that the younger brother believes that with the addition of the third brother, the fourth prince is even more powerful, so why worry about the big thing?" Su Chen said seductively.

Su Zhan raised his eyebrows, "But now the emperor favors the second prince, and this time he also sent him to supervise the army, the purpose is self-evident, not to mention, I am just a scholar, I think I am not yet able to turn the tide, where did the four princes come from?" ”

"The third brother is humble!" Su Chen said: "I think that at the beginning, you and I still have five brothers and three people, all of whom are accompanied by the prince and the eldest grandson, what a beautiful scenery, and the people in the capital are all envious." But now, the fifth brother is rejected by the second prince, and His Royal Highness the eldest grandson is in a state of decadence, which is even more impossible. For the future glory of the Su family, third brother, we have no choice, only to assist the four princes to ascend to the throne, you and my brothers, can have the possibility of getting ahead. ”

"If it is the second prince who will inherit the unification in the future, the third brother and the fifth brother and me, those of us who have assisted others, or who have added trouble to the second prince, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the anger of the second prince, and my younger brother and I are also helpless, only when the fourth prince ascends the throne, can we have a way to live for the Su family." Su Chen said bitterly: "I'm not for myself, it's really for the future of the entire Su family, my grandmother often said that only if the Su family is good, those of us who are protected by the Su family can live in peace, my younger brother I think so, and ask the third brother to think about it carefully and make plans early." ”

Su Zhan didn't expect Su Chen to be so eloquent, he knew it with affection and reason, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "I don't know what the fourth brother wants me to do?" ”

Su Chen's eyes lit up, and he said a little impatiently: "It's very simple, now that the second prince has won the title of supervising the army, but the supervising army is not easy to do, if the second prince makes a mistake, we will have a chance!" The third brother is the companion of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, and he is also quite familiar with the young general, you are by the side of the young general, and from time to time pass a message to me, you and my brother should support each other. ”

Su Zhan looked noncommittal: "Fourth brother, please go back first, let me think about this matter." ”

Su Chen was not in a hurry, nodded and said: "Brother, I can't make this decision, this is not for the glory of the future, but to save my life, I have a deep brotherly relationship with the third brother, I really can't bear to see the third brother go astray, take a wrong step, and there is no possibility of turning back in the end." ”

Su Zhan said: "If that's the case, it's really bothering the fourth brother to think about me." ”

Su Chen smiled: "You and I are brothers, why are you so angry?" After a pause, he arched his hand and said, "Since this is the case, my younger brother will leave first, and I will wait for the good news of the third brother." ”

As soon as Su Chen left, Su Yunlai walked out of the inner room, Su Zhan shook his head and said: "Now that the situation in the outside world is unknown, Da Liao is eyeing the tiger, and the four princes actually have the heart to win over the doormen. After a pause, he said: "In the past, I underestimated the fourth brother, but I didn't expect him to be so eloquent. ”

Su Yunlai glanced at him curiously: "Oh? So the third brother didn't have a little heartbeat? I listened to what the fourth brother said and it made a lot of sense. ”

Su Zhan didn't get angry, glanced at her flat and said: "Su Chen just said something very right, good birds choose trees to perch, but he forgot, I am not a good bird and beast, I was born as a human being, and I must abide by etiquette, righteousness and shame, and abide by the bottom line of morality." ”

Su Zhan looked at Su Yunlai and said: "I remember the day I became the companion of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, what you asked Mama Lan to tell me, you said that sincerity is exchanged for sincerity, I think it is very reasonable, what can be exchanged for sincerity is sincerity, not interests, if I can't assist His Royal Highness Eldest grandson to ascend to the throne, then all the blame will be borne with him, and then it will inevitably make my family sad for me, since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness are difficult to achieve, I have made a choice, so I have to do my best to be loyal!" Daddy, Ah Wan, you will do your filial piety for me. ”

Su Yun looked at Su Zhan's serious expression, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked, "It seems that the third brother doesn't have much confidence in His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, thinking that he can't win in the end?" ”

Su Zhan opened his mouth, and finally sighed and said, "I don't want to believe it like this, but now the situation of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson is really worrying. ”

Su Yunlai stretched out his hand and patted Su Zhan's shoulder, and said in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, I won't let your father and mother be sad for you, because you won't have the opportunity to be loyal and righteous at all." After a pause, she said in a proud tone: "It's just that we are at a temporary disadvantage, who knows that we will not turn defeat into victory?" If it is too easy to win, what do you want us people to do? ”

Although she had long known that her sister was an extraordinary woman, looking at Su Yunlai's indifferent and relaxed appearance, Su Zhan still felt a little shocked...... His sister, sure enough, is not only an extraordinary woman.

"Okay, the fourth prince doesn't have to worry, the first thing we have to do now is to correct General Gu's name." As he spoke, Su Yunlai pulled Su Zhan to sit down and elaborated on her plan.

After listening to her plan, Su Zhan suddenly realized, and finally said: "This plan is very good! In this way, I am afraid that I will have to wronged General Gu first. ”

Su Yunlai shook his head, worried: "I have already had this plan, but I don't know when General Gu will wake up, and the top priority is to find the ghost doctor first." ”

"A few days ago, His Royal Highness the eldest grandson also sent news that he would go to find the ghost doctor as soon as possible, presumably it should be soon, I will go to the young general first and discuss the big matter with him." Su Zhan said.

Su Yunlai nodded.

Just when the rumors were getting stronger and stronger, a patrol team at the border found the body suspected of Gu Yanshan, and the team took the body back to the barracks for Gu Junyan to identify.

"This corpse has been unrecognizable, and I can't see the appearance clearly, but the clothes and blades on his body belong to General Gu, and his figure is also very similar to General Gu, and the military doctor has identified it, and the scar on the corpse is no different from General Gu, and now the major general has gone to identify the body." The subordinate said to the second prince.

The second prince's brows furrowed deeply, "Dead?" Gu Yanshan died like this? ”

It's unbelievable, Gu Yanshan is a legendary existence for the entire dynasty, it is he who guards the peace of the dynasty, and it is he who makes the fierce and cruel Daliao people dare not take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Almost all the boys of the dynasty grew up listening to his legendary deeds, and in the hearts of many people, he is the god of war who guards the peace of the dynasty.

And now, this man is dead, so quietly and undisturbedly.

This really makes the second prince unbelievable, that man has been vigorous all his life, even if he dies, it should be earth-shattering, and he died like this?

The second prince waved his hand a little distractedly, and asked the messenger to go down, and he called his staff to discuss the follow-up.

"The second prince is overjoyed! In my opinion, now is the best time for Your Highness! The staff said excitedly: "Now that General Gu is dead, the young general is younger, and he can't suppress the old generals in the army, the second prince just took advantage of this opportunity to win over the meritorious generals for my use, if you can get the military power of the Gu family's army, first, you can prove your ability to the emperor, and second, with the military power, His Royal Highness has planned a big thing, and he has more confidence, so he said that this is His Royal Highness's opportunity!" ”

After hearing this, the second prince was shocked, and he nodded again and again: "What Mr. said is good!" That's true, it was my woman's kindness before. After a pause, he said again: "It's just how to obtain the military power of the Gu family's army?" Sir didn't know that although the major general was young, he also had great military achievements, and many generals admired him. ”

The staff smiled calmly: "Your Highness, that is all in the past, if Gu Yanshan is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and treason, why should the young general, as a descendant of a traitorous general, fight with His Highness?" ”

While the two were talking, the guard knocked on the door at this time: "Your Highness, there is a small soldier outside who asks to see you." ”

The second prince was interrupted from talking, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and when he heard that it was another small soldier, he waved his hand impatiently: "No, I'm discussing important matters, and I don't see any idle people." ”

The guard did not retreat, but said: "Your Highness, this person is the captain of the squad that just discovered General Gu's corpse, and said that he has something important to discuss with His Highness." ”

The second prince hesitated slightly, and the staff said: "Your Highness, it's better to see it, this person is the first to find General Gu's body, and it is not necessary to say what he found." ”

Only then did the second prince nod and said, "Let him in." ”

After a while, a young soldier in his twenties walked in, and he bowed to the second prince: "The villain sees His Royal Highness, the villain's name is Liu Wu, and this time it was the villain who led the patrol to the Mingyue Cliff and found General Gu's body." ”

His Royal Highness bowed slightly, waiting for him to continue, Liu Wu said again: "The villain found a letter on General Gu's body, and after the villain read it, he didn't know who to go to. ”

The second prince had a warm smile on his face, even in the face of a small soldier, he did not have the slightest impatience, he nodded lightly: "Thank you, you trust Your Highness so much, Your Highness will definitely not live up to your trust, as long as it is beneficial to the war, Your Highness will definitely reward you heavily." ”

Liu Wu knelt on the ground with an excited face, and said gratefully to the second prince: "Thank you, second prince!" The villain is willing to follow His Highness and serve His Highness as a dog and horse! ”

After Liu Wu finished speaking, he happily took out a letter and handed it to the second prince, who picked it up and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed.

This letter is incomplete, the letter paper is tattered, and he can still recognize half of the font on it, but even so, the second prince can see the content clearly, this is a letter written by Gu Yanshan to the generals of Da Liao!

A flash of ecstasy flashed on the second prince's face! With this letter, at least Gu Yanshan's accusation of collaborating with the enemy and treason is not groundless!

The second prince laughed loudly: "Good! Good! Good! Captain Liu is really a blessed general of His Royal Highness! The second prince patted Liu Wu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, you will ...... in the future." His Royal Highness will definitely not treat the captain badly, but this matter is very important, so it is not appropriate to make a public announcement, can Captain Liu understand what His Royal Highness means? ”

Liu Wu nodded again and again: "Your Highness put it down, the villain understands!" You will not miss the important things of Your Highness! ”

The second prince bowed his head with satisfaction, and there were people who rewarded him with yellow and white things, and Liu Wu left satisfied.

The second prince summoned the staff and handed the letter to the staff, and the staff was quite surprised when they saw it, and then said: "Your Highness is indeed the destiny of heaven!" This is really a pillow sent to me when I want to doze off, so why worry about the big thing? ”

The second prince was deeply impressed by the staff's words, but the staff said, "But now that we have conclusive evidence, we can change our previous plan." ”

The second prince raised his eyebrows: "I don't know what good plan Mr. has?" ”

The staff said: "I said before that I wanted to convict Gu Yanshan of the crime, and then His Royal Highness replaced him, but at that time, I was still worried that Gu Junyan was not a good person, if he was in a hurry, I was afraid that he would lead the army to break the net with His Highness, and even if he won the military power, it would be a heavy loss, and the gains outweighed the losses." ”

The second prince nodded, "Sir is thoughtful. ”

"And now, we have this letter, which is enough to contain Gu Junyan! We have the bargaining chips to negotiate terms with Gu Junyan, so that he can take the initiative to give up the military power to His Royal Highness, so that the soldiers can win the command of the Gu family army without blood, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. The staff continued.

After hearing this, the second prince felt that this plan was very reasonable, so he couldn't wait and went to Gu Junyan in person.

Gu Junyan had just finished identifying Gu Yanshan's body, although he did not cry, his eyes were red, and his expression was gloomy and sad, some of the generals who followed Gu Yanshan on the battlefield were not so restrained, holding Gu Yanshan's corpse and crying bitterly, shouting to avenge Gu Yanshan.

Seeing this, the second prince became more and more determined in his heart, and he was determined to take over the military power of the Hui family.

"Major General, please mourn, General Gu has served the people and the country all his life, and His Royal Highness is also admired." The second prince said sincerely: "The young general must not be too sad, but also cheer up and avenge the old general Gu." ”

Gu Junyan arched his hand and said in a dumb voice, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

The second prince rolled his eyes, and then lowered his voice: "The aftermath of General Gu, you must not be careless, about this matter, His Royal Highness still has some details that he wants to discuss with the young general, I don't know if the young general is convenient?" ”

Gu Junyan nodded, and returned to the study with the second prince to discuss in detail.

As soon as the two of them sat down, the second prince took out a letter and pushed it to Gu Junyan's hand: "This is a charter drafted by His Royal Highness, the young general, take a look, but there is anything wrong, so that someone can revise it." ”

Gu Junyan glanced at the tattered letter with some suspicion, but still picked it up, and when he saw the content on it, his expression suddenly froze, he raised his head suddenly, and looked at the second prince with sharp eyes.

The second prince admired the whole process of Gu Junyan's face changing, and finally smiled slightly: "What, what is the young general dissatisfied with?" ”

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" Gu Junyan asked in a cold voice.

The second prince hooked the corners of his lips, and then said: "This letter was obtained by me unintentionally, and His Royal Highness was also very surprised, I didn't expect that the old general Gu who was loyal and brave and righteous and thin Yuntian had already secretly colluded with the Great Liao State, which made me really sad, if this matter is publicized, the name of the old general Gu's life will be ruined." ”

"It can't be! My dad won't collude with the Liao! Gu Junyan said categorically.

"Is it innocent, it's not the young general's empty mouth and white teeth, now the evidence is conclusive, the old general Gu did secretly communicate with the Liao, the young general and the old general have a deep father-son relationship, and it is normal to be reluctant to believe it for a while, but I don't know, will outsiders believe it?" The second prince asked with a smile: "The previous thing about General Gu Lao having collaborated with the enemy and treason can be said to be rumored, but there was no evidence at that time, but now the evidence is conclusive, can the young general still reverse black and white?" ”

Gu Junyan's face changed and changed, the second prince looked at it, and felt very happy in his heart, how majestic Gu Junyan was before, he didn't even look at the prince in his eyes, what about now, don't you want to see his face?

The second prince felt the unprecedented happiness and satisfaction, and he was very satisfied, and he said: "No matter what, after all, the old general has also guarded the stability of the dynasty for decades, and His Royal Highness still appreciates his merits, the deceased is gone, and I don't want to see the old general die without peace, and be scolded by the world." ”

Gu Junyan furrowed his brows and asked, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" ”

The second prince curled the corners of his lips with satisfaction, and then said: "I can assure the young general that this letter will not be seen by any third person except me and the young general, and it will definitely protect the reputation of the old general Gu, but it is just ......"

"If Your Highness wants something, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush like this." Gu Junyan said coldly.

The second prince smiled and nodded: "The young general is really happy, then I don't know people to do dark things, I want to take care of the military power of the family army!" As long as the young general hands over the military power to me, I can guarantee that no one in this world will know about this matter, and General Gu's reputation will naturally be preserved, and the young general and General Gu have a deep father-son relationship, presumably they don't want to see General Gu die, and they will be scolded in the back, right? ”

A look of struggle flashed on Gu Junyan's face, and the second prince said, "The young general can go back and think about it, don't rush to reply to me." ”

Gu Junyan's eyes fell on the letter for a long time, and finally stood up silently and strode out.

The second prince saw Gu Junyan, so he went to see his staff.

The staff asked, "Your Highness, did the major general agree?" ”

The second prince was in a very good mood, "Not yet, such a big matter, I must also think about it, but His Royal Highness has already made a decision, Gu Junyan will compromise sooner or later, and the military power of the Gu family army is already in my pocket!" ”

The staff looked at him with a look of adoration and said: "Your Highness is indeed the destiny of heaven, and I wish Your Highness all his wishes come true!" ”

The second prince was complimented by him, and he couldn't help but be a little proud, he patted the staff on the shoulder: "This matter is also thanks to Mr. Planning, Mr. rest assured, His Royal Highness will not forget Mr.'s merits!" ”

The staff showed their loyalty again, and the second prince was satisfied.

The second prince hooked the corners of his lips, thinking of how he should be infinite after he got the military power, "My father has planned all his life, but he has never obtained the military power of the Gu family's army, and now I am also doing my filial piety to my father." ”

At this time, in the Fahua Temple in the capital, Li Sheng had been standing outside the abbot's door for two hours.

The monk who passed by was a little unbearable, and stepped forward to persuade: "Your Highness, please go back, Master said, what you asked, he can't help you, even if you continue, it's just a waste of time, why don't Your Highness go back and think of another way?" ”

Li Sheng shook his head, his eyes were resolute: "The heart of the capital is sincere, I believe that the abbot will be able to help me, so I will not give up easily, the little master doesn't have to care about me, I will definitely see the abbot." ”

"Your Highness, why is this so painful?" The little monk sighed.

Li Sheng said solemnly: "My uncle...... It is the old general Gu, he defended his family and defended the country all his life, and fought on the battlefield, the only regret in his life was that when my uncle died of illness, because he had to guard Xuzhou and not leave without permission, so he missed the last time he saw her, but even so, he also said that if he had another chance, he would still not leave. ”

"He guarded hundreds of people, let them have a home to live on, gave them quiet and peaceful days, he protected countless people, and now he is sick and needs someone else to save him, I naturally want to do my best and never give up!" Li Sheng said proudly.

In front of him, the abbot's room slowly opened.