Chapter 56: Our Fathers
Gu Junyan was still thinking about the second prince, and didn't forget to warn her: "That second prince, although I don't know what his idea is, but at first glance, he has bad intentions, you stay away from him." After a pause, his righteousness was awe-inspiring: "I don't suspect that he has anything to do with you, but I just say that this person, this person, is not right-minded, and I am afraid that you will suffer." ”
Su Yunlai held back a smile and said indifferently: "No matter what his idea is, he is not a person all the way." ”
I don't know which sentence it was, pleasing General Gu, Gu Junyan curled the corners of his lips, "I'll send you back." ”
"It's better to say goodbye, let my mother see it, it's going to be trouble again." Su Yunlai instinctively refused.
I don't know how to provoke General Gu Shao again, Gu Junyan's face became gloomy again, Su Yunlai secretly complained in his heart, General Gu Shao's temperament is really unpredictable.
Su Yunlai returned to the camp, Jun Yao was guarding the intersection to give her a lookout, seeing Su Yunlai, her face was entangled, and when she saw Gu Junyan behind her, her expression became even more distorted.
As a conscientious big girl, Jun Yao has never felt that her job has been so difficult, does she want to step forward to defend her young lady's reputation, or do she act as if she didn't see anything?
Jun Yao was about to die, she instinctively walked beside Su Yunlai, Gu Junyan turned his head at this time and glanced at her lightly, Jun Yao blinked, and involuntarily took a step back and distanced himself from Su Yunlai.
Gu Junyan walked to Su Yunlai's side, "It's dark, I'll send you back." ”
Su Yunlai didn't have eyes on his back, so he naturally didn't see the situation behind him, and when he heard Gu Junyan's words, he just nodded slightly.
Back in front of the tent, Gu Junyan stopped, "Go back, don't worry." ”
Jun Yao looked at him in shock, and then looked at her own young lady, was it really what she thought? Her family's brilliant young lady!
All the way back to the tent, Jun Yao didn't shake her senses, Chen also asked her a few words, she was hesitating, not knowing whether to tell Chen what she had found, Su Yunlai cast a faint glance, so frightened that the big girl didn't dare to say anything.
When he went to bed, Jun Yao served Su Yun to freshen up, and then couldn't help but ask, "Miss, General Gu Shao, ...... he?"
"You've been my big girl for so many years, you always know what to say and what not to say, right?" Su Yunlai asked lightly.
That indifferent look was actually the same as that of General Gu Shao, Jun Yao nodded with a sad face.
Su Yunlai couldn't help but be a little amused, and secretly said in his heart, General Gu's pretending method was really useful.
Su Yunlai agreed to Gu Junyan and kept his distance from the second prince, so he did it, and for the rest of the trip, she only sat in the carriage and did not show up, everything was Su Zhan's appearance, in the end, there was a difference between men and women, and the second prince was not good at going to the women's carriage from time to time, so until they reached the outside of Xuzhou City, the two did not meet again.
The city of Xuzhou was broken, and now the city of Xuzhou was occupied by the Great Liao, and the original Xuzhou garrison withdrew and went to the adjacent Diancheng.
Su Zhixun recuperated here, and the group entered the city and saw Su Zhixun's personal little servant Liuyun outside the city gate.
Liuyun saw the carriage of the Su family hurriedly coming up, and the Su family separated from the second prince and took the lead back to the Taishou Mansion.
"What happened to the master's injury? Liuyun, say it quickly. Chen couldn't wait to ask when he saw Liuyun.
Liuyun's eyes flashed, and finally said, "Mrs., Miss, let's go back to the house first, and talk about what you have to do." ”
His attitude made Chen's heart chuckle, and he thought that Su Zhixun was not good, and tears were about to fall, but Su Yunlai felt that Liuyun's attitude was not like Su Zhixun's poor health, but as if he was worried about what inconvenience to say.
Returning to the Taishou Mansion, Chen couldn't wait to see Su Zhixun.
In the main room, Su Zhixun was lying motionless on the bed, he was originally elegant and elegant, but at this time he was a lot haggard, his face was pale and bloodless, and his upper body was covered with bandaged wounds.
"Master, master!" Chen called softly.
Su Zhixun slowly opened his eyes, and saw that Chen's eyes lit up slightly, he raised his hand and patted Chen's comfortingly, and his eyes fell on Su Yunlai and Su Zhan behind Chen.
Su Zhan was a little homesick, his father, who had complained about him, was lying on the hospital bed at this time, and he was not as tall as he imagined.
Su Zhan called out: "Daddy......"
Su Zhixun nodded, and said to Chen: "I'm fine, you can rest assured," after a pause, he said again: "Huixin, you are tired, take someone to clean up the house first, don't leave this time when you come." ”
Seeing that he was conscious, Chen wanted to take Mama Lan to clean up the room, but was stopped by Su Zhixun: "You let them go, I have something to tell you." ”
Chen and Su Zhixun have a deep relationship with each other, and they have been separated for so long, and she is really worried, so she did not refuse, she said to Su Yunlai: "Ah Wan, you take someone to the house to take a look, see if there is anything missing, make up for it." ”
Su Yunlai said coquettishly: "No, mother, I haven't seen my father for so long, and I want to talk to my father!" ”
The Chen family was helpless, so they sent Mama Lan and Jun Yao to clean up the room with the little maid, and there was finally only one family left in the room.
Su Yun looked at Su Zhixun and said, "Dad, there are no outsiders here, just say what you have to say." ”
Su Zhixun glanced at Su Yunlai in some surprise, and then said approvingly: "I haven't seen you for so long, Ah Wan is getting smarter and smarter." After speaking, he glanced at Liuyun: "Liuyun, you go outside to guard, no one is allowed to come in." ”
Liuyun responded and walked outside to guard, and Su Zhixun was the first to look at Su Zhan: "Zhan'er, I heard that you have been the companion of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, so are you familiar with General Gu?" ”
Su Zhan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Su Yunlai, Su Yunlai looked like he didn't care about himself, and stood aside silently, only then turned back to Su Zhixun and said, "It's okay, you can also be familiar." ”
Su Zhixun didn't realize the deep meaning of his words, and only said happily: "Zhan'er, then you write a letter to the young general as soon as possible and invite him to the mansion as a guest, just say...... Let's just say that I have information about the Great Liao Kingdom and want to listen to it with the major general, and I will definitely let him come here. ”
Su Zhan felt a little strange, because Su Zhixun's expression was too solemn, what kind of information could make Su Zhixun ignore his family and think about intelligence?
Su Zhan said: "Dad, what is the matter?" How is it so serious? ”
Chen and Su Yunlai also looked at him, and Su Zhixun said with a serious face: "It's not that Dad can't trust you, it's just that this matter is very important, and even related to the peace of the people in my court, the less one person knows, the less danger is there, don't blame Dad, Dad is also good for you......"
"Dad," Su Yunlai interrupted him, "But it has something to do with General Gu's disappearance?" ”
Su Zhixun looked at her with a stunned expression: "How did you know?" ”
"I guess." Su Yunlai said honestly: "General Gu is missing, and many people from all sides have sent a lot of people to look for General Gu, but nothing has been found. ”
"Maybe he's dead? Or was it captured by the Liao? Su Zhixun asked retorted.
Su Yunlai smiled: "If General Gu died, it wouldn't be so difficult to find, if General Gu was captured by the Liao people, the Liao State would have been publicized a long time ago." ”
Gu Yanshan is famous, and once made the Liao people frightened when they heard his name, if the Liao people really had the ability to catch Gu Yanshan, they would have been unable to hold back and announce the world.
Su Zhixun's eyes when he looked at Su Yunlai had changed from surprise to relief: "Ah Wan has really made great progress," paused, his expression was stunned, and he actually wanted to sit up immediately: "No, you can guess it, outsiders are afraid that they can also guess!" How good is that! ”
Su Zhan couldn't help but flip a performance: "Dad, don't worry, there are not many people who can guess this matter now, there is no rumor outside, just say anything you have, otherwise I'm afraid someone will really guess it." ”
Su Zhixun hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head: "No, I have to explain this matter to the major general in person, you go and write a letter, don't ask more questions." ”
Su Zhan had no choice but to do so, Su Yunlai was not in a hurry, anyway, Gu Junyan knew, she also knew, there was nothing to be curious about.
"Dad, how is your body?" Su Yunlai asked with concern.
Su Zhixun's eyes flashed with relief: "Dad is fine, although he was injured a little, it was General Gu who sacrificed his life to save him, otherwise Dad's life would be gone, these injuries on his body just look serious, don't worry about Ah Wan." ”
Su Zhixun was injured, but it was not that serious, and he pretended to be seriously ill and was afraid that he had his own purpose, in order to hide people's eyes.
Su Yunlai relieved his heart, but Chen was very distressed and was busy taking care of him all night.
This night, although the future is unknown and the future is uncertain, Su Yunlai slept the most restfully night, perhaps because the relatives she cared about were by her side.
On the second day, Gu Junyan came to the door, but he didn't come by himself, and there was the second prince with him.
The second prince is here to visit the sick, this reason is impeccable, no one can stop him, after all, the second prince wants to win over Lin Zhengan.
Su Zhixun was also surprised to see the second prince, he was the Taishou of a remote town, and he could let the second prince visit in person, and hurriedly supported himself to ask for peace.
"Lord Su, hurry up and excuse me!" The second prince personally stepped forward to help: "Lord Su was injured for the country, he is a meritorious man, you must take care of your body, I specially brought the imperial doctor to see Lord Su this time." ”
The imperial doctor took Su Zhixun's pulse, and the second prince personally told him, looking at Su Zhixun's grateful look, the second prince was very satisfied.
"I heard that Lord Su has important information to return to the major general, I am uninvited, Lord Su doesn't have to worry about me, you can tell the major general if you have something." The second prince said with a smile.
Su Zhixun frowned slightly, but he didn't hesitate, he still didn't shy away from the second prince, and said bluntly: "This time the Great Liao people attacked unexpectedly, and they seem to know the situation of our border defense layout very well, so they can be like no one, it is precisely because of this that General Gu will disappear, so the lower officials have a bold conjecture, and I am afraid that there are spies in the Great Liao State within our army." ”
The second prince immediately frowned: "There are such things!" After a pause, he looked at Gu Junyan: "Major General, only a few senior generals know about the defense map of the border pass, you have to give an explanation to your father about this matter!" ”
Gu Junyan nodded without changing his face: "I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and I will not let my brother who died in vain sacrifice in vain." ”
The second prince raised his head slightly and snorted coldly: "It's better to be like this, Your Highness will wait and see!" ”
The second prince did not pretend to Gu Junyan, and his attitude towards Su Zhixun was still very kind and gentle, and he said a few words to Su Zhixun before he offered to leave.
Gu Junyan didn't leave with the second prince, "I still have some things, I want to ask Master Su in detail, so I won't go with the second prince." ”
Originally, the second prince still had some doubts about Su Zhixun, but Su Zhixun's defenseless appearance towards him just now made the second prince feel a little relieved.
Su Zhixun is Lin Zhengan's cousin, so he will naturally stand on the side of the prince, and now he doesn't have to worry about him defecting, so the second prince left first without hindrance this time.
As soon as the second prince left, Su Zhixun hurriedly sat up: "Liuyun, go out and see, if there are any suspicious people......"
"Master Su, don't worry, there are no people eavesdropping around here." Gu Junyan said solemnly.
Su Zhixun blinked, and then nodded: "Young General, I have to see you for General Gu's business!" After a pause, he glanced at Su Zhan and Su Yunlai: "You ......"
"Master Su is fine, Ah Zhan and Miss Su are not outsiders, so there is no need to shy away from it." Gu Junyan hurriedly said.
Su Zhixun hesitated for a moment, and didn't want to argue with him about whether his children could rely on him, so he took Su Yunlai's hand and stood up, opened the mechanism hidden behind the scroll on the wall, and a secret room appeared.
Several people looked at each other, and Su Zhixun walked in with everyone.
The secret room was very narrow, and there was no other space for a bed in it, and there was a man sitting on the bed, his eyes were fierce and cold, and he had a love for people, but if you looked closely, you would find that his eyes were hollow, and he just instinctively opened them.
"Daddy!" Gu Junyan looked at the man in front of him and shouted, he took a step forward, stretched out his hand and waved in front of Gu Yanshan, "Dad? Do you still know me? ”
Gu Yanshan remained motionless and did not react at all.
Gu Junyan looked at him suspiciously several times.
Su Yun watched the interaction between the father and son, and couldn't help but darken his face, how did their father and son get along before!
Su Zhixun said worriedly: "General Gu is a hero who stands up to the sky!" If it weren't for his bloody battle, I'm afraid that more people would have died at the hands of the Great Liao, but unfortunately General Gu was killed by traitors and was poisoned and unconscious. After a pause, he added: "The army has been mixed with the Liao spies, so I had to hide General Gu here and falsely spread the news of his disappearance to confuse the public." ”
Su Yunlai suddenly realized, originally she guessed that Gu Yanshan might have had an accident, maybe he was injured and had difficulty moving, but she didn't expect that Gu Yanshan was actually poisoned and lost consciousness so badly!
"But there is no way to go on like this, General Gu's poison must find an antidote as soon as possible, otherwise his life will be in danger!" Su Zhixun said anxiously.
Su Yun looked at Su Zhan: "You have been looking for the whereabouts of the ghost doctor before, but what news is there?" ”
Gu Junyan said: "The ghost doctor is haunted, since the last time he appeared in the capital, his whereabouts have been uncertain, I will send someone to find it." ”
Su Yunlai nodded: "It's still the old way, maybe the abbot of Fahua Temple can help us." ”
Su Yunlai and Gu Junyan glanced at each other and saw the meaning that only each other could understand.
In addition to the situation on Su Zhixun's face, he glanced at the two of them thoughtfully, and always felt a little strange.
"Fourth Young Master! Our lord is talking to the major general, you can't go in. There was a sound of flowing clouds outside, and several people hurriedly walked out.
Su Chen almost broke in, saw a few people in the house, and smiled at Su Zhixun: "Second uncle, are you feeling better?" Grandmother is still waiting for my letter! After a pause, he looked at Gu Junyan: "The young general is also there?" ”
Su Yunlai smiled slightly and said: "Young General, let's stop here today, please reply to the second prince, my father will do his best." ”
If there is no beginning or end, it will probably be confusing to change people, Gu Junyan did not show any discoloration, and nodded indifferently: "Then I will go back and reply to His Highness first, and this matter will be done as I said before." ”
Su Chen smiled, but he still didn't hide his curiosity in his eyes, but no one cared.
In order to show his closeness to the generals, the second prince also lived in the barracks, and when he returned to the barracks, he happened to meet the soldiers who were training, listening to the shouts on the training ground, and the second prince's heart was hot.
How good would it be if these soldiers could be used by him?
Military power is a pain in the heart of Emperor Qianyuan, and it is also something that all princes dream of.
The second prince looked at the thousands of troops in front of him with the light of ambition in his eyes.
After the second prince went back, he called his staff, "If you can come up with a way, you can let me take charge of this side of the military power, and make it a big thing for me, I will definitely be rewarded!" ”
One of the staff members thought for a moment, and then said: "Now that General Gu's whereabouts are unknown, I think that it is a good time for His Highness!" After a pause, he said again: "The reason why the emperor does not move the Gu family now is completely because he is afraid that Gu Yanshan is not dead, but if the evidence of Gu Yanshan's collaboration with the enemy and treason is conclusive, the emperor will have a reason to take back the military power of the Hui family, and now the Liao people are eyeing him, and now His Royal Highness happens to be in Xuzhou, isn't this His Highness's opportunity?" ”
The Liao people may come over at any time, so Xuzhou definitely needs a person with a noble status and a trustworthy person to command, is there a more suitable person than the second prince?
After listening to the words of the staff, the second prince had a bright light in his eyes, and personally helped the staff member up, and said cordially: "Mr. is talented! I'm afraid this matter needs to be planned carefully. ”
The staff nodded and whispered two words in the second prince's ear, and after the second prince listened, his eyes gradually filled with a smile.
Soon, the news about Gu Yanshan's collaboration with the enemy and treason spread wildly on the territory of Xuzhou, not only that, but some people said that they had seen Gu Yanshan in the palace of Liao, and they said that there was a nose and a shadow, as if it was really like that.
Then some people said that Xuzhou had been safe and sound for so many years, how could it suddenly be broken by Liao? This is all because there were traitors in the army and the defense map was revealed to the Liao people in advance, so the Liao State could be so like no one.
Thinking of the rumors that Gu Yanshan suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown, does anyone know more about the defense map than Gu Yanshan?
For a while, Gu Yanshan became the target of public criticism, and everyone believed that he was a traitor, but there were also some people who were sensible and grateful for Gu Yanshan's contribution to protecting his family and defending the country for so many years, they didn't believe that Gu Yanshan would collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, but this kind of voice was speechless in the face of questioning 'Where did Gu Yanshan go now'.
The Great Liao Kingdom also heard the news that Gu Yanshan had taken refuge in the Liao, but no one stood up to refute the rumors, but was strangely silent.
In this case, there were even many newly recruited recruits who went to block Gu Junyan and questioned him about Gu Yanshan, but Gu Junyan angrily reprimanded him.
It's just that there are more and more voices like this, and even the soldiers in the army united to surround Gu Junyan in the school field and ask him to hand over Gu Yanshan.
The appearance of the second prince at the right time relieved Gu Jun's encirclement, "Generals, listen to me!" ”
The soldiers looked at the second prince and did not speak.
The second prince said: "I know that everyone has a lot of confusion about the rumors in recent days, but this matter has nothing to do with the young general!" General Gu has served the country all his life, and I believe that he will not be a villain who is treacherous and collaborates with the enemy and treason! The whole incident is still under investigation, and I promise you that I will give you an explanation! ”
The second prince said: "The top priority now should be to recapture our homeland, fight away the invading jackals, and let them know that our dynasty is not without people!" Avenge our brothers and people who died in battle! ”
"Revenge!"
"Revenge!"
All the soldiers are new recruits who have just been added in, they have not been on the battlefield much, and they were slightly moved by the second prince, and their blood was boiling, and they only felt that they were heroes who saved the country from danger, and they also had a good impression of the second prince who trusted them, and for a while they forgot the original intention of coming here, and surrounded the second prince to compliment.
The second prince listened to the love of the generals for him, his face was full of smiles, and his heart was infinitely satisfied, that's it, that's it, just hold the military power like this, and then walk to the position of the supreme in the world.
Su Yunlai also heard these rumors outside, and on this day, Su Yunlai and Su Zhan were talking in the study.
"This matter is obviously someone deliberately spreading rumors to slander General Gu, if you can't get the antidote, I'm afraid that even if General Gu wakes up, it will be useless." Su Zhan said: "Now the major general is busy quelling the internal strife in the army, and the ghost doctor's whereabouts are unknown, he has a lot of internal and external troubles, and I don't know if he can hold on." ”
"Internal and external troubles?" Su Yunlai curled the corners of his lips, and his smile was quiet and sly: "I don't think so, maybe this is still our chance." ”