Chapter 42: This Time and That Time
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"Go find Su Xu and see Sun Youxiang." After Gu Changming finished saying these eight words, he was silent all the way.
Little Phoenix originally thought that he had met the emperor, and the emperor seemed to trust him very much, and the situation should improve. Why is the situation more dire?
Where did she dare to ask more questions, keep her speed not lagging behind, and secretly look at his side face all the way.
"I've watched it seven times." Gu Changming said unhurriedly.
The little phoenix's face turned red, Gu Changming had already generously taken her hand, sighed lightly and said: "I gave the emperor a trick just now, although it should be half the effort and can make the emperor feel at ease, but it is a little lacking in virtue." β
"Is it to make Lord Sun speak?" The little phoenix felt the warmth of his palm, and the little haze in his heart disappeared.
"You'll know when you get to that place." Gu Changming's face softened slightly, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and the peaks and peaks were undulating, almost making the little phoenix stupid.
Gu Changming really didn't take out any topographic map given by Miao Yu, and successfully found the courtyard where the emperor was placed. This kind of place, inside and outside the city, I don't know how many, the emperor will come once or twice at most, and it will not appear again, which is the safest way. After leaving the palace, even the safest place will not be safe enough.
The little phoenix sniffled and smelled the fishy sweet smell in the air: "Something's wrong!" β
"Something's wrong." Gu Changming stayed more than ten steps away from the courtyard gate, watching someone carry a large bucket of clean water out to rinse the ground, the water flow was faint pink, and it was quickly washed out extremely clean.
Su Xun walked out and looked at him with a strange expression on his face.
"You're coming quickly, what are you doing standing there!" Ignoring the fact that there were other people watching next to him, Su Xu strode over and punched Gu Changming's shoulder.
For Gu Changming, this strength was like scratching an itch, and he couldn't avoid it: "Someone sneak attacked? β
"Yes, there are quite a few, at least seven or eight. The emperor is not here, otherwise the matter will be even greater. Su Xu raised his eyes and saw the little phoenix, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "The emperor is going to give you a marriage." β
Gu Changming is ordered to investigate the case, if he brings a Dai Guo by his side, it is reasonable to bring a little phoenix, and if it seems to someone like Su Xu, how awkward it is. He didn't admit it or deny it: "Don't make trouble, watch the scene first." β
"Five dead." Su Xu gasped, "There are three on the other side, and two on my side." For the first time, I hated that I had never practiced martial arts and could not fight. β
"The other party is not in love?" Gu Changming strode towards the steps and walked up the stairs.
"I probably found out that the emperor was not there, and I broke three people, and I had no intention of fighting." Su Xu lowered his head and saw the blood stains in the cracks of the bluestone slab again, and hurriedly asked people to clean it again.
"I'm sorry for you." Gu Changming looked around, "How many people has the emperor arranged for you?" β
"Twenty, I thought it was too much, but now I found out that it is less." Su Xu only remembered Gu Changming's intention at this time, "You are here to see Sun Youxiang!" β
"What about people?" Gu Changming knew very well that since Sun Youxiang was placed here, he would definitely not be tied up, let alone tortured.
"He's just laid-back, drinking tea in it." Su Xu pursed the corners of his lips and said, "Is he really the father-in-law surnamed Dai next to you?" The temperament of the two is too different. β
Gu Changming originally thought that it would be very difficult for Sun Youxiang to be able to cultivate Dai Guo as a master bookkeeper, but now he thinks that such a far-sighted and scheming person can raise such a big and scheming child as fruit, and it is even more difficult.
Dai Mianshan suspected Sun Youxiang's intentions at that time, and even Gu Changming began to suspect that if it weren't for the fact that the fruit was originally skilled, and the roots were straight, it would probably be even more unpleasant.
He walked to the room that Su Xu pointed to, made a stop gesture to the little phoenix behind him, and knocked on the door alone.
"Come in." Sun Youxiang's tone was very calm, after going through so much, except for his hoarse voice that did not recover, it seemed to be no different from in Quyang County.
Gu Changming pushed the door in, and sure enough, as Su Xu said, there was a tea set in front of Sun Youxiang, with green smoke curling and the fragrance of tea.
Sun Youxiang didn't see the accident, but beckoned: "It turned out to be Gu Gongzi, just here to drink a cup of tea." β
Gu Changming sat down opposite him, once he got close, Sun Youxiang's hand to get the teapot was obviously trembling slightly, he should be trying his best to restrain himself, but there was still no way to stop, which showed how much his mood fluctuated.
"Someone just sneaked up here." Gu Changming felt the need to emphasize again, "The emperor is not here." β
"Yes, I heard that the emperor has lived here for a few days." Sun Youxiang obviously wanted to avoid this topic, "They pounced, but they killed really hard, I heard that a few people died." β
"Do you really think they're here for the emperor?" Gu Changming took the tea cup he pushed in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip, the tea was a good tea, but it was slightly bitter, and the person who made the tea was obviously distracted.
"I don't understand the reason why Gu Gongzi said this, this place belongs to the emperor's courtyard, and someone came with weapons and preparations, not for the emperor, but for what?" Sun Youxiang poured a full cup for himself, obviously he didn't have any problems tasting the tea, his mind was not here, and he didn't know where it had drifted for a long time.
"The emperor left early, if the emperor is here, it won't be guarded by so many people." Gu Changming didn't let him have a chance to breathe, this trick was borrowed from the emperor, since he wanted to ask a person, he must not be allowed to have room for maneuver, and he must be pressed step by step to be effective.
"What else is there here worthy of the killers?" Sun Youxiang fakely laughed, "Could it be because of me?" β
"I hope not." Gu Changming put down the empty teacup and got up to leave.
Sun Youxiang was anxious, stood up almost at the same time as him, and asked, "What does Gu Gongzi's words mean, what do you mean by wish?" β
"You also said just now, if the emperor is standing here, if it is not such a pomp, these people will definitely not fall into the net again. If they come for someone else, and they don't succeed once, they will attack them a second or third time, until they kill that person, and they can no longer say anything against them. Gu Changming paused before saying, "So I said I hope not, then Su Xu won't be too busy, he is not a military attachΓ©, and it will be a little difficult to take on this task." β
"Then you mean, those people are coming at me!" Sun Youxiang's throat was badly damaged, and as soon as he became excited, the words became fragmented, but fortunately he could barely distinguish them.
"You have a good rest, I have known Su Xu for many years, he is a good and conscientious official, and he will try his best to protect you." When Gu Changming reached a critical moment, he didn't say more, but wanted to appease him.
"No, that's not what you just said!" Sun Youxiang walked up quickly, blocked Gu Changming's way, and stared at him, "You know what kind of person I am, why do some people not believe me!" β
Gu Changming's face was silent, since Sun Youxiang asked this sentence, it was clear that he had shaken himself first, that is to say, before he came, Sun Youxiang already had a clear suspicion, but someone needed to help him.
"Mr. Sun, we met once, I didn't think about what kind of person you were before, I just want to say that you are definitely not the person I saw in Quyang County." Gu Changming ignored his obstruction and gently pushed his arm away, "The you in the eyes of the fruit are also not the you you are now. β
"But my mind is always the same." Sun Youxiang coughed violently, covering the corners of his mouth with his hands, and seeing blood between his fingers, "I'm not even afraid of death, and they still won't let me go?" β
"There have always been many people in the world who fall into the well, but there are few people who send charcoal in the snow. Mr. Sun should understand this truth. Gu Changming's fingers almost touched the door panel, and Sun Youxiang did not catch up again, but became extremely quiet.
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, Gu Changming knows very well that after this quiet, there will be a new wave of outbreaks, and it is this outbreak that he wants for the emperor.
Seeing him come out so quickly, the little phoenix thought that he hadn't asked anything, and asked tentatively: "I have suffered the kindness of Lord Sun, maybe I can go in and persuade him." β
"No need to persuade, he knows exactly what to do." Gu Changming knew that his chess pieces were almost played, and it was time to put away the chessboard. If he won a big victory this time, he didn't have a trace of joy in his heart.
Su Xu couldn't understand his reaction the most: "The emperor gave you special rights?" β
"I'm allowed to come and go anywhere freely." Gu Changming said truthfully in front of him.
"Anywhere? Including the palace! Su Xu is a knowledgeable person after all, and his eyes widened when he heard this.
"Yes, including the palace, although I won't go." Gu Changming replied very calmly, he always knew that the emperor was referring to those places wherever he said, and he would never be naΓ―ve to think that the doors of the whole world would be open for him forever.
"There has never been such a will before." Su Xu muttered and repeated, "Even when Mr. was appointed as the Criminal Division, he never had one." β
"This time and that time." Gu Changming didn't say it, if it was up and down the government and the opposition, the emperor had courtiers who could handle it, why did he need his father to return to his side and go to Western Xia alone. Not to mention getting him into the palace several times, asking him personally, and letting him find out the ins and outs of Sun Youxiang.
"What you say, what I don't like to hear the most is a monarch and an emperor, why is it here and there." Su Xu has a unique obsession of a scholar, "You must know it, but you don't want to tell me." β
"Su Xu, what the emperor sent you is also a good errand." Gu Changming nodded earnestly, Sun Youxiang's case is only the key to the last step, as long as this fierce medicine is effective, then the person who gets this credit can only be Su Xu.
Thinking about how many people rushed to want such a feat, Wu Wei still thought that this was a beautiful turnaround, but he didn't expect Sun Youxiang to interrogate anything, and put his own family foundation into it, as well as those Xixia people in the prison, if it weren't for Sun Youxiang's performance being so abnormal, they might not have shown their feet so quickly.
"What kind of errand is this, you went to the emperor's side, didn't you see that Miao Yu, he completely took over all my duties, and did it more like a fish in water, and there is nothing to do when I go back." Su Xu said with a bitter face, "For the sake of Mr.'s case, I have annoyed and offended the emperor, you said that if Mr. Hui knew that I was so unproductive, would he not want to see me again!" β
"Father will not be reluctant to see you, and the emperor is definitely not annoyed by you, I can be sure of that." Gu Changming gave Little Phoenix a look and signaled that she could leave.
Su Xu was dumbfounded again, and trotted after the two of them all the way: "You are from the palace, have you said three or five sentences before leaving, what kind of errand are you doing for the emperor!" β