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Chapter 15: There is a Mountain Beyond the Mountain

Gu Changming still has an attitude of neither humility nor arrogance: "Since the grass people speak bluntly to the emperor, they are psychologically prepared. ”

"You are very aware of my concern about this case, but you deliberately conceal it, what is your intention?" Song Renzong did not reprimand, but asked patiently.

"Your Majesty, the grass people also want to ......" Gu Changming always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly reacted, "The emperor's memory has never been missing?" ”

Song Renzong looked at him deeply: "Xiao Gu, why are you so smart, you know that it is better to be wise and foolish in front of me." But you are like this, I feel sincere, and I don't need to think about how much truth is true or how false is in your words. ”

"Your Majesty, the grass people really want to find out the dark line along the vine. Sun Youxiang is dead, and the list he left behind may not be true. Assuming that the list is also difficult to distinguish between true and false, the emperor obtained it in one fell swoop because he waited too long, and no longer considered much, and wiped out all the officials on the list. Then it can be summarized that there is more than a bloody storm inside and outside the court. The only thing Gu Changming regretted was that he didn't expect Su Xu to be poisoned like that.

He couldn't tell whether Su Xu's poison had been secretly planted a long time ago, or whether it had been hacked by someone else in the near future.

The only thing that the grass people can be sure of is that Sun Youxiang knew about this strange poison used in human trials early on, and he didn't have to disguise the poisoning before. The emperor, Sun Youxiang is dead, his accomplices are still there, and in this palace, at least he is a person who can freely enter and leave the palace, so the emperor's situation is not safe, it can be said that the danger is still there, and he must be on guard. Gu Changming's words were sincere.

Song Renzong originally wanted to use his charge of deliberately concealing Su Xu's whereabouts to suppress him and intimidate him for a while, but after listening to Gu Changming's words, he felt that he was really rare, so he couldn't help but bow his head and sigh softly: "Are you good?" ”

"It's not all good, otherwise Su Xu wouldn't have died there, and the other three wouldn't have all been injured." Gu Changming's brows furrowed, "The grass people are thinking, how many people have been poisoned and the antidote!" ”

"I remember that Liu Zhiyuan has a daughter who is often with you." Song Renzong did not avoid the truth that he pretended to have amnesia, and when he first woke up, he was a little delirious, and he simply pretended that his memory was confused and he wanted to test the intentions of the people around him, "The father and son of the Liu family lost their lives before and after, and this daughter is the only one who knows." ”

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhuxue doesn't know at all." When Gu Changming heard the emperor mention Liu Zhuxue, his scalp tightened, "From beginning to end, the father and son of the Liu family did not reveal anything in front of her. ”

"Are you sure of that?" Song Renzong seemed to have finally grasped Gu Changming's weakness, "When you want to arrest Su Xu, did you also guarantee that Su Xu has no problem?" ”

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhuxue and the grass people are close friends, and the grass people can vouch for her." Gu Changming knelt on one knee and swore cautiously, "If she has anything to do with this matter, the grass people are willing to share the crime with her." ”

Song Renzong showed an expression that seemed to be smiling: "Is it worth it for you to stand up for her like this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the grass people are not standing up for her, but they know her very well." Gu Changming was bent on defending Liu Zhuxue, and did not hesitate to refute the emperor's words.

"I didn't like courtiers who spoke too bluntly before, but gradually I felt that I was too circuitous, and it would be very tiring to get along with." Song Renzong raised his hand casually and said, "Don't kneel, I once gave you a promise, saying that I will not pursue Liu Zhuxue's past from now on, I remember the original words, and naturally I will not go back on my word." ”

When Gu Changming heard this, he seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and he still couldn't get up: "The grass people are still guilty, and they shouldn't hide it from the emperor." ”

"Su Xu has no problem." Song Renzong closed his eyes and opened them again, unable to hide the light in his eyes, "I really didn't see who did it, but Su Xu was in front of me. This was the last scene I remembered before I fainted. ”

"In this way, someone did attack the emperor at that time." Gu Changming got up slowly, understanding that the emperor had something important to say, "Therefore, Su Xu should have seen the other party's appearance before he would be killed." ”

"Su Xu didn't mean to run for his life, right?" Song Renzong asked again, "He doesn't think that the other party will kill him. ”

"The emperor's guess is right, he just wants to leave the Fengfu and escape from the pursuit he is about to face. The emperor was unconscious, and as the only courtier who stayed with the emperor at that time, he could not escape the blame. Gu Changming actually had a full view of all Su Xu's reactions after the accident, "The grass people also saw that he was not a murderer, so he wanted to plan it." ”

"Xiao Gu, there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people." As soon as Song Renzong's words came out, Gu Changming's handsome face turned red, he was actually just a layman, not even an official. On the road of investigating the case, it can be regarded as smooth sailing, so he is so confident in himself, thinking that using Su Xu as a bait and letting Dai Liu and the two protect each other will soon be able to find out the clues.

Cleverness is mistaken by cleverness, and the other party is always hiding in the shadows, but he sees his every move clearly.

"You wait a while, I will summon someone to come and collect Su Xu's body." Song Renzong threw Gu Changming by his side, summoned Mao Liu in, and roughly explained the situation in the other courtyard, "Let's see if there are any other clues, and once you find something, you will return immediately." ”

"Then what to do with Lord Su's body?" Mao Liu lowered his head and asked.

"If there is nothing abnormal on the body, set it on fire, and bring the ashes back for burial." Song Renzong originally wanted to say that he would hand over his corpse to him, but he was worried that once this strange poison spread in the palace, it would be a big deal.

Gu Changming always stood quietly on one side with his hands down, and Mao Liu didn't even look at this side from the corner of his eye.

When Mao Liu went out, Song Renzong didn't speak immediately, the lights in the Taiqing Hall were unclear, and the depressed people were almost out of breath.

When Gu Changming thought that the emperor was so tired that he fell asleep, he heard the emperor's voice sound again: "Xiao Gu, did Yujing say why did he go back to Kaifeng Mansion alone?" ”

After General Yujing met, the Communist Party only said three or two sentences, but he didn't mention a word, Gu Changming heard the emperor cautiously mention it, and suddenly his vigilance surfaced: "Is there a problem at the border gate?" ”

"If there is a problem at the border pass, he may not need to sneak back alone, you must know that the general is not in the camp tent, and the army's heart will be shaken, he has a stand-in who looks very similar to him, and he should be impersonated in the camp at this time, just as Yujing is still at the border pass, and has never left." Song Renzong was indeed very tired, although he woke up from a deep coma, his body seemed to be unable to withstand such a huge turning and turning, and his physical strength was very overdrawn.

However, the king's instincts told him that there was no longer room for delay, and that an inch of relaxation here was equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to fight back deadly.

"Yujing came back because there was a plague in the camp, and he had to rush back." Song Renzong finally cracked when he saw Gu Changming's expression, "The epidemic is still under control, but he is worried that once it breaks out, he will not be able to hold the border pass, and even the people at the junction of the two countries will be affected, and then it will be a Shura field full of corpses." ”

"As soon as General Yujing came back, he saw that the emperor was unconscious, so he had to be anxious and uncontrollable." Gu Changming never saw any flaws in General Yujing's face, and he was really an extremely powerful character.

"It's really not the right time for me to be in a coma, but after he told me, I felt embarrassed again, the outbreak of the epidemic was a natural disaster, Xiao Gu, what do you say?" After getting the exact reply from Yujing, Song Renzong even hoped that he would never wake up, and was unwilling to face such a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, whether it is the people or the border soldiers, the epidemic must be controlled, this is the most important thing. General Yujing is back for help, please ask the emperor to make a decision earlier. Gu Changming didn't dare to be arrogant in such a big matter, just waiting for the emperor to speak.

"If I want to control the epidemic, I must send out a large number of herbs and good doctors in Kaifeng Prefecture, and even the imperial doctors in the palace. At that time, the shortage of medicinal materials in Kaifeng City will last for a long time. Song Renzong rubbed the corners of his forehead, as if he was talking to himself, "But I can't wait, you're right, I can't wait." ”

Gu Changming saw the emperor stand up and walked straight out, knowing that the emperor had already made a decision in his heart.

Song Renzong kept pushing the door out, and there was a palace person asking in a low voice outside the door, Gu Changming listened to the emperor's reply, and the footsteps gradually went away, but for some reason he left him alone in the Taiqing Palace.

Gu Changming looked around and found that the huge Taiqing Hall was so cold that it was a little weird. He couldn't help coughing, and said in his heart that since the emperor had arranged a secret guard, then in the place where he couldn't see with his eyes and couldn't hear with his ears, was there a secret guard dormant and didn't move, just waiting for the critical time to appear.

This period of time was a bit unbelievable, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't see the sky outside the window, Gu Changming even mistakenly thought that he had been waiting for most of the night, and it was already dawn outside.

It's the same sleepless night, and the situation is very different.

When he heard the door being pushed open again, he turned around, and the person standing behind him was not the emperor, but his father.

Gu Wuduo said in a deep voice: "You have been waiting here? ”

"The emperor didn't promise me to leave, I can only wait." Gu Changming was not surprised to see his father.

"The emperor is tired, and he has already returned to the palace to rest an hour ago." Gu Wuduo narrowed his eyes and said, "Probably forgetting that there is an insignificant person like you waiting here." ”

"Why did my father talk like that?" Gu Changming knew that his father resigned angrily, and he was unwilling to step into the official career by himself. However, in the past, he participated in solving the case, but his father always encouraged him. Today's words are clearly sarcastic.

"Why can't I talk like that? Changming, the emperor is unconscious, you and I haven't closed our eyes in this palace for more than 20 hours. The corners of Gu Wuduo's mouth were indeed with a touch of coldness, and the coldness crawled from the corners of his mouth to the bottom of his eyes, and it seemed that his expression was frozen.

"Almost, although I went out of the palace once during the period, I was also non-stop." Gu Changming thought of telling his father about Su Xu's death, and his father responded too indifferently, "Father is complaining that the emperor doesn't value us?" ”

"I don't want to be an official anymore, so why do I care about this." Gu Wuduo walked quickly in front of him, "Changming, you don't have to meddle in these things anymore, Su Xu has already lost his life, I don't want to see you the next person who has an accident." ”

"Father, this is not your code of conduct." Gu Changming took a step back instead, and found that he no longer needed to look up at the person in front of him, "What you taught me since I was a child has never been these. ”

"I regret it, okay?" Gu Wuduo's sneer finally couldn't help but come out, "I regret it again, and I can't wait to leave here with you immediately." ”