Twenty-fifty-two, the emperor mourns
Chunlai looked at Gu Lengyi, and then at his aunt, and then said slowly: "Since you want to know, then I'll tell you about it." ”
Speaking of this, he paused, he originally wanted to tell Gu Lengyi everything about Nannei, but when he saw Gu Lengyi's eyes, the evil that burst out of those eyes made him feel awe-inspired.
He felt that with Gu Lengyi's personality, if he told him all these things, he might not let himself go, rather than this, it was better to let Gu Lengyi accompany him to the funeral.
Thinking of this, he said to Gu Lengyi according to what King Jing Zhu Jianchen had taught him: "Yes, Father-in-law Gu, the task you gave us, we have indeed completed it, and we have buried that person's bones in Nannei." ”
"Oh, really? Is there such a thing? Are you sure you've done it? Gu Leng looked at Chun Lai, with a happy expression on his face.
"Father-in-law Gu, don't worry, how dare we not do what you explained? It's just that Erbao and I both feel that burying bones is a very important thing, and if someone finds out, where will Erbao and I still live, so the two of us want to hide. ”
Chun said it very sincerely, Gu Lengyi couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, he nodded and said: "Okay, good, you did a good job, Chunlai, my father-in-law will not only not punish you, but also thank you." ”
Gu Lengyi said as he walked towards Chunlai.
He picked up the dagger that Chun had fallen to the ground, and said to Chun, "My father-in-law will untie you now." With that, he walked behind Chunlai and made a gesture to untie the rope for him.
At this time, he glanced at Chunlai's aunt and said to her: "This grandmother, you can also come and help, this rope can't be cut no matter how old it is." ”
"Yes." Chunlai's aunt hurriedly responded and walked in front of Gu Lengyi, she thought that Gu Lengyi really regarded her and Chunlai as her own people.
But when she just walked behind Gu Lengyi and stretched out her hand to untie the rope for Chunlai, the dagger in Gu Lengyi's hand had already fallen behind her, and in the back of her heart, she didn't have time to moan, and the whole person fell to the ground heavily, she opened a pair of eyes, and there was an inconspicuous look in her eyes.
At this time, Gu Lengyi only smiled slightly, Chunlai's face changed greatly, he looked at Gu Lengyi, and said hurriedly: "What do you want to do?" Gu Lengyi, you really lied to me, you didn't plan to let us go at all, did you? ”
Gu Leng shook the dagger in his hand and said with a smile: "I can't say that, my father-in-law really wants to let you go, but you toast and don't eat and drink, not only hide it from my father-in-law, but also almost fall into the unjust situation of my father-in-law, if my father-in-law doesn't give you some punishment, how can I gain a foothold in this palace in the future?" Okay, my father-in-law doesn't want to talk nonsense with you anymore, since your aunt is dead, you can go to heaven to accompany her. ”
After finishing speaking, he stabbed the dagger in his hand into Chunlai's chest, and Chunlai didn't have time to snort, his eyes closed.
After he died there, the expression on his face was still dead, and he looked at Gu Lengyi in a daze, as if to tell him, if you treat me like this today, one day you will reap the consequences.
But Gu Lengyi didn't seem to see what he was doing, Gu Lengyi untied the rope in his hand, and then shouted outside: "Come on", so a large number of little eunuchs and little palace maids poured in.
Gu Leng pointed to Chunlai and his aunt and said: "This aunt and nephew have a conflict because of some things, and they dare to fight in front of their father-in-law, the two of them have been killed by each other, you just dispose of their bodies." ”
Everyone saw that Chunlai who was lying on the chair and Chunlai's aunt who was lying on the ground were both out of breath, and they didn't know how they died, but no matter how these two people died, it didn't matter anymore.
Since Gu Lengyi said that the two of them fought each other to death, then they fought each other to death. Whoever is the official in this court will crush people to death, and Gu Leng Yi will say whatever it is, so no one dares to refute it.
So Gu Leng Yi instructed the little eunuchs to throw the bodies of the two of them out of the palace and bury them, and the whole person came to the Qianqing Palace in a hurry to find Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen was in a hurry there, a little caught off guard, and suddenly heard Gu Lengyi coming, he thought: Gu Lengyi, this minion, he didn't do everything I told him, what else did he have to see me.
He waved his hand and said, "Let Gu Lengyi go back, I don't want to see him yet." ”
Gu Lengyi said to the little eunuch: "Please go and tell the emperor, just say that I have good news to bring to the emperor, and this news will definitely be beneficial to the emperor." ”
The little eunuch had been on an errand under Gu Lengyi before, he knew that Gu Lengyi was a person, if he didn't do things for Gu Lengyi now, then what was waiting for him next would be bad luck, so he immediately reported to Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen heard the little eunuch say that Gu Lengyi brought good news, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, thinking: Is it really a success in burying bones? So he said to the little eunuch: "Okay, you quickly let Grandpa Gu come in." ”
So, the little eunuch hurried outside and told him that the emperor wanted to see Gu Lengyi, Gu Lengyi was overjoyed, so he followed the little eunuch and the two of them to the Qianqing Palace.
After coming, Gu Lengyi hurriedly saluted Zhu Jianshen, and Zhu Jianshen raised his hand and let the little eunuch go down first.
Gu Leng looked at no one around, then walked up to Zhu Jianshen and said to him: "Emperor Qi, the things you ordered, the slave has been completely done, the skeleton has now been buried in Nannei, as long as the emperor takes someone to Nannei to check at any time, he will definitely be able to find out, and when the time comes, it will be impossible for King Jing Zhu Jianchen to be convicted, and you will definitely be safe and sound, Your Majesty." ”
After Zhu Jianshen heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he glanced at Gu Leng a few times with a very suspicious gaze, and asked him: "Before, I asked you how this matter was handled, you have been talking about it, but now you tell me in turn that this matter has been dealt with, are you sure you are not telling me a lie?" If you tell me a lie, I won't let you go. ”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, every word the slave said is the truth, the reason why the slave didn't dare to promise to the emperor before was because the little eunuch who went to bury the bones of the slaves, the slaves have not been found, but just now, the slaves have found them in the Huanyi Bureau, and the slaves now know that they did bury the skeleton in Nannei."
When Zhu Jianshen heard him say this, he was a little happier in his heart, but he was still very worried and said: "You just said that you ordered the two little eunuchs to bury the bones, so how are the two little eunuchs now, are you sure they won't betray me?" ”
Gu Leng smiled gloomily and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, those two little eunuchs will never speak anymore now." ”
"You said you killed them?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the minions didn't kill them, and because of the fights and brawls they had, because of the winnings, they all died because of the uneven distribution of the spoils."
Zhu Jianshen heard Gu Lengyi say this, and knew that he had already arranged it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Father-in-law Gu, you have handled this matter well, so let's do it." Now the next thing I have to do is to go to Cha Nannei, I hope this matter can be foolproof, otherwise, the eldest princess will definitely not give up with me so easily. ”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as Gu Lengyi is by your side for a day, he will definitely plan for you and do things well for you, but it's a little late now, let's go again tomorrow." Anyway, things have come to this point, and it's not bad for a day or two. ”
"No, I must go today, if I go tomorrow, then the matter will drag on for another day, during this day, the eldest princess does not know what decision to make, come on, I will personally go to the south to search the palace, the south is said to have buried the bones of the eunuch."
At that moment, the eunuchs came forward to follow Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen was about to take them out, Gu Leng couldn't help but step forward to dissuade him and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not suitable to make too much trouble, it is better for the servants to do this errand for you, if you go in person, if something goes wrong, it will be extremely bad, not to mention that the eldest princess said that she will definitely think that you are targeting King Jing." ”
Zhu Jianshen said disapprovingly: "What you said before was indeed reasonable, if there were no bones buried in this Nannei, then it was possible, but now that the bones have been buried in the Nannei, then I have nothing to be afraid of, I personally searched out the bones, and then the eldest princess will definitely think that I am doing the right thing." And what forced Li Xian to death before, maybe she wouldn't be so scheming with me.
No matter how Gu Leng's opinion is persuaded, he can't persuade Zhu Jianshen, and Zhu Jianshen seems to have made up his mind, and he has no way.
Anyway, Zhu Jianshen is still the emperor, he is just a minion, although he feels that this matter is vaguely uneasy, but he does not dare to say this uneasiness, after all, this whole thing is handled by him, if there is anything wrong, then in the end it is himself who will be damaged.
He didn't want to make any mistakes in front of Zhu Jianshen and let Zhu Jianshen cut himself, so he had no choice but to say to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, the old slave won't go first, the old slave feels a little unwell, and the old slave wants to apply to go back to rest first." ”
Zhu Jianshen is now on the rise, and he doesn't pay attention to Gu Lengyi's words.
He glanced at Gu Lengyi and reassured him and said, "Okay, Father-in-law Gu, since you feel tired now, then you go and rest, what you have done for me, I will definitely remember it in my heart." ”
Zhu Jianshen raised his hand as he spoke, letting Gu Leng go down.
Gu Lengyi hurried down.
After Gu Leng went down, Zhu Jianshen took a large group of eunuchs and guards and walked towards Nannei.
The southern interior was deserted, no one had come for a long time, and the two little eunuchs were standing listlessly in front of the door, when suddenly they saw a large group of people coming, and one of them rubbed his eyes and said, "Who is this?" Am I dazzled, why is there such a large group of people coming? ”
The two of them were discussing, and suddenly, they heard a loud shout from the front: "The emperor has arrived." ”
The two of them were suddenly frightened, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly knelt on the ground, waiting for Zhu Jianshen to come over.
After Zhu Jianshen came over, he glanced at the two of them, and asked with a very calm face: "Are you two on an errand in this south?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes." The two little eunuchs hurriedly replied.
Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "Okay, you guys are really hard to work in this Nannei, I decided to transfer the two of you to another place, and let Father-in-law Gu arrange it." ”
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Majesty." The two little eunuchs were overjoyed when they heard this, and the two of them were indeed living a very unsatisfactory life in this south.
After all, if you follow the favored master in this harem, you will definitely get favor, and if you follow the master who has fallen out of favor, you will not get anything.
Zhu Jianshen was in a good mood, and after talking a few words with the two little eunuchs, he took the eunuchs and the guards to Nannei together, and after coming to Nannei, there were eunuchs who shouted loudly at the moment: "The emperor has arrived." ”
King Najing was originally in the court of Nannei, and suddenly heard that Zhu Jianshen was coming, and he walked out. After coming out, I saw Zhu Jianshen hurriedly and respectfully saluted Zhu Jianshen.
His dress is different from his usual dress, and the whole person looks a little more energetic. The clothes on his body are also very neat, and there are two little palace maids by his side.
After he saw Zhu Jianshen, he said respectfully to Zhu Jianshen: "I don't know why the emperor is here, is there something wrong?" ”
Zhu Jianshen smiled coldly, and angrily reprimanded Zhu Jianchen and said, "King Jing, I came to ask you." What bad things you have done, you have to tell me clearly, if not, I find out, then the matter will not be so easy to end. ”
Zhu Jianchen's face was dazed, he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the younger brother thinks you are mistaken, right?" I've never done anything bad, I've always kept my duty in this harem, and I've never taken a step out of Nannei, just want me to do bad things, what bad things can I do? ”
His innocent face made Zhu Jianshen even more annoyed.
Zhu Jianshen knows that the better Zhu Jianchen does, it means that he is not doing well, and the better Zhu Jianchen is, the worse he is.
No matter what Zhu Jianchen has that is better than himself, that place will definitely become a way for Jian Huaizhen to help Zhu Jianchen ascend the throne in the future and drag himself off the throne.
So he said to Zhu Jianchen: "Okay, brother Huang, you don't have to pretend in front of me anymore, I heard before that you have two little eunuchs in Nannei, and suddenly they disappeared, and there are rumors in this harem, people say that these two little eunuchs were killed by you, and their bones are buried in Nannei, is there such a thing?" ”
When Zhu Jianchen heard Zhu Jianshen say this, his whole person suddenly became very frightened, he waved his hand and said: "There is absolutely no such thing, Your Majesty, you have to believe that your brother is." ”
Although Zhu Jianshen hadn't seen Zhu Jianchen much, Zhu Jianchen suddenly changed from very calm to very flustered, which made Zhu Jianshen feel that his spirit was really different from usual. And his performance was clearly to tell others that this thing must have been developed, so he suddenly lifted his spirits.
He pointed to Zhu Jianchen and said: "Brother Huang, if you are willing to confess to the royal brother, then the imperial brother can also let you live, if you don't confess to the imperial brother, if you are found by the imperial brother, then the imperial brother will not dare to say, after all, in this harem, there is still the imperial brother in charge, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, although you are the prince, but if you make any mistakes, then you must be punished the same as the ordinary people." ”
When Zhu Jianchen heard Zhu Jianshen say this, he hurriedly waved his hand, and his eyes didn't dare to look at Zhu Jianshen.
He lowered his head and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Brother Huang, if you ask about Brother Huang about this matter, Brother Huang doesn't know how to answer you, in short, we are still brothers, I hope Brother Huang will not search in this south, and please go back, thank you." ”
When he said these words, he seemed a little timid, which made Zhu Jianshen's conjecture even heavier, he thought that this Zhu Jianchen must have done something unseemly, maybe the two little eunuchs before were really killed by him, if the palace was searched, maybe not only could the bones buried by the two little eunuchs be found, maybe they could also find the bones of the two dead little eunuchs.
Thinking like this, he strengthened his determination to search the palace.
He waved his hand and said to Zhu Jianchen, "Didn't I say it? The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, although you are the prince, but if you break the law, you can't go unpunished, in short, I got the news, saying that you have the bones of the eunuchs buried in the south, I must investigate thoroughly, if I don't investigate thoroughly today, how can I explain to the people of the world, how to explain to the eunuchs and palace maids in this palace, and how can I block the mouth of this long people. ”
When he said this, he had a very proud look on his face.
Zhu Jianchen was also there to observe the words, he saw Zhu Jianshen's appearance, he hurriedly waved his hand to Zhu Jianshen and said: "Brother Huang, the courtier wants to plead with you again, what if the eunuch in this harem is dead?" It's just one or two little eunuchs, but if it hurts our brother's harmony, it won't be good. ”
Zhu Jianshen saw that he was a little scared, and couldn't help laughing.
After he laughed, he said: "You can't say that, although they are little eunuchs, but they are also raised by their fathers and mothers, they were sent to this harem because of their family's poverty, can we abuse them?" They are in this harem, their spirits have been hurt, their bodies have also been hurt, and we have to serve them every day, and now you don't treat them as human beings, and kill them casually, how can you let me let you go? Aren't eunuchs human? ”
Zhu Jianshen would not have said such a big truth before, in fact, this was not his plan, but now he has to blame Zhu Jianchen, of course he has to come up with something high-sounding.
After Zhu Jianchen listened, the whole person couldn't help but become a little depressed, and at this time, someone suddenly shouted: "The eldest princess has arrived." ”
It turned out that the news that Zhu Jianshen came to the Nannei Search Palace with a huge number of people quickly reached Jian Huaizhen's ears.