Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Map
"Look at the top line as a horizontal." Gu Rin stretched out his hand and clicked on the parchment, "If the arc is closed below, it looks like a mouthword, but the other half is burned, and the word itself is unsightly, so it looks crooked, but it looks like a picture and text." ”
Gu Rin did not forget to comment after analysis: "The person who wrote it is obviously not hot enough, and a bad word is like a ghost talisman." ”
Generals:......
"There's a gap burned down there, and I can't tell it for the time being." Gu Rin paused, and moved his fingertips underneath again, "But from the bottom right to the top, I can vaguely see that it is a door arc." ”
Gu Rin narrowed his eyes and gently pushed the parchment in the direction of Li Qingyuan, "Chen guesses, this is a Beijing character." ”
Li Qingyuan took the parchment and read the text analyzed by Gu Rin from beginning to end, his brows locked tighter and tighter.
The general hurriedly looked at it a few times, and suddenly realized, "That's true, fill in the mouth and the arc of the door, and fill in a few strokes of the burned part in the middle, isn't it a Beijing character!" ”
The night in the deep mountains is quiet, and there is no sound for a while.
An idea quietly climbed into Li Qingyuan's heart.
He immediately instructed the guards next to him: "You go and transfer some more manpower, and go to the camp with the people of Dali Temple to find similar parchment, no matter how damaged it is, as long as you can see the handwriting and lines on it, take it back." ”
Although he had an argument with Gu Rin before, he would not be emotional in the face of major events.
The guard saluted, "Yes." ”
The general touched his beard and asked, "The last general dares to ask, but it's just one word, can it prove anything?" ”
Gu Rin sneered, "The drawings found from the enemy camp have crooked lines drawn on them, and the words of the capital are also printed, what do you say can prove?" ”
The general froze, his eyes widened at the end, and his beard shook again.
"Public opinion...... ......"
Li Qingyuan glanced at the general with a slight warning, and the general hurriedly closed his mouth.
"Just know it, don't spit on everything."
Gu Rin said leisurely.
Li Qingyuan's people acted neatly, and after a moment of speaking, they presented several pieces of parchment that were also burned.
Gu Rin took two of them, and when he looked at them, his solemn color also climbed to his eyebrows.
He handed the parchment to the prince and pointed to two places.
"Ruochen is not mistaken, in these two places, one word is 'Shu' and the other word is 'Xiang'."
The two places he pointed to were charred and blackened, and they had been smoked at the time, but fortunately they were not burned, and he could barely see them.
The black lines are crooked, and they do outline two words that are not easy to identify.
If the Beijing character is really a coincidence, then the remaining two words with obvious administrative division colors just indicate what Li Qingyuan has in mind.
His face was furious, and he crumpled the parchment.
"These freaks are simply lawless!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should report to the Holy Majesty as soon as possible." Gu Rin smiled coldly, and there was a sudden coldness in his eyes, "A bunch of gunpowder is enough to shake the heavens and the earth, and now I have found a big Qi map, and the people behind it are probably planning for a long time, and I don't know what surprises are hidden afterwards." ”
In the distance, there was the sound of galloping horses' hooves, and a sound of royal horses and Qinghe flew away countless tired birds perched in the forest, and in a few moments, the sharp armor of silver light shimmering under the moonlight appeared from the darkness.
"Minister, Long Wu/Wei Commander Fengzhi, see His Royal Highness the Prince, see Hussar General."
Before the horse could stop, Feng Zhi turned over and dismounted, kneeling on the ground.
Apparently there was an urgent report.
"What's the matter?" Li Qingyuan got straight to the point.
"After receiving the message from the imperial doctor, two of the seriously injured rebels have been awakened, and the holy prince ordered the prince to return to the city immediately to discuss the interrogation, and leave it to the hussar general."
Woke up so soon?
Li Qingyuan's eyes shrank, and then shouted: "Come here, prepare a horse for Lonely." ”
The guards behind him quickly led Li Qingyuan's horses.
Li Qingyuan turned over and looked at Gu Rin, his eyes were cold.
Gu Rin also raised his eyes to look, his eyes were still lazy and careless, as if his murderous eyes were just a flash in the pan.
Feng Zhi also got on the horse and turned in a different direction by pulling the horse rope.
There was not much time, Li Qingyuan didn't say much, and rode away.
The backs of a few royal horses soon disappeared into the night.
As soon as the prince left, the generals were like deflated balls, and their whole bodies relaxed and no longer tense.
He glanced at Gu Rin, who was half of his body hidden in the dark, and his eyes were stained with some grief.
"I have told the general countless times, when you see His Royal Highness the Prince, don't forget to put away the thorns around you, even if you are dissatisfied, don't show it, above the court, behave in the world, just keep a low profile, in order to live a long time. The last general persuaded that his mouth was about to be bald, and the general did not stop even half a word. ”
The five big and three rough men, mothers-in-law, mothers-in-law, nagged and complained, and there was nothing to do with the woman.
Compared with being in front of the crown prince, he was obviously more casual when he was alone with Gu Rin, and even lived like an elder.
The general's name is Cheng Ke, a man from the border, who saved the life of the young Gu Rin during the war, and then went with him to kill the enemy, and killed a military exploit on the battlefield.
After that, he followed Gu Rin, which was regarded as his extremely important cronies, and for Gu Rin, he was also a figure like a reborn parent.
Being preached like this, Gu Rin didn't get angry, but replied habitually: "Emotions are such a thing, if you can't take it away, if you don't spew it out, will it be possible to burn yourself to death?" ”
"Ugh." Cheng Ke's beard trembled, and he sighed from his mouth, "In the army, in the court, I think the general is quite able to restrain his temper, how did he get to the prince, why did he become an old kerosene barrel, and he ignited the fire?" ”
Gu Rin snorted.
"No matter where I am, when I meet someone who is unhappy, I still get angry, but I am not as ...... as in front of the prince"
"I can't hold my breath."
Cheng Ke immediately answered.
Gu Rin's expression condensed slightly for a moment, his brows furrowed unconsciously, and he chewed those four words carefully in his heart.
Lose one's cool......
There is some truth in his words, he has never been calm in front of the royal family.
Why is he so breathless?
It shouldn't be.
Gu Rin asked himself in his heart.
I think this question is a little strange, and I have a lot of twists in my mind.
But I can't say where the awkwardness is.
"Now that the emperor has taken a fancy to you in every way, the last general thinks that the general is a little pampered and arrogant." Cheng Ke said solemnly: "Yu hasn't read any books, but I still heard a few ears about the traitorous deeds of the cholera court in history." Yu once heard that in the past, he was famous and literate, pretending to be powerful, looking down on the Son of Heaven, arrogant for more than 20 years, everyone felt that the Son of Heaven was afraid of him, the courtiers would worship him, and the world would change his literary nature. But in the end, the result of the Son of Heaven's forbearance and dormancy was that a holy decree used the excuse to punish Wen Xingzhi and uproot the forces behind him. ”
"Above the court, the rights of the subordinates are all given by the saint, even if you cover the sky with one hand, the wind and clouds in the court, only the saint has a sentence, think about it, do you still have a way to live?"
Cheng Ke said this bluntly, but how could Gu Rin not know?
Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, he holds the military power in his hands, is being feared by the heavenly family, and is in dire straits every day.
What's more, he has more important things to do, and he should hide his edge.
It's just that I don't know why.
What he does is always contrary to his heart.
Thinking of this, a wave of irritability rose in Gu Rin's heart, and his slender fingers clenched into fists, and then released again.
In the end, as if compromised, he sighed softly and laughed, but the smile was always out of sight, "Uncle Cheng was so anxious that he changed his name." I understand what you're saying. But rest assured, as long as I have one day to live, I won't let anyone touch anyone behind me. ”
Cheng Ke sighed heavily.
Others are second, he is worried about Gu Rin.
It's hard to pick up a life from the battlefield, and it's not over for half a lifetime, don't let it out again.
"That's right." Gu Rin diverted the topic, his face darkened, "Did you find that stinky boy?" ”
Cheng Ke touched his face, cleaned up his mood, and replied: "Fortunately, the general kept a heart, the person was caught, but there was no place to put it, the brothers temporarily found a hidden cave, installed a door, pressed a few locks, and locked the person." Miss you, patrol day and night. It's just that Xu is Gongzi is still angry and has been on hunger strike for two days. ”
Gu Rin sneered: "I even learned to go on a hunger strike, but I have the courage to do it, don't send food over in the future, I won't starve him to death." ”
Cheng Ke responded twice, only thinking that Gu Rin's words were deaf ears.
In this world, the general's closest person, besides him, is afraid that the only one is the son.
If you starve people, the general will inevitably have to be angry with himself again.
"Take me where you are."
Gu Rin glanced at Cheng Ke who was on the side, and said quietly.
Cheng Ke's eyes and nose were full of knowledge.
I don't say it on my lips, but I still think about it in my heart.
Gu Rin has such a temperament, outsiders feel that he is cold-blooded and cold-blooded, but in fact, he has a knife mouth and a tofu heart.
"But didn't the Holy One let you guard it here?"
Hearing this, Gu Rin glanced back at the horse farm where there were only a few people left, and said lightly: "Everything has been found, is there still a need to guard it?" ”
Today, the saint is close to him on the surface, but in fact he is still on guard.
The emperor looked at the five big and three coarse and easy to speak, but in fact, he was clear in his heart and knew how to balance the forces.
Now there are three forces above the court, the military attache is headed by him, Song Qi, the chief of the civil official book, and Wang Kairen, the middle secretary, vaguely has a three-legged trend. It seems to be harmonious, but in fact there is an undercurrent.
Superficially wooing Gu Rin is equivalent to excluding him from the three schools, and letting the other two free up their strength to deal with themselves.
What is the favored retainer of the Son of Heaven? It's just a shield for power.
Isn't leaving him here today just an opportunity to let him send himself away?
He smiled coldly and left the racecourse.
Cheng Ke led the way and went to the deep forest.
It was already the middle of the night, and in the middle of the moon, even the sound of insects in the mountains had gradually disappeared, and only the evening breeze was blowing in the forest.
The surrounding trees are becoming more and more lush, and there is almost no way forward.
The place chosen by Cheng Ke is indeed remote and hidden.
He lifted the weeping branch and let Gu Rin go first.
Gu Rin bent down and stepped over, and saw the person on duty behind the branches and leaves.