The world is full of turbidity, and it is a sin for one person to wake up alone.

Gu Chen got up slowly, Shaoqing reappeared in front of everyone, and Gu Chen, who appeared this time, held a map of the eighteen states of Dafeng in his hand and slowly spread it out.

Looking at the map in front of them full of various signs, Ning Xiaochuan and the others couldn't help but be secretly surprised, the level of detail of this map, even the painters of the Imperial Heavenly Prison may not be able to draw it so finely.

Looking at the stunned eyes of Ning Xiaochuan and the others, Gu Chen smiled lightly, "This is the map I drew when I was an official in Yindu. ”

"Oh? Master Gu, what do you mean by this? Ning Xiaochuan looked at the map and asked in surprise.

Gu Chen pointed to the map and said, "All the mysteries are on this map, first of all, the land of Sichuan and Shu. ”

On the map, the land of Sichuan and Shu in the southwest of Dafeng is marked red, what does Sichuan and Shu look like now, Ning Xiaochuan naturally knows it, "Now Sichuan and Shu are worth the chaos, and the situation is indeed not optimistic." ”

Gu Chen nodded, "This is just the tip of the iceberg, I naturally know that the current Dafeng just looks peaceful, but in fact, there is an undercurrent, the king of Jingbei and the king of the East China Sea are all thinking about cutting off the king, Your Majesty is not turning a blind eye to this, Yangzhou is the best example." ”

"My lord refers to the grievances between Yangzhou Mu and the King of the East China Sea, and the mastermind behind it is Your Majesty?" Ning Xiaochuan said with a frown.

Gu Chen made a silent gesture, "Don't say anything, what Yu Baijie is concerned about is external troubles, in fact, Dafeng's internal worries are more serious, if you are a little careless, it is a three-legged tripod, if it is not handled well, it may also be a four-legged tripod." ”

When Gu Chen said the last sentence, his right hand accused the land of Sichuan and Shu, Sichuan and Shu were rich in products, and as soon as the king of Anxi died, the Miaojiang tribe was ready to move, and they had plans to establish a country.

Yu Xining, who was next to her, couldn't help frowning a little as she listened to the words of the two.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled slowly, "Now it seems that our Majesty is a little bit of a stone-shifter?" ”

"Ning Gongzi, I don't know if you have heard of such an organization, called Zhongfu."

When Gu Chen said the word Zhongfu, Ning Xiaochuan's hands clenched suddenly, and Han Zhan next to him knew that they couldn't stay any longer in the current situation, so he took Liu En to leave.

Yu Xining looked at Ning Xiaochuan's face, and also retreated, and soon, Ning Xiaochuan and Gu Chen were left in the hall.

"Master Gu, how did you know about Zhongfu?" Ning Xiaochuan said softly, Zhongfu is the biggest secret of the royal family, if he didn't want to leave Yindu, I'm afraid that Ning Zhi wouldn't tell him the secret of Zhongfu.

"In the year His Majesty ascended the throne, he secretly established the Zhongfu, which was absolutely secret to the outside world, but how could there be an impermeable wall in the world, and soon the affairs of the Zhongfu were known by the courtiers, but the Zhongfu acted viciously and ruthlessly, and a large number of courtiers died because of nonsense, so now even if someone knows the existence of the Zhongfu, they dare not talk nonsense."

"Our Ning family still has some relationship with this Zhongfu." Ning Xiaochuan said curtly, and the assassination in Shuozhou resurfaced in front of him again.

"The current situation of Dafeng has a close relationship with this Zhongfu, although I don't know what His Majesty's intention is to form the Zhongfu, but there are too many officials who have had accidents because of the Zhongfu in the past 20 years, and the old man has a faint conjecture that behind the accidents in Sichuan and Shu and the East China Sea, there must be the shadow of the Zhongfu." Gu Chen frowned and said.

Ning Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief, if he said so, then Gao Zhen was indeed in the next big game of chess.

"Master Gu, others say that you don't care about anything, but I didn't expect you to know so much, and you see it better than many people." Ning Xiaochuan said with a smile on his face.

Gu Chen stroked his beard and said with a light smile: "As a minister of Dafeng, I naturally have to worry about the country, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Baijie have a high opinion of you, and the purpose of letting you come is also to hope that Xiangzhou and Qingzhou can join hands to resist the unknown variables of Dafeng, telling you so much today, the old man hopes that it is not only Qingzhou and Xiangzhou that can bear this variable, but also Xiangzhou." ”

"Master Gu, I won't tell you anything, the little nephew is helpless to leave Yin, and now he has no position and no power, so I'm afraid of being embarrassed." Ning Xiaochuan said embarrassedly.

"It's only temporary, as long as your surname is Ning, that's enough." Gu Chen bowed his head and said, "Ning Xiaochuan, as a person of great dedication, the old man wants you to remember, no matter what happens, you must remember that you are a person of great dedication." ”

"Oh?" Ning Xiaochuan looked at Gu Chen puzzled, "Lord Gu, what do you mean?" ”

"Just remember what the old man said." Gu Chen nodded.

Ning Xiaochuan nodded inexplicably, "Yes, the little nephew has been taught." ”

……

When night came, Ning Xiaochuan sat alone in the courtyard.

Han Zhan walked over and coughed twice, Ning Xiaochuan looked up at Han Zhan, Han Zhan smiled lightly, stretched out his hand and handed Ning Xiaochuan a jar of wine, Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled, took the wine in Han Zhan's hand, and Han Zhan sat next to him.

"Bang dang." With a sound, the two of them took a big sip of wine, and Han Zhan slowly spoke, "Is it that Lord Gu said too much today, which made you a little unrelieved." ”

"It's okay, it's just that now I feel as if I'm heading in a strange direction, since I left Yindu, what I've been exposed to is not as beautiful as I imagined, even worse than the worst imagination." Ning Xiaochuan said with emotion.

It is true that Ning Xiaochuan is facing either assassination or chaos along the way, and more importantly, there is no Song Jing.

Han Zhan took a sip of wine and said in a deep voice, "A sign of troubled times, Brother Ning, what if one day Da Feng really faces internal and external troubles and falls apart as Master Gu said?" ”

"I don't know, half a year ago I was a boy who ate, drank and had fun in Yindu, but now I have to answer the question of the chaos in the world, do you say that it is a creation to make people." Ning Xiaochuan took a deep breath and sighed, "But from another point of view, if I didn't go through this experience, I really didn't know that Dafeng would be like this now." ”

"Brother Ning, right and wrong, I believe you will have your own judgment, if one day, you have to face a difficult choice, no matter how you choose, I will be on your side." Han Zhan raised the wine jar and looked at Ning Xiaochuan with a sincere expression.

Looking at Han Zhan, Ning Xiaochuan didn't know what to say, so he could only take a sip of wine, as the young master of the Legalist family, Han Zhan's promise was not unimportant.

"What if I choose the wrong one?"

"Heaven and earth, law and discipline, who can guarantee that they will take the right step at every step." Han Zhan smiled indifferently.

"But we don't have the wrong chance......"

……

In the middle of the night, after returning to the room, Ning Xiaochuan recalled that he had walked a lot along the way, and his mood was complicated and it was difficult to sleep.

At this moment, there was a muffled sound on the roof, Ning Xiaochuan subconsciously sat up, frowned and looked overhead, and the next second he saw a strange voice appear in front of his door.

Ning Xiaochuan slowly ran his true qi, cautiously leaned towards the door of the room, and saw the black shadow slowly approaching his room, he slapped it directly with one palm, and the true qi broke out of his body, but Ning Xiaochuan's powerful palm was directly caught by the man in front of him.

The man didn't even move, and when he saw the figure of the comer, Ning Xiaochuan was stunned, "Senior Pei Yu? ”

The man in front of him in red and white was Pei Yu, Pei Yu let go of Ning Xiaochuan and said softly, "The reaction is fast, but unfortunately, the strength is too poor." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked at Pei Yu speechlessly, "Senior, why did you come to the State Pastoral Mansion, and besides, you still came secretly in the middle of the night?" ”

Pei Yu looked up at the roof, and said expressionlessly, "Naturally, I came to the Zhou Pastoral Mansion to find you, and if I have something to delay during the day, I can only come at night." ”

"Then this is ......," Ning Xiaochuan said, pointing to the roof.

"There's no need to take a detour, it's close."

Ning Xiaochuan instantly frowned with a black line, "This is the State Pastoral Mansion, if you want to be discovered like this, then you have to do it." ”

"A bunch of ordinary people can't find me." Pei Yu waved his robe, raised his head and said.

"Come in, what's the matter with me?" Ning Xiaochuan helplessly pulled Pei Yu back into the room, lit the candle, and said suspiciously.

Pei Yu was sitting at the wooden table in front of the hall, playing with the teacup on the table, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation, "Well, it is worthy of being a state pastor, this taste is good." ”

"Senior, don't look at it yet, what's the matter with coming to me?" Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Pei Yu put the teacup back in place, "I'm going to follow you." ”

"Poof......

Ning Xiaochuan almost squirted out the water in his mouth, and looked at Pei Yu with a shocked expression, "Senior, you're not kidding!" Follow me? Are you ...... Do you have any difficulties? ”

"Difficult, no?" Pei Yu thought about it seriously, and still looked at Ning Xiaochuan expressionlessly, "Follow you, you are safe." ”

Ning Xiaochuan nodded undeniably, "Yes, yes, you follow me, I am indeed safe, it's just that you, a famous legend, follow me, and I am also under a lot of pressure." ”

"There's no pressure, I'll just follow and don't interfere with your decisions." Pei Yu said.

"But why are you following me?"

Pei Yu got up, opened his fan, and continued to look up forty-five degrees, "In my fifty years of seclusion, no one has ever found me, and you are the first to find me." ”

After Pei Yu finished speaking, he stopped talking, and Ning Xiaochuan didn't know how to answer.

"Huh? Gone? Ning Xiaochuan stared at Pei Yu.

"No ......"

"That's a very unique reason for you." Ning Xiaochuan took a deep breath and said such a sentence for a long time.

Pei Yu put away the fan, "I'll just say this, when you leave Xin'an, we'll see you again, I'll go first." ”

After that, without waiting for Ning Xiaochuan to speak, Pei Yu turned around and walked outside the house, and when Ning Xiaochuan chased him out, Pei Yu had already disappeared.

After Pei Yu left, Ning Xiaochuan thought about it alone in the room for a long time, but still couldn't guess Fei Yu's purpose, and said to himself in disbelief, "Follow me?" Wouldn't I have an extra bodyguard? ”