After some conversation, the man was shocked, he didn't expect that the emperor would actually know that he was secretly raising private soldiers, and he would borrow troops from him to kill the traitors in the court.

The man decisively chose to refuse, he was now in a high position, and if the matter was exposed, it would be a catastrophe immediately, but the man assured the emperor that he would not leak their plans.

Sure enough, as the man expected, the emperor and others failed, although the man did not do things with the emperor, but he admired the emperor's character, so he secretly saved the emperor's life.

After being released from prison, the emperor seemed to be a different person, and began to be loyal to the eunuch group, helping the eunuch group to get rid of the old emperor who was bedridden and the prince who was leading the troops at that time, and set up the little prince who had just become an adult as the emperor.

The emperor's allegiance did not deceive the man, the man knew that the emperor was not greedy for life and afraid of death, his ultimate goal was still to get rid of the eunuch group, in order to prevent the two sides from affecting themselves, it happened that the Dugu family in the north had signs of rebellion, and the man who was the secretary of the military department left the imperial capital in the name of suppression, sure enough, a few days later, the emperor launched a coup d'état called "three days in the imperial city" in the history books, and the eunuch forces collapsed in three days.

The emperor quickly stabilized the situation in the imperial capital with his iron and blood, and the man became the only remaining person of the eunuch group. In order to protect his life and status, he decided to show the value of his existence to the emperor and the court, so he watched the cavalry of the Dugu family attack the city and plunder the land, gradually growing, and sat and watched the empire's territory being continuously eroded.

After the man was satisfied, he found that the Dugu family at this time was no longer something he could deal with, and several of Duguli's brothers successively defeated their own defenses in Luzhou and Cuishan Pass, and broke into the imperial capital from the east, the imperial capital was in danger, and at the critical moment, the man made a decision to flee to the Jiuqu Thirteen Ring in the northwest with the army, preserving the vitality and waiting for a day to counterattack. But who knew that this plan was strongly opposed by the emperor, and in the end the two parted ways, and they rushed to the northwest with the remaining royal children, while the emperor and the little emperor held on to the imperial capital.

What the man didn't expect was that after the imperial capital was besieged, the emperor actually burned the little emperor alive and surrendered to Kaesong. The man was furious, he felt a deep betrayal, and he wanted revenge!

But he underestimated the determination of the Dugu family, Duguli carried out military reform under the advice of the emperor, concentrated the military strength of the four northern states together, and ordered an army of more than 100,000 to surround the entire Jiuqu Thirteen Rings, and his own side has no possibility of returning to the Central Plains since then.

The man hated, hated the Dugu clan for taking away the home he loved, hated the Dugu clan for seizing the dynasty he loved, and hated the emperor for taking refuge in the Dugu clan for his advice. Out of loyalty and love for the previous dynasty, the man did not choose to surrender. But as he broke through again and again and was repulsed, the flame of ambition to rebuild the Lin dynasty in his heart was gradually extinguished, and the old man just wanted to return to his homeland at this time, leave the mountains of Jiuqu, and die on the land of his hometown.

Fortunately, when he was old and dying, he succeeded, the man took his righteous son and the proudest disciple, returned to the Central Plains, he traveled thousands of miles to Youzhou, looking at the desolation of the suburbs of Youzhou, thinking of the prosperity of the imperial capital, the unbearable sadness and the pain of losing the country lingered in his heart again, looking at the land he had fought in the past has become the territory of other countries, and the comrades-in-arms of the year only left themselves and others, and the feeling of confusion and loneliness arose.

This man is Qiao Qi, the last military secretary of the Lin Dynasty.

Qiao Qi stared blankly at the corner of the big tent, recalling his life, his eyes changed from pain to resentment.

If it weren't for the Dugu family, the previous dynasty would not have collapsed at all, and with the ability of himself and the emperor, it was enough to revive the Lin dynasty, because of the Dugu family, he ruined his dreams and ruined the dynasty he loved!

"Teacher, someone brought it." Xue Mu's voice sounded outside the tent.

Qiao Qi woke up, took a deep breath, his eyes gradually calmed down, and said lightly: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come in." ”

Under the candlelight, Xue Mu walked in with Shen Ye.

Shen Ye was obviously stunned when he saw the old man, he recognized this old man, when Yu Yao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was stabbed, he saw the old man outside the window of the main hall, the wrinkles on the old man's face showed a sense of vicissitudes, and the pair of eyes that sometimes showed cold light told Shen Ye that this was a very shrewd person.

When Shen Ye looked at the old man, the old man was also looking at him, the old man's eyes showed a little doubt, he felt that the prince in front of him was very familiar, as if he had seen it before, he waved his hand to let Xue Du leave, but Xue Mu was unmoved, standing beside Qiao Qi.

The old man knew that Xue Mu was worried about his safety, so he was no longer obsessed, he looked at Shen Ye and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can recognize the old man?" ”

Shen Ye shook his head.

The old man introduced himself hoarsely: "I am Qiao Qi, the military secretary of the previous dynasty, and I am also the benefactor of your Dugu family back then. ”

Shen Ye was shocked: "The previous dynasty?!" The people of the Nine Songs and Thirteen Rings! How did they get here? Why didn't the Empire react? Could it be smuggling? ”

Then he suddenly said: "No wonder that Yu Yao was killed just because he saw Lao Shangshu!" ”

Shen Ye was puzzled: "Are you the benefactor of the Dugu family?" So why hide? ”

The old man raised his eyebrows: "How do you know I'm hiding?" ”

Shen Ye panicked in his heart, and before the old man could react, he hurriedly said, "The old man is not hiding, why haven't I seen you in the past few days since I came to Youzhou?" ”

Xue Mu interjected: "Because the teacher likes to be pure, he lives in this camp. ”

"Teacher? So General Xue is not an official in Youzhou, but also a person in the mountains? ”

Shen Ye asked the old man, "Dare to ask why the old man wanted to arrest me?" ”

The old man snorted and sneered, "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still pretending to be stupid?" I have a favor to the Dugu family, but the Dugu family will take revenge and overthrow the empire to which I am loyal, and I have a common enmity with your Dugu family. ”

Shen Ye lowered his eyelids, so that people couldn't see his expression, and said in a low voice: "Listen to the old man, do you want my life?" ”

The old man looked at Shen Ye, who had a calm voice and a calm expression, and praised loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be as safe as he is in life and death, the old man admires, the bloodline of the Dugu family is really powerful, and it is worthy of being a family cursed by heaven." ”

Shen Ye raised his eyes, hesitated, and asked, "What is cursed?" ”

The old man seemed a little surprised that Shen Ye would ask such a question, and then thought that he was the son of Dugu Qi, who had stayed in the palace since he was born, and had little contact with the outside world, and it was normal for the folk to be unaware of the things that were circulating.

The old man said: "Although the old man hates your Dugu family, he also has to admit that the people of your Dugu family are all born generals, whether it is your head of the family Dugu Li, his younger brother, that is, your father Dugu Qi, and his three half-brothers, now Dugu Jing in the East Daying, Dugu Ling in the South Daying, and Dugu Ying, the youngest in charge of the West Daying. These uncles of yours have made us the generals of the older generation in the army suffer a lot, but God is fair, God gave your family outstanding military talent at the same time, but also lowered a curse and weakened the fertility of the people of the Dugu family. The traitor Dugu Li is because he has no descendants to be passed on to your father Dugu Qi, and Dugu Qi is only one child of you, counting a few cousins of your uncle's family, a Nuoda royal family, and there are only four people in the second generation of children, isn't this considered cursed by God? ”

Qiao Qi didn't know that among the only four people, Dugu Ling's two children had just been persecuted, and now they were sick and stupid, these are all later words.

Qiao Qi looked at Shen Ye and said, "I'm very strange, Dugu Qi only has you as an heir, and he has raised you in the palace since he was a child, why would he take the risk of sending you to Wenhui?" ”

Shen Ye closed his eyes and smiled: "It's very simple, if I have been in the palace, how can I have the ability to take charge of the entire empire in the future?" As you said, I am a lonely man, and I hide because of fear, which is not in line with my character as a lonely man. ”

Qiao Qi stretched his brows and said, "Your Highness finally no longer conceals his identity?" ”

Shen Ye opened his eyes, and a certain color flashed in his eyes: "If you say anything now, presumably the old man won't believe it." However, I also have two things to understand here, please ask the old man to recruit from the truth. ”

Xue Mu sneered: "Duguyun, put away your princely posture, you have to see the situation clearly, your current life and death are in our hands." ”

Qiao Qi raised his hand to stop Xue Mu from continuing to speak, looked at Shen Ye with a smile and said, "Your Highness Yun, what do you have to ask?" ”

Shen Ye's eyes sharpened: "First, how did you leave from the Nine Songs and Thirteen Rings and have not been discovered by the Beida Camp so far, could it be that someone in the Beida Camp has defected to the enemy?" Second, have you ever been to Yaoshan?! ”

Qiao Qi didn't fluctuate when he heard the first question, but when he heard Yaoshan, he moved slightly, and a different color flashed in his eyes, and then quickly returned to normal.

Shen Ye's original focus of the question was the matter of Yaoshan, and the first question was originally a pretense to make Qiao Qi let down his vigilance in his heart, seeing that Qiao Qi really showed a flaw, the corners of Shen Ye's mouth curled slightly, and said: "Old Shangshu, don't think about covering up, your expression has already told me the answer, you have been to Yaoshan!" ”

Qiao Qi raised his eyebrows, surprised by Shen Ye's insight, he clapped his hands and praised again: "The old man admires, he is worthy of being a person from the Dugu family, and he is so keen." Then the old man said in a cold voice: "However, sometimes it is not wise to show the edge, especially in front of me, which will only make your current situation more dangerous." ”

Shen Ye smiled and said disapprerovitically: "Lord Shangshu didn't want to intimidate me, but you caught me but didn't kill me immediately, but left me until now, let me talk to you, presumably you want to live as a prince to achieve your goal, I don't know if I'm right?" ”