"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Gu You hugged the young man in the dragon robe with a shocked expression.

"Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor!" the national teacher Zhang Boyi shouted and ordered to go down.

The people under Ziyang City looked at the city in disbelief, they couldn't believe that just a moment ago, the new emperor was still standing there intact.

The Confucian sage who was invited by the national teacher descended from the sky to the city, and used his unique supernatural powers to grow angry and poured into Ying Xiao's body.

"This can temporarily lock his soul away. But life and death are fate, this is against the sky, this child's spirit is exhausted, presumably without a stick of incense, there will be a soul hook on the side of the underworld to ascend into the yang realm, come to detain the soul. ”

The Confucian sage, named Xu Chang, looked at his old friend after briefly explaining the situation.

Zhang Boyi, the national teacher of the Qingque Dynasty, hurriedly asked, "Old Xu, even you don't have the skills to return to heaven?"

The saint Xu Chang shook his head.

Gu You asked, "Dare to ask Mr. Xu, can you find the figure of the assassin in the sky?"

Xu Chang said: "There is no such thing as a 'figure', because the other party is very likely to use the side door to assassinate Ying Xiao in a unique assassination method." ”

Gu You frowned slightly, and said deeply to the Confucian sage: "Your Majesty was assassinated at the enthronement ceremony, this matter is related to the national fortune of my Qingque Dynasty, and I ask Mr. Xu to make it clear!"

National Teacher Zhang Boyi looked calmer, and at this moment reassured: "General Gu is a little calm, don't be impatient, and listen to what Lao Xu has to say." ”

Xu Chang explained: "There are a lot of secret methods of the Qi Refiners on the mountain, and there are even many side sects, even the old man has never heard of their names, let alone understand their magical powers. But I look at the weather of winning, which is close to poisoning. 、

The person who poisoned him was not poisoned at this moment, he must have poisoned Ying Xiao's body before, but for some reason, he didn't wait until today to let him die of poisoning······"

Zhang Boyi was thoughtful and immediately reminded: "Today is the enthronement ceremony, and the motive of the person who poisoned him may be to let His Majesty die at the enthronement ceremony." In this way, the people of the entire Ziyang City can witness this scene with their own eyes?"

Xu Chang nodded lightly: "Yes, there is no such possibility." ”

Gu You, the commander of the Great Internal Praetorian Guard, looked anxious and hurriedly asked, "National Teacher, Mr. Xu, you two should tell Gu Mou how to catch that assassin?"

Zhang Boyi was thoughtful and explained to General Gu: "If you want to catch the person who poisoned it, then you can only 'reverse it' through the clues you currently have, and with the motive, you can judge the identity of the person who poisoned it through the motive, and lock the identity of that person, and then how easy it is to track it down?"

Gu You was not good at thinking about this, but he also understood that what the two old men said was also reasonable, so he asked, "May I ask the national teacher, do you know the identity of that person?"

Before Zhang Boyi could speak, the Confucian sage Xu had already guessed, and he said: "To be able to poison Ying Xiao, it must be people in the palace, people in several important places, who need to be arrested and interrogated." ”

"First of all, the Imperial Chef, they are directly responsible for Ying Xiao's diet, which is the most convenient to start. I also had to interrogate the eunuch who tested Ying Xiao with a needle to see if he was dead. ”

"Secondly, the palace maids who are responsible for pruning the flowers and plants in the imperial garden also need to be interrogated. It cannot be ruled out that this poison was transmitted into Yingxiao's body through pollen. ”

In addition, Ying Xiao likes to drink tea in the study and the imperial garden, and investigates in detail the composition and origin of this recent batch of tea. ”

Gu You nodded: "Gu Mou will do it." ”

Gu You, the commander of the Great Inner Guards, looked angry, and after handing over Ying Xiao to the two old men, he got up in an instant, and personally led the guards on the city wall to arrest the person who took the poison.

Deputy Commander Ye Shaowen walked briskly beside Gu You, and reported the situation: "General Yu, before the enthronement ceremony, Lord Liu of the Yongle Dynasty came to the city. ”

As soon as the deputy commander's voice fell, Gu You immediately stopped, turned his head, and asked with a serious expression, "Is this true?"

Ye Shaowen immediately half-knelt on the ground, raised his hands into fists above his head, and said in a deep voice: "Even if your subordinates eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, they will never dare to deceive the general!"

Gu You roared: "Then why didn't you come to inform me before the enthronement ceremony?"

The deputy commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard swallowed his spittle, and replied, "Genus... The subordinates saw that Master Liu was only looking at the scenery at the head of the city, and left not long after, so they didn't bother him. ”

Although Gu You was angry, he also knew the priorities, he picked up the deputy commander Ye Shaowen and asked, "Where does Lord Liu live?"

"Back to the general, the famous inn on Suzaku Street. Ye Shaowen trembled.

The commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard commanded: "You immediately bring people and interrogate the chef of the Imperial Catering Division, the palace maid of the Imperial Garden, and the father-in-law who specially served tea to Ying Xiao." I'll take a trip to Suzaku Street myself. ”

"Yes! subordinates obey orders!" Ye Shaowen bowed his head and saluted.

Gu You had already walked down the steps a few steps, but he suddenly stopped, turned his head and glared at the deputy commander, and said in a deep voice: "Strict investigation." ”

The latter nodded solemnly, "The subordinates will definitely give the general an explanation!"

Gu You turned around and left, and said before leaving: "It's to give an explanation to the Qingque Dynasty." ”

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Suzaku Street, Mingtang Inn.

A guest with a spring breeze face is standing by the railing on the second floor of the inn with a wine glass in his hand, looking downstairs.

"Lord Liu seems to be in a good mood?"

At this moment, a very discordant voice sounded from behind him.

Liu Wenchu turned around, looked at the commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard with a smile, and said in surprise: "Commander Gu, what kind of wind blew you here." ”

Gu You's face was expressionless, his right hand was lightly resting on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and a heavy armor would make a rustling sound as long as he moved.

He walked up to Liu Wenchu, gently took off his heavy helmet, put it on the table, rubbed his palms, and said, "Lord Liu doesn't mind Gu drinking a pot with you, right?"

The commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard did not answer Liu Wenchu's question, but instead picked up a bowl from the next table by himself, and then poured himself a bowl with the jar of wine that Liu Wenchu placed on the wine table.

Liu Wenchu, who was from the Yongle Dynasty, clapped his hands a few times, and said with a smile while applauding: "Okay, Commander Gu is really refreshing." ”

After a bowl of toast, Gu You walked to the railing on the second floor and looked down with Liu Wenchu, there was some commotion on the street.

Gu You mentioned seemingly casually: "Your Highness was about to become Your Majesty, but he died of poison at the enthronement ceremony." In the current capital, some people are panicking. ”

"In troubled times, everyone is in danger. Liu Wenchu smiled and took a sip of wine, and concluded for the coffin of the current Qingque Dynasty.

Gu You continued: "In today's Qingque Dynasty, there are strong enemies raging outside, and there are dragons without a leader inside, the crown prince Yingxiao is dead, and the second prince is still young, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility. It's a mess. ”

Liu Wenchu was about to blossom in his heart, but he was a little restrained on the surface, pretending to be heartbroken, and sighed: "Alas, Wen Chu also heard about the unfortunate death of His Royal Highness Ying Xiao, it's a pity, it's a pity." If Commander Gu needs Wen Chu's help in anything, he must not be polite to me. ”

Originally, it was just a kind word, but who knew that Gu You suddenly turned his head, looked at him with a serious expression, and said, "Okay, since Lord Liu is so refreshing, Gu will not be polite to Lord Liu." To be honest, there is really such a thing that needs the help of Lord Liu. ”

The corners of Liu Wenchu's mouth twitched slightly, but if he let it out, it was not easy to take it back, so he could only smile and say: "Commander Gu might as well say it directly, Wenchu will see if he can help." ”

The commander of the Janissary Guard of the Qingque Dynasty stared at Liu Wenchu and asked straight to the point: "Dare to ask Lord Liu, have you ever been to the city before the enthronement ceremony?"

When this question was thrown out, Liu Wenchu instantly squinted, glanced at Gu You, and asked rhetorically, "Master Gu, is this interrogating Wen Chu?"

The man didn't speak, just looked at Liu Wenchu directly, and in his eyes, he had already answered everything.

Liu Wenchu didn't answer, the two just looked at each other and were silent, as if they were using their respective eyes as a medium to carry out a spiritual tug-of-war.

After a while, Gu You took the lead in "defeating", and he sneered: "Where is Lord Liu, it's just that His Royal Highness Ying Xiao was assassinated, Gu Mou, as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, has a responsibility, and I heard that the deputy commander said that before the enthronement ceremony, he had seen Lord Liu in the city, so he asked casually." ”

Liu Wenchu laughed and said: "There is such a thing. ”

"I don't know what happened when Lord Liu went to the city?" Gu You touched the vine and continued to ask.

Then Liu Wenchu turned around and poured himself a glass of wine, filled a bowl of wine for the commander of the guard, and said, "Commander Gu still said that it was not an interrogation? Why don't you just arrest Wen Chu in prison and interrogate him slowly?"

Gu You smiled and said, "If Gu really acts like this, I'm afraid he will fall into the hands of Master Wen, right?"

The relationship between the Qingque Dynasty and the Yongle Dynasty was a competitive relationship.

But instead of being the first, they are fighting for the second.

Sangro Prefecture is vast, the first is already the Fusang Dynasty, the status of the Fusang Dynasty in Sangro Prefecture is undoubted, and it has almost included sixty percent of the land of a state.

It has most of the mountain-shaped resorts of Sangro Prefecture, and also has several caves and blessed places full of spiritual energy.

Therefore, a state of Sanro, all the other secular dynasties and small vassal states, have to compete for the remaining forty percent of the territory.

The Qingque Dynasty and the Yongle Dynasty set their sights on the last pure land in Sangro Prefecture - Jieshi Mountain.

It is said that there is also a dragon palace cave there, which is directly connected to the East China Sea Dragon Palace, in which there are countless treasures, which are coveted.

However, there was a covenant between the two dynasties, but the descendants of the current Yongle dynasty do not intend to continue to abide by the covenant.

It's just a secular dynasty, after all, it still has to pay attention to a division that is famous, and the Yongle Dynasty doesn't want to start a war without permission.

So if you can't move your hands and feet on the surface, you can only play intrigue and tricks and start from the secret.

For example, for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is about to ascend the throne of the Qingque Dynasty, Ying Xiao.

Gu You waved his hand, and a group of Qingque Dynasty guards rushed upstairs from downstairs, drove all the guests away, and vacated the inn for Gu You and Liu Wenchu.

"Although Gu is a martial artist, I am not stupid. If I personally imprison Lord Liu today, it is equivalent to the Qingque Dynasty agreeing that the person who poisoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is from the Yongle Dynasty. And this move is bound to set off a war between the two dynasties of you and me, and this will also achieve the mission of Lord Liu to be ordered to send an envoy to my Qingque Guan enthronement ceremony, Gu is right?"

The commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard lightly rested his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, but faintly turned into a posture of holding the sword, as if he was about to draw his sword out of its sheath.

Liu Wenchu squinted his eyes, this is indeed his task this time.

It's just that even if this person sees his purpose, what can he do?

Don't say much, just say that the other party really dares to gamble, bet that after he killed his own envoy, will the Yongle Dynasty dare to start a war against the Qingque Dynasty?

Not to mention that he was going to Qingque this time, he was already ready to be martyred. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the other party does not intend to act according to the established plan of Yongle's side, he will not dare to move a single hair of his own hair if he forcibly swallows his anger, so as to avoid the Yongle Dynasty from starting a war against his Qingque Dynasty.

Then he also successfully assassinated His Majesty, the future emperor of the Qingque Dynasty, and retreated.

It doesn't cost a single soldier, but where does such a deal suffer?

He Liu Wenchu couldn't ask for it, but he hated that there were not enough opportunities like this.

Thinking of this, Liu Wenchu smiled: "Commander Gu is really good at capping people, isn't it that Commander Gu suspects Wen Chu? Wen Chu doesn't dare to be guilty of poisoning His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Besides, once Commander Gu really puts Wen Chu in prison, in the end I will find out that I was wronged, it will inevitably affect the friendship between our two countries, Commander Gu, what do you think?" Liu Wenchu is confident, no matter what Gu You does, the Yongle Dynasty will not suffer, the difference is just that he earns more and earns less.

Gu You looked at Liu Wenchu and remembered the instructions of his emperor friend.

"Everybody has to take responsibility, the difference is whether it's big or small. ”

Gu You said in a deep voice: "Whether Lord Liu poisoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or not, there is no definite evidence for this matter, and Gu will not take you to prison without authorization." It's just that the room in this Mingtang inn is not very good, and Lord Liu has come from afar, how can he be so neglected? ”

"Lord Liu drank too much and couldn't stand steadily, come here, help Lord Liu, and bring it to my house to eat and drink well, and there must be no slack. ”

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Qingque Dynasty Heavenly Prison.

Ye Shaowen, the deputy commander of the palace guard, was interrogating a palace maid, and she had not yet been sentenced, but she yelled at the palace maid a few words, and she was so frightened that she hid in the corner of the wall, trembling, and repeated "It's not me, it's not me......"

Gu You walked into the prison, passing through the cells on both sides, and in each cell, the people in the palace were locked up.

It's never been so lively.

Never before have so many people in the palace been imprisoned here.

Gu You raised his hand, and all the officers and soldiers who were interrogating immediately stopped.

Ye Shaowen walked over and asked, "I've seen the general." Tell the general that your subordinates have taken all the suspicious people into the prison for torture according to your orders, and I beg the general to give his subordinates a little more time, and the subordinates will be able to give the general an explanation!"

Gu You patted the deputy commander on the shoulder and said softly, "No need, I have found the prisoner." ”

Hearing this, the deputy commander of the palace guards was slightly stunned.

He asked, "When did the general catch him?" and who was it?"

Gu You smiled and didn't speak. The latter understood, and immediately added: "Oh, oh, yes, yes, subordinates shouldn't ask." Please atone for the general's sins. ”

Now that the real culprit has been caught, there is no need for the deputy commander of the palace guards to continue interrogating other innocent people.

Just as Ye Shaowen was about to order the subordinates in the Heavenly Prison to stop the interrogation, he didn't expect that the commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard said, "Continue the interrogation." ”

Ye Shaowen was stunned in place, puzzled.

Gu You didn't explain anything anymore, just said, "I'm here just to remind Deputy Commander Ye not to use capital punishment. Normal questioning is sufficient. ”

Ye Shaowen didn't understand at all, since General Gu had already caught the person who poisoned him, why did he still interrogate the people in the palace?

He asked: "My subordinates are presumptuous, I don't understand what the general means, and I ask the general to make it clear!"

Gu You said: "The identity of the person who poisoned is quite special. Not even I can convict him until the dust settles. So, before that, you just have to go on trial. When the murderer confesses, I will send someone to inform you of his release. ”

What the commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard didn't tell his subordinates was that even if the real poisoner wanted to confess, it would be impossible for the Qingque Dynasty to admit that he was the real murderer.

And the reason why Gu You put Lord Liu of the Yongle Dynasty under house arrest in his own mansion was not to imprison Liu Wenchu.

On the contrary, Gu You is protecting Liu Wenchu from other colleagues in charge of investigating the case.

And the sentence "When the murderer confesses, he will send someone to inform you to release him" is just Gu You's prevarication to his subordinates.

How is it possible to confess guilt.

How dare you make Liu Wenchu confess?

How dare he, Gu You, convict the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty who had always wanted to wage war against the Qingque Dynasty.

Or this heinous crime of poisoning His Royal Highness the current Crown Prince on the throne ceremony, His Majesty the Emperor who is about to ascend the throne and become emperor.

If Liu Wenchu is convicted, the two countries will inevitably go to war.

And this is a war that the Qingque Dynasty is doomed to lose.

Therefore, whether it is him Gu You or other people, even if he knows who the real murderer is, not only can he not come forward to identify and convict him, but he must shelter the real murderer everywhere, and ensure that the other party escapes the storm and returns to the territory of the Yongle Dynasty safe and sound.

Gu You walked out of the Ziyang City Heavenly Prison and looked up.

The haze covers the top, and the thunder roars.

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Qingque Dynasty National Teacher's Mansion.

Zhang Boyi, the national teacher, is sitting on the main seat in the living room.

On the left and right sides of the hall, there are two guests from afar.

One of them, a Confucian sage, Mr. Xu Chang of the Grasshopper Academy.

The other, the edict of the Dahe Dynasty, Guo Maoxue.

These two gentlemen, one is an old friend of Zhang Boyi, entrusted by this Qingque national teacher, and made a special trip from the school palace to sit in the sky. I didn't think about it, but it didn't stop a scene that everyone had guessed a long time ago.

Previously, the national teacher Zhang Boyi had ordered Qin Tianjian to divinate a hexagram for the enthronement ceremony.

I learned that this enthronement ceremony was a "negation of heaven and earth", and there were many obstacles, and it was necessary to take steps forward. Even so, accidents can happen.

After learning about the hexagram, Zhang Boyi entered the palace late at night to visit the prince Yingxiao, hoping that His Royal Highness the prince could consider it carefully, after all, this move is not only related to the safety of the prince alone, but also to the luck of a country.

I never thought that the crown prince Yingxiao denied the request to cancel the enthronement ceremony with "I have made up my mind".

In desperation, Zhang Boyi could only bow down to everything and personally arrange the city defense, and did not hesitate to use his incense with the Confucian sage Xu Chang to implore Xu Chang to come here on the day of the enthronement ceremony.

Who thought that things still happened, right under everyone's noses, powerless to return to the sky.

The other one, from the Dahe Dynasty Zhao Shen Division's envoy, Guo Maoxue, this has always liked to travel in the mountains and rivers, watch the world's landscapes and gods, and observe the structure of other countries' landscapes and temples, bring these experiences back to the Dahe Dynasty, and apply what he has learned.

Therefore, the enthronement ceremony of the Qingque Dynasty, Guo Maoxue, who seems to have nothing to do with it, also wanted to see the former gentleman, so he deliberately took the latest Xianjia ferry from Yuzao Prefecture to Qingque Capital. I never thought that as soon as I came, I saw the scene when the prince Yingxiao fell to the ground with poisonous hair.

There were miscellaneous servants in the National Teacher's Mansion, but to receive these two distinguished guests, Zhang Boyi did not call his subordinates to enter the room, but asked his wife to pour tea for the two of them in person.

After pouring a pot of tea for Xu Chang and Guo Maoxue, the national teacher's wife withdrew from the living room.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit dreary.

It was raining outside, and the wind blew the wind chimes at the corners of the eaves, and the wind chimes jingled.

The two guests in the room gently plucked the tea lid, and they all looked thoughtful.

The Qingque Dynasty national teacher on the throne was the first to break the silence.

Zhang Boyi, who had no intention of drinking tea, looked at the courtyard outside the house, looked at the rain that fell on the bluestone slab, and said with a melancholy expression: "During this special period, it is really Boyi's luck that the two of you can stay in the house for a while." ”

Guo Maoxue put down the teacup, turned around, and slightly faced the Qingque National Teacher, and said to him slightly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated on the throne ceremony, and his life and death are currently unknown, and the little prince is too young to succeed to the throne." The burden on the national teacher is getting heavier and heavier. Maoxue's trip was originally planned to be in March, but now there is a full month left, and there is a lot of time, so I will stay in the capital for a little longer. If there is a place to study Mao, the National Normal University can speak out, and I will not refuse. ”

Xu Chang glanced at his proud student and nodded secretly.

At this time when the Qingque Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, many countries that were usually known as allies with Qingque either avoided it one by one, for fear of being implicated in the struggle between the two dynasties of Qingque and Yongle. Either he helped the Yongle Dynasty fall into the well, gloating, and just hated that everyone couldn't step on it.

In times of distress and embarrassment, friends are even rarer.

Although the seats are full when the power is gained, only when the power is lost can the hearts of the people be more clearly seen.

His student did not come to watch the Qingque Dynasty's enthronement ceremony as a general "wise and self-preservation", and left in a hurry, and also said that he would stay in the Qingque capital for some more time, which has made his position very clear, Guo Maoxue is a person who values love and righteousness.

Xu Chang got up and said, "Lao Zhang, although it is inconvenient for me to stay in Sangro Prefecture for a long time, I can write a letter for you. In the Fusang Dynasty, I still have a few students who are officials in the court, and I will try to see if they can come forward and propose it to the Fuso Emperor.

If you can make an alliance between the Fusang Dynasty and the Qingque Dynasty, even if it is only a nominal alliance, you don't need to sign any actual covenant, you just need to let the world know that Fusang and Qingque are on the same side. Then whether it is the Yongle Dynasty or the other small vassal states of Qingque, they will not be able to make any waves. At present, the problems encountered by the Qingque Dynasty will also be solved. ”

Hearing this, Qingque National Master Zhang Boyi stood up excitedly, walked to the old friend's side, shook his hand vigorously, and said tremblingly: "Old Xu ······"

A thousand words, in the end, only one sentence was converging.

He put all the gratitude in his eyes, but he didn't need to say much.

Xu Chang patted his palm and said, "You and I have been friends for decades, so it doesn't have to be like this." ”

Zhang Boyi nodded, shook his head again, and asked, "When will you leave?"

Xu Chang turned his head, glanced at the sky, and replied, "Before sunset, I will leave and go back to the Xue Palace." Before that, you can write a letter to your house. Can the National Teacher's Mansion wear a flying sword?"

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Boyi nodded again and again, "I'm going to ask the messenger flying sword to come, two, wait a while." ”

After speaking, the old Qingque National Master still took three steps and walked quickly to the threshold of the living room.

Zhang Boyi froze instantly, and someone had already taken the lead in placing an oil-paper umbrella under the eaves.

"Yes Madame······"

didn't have time to be secretly moved, Zhang Boyi picked up the umbrella and slowly opened it.

In the rain, the elderly national teacher held an umbrella alone.

Go and ask for a flying sword that is related to the number of a country's qi.

In the living room, Mr. Student.

The master and apprentice looked at each other.

Guo Maoxue got up instantly, bowed deeply to his teacher, and said respectfully: "The student has seen Mr. Long greetings, please forgive me. ”

Xu Chang walked to the young man's side, stretched out his hand and gently pressed down his palm, nodded and said, "Maoxue, you have lost weight, is it because the Zhaoshen Division has a lot of affairs, is it too hard?"

The young man kept his head down and bowed down, hearing his teacher's concern, and his eyes couldn't help but condense a few drops of moisture. He quietly wiped the corners of his eyes with the sleeve of his coat, quickly raised his head, and forced a smile.

"Students don't work hard. Guo Maoxue said with a smile.

The Confucian sage smiled knowingly and asked, "Can you get married?"

The young man shook his head, "I never got married. ”

"It's time to start a family. The old man walked under the eaves and looked at the rainy Qingque capital, and his heart fluttered for thousands of miles.

Back then, when I was still a student, I stood in front of my husband and listened to my husband talk about my husband.

The gentleman said, "Xu Chang, you should start a family, after you get married, you will have worries in your heart." ”

"Of course, you have it now, you are concerned about the academy and the country. ”

"But these worries of yours are all for the sake of others. ”

"Sometimes, we are so busy that we worry about this and that, and we forget to leave ourselves a concern. ”

"You need to learn to care for yourself. When you start a family, you will get this concern that belongs to you. ”

At that time, Xu Chang was far from being a Confucian sage, and in the face of the teachings of the preacher teacher, Xu Chang just smiled and agreed, saying that he would seriously consider the matter.

In fact, at that time, Xu Chang wanted to ask his husband, since it is so important to start a family, why did his husband not become a family?

He didn't ask, and Mr. naturally didn't say.

But now, he understood, and his husband was long gone.

It was Xu Chang's turn to tell his students, "It's time to start a family."

Guo Maoxue looked at the gentleman who was watching the rain under the eaves, took off his robe, walked behind the old man, and put on his clothes for him.

"Sir, don't catch a cold. ”

Xu Chang turned his head and looked at the student.

The latter smiled awkwardly and said, "The matter of starting a family will be seriously considered by the students." ”

Xu Chang smiled bitterly.

How could this young man say exactly the same thing as he did back then?

Doesn't this mean that Guo Maoxue's "starting a family" will inevitably fail?

The old man in a student's shirt smiled and said a digression, "Mr. is a successor." ”

Guo Maoxue blinked, thinking that Xu Chang was talking about himself, but how could he know that Mr. was talking about Mr.

Xu Chang sat back in the guest seat, and took out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from his sleeve, Guo Maoxue walked over as soon as possible, and served Mr. to dip in ink.

"Maoxue, it doesn't have to be like this. You are now the envoy of the Dahe Dynasty. Xu Chang refused with a smile.

However, Guo Maoxue insisted, and he said righteously: "The student has not served Mr. for several years, so let Maoxue serve Mr. to write a letter." ”

In the rain curtain, the thinly clothed national teacher Zhang Boyi held an umbrella and a slender flying sword in his other hand.

He walked back to the parlor, stepped over the threshold, left the umbrella outside the door, and put it back in place.

On the guest side, the Confucian sage Xu Chang had also written the letter, he sealed the letter paper with magic, pinched the trick with his fingertips, and silently recited a "secret" word, only to see that the words on the letter paper disappeared instantly, leaving only a blank piece of paper.

Guo Maoxue is not a qi refiner, just an ordinary scholar, but he knows that his husband's realm is quite high, so he is not surprised by his master's magical powers, but he is obediently serving the pen and ink inkstone on the side.

Zhang Boyi handed over the messenger flying sword named "Jiangshan" in his arms to Xu Chang, who infused it with aura, and then silently recited the mantra sent to the Fusang Dynasty to the messenger flying sword.

The flying sword "Jiangshan" disappeared in front of the three of them in the blink of an eye.

Like the country, a little careless, fleeting.

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Ziyang City Head.

The commander of the palace guard stood above the city, his palm lightly pressed against the hilt of his sword.

Standing beside him was Chen Yufu, a waiter from the Criminal Department, a friend who had been Gu You for many years.

The two are not only fellow villagers, but also colleagues, and they are inseparable friends.

Gu You took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Chen Yufu, explaining, "Lord Chen, transfer it to my wife and children." ”

Chen Yufu took the letter and said in a deep voice: "Commander Gu, is it really necessary? Chen feels that there is still room for maneuver in this matter, so I will go to the National Teacher's Mansion to discuss with the National Teacher······

Without waiting for him to turn around, Gu You shouted, "Chen Yufu, you stop for me!"

The squire of the Criminal Department stopped, his expression complicated, "My Qingque Dynasty is not without the strength of a battle! Why force you to die?!"

Gu You pondered for a moment and said softly: "The first emperor once said that each of us is responsible for what we do, and the only difference is whether the responsibility is big or small. Now, it's time for me to take on the responsibility. ”

Chen Yufu clenched his fists and said no more.

Gu You took out another letter and said, "This letter is sent to the National Teacher's Mansion for me." The letter to the family can be sent later, and I will go to the National Teacher's Mansion first. ”

Chen Yufu almost gritted his teeth and said, "Gu You, do you know that if you do this, you will not only die, but you will also bear a monstrous infamy, and your sister-in-law and nephew will also be struggling because of your 'doing'." Gu You, do you know, do you know?!"

"I know. ”

He said.

On a rainy night, Gu You, the commander of the Qingque Dynasty's Praetorian Guard, jumped and fell to his death under the Ziyang City Wall.

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Gu Mansion.

A team of men and horses escorted a carriage out of the city overnight, because among the people in that team, someone was holding the pass token of Gu You, the commander of the guards, so he passed all the way unimpeded, and left the Qingque capital smoothly, and then smoothly left the territory of the Qingque Dynasty and went to the Yongle Dynasty.

In the moonlight, Liu Wenchu gently lifted the curtain of the carriage with one hand, and glanced back at the Qingque Dynasty, his face full of banter.

"A country that surrenders without a fight can only be like this. ”

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In the Qingque Dynasty's National Teacher's Mansion, the Confucian sage Xu Chang had already left first.

Guo Maoxue, an official of the Zhaoshen Division from the Dahe Dynasty, also resigned and lived in a restaurant on Suzaku Street, saying that he was waiting for the instructions of the national teacher at any time.

Zhang Boyi held a letter in his hand, and on the envelope, the national teacher personally opened the four characters.

"Seeing the words is like the face. ”

"Prince Yingxiao has died of poison. ”

"Regarding the case of the crown prince Yingxiao's ascension to the throne and the death of poison, the results of the investigation are as follows. ”

"After Gu Mou's investigation, Liu Wenchu of the Yongle Dynasty was the person who poisoned him, and he had found three poisons that were mixed together to take effect, and then in Gu's mansion, Liu Wenchu personally admitted that he was the one who poisoned His Royal Highness the Prince. Ye Shaowen, the deputy commander, also said that he witnessed Liu Wenchu's ascension to the city before the enthronement ceremony.

At this point, the human and material evidence is there, and the evidence of Liu Wenchu's murder is ironclad. ”

"This enthronement ceremony is a conspiracy of the Yongle Dynasty. The reason why the enthronement ceremony was held in such a hurry was that Yongle was behind the scenes. ”

"There will be Yongle spies in the court, and I implore the national teacher to be clear. Yongle tried to use the death of the crown prince of my Qingque enthronement ceremony to introduce the murderer to confess his guilt, so as to trigger a war between the two countries. ”

"It will be a war that the Qingque Dynasty will inevitably lose. Gu didn't want to see it happen. ”

After thinking about it again and again, Gu Mou still couldn't make up his mind, and he didn't dare to tell other adults in the court, for fear that they would make a big fuss about it. ”

"I believe that the national teacher also knows that there are some adults in the DPRK and China who have always been inexplicably yearning for war. ”

"Nowadays, the little prince is young, the first emperor and the prince have died, the Qingque group of dragons has no leader, internal and external troubles are rushing up, in the troubled times, the people are panicking, the country will fall, I am afraid that I can no longer bear the war with Yongle. ”

After much deliberation, Gu finally decided to take responsibility for the crime with his own strength. ”

"Liu Wenchu has been sent out of the capital overnight by my henchmen, and I believe that he will be able to board the Xianjia ferry and return to the Yongle realm in less than three days. This move is really helpless, please forgive the national teacher. ”

"When I die, I can put the charge of poisoning the prince Ying Xiao on Gu's head, I have confessed to the criminal department under the witness of Chen Yufu, the servant of the criminal department, and I have been detained, and I hid three poisons from Liu Wenchu's body, and the same human and material evidence is there. ”

"Gu is infamous, and he is afraid that his wife and children will not be able to live in peace, so he hopes that the national teacher will take care of him. ”

"If the national teacher leaves me with wine, he can sprinkle it in front of my grave in the future, and Gu will enjoy it. ”

"Gu You respectfully. ”

After reading this letter, which can be called a suicide note, the national teacher of the Qingque Dynasty slowly walked under the eaves, and the old tears were full of tears.

The old national teacher looked at the capital swept by the strong wind and the torrential rain, and his heart was filled with grief and indignation, and he sighed.

The wind and rain outside the National Teacher's Mansion are shaking, why is the Qingque Dynasty not like this?

Originally, he also said that he wanted to drink with Gu You.

On the desk of the old national teacher, there is a jar of fine wine.

I heard that it was a guest of the enthronement ceremony, and I bought it from Canggeng Prefecture, which is thousands of miles away.

Wine name hero courage.

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Fuso Dynasty.

In the Qinglou called the Hero's Tomb in Luojing, the princess of the former dynasty and the current Oiran of the capital Xuezhu girl is secretly meeting a guest in the room.

The man stood by the window with his back to Xuezhu, covered his face with a thin veil, and chuckled: "'From today on, you will be my son's friend', Cao Wang really said that?"

The princess of the former dynasty looked serious and nodded, "It seems that Xue Zhu has gained the trust of His Royal Highness the prince. ”

The man stretched out a finger, shook it casually in front of the woman's eyes, and smiled, "You think things are too simple. Gong Ziyun was never as simple as he seemed. To a certain extent, the intrigues and tricks of the princes in the Fuso Palace who are now competing for the throne are far from our Royal Highness, who seems to be indifferent to everything. ”

It's not a level of competition at all.

Xue Zhu asked, "Sir, are you saying that His Royal Highness the Prince is still testing me?"

"What do you say?" the man asked rhetorically.

As soon as he said this, the woman immediately had a bitter face, frowned, and looked melancholy and miserable, and complained: "It's the little woman who is useless, and she can't share her worries for her husband." ”

The man didn't have to look back, he already knew the scene behind him, and smiled comfortingly, "Miss Xuezhu doesn't have to be presumptuous. ”

He turned around, gently picked up the woman's chin with his fingers, leaned closer and said, "After all, although you haven't won the trust of Gong Zixuan, at least, you have the trust of Cao Wang." Why don't you borrow that Cao Wang to approach Gong Ziqian openly?"

A hint of disgust flashed in the woman's eyes, and she knew that this person meant that she wanted to climb into the man's bed.

"Slap" slapped Xue Zhu on the face, the force was so great that he directly slapped the woman to the ground, and half of her cheeks were red, like a cloud in the sky.

"A woman in a green building is also worthy of looking up to herself in her heart?"

The man sneered, walked to the door, suddenly stopped, and said, "Give you a month, Gong Ziqian or Cao Wang's bed, you have to climb one." If not, I'm afraid I'll have to throw you into the dungeon of Linglong City, and a beauty like you can't withstand the toss of my men. ”

With that, the man slammed the door and walked out, leaving only a woman, sitting cross-legged on the floor with a grumbling look in her eyes.