There was a breeze coming from the window, like an invisible hand turning the pages, there was a notebook on the desk, and the seal on it was Xiao Yuhe's three words, as if the bright red ice blood was dazzling, Meng Qi sat quietly, the glow was shining, reflecting on that pale and haggard face.

The maid gently closed the window, the breeze stopped suddenly, and she said, "Your Highness, the morning is a little cool, don't catch a cold." ”

Meng Qi was like a puppeteer, and it took a long time before he turned his head blankly, looked at the maid, and said in a low voice: "What's the situation?

Silence, somewhat bleak.

There are only three people in the embassy, there are only two people in this room, the people in the past are gone, the broken walls have not been repaired, the ruins all over the ground are so messy, for several days in a row, Meng Qi is quietly in the room, every time the maid comes in, her first sentence is to ask Xiao Yuhe, these days, she has realized what it is like a year.

The maid sighed softly and replied: "Your Highness, the time is too short, I'm afraid Your Majesty hasn't replied yet, and ...... else."

"What else?" Meng Qi hurriedly asked.

"The slave maid heard that Gu Qing is back!" said the maid.

Meng Qi's body suddenly weakened, he sat on the ground, his eyes were blank, and muttered: "He is not dead, how can he not die?" Gu Qingci is narrow-minded, and he will definitely kill Yu He's ......."

Meng Qi stood up and muttered, "No, no, I'm going to kill him, I can't let him live......!"

The maid hurriedly grabbed Meng Qi and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, calm down, it won't help you to go to Gu Qingci now, what's more, we can't leave the embassy now, even if we leave the embassy, we can't fight Gu Qingci!"

The haggard person is always supported by the last bit of spiritual strength, and when this last trace of hope disappears, it is like the water that bursts the embankment, Meng Qi's body is weak, he kneels on the ground, and cries loudly.

"Why is this happening, why is this happening, I'm sorry Yu He ......"

............

On the street of Chang'an City, the sun was shining, there was a handsome boy holding a folding fan, walking slowly, there was an old man behind him, walking through the street, the boy brother suddenly smiled: "Lu Lao, you say, did Linyuan Dongtian and the Yan royal family lose a lot this time?"

Lu Ming smiled faintly and said, "Yes, Your Highness, Linyuan Dongtian and the Yan Kingdom Imperial Family were originally strong alliances this time, if it weren't for Meng Qi's own cleverness, even if the Alliance Conference lost, they wouldn't have lost, but it's a pity that ......"

"It's a pity that that woman is big-chested and brainless, I really don't know how this kind of idiot can live so big in the royal family!" Wu Yu sneered and said: "I'm afraid that today's Xia Kingdom court is lively, with Gu Qingci's temper, Xiao Yuhe may really not be able to bear it this time." ”

Lu Ming shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily, Xiao Yu is the heir of Linyuan Cave Heaven, it is impossible for Linyuan Cave Heaven to sit idly by." ”

"It also makes sense," Wu Yu nodded and said, "It's a pity that I can't go and see it in person, I really want to see Gu Qingci's performance in the court." ”

............

Outside Chang'an City, an old Taoist priest walked over slowly, standing in front of the world's first male city, he slowly raised his head and muttered: "How many years, this Chang'an City has become more and more prosperous, Mr. Wuji, can you allow me to enter the city?"

The breeze was blowing, coming and going, there were many people entering and leaving the city, but no one noticed the old Taoist priest who was touching his beard outside the city wall, and the old Taoist priest didn't look at anyone, as if he was really talking to himself, but he was asking.

"Yes!"

There was a faint sound of vicissitudes in the wind.

The old Taoist priest nodded and arched his hand, "Thank you, Mr. Wuji." ”

In the late spring and early summer of the sixteenth year of Tiance, Gu Qiao, the grandmaster of the seven sects and eight sects in the world, came to the capital of the Xia Kingdom.

............

At the same time, a young man in white slowly stepped into the palace outside the Jinluan Hall of the Xia Imperial Palace, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at the young man quietly, and as the young man walked in step by step, the sunlight spread into the hall inch by inch.

Gu Qingci ignored the various eyes projected, he knew that there were appreciation, doubts, speculations, helplessness and jealousy, too many emotions, but none of them had anything to do with him.

Emperor Xia was also looking at Gu Qingci, looking at the young man in front of him who was still bearing, he felt a trace of emotion in his heart, it was a feeling that time was passing and he was slowly getting old.

"Minister, Gu Qingci, see the emperor. Gu Qing bowed.

"No courtesy!" Emperor Xia said in a deep voice.

Gu Qingci straightened up and said loudly: "Minister, three days ago, I was assassinated by the Yan State Mission and almost died, and now the evidence is conclusive, Minister, I ask Your Majesty to make the decision for me and give me a fair return." ”

Gu Qingci met with Emperor Xia last night, and it was also requested by Emperor Xia to come to the court today, and later he met Mr. Wuji, and he also knew the situation of Xiao Yuhe now, and he knew more clearly the various reactions of these people in the court when the evidence was conclusive.

Emperor Xia looked at Gu Qingci, pondered for a moment, and said, "Gu Aiqing, you are a victim in this matter, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Gu Qingci took a step forward and was about to speak, when Young Fu Qihui suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please allow the old minister to say a few words to Gu Xianzi." ”

Emperor Xia nodded and said, "Quasi!"

Gu Qingci looked at the old man who was quite old but energetic, and said, "Lord Qi doesn't know what to advise, so I'm listening." ”

Qi Hui arched his hand and said, "Don't dare to advise, the old man just wants to ask Master Gu a few questions." ”

Gu Qingci sneered in his heart, what happened in the court in the past few days since he disappeared, Mr. Wufeng had already told him last night, he naturally knew what this Qi Hui's position was, and he also knew that if this Qi Hui stood up at this time, it would be another war of words.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingci couldn't help but look over at the Imperial History Terrace, and the Imperial History named Lu Youzhuang also happened to look at Gu Qingci and nodded at Gu Qingci.

Qi Hui straightened his court clothes and asked: "Lord Gu is a hero of my Xia country, he once fought in Changling County to protect my people in Great Xia, not afraid of hardships, I don't know, at this moment, can you still remember the original intention at that time?"

Gu Qingci nodded slightly and said: "As a Great Xia person, there must be Great Xia bones, Qingci will never forget those good men who sacrificed for my Great Xia, and I dare not forget their entrustment to me." ”

"Okay," Qi Hui nodded, and said: "Master Gu is willing to sacrifice for the country and the people, and is worthy of the admiration of all the people and students, then let me ask Gu Xianzi your second question, since you have never forgotten your original intention, are you willing to wronged you alone and seek benefits for the people of the entire Xia Kingdom?"

Gu Qingci looked at Qi Hui, looked at it very seriously, looked at it very carefully, his eyes were like torches, as if he wanted to see Qi Hui through, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a touch of news, as if he was mocking, as if he was joking, but he just didn't speak, didn't say a word, watched it for a long time, and was silent.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were a little puzzled, and they didn't understand what Gu Qingci was going to do, but Lu Youzhuang, who was opposite Gu Qingci, was slightly relieved, from the two questions that Qi Hui asked Gu Qingci in a row just now, he was slightly worried, because Gu Qingci seemed to be being led by Qi Hui's nose.

Lu Youjian is not very old and a young man, when he first knew about Gu Qingci, he was a little unconvinced, and even had the idea of competing with Gu Qingci, but the two never had the opportunity to meet, and then Gu Qingci entered Beijing with a high profile, but he didn't have that mind.

The literati have been light on each other since ancient times.

However, when Gu Qingci's reason for resigning from Beijing was exposed, Lu Youzhuang gave up the idea in his heart, he watched Gu Qingci fight for the honor of those sacrificed soldiers in the court, and also saw Gu Qingci's determination to disdain power, at that moment, his blood was also ignited.

He is the imperial history, he is a speech official, they have their own backbone, on the matter, he hopes that Gu Qingci can be treated fairly, but he also knows that although Gu Qingci does nothing, he touches the interests of too many people, and Qi Hui is just a representative.

He was worried that Gu Qingci would be led into a dead end by Qi Hui, but when Gu Qingci suddenly stopped talking, he remembered that Gu Qingci's argument was not weak, and he had performed for a moment at the Liyuan Poetry Club a few days ago.

............

Qi Hui was stared at by Gu Qingci very unnaturally, his face gradually became serious, and he said slightly angrily: "Gu Xianzi, is it possible that the old man has flowers on his face?

Gu Qingci smiled faintly and said, " I'm just wondering, does Lord Qi want to say next, let me be wronged, choose to turn a blind eye to my assassination, and let others ride on my head to, because, if I am more serious, my Great Xia will have a conflict with Yan Kingdom, and it is very likely that there will be a war at that time, and I can't say that I will be ruined and let the people of the world suffer innocent harm, so I should turn a big thing into a small thing, and make a small matter, and then, someone else will kill me, I have to say with a smile, a small matter, please don't mind? Oh, by the way, I killed several of them, do I have to kneel down and apologize, or kill myself to beg them for forgiveness? Lord Qi, do you want to say this?"

As Gu Qingci's words came out, Qi Hui's old face became more and more cold, gradually becoming iron-blue, and finally said angrily: "Nonsense, when did the old man mean this? Gu Xianzi, don't distort my meaning!"

Gu Qingci smiled and said, "Then, Lord Qi might as well continue to say what you mean, and listen to me!"

Qi Hui was so angry that his beard was about to float up, staring at Gu Qingci with a sign and choking, and suddenly didn't know what to say for a while, but at this time, a Zhongshu Ling stood up with a smile, pulled Qi Hui away, and said: "Gu Xianzi, Gu Xianzi, don't get me wrong, Lord Qi means that you are not okay now? There is no need to make too much trouble about this matter, if you can minimize the trouble, you will reduce it, Yan Guo will definitely compensate you, but Yan Guo's concubine can't kill it!"

Gu Qingci looked at Zhongshu Ling, looked back at Qi Hui, and said coldly: "Lord Qi, do you mean this?"

"Hmph," Qi Hui snorted coldly and said: "You haven't had any major problems now, why do you have to be more serious, if you really fight with Yan Guo, then the whole country will make a lot of trouble because of you alone, wronged you alone, but for the whole people of the world, you are not willing to do this little thing, what qualifications do you have to say that you are a clean official, what qualifications do you have to stand in this court?"

Gu Qingci nodded casually, and said slowly: "Lord Qi is really high-spirited, listen to your words, read books in Xiasheng for ten years, admire and admire, I think what you said is very right, I should indeed wronged myself for the sake of the people of the world, well, what you said is very reasonable." ”

Qi Hui was surprised, including the entire court civil and military officials, who were puzzled, and didn't know why Gu Qingci suddenly changed the direction of the wind, and he was silent for a while.

Qi Hui was also a little dazed, looking at Gu Qingci, many words were blocked in his mouth and he couldn't say it, and after a while, he said slowly: "Since Gu Xianzi has this awareness, it is naturally better." ”

Emperor Xia frowned, and looked at Gu Qingci suspiciously, in his heart, Gu Qingci was not such a good talker, otherwise he would not have taken great pains to leave him in the capital.

Sure enough, Gu Qingci spoke again, and said with a sneer: "Everyone has heard, Lord Qi is a high-spirited and bright official, I think that if he is in the same situation as below, he will definitely sacrifice the small self to fulfill the big self." ”

Qi Hui had a bad premonition inexplicably in his heart, looked at Gu Qingci, and said, "Gu Xianzi, what do you want to say?"

"It's nothing," Gu Qingci shrugged his shoulders and said: "I said a long time ago, my essence is not an official, I am a person from the rivers and lakes, I think everyone knows that I am a person who practices martial arts, but many people may not know that the martial arts I practice have a lot to do with my state of mind, and I can't stand being wronged, as long as I am wronged, I will go crazy, and then I will become a big devil who kills people when I see them." ”

Gu Qingci turned around slowly and continued: "Master Qi, I have to learn from him and be the licking dog of Yan Kingdom, I didn't want to do it, but he had to use morality to kidnap him, saying that if I don't give in, it will be in vain to care for the people of the world, I have no choice but to choose to be indifferent for the sake of the people of the world in his mouth, choose to let the people of Yan Country step on my head and, and ask me for paper by the way!"

The people in the court listened quietly to Gu Qingci's words, and Qi Hui's face became darker and darker, but Gu Qingci still continued: " I'm very aggrieved now, but I don't want to be the big devil, I can only vent, the best way to vent may be to kill someone, who to kill, then I can only kill the person who makes me aggrieved, but Lord Qi does not allow me to move the people of Yan Kingdom, then I can only move him, I will carry a sword to his house to kill people later, no one will stay, kill people when I see them, vent well, in this way, I will not become a big devil, and I will not hurt ordinary people。 ”

Gu Qingci slowly turned his head to look at Qi Hui and sneered, "Right, Lord Qi!"

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"You, you, you......" Qi Hui was so angry that his old face was blue and red, as if he was changing his face in a performance, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but he was hurriedly supported by others so that he didn't fall.

Gu Qingci still maintained an elegant smile and said: "Why did Lord Qi react like this, isn't this a very glorious thing? You are sacrificing the ego and fulfilling the big me, this is what you taught me, I have already agreed, I think Lord Qi must be very happy in his heart, this kind of glorious honor also makes you fortunate to get it." ”

Qi Hui pointed at Gu Qingci, with a lot of words in his mouth, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only scold angrily: "Vertical ......"

Seeing Qi Hui like this, Taifu Yang Zhengming couldn't stand it anymore, slowly stood up, and said: "Gu Xianzi, you are a bit too much, Lord Qi is a member of the second rank of my Xia Kingdom, how can you threaten him so much with your martial arts?"

"Hehe," Gu Qingci sneered, looked at Yang Zhengming, and said: "Lord Yang is really an old man, he threw all the questions to me in one sentence, then I want to ask Lord Yang, why didn't you speak when Qi Hui gave me moral kidnapping just now, could it be that he is from the Xia Kingdom, and I am not? Or is he nobler than me? Or can he represent the people of the world?"

Yang Zhengming's performance was calm, and he said lightly: "Lord Gu, let's talk about things, we can't take things out of context, you are a naked threat, and Lord Qi is really from the perspective of the people, this is not the same thing at all." ”

Gu Qingci looked around at the court and said, "I really don't know what to say, today I will ask Lord Yang, why do you think that you represent the wishes of the people? Or do you think that your words must be what the people think?"

"I, Gu Qingci, was the county magistrate of Changling County not long ago, and I deal with a group of real ordinary people every day, not the people you see with thousands of dollars in their pockets, do the people really need you to be soft bones? They understand the dignity of the country better than you. ”

"I came all the way from the 100,000 mountains, all the way, I am not an official, I am not a county, I am not a peerless son, I am just a passerby, talk to me about the people, you go and see, which people know this, which people want our Xia Kingdom to be wronged. ”

"Moreover, don't use any moral suppression for me, you don't deserve it at all, the people are just an excuse for your cowardice, I Gu Qingci can't represent the people, I can't represent the Xia Kingdom, I only know, I was assassinated, I want to get my justice back, I'm not afraid of any pressure, I'm not afraid of how strong the other party is, because I have a bone that will only break and not be soft, and you ...... It's scrapped!"

Yang Zhengming looked at Gu Qingci, his face was unwavering, and he said slowly for a long time: "Gu Xianzi, do you know, this is the Jinluan Palace, you are responsible for every word you say, do you know how much impact it will have if you insist on going your own way? If you have to take revenge, do you know how the Yan Kingdom is? Their army is pressing, do you go to resist?"

Gu Qingci sneered, and was about to speak, when Lu Youjian suddenly stood up and said coldly: "Lord Yang, when you say this, I only heard one thing, you are just afraid, you are a coward, I have been a country for more than 100 years, how can I ever be afraid of war, why did I come to you, I am so afraid of Yan Guo, and I am allowed to allow Yan Guo to bully my Xia people?" You go out and ask someone casually, is it you who are afraid, or am I afraid of the entire Xia Kingdom, do you know, it is that there are many people like you, Yan Guo dares to be so presumptuous, and dare to assassinate my Daxia County in Chang'an, if everyone wants you like this, this country will be abolished without a war!"

"That's right," Gu Qingci shouted, "Although I think I think I am in high esteem when my affairs are involved in the whole country, I also want to say, Lord Yang, I have no shortage of iron-clad good men in Daxia, they are not afraid of the army of any country, they are only afraid of cowardice like you who sit in the court but do not want to forge ahead, and will only blindly escape!"

Being insulted by the two young people in such an undisguised face-to-face, Yang Zhengming finally couldn't help it, and said: "Nonsense, I, Yang Zhengming, am wholeheartedly for the people of the world, what do you know, Huangkou Xiaoer, do you know what is a major national event? You will only act recklessly, do you know how to bear the consequences? Can you afford it?"

Gu Qingci smiled disdainfully, and was about to speak, when Emperor Xia above suddenly slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Okay, you guys are talking too far, these things are not something to discuss today." ”

Yang Zhengming arched his hand and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to judge!"

Gu Qingci also saluted: "Your Majesty, please make a holy judgment!"

Emperor Xia pondered for a while, and then slowly spoke: "It is an indisputable fact that Yan Guo sent someone to assassinate me to walk under the Great Summer, what does this mean, it means that Yan Guo is afraid of my Xia Kingdom, why should we be afraid of Yan Kingdom?"

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, Yang Zhengming's face suddenly changed.

After a pause, Emperor Xia continued: "I don't want to say anything more about superfluous words, to borrow Gu Qingci's words, the bones of the people of the Xia Kingdom can be broken, but they can't be soft!"

Qi Hui, who had already calmed down, arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say......

"That's enough," Emperor Xia said with a serious face: "My Great Xia heroes were almost killed, and you still want to compromise with the Yan Kingdom? Is it that one day the Yan Kingdom will send someone to assassinate me, and you will also let me choose to settle the matter in order not to start a war with the Xia Kingdom?"

Emperor Xia's words were indeed very serious, Qi Hui and Yang Zhengming were frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has no such intention, the old minister is just thinking about my Xia country, Your Majesty, please be considerate of the old minister!"

Emperor Xia looked at Yang Zhengming and Qi Hui who were kneeling on the ground, and said expressionlessly: "You are really old, even the pride of our Great Xia people has been wiped out, let's rest for a while, and think about it, why did my Xia Kingdom become today's Great Xia! You don't have to think about interceding with Mr. Wufang, his old man is already ready to go to Yan Country for a walk!"

Emperor Xia made the final decision, Yang Zhengming and Qi Hui suddenly looked like ashes, and Gu Qingci's eyes were a little fluttering, he reacted at this time, this matter has obviously been closed in the coffin, why should it be brought up in the court, it seems that Emperor Xia has already had the intention of moving these old ministers, but unfortunately, Mr. Wufeng has always been under some pressure, this time, he took advantage of Mr. Wuji's idea, and directly took Yang Zhengming's family.

Everything is under the control of Emperor Xia.