Marshal Yang has been fighting for righteousness and squandering money since he was chivalrous, accumulating a lot of "love" debts, and he suddenly announced that he would withdraw from the rivers and lakes and move to the Western Regions, which made countless people inexplicable and relieved many people: the debt does not have to be repaid.

Exiting the rivers and lakes and leaving the rivers and lakes are two different things, the former means that he will no longer meddle in the future, but the debts owed by others still have to be returned, and the latter means that he will be completely cut off and give up, and if he breaks away from the Central Plains, the rules of the rivers and lakes will lose their support, and others will not take the initiative to go to the Western Regions to repay their debts, and Marshal Yang will not be able to ask for returns from debtors thousands of miles away.

Qin Yeming had spent more than half a year inquiring about Marshal Yang's past, and created a list of "debts", recording the general situation at that time and the current situation of this person, especially the reputation of the outside world.

At that time, Gao Enci was only a small colonel, and he had not yet been promoted to the palace gate Sima.

Gu Shen chose people based on two important principles: Those who were still well-known in the rivers and lakes should not be chosen, and the network of "affection and righteousness" of these people was too complicated, and they would never pay off the debts of a benefactor who had passed away for many years; those who often talked about Marshal Yang endlessly, and they spared no effort to spread the good name of their benefactor, and they probably thought that they did not owe each other anything and were unwilling to pay any more interest.

These two high gifts are not touched, he left the rivers and lakes early to go home to live a child, marry a wife and have children, inherit his father's military position, neighbors and friends know that this is a stable person, and there is no flaw in human relations.

Qin Yeming found an opportunity to reveal his true identity.

Even if the Western Regions are turned upside down, the impact on the Central Plains is minimal, Gao Enci has heard of the name of the Dragon King, but he doesn't think he is dangerous, so he warmly and cautiously received Qin Yeming and inquired about the past of the Gu family.

Soon, Gao Enci confirmed that Gu Shenwei was indeed the descendant of General Gu Lun, and as for the relationship between Marshal Yang and the Gu family, he had already learned a lot of inside information, and even knew that Marshal Yang's younger brother Yang Zheng had been staying in the Gu family.

Therefore, when Qin Yeming declared that Gu Shenwei had the right to represent Marshal Yang, Gao Enci expressed his approval, and the stone in his heart that had been spanning for many years finally fell to the ground and was replaced with a bigger and heavier burden - when he finally knew that Gu Shenwei's purpose was to seek revenge against the royal family, he could no longer clear the relationship between the two sides for several years.

Gao Enci has been waiting for this opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with Gu Shenwei, clarify the facts, and draw a clear line for his "debt repayment", he owes Marshal Yang a great "affection", but it has not yet reached the point of abandoning his wife and children and betraying his family and treason.

The two did not talk about this topic immediately, but talked about the matter in front of them first, the last time Gu Shenwei received information from Gao Grace was a month ago, when the Empress Dowager had already killed Yan Qin, and the assassin chosen was Zhang You, whom Yan Qin trusted.

Gao Enci is just a palace gate Sima and has no access to many palace secrets, this information was told to him by others, and he will find a way to transfer to the outside of the palace, which is also one of the reasons why he is willing to work for the descendants of the Gu family: Gu Shenwei is not the only informant in the palace, which makes Gao Enci feel that he is in a big net, and the security surname is multiplied.

"The Yulin Army snatched Zhang You and Zhang Ji'er away and ruined her plan. Whether it is a note or a conversation, Gao Enci uses "she" to represent the Queen Mother.

She thought that by letting the Yulin Army make some trouble, she could create an excuse to recruit the general Pang Ning back, but the princess and Luo Cong wanted to use this opportunity to control the whole city. Gu Shenwei said.

How will the struggle between the princess and the queen mother continue? The two chatted a few words, and then, Gao Enci decided to ask the topic he was most concerned about, "Gu Gongzi, I have been looking forward to meeting today, and there are some things I want to say to you in person. ”

"Gao Sima, please speak. Gu Shenwei was also waiting for this meeting, he knew Gao Grace very deeply, but he had never had direct contact, and this was a strange experience that he had never had before.

"I know that Gu Gongzi has made a grand plan, and I am just a small chess piece in this plan, and I have no complaints about it, but I want to know where Gu Gongzi's last move will go, so that I can determine how far I can follow. I won't deceive Gu Gongzi, but there are always some things I won't do for you. ”

"In the past few years, Gao Sima has provided me with a lot of information, my understanding of the court basically comes from you, I think you have done enough, from today on, you are the East Gate Sima, you have nothing to do with me, and you don't owe anything to Marshal Yang. ”

Gao Enci was stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses, "Gu Gongzi doesn't need me anymore?"

"It's that you've done enough. Gu Shenwei knows that everyone has a limit in their hearts, within the limit, everything is done, the closer to the limit, the heavier the feelings of disgust and resistance, and when the limit is exceeded, he will choose to betray with confidence.

Gao Enci has been looking forward to this moment, but when it appeared unexpectedly, it brought confusion and disappointment, "Uh, okay, since Gu Gongzi ...... Does this mean that we may become enemies in the future?"

Gu Shenwei patted the narrow knife on his waist, "I assure you that when I use it, no one - including you - will raise any objections, and I have been in business for six years, and I will never rush into the palace and kill." ”

Gao Enci couldn't help but bend down and pay tribute to this young man who was much younger than himself, because although Gu Shenwei's words were murderous, they did make him feel relieved, and he had been having the same nightmare all these years: a group of fierce gods and evil men entered the palace, pulled out the unrecognizable emperor and the empress dowager, and ordered him to personally raise a knife and cut off the heads of the two of them.

The nightmare was over, Gao Enci felt indescribably relieved, and at the same time, he also understood that he was no longer qualified to ask the other party to confess the "last move", "To be honest, I am grateful for Gu Gongzi's magnanimity, since you said that my mission is over here, it is over." ”

"Well, you deserve it, you don't need to be grateful to me, and I won't be grateful to you, we will be strangers in the future. ”

Gao Enci likes the word "stranger", which means that he has finally gotten rid of the rivers and lakes, and got rid of the young and frivolous and energetic young Gao Jin, where joy and sorrow lie.

"I still have a few last words to say to Gu Gongzi. ”

"Speak. ”

"Your Majesty was indeed assassinated with Prince Xiao, this news was told to me by the person in the palace, she is sure of it, but she has not yet figured out how the group of killers got His Majesty from the heavily guarded inner palace to the vicinity of the palace pool, she has a guess, she thinks that there is an internal annihilation in the palace, and the queen mother has been secretly investigating the matter. ”

Gao Enci had never seen "that person", he only went to a fixed place at a fixed time to pick up the letter, and burned it immediately after reading it, the person's handwriting had no obvious characteristics, but from the details of the sentence formation, he judged that it was a woman.

"Good, I've been waiting for news. Although the news of the emperor's murder had already spread throughout the court, Gu Shenwei still needed a clear and unmistakable statement, as for "that person", this was another important chess piece in his hand, and it would never be leaked to outsiders.

"There is one more thing, it is my guess, Gu Gongziquan should be a reference, I think the behavior of all factions in the rivers and lakes gathering in the capital is not simple, although there are more than 100 ** of each faction who died under the killer's knife, but they are not the elites of each faction, far less important than those who were poisoned by the Ten Directions Sect last night, but not only did all the factions come to the capital to take revenge, but almost all the heads of the sect have arrived, which is a very rare thing. ”

"Well, I also think it's strange that the assassination a month ago took place in the wilderness more than ten days away from the capital, but I didn't hear that a sect sent there to investigate, but they all gathered in the capital, as if they were very sure that the killer was hiding here. ”

"That's right, it's very strange, a month has passed, but they haven't found a single killer, but they just refused to leave inside and outside the capital. ”

"The vision of the rivers and lakes and the court ** happened at the same time, is there any relationship between the two?" Gu Shenwei asked both himself and Gao Grace.

This is a delicate moment, Gao Enci can choose not to answer, and end all his relations with Gu's descendants, or he can say his own analysis, so as to participate in Gu Shenwei's plan again, only this time the relationship has changed, and he is no longer repaying the "affection" owed in the past, but an equal union.

Gao Enci knew this, so he hesitated for a while before he said the conclusion that he had already thought of, "According to my observation, the Kongtong faction is uniting a group of Jianghu forces to serve the Empress Dowager, and before the general leads his troops back to Beijing, they are the forces in the hands of the Empress Dowager to protect herself and fight against the Yulin Army. ”

The periphery of the palace is guarded by the Yulin Army, and the middle layer is a palace guard like Gao Enci, their position is very complicated, there are those who take refuge in any force, and the innermost layer is in the hands of Yan Qin, now that he is dead, the queen mother still will not fully believe in the people in the palace, and it is indeed a feasible plan to attract a group of masters to defend the palace.

As soon as he spoke, Gao Enci no longer concealed it, and even raised questions, "The only thing that is unclear at the moment is the Ten Directions Sect, they dare to sneak into the capital, this is something that has never happened before, it is simply self-defeating, this matter is also very strange, but I don't know which side it has to do with it?"

"I'll find out. Gu Shenwei glanced out the window.

Gao Enci said goodbye with interest, "I hope there is still a chance to see Gu Gongzi again." He used this sentence to show his attitude.

Gu Shenwei nodded slightly, at this time he was the king and would not make a decision easily.

The two were not familiar enough to be honest with each other, so they ended the meeting with a typical Jianghu-style hint, Gao Enci was willing to continue to work for the descendants of the Gu family, and Gu Shenwei had to come up with a corresponding return, and he could no longer be used in vain as before, this was the wordless agreement they reached.

Except for the Empress Dowager, Gu Shenwei has seen almost every important person in the court, Yan Qin is dead, and he can no longer dig out the truth from his mouth, but it also reduces a big obstacle.

Zihe Zhenren's predictions came true one by one, and on the surface, it seemed that his relationship with the various factions in the rivers and lakes was stiffened, and he might have secretly reached a secret alliance.

From the rivers and lakes to the court, the eighty-year-old head seems to have mastered all the key links, and Gu Shenwei is very much looking forward to the upcoming meeting.

At the beginning of night outside, Gu Shenwei quietly walked out of the three streets, and then retraced, and soon, there were several followers behind him. (To be continued.) )