Su Ai was full of energy, she stayed outside Gu Shenwei's door early, and when she heard the sound of him getting up, she immediately sent washing utensils, and she was even more serious than Qin Yeming.

On the way to the city, Su Ai's curiosity was obviously higher than yesterday, he had lived in the country of incense since he was a child, where the capital had been in decline for many years, and most of it was occupied by plants and trees, and when he came to Biyu City, the lively southern city had been destroyed by the war, so he had never seen real prosperity.

The Central Plains Capital is located at the top of the bustling city, several times larger than the area of Biyu City, more than ten times more populous, although the degree of spending time and wine is slightly inferior to the original Biyu South City, but the victory is richer in shops, more handsome characters, enough to dazzle Su Ai.

Yesterday he was not too embarrassed to ask more, today from the first step out of the gate of the Huaixi Pavilion, his mouth has not been idle, he is interested in everything he has seen along the way, and the questions are endless, Gu Shenwei has to search his stomach to find answers, and most of the time he still has to ask for help from the memories of his childhood.

"The people of the Central Plains are dressed like this, what should I do when I fight?"

"The houses here are really neat, who built them?"

"Why is it that except for Gu Gongzi, no one on the street carries a knife?

......

Gu Shenwei was tired of coping for the first time, so he had to frequently give the most general and simple answer, "I don't know." ”

Su Ai was not hit at all, many times he pondered the answer by himself, and more often he simply expressed his admiration, "The Central Plains is really a big country, we have only been walking for less than half an hour, and we have seen more people on the road than many small countries in the Western Regions." Tsk, it's really unimaginable that a city can accommodate so many people, if it weren't for Gu Gongzi to lead the way, I would have been lost a long time ago. ”

The house is located on the north side, and gradually the pedestrians become scarce, but the houses on both sides of the road are more and more tall and magnificent, and the doors are towering, and there are at least seven or eight servants in front of the door, sitting or standing, and their clothes and hats are all bright and neat, as if they are comparing themselves with each other.

The knife on Gu Shenwei's waist began to attract attention, and even after he walked far away, there were servants who followed and peeked after him, until the two of them were completely out of the range of their house.

"Swordsmen are not popular in the capital. Su Ai said that this shocked him, thinking back to the many Jianghu people he saw yesterday, "But no one seems to care about the sword, strange, really strange." ”

This matter was too complicated to explain, and Gu Shenwei did not answer.

"Is the princess very powerful?" asked Su Ai, interested in the person she was going to meet today.

"It's not that big, but this princess is very special, she is one of the most powerful people in the Central Plains. ”

"Is she strong in martial arts, or can she lead troops into battle, or is she full of stratagem......s? It's like Shangguan Rujiaotou. Su Ai mentioned Shangguan Ru for the first time in front of Gu Shenwei, and he was actually a little shy, as if that name was too holy for him to say.

"She knows how to do martial arts, but she has never been on the battlefield, and as for the schemes, she is doing them in secret, and few people really understand them. Her power comes from the support of a group of old ministers, most of these old ministers have received the favor of the previous generation of emperors, after the new emperor ascended the throne, the status was once unstable, and it was all thanks to the help of the princess to keep the official position, so it is natural to be grateful to her. ”

"Does the new emperor, the current emperor, allow the princess to do this?"

"When the new emperor ascended the throne, she was still a child, and the queen mother was in power, and her mother's family was either not in the capital, or her official position was too low, so she was alone, and like the old minister, she needed to ask for help from the princess, at the cost of giving up some of her power. But now their relationship is not so good. ”

Gu Shenwei said very simply, in fact, in the information he obtained, Princess Huaping and the Empress Dowager had a fierce battle, during which there were victories and losses, resulting in the death of many ministers, and the final outcome was that the Pang family mastered the heavy troops of the northern frontier, but the generals of the Yulin Army in the capital preferred the princess, and the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty chose their own masters.

The two sides have been at peace in recent years, partly because no one can overpower anyone, and the more important reason is to wait for the emperor to make a statement.

The weakness of the queen mother is that her relatives have always been suspicious of ministers, and the foundation of the Pang family was **, and she failed to control the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty when the emperor was weak.

The emperor has grown up and is learning how to govern, but he is very careful not to say a word about the struggle between his mother and aunt, in fact, there are many rumors that the emperor wants to take back all power from the two women at the same time, but at this time, there is an assassination in the palace, and the emperor's life and death are uncertain.

That's why Gu Shenwei had to meet Princess Hoa Binh.

Su Ai didn't know anything about this, only excited that he was about to meet the princess of the Central Plains, but he was disappointed when he entered the Horse Mansion.

As soon as he entered the first door, Su Ai was invited to a room to rest, Gu Shenwei entered the second door alone, Pang Jing waited here, the two nodded to each other, saving a lot of politeness, and then continued to walk towards the third door, without talking to each other.

When he came to the door, Pang Jing stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and stayed outside.

The meeting was neither formal nor casual, and Princess Huaping sat in a small side hall, with two rows of maids and attendants standing on the left and right, leaving only a narrow passageway.

Gu Shenwei walked along the passageway, his narrow knife still attracting attention, and the attendants stared at him as closely as they looked at rare birds and beasts, and they never looked away from each other.

A purple-robed and long-bearded attendant suddenly walked out of the crowd and stopped Gu Shenwei, this person had a majestic appearance, like a living ** god statue, "When you meet Her Royal Highness the Princess, you must not carry weapons." ”

"The knife doesn't leave people, and the princess must not care. ”

The squire glared angrily, and a proud, cold voice came from behind him, "Allow him to bring a knife and just stand there." ”

The attendant turned around and saluted, retreating from the ranks, with a guarded face, it seemed that as long as Gu Shenwei moved his toes forward, he would be the first to pounce to stop him.

Gu Shenwei looked up, and at the end of the passage was a large couch, on which Princess Huaping was sitting, looking back at him with a serious expression.

This is a woman of about forty years of age, who has preserved most of her beauty in a pampered life, and looks very young, but there is no softness in her eyes, and she is as stiff as a statue in a temple like a long-bearded waiter.

"You are Gu Lun's son. She said, her voice just as stiff.

"Yes. ”

The princess paused for a moment, presumably waiting for Gu Shenwei to kneel, and found that he was standing straight, her knees were not bent, and her head was raised higher, and she began to give a long speech.

"I agree with you, not because of the Queen Mother's decree. The princess started with this, she was not afraid of publicity, even in front of a large number of slaves, she dared to criticize the woman with the highest status in the Central Plains, "but because your surname is Gu, and you are the only surviving descendant of the Gu family." ”

She stretched out her arms slightly, and immediately a ring lifted her up.

"Gu Lun and I are not at odds, he forced to death my most trusted and favorite palace maid, spread vicious rumors about me, everyone said that he was an upright and loyal minister, but in my eyes, he was a vicious dog around the first emperor, maybe loyal, but he scared away all the useful talents who wanted to get close to the master. It's a pity that in the end, Gu Lun didn't get even a single bone reward, and fled to the Western Regions in a hurry and died at the hands of the Hu people, isn't this the common fate of all vicious dogs?"

The attendants nodded one after another, "Vicious dogs hurt people, and they must not stay." The long-bearded attendant said loudly, completely ignoring his identity as a "vicious dog".

Several people stared at Gu Shenwei to prevent the son of the "evil dog" from suddenly getting into trouble, they were too worried, Gu Shenwei was not "evil" at all, and in the face of the princess's humiliation of the deceased father, his face did not change, and there was no anger that a filial son should have.

The princess also found out about this, so she snorted lightly, "Now that you are back, it is said that you want to avenge Gu Lun." Very good, I am Gu Lun's enemy, I once sent an envoy to the Western Regions to pay money to buy the surname of your whole family, because I, like you, am also a person who will take revenge. ”

The princess paused again, Gu Shenwei still didn't speak, the attendants on both sides began to show disdain and ridicule, the dragon king of the Western Regions spread the word god, it turned out to be a cowardly and cowardly, in the face of the princess's ridicule and provocation, he didn't even dare to reply a word.

"I know what you're thinking. The princess seems to have decided to turn today's meeting into a one-man show, "It's a pity that the Queen Mother can't help you, she's just using you so that everyone in the world thinks that I have something to do with the assassination in the palace, ha, she made the wrong idea, and so do you." I have nothing to do with the Killers of the Western Regions, and my envoy was dealing with Jinpeng Fort in a private capacity, paying a large sum of money - of course, it seems that the money is not worth it now - and the transaction is over, and there is no contact with it. A group of Hu people from the Western Regions are not qualified enough to please me. You, the son of Gu Lun, had better make a better revenge plan, it's useless to fake the fox and the tiger. ”

After the sentence was pronounced, the princess seemed to finish speaking, and sat down again on the couch with the help of the maid.

Gu Shenwei waited for a while, then stretched out his hand and pulled out the narrow knife.

His movements were not fast, but the attendants, including those who were keeping an eye on the guests, all gasped and did not react immediately, until the entire blade of the blade was pulled out of the sheath by the flickering cold light, and only four or five people pounced at the same time, and the others shouted scolds to cheer.

Gu Shenwei swung the narrow knife in a circle, and his movements were equally unpleasant, but it swept two or three inches in front of everyone's eyes.

Instinct was stronger than loyalty, and four or five attendants hurriedly stopped and retreated with their hands in a daze.

Gu Shenwei stabbed to the ground with a knife, and the narrow knife went into the stone for three points, standing firmly.

"I admire that the princess is in danger, but she still remembers her personal grievances. ”

Princess Huaping stood up suddenly, this time without the support of Yahuan, "With your knife, you dare to say the words 'at stake'?"

"My knife is just a knife, harmless to the princess, but a woman hidden in the depths is a mortal threat to the princess. ”

"You mean the Queen Mother?"

The princess wanted to show contempt, but Gu Shenwei saw nervousness in it, and he shook his head in denial.

The hall was quiet for a while, and the attendants, who had always been good at figuring out their intentions, had lost their skills at the moment, and there was no hint on the princess's face.

"Long beard, you are disrespectful to the guests, and you still don't make amends?"

The long-bearded attendant fell to his knees and kowtowed three times in a row, not having the slightest doubt about the princess's sudden change, and it seemed that even if the princess ordered him to cut himself, he would immediately pounce on the blade of the narrow knife and wipe his neck.

Gu Shenwei knew that he could really talk to the princess. (To be continued.) )