In the partial hall of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse sat on the big chair and coldly asked Gao Jie to get up and speak.

Wei Zhongxian's face was expressionless, looking at Gao Jie, who was standing at the bottom with a look of resentment on his face, but he was secretly laughing in his heart. Before in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, he briefly explained his plan, and regardless of whether Gao Jie understood it or not, or was reluctant, he dragged him into the palace to face the saint.

Although Gao Jie felt that Wei Zhongxian's plan was indeed feasible, at this moment, he met the little emperor who already knew his details, and muttered in his heart, wondering if this risky strategy would really be as effective as the hateful Uncle Wei said.

However, Zhu Youxiao saw Gao Jie, although his tone was a little cold, but he could call him up to reply, it can be seen that there should be no big problem, Gao Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and found that in this hall, in addition to Emperor Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian and him, there was another person present, and this person was Luo Sigong, the commander of the Ming Jinyi Guard, Gao Jie's uncle.

Seeing that the master was also here, Gao Jie was even more settled, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Gao Jie coldly, and suddenly said, "Marquis Zhongyong, do you know why I summoned you to the palace?"

Gao Jie glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and replied angrily: "Xiao Jie has a bad brain, and he was suddenly pulled into the palace by Duke Wei in a hurry, to be honest, he hasn't figured out why!"

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he almost didn't laugh, and secretly pinched his thigh with his hand before he could hold back his laughter.

Zhu Youxiao was also made to laugh and cry by Gao Jie's answer, and the previous unhappiness was swept away, and his tone slowed down: "According to me, it's not that you don't understand, but pretend to be confused!"

Gao Jie is a Lingpan person, and immediately hit the snake with the stick, and said with a smile: "Could it be that I haven't seen you for many days, and the saint is missing me?!"

Seeing that Gao Jie dared to ridicule today, Luo Sigong, who was standing on the side, was shocked into a cold sweat.

Zhu Youxiao is illiterate, he is quite disgusted with the red tape in the court, since he saw Gao Jie, he felt that he was quite in love with this young man from the countryside, and when he heard his ridiculous words, he didn't mind, but laughed happily, and then "bah" him and said: "I miss you, I want to cut off your head as a bow ball!"

Gao Jie touched his head and said, "I feel that the Holy One should be reluctant!"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and said: "You kid don't give me a gourd and a scoop in the west, hurry up and honestly recruit you and the bandit leader Xu Hongru's past, don't want to get by!"

Luo Sigong was suddenly summoned into the palace by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he didn't know what was going on, but when he heard Zhu Youxiao's words, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

Gao Jie was prepared, and he didn't panic at the moment, and casually made up a vivid and tortuous story of meeting Xu Hongru in his hometown in Shaanxi, the two of them fighting together with the local unscrupulous local tyrants and bullies, and finally becoming friends who forgot the year. Tell me, O Holy Lord, now that he has been deceived and become a prisoner on death row, I want to make some connections and go through the back door so that he can be released without charge, is there anything wrong with that?"

After listening to Gao Jie's wonderful speech, Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts: "This stinky boy can really talk nonsense, running trains with his mouth, and he can make up such a touching and lofty story in a short time, what a ghost and elf!"

Gao Jie's current compilation of this story made Zhu Youxiao, who had never been out of the palace, his eyes light up when he heard it, and his face was full of envy, and he couldn't help but nod and said, "I didn't expect you and that bandit... Eh, that Divine Doctor Xu actually had such a peculiar origin before, I can understand your thoughts about wanting to save his life at this moment! By the way, what do you mean by relying on the relationship and going through the back door?"

Gao Jie secretly hated himself for patronizing and making up stories, and crossed the language of later generations, so he had to quickly explain: "Trusting the relationship and going through the back door is my hometown, which means that I want to ask you, the Holy Lord, or powerful people such as Gonggong Wei and Lord Luo, to secretly help the kid!"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly realized, and then asked: "Then you said that Doctor Xu was deceived by someone, and he was arrested for making trouble, what is going on?"

Gao Jie saw Zhu Youxiao ask the key point, and couldn't help but glance at Wei Zhongxian, who was a little nervous, before he deliberately let out a long sigh and said angrily: "Saint, Xu Hongru is a miracle doctor with the idea of helping the world, he is deeply loved by the people among the people, and his reputation is very good, how could he be a demon who harms the people and endangers the court? !

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said: "However, a few days ago, I received a letter from Ye Qing, the governor of Zhili, and it is clear that Wang Haoxian, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, abides by the law and is loyal, and the Wenxiang Sect under his leadership has always been law-abiding, and is very cooperative with the government's governance, and Xu Hongru's rebellion should have nothing to do with it." In addition, Yang Zhaoji, the chief military officer of the Quelling Rebellion, also reported that in the battle to break through the bandits' nest in Zou County, Wang Haoxian's cronies should cooperate with the outside and the outside, so that they competed for merit in a short period of time and captured Xu Hongru alive. In other words, in this rebellion, Wang Haoxian is also a meritorious person. Gao Jie, there are many discrepancies between this and what you said, how can you explain it?"

Gao Jie was not in a hurry, and said with a slight smile: "As the saying goes, what is fake can't be true, and what is true can't be fake! I don't dare to say that Lord Ye, the governor of Zhili, is shielding Wang Haoxian, and I don't believe that General Yang Zhaoji's report is false and deceived the saint." It's just that I firmly believe that Divine Doctor Xu is innocent! Your Majesty, that Wang Haoxian is by no means a good person, all of this is his conspiracy, please be aware of it!"

Zhu Youxiao stared at Gao Jie and said, "If it is really as you said, these are all Wang Haoxian's conspiracy, I don't understand, why did he do this?"

Gao Jie smiled faintly and said: "Wang Haoxian is ambitious, and his scheme, the kid wants to have two. First, if Divine Doctor Xu and other Wenxiang Sect leaders succeed in their uprising, he can successfully claim the throne and dominate one side! If he loses, he can put all the blame on Xu Hongru and use the hand of the Holy Lord to get rid of the thorn in his eye and the thorn in his flesh!"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "So, Wang Haoxian and Xu Hongru have a vendetta?"

Gao Jie nodded, and then told Xu Hongru about his friendship with Wang Haoyi, the second son of Wang Sen, the former leader of the Wenxiang Sect, and thus a grudge against Wang Haoxian. As for Wang Haoxian's vain attempt to force Xu Hongru to hand over the "White Lotus Treasure Book", Gao Jie naturally concealed it.

When Zhu Youxiao heard these secret things, his expression became more and more solemn, he put his hand on his cheek, thoughtful, and didn't speak for a long time.

Wei Zhongxian and Gao Jie knew that at the critical moment, the decision that Zhu Youxiao and the others would make was the key to the success or failure of their revenge plan, so they became nervous at the same time, staring directly at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, observing the expression on his face.

Luo Sigong has been involved in the court for decades, although he is reluctant to participate in the party struggle, but after all, he is also an old sparrow in Dongting Lake, but his eyes are bright, at this moment, how can he still not understand what Gao Jie is trying to do? The expression on his face changed, and his heart was turbulent.

The silence in the side hall was a little frightening for a while, and the needle could be heard and the breath could be heard.

In today's capital, the snow is falling heavily, and the sky is very gloomy. Suddenly, a deafening winter thunder exploded, waking up the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao from deep thought, he settled down, raised his eyes to look at Gao Jie, hesitated for a moment, turned his head sideways to Wei Zhongxian and said, "Dada, in your opinion, how to decide?"

As soon as these words came out, Gao Jie immediately relaxed and understood that the overall situation had been decided.

Sure enough, under the guidance of Wei Zhongxian, intentionally or unintentionally, Zhu Youxiao finally made a decision: suspend the beheading of the bandit leader Xu Hongru, and thoroughly investigate Wang Haoxian, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect.

Moreover, at the suggestion of Wei Zhongxian, the thorough investigation of Wang Haoxian, as expected, fell on Gao Jie.

Zhu Youxiao ordered Gao Jie to be the minister of the Qin Mission, and half a month later, he led a secret decree out of Beijing and went to Zhili, which is now the capital of Wenxiang Sect in Hebei Province, Luanzhou Shifokou, to secretly investigate Wang Haoxian's connection with the rebellion.

At the same time, Luo Sigong also received the emperor's order to arrange for Gao Jie to be escorted by several Jinyi guards.

When leaving the palace, Luo Sigong and Gao Jie walked side by side. It was almost dusk, and the snow was falling more violently, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets.

Gao Jie became the legendary minister for the first time, and he was both happy and worried, and he was really a little excited. Luo Sigong was worried about the risk of Gao Jie's trip, and the two of them had their own thoughts, and they kept walking silently, letting the snowflakes hit their cheeks coldly, but they didn't feel anything.

When he came to the door of a tavern, Gao Jie remembered that when he entered the palace, Wukong and Ji Longfeng had to accompany him, because they couldn't enter the palace without permission, so he made an appointment to wait in this tavern. Gao Jie then opened his mouth and said to Luo Sigong: "Uncle Shi, if you still have something, Xiaojie will leave for the time being." Long Feng and Wukong are still waiting for me in this tavern!"

Luo Sigong glared at Gao Jie, and said angrily: "You kid, you are bold and reckless, and you didn't consult me in advance, so you rashly did this dangerous move, what if something went wrong?

Gao Jie secretly cried out in his heart: "Uncle, how do you know, I was also temporarily pulled by Uncle Wei, and I don't have time to think clearly, how can I have time to inform Master and your old man?!"

But he was afraid that telling the truth would lead to Uncle Shi's opinion on Wei Zhongxiansheng, so he reluctantly picked up the black pot and said: "It's all Xiaojie who is reckless, bent on avenging Doctor Xu, and his thoughts are not thoughtful enough, please forgive Uncle Shi!"

Luo Sigong exhaled angrily: "It's good that you know! Next time, you must not be so willful and do it, you know, since ancient times, it is said that a companion is like a tiger, and if your plan succeeds this time, it does not mean that you will have such good luck next time!"

Gao Jie felt aggrieved in his heart, but he could only accept it and swallow his anger.

Luo Sigong let out a sigh, his tone changed slowly, and he continued: "This time, you go to the Shifokou in Luanzhou and go straight to the Wenxiang Sect Capital, which is by no means an easy errand. Shifokou has been operated by Wang Sen and his son for many years, and has a deep foundation, which is a place that allows you to come and go easily. Once Wang Haoxian finds out your intentions, it will definitely be difficult and dangerous, not to mention finding out the truth, it is difficult to say whether even your life can be saved!"

Gao Jie said with a smile: "Don't you often say that Xiaojie's kung fu of oiling the soles of his feet is difficult for anyone to match?

Luo Sigong couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You little slippery head, no matter how powerful you are, you have to fight up the spirit of 120,000 points, and you must not be careless! I'll go back to the Jinyi Guard Yamen now, and I'll think about it, and arrange a few masters for you to accompany you!" With that, he stretched out his hand and patted Gao Jie's head, and hurried away in the snow without looking back.

Gao Jie touched his head, feeling the sincere care of his uncle, his heart was warm, but his mouth underestimated: "Hit me in the head again, aren't you afraid that I will become a fool?" Besides, there is still half a month before departure, what is Uncle Shi doing in such a hurry?!"

Muttering, he walked into the tavern.

There were not many people in the tavern, only four or five tables of guests. Gao Jie easily found Ji Longfeng and Wukong, who were eating, drinking, and chatting.

When Gao Jie sat down, Wukong, who had never spoken much, suddenly whispered to him: "Brother Jie, there are a few monsters over there!"

When Gao Jie heard this, he turned his head and looked around in surprise, and found that there were seven or eight people dressed strangely and looking very different from the people of the Ming Dynasty by the window. They put the two square tables together, drinking wine and babbling birds.

"Crooked nuts!" Gao Jie knew at a glance that these people were from foreign lands and looked like foreigners from the West.

In this era, there were no planes, trains, ships, and there was not much communication between the Ming Dynasty and countries on other continents, and it was quite unusual for a few Westerners to appear in the capital, and Wukong and Ji Longfeng were even more unseen, so they made such a fuss.

Gao Jie turned his head, looked at Ji Longfeng, who had big heads and small eyes, and Wukong, who had yellow hair and yellow eyebrows, and teased: "They are from a distant land, they are travelers from other countries, where are some monsters." In my opinion, you two are more like demons and monsters!"

Ji Longfeng pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Look at these people, their skin is pale, some are red-haired, some are golden-haired, and some are white-haired, what are they not monsters?!"

These words were originally whispered by Ji Longfeng, but he had always had a loud voice, and there were few quiet customers in the tavern, so those foreigners seemed to hear it, and looked at their table together.

Seeing this, Gao Jie hurriedly stopped Ji Longfeng from talking nonsense again, and signaled them to bury their heads in eating and stop causing trouble.

But what kind of person is Ji Longfeng, when he saw those foreigners staring at him, he immediately opened his eyes and glared back, and said to Gao Jie in his mouth: "What are you afraid of, I can't understand a word of the bird language they just said, how can they understand what I said?!"

Gao Jie thought about it, so he smiled and put his mind at ease.

Who knows, things backfired, and I heard a red-haired foreigner at the table suddenly say loudly: "Yours, demons and monsters!"