Li Mo said lightly: "In the autumn of the forty-third year of Yuan Chongli, Lord Wu was still serving as the treasurer of Yanxi County, when my uncle suddenly contracted a strange illness and searched for famous doctors in the county and was helpless, but was finally rescued by a young alchemist. At that time, Lord Wu was grateful in every way, even if his family was poor, he raised a lot of money everywhere to thank him, but the young man appreciated Lord Wu's honesty and integrity, and did not take a penny. So, Master Wu said something like this: 'Brother Nie saved my father's life today, if he needs my Wu Zhifu in the future, he will be ruined and will not give up until he dies. ”

"Who the hell are you?"

Wu Zhifu frowned, he knew very well that this matter was extremely secret, and no outsiders knew about it.

Li Mo didn't answer, but continued, "Three years later, Lord Wu was transferred to the Imperial City Academy as a bachelor, and that young man became the Grand Elder of the Imperial Hospital the following year. ”

"Who are you ......?"

Wu Zhifu's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Lord Wu still doesn't understand? There are only a handful of people who know about this, except for the deceased uncle, Lord Wu, there is only the Great Elder. ”

Li Mo said calmly.

"You...... How could it be ......"

Wu Zhifu was smart, and he was taken aback when he heard the meaning of these words.

Li Mo smiled slightly, sighed lightly and recalled: "I still remember the night when Brother Wu was transferred to the imperial city, he went to visit my place of residence, and brought the famous ten miles of osmanthus brewed along the West County, if I remember correctly, it is still twenty years." According to you, your father insisted that you bring it to your boss in the Division, but you don't like this kind of officialdom, and you say that it is better to have a drink with your friends. ”

Speaking of this, he said with a solemn expression, "At that time, I also said to Brother Wu that I was also a single person in this imperial city, and I was very unsociable, but I had the same smell as Brother Wu, and Brother Wu was the person I trusted the most in the imperial city." ”

"Oh my God, you...... Are you really Brother Nie?"

Wu Zhifu was shocked, and looked at him fixedly, his face full of surprise.

"Brother Wu should know that these things are secret, besides, after eight years, Nie has long since disappeared from the world, and no one will pretend to be his name to visit Brother Wu, right?"

Li said honestly.

"That's true...... I'm a mere bachelor, but no one cares about me. ”

Wu Zhifu nodded, and then said in surprise, "So you are really Brother Nie!, but how can you ......?"

"How can it be alive, how can it be like this again?"

Li Mo smiled faintly and said, "Brother Wu also knows that I am good at the method of Xuanmen, and I have been in contact with many Xuanmen disciples in the palace, or I have inherited the fortune of heaven, so that I borrowed this skin to be reborn. ”

"Oh my God, there is such thaumaturgy in the world? The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes, I am very sad about what happened that day, but I hate myself for my low status, I can't speak in the court, and I watched Brother Nie being slandered and framed. Wu Zhifu clenched his fists, and he still looked indignant when he remembered what happened back then.

Li Mo saw it in his eyes and was moved in his heart, as he said at the beginning, although the status in this imperial city is very high, there are mostly some people who climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and there are very few people who really trust.

He asked, "How have Brother Wu been in the past eight years?"

Wu Zhifu smiled bitterly and said: "That's not it, it's been more than ten years since I entered the Treasury, and now I'm still a bachelor, and I revise and revise literature on weekdays, in short, it's just an idle errand." ”

"It seems that even the scribes and treasurers can't get rid of the habits of officialdom, and it is not easy for a person like Brother Wu to be promoted. Li Mo said regretfully.

"This is not a good thing, I was indeed ambitious back then, and I was determined to be above the court and be a loyal courtier. It's just that Brother Nie's actions really chilled my heart back then, thinking how upright and unyielding Brother Nie was, how could he be a person who colluded with the prince to rebel? But instead of thoroughly investigating the matter, His Majesty hung Brother Nie's head on the city wall of the East Gate for ten days, leaving his corpse in the wilderness and eaten by wild dogs!

Wu Zhifu said that he was indignant and slammed his fist on the table.

Li Mo also let out a sneer when he heard this, and said: "The old man of the emperor is naturally hateful, but the culprit is Xiahou Wei, and it is because he dragged me into the case of the rebellion of the third prince in order to let his cronies sit in the position of the chief elder of the Tai Hospital. ”

As soon as the words fell, he asked coldly, "After me, who is the chief elder of the Tai Hospital? This person must have colluded with the Great Prince, I want to know which elder in the Tai Hospital stabbed me in the back!"

Wu Zhifu was slightly stunned, and then said, "It's Brother Nie's little apprentice Wen Yuxian." ”

"What?"

Li Mo was taken aback, his brows furrowed and he said to himself, "How could it be him, although this kid Yuxian is the only one of my three apprentices who came from a family and is also a child of the Houmen family in the Imperial City. But he has always been gentle and respectful, could it be that I have lost my eyes?"

After the words fell, he hurriedly asked again, "What about Qingshan and Dongyu?"

Wu Zhifu said with a solemn expression, "They were all involved in Brother Nie's rebellion and beheaded as the three princes' henchmen. ”

"What?"

Li Mo's lips trembled, and he stood up suddenly, with a sad face.

Among the three disciples, Xu Qingshan and Guo Dongyu are both born in a small city like him, and they are both family backgrounds that can't even be talked about by the family, but they are not only talented, but also diligent and loyal.

Now when I hear this bad news, I am sad and angry.

At this time, Wu Zhifu hesitated for a moment and said, "There is something I don't know whether to talk about or not. ”

"Brother Wu, if you know anything, it will be fine. ”

Li Mo sat down slowly, his face gloomy to the extreme.

The royal family is so cruel and regards human life as a mustard, and it is ridiculous to think that he was so naïve to serve them all his life and served them with all his might.

Wu Zhifu said: "Not long after Wen Yuxian took office, I happened to hear something, saying that the eldest prince did not include the two virtuous nephews of Qingshan in the party of the three princes, and it was Wen Yuxian who insisted on doing so. ”

"What?"

Li Mo glared angrily and slapped his palm on the table.

"Did he really do it?"

He asked.

Wu Zhifu sighed: "This news came from the cronies around the eldest prince, I'm afraid there will be no fake." Listening to that person, Wen Yuxian was originally jealous of the talents of Qingshan and the others, and looked down on their backgrounds, so he pretended to compliment them on weekdays, but he spit on them behind his back. ”

"It's all the teacher's fault......"

Li Mo looked up to the sky and sighed, he was extremely sad, his fists were clenched tightly, and his nails sank into the flesh.

That Wen Yuxian turned out to be so deep in the city, he pretended to respect the teacher on weekdays, and he was also reasonable and polite to the Qingshan two, which was also an important reason why he valued him, and he didn't want to hide a vicious wolf-like vicious heart under this sheepskin.

Thinking about the two apprentices worshipping themselves for ten years, getting along day and night, and their feelings are very deep, they are also a brother and a brother, and the most important thing he did when he came to Wu Zhifu's Mansion was also to find out the whereabouts of the two, thinking that no matter how bad the result is, he will be assigned to the frontier, and he will always have a life to live.

But no, these two lost their lives because of Wen Yuxian's jealousy.

"Now, Brother Nie doesn't have to blame himself, and they won't blame you for this, in the end, this Wen Yuxian is too vicious, and he has already sat in the position of the Great Elder and refuses to stop. By the way, I put away the bones of both of them and sent them back to their hometown for burial. ”

Wu Zhifu said.

Li Mo stood up and bowed deeply to Wu Zhifu, "I thank Brother Wu for them." ”

"What are these words, you and I are close friends, and it is right to do these things, but unfortunately because of the strict orders from above, I couldn't receive your bones, and let them be exposed to the wilderness, I am really ashamed of Brother Nie. ”

Wu Zhifu shook his head in shame.

"Brother Wu has done enough, and to me it's just a skin. What's more, I will definitely recover these blood debts. ”

Li Mo said in a deep voice.

"Brother Nie, it's not so easy to collect debts from the royal family. Not to mention anything else, behind this majesty and the eldest prince are all supported by people from the Xuanmen, didn't you also fall in love with this at the beginning, Brother Nie?"

Wu Zhifu hurriedly reminded.

"Brother Wu, don't worry, I have my own measure. By the way, this old man of the emperor has been in power for more than 50 years, and it seems that he has no intention of abdicating. ”

Li Mo said.

Wu Zhifu said: "Brother Nie should be very clear about this, Your Majesty is extremely greedy for power, and in recent years, he has become even more obsessed with the art of immortality, I am afraid that he wants to stay on this throne for the rest of his life." ”

"It does ......"

Li Mo nodded, recalling that when he was the chief elder, the old man of the emperor had asked about the art of immortality several times, and even mentioned that he wanted to sit in this position for a hundred years and create a new history of the Shang Heavenly Kingdom.

However, even the Xuanmen does not have the art of immortality, let alone mortal land.

It's just that with the royal resources and the elixir rewarded by the royal Xuanmen, it is not difficult to prolong life, and it is normal for royal people to live past one hundred and fifty or sixty years old.

"Since the great prince eradicated the power of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, he was naturally canonized as the crown prince. However, the old man of the emperor has never given way, and he has been sitting in the position of prince for eight years, and now he is in his thirties. Wu Zhifu said.

"With the temperament of the eldest prince, I'm afraid I should be in a hurry. ”

Li Mo said to himself.

"Brother Nie means ......"

Hearing the meaning of the words, Wu Zhifu was taken aback again.

"The old man of the emperor will not give way, then Xiahou Wei has only one way to rebel in order to ascend the throne as soon as possible, if this is the case, it is a good show. Li Mo smiled coldly and said, "What is the situation in this court now?"

Wu Zhifu sighed: "Since the prince became the prince, he has widely spread his henchmen in the court, he was originally brutal and nepotistic, and now this court is mostly traitorous ministers, cool officials are rampant, and the court is in trouble, this seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is full of moths, and the people are boiling with grievances everywhere." ”

"The old man of the emperor doesn't know?"

Li Mo asked.

Wu Zhifu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is no longer the Ming Jun of the year, since he is old, he has become more and more obsessed with the art of immortality, and he often takes Dan to cultivate, and it is good to go to court half of the month." ”