Chapter 384

"It turns out that Princess Jing is also in the imperial edict." Gu Jiao suddenly realized, "no wonder she wants to steal the imperial edict."

Xiao LIULANG said: "one is to protect his life, the other is to hold the last card."

Gu Jiao held her gills in her hands and said thoughtfully, "my aunt will not be coerced by anyone, even if she really takes out the imperial edict and says," if you don't agree to my terms, I will announce the imperial edict to the world and die with you. ". So... "

Xiao LIULANG nodded: "so the most dangerous step for her is to die with her aunt."

Gu Jiao slapped on the table: "this bad woman!"

Xiao LIULANG looked at her small hair, although a little should not, but his eyes is flashing a smile.

Of course, when he thought of his aunt's situation, his smile went away.

Seeing the imperial edict happened when he was a child, and it was not something he cared about at that time, so that memory was already submerged in his memory.

If Gu Chengfeng hadn't mentioned it this time, he might not have gone through that memory all his life.

"You have to steal the edict back." Can't let static too imperial concubine hand hold such a time bomb, static too imperial concubine deathless Gu Jiao don't care, but aunt can't accompany her to go to hell together.

Xiao LIULANG said: "before that, don't push her too fast, lest she and her aunt burn jade and stone on impulse."

"Well." Gu Jiao finally understood the meaning of her husband's note that don't act rashly. In the current situation of Princess Jing, they are really not suitable to stimulate her.

This woman has gone crazy. Who knows what she will do in a rage.

"Alas." Gu Jiao sighed.

She laid her hands on the table, her head drooping, on the back of her hand.

Xiao LIULANG did not hold back, raised his hand to touch her hairy head: "it won't be long."

"Well!" Gu Jiao nodded.

She believes in him.

So trusting that you don't have to ask about his plans.

"Say..." she thought and straightened up.

Xiao LIULANG quietly took back his hand. The soft touch of her hair was still in the palm of his hand. He rubbed it gently with his fingertips.

Gu Jiao didn't notice his aftertaste. She looked at him suspiciously and said, "what kind of person was the emperor? Why did he want his aunt and Princess Jing to bury him? "

Xiao LIULANG stopped, and his first reaction was to go to his mother and leave his son. After careful consideration, he was not sure whether it was such a thing.

It's hard for him to describe what kind of emperor the former Emperor was. When he was born, the former Emperor had already passed away. All the knowledge of the former Emperor comes from the literature of the former Emperor and some hearsay.

But judging from the arrangement before his death, he was a man with means.

Let empress dowager Zhuang and imperial concubine Jing die for the dead. Maybe they saw their influence on the new emperor, worried about the dictatorship of their relatives, the loss of power in the imperial court, or what other plans the former Emperor had.

The emperor's mind is deeper than the sea. Who can guess?

For example, he couldn't understand why Princess Xinyang had dragon shadow guards in her hands?

Finally, Xiao LIULANG had to say to Gu Jiao: "one day, the truth will come out."

He didn't say he didn't know, of course he didn't, but if she wanted to know, he went to find out.

Xiao LIULANG looked at the endless night: "it's late, you should go back to rest."

Gu Jiao nodded: "well, I'll see you again tomorrow night."

Xiao LIULANG looked at her, did not refuse: "good."

After Gu Jiao leaves, Xiao LIULANG turns out the light and lies on a slightly thin bed. Gu Jiao asks Gu Chengfeng to put the snack box on the bedside table quietly.

The night was quiet, but his thoughts were not calm.

It took a lot of effort for someone to get back the initiative in his mind.

He began to think about the edict.

The imperial edict was left by the former Emperor, and even the present emperor can't disobey it. Although the Empress Dowager and the banker are powerful, they haven't been able to compete with the imperial edict of the former Emperor.

As a woman in the harem, Empress Dowager Zhuang has done too many things that are not allowed by the common customs, and the first thing to bear the brunt is to listen to the government behind the curtain.

One of the reasons why the former members of the former Emperor didn't fight against the Empress Dowager is that the Empress Dowager did have the means to suppress them. The other reason is that in the last period of the former Emperor's reign, he was too ill to go to court. The Liu family was ambitious. The former Emperor had to do something to drive away the tigers and chase the wolves.

The former Emperor had no time to withdraw the power of supervising the country after he was virtuous.

Xiao LIULANG guessed that the former Emperor probably felt that he had left the imperial edict to let virtuous people die in the funeral anyway, so it didn't matter whether to withdraw the power or not.

Unfortunately, the imperial edict was stolen by Princess Jing.

After virtuous and virtuous, the former Emperor helped her to be the supervisor of the state. After the new emperor ascended the throne, she continued to listen to the government behind the curtain, which made the former Emperor less disgusted.

However, as long as this edict is issued, the old part of the former Emperor is bound to bite empress dowager Zhuang into the imperial mausoleum like a hungry wolf.

So Gu Jiao is right. The imperial edict can't continue to fall into the hands of Princess Jing. She has to find a way to steal it back and destroy it.

It's just that with the Dragon shadow guard, it's hard for them to do it.

"Dragon shadow guard." In the dark, Xiao LIULANG narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next night, Gu Jiao really came with spicy beef, which Xiao LIULANG liked to eat. She strung it with a bamboo stick and put it in a can. They sat in the room and rolled it.

"I'll come back tomorrow?" Before leaving, Gu Jiao asked him.

Xiao LIULANG gave a low smile: "when the exam is over tomorrow, I can go back. I don't have to come here."

Gu Jiao: "Oh."

She'd like to come.

In the middle of the night with him secretly, fun.

Xiao LIULANG was a supervisor and did not participate in marking papers. After the examination, he packed up his burden and went out of Gongyuan.

It wasn't too late. He went to the Imperial Academy first to deal with the official business under the three sunsets.

After a confrontation with Zhuang Taifu outside the Imperial Academy, few people here dare to find fault with him. We all know that he is going to invigilate the exam, not to play around, and he doesn't dare to assign official duties to him. It's nothing more than a collection of classics.

He spent an afternoon sorting out the classics and then sent them to Han.

When he came back from Han's office, he met Ning Zhiyuan, who was prowling around his office.

"What's the matter?" He came forward and asked.

Ning Zhiyuan turned around and said, "I just heard that you came back. What's the matter? Is invigilation going well? "

When Xiao LIULANG thought of the picture of playing with someone at night, he couldn't help laughing and said, "it's very smooth."

Ning Zhiyuan gave him a strange look: "you boy... Don't laugh normally."

Xiao LIULANG pressed down the corner of his lips, gathered a smile between his eyebrows, and said, "you came to me just to say hello?"

When it comes to business, Ning Zhiyuan didn't continue to joke with him: "that..."

Ning Zhiyuan scratched his head and said with embarrassment, "I've brought my family to the capital. Your sister-in-law asked me to take my friends home. I don't have any friends in the capital. I'll ask you... Which day can't be free..."

When he asked this, he was in fact very worried. Although he and Xiao LIULANG were the top three in the same subject, their identities and fortunes were quite different.

He was also the one the emperor liked, but the emperor treated him differently from Xiao LIULANG. Of course, the main reason was that they had different abilities. He had self-knowledge and no jealousy.

It's just... A little bit of inferiority.

Xiao LIULANG was not only appreciated by the emperor, but also heard that he had a good relationship with the empress dowager, otherwise he would not be able to suppress Zhuang Taifu.

Is it true that such a person has made friends with himself?

What's more, he doesn't have much money. His house is rented and his family is very poor.

With this in mind, rather than waiting for Xiao LIULANG's reply, Ning Zhiyuan quickly refused for Xiao LIULANG: "but the Imperial Academy is very busy recently. We should not be free..."

"Good." Xiao LIULANG said.

"Well?" Ning Zhiyuan was stunned.

Xiao LIULANG said, "I'll go back and ask my wife when she's free. I'll visit with her."

Ning Zhiyuan is numb: "ah..."

This, this, this is a promise?

……

Gu Jiao came to the Gongyuan to see Xiao LIULANG twice. Xiao LIULANG learned something about the current situation from Gu Jiao and decided to go to the palace.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Xiuzhuan asked to see you."

In the imperial study, Duke Wei whispered.

When the emperor read the memorial, he pressed his tired head and said, "he hasn't been here for several days."

Duke Wei said: "Xiao Xiuzhuan went to Gongyuan to invigilate for three days."

"Ah, six exams." The emperor almost forgot about it. The six departments had an examination every year, usually in June. This year, due to the visit of Liang's envoys, the palace examination was postponed for a month, let alone the examination of the six departments.

This kind of assessment is not attended by all the officials, it's just a sampling examination, which is presided over by the Hanlin academy, but it's also very strict.

"Let him in." The emperor said.

"Yes." Duke Wei went to the door and brought people in.

Xiao LIULANG arched his hand and saluted: "I have seen your majesty."

The emperor picked up a memorial and said, "how can I come here today?"

Xiao LIULANG arched his hand and said, "I have something to play."

"What's the matter?" Asked the emperor.

Xiao LIULANG said: "on the first day when Wei Chen was invigilating in the imperial examination hall, someone put arsenic in Wei Chen's dinner."

The emperor frowned.

"Wei Chen had left the evidence, but it was too hot and the evidence was broken." That is to say, Xiao LIULANG still took out a small porcelain vase from his sleeve.

Duke Wei took the small porcelain bottle and pulled out the cork. A smell of rotten scallion came to his nose. Duke Wei quickly covered his nose.

If it's all like this, it's not easy to pollute the emperor's eyes.

The emperor asked, "how do you know it's arsenic?"

Naturally, Xiao LIULANG would not say that Gu Jiao had been to the Gongyuan, and sneaking into the Gongyuan without permission was a capital crime. Even if his majesty could not cure Gu Jiao's crime, why waste Gu Jiao's favor in his Majesty's mind?

Xiao LIULANG said: "Your Majesty forgot that Jiaojiao is a doctor? When she was in the countryside, there were mice at home. Jiaojiao made some mouse medicine with arsenic, and Weichen gave it to her. "

It's a lie.

Gu Jiao does not allow Xiao LIULANG to contaminate dangerous goods.

But Xiao LIULANG had learned the officialdom thick black study of the old sacrificial wine, and his face did not change.

Xiao LIULANG continued: "the man pretended to be a bodyguard and sent me food. When I saw that he was not a bodyguard in the morning or at noon, I had a deep feeling in my heart. Only then did I find that the food was manipulated."

The emperor frowned suspiciously: "who would go to Gongyuan to attack you?"

The court is heavily guarded, so it is impossible for ordinary assassins to sneak in, let alone poison Xiao LIULANG's food.

The emperor looked at Xiao LIULANG steadily: "I have never heard of such news from Gongyuan."

Xiao LIULANG did not dodge to meet his examination and look at him: "Wei Chen did not make a statement, Wei Chen did not know who the murderer was, and did not dare to make a big deal, for fear that the murderer would jump over the wall in a hurry."

The emperor thought it was such a reason. He looked at Xiao LIULANG and said, "go back first. I'll find out what happened."

Xiao LIULANG arched his hand: "I'll leave."

For the sake of caution, after Xiao LIULANG left, the emperor called the imperial doctor and asked him to check the scallions.

The scallion was picked out from the egg flower soup. It had already gone bad, but the imperial doctor still found the arsenic on it.

"Sir, it's arsenic, that's right." Said the doctor.

The emperor's eyes cool: "I know, you back down."

That night, the emperor called the chief bodyguard of Gongyuan and asked him if anyone suspicious could be found in Gongyuan.

The bodyguard said: "on the first day of the exam, it seems that someone sneaked in and knocked out a bodyguard. He also stripped the bodyguard's clothes. Unfortunately, his subordinates were incompetent and failed to catch him."

This is in line with what Xiao LIULANG said.

The emperor ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

It never occurred to me that the case of Gongyuan poisoning had not come to light. The next day, another incident happened to Xiao LIULANG.

"Your majesty! Your majesty, it's not good! Miss Gu and Xiao Xiuzhuan are injured! " Duke Wei rushed into the imperial study.

The emperor put down the fold in his hand: "where are the people?"

Duke Wei worried and said: "in the Medical Center... Miaozhou Hall... It was the slave who saw Duke Qin anxious to get out of the palace. He asked why. Duke Qin told the slave that Miss Gu and Xiao Xiuzhuan had an accident!"

Xiao LIULANG was the minister that the emperor liked, not to mention Gu Jiao. She was almost the same as his child in the emperor's mind.

The emperor did not care about the discount, so he changed his clothes and took Duke Wei to the hospital.

In the wing room of the courtyard, Gu Jiao is lying in a coma on the bed. Xiao LIULANG is beside the bed. His left hand is wrapped with gauze around his neck. There are bruises on the corners of his mouth and forehead.

This was the first time that the emperor really saw the two injured in front of him. He was stunned for a moment: "what happened?"

"Your Majesty." Xiao LIULANG stood up and wanted to bow to him, but he looked awkwardly at his gauze arm and bowed instead.

"No need to be polite." The emperor raised his hand and came to the bed. He looked at Gu Jiao, who was unconscious with his eyes closed. Yu Guang swept a pile of blood stained clothes into the basket beside him. His breath was tight. "What's the matter with the little miracle doctor?"

In a low mood, Xiao LIULANG said: "doctor song has seen it and said that she lost too much blood..."

The emperor's eyes cooled down, and his eyes fell on Xiao LIULANG's arm: "what's the matter with you?"

Xiao LIULANG drooped his eyes and said, "I'm fine. I just dislocated my arm. I've already connected it."

How about a dislocated arm? How can a weak scholar bear the pain?

The emperor's face became ugly: "what's the matter? Where did you get hurt? "

Xiao LIULANG said bitterly: "it's near Chang'an Street. Weichen met an assassin on his way home from the Imperial Academy. Jiaojiao happened to meet me in the Imperial Academy, so she fought with the assassin. Jiaojiao was defeated by him and was seriously injured. Jiaojiao destroys the mask on the assassin's face with a concealed weapon, and the assassin runs away. "

The emperor asked, "can you see what the assassin looks like?"

Xiao LIULANG shook his head: "it was too chaotic at that time. I didn't see his features clearly. I only remember a tattoo on his face..."

The emperor said, "what tattoo?"

"It's like... It's like..." Xiao LIULANG tried to recall it, and said, "well, maybe it's my mistake."

The emperor frowned and said, "it doesn't matter if you say it."

Xiao LIULANG hesitated for a moment and said, "like a turtle, like a snake."

The body of a turtle is the tail of a snake.

Basaltic.

Tattoo of dragon shadow guard!

Longyingwei is a dead man, but not every dead man is qualified to be longyingwei. In those years, the former Emperor bought a large number of dead men from the state of Yan, and they were strong enough when they bought them back. However, the former Emperor was not satisfied with their strength.

On this basis, they invited experts to give full training to the dead. In the end, only more than ten dragon shadow guards were produced.

Some of the Dragon shadow guards died during the mission. The youngest one was left to him by the former Emperor.

When he saw them, he was surprised by the Xuanwu tattoo on their faces. It is said that the emperor sent people to stab them in order to distinguish the Dragon shadow guard from the ordinary dead.

No one else in the world has such tattoos.

The emperor's mood suddenly became complicated: "are you sure you read it right?"

Xiao LIULANG thought: "I'm not sure. At that time, Wei Chen just glanced at it in a hurry. Maybe he was wrong. "

The emperor closed his eyes.

I think it's a mistake.

Long Yingwei is now in the hands of Jing's mother. How can she send someone to assassinate Xiao LIULANG?

Although she didn't want to be close to empress dowager Zhuang, strictly speaking, Xiao LIULANG was not a person of Empress Dowager Zhuang. Xiao LIULANG was a minister promoted by herself, a disciple of the emperor, and a person of her own!

Jingmu's concubine has no reason to deal with Xiao LIULANG.

The emperor waited in the room for a while. Midway through, doctor song came to change Gu Jiao's medicine. Gu Jiao didn't wake up.

The emperor watched the blood come out from the back of the screen, and could not bear to look down.

On the way back to the palace, he said nothing.

"Your Majesty." Duke Wei wants to remind him that the palace is here.

But the emperor suddenly sighed: "static mother concubine will not do this, right?"

"Ah?" Duke Wei was stunned.

What happened?

Does your majesty suspect that the person who assassinated Xiao LIULANG was sent by the imperial concubine?

Dragon shadow and Wei wear masks every day. Duke Wei doesn't know they have tattoos on their faces.

"It must not be her." I don't know whether the emperor said this to Duke Wei or to himself.

Where does Duke Wei dare to answer?

It's your mother and son's business. I can't get involved.

He remembered that his majesty and the Empress Dowager seemed to go further and further. It seemed that his Majesty was not so close to the Empress Dowager overnight. Gradually, his majesty began to quarrel with the empress dowager, and all the trivial things were counted on her head.

Sometimes, he always pleads for the Empress Dowager.

Take turns with Feng Shui. Now it's the turn of Jing Tai Fei?

Your majesty, are you suffering from a disease that must kill your mother?

"Cough!"

Wei Gonggong covered his mouth before his mouth.

The emperor got out of the carriage.

There are two voices in his mind. One voice tells him that Xiao LIULANG won't lie to him, and the other voice tells him that concubine Jing won't betray him.

"Who?" Duke Wei suddenly spoke.

"What's the matter?" Asked the emperor.

Duke Wei pointed to the end of the imperial garden and said, "I just saw a furtive figure going there."

Isn't that the direction of Gong Fang?

Maybe someone is in a hurry.

The Emperor didn't want to see a servant go out to pay homage. However, somehow, he was always a little nervous. As soon as he took a step, he turned around and went to the direction of the room.

In the end, the emperor did not really go into the room, but just quietly looked at it not far away.

Unexpectedly, he heard a familiar voice.

"What? You, you failed again? Thanks to you or the Dragon shadow guard, you can't even kill a scholar who has no power to bind a chicken! "

This is... The voice of Jingmu concubine!

Quiet mother imperial concubine says, miss again.

Concubine Jing also said that a scholar who has no power to bind a chicken

I must have heard it wrong

The sound continued.

"Does your majesty know you are such a waste? When your Majesty gave you to me, you didn't have to wait to die! It's just killing a little cripple, not a martial arts expert! Is that all you dragon shadow guards can do? "

"If I had known, I would have bought some killers! It's easier than you

It's impossible for the emperor to cheat himself that the voice didn't come from Jingmu.

He only felt a cold rising from the soles of his feet and rushing to the top of his head!