Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Gu Xu took a short rest in the side hall next to the imperial study.

He drank tea, but his mind was not on this. The white pieces on the chessboard gradually collapsed and became more and more sparse and scattered. Seeing this, Qin Zhaoyue smiled and put down the black pieces in his hand.

"Why is Xiao Xu so absent-minded? What's the fun of playing chess like this?"

Gu Xu said: "It's because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is an excellent chess player."

Qin Zhaoyue didn't take the compliment seriously. He looked at Gu Xu for a while, then suddenly asked with a smile, "Xiao Xu, are you worried about Lord Dun Xin? My father is a wise ruler, and he will definitely not do anything to him."

Gu Xu then raised his eyes and looked at him, and after a moment, he smiled faintly: "I'm afraid he will say something he shouldn't say."

"Oh? For example?"

Gu Xu frowned slightly, seeming to find it difficult to speak.

Qin Zhaoyue waited for a while but saw no answer, so she asked, "Xiao Xu, are you trying to say... that Gu Dashi doesn't seem to be on the same page with you?"

Gu Xu looked at him in surprise: "How...how did Your Highness know this?"

"Tell me, what exactly happened?" Qin Zhaoyue smiled.

"Forget it. After all, he is my adoptive father and has always been very good to me. I shouldn't doubt him." Gu Xu said with his eyes lowered.

Seeing this, Qin Zhaoyue's smile became more obvious.

"You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Xiao Xu, I heard that Gu Dashi treated you badly in the past. Is that true?"

Gu Xu didn't answer, just frowned.

"It's only in recent years that he has changed his personality, right?" Qin Zhaoyue smiled faintly: "People don't change like this overnight. Gu Dashi, a gambler... suddenly treats you well, isn't it profitable?"

"I don't believe it." Gu Xu whispered.

"You also have doubts in your heart." Qin Zhaoyue said, "When we met in Sushui County, I could see that this person had bad intentions. Perhaps... he knew your identity long ago, so he was very attentive to you, earning money to support the family and supporting you to study in the martial arts school."

"And now, his investment has paid off. He got the title of Earl thanks to you, and you trust him wholeheartedly." Qin Zhaoyue said, "But is this all he wants?"

Gu Xu did not answer.

"A mere earl made him so desperate. If someone else promised him greater benefits, do you think he would use you for it?" Qin Zhaoyue said softly, "Xiao Xu, Old Master Su was also kind to me. You are his grandson, and I don't want you to be deceived."

"Being cheated..." Gu Xu seemed to be thinking about something.

Qin Zhaoyue struck while the iron was hot and wanted to say something else when footsteps were heard outside the door. Gu Yue followed a eunuch to the door.

He glanced at Qin Zhaoyue, bowed his hands perfunctorily, and then said: "Xiao Xu, let's go home."

"Yeah." Gu Xu stood up immediately.

"Your Highness, I'm leaving now." Gu Xu said with his head lowered, then he and Gu Yue walked out the door together.

Gu Yue glanced at Qin Zhaoyue.

Qin Zhaoyue smiled and said, "Don't forget what I said."

I don’t know if Gu Xu heard it or not, but he left quickly anyway.

"What?" Gu Yue chased after him.

The two of them were going to walk out of the palace and take a car, and no one would disturb them along the way.

Gu Xu said: "He really wants to sow discord between us."

"I told you! Qin Zhaoyue is really annoying." Gu Yue said, "At that time, he asked me to persuade you to form an alliance with him, but he also asked me to steal the news of Chao Zhenjun for him. Isn't this contradictory? You have become his man, so you will naturally tell him about Chao Zhenjun. Why bother asking me to do it again?"

"I'm not his." Gu Xu was very dissatisfied.

"..." Gu Yue suddenly laughed, "Who do you belong to?"

Gu Xu turned away and changed the subject: "He is trying to sow discord between us. If you really investigate and find clues about Chao Zhen's army, he will immediately pass the news to me."

Gu Yue felt a chill down his spine.

"Fortunately, we... have a bond that is stronger than gold!" He immediately felt very happy.

"Yeah." Gu Xu nodded slightly.

When they arrived at the carriage parking area outside the palace gate, Gu Yue saw two carriages on the open space, with Shi San and Wu Feng as the drivers respectively.

"You go back to the mansion first. I have to go to the headquarters." Gu Xu said, "Tonight... come back around the end of the evening. You don't have to wait for me for dinner."

"Okay." Gu Yue used his body to block the view and gently squeezed his palm, then got on Shi San's carriage.

The horse stepped forward, and the carriage slowly drove out of the palace gate. Gu Yue stuck his head out of the window, grinning and waving.

Gu Xu watched quietly, clenching his palms lightly and pressing them against his heart.

He couldn't help but smile.

Wu Feng covered his face.

"Master, let's go." He looked through his fingers and whispered.

Gu Xu's face turned serious and he got on the carriage.

……

Gu Xu's carriage entered an inconspicuous courtyard.

Entering the secret room in the house, and then walking through a long underground secret passage, he came out in an identical room. When Gu Xu walked out of the door, the two Wumen secret guards guarding the door immediately knelt on one knee and said, "Master!"

Gu Xu strode into the main room of Fengtang.

Wu Feng followed closely behind and when he entered the house, he saw several Fengtang disciples waiting inside, led by Wu Lan who stayed in the martial arts hall in Liuli Town.

"Master." Everyone knelt down and saluted.

"Get up and tell me what's going on." Gu Xu walked to the main seat and sat down, his eyes sweeping over the neatly classified documents on the table.

Wu Lan handed over the stack of letters in his hand.

Gu Xu took it.

This is a stack of yellowed letters with some signs of dampness and mold on the corners. It must have been stored for quite some time.

Gu Xu pulled out the letter from the opening. After just one glance, his face suddenly darkened.

"This is the letter we found in a compartment under the beams when we searched the old house of the Gu family again." Wu Lan stated with a wooden face, "From the content, it seems that this is the correspondence between Gu Dashi... no, Gu Dashi later exchanged letters with someone."

Gu Xu recognized at a glance that the handwriting on the letter was Gu Yue's.

During these three years, he often looked after the manuscripts written by Gu Yue for Hangdou Bookstore. He was very familiar with the penmanship and font shapes and would never make any mistakes.

The first letter was to report that he was safe and that he had successfully lurked beside Gu Xu and did not arouse his suspicion.

The second letter mentioned the matter of the martial arts school. It said that he suspected that the matter of the martial arts school was unusual, but for the sake of caution, he did not investigate it in detail.

The next few letters were about the chance encounter with King Yin and the events at Yu Ning Mansion.

Account books, spices, and even fried chicken recipes...

Wu Lan said, "According to our speculation, Gu Dashi was replaced by someone after his death that day, and has been lurking beside the master for many years. The letter was interrupted when the master went to Luoyang, and what happened after that is still unknown. Our plan may have been exposed."

"Please make the decision, my master." Wu Lan knelt down again.

Gu Xu looked at the words written in old ink and remained silent for a long time.

His fingers were a little stiff. He slowly stretched out his hands, then clenched them tightly into a fist.