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

Gu Yue spent two days in peace.

The imperial decree to appoint Gu Xu was delayed, and Gu Yue guessed that the emperor was delaying. He hoped that he could find clues about the Chaozhen army and then take control of the army before the prince, but Gu Yue had no intention of cooperating with anyone from the beginning, so naturally he would not take any practical action.

He did see a folding knife in the mansion.

It was Gu Xu who took the initiative to bring people to see him. Gu Yue first looked at the firearms that Folding Dao brought - they were very similar to the Ming and Qing Dynasty firearms he had seen in textbook pictures, and from the appearance, there seemed to be no traces of modern technology involved.

It should be something that is developed through natural research.

Gu Yue heaved a sigh of relief for some reason.

The situation would be much simpler if no time travelers got involved.

Gu Yue asked Zhe Dao about the previous situation of Prince Shen's Mansion.

Zhedao didn't know much about this, not even as much as Fudao. But he knew that King Shen had once given him a letter, asking him to concentrate on studying fire guns and not to return to Northern Qin without special instructions.

Gu Yue thought that this must be the backup plan left by Prince Shen and his wife.

Su Huaiyue and Gu Shen seemed very talented. If they joined forces with the Su family, they should be able to successfully resolve the incident. At the very least, they could survive. But why...

Before Gu Yue could figure out the key, more news came in from outside.

"Yu Weishuang and the princess went to Jiangnan Road?" Gu Yue said, holding the letter paper. "They also found an epidemic... Is it serious?"

Gu Xu said: "There was also this epidemic in the previous life. It was a conspiracy by King Yin using that poisonous grass."

Gu Yue was stunned, then he also remembered this.

Isn't it a bit early?

The confrontation with King Yin happened after Qin Zhaoyue and his son killed each other, the emperor passed away, Qin Zhaoyue was in a coma, and only Gu Xu was left to support the throne. King Yin was the best candidate to succeed to the throne at that time. He was raised by the Empress, liked by the previous emperor, and there were rumors that he had two imperial decrees to succeed to the throne.

Gu Yue knocked his head.

I vaguely remember that there were many plots before this. What were they?

It seems to be about the marriage with Yu Weishuang, the inner house disputes, Long Aotian slapping her in the face, drugging at the banquet, etc...

Drugged!

This time, the entire mansion has been under strict surveillance, and they have no real power, so something like that won't happen, right?

"Black Gold Paste can only make people addicted, right? How can it produce symptoms similar to those of an epidemic? And the letter said that there are two different diseases that can cause some people to die by polluting the water source..." Gu Yue said, "What does King Yin want to do?"

Gu Xu was in deep thought.

"What was it like in your previous life?" Gu Yue asked, "You should still remember it."

"Well, I have arranged it." Gu Xu said, "In the previous life, he used this epidemic to control the southern counties while spreading the rumor that I was the reincarnation of an evil dragon and wanted to seize the luck of the real dragon... Most of the officials in Luoyang City turned to King Yin."

"After all, in their eyes, King Yin is the bloodline of the Qin family." Gu Xu said.

"Oh!" After hearing this, Gu Yue seemed to remember this passage.

"So how did you break through?" he asked.

"Kill. I assassinated a small number of ministers who had no achievements and only knew how to eat, and most of the rest kept their mouths shut. Then, I found evidence that the source of the epidemic was in the hands of King Yin, and with the help of... Hangdou Bookstore to spread the matter, the problem was solved." Gu Xu said.

"Amazing!" Gu Yue praised, "You are worthy of our Xiao Xu! Then this time, there will be no problem. After all, you can only do better if you have done it once."

"Of course." Gu Xu smiled.

Gu Yue completely put his heart at ease.

"Then...if there's anything I can do to help, you can do it with me." Gu Yue said even though he didn't have much hope.

"Okay. When I'm ready, I need you to contact Zhen Suhang." Gu Xu smiled at him, "In my previous life, I paid a large sum of money to persuade Zhen Suhang. Now that you have a close relationship with him, I don't think it's necessary."

"Hmm..." Gu Yue nodded.

Why did Gu Xu lie? Was it to make himself appear more useful?

In the original text, Gu Xu and Zhen Suhang were friends. Why would they need to pay any price or persuade each other?

Although he was touched...well, he was really touched.

Gu Yue took Gu Xu's hand, placed it on the table, and then lowered his head to it.

Gu Xu looked down at him.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Gu Yue said sullenly: "I just think you are so nice to me."

"Hmm?" Gu Xu was confused, "I'm not good enough for you."

"It's already good. At least we can trust each other, which is better than anyone else." Gu Yue turned his head, put his cheek against the back of Gu Xu's hand and smiled, "We don't know when Qin Zhaoyue's plan to alienate us will come. After all, my presence is a variable. If we alienate each other, he will have more opportunities."

Gu Xu nodded.

Gu Yue thought for a moment and said, "Who knows, he might try to take advantage of the flaws between us to make a fuss. If we don't take precautions in advance, I'm afraid we will become suspicious of each other, and then he will take the opportunity to interfere."

"Interfering..." Gu Xu laughed muffledly.

"Right! He has always wanted to win you over to his camp." Gu Yue said, "If you... were not reborn, and were really abused by me all the way up, then now that you recall my sudden change in attitude three years ago, I'm afraid you would really get suspicious."

"Well. Then I will start the investigation, and he will take the opportunity to slip in forged evidence to prove your undercover identity." Gu Xu said lightly.

"He will definitely find ways to let me know what evidence you have obtained and that my identity has been exposed. I will panic and prepare to escape, and he will act according to the situation and decide whether to capture me alive and take credit or kill me completely based on your attitude." Gu Yue said.

The two looked at each other.

"Are you relieved now? I know exactly what Qin Zhaoyue wants to do." Gu Xu said, "I know him very well. After all, we were good friends in our previous life."

Gu Yue looked at him, and suddenly an absurd idea came to his mind.

Gu Xu's feelings for him, if not shocking, were rare enough. But he just naturally accepted the fact. At the beginning, before everything was made clear, they had already had some intimate behavior...

For the child Gu Xu, this would be no problem, but if the body at that time contained Gu Xu who had lived a new life...

Could it be that Gu Xu liked Qin Zhaoyue in his previous life?

So he is so...

It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's not my first love. Gu Yue immediately comforted himself, it's normal for a villain like Qin Zhaoyue who plays with people's hearts to have a good impression of him when he is not on guard...

Gu Yue's mouth felt sour.

Gu Xu saw his expression changing a thousand times, but he didn't say anything. He just stared blankly with a hint of mockery on his face.

He said: "I don't have that kind of feeling towards Qin Zhaoyue."