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Gu Xiaowu: You guys are so cute, do I know?

"Nothing at all?"

"Nothing." Qu Liying replied worriedly.

Gan Yi took a deep breath of cold air, as if a blunt instrument pierced his heart inch by inch from top to bottom until it was completely submerged. finger.

He slowly covered the memorial on one side with his hand, and asked, "Who can take over from the army led by Meng Qian?"

"He has his own Zhongjun, named Yuan Hui..." Qu Liying's heart skipped a beat, and before she could open her mouth to ask again, Gan Yi threw the memorial in her hand to her: "Go find him, let him immediately Up to His Majesty the Emperor."

Qu Liying frightenedly unfolded the memorial. As she expected, Gan Yi had written for Yuan Hui, impeaching Meng Qian for leaving his post without authorization, and asking the court to punish him severely.

Once this book is gone, there is no way out.

"If Meng Qian is fine...wouldn't this kill him?"

"He is already dead," Gan Yi looked down at the paper, pen, ink and inkstone in front of her, and said in a low voice, "Otherwise, regardless of success or failure, you should have come back here to plead guilty."

Qu Liying responded silently.

The two of them knew very well that it was a serious crime for a general to leave his post without authorization and disappear, which could be dealt with by military law, but Gan Yi couldn't take the lead in this memorial, otherwise Gu Xiaowu would be given another "collusion between the generals" in the future handle.

"Go." Gan Yi waved to Qu Liying

"Yes."

Gu Xiaowu went out of the palace, and even Lu Yichuan didn't care about it, he just told him to deal with the rest of the affairs, not to reveal his whereabouts, and then went back to the mansion, changed into court clothes, pretended to be ordinary people, and led a few confidants through the back door Quietly leave the mansion and leave the city, and go straight to Jianhe Valley.

That's why when Yijing saw Gu Xiaowu in person in Xuanwu Pavilion, he was quite surprised.

"Is Meng Qian dead?" Gu Xiaowu asked him straightforwardly.

"What did Gan Yi do?" Yijing asked back, Gu Xiaowu came too fast, and he has not received any news from the court.

"Today Meng Qian's Zhongjun Yuan Hui wrote a letter to impeach Meng Qian, accusing him of leaving his post without authorization, and he should be severely punished. The Emperor Longyan was furious and ordered Meng Qian to be arrested and brought to justice.

Having said so much, Yijing naturally knew it well, Gu Xiaowu must have guessed after hearing this matter that Meng Qian had already died under Jiuquan after a little thought, and Meng Qian was busy running around a while ago In the forest of the Underworld, she can conclude that the Yijing must not escape the relationship.

"You still want to hide it from me?" Gu Xiaowu asked Yijing with a dignified expression.

"I didn't mean that, but it happened suddenly," Yijing argued, "Meng Qian suddenly led people to this river valley with the intention of assassinating..."

"If you have to avoid the important, take the light!" Gu Xiaowu yelled angrily, and she had already thrown her official rank and etiquette into the sky, "Even if Meng Qian is powerful, you should understand that you are also an official ordered by the court, and you should not be easily injured. Now that he is killed, isn't it true? Giving someone a handle? Gan Yi only covers the sky with one hand, how can she give up so easily? At the moment of life and death, if you make a mistake, you and I will be in danger, and many years of career will be ruined. What else can you not say?!"

Yijing was stunned for a moment, and when Gu Xiaowu met his eyes, there was something in his mind that was fleeting.

"Squeak—" the door door slammed, interrupting her mind's whirling.

The two of them searched for their reputation, and Xingcheng stood in the hall not only for a while, but stood silently.

"Your Majesty, let me clear up your confusion." Xing Cheng glanced at Yijing, then turned to Gu Xiaowu and said, "Meng Qian suspected that one person was Fu Yuanping, so he arrested a pair of children as a threat, and the two argued. Under the circumstances, he was killed by mistake."

"You are?" Gu Xiaowu asked Xing Sheng.

"Yes." Xing Sheng confessed.

"But just now Yijing said that Meng Qian came to assassinate him, and even took him away."

"That man was buried in the back mountain of Jianhe Valley, while Meng Qian died in a thatched hut, which was burned down by a fire." Xing Cheng hesitated and said, "Your Majesty will completely raze that place?"

"Don't move." Gu Xiaowu stopped him, "Meng Qian's suspicion was Gan Yi's concern, and now he came prepared, if you are guilty of thieves and make other moves, you will be caught by him in the end."

"My lord, please show me." Xing Sheng said sincerely.

"What is the cause and effect, let's talk about it in detail." Gu Xiaowu lifted her clothes, found a seat under the hall and sat down generously, waiting for Xing Cheng to explain the cause and effect, and finally let out a long sigh.

"The young master of General Gu, the young master of Ling Junhou, we have to save him." Holding the handle, she slowly straightened up, like an exhausted person struggling to stand, she looked at Xing Sheng with regret, and urged : "No matter what interferes, you will run as your own official, just treat yourself as blind and deaf, like a person who has neither love nor hate, you know?"

"My lord..." Xing Cheng looked at her unbearably, he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, Yi Jing had already stepped up and down from his seat, and he was in a dilemma.

"Young master," Gu Xiaowu said with an extremely rare gratified smile, "General Gu died in vain, making Su Xiang feel so guilty, you have to live well, whether you hate it or not may be a more secondary matter."

Xing Cheng felt like a stick in his throat, he didn't dare to say it clearly, he felt his eyes were swollen and hot.

Gu Xiaowu left in a hurry, staying warm for a moment.

Looking at the golden autumn leaves all over the mountains, Yijing sighed, "The fewer people who know about this, the better."

"It's much better than letting her know about demons and ghosts. After all, she wants to become a prince. She may not be willing to be generous with things that the Holy Majesty may be greedy for, just like the Yanqi people."

"But she understands we're not telling the truth."

"But I didn't ask any more questions." Xing Cheng patted the stone pillar in front of him, "It's like you would support the low-talking official Wailang for Su Shengyi's sake, and she would also give you a high hand for Su Shengyi's one sentence."

"You make me miss that old man who has been dead for many years."

Two days later, Cui Shu, Minister of Dali Temple, found a body in a burnt thatched hut near Jianhe Valley. It was beyond recognition and had been dead for a long time.

"According to the inspection, it is no doubt that he is the general Meng Qian. The so-called desertion of duty is really a death sentence. Among them, Ning Wu cannot escape the blame, and we still hope that the divine will will rule."

Cui Shu's words caused an uproar in the court.

Qu Liying and other officials came forward one after another, asking the emperor to issue an order to strictly investigate the case and deal with Yijing strictly.

"This statement is biased." Lu Yichuan said slowly: "The corpse was clearly found outside the Jianhe Valley, and it was not within the jurisdiction of the Jianhe Valley. It is also a serious crime to easily slander another general, not to mention that the corpse is beyond recognition. Are you sure that is General Meng Qian?"

Cui Shu sneered and said: "Lu Yichuan, as the prime minister of Dali Temple, has doubts, why didn't you come here earlier, could it be that he has other plans for waiting to meet the emperor? Dali Temple is responsible for the trial of this matter, but you report it to the higher level, Where is the law of the court?! Knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is aggravated!"

"Lord Cui", Lu Yichuan responded flatly: "Your Excellency never allowed the lower official to try this case, how can the lower official report to the upper official in time? It's just that the lower official is now reporting to the emperor, and the lower official is likely to be deceived by others, but frankly I have doubts in my heart, please ask your lord be magnanimous."

"I would like to ask you, why did you procrastinate in every possible way to explain the various cases before? Could it be that you just kept your ears open thinking about things other than your duties, and besides, there are files for all cases in Dali Temple. After looking at it, now I am asking myself, Shangguan, don’t you know that General Meng Qian was injured several times, leaving traces on his muscles and bones? Wu Zuo naturally had to go through many comparisons to confirm his identity.”

Cui Shu's going around like this is just to find a reason to punish him for his felony.

Lu Yichuan did smile lightly and said: "Your Majesty of the Dali Temple, all the files in the hands of the officials have been concluded, and the case can only be closed with the permission of the lord. It's just that the lord has paid too much attention to the matter of Meng Qian's participation in the general recently, so he didn't approve the dismissal for a while."

"A general's leaving his post without authorization is a major case. If there is any conspiracy, it should be prevented early."

Cui Shu's answer was also impeccable.

"Your Majesty of Dali Temple is right, so the case is of utmost urgency," Pei Dao, a member of the Ministry of Rites, pretended to be casual, "Yes, the world is so big, and the body was found in just two days."

Cui Shu glanced at him, but didn't answer.

Pei Dao turned to the emperor and said: "I think, according to what the minister of Dali Temple said, this case is really strange, and there are many doubts in it. How Meng Qianshen will die near the Jianhe Valley is puzzling. I haven't heard that the two generals have contacts, so who would have guessed that the corpse is in a remote thatched hut?"

"Cui Shu," the Son of Heaven asked the Minister of Dali Temple in a low voice, "the sea of ​​people is so vast, your speed of finding the corpse must have been too fast."

"Your Majesty," Cui Shu saluted indifferently: "I thought it took two days to find the clues, and it was too late. Since the Dali Temple accepted the case, we must not relax even for a moment, even if we dig three feet. Meng Qian was born as a military general. Missing, I thought it was necessary to guard against it, so I sent more people to search day and night, but fortunately, the heavens blessed me, and I found clues, so I followed the clues."

The emperor did not continue to answer, but nodded.

Gan Yi glanced at Gu Xiaowu who was not far away, and then said: "This is a serious matter, please make a decision early, lest the murderer escape."

"I think that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Gu Xiaowu then came out, "Your Prime Minister regrets the feelings of General Meng Can be forgiven, but if the court can tell the reason, it will save the Dali Temple. You have a lot of hard work. Meng Qiangui was a general, experienced many battles, and had extraordinary martial arts skills. However, according to his autopsy, he was stabbed in the chest and died. The thatched hut is located in a remote place. General Meng Shen should understand that "a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall." Under the principle of 'under, why are you negligent in defense, and let people stab the tightly guarded chest in a sloppy place?"

"According to your opinion, he was killed by someone he knew well?" the emperor asked calmly.

"The minister is just worried about other people's ulterior motives." Gu Xiaowu replied.

"What Gu Shilang said may not be completely unreasonable," Gan Yi readily agreed: "I hope that the Minister of Dali Temple will carefully review this case. Although Ning Wujun is also suspected, it should not be ignored. Be worried."

Gu Xiaowu's expression froze, and she didn't dare to speak again.