Aggrieved Fish Sprite

Gong Jun has passed the age of forty.

He has practiced his internal skills well, originally he looked 30 years old at most, but he deliberately made himself look old.

He likes to frown when he has nothing to do, and there are lines on his forehead.Before going out every day, I used the fine brush of a woman's thrush Dai to lightly trace a few lines on the corners of the eyes, grew a beard, and dyed the temples gray and white with folk remedies.

People who didn't know thought he was going to be 50 years old this year.

The reason for Gong Jun to do this is also a last resort.

At the age of 40, people may already have several grandchildren. As grandparents, they have already withdrawn from the ranks of young adults, but 40 years old is still not enough for officialdom.

The military officers are generally younger. Look at the civil servants at the top. Those who are admitted to Jinshi at the age of 30 are all promising. Let it go for about ten years, and when you come back, you will be a member of the third and fourth ranks.By the time he reaches the position of prime minister, he is already very old.

Qualifications and experience are the top priorities in officialdom.

Being young is easy to be looked down upon by others, and being young means that it is difficult to be promoted to an official position.

Even if age is real, how a person "looks" is still very important. After all, colleagues and bosses will not ask Guigeng when they meet, unless they want to be a matchmaker.

The reason why Gong Jun pretends to be old is not only this, but also the particularity of his official position.

Being able to be the deputy commander is naturally the emperor's confidant.

The emperor is old, and it's okay to see a confidant in his 40s running around all day looking older than he is.But if you are high-spirited and look like you are in your 30s, you will be in trouble. Will the cronies who are considered an eyesore by the emperor still have a good life?

Gong Jun has been an official for more than ten years, and has gradually risen to his current position.

He has been the deputy commander of Jinyiwei for five years, and he has lived longer than any other commander or deputy commander.

Gong Jun will not let himself be too incompetent, but he will not act too competent either.

——You can’t let ambitious subordinates think that they are soft persimmons, and they can take over if they kick themselves over, and they can’t let these people think that they are a stumbling block, and they will not have a bright future if they are with themselves.

Old, isn't it a good reason?

By the way, there is also illness, a deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, who has been loyal to the emperor and has fallen to the root of his illness, is also old, and at most he will be honored in the future, and he will not pose a threat at all.

In the current situation, unless the commander suddenly dies suddenly, his position as the deputy commander in this dynasty has almost come to an end. He knows too many secrets, and the future is not expected to be very good.Civil servants can retire and return to their hometowns, but it is very difficult for a high-ranking Jinyiwei to be able to settle down in his old and dead home.

Gong Jun has always talked about loyalty to the emperor, and the authentic commander has been trying to retreat all day long. Could it be that he is unprepared?

It's just that compared to the commander of Jin Yiwei who spends his whole day thinking about which prince to serve, Gong Jun is particularly indifferent.

——Because he doesn't like any of them!

These princes are either incompetent, cowardly, or self-righteous.

The prince looks a little good, but the prince's health is so bad that Gong Jun feels that the prince may have to go before the emperor dies.

Gong Jun couldn't walk the path of "conforming to the dragon's merits", so he had to find another way.

He wants to make a great contribution.

It was not a meritorious service to save him, but a great achievement that made the royal family of the Qi Dynasty feel grateful for his achievements, and then they can feel at ease that they are sick and honored.

What credit is so great?That is of course the whereabouts of Chuan Guo Yuxi!

Both Emperor Lu Zhang and Jin Yiwei Commander Zhou believed that some of the treasures of the Chu Dynasty, including the Chuan Guo Yuxi, were taken away by Meng Qi, but Gong Jun didn't think so.

He has carefully studied the historical materials left by the previous dynasties, not only from the Chu Dynasty, but also from the Chen Dynasty.

Lu Zhang believed that Meng Qi had a rift with Emperor Yuan of Chu and stole the jade seal; Commander Zhou thought that Meng Qi had dropped the jade seal when he went after the royal family of the Chen Dynasty at the beginning of the Chu Dynasty.Gong Jun thought that none of this was right. Judging from the limited official historian records and the detailed life notes of the Chu Emperor, the relationship between the founding monarch and his ministers of the Chu Dynasty was very harmonious at first. down-to-earth people.

Today, civil servants and military generals are divided into factions, and whatever the political opponents propose, they will all oppose it.Commonly known as opposition for the sake of opposition, regardless of whether it is beneficial to the people.

Gong Jun is not the kind of courtier who is an official and the people, but he will respect such people.

Master Meng Guo didn't seek fame or profit, and he won the trust of Emperor Chu and Yuan. Why did he steal the jade seal?

According to Meng Guoshi's disposition of clear love and hatred, after Emperor Chu Yuan killed the three princes and nine princes, he was more likely to chop off the emperor's head rather than steal the jade seal.

Therefore, the whereabouts of Chuan Guo Yuxi should have nothing to do with Meng Qi.

As for the magistrate Xue Ting that Jin Yiwei dug out from the pile of old papers, Gong Jun didn't think that the Chuanguo Yuxi and the descendants of the previous dynasty would be related to this person.As a member of the Jianghu, Xue Ting's approach is not very clear?Seeing through the court situation, he thought it was troublesome and ran away.

Gong Jun loves money, and also loves the prosperity of the capital.

Gong Jun would never let him run like Xue Ting.

He spent a lot of effort looking for the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, but he finally discovered that there was something wrong with Liuhe Temple on Longzhao Peak in Shangyun Mountain.

At this time, it was dawn, and Gong Jun casually interrogated these quacks, and waved his hand to let someone take them down. He paced slowly in the backyard, and the old monk was chanting Buddha's name in fear.

Gong Jun paused for half a cup of tea, and the hairs on his back didn't stand up.

Was the warning sign just now an illusion?

Besides, when Gong Jun turned his head to look over, Mo Li quickly pushed Meng Qi's head down - martial arts masters are sensitive to unkind gazes, and if they stare for a long time, they will definitely be discovered.

Ever since Meng Qi saw Gong Jun, he couldn't help moving his right hand three times, and the desire to beat someone was obvious.

"Be safe and don't be impatient, there are plenty of opportunities." Mo Li persuaded with a smile.

"This man is very slippery, like a cowardly rabbit, he will immediately go back to his nest at the slightest sign of trouble." Meng Qi's tone was not angry.

Mo Li originally wanted to say that rabbits are not used to living with cats, but after thinking about it, he asked, "Does he know that you are afraid of raccoon slaves?"

"I'm not……"

Meng Qi refuted half a sentence, but held back again.

Because Mo Li explained it for him.

"I know, what are the raccoon slaves afraid of, I just don't want to meet them. If there is a deep hatred, let alone raising eight, even if the house is full of raccoon slaves, it will not work."

This is true.

It's just a raccoon slave, as long as you close your eyes and rush over, chop off Gong Jun's head and leave, who can stop him?

"The doctor still knows me."

"It's easy to say..."

In fact, Mo Li didn't really want to accept this confidant's tacit understanding.

Mo Li cared about the reality of Gong Jun, he said in a low voice: "Since he doesn't know what you think of raccoon slaves, raising raccoon slaves should be just a coincidence. Small?"

Meng Qi said sullenly: "Gong Jun is a scumbag in the officialdom, and he plays very well with bullying, concealing and shirking responsibility. But he has a flexible mind and excellent eyesight. Whenever he feels that there is danger or trouble , he will find a reason to avoid it. Now he just heard about the treasure of Emperor Li's Mausoleum, if he catches the Jianghu people from Yongzhou and hears the name of 'Meng Qi', I guarantee that he will leave immediately regardless of whether the rumor is true or not. outside."

"If Lu Zhang orders him to deal with you, can he run away?" Mo Li asked curiously.

"It depends on what he does." Meng Qi said disapprovingly, "The worst strategy is to pretend to have an old injury, the middle strategy is to use an excuse to protect the emperor and enter the palace with escorts, and the best strategy is to find out a bigger matter and then Do it diligently. In the final analysis, no matter whether it is the treasures of the imperial mausoleum or me, this is a trivial matter that has nothing to do with the court, and Lu Zhang will always have more troubles to send Jin Yiwei to deal with."

Mo Li thought to himself, the officialdom is really complicated.

Being able to see through Gong Jun's ways, maybe Meng Qi also did this kind of lazy way of avoiding things?

Mo Li looked at Gong Jun walking around in the temple, and always felt that he seemed to be looking for something. The old monk looked a little wrong, as if he was too nervous, and the arm holding the rosary was trembling.

If it was before, it would be reasonable to be afraid that the Commander of Jin Yiwei would anger the monks.

But now, Du Di checked, and Gong Jun didn't even make things difficult for those Jianghu people, so what is the old monk afraid of?

Thinking about it, Mo Li suddenly heard Meng Qi beside him gasp slightly.

"The abbot may know something." Meng Qi said.

"Ok?"

The ink carp is unknown.

It is said that under the Liuhe Temple is the Mausoleum of Emperor Li. Could it be that the abbot of this temple is the mausoleum guardian?

It shouldn't be, Emperor Chen Li reigned 200 years ago, the Chen Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline because of Emperor Li's innocence, in fact there were still several emperors later.What kind of mausoleum guardian can pass on for 200 years, be willing to be poor, only be a monk in the temple, and never leak a word of the secret?

Even if someone is loyal to Chen Chao, he is also loyal to Emperor Chen Li, but what about his descendants?

Even the emperor can't maintain the status of his descendants, is it possible for mere mausoleum guards?

This is not a sense of loyalty, guarding the tombs of heroes - what they guard is a huge fortune, a secret that can be exchanged for money without doing it yourself, just by telling it.

Even if the son of heaven who firmly believes in the emperor is a fool who is the destiny, but the Chen Dynasty is gone, and the Chu Dynasty is gone, so why insist on it?

Meng Qi guessed what Mo Li was thinking, he shook his head and said, "There is no mausoleum guard in Emperor Li's mausoleum, Emperor Chen Li wished that no one in the world would know where his mausoleum is, so why would there be a mausoleum guard?"

"...Have you met Emperor Chen Chaoli?"

"It's not counted." Meng Qi said with difficulty.

If you don't meet in human form, you don't meet each other.

"If I can be like now, with such martial arts, I will definitely make trouble, so that he can't build the mausoleum."

Which mountain spirit likes to have a deep and big hole dug at home?

"Since Emperor Qin, there have been more than a dozen imperial mausoleums in Shangyun Mountain. Some were dug up by later courts, and some are still there. Anyway, I'm used to it." Meng Qi was very helpless, and sighed again. , "But the other emperors are buried, what about Emperor Chen Li?"

Die an emperor, dig a pit.

Emperor Chen Li wanted to build the Doubtful Tomb, so he dug six holes within the range of Shangyun Mountain alone, which is too much.

"What's even more exaggerated is that his suspicious tombs have been found one after another. They have been dug and dug... No one has filled them in after digging! They are all emperors, and he is the one who caused me the most trouble!" Taijing Longmai was not angry. say.

Moli began to rejoice that Qimao Mountain was remote.

For Shan Ling, ordinary tombs are nothing, because they are small, and they decayed into dust along with the coffin after a long time.

But once it reaches the level of princes or emperors, the scale is huge and it will exist for a long time. It's hard not to care about it.

Mo Li patted Meng Qi's back as a comfort.

"You said just now that the abbot knows about Emperor Li's Mausoleum?"

"Not bad, because he looks a bit like a person." Meng Qi said uncertainly.

"Who?"

"...A monk from Baoguo Temple in Taijing. I haven't seen him for about 20 years. Now that he is old, I'm not sure."

Meng Qi really didn't want to mention his own age, but there were always so many things to remind Mo Li anytime and anywhere.

Heart congestion.

After the two finished speaking, they saw Gong Jun walking in front of the old monk and asked the abbot to lead the way to find a secluded room.

The old monk was sweating on his forehead, and he walked forward with his head down to lead the way.

Gong Jun's eyes seemed to be inspecting.

Meng Qi pondered and said: "It may be that monk, Gong Jun probably found out his identity."

"Who is he? Is his identity secret?" Mo Li was quite surprised.

"If it is the person I think, then he is a descendant of the Chen Dynasty, and his father is the prince of the Chen Dynasty who threw himself into the river."

When Mo Li heard this, he was slightly surprised and said, "So, is he hiding here on purpose?"

"Maybe." Meng Qi frowned and recalled, "At that time, Li Yuanze didn't kill all the descendants of the previous dynasty, especially those children. Although his father was a prince, he still survived. He was originally under house arrest in the old palace of the Chen Dynasty. , Later, he voluntarily became a monk and entered Baoguo Temple in Taijing. No one in the Chen Dynasty wanted to restore the country. He has been honest for many years. Later, when the Chu Dynasty fell, he may have taken the opportunity to escape to Liuhe Temple. I don’t know Is it a coincidence that he came here, or he knew that Emperor Li's mausoleum is under here."