Sealing Sword

Ruan Feiyu, a Southern Confucian, was 47 years old at the time. He served as Minister of the Household Department and was also the teacher of the emperor's grandson Fuxue. Peaches and plums can be used.

In Lieutenant Lin's mind, no matter how powerful Gu Xiao is, he is just a shady hacker, and if he finds out about it, it will at most cause trouble, but if the matter is exposed to Ruan Feiyu, it will become a disaster.

Therefore, the moment he saw Ruan Feiyu, Lieutenant Lin decided immediately to bite the poison sac hidden in his mouth. As long as he failed to bring the letter back tonight, Chu Yan would know that things had changed. He will be suspicious of Gu Xiao again, so that he can adapt to the situation.

Seeing him gnashing his teeth, Gu Xiao didn't move to stop him, because a pine nut had already pierced through the air, hitting a bloody tooth, and the black hidden in it could be seen faintly.

With such sharp eyesight and finger strength, Gu Xiao subconsciously tensed his strings, but Ruan Feiyu just smiled kindly at him, walked up to Xiaowei Lin and looked down at him, with a soft and gentle tone: "I haven't said clearly yet, who can tell me?" Are you allowed to die?"

Lieutenant Lin's mouth was covered with blood and he was speechless.

Gu Xiao raised his hands to seal the seven big acupoints on his body, and found the parchment from his bosom, then got up, and performed the etiquette that juniors should have to Ruan Feiyu.

It is not the first time he has dealt with this old fox. As early as three years ago when he first entered Tianjing, he was ordered by King Jing to secretly observe dissidents. The high-ranking and powerful Ruan Feiyu was naturally the number one on the list. His fame for several years has been turned into a cake in the hands of this person. If it weren't for his light work, he might have been taken down by him long ago.

Going back and forth, Gu Xiao personally experienced what it means to be a "scholar without a reputation", and Ruan Feiyu caught the traces of Gu Zheng's surprise in the past from his martial arts.However, both of them are slippery foxes, one is not credulous after encountering great changes, and the other has gone through ups and downs and hides it deeply. Secret communication.

After the incident of Gu’s bullying, Gu Xiao was no longer willing to listen to one side or believe it. Even though Chu Yan had arranged everything well, he couldn’t let him relax the strings in his heart. To subvert all his calculations, Ruan Feiyu, who is on the outside, is more credible than everyone involved with him.

It was the first time they met face to face, and Ruan Feiyu only pointed out one way for Gu Xiao's half-hearted predicament——

Face to face people behind ghosts, stay a line in everything, listen more and watch more than talk more.

If there is no such kindness of guidance, even if Chu Xun personally leads the words, Gu Xiao will never take the risk of doing it in this special period, because he knows that although Ruan Feiyu is suspicious in every possible way, he has a big heart to trust .

Thinking of this, Gu Xiao threw all the parchment paper to Ruan Feiyu, and said, "Since Master Ruan asked this junior to be the gentleman on Liangshang this time, he made the idea of ​​letting these two go and never return, and now this junior lives up to everything." Please take people down, and how to deal with the funeral, I have to ask adults to take care of you."

"It's easy to say." Ruan Feiyu said with a smile, "At this time, 'Lieutenant Lin' has completed his mission and is returning to the Prince Jing's Mansion to submit his duties to the Lord, and he will arrive in about half an hour."

Lieutenant Lin's eyes widened, but he couldn't speak. Gu Xiao sheathed his sword and said, "My lord regards Mr. Lin as his confidant. I'm afraid that the ordinary substitute will make him feel sad."

"Samadhi Academy has many masters of miscellaneous studies. Although they are not as good as the world's masters, they are hard to see. With the help of Deputy Gu, it is not difficult to survive for a few days." Ruan Feiyu paused, and his smile deepened, "What's more, There is a secret letter to catch the prince's mind now, and he may not have time to take care of him in the next few days."

Gu Xiao squinted her eyes, and looked at the frozen corpse on the ground: "The purpose of this person's whereabouts is indeed under Master Ruan's control."

"The official let him reach Tianjing alive, only because he was safe and sound to catch the big fish Lieutenant Lin, since the fish has been hooked, it doesn't matter whether the bait is there or not." Ruan Feiyu glanced at the corpse, "Deputy Gu If Wei wants to know who he is, he might as well tear off his mask and look at his chest again."

Gu Xiao raised his eyebrows, bent down and groped his face a few times, tore off a human skin mask as thin as a cicada's wings, and took some supplementary things, and what appeared in front of him was a completely unfamiliar face .

"This..." Gu Xiao clenched the human skin mask tightly, "Barbarian?!"

"He is the confidant of the northern barbarian general 'Hutar', responsible for negotiating secretly with Prince Jing's mansion, because he speaks fluent Central Plains dialect and is good at disguising, he spied on a lot of border information, if he hadn't been exposed in a hurry It's not so easy for my officers to target him in terms of whereabouts."

Gu Xiaohan said in a low voice: "Prince Jing has lived in Tianjing for a long time...why did he have an affair with Beiman?"

Ruan Feiyu sighed: "Vice Captain Gu, do you know that his biological mother was the Northern Man's concubine 'Gulona'? She is Hutar's aunt, and her sister is the current Queen of the Northern Man. Tore up the contract and raided our Great Chu border... Although Gu Luona was not found out to be collaborating with the enemy, she was questioned by the emperor's suspicion. In order to protect her parents and children, she committed suicide and swore to prove the innocence of mother and child, otherwise how could there be King Jing today?"

Gu Xiao said: "Then, did she collaborate with the enemy?"

Ruan Feiyu shook his head and said, "Only Gu Luona knows about this issue, but because of her death, King Jing really won His Majesty's trust, and since then she has been raised under the name of Concubine Tang Chen, and the embarrassing situation of alien blood has truly given him the status of prince. "

Gu Xiao made it clear: "Concubine Tang Chen has no children, but the Tang family is rampant. His majesty has long intended to rectify it, but he is too old to be powerless, and he has to maintain the delicate balance between the monarch and his ministers... But, Your Majesty is running out of time, and when the new emperor takes over, he may not be willing to keep the ambitious Tang family, unless they are sure that the new emperor will not do anything to them."

Why does Concubine Tang Chen treat the fourth prince who is not her own as her own?But there is no choice.

Why did the Tang family do everything possible to tie themselves and the fourth prince to the same boat?Nothing more than mutual use.

"Prince Jing didn't have a mother's family at first, and it was only thanks to the support of Concubine Tang Chen and the Tang family that he was able to get to where he is today. He was concerned about the fact that his biological mother was forced to death, and because of his special status, when he felt resentment towards Da Chu, he would naturally want to seek it A new external force." Ruan Feiyu rubbed his forehead, "The barbarian king is not a reckless man, and he knows that killing is not as good as governing. It is undoubtedly a better choice to support a new emperor of Chu who is beneficial to himself than to resort to military killings to establish power."

Gu Xiao said coldly: "The Tang family is willing to be a traitor?"

Ruan Feiyu said: "Not everyone is willing, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get the news, but...as the head of the family, they always have to plan for the family. Compared with cleaning the table after the new emperor ascended the throne, they would rather choose to overthrow the clouds with their own hands. , after all, in this world, the winners and losers write history, as long as they can win this game, why worry about their fame before and after their lives?"

"Then..." Gu Xiao looked down at Lieutenant Lin, "If Prince Jing wants to take the throne, he must first remove the stumbling block, such as... the crown prince?"

Xiaowei Lin's eyes kept trembling, and Gu Xiao knew that he had guessed right.

"The crown prince died of illness 12 years ago. Both His Majesty and Empress Xu were worried about it, and the eldest grandson of the emperor was even more depressed. I secretly investigated the truth of the crown prince's death according to His Majesty's secret order. Unfortunately, it was difficult to have a clue. It was not until two years ago with Gu Lieutenant meets..." Ruan Feiyu took out something from his sleeve, "Lieutenant Gu, do you recognize this thing?"

Gu Xiao took it and looked at it, only to see that it was a nanmu box, and after opening it, there was a yellowed human bone inside!

What is surprising is that this bone actually has a strange fragrance. When you smell it carefully, you will feel restlessness in your body. Gu Xiao suddenly regains consciousness and closes the lid: "What is this?"

"Two years ago, Vice-Lieutenant Gu talked with me about a drug that can make people lose their minds and behave insanely, and I remembered that the prince was also so manic and irritable when he was ill, and died suddenly. On the same day, he also killed many palace people, and even clashed with the crown princess and the emperor's grandson, almost strangling his wife and children to death... Fortunately, the guards arrived in time to stop the prince, but the prince scratched his face, and was very upset Ping, it was gone that night." Ruan Feiyu took back the wooden box, "The imperial physician did not find the poison, so it can only be attributed to a strange disease of madness. If Queen Xu and the eldest grandson of the emperor had not insisted, I am afraid that even His Majesty would not continue to investigate."

Gu Xiao's expression finally changed.

The group of crazy people and sacrifices he saw in the Weeping Blood Cave, the self who was unconscious and seriously injured his teacher after being drugged... the memories of three years ago flashed in his mind like a revolving lantern, but this time he stood firm and held his hand tightly. Jinghong said with a trembling voice, "These two are really related?"

"My official has found out that the crown prince accepted a side concubine three months before his illness. The concubine is the daughter of a local official in the Southwest. She is both talented in sex and gentle in speech. The crown prince spends half of each month resting in her courtyard. She has an heir, and after the prince's accident, she became crazy and was put in the cold palace by the princess." Ruan Feiyu recalled the information, "Two years ago, the official sent someone to investigate, only to find out that she had fallen into the well and died half a year ago. It's just a rotten bone, but... there is a strange fragrance on this bone."

Gu Xiao clenched her fingers tightly, and heard Ruan Feiyu continue: "I sent someone to go to her hometown. After several secret investigations, I found out that the official was originally transferred here by King Jing's confidant. The "rare goods" bought from people - the body is invulnerable to all poisons, so it is fed and bathed for several years with drugs mixed with other medicines to develop a body of fragrant bones, which is not harmful to oneself, but it will make those close to her suffer After intercourse, it seems like an addict who can't extricate himself, and the poisoning becomes more and more serious, and the symptoms of the poisoning are exactly the same as the mad drug that Fuwei Gu said."

"...The one who sold this person was Mizong Ridge Burial Soul Palace?"

Ruan Feiyu nodded: "If it's as expected, this should be the first big deal between Prince Jing's Mansion and Buried Soul Palace. Since then, the two have been closely linked and have never been broken."

Gu Xiao's throat moved, her voice was a little hoarse: "So... did Xun'er know about this two years ago?"

Ruan Feiyu's silence represented an answer.

Gu Xiao thought of Chu Xun's gentle and considerate treatment of Chu Yao last night, and his respect for King Jing, and suddenly felt a chill at this moment.

How can a young man be able to act as if he didn't realize it, and even smile at his enemies as before?

A small leak will sink a great ship.

Gu Xiao suddenly said: "Three years ago, when the war in northern Xinjiang was tense, someone discovered the letter of King Jing's illicit communication with the barbarians, and I accidentally saved the two emperors and grandchildren... Is this really a coincidence?"

"Deputy Lieutenant Gu's question shows that he already has a bias in his heart, so why ask me?" Ruan Feiyu smiled slightly, his eyes darkened, "However, after returning to the palace, the eldest grandson of the emperor told me the reason for leaving Beijing without permission. Because Princess Jing's birthday was approaching at that time, the little emperor's grandson wanted to go out of Beijing to find a gift for his mother, so he specially went to find the emperor's eldest grandson to accompany him to the south..."

Gu Xiao interrupted coldly: "Ah Yao was only eight years old at that time, and he didn't understand these twists and turns at all. It would be too far-fetched to say that he colluded with his father to lure the eldest grandson into danger."

Ruan Feiyu couldn't help but look sideways at this undisguised defense, thought for a moment, and the smile on his face remained: "I am just talking about the matter, and I don't mean to berate the little emperor and grandson. Just like what the lieutenant said, the child is young and ignorant, and he has not yet stepped out of the high walls of the four directions." How can we talk about traveling far in the world? The little emperor's grandson would act like this at that time, naturally he was bewitched by someone with a heart, and the purpose was to use him as bait to catch the fish of the emperor's eldest grandson. As for meeting Deputy Captain Gu... Maybe, This is really God's will."

Gu Xiao's eyes gradually became bloodshot: "Ah Yao is his biological son..."

"If you want to achieve great things, you have to give up and get something; to be an emperor and become a king is the most ruthless." Ruan Feiyu looked into his eyes, "If the plan goes well, nothing will happen, even if... the little emperor is only young, King Jing is still in his prime , as long as he covers his head and tail well, time will heal the scars, and when the situation settles, why worry about having no heirs to follow?"

However, Gu Xiao rescued Chu Xun and Chu Yao and allowed them to return to Tianjing safely, which disrupted King Jing and Beiman's plans, and made the rebellion had to be postponed for three years before making a comeback.

Chu Xun and Chu Yao regarded him as a teacher and kindness, and those who knew him praised him for his chivalry, but Gu Xiao regretted it more than once in the past three years.

If he hadn't overreached himself that year, if he hadn't meddled in his own business that night, if he hadn't been reckless that time, if he hadn't been flying pigeons to send letters that day... Master, wouldn't he die?Would she still be a pair of fairy couples far away from the hustle and bustle with her master in Feiyun Peak?Can he still have a home?

Every time he woke up from his midnight dream, he couldn't help asking himself, and then slapped himself hard before his thoughts went astray.

Gu Yufang had passed on his chivalrous responsibility, Duan Puritanism taught him the self-improvement of a gentleman, and did not allow Gu Xiao to have the slightest evasion of self-deception.

Up to now, he still regrets it, but he no longer regrets saving others, only regrets that he was young, frivolous and powerless at that time.

"The younger generation has benefited a lot from the in-depth discussion tonight, and I can't repay this feeling, so..."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Xiao lowered her head, her eyes faded away from all emotions, like two knives coldly pierced Lin Xiaowei's body, and said: "I will hand this person over to Mr. Ruan to talk about repayment, and I want to use adult means , if you get this good chess, you will definitely be able to play a game of Zhenlong."

A chill ran from the soles of Lin Xiaowei's feet to the top of his head. He knew that death was the best way out now, but he had already lost this right.

Ruan Feiyu bent down and mentioned this muscular man who was much taller than him. He was as relaxed as picking up a book, and then he smiled at Gu Xiao and said, "Although it is said that 'a real gentleman who watches chess without speaking', sometimes when you are in the In the game, it is difficult to be a bystander."

Gu Xiao's face darkened.

Ruan Feiyu's eyes are like two bottomless wells: "Since ancient times, there have been no eggs under the cover of the nest. Although Deputy Lieutenant Gu stayed in Tianjing for three years for personal reasons, but now that the overall situation is at stake, as the descendant of Jinghong, you can really do it." stay out of it?"

Gu Xiao's voice was slightly cold: "Since Xun'er has the courage to say this, you should not use Master Ruan's mouth, but come and talk to me in person."

Ruan Feiyu said: "No matter who said the words, the facts are in front of Lieutenant Gu, and you have to make a choice... Ha, it is indeed my fault to say something shallow and deep, so let me say it here, so I can do it myself."

He carried Lieutenant Lin out the door, and a green cloth carriage just happened to pass by from outside the alley, carrying them and disappeared at the end of the long street.

Gu Xiao stood there for a long time.

The cold wind pierced through the door, making his clothes rattle. The corpse at his feet was already frozen and stiff, but his whole body was colder than the temperature of this corpse.

He slowly pulled out the Jinghong Knife, the cold blade illuminated his brows and eyelashes, and also reflected a pair of bloodshot eyes, a drop of hot liquid fell on the blade, and quickly became cold after entering the blood tank.

The wind quickly dried the tear stain on Gu Xiao's face, he put away the knife, and jumped out with the corpse in hand, turning into a fleeting ghost in the night.