In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

It has been two hours since Zhen'er disappeared. Yin Kangqizong of Shuntian Prefecture entered the palace and reported to Gu Li: "Jiang patrolled people to search around, and found a dwelling in the Rongxian Hutong of Dashi Yongfang. There were eight dead bodies. One woman and seven men died within an hour. One person died in the alley outside the residence, and he was an idler. The female corpse, recalled by the Jiang patrol, looks like a palace maid."

Gu Li was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Did you find the child?"

Kang Qizong shook his head and said, "There are no footprints of the child at the scene, but there is no trace of the child. There are traces of a fight, and the Jiang patrol has led people to track it down."

Gu Li asked again: "Which palace does the maid belong to?"

Kangfu Yin said: "According to Jiang Xunzu's recollection, I have seen this court lady beside Guo Zhaoyi, I need to bring a palace maid to ask."

There was a buzzing in Gu Li's head, and he was stunned.Seeing that he could barely stand, Kang Fuyin looked at him worriedly.

Li Tang stepped forward at the right time, supported Gu Li, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think you should send someone to identify the corpse?"

Gu Li finally recovered from the dazed shock and looked at Kang Qizong.There was so much grief and regret in those eyes that Kang Qizong couldn't bear to look at them again.

With a hoarse voice, Gu Li said to Li Tang, "Go and make arrangements."

Li Tang sighed, called a servant and explained a few words, the servant led Kang Qizong out.

Gu Li looked at Li Tang and murmured: "Zhen'er will be fine, right? He is so well-behaved and cute. I have never seen a more lovable child than him. God must not be willing to let him Taken away."

Li Tang comforted him: "I know a little about face-to-face skills. Your Highness is destined to die at this age, but he has noble stars to help him, so he will surely turn the calamity into good luck. Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Gu Li wiped his eyes, nodded vigorously, regardless of whether Li Tang's words were lying to him, at least he regained some strength and waited for the news in the palace.

Not long after, Kang Qizong came back and replied: "Your Majesty, as identified by Guo Zhaoyi's former palace servant, Qiu Yun, the dead woman is indeed the maidservant next to Guo Xuan, named Yunque."

Gu Li murmured: "Okay! Okay! You continue to investigate! Since he was not found at the scene, it means that he is at least alive!"

Kang Qizong took the order to leave.

As soon as Kang Qizong left, Gu Li stood up on his back and asked Li Tang, "Which palace is that woman Guo Jing? Take me there!"

Gu Li led the people to Guo Xuanshi's cold palace.The palace was deserted, and there were not many servants in the palace, Guo Xuan was bored, staring at the sunset by the window, when he suddenly heard Gu Li coming, he jumped up in shock and shouted: "Your Majesty is coming! His Majesty must have changed his mind!"

She stepped on her shoes and ran towards the palace gate. Halfway through, she grabbed the old clothes on her body, touched her face, and murmured: "I haven't even dressed up yet. With this appearance, how can I see Your Majesty?"

At this time, Gu Li had brought people into the palace, and the palace people knelt down to salute. Only Guo Zhaoyi stood there in a daze, looked at Gu Li, and asked foolishly, "Your Majesty, are you here to let the ministers and concubines out?"

Gu Li got off the imperial chariot, waved back the left and right palace people, looked at Guo Xuanshi, and said, "Zhen'er is gone."

Guo Xuan was stunned, as if he couldn't react, and asked: "Zhen'er...why didn't she disappear?"

Gu Li said, "Where's Lark, the palace maid next to you?"

Guo Zhaoyi looked around and shouted: "Skylark! Skylark! Oh, my concubine remembered, Skylark took leave today... Why is Your Majesty looking for Skylark? Where is Zhen'er? Why doesn't Your Majesty go to find Zhen'er?"

She already looked a little crazy, and she didn't know if she was really crazy or not.Gu Li couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Stop pretending to be crazy! Zhen'er was taken away by the big court lady Lark next to you! What are you going to do?!"

Guo Zhaoyi was stunned, and it took him a while to realize, and asked blankly: "Your Majesty, what does your Majesty mean, that the concubine asked someone to take Zhen'er away?"

"Isn't it you? If something happens to Zhen'er, I will never forgive you!"

Guo Zhaoyi grabbed her hair in pain and shook her head vigorously.

Gu Li couldn't hold back any longer, and grabbed her shoulder: "Where is Zhen'er?! Where did you get someone to take him?!"

Guo Zhaoyi looked at Gu Li with a sad face: "Your Majesty, how could this concubine touch Zhen'er...Although he is not my own child, he was brought up by me!"

"Isn't the skylark someone close to you? Getting rid of Zhen'er, what good will it do you? You want to take revenge on me, why don't you come to me?! Why do you want to do something to such a young child?!"

Guo Zhaoyi was nearly collapsed by this questioning, fell to the ground, and cried: "Your Majesty! If you don't believe in my concubine, I will die to prove my innocence!"

After she finished speaking, she stood up and slammed into the rocks in the courtyard.Gu Li pushed her away and asked: "Zhen'er hasn't gone down yet, and it won't help if you die! Tell me, what is the origin of Skylark?"

With Guo Zhaoyi like this, it is indeed possible that this matter has nothing to do with her.If this matter was arranged by her alone, why was Skylark killed?Didn't the killer kill Yunque and leave the body at the scene just to frame Guo Zhaoyi?

Guo Zhaoyi fell to the ground, grabbed her hair, and shook her head: "She... how could she betray me! At that time, she had just entered the palace and was bullied by the maids next to the queen mother. It was I who passed by and saved her. Since then, she She has been following me...why! Why did she betray me!"

"The Queen Mother..."

Gu Li turned around and strode out of the cold palace: "Go to the Palace of Compassion!"

When he arrived, the Empress Dowager was burning incense and praying. The palace was filled with smoke and dimly lit, just like a haunted house.

Gu Li coughed twice, and asked, "What is the Queen Mother doing? Burning incense and worshiping Buddha all day long, are you really afraid of burning down the palace?"

The queen mother glanced at him with a calm expression, and even smiled, and asked, "Why is your majesty coming to Aijia Palace when you have time?"

Gu Li looked at her, not wanting to miss the slightest expression on her face: "Zhen'er is gone, I've searched everywhere in this palace, but I haven't been to the Palace of Compassion, so come and have a look."

The Queen Mother snorted and said, "What do you mean, Your Majesty? Could it be that Ai's family hid him?"

Gu Li asked, "Why is the Queen Mother not surprised when she heard that Zhen'er is gone? You are also Zhen'er's grandmother after all, so you don't worry about him at all?"

"Oh, Your Majesty, this is the love of your son. It's not pleasing to see my old woman so calm. Your Majesty, if you are really worried about Zhen'er, you should send someone to find him as soon as possible, and you will torture me, this old woman." for what?"

Gu Li said: "But... Zhen'er was taken away by a court lady named Skylark. Does the Queen Mother know about this Skylark?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, and she said coldly: "Since she is the court lady next to Guo Zhaoyi, His Majesty should ask her!"

Gu Li said: "I have never said that Yunque is a court lady next to Guo Zhaoyi, why doesn't the queen mother call herself?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed, her eyes flustered for a moment, and she raised her voice: "What? The Ai family has seen her several times by Guo Zhaoyi's side, and remembered her. This is not okay? Your Majesty said that the Ai family did not ask themselves, so what is it?" What do you mean? Could it be that this pot of dirty water can be poured on Ai’s head without any explanation?”

Gu Li snorted and said, "Who is going to pour dirty water on the Empress Dowager? I just came to the Empress Dowager to ask, why is the Empress Dowager so excited?"

He paced, walked to the table, looked at the scriptures on the table, and said coldly: "So the queen mother is copying the scriptures for Prince Cheng? The mother's love of the queen mother is really moving. Poor Ah, my Zhen'er's whereabouts are still unknown, I don't know where she is, what kind of suffering she has suffered, I feel very sad!"

The queen mother said lightly: "Since your majesty is so worried, you should send someone to look for it outside the palace as soon as possible. What's the use of talking about it here at Ai's house?"

Gu Li raised his eyes and looked at her: "Queen Mother, how do you know that Zhen'er is outside the palace?"

"Yes...you said it yourself!"

"I never said that he was taken outside the palace!" Gu Li yelled angrily, "Come on! The empress dowager wrecked the harem and murdered the emperor's heir! Take her down for me!"

The queen mother scolded angrily: "You are crazy! Gu Li! The Ai family is the queen mother of Da Chu! You dare to touch the Ai family!"

"If you touch my son's head, I dare to touch your head. Not only you, but everyone involved in this matter, I will not let go." Gu Li walked in front of the Queen Mother and looked at her indifferently , mockingly said: "Do you think that without Zhen'er, I'm a sick child again, and sooner or later it will be your son's turn to ascend the throne? If there is anything wrong with Zhen'er, I will be the first to take the knife!"

Although Gu Li locked up the queen mother, he still has no substantial evidence to prove that the queen mother is related to this matter.If he used torture to extract a confession from the queen mother, he would be charged with disobedience and disobedience.In an environment where Confucian morality is the mainstream ideology, he cannot be charged with this crime.

Gu Li could only order someone to put her under house arrest first, lest she pass any news from the palace.

Nie Guangyu entered the private room and glanced at Fang Zhongqing, the censor of the Zuoqian capital of the Procuratorate, Jiang Yun, the right servant of the household department, Huang Hongyu, Ji Shaoqing, and Zheng Qi, the head of the anthology department of the Ministry of officials, were all present.

Nie Guangyu asked, "Where is Brother Wan Tongsheng?"

Fang Zhongqing said: "Mr. Fang is paying respects. He will be here in a while."

Nie Guangyu grunted and looked at these people.These people here are either in high positions or in important positions.As for the chariot driver of the Ministry of War, Zhong Wan Tongsheng, his status is not very prominent, he is always present in every gathering, but I heard that there is someone behind him.

These people all have some backgrounds, only Nie Guangyu, behind him is just a Nie family with fallen trees and scattered monkeys. He has the lowest status among this group of people. It seems that today, it is him who treats guests again.

"Let's order first!" Fang Zhongqing urged twice, and Nie Guangyu remembered that Hewei Restaurant was good at making steamed pig brains, so he ordered this dish.

Zheng Qi, head of the Anthology Department of the Ministry of Officials, teased: "Brother Nanpu really doesn't look like a scholar, he can import everything, so he doesn't pay attention."

Nie Guangyu's face froze, and he explained: "The steamed pig's brain marrow in Heweilou is a must. Mr. Zheng will know the beauty after tasting it."

Zheng Qi was still acting like that, and said with a sneer: "It's fishy and vulgar, I can't say it!"

Everyone laughed, and Nie Guangyu also laughed, and kept silent.Although Zheng Qi's arrogant and domineering appearance is disgusting, but he has slept with Jiang Yun, so it is not appropriate to offend him for the time being.

At this time, Wan Tongsheng, the driver of the Ministry of War, finally came back. He sat down and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Zheng Qi said the words again.

Wan Tongsheng also laughed and asked, "Since everyone has ordered food, why is there no one serving it?"

Jiang Yun, the right servant of the household department, said: "Is there another person who hasn't come?"

"Who?"

"I have sent someone to invite you, and you will know when it arrives."

Fang Congjian drove back in a carriage, and officers and soldiers led a team to pass by on the street from time to time, Fang Congjian frowned, carefully avoiding these hurried officers and soldiers.

Fu Shaoge sat in the carriage, glanced out, and said calmly: "What happened?"

Fang Congjian was a little worried about the kitten, so he drove the car a little faster.Fu's house is quite remote, and it's already dark now, when we arrived at the entrance of the alley where Fu's house was located, there was no one else around.

Fang Congjian stopped the car and stared at the deep alley.

Fu Shaoge asked: "Why don't you leave?"

"Someone."

During this period of time, Fang Congjian always felt that someone was watching Fu Zhai secretly. He was afraid that someone would harm Fu Shaoge, so he insisted on picking up Fu Shaoge every day.He sneaked out last night, and he found the person who was following Fu Zhai, and fought with him. Now, the new rib injury suddenly broke out, as if reminding him of the danger in the deep alley.

Fang Congjian grabbed the bamboo pole on the carriage, and he sat in the carriage without moving, but a bamboo pole made Pian Pianran produce a phantom.On the other end of the bamboo pole, a person moved left and right, avoiding the bamboo pole, and kept retreating.

Fang Congjian jumped off the carriage, chased into the alley, and fought with others.The man drew out his sword, Fang Congjian stepped back quickly, swung the bamboo pole, and hit the man.The bamboo pole collided with the sword and was split into two in an instant.

Fang Congjian lost his weapon, so he had to turn over and back, back to the carriage, and protect Fu Shaoge in the carriage.

In the deep alley, a one-year-old man slowly came out. It was the warrior who fought against Fang Congjian last night.His hair was gray and tied in curls on the top of his head, his beard was unkempt, and he looked slovenly, but his eyes were fierce.

"Who exactly are you?"

Fang Congjian stood in front of the carriage, his whole body tensed up vigilantly.

at this time--

"It's my own." A hand stretched out from inside the carriage and pressed Fang Congjian's shoulder.

Fu Shaoge stepped out of the carriage Shi Shiran.

"Cheng Kuanbo." He nodded at the old man.

Fang Congjian was stunned, and stood in front of the carriage without moving.

So this person is from Fu Shaoge?

That being the case, why didn't Fu Shaoge explain to him?

Fang Congjian suddenly found it funny, why did Fu Shaoge explain to him?Who is he?

The servants of Fu's house finally heard the sound of fighting, pushed open the door and came out quickly.

Seeing the three people standing at the entrance of the alley, the servant came quickly and reported to Fu Shaoge: "Master, Jiang Shilang ordered someone to send an invitation card."

He handed over the invitation card, Fu Shaoge read it, and said to the old man with beautiful hair: "Uncle Cheng Kuan, come out with me."

An old man with fair hair named Cheng Kuan stepped forward and drove the carriage.

Fu Shaoge got into the carriage again.

Fang Congjian stood at the entrance of the alley and watched them leave.

Who is this Cheng Kuanbo?Why did Fu Shaoge arrange him to keep an eye on him near his home?Who is Fu Shaoge guarding against?

Also, why did Fu Shaoge bring Uncle Cheng to the banquet tonight but not him?

Fang Congjian was puzzled.

He walked back and asked the servant: "That old man just now...do you know who he is?"

This servant followed Fu Shaoge from his hometown Hangzhou to the capital, and knew Fu Shaoge very well.He said: "That man has been in Fu's house for a long time. He doesn't listen to anyone, he only listens to our Langzhong master. I heard from others that the Langzhong master saved his life when he was young."

Fang Congjian murmured, and asked, "When did he come? Why don't I know?"

"Just last month, the master wrote a letter to his hometown, asking him to come to the capital."

Fang Congjian thought, why did he call Cheng Kuanbo to the capital? Did Fu Shaoge feel that he would be in danger, or did he have some ulterior secret that no one should know?

Forget it, Fu Shaoge didn't tell him when he called Uncle Cheng Kuan, and he didn't tell him when he asked Uncle Cheng to guard around Fu's house, so what was he doing for Fu Shaoge?

He walked into the house, but he didn't see the kitten, and asked, "Where's Zhou Ermao? He hasn't come back yet?"

The servant said, "I haven't seen Uncle Zhending come back this afternoon."

Fang Congjian frowned, and told the servant that he wanted to go out for a while.

He walked out of Fu's house and turned around a few streets, but he didn't see the kitten.He called an idler by the side of the road and asked him, "Who told you to keep an eye on the kitten?"

The idler said: "The little cat went to the Rongxian alley at noon today. There is Wu Laosan in the Rongxian alley. I will ask him to go."

Fang Congjian couldn't wait any longer, so he went straight to Rongyan Alley.

Before they got there, they met two beggars on the road. Fang Congjian called them, "Did you see Mr. Wu?"

The beggar trotted up and said, "Mrs. Wu is dead! The body has just been taken away by the officials of Shuntian Mansion."

Fang Congjian couldn't believe it, and asked, "How did you die?"

"He was hacked to death! Just this afternoon!"

"We don't know exactly what the situation is. We vaguely heard the sound of fighting in the distance. We didn't dare to look at it. We didn't dare to go in until the sound subsided. On the small road outside the yard, we saw Wu Laosan's What a miserable corpse! The wound looked like it was cut with a sharp weapon. We didn’t dare to look any further, so we went to report to the police immediately.”

Another beggar shouted: "Boss Fang, who killed Wu Laosan? You have to avenge him!"

Fang Congjian clenched his fists and asked quietly, "Did you see the kitten?"

"That's not it."

Fang Congjian sent them away, returned to Fu's house, and led a horse out.Although he knew some martial arts skills and could drive a cart, the Yijun had never taught him how to ride a horse, so he got on the horseback and rode cautiously crookedly towards Rongxian Hutong.

Nie Guangyu was waiting bored in the private room. A group of officers and soldiers knocked on the door. Before he could open the door, the officers and soldiers broke in.

"What are you doing?!" Before Fang Zhongqing had time to put on an official air, the soldier leading the team waved his hand and said, "Search!"

Four soldiers came in with swords, searched, but found no clues, the leader waved his hand, and the soldiers withdrew and went to the next room.

Several people in the private room looked at each other, Zheng Qi said: "Hey, what's going on? Is this a search for rebels?"

He walked outside the private room and looked around. The soldiers lined up to enter the restaurant and searched and inspected. Although the officers and soldiers had a tough attitude, they were not overbearing. When there were complaints from customers, the shopkeeper of the restaurant stepped forward to apologize and explained in a low voice. reason.

"Is this from the barracks outside the capital?" Zheng Qi asked.

Nie Guangyu also walked out, saying: "These soldiers are better than a few months ago..."

"I heard that His Majesty personally went to the Beijing camp to practice with the soldiers. These are His Majesty's personal soldiers. Can they be the same as those soldiers and ruffians in the past?" said the guest who was watching from the next door.

The officers and soldiers searched the front, but found no clues, so the tide receded and searched the backyard.Zhong Wan Tongsheng, the driver of the Ministry of War, squeezed his palms and asked, "The guest hasn't come yet? If you don't come, brother Yu will go back first."

At this moment, a person walked up the stairs, and said with a faint smile, "You don't have to be late for a good meal, why should Mr. Fang be in such a hurry?"

Nie Guangyu turned his head to look at him and said in surprise, "Suizhou?"

Fu Shaoge smiled at him, and they entered the private room and closed the door.Cheng Kuan stood outside the door with half-closed eyes, seemingly careless and dozing off, when a fly buzzed past, he suddenly pulled out his sword and nailed the fly to the ground.

Jiang Yun, the left servant of the household department, said with a smile: "Fu Langzhong is too cautious, he even specially brought someone to guard the door."

Fu Shaoge smiled and said, "There is no harm in being cautious."

Nie Guangyu sat aside, looking at Fu Shaoge.He would like to ask, is Fu Shaoge and these people also in the same group?

These people have all committed crimes before and have been caught by others.They call this a vote of honor.For example, in order to save his wife and brother, he bribed Fang Zhongqing, which became a clue, and several other people knew about it.Fang Zhongqing held his handle, and his own handle was held by others.In this colluding interest group, they are firmly tied together by this thing called the vote certificate, and he is at the bottom.

Well, these people invited Fu Shaoge here, so does Fu Shaoge know his nomination certificate?

Did Fu Shaoge vote for a certificate?

Is this really the Fu Shaoge who went to the city with him to fight against the rebels?

Or did he never know Fu Shaoge?

Nie Guangyu couldn't help smiling wryly.

He is no longer the Nie Guangyu from before, so what does it matter if Fu Shaoge is still the original Fu Shaoge?

Just when he was thinking, Fu Shaoge also looked over and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Nanpu to be there."

Nie Guangyu picked up the wine glass, toasted him, and said with a smile, "This is where we don't meet at the end of the world."

During the banquet, Fu Shaoge was the doctor of Baochao, and he was the subordinate of Jiang Yun, the left servant of the household department. However, Jiang Yun's attitude towards him seemed to regard him as an equal. During the banquet, Zheng Qi frequently asked about Baochao. Regarding the affairs of the company, Fu Shaoge only picks what can be said, which can be said to be tight.

When the banquet was over, Nie Guangyu didn't know why he ate the meal. Fang Zhongqing took him and a few others to Liuxiang, Huajie, for a refill. Only Fu Shaoge stayed in the private room.

After a while, one person slowly walked up the stairs.Cheng Kuan stopped him, Fu Shaoge said in the private room: "Uncle Cheng Kuan, let Zuo Shangshu come in."

Zuo Shijue entered the private room and sat down opposite Fu Shaoge.

Fu Shaoge looked at Zuo Shijue, and poured him a glass of wine: "Shangshu Zuo invited me over, but he waited until the banquet was over to show up, should he punish himself for a drink?"

Zuo Shijue smiled and said: "How do I know, you don't even give Jiang Shilang face, this person is your immediate boss."

Fu Shaoge laughed, and all the unfinished words were contained in this light smile.He made it clear that he didn't pay attention to his immediate boss, Jiang Yun.

Zuo Shangshu asked: "Is your grandfather's business doing well?"

Fu Shaoge said lightly: "It's still good."

"When the sea ban is lifted, I don't know if your grandfather can stabilize the situation in the southeast?"

Fu Shaoge smiled and said, "I think this may be a turning point."

Zuo Shangshu looked at the young man in front of him, all kinds of maneuvers were blocked by this person, but if this person had no intention of cooperating with him, why did he come to eat this meal today?

What exactly does he want?

There was a gleam in Zuo Shijue's eyes.

The author has something to say: Guaranteed to rescue Zhen'er in the next chapter and deal with the Queen Mother.