Better to live forever [Rebirth]

After returning to Beijing from Xianbei, His Majesty the Emperor stopped court due to the exhaustion of the journey and contracted a cold emergency.

He rested in Zhengyang Palace for a whole ten days, did not see any foreign ministers and princes, and ignored the visiting empress and concubine.

The courtiers were caught off guard, but fortunately, after ten days, His Majesty the Emperor resumed the early court, and the dragon's body was no longer seriously affected, which made the civil and military officials put their hearts back in their stomachs.However, they immediately found that they were too early to rest assured. After the restoration of the emperor, His Majesty has become more moody and unpredictable. Even the second prince Sima Yulin, who was his favorite before he left for Xianbei, suffered several times. , so that they had to clench their tails to do things, and they didn't dare to linger outside except for business.

And Zhu Dingbei finally got some definite news after the emperor returned to the dynasty.

"You mean... the old emperor was beaten so badly that he couldn't see anyone?"

Zhu Dingbei was both surprised and happy, and said: "So, Uncle Chao'an is indeed in Zhengyang Palace."

After confirming the location of Gu Chao'an's imprisonment, Zhu Dingbei was overjoyed at first, but the smile on his face soon faded.He thought of his previous life, Gu Chao'an, as the right-hand man beside Zhu Zhenliang, was the first group of people to be put to death. At that time, he resolutely sent his body back to Luojing and before His Majesty the Emperor, which shows how much he treats the Emperor. hatred.But in this life, the nephew of the Liang family who was supposed to live well in Guangzhou Mansion as a commoner merchant died in the hands of the emperor. Gu Chao'an's hatred for the emperor was only much more than in the previous life.

He was really afraid that his uncle would not be able to think about doing something to die for revenge.

Ning Heng saw his worry, and said: "My Majesty's An Yi is around the Xianbei Mansion, I think there should be some news from your father in the past two days. Your Majesty... seems to have noticed the ancient military division. The relationship with the Zhu family's army, but he didn't mean to blame the Zhu family. He also didn't let An Yi act in secret, I think he probably wanted to use this matter as a wake-up call for the Zhu family."

Zhu Dingbei squeezed his fist, let it go again, and said: "He still wants to use this to warn his uncle not to act rashly, right?"

Ning Heng nodded.

He used to not think that Fenghua Luojing and Gu Chaoan, the military adviser who has survived under the pressure of all parties, would be such a cowardly person who would kill himself, but seeing that the old Hou Ye and Chang Sheng were very worried about his life, he knew the other party Self-injury is not because of cowardice, on the contrary, because he is not afraid of death, and...extreme.If this is the case, Zhu's family's situation will be better. As long as... Gu Chao'an is still alive and well, then the Zhu's family will also be fine.

This is exactly where the seven inches of Gu Chaoan pinched by the emperor lie.

Zhu Dingbei smiled wryly. He didn't know whether to be grateful or what to do with this strange balance.

However, the return of the emperor is also good news for them, and his well-being also means that the ancient dynasty is safe and secure. Therefore, Zhu Dingbei let go of the matter for the time being, and asked Ning Heng: "Where is the Xiongnu still concerned?" Is there no news?"

Ning Heng shook his head, "What is certain now is that the King of the Huns has indeed obtained our internal information, and...the blueprint of the sound transmission device you used as bait has also been eaten by them. But who gave it to us? They passed on the news and stole the blueprints, but they haven’t been found out yet.”

Gu Chao'an's whereabouts are so hidden that the people who know about it can be counted with just five fingers.

Based on the Xiongnu secret guard's contact with Gu Chao'an in the case of Xie Yonglin, they would never be aware of Gu Chao'an's identity.But they set up an ambush to point directly at Gu Chao'an, which meant that they had already confirmed Gu Chao'an's identity before they acted.

It could only be that the hidden guards of the Xiongnu leaked the fact that someone was investigating Xie Yonglin to the internal response who knew that Gu Chao'an was not by Zhu Zhenliang's side, thus locked Gu Chao'an's identity and ordered to kill or capture him alive.

Who is this insider, from the Xianbei Prefecture or the person who came with Luo Jing?How did the news get out?

Even, in order to test whether there were members of the Li party among the accompanying officials, Zhu Dingbei specially let the sound transmission device made by Lou Anning shine in the new army drill, and used some hands and feet on the original drawing as bait.But now, the blueprint has been stolen, but the bait has been swallowed by the big fish, so they can only know the movement, but when they lift up the pole, they find that the fish has already run away.

Even when they had already made plans, Li Dang was still able to do so seamlessly, making Zhu Dingbei not only miscalculated, but also sent an army to Gu Chao'an by them instead.

The only thing to blame is that they underestimated the emperor's hidden guards.

After the war of the coalition forces ended, the emperor set up dark guards in Luojing and his home in the north and south in an attempt to block the connection between the Xiongnu and Dajing Neiying, and also followed the vine to kill the Xiongnu's hidden stake. This was originally Zhu Dingbei He and Ning Heng are happy to see what happens.The Ning family is already a clear enemy in front of Li Dang, but if there is such a big mountain as the emperor, they will never doubt the Zhu family, or the Zhenbeihou mansion where only children are in charge of the family. They will only think that the Ning family is still As before, it was the sword in the hands of the royal family, and it was Emperor Zhenyuan himself who was on guard against them and had already started to counterattack.

In this way, it is convenient for Zhu Dingbei to act in secret.

But they didn't expect that they missed the opportunity when it came to Xie Yonglin. The news left by the officials in Jiaozhou went straight to Yuqian, and they didn't hear the slightest news.

If he knew that the emperor was also dealing with Xie Yonglin, Zhu Dingbei would never intervene, let alone let Gu Chaoan handle this matter.But money is hard to buy. If they knew it earlier, the matter has come to this point, they can only adjust their plans and deal with it with a brave head.

"Where is Xie Yonglin? They can even do the massacre of the village for Xie Yonglin. Presumably he is not a small person in the Li party. Are they also planning to abandon the pawn to save the car?"

Xie Yonglin's death was already doomed, the emperor had detained Xie Yonglin's family members and imprisoned Xie Yonglin in Liangzhou State Shepherd's Mansion.

Although no word has been released to the outside world, even the officials in Liangzhou only thought that their Shangfeng was sick and unable to serve as directors.But Li Dang, who has a guilty conscience, will definitely know that Xie Yonglin has become a useless move.It's just that I don't know if the discarded chess at this moment is a general who cannot be given up, or an abandoned piece.

Regarding this point, Zhu Dingbei, like Emperor Zhenyuan, believed that Xie Yonglin would not be useless.

That's why the emperor didn't touch Xie Yonglin but imprisoned him. They all wanted to use Xie Yonglin as a bait to find out who was behind the scenes.

But Li Dang was still as calm as ever, and they seemed to be convinced that the emperor was reluctant to just chop off Xie Yonglin's head to vent his anger, so they stood still.

Ning Heng said: "I don't think they can wait long. If the people behind Xie Yonglin know His Majesty well enough, they should know that his patience is running out."

Emperor Zhenyuan has never been a person controlled by others, just like after he found that Liangyue nunnery could not find much actual news, he could also decisively cut off the message line passed by the Xiongnu through it instead of keeping good news. Yue'an, a hidden pile den that can only be abandoned after being discovered, is used to lure snakes out of the cave.Killing one Xie Yonglin now, no matter whether it will hurt their muscles and bones or make them feel dull, there will definitely be a second Xie Yonglin and a third Xie Yonglin, so that the emperor can continue to investigate.Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor is still willing to kill Xie Yonglin to cut off this clue.

And just as Ning Heng said, the emperor's patience is not much, if Li Dang is really reluctant to part with you Xie Yonglin, then he will definitely take action.

"In the final analysis, we still have to wait for their actions." Zhu Dingbei especially didn't like the feeling of passive waiting. He said, "Isn't there anything found in Jiaozhou? That internal official sent it to the emperor's secret guard." What exactly was written in the last words? Which of the officials in the imperial court is related to Jiaozhou and the exiled criminals in Jiaozhou? Could it be that there is no trace of these? "

Gu Chao'an's fall into the palace still made Zhu Dingbei impatient.

After he finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure. He pursed his lips and sat down. Ning Heng stretched out his hand and pulled him to his side. It’s something that can’t be found out. As long as it’s done, there will be traces. Give me a little more time, huh?”

"Aheng, I'm not urging you, it's just..."

Ning Heng touched his lips, smiled lightly and said, "I know."

Zhu Dingbei was touched by his soft lips, and his emotions softened. He relaxed his body and hugged Ning Heng back, saying: "I am impatient. If possible, I still want Uncle Chaoan to stay away from that person." Far away...hehe, to tell you the truth, I am really afraid that my uncle will stab the emperor to death, and then the situation will be difficult to deal with."

At this time, Gu Chao'an, who was missed by him, met a long-lost old friend in Zhengyang Palace.

"Uncle, how are you doing?"

After a moment of silence with the old housekeeper of the Chen residence, Gu Chao'an wiped the corners of his drenched eyes and showed a smiling face.

"You have suffered, good boy." The housekeeper patted his head, just like what Chen Ge used to do to this child before, Gu Chaoan, who had always been strong and strong, collapsed for a moment, he covered his face in pain silently, Soon he restrained himself under the consolation of the housekeeper, just smiled and said: "We are really unfilial, without you often going to drink with Master, he must be very lonely."

There were tears in his smile, and the housekeeper didn't reveal the fragility under his appearance, and said with a kind smile: "Where, I'm afraid he's busy meeting up with old friends below. Besides, with his wife by his side, even if he is deserted That's enough."

The two talked about the past, until the emperor came in, the joyful anger stopped abruptly.