I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

When Xue Yuan cleaned up the horse dung and horseshoe marks, he didn't think about asking the palace attendant to clean it up for him.It's just that Gu Yuanbai's majesty in the palace is the same. When these palace servants saw Xue Yuan, they hid far away. While hiding, they even led the horse to walk past.

The son of a dignified general, under the majesty of the emperor's punishment as he said, he has to obediently sweep horse dung.

Xue Yuan didn't feel anything except that it was a little smelly and troublesome.

The person who crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses, Xue Yuan had soaked in stinky blood, his expression was indifferent, he should be thinking about other things, he looked a little careless.

When Gu Yuanbai brought Chu Wei over, Chu Wei realized that the Holy Majesty came out for a walk to see Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan harbored ill intentions towards the Holy Master, and Chu Wei did not want the Holy Master to have too much contact with him.But there was no basis for his words, he could only try his best to prevent Xue Yuan from approaching the Holy One.

Gu Yuanbai watched the future regent sweeping the horse manure quite happily, with a smile on his lips all the time.Chu Wei caught a glimpse of his smile from the corner of his eye, pursed his lips indistinctly, and said, "My lord, this place is dirty, it's not suitable to stay for a long time."

Chu Wei's wind was bright and the moon was clear, as clean and untainted as the bright moon. Gu Yuanbai thought he was not used to the smell here, so he said: "In this case, I will go to the place where the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant with Zhuangyuan Lang."

The place where the medicine was applied before has been wrapped with a soft cotton cloth, and Gu Yuanbai will not feel the pain if he walks slowly.

The Holy Majesty turned and left, Chu Wei followed behind him, footsteps sounded on the empty palace road, Xue Yuan looked up when he heard the sound.

Chu Wei seemed to be aware of it, he turned his head and looked at Xue Yuan indifferently, then raised his hand lightly, from a distance, it seemed as if the Holy Majesty's waist was wrapped around his waist.

"Your Majesty," Chu Wei said in a low voice, "Did I disturb your Majesty's interest?"

Gu Yuanbai laughed when he heard the words, he looked sideways at Chu Wei, and said with a smile: "Could it be possible to see that Guard Xue is sweeping horse manure, can you show me that you are interested?"

The corner of Chu Wei's lips curled up, and he also smiled slightly.

Both of them have good skins, so good that they are almost painted.But in Xue Yuan's eyes, it was Chu Wei who put his hand on the waist of the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty turned his head and smiled at Chu Wei.

Xue Yuan's eyes turned cold.

what's this.

After Xue Yuansan returned home, the crescent moon was already hanging high on the branches.

He went straight to the study and sent someone from the mansion to meet him.Those who should be lying on the bed at this time are already lying on the bed, but Xue Yuan called people, and they dare not not come.

There are not many retainers in the Xue residence, but they all have real talents and knowledge. Some of them came for the name of General Xue, but after they came, they automatically rolled under Xue Yuan's door. Xue Yuan is a ruthless person, and few retainers are not afraid At this time, he heard Xue Yuan calling, and rolled in front of Xue Yuan.

Under the dim candlelight, Mr. Xue smiled sinisterly like a ghost returning to his soul, "You go and find out about the new champion."

The doorman asked carefully: "Young master, what do you want to know about Xinke Zhuangyuan Lang?"

"All the bad things," Xue Yuan said in a deep voice, "whether he likes men, and what bad things he has done, I want to know everything."

The doorman replied: "Yes."

Xue Yuan continued: "Also, look for some good things that can be given as gifts tomorrow."

The diners looked at each other, and someone boldly asked, "My lord, who do you want to give?"

Xue Yuan grinned, "Of course I want to give the emperor a gift."

The disciples only thought that he wanted to please the Holy One, "Don't worry, my lord, I will prepare a good gift for you tomorrow."

"If it's a gift to the Holy Majesty, it must not be something vulgar," another person said, "It's better to pick up some expensive or rare things, at least it won't go wrong."

"Exactly," said the doorman, "what do you think, young master?"

Xue Yuan stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes.

His thoughts?

Xue Yuan moved his right finger, and suddenly said: "Send some soft ones, which are comfortable to touch."

Gatekeeper: "Huh?"

In the palace, Gu Yuanbai was looking at all the suspicious things that the imperial army dug three feet into the palace of Prince Qi.

There are people behind King Qi who are causing trouble together, but they didn't expect Gu Yuanbai to do things so neatly and so terribly. They didn't use the matter of Concubine Wan to test out Gu Yuanbai's physical condition, but let Gu Yuanbai catch him. With their exposed tails, the mud was pulled out with this grab.

They clearly knew that Gu Yuanbai had a cold that day, but they still didn't dare to do anything. In the end, they only sent someone a false message to test him out.

They not only underestimated Gu Yuanbai, but also overestimated themselves.

The forbidden army rummaged through Prince Qi's mansion for a few days, and finally found some deeply hidden information.

"Your Majesty," General Cheng said, "this letter was discovered by a forbidden soldier in the two teams led by the minister, and it was hidden between a piece of hollow jade. This soldier was careful and bold. When he threw the jade pendant on the ground, he The minister was taken aback."

When General Cheng knew that the Holy Majesty was going to select a group of elite troops from the Forbidden Army, he already wanted to recommend the soldiers he valued. The soldier under his command was really courageous and resourceful. But he was born to be extremely sensitive and talented in this area!

General Wang Ping of the Shu Han could not read books, and he did not know much about the cross in his life, but he was born with an extremely keen sense of military and warfare. Even if he did not read military books, he was able to win many times. Bury talents.

Gu Yuanbai was indeed more interested in talents than secret letters, he asked, "Where is this person now?"

General Cheng laughed a few times, confessed to Gu Yuanbai, went out of the palace gate, and brought someone in.As soon as the person from the back came in, Gu Yuanbai set his eyes on him. This person was full of tendons, tall, and his slender and powerful limbs were placed in an orderly manner. He was both aggressive and quite Convergence gives people the feeling of a Confucian general.

"The humble Qin Sheng has seen the Holy One." Neither humble nor overbearing, his voice was bright.

Gu Yuanbai asked, "How did you find out about this secret letter?"

Qin Sheng bent over, and told Gu Yuanbai what happened with clear words and clear thoughts. Gu Yuanbai nodded slowly in his heart, and said, "Back off."

Qin Sheng retreated silently, General Cheng wanted to know how Qin Sheng felt in the Holy Spirit's heart, but he didn't dare to ask without authorization, so he had to shut up.

Gu Yuanbai was extremely vicious, he saw the anxiety on General Cheng's face, but pretended not to see it.The secret letter in the jade pendant was checked and harmless by the eunuch at the side before it was put into Gu Yuanbai's hands.

But when Gu Yuanbai opened it, there was no word on it.

General Cheng frowned and said in a low voice, "How is this possible!"

Gu Yuanbai checked the front and back, and confirmed that there were no scratches or interlayers. He pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Bring water."

The palace attendant brought water, and Gu Yuanbai soaked the secret letter in the water, and the letters in the water gradually showed their handwriting.

General Cheng lost his voice: "——this?!"

When writing with alum water, there will be no writing after it dries.If Gu Yuanbai remembered well, Song Dynasty started to use alum, and the age of Daheng Dynasty happened to be close, alum is not uncommon, but the strange thing is that the person who corresponded with King Qi knew such a method.

He is a smart man, but a smart man will not lose sight of current events. King Qi is as stupid as a pig, why should he help King Qi?

Everyone is an adult, and the officialdom pays attention to vested interests. Gu Yuanbai took the letter out of the water, calmly took the handkerchief and wiped off the water droplets on his hand, and asked Tian Fusheng, "Who is the youngest son of the king of Qi?" Who is the mother?"

Tian Fusheng thought for a while and said, "It seems to be the daughter of Yushi Zhongcheng."

The Yushitai of the Daheng Dynasty was the central supervisory agency, which supervised from top to bottom whether the central and local officials had done things that did not comply with the laws of the country and whether they obeyed their duties. At the same time, they also supervised the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment①.

Yushi Zhongcheng is the second child of Yushitai, and above him is the doctor Yushi. Now the doctor Yushi is about to reach the age of becoming an official. Gu Yuanbai is investigating who is the next successor.

It stands to reason that Zhongcheng should be in charge.

Gu Yuanbai took the silk cloth and flattened the secret letter. The handwriting on the top was small, all of which were words to persuade King Qi not to be impulsive.

"Look," Gu Yuanbai said, "King Qi won't listen to persuasion."

There is also a line of small characters under the secret letter, so that the king of Qi will destroy the book after reading it, but the king of Qi probably does not believe that there are other people who know how to make this "wordless book" appear, so he is directly complacent and generous displayed.

The aptitude of most people in the royal family is actually as mediocre as that of King Qi, and they are all indulged in prosperity and wealth.

But there are still some people who are very obedient and sensible. After seeing that Gu Yuanbai sent troops to surround Qi Wangfu, they are obedient like sheep whose fur has been plucked.

But even if he is so obedient, Gu Yuanbai decided to implement the system of descending and inheriting the nobility in the future.

The titles that can be hereditary will be lowered every generation. In this way, if the descendants are not promising, a family will soon disappear.

The secret letter on the table gradually dried up, and the handwriting disappeared again. General Cheng said: "My lord, what should we do now?"

Gu Yuanbai smiled: "You don't have to worry about the rest, General Cheng, I have my own plans. Next, I have one more thing to ask you to do. Together with the Privy Council, I will select two thousand elite soldiers from the forbidden army. .”

General Cheng looked serious, "Yes!"

After discussing the political affairs, Tian Fusheng waited on the Holy Majesty to change his clothes and freshen up. Since the last time he was punished for tying Chu Wei to the Holy Majesty's dragon bed without authorization, he didn't dare to speculate too much about the Holy Spirit.Even if he didn't understand why the Holy Majesty wanted to stop, he didn't dare to ask further questions.Serving the Holy Majesty honestly is more important than anything else.

Ever since he vomited up a mouthful of blood a few days ago and caught that wind and cold, Gu Yuanbai hasn't shown any symptoms of illness these days.Spring is getting deeper, which should be related to the warmer weather.

"Your Majesty," Tian Fusheng's little apprentice leaned aside and massaged Gu Yuanbai's arm that had worked hard all day reviewing the memorial, "How strong is this?"

Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

The people who served the Holy One had already developed the ability to read people's eyes. The little apprentice saw that the Holy One looked relaxed and seemed to be in a good mood, so he said some funny words.

As we talked, we talked about Xinke Zhuangyuan Lang.

"The number one scholar in the new department is not yet married. On the day when the palace examination was released, the number one scholar was almost taken away by the son-in-law who was under the list," said the little eunuch. They went up, and finally they fought on their own."

The corners of Gu Yuanbai's lips twitched, thinking that there is no need to think about these people, Chu Wei is Xue Yuan's future brother.

After a while, the sage became tired, and Tian Fusheng led people to extinguish the candlelight, and then quietly faded away.

On the second day, Xue Yuan came to the office with a generous gift in his arms. He was so frightened by Xue Yuan this morning that he pretended to be dead without moving.

The bodyguard's uniform is brand new, straight and clean.No cracks and dust from being dragged, and no dirt from horse manure.However, as soon as he arrived at the palace, the chief guard said to him: "The Holy Majesty asked you to take care of that bloody horse."

The sweaty BMW was dragged into the stable, but it was so strong that the servants who fed and washed the horses did not dare to approach it. When the report was published this morning, Gu Yuanbai directly ordered Xue Yuan who tamed the horse.

Xue Yuan: "..."

Just throw it away.

Xue Yuan lazily turned around and followed the servant to the stables. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, and asked sideways, "What's the name of that horse?"

The chief guard was taken aback, "The Holy Majesty hasn't named it yet."

The corner of Xue Yuan's lips twitched, and he turned his head with a sneer, "Then I'll give it a nickname. The humble name is easy to support, so I'll call it a little heartless."

The chief guard didn't hear this sentence clearly, so he wrote it down, and he didn't mention it until after the holy pilgrimage finished his morning meal: "Your Majesty, you haven't named that bloody horse yet. "

Gu Yuanbai thought for a while, then said vulgarly: "Call it Hongyun."

"A good name," Tian Fusheng said while blowing his rainbow fart. "Elegance is vulgar, and vulgarity is elegance. Between the elegance and the vulgarity, the hair color and speed of the hard-earned BMW are succinctly and succinctly stated. Your sage is wise."

Gu Yuanbai rubbed between his brows, "Shut up."

The Holy Majesty is going to have a look at the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council today, and then go to the Imperial Academy to take a look, especially the No. [-] man who has Xixia blood, who has the ability to make Xixia launch a war against Daheng and win five or six cities in a row , Gu Yuanbai had to take it to heart.

But after breakfast, before Gu Yuanbai got up, someone came to inform him that King Qi had started a hunger strike.

Gu Yuanbai frowned: "When did you start the hunger strike?"

The person who notified him lowered his head in embarrassment: "Reporting to Your Majesty, King Qi didn't have a meal this morning, and he kept clamoring for a hunger strike in prison."

"Then let him die," Gu Yuanbai sneered, his head aching, "From now on, if you don't deliver food to King Qi for three days, doesn't it mean he doesn't want to eat it? Don't waste my food if you don't want to eat it."

If you are bold enough, you feel that you have suffered a lot, and it is enough to atone for your sins, and it is enough for Gu Yuanbai to vent his anger?

Gu Yuanbai realized.

Mental torture is still not as useful as physical torture.