Reincarnated vassal system

On the official road from the southwest to Beijing, hundreds of horses passed by swiftly, sending up waves of flying sand.

The footsteps of the Royal Dark Guard have been greatly tempered in the process of delivering letters to the master and his concubine, and now the elite horse has become Prince Rui's exclusive driver, and it is almost becoming the No. 1 horse in the Royal Dark Guard's stable. .[-] horse out.

Shang Zhi's face was tense all the way, and he rushed back to Beijing infinitely faster. He had a faint premonition in his heart, not only about Tai'an Marquis raising troops, but also from Huajing, which he was about to return to.

After the disaster in Lishan City, he sent several letters to Huajing. Except for the one received by Gu Huai and the secret letter urgently submitted by the secret guard, the rest of the letters received no response at all. Something out of your control happened.

It takes about half a month's journey from the southwest to Huajing, and it was abruptly cut in half by Shang Zhi. Before half of the first month, Shang Zhi rushed back to Huajing. Before entering the city, he felt the strange atmosphere.

At this time, Gu Huai, who was far away in Lishan City, welcomed an unexpected guest.

It has been a few days since Shang Zhi left Lishan City, Gu Huai worked day and night, and finally all the people in Lishan City lived in peace, but he didn't even have time to rest.

Looking at the familiar person in front of him, Gu Huai didn't know what to say for a moment. It was best to suppress his emotions and greet the other party very politely, "I don't know that the Marquis is coming, Gu is far away to welcome you." , ashamed and ashamed."

At this time, Gu Huai was already a senior member of the second rank, and there were not many officials in the court who needed him to bow and salute, but naturally no one with a title could be generalized.

The person on the opposite side frowned when he heard Gu Huai's words, "You're so unfamiliar with uncle?"

The person who came was the Marquis of Zhenyuan, the elder brother of Gu Huai's aunt Shi Xinru, who had been guarding the frontier in the Northwest years ago, and was the deputy general of the Duke of Zhen.Later, after the Japanese outbreak in the southeast and the death of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he was transferred to the southeast.

Ever since Wei Guogong revealed his identity to Gu Huai before his death, Gu Huai made up his mind not to have any further relationship with the Gu family.The relationship between Gu Huai and his cheap uncle is not very good. A general on the other side is on guard all year round, and the uncle and nephew don't have many opportunities to cultivate their relationship.Seeing the other party's enthusiastic attitude now, Gu Huai took a few steps back, with caution in his eyes.

According to the Dashang Law Calendar, the border guards are not allowed to leave the guarded land without an edict.Gu Huai only heard that Shangzhi mentioned that he had written to Huguang Jieliang, but he never talked about any negotiations with the defenders of Guangdong and Guangxi. The appearance of Zhenyuanhou at this time is really suspicious.

Especially in this sensitive period.

"Master Hou, why did you come to Lishan..." Gu Huai asked the other party's reason directly.

Gu Huai's attitude was already very cold, but Zhenyuan Hou didn't seem to notice it, but he replied with a smile, "Lishan City was hit by a disaster, and as a nobleman, my uncle felt very sad, thinking that the only way to come Take a look and see if there is anyone who needs help before you can feel at ease."

"Oh? Master Hou is very well informed." Gu Huai took a step back in an improbable way.

"Nephew really wants to have such a relationship with uncle?" Zhenyuanhou seemed to have finally felt Gu Huai's alienating attitude, and his expression was slightly sad.He acts like this.But it made Gu Huai feel even more suspicious.

"Master Hou, Mr. Gu is currently at work, and Lishan City is busy, so I may not be able to receive Lord Hou." Gu Huai excused.

"Busy about those disaster victims?" The smile on Zhenyuanhou's face finally faded, probably because he didn't want to fight Gu Huai anymore, he made a look at the people around him, and immediately several powerful men approached slowly Gu Huai.

At this time they were in the Governor's Mansion, Gu Huai did not expect that the other party would dare to make a move here, he shook his head slightly at the hidden guards hiding in the corner, signaling them to wait and see what happened, then turned to look at his cheap uncle, " Marquis Zhenyuan, this is Gu's Governor's Mansion, what do you think?"

"Of course I know this is the Governor's Mansion, and I'm here for the Governor's Mansion, although I don't want to invite my good nephew, the honorable Governor-General." Marquis Zhenyuan patted his hands twice, and the few he brought The famous Kongwu man immediately subdued Gu Huai.

However, Gu Huai felt blessed in an instant, "—the one you are looking for is Prince Rui!"

clap clap.Marquis Zhenyuan applauded his nephew, "I heard that my nephew is extremely intelligent, and now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved!" Marquis Zhenyuan walked over and pinched Gu Huai's chin, "Where is Prince Rui?"

"You are in the same group." Gu Huai's guess came true. Shang Zhi, who was in the southwest and had his whereabouts exposed before, was their target, but Gu Huai did not guess at all that Zhenyuan Hou was actually the opponent's person.

Zhenyuan Hou Xiaoxiao did not deny it, looked around the dilapidated governor's mansion in front of him, and clicked his tongue twice, "Dashang's land is vast, but it's a pity that all the gold nuggets and gravel are in Huajing Zhongyi Palace. Good nephew, I think this is your first time out of the capital, this time uncle will let you take a good look at the mountains and rivers."

As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger suddenly barged in from outside the door.The Dashang's messengers have always had the privilege of entering the hall without orders. As soon as this soldier came in, he immediately said, "Report! An urgent secret report from the capital! Submit it to the Governor's Mansion, His Royal Highness Prince Chuan Rui!"

Gu Huai: ...

Is this messenger's eyes not very good... Gu Huai looked at Zhenyuan Hou with a smile, took the secret report directly, unpacked it, and then quickly browsed it, and then immediately There was a burst of satisfied laughter.

"It seems that the adults in Beijing are moving very fast, so naturally I can't be inferior." He looked at the two soldiers standing behind Gu Huai, and directly ordered, "Take them away."

Gu Huai's hands were directly tied behind his back, and Marquis Zhenyuan entered and exited the governor's mansion as if entering and exiting a land without people. Although there were only dozens of soldiers left in the governor's mansion, no one stopped him from coming and going freely.Gu Huai was taken out of the Governor's Mansion, and found that the guards inside and outside the Governor's Mansion had been replaced.

It seems that Lishan City has been silently controlled.Gu Huai quietly made a few gestures with the hands tied behind his back, signaling the hidden guards not to act rashly for the time being, and then obediently followed Zhenyuan Hou and was tied into the carriage out of the city.

As soon as he got into the car, he found that Chang Min was already tied up and lying on the floor inside. Gu Huai checked, but luckily he was just unconscious and nothing serious.

Even Chang Min was tied up, but he didn't use any force... Gu Huai slowly found a comfortable position and sat down, without any sign of struggling.

The carriage quickly went out of the city. Through the window of the carriage, Gu Huai saw that the civilians in Lishan City had started to resume operations. He slowly looked away, and finally fixed his eyes on Chang Min's face in front of him.

In the secret report sent by the orderly just now... what will it be?

As the carriage left Lishan City and went farther and farther, Gu Huai felt that the voices outside gradually changed, and all human voices gradually faded away, as if he had reached the suburbs.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage finally stopped. When the people from Marquis Zhenyuan opened the door of the carriage, they found that Gu Huai inside had already fallen asleep.

One person stood beside Zhenyuan Hou, "You nephew, you have a big heart."

Marquis Zhenyuan Bufu was gentle when he spoke to Gu Huai just now, and sneered, "My people searched all over Lishan City, but they didn't find Prince Rui. His qinggong has always been good, and it's really easy to avoid arrest. This You dare to arrange for me."

"You don't have to criticize me, this is the sincerity of our cooperation." The man was the Marquis of Tai'an, "I heard that you received an urgent report from Huajing?"

The Marquis of Zhenyuan passed the secret report to the Marquis of Tai'an expressionlessly, and the Marquis of Tai'an quickly glanced over it, but heard a slight movement in his ear. He quickly turned around and saw that Gu Huai on the carriage still had his eyes closed, Just slightly sideways body.

He squinted his eyes, turned around and read the secret report again, and couldn't help laughing after seeing it, "My lord is really ruthless! This dog emperor also has today!" He closed the secret report, "I didn't expect that the emperor Before dying, this old man still thinks about recruiting Prince Rui back, I am really jealous of this kindness!"

The eyes of the people in the carriage moved slightly.

Marquis Zhenyuan still had that sarcastic look on his face, "Your precious daughter has enjoyed ten years of honor and favor, and your Du family is not satisfied?"

Hou Tai'an shook his head, didn't say anything, just stepped on the horse, raised his hand suddenly, and a majestic shout rose from the sky!

"Ho!"

Gu Huai in the carriage was instantly blown up. Seeing that he could no longer pretend to be asleep, he simply pretended to be awakened.No one controlled him, but Gu Huai, whose hands were tied, stepped out of the carriage directly, and was immediately shocked by the situation in front of him.

What appeared in front of Gu Huai was an army lined up neatly. It seemed that the end of the army could not be seen at a glance. At a glance, it must be hundreds of thousands of troops!

The Marquis of Tai'an raised his troops to the north with such a great momentum, his whereabouts will definitely be exposed on the way... Gu Huai paused suddenly, now it is time for the frontier guards to return to Beijing to report their duties, if the city along the way did not pay attention, it would definitely not be I noticed something strange about them!

In addition to the news I just heard - could it be that Emperor Jianyuan...

Gu Huai twisted his hands, his eyes became firm.

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As soon as Shang Zhi arrived in Huajing, he found that the inner city had been strictly prohibited. Out of caution, he went directly to Prince Rui's mansion through the tunnel in the outer city. As soon as he arrived at the mansion, the hidden guards who stayed behind immediately informed Shang Zhi that there was a A girl dressed in men's clothes has been guarding for several days, claiming to be Gu Huai's friend.

Hearing the word Gu Huai, Shang Zhi's eyes flickered slightly. "Let her in."

That person was brought in immediately, Shang Zhi saw that it was indeed the Qi Xiaoli who had hooked up with Gu Huai in front of him before, and also the wife in his dream.

Seeing Shang Zhi, Qi Xiaoli immediately dragged him to run outside, but Shang Zhi didn't move at all but restrained him, "What do you want?"

"If you don't rush to the palace, it will be too late!" Qi Xiaoli is very anxious. She is the person who knows the direction of the Shang Dynasty best. Now the Shang Dynasty has reached a dangerous moment. She still plans to marry Gu Huai. It's ruined!

"What do you mean?" Shang Zhi didn't move, his brows were slightly frowned.

"You don't know that the emperor is going to die! You don't want to meet him!" Qi Xiaoli didn't know how to explain her time-traveling status, so she had to drag him out.Shang Zhi followed her for a few steps, and turned his questioning eyes to the hidden guard.

The hidden guard who stayed behind slightly shook his head, "There has been no news from the palace for several days."

Shang Zhi's heart trembled, he left Qi Xiaoli behind in an instant, crossed the courtyard wall in a few steps, and went directly to the palace.

The palace compound is heavily guarded, but for Shang Zhi, finding a gap in the defense is really an easy task, but the obvious increase in the defense force in the palace makes Shang Zhi feel the severity of the situation even more.He avoided the guards all the way and went directly to Emperor Jianyuan's bedroom.

The sleeping hall of Emperor Jianyuan was located deep in the palace, and it was surrounded like an iron bucket at the moment, it seemed that even a fly couldn't get in.Just a dodge, very straightforwardly went to the secret passage.

Emperor Jianyuan's love and affection for Shangzhi is definitely reflected in every aspect. Except for the emperor, no one knows about the secret passages in the palace, but Shangzhi got a map of secret passages from Emperor Jianyuan.He followed the secret path and entered Emperor Jianyuan's bedroom from another remote palace.

The exit of the secret passage is hidden behind a screen in the inner hall of the bedroom. Shang Zhi, like a nocturnal cat, silently jumped from behind the screen to the other side. The closest hidden place to Longta just happened to encounter a big scene. .

There were only figures in the inner hall, and upon closer inspection, almost all the concubines in the harem had arrived.Sitting on the top, the concubine De concubine looked indifferently at the person kneeling below. Shang Zhi saw through the blurred veil that the person seemed to be Gu Huai's younger sister.

"Concubine Yi, the medicine bottle was found in your bedroom, what else can you deny!" A concubine with a high status directly scolded the person kneeling below, but Gu Zhiyi just raised her chin, The usual proper and delicate makeup has been ruined in a mess at this time, and the whole person looks very embarrassed.

She gritted her teeth to resist the pain from invisible places on her body, "If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse."

"Smooth!" The concubine directly threw the bottle of medicine found in Gu Zhiyi's bedroom into the hand of the nanny behind her, and the nanny winked at the little maid standing by, and the two maids went up immediately Hold down Gu Zhiyi.

The old nanny let out a smirk, opened the mouth of the medicine bottle, poured the medicine straight into Gu Zhiyi's mouth!

"What are you doing!" A voice suddenly came from outside the door, and everyone saw that Concubine Du ran in quickly, threw herself on Gu Zhiyi, patted Gu Zhiyi's back hard, but couldn't make the pill come out .

She watched as Gu Zhiyi couldn't bear it and slowly collapsed on the ground, an unnatural flush began to appear on her face, her whole body was twisted into a ball due to the sudden surge of emotion, and dreamy words kept happening in her mouth. Ambiguous voice.Concubine Du's face slowly changed, she glared at Concubine De above, "What did you eat for her!"

Concubine De was originally asleep with her eyes closed, but at this moment she slowly opened her eyes after hearing Concubine Du's voice, as if she had just realized her arrival and Gu Zhiyi's miserable condition, she was slightly taken aback, and the Buddhist beads in her hand stopped .She turned to the concubine who was feeding the medicine, "What's wrong?"

Before the concubine could speak, Gu Zhili, who had been standing beside her all the time, fell to her knees with a thump, "Ms. De Concubine! You go around my sister! My sister was just fascinated by ghosts for a while, she definitely didn't intend to harm His Majesty!"

Concubine De Liu frowned slightly, "Look at Concubine Yi's appearance..."

The imperial doctor at the side stepped forward and reported, "Mrs. Hui, the medicine that the concubine Yi concubine took just now is the culprit of the emperor's weakening... I have another matter, I don't know..."

Concubine De nodded, "But it's okay to say."

"Yes, empress. This medicine, Huanxisan, is commonly used in the Qinlou and Chu Pavilions outside the palace. It has the effect of boosting the mood. It is strong, and it will hurt the body after long-term use. To tell the truth, this is not the first time that I have been in the palace. found the drug."

Concubine De's eyes moved away from the beads, "Continue."

"A few months ago, disasters happened twice in the Empress Dowager's dormitory. I found out that the murdered maids had also taken Huanxisan before their death, because Huanxisan has a paralyzing effect... and this medicine is not kept in the imperial hospital." The doctor continued.

His words immediately aroused everyone's whispers, and many suspicious eyes immediately turned to Concubine Du.Everyone knows that a precious concubine was lost in that case, and Concubine Du was also deprived of her phoenix seal. Obviously, that case has nothing to do with Concubine Du; Concubine Du's niece...

The truth seemed to be coming out.

Concubine Du also felt that the eyes of the people around her were getting more and more wrong.There are three thousand concubines in the harem, and many of them have been suppressed under Concubine Du for many years. Later, a concubine Yi came. They have not received the emperor's favor for so many years, but even so, they don't want the emperor to disappear. Because the unfavored concubine became a concubine, the situation will only be worse.

They looked at Concubine Du, his aunt and nephew who were squatting in the middle at this moment. If their eyes could kill, they would have already been hacked into pieces by now!

Concubine Du has been in the harem for many years, so naturally the current situation cannot be easily compromised.She stood up straight, "Empty words are useless, Concubine De, if you have evidence, just say these two or two more words!"

She tried her best to support Gu Zhiyi, and wanted to help her back to the bedroom, but was blocked by the concubines.Concubine Du secretly sighed that a phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, but she still put on a gesture on her face, "I won't hold you accountable for being rude when I saw you, but you still dare to block my way?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine De gently took out a small seal, put it gently on the table, and said slowly, "My lord ordered me to control the affairs of the harem, and today I committed such a crime." Naturally, this palace cannot tolerate serious people."

Her tone was very light, but what she said was like a heavy hammer, directly hitting Concubine Du on the head. "Come here, put Concubine Du and Concubine Yi into the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After His Majesty wakes up and is healthy, His Majesty will make decisions!"

Concubine Du froze, she turned around and wanted to argue about something, but was covered by a few stout nuns, and she held her down neatly.

Concubine De slowly raised her rosary and stood up, "I came here today to show justice in front of His Majesty. Now that the suspect has been found, let's leave. If His Majesty's dragon body is disturbed It would be a great sin to be cured."

After she finished speaking, Shi Shiran went out and took away a group of curvaceous concubines. Gu Zhili followed beside Concubine De, looking very playful.

After everyone left, Shangzhi slowly walked out from behind Longta, looking at the wax-white Emperor Jianyuan on Longta, his eyes were extremely dark.