The Eight Winds of Rebirth

The imperial physician was reporting the emperor's pulse to Zhao Yuan.

"Qi and blood are stagnant, weak and weak, internal decline and external floating, and the pulse is not sparse."

Zhao Yuan took a sip of tea: "How to diagnose and treat?"

The imperial doctor is a bit embarrassed, the emperor's illness is simply a heart disease caused by excessive grief and anger, and if he really wants to be cured, he can only prescribe the right medicine, but the imperial doctor knows that this is not something that can be said in front of this person, so he can only pick and choose He said without pain or itching: "It may be feasible to use some prescriptions for removing blood stasis and repelling cold."

Zhao Yuan shook her head: "It's too slow."

The imperial doctor was stunned: "This... If the medicine is administered too hard, the officials are afraid that the emperor will not be able to bear it."

Zhao Yuan glanced over coolly, and the imperial physician immediately lowered her head: "Your Majesty understands."

Zhao Yuan said again: "If you die..."

He didn't say a word in the second half, but the several imperial physicians in front of the seat were all startled, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "I will do my best, otherwise the emperor will be wrong."

Gu Xiangtan sat at the side, silently watching these terrified imperial doctors leave, and suddenly heard a rough old voice from inside.

"Zhao...Zhao Yuan, you traitor...no, no good..." Halfway through speaking, he coughed heavily again.

Zhao Yuan put down the teacup, got up and walked in, Gu Xiangtan hurriedly stood up and followed behind him.

There are not many servants in the huge Ziwei Palace at the moment, but the tables and chairs were overturned in the originally magnificent emperor's bedroom, and the furnishings were broken to pieces. It still maintained the scene when the chaos happened a few nights ago. The act of bringing people to Chengfeng Palace temporarily prevented the imperial army from sweeping the palace. Chen Xi's sergeants only had time to rush into the east palace to burn, kill and loot the prince, and then fought with the imperial army. Instead, Emperor Zongzheng No one came to attack there, but he was in disarray, his servants fled everywhere, and he himself hid under the table in fright. In the end, the matter was over. Chen Caijin went to Ziwei Palace and brought the old emperor out, but he was listening After Zhao Mian was strangled to death by the rebel party, Emperor Zongzheng still couldn't bear the blow, his eyes went dark, and he lost his strength.

At this time, two tall guards stood guard on both sides, the bed curtains were dilapidated, and the brocade quilt was piled up in a pile, and Emperor Zongzheng of Daye was wallowing in it, dying.

When he saw Zhao Yuan coming in, Emperor Zongzheng's dejected eyes widened instantly, his throat cracked, and his eyes were full of resentment.

"Rebel, rebel..."

Zhao Yuan just looked at him quietly with an indifferent face.

Under his cold gaze, Emperor Zongzheng shrank back into the bed twice in fear, and then looked at Gu Xiangtan at the side, with renewed hatred.

"I am... the previous generation of Spirit Buddha personally recognized... why do you... you... you... the same... the raccoons... the courtiers... will not let you go, you... are all traitors..."

Gu Xiangtan listened to Emperor Zongzheng's incoherent speech, with a trace of tiredness on his face, he shook his head, and looked at An Yin who was not far away.

An Yin hurriedly left knowingly, and brought a few people in after a while, the right minister Zhong Xuliang walked in the front, followed by Qu Guang, the Minister of Rites, Zhang Fan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and some other humerus ministers of Zhao You. , the last ones are Jingguogong Gonghai and Ciguogong Ling Zhouqing. "

As soon as Zhao You saw these people, his eyes became hot immediately, and he was so excited that he almost wanted to sit up, but his limbs fluttered for a long time, and he fell down powerlessly. How does Lingfo treat the current emperor like this, just like Gonghai.Some felt a little pity, feeling that Zhao You's fate was indescribably pitiful, such as Zhong Xuliang.However, most of the people headed by Qu Guang lowered their heads tightly, pretending that they didn't see anything, and stood there rigidly, watching their eyes, nose, nose, nose, and heart.

"My lords..."

At the moment when these people were thinking and guessing in their hearts, Gu Xiangtan spoke. His voice was still soft, his face was clear, and his eyebrows were clear, which made people feel at ease at a glance. No one dared to treat this boy as a yellow-haired kid who didn't know anything and could manipulate and deceive at will. From the very beginning, Lingfo had already chosen the person he wanted to help. He confused Emperor Zongzheng and the three kings. It also confuses all of them. He is not as ignorant of worldly affairs as he appears on the surface. On the contrary, he has far-sighted and clever calculations, strategizing and winning thousands of miles. Look, those people placed by Lingfo before, whether they were in the court or during the "Full Moon Rebellion", they all turned the tide.Such a high-level talent is by no means what a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy should have, so when Gu Xiangtan opened his mouth, these people tightened their necks again and waited for orders.

"Xiang Tan invited all of you here today, and I have something important to ask. Everyone has seen that the emperor has been sick for a long time and cannot go to the court. The affairs in the court are piled up. Someone needs to take care of them slowly."

As soon as these words came out, many people felt that Lingfo was going to abolish the emperor and establish another one?

Who knows that Gu Xiangtan said: "I don't know much about these state affairs and government affairs, and the sixth son has to worry about the imperial power and so many soldiers, so in the end, he still needs the help of many important officials. The adults also know that Daye has been plagued by natural and man-made disasters in recent years. , the rest of the day will depend on you and me to bear it together. So, of course, you can't ignore such a heavy responsibility, you have to choose something worthy of entrustment, right?"

After hearing this, the people in front of them looked at each other in dismay, and for a moment they didn't understand what Lingfo meant, they were all the emperor's people, so if they don't discard it, can't they reuse it?

Sure enough, Gu Xiangtan said again: "However, according to my investigation, not everyone is able to take on this great responsibility."

After all, he took a stack of ledgers from An Yin, flipped through them and handed them to someone.

"The above list is the goods circulation account of a incense and candle shop in the middle of Beijing. It was found by the guards from the study of the Three Kings when they searched Mu Wang's mansion a few days ago. This is one of Mu Wang's properties in Beijing. It is also an important stronghold for him to secretly form a party for personal gain." Gu Xiangtan looked at Qu Guang, smiled lightly, and then his eyes fell on Zhong Xuliang, "And I heard that someone was impeached today, and there are other ministers in the court who often go in and out. Here, I have had close contacts with people in the Three Princes' Mansion."

Zhong Xuliang's face turned pale when he saw this ledger, and hearing Gu Xiangtan's words and his gaze, the right-hand man's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground.

"no no……"

Gu Xiangtan met his expression, and slowly asked: "Master Right, do you have something to say about this?"

"I didn't, I wasn't... I was..." He wanted to say that this was the monk thing I told Lingfo at that time, Lingfo, don't you remember?

Gu Xiangtan interrupted him: "On the night of the [-]th, Shimen Temple was on fire. The three kings' rebels didn't know that the emperor's grandson was hiding here, but someone reported it. I thought about it. Although I knew about it, But as a key member of the Great Ye Dynasty, it is not difficult to really want to find out about this, if this person wants to reveal something to the three kings, it is simply impossible to guard against."

Hearing this sentence, Zhong Xuliang couldn't help but fell to his knees with a thud: "I'm wronged... I'm wronged by the officials, I didn't, how could I get involved with the three kings... I don't know about those news..." Even the crown prince Zongzheng Emperor I'm afraid I don't even know it, so where can I hear it.

Zhong Xuliang couldn't say anything, you know, the death penalty of the Three Kings is inevitable, if he is involved with him at this moment, Zhao Dian can't copy the Nine Clans, but it will only take a moment to kill his own family. The words almost pushed Zhong Xuliang to a dead end. He was horrified and panicked when he turned his head and saw Qu Guang. Thinking of Gu Xiangtan's smile at the Minister of Rites just now, he couldn't help but think of the grievances and grievances between the two of them, and immediately left. Get up and pounce on him.

"You framed me, it must be you... I was wronged, I didn't!"

Although the other party is already an old bone, Qu Guang still fell hard. The other party strangled his neck tightly, and Qu Guang blushed from holding back. Zhong Xuliang had been in and out of a certain incense and candle shop in the capital. Although he felt that the right minister was not so confused, but he knew people and faces but not his heart. Qu Guang only knew that he was involved with him at this time, and he could only be implicated by him.

So he pushed Zhong Xuliang away, regardless of the two layers of skin scratched on his neck, knelt down tremblingly and kept kowtowing to Gu Xiangtan: "Lingfo, I don't know anything about this matter, but I do I have seen the Right Prime Minister appearing in the incense candle shop, as for whether he is an informer, please ask Lingfo to investigate clearly, and don't let the thieves go unpunished."

What Zhong Xuliang said made Zhong Xuliang even more furious. He was even more convinced that Qu Guang had slandered him. For many years, he used power for personal gain and formed cliques. He even accepted bribes from the Three Kings many times. The Third Prince alone sent many valuables to him. The case of the vice-commander of the Forbidden Army who wounded someone and then ended without a problem was caused by Qu Guang, and then Zhang Fan let it go!"

Zhang Fan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice heard that he was inexplicably involved, so he knelt down to argue, so this group of people was like a snowball. Gu Xiangtan just threw a stone in the middle of the lake, and it spread into circles of ripples, and finally It turned into a huge wave.

In fact, Zhong Xuliang and Qu Guang are really not that stupid, and they can't fail to see that Lingfo wants them to fight with dogs, but everyone is afraid of death, and they can also fight together to resist death, so that Gu Xiangtan can't catch anything , but no one dares to take this risk right now, because everyone knows that their lives are worthless to the two people in front of them. They have no confidence to compete with Lingfo and the sixth son. Keep yourself as long as possible, no matter what price you pay in exchange for betraying others.

Gu Xiangtan watched the people in front of him quarreling without saying a word, until there was a loud noise from the side, and when he looked back, it was Emperor Zongzheng who was on the bed so angry that he pushed his jade pillow to the ground , was leaning against the edge of the bed panting continuously.

The pillow shattered into pieces, and the room fell into dead silence.

Gu Xiangtan rubbed his forehead, felt that the play was about to end, and said: "Since you adults have a lot of inside information to disclose, let's go back with the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and explain it clearly."

Then, a group of officers and soldiers rushed in from the outside, one person at a time, dragged all the arguing people down, and put them in the prison.

The voices of grievances did not stop, and the road lingered for a long time, leaving only Jingguogong and Ciguogong who had not spoken.

Mr. Jingguo's face sank like water, he didn't dare to open his mouth, but Mr. Ciguo suddenly took a step, and said in a deep voice: "Since the right minister is involved in a serious case, and there are many things in the court, I suggest that it is better to let Xue Yiyang Mr. Xue temporarily takes the position of the right minister, and together with the left minister, supervises the state affairs and supervises all officials."

The next moment, both Gong Hai and Zhao You looked at it in disbelief, and Gu Xiangtan was also a little surprised. He couldn't help but glanced at Ci Guogong, and saw that his face was peaceful, and he didn't look like a person who followed the trend and turned the rudder at all. Zhao Yuan on the other side did not see any surprise, but nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case, please help Grandpa."

This sentence "Grandpa" completely left Duke Jing and the emperor speechless. Zhao You's eyes were about to burst, and he raised his hand and pointed at Duke Ci, shaking so hard that he couldn't say a word.

At this moment, two servants came in and waited beside them with lunch and soup. Zhao Yuan took a look at the servant who brought the medicine, and that person came forward knowingly to feed Emperor Zongzheng. Zhao Yuan turned to the servant who served the meal. The little eunuch said: "The imperial doctor said that the emperor is physically weak, and if he wants to recover, he needs to take heavy medicines. From now on, there is no need to take the messy things."

The servant was stunned, what does the sixth son mean, that he won't feed the emperor anymore?

Then I looked at the little things on the plate, and thought that the imperial physician ordered that the medicine should be eaten after meals, but since the sixth son said so, who in this palace dares to speak now, so he could only Withdrew embarrassingly.

The slave who brought the medicine wanted to feed him, but Emperor Zongzheng refused. At this time, the guards on both sides stepped forward to restrain him, pinched Zhao You's mouth open, and forced the medicine down, causing Zhao You to choke until his nose and ears still lingered. There was black water on the brocade quilt, which flowed all over her body, and she was in a terrible state of distress.

When these people backed away, Zhao You almost died of coughing, his limbs twitched uncontrollably, Gong Hai looked away, Gu Xiangtan remained silent, Zhao Yuan stepped forward instead.

Zongzheng saw the extremely beautiful face that resembled the great princess approaching him, and said to himself coldly: "Don't be afraid, you won't die, since you like to be the emperor, then I will treat you well every day." The medicine man is waiting for you, let you do enough..."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yuan didn't even look at him anymore, she just swung her sleeves and strode away, leaving only Emperor Zongzheng looking at his back with fear everywhere...