Crown Sword

"At that time, I had the same expression as you do now. On the night I received the letter, I rode my horse northward, and finally stopped him in front of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang." Gu Zai recalled.

Chao Chen was puzzled: "Why would he do this?"

why?

Fang Youshi's thoughts were both naive and bold.Although the Hu people occupied the Central Plains forcibly at that time, since they respected themselves as emperors, they could not escape the orthodox theory. Except for Tuoba Xianbei who went far away in the cloud, the clans of other countries had more or less been taught by the Jin Dynasty, and even their ancestors had been taught by the Jin Dynasty. In an important position in the official residence in Luoyang, Chang'an, he does not reject the etiquette and laws of the Han court, and even intends to absorb them.

To unify Kyushu, brute force alone is not enough, and no country at that time had such strength, so recuperate and grow stronger, and block the mouths of many people, is the most stable strategy.

As a result, Sinicization is inevitable.

Fang Youshi harbored ideals, since the rivers and mountains cannot be recovered in a short time, why not protect those displaced compatriots in a more practical way.He hoped that he could use his three-inch tongue to lobby those in power in the northern lands, admonishing and admonishing each other that there are various advantages to treating the Jin people in custody, such as avoiding killings, quelling people's grievances, restoring agriculture and mulberry, and consolidating the land. Real power, but for the local people, at least save their lives, or one day see peace in the world.

But his idea was so deviant that even he himself didn't know if it would work.

Facing his friend's questioning, he was speechless, and he didn't want to involve others, so he lied, saying: "Huan Wen is the only one, Jiangnan is guaranteed to regenerate when it is not guaranteed, and Sima's family is not guaranteed to be born." It’s hard to say where to live, obviously there is no room for people with clear streams. I don’t want to live in vain and have ambitions, so water flows to low places, and people go to high places.”

"Whoever is strong, I will follow him."

That day when the pear blossoms in Luoyang fell like snow, Gu Zai I closed my eyes and sighed, I still remember it vividly.

Fearing that he would not believe it, Fang Youshi even took off the talent recruitment order issued by Taiyuan Wang Murong Ke at that time, and threw it in front of the horse.Gu Zaiwo was angry and angry, and swung his sword to cut off his robes to judge righteousness. In the end, the two parted ways in front of the White Horse Temple, and went their separate ways.

"Yan Guo only gave birth to Murong Ke, and the rest of the nobles who are selfish and hostile, which one is easy to get along with? He is just trying to curry favor with those people, in exchange for the little bit of security left by the people in his hometown in the troubled times. "Gu Zai Wo smiled wryly again and again, which was uglier than crying, "I don't know about this kind of thing. I even hated him for betraying me. I didn't go to see him until I died."

Chao Chen's hand shook, and the tea in the bowl rippled layer after layer, but the more he tried to calm it down, the more unstable he became.After a while, he finally said, "Fang Youshi died of illness in Luoyang?"

Fang Youshi was in the north, I don't know if it was a good time, the emperor Murong Wei was mediocre and mediocre, in those few years, several forces in Yan Kingdom were fighting against each other, and he didn't care about the people under him, the places near Jinyang were Hening.

He felt that his usual side-talking had worked, so he wrote letters to Gu Zai me again, and talked about the current situation, but Gu Zai me was only angry with him, and those letters were all burned to ashes without reading a single word.Until he sent a letter to ask for medicine when he was sick, I couldn't bear it, so I went to Dongting No Medicine Doctor's House to look for it, but when I got it, I remembered that I broke up with him that day, so I didn't deliver it in time.

"Many years later, when I devoted myself to 'Not Seeing Chang'an', I realized his painstaking efforts. Those Xianbei nobles, even the Three Great Families, for the sake of greater power, would not care about the details, but pretended to be He looks virtuous, but those petty officials and officials under his command, those dependent clans and hermits, are the most difficult to deal with. It all depends on him to sell that bit of dignity and deal with them. Otherwise, the surplus food left over the years may have already been given to these people. Evil slaves squeezed dry!"

After that, Gu Zaiwo left "Not Seeing Chang'an" and returned to Jinyang to open a library, guarding this small world.

The old man has passed away, and there is no one to apologize to.

The library has been open here for many years. Even though the two Yans fought against each other last year and the soldiers approached the city, they did not close the house to take refuge. It is conceivable that Gu Zai's obsession is deep, if so——

Chao Chen couldn't help but had a big thought: "Then the owner of the pavilion, don't you also..."

Gu Zai made a gesture of silence, stopped his words, and his expression seemed to have a deep meaning: "Okay, didn't you make a theory before, show me."

Since he didn't say anything, and it was not easy to ask, Chao Chen immediately got up and went to the back room to get it.As soon as he took two steps, he remembered the letter he carried with him, and returned it with both hands.Gu Zaiwo didn't pick it up, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have already accepted the month of the ram, you can send it for me."

"give him?"

"What's wrong? Don't worry, he didn't do anything just now, and he won't do it in the future. This person is quite interesting, he is a madman but not a rat." Gu Zaiwo comforted, Chao Chen had nothing to do, so he had to take it back.

Gong Yangyue eavesdropped on these words, snickered in his heart, couldn't help stretching his arms, lay back, lay on the ridge of the roof and looked at Zhongtian Xuanyue: "It's an old man with a discerning eye."

After thinking about it, he felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and he was very disdainful: "Hmph! Who cares about the compliments of these honest gentlemen, when will I, Gongyangyue, care about false fame!"

This strategy theory has been written long ago, but these few days have been uninterrupted, so it has been placed by the side of the pillow. If Gu Zai didn't mention it suddenly, Chao Chen himself would have forgotten it.

Concerned about the instruction to deliver the letter, he lost his mind and took two random steps outside before suddenly reacting, threw himself on the side of the couch, and unfolded it casually.At this time, a white light fell, and something fell out of the volume. When I picked it up, it was a jade-carved astrolabe, wrapped in two pieces of rags, but they were all scattered at the moment.

The cloth was dirty and had some dirt on it. Chao Chen remembered that Yu Tong's clothes were made of this material, and not only thought: Could it be that Brother Yu exposed his whereabouts that night in order to save me, knowing that he was doomed, and secretly hid the things? here?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this suspicion was justified, otherwise, how could the murderer allow the people in the library to salvage the body, and he might have searched it long ago before using the body to count against Gong Yangyue.In this way, even if he doesn't pretend to get Hua Yi's message from Yu Tong, the other party will target him sooner or later.

Sweat dripped down Chao Chen's back——

Will Ah Lu still have accomplices?

It's a big matter, and Chao Chen didn't care about the scroll, and walked out with the jade plate in his hand, shouting anxiously: "Master, Master, look at this..."

At this moment, there was a commotion in the library, and the noise came from far and near.

Gong Yangyue heard that it was Shuang Li calling him, and flew out of the yard before the two inside opened the door, while two students outside the court also stumbled in.

"Mr. Chao...ah, ghost!"

Gu Zai bumped into me head-on, grabbing one with one hand: "I'm not dead, I'll talk about it later, what happened to the library?"

Chao Chen chased him out and saw that there were idlers waiting beside him, so he couldn't speak, so he could only shrink his hands and hide the jade plate in his sleeve.The two students' faces were livid, and their round eyes stared at Gu Zai, as if they were frightened, and seemed to have some unspeakable secrets. Chao Chen walked over with a smile, helped the fallen man up, and said in a low voice: "Scared!" Come on, by the way, think it through before you speak."

The one on the left was quite clever, swallowed his saliva, and explained: "It's nothing, just a girl came in front of the door, making jokes and barging in, saying let's hand over Gongyangyue."

Chao Chen hurriedly answered, "I'll explain." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Gu Zai and pushed the child on the right hand over, "Master, if you go out in the middle of the night, I'm afraid you will scare the big guy." If you are half dead, why not wait for tomorrow to find an opportunity, and Li Qi will do it for you if you need anything."

Li Qi hurriedly nodded and sent Gu Zaiwo into the room.

When he got out of the east courtyard, he was sure no one was following him. Chao Chen's eyes sank, and he grabbed the clever student just now and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

The man hesitated, and finally flicked his sleeves: "Mr. Chao, there was a big commotion in the city. The villagers set fire to the ancestral hall where the main museum was built, and turned over...the feng shui land that was reserved for burial. It's full of cow dung and horse urine! They said...they said the old owner..."

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Qiao Min's task was to steal the corpse, Gu was cheating on me halfway, he got the order to protect him, and Gongyang Yuelin saved a hand before leaving the house to pass on the letter to him, Gu could only rush back to the library in time with me.He was only in charge of sending people off, and when the people were ready, he rushed back to the inn early, but encountered obstacles on the way, and saw a corner of the city blazing into the sky.

When the three of them met, Gong Yangyue had already flown across two streets with a pair of carps.

"I didn't expect that person surnamed Gu to join the Yan Kingdom and become Murong's minion! How can a hypocrite be loved all the time, and we have to be like street rats?" The little girl gritted her teeth.The scene of spontaneous condolences in and out of the city in the past few days is still vivid in my memory, but I just passed by the long street and heard people talking about it, I just feel incredible.

Gong Yangyue landed on the ridge of the roof, let her go, and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back: "No, that kid named Alu didn't emit any smoke before he died, and there was no one else around. If he had been prepared earlier, he wouldn't It's time to lose your temper and fall into Chao Chen's trick."

"Is the news released artificially?" Qiao Min frowned, "Someone wants to teach Gu Zai to be ashamed?"

If I hadn't eavesdropped on Fang Youshi's story tonight, maybe Gongyangyue would think so too, but now it seems that Gu Zaiwo is really harboring evil intentions, or inheriting Fang Youshi's will is still unknown, I can only say that Jin Yang will soon become a place of sacrifice for many struggles.

Gongyangyue asked: "Which faction is near Jinyang?"

"Yes...it's the Duan family, I remember." Shuangli replied. Before coming here, she had collected a lot of information, but most of it was not directly related to the assassination target, so she flipped through it and threw it aside, " Lao Yue, if you ask that, could it be them?"

"But these people make trouble, what good will it do them?" Qiao Min was really puzzled.

It's good...

Gong Yangyue pondered for a moment, and seemed to realize something: "Girl, do you still remember that you mentioned before you came that there seemed to be commotion in the north of Taihang, and that Daiwang Tuoba Gui intentionally invaded and forced the tribes that belonged to Yan Kingdom. "

There are so many things that Shuang Li said every day, how could Shuang Li remember everything, and she had long forgotten about it. Hearing his mention, she hurriedly pretended to remember, and echoed repeatedly: "Yes... yes, yes, there is such a thing? But but Is there any connection between the two?"

"The Yan Dynasty is about to go to war." Gong Yangyue rubbed the hilt of the sword repeatedly with her right hand, and sighed heavily, "Emperor Murong Chui of Yan is already a rare old man, if he dies, the crown prince Murong Bao will ascend to the throne, but the crown prince is not the current Duan The one who came out later was the son of Duan Hou. I heard that when Duan Hou was in charge of the East Palace, Duan Hou had listened to him and demanded that someone else be appointed. I am afraid that he would have hated him for a long time. The Yan Dynasty and the two countries both came from Xianbei, and the border is bordering. This battle is very important. Importantly, Murong Chui has not been around for a few years, at a critical moment, if the crown prince wants to prove that he is worthy of a great job, he will definitely lead the army himself."

Gongyangyue looked at Shuangli, her tone was rare and calm, but it made people shudder: "If you were you, would you rest assured that the enemy will sit safely in Gyeonggi?"

Shuang Li thought for a while, and said: "Dang...of course not, I must find a way to make some trouble."

Jianwei often walks around the court, even if he is not steeped in power, he is especially witnessed. Qiao Min echoed: "For important people in war, the corvee will be increased."

The clamor in the distance was louder and louder. After the ancestral hall was destroyed, those villagers with farm tools and sticks went to the library in a mighty way, accompanied by some bastards to watch the excitement. The missing long street was immediately packed to the brim.

"But the crown prince also has the blood of the Duan family after all. Maybe he wants to take the opportunity to beat the Duan family to test the loyalty of the Duan family. Although the Duan family is a dignitary, there have been few generals in the family in recent years, and it is impossible to grasp the real truth. The military power of the Dai Kingdom is so easy to fight? Once the corvee arrives, it will definitely try to preserve the strength of the family and squeeze it downward. In the eyes?" Gong Yangyue laughed jokingly, "The Duan family is busy cleaning up the mess, but I don't know if they can make it in time."

Shuang Li was puzzled: "Can't make it in time?"

Looking at those people running around under the eaves, they don't know anything. In order to vent their guilt, they blame Gu Zai me for their crimes, thinking that this heavy corvee was created by him to claim credit for the court. Care, after all, a person with a sickle and a hoe would not dare to make trouble in front of the Lord Jinyang's door.

The persimmons are soft to pinch.

There was no trace of emotion in Gongyangyue's eyes: "The Duan family will not kill people. As long as there is no big disturbance, at most they will arrest the young men and send them all to the barracks. They can still get their heads. But others will not be soft. The more chaotic the better, maybe the people Murong Bao sent to suppress are already on the way, if they kill them and poke them up, eight mouths can't explain it clearly."

Qiao Min didn't follow his train of thought a bit: "Only these few people, the Lord of Jinyang can send some soldiers to clean them up, it doesn't take that long at all."

"That depends on who the Lord of Jinyang belongs to. Besides, corvée is not the only place in Jinyang. Don't underestimate the long-standing grievances. Guess how long it will take for the news to spread to the surrounding counties?" As Gong Yangyue spoke, she held Shuang Li's arms and followed the crowd back to the library.

I am afraid that only Gu Zai knows the answer.

Shuang Li couldn't get in the way at all, so he could only listen to the two of them coming and going, and asked in a low voice: "Having said so much, is the guy named Gu a good guy or a bad guy?"

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"Mr. Chao, those people are coming this way, blocking the entrance of the library, saying that they want to ask us for an explanation. They... Are what they said true?" Xiao Qi stumbled over, and Xiao Wu followed behind .

Chao Chen couldn't answer, so he simply pushed the three children to the student next to him, took out all the money he had with him and stuffed it over: "You take the three of them away first, and I'll figure out a way."

Xiao Wu tugged at his sleeve: "Sir, what about A Wei, he is still..."

"I'm here!" A thin figure slipped out from the back of the corridor, ran too fast, and slipped on the stone steps.Shuang Li was worried about Gong Yangyue, so he arrested the child and wanted to talk about bargaining chips, but when Gong Yangyue found him, he took advantage of the situation and threw him away.Chao Chen gave him a hand, and A Wei's eyes turned into tear bubbles.

Without waiting for a few people to get to the bottom of it, Chao Chen urged them to push them away from the side door, and immediately returned to the dormitory.Thinking of that story, I was afraid that it would have nothing to do with it, and I would be the first to disbelieve it, but whether there were twists and turns or misunderstandings in it, it was really hard to say, the turmoil was on the cusp, he thought about letting Gu Zai me to avoid the limelight first.

However, when he opened the door and entered the room, the people at the seats were nowhere to be seen.

what to do?Where will you go?

Chao Chen scrambled the way out from the nearest small gate, but he didn't catch up with anyone, so he ran relentlessly along the back streets and lanes. He used to think that Jinyang was just a corner compared to Chang'an, Luoyang, and even later Jiankang. Now he only sighs that Lu Yao is a vast city, and hates himself for not being able to do light work at all.

Seeing that he rushed out of the alley, he didn't expect a person to fall on his head, and he bumped his head.

"Hey, the young man from someone's family went blind at a young age and bumped into people."

Chao Chen heard the sound familiar, looked up, and saw that the red shadow blocking the road was not exactly Gong Yangyue, but at the moment there were two more people beside him, and the little girl was staggering, as if she was drunk, There was Joe Min standing on the roof.

Shuang Li finally swallowed the sour gas in his stomach, and couldn't help cursing: "Old Yue, next time you fly over the wall, can you not hold someone on your shoulders? Be careful and I will spit on your face."

"Damn girl, I told you not to practice lightness kung fu well." Gong Yangyue cast a glance, then turned his head and grabbed Chao Chen's front, "What's the matter with you?"

Chao Chen's eyes lit up, as if grasping at straws: "Gongyangyue, he's gone, gone! Should I believe... Should I..."

"Will you care about me?"

Shuang Li put his head between the two of them, with a confused expression on his face: "What are you talking about? Hey, did you listen to me? Didn't you just rely on my lightness, thinking that the lightness kung fu is much better, try another big man... ..."

Before he finished speaking, Gong Yangyue grabbed Chao Chen's stomach with one hand, carried him on his shoulders, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.There was no one in the long street, Shuang Li reacted quickly, and immediately acted like a baby to Qiao Min who was on the roof: "Seventeen..."

Qiao Min looked at him in horror and left.

Shuang Li cursed: "Fuck you!"

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