Wearing the white moonlight of a rival

As the night darkened, Gu Heng didn't want to recall the past anymore, everything was a foregone conclusion.

He also didn't want to think about the intention behind Gu Yu's sudden mention of Yuguan. The most important thing right now was the difficulties of the Gu family.

"Brother, give me the post from our house."

"How are you doing?"

Gu Heng said: "Of course it's entering the palace."

"Your Majesty has already rejected father, so how can you agree..." Before he finished speaking, Gu Heng immediately said: "I will deliver the post in person, if I don't see me, I will stay at the gate of the Palace of Political Affairs, and I will always see you tomorrow morning he."

"What if His Majesty rests?"

Gu Heng raised his eyebrows and hooked the corner of his mouth, revealing a faint smile, "That mad dog is not that timid, why is he willing to hide from people?"

Doing what he said, Gu Heng took the post from the Changting Hou Mansion from Gu Yu, took Shen Yu, needless to say, directly got into the carriage and went out.

Deeper and heavier, a new moon in the sky hangs clear and shallow on the heavy sky.

The clattering of horseshoes knocked on the hard stone road, and Gu Heng leaned in the carriage and swayed slightly.

He closed his eyes, and looked calm on the outside, but he had already thought of dozens of possibilities for negotiating with Wei Minghuan in his mind.

Now, it's him, Gu Heng, who has something to ask for from that mad dog.

He has never done much in this kind of role of begging for help, and it can even be said to be very rare, so the bargaining chip he holds in his hand is not very rich. The only advantage is probably his relationship with Wei Minghuan over ten years learn.

Gu Heng analyzed calmly, and suddenly the carriage stopped, Shen Yu lifted the curtain from the outside and poked his head in, "Master Heng, the Gyeonggi Guard stopped us in front."

"Who is the capital guard?" Gu Heng asked.

"General Wang."

Gu Heng smiled when he heard this, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and saw Wang Bingchen standing against the light, holding a lantern in his hand, followed by two sergeants.

Seeing Gu Heng's appearance, Wang Bingchen said, "Forgive me, Mr. Heng, there is already a curfew at this moment."

Gu Heng said politely: "Thank you, General Wang, for reminding me that Gu has something important to enter the palace, so I hope it will be convenient for you."

"I'm afraid it's impossible." Wang Bingchen remained expressionless.

Gu Heng glanced at the two sergeants behind him, "I guess someone wants to see me."

Wang Bingchen didn't say much, nodded, and stretched out his hand to make a word of please. Seeing this, Gu Heng wanted to get out of the car and walk, but Shen Yu stopped him, "Mr. It’s too late to save him.”

Gu Heng smiled slightly, and pushed Shen Yu's hand away, "Don't worry, General Wang is an upright person and has always disdained insidious tricks. Besides, if something happens to me in General Wang's hands, the Wang family will naturally be involved. Maybe there will be a new reversal of the current situation.”

Wang Bingcheng was wearing armor and walking in front of him silently holding a lantern. He could naturally hear Gu Heng's words, but he didn't respond to a single word.

A group of people turned around a few lanes and walked to the side door of a house. Wang Bingchen gently pushed it open, and a little light from the house came out from the yard.

"Master Heng, please." The long silence all the way was finally broken by these words.

Shen Yushou stood by Gu Heng's side, subconsciously grabbed Gu Heng's arm, and asked softly, "What kind of place is this? It looks like a haunted house."

Wang Bingchen glanced at Shen Yu, and said: "Master Heng, don't worry, the general will never let you get hurt in the slightest."

Gu Heng smiled slightly, "With General Wang around, I can break into even a haunted house, not to mention that person in the house...isn't a ghost."

He patted Shen Yu, "You wait for me in the yard."

The two sergeants brought by Wang Bingchen also naturally stood guard on both sides of the gate of the courtyard, like two door gods.

Gu Heng walked towards the brightly lit room, and with just a dozen or so steps away, he had already surveyed the entire courtyard.The seemingly most ordinary small household was not neglected in cleaning, and every corner looked very clean, but it didn't look like a place where people lived for a long time, without the slightest breath of life.

It should be a secret place for that person to meet people temporarily.

Standing outside the house, Wang Bingchen bowed his hands in a respectful salute: "Master Liu, we're here."

The sound of "Sixth Master" almost shocked Gu Heng. Although he was aware of the identity of the visitor, he was still amazed at the close relationship this person had with Gyeonggi Guard and the entire Wang family.

Sixth Lord, that's what Lou Diyu and his entire dark guards called him.

Symbolizes supreme loyalty.

Wang Bingchen didn't approach the door, and he didn't even move to help Gu Heng push it open. After he saluted, he stood quietly on one side. Gu Heng glanced at him, and finally walked forward.

In fact, the door was ajar, and he could push it open without any effort.

But when he stretched out his hand, the person inside opened.

"Come in." The deep voice was that person's voice.

Gu Heng paused, then walked in, the room was bright.

The tall man just turned around and sat on the stool in front of the table, looking at him quietly with sharp eyebrows.

Apart from him, there is no other person in the house.

Gu Heng thought to himself, he must be No.1 who can make His Majesty the Son of Heaven open the door to welcome guests with his own hands.

"Chen Gu Heng, I have seen Your Majesty." Before his knees were bent, Wei Minghuan said, "Get up."

Gu Heng was not hypocritical, he straightened his body and looked at Wei Minghuan.

Wei Minghuan said: "You don't seem to be surprised to see me."

Gu Hengdao: "Your Majesty seems to have expected to see the minister."

"No." Wei Minghuan shook his head, "I rejected your post from the Marquis of Changting today, so I expected that the Gu family would not let it go. I thought that the person meeting tonight might be the old Marquis, or one of the two young masters of the Gu family. One, but I didn't expect it to be you."

Gu Heng said: "But now it seems that His Majesty has figured it out."

"Yes." Wei Minghuan did not deny it, "I personally delivered my weakness to you. If the Gu family still doesn't grasp it, then wouldn't they be willing to degenerate? So after much deliberation, the one who came to see me tonight must be you Gu Heng is gone."

Gu Heng didn't say a word.

Wei Minghuan continued: "As a collateral lineage of the Gu family, originally you only need to follow in the footsteps of the direct lineage, and you don't have to charge forward in everything, but you still appeared in front of me. I think the old Hou Ye still values ​​the lineage of the Gu family more after all. success or failure, rather than temporary fame and fortune."

"Your Majesty, you are wrong." Gu Heng said.

"Oh?" Wei Minghuan raised his eyebrows.

"What I did tonight was done by me alone and has nothing to do with Lord Hou. If he knew about it, he would definitely stop it. The Gu family can die or be defeated, but they will never lose the bottom line and principles of life. Whether it's fame, wealth or power, Gu Jiaerlang has never been a man of uncompromising means, His Majesty has fought against the Gu family for more than ten years, so it should be very clear."

"You mean the son of the Gu family, Gu Heng?" Wei Minghuan chuckled, unable to tell what it meant, he waved his hand, "Forget it, no matter who ordered it, or you made it up on your own, I don't want to go into it, and I don't want to. Need to know. Frankly speaking, I can save the Gu family, but you have to come up with enough bargaining chips. "

Gu Heng had already typed up countless drafts in his heart, but when he came to see them, he overturned them one by one, and said something he had never organized before.

"As far as His Majesty is concerned, the Gu family doesn't want to be saved as long as they want, and if they don't want to be saved, they are left to fend for themselves. The current situation in the court seems to be only aimed at the Gu family, but looking at the world, what His Majesty can do now is to stand by the Gu family and do their best. It is important to protect the Gu family from being disintegrated by the Kyoto family."

Gu Heng didn't think about his words at all, and said directly, "Except for the Gu family, and the Quyang royal family that supports His Majesty now, other aristocratic families in Kyoto have more or less served Prince Shun, or have never supported His Majesty's ascension to the throne. They The grievances and fears towards His Majesty probably started when His Majesty fought against the Di people and returned to Beijing to be named the Great General King. At that time, His Majesty was so full of enthusiasm that he revealed some ambitions."

Wei Minghuan frowned, "You know a lot."

"After all, I'm not young anymore." Gu Heng said lightly, "Your Majesty wants to cut off the fan, is that correct?"

Wei Minghuan stared at Gu Heng with a motionless expression, as if he was sizing him up carefully.

After a while, he said, "Go on."

Seeing Wei Minghuan's expression, Gu Heng was a little bit confused about what he was thinking, but based on his years of understanding of Wei Minghuan, this person was so cold-blooded that it was outrageous.

Therefore, interests should come first.

"The Marquis of Changting is based on the Wu family. For many years, the fame and glory are earned by generations of people fighting on the battlefield. We are not literati with twists and turns, and we don't understand those twists and turns. It's the fundamental difference between my Gu family and the other aristocratic families in Kyoto. They are united and united, but we are only good at fighting alone. When the Gu family was brilliant, they flattered them, but when the Gu family was defeated, they became everyone's favorite. The flesh in the eyes is a living target. Your Majesty, if there is no such target as the Gu family standing in front of you in the past six years, would you be able to sit so securely on the throne?"

This remark was too out of line, even Wei Minghuan couldn't help scolding, "Gu Heng, you are so courageous! You dare to say anything!"

Gu Heng disagrees, "Your Majesty knows very well that if those people are allowed to swallow the Gu family alive at this moment, the conflict between the aristocratic family and the Tian family will become increasingly stalemate in the future. After all, in the past six years, His Majesty has promoted many students from poor families, and has also tried to A lot of bureaucratic reforms have been made. There are indications that the ruler of the Wei Dynasty is definitely not as friendly to the flourishing and arrogant forces of the family as before. This is a dangerous signal. For the sake of profit, the family will inevitably fight back."

"In the next year of Chunnian, the feudal lords will be in chaos, the feudal lords will divide their regimes, and the people will not be able to live. It has not been 50 years since now." Gu Heng said the last sentence very lightly, but it carries the heaviest weight.

In an instant, Wei Minghuan's expression changed, he didn't speak, and Gu Heng didn't speak either.

They stared at each other in silence for a long time, Wei Minghuan said: "How can your Gu family help me? Isn't the Changting Hou's mansion not considered an aristocratic family?"

When we got to the point, Gu Heng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, after all, the grievances between the Gu family and you are even more serious than those of other aristocratic families in the capital, but why did I stand here by myself today? It was definitely not because of your Majesty's hand-delivering that night. The weakness of the upper class is that I understand His Majesty's mind. The family is like a disease that is difficult to get rid of, and it is disturbed all day long but cannot be cured. A cure must require a person with iron and blood to eradicate the malpractice, and Your Majesty, it is that People, but the Gu family, with the family motto of protecting the family and the country, is bound to follow His Majesty."

Wei Minghuan looked at the person in front of him quietly. The person in front of him looked like a weak scholar, even his skin was so fair that he rarely saw sunlight.

Such a person should be living in the courtyard all year round, reciting poems and painting, or playing polo occasionally, even hunting is a rare activity.

But he stood in front of him, talking passionately about his family, country and world, and every word and every word touched his heart.That rare and hidden tenderness suddenly gushed out, and even the eyes became lingering.

After a while, he took a deep breath and let out a sneer, "Gu Heng, Gu Heng, your eloquence is almost as good as your son's!"

Gu Heng did not shirk, and directly agreed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

"But... no matter how extravagant you say, it is your own opinion after all." Wei Minghuan said awe-inspiringly, "I have seen a lot of things that go back and forth. There is no eternal alliance, only eternal interests. Of course I believe in you, the Gu family." It is a piece of sincerity and loyalty, but trust has always been the most insignificant and stupid behavior. Power can blind people's eyes, not to mention the monstrous power. Gu Heng, you are a smart person, you should understand what I am talking about .”

Gu Heng's heart skipped a beat. He actually knew very well that when he came to negotiate with Wei Minghuan, it was nothing but a white wolf, and all he had was lip service.

Wei Minghuan was rational and calm as always, even though his thoughts were pierced, he still remained as motionless as a clock, making it impossible to discern his emotions.

This is a formidable opponent.

Gu Heng sighed in his heart, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Wei Minghuan shook his head, "It's not what I want, but what your Gu family can give."

"You and I know very well that I need the Gu family to be a sharp knife, and the Gu family also needs my protection. Needless to say, there is a stake in it, and I don't deny what you just said at all. But when you are done in the future, the Gu family will definitely Submerged in the torrent of history, even including me, may not be famous in history. You Gu Heng may not care, but your Gu family has hundreds of people and a huge family line. How can I trust you? If there is a On this day, I raised a wolf that turned against me with my own hands?"

"Gu Heng, in essence, there is no difference between the Gu family and the Wang family, the families in Kyoto, and even Prince Shun."

Wei Minghuan made a final decision, and his eyes fell on Gu Heng, slowly peeling his skin like a knife to see the inside.

Gu Heng lowered his eyelids, thinking for a long time, and for a long time.

He raised his eyes, looked at Wei Minghuan, and said slowly: "I am entering the palace."

Wei Minghuan was stunned, "What did you say?"

Gu Heng explained: "I entered the palace as a draft pick. From now on, the Gu family will only stand on the opposite side of the gentry, and will be bound together with His Majesty. As long as I am here for one day, the entire Gu family will be guaranteed to obey His Majesty's orders. What your majesty's edict achieves is what the Gu family's army desires. I hope that your majesty will fulfill his wish in his lifetime."

"You..." Wei Minghuan was suddenly speechless, there were too many emotions in his heart, but he couldn't distinguish them one by one.

Gu Heng asked: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Wei Minghuan closed his eyes, "This is your most advantageous bargaining chip, I... can't refuse."