The rise of the president in the harem

"Well," Gao Yue said, "So I'm going to work hard now. If your majesty doesn't want to reveal your identity, you can wait for me here?"

After he finished speaking, he walked forward, but was held back by Zhou Feiqi.

"What's wrong?" Gao Yue asked.

"Is there anything to keep an eye on here? Haven't you checked all the numbers?" Zhou Feiqi pulled Gao Yue back, looking like he was about to go back, "Let's go to the county government to have a look. I heard that the county magistrate and the Gao family Got involved?"

"It's Gao Yu's father. I really didn't expect this family to be so courageous that they dared to use my name to pretend to be a tiger outside." Gao Yue followed Zhou Feiqi back and agreed to go to the county government.

Zhou Feiqi thought for a while and asked, "Yesterday you met Gao Yu's mother at your cousin's house, did she say anything during the chat?"

"I don't have time to chat with her. It was the first time I saw her yesterday!" Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi were used to talking casually. After saying this, he realized that he quickly covered his mouth and turned to the dark sun behind him. Stare at it, for fear that he might hear something.

Zhou Feiqi was amused by Gao Yue, wrapped his big hands around his neck and straightened his head, leaned close to his ear and said, "Don't worry, An Ri won't talk too much, he just listens to me."

The corners of Gao Yue's mouth twitched, and she nudged Zhou Feiqi with her elbow. Although she didn't say anything, the side where Zhou Feiqi had spoken had a red ear...

The two brought a team of guards and An Ri quickly rushed to the county government.Originally, Gao Yue wanted to ride the horse by herself, but Zhou Feiqi was worried about him, and was afraid that he would fall, and was afraid that he would be bumped, and said that he would ride with him for the convenience of talking, anyway, Gao Yue was coaxed and hugged by him. After getting on the horse's back, His Majesty the Emperor turned on the horse and sat behind him, holding the rein with both arms and encircling him in his arms——

Gao Yue: ...

Zhou Feiqi always feels so clingy today, why is it? !

A group of people left Zhaojia Village wearing stars and wearing moons.On the way, Gao Yue said to Zhou Feiqi: "The remnants of the Bai family are most likely responsible for this incident. Before I found out that some villagers were insane, so I asked people to go to the Chiyun Temple to invite the Taoist priest to come. However, Chiyun The Taoist priest said that those few villagers were not infected by the Gu, but were infected by the Gu Qi, I think they may have come into contact with people with Gu insects before."

"These villagers have limited contact with people. It seems that someone has sneaked into Zhaojia Village." Zhou Feiqi said.

Gao Yue said 'hmm' and said: "It should be the blacksmith. However, their family is missing now. A guard found a compass in their house. Do you know what that compass looks like?"

"Ok?"

Gao Yue said: "It's very similar to the picture drawn by Taoist Chi Yun in the imperial study during the great tribute. However, after seeing the compass just now, Taoist Chi Yun said that Blacksmith's family is no longer there. Shade. So I have a wild guess—”

Zhou Feiqi didn't wait for Gao Yue to say anything, she opened her mouth first, and said, "The compass can open the door to the underworld? Is that what you want to say?"

"Well. And I suspect that Zhou Can and Mrs. Qiao's disappearance in Baihe was also related to that big formation. However, Chi Yun Daoist refused to reveal anything. But he must know where Zhou Can is, and he may have seen Zhou Can Can himself, because he told me that 'Zhou Can is reaping the consequences'! That big array was made by Gongzibao, and the compass discovered today was written by the Bai family. Those who want to come to the Bai family must have something to do with Gongzibao , so our next step is to investigate the Bai family, we can start with Gong Zibao's relationship. Maybe this time we can figure out the connection between Beimo, Qiandao, Gao Yu's parents and the Bai family!"

"Okay. I'll leave this matter to the secret guards, so don't worry about it." Zhou Feiqi said, and wrapped Gao Yue tighter with distress.

Sensing Zhou Feiqi's emotions, Gao Yue simply relaxed her body, leaned into his arms completely, and said: "I interrogated the county magistrate this afternoon, and he said that the reason why he was so confused was because he escaped from the Weishui River. That person is his master, and it was this master who came into contact with Gao Yu's father and acted as a message to the county magistrate. This master must have been arranged by the Bai family. I have already asked Gu Ruiyun to surround the county government office. I just don’t know if the master caught it or not.”

"How long ago?" Zhou Feiqi asked.

Gao Yue was a little surprised. She looked back at him and saw that his face was gloomy. He didn't know what he thought of again, and said: "Five hours ago. Didn't I faint from hunger then? Uh, no, I just forgot Let's eat..."

The more Gao Yue talked, the more he felt that Zhou Feiqi was surrounding him more strongly. He knew he was wrong, so he quickly changed the subject: "Why are you asking about time?"

"It's nothing, I just think it's not normal that Gu Ruiyun didn't reply to you after five hours." When Zhou Feiqi said this, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked a little indifferent.

Gao Yue thought about it seriously, and then said: "Maybe he was too busy to take care of it. After all, Liang Chen has brought back the grain and cattle. If Gu Ruiyun really has any problems, Liang Chen's side can't be so smooth." .Don't think too much about it."

Zhou Feiqi didn't answer, but suddenly whipped the sitting horse.Gao Yue could clearly feel the worry in Zhou Feiqi's heart.So he asked, "What are you worried about?"

The horse flew on all fours and ran for a long distance before Zhou Feiqi said: "Gu Ruiyun is thoughtful, he is not the kind of character who will forget to report the situation of the county government to you when he is busy."

"So, you're worried that something happened to him?" Gao Yue thought about it carefully, what could happen to Gu Ruiyun - nothing more than being replaced by someone else.But isn't the mirror of bone Gu in the Bai family already taken away by Daoist Chi Yun, then do they have any other means to control people's mind?

Afterwards, Gao Yue almost immediately thought of those villagers who were insane, and said, "The only thing I can think of now is that Gu Ruiyun was also affected by Gu Qi. If so, then Master must also be a person with Gu Qi." people."

"Perhaps." Zhou Feiqi replied, her expression was not as relaxed as before.

A group of people rushed to the county government office at last.Unexpectedly, although the county government office was brightly lit, Gao Yue did not see a soldier from the garrison battalion.The gate of the county government office is open, but the yard is quiet. This quietness, at this moment, seems so weird and weird——

Gao Yue frowned, and he whispered to Zhou Feiqi: "You may have guessed right. However, this situation does not seem to be affected by Gu Qi, but more like the reappearance of the compass! Otherwise, hundreds of garrison battalions Where did the soldiers go? How does that explain it?"

Zhou Feiqi freed one hand, hugged Gao Yue tightly in her arms, turned her head and said to her back: "Dark Sun."

An Ri stretched out two fingers and waved behind him, two guards got off their horses and followed him into the door with their knives in hand.

Looking at the empty front yard, Gao Yue felt that the wind blowing over at the moment was cold, when she heard a sudden noise from the alley not far away.He hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw a bright torch in his eyes, under the light of the torch were surprised soldiers, they were the soldiers of the garrison battalion under Gu Ruiyun's command.

Gao Yue:?

The group of soldiers were also puzzled when they saw a group of guards suddenly appearing at the gate of the county government office. The people walking in front hurriedly shouted: "Who is it?"

Gao Yue said, "It's me."

Those sergeants recognized Gao Yue's voice at this moment, and rushed to salute, and said in panic, "See Mr. Ji Xiang."

At this moment, quite a few people have seen Zhou Feiqi riding with Gao Yue. Even if not all of these people have seen the emperor with their own eyes, who else in Da Zhou can hug Mr. Ji Xiang so intimately? In the arms, of course there is only His Majesty the Emperor.Therefore, Zhou Feiqi's identity can be guessed. Therefore, when these people saw Zhou Feiqi, they immediately knelt down and bowed in surprise. Because they didn't know why His Majesty the Emperor came here in the dark, everyone's hearts couldn't help but suspend.

Zhou Feiqi asked: "Why is no one staying at the county government office?"

The sergeants said: "Master Liang transported the grain, Master Gu sent 200 people to escort, and 400 people are still at the granary. The county government left 200 people. A moment ago, we received an order to take turns to eat, let's go At that time, there were still 50 people in the county government.” They talked and looked into the empty county government, and at the end of the day, they lost their confidence.

Zhou Feiqi didn't ask any more questions, but said, "Ask Gu Ruiyun to come and see me."

Someone among the sergeants quickly responded, and ran to the granary.

Only then did Zhou Feiqi dismount from the horse, and helped Gao Yue down again.Before entering the door, he turned his head and said to the sergeants: "Let's all be flattened. Did the master catch it?"

The sergeants looked at each other and asked doubtfully, "Master has escaped. Mr. Gu sent someone to deliver a letter to the village, did Mr. Ji not receive it?"

Gao Yue was startled, and said, "When will the letter be delivered?"

Some of the sergeants thought for a while and said, "Two hours ago."

The letter must have not been delivered to Gao Yue, Zhou Feiqi's guess was correct, Gu Ruiyun did send the letter to Gao Yue, but I don't know what happened on the way to deliver the letter, the news did not reach Gao Yue.

"Did the messenger come back?" Gao Yue asked again.

He asked this question, and the sergeants also noticed it. It seems that the news did not reach Ji Xiang.However, "The person who sent the letter didn't come back." The sergeant who answered the question before said, "This officer is the guard in front of Master Gu, and the person who sent the letter is another guard. He has not come back. Master Gu thought he was left in the village. Li. But there are too many things to do today, so I didn't take care of him, this, this won't..." He couldn't continue.

There can only be two reasons for this result, either the sender encountered an accident; or the sender rebelled.

Since the sergeant who sent the letter was Gu Ruiyun's guard, he presumably was also his confidant. The chance of such a person rebelling is not high, so it could only be due to an accident.As for who would prevent the news of 'Master escaping' from being passed on to Gao Yue, presumably his accomplice was the only one besides Master.

In other words, two hours ago, on the official road between the county government office and Zhaojia Village, there were friends of the master.This official road, Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi came all the way, and found no blood. It can be seen that even if the guard encountered an accident, he was not killed on the spot, the biggest possibility was that he was kidnapped.

"How about the guard skills?" Gao Yue asked again.

The sergeant said: "The garrison battalion is the top." After he finished speaking, his face was heavy, and he added: "Master Gu even let him ride his own horse. The horse has a very stubborn temper, and it is a rare good horse."

Gao Yue nodded, and said to the sergeants: "You go back to your posts first. This matter will be discussed after Mr. Gu comes." After he finished speaking, he entered the county office together with Zhou Feiqi.After the two sat down in the hall, Gao Yue said, "The person who intercepted the messenger on the way may not be the same person, it may be a gang."

Zhou Feiqi nodded, and said, "It's very likely that he was the person who pretended to be an officer and robbed the people's food. By the way, why didn't you see Shen Qianchen?"

"I sent him to take Xu Wei to investigate the whereabouts of the kidnapped villagers. He hasn't come back yet." Gao Yue didn't know what he thought of, and the more he said, the more serious his face became.

Zhou Feiqi saw his worry, patted him on the back lightly, and said: "Shen Qianchen doesn't need to worry. He has good martial arts, and he has the courage to defeat a hundred. Those guards also have their own abilities. He It is not all bad things that have not returned so far, it is likely that clues have been traced."

"I hope so." Gao Yue was not very optimistic.

While the two were talking, Anri and the two guards who followed in earlier came to report, saying: "Return to Your Majesty, the entire county government has been searched by the subordinates, and there is no one. There is no trace of fighting, just The wing room where the dossier is located shows signs of being passive, and many account books are missing."

"Did you find anything like a compass?" Gao Yue hurriedly asked.

Dark Sun shook his head.

Zhou Feiqi said: "You guys step back. Anri," the two guards withdrew outside the hall, Zhou Feiqi said to Anri alone: ​​"You arrange it, let someone check Gongzibao's former cronies, and see if he is related to those people been touched."

"Observe the edict." After An Ri saluted, he left the main hall and went to release the pigeons in the yard.

Gao Yue frowned and thought for a while, then said: "It is impossible for fifty sergeants to disappear out of thin air. If they didn't run away by themselves, then the compass killed them again! However, after the blacksmith's family disappeared, the compass stayed at home. Why didn't the county government leave a compass?"

Zhou Feiqi said: "It's also possible that those sergeants did leave by themselves. Didn't Daoist Chi Yun still say that there is Gu Qi?"

"Yes. But," Gao Yue couldn't figure it out, "Gu Qi has to be released by a person with Gu to manipulate the Gu insects, so that it can affect people's minds? Could it be that when the rest of the soldiers went to eat, someone sneaked in?" The county government used Gu insects to confuse the minds of the fifty sergeants who stayed behind, and stole the account books. But, he didn't need to take those sergeants away at all? There are so many people walking on the street, it is impossible not to attract attention ?”

"Unless," Zhou Feiqi said, "the person who manipulated Gu Qi is very familiar with the streets around the county government office, and knows how to avoid the sight of other soldiers and passers-by on the street. Or, there is another possibility that he is not alone. If ten people with Gu worms come to the county government office at the same time, then each person only needs to take five people and leave separately, even if they walk on the street, they will not attract the attention of passers-by."

"I still can't figure out why they took the soldiers away," Gao Yue said.

Zhou Feiqi thought for a while and said, "Perhaps it has the same purpose as those captured villagers. Aren't those villagers also the strong men of the village?"

"When you say that," Gao Yue pondered, "I'm reminded of what happened to Gucheng before. I always feel that there are dragons and tigers hidden in the eighth-line mountain."

"Let's wait for Shen Qianchen to think about it when he comes back. Save your mind now. I'm really worried about you being so troublesome." Zhou Feiqi looked at Gao Yue worriedly.

Gao Yue stopped talking.It's just that he also wanted to save his mind, but he couldn't control his mind, a thousand thoughts were rolling in his head, and he opened and closed his eyes for these things.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the main hall, as if someone had rushed in.Gao Yue looked up and saw that the person who came was Gu Ruiyun with an anxious expression on his face. He probably didn't expect that the fifty soldiers who stayed behind disappeared without a trace because of his kung fu at eating. His Majesty bumped into him directly, which really affected his official voice too much.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Ruiyun entered the main hall, he immediately knelt down, paid homage to Zhou Feiqi in fear, and couldn't stop saying: "My minister is negligent, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Zhou Feiqi sat in the main seat with a solemn expression on his face, but he didn't mean to embarrass Gu Ruiyun, but his tone was stricter than usual, and said: "When the responsibility is on your shoulders, you must take care of the overall situation, and the subtleties should not be underestimated. Gu Aiqing, you Still young."

"My minister is guilty." Gu Ruiyun tapped his forehead to the ground, as if a little shameless.Gao Yue couldn't bear to look at him, but when Zhou Feiqi was under his control, he would not intervene no matter what.

Zhou Feiqi said again: "The people's food and cattle have arrived today. Gu Aiqing has worked hard. Get up."

Gu Ruiyun hurriedly thanked her, and when she stood up, she raised her sleeves and wiped the sweat from her forehead, and stood bowed, looking very humble.Gao Yue looked at Gu Ruiyun like this and felt that this person had a certain degree of advance and retreat.The point is, he was sent by Zhou Feiqi to support him, presumably he should be the confidant that Zhou Feiqi has been cultivating.

Zhou Feiqi paused for a long time before speaking again, and asked Gu Ruiyun: "Then did the master track down his whereabouts again?"

Gu Ruiyun said: "When I arrived at the county government office today under the order of the Minister of Finance, the master was no longer there. The government servants, the account book and others were arrested, and all of them were locked in the prison of the county government office. According to these people, the master was arrested in the morning. After the county magistrate rushed to Zhaojia Village, he went out alone and did not come back. The minister also sent people to track down his tracks, and learned from the street vendors in the city that the master left from the north gate of the county. The nearby Luoma Market bought a horse. The horse dealers in the Luoma Market also inquired about it, and said that the master seemed to be an expert in horses, and he bought the strongest horse in his hand, but spent a lot of money on it. Very little money."

"Will you send someone to chase after him outside the north gate?" Zhou Feiqi asked.

"Sent a team of ten people." Gu Ruiyun said this, his face was a little red, and his voice dropped, as if he seemed very unconfident, and said: "Those ten people have not returned yet."

Zhou Feiqi stopped talking.

Gao Yue glanced at him, and Zhou Feiqi exchanged glances with him.Gao Yue then asked Gu Ruiyun, "Did the horse dealer in Luoma City say how he saw that the master knew horses?"

Gu Ruiyun thought for a while, and then said: "Oh, the horse dealer called the master a 'beimo dog' at first, saying that only people from Beimo would sniff a horse first."

"Your Majesty," Gao Yue said to Zhou Feiqi, "I think this matter is not trivial."

"Well. I understand."

Zhou Feiqi said to Gu Ruiyun again: "I will be stationed at the county government for the past few days. I will temporarily act as the county magistrate. The soldiers are required to guard closely to protect the safety of the people in the city, and to find out what the lost account books are. There will be more contacts in the future. For news, there is no need to send people to Zhaojia Village. It will be handled by the hidden guards."

Gu Ruiyun quickly took orders.Zhou Feiqi called Anri again, and after giving such orders, Anri arranged for two secret guards to be stationed in the county government that night.The two were bright and dark.The person in the open is responsible for conveying the news of Zhaojia Village and the county government, while the person in the dark hides his whereabouts and closely monitors all the movements in the county.

After that, Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue went to the side room in the backyard to look at the passive accounts.However, Gao Yue turned around and found many clues.First of all, for some reason, the floor of this wing room is a bit uneven.Furthermore, Gao Yue found some footprints on the ground, only half of them. These signs made him think of a possibility.

Therefore, when he and Zhou Feiqi were on their way back to the front hall, Gao Yue whispered to Zhou Feiqi: "I suspect that there is a secret passage under that wing..." After hearing his explanation, Zhou Feiqi turned around and told Anyang, " Then send someone to check the wing room."

When the two of them were talking about this, Gu Ruiyun was listening nearby. Of course he heard what the emperor said, and for a moment he felt ashamed to face others.Gu Ruiyun is indeed young, and he can handle things like patrolling the law and order in Pingjing. This time he was arranged to support Ji Xiang, and he knew very well that this was a great opportunity for promotion.However, he had never encountered such a complicated situation, and it was understandable that he couldn't handle it for a while.

However, it was a rare opportunity to show his face in front of His Majesty the Emperor, but he showed all his shortcomings, and he didn't know what his official fortune would be like in the future.Thinking about it now, I just feel ashamed.

Gao Yue took a few glances at Gu Ruiyun, relying on his years of experience as a leader, he guessed Gu Ruiyun's thoughts from his expression.He felt that Gu Ruiyun still needed practice, but what he needed more right now was encouragement, so he quietly pulled up Zhou Feiqi's sleeve, and when Zhou Feiqi looked over, Gao Yue silently said a word to Zhou Feiqi: Encourage me Gu Bai?

Zhou Feiqi chuckled, turned to Gu Ruiyun and said, "Gu Aiqing must fully cooperate with what the dark guards do, understand?"

"Understood! I will live up to His Majesty's entrustment!" Gu Ruiyun immediately responded loudly, his eyes full of simmering enthusiasm.

Seeing this, Gao Yue nodded in satisfaction.

After that, Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue rushed back to Zhaojiacun with the previous team of guards.On the way, Gao Yue also whispered to Zhou Feiqi: "... Gu Ruiyun is good everywhere, but his mental quality is a little weak. For such a person, you have to hold him a little bit from time to time, and slowly gather him, he will be devoted to you .”

Zhou Feiqi smiled and asked Gao Yue: "What kind of person is Ji Xiang, and how can I make him give up on me?"

Gao Yue: I shouldn't have said that!Zhou Feiqi's face was not brought out of the palace again today!Tsk!