Gu Xifei loves

Seeing that Hong Ling stuck out her tongue and didn't say anything, Bai Feifei didn't bother with her: "That's right, it's exactly what you think. And as soon as I leave Taoyuan, Ruyi will send his subordinates to appear by my side in different identities, Just in case. That day, when I was going out of the city, I created an opportunity to get in touch with them so that I could order them to investigate why Ling Zhao suddenly appeared."

"But the young master's affairs are not so easy to investigate." Hong Ling said in a softer voice than before.

"In the beginning, Gu Xichao didn't trust me, and of course I didn't trust him either. I will definitely send someone to monitor him. Besides, as long as it happens, it will leave traces. For the Ghost Palace people who exist like ghosts, catch these things. The traces are not difficult." In the past, Ghost Palace had high demands on the palace staff, but now there is Wang Lianhua, who demands perfection in everything, to help manage it.The skills of the palace people are getting more and more sophisticated.

That Wang Lianhua seems to be very powerful too.Hong Ling thought to herself.

"Do you know these things?"

"Maybe he will notice, but he won't know so much." With Gu Xichao's shrewdness, he will not fail to notice that someone is watching him.However, the reason why he remained calm was because he could understand and believe in himself.

"Then why did you tell me?" Hong Ling asked curiously.

"Telling you is tantamount to telling him." There is nothing wrong with it.

"Why?" Can I represent the young master?

"Three words." Bai Feifei picked up the chopsticks and started to eat.

"Three words?" Which three words?Hong Ling propped her chin, rolled the whites of her eyes to think, and suddenly slapped the table, "Ling Zhao, I'm not finished with you!" It must be the word "little starling", which is now known by everyone.She stopped, and begged obediently: "Master of the White House, please forget those three words."

Bai Feifei also thought of "little starling" on the spur of the moment, and said it casually, but seeing Hong Ling's rare and well-behaved appearance, he said again: "Which three words?"

Hearing this, Hong Ling shook Bai Feifei's arm and said in a crying voice, "Don't say those three words—"

Bai Feifei couldn't help laughing at Hong Ling's childishness, and the dullness along the way seemed to have eased a lot.For Hong Ling, she loves her even more unexpectedly.

Tao Garden, study room.

"What are your plans?" For two days, Gu Xichao didn't move, and Ling Zhao waited anxiously.

Gu Xichao picked up a piece of paper casually, grabbed the two sides of the paper with both hands, and exerted a little force, but the paper was still intact. "Perfect and unbroken paper, it takes more strength to pull it. But—" he said, tore a small hole on one side of the paper, and repeated the action just now, and the paper was easily torn apart up. "do you understand?"

Ling Zhao lowered his head and thought for a moment, his eyes lit up: "You mean the gap?"

"That's right. I have been looking for the gap on Wuzhen's side for the past two days, and I finally found a person who can be used as a gap in the information sent from below."

"Who?" Hao Ren and Ling Zhao asked in unison.

"Liu Da."

This person is the chief eunuch of the emperor, and he is very close to Taoist Wuzhen. Of course, he may know what method Taoist Wuzhen used to control those court officials who had already surrendered to Gu Xichao.

"Then when will you act?" Ling Zhao asked impatiently.

Gu Xichao smiled surreptitiously: "It's midnight tonight. But—" his gaze swept Ling Zhao up and down, "Why is it 'you' and not 'us'?"

"This—" Ling Zhao coughed dryly, "I, I am not as sharp-minded as Mr. Hao, and I am not as mature and stable as him. He can give you advice, which is more useful than me.

Interesting, Hao Ren resisted the urge to laugh, and replied, "Oh, it's really a shame."

"You are modest." Ling Zhaobei smiled politely.

Gu Xichao looked at Ling Zhao who had never belittled himself so clearly, and didn't say much.After Ling Zhao left, Hao Ren said, "My lord, is this okay?"

"It's okay. I won't make a mistake." Gu Xichao said confidently.

midnight.Outside the fence of Liu Da's private house.For a celebrity around the emperor like him, it doesn't matter if he has a private house.

Hao Ren looked up at the high wall and smacked his lips: "It's so high, I'm afraid I won't be able to climb it."

"I never expected you to go up." After saying that, without saying hello, Gu Xichao mentioned Hao Ren and jumped into the house.

Hao Ren also learned a few moves of kung fu, but he had never learned light kung fu. He was a little scared when he flew so high for the first time, and he was still in shock when he landed.He took a deep breath and collected himself before saying, "I was scared to death."

Gu Xichao gave Hao Ren a disgusted look, then pulled him over to hide in the dark.Hao Ren took a closer look and saw a group of guards walking towards them.Hao Ren immediately covered his nose and mouth to prevent the panting sound from being heard.

After the guards passed by, Gu Xichao whispered, "Do you have any pills on you? Anything is fine."

"Yes." Hao Ren replied while looking at the guards in the distance.

"Prepare two."

After going around for a while, Gu Xichao and Hao Ren found Liu Da's bedroom.Occasionally, Liu Da would come to stay for one night when he was free. Gu Xichao had sent someone to check before he knew that he would be back today.

First, they silently dealt with the guards near Liu Da's bedroom, and then, Gu Xichao "politely" knocked on the door twice.

"Who is it? Is there something wrong in the palace?" The people inside seemed to be talking with their throats squeezed, and the shrill voice made the scalp numb.

Gu Xichao handed Hao Ren to the door, raised his chin at him, and motioned for him to speak.Hao Ren had no choice but to squeeze his throat and said, "The emperor will reward you if you open the door."

It is not uncommon for the emperor to stay up all night for pleasure, and when he gets excited, he will reward those around him with gold, silver and treasure.Therefore, Liu Da was not suspicious, so he replied, "Come here."

With a sound of "squeak", the door opened. Liu Da yawned sleepily with his mouth open. He raised his head to see who was coming, but unexpectedly someone took advantage of the situation and bounced a small ball into his mouth.When he realized it, the ball had already been swallowed by him instinctively.

"Ouch—" Liu Da squeezed his neck, and looked at the person in front of him in fear.After Hao Ren's mission was completed, he turned his side to reveal Gu Xichao, and Liu Dadeng even forgot to call out.

Many years ago, Gu Xichao occasionally went to the palace with Fu Zongshu to meet the emperor, and Liu Da, who was not the chief eunuch, had seen him.Later, Gu Xichao accidentally taught him a lesson when he was forcing the palace, which made him still afraid when he thinks about it now.Therefore, when Liu Da saw Gu Xichao again, he was inevitably shocked and terrified.

"You must still remember me. That's why I gave you a good food just now—" Seeing Liu Da's expression of fear gradually deepened, Gu Xichao softly uttered a few words: "Heart-biting and bone-eating pills."

Liu Da has never heard of it, but he is not a fool, and he also knows that this is something that kills people.

"Gu, Gu, Master Gu, what are your orders?" After more than ten years of working in the officialdom, how could he not understand what Gu Xichao did?It's nothing more than asking him to do something for him, in order to save his life, it's the most appropriate to be submissive.

With a smirk, Gu Xichao patted Liu Da on the shoulder vigorously, making him stagger, then walked straight into Liu Da's bedroom.Sit down in the front seat outside: "Sure enough, you know the current affairs."

Liu Da nodded cooperatively, bowed and waited for Gu Xichao's order.

"Are you familiar with Wuzhen?"

Liu Da didn't dare to neglect: "Yes." Wuzhen?What is Gu Xichao asking about him?

"It means that you participated in his affairs?"

"..." His business?Could it be treason?Liu Da was calm for a moment, but his heart became uneasy again, what is Gu Xichao's intention?

Liu Da didn't speak, Gu Xichao was not in a hurry, he still asked slowly: "What's his secret of buying a large number of court officials?"

Could it be that the hidden enemy Wu Zhen mentioned is Gu Xichao?Thinking of this, Liu Da's legs could not stop trembling: "This, this—" To say or not to say?Having said that, Wuzhen will definitely not spare me if he finds out. If I don’t say anything, I’m afraid I won’t survive tomorrow.

"Sir, what will happen after the poisonous attack of Xincheegu Pill?" Gu Xichao ignored Liu Da's hesitation and asked casually instead.

"Well——" Hao Ren looked unwilling to think about it, "it was too miserable, not to mention the unbearable heartache and bone pain, but the skin was ulcerated, pus and bleeding, and the flesh fell off like mud—oh, I can't even go on." After finishing speaking, he pretended to shudder.

An understatement is enough to frighten a timid Liu Da.

"Plop" Liu Da knelt down on the ground: "Lord Gu, spare your life, the villain says it, and the villain says it." After taking a breath, he continued: "It's a hostage."

"Hostage?" Gu Xichao thought about taking hostages at first, but after thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate.If you have a hostage in your hand, the officials will certainly obey, but once the hostage has an accident or is under house arrest for a long time, it is easy to arouse the resistance of the officials.It's not as reliable as the ones lured by the tricks and interests that can ruin their reputations.

He should have thought that Wuzhen was using hostages. After all, he had already seized the opportunity. If he wanted to control these officials, this was the only way he could go.However, according to Liu Da's reaction, Wuzhen didn't know that he was his opponent before.Is this also the signal those people gave themselves, they didn't say anything, as long as the hostages escaped, they would still work for them?

In fact, it is.At first glance, Wuzhen's methods are more ruthless than Gu Xichao's, but after a careful taste, Gu Xichao, who has experienced failures, is now more clever than him.Wuzhen can use hostages to control officials, but it does not mean that he can control their hearts.Gu Xichao first used excuses to control the officials, and then lured them with benefits, slowly conquering their hearts.

When officials receive news of family members missing one after another, they will also compare who is more suitable to follow.Undoubtedly, Gu Xichao who has not hurt their family is more reliable.Gu Xichao is the only one who can help them save their family members.After all, if Gu Xichao needed them, he would definitely help them.Therefore, after they were threatened, they all kept silent about Gu Xichao's matter, only saying that it was a mysterious person who had never met, or an unknown person with a mask.Not a single person leaked anything, it can be seen that Gu Xichao is really accurate at seeing people now.As for Wuzhen, he did not show his true colors to others, so he also believed that the other party would not easily reveal his true colors.

"That's right, if you are obedient, I will not treat you badly." Gu Xichao waved his hand, Hao Ren understood, and immediately took out a pill to Liu Da, saying: "This is a reward from Mr. Gu, it can delay the poisoning effect." Send the time. As long as you don't know how to twist your head, when the time comes, someone will send it again."

Liu Da secretly sighed, it seems that this matter is not over yet, well, life is the most important thing if people don't kill themselves.He hurriedly took it, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. "Thank you, Master Gu."

"Where are the hostages?"

"Wuzhen is in a Bihai courtyard in the west of the outskirts of the capital, and there are many people guarding it."

After ordering Liu Da some other things, Gu Xichao and Hao Ren left the house.According to the address given by Liu Da, they came to the outside of Wuzhen's courtyard.During this trip, they were just investigating, but they saw an unexpected person walking out of the other courtyard...