Lei Yue Longmen

All the Eastern Palace staff saw that she first insulted the son-in-law in words, and then put her own status on others, all of them were so angry that their teeth ached.But she is indeed a military supervisor sent by the imperial court, and she has the right to report to the emperor in secret, so she is not afraid at all and can't do it, so she can only bear it and not speak out.

Cen Zhu threw off his sleeves in disdain, and then defended himself to Li Jingchen: "Your Highness, I did contact Gu Rentu that night, and indeed questioned him about something, and even threw it at him." A thing, no matter what, it's definitely not sapphire, but a stone picked up at random. I don't think any bloody person will be stingy to throw him a stone after hearing those stupid things he said."

"Oh? What did he say?"

So she picked out part of the conversation with Gu Rentu last night, focusing on the deeds of the "Thousand People Tu".Everyone's face changed when they heard it, and the cold air burst out.

"Your Majesty, what reason do you have to give sapphire to a person who has committed a heinous crime? Poisoning him is even more nonsense. He is already a dying person. Even if I want him to die, why do you have to do it yourself? ?To give someone a handle, I don’t think I’m so stupid. Please don’t listen to the villain’s slander, Your Highness, and return my innocence.”

Although she spoke convincingly, Li Jingchen didn't believe it.Qing Yupei can never appear out of thin air, and she is indeed the most suspicious.And she didn't? As she claimed, she had no reason to give jade.Others don't know it, but she knows it.The sapphire was probably transferred for someone else.

But now she could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and asked everyone present, "Then, did any of you see Mr. Cen give the sapphire with his own eyes?"

"This?..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and one of them said, "It was too dark last night, and the camp suddenly started arresting people. It was noisy and chaotic, and I really didn't notice it."

"I can testify for Mr. Cen that Gu Rentu committed suicide and has nothing to do with anyone."

At this time, a young man opened the tent and walked in, but it was Wu Jingchai, the young master. Cen Zhu was a little surprised.He walked up to Li Jingchen and said, "Your Highness, I know where the poison in Gu Rentu came from."

"Where did it come from?"

Holding a faded Buddhist bead in his hand, he showed it in front of everyone, and someone immediately recognized that this Buddhist bead was the same as the fifteen beads in Gu Rentu's belly.

"Please look, Your Highness, the mystery is here." He unexpectedly stretched out his other hand, and gently opened the Buddhist beads, which turned out to be hollow.

"When I fought against Gu Rentu, I noticed the beads on his wrist. There were sixteen beads in total, but I just heard from the military doctor outside the tent that there were only fifteen beads in his stomach. I became suspicious. Then Where did the other Buddhist bead go? It couldn’t disappear out of thin air, could it? I went to look for it in his tent, and sure enough, I found these two halves of the Buddhist bead on the ground.”

Everyone suddenly realized: "Could it be that he hid the poison in this Buddhist bead?"

"Exactly. I had the military doctor examine it just now. The powder left in the beads is definitely a mandala."

"So that's the case. No wonder we couldn't find out who gave him the poison. It turned out that he brought it himself."

Li Jingchen didn't believe that Wu Jingchai would come here by such a coincidence to testify for Cen Zhuo.Reminiscent of what Cen Zhu whispered to Xiao Zhuang, he guessed that she probably did it.The fact is exactly the same. When Cen Zhu heard that the military doctor said that he had found fifteen Buddhist beads from Gu Rentu's belly, he had doubts in his heart, because she had seen that piece of Buddhist beads before, and there were sixteen beads on it. , and immediately guessed that the missing Buddhist bead might be the key to solving the case, so he quietly told Xiaozhuang to find the whereabouts of this Buddhist bead.Unexpectedly, Wu Jingchai would stand up and help her out.She guessed that it was probably related to Gu Qing.That's fine, since he, a neutral person, will testify, and it will be even harder for her to get rid of the suspicion.

Li Jingxuan looked at the people off the field, but his expression was not happy at all.Once Gu Rentu died, she wanted to rely on Gu Rentu's confession, and her plan to attack the Pei family was aborted, which was definitely not a good thing for Donggong.The staff members looked at the words and expressions, and saw that Li Jingchen's mood was difficult to appease, and they all sighed again.

When everyone quit two or three times in a row, Wu Jingchai suddenly leaned into Li Jingchen's ear and said mysteriously, "Sister Huang, someone wants to see you."

As soon as Cen Zhu came out of the tent, he ran into a slender figure, Gu Qing dressed as a book boy.Immediately, the heartstrings tightened, and the palms of the hands broke out in cold sweat.

"What are you doing here?"

Gu Qing didn't answer, and opened the curtain to enter the big tent.After seeing it, Cen Zhu hurriedly followed.But the empress dowager issued an order to evict the guests, "Lord Cen, do you want to stay and share business opportunities with Gu?" The warning in the words was obvious.

Cen Zhu had no choice but to cup his hands and exit the big tent winkingly.It's a pity that Gu Qing kept his head down and refused to meet her eyes, her hard work was in vain.

Looking at the slender figure on the opposite side, Li Jingchen was puzzled, "What do you want to tell me in secret?"

Gu Qing raised his head, and took out a white cloth folded into a square from his bosom, with spots of bright red stained on it, like a blood book.Holding the white cloth with both hands, she gestured to present it to Li Jingchen.

Li Jingchen took it and unfolded the white cloth, and saw that it was indeed a blood book, on which it was written in bright red handwriting: "I have buried the secret correspondence with Pei Yan, and the location is only known to my sister. I hope His Highness the Empress Dowager can keep it." Promise, don't make things difficult for her. Human Tu Gu Shan must write."

Gu Qing took out a piece of paper from his cuff again and handed it to Li Jingchen. Li Jingchen took it and saw that it was written in delicate small characters: "There is a huge stone at the top of Shaoziling in Yuqing Mountain, which looks like a toad. During the middle period, the toad is projected on the ground, with its head down to the waist, and a wooden box can be obtained, in which is the buried object."

After reading it, Li Jingchen couldn't help but feel elated. This is exactly what he wanted to obtain through untold hardships. With these? Evidence, it is enough to uproot the Pei family.She put away the paper, and her gaze at Gu Qing eased a lot.

Gu Qing gestured and said: "This? On the way to escape? My brother gave it to me, and asked me to hand it over to His Highness after he died."

Li Jingchen asked: "So? So, you gave Gu Rentu the poison?"

Gu Qing shook his head.

"That means he had already prepared in advance." Although Li Jingchen couldn't appreciate Gu Rentu, he was impressed by his final arrangements and his calmness towards death.This decision is undoubtedly the most sensible for him. As for the crimes he committed, once he enters the judicial trial, he will be punished more cruelly than Ling Chi. Death, on the contrary, is a kind of relief.

Gu Qing raised his hand, as if he wanted to make a gesture, but for some reason, he let it go.

"What do you want to say?"

Gu Qing bit her lip, with a sad expression on her face, and said in sign language: "Can Your Highness allow the girl to see my brother for the last time?"

Li Jingchen was a little embarrassed: "No? It's me? I'll let you see. It's just that your brother died of poisoning, and his body was not pretty, and the military doctor had already cut him open to test the cause of death. If you want to see it, you have to do it." Be mentally prepared."

A watery color suddenly gathered in Gu Qing's eyes, and when he lowered his head, it fell from the eye sockets, "Please allow me, Your Highness."

Li Jingchen sighed in his heart, as if fate had played a joke, this pair of brothers and sisters, one led to the best of good and the other to the worst of evil.Perhaps only death can bring them to the same destination by different routes.

"Okay!" After leading her to the barrier, Gu Qing looked at the corpse covered in white cloth, walked over tremblingly, knelt down in front of the corpse bed, lifted a corner of the white cloth, tears fell on the dumb white cloth superior?.

Li Jingchen couldn't bear to see such a scene, covered his nose with his sleeve, and stepped out of the barrier first.

After about half a stick of incense, Gu Qing's eyes were red, and he finally walked out from behind the barrier. What he saw was the scene of Li Jingchen burning blood books in front of the candle, and he was slightly dazed.

There was a trace of determination in Li Jing's eyes. Looking at the blood book burned to ashes, he turned his head and said to Gu Qing: "Some? Saying? Although it will make you uncomfortable, but I don?t have to? Tell it in advance, because this It is very, very important, and it concerns the lives of many people. From now on, you'd better pretend to be acquainted with Gu Rentu Su, or whether he will be slaughtered or scolded by tens of thousands of people. It has nothing to do with you. Otherwise, once the matter is revealed, not only will I not be able to protect you, but I will also be unable to protect Cen Zhu. You certainly don't want her to be implicated by you and end up in an irreversible end, right? "

Gu Qing knew that the last sentence was what she wanted to emphasize. In fact, even if she didn't say it, she would do it, so she nodded vigorously.

Cen Zhu waited outside for a long time, and when he saw Gu Qing coming out, he didn't care about other people's eyes, he pulled her back to the tent first, and asked, "What did you say? You didn't tell about the jade pendant, did you?"

Gu Qing shook his head, and Cen Zhuo took a breath like he was reborn after a catastrophe.But I was curious about what she and Li Jingzhu had said?

At this moment, she heard a commotion outside the tent, and someone shouted loudly: "Your Highness, the second princess is back!"

Li Jingchen just came out of the tent, "Where is it?"

"Just after entering the gate, the subordinates are carrying her to the big tent on a stretcher."

"Stretcher? Is she hurt?"

"No, the second princess came here alone. She seems to have walked a long way, and she is too tired to walk!"

Li Jingchen couldn't care less when he heard it, and hurried towards the gate, and from afar, he saw the little beggar-like younger sister sitting on a stretcher being carried by everyone, and there was also a dog lying at her feet, which was equally horrible. Immediately felt distressed.

When a group of people passed by Cen Zhuo's tent, they happened to be watched by the supervisor Cen at this tragic scene, and their necks tightened immediately, feeling a little uncomfortable.Is it too late to run now?

In the big tent, Li Jingxi wiped Li Jingxi's face with a hot towel, and at the same time listened to her panting and crying about the tragic experience of this day and night.

"She took my horse away, and Alang and I had to trek in the mountains all day and night. We were tired and hungry, and our feet were rotten. We almost never saw my sister again."

Li Jing's eyes were red, and while comforting her, he helped her take off her shoes and socks, and unexpectedly saw a huge white blister on the sole of her foot.Li Jingxu cried again, pointing to this "criminal evidence" and complained to his sister about Cen Zhu's innocent and evil deeds.

Li Jingchen was angry and distressed at the same time, after putting her to sleep, he immediately called Cen Zhu over and asked what was going on?

Cen Zhu knew that this would be inevitable, so he told the whole story, arguing that he never thought that Li Jingxi would be reduced to this point, thinking that she would always bring one or two guards with her when she came out, who would have imagined it? She can act alone.Does that mean it can't be all due to her.

Li Jing was about to die of anger, "You don't even ask, you think she stole your horse. And? Leave her alone in the mountains, what if she encounters bandits?"

Cen Zhu hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, is it all me? Yes, I was wrong. When she wakes up, I will personally kowtow to her to apologize to the head office, right?"

"It's not necessary to kowtow, but you must make amends. She is my only biological sister, can't you treat her better, why not? Can you treat her like a family member?"

"Okay, I swear, I will treat her like a family member and my own sister in the future! Can you take this dog away? Don't let it stare at me like a tiger."

At night, Cen Zhuo really came to apologize.After Li Jingxi scolded her severely, half of the anger in his heart was finally resolved.He went to walk the dog in the barracks on a stretcher.

Cen Zhu: "..."

This? What kind of heartless second? Sejo?Carrying a stretcher to walk the dog, isn't she? Is she full?

"Don't you understand?" Li Jingchen had a half-smile.

"I don't understand." Cen Zhu really didn't understand the brain circuit of these two ancestors.

"Forget it, you're so stupid, don't you? Do you understand? Understand." Li Jing's mood became much more relaxed, and when he spoke, there was a sense of laziness and leisure.

"I...why am I stupid?" Cen Zhu was quite unconvinced.

"Aren't you? Stupid?" Li Jingchen raised his eyelids and looked at her: "Let's say today, the doctor said that piece of jade? It was the main cause of Gu Rentu's death. You still throw stones there, Stone! I don't know what it means! Never seen it again? You are so stupid."

Cen Zhu looked confused, "I...I don't? What can I say about throwing stones? I can't admit that I threw the jade, right?"

Li Jingchen shook his head, with an expression of "summer insects can't speak ice"? He looked down at the official documents.Cen Zhu felt that IQ was despised, didn't he? Convinced: "Then tell me, what should I do?"

Li Jingchen didn't even lift his eyelids: "If I were you, I would admit that piece of jade is mine."

Cen Zhu blinked his eyes, and then explained: "Why? This? No? Is it causing trouble for you?"

"What's the trouble? What's wrong with you? You said that the jade pendant was not the main cause of death, so what if you admit it?"

"But, isn't this? Isn't it the same as admitting to having a relationship with him?"

"What's the award? Didn't you say something before? After hearing the prisoner's wild words, he was filled with anger and couldn't help throwing stones at him. Instead of bowing his head and stooping to pick up stones, why not? Just take the jade pendant hit him!"

Cen Zhu was stunned: "Hit the jade pendant? This... I really never thought that ordinary people should be reluctant to throw the jade pendant away!"

"But you are not? You are an ordinary person. You have a lot of money, so what can you do if you grab a jade pendant and beat him? What's more, the quality of that jade is not high quality. How much is it worth if you lose it? It's better than picking up a stone and hitting him now." , Can you explain the origin of the jade in the end? It’s better to be clear, right? Fortunately, many coincidences last night distracted the soldiers. !"

"Uh..." At that time, Cen Zhu was only thinking about getting rid of that jade pendant quickly, but he didn't worry so much.Now, after being called by Li Jingchen a little bit, I am afraid that I will be banned again and again.Thinking about her method again, she is indeed superior.

She couldn't help slapping her thigh and said: "Yeah, why didn't I think of it? If I used jade to throw him, it would show that I was really anxious at the time. Oh, I am really stupid! When trouble comes, I only think of avoiding it , but never thought of using it for me, or you are smart! How could you come up with such a good way?"

Li Jingchen looked at her admiring eyes, but he didn't? I'm sorry, "You are stupid, everyone is smart."

"Where is it? It's obvious that you are too smart to look stupid to me."

Cen Zhu looked at the empress dowager deeply fascinated, and felt more and more that he had really picked up a treasure.After a while, she remembered something again, "By the way, do you know Liao Shishen? It turns out that he is the traitor who murdered Tongluo. No wonder the little girl was not prepared at all."

"Well, I received the news, I guessed it was him before."

"Hey, it's really hard to predict people's hearts. Before, he was very kind to Tongluo, but he didn't expect to be so ruthless."

"Before he was loyal to me, but later he was loyal to someone else. How could it be the same? He was not the first person to betray the East Palace, nor was he the last one. After Taifu Tan resigned, such people will become more and more More and more, this? It was already expected.”

Cen Zhu nodded, "Then have you dealt with him? I haven't seen him for so long since I returned to the barracks."

"No, I keep him for other purposes."

"Other uses?" Cen Zhu blinked and suddenly realized that she was trying to "turn the trouble on to me", so she couldn't help being curious: "What's the use?"

"I'll reveal it to you later."

After half a month of lingering in Langshan, Li Jingchen finally decided to leave camp and set off.

A part of the troops was specially reserved here to help Laojia Village rebuild its homeland, while the large army immediately moved out of camp and returned to Beijing.

On the day of departure, Gu Qing brought an extra person with him, and Cen Zhu saw that it was Lao Biaoer who was rescued by him earlier, "Is this...?"

Gu Qing said in sign language: "Girl Bracelet's relatives are all dead, and she has no home to return to. I want to keep her by my side and teach her some medical skills. In the future, she will have a skill so that she can support herself."

"So that's how it is." Cen Zhu said happily, "Then let Miss Zhuan'er go back to Beijing with us."

Because the bandits in Langshan have been wiped out, the army can safely pass through? Langshan is in the middle of the road.

Coming and going? Not only the direction is very different, but also the state of mind is completely different.In the daytime, the peaks of Langshan Mountain compete with each other, and thousands of mountains are towering green.The cliff stands tall and crowns into the clouds.Without the worldly arrogance, the Langtou Peak also has a unique and outstanding demeanor.

When stationed at noon, Cen Zhu stood at the front of the car and looked at the mountains, and found a person standing on the cliff beside the road, facing the wind and looking high up on the cliff.

She was excited, jumped out of the car, and climbed up the cliff with great interest.

When you reach the top of the cliff, you will have a new perspective and the scenery will be beautiful again.Seeing the heroic appearance of the man standing alone in the clouds and sweeping across the mountains, he smiled and walked over, "Standing so high, aren't you afraid of the sun?"

Li Jingchen turned his head and saw Cen Zhu, his eyes lit up, and he immediately waved, "Come and see this? Langshan is on the road!"

Cen Zhu went to look at it with a smile.This? Langshan Road is actually a grand canyon from a distance. It starts from the north of Langshan, goes deep into the hinterland of Langshan, and passes through? Several big bends in the middle, extending southward overall. The entire canyon is about [-] miles long. , like a giant snake winding forward.The cliffs may be high or low, the tall ones stand thousands of feet high, and the short ones are only as tall as a person.

"See what's coming?" Li Jingxuan seemed very excited.

Cen Zhu was puzzled, "What?"

"I once saw such a river on the Quanyu map of the Shizu Dynasty. It is about 2000 kilometers long. It starts from Little Kyoto, passes through Jiankang, and goes northward for [-] miles. It goes straight to the northern capital of Pingyang County. The water system between the Ruijiang River and the Zhuohe River is completely connected. This river is a man-made canal, and Langshan is the place where this river must pass. I checked ancient and modern materials, and conducted field investigations during the river patrol, and found many ancestors The evidence of this river was excavated. But for some reason, only a small section of the north was excavated, and then the work was stopped, and there was no excavation since then. "

Cen Zhu was surprised and said, "You mean, this? The path between the Langshan Mountains is likely to be the channel of the canal that was excavated by the ancestors."

"If I'm right? It should be."

Li Jing's hands suddenly shook excitedly, "If there is such a river running from north to south, then Yurui's food and trade from north to south can be directly transported by water, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be saved every year. .It has a major impact on water transportation and geography."

Cen Zhu seemed to understand the reason for her excitement, "You don't? You want to open this canal?"

Li Jingchen looked fascinated and said: "Why not? The ancients said, don't? Those who plan for the world, don't plan for a moment, and those who don't? Plan for the overall situation don't plan for a region. If I am lucky enough to be in charge of the universe in the future, I will be determined in my lifetime." To dig? Dig this river for the benefit of Yurui forever."

"That's a big project!"

Cen Zhu admired, unknowingly, subconsciously impressed by this woman with great foresight and great ambitions.She stands on a high mountain peak? With the mountain at her feet and the mountain in her heart, she is so brilliant that people can't move their eyes away.

Get down from the cliff, continue on the road, march for seven days and seven nights, and finally reach the Chilan Bridge outside Jiankang City.

Emperor Li Pinghong personally went out of the city for thirty miles to meet him, just like when he was sending him off, he was full of style.Cen Zhu thought, this is probably because of Tu Yunkai's death.Originally, the emperor wanted to take advantage of Tu Yunkai's incident to suppress the arrogance of northern Xinjiang, but who would want Tu Yunkai's death? The situation in the court changed suddenly.He had no choice but to quickly change his position and vigorously compensate the Tu family.Moreover, the decree about conferring the eldest grandson of Emperor Xuan of Lizhou, which had been overdue for many years, was grandly issued, officially recognizing his identity as the eldest grandson of the emperor, in order to appease Tu Yuanshan, who holds an army of 20 and is dominating the border.

Maybe even Tu Yunkai? He didn't expect that one day he would become the first king of the Tu family.However, this is all ten days later.