After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

After finishing speaking, Gu Chen didn't stay for a moment, turned around and walked out the door neatly, leaving behind Du Chengxian's sentence, "I will send someone to look for it again, and if I find it, send someone to notify Mr. Gu".

Even if they live a new life, these people are still so hypocritical that people are not in the mood to make false claims with them.

Gu Chen quickly exited the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, turned to the right, took two strides and then stopped suddenly.He first stood there a little dazedly for a moment, then raised one hand, and lightly pressed his temple with a headache.

……This is how to do.

Originally, I thought that I could find a clue here at Jingzhao Mansion, but I didn't expect Du Chengxian to cut it off mercilessly. The road was cut cleanly and neatly, leaving no trace of words, which made Gu Chen a little at a loss for a while.In fact, it is not completely lost, if he is willing to use some small means in the officialdom like those people, and give a gift to beg for favor, maybe there is still a way to go.

But he didn't want to.

Most likely he inherited his father's stubborn temper as a general, and the character of Gu's elder brother who would rather die than surrender. Gu Chen thought he had no skills, but he still had bones. He couldn't act servilely, and even said things against his will Without saying a word, otherwise, with Xiao Tingshen's favor towards him during this period, he would have soared into the sky long ago.

So he stood quietly on the spot for a while, thinking about Concubine Xian in his mind-it was really not ordinary difficult, it was difficult to move, every step was a muddy pit, and the Jingzhao Mansion even unabashedly tripped him up However, it also shows from the side that this matter is indeed as Gu Chen thought before, the water is so deep that you can't see the bottom at a glance.

Now that this path is broken, he must find another way...

He was thinking with his head down when he suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder.He turned around and saw Zhao Zhongqi holding a stack of medicines in one hand, standing there looking at him with raised eyebrows.

"... Doctor Zhao."

Gu Chen was stunned for a moment before saluting hastily, but Zhao Zhongqi stretched out his hand and gave him a little help.

"Yun Ting, why are you standing here?" Zhao Zhongqi was a little puzzled, "Where are you going?"

Since the Baiyi incident, Gu Chen has not visited Yan's so frequently.First, let Zhao Zhongqi rest assured, and second, the matter of the elder brother suddenly surfaced, and he didn't bother to look at her while he was in a mess.However, Zhao Zhongqi is currently living in the East Courtyard of Gu's Mansion, living with his brother, and Gu Chen can see him face to face every day.

"...I just wandered around." Gu Chen said vaguely, seeing the medicine in Zhao Zhongqi's hand at a glance: "Doctor Zhao, this is..."

"It's not because of my brother." Zhao Zhongqi sighed, "For so many years, his leg has never gotten better. Now I can finally make up for the past and come out to give him some medicine." As soon as he raised his eyes, his eyes fell on Gu Chen's face again: "What are you doing here? This doesn't seem to be the way to the Ministry of War."

Gu Chenxin said that Dr. Zhao was probably really puzzled by his appearance here, and he couldn't get around after repeated inquiries. He was thinking of finding an excuse, but the words stopped suddenly, and his eyes were a little dull. It landed on Zhao Zhongqi's face—wait a minute, Zhao Zhongqi used to be the royal doctor in the palace, he seemed to be responsible for taking care of Xiao Tingshen!

It was as if a person who had been walking alone in the dark for a long time suddenly saw the light, Gu Chen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and all the blood rushed to the top of his head, but he calmed down in an instant.He pursed his lips, smiled unconsciously, and said naturally: "I want to go to the official department, some official documents need to be handed over to the official department... By the way, Dr. Zhao, you were responsible for taking care of His Royal Highness back then. Have you gotten acquainted with the people in Concubine Xian's palace?"

"Yes." Mentioning this matter, Zhao Zhongqi couldn't help but cast a cloud of gloom on his face, "Concubine Xian is an excellent person, but it's a pity that she doesn't know how to flatter her, and naturally she couldn't please the late emperor... ...I still remember that there were only six people in her palace up and down."

"The six people are afraid that there are no eunuchs and maids in charge."

"There are still." Zhao Zhongqi smiled unconsciously, "The maid in charge of her palace is called Bai Shao, she is a very clever girl. The eunuch in charge is called Zhang Fu, and she is best at cultivating flowers and plants. That’s what I used to do in my hometown.”

"What about the rest?"

"Guo Tong and Qi Ming are the little eunuchs in charge of doing chores in the backyard. Lu Yinger followed Bai Shao, a very quiet girl. I heard that she had just entered the palace not long ago. The empress Xian was kind and pitied her for being a girl and young. , so he also called into the room, and was in charge of cleaning the tables and desks." Zhao Zhongqi laughed, "By the way, the wet nurse of His Highness the Seventh Prince also lived with them at that time, and she was called Chen Fanggui..."

Gu Chen smiled: "It seems that you are really familiar with them."

"It's okay." Zhao Zhongqi's eyes were full of regret and emotion, "They lost contact with their families as soon as they entered the palace, and they couldn't even send a letter. It's very pitiful. I was an imperial doctor at the time. , can enter and leave the palace, so I also helped them bring some things home, especially Mother Chen, she is a cautious person in Beijing, so she can go back and forth quickly."

Gu Chen: "Mrs. Chen is from Beijing? Where does she live?"

"Do you still remember Bai's Medical Center?" Zhao Zhongqi smiled, "It's in that alley, the first one on the right."

Gu Chen remembered silently in his heart, and said with a smile: "I was going to send you back to the mansion, but I still have something to do here, so I have to go to the official department. I really feel sorry for you."

"Yun Ting, you child..." Zhao Zhongqi shook his head helplessly, "You and I are still so polite? If you have something to do, go and do your work. I'll just walk back by myself."

Gu Chen then nodded slightly to Zhao Zhongqi again to express his apology, went forward to lead his horse, got on the horse, and left in the dust.

According to the information provided by Zhao Zhongqi, Gu Chen found the dilapidated little house.

To say it is dilapidated is actually Gu Chen's elegant way of saying it.The roof was leaking a few holes, and it was obvious that it would be troublesome when it rained; the walls were covered with dead vines, which at first glance looked gloomy.The steps at the door were worn out, and the original appearance of the steps could hardly be seen, and the door—even if two wooden boards were removed casually to block it, it was much more than the broken wooden door.

The door was open but not locked. Gu Chen knocked lightly on the door but got no response, so he hesitated for a while before stepping into the courtyard.The yard was overgrown with weeds and tattered, with a large pile of debris covered with dust and cobwebs piled up in one corner, nothing could be seen at all.Turning to the right, a large stone mill appeared in front of you. A man with vicissitudes of life was standing in front of the stone mill, his head bowed, and he was tinkering with something.

"This... Young Master?"

Gu Chen rarely hesitated when he spoke, and the person in front of him raised his head when he heard the voice.His eyes were a little dull and dull, and he seemed lifeless. Seeing a stranger like Gu Chen, he only moved his lips slightly.

"Who are you?"

"My surname is Gu." Gu Chen bowed politely, "I want to ask... is there someone named Chen Fanggui here."

The man in front of him finally showed a trace of human vitality.He frowned, looked Gu Chen up and down, and then spoke slowly and in a flat tone.

"That's my mother, are you looking for her?"

Gu Chen nodded.

The man lowered his head and was silent for a while before he said in an unwavering voice: "She is dead, if you want to find her, you can only go to the cemetery on the outskirts of the city."

"...?" Gu Chen was unavoidably startled, "...Sorry, when did it happen?"

"I do not know."

"do not know?"

"I didn't see how she died, but about five or six years ago, someone came to the family and said she died, and let me mourn." The man's tone was still flat, "I still left ten taels of silver."

"...Is the person who came here from the palace?"

The man frowned, and seemed to be trying to remember for a while before shaking his head: "I don't know, it's very ordinary, probably not."

When leaving Chen Fanggui's house, Gu Chen stood at the entrance of the alley and calmed down for a while.

It's not that he didn't think about the possibility that Chen Fanggui might have died, but the news he just got just now was still somewhat beyond his expectations.Wei Dequan said that in the palace, the records of these people were "dismissal from the palace" rather than death, but what Chen Fanggui's son said just now is obviously not the same thing.

If she was dismissed from the palace, Chen Fanggui herself was a cautious person in Beijing, and there were only a few steps from the palace to her home, so the possibility of her dying on the way was extremely slim.Then there is only one explanation. Chen Fanggui died in the palace before leaving the palace. One group of people became "dismissed" in order to hide people's ears and eyes, while another group of people knew the truth and secretly sent some silver taels to the Chen family.

Seeing that the clues he had finally found were cut off again, Gu Chen was genuinely a little worried this time.He led the horse and walked a few steps along the long street, thinking carefully about what he should do next.

... Most of the people executed in the palace will be dragged to the cemetery in the suburbs of Beijing.There is a wilderness over there, with jagged rocks, usually there is no one, and it is gloomy, so the people don't want to go there.

But there is no other way right now, Chen Fanggui is dead, and Gu Chen can't think of any other ideas except to follow this road to the barren grave.

So he led the horse and walked out of the city gate all the way to the deserted tomb in the west of the city.

It was already late when we arrived at Huangfen.The night fell heavily, like a silent and silent black veil, covering the cemetery.This cemetery is also very simple. At first glance, it is full of large and small soil bumps, stones are piled up in a disorderly manner, and weeds poke out from the cracks in the stones, swaying in the wind in the heavy night.

Gu Chen lit a fire pocket, and used the light to shuttle between the tombs. Suddenly, two particularly distinctive tombs in the distance attracted his attention—— There are two very simple wooden sticks, which look like two tombstones from a distance.

... There is actually someone erecting a monument in this place?

He walked to the two graves with the fire folder, and was about to raise his hand to see if there was any word engraved on the wooden strip, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.He unsheathed his long sword, turned his head immediately, pointed the blade straight ahead, and shouted vigilantly: "Who!?"

A cowering figure stood behind him.With a flash of Huozhezi's light, Gu Chen saw the man's face clearly, and opened his eyes involuntarily.