After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

In the next few days, Xiao Tingshen did not call Gu Chen into the palace again.

Maybe it was because of the unhappiness of the last meeting, or because of the busy state affairs, His Majesty the emperor really stopped for a few days.Gu Chen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief - he still remembers how awkward it was at the beginning of the last meeting, and how fierce a quarrel broke out between the two at the end. Although Wei Dequan explained to Gu Chen at the gate of the palace, he still reminded him For myself, don't make the same credulous mistake as in the previous life again.

Xiao Tingshen will tolerate him only because he still has a little interest in him, and what he needs to do is to grasp this interest.

... It is impossible for them to be the friendship of the past.

Pulling out those illusions that "Xiao Tingshen still misses the old love", Gu Chen will feel a little pain in his heart while dealing with the mountain of official duties, but he stubbornly and stubbornly ignores it.Fortunately, the Baiyi envoys are about to enter Beijing. Gu Chen's military department has to arrange for the capital to deploy defenses and cooperate with the household department to dispatch materials. In addition, he is also the commander of the Beijing camp, and he has to welcome and escort the Baiyi envoys to Beijing. He is too busy to have time to think about other things.

Seven days later, the envoy arrived in the capital.

Gu Chen selected 50 people from the Beijing camp, and followed him to welcome He Zhe and others at the gate of the capital, including a young man named Zhang Tian, ​​who was only in his 20s and had just taken over the position of deputy commander of the Beijing camp. It was the first time for him to encounter such a major event as a mission.

During the Beijing camp training the day before, Zhang Tian approached Gu Chen in private, and asked embarrassingly what etiquette they would use to welcome the mission.

Gu Chen thought for a while: "Bearing the sword salute."

Zhang Tian's eyes widened in surprise, and the question was already on his lips. He suddenly remembered that the handsome young man in front of him was his boss, so he had to swallow the words back. However, Gu Chen knew what he wanted to ask—the negative sword ceremony was actually a The pre-battle etiquette and the meaning of demonstration are quite strong. Is it really okay to treat He Zhe and his party like this?

Horseshoes trampled across the ground like thunder, pulling Gu Chen back from his meditation.He raised his eyes and looked: five cavalry galloped from far to near on the horizon, forming a sharp triangle, breaking through the afterglow of the setting sun, and rushing towards them in the glow of the sun.The first rider was burly and tall, and it was He Zhe, the prince of Baiyi.

Zhang Tian exclaimed in a low voice behind Gu Chen: "It's so fast!"

——The Baiyi cavalry is famous far and near, and its power shakes the world. Gu Chen has already experienced it in his previous life.The horses of the Baiyi people are also better than the Dajing horses. They are tall, powerful, and good at rushing and trampling.

Gu Chen restrained his mind, looked calm, and slightly clenched the reins.He knew that if the horses of He Zhe and the others charged fast enough and close enough, they might startle his own mount.

In the blink of an eye, five cavalrymen were approaching, but they showed no intention of slowing down.Zhang Tian couldn't help approaching Gu Chen: "Why do they—"

——Do not slow down?

Show off horsepower, show force, in short, demonstration.

But Gu Chen didn't say this, he just waved his hand to signal Zhang Tian to back off.The next moment, He Zhe's horse had already arrived in front of Gu Chen, and was about to collide with each other. He Zhe pulled the rein suddenly, and the horse's front hooves immediately soared into the air, almost rubbing against Gu Chen's horse's head, and fell hard. Shengsheng suppressed Zhang Tian's horrified cry in his throat.

If it was a little later at night, Gu Chen was afraid that even people and horses would be knocked into the air, and he would not be able to die, but it was inevitable that he would break a tendon and fracture a bone.This Hezhe is really hateful——

Zhang Tian glared at He Zhe angrily, but only got a loud laugh from the other party: "Sorry, sorry! Your Dajing road is too narrow, and my horse can't gallop at all, so I let it run for a while , almost stopped—freaked out?"

The latter sentence was asked to Gu Chen. Even though he asked, he didn't show any apology on his face, and even showed a bit of contempt for civil servants.According to the information he obtained, the person who came to greet him today was a civil servant, and the bright red official uniform Gu Chen was wearing made him even more certain that this is a powerless nerd!

However, this nerd was not frightened, perhaps a bit courageous.He just smiled politely, cupped his fists to He Zhe, and saluted: "Your Majesty, Gu Chen, I have met His Royal Highness, Prince Baiyi."

As soon as he saluted, the 50 people behind him, including Zhang Tian, ​​all raised the long sword held in their left hand in front of him in unison. .He Zhe's face suddenly changed, and he reached out to touch the sword at his waist - he had heard that Jingren was cunning, so he might be here to trap and kill him!

However, at the next moment, 50 people bowed in unison and saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the eldest prince!"

With a snap, the long sword returned to the sheath from left to right, and the rust-like luster was also put into the sheath.Gu Chen smiled gently and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, is your Highness surprised? This ceremony is called the negative sword ceremony, and it's the etiquette for me to welcome distinguished guests."

Negative Sword Ceremony - Dajing is famous for his sword-casting skills in various countries. The long sword cuts iron like mud and is decisive. The Baiyi people used to be very shy about Dajing's sharp iron tools.Showing the long sword as a courtesy, like Hezhe, has a hint of demonstration.

He Zhe froze in place, with one hand still resting on the long sword at his waist.After a while, he slowly let go of the hilt of his sword, turned his head and glanced at Gu Chen, as if he was facing his existence for the first time.The two looked at each other for a while, and He Zhe said slowly, "Your name is Gu Chen?"

"Exactly."

"You look a lot like someone I know."

"Are you a friend?"

"No, it's the enemy." He Zhe said, "Seven years ago in the battle of Huaihe, he was the commander of your Jing Dynasty, also surnamed Gu."

Gu Chen paused imperceptibly: "...the person His Highness mentioned is my brother."

He Zhe nodded: "Your brother." He paused: "He is very powerful, he is a great person, but it is a pity that he does not realize that there is something more important than the superb art of war - we Baiyi people are more united , and defeated him."

Zhang Tian's eyes were worried, and he shot at Gu Chen almost undisguisedly.He probably wanted to speak, and wanted to refute He Zhe angrily, but because he was only a deputy commander, there was no place for him to speak here, so he could only look at Gu Chen worriedly, and then at He Zhe angrily.

It's provocative and taunting, no doubt about it.

He Zhe was satirizing Dajing's internal strife at that time, and also implying from the side that Gu Chen's elder brother died of betrayal by his own people.Gu Chen had already noticed the clues in his previous life, and had pursued them, but it was a pity that he died before there was any result.But now... Although he was mentally prepared, the moment Hezhe said it, he still felt a dense, needle-like pain in his heart.

He clenched the rein tightly in his hand calmly, his knuckles turned white, and the rough rope made his palm a little tingling.Afterwards, he smiled nonchalantly: "What Your Highness said is true, but I, Dajing, won the battle of the Huaihe River in the end. It seems that the hearts of your country are not united enough."

He Zhe couldn't help but choked up.Before he came, the big witch beside him had reminded him many times that Jingren was cunning, and he would not show weakness no matter what he went here, and even showed some deterrent power to suppress Dajing's momentum, so that when he got married, he could not show weakness. Can win more favorable conditions.However, the Gu Chen in front of him is far from the civil servant he imagined. The other party looks soft, and the sharp edge that flashes occasionally is no less than the long sword forged by Dajing.

The other party mocked him back when the run failed, Hezhe inevitably looked a little ugly.However, he is the actual power holder of Baiyi after all, after a long silence, he smiled instead of anger: "Master Gu is really eloquent, no wonder," he paused intentionally, "Master Gu is a civil servant."

He was insinuating that Gu Chen could only play tricks.Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, showing a bit of surprise: "The lower official thought that His Highness came to ask for marriage, not to fight, what do you want the general to do?"

He Zhe was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help thinking of the purpose of his trip - to marry Princess Chun'an to stabilize Dajing and let him breathe after the fierce internal strife.After pondering for a moment, He Zhe suddenly smiled brightly: "What your lord said is right."

He was already open-minded and open-minded, and knew that his previous behavior was somewhat provocative, but after some confrontation, Gu Chen responded calmly, neither humble nor overbearing, and he had an inexplicable liking for Gu Chen.So he patted his arm and said with a smile: "We still have a few people behind, please ask Mr. Gu to wait for a while."

Gu Chen also smiled, and nodded slightly: "Your Highness is polite."

An invisible confrontation subsided in this way.At this time, a large cart approached slowly from the official road, with dozens of hundred barbarian cavalry guarding both sides, obviously the status of the people in the cart was not low.Gu Chen cast an inconspicuous glance at the cart, and he already knew it in his heart - the Baiyi people grew up on horseback since they were young, and rarely rode in a cart. It seemed that the person in the cart was He Zhe's mother, the Xizhang Yan's.

Sure enough, He Zhe saluted the car: "Mother."

Gu Chen followed suit and saluted: "I've seen the Yan family." He paused, "Your Majesty's order is to wait here to welcome the distinguished guests to the Siyi Hall. All the basic necessities of life have been arranged, please."

Gu Chen and He Zhe rode side by side, half a horse's head behind.It was early spring at this time, and the apricot blossoms were flourishing on both sides of the main street of Shenjing. From a distance, it looked like two plain white brocades hanging on the branches.Gu Chen tilted his head slightly, and Wen Ran said: "Shenjing is a good time now. I heard that His Highness will stay in Shenjing for a month, but you can visit the grand scene of Shenjing with Yan."

He Zhe was inconspicuously stunned, then shook his head and smiled wryly: "Your suggestion is good, but unfortunately, my mother suffered from leg injuries a few years ago, and suffered from serious leg problems. It is difficult to move, and she seldom goes out on weekdays, most likely because she can't stroll around gone."

Gu Chen listened quietly.This is one of the pieces of information he already knew in his previous life, but it didn't help the battle situation at that time, and he just glanced at it and threw it aside, but it came in handy at this moment—as early as when he and Xiao Tingshen When he proposed to invite Yan's family to Jing, he thought that He Zhe is a very filial son, and he would never agree with his mother to stay in Dajing, so who else can shake He Zhe's decision?

Of course there is, that is Yanshi himself.

So when meeting today, his initial target was not Hezhe, but Yanshi.

If he could find a way to meet Yan Shi reasonably and persuade her, then the success of Yan Shi staying in Dajing would be half the battle.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen frowned slightly and said, "Didn't you ask the doctor to show it to Mrs. Yan?"

He Zhe sighed: "My mother has seen all the great witch doctors in Baiyi, but there is no improvement."

"In this case..." Gu Chen turned his head and said warmly, "The lower officials can recommend someone to diagnose and treat Yan's family."

He Zhe raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "Who is it?"

— No wonder he didn't believe it.Although the person in front of him looks gentle, but the two have just met, and the other person is a quiet person.Although Dajing is going to marry Baiyi at the moment, after all, there have been wars that lasted for decades, and the deep grievances between the two countries cannot be alleviated by a single marriage.

What's more, he couldn't trust Jingren.

Gu Chen sensed his distrust, and smiled indifferently: "Have you ever heard of Zhao Zhongqi, Your Highness?"

He Zhe's eyes widened, and he lost his voice: "You mean him? He's not—"

"He's not dead." Gu Chen sighed helplessly, "As far as I know, he's still alive and well."

Zhao Zhongqi, a native of Jing, is quite famous for his medical skills. He is famous from Donghu adjacent to Yanbei to Baiyi adjacent to southern Hubei, as well as across the entire territory of Dajing. Everyone knows him when he is mentioned.The last time this old gentleman appeared in public was six years ago, when a large-scale epidemic broke out after the locust disaster in the Southwest, and even affected Baiyi. A prescription, signed by Zhao Zhongqi.

However, the government sent countless people but failed to find him, so he just disappeared.Folk rumors say that he contracted the blight, which was too severe to recover from, and eventually died.However, Gu Chen knew that he seemed to escape from the world because he didn't like Xiao Tingshen.

He Zhe has restrained his emotions, but still looked at Gu Chen with distrustful eyes: "Even if he is still alive, can you find him?"

Gu Chen thought for a while and said sincerely: "I'm not sure, but if Your Highness wants to ask him to treat Yan's family, I can try my best."

He Zhe obviously hesitated.On the one hand, he doesn't trust Gu Chen very much. The other party is a quiet person, and he just confronted him tit for tat. He has already felt that the other party is not some innocent and harmless little rabbit; on the other hand, Zhao Zhongqi is too famous. It is said that there is no patient that he can't heal. What if this is a rare opportunity to cure the leg disease that has plagued my mother for many years?

He pondered for a moment, then said cautiously: "Then, Mr. Gu is working so hard, what is it that he wants?"

"Peace."

"what?"

"Naturally, I hope that the marriage between Your Highness and me, Dajing, will go well this time, and that the two countries will be peaceful and peaceful." Gu Chen smiled, "Otherwise, what else could it be?"

He Zhe thought about it for a while again—it was indeed as Gu Chen said, what Baiyi and Dajing need most now is peace and stability.

So he nodded: "Then thank you, Mr. Gu."

Gu Chen nodded slightly: "Your Highness is polite. I can't guarantee that I am fully sure, but I will do my best."

After sending He Zhe to the entrance of Siyi Hall, Gu Chen turned his horse's head and planned to return home. He never expected a fat figure to step out of Siyi Hall, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and dressed in the costume of a third-rank inner eunuch. It was the elder beside Xiao Tingshen. Eunuch Wei Dequan.

He was obviously here for Gu Chen.Gu Chen reined in the reins, looked in surprise at the eunuch who had not seen him for a few days, walked briskly in front of him, and bowed deeply: "Master Gu."

Gu Chen also saluted: "Eunuch Wei, why did you come to Siyi Hall today?"

Wei Dequan grinned: "Your majesty came here on behalf of your servant. Sir Gu, Your Majesty wants to see you."