Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

In the afternoon, Xu Guanchen took Feiyang back to the Duke's Mansion.

The last time he unlocked the secret hidden in the iron coupon of the alchemy book, the two halves of the alchemy book could not be used again, so Xiao Zhi asked someone to cast another piece for him and asked him to take it back.

Xu Guanchen handed over the alchemy to Chai Bo, who was guarding the ancestral hall, even though there was no gold order hidden in the alchemy, it was still a very important item.

Holding it in both hands, Chai Bo put the Dan book on the confession case.

After Xu Guanchen talked to him briefly, he went to Yuqingzi's courtyard.

On the way, she met Xu Yue, and the little girl handed him the account book for half a month since she entered the house, with her hands behind her back, her head raised, and her eyes were shining brightly at him.

Xu Guanchen praised her seriously, but returned the account book to her: "Let you be the housekeeper, that is, let you take care of everything. You are also the master. Brother does not read the account book."

Xu Yue nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Recently, the old Taoist priest Yuqingzi has been staying in the room, and has not come out to eat."

"Master is probably doing bigu."

"The old Daoist also asked for a lot of medicinal materials, and he was messing around in the room. I asked the waiter from the two pharmacies to help him, but he didn't want it either. He just did things behind closed doors."

"Master is a bit weird, he is a nice person." Xu Guanchen thought for a while, "It should be worrying about Feiyang's treatment. Brother Feiyang's illness is a bit serious."

Xu Yue looked serious, and asked, "How is your brother's illness?"

Xu Guanchen smiled: "My brother is getting better soon."

As Xu Yue said, Yu Qingzi has been fumbling with medicinal materials in her room for the past few days.When they were still far away, Xu Guanchen smelled a strong smell of medicine, Feiyang covered his nose, and grabbed his sleeve.

Xu Guanchen patted the back of his hand and led him forward.

The room was filled with bamboo slips, silk, paper covered with paintings, and medicinal materials scattered on the ground.

There was a stove in the middle, and the medicine pot was gurgling. Yuqingzi fanned the stove with a book in hand.Because it was very hot sitting by the stove, he took off half of his clothes, but he was still sweating profusely.

Feiyang hated the smell, and was afraid that Yuqingzi would give him an injection, so he ran away on tiptoe while Xu Guanchen was not paying attention.

Xu Guanchen stood in front of the door and knocked on the door: "Master."

Yu Qingzi looked up at him, but seemed a little surprised, and then realized: "Today is the seventh day?"

"En." Xu Guanchen sat down beside him, took the book in his hand, and fanned the stove.

"Forget, forget." Yu Qingzi repeated, "Slow fire is fine."

Xu Guanchen said casually: "Master, these few days, are you busy treating Feiyang?"

"Ah?" Yuqingzi was taken aback, and quickly responded, "Yes, why don't you see Feiyang?"

"It shouldn't be his turn to get the needle today. He was a little scared and ran to play."

"Oh." Yu Qingzi grabbed his left hand, "How do you feel recently?"

"Still very confused, distracted while sitting, and sometimes feel dizzy, and will fall down when standing." Xu Guanchen himself didn't take it very seriously, "I'm still a little sleepy, once Fell asleep while sitting."

Yuqingzi looked solemn, but when he looked at him, he smiled easily: "It's okay."

"Ah."

Yuqingzi closed her eyes and felt her pulse for a while.Then let go of his hand, got up and went out.

He brought back a small medicine bowl, put it beside him, and was about to reach for the medicine pot with his bare hands.

"Master." Xu Guanchen called out quickly, and handed him the towel next to him, "Are you confused too?"

Yuqingzi took the towel and held the handle of the medicine pot with it.The soup and medicine poured into the bowl, no more, no less, exactly one bowl.

He handed the medicine bowl to Xu Guanchen: "It's still hot, blow it to cool it down. Change to a prescription for a few days, and I'll give you the prescription later, and you can come back in three days."

"Yeah." Xu Guanchen lowered his head and drank the medicine.

Yu Qingzi looked at him, pursed his chapped lips, and asked suddenly: "Master heard that the Third Prince of Xiling Kingdom is coming?"

Xu Guanchen had no doubt about him: "Yes."

"When is he coming?"

"It's only six or seven days' journey from Tingyun Town to Jinling. But something has delayed it, so I'm afraid it will be later."

"Be late." Yu Qingzi seemed a little anxious, "When will you be late?"

"I do not know either."

Yu Qingzi rubbed the center of her brows, feeling very headache.

"Master?" Xu Guanchen put down the medicine bowl, walked behind him, and rubbed his temples.

"You have to remember the date, you must come to take medicine on the [-]th."

"I remember." Xu Guanchen smiled, "I ate like this for the past two months, how could I not remember?"

Seeing that Yuqingzi's condition was not very good, Xu Guanchen stayed with him for an afternoon, helping him tidy up the house, copying the prescriptions, and brewing the medicine with a fan.

It was not until evening that he bid farewell and returned to the palace.

Before driving far, there was the sound of orderly footsteps on the other side of the long street, from far to near.

The carriage was asked to stop for questioning, Xu Guanchen lifted the curtain and asked, "What happened?"

They were teams from two military camps. The leader first saw it was a carriage in the palace, and later saw a young Taoist priest in Taoist robes in the carriage. Routine inspection."

Xu Guanchen nodded, said "Yes", and got out of the carriage with Feiyang.

The man still clasped his fists: "Thank you, little grandpa."

Xu Guanchen looked at him: "I haven't checked like this before, but what happened?"

"I'm just following orders, and I have to make routine inquiries on this street. I don't know anything about other inside information."

Xu Guanchen understood, maybe he didn't know, or maybe he kept the secret and didn't report it.

Since he didn't want to say anything, Xu Guanchen didn't press any more questions, and got into the carriage after they finished their investigation.

At this time, the lights in the city were gradually turned on, and he looked back again, and the team interrogating the street also lit torches.

The carriage went straight into the palace gate, outside the gate of the third palace, it was General Pei who was guarding the city.

"Uncle?" Xu Guanchen lifted the curtain of the carriage, "Why..."

Uncle Pei looked anxious: "Wait for you, it's inconvenient to talk here, let's talk when we go back."

"Eh."

After letting General Pei into the carriage, Feiyang subconsciously moved to the side, not wanting to be next to him.

But today, General Pei frowned, and didn't mean to play tricks on "Fat Sheep".

The carriage went all the way to Funing Hall, got off the carriage, and walked into the hall while talking in a low voice.

General Pei said: "The assassin who assassinated the third prince of Xiling, Yuan Ce, was captured at Tingyun Town at noon today, and the news came just now."

"Yes?"

The hall was brightly lit, but Xiao Zhi was not there.Xu Guanchen thought, probably because of this matter, he went to Qinzheng Hall again.

General Pei said firmly, "It's from the Zhong family."

Xu Guanchen was taken aback: "What?"

Seeing his dazed look, General Pei sighed and said again: "It's Yanbei Zhong's family, your cousin Zhong Yao's Zhong family."

Xu Guanchen took a deep breath and calmed down: "I'd better ask uncle to explain the matter completely."

The two of them sat down on both sides of the table, General Pei said: "Our side, that little prince Xiao Jue, just arrived at Tingyun Town last evening, last night, Yuan Ce was assassinated."

"As soon as he was assassinated, the time coincided with the time when our people came, and the people he brought would not follow him. It must be said that our Liang people intended to retaliate, so they surrounded the post house. They also detained Yuan Ce. We have to die, we don't even know if he is dead or alive."

"This morning, our people argued hard and said they would definitely help him catch the assassin. The little prince patted his chest and said that the assassin is definitely not from our side."

"The matter started from the post house. Naturally, the investigation started from the post house first, so people from both sides were sent to investigate. After checking and checking, there was only one person missing in the entire post house."

Xu Guanchen's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be..."

"That man's name is Chen Zhou." General Pei patted the desk table, "He was originally the person Zhong Yao brought to Jinling, but for some reason, he accompanied Xiao Jue to Tingyun Town and stayed by Xiao Jue's side all the time. ..."

"Blame me, blame me." Xu Guanchen held his forehead, regretting endlessly, "When Zhong Yao wanted to point someone out to him, I should look again."

"In the entire post house, only that Chen Zhou is missing. At noon today, in the sand dunes behind Tingyun Town, his body and a blood book were found."

"The evidence is solid. He himself admitted in the letter that he and Yuan Ce had revenge for killing his father, so he assassinated him to avenge his father."

"But this Chen Zhou has been involved too widely. His father is Xiao Jue's father and a subordinate of the old prince Duan. After his father died in battle with the old prince Duan, he followed Zhong Yao. Whether it is Prince Duan's mansion or the Zhong family, in the Both Yanbei and Yuan Ce have great enemies."

"He went to assassinate Yuan Ce, saying that he could avenge his father, or that he could be ordered by Prince Duan's mansion or Zhong's family. The people of Xiling didn't let him go. Xiao Jue patted his chest and said it wasn't us. Those around me are in trouble now."

"The Xiling people said that Chen Zhou must have been instigated by Prince Duan's Mansion or the Zhong Mansion. They also said that Zhong Yao and Mrs. Zhong came to Jinling a few days ago with a plan. If we want us to punish these two mansions, give them a Tell me, otherwise they won't be able to stay in Jinling..."

"No." Xu Guanchen raised his eyes abruptly, "After dealing with the Zhong Mansion, that Yanbei..."

"That's natural. The Zhong family has guarded Yanbei for more than ten years. Suddenly, they disposed of the Zhong Mansion, giving them an opportunity, and shaking our army's morale." General Pei sighed, "The Xiling people have now transferred their horses. If we want to fight, we will naturally not be afraid, but we will return to the original situation again, the people are suffering."

Xu Guanchen asked: "What did His Majesty say?"

"First, circle the people in Zhong's Mansion and Duan Wang's Mansion, etc., and send the edict to Yanbei to temporarily disarm General Zhong. The Palace of Qinzheng is still discussing it."

Xu Guanchen murmured: "No wonder..." The team he met on the long street just now was clearly going to Zhongfu.

He thought for a while and said again: "Didn't uncle go to Qinzheng Hall?"

"No." General Pei said, "As soon as I meet those civil servants, I will fight. The idea of ​​banning and disarming is all their idea."

There are two factions in the court, the main war and the main peace, and most of the civil servants are the main peace faction. It is not unusual to come up with such an idea.

Xu Guanchen asked again: "Then Yuan Ce, how did you get hurt?"

"I don't know yet. They still hid Yuan Ce so tightly that no one can see it. I don't know if he is dead. That Chen Zhou thought that Yuan Ce was dead and his revenge would be avenged, so he committed suicide."

"That's it." Xu Guanchen nodded, "Xiao Yuzhi should have plans, wait for him to come back."

But after waiting for a while, he did not come back.

Xu Guanchen supported his head, thought about many things, and finally stood up: "Uncle, I'll go to Qinzheng Hall to see."

When he arrived, the door of the Qinzheng Palace was wide open, and several veteran officials in the court came out, looked at the sky, then looked at their colleagues on both sides, and sighed together.

Xu Guanchen hid behind a nearby pillar and waited until they all left, and the little eunuch who served him also left, but Xiao Zhi did not come out.

He went out and knocked tentatively on the door.

The person inside didn't speak, so he opened the door and went in: "Xiao..."

Suddenly, a celadon brush washer filled with water was thrown towards him, Xu Guanchen couldn't dodge it, and half of his clothes were splashed with clear water.

Xiao Zhi was leaning on the armchair with his forehead resting on his head, lost in thought.He also knew that something he picked up casually hit someone, but he didn't hear the man's voice at this moment, but when he looked up, he knew it was Xu Guanchen.

He suddenly stood up, stepped forward quickly, stepped on the shards of porcelain, supported his shoulders with both hands, and looked him up and down.

Xu Guanchen said softly: "It didn't hit."

Xiao Zhi pushed back, closed the door, quickly took him into his arms with the other hand, and hugged him tightly.

Xu Guanchen put his arms around him and patted his back.

Xiao Zhi said: "House arrest pending investigation is an expedient measure..."

Xu Guanchen looked up at him, looking straight into his eyes: "I understand."

There is nothing more to explain.

When he said "I understand", he had already said everything in the world.