Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

The next day, Xu Guanchen was going to go back to the Duke's mansion, and then go to see the master.

Xiao Zhi postponed the court affairs and accompanied him out of the palace.

It is said to be a pulse diagnosis, but it is really a pulse diagnosis.Yuqingzi half-closed her eyes, stroked her beard with one hand, and rested her hand on Xu Guanchen's wrist, looking like an old god.

Xu Guanchen supported his head, and called him tentatively: "Master."

Yuqingzi hummed, and his beard trembled.

Xu Guanchen asked: "Master is angry?"

"No." Yu Qingzi opened his eyes and glanced at him, "What's the matter with you?"

"Then Master..."

Yuqingzi interrupted him: "If you should ask, my teacher asked you to ask last night, so don't ask any more today." Xu Guanchen stopped talking awkwardly, and Yuqingzi asked again: "What did you use last night? How about after the medicine?"

"never mind."

Yu Qingzi looked at him suspiciously, thinking that he said that to reassure himself.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Xu Guanchen said again: "Originally, I was suffocating in my heart, and I vomited a mouthful of blood from time to time, so I feel better when I vomit blood, and I feel better after taking the medicine yesterday."

Yu Qingzi reluctantly nodded: "Yeah."

While talking, there was a "dong" sound from outside the courtyard, Xu Guanchen said: "It seems that the medicinal materials that Master put on the eaves to dry fell down."

Yu Qingzi turned his head and glanced, but said: "I'm afraid a little fool fell off the wall."

Xu Guanchen only said it was Feiyang, and said in confusion: "Feiyang knows martial arts, how could he get from the wall..."

Before the words were finished, the lattice window was gently pushed away from the outside, the little prince Xiao Jue stood on the other side of the window with his waist bent, poking his head out, only Xu Guanchen was in his eyes, and he couldn't see the sullen Xiao Zhi behind him at all. .

Xiao Jue gave him two "squeaks" like a snake, and called him again: "Little Lord."

It was this fool.

Presumably, Xiao Jue stabbed his shoulder with a dagger a few days ago, the injury was not fully healed, and his hands and feet were inconvenient, so he fell off the fence.

Xiao Zhi didn't like him very much, so Xu Guanchen patted the back of Xiao Zhi's hand to comfort him, and said to Xiao Jue, "Come in."

Xiao Jue came in with his back bent, his arms bulging, he didn't know what he was holding, he turned around and closed the door, and said, "I saw the palace carriage in front of the Duke's mansion, so I knew it was you who came back..."

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Xiao Zhi, and quickly bent over and made a bow: "Your Majesty."

The mouse looked like a cat, Xiao Zhi didn't like him very much, he was very afraid of Xiao Zhi, so he ran to Xu Guanchen's side in a hurry.After Xu Guanchen sat down, he took something out of his arms.

"Aren't you sick? I went to Funing Palace to see you a few days ago. At that time, you were still asleep. I stayed for a while, and I didn't see you awake. I went back. Come back today, and come to visit you again. I see you His complexion is still not good, and he needs to mend it."

Xiao Jue said while placing things on the table: "Tianshan snow lotus."

"Thousand-year-old ginseng."

"Hetian Nuanyu."

The things that Xiao Jue brought were all on the table.After everything was arranged, Xiao Jue propped up his hands, looked at him with a smile, and wagged the invisible tail behind him violently.

Xu Guanchen said "Thank you", Xiao Jue waved his hands and said, "Don't be polite to me, it's not like the palace doesn't have these things, I'm just expressing my heart."

After a while, Xiao Jue looked at Xiao Zhi again, lowered his voice, and said to Xu Guanchen: "I have something to ask you."

It seemed that Xiao Zhi couldn't hear him when he lowered his voice to speak.

Xu Guanchen asked why he was so diligent today, it turned out that he was asking for something, nodded, and said: "Tell me."

"It's still because of the assassination of Yuan Ce in Tingyun Town." Xiao Jue coughed twice, and said seriously, "It's not that I'm being biased, General Zhong sent me Chen Zhou, who grew up in the military camp, and he's older than me. How old are you? I don't understand the stakes of Yuan Ce's matter. I spent a few days with him, and I didn't think he would be that kind of person, so I left two people and continued to investigate this matter in Tingyun Town Son."

"how?"

"When we arrived in Tingyun Town, it was getting late, so we packed up and stayed in the post house. At that time, the post house was not strictly guarded, and I went out for more than half an hour. When the testimonial was originally held, I and People in the same hospital as Chen Zhou said that the lights in his room had never been turned on, so they thought he was asleep, and later thought he was planning an assassination at that time."

Xiao Jue continued: "Those two people have walked around the post in the past few days. There is a tavern, and the waiter in it said that he had seen Chen Zhou. That day, Chen Zhou and a drunk who frequented their house, they The two ate wine together. Because the drunk man yelled when he was drunk, and the quarrel was particularly severe that day, and Xiao Er went to persuade him, so I remember clearly."

"Furthermore, the drunkard was found. He was Chen Zhou's friend in the military camp. Later, he became lame and returned to his hometown. We met in a tavern that day, and we drank together. The drunkard said that he had drunk that day. Smelling of alcohol, he slapped the table and said he wanted to carry a dagger to assassinate Yuan Ce, but Chen Zhou also advised him to focus on the overall situation."

"That's it." Xu Guanchen pursed his lips, "So, Chen Zhou will not commit an assassination, there may be something hidden in it. What happened next?"

"The man said that later he broke up with Chen Zhou at the entrance of the tavern. Before leaving, Chen Zhou also gave a few copper coins that the tavern gave him as a supplement to an old beggar sitting by the wall, telling him to go back early. "

"What did the old beggar say?"

"The old beggar said that he got money from a very shy young man, that is, Chen Zhou. Later, some soldiers from Xiling who came with Yuan Ce came out of the tavern drunk and kicked That old beggar kicked." Xiao Jue said, "If the old beggar wants to catch up and argue, he will see..."

"Ok?"

"Those people from Xiling caught up with Chen Zhou. The old beggar didn't dare to go any further, so he went back."

Xu Guanchen's mind sank: "I'm afraid I won't be able to check this far."

How could Yuan Ce let Xiao Jue check his subordinates?

"Yes." Xiao Jue nodded helplessly, "Master Xu, who worked with me in Tingyun Town, also advised me not to care about it. It was originally a matter of chasing rumors, and the court couldn't handle it in a fair and honest way. Now Yuan Ce will see you again. He didn’t see me either, and he ignored me when I posted a post, let alone asking him for someone.”

Xiao Zhi guessed what he meant, and grabbed Xu Guanchen's wrist with a strong sense of possession.

Xu Guanchen still shook his hand to reassure him, and still asked Xiao Jue: "Then what do you think?"

"I heard that Yuan Ce seems to treat you a little differently." Xiao Jue suddenly met Xiao Zhi's gaze, gulped, and said, "I mean, Yuan Ce stopped your carriage a few days ago, Think about it, if you write a post to him, he won't respond."

Xiao Jue hastily added: "I don't mean to ask you to help me all, you just call him out for me, as long as I see him, I will ask him for someone in person, you just sit down."

Xu Guanchen thought for a while, and said: "I will discuss this matter with His Majesty, and then let Feiyang go to your house for a walk."

Xiao Jue clenched his hands, nodded in agreement, and said, "You'd better pay more attention to your body, if it's inconvenient, forget it, I'll think of another way."

Xiao Jue went back, and Yu Qingzi also got up, saying that he wanted to go out to look at the medicinal materials.

Only Xu Guanchen and Xiao Zhi were left in the room.

Xiao Zhi knew what he wanted, but still asked him: "Little Taoist priest, what do you think?"

"I was thinking... Could it be that those Xiling soldiers annoyed Chen Zhou, Chen Zhou just..." Xu Guanchen pondered, "If you don't believe in Chen Zhou's assassination, there are naturally thousands of theories. It seems obvious, but if you want to It’s not impossible to say that it’s just passing by by chance. Xiao Jue is right. After all, it’s a matter of speculation, and the court can’t investigate it. .”

Xiao Zhi squeezed his fingers: "So you want to send a message to Yuan Ce?"

"Xiao Jue came to beg me sincerely. I have met Chen Zhou. He is a cousin. If he can find out the matter clearly, it will be good to return his innocence."

Xiao Zhi seemed to only care about the fact that Xu Guanchen sent Yuan Ce a post, and asked, "When are you going to post him a post?"

"In the past few days, while I'm in better health, I helped Xiao Jue solve a problem." Xu Guanchen came back to his senses and suddenly realized, "If you want a post, I will write it to you in a few days, and I will write several .”

He finally understood, Xiao Zhi clasped his hand: "For Yuan Ce, ask someone else to write it."

"What happened to you today?"

"That Xiao Jue said that Yuan Ce seems to treat you a little differently. Beware of him."

Xu Guanchen clenched his fists and said bitterly: "Yuan Ce killed my brother, and I damaged his army in the northwest of the city. A few years ago, he and I fought twice in Yanbei, and the outcome was not decided. I wish I could win He avenged his elder brother, and he wished he could grind me to death. There is something wrong with him, the more he hates someone, the more he pays attention to someone, and the more he laughs at someone."

Xiao Zhi stroked his head.

A few days ago, I brought back my elder brother Xu Wen's long knife, and when I returned to the Duke's mansion today, Xu Guanchen also brought back the long knife, ready to put it in the ancestral hall.

Xiao Zhi accompanied him to the ancestral hall, stood beside him, watching him hold the rusty long knife in both hands, and enshrine the long knife in front of Xu Wen's spiritual tablet.

Xu Guanchen rolled up his sleeves, turned his head and glanced at Xiao Zhi, then picked up six sticks of incense, approached the candle, and lit them carefully.

Light smoke curled up.Xu Guanchen distributed three sticks of incense to Xiao Zhi, Xiao Zhi took it with both hands, and stood behind him to worship.

After paying obeisance, Xiao Zhi became alert, suddenly heard a slight sound from the yard outside the window, and shouted "who".

He didn't dare to leave Xu Guanchen's side, he clasped his wrist with his backhand, and brought him to his side.

After waiting for a while, it was Uncle Chai, who was guarding the ancestral hall, knocking on the door outside: "Young Lord, His Highness the Third Prince of Xiling Kingdom came to the vestibule and asked to see him."

Presumably Xiao Zhi was too nervous about him, Xu Guanchen shook his hand, and said in response to Chai Bo: "Please sit down in the front hall, Your Highness, and I will go."

Xu Guanchen was about to leave, but Xiao Zhi still held his hand.

Xu Guanchen laughed: "If you want to go with me, I'm afraid that Xiao Jue's affairs will not be done. If you are really worried, watch from the side hall. In our government, he would not dare to make any moves."

The two walked through the veranda together, Xiao Zhi entered through the door of the side hall, and through the screen, he could vaguely see the situation in the front hall.

Xu Guanchen flicked his sleeves, took out the whisk pinned to his waist, and put it on his arm.

With a slight movement of his wide sleeves, Xu Guanchen walked around the flower corridor, persisted in whisking the dust, and bent towards Yuan Ce in the hall, lowered his eyes and said, "Your Highness, don't come here without any harm."