Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

The carriage was bumping, Xu Guanchen was drowsy, when he opened his eyes, it was dark all around.

Both hands and feet were wearing heavy shackles, and the metal was attached to the wrists and ankles, which was icy cold.His limbs were weak, and he leaned against the carriage. After a while, he gathered up some strength and called out: "Xiao Yuzhi..."

In the dark, at a very close distance, someone covered his face with a veil, and his body softened, and there was no sound.

He only mentioned it to Xiao Zhi a few days ago, and he almost remembered all of the three years he had forgotten.

He didn't expect that he would dream of three years ago at this time.

On New Year's Eve in the 42nd year of the Yuan Dynasty, when he returned to Jinling after a year, the old emperor said that he was lonely, and it must be uncomfortable to celebrate the New Year in the Duke's mansion alone, so he asked His Royal Highness Xiao Zhi to take him into the palace to celebrate the New Year.

On this day, Xu Guanchen got up early, and after reading the scriptures, he followed Xiao Zhi into the palace.

In the carriage entering the palace, Xiao Zhi said to him: "You come with me today, don't go looking for Xiao Qi."

At that time Xu Guanchen was afraid that he would be too scared, so he nodded his head in response.

Xiao Qi is the Seventh Highness, the old emperor's favorite candidate for the new emperor.

In the Palace of Funing, the old emperor took two red balls and kept him there. After he ate them, he said to him: "The sons under my knees... the fifth prince is cruel, the sixth prince is weak. Only the seventh prince is gentle and kind." Respectful and frugal, outstanding in virtue and ability, can be king of the world. I hope that Aiqing... will try her best to assist."

Later, the old emperor said: "Come back later, there are two people for you to meet, and there is another important matter for you to do."

Those two people, Xu Guanchen later found out, one was He Jijiu, the grandfather of His Royal Highness Xiao Qi, and the other was Yang Xun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Enning, who lived in the 41st year of the Yuan Dynasty.

Xu Guanchen didn't know about that big event yet.

The old emperor finally said: "You can keep the Danshu Iron Coupon from Dingguo Mansion."

The iron coupons of the Danshu in Dingguo's mansion are paired with the ones in the Hall of Martial Arts in the imperial palace.A gold plate, a gold medal, a treasure or a hideout for an army.

After the old emperor finished speaking with him, he left Funing Hall, outside the hall was covered with snow, a baby-faced eunuch borrowed the name of His Royal Highness Xiao Qi, and invited him to rest in a side hall.

In fact, the baby-faced little eunuch is Xiao Cheng Gonggong, who was Xiao Zhi's man from the beginning.

Xu Guanchen was chanting scriptures in the side hall, behind the curtain, with his eyes closed, he only heard the sound of the hall door, and someone pushed in.

He thought it was the little eunuch, so he said softly: "Go and rest yourself, you don't need to wait on me, I will reward you when I wake up."

Hearing this, the man paused and went out.

He closed the hall door, and with a "click", locked the hall door.

That was Xiao Zhi, Xiao Zhi wanted to lock him up and prevent him from getting involved in today's affairs.

The incense was lit in the hall, the aroma was quite strong, Xu Guanchen meditated, and fell asleep just like that.After realizing it, he struggled to stand up and extinguished the spices in the incense burner with tea.

He pushed the door, only to find that it was locked, and there was the faint sound of swords clashing outside.

This is in the palace, and weapons are usually not used.His intuition was not right, so he slammed the door twice with his shoulder, but couldn't open it, so he went to find another way out.

At last he crawled out through the little attic window.

It was already afternoon, it was still snowing, the sky was gloomy, and the clouds were rolling, as if they were pressing on top of his head.

He stood on the roof with his back bent, and he could see things clearly.

This is Funing Palace, on the palace road just south, two teams of people are fighting.On one side are Xiao Qi and the Forbidden Army in the palace, on the other side are Xiao Zhi and General Pei, the two of them lead the army, forcefully attacking the palace with towering walls, they are about to reach the Palace of Funing, which is forcing the palace.

Xu Guanchen was a little dazed, he only fell asleep, and things became like this.

What's more, today is still New Year's Eve.

He bent over, pinned the fly whisk to his belt behind, and climbed down the roof on hands and feet.

In the main hall of Funing Hall, there was no one else around the old emperor, so he should have been driven away by Eunuch Xiao Cheng.

The old emperor was so angry that he couldn't breathe, and lay on the couch like a broken bellows.Seeing Xu Guanchen crawling in through the window, a strange light came out of his eyes: "Guanchen, Guanchen...quick, go help Lao Qi."

Xu Guanchen stepped forward and called out: "Your Majesty."

"I'll tell you in the morning that there is one more important matter for you to do. This is it. I... I know that Lao Wu and his uncle, these two rebels are going to force the palace. I got the news in the evening... They, they It's ahead of time. Come...it's too late, everyone in Funing Palace was wiped out by that little eunuch, but, there are hundreds of personal guards around me, waiting in the dark, my private seal... You, take it, give it to Lao Qi." Trembling, the old emperor took out a small piece of white jade seal from under his pillow, and engraved the words "Master of Jiangshan" on it.

The old emperor was obviously very angry at Xiao Zhi's rebellious behavior. After finishing a long speech, he collapsed on the couch and gasped for breath: "Go quickly, if Lao Qi is not well, you...you will not survive."

Xu Guanchen didn't think about this at the time, took the seal and went out, still going out through the window.

But the Forbidden Army in the palace is of course no match for the veterans who have been fighting on the battlefield all year round.

Xiao Qi, a literati prince, can't be someone who likes to play with swords like Xiao Zhi.The reason why Xiao Zhi was not guarded before was because he had disabled legs and feet and was sitting in a wheelchair.

But Xu Guanchen was watching from the roof just now, Xiao Zhi was riding a horse, obviously he was not disabled.

On the palace road, the blood soaked the snow, and the feet were covered with corpses.

Ding Guogong's dress was heavy, and he smelled a lot of drowsy fragrance in the side hall. Xu Guanchen stepped forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot. Nine chimes sounded.

That's too late.

Xu Guanchen looked back at Funing Hall.

The old emperor passed away, and there were not many imperial troops left.Xu Guanchen looked back at the hundred or so personal guards that the old emperor had given him, there were really not many of them, even if they were all dead, they would not be worth Xiao Zhi's troops.

Xu Guanchen led the old emperor's personal guards forward, thinking about countermeasures.

The palace road was not long, and he soon saw Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi was wearing armor and riding on a horse. When he saw him, he was clearly in a daze. He didn't know why he was here and how he ran out.

At that time Xu Guanchen didn't pay attention to him, he only glanced at him, then his eyes fell on Xiao Qi, the Seventh Highness who was kneeling in front of the horse.

Xiao Qi noticed that something was wrong with Xiao Zhi, so he looked back, bit his lips, and called out: "Ah Chen."

Xu Guanchen trotted forward, knelt down in front of him, wiped off the blood on Xiao Qi's face with his sleeve: "Your Highness."

Xiao Qi grabbed his hand, as if grabbing the last straw: "Ah Chen, I didn't see you, I thought you..." I thought you had fallen to Xiao Zhi's side.

The personal guards left by the old emperor stepped forward and put on a posture, as if they were going to fight to the death.

Xiao Zhi was riding on a tall horse, and seeing the deep love between the two of them, he was a little mad with anger, and his eyes were red from murder, he clenched the long knife in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Guanchen, what did I say to you this morning?" ,do not you remember."

what did he say?He said: "You come with me today, don't go to Xiao Qi."

At that time, Xu Guanchen clearly nodded in agreement.

But he didn't remember anything, he pulled Xiao Qi, bent over and kowtowed.I just thought in my heart, no matter what, let's save Xiao Qi's life first.

Xiao Zhi got off his horse, stood in front of him, raised his foot, and touched his face with his blood-stained boots.

Xu Guanchen remained silent, holding Xiao Qi's hand tighter and tighter.

Xiao Zhi leaned over and roughly separated the hands of the two of them, pinching Xu Guanchen's chin with one hand, telling him to stand up, inserting the other hand into his hair, pressing the back of his head, asking him to look own eyes.

Xiao Zhi gritted his back molars, and squeezed out a sentence: "Do you really want to be with him?"

When he was not in a wheelchair, he was taller than Xu Guanchen.

He is tall and tall, casting a shadow in front of Xu Guanchen.Xu Guanchen suddenly didn't understand what Xiao Zhi wanted.

In fact, there is still a half sentence that Xiao Zhi will never say, and that half sentence is: "How can I be inferior to Xiao Qi?"

Not only would he not speak in front of everyone, but he would never speak to Xu Guanchen either.

The situation was urgent, Xu Guanchen still didn't have time to think about it, his chin was pinched tightly again, he couldn't speak, he couldn't nod, he just lowered his eyes as an answer.

Xiao Zhi sneered twice, wrapped his arm around his waist, wiped his face with the other, pressed the blood from his fingertips on his face, and put it close to his ear, like a lover, whispered: "You save me today!" He, you see if he will push you to block the knife in the future."

Xu Guanchen's waist hurt from the armor, Xiao Zhi hugged him very tightly, as if he wanted to rub him into the blood and bones, so that he could no longer escape.

It's just that through the armor, Xu Guanchen still can't see the sincerity clearly.

Xiao Zhi held his waist and dragged him forward a few steps.

The dead body lying on the ground had a long knife stabbed across its chest. Xiao Zhi pressed him and pressed him to the long knife.

The blade was very close to Xu Guanchen, with a cold light shining, reflecting his face.

Xu Guanchen thought to himself that Xiao Zhi probably wanted his life in exchange for Xiao Qi's.

At this time Xiao Qi called him from behind: "Ah Chen."

So he reached out and grabbed the handle of the knife, but he couldn't pull it out, so he held it with both hands.

When the blade was pulled out, warm blood splashed on the face.

He pursed his lips and put a long knife across his neck.Xiao Zhi was suddenly annoyed, he snatched the weapon from his hand with his backhand, and threw it on the ground viciously.

Xiao Zhi asked him: "Will you go back on your word?"

Xu Guanchen said firmly, "I don't regret it."

"Okay, very good." Xiao Zhi sneered, "Just listen to what Xiao Qi said, if he gave you to me, would you listen to him?"

Xu Guanchen was slightly startled, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of his words.

After a long time, Xiao Zhi finally let go of him, took a step, and led a group of people behind him to the Hall of Qinzheng.

Xu Guanchen wiped his face, calmed down, helped Xiao Qi up, and helped him straighten his hair: "Your Highness, let's discuss it slowly."

Hundreds of personal guards escorted Xiao Qi back to Prince Jian's Mansion.

On the way back, Xu Guanchen met Feiyang on the road and asked him to follow him.

The general situation is over, and now only Xu Guanchen and He Zhen are discussing the construction of the palace.He Zhen is the grandson of He Jijiu, who fell ill this winter.Yang Xun of Enninghou's Mansion went outside the city to make some arrangements.

Xiao Qi changed his clothes, came out from behind the screen, and smashed the teacup in anger: "I should have known that the traitor was in a wheelchair, and he pretended to be in a wheelchair from the beginning. He was waiting for this day. Poor father is so angry at him." Dead, it is simply rebellious and disregarding human relations."

Hearing him yelling for a while, Xu Guanchen replaced him with a new teacup: "Your Highness, I'd better think of a way to seal the land."

He Zhen also said: "Yes, I still think of a way to go to the fief temporarily and recuperate."

Xiao Qi took a sip of tea and sighed: "The land is poor and the water is evil, how can I get there? What's more, the rebels are always ruthless, how could they let me go?"

Xu Guanchen also sighed softly, and said firmly: "I'll think of a way, I'll accompany His Highness to seal the land." Then he gave Xiao Qi the private seal given by the old emperor: "This is His Majesty's relic, and he still manages His Majesty's hundred Come a bodyguard."

But Xiao Qi remembered that when Xiao Zhi forced the palace, he didn't see Xu Guanchen. At that time, he suspected that he had defected to Xiao Zhi. Where?"

"I was trapped in the side hall by his design. I climbed out from the attic, and then went to the main hall to meet His Majesty."

"Then... on the palace road, why did his eyes change when he saw you?"

Xu Guanchen thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I don't know either."

"When he put his arms around you, what did he say to you?"

"He asked me if he didn't regret it, and I said I didn't regret it."

"Why did he ask you that?"

Xu Guanchen still shook his head: "I don't know."

"You and him..."

Before the conversation was finished, there was a knock on the door outside: "Your Highness, there are people coming from the palace."

Xiao Qi straightened his clothes, opened the door and went out to meet people in the court.

It was Xiao Zhi who sent someone to hand him a note.

Xiao Qi read it once, then tore up the note, threw it under his feet and stomped on it a few times, kicked up the snow on the ground, and said angrily: "Daydreaming, how could I give Achen to him?"

Eunuch Xiao Cheng, who came to deliver the letter, asked with a smile: "Then His Highness the Seventh Prince is not willing to go to fief the land?"

Xiao Qi choked, regained his senses, and said sharply: "I won't trade Guan Chen for a life with him. Guan Chen is a friend who grew up with me. I get along very well with him. I won't trade him for life. He's going to change it. You go back and tell Xiao Zhi to die. I knew it a long time ago. I knew that he coveted it..."

"Your Highness, think about it again." Eunuch Xiao Cheng was still smiling, and interrupted him, "Our Highness likes you very much. He was born to be loyal to His Highness, and our Highness is not willing to be with you In the eyes of the Duke, there is a description of bloodthirsty and cruelty, so he is going to let His Highness the Seventh Prince die. The Seventh Prince only needs to send the Young Master away, and change the way to the fiefdom, is it good or not?"

Xiao Qi thought for a while, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves, but his voice was much weaker: "...I won't change."

But before he was about to enter the door, he turned around and asked a personal guard for a long knife, which he pinned to his waist.

When they went back, both Xu Guanchen and He Zhen stood up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Qi shook his head, and sat down on his seat feeling lost: "It's nothing."

Seeing him like this, nothing strange.

Xu Guanchen asked again: "Your Highness, what happened?"

"Ah Chen." Xiao Qi looked around him twice, lowered his head and said softly, "Xiao Zhi wants you."

Xu Guanchen was stunned: "What?"

Xiao Qi took a deep breath, and said all the words: "He wants you, but he doesn't want you to feel bad about him, so he wants me to give you to him directly, in exchange for a way to the fiefdom. He said he... …like you."

"It's just..." Xu Guanchen stroked his hair in distress, got up and was about to go out, "I'll go talk to him."

"Don't go." Xiao Qi hurriedly said, "He has bad intentions, so don't go."

"But……"

Xiao Qi asked: "Do you like him? You have lived in his house for a long time. In the past, only you could coax him. He only listened to you. Do you like him?"

Xu Guanchen laughed back angrily: "Your Highness, are you suspicious of me?"

"No, no." Xiao Qi hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Don't be angry, don't be angry."

After a stalemate like this for a while, He Zhen persuaded the two to make peace.

Xiao Qi stood on the spot, put his hands on the handle of the knife, thought for a long time, and murmured: "He won't let me go to fiefdom."

Xu Guanchen wanted to persuade him, but he said: "Ah Chen, go and see if Yang Xun is back."

Xu Guanchen complied naturally, got up and was about to go out, with his back to him.

Just when Xu Guanchen's back was facing him, Xiao Qi quickly drew the knife out of its sheath, a cold light flashed, holding the knife with trembling hands, and slashed down on his back.

From the right shoulder to the left waist, because the hands were still trembling, the cuts were not very clean.

The wound on his back was dripping with blood, Xu Guanchen vomited blood, leaned on the door, and slowly fell to his knees on the ground, heaving a long sigh of relief from the pain.

He Zhen said in surprise, "Your Highness!"

Xiao Qi subconsciously wanted to step forward to see his injuries, but he threw away the long knife, took a half step back, and said to He Zhen: "He colluded with Xiao Zhi, the rebel, just now the two of them hugged each other on the palace road, I knew it was him."

For a moment, He Zhen was also at a loss: "Your Highness..."

Xiao Qi said again: "Just now Xiao Zhi sent someone to say that he wants Xu Guanchen. As long as he gets Xu Guanchen, he will let me go to fiefdom."

"But Xu Guanchen is the person who understands me best in this world. When troubles arise in the future, I can't keep this person by Xiao Zhi's side. I can't keep him by his side. If I don't have one, I can't keep him by his side."

Xiao Qi said in a daze: "I, I only slashed him once. I didn't expect to slash him so badly. It's life or death. It's up to fate. I also left him a way out. You can't blame me, you can't blame me."

"But Your Highness..."

"Okay, go find the sedan chair!" Xiao Qi suddenly became angry, pointing at Xu Guanchen and said, "Send him to Xiao Zhi, send him to him!"

Xu Guanchen resisted the severe pain in his back, gasped heavily, pressed his forehead against the door, and smiled wryly twice.Xiao Zhi really hit the spot - "Look if he will push you to block the knife in the future."

It was his own fault.

Xiao Qi just took some golden sore medicine, sprinkled it on Xu Guanchen, and pulled some fine cloth to roughly wrap his wound.The bleeding gradually stopped, so he put on clothes and a silver-white fox fur to cover the bloody wound.

He Zhen went out to find an unremarkable blue sedan chair, and stopped in front of the door.

Xiao Qi carried him out, put him on the sedan chair, and never looked at him again.Straighten out the people, pack up things, and leave the city immediately before closing the city gate, fearing that Xiao Zhi will seek revenge from Xu Guanchen for his injury.

Xu Guanchen huddled in the sedan chair, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't even have the strength to move.

Feiyang was originally guarding outside, but when he saw Xu Guanchen coming out, he hurriedly followed.He has a childlike disposition, he doesn't see anything abnormal, he just follows Xu Guanchen wholeheartedly, behind the sedan chair.

The sedan chair was bumped, and the wound that had finally stopped bleeding opened again.

And the sedan chair also arrived in front of the palace city, the city gate was wide open, but the four bearers did not dare to carry the sedan chair in, and threw the sedan chair on the snow, and it dispersed.

Xiao Zhi was standing on the tower, and he knew that Xu Guanchen was there, but he didn't know that Xu Guanchen was sent here after being hacked.Seeing that the sedan chair didn't move, I just thought it was Xu Guanchen who didn't want to see him, because Xu Guanchen was also angry when he said "I don't regret it", so he just stood on the tower.

Xu Guanchen was sitting in the sedan chair, his wound was infected and he had a fever, he didn't even have the strength to speak.

During the turbulence, the wound opened, and the smell of blood became stronger, only Fei Yang was by his side.Feiyang smelled the smell and felt something was wrong, but when he lifted the curtain, the sedan chair was dim and he couldn't see clearly.

Feiyang called out: "Brother."

Xu Guanchen didn't react at all, and didn't hear him speak.

Feiyang became a little anxious, looked around, there was no one around, only Xiao Zhi was standing on the tower.

After Xu Guanchen returned to Jinling, he has been living in Xiao Zhi's residence, Fei Yang followed him and knew Xiao Zhi.

So he ran into the palace gate, pointed his toes, and flew straight up the tower.

General Pei stopped him and shook his head: "Fat sheep, forget it. If the young man is unwilling to come down, then don't force him."

Fei Yang violently pushed him away, stepped forward to pull Xiao Zhi's arm, and kept urging him, almost crying: "Please, hurry up, hurry up."

Although Xiao Zhi was annoyed at Xu Guanchen's obsession, he followed him down the tower and stood in front of the blue-topped sedan chair.

Eunuch Xiaocheng next to him asked, "Master?"

The people in the sedan chair did not make a sound, the guard tilted the sedan chair and asked him to get off the sedan chair, but there was still no movement.

Fei Yang was in a hurry, he directly pulled Xiao Zhi forward and opened the sedan chair curtain.

When the sedan chair tilted, Xu Guanchen jumped out from inside, and fell unconscious at Xiao Zhi's feet.

The blood oozing red stained the snow under Xiao Zhi's feet.

Xu Guanchen hooked his fingers unconsciously, touching the corner of Xiao Zhi's clothes.With just this one stroke, Xiao Zhi's jealousy and resentment all dissipated in this one stroke.

Xiao Zhi picked him up, felt the bloody patch on his back, didn't dare to touch his wound again, carried him back to the palace, purposely lowered his tone, and called him: "Guanchen?"

He rarely called Xu Guanchen that way in front of Xu Guanchen.Every time Xiao Qi called him like this, he was very jealous.

Xu Guanchen recognized him, his voice was hoarse due to fever, and he said with a wry smile, "I told you...that's right."

"You..." This silly little Taoist priest who didn't know how to reserve finally tasted the bitterness. Xiao Zhi should have been happy in the first place, and he should stab him a few times so that he will not commit another crime in the future.But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't come out.

Xu Guanchen said again: "You won."

Xiao Zhi just patted his head.

The sky is half falling.

Xiao Zhi hugged him and walked on the palace road, Xu Guanchen's breathing was very light and slow, he should have passed out.

He turned his head and asked, "Where is Xiao Qi?"

General Pei replied: "I went out of the city overnight. Originally, we said we only wanted the young man, but when the young man came, we didn't stop him."

"Send someone to chase, and don't let anyone go."

"But I promised him..."

"I regret it."

This was three years ago, New Year's Eve in the 42nd year of the Yuan Dynasty.