Iron Armored Emperor

Gu Zhao called Gu Lie Di Qiye his father and mother in private, that is, in front of Rong Sui.Naturally, Di Qiye didn't know, but Gu Lie, what did Gu Lie not know?

For Gu Zhao, Gu Lie and Di Qiye are his saviors, parents who raised him and nurtured him to grow up.

Gu Lie is Gu Zhao's teacher, the object that Gu Zhao admires and strives to become, the master of the world that Gu Zhao looks up to, and naturally he is Yan's father.As for Di Qiye, she was the kind mother who played with him on the bicycle, always treated him the same, and was able to sense his uneasiness.

Gu Zhao was born as a beggar. He has seen a lot of the world, and under Gu Lie's guidance and training, he has a cold heart and a firm will. Once he recognizes it, he will not change it.

He also doesn't like change.

Therefore, the relationship between Gu Lie and Di Qiye, which has not changed over the years, is what Gu Zhao likes and relies on very much. No matter what others think of it, in Gu Zhao's heart, the three of them are a complete family.

Although Di Qiye refused to recognize this title, in terms of actions, he and Gu Lie actually responded to Gu Zhao's expectations in different ways, which made Gu Zhao feel more and more at ease.

Of course, Gu Zhao knew very well that if he dared to yell out the word "Mother" in front of Ding Guohou again, not only Ding Guohou would avoid him, but his father would even beat him to coax his wife.

Gu Zhao thought about it very much, his mother was thin-skinned, so she wouldn't yell if she couldn't yell in person.

Rong Sui came to the East Palace at the age of 16. At that time, he had just lost his mother, and his heart was sad. Fortunately, Gu Zhao was an easy-going master, and His Majesty and Marquis Dingguo treated him very well.

For Rong Sui, who lost his father since he was a child, His Majesty is an excellent image of his father, that is, a man among men, a wise king among wise lords, diligent and introspective to the point where it is hard for people to watch, but His Majesty seems to be forever No tiredness, no weakness, calm and resourceful, just raising your eyelids to look at you makes you weak.

As for Di Qiye, the great warrior god of Chu, Rong Sui once witnessed him take the life of Wu Kun dog at the foot of Wuya Mountain, and also witnessed him accepting his mother to lead the Feng clan to surrender. God had mixed feelings, until His Majesty took them on an outing for Gu Zhao's birthday, and Di Qiye not only picked mushrooms at will, but also pretended not to hear it when he was pointed out.

Rong Sui experienced a shock. Later, whether it was Di Qiye taking Gu Zhao to play on a bicycle with great interest, or dragging the fat dog in the imperial dining room to lose weight, or even one day when he was surprised by the relationship between His Majesty and Marquis Ding, Rong Sui would never forget. Quite calm.

The sky is falling and His Majesty is supporting him, so what can he do.

Five years ago, Gu Zhao couldn't sleep the night before his coronation ceremony. He didn't want to move out of the palace to establish a mansion at all, but he was already 19 years old, he knew his responsibilities, and he didn't want to disobey Gu Lie more than he didn't want to.

But in the end, he was hesitant, so in the middle of the night, he kicked up Rong Sui, who was sleeping soundly, and walked casually in the palace to bask in the moon.

As soon as he walked, he came to the Qingfeng Terrace where the crowning ceremony was held the next day.

Gu Zhao kept silent all the way, went up to Qingfeng Terrace, stood there for a while, and said to Rong Sui, who barely opened his eyes, "Go back to the palace."

So he was about to go back again, when he heard a sound.

Gu Zhao and Rong Sui's eyes froze, and they walked quietly to the side pavilion of Qingfeng Terrace.

There were two voices in the side pavilion, two very familiar voices.

"You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?"

This is Di Qiye who is not very happy.

"I'm afraid I can't comb Zhao'er's hair well tomorrow. Help me practice."

This is Gu Lie who is coaxing softly.

Rong Sui's face turned green at the time. Where could he listen to the private conversations between His Majesty and Marquis Ding Guo, even Gu Zhao shouldn't listen.He signaled Gu Zhao to leave with his eyes, but Gu Zhao didn't move.

Rong Sui didn't move for some reason.

The two of them stood outside the side pavilion, listening to Gu Lie muttering the ceremonial words such as "Put on the black cloth crown, never forget the origin" and other ceremonial words, combed Di Qiye's hair three times, added the hair crown three times, and said, " Licheng".

Di Qiye, who understood Gu Lie's intentions, just smiled but didn't speak.

Gu Lie asked with a smile: "After the ceremony of becoming an adult, you can get married. When will Dingguo Marquis marry into my Gu family?"

Di Qiye snorted softly: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Right now, you marry me, how about it?"

Gu Lie went with the flow without any hesitation: "Very good, then, sir, when will the bridal chamber be celebrated?"

Di Qiye was ashamed: "Be serious! Go back to sleep! Don't mess up Gu Zhao's crowning ceremony tomorrow."

It was Gu Lie hugging Di Qiye: "Okay. Let's go back to the bridal chamber."

……

Rong Sui was still in a daze until His Majesty and Marquis Ding Guo walked away.So you come and I go to get along with each other, His Majesty treats Ding Guohou not only as a favor, but he loves him to the bottom of his heart.

Rong Sui was still in a daze, so he heard Gu Zhaoyong beside him sigh, "My father and my mother are a match made in heaven."

Rong Sui was completely dumbfounded.

The prince was frightened mad by His Majesty and Ding Guohou?

……

They watched the relationship between the two parents from the sidelines, and the more they watched, the more envious they became. Even Rong Sui, who felt awkward at first, sighed to Gu Zhao a year later: "If I marry a wife in the future as loving as your parents, I will die." And no regrets."

Gu Zhao said calmly at the time: "Impossible."

Gu Zhao analyzed Rong Sui well, but Rong Sui felt that Gu Zhao was showing off, and he kept it in his heart for a long time, there was no place to show off, so he showed off all while he was sighing.

Gu Zhao said: "My father dotes on my mother to such an extent that every piece of my mother's clothes is made by my father instructing the clothing manufacturing bureau. From the big styles to the small patterns, they are all my father's handwriting. My father not only pampers with his heart, but also Treat my mother with exclusive respect, not to mention sitting in the position of my father, it is an ordinary wealthy family, how many men really regard their wives as half their lives?"

"My mother has nothing to say to my father. As soon as we met, he single-handedly rescued the hero, conquered half of the Great Chu, and now he is doing real things in the court. Being so pampered by my father, he has not changed at all. Do you know how rare this is?"

Gu Zhao concluded: "It's too difficult to be as loving as the two of them."

Rong Sui was dazzled by the love of Gu Zhao's parents, but he was still not convinced: "I don't believe in you, master, you don't envy me."

At that time, Gu Zhao pretended to be deep, imitating Gu Lie's tone and said: "Envy. But it is not destined to be my marriage. I should consider the court structure and marry a few families to help, instead of extravagantly seeking illusory love."

When Rong Sui heard this, he still felt a little pitiful about being born in the emperor's family. He was truly sad for Gu Zhao for a moment, and said deeply: "Master, it's not easy for you."

As a result, five years later, last month to be exact, Rong Sui received a secret letter from the master, in which it was written: My father asked me to find someone I like, and I want to try it too, but I can find someone who looks like my mother. Yes, why is it so difficult?

Rong Sui laughed so hard that the captain in the same barracks trembled with fright.

Finally met again today, Rong Sui was concerned about the prince's face, and didn't turn over the old score and slap Gu Zhao in all directions, although he still couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Zhao's face was a little uneasy, but he was really troubled by the marriage, so he stopped pretending to be deep to Rong Sui, who was as close as a brother, and lamented: "It's really hard to marry a wife."

Rong Sui asked seriously: "Master, what kind of person do you want to find?"

"I originally thought that I would marry whoever my father wanted me to marry. It was very simple." Gu Zhao frowned, "I never thought about it."

Speaking of this, Gu Zhao couldn't laugh or cry: "My father sent Zhuang Zui to me, and asked him to spell out some wanted posters for my favorite eyes and nose."

Rong Sui was dumbfounded: "Your father really dares to think. Have you drawn it yet?"

Gu Zhao sighed: "The painting is painted, so can you see it? It doesn't look like a person at all, like a ghost with a human skin."

Gu Zhao simply put this worrying matter aside, and said to Rong Sui: "Stop talking about it, let's talk about business. My father is really upset. How did that guy from Huainan Road mess with my mother?"

Rong Sui also straightened his face, and said the matter seriously.

This matter concerns Huainan Daotai Yuan Fei.

Yuan Fei was the No. [-] candidate in the imperial examination of Lan Yanzhi High School. At that time in the Golden Palace, Di Qiye used him to joke and liven up the atmosphere in the court. Just kidding, even Gu Lie was amused by him at the time, so he was favored by the ministers.

But he was too quick and clever.

After staying in the capital for two years, Gu Lie decided to send him to a harsh place to practice, so he asked Di Qiye to mention it to Ao Yisong, the left servant of the official department. , Yuan Fei's name is not in Gu Lie's preferred position, but in the affluent Huainan Road.

Among them, Zuo Chenglan, the right servant of the Ministry of officials, handled it.

It's not that Yuan Fei is incapable of serving in Huainan Road, even if Zuo Chenglan accepts something, it can't be considered dereliction of duty, so Gu Lie didn't say anything, and approved the proposal.

Yuan Fei didn't know that he was doing this. Although he got the position on Huainan Road, Gu Lie had already given up on cultivating him to continue to go up. Now that he has climbed step by step to the platform of Huainan Road, he is already at the top.

Not only did Yuan Fei not know, but he was also working hard, wanting to take another step up, and even be transferred back to the capital.Yuan Fei understood that Gu Lie didn't like nepotism and bribery, and he didn't dare to make it too obvious, so he used all his cleverness, and finally waited for an opportunity to curry favor with Shangfeng.

That was a relative of the prefect of Qingzhou who beat around the bush. He was a well-known rich man in Huainan Road.This family can be said to be domineering in Huainan Road, relying on their kinship with Qingzhou Zhizhou, others dare not easily sue them.

This family is still well-known among the monks in the temple. They donated a lot of sesame oil money and donated to build many Buddha statues.

The eldest lady of this family bought a Maitreya Jade Buddha. It is said that it was originally a pair, and she wanted to get a pair together.

So the bride who just married in Qingzhou and took the jade Buddha given by her natal family to the temple to ask the master to consecrate her, was very unlucky.

She sent the jade Buddha to the temple with her front foot, and the jade Buddha with her back foot was sent to the eldest lady by the monk.

According to the family, the bride is ignorant of flattery, and the origin of the Jade Buddha is also very suspicious. The eldest lady is not willing to do business even if she gives money. She must not be a good person. Even if she died inexplicably in the dispute, it can't be blamed On the kind and benevolent lady.

The monks in the temple also came out to testify, saying that this family is a living Bodhisattva and a living god who is willing to do good.

Of course, Yuan Fei couldn't open his eyes and talk nonsense to the bride's corpse covered in bruises from whipping, but since this family has always been a kind person who has accumulated virtue and done good deeds, it is natural that the servants in the family have done something wrong because they are dedicated to protecting the Lord.

A servant is not a good thing, and has nothing to do with the master's family.

In other words, this proves that this family is a good person. If it wasn't for seeing a good person being bullied, how could a servant hurt someone?Presumably the bride was indeed too aggressive.

When Yuan Fei judged this case, Di Qiye happened to be passing through Huainan Road. Originally, Di Qiye was on his way. He was in a hurry to go to Qiantang to invite Mr. Lan and then return to Beijing. If Yuan Fei was not so clever, he must invite the Duke of Ding Help guard the gate, Di Qiye can't care about this matter.

After all, Yuan Fei only stayed in the capital for two years, and since he was a non-local person with no roots, he had been away from Beijing for seven or eight years and listened to too many gossips. He thought that if Ding Guohou was willing to smooth things over for His Majesty, he would be willing to pretend to be confused for him.

In the final analysis, Yuan Fei wanted to curry favor with his superiors, but also wanted to pass the case under Ding Guohou's eyes and shirk responsibility.

Therefore, when Yuan Fei asked hypocritically, "What do you think of Ding Guohou", Di Qiye smiled and asked, "You really want to ask me?"

Yuan Fei thought that Marquis Dingguo was being polite to him, and said happily: "Marquis Dingguo, but it's okay to talk."

Di Qiye raised his eyebrows, and said honestly: "It's very common to donate to temples and Buddhas after doing too many bad things. It's rare to beat people up and ask monks to come out and boast of kindness and live Bodhisattvas. As for the parents and officials, It's the first time I've seen someone who doesn't judge the case according to the law, but follows the monk who turns black and white to cover up the murderer."

After saying this, the people outside the yamen kowtowed to Di Qiye.

Yuan Fei couldn't steal a chicken without losing a lot of rice, but he couldn't get off a tiger. In desperation, he said angrily to Marquis Dingguo, "Marquis Dingguo's words are too arbitrary."

Di Qiye untied the Zishuang sword and threw it to the guard: "Go and call the governor of Qingzhou."

Then he turned around and said to Yuan Fei: "After I take off your black hat, come and talk to me about being arbitrary."

Yuan Fei's face turned pale immediately.

Rong Sui talked about how Qingzhou Zhizhou exterminated his relatives righteously, and how he took off Yuan Fei's official robe and black gauze hat, and then guessed to Gu Zhao: "I guess, Your Majesty intends to check on Zuo Chenglan, Qingzhou Zhizhou and the right servant of the Ministry of Officials. .”

Gu Zhao shook his head slightly, the ruthlessness that flashed between his brows was very similar to Gu Lie: "More than that. Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

Rong Sui was startled, then remembered His Majesty's arrangement, and reminded: "Master, His Majesty will probably send you to investigate."

Gu Zhao thought of the episode at the gate of the capital today, and smiled indifferently: "It's just right. Taking the job given by my father, eating the salary of the people of Dachu, not doing human affairs, and dare to dirty my mother's eyes, one of these people I'll check one."