Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

It was a bolt from the blue.

"Are you so sure? Are you sure? Look, there is a word 'Gu' on it... I originally thought this was something from our Gu family, but your biological father's surname is also Gu, so such a good thing, it is impossible that it is not yours..." Gu Yue muttered to himself.

"Dad, don't you know about tiger talismans? Since it's an army, they need tiger talismans to issue orders. It won't be a fragile jade token like this." Gu Xu frowned: "But this token is also..."

Gu Yue thought about it and agreed.

I can't remember clearly the description of the order to the Chaozhen Army in the original text. The Chaozhen Army was like a piece of extra material for Gu Xu to show off in the later period. How it came about was no longer important. After all, he was already the regent that everyone knelt to welcome.

The jade token is fragile. It may be fine for ministers and nobles to use it for passing through, but wouldn’t it be extremely fragile in a war?

Moreover, the tiger talisman has been passed down for thousands of years. It is made of a hard material and has an anti-counterfeiting function. There is no reason to abandon the tiger talisman and use the jade token instead.

The text on it is also very strange.

Is it something to identify someone?

The two heads came together again, Gu Yue lit the oil lamp and placed the jade token on the table.

"What's the text on it?" Gu Yue asked.

In fact, according to common sense, Gu Xu had not received the prince's detailed education at this time, so he should not know anything. But Gu Yue just felt that he knew a lot.

Gu Xu carefully identified it and said, "Except for this "Gu" and "Ling", the rest do not look like Central Plains characters."

"Could it be Manchu?" Gu Yue said subconsciously.

"What is Manchu?" Gu Xu raised his eyes.

He was stuck. Are there Manchus in this imaginary world? He quickly changed the subject: "What about this side? It seems to be the same language..."

"It looks like the writing from Xihu." Gu Xu said.

"Then ask Shi San to come and take a look." Gu Yue said, "But let's do it tomorrow. I just saw him confronting Jing Cun for a long time, he must be tired."

"Dad, you are so thoughtful." Gu Xu's eyes were full of resentment.

"Of course, subordinates are also human beings, how can they not be tired." Gu Yue said, and blew out the lights again, "It's too late tonight, let's talk about the jade token tomorrow." As he said, he put the token into the mechanical box.

Gu Xu lay down upset.

Gu Yue moved the kang table away, and took out two thin quilts to feed Gu Xu.

The weather was hot, but there were no tall buildings, so the nights were still cool. I opened the flower window on one side, and the moonlight from outside poured in. The wind blew the ripples on the pond and then slowly poured into the house.

comfortable.

Gu Yue thought about the jade tablet, but he had no idea what to do. Feeling worried, sad, and relaxed, he quickly fell asleep.

……

The next morning, before dawn, Gu Yue got up with dark circles under his eyes. There were other important things to do today.

Gu Xu was actually already washing his face in the room.

He took the clean towel that Gu Xu handed over, wiped his face and asked vaguely: "Why did you get up so early...Where is Shi San?"

Gu Xu knocked on the window frame. Shi San entered the house from the main door, opened the curtain and walked in.

"Shi San, come and look at this." Gu Yue put the handkerchief into the basin, took out the jade token from the mechanism box and handed it to Shi San.

"What are the words on it?" Gu Xu asked.

Shi San took it and identified it: "Hmm... It's not Xihu. But, it's very close, in terms of format and appearance."

"It's really a foreign language." Gu Yue frowned, "Can you tell what it means?"

Shi San shook his head: "Maybe, a name? Not a common one..."

This was a difficult matter. They did not know foreign languages, and they could not take this thing out for questioning.

Do I have to go to the border?

No, no. I'm thinking too far. Since this is not the Chaozhen Army token, there is no point in investigating it. The most urgent thing now is the matter of Baoshun Pharmacy.

Gu Yue took a piece of paper and wrote down the few curvy words, planning to find a suitable opportunity to take them out separately and ask about their meaning, then come back and piece them together.

If you can recognize a few of them, you can still gain something by guessing.

"We can put this matter aside for now. Since it has nothing to do with Xiao Xu, it's not very important." Gu Yue said, "We have more important things to do today."

Gu Xu wrung out the washed cloths and put them in different places: "We can ask the people from Wumen to check."

"No, if it's something bad, it will be troublesome." Gu Yue said. In fact, there was a reason why he didn't want to rely too much on Gu Xu's power. "Foreign characters... This matter is big, very big."

Gu Xu was silent for a while, then nodded: "What's the important matter?"

"Go catch him." Gu Yue said.

……

Hefu.

"Brother, please forgive me, I really don't know." Qin Zhaole sat at the lower seat with a bitter look on his face, while Qin Zhaoyue sat at the main seat with a dark face.

"I'm afraid you'll be sold out, but you're still helping others count money!" Qin Zhaoyue was very disappointed.

"Well...you and father have ignored me for so many years, what can I do? I have been like this for a long time." Qin Zhaole pouted.

"Is it too late to care about you now?" Qin Zhaoyue looked at him in disbelief.

"It's too late! If it weren't for Boss Gu, your brother would be King Yin's man now. I would lead my grandfather's Western Hu army to crush ..."

"Shut up! What nonsense are you saying?" Qin Zhaoyue was so angry that she had a headache. "That Gu Dashi is not a good person. Tell me in detail, what did he say to you?"

"I told you everything. He said there's no such thing as a free lunch. The King of Yin must be trying to trick us. I thought, this is the case!" Qin Zhaole said calmly.

"He didn't say anything about his identity?" Qin Zhaoyue frowned.

Qin Zhaole's confusion couldn't be more real: "What identity? I don't know? What is his identity, brother?"

Gu Yue's voice came from outside the door: "So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't return to the capital? Is he here to inquire about my family's affairs?"

Qin Zhaole was overjoyed.

This dog brother usually ignored him, but now he remembered him and interrogated him for a long time. If Boss Gu hadn't informed him in advance and told him not to say anything, I'm afraid he would have confessed everything now!

"Boss Gu, you're here!" Qin Zhaole was really happy.

His elder brother was always worried, and his face had never relaxed since he became the crown prince. Of course, he didn't really resent him and his father for not caring about him. He was already such a grown-up, so he just needed to take care of himself.

But when something happened and his throne was shaken, he came to ask about his well-being - he didn't even ask about his well-being, didn't even bring anything delicious, and just barged into his house. How rude!

Hele looked at Gu Dashi even more kindly.

"Oh, when I got home last night," Gu Yue squinted at the sky with a teasing expression, "I felt uncomfortable all over. I didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so interested in my family's affairs and asked around. You made Xiao Xu very sad!"

That’s right, he just came to see if He Le had the guts to tell the prince about what happened between them!