After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

It was not yet dawn.

After running around for several days, Gongsun Yu returned to Qianji Pavilion in a mess.

"Second Master!"

When the disciple opened the door and saw him, he almost didn't dare to recognize him.

Is this dishevelled, unshaven, ragged man really my master?

Gongsun Yu was exhausted and fell headfirst onto his disciple.

The disciples hurriedly carried him to Mingxin Hall.

"Master! Master! The Second Master is back!"

Gongsun Yanming was about to go to court, and just as he stepped out of the room, he ran into the two of them.

He looked at Gongsun Yu with deep eyes and said, "Put it on the bed."

"Yes."

The disciple placed Gongsun Yu on the clean and tidy bed.

Gongsun Yanming said: "Go and invite Elder You."

"Yes!"

The disciple went there in a hurry.

Elder You did not have to attend the morning court, and he was still resting when his disciples went to call him.

By the time he was dressed and hurried to Mingxin Hall, it was already dawn.

"Pavilion Master!"

He cupped his hands and saluted, panting.

Gongsun Yanming said: "Elder You, please take a look at my second brother."

In terms of seniority, Elder You is Gongsun Yanming's elder, so Gongsun Yanming is very polite to him.

Elder You felt Gongsun Yu's pulse, checked his injuries, and said to Gongsun Yanming: "Yu'er is unconscious due to overwork. He only has minor scratches on his body and some blisters on the soles of his feet. His life is not in danger."

For a martial artist, this is hardly an injury.

Upon hearing about Gongsun Yu's condition, Gongsun Yanming did not look relieved, but fell into deep thought.

Elder You asked in confusion: "Does Pavilion Master have any other concerns?"

"Ah, it's okay."

Gongsun Yanming came back to his senses and asked his disciples to escort Elder You out.

He called the servants to help Gongsun Yu wash and dress, change him into dry clothes, apply medicine on his wounds, and let him hold a piece of thousand-year-old ginseng in his mouth.

After doing all this, Gongsun Yu finally woke up.

"Big brother..."

His throat was burning and became extremely hoarse as soon as he opened his mouth.

Gongsun Yanming asked, "What happened to you these days?"

Gongsun Yu said in a hoarse voice: "That day... I followed my elder brother's order to go to the fiefdom... I was determined to find out the whereabouts of the Black Armor Army... I followed one of the princess's retainers..."

Gongsun Yanming: "What kind of retainers?"

Gongsun Yu said weakly: "A man... in a wheelchair..."

The person Gongsun Yu was following was Duan Mingyue.

Naturally, Duan Mingyue was accompanied by Duan Wenliang and several strong servants.

At first, Gongsun Yu's tracking went smoothly.

He also hid in the dark and overheard several people talking, and was sure that they were also going to look for the Black Armored Army.

But somehow, Gongsun Yu fell asleep in a daze that night.

When they woke up, the group had disappeared.

He tried to find it.

After searching in vain, he remembered that the man in the wheelchair said that the Black Armored Army was heading east.

He kept looking eastwards, but soon lost his way.

Gongsun Yanming frowned suspiciously: "Did you encounter any danger in the mountains?"

Gongsun Yu thought about it and shook his head: "I am lucky. I have never encountered a wild wolf."

Gongsun Yanming said: "It's not that you are lucky, it's that someone solved the hidden danger for you."

Gongsun Yu was surprised: "Who?"

Gongsun Yanming thought about it and analyzed the unreasonable points first: "The man in the wheelchair you followed had already discovered your whereabouts. You must have been drugged, so you fell asleep in a daze."

Gongsun Yu was confused: "How could this happen? Could it be... that the man in the wheelchair is secretly protecting me? Why is he doing this?"

"They may not be the same person, but their purpose is surprisingly the same, which is to prevent anything from happening to you."

There is a key point here that he has never figured out.

"Brother, then I..."

"Pavilion Master!"

The conversation between the two brothers was interrupted.

Gongsun Yanming said to his brother, "You should take a rest first and don't see anyone for the next few days."

After leaving the house, he asked, "What's the matter?"

The disciple said, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin urgently summoned the Pavilion Master to go to the Prince's Palace."

When Gongsun Yanming arrived at the Prince of Jin's study, General Hu Lie was also there.

"Your Highness, the General."

Hu Lie looked at him with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

The King of Jin did not offer him a seat as usual, but said, "I urgently summoned the Imperial Master because I want to ask him something."

He sensed the unusual atmosphere and said calmly, "Your Highness, please speak."

King Jin stared at him without blinking: "I heard that the Imperial Master's brother has returned to Qianji Pavilion."

"Yes."

He admitted frankly.

"What did he do?"

Prince Jin asked, his eyes sharp.

Gongsun Yanming said truthfully: "I asked him to go to the princess's fiefdom to find out the whereabouts of the Black Armor Army, but he failed and returned to the city in disgrace today."

King Jin said, "I just sent the imperial physician to Qianji Pavilion to check on the injuries of the Imperial Master's brother. I was worried and did not inform the Imperial Master in advance. Will the Imperial Master blame me for acting on my own?"

Gongsun Yanming said: "Your Highness, I am grateful for your kindness."

The imperial physician came back quickly and reported Gongsun Yu's injuries truthfully.

The King of Jin said coldly, "He was just overworked. Among those who went to the fiefdom to look for the Black Armored Army, it seems that only the Imperial Master's brother escaped unscathed. The whereabouts of the daughter of Medicine King Valley is unknown, and Qi'er was taken into the underground palace. According to the Imperial Master, what exactly is going on?"

Gongsun Yanming asked: "Your Highness, are you doubting my loyalty?"

King Jin said coldly: "I asked you to answer, not to question!"

Gongsun Yanming looked at Hu Lie, whose eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.

Needless to say, it was he who taught King Jin to ask this question.

Gongsun Yanming said frankly: "I have nothing to do with the disappearance of the prince."

The King of Jin sneered disdainfully, "Really? What a coincidence, Qi'er was just killed and thrown into the underground palace, and your brother returned home unharmed."

Gongsun Yanming sighed, "If Your Majesty suspects me, I'm afraid you've fallen into the Prince's Mansion's trap of sowing discord."

The King of Jin said in a deep voice, "Who is behind this plot? I will find out. I will ask you again, the mechanism of the cold palace is in good condition and can be opened from the outside. Why do you question the modification? Now you can only enter but not leave. If you want to rescue Qi'er, you have to open the entrance to the imperial mausoleum. Do you know what this means?"

Gongsun Yanming said calmly: "It means... Your Highness knows the secret of the underground palace, and Your Highness killed the tomb keeper."

King Jin angrily asked, "Did you do this on purpose so that my only son would be trapped to death in there?"

Gongsun Yanming said earnestly, "Your Highness, the original purpose of modifying the mechanism was to prevent someone from rescuing Your Majesty and King Miao from the cold palace, and this method could also be used to make the Crown Prince lose more arms."

The Prince of Jin angrily threw the teacup and said, "Are they damaged? No one is going to the cold palace to die!"