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Xie Qiao entered the palace and walked in the direction of the imperial study. Just as she was about to step up a step, she bumped into a person.

"Little lord."

When the man saw Xie Qiao, he just saluted Xie Qiao with a calm expression on his face.He was born thin, but he stood upright, like Xiaoxiao green bamboo, his complexion was pale, he looked as if he was sick, his voice was slightly hoarse, but his pair of red phoenix eyes were extremely clear and energetic, and the eyes shone like torches.

"Master Gu?" Seeing him, Xie Qiao's heart skipped a beat.

Gu Wang is the Minister of Dali Temple, and Dali Temple is in charge of serious criminal and prison cases in various places. As the head of Dali Temple, Gu Wang is best at investigating cases, not judging cases.Li Mingbei had just handed over the certificate of Concubine Jing's tomb yesterday, and today his elder brother passed it on to Gu Wangjin Palace...

"Is there anything else for the little prince?" Gu Wang frowned slightly, and said: "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Xie Qiao smiled: "Your Excellency, please."

Inside the hall.

As soon as Yang Su saw Xie Qiao, he showed a loving smile on his face. He served Xie Qiao tea and retreated.Xie Zheng looked at him with a smile: "It's strange today, today you actually thought of entering the palace to see orphans. Come on, what's the matter?"

Xie Qiao smiled and said, "Brother, you just summoned Lord Gu Wanggu into the palace?"

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "I'm going to send him to Yanzhou." The matter of Concubine Jing's tomb is not a big deal, it involves the royal family, but it is not a small matter.Yanzhou is far away from Jinling and the emperor is far away. If you want to find out the truth, it is not enough to rely on the emperor's will. You must send trusted people to investigate in person, and you must also investigate secretly.

Xie Qiao said: "Brother sent Master Gu to Yanzhou to investigate the tomb of Concubine Jing?"

"Yes."

Xie Qiao stood up, bowed his body and bowed his hands to the Son of Heaven, and said: "My brother is willing to go to Yanzhou with Mr. Gu to thoroughly investigate this case for my brother."

Xie Zheng looked at him in surprise, and frowned slightly: "It is enough for Gu Wang to go to this case alone, what are you going to do?" Yanzhou is far away from Jinling, and it is winter now, the north will only be colder than the south, Xie Zheng really couldn't understand why Xie Qiao insisted on following Gu Wang to suffer.

Xie Qiao straightened up and smiled, "Brother, I was involved in this case in the final analysis, so I naturally want to follow it to the end. What's more..."

Xie Zheng raised his eyebrows: "What's more?"

Xie Qiao coughed, and then said: "What's more, Yanzhou is very close to Jizhou, so I can stop by to see brother Huaiyu when I go."

Xie Zheng: "..."

Xie Zheng took a sip of tea, his face was a little hard to say, and after a moment of silence, he looked at Xie Qiao and scolded with a smile: "You can't leave Huaiyu that much? He's only gone for less than two months, and you're going to run away Go to Jizhou to find him?"

After a pause, he said again: "In the future, if you and him marry a wife and start a family, will you stick to him like this?"

Xie Qiao was expressionless: "Don't worry, brother, he won't marry a wife, and neither will I."

No matter how careless his temperament was, Xie Zheng could sense something was wrong. He frowned slightly and looked at Xie Qiao with some inquiry on his face, and said, "Qiaoer, what do you mean by that?"

Xie Qiao glanced at his elder brother, then changed the subject very naturally, and said: "Brother, just let me go, I have never been to Yanzhou, and I am also very curious about the scenery in the north, so let me take this time Go relax, okay?"

When Xie Qiao got to this point, Xie Zheng could only nod his head. He threw a gold waist badge into Xie Qiao's arms and said, "Sure."

Xie Qiao was about to resign after getting permission, Xie Zheng suddenly remembered something and stopped him: "Qiaoer, wait."

Xie Qiao paused, and then heard his elder brother's voice behind him: "Qiao Er, you haven't answered Gu, you just said that neither Huai Yu nor you will marry a wife, what do you mean?"

Xie Qiao turned around and smiled at Xie Zheng, and said, "Brother, I will tell you when I come back from Yanzhou, okay?" He and Lu Jue would naturally not hide it from their loved ones for the rest of their lives.

Xie Zheng squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Wait alone."

After Xie Qiao left, Yang Su sent someone to collect the residual tea, and when the maids left, Xie Zheng sighed slightly and said, "Yang Su, Qiao Er has become too close to Huai Yu these years."

Yang Su smiled kindly on his face, and said: "Your Highness has been taken care of by Mr. Lu since he was a child, and he has been living in Lu's house for the past few years. It is normal to be close to Mr. Lu."

Xie Zheng raised his eyebrows to look at him, and scolded with a smile: "You dare to use these words to coax the orphan?" It's normal to be close, but it's not normal for Xie Qiao to rush to find someone after two months of separation.

Yang Su was not afraid, but the smile on his face was even bigger, and said: "Whether your Highness or Mr. Lu, they all have their own blessings and fates, why should Your Majesty worry too much about it?"

Xie Zheng sighed slightly, and the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch: "The younger brother who Gu cares about the most may be taken care of by Gu's brother—" He went to bed.No matter how reasonable he was, he was in a complicated mood for a while.

……

Dali Temple.

As soon as Gu Wang arrived on the front foot, Xie Qiao also arrived on the back foot.

Gu Wang looked at Xie Qiao who was dressed in brocade clothes and was absolutely incompatible with Dali Temple. The usually expressionless person twitched his mouth: "My lord, where are you going to Dali Temple?"

Xie Qiao smiled and said, "Master Gu is going to Yanzhou to check the tombs of those concubines, right?"

Xie Qiao just entered the palace, so it is not surprising to know this from His Majesty, so Gu Wang nodded: "Yes."

Xie Qiao asked, "When will your lord leave?"

Gu Wang also realized something was wrong at this time, he frowned slightly: "Your Highness, why do you ask this?"

Xie Qiao said: "Naturally, I asked about the time, and I will go with my lord."

Gu Wang frowned even more, and said, "My lord, I'm going to Yanzhou to investigate the case, not to go sightseeing in the mountains—"

Xie Qiao put a waist card in front of Gu Wang, and said slowly: "Your Majesty ordered me to go with you."

Gu Wang: "..."

Gu Wang, who was originally pale, was blocked by Xie Qiao, and because of his anger, his face was rarely bloody. However, this was the emperor's oral order, and he could not say anything, so it took him a long time to hold back his words. : "Let's leave in three days."

Only then did Xie Qiao nodded in satisfaction: "Then we'll see you in three days." Then he turned around and walked away.Gu Wang looked at the shapeless figure, his eyebrows twitched rarely.

……

Xie Qiao was walking along the path beside the Qinhuai River. Jinling is so prosperous that even in winter, the streets are full of traffic and people come and go, and the boats on the river don't stop.The streets are full of small vendors, and the sound of people talking, talking and laughing can be heard endlessly.

This is a warm and vibrant human fireworks.This is Dasheng's country and people.

Xie Qiao was expressionless at this moment, he raised his eyes to look at the pale blue sky in winter, his eyes were full of secrets.

In the last life, not long after, his elder brother left him in Jinling to supervise the country, and left Jinling to go to Yanzhou by himself, and then died at the hands of Yanzhou's assassins.King An raised troops, and the world was in chaos. Most of the family ministers in Jinling put their suspicions on him: after all, his elder brother had no children. used this excuse.

At that time, it was Lu Jue who led the troops to quell the chaos, and personally escorted his brother's coffin back to Jinling. He led the soldiers and suppressed all the forces in Jinling that were about to move, so that he could ascend the throne alive.

Li Mingbei asked him to explain clearly, but he replied that he didn't know.He wasn't lying, he really didn't know.

His elder brother's assassination and death in his previous life was a shocking unsolved case.At that time, his elder brother went to Yanzhou secretly, but no one knew the reason.Even he doesn't know.

The night before he left, his elder brother just looked at him and hesitated to speak, and finally only said: "Qiao Er, when I come back, I will tell you one thing."

But he never came back.Xie Qiao never knew why his elder brother, who was the emperor at that time, went to Yanzhou in person.

Yang Su may know, but Yang Su and his elder brother died in Yanzhou together; the prefect of Yanzhou may also know, but King An raised troops and Yanzhou officials all stood behind him-this is not surprising, the emperor died in Yanzhou, if he did not follow An Wang will be liquidated in the future, and Wang An has a deep foundation in Yanzhou, even if they live for themselves, they will stand by Wang An.

However, King An was defeated and the prefect of Yanzhou hanged himself. Xie Qiao brought those officials to interrogate, but nothing was interrogated.

Over the years, he had been reminding his elder brother to pay attention to Yanzhou and King An, and Li Mingbei also stretched out his hand there, but on the surface, everything was calm and there was nothing abnormal.

In this life, he must not let his elder brother die inexplicably, so he must go to Yanzhou to see for himself what is the mystery there.

……

And state.

Xie Hong stood by the corridor, tearing off the bait to feed the koi in the pond.Standing beside him was a person with a tall and straight figure, but he wore a silver mask on his face.

"Danqi," Xie Hong said while feeding the fish in the pond, "Are you sure His Majesty will come to Yanzhou?"

The man opened his mouth, his voice was treacherous and clear, slightly hoarse, and his accent was a little weird, he said: "I put at least three baits in Yanzhou, he will naturally go there himself."

Xie Hong smiled: "What if he doesn't go?"

The man chuckled, but his smile was cold: "He is a good emperor," he paused, and then spoke again, but this time there was some cold sarcasm in his voice: "He is a good emperor who loves his younger brother and is affectionate." Brother, then he won’t stop going.”

Xie Hong sprinkled all the baits into the pond, squinted his eyes and looked at the man: "I have made all preparations, but you are the only one missing." He looked at the man and said, "I will wait and see." .”