Lu Qingxuan sat down at the table and poured tea and said: "Before you came, someone came from the palace, saying that something important happened, and invited my father into the palace."

Gu Junci stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, don't you always say that the Duke of the State is not valued by His Majesty, and now there are important matters entrusted to the Duke of the State, and maybe he will be promoted step by step in the future. "

Looking at Gu Junci's appearance, Lu Qingxuan also smiled, but there was still a little worry hidden in his eyes.

After all, when the guards came to announce that Lu Wenyuan had entered the palace, their tone was very unkind.

These years are all worshiping the high and stepping on the low. Although Lu Wenyuan is not powerful in the court and is in an idle position, he is still the Duke of Wei, but these people still don't take him seriously. It will be cleared up in time.

Now that the emperor suddenly called Lu Wenyuan into the palace, either there was something wrong with what Lu Wenyuan did, or it was something more serious.

Lu Qingxuan would naturally be worried before Jingbianhou's family got the lead, but it was not easy to show it in front of Gu Junci.

But after staying in Gu Junci's courtyard for a while, the young man outside the courtyard came to say that the master is back.

Gu Junci thought about staying in the Duke's Mansion for a few days, so he went to the front yard with Lu Qingxuan to greet Lu Wenyuan. However, Lu Wenyuan, who came back from the palace at this moment, looked ugly, his face was pale, and he was sitting on the chair in the main hall. , Facing the greetings from the two teenagers, he just waved his hands and gave up.

Lu Qingxuan couldn't help worrying: "But His Majesty blamed father, and father's face is too ugly."

Lu Wenyuan looked up at Lu Wenyuan, then at Gu Junci: "Why did the Thirteenth Taibao come here?"

Gu Junci hurriedly saluted and said: "Due to private matters, I have to bother you for two days. Please forgive me, my lord."

Lu Wenyuan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, you can stay here, I will go back to Fanyang in the next two days, Qingxuan has to stay in Luoyang City, I don't worry, I have to ask Mr. Gu to take care of him."

Lu Qingxuan was surprised: "Why did father suddenly want to go back to Fan Yang, but what happened to Fan Yang's hometown?"

Lu Wenyuan sighed, and then said: "This will be His Majesty's Longevity Festival soon, and all places have to pay 10 taels of tribute. Unexpectedly, when this tribute passed through Fanyang, it was robbed by a group of bandits. In the middle of the capital, His Majesty was furious, and thought that the matter happened in Fan Yang territory, so I sent this officer back to Fan Yang to deal with it."

Gu Junci was a little surprised: "10 taels of tribute is not a small sum."

Lu Wenyuan nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty sent me back to Fanyang to arrest the bandit who robbed the tribute. I was afraid that Qingxuan would be dissatisfied with Fanyang when he returned to Fanyang, and the arrest would be delayed, so he left Qingxuan in Luoyang."

Lu Wenyuan said it easily, but both Gu Junci and Lu Qingxuan understood that the emperor meant to take Lu Qingxuan as a hostage and force Lu Wenyuan to submit.

Regardless of whether he caught the bandit or not, he had to gather up 10 taels of tribute and send it to the capital, which also cut off Lu Wenyuan's retreat, and he was not allowed to have other thoughts, otherwise Lu Qingxuan in Luoyang would definitely be in danger.

"Your Majesty's thoughts are too poisonous." Gu Junci murmured.

Lu Wenyuan got up after sorting out his thoughts, bowed to Gu Jun and said: "The Thirteenth Taibao is deeply trusted by the King of Linyang, and Qingxuan asked Mr. Gu to protect him well."

Gu Junci hurriedly helped him up: "My lord, please don't do this big gift. I'm here for the first time. Thanks to the care of my lord and brother Lu, I'm entrusted by my lord right now. I'm sure I'll die, and I will protect brother Lu well."

With tears in Lu Wenyuan's eyes, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he patted him on the shoulder, nodded solemnly, and then let them go back to rest.

Before dawn the next morning, Lu Wenyuan packed up his luggage, and it was the Twelve Taibao Yanhuai who picked him up outside the gate of the mansion.

In front of the gate of the mansion, Lu Wenyuan seriously asked Lu Qingxuan to take good care of himself in Luoyang City. Lu Qingxuan also lowered his head obediently, looking at his father with reluctance.

After Gu Junci looked at it for a long while, he said to Yan Huai: "Brother Twelve, I will entrust you, my lord."

Yan Huai nodded: "I know, Qingxuan is a good boy, and you have also been favored by the Duke, so don't worry, I will take good care of him."

Only then did Gu Junci solemnly bow to Yan Huai, and then he walked to Lu Qingxuan's side. After greeting Lu Wenyuan, he and Lu Qingxuan watched Lu Wenyuan board the carriage, and left Luoyang City together with the soldiers.

Gu Junci patted Lu Qingxuan on the shoulder: "Don't worry, the Duke will be fine."

Lu Qingxuan pursed his lips and nodded, holding the tassel of the ornament in his hand: "My mother passed away when I was very young, and I have always lived with my sister and my father. When my sister was not out of the cabinet, it was my sister who took care of me. After my sister got married, my father and I were left alone. He was afraid that we would be bullied by his stepmother, so he never remarried. I decided that after my father came back, I would arrange for him to marry another house to take care of him."

Gu Junci looked at Lu Qingxuan with a firm expression in surprise, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "You... OK, I will help you with the arrangement, then what about you now, are you going to play in the city, or go to the military camp with me? "

Lu Qingxuan rubbed against Gu Junci's side: "It's boring to play with cats and birds at home alone, so I'll go to the military camp with you, and I haven't been there yet."

Gu Junci smiled and nodded, and after the boys brought the horses, he left the city with Lu Qingxuan and headed for Linyang King's barracks.

Maybe Prime Minister Xie has placed eyeliner around Xie Suiyun these days, so that Prime Minister Xie will know wherever he goes, so even if Xie Suiyun wanted to come to Gu Junci, he was always stopped by someone arranged by the prime minister, making him go anywhere no.

In the blink of an eye, it was late October, and there were only two days left until the emperor's birthday, and the security in Luoyang City became stricter, and there were obviously fewer people on the streets than in the past.

Xie Suiyun came to ask Gu Jun to resign without Xie Suiyun, so after living in the Duke's Mansion for two days, he moved back to the Linyang Palace. Lu Qingxuan felt that it was meaningless to be alone at home. After Linyang King and Princess agreed, this Lu Qingxuan also Then he moved there and lived in the same yard with Gu Junci.

After going to the military camp for two days, Lu Qingxuan yelled that the military camp was boring, but he felt more comfortable in the palace with the princess.

Naturally, Gu Junci didn't force it, and went out of the mansion alone, but as soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the officers and soldiers guarding the city yelling loudly for everyone to back off, leaving the street in front of them empty.

Gu Junci, who was leaving the city, was naturally also stopped, standing in the crowd, and soon, he found a fast horse from outside the city and rushed into the city.

The man on the horseback, under the watchful eyes of everyone, fell off his horseback and fell at the gate of the city, surrounded by a crowd of officers and soldiers.

"Quick, quick, quickly enter the palace and tell Your Majesty that the Duke of Wei and the Twelve Taibao Yan Huai conspired against each other and conspired with Fan Yang's bandit leader to occupy Fan Yang. They have captured the surrounding cities of Fan Yang and established themselves as kings. Tell Your Majesty quickly and send troops to suppress it."

The soldier's voice was not loud, but Gu Junci could hear clearly because of his excellent hearing.

Wei Guogong conspired against the Twelve Taibao and declared himself king...

Gu Junci only felt a little nervous, and it was too late to go to the barracks. Thinking of Lu Qingxuan and King Linyang in the palace at this moment, watching the city guard who sent the message to the palace leave quickly, Gu Junci also hurriedly mounted his horse and went back to the palace to report the letter .

Upon hearing the news, King Linyang's expression changed suddenly, and he took two steps back while clutching his chest, but his face turned red after a while: "Yan Huai! He unexpectedly!"

Gu Junci supported him: "Father, this matter is of great importance. I heard it at the gate of the city and rushed back. If His Majesty knew about this, he would definitely call my father into the palace. Father, I think twelve Brother must have his own reasons."

King Linyang clutched his chest, feeling the fishy sweetness in his mouth, and spit out blood when he opened his mouth. The housekeeper who was frightened saw it, and immediately went to tell the doctor, but was stopped by King Linyang: "You don't need to tell the doctor, I'm fine."

"Father."

"Ah Yan, he still couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart after all." Linyang Wang said in a daze.

Gu Junci was a little puzzled, could it be that Linyang Wang knew about Yan Huai's life experience?

King Linyang looked at Gu Junci sideways, and said seriously: "The pair of maces are the weapons used by Yan Huai's father during his lifetime. I know that he always remembers his father's death, but he doesn't tell his origin, and I don't know. Don't ask, just teach him to be loyal to the emperor and love the country, but he... cough cough cough."

"Father, what His Majesty has done..."

"Shut up." King Linyang interrupted what Gu Junci was going to say, "He is the king after all, do you understand?"

Gu Junci looked at Linyang King's appearance at this moment, and didn't know what to say for a while, just nodded and remained silent.

King Linyang looked at him for a while, and then asked Gu Junci to bow his head, and after whispering a few words, he asked Gu Junci to leave the backyard to find Lu Qingxuan.

Sure enough, Gu Junci had nothing to say, but within a quarter of an hour, someone came from the palace to announce that King Linyang would enter the palace to have an audience.

The emperor learned that Lu Wenyuan and Yan Huai conspired against each other, made himself king, and captured several cities around Fan Yang. He was so angry that he threw all the things on the desk into the hall.

When waiting for King Linyang to come, the emperor was even more furious, accusing King Linyang of being ignorant of people and accepting a traitor as his adopted son.

Afterwards, the prime minister raised a point, and the emperor immediately sent the imperial guards to the Duke's Mansion to arrest Lu Qingxuan who was still in Luoyang City, and even ordered the king of Linyang to personally lead the troops to Fanyang to arrest Yan Huai and bring him to justice. To disintegrate Fan Yang's group of rebels.

The imperial guards who came out of the palace directly broke into the Duke's Mansion, but Lu Qingxuan was not seen in the mansion except for the servants, until someone said that Lu Qingxuan was in the Linyang Palace, and then turned to the Palace again.

It's just that due to the importance of the palace, they are not easy to trespass, so there is only the leader who leads two soldiers into the mansion to search after the princess agrees, but he doesn't want Lu Qingxuan to disappear without a trace. Where, even the princess doesn't know.

However, in just two hours, there was chaos in Luoyang City, and the rumors spread faster. Wei Guogong rebelled because he was dissatisfied with His Majesty's cruelty to Zhongliang, and rebelled for self-protection. As for Lu Qingxuan Where it went, no one knows.

The emperor who learned of this gradually calmed down, and then ordered: "Come here, go to the Linyang Palace, and declare Gu Jun's resignation to enter the palace."

"Why, Your Majesty..." The prime minister was very puzzled.

"This Gu Junci has a very close personal relationship with Lu Wenyuan's family. If he can't keep it together, he will know where Lu Qingxuan is. Go and bring him into the palace!"

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