Loyal heart travels a long way

On the handles of the two plain knives there was a pattern of flames engraved, which was what Gu Zhiyao originally thought.

But when he looked carefully at the sign on it, he suddenly found that the direction of the flame was reversed.

I have seen the appearance of the two dead men carrying knives, neither of them is left-handed, but these two signs are just opposite, so there is no problem of engraving the pattern in reverse because of left-handedness.

Gu Zhiyao asked his servants to bring up pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and traced the patterns on the two knives, then folded the two pieces of rice paper to match the patterns, and then put the papers together.

——This is not a flame, it is clearly a dismantled auspicious cloud.

Gu Zhiyao narrowed his eyes, remembering where he had seen this pattern in An Ziqiong's cellar.

When I was taken captive that day, the first thing I saw was a masked man wearing a purple flying fish suit. There was a suanni embroidery on the cuff inside his wrist.

When the patterns of these three people were put together, it was exactly the same as the three-dimensional sculpture on An Ziqiong's walking stick - a majestic suanni lying on auspicious clouds.

At that time, I thought it was an auspicious unicorn, but it wasn't until An Ziqiong activated the mechanism hidden on the crutch that I realized it was a suanni.

From this point of view, An Ziqiong also arranged for the assassination of the Holy Majesty during the spring plowing, and they even placed people in Dali Temple.Ordinary assassins are the right half of Xiangyun; small leaders like the leader of the dead are Xiangyun's left; and the man in the dark purple flying fish suit obviously should be the second in command, so he is the first It's just a lone 狻猊; as for An Ziqiong, as the core character, it's natural to put all the patterns together - the crouching lion on the top of the cloud.

After a thorough analysis in Gu Zhiyao's mind, he realized that he might not be the ultimate goal of the other party. What An Ziqiong wanted was actually the throne.

Originally thought that after the interrogation of these two people, they would be handed over to Lian Ren and escorted to Dali Temple for Feng Jinian to deal with, but now it seems that these two people have to be handed over to the emperor himself.

Not only that, but also to remind Feng Jinian to be careful of his subordinates.

……

On the other side, Chu Dancheng went down to court and went to the imperial study first.

"I have sent people to Qizhou and Mobei to deliver the news about what I told you yesterday." The emperor marked "I know" with cinnabar on the booklet, and then put down his pen, "As for the assassins you mentioned yesterday. I have already sent someone to investigate the matter, and there should be an answer in a few days."

Chu Dancheng nodded, "If it is true that the spring plowing was also done by the Ninth Prince, what is the emperor's plan?"

An Zimu paused, then picked up the brush again, "The state has its own laws, and every family has its own rules."

Chu Dancheng nodded, and the two of them stopped talking.

An Zimu was a little confused, the matter of Gu Zhiyao and Chu Dancheng was clear to him no matter what.Of course, he didn't want his nephew to be a broken sleeve, but looking after Gu Zhiyao, he probably couldn't live without Chu Dancheng.And Chu Dancheng has worked hard for himself for so many years, and he shouldn't really do anything to him because of emotion and reason.

Not to mention, Chu Dancheng has the entire Chu Mansion behind him, and he has restrained the power of the Qin Mansion for himself, so he can't move him.

As for An Ziqiong, in fact, the royal family's blood relationship is weak, so it's not really a surprise that he did such a thing.Not to mention that An Ziqiong is the youngest prince and has been favored by the emperor since he was a child. With his scheming talents, he is definitely unwilling to be a prince without military power in the capital.

After all, no prince would not want to be emperor.

Back then, apart from those who lost their lives in the fight for the reserve, there were no more than five of my siblings.No one who can survive to the end in such chaos is a fuel-efficient lamp, but An Ziqiong voluntarily withdrew from the battle for reserves.

Does he really think he can't compete?

No, he was just keeping a low profile so that he could fight against himself in the future.Therefore, An Ziqiong was left in the capital by himself, on the one hand, to satisfy the late emperor's love for the young son, and on the other hand, to put him under his nose.

"Your Majesty, that young master is here and is waiting outside the imperial study, see you or not?" The personal eunuch came in to report, and then pulled the two of them back from their respective thoughts.

Eunuch Qian is an old man next to the emperor, and the young master he is talking about refers to Gu Zhiyao.Eunuch Qian basically knew about the emperor, but Gu Zhiyao's identity was not disclosed to the public, so he called Gu Zhiyao the young master.

Every time Chu Dancheng sent news to the palace to tell the emperor what happened to Gu Zhiyao, it was Eunuch Qian who sent the letter.

This is not a good job, no matter how others buy it, you can only keep your mouth tighter than a clam shell. Once any secrets are leaked out, they will all lose their heads.

The emperor glanced at the door, and the toes of Gu Zhiyao's boots were already eagerly stepping on the threshold. The guards at the door of the imperial study room had already received the emperor's order, so they didn't dare to stop him, so they could only let him yell at the door around.

An Zimu sneered and shook his head, forget it, why is the broken sleeve hindering others?It's better than being alone like yourself.

Yes, alone.

"I've seen the toes of the shoes, so I need to report what I'm doing," An Zimu shook his head, "Come in."

Hearing the voice inside, Gu Zhiyao had already entered without waiting for Eunuch Qian to arrive at the door.Eunuch Qian has long heard that this young master does not stick to reason and law, and has his own style, and now it seems that he is indeed a pleasing temperament.

Gu Zhiyao walked with the wind, as if he wasn't the one who put on the plaster for his sore back and back pain yesterday. When he entered the imperial study room, he lifted his robe, knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor first, choking back An Zimu's "Excuse me".

An Zimu couldn't help but compare this nephew with the Princess Jingming in his memory, and finally came to the conclusion that, except for the peach blossom eyes and the bead on his lips, there was almost nothing similar to his mother.The staunchness in her temperament is somewhat similar to that of the imperial sister, but her behavior is not like the generous and decent princess Jingming.

Gu Zhiyao didn't say anything when he saw the person, but with a smile on his face, he called the emperor generously, and after a word of peace, he walked to stand next to Chu Dancheng.

As the emperor's confidant, Chu Dancheng had a small table in the imperial study, and the prime minister did not treat him like this.After Gu Zhiyao got next to Chu Dancheng, he lowered his eyebrows and pretended to be obedient. An Zimu's teeth were sour when he saw it, so he hurriedly asked him what was the matter.

"Well, my brother is on duty. The grassroots have nothing to do at home, so I went to deal with the assassin's bet, that is, the two who were caught in Mobei." Gu Zhiyao raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and continued: "Two years ago I didn’t know how to run away from home, and when I came back, my brother was with Sheng Chungeng, and I also met assassins, you should remember, Your Majesty.”

Hearing this, An Zimu looked at Chu Dancheng. Chu Dancheng hadn't talked about this matter with Gu Zhiyao yet. He didn't expect the child to go with him, so he exchanged glances with the emperor.

An Zimu looked at Gu Zhiyao again, nodded, "Continue."

"Caomin carefully checked the weapons and costumes of the assassins, and found that they may be the same group as those who assassinated the emperor back then." Gu Zhiyao cupped his hands, "If Caomin guessed correctly, most of these assassins were from the Ninth Prince .”