see the gentleman

The wheels rolled across the royal road paved with stone bricks, making a slow creaking sound.

Li Chengnian graciously added incense and changed tea, and said tentatively: "The sage really dotes on Shu, he was born as a prostitute, and under the protection of the sage, he doesn't show his face very much now."

Ji Yun heard that he had something to say, so she murmured helplessly, waiting for him to continue.

Li Chengnian really continued: "It's just that the sage praised him, but the slave is afraid that he is not grateful."

Ji Yun raised his eyebrows slightly. He had heard a lot of Li Chengnian's negative comments about Shu recently, and he understood Li Chengnian's dissatisfaction with Shu in his heart. After all, Li Chengnian had been with him for many years.

What's more, he was also very curious, what did these two people do under his nose when he was not paying attention.

Then he murmured perfunctorily: "What's the matter?"

Hearing this, Li Chengnian seemed to think that he was gossiping, and he felt aggrieved again in his guilty conscience, and said: "The sage has favored Shu recently, and this old slave understands that this old slave is not younger and more beautiful than Shu, and even worse than him." I mean, even if you want to serve the saint with a shy face, the saint must be disgusted. But how can the old slave's loyalty to the saint be compared to a frivolous actor who has two masters in his heart?"

These words are sincere, but in the previous life, the one who turned his back on him and abandoned him, and conspired with Bai Chen to rebel, wasn't he the old slave who swore to show his loyalty in front of him?But the frivolous actor he spoke of wanted to help him escape regardless of life or death.

Naturally, the situation at this time is different from the previous life.Since Shu didn't act hastily like her previous life, she lost her use value and managed to get to his side.Ji Yun dotes on him so much, the people behind must value him very much, naturally Shu is not as whole-hearted to him as in the previous life.

Ji Yun still had some self-knowledge, so he was not surprised to see the guilt flashing in Shu's eyes occasionally, although he was disappointed.She only thinks about how well she treated him in the previous life, and always thinks about how to be soft and instigate against him.Right now, there are many eyes and ears around him, but this one is rare.

As for Li Chengnian, Ji Yun always felt a little amused when he heard him profess his loyalty.

Li Chengnian saw that he didn't scold him for his glibness, but just sneered slightly without saying a word, his heart sank inexplicably.He really didn't understand why the sage didn't treat him as favorably as before, so he could only put another blame on Shu's head.

He was panicked, calmed down, and still said: "The saint is busy, so he has no time to pay attention. The old slave has noticed Shu's suspicious behavior more than once, sneaking around, and once even saw him burning things in the room. The old slave went to Check, I saw the corner of the letter paper left in the candlestick, it must be secretly contacting someone."

Ji Yun nodded: "Then who is he in contact with and what is he in contact with, do you know?"

Li Chengnian paused, then lowered his head in embarrassment: "Shu's precautions are very tight, and this old slave hasn't found out yet."

"Then wait until you find out and report it. You don't need to tell me about the rumors."

Ji Yun was a little impatient, and stopped what Li Chengnian wanted to say.

Back in the bedroom, Shu was standing at the door.He was thin, carrying a lantern, waiting for him in the cold wind.

Ji Yun's heart softened, and she walked up quickly to hold his frozen hand, and scolded him gently: "Why come out and wait again, aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Shu lowered her eyes obediently, and shook her head slightly: "Shu is afraid that His Majesty will come back late, and the lights are not bright enough to see the road steadily."

Li Chengnian rolled his eyes at the side, and said to Ji Yun more enthusiastically: "Saint, I have just sent someone back to the palace, and the hot water should be ready by now, the saint should go warm up quickly. "

Ji Yun didn't bother to care about their strife, just let go of Shu, and went straight forward.

Li Chengnian felt that he should have the upper hand, so he proudly gouged out Shu, who was next to him.

Who is behind Shu?

Although Li Chengnian was dismissed, Ji Yun couldn't help but care about it.

He had checked Shu's background with others, but there was nothing particularly noteworthy. Shu's father was originally an ordinary official, but because the clansman made a mistake, his house was ransacked, and they were even imprisoned.Shu's father was exiled, and he couldn't help running around and died in the middle of the exile.His mother was used as an official prostitute. At that time, Shu was still in his mother's womb, but she survived.But being born in a trick workshop under the government office does not seem to be so lucky.

Because Shu was born beautiful, she was carefully trained since she was a child, and she was going to give gifts to high-ranking officials and nobles. Which noble people have had close contact with.

The only thing that can be determined is probably Wangjun.Shu grew up in Wangjun since she was a child, so her master must be related to Wangjun.

However, there are so many aristocratic families in Wang County. The Bai family, the Gu family, the Rong family, and the three major surnames of the four major surnames are all here, let alone others.

Needless to say, Gu Huan, the first person Ji Yun suspected was him.Just being on duty in his palace, relying on the memory of his last life, he recognized four nails. Some time ago, he even kicked out two under the pretext of not finishing. Firstly, he didn’t want to make Gu Huan suspicious. Gu Huan always wants to put new ones in, so he might as well be wary of these two who have already revealed their identities.

But if it was Gu Huan, he had always hated men with broken sleeves the most, so why bother to send one up and make trouble for himself?

And Ji Zhun's princess is the daughter of the Rong family, which is also very doubtful.Ji Zhun rebelled in his last life, and was able to fight all the way to Wangjing, didn't he rely on the many insiders and outsiders in Beijing?

Apart from these two prime suspects, other feudal lords and relatives are also possible.

Bai Chen was also thinking about this question.

Li Chengnian is undoubtedly very useful, he originally planned to arrange it, but he never thought that Shu's handwriting would be very dirty, but it was very different from the attitude of protecting Feng Lang wholeheartedly, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Bai Chen sat cross-legged under the tree, scratching the ground unconsciously with the branches, and said to himself: "It was the first time Shu met the saint, but she failed to get close to Feng Lang, but the intervening years were not too bad, it must be Someone sheltered him."

But when he started to toss and turn and fall into the hands of others, it was just after Gu Huan died.

If it's that person...

"...Gu Huan is really interesting. Not only did he marry his own sister to Feng Lang, but he also rushed to provide Feng Lang with a beautiful young man?" As if feeling sorry for himself, Bai Chen threw the branch and sneered slightly, "I Not as good as the general, who has such a broad mind."

Ji Yun said that he wanted Li Chengnian to provide evidence, otherwise he was not allowed to speak again.If Li Chengnian couldn't get it out, he couldn't pour black water on Shu, so he felt very uncomfortable.

So he became more and more enthusiastic about finding out about Shu, to the point of monitoring day and night.

Shu had always been patient, but now she couldn't take it any longer, and directly sued Ji Yun, saying that he had no intention of offending Li Chengnian, let alone replacing Li Chengnian, but Li Chengnian always looked down on him and targeted him everywhere, he was really unbearable Accept Li Chengnian's methods.

Shu said, probably feeling aggrieved, her eyes turned red, but her face was tense.Except that he is always gentle and obedient in front of Ji Yun, he actually has a bit of lofty self-esteem in his bones.

He straightened his back and said, "Ruoshu really doesn't like being tolerated by Li Changshi, so I just ask you to clean the courtyard, don't obstruct his eyes."

Li Chengnian happened not to be here at this time, otherwise he would have clapped his hands: Hurry up, I'm used to you, what kind of bastard, you really think of yourself as someone.

Ji Yun is not Li Chengnian, so naturally he doesn't want him to get lost.

He also knew that Li Chengnian had gone too much recently, and he felt a little headache, but Li Chengnian became more and more bold, which was more or less the result of his own acquiescence.

He couldn't always let Shu's body be in Cao Ying and his heart be in Han's, treat him submissively and caringly, and at the same time turn around and sell him out.

Then he held a neutral tone and said, "Do you think Li Chengnian is targeting you just because you shake his position?"

The deep meaning in the words made Shu's face change suddenly.

Seeing his shaken expression, one knew that he really had no experience as a spy. No wonder even Li Chengnian quickly found out that something was wrong with him.With such a poor professional level, if Ji Yun hadn't opened his eyes and closed his eyes to tolerate him, how could he have had the opportunity to get close to Ji Yun, let alone steal information.

Ji Yun said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

Because of this sentence, Shu's face was completely pale, and all the strength in his body seemed to be sucked out, making him unable to kneel, and fell limply to the ground.

He always takes chances, hoping that the other party may not see through his poor acting skills.

But the hazy mist finally dissipated from his eyes, and the other party saw his essence clearly.

But he also had a kind of blunt stupidity, his lips were trembling but he didn't know how to explain, he just waited helplessly for Ji Yun's sentence with a kind of despair of resigning his fate.

Just like that, Ji Yun felt soft-hearted.

He sighed slightly, and stroked the other's tense face with his hand.

"Can't you leave that person and come to my side?"

"What that person gave you, I can also give you."

"You really don't want to hurt me in your heart, do you?"

The beautiful eyelashes fluttered weakly, gradually getting wet, and tears fell to Ji Yun's fingertips.

Bai Chen was surprised by his confidence, so surprised that he almost showed a kind of meanness.

"Feng Lang really believes in him." He said coolly, his brows could hardly bear the sarcasm, "Is Feng Lang so tolerant to everyone who has two hearts?"

Ji Yun knew in his heart that since Bai Chen didn't know what kind of relationship he had with Shu, he couldn't understand why he was so tolerant to him.

Just pretending not to hear the sarcasm in his words.

But Bai Chen refused to skip it lightly, suddenly smiled and said, "Since Feng Lang believes in him so much, why don't you give it a try?"

Ji Yun squinted at him, and said: "I know you never like him, but he has never had any trouble with you after all, why can't you tolerate him so much?"

Bai Chen could not hide his malice at first, but he became quiet after hearing the words.

He fixedly looked at Ji Yun, and said: "Feng Lang really thinks that there should be no feud between Shu and Chen?"

Ji Yun thought of Bai Chen's jealousy before, she was speechless for a moment, and then felt that the other party was cute and ridiculous, so she really laughed: "You, you are too jealous."

The tone in which he said this was helpless, but it was really doting.

The year is almost over, and the vassal kings also pack up and prepare to go back to their respective fiefs.

Forget about the others, Ji Yun really didn't want to let Ji Zhun go back, that would be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain.But for a while there was no valid reason to detain him.

I had no choice but to persuade him to stay again and again, and he was not allowed to go.

This day Ji Zhun wrote again to resign, but Ji Yun could not find anything to persuade him to stay.All the kings had already set off first, and Ji Zhun was the only one left behind, which was out of etiquette and very abnormal.

Finally can only approve.In the name of Xinling, he said that he would not let his brother stay away, so that he could only set off after the first lunar month.

Ji Zhun got the order and immediately laughed out of anger.Regardless of the fact that the person delivering the decree was still there, he sneered and said: "If the emperor is really jealous of his younger brother, he will kill his younger brother with a knife. It's really tiresome."

When Ji Yun found out, she was so angry that she dropped the seal in her hand, breaking a corner of it.

The two brothers here were very angry, and another accident happened on the prince's side.

Ji Heng said that he wanted to learn martial arts from his uncle, so Ji Yun simply left him to Gu Huan.

Gu Huan is different from Ji Yun. When he pampers Ji Heng, he is really pampering, and when he is cruel, he is also really cruel. Now Ji Heng is often either green here or swollen there. Every day when he returns to the palace, he secretly wipes it Tears, I still dare not let others know, for fear that my uncle will laugh at him again, saying that he is just like his father, very coquettish.

Naturally, Ji Heng admired his father very much. He knew from birth that his father was the most powerful and noble man in the world, and he was a man whom he regarded as a god since he was a child.Everything he said and did followed Ji Yun's example.He doesn't know good or bad about his father's aloofness, his romantic and affectionate father, and his extravagant debauchery. He just thinks that it should all be his father's work, and he uses it all for his own use, and no one says anything about him. no.

But he started to learn martial arts with his uncle, and after getting along with him every day, he always heard his uncle mentioning his father, saying that he was too delicate, that he was always soft-hearted, that he was a worry, and then turned to him, saying that he and his father The emperor looks the same.Ji Heng was still too young to know the tone of his uncle's words.But he didn't think those words seemed like compliments, so he was very upset when his uncle said that about him again.

He didn't like that his uncle thought he was delicate, and he didn't like that his uncle thought he was the same as his father.

Ji Heng was practicing riding and archery in the schoolyard this day.A new batch of BMWs has entered the palace.Ji Heng had been training under Gu Huan for a while, and he should have a horse of his own, so Gu Huan asked him to choose, but Ji Heng's eyes were very poisonous, and he caught the one with the worst temper.It was originally a Pu Shao BMW that came as a tribute from Dawan, and it has been known for thousands of miles.It has not been domesticated, but its temper is still strong.

Gu Huan naturally refused, bluntly saying that Ji Heng's current level cannot control such a violent one.

Ji Heng was hit, but his temper turned up instead, let alone this horse, regardless of Gu Huan's reprimand, he turned over and got on.

Unexpectedly, before he could sit still, Pu Shao lost his temper, tossed and threw him off his body, and wanted to make up for it again.Ji Heng was so frightened that his heart was broken and his mind was blank, but suddenly he was hugged by a person who flew up, and then the horse's hoof fell down.

Gu Huan coughed up blood on the spot, splashing on Ji Heng's pale face.

At that time, Ji Yun was discussing spring plowing with Si Nong, when he heard that Gu Huan had been kicked by a horse, he immediately stood up from his seat.

Shocked: "What happened to Gu Huan?!"

"The general is in a coma now, the little one hastened to ask His Majesty what he meant..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Yun threw out a memorial and was furious: "Why are you asking! The matter is urgent, so don't rush to find the imperial doctor! If something happens to the general, I will take your skin off! Where is Ji Heng! Let him get out!"

Ji Heng's face was pale, and his eye circles were red. Gu Huan died because of him in the previous life, and he also showed such a miserable appearance.

Ji Yun looked more and more angry, and felt faintly uneasy.

This did not happen in the previous life.

Since Ji Heng didn't learn martial arts from Gu Huan, of course Gu Huan didn't have to be kicked by a horse to save him.

But Gu Huan did die to save Jiheng.

Thinking of this, Ji Yun's face turned pale.

A horse's hoof can directly trample a person to death, let alone when it is frightened and angry.

Gu Huan was kicked and broke two ribs. He woke up within half a day after being unconscious. It was all due to Gu Huan's own health and the strength of the entire imperial hospital.

When Gu Huan regained consciousness and was able to meet guests, Ji Yun went to the door in person, carrying Ji Heng who had been confined in the palace.

Gu Huan's face was pale, his already deep outline was thinned due to his illness, and his brows were rarely haggard, not as majestic as before - the broken bone was too close to his lungs, he couldn't even breathe. All feel pain.

With red eyes and nose, Ji Heng stood in front of Gu Huan's bed and called uncle in a low voice.

Gu Huan raised his hand slightly, probably wanting to touch him, but halfway through the lift, he frowned, and cold sweat oozes from his forehead.

Finally he stopped, he looked at Ji Heng, and said in a slow and hoarse voice: "Your Highness is not allowed to practice riding and shooting recently, the minister is not here, other people can't protect His Highness."

Ji Heng was still holding back, but when he heard this, tears rolled down, and he forgot what he said about never crying in front of his uncle, and began to cry, not even caring why Gu Huan hated him and cried again , Cried so badly, hiccupped several times.

Seeing that he was about to cry uncontrollably, and the noise interfered with Gu Huan's rest, Ji Yun ordered him to be taken outside to cry to his heart's content.

As soon as the little crying bag left, it suddenly became quiet.

There was a strong smell of medicine in the room, and Gu Huan was lying on the bed.

Ji Yun had never seen such a fragile Gu Huan. When Gu Huan died in his last life, he couldn't see him for the last time.When the body was transported back to Beijing, he only touched the coffin, and didn't have the heart to see his death.

Gu Huan said: "...Don't blame him, it's something that no one expected. I've ordered it down, and there won't be any chaos."

Hearing this, Ji Yun reacted for a while before realizing it. Gu Huan probably thought that he brought Ji Heng to make amends in person, because he was afraid that the people below would suspect that Gu Huan's injury was arranged by him and cause a mutiny, so he came to appease him.

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

He and Gu Huan had known each other since they were young, but they still believed in each other till now.Gu Huan seized power, controlled the government, and controlled himself everywhere, but from the beginning to the end, he never really hurt himself.

Even the final death was to protect his throne and to preserve his heirs.

Loyalty is like traitor, or traitor is like loyalty.

He lived a new life, but he couldn't see clearly.

He finally moved his feet and walked to Gu Huan's bedside.

She bent down slightly, took his hand exposed outside the quilt, put it under the quilt, and tucked the corner of the quilt again.

"Get better soon." Stared at by those slightly green eyes, Ji Yun said again, "Heng'er can't leave you."

The other party was still looking into his eyes, Ji Yun finally seemed to admit defeat, sighed, and said, "I can't leave you either."

Hearing this sentence, a slight smile appeared on the perennially serious face, which made the pale face even more complex.

"Well," he smiled softly, "I understand."

The laughter involved the wound, causing him to frown again in pain.

Ji Yun couldn't care less about this verbal quickness with him.

It was inconvenient for Ji Yun to sit for a long time, and after giving him a bunch of precious medicinal materials, he left.

On the way back, Li Chengnian asked cautiously: "Sage, why don't you ask about the Great General Shu?"

"What are you asking? He almost lost his life because of Heng'er. How can I ask? Is it chilling?" Ji Yun gave him a white look and said, "Even if it's really his, it's hard to care about it."

Li Chengnian was attacked by him, but he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he still muttered in a low voice: "The saint really let me go? He belongs to someone else, and this old slave is always worried."

Ji Yun said in a bad mood: "With you watching day and night, he can't think of anything, so I feel very relieved."

When he returned to the palace, he was notified that Ji Zhun had come, but after waiting for a long time, Ji Yun had already left.

Ji Yunqi asked, "What is he doing here?"

"King Fufeng's complexion is not good," Xiao Huangmen shrank his neck cowardly, "This servant doesn't dare to ask."

"..."

Another little servant was afraid of being scolded, so he said immediately: "Master Shu is serving the prince, the servants don't know."

Ji Yun was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Shu.

Shu was a little dazed, and said, "My lord only drank alone, and didn't say anything to me."

Ji Yun waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's late now, I'll just ask someone tomorrow."

As a result, on the second day, when the envoy of the Son of Heaven went to the temporary residence of King Fufeng, he found that the building was empty and Ji Zhun ran away.