Gu Min left Cuijiazhuang, rode his horse and galloped all the way out, he didn't know where he was going now, he just kept waving the whip in his hand, and didn't stop until the horse galloped for two sticks of incense.

Gu Min rode his horse into an unknown forest. The horse was tired and snorted loudly. Gu Min got off the horse, but he didn't expect that as soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt someone approaching him behind him!

Gu Min reacted quickly, and immediately pulled out the sword from the scabbard hanging on the horse's back, and stabbed back at the person behind him with lightning speed. , but the reaction was not slower than Gu Min's. Seeing Gu Min raising his sword and turning around to stab himself, he hurriedly stepped back to avoid the sharp edge of Gu Min's sword, and nimbly dodged aside.

But Gu Min didn't intend to let him go, so he raised his sword and stabbed again. His sword move was as powerful as a rainbow, and he stabbed at the face of the man in black like a swimming dragon. The man in black had no way to avoid it, so he had to draw his sword Sheath to protect herself, raised the sword to block Gu Min's sword move.

The martial arts of the man in black is not inferior to that of Gu Min. The two fought back and forth. After more than a dozen moves in a row, the man in black blocked Gu Min's sword stabbing at his chest again, and finally roared unbearably. Said: "Are you crazy? It's me! You can't even recognize me?!"

Gu Min seemed to ignore it, and mercilessly slapped the man in black's wrist with another sword. The man in black's wrist was numb from the blow, and he couldn't hold the sword stably for a while. After falling to the ground, Gu Min took a sword flower and put the sword behind his back.

"The swordsmanship is so unfamiliar, it can be seen that I have been lazy since I came to the capital. If it wasn't me who fought you, I'm afraid you would have been killed by a sword." Gu Min said indifferently.

"Did you take the wrong medicine?" The man in black is naturally Cang Falcon, he picked up the sword on the ground, pointed at Gu Min and said angrily, "You recognize me, and you hit me so hard just now? Let alone , if I hadn’t been running behind you for eighteen miles and let you just now, would you have won me?”

Gu Min turned around and put the sword back into the scabbard, "Win is a win, and a loss is a loss, don't make excuses."

Cang Falcon understood Gu Min's temper, and immediately realized that Gu Min was in a bad mood, clicked his tongue twice, and asked narrowly: "No, it's in the middle of the night, who made our young master Gu unhappy? Don't rush at me if you are angry. Sarah, I didn't mess with you again."

Gu Min asked blankly, "Which of your eyes can tell that I'm angry?"

Cang Falcon didn't believe it and said: "I'm not angry, you rode out for a walk in the middle of the night? It's quite interesting. To be honest, did you quarrel with the emperor?"

Gu Min didn't want to listen to his nonsense, and asked, "Have you discovered anything in the past two days?"

Cang Falcon said: "Yes, after I found you according to the code you left along the road, I followed you all the way for the past two days, but I found that the emperor was also protected by hidden guards, so I didn't dare to act rashly. It's not easy to wait until you come out Yes, before I could speak, you gave me a sword first, and I asked, is there anyone like you who is a brother?"

Gu Min's eyes darkened for a moment. In fact, he didn't believe from the very beginning that the emperor would leave the palace without a protector when he faked his death. After leaving the code, he didn't wait for Cang Falcon's response, which confirmed the suspicion in his heart.

There was obviously someone protecting the emperor all the time, but they wanted to hide it from him.

Because of this, the emperor can test whether he is loyal or not.

Now that I have tried it out, naturally I don't have to continue to make false claims with him, I can't wait to draw a clear line with him, and the final words come out of his mouth, really neat and crisp.

Gu Min secretly clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and interrupted Cang Falcon's chatter, "Get to the point."

"Oh." Cang Falcon rubbed his nose, "Our brothers lurking in the capital have found out that an army of unknown origin has recently come from the west and ambushed at the foot of the western suburbs, and many fake soldiers have entered the capital in the past two days. A master of martial arts who has become a pawn, it is estimated that those who want to rebel can't help but want to do it."

"Army from the west?" Gu Min pondered for a moment, then sarcastically said, "The west is the fiefdom of King Yong, Princess Yong and the Du family are cousins, it is estimated that Du Qianren should have borrowed soldiers from King Yong."

Cang Falcon asked: "Do you want to remind the emperor?"

"Don't worry, there is chaos in the capital, we can fish in troubled waters." Gu Min raised his eyes and looked towards the direction of the capital south, with a cold glint in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Some people owe me debts, so it's time to come to the door Go ask for it."



The letter written by Cui Yingjie himself was sent to Cui's residence early the next morning.

Cui Yingjie is the single heir of three generations of the Cui family. In addition to his parents, there is also an old grandmother who lives in his family. Cui Yingjie is so ignorant now, which is inseparable from his grandmother's obsessive doting on him.

Cui Yingjie married a wife early on, and later took in two concubines, and there were countless maids in the family. Unfortunately, even if there were many wives and concubines, they did not help him give birth to a son and a half.

Cui Yingjie shoulders the responsibility of inheriting the Cui family's lineage. Even if he idles around all day and achieves nothing, he is still the family's treasure. Unable to stop, she immediately asked her son Zhang Luo to send her and Cui Yingjie's mother out of the city to visit.

Cui Jin was worried that so many people left at home would attract attention, but the old mother loved her grandson dearly. If she was not allowed to go out of the city to see her grandson, Mrs. Cui would scold her son for being unfilial. Cui Jin was helpless, I could only order someone to set up a car to take the old mother and wife out of the city, and told them to come back before sunset.

The Cui family's carriage left the capital city and drove all the way to the Cui Family Village in the outskirts. After more than an hour, the carriage stopped outside the Cui Family Village. Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Cui got out of the carriage with the help of the maid.

Although it was strange that no one came out to greet her at the door, but seeing her grandson's eagerness, Mrs. Cui walked into the village tremblingly on crutches to find her precious grandson.

But the ladies and maids of the Cui family could not have imagined that as soon as they entered Zhuangzi, the door behind them was closed with a "bang", and then a burly man jumped out of nowhere, holding a sword in his hand, Everyone stared at them fiercely.

The female family members of the Cui family huddled together in fright, their faces pale and trembling all over.

After all, Mrs. Cui has seen a lot in the world, and she is not as courageous as others. She knocked the crutches in her hand on the ground heavily, and asked in a temperamental voice: "Who are you? My son is an official of the court. We are all Officials, if you dare to touch us, the imperial court will never let you go! Are you asking for money or what? As long as you don’t kill anyone, everything is negotiable.”

Lin Fan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old lady, don't panic, as long as you cooperate, we will never hurt you."

Mrs. Cui suddenly remembered the most important thing, and asked anxiously, "Where is my grandson? What did you do to him? If something happens to him, my wife will fight with you!"

As he said that, he picked up his crutches and wanted to hit the guards. Lin Fan winked at the two guards next to him, and the two guards walked over with their swords in hand. He snatched it away and threw it on the ground. He took Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Cui into his hands as easily as an eagle catching a chick. After cutting a section of their hair, they were released.

After the guards finished doing this, Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Cui thought that the sword was coming at their heads, and they were already so frightened that they sat on the ground, speechless.

After Lin Fan obtained Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Cui's pearl hairpins and hair, he handed them along with Cui Yingjie's hair and jade pendant to a guard, and asked the guard to take these things to Beijing to find Cui Jin, and then asked the guards to take Cui Yingjie's hair and jade pendant to Cui Jin. All the female family members were escorted to the main hall to guard them, and then they went to report to Shen Ying.

After Cui Jin sent his old mother out of the city, he went to the yamen to do errands. Suddenly, an officer came to him and said that someone from outside had brought a package, which was given to Mr. Cui by Mrs. Cui, and he asked Mr. Cui to open it himself.

Unknowingly, Cui Jin opened the bundle, and saw inside were two pearl hairpins, a jade pendant, and three strands of hair. Of course he recognized the pearl hairpins, and saw them stuck on the heads of his old mother and wife in the morning. Yupei, he is very familiar with it, because it is a family heirloom he personally gave to Cui Yingjie!

It is self-evident who these three strands of hair belong to.

As soon as Cui Jin saw these things, it was as if a basin of ice water had been poured from his forehead, and it was cold from head to toe. Then he saw that there was a letter under the bag, and he quickly took out the letter inside and quickly read it.

It was written in the letter that Cui Jin should go to Cuijiazhuang alone, and his family would be safe. If Cui Jin dared to bring other people there, his wife, children, and mother would be killed. The letter warned him at the end that he After setting off, people will follow him all the way. If he dares to play tricks, they will wait to collect the corpses of his wife, children, and mother.

The lives of his wife, children, and mother were in the hands of others, so Cui Jin dared to play tricks. He quickly explained to his subordinates that he was going out of the city, and then rode out of Beijing alone, heading straight to Cuijiazhuang.

When Cui Jin arrived at Cuijiazhuang, it was almost evening. Because he was worried about the safety of his family, he almost rolled off the horse and staggered to knock on the door. After two knocks, the door opened, and Lin Fan walked out. He smiled and asked, "Is it Master Cui?"

Cui Jin gritted his teeth and stared at him: "Who the hell are you? What are you going to do?!"

Lin Fan made a gesture of invitation, "Lord Cui, don't worry, you will know what we are going to do when you see my young master."

Cui Jin followed Lin Fan into the Zhuangzi, came to the front hall, and saw his old mother, wife, and son sitting on the ground inside tied into rice dumplings, almost heartbroken, so he rushed over quickly, knelt down and hugged his family , asked nervously: "Mother! Madame! Yingjie! Are you alright?"

As soon as Cui Yingjie saw his official father coming, he gained confidence and cried, "Dad! Save me quickly! Have you brought soldiers here? Arrest all these people quickly! Divide them into pieces!"

Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Cui were also crying together. Cui Jin was so disturbed, he got up and asked Lin Fan with a sullen face: "Who are you? How dare you kidnap the imperial court official at the foot of the emperor? I am not afraid that the imperial court will pursue you sin?"

"Master Cui really values ​​love and righteousness, and cares about his family, so he has the courage to go to the meeting alone."

Cui Jinxun looked over, and saw a person sitting and drinking tea behind a screen in the hall, judging from the person's figure and voice, this person should be a young prince.

Cui Jin asked in a deep voice: "Who is the young master? What kind of enmity do you have with my Cui family? Why did you kidnap Cui's family? Is it for money or profit?"

Suddenly a sign was thrown out from behind the screen. Lin Fan caught it quickly, and then put the sign in front of Cui Jin. Cui Jin looked at the content written on the sign and frowned, "Are you King An?"

Now that the general situation is uncertain, it is inevitable to leak the rumor that the emperor is not dead, so it is not convenient for Shen Ying to reveal his identity to Cui Jin. He summoned An Junwang to the palace early in the morning. When acting outside, you can pretend to be King An. After all, everyone in the capital knows that King An is not in the capital at this time.

After hearing this, Cui Yingjie struggled and yelled, "What King An! Father, don't believe him! He's just a country brat! I was fooled by him because of my carelessness! Father, don't believe him playing tricks! , Hurry up and arrest him!"

Shen Ying took a sip of tea from behind the screen, and calmly said: "Master Cui, you should be able to tell whether this token is real or not?"

Cui Jin could tell the difference naturally, so he kicked Cui Yingjie, "Shut up!" Then he looked at the screen and asked, "King Anjun, could it be that this dishonest son offended you? If so, then the officer will compensate you." No, if you want to beat and punish this unworthy son, you can do whatever you like, but I don’t know where the official’s mother and wife offended you, and they were treated so rudely by you? Please also ask King An to make it clear, otherwise, even if Even if you make a fuss in front of the Holy Majesty, the lower officials will also seek justice!"

Shen Ying chuckled softly, "I don't know, Master Cui also has a Holy Master in his heart, but I don't know who the Holy Master Cui is loyal to?"

Just now, Cui Jin had a righteous and dignified expression, but upon hearing Shen Ying's words, his face changed subtly, "What does King An say? The one who is loyal to you, of course, is Emperor Jingchang! You Don't slander your loyalty to the emperor!"

Shen Ying asked back quietly: "Really? Then why did your son say that you told him that troubles will happen in Beijing and China soon. Since you are loyal to the current emperor, why did you hide it and not report it?"

Cui Jin gulped down his saliva, and said stiffly: "That's what this unworthy man is talking nonsense, everything in the capital is peaceful, how could there be trouble!"

Cui Yingjie said unconvinced: "Father, I'm not talking nonsense, obviously you told me..."

Cui Jin raised his son and kicked his son to the ground, pointing at him and yelling: "Say it! It's you, a bastard who doesn't know what to say, that caused trouble! I will beat you to death today!"

Mrs. Cui burst into tears when she saw her grandson being beaten: "If you want to beat him to death, you must kill me first! You bastard, you have hurt Yingjie because of your official affairs, how dare you beat him! You are such a father!"

The Cui family was crying loudly, Shen Ying patted the table impatiently, and said in a low voice: "Enough! I don't have time to listen to you talking about housework, Cui Jin, Du Qianren and King Qi's conspiracy to usurp the throne, Both the emperor and the empress dowager already knew about it, so they ordered this king to go back to the capital to make an unannounced visit to see who had the intention of disobedience."

When Cui Jin heard that Shen Ying even mentioned the names of Du Qianren and King Qi, his face immediately turned pale as paper, his legs softened and he knelt down on the ground as if his time was approaching. None of the subordinate officials, Anjun Wang Mingcha, the subordinate officials are all forced!"

Shen Ying sneered and said: "It's fine if you admit it, Cui Jin, now this king will give you two ways to go, one is that this king will bring you to the queen mother and the emperor, and let them deal with your crimes. You should know that treason is punishment." The great crime of the nine clans, your old mother, your wife and son, none of them will be able to escape."

The Cui family was silent outside the screen, and none of them dared to breathe.

After Shen Ying paused for a while, she continued slowly: "Another thing, this king can give you a chance to pay off your merits."

Cui Jin immediately crawled closer to the screen on his knees, kowtowed three times and said: "I implore Prince An to give the Xiaguan family a way out!"

Shen Yingdao: "The other way is, this king wants you to cooperate with this king's plan after returning to the capital, cooperate with this king inside and outside, and eradicate traitors together. After the queen mother and the emperor return to Beijing, this king will say a few good words for you in front of Sheng Jia. Maybe when the time comes, instead of blaming you, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will reward you for your sincere repentance. Cui Jin, have you thought about which path to choose?"

Cui Jin hesitated for a moment, this spy is not easy to be, if he is not careful, he will die without a place to bury him.

Hearing that Cui Jin didn't answer immediately, Shen Ying coughed lightly from behind the screen. Lin Fan understood when he heard it, and immediately drew out his sword and walked towards Cui Yingjie. After it was cut off, Cui Yingjie immediately rolled on the ground in pain, letting out heart-piercing screams.

Shen Ying slapped the teacup in his hand on the table, and said coldly: "It seems that Master Cui still has expectations for King Qi. If that's the case, then I might as well deal with the Cui family's chaotic party for the emperor first." .”

Mrs. Cui saw her grandson's finger cut off, she rolled her eyes in distress and almost fainted, she recovered her breath and hit Cui Jin with her head, crying and scolding: "Beast! If you don't agree, are you going to kill the whole family?" ? If I had known that the Cui family was in trouble today, I shouldn’t have given birth to you as a mother in the first place!”

Forget it, he himself will die anyway, but he promised King An that at least he can save his family's life, Cui Jin gritted his teeth and made up his mind, "I promise, I promise! King An, please don't hurt me. The family of the official, the next official will only obey your order!"

"Isn't it better to figure it out earlier? Now, for no reason, the son lost a finger." Shen Ying shook her head pretending to regret, "Since Mrs. Cui has agreed, then you and Mrs. Cui will go back to Beijing first. But you have to ask Mr. Cui and Mrs. Cui to stay in Zhuangzi for two more days, and you should know what to say and do when you return to Beijing."

Cui Jin nodded his head, "I understand, please rest assured, Prince An!"

Shen Ying smiled with satisfaction: "Very good. Then I will just wait for the good news from Master Cui."



With Cui Jin's eyeliner that fits inside and outside, Shen Ying can forget about one of her worries.

After Cui Jin left, Lin Fan escorted Shen Ying back to the room to rest. On the way, Lin Fan heard Shen Ying cough twice, and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Is the emperor not feeling well?"

With Shen Ying's body, she was raised in the palace with gold and jade since she was a child. The past few days have just been a little bit difficult. In addition, after Gu Min left last night, Shen Ying tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well. I felt a little tired, and my head ached.

Shen Ying cleared her throat, and said lightly, "It's okay, it's probably just an occasional cold, it's nothing serious."

Lin Fan asked solemnly: "Do you want to invite the doctor to take a look?"

Shen Ying waved her hand, and said in a low voice: "No, don't worry about it at this time, so as not to attract other people's attention."

The emperor was unwilling to invite a doctor, so Lin Fan could only obey.

After sending the emperor back to his room to rest, as soon as Lin Fan walked out of the courtyard where Shen Ying lived, he keenly sensed that someone was peeping nearby. Lin Fan took a few steps calmly, and after confirming the person's location, he turned quickly He picked up a stone on the ground and threw it accurately towards the hiding place of the man, trying to force him to reveal himself.

Lin Fan shouted in a deep voice, "Who's there!"

"It's me." Knowing that he had been spotted, the peeping man jumped off the courtyard wall and landed firmly without running away.

Lin Fan squinted his eyes to recognize it, raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Gu Shaojun?"

Gu Min: "Yes."

Lin Fan didn't know that there was a conflict between Gu Min and the emperor last night, and he wondered why he didn't see Gu Min during the day today.

But last night, he heard the emperor himself tell him that Gu Min was his own, so he let go of his guard against Gu Min, walked over to greet him and said, "Why did Gu Shaojun stand there so silently just now, the next official almost thought he was an assassin?" When he got close to Gu Min, he smelled a strong smell of blood on Gu Min, Lin Fan couldn't help but frowned, "May I ask where Gu Shaojun went today?"

Gu Min did not answer, but said: "I came here to tell you that Du Qianren borrowed [-] elite soldiers from King Yong, and the army is now encamped fifty miles west of the capital, please tell the emperor to know."

Lin Fan blinked, and asked strangely: "Why didn't Gu Shaojun go in and tell the emperor himself?"

Gu Min coldly glanced at Lin Fan, who had no eyesight, and turned to leave, but he heard Lin Fan rambling behind him: "I still want Gu Shaojun to help persuade the emperor, the emperor has caught the wind and cold, but If you are afraid of trouble and refuse to invite the doctor, if something happens to the emperor's dragon body, then I will die forever."

Gu Min immediately turned around and stared at Lin Fan coldly, "What did you say? The emperor is sick?"

"Yeah," Lin Fan nodded, "I was fine last night, but I fell ill this morning. There is no one to attend to it, and the doctor has never come to see it. We dare not take medicine casually. I am really worried... "

Gu Min turned his head to look at the courtyard where Shen Ying was, the look in his eyes was complicated and unpredictable, there was hatred and resentment, but more, he still couldn't restrain the distress that was revealed, and after a while, he turned and left the courtyard without saying a word .

Lin Fan also wondered how Gu Min heard that the emperor was sick and did not stay to take care of the emperor, but left without saying a word. As a result, when it was almost Haishi, Gu Min turned back and threw him two packs of medicine as soon as he entered the door , succinctly said: "Three bowls of water boiled into one bowl, let the emperor take it."

Lin Fan asked cautiously: "I haven't even invited the doctor to see it. Is it okay to take this medicine?"

Gu Min gave him a cold look: "I'll take care of things."

Hearing what Gu Min said, Lin Fan felt relieved, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to decoct the medicine.

After the medicine was cooked, Lin Fan personally took the medicine to Shen Ying's room. Shen Ying had already rested, but was woken up by the knock on the door.

He put on his clothes and got up, opened the door and saw Lin Fan standing outside holding a bowl, and asked with a frown, "It's so late, what's the matter with you?"

Lin Fan respectfully said: "Your Majesty, this is a medicine for wind and cold, please drink it."

Shen Ying looked down at the medicine in the bowl, and asked suspiciously, "Where did this medicine come from?"

Lin Fan was not good at lying, so he stumbled a bit: "That... was sent by Wei Chen to arrest him."

As soon as Shen Ying heard Lin Fan's tone of voice, she knew there was a ghost in it, and deliberately lowered her voice: "Lin Fan, do you still remember that you made a promise in front of Gu Anbo that you would only obey my orders? Lying in front of me, But it is the crime of deceiving the king."

Lin Fan hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake: "The emperor's forgiveness is not because the minister deliberately deceived you, but... Gu Shaojun did not let the minister tell the emperor about you."

Shen Ying's eyebrows twitched, "So Gu Shaojun asked you to bring this medicine?"

Lin Fan nodded, and explained honestly: "Back to the emperor, yes, I don't understand, Gu Junshu why he didn't let me tell you."

Shen Ying brought the medicine bowl over, a bitter smell of traditional Chinese medicine rushed into her nose, and her heart seemed to become more sour.

Shen Ying lowered her head and pursed her lower lip, and asked with a hint of sadness in her tone, "Has he left already?"

Lin Fan lowered his voice and said: "Back to the emperor, he hasn't left yet. Gu Shaojun is waiting in the front yard. He said that he will leave after the emperor takes the medicine and confirms that the emperor has slept peacefully."

Hearing this, Shen Ying laughed in a low voice, raised her head, her originally dull phoenix eyes glowed with a little brilliance, and said to Lin Fan: "Just pretend that I don't know that this medicine was given by him, and then tell me a few words." Tell him..."

After Lin Fan delivered the medicine, as soon as he returned to the front yard, Gu Min stepped up to him and asked him with concern: "How is it? Has the emperor drank the medicine?"

Lin Fan said: "I drank it and fell asleep, but..."

Gu Min frowned, "But what?"

Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, and said: "The emperor said that he has no one to serve him now, and his daily life is very inconvenient. Tomorrow, he asked the next official to go outside and find two good-looking molesters to serve him personally."

The author has something to say: Gu Shaojun: Thank you, I am already mad.

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