In the middle of winter.

On Lingnan Road, there was unprecedented civil unrest in Hezhou.

The reason was that a scum came out of a group of spice merchants, who belittled a 16-year-old young girl in the street.The girl was so ashamed and angry that she hanged herself within two days after returning home.

The girl's parents reported to the government, trying to seek justice for their daughter. After accepting the case, the magistrate found that the culprit's business traveler had left the country yesterday.

At that time, the local officials did not have the authority to pursue responsibility across the border, so they could only appease the couple and go home first to wait for news.

The couple left the government office and did not return home, but cried all the way, telling the tragic experience of their daughter.

It doesn't matter if they cry, it actually aroused public outrage in the street.

On that day, thousands of extremely angry Xinzhou people gathered on the pier and smashed twelve merchant ships from Funan indiscriminately.And crossed his arms on the pier to prevent any foreign merchant ship from landing.

The government came forward to maintain order, but accidentally injured an innocent old man over [-] years old.

Public grievances broke out. Since the prefect of Xinzhou sent a letter to Bianjing, [-] conflicts between officials and the people had broken out in Xinzhou.

Moreover, the scope of these conflicts has become wider and wider, and has gradually spread outside the new state, which seems to be a prairie fire.

Roufu, the diplomatic relations between Funan and Funan also need to be negotiated.

Especially Funan, who was innocently victimized, if the culprit could not be punished, who would dare to come to Dazhou to do business in the future.

The memorials related to this matter seem to be out of place amidst the thriving everywhere and the great financial reports.

Duanjing Prince Gu Shen, who lived in peace with the previous dynasty for several years, also presented a seal to the king at this time.

King Duan bluntly stated in the form that Xinzhou was a fief granted to him by the king.Such incidents happened in his fiefdom. As a prince, he was unable to help the local people and quell the civil unrest.

"You are so respectful to the prince, it will really cause me trouble." Gu Xiu, the king who was reading the memorial, threw the seal back: "Since the founding of my country, in order to prevent the vassal king from chaos, the prince of the vassal He has never had real power, and he wrote a letter to me at this time saying that he is ashamed of me, is this to say that the local officials I appointed and dismissed are incompetent, or does he want me to have real power with him?"

"I think this civil disturbance is not that simple." Sitting across from him, Han Mochu put the inscription and the memorial presented by Lingnan side by side: "A young girl's chastity, an innocent old man, domineering The barbarians and the ineffective magistrates are the key points that arouse the public's anger the most. How come so many things come together in one place? I don't believe that a pair of peasants who have never The couple who have been out of the village and town can make such a big public outrage with their generous speeches in the street. If there is no someone with a heart to fuel the flames, I am afraid that such a big climate will not be achieved. Prince Duan Jing's appearance at this time is not so much self-inflicted. Rather, he just wanted to use this to provoke His Majesty."

"What the third child is best at these years is pretending to be weak, bullying the strong with the weak, and plotting against the strong even though he knows he can't stand up." Gu Xiu's voice became colder: "This kind of person, I have to find ways to keep him alive. "

"Prince Duan Jing is His Majesty's elder brother. No matter what he does, he must live. This is His Majesty's bearing as a son of heaven and as a brother." Han Mochu said bluntly.

"My spirit is not for containing thieves!" Gu Xiu sighed fiercely, and pushed aside the memorial in hand: "I'm depressed, Zi Ran will accompany me outside to loosen my muscles and bones."

"Okay." Han Mochu rolled up his long and wide sleeves and said with a smile, "It just so happens that I also have a sore back from sitting."

In the midwinter snow, two cold lights intersect.

In the battle, the two are evenly matched, their moves are fierce, and the flaps of their clothes fluttering up and down seem to blend in with their surroundings.

"Zi Ran, I've made up my mind about the Hezhou Mansion." Gu Xiu raised his sword and lunged forward to block Han Mochu's attack: "As for Funan, the government will come forward and pay ten times the price to compensate those ten Two merchant ships, all Funan caravans will be exempted from tax for one year. Then let the local officials issue a notice to let the people know that if they have something to do, the king will not ignore it. As for Roufu, all caravans are allowed to come and go Record the file, no matter what, we must find the culprit.”

Han Mochu flew in the air, jumped behind Gu Xiu and swiped his sword: "Sometimes there will be discrepancies in the records. Finding someone is like finding a needle in a haystack. What's more, this civil disturbance is still full of doubts. It must have been silenced long ago."

"What should Zi Ran say?" Gu Xiu dodged.

"If this is true, even if the war starts, the culprit must be captured. If someone really wants to direct and act on his own, His Majesty can go along with the flow and find a sinner to take the responsibility for this crime. Let's settle the anger of the people first. As for Prince Duan Jing, he Since he wanted to make an apology, His Majesty brought him into the palace to reprimand him face-to-face. When we meet each other, His Majesty will be able to control everything more easily." Han Mochu raised his long sword and put it directly on Gu Xiu's shoulder: "Your Majesty has accepted. "

In the fine snow illuminated by the moonlight, Gu Xiu once again fell into that shallow smile without much promise.

No matter how many years have passed, it is the same, even if it has been more than ten years.

Han Mochu lost his original youthfulness and became more calm and gentle.

But that face has really been fixed for a long time, it is still the same as when Gu Xiu first met.

Gu Xiu lost his mind for a moment, and suddenly felt warmth on his back, and the person in front of him was arranging the knots of the cloak with him: "How old is Your Majesty? Don't you know the heat or cold? I'm really afraid that I will die one day earlier than Your Majesty."

"No, you are not allowed to die." Gu Xiu turned his back on the guest, opened his cloak and embraced him in his arms: "You said you would stay with me, and stay with me for a long life."

***

Yongding six years, the eve of the winter solstice.

Prince Duanjing Gu Shen came to Beijing on an order. There were no road post officials to greet him along the way, let alone guards of honor. The residence was arranged in the old prince's mansion that had not been repaired for many years.

It was not until the day of the winter solstice family banquet that he was allowed to enter the palace to meet the king.

This is Han Mochu's meaning, since Gu Shen wants to be pitiful in palace clothes, it's better to make him really pitiful.

After the morning court on the winter solstice, Gu Xiu did not restrict Gu Shen's actions in the palace.

Gu Xiu told him clearly: You are a useless person, I don't need to defend you at all.

He walked slowly on the palace road with his cart, and there was no palace person behind him.

Just when he was aimless, an innocent little figure bumped into his line of sight.

Today is the winter solstice family banquet, Xiao Yucheng agreed to take the takraw ball on the palace road and wait for Prince Ning's son to enter the palace to play together.

Unexpectedly, when the wind picked up in the middle, the little eunuch who was following him went back to get the cloak, which made him leave the order for a while.

"Son, child." Sitting on the wheelbarrow, Gu Shen waved to Xiao Tuanzi who was chasing a takraw ball by the side of the road: "Come here, let me have a look."

"Huh? Sir, what's the matter?" Xiao Yucheng put the little rattan ball beside the palace road, and ran towards the people in a rattling manner.

"It's nothing, just to see how cute you are."

Xiaotuanzi tilted his head and looked at the man on the wheelbarrow in front of him. Several years of life in southern Xinjiang made him weaker than when he left Beijing, his cheeks were sunken, like an old man without teeth.Xiao Tuanzi had never seen such a haggard person before, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Mr., who are you?"

"I respect Prince Gu Shen, how about you?"

"Me? My name is Gu Yucheng, the name my father gave me." Xiao Yucheng replied truthfully.

"You are Yucheng?" The joy in Gu Shen's eyes was fleeting, he raised his weak left hand and rubbed the top of Xiaotuanzi's hair: "I am your third uncle, my silly boy."

"Huh? Uncle Three? I only have Uncle Six." Xiao Yucheng tilted his head to avoid the stranger's touch: "Are you also my father's brother?"

"Yes, and no." Gu Shen looked at the alienated Xiaotuanzi and sighed: "My poor child, I have no real parents since I was a child, and third uncle loves you so much."

"You said you were my third uncle! I've never seen you before!" Xiao Yucheng put his hips on his hips and his cheeks became balls: "Who told you I'm so pitiful! I don't have real parents What's the matter, I have my father and my son, they are the people who treat me best in this world!"

"Silly boy, they treat you well because they have a guilty conscience." Gu Shen raised his hand and grabbed Xiao Yucheng's shoulder: "Your father killed your biological father, he forced him to death , Your father forced his own brother to death."

Xiao Yucheng's shoulders were grabbed by someone, and his stubborn temper broke out in an instant. He directly clamped Gu Shen's wrist and bit it viciously. Taking advantage of Gu Shen's pain, he pushed him away: "What are you? Who! Why do you start telling stories when you see me? Let me tell you! I don't like you! I don't believe what you say!"

"Hey! Who are you! Why are you bullying my younger brother!" Gu Yuheng, the eldest son of Prince Ning Yi, saw his younger brother's loss from a distance, and immediately blushed. The identical curly-haired poodle scattered on the ground, and ran desperately in the direction of his younger brother Yucheng: "Xuehuabing! Bite him! Bite him quickly!"

The scattered puppy got the order and rushed under Gu Shen's wheelbarrow and started barking, but it was too small to bite through Gu Shen's shoe.

"What are you doing, I'm your uncle, who taught you your rules!" Gu Shen shook the cart and backed up again and again, his unconscious legs made it difficult for him to maintain a correct sitting posture.

"Their rules are all taught by me, and they are all lawless and unscrupulous gangsters." Prince Ning Yi, Gu You also walked up from not far away and stopped the two children and a puppy behind him, holding his hands together. Looking at the handrails on both sides of Gu Shen's wheelbarrow, he said condescendingly: "His Royal Highness Duan, please take care of me."

"King Ning, what do you want to do?" Gu Shen couldn't stand up, so he could only straighten his back as much as possible.

"Heng'er, take your brother to find your mother and concubine." Gu You turned around and made a face at the two children with a playful smile. Seeing the two children walking away holding hands, he turned around and held down Gu Shen's shoulder: "What does this king want to do? This king also wants to ask you what you want to do!"

"What can I do as a cripple?" Duan Wang jokingly raised the corners of his mouth, "Your Highness Ning, you have been raised into a good dog by that wolf bastard Gu Xiu all these years, and you have even learned to bite people."

Gu You Dantian got angry and remembered that today is a big banquet. If Gu Shen attended with a bruised nose and a swollen face, it would definitely cause a sensation, so he punched Gu Shen on the back of the wheelbarrow: "Third brother, this king warns you, Your Majesty will let you It is his utmost benevolence and righteousness that you are alive, if you really want to seek death yourself, I don't mind sending you off personally!"

"Kill this king? Okay, you will kill this king yourself. Guess what those clansmen will think? Also, what will Gu Xiu do with your good brother?" Gu Shen smiled deeper: "Kill you to pay for this king's life? Or cut the title and confine you? Do you think he will feel distressed when he disposes of you? Will he be in a dilemma? I can use this king's life to change this situation. This king is very happy." Very nah."

"Gu Lao San!" Gu You's slightly suppressed anger was successfully provoked again, and he wished he could strangle this unsightly guy to death with his own hands.

Gu Shen's words are right again, no matter who kills him, he or Gu Xiu, there will be a shock in Gongbi Shishu's ruling and opposition parties.

"His Royal Highness Ning, as an elder brother, I would like to persuade you again." Gu Shen seemed to see the wavering in Gu You's eyes, and took the opportunity to read leisurely: "Royal flesh and blood have always been shallow. Today you are his good friend." Brother, you will become a fat sheep in the future. Your mother's family is as rich as a country, with countless gold and silver. If he wants it, will your relatives still be alive?"

"Third brother, third brother." Gu You suddenly noticed something, and stretched out his hand to pat the person's face: "No wonder you lost so badly, you really are not as good as my seventh brother's toenails, do you think Is everyone the same as you? My seventh brother is a unparalleled hero. He has never had himself in his heart. If he has what it takes to rule the country, he doesn’t even need to speak. My mother and concubine will fight for the whole family to eat Gu, give away all the family wealth to him! If you live to that day, just see if the whole family of my mother and concubine will blink their eyes because of this!"

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