After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

The assassination of Gu Xiu and Gu You in Beijing continued to ferment.

The Forbidden Army cooperated with Dali Temple and Jingzhao Prefecture Yin to investigate for a long time, and only found a killer organization named "Blood-clothed Skeleton" in the world.

The killers in this organization only receive money according to the head, and the employer hands over the money to a unified guarantor, who then hands it over to the killer himself.If the killer misses a kill and his whereabouts are exposed, he will commit suicide immediately without leaking any news.Even if he was unfortunately arrested, the killer himself would not know any information about his employer.

This group of desperadoes lick blood all day long, and their whereabouts are secretive. As long as they are willing to pay money, sometimes even their former employers will be killed.This organization had been active in a remote place in Lingnan for a long time.Local officials in Lingnan have also sent spies to investigate several times, just because this organization acted too cautiously, never leaving any loopholes, and in the end it just let it go.

The people in Beijing were completely ignorant of this organization, and they didn't know why an assassin from this organization appeared in the capital this time, and even assassinated the royal family in the street.

In the middle of the night, Gu Hong tossed and turned.In the end, he put on his clothes and got up, and picked up the case file presented by Dali Temple.

Lingnan, "Skeleton in Blood", killer, assassinated in the street, King Ning.

These words kept circling in the king's mind.

Lingnan, killer, King Ning.

Lingnan, King Ning.

King Ning, Lingnan.

Lingnan...

Gu Hong, who was flipping through the file, trembled his hands suddenly, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Cui Shang! Come in!"

The old eunuch Cui Shang, who was sleeping lightly on the couch in the outer room, hurriedly got off his shoes and rushed to the king's side: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Bring...bring me my golden elixir!" Gu Hong rubbed his painful forehead: "Hurry up."

The old eunuch Cui Shang immediately understood, and took down a brocade box for the king from the shelf in the study, opened the wax film of the elixir in the box, ground it with warm water, and took it with the king.

The king who had taken the elixir relaxed slightly, leaning on the back of the chair and panting heavily.The old eunuch Cui Shang stood behind the person, while pressing his forehead, he said: "Your Majesty, do you want to call Mr. Nanxi to play the piano for you?"

"No...no need..." Gu Hong waved his hands, leaning on the back of the large chair to calm down.

In Lingnan, looking at the whole capital, only Prince Rui Gu Zhi lived in Lingnan for three years.

If it wasn't someone who had stayed in the area for a long time, how would he know that there was an Anbu organization there that could carry out such activities of killing people and stealing goods.

But his two sons have never had any grievances.Gu Zhi is older, and Gu You is young.The two of them rarely even spoke since they were young.

If this matter is really what Gu Zhi did, why did he take the risk to kill Gu You's mouth?

Since the day Prince Rui returned to Beijing, the number of times Gu You came into contact with him is one of the few, and they were all above family banquets and palace banquets.The most recent contact was in Jinghua Temple that day, when he and everyone were present.

Recalling the Jinghua Temple that day, Gu You respected Gu Zhi very much, and loved the emperor, Sun Yurong.

Yurong was mischievous and even bit Gu You's arm. Gu You didn't have any reason to get angry, and still coaxed the child to be happy.

Anything can't help recalling the details.

On the day of Jinghua Temple, Yurong bit Gu You's arm.

He vaguely remembered Gu You shouting: "The second brother and the second sister-in-law don't have canine teeth, but you have a pair of canine teeth, biting people hurts to death!"

After Gu You finished that sentence, Gu Zhi pinched the biting Yu Rong and cried, scolding Yu Rong for being unruly.

Who would care about a child under two years old?Gu Zhi's actions were as if he had a guilty conscience.

What is he guilty of?Is it because Yurong has a pair of canine teeth that shouldn't be?

Gu Zhi, the second prince who took on the responsibilities of the eldest son, has always been so restless. The matter of Master Daoyuan was revealed that year, and it was also his guilt that he threw himself into the trap.

Could it be that...

Gu Hong finally thought of the most critical layer.

Gu Zhi wanted Gu You's life because Gu You accidentally discovered the difference between Yurong and the son of the royal family.This child who made him return to court is too critical.If it is confirmed that there is something wrong with this child, his future and even his life will be in jeopardy.

So he did not hesitate to take the risk and get rid of Gu You.

Just like that year, he wanted to use the giant bear to make meritorious service before Gu Xiu robbed him.Living in seclusion for so many years did not make him improve at all.

A suspicion that has not yet been confirmed made Gu Hong suddenly hate the second prince Gu Zhi who was devoted to himself and had no affection for relatives.

Originally, he had been thinking that this child was from the same humble background as he was when he was a child, so he forgave him again and again, and gave him the opportunity to allow him to gain a foothold in the court.

This value has disappointed him time and time again.

The king who was leaning behind the Longshu case suddenly opened his eyes, and the killing intent revealed in his eyes made people shudder.

"Cui Shang, there are people from you in Prince Rui's residence, right?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there are a few servants who were sent when the mansion was established."

"From tomorrow onwards, let them pay attention to the movement in Prince Rui's residence, and see how this couple treats this child."

***

On the eighth day of November, Gu Xiu's shoulder injury was mostly healed.

Please ask for permission from the king, and celebrate the birthday with Concubine Li in Ningwang's mansion in Beijing.

The birthday banquet was placed in the big flower hall of Prince Ning's mansion. In the cold winter, there were clusters of flowers and hundreds of butterflies flying in the flower hall.

On the stage in the middle of the flower hall, a few clowns performed a monkey show in a bustling manner, and a dozen somersaults in a row were full of applause.

Concubine Li was sitting on a high viewing platform in a brocade dress woven with peacock gold thread, smiling so hard that she couldn't see her eyes.

The phoenix crown worn on the top is inlaid with the extremely rare topaz gems in the Central Plains.The Dongzhu earrings around the ears are all one inch in diameter, and they are completely natural without any variegation.

This body, from top to bottom, is the spoils of war king Gu Xiu's campaigns.

"Mother Concubine, don't just go to the theater." Gu You moved closer to Li Concubine, and reached out to give Li Concubine a piece of not-so-good-looking birthday peach: "My son made it all afternoon yesterday, try it."

Li Fei picked up the birthday peach and took a sip. It tasted like the most common white sugar bean paste. Somehow it tasted so smooth today, and she immediately praised: "Well, my son's cooking is really sweet and delicious."

"Mother and concubine think it's delicious, so the son didn't waste all his efforts." Gu You smiled, and put his arms around Xu Jingrou's shoulder beside him: "Rou'er, why don't you try it too."

Seeing her son and daughter-in-law loving and loving each other, Concubine Li felt even happier.

She has reached this age, and she doesn't care about the kindness of the emperor.

She only thought that Gu You and Xu Jingrou could have a grandson with her as soon as possible, and that Gu Xiu could get married as soon as possible.In another ten or eight years, she will be surrounded by a group of grandchildren, calling her grandmother lively.

Right now, Gu You and Xu Jingrou are in love with each other like honey, and it will be a matter of time before they have children.

But in her eyes, the matter of Gu Xiu's family was always a problem.Two years ago, Gu Xiu offended all the ladies in Beijing in a daze.This year, she plans to choose a few Xiaojiabiyu in the ancestral home of her mother's family, who are as gentle as water.

The appearance and family are all in the same place, the main thing is to take care of others.

"Xiu'er, after the New Year's Eve this year, will Concubine Li choose someone to accompany you again?" On the high platform, Concubine Li looked at Gu Xiu lovingly.

"Mistress Li, who do you want to choose?" Gu Xiu frowned puzzled, and put down the puff pastry he had just eaten in his hand: "There are enough people in Erchen's residence."

"Seventh brother, what the mother and concubine are talking about is not choosing a handyman." Gu You, as someone who has experience in such things, immediately took up the money to be the elder brother: "Mother and concubine is saying that after the new year, choose someone to do it." Take care of you."

"Miss Li, don't worry, there is someone to take care of me at Erchen's residence."

"Except for that old cook surnamed Wu in your house, there is no one else to take care of you?" Concubine Li put on a three-pointed sorrow on her originally happy face: "Your injury hasn't healed yet. There isn't even a single person in the family asking for warmth, how can you make Concubine Li's mother feel at ease?"

When she was a queen, Concubine Li lost her defense in her words, and directly assumed the responsibility of Gu Xiu's adoptive mother.

"Your Majesty Li, don't worry about it. General Han Canjun took good care of you." Gu Xiu looked serious like a little stubborn who didn't understand the style.

"Han Canjun, how does a big man like Han Canjun take care of you? How can a big man take care of all the ups and downs?" Concubine Li became more and more excited as she spoke, and the Dongzhu ear was flickering. , Fascinated people are dizzy.

"Oh~ I see." Gu You on the side suddenly said: "I understand why the seventh brother is willing to let Han Canjun take care of him."

"Tell me, why?"

As soon as Gu You said this, several people at the table looked at him in unison.

Gu Xiu, who has always been happy and angry, felt a little guilty when he heard this, and wondered if Gu You could see his thoughts on Han Mochu.

"Why else? Isn't it because Han Canjun doesn't care about the seventh brother. The seventh brother stays in the barracks all day long, goes out early and returns late, and doesn't pay attention to food, drink and clothes on weekdays. He doesn't even want to take a servant with him when he travels. He also doesn’t wear fox fur. If he really had a princess, wouldn’t he be nagging at his seventh brother’s ears every day? Just a question. Isn't the seventh brother grown so big and still so strong?" Gu You patted his chest and said smugly, "Seventh brother, is the sixth brother right?"

Gu Xiu's face was sullen, and the wound on his left shoulder blade was painful.He wanted to defend Han Mochu, but it seemed that Gu You was right.

Over the years, Han Mochu, just like himself, seems to be unable to care about these things such as food, clothing, housing and transportation unless necessary.

The standard of living for the two of them is that as long as they are not starved to death, as long as they are not naked, everything will be fine.

After all, the two of them are too busy with their daily lives to think about this level at all.

"Isn't that how a big man takes care of a big man? Will it last for a long time? No, Xiu'er, listen to Concubine Li's words. After the new year, even if you are a mate, you must marry one..."

"Miss Li, the fireworks outside are probably ready, you can go and see with my son." Gu Xiu once again avoided this question very cleverly, got up and led Concubine Li, Gu You and others off the high platform, leading All the honorable wives and others in the flower hall walked into the well-arranged gardens of King Ning's mansion.

Following the order from Han Mochu who had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, the Luocha pyrotechnician who specially set off "Starry Night Flowing Fire" started an extremely shocking fireworks display.

Fireworks of various colors exploded above the sky, illuminating the sky as bright as day.The thick black night is a huge canvas, allowing fireworks to be splashed wantonly on it.

There are phoenixes, peonies, colorful flowers, clusters of flowers, and sparkling waterfalls.

In the flickering sky, it is really like the Milky Way and the bright moon, and the stars are shining.

It really lives up to the title of "Starry Night Flowing Fire".

All the guests present were stunned. Apart from applauding and applauding, they also envied Li Fei Jin's good fortune.

Concubine Li, who was already in tears, couldn't help bursting into tears when she saw the fireworks, and she muttered: "My son, my son, I really have a heart."

***

On the third day after Concubine Li's birthday banquet, the king suddenly ordered to search Prince Rui's residence.

The three members of Prince Rui's family were sent to jail, and even the mother's family of Princess Rui, Shen's family also cut off the third grade of rank and fined their salary for three years.

Regarding the crimes committed by Prince Rui and the concubine, the king was also open and honest in the previous court: it was to deceive the king and confuse the royal family's blood.Buy! Fierce! Kill! Man, stab brother.

With a few simple crimes, even if Gu Zhi and Shen shi do not die, they can only serve as slaves, and they will never stand up again.

Ever since the shadow of suspicion sprouted in the king's heart, he sent people to Lingnan for a thorough investigation.

Sure enough, Shen was in danger when giving birth, struggling for a day and a night and only gave birth to a dead baby boy.In order to return to the court smoothly, the two threw the baby's body into a charcoal basin and burned it in desperation, and robbed the newborn baby of the wife of the guard in the palace.

Not only was the child robbed of the poor couple, they were also directly killed by Gu Zhi with poisoned wine.The body was buried under a big pine tree in the old mansion of Jingyuanhou in Lingnan.

Gu Zhi and his wife still had no mercy, in order to let the eldest grandson show his strength in front of the king, they forced the youngest son under two years old to learn calligraphy.The child didn't learn well, so the two beat and scolded at every turn, pitiful for a young child covered in scars from being tossed.

Even the wet nurse in the mansion couldn't bear it.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw the king's intentions.This time, the Monarch was completely disappointed and didn't want to give Prince Rui a chance.So he simply went about his business.

The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the three divisions will interrogate.

There are two corpses from Jing Yuanhou's old mansion to testify, as well as the testimony of the wet nurse in the mansion, plus the child's body with large and small bruises.

No matter how much Gu Zhi and his wife cried out for injustice, they couldn't shirk it.

The mountain of ironclad evidence was handed to the king, but the king calmed down abnormally.

According to national law, the two should have been sentenced to death by car splitting.

But thinking about the relationship between father and son, Gu Hong allowed Prince Rui and his wife to kill themselves with poisoned wine after the New Year's Eve, leaving their whole bodies.

Gu Hong is a monarch who has held the world in his hands for more than 20 years.He can tolerate his sons vying for the throne, he can tolerate his sons' immorality and mistakes, and he can tolerate his sons' ambition to be in power.

He has also been a prince, and he understands how his sons long for power.With him in one day, the situation will not get out of control.

But he couldn't bear it. A person used his kindness to fool him, failed him time and time again, and challenged his bottom line.Not even his own son.

What's more, it is such a big event that confuses the royal blood.

If one day, that child really has a future, and really relies on this false identity to ascend to a high position, wouldn't it be that he will hand over the country that his ancestors have worked hard for?

The disposition of Gu Zhi and his wife has been clearly decreed, but there is still a difficult problem that cannot be ignored in front of King Gu Hong.

It's about that kid.

It would be too cruel to label that child as a traitor.A child was murdered by his parents when he was still in his infancy, and was taken in as a tool for power struggle, and he was about to be abused and bruised all over his body.If calculated in this way, this child can be regarded as a victim of this disaster.

But if he doesn't deal with this child, he doesn't know where to raise this child with a clear vision.

When the king was in a dilemma, news of Queen Meng's family suddenly came from Yunni Temple in Jinghua Temple.Queen Meng said that she had a predestined relationship with the child and was willing to raise the child under her knees.

Gu Hong felt as if a boulder fell to the ground, and immediately issued an order to allow the young son to be released from prison, and sent to Jinghua Temple to be raised by Empress Meng.

Because they were going to Jinghua Temple, Gu Xiu and Han Mochu took this errand, picked up the youngest son from the imperial prison, and sent it to Empress Meng.

When the two came, Tang Qingshan, the head of the prison, greeted Gao from afar.Leading the two into the prison all the way.

"Your Highness, don't worry, according to your explanation at that time, the child has been taken by the cheap wife in the inner yamen, and he has not suffered any grievances." Tang Qingshan explained the situation to Gu Xiu as he walked: "You are kind, we dare not Slack."

"That's good, I'll take care of you these days."

"It's okay. I was kind to General Yunlie when I was young. I am very happy to be able to repay you now." Tang Qingshan lowered his voice and said seriously.

In the deep winter prison, dripping water turned into ice, and the dark corridors were filled with desperate wails and cries.

Han Mochu took a deep look at the corridor, and asked, "Where is Gu Zhi imprisoned?"

"When I returned to Korea to join the army, I was locked up there. A serious offender like the common man Gu Zhi was detained alone in the imperial prison." Tang Qingshan replied, "For some reason, he is still crying out for injustice even after the clear order of the verdict has come down. The yamen servants got tired of hearing it, so the lower officials allowed them not to be guarded personally, so as to avoid trouble."

"Your Highness, you and Mr. Tang go to pick up the child. I want to talk to the common man Gu Zhi." Han Mochu said with a smile.

"Okay, the king picked up the child and waited for you at the gate of the imperial prison."

Han Mochu saluted Gu Xiu again, turned around and stepped into the corridor, and stopped in front of the filthy cell.

The wailing Prince Rui Gu Zhi with disheveled hair threw himself on the pillar like a ghost, clutching the wooden fence with his dark hands, and looked at Han Mochu with a pleading face: "You...you are here...please I beg you to tell Father Emperor and Zhan Wang...I didn't find the killer...I was wronged...I was wronged..."

"I know, you are wronged." Han Mochu shook his head sympathetically, "But you are not wronged at all for trying to confuse the royal blood, are you?"

"I..." Gu Zhi's heart sank, he raised his eyes to look at Han Mochu's gentle smiling face outside the prison, and suddenly had an epiphany, beating the wooden fence crazily: "You! It's you! You're the one who hurt me! Isn't it! "

"Yes or not, is it very important?" Han Mochu held the wooden fence with one hand, looked down at the mad dog in the prison, "The important thing is that you are now a death row prisoner."

"You...why do you want to kill me? Why...I haven't touched a finger of the King of War after returning to Beijing...why are you..." Gu Zhi raised his head sadly, howling in an extremely miserable way.

"You haven't since you returned to Beijing, but what did you do before you returned to Beijing? You have a bad memory, I haven't forgotten it." Han Mochu rubbed his chin playfully: "Besides, after you return to Beijing, don't you want to Your Royal Highness, you just have no chance. Is it possible that I have to wait until I am bitten by a dog before I remember to kick the dog away? I am not as stupid as you. I calculate and calculate, and who will die? I don't even know."

"Han Mochu! You must die! You will definitely be punished by God! Even if I do a ghost! I won't let you go!" Gu Zhi cursed fiercely, and kept sticking his face and hands out of the cell, trying to Tear Han Mochu in front of him to pieces.

"I've never believed in the retribution of the underworld, hell and heaven. Only the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit." Han Mochu took two steps back, and Gu Zhan's cheeks changed shape and he didn't touch Han Mochu Half of the corner of the clothes: "You better stop struggling, don't you feel embarrassed? Anyway, I used to be a nobleman, if I were you, I would not live these days anymore. It has become a joke to control this life, it is better to simply dead and come back."

"You let me die...you all let me die..." Gu Zhi gritted his teeth and muttered to himself: "I don't want to die, I can't die, I don't deserve to die!"

"Everyone thinks they don't deserve to die, but they just can't earn their lives." The smile on Han Mochu's face deepened, and he was as gentle as a humble gentleman: "Your Majesty will hate you for as long as you live in this life. Even if you have If I survived, I will only be a prisoner forever. Rather than lingering in this cell, it is better to end with a bang. I can also let His Majesty commemorate you and give you a dignified funeral. Enjoy the incense of future generations, Otherwise, you will become a lonely ghost after death, and you will lose the chance to be reborn as a human being."

Gu Zhi was silent, staring straight at the dirty and smelly cell with both eyes.No one knew what he was thinking, and no one cared what he was thinking.

Han Mochu didn't say much anymore, turned around and walked out from the deep corridor.

Behind him, suddenly there was a tragic neck-crunching sound.

Afterwards, there was deathly silence.