When Xue Yuan cleared the horse manure and hoofprints, he didn't think of letting the palace guards sweep him up. But Gu Yuanbai's majesty in the palace is not two, these palace guards see Xue Yuan to avoid far away, while avoiding, but also while holding the horse walk through the past.
The son of a great general, under the majesty of the Emperor's words of punishment, he still had to obediently sweep horse manure.
Aside from being a bit smelly and troublesome, Xue Yuan didn't really feel anything.
The person who climbed out of the sea of corpses, Xue Yuan also soaked in stinking blood water, he looked indifferent, should be thinking about other things, look a little careless.
When Gu Yuanbai brought Chu Wei over, Chu Wei realized that His Holiness came out for a walk just to come and see Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan had bad intentions towards His Majesty, Chu Wei did not want His Majesty to have too much contact with him. However, he could only try his best to prevent Xue Yuan from getting close to the Emperor.
Gu Yuanbai looked at the future regent sweeping horse manure to see quite pleasant, the corner of his lips have been containing a smile. Chu Wei's afterglow glimpsed his smile, and without a trace pursed his lips, saying, "Your Holiness, this place is dirty and should not stay long."
Chu Wei wind and moon clear, such as the bright moon as clean and untainted, Gu Yuanbai only thought that he was not used to the smell of this place, said: "In that case, I with the top scholar to walk to the birds and flowers."
The place where the medicine had been applied earlier had been wrapped up with soft cotton cloth, and Gu Yuanbai couldn't feel the pain when he walked slower.
The saint turned to leave, Chu Wei followed him, his footsteps resounding on the empty palace path, Xue Yuan looked up at the sound.
Chu Wei seemed to be aware of this, as he looked back at Xue Yuan indifferently, he then gently raised his hand, and from a distance, it seemed as if His Holiness's waist was encircled around his waist.
"Your Holiness," Chu Wei whispered, "have I disturbed your Holiness' pleasure?"
Gu Yuanbai laughed when he heard this, he looked sideways at Chu Wei and laughed, "Is it hard to see that watching Servant Xue sweeping horse manure can still show me interest?"
The corner of Chu Wei's lips hooked and he also smiled softly.
Both are a good skin, so good that they are about to enter the picture. But in the eyes of Xue Yuan, it is Chu Wei's hand on the waist of the saint, the saint also turned his head to Chu Wei to reveal a smile.
Xue Yuan's eyes went cold.
It's something.
*
After Xue Yuan returned to his house after his duty, the curved moon was already high in the branches.
He walked straight to the study and sent someone to have the gatekeepers of the mansion come over to meet him. Those who should be in bed by this time were already in bed, but Xue Yuan called, so they didn't dare not come.
There are not many disciples of Xue House, but all of them have real talent, some of them are running to the name of General Xue, but after they came, they automatically rolled to Xue Yuan's door, Xue Yuan is a ruthless person, not many of his disciples are not afraid of him, at this time, when they heard that Xue Yuan was shouting, they rolled to Xue Yuan's door in a numb manner.
Grand Duke Xue laughed under the light of the dim candlelight as if it was as eerie as the return of a stern ghost, "You guys go and poke around for a while to find out more about that New Section Scholar Lang."
The gatekeeper carefully said, "What does the Prince want to know about the new Scholar Lang?"
"All the bad things," Xue Yuan's voice sank as well, "whether he likes men or not, what bad things he's done, Laozi wants to know everything."
The gatekeeper responded, "Yes."
Xue Yuan continued, "Also, you guys go find some good things that can be given as gifts tomorrow."
The gatekeepers looked at each other in dismay, and one of them boldly asked, "My lord, who are you giving something to?"
Xue Yuan grinned, "Of course I have to give the emperor a gift."
The gatekeeper only thought that he was trying to please the saint, "Don't worry, Your Excellency, we will prepare a good gift for you tomorrow."
"If it's for His Majesty, then it mustn't be something mundane," said another, "it's best to pick up something noble or rare to send, so at least you won't make a mistake."
"Precisely," said the porter, "does the gentleman have any ideas?"
Xue Yuan stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes.
His thoughts?
Xue Yuan's right finger twitched and suddenly said, "Send some with soft skin and flesh that is comfortable to touch."
Gatekeeper: "Huh?"
*
Inside the Grand Palace, Gu Yuanbai was looking at all the suspicious things that the forbidden army had dug up in the Qi Wang Mansion.
Behind the Qi King there are still people who work together, but they did not expect Gu Yuanbai to be so dry and do things so absolutely, did not use the things of the Wan Tai Fei to try to find out Gu Yuanbai's physical condition, but instead, let Gu Yuanbai seize the tail that they revealed, and this grabbed even the mud to pull out.
They clearly knew that Gu Yuanbai had a wind chill that day, but they still didn't dare to do anything, and in the end, they only let a false message be transmitted to test the waters, what a bunch of mediocre talents and goons.
Both underestimated Gu Yuanbai and overestimated themselves.
The forbidden army rummaged through the Qi King's residence for several days in a row, and finally discovered some deeply concealed information.
"Your Majesty," General Cheng said, "this letter was found by a forbidden soldier among the two teams under my command, hidden between a piece of hollow jade. This soldier was so careful and bold that when he took the jade pendant and slammed it to the ground, it startled me."
When General Cheng knew that the Holy Spirit was preparing to pick out a group of elite teams among the forbidden army, he was already itching to recommend the soldier he valued, and this soldier under his command really has guts and tactics, and even though he is illiterate and doesn't know military books, he was born to be sharp and extremely gifted in this piece!
Shu Han general Wang Ping hand can not book, life knowledge but cross, but also born on the military to fight extremely keen, even if not read the military book can also repeatedly win, General Cheng did not dare to take the soldiers under his command compared to Wang Ping, but also not willing to bury the talent.
Gu Yuanbai was indeed more interested in the talent than the secret letter, and he asked, "Where is this person now?"
General Cheng hemmed and hawed and laughed twice, and with Gu Yuanbai's confession, he personally went out of the hall door and brought a man in. At the back of this person as soon as he came in, Gu Yuanbai put his eyes on him, this person is full of tendon meat, extremely tall, long and powerful limbs are put in a regular manner, both impulsive and quite astringent, giving a person a feeling of a Confucian general.
"My humble servant Qin Sheng has met Your Majesty." Without being humble, his voice was bright.
Gu Yuanbai asked, "How did you discover this secret letter?"
Qin Sheng bent over and gave Gu Yuanbai a lecture on what had happened with clear speech and clear thoughts, and Gu Yuanbai slowly nodded in his mind and spoke, "Stand down."
Qin Sheng retreated in silence, General Cheng had the intention to probe Qin Sheng's feelings in the heart of the saint, but he didn't dare to ask without permission, so he just shut up.
Gu Yuanbai was so bad that he could see the urgency on General Cheng's face, but pretended not to see it. The secret letter in the jade pendant was checked by the eunuch on the side to be harmless before it was placed in Gu Yuanbai's hand.
Only when Gu Yuanbai opened it, there wasn't a single word on it.
General Cheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "How is this possible!"
Gu Yuanbai examined the front and back, and again made sure there were no scratches or entrapments, he pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "Bring water."
The palace attendant brought water, and Gu Yuanbai immersed the secret letter in the water, which gradually revealed the handwriting.
General Cheng lost his voice: "-This?!"
Alum water writing, after drying, there is no handwriting. If Gu Yuanbai remembers well, the Song Dynasty started using alum at that time, and the Daheng Dynasty's years were just right to pick up, alum is not rare, what is rare is that the person who corresponded with the King of Qi since he knew how to do so.
It's a smart man, but smart men don't fail to see current events. The King of Qi is as stupid as a pig, so why should he go to help him?
Everyone is an adult, the officialdom is concerned about vested interests, Gu Yuanbai took the letter from the water to draw his hand, calmly took the handkerchief to wipe the water droplets on his hand, asked Tian Fusheng: "Who is the mother of the youngest son of the King of Qi?"
Tian Fusheng thought about it for a while and said, "It seems to be the daughter of the royal secretary."
The Royal Secretariat of the Daheng Dynasty was the central supervisory organization that monitored from top to bottom whether central and local officials did anything that was not in accordance with national laws and whether they complied with their duties, and also monitored the Da Lisi and the Ministry of Justice.1 The Royal Secretariat of the Daheng Dynasty was the central supervisory organization.
The Imperial Historian is the second in command of the Imperial Historian's Office, and above him is the Imperial Historian, who is now approaching the age of retirement, and Gu Yuanbai is examining who will be the next successor.
It is logical that the Lt. Chancellor should take the throne.
Gu Yuanbai took the silk cloth and spread the secret letter flat, the handwriting on the top was tiny, all of them were advising the King of Qi not to be impulsive.
"Look," Gu Yuanbai said, "how King Qi can't listen to persuasion."
Under the secret letter there is a line of small words, let the king of Qi read the book that is destroyed, but the king of Qi should not believe that there are other people know that this "wordless book" show the words of the way, so directly proudly and generously show up.
The qualifications of most people in the Royal Family, in fact, are as mediocre as the qualifications of the King of Qi in general, but also each of them are indulged in the prosperity and wealth.
But there were others who were obedient and understanding, and after seeing Gu Yuanbai send out his troops to surround the Qi King's Mansion, they were so well-behaved that they were like sheep with their skins plucked.
But even with such good behavior, Gu Yuanbai decided that in the future, he would implement a system of descending titles and inheriting them.
The titles conferred, which could be hereditary, were lowered by one title every other generation, so that if the offspring did not make a good living, then a family would soon disappear.
As the secret letter on the table gradually dried up and the writing disappeared again, General Cheng said, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "General Cheng doesn't need to worry about the rest, I have my own plans. Next, I have another favor to ask of you, together with the Privy Council, pick out two thousand elite soldiers for me in the forbidden army."
General Cheng's face was solemn, "Yes!"
After the political discussion, Tian Fusheng waiting for the emperor to change clothes and wash, since the last unauthorized Chu Wei tied to the emperor's dragon bed was punished, he did not dare to speculate too much about the intentions of the emperor. Even if you don't understand why the emperor wants to stop, but also do not dare to ask more questions. Honestly serve the saint, this is more important than anything else.
Since spitting up that mouthful of blood and getting that wind chill a few days ago, Gu Yuanbai hadn't shown any symptoms of illness these days. The deepening of spring should have something to do with the warmer weather.
"Your Holiness," Tian Fusheng's young apprentice ambled aside to massage Gu Yuanbai's arm, which had labored all day to review the zhangzhi, "how is this strength?"
Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes and nodded slightly.
Serving at the side of the emperor, has long practiced the ability to look at people's eyes, the little apprentice saw the emperor's face stretching, seems to be in a good mood, then coquettishly said some interesting words.
Talking about the newest member of the family.
"The new section of the scholar groom has not been married, the day of the temple exam release list, the scholar groom was almost caught under the list of son-in-law to catch away," the little eunuch said, "I heard that day the family servants of each family saw the scholar groom pounced on, and finally they themselves instead of fighting."
The corners of Gu Yuanbai's lips lifted, thinking that these people wouldn't need to think about it, Chu Wei was Xue Yuan's future brother.
After a while, the saint had a tiredness, Tian Fusheng led the people to extinguish the candlelight and quietly faded.
*
On the second day, Xue Yuan carried the thick gift on duty, and the thick gift was carried in his arms, and he was scared by Xue Yuan's amusement this morning, and he did not move to play dead.
This squire's uniform was new and straight and clean. There were neither rips and dust from being dragged, nor was it dirty with horse manure. Yet as soon as he arrived at the palace, the head guard said to him, "His Holiness has asked you to take care of that sweat-blooded horse."
The Sweatblood BMW was dragged into the stables, but it was so strong that the palace guards who fed and washed the horse didn't dare to go near it at all, and when it was reported this morning, Gu Yuanbai directly commanded it to Xue Yuan, who tamed the horse into submission.
Xue Yuan: "......"
It's really use it or throw it away.
Xue Yuan lazily turned around and followed the palace attendant toward the stables, and after a few steps suddenly stopped in his tracks and sidled up to ask, "What's that horse's name?"
The head guard froze, "His Holiness has not yet named it."
The corner of Xue Yuan's lips picked up and he turned his head with a snicker, "Then I'll give it a little name, a cheap name is good to feed, just call it Little Heartless."
The head guard didn't hear the words, he made a note of this moment, and only after the saint had finished his morning meal after the court, did he bring up this matter, "Your Majesty, you have yet to name that sweat-blooded horse."
Gu Yuanbai thought about it and vulgarly said, "Call it Red Cloud."
"Good name," Tian Fusheng blowing rainbow farts said, "elegant with vulgar, vulgar with elegant, between elegant and vulgar and sweat blood BMW's coat color and speed are given to briefly and succinctly point out, the emperor wise."
Gu Yuanbai rubbed his brows, "Shut up."
His Holiness is going to take a look at the Hall of Government and the Privy Council today, and then turn to the Hanlin Academy to take a look, especially that pungent man with Western Xia blood, the talent that has the ability to make Western Xia start a war against Daheng and take down five or six cities in a row, Gu Yuanbai can not help but put it in his heart.
However, after finishing his breakfast, before Gu Yuanbai even got up, he heard someone come to inform him that the King of Qi had begun a hunger strike.
Gu Yuanbai frowned, "When did the hunger strike start?"
The person who informed him bowed his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, it's that the King of Qi didn't take his meal this morning, and has been shouting in prison that he wants to go on a hunger strike."
"Then let him be absolute," Gu Yuanbai laughed coldly, his brain muffled and aching, "From today onwards, no food will be sent to King Qi for three days, doesn't he not want to eat? Don't waste my meals if you don't want to eat."
Bold enough to think that the many sins he's suffered are enough to atone for his sins, enough for Gu Yuanbai to vent his anger?
Gu Yuanbai came to his senses.
Mental torture, still, is not as useful as physical torture.