Chosen Son

In the middle of the night, the entire imperial city was shrouded in black night.

King Jin suddenly opened his eyes after hearing two knocks on the bed board, turned over and got out of bed, opened the bed board after dressing up, and there was a secret passage inside, leading directly to the bottomless darkness.

This secret passage was not built by them, but obtained by chance.I heard that when the first emperor was there, a concubine with a prominent family background died strangely after being relegated to the cold palace. She was burned beyond recognition by a fire, and her identity could only be identified by the remains of her clothes that had not been burned clean.Thinking about it now, it's quite suspicious, but the past is the past, there is no value and necessity to pursue it, but such an institution has been left behind, which has given great convenience to future generations.

The end of the secret road is a wilderness. Those who want to build the secret road also understand that this matter cannot be said, and few people must know about it.It's just that this place is surprisingly close to Gu Fan's residence, which provides them with great convenience.Mr. Lan had been waiting at the end for a long time. Seeing him coming, he whispered:

"Is it just like this? His house is full of eyeliners."

King Jin thought for a while, but before he could answer, he saw a person hanging upside down from the tree in front of him.

This is a desolate suburb, desolate and inaccessible, especially on such a dark and windy night, such a scene is really frightening. Even Jin Wang, who is usually called calm, took a step back and fixed his eyes. Look, only to realize that the person in front of him is Zhisha.

Can breathe, alive.

Probably satisfied with their terrified expressions, Zhi Sha threw them two sets of clothes and said, "Change on and go."

The two of them took the clothes but did not move. They looked at each other, and King Jin spoke first: "You guys already knew that there was a secret path? How did you know?"

Seeing that Zhisha turned his head coldly: "My master is omnipotent."

Mr. Lan and King Jin: "..."

Fine.

Just when they changed clothes and came over, Gu Fan was arguing with the system, having an in-depth discussion and exchange on whether the issue of "I kill myself" will affect the balance of the system.

"You said that such a treacherous official like the original owner is so uncomfortable to stay in this world, can I really not eliminate harm for the people?" Gu Fan thought for a long time, feeling a little sorry, "I occupied his body for so long, I couldn't influence him, every time I want to do something good, I can feel the blood in my body is restless, it's too scary."

System: Destiny has its own destiny and cannot be easily destroyed.

"What if I destroy it?" Gu Fan asked unwillingly.

System: Deduct your life.

Gu Fan was silent for a while, rolled his eyes at the air with disdain, and decided not to take the risk.

Before he finished rolling his eyes, he heard a soft knock on the door——Jin Wang is here.He quickly adjusted his sitting posture and expression, and saw Jin Wang came in together with Mr. Lan, wearing the ordinary servant uniform of the mansion. Even so, he could not conceal his natural demeanor. It is not without reason that the ministers have so much support.

He became more and more sure of what was going to happen next, stood up, and smiled: "Is His Royal Highness Jin Wang recovering?"

King Jin nodded somewhat reservedly: "Thank you for your concern, sir, it's almost done."

Gu Fan said "Yes", and asked the two of them to sit down at the table, and after ordering Zhisha to stand guard at the door, he went straight to the point and said, "What did you think about what you said to Your Highness that day?"

"Does your lord want me to think about it?" King Jin showed a rare look of helplessness.

Gu Fan smiled: "You are wrong, Your Highness. I can let the concubine stay in the palace, and I can also let her leave the capital tomorrow to go to the Qing Dynasty, so I don't mean to force you. The choice is still yours, I just want to show my sincerity."

These words sound reasonable and well-founded, but in fact they still have a slight threatening meaning, Gu Fan did not hide it, King Jin has lived in the deep palace for so many years, so he can understand it if he wants to understand it.He didn't have much time, and most importantly, he couldn't let King Jin and the emperor make any fools. If he tried to convince the emperor again, he might really become suspicious.

King Jin knew what he meant, and didn't go around with him, but asked directly: "You said you want me to help you with something, what is it?"

"I want a list of all the ministers who contacted you secretly." Gu Fan said.

King Jin stood up suddenly, and even Mr. Lan looked at him with incredible eyes: "Master Gu, are you crazy? What gave you the illusion that we will give you what you want?"

This is the last capital for their counter-market, which is equivalent to their entire net worth!

"Don't panic, Your Highness." Gu Fan pushed King Jin back, and saw that he was not in a hurry to speak, but raised his head after a while and said:

"You mean, you want to cooperate with us? Did my brother let you investigate me in private?"

In fact, I asked for it on my own initiative, but you don't need to know these details... Gu Fan thought with some guilty conscience, and then nodded: "That's true, as expected of your Highness."

"I want a reason." King Jin stared into his eyes.

In his previous contacts with Gu Fan, Gu Fan's feelings towards him were calm, smart and secretive, but he was still unable to break through this superficial feeling. Now when he is really touched the bottom line Only then did he feel the coercion and pride in the person in front of him.

This kind of person should be born to stand at the highest place and hold power.

He suppressed the shock in his heart, and slowly said the reason he had made up a long time ago: "I want real power."

"I thought my brother gave you enough." King Jin narrowed his eyes and looked at him with scrutiny.

"No, Your Highness, you are wrong." Gu Fan shook his head, "Although in the eyes of others, I may have infinite glory, but these things are nothingness. Today he can let me look down on the ministers, and if one day I If I don't do what he wants, he can immediately tear me down from the height and step into the dust. Your Majesty is too moody, I can't bet, I need real power."

"So you came to me?" Jin Wang smiled, "It has always been said that the emperor's heart is unpredictable, how can you guarantee that I will give you what you want after I gain power?"

"You're different." Gu Fan also smiled, "You won't, at least you can see the situation clearly, you won't do things that harm others or benefit yourself, and you won't be confused about people, gains and losses. "

King Jin looked at him, and nodded slowly after a while: "Okay."

He was so straightforward, but Gu Fan was stunned: "Don't you need to think about it?"

"No need." King Jin sighed, "My lord should have noticed that my current situation is really not optimistic. I am lucky to have such help from my lord."

"Okay." A big rock in Gu Fan's heart finally fell to the ground, and he said immediately, "Since I have already said that I want to cooperate, then I will make my words clearer. I think you understand, Your Majesty. His Majesty has always been suspicious of you. Heavy, I was asked to sort out the list of your accomplices before, but I have been procrastinating on purpose. Now in order to save the empress dowager, I am afraid that I will not be able to procrastinate. I must hand over a copy to him. Who do I need to avoid? Who will be put on it, this still needs your help."

"I see." King Jin understood what he meant after thinking for a while, "I'll ask someone to make a copy for you later."

"Also..." Gu Fan paused, "Your Majesty wants to kill you, it's a matter of time, if you want to delay, I'm afraid I won't be able to delay it for long, Your Majesty has planted eyeliner in my mansion, it must be You have already become suspicious of me. So... I hope you make a decision early."

King Jin took a deep look at him, then nodded for a while: "Understood."

"If a specific action time is set, I will inform the adults."

"Okay, then there's no problem." Gu Fan said, and immediately extended his hand to King Jin, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

"Oh, that's right." Mr. Lan at the side was just listening to their conversation in silence. Seeing that they had reached an agreement, he breathed a sigh of relief and remembered something, and said, "Since it's cooperation, the poison in His Highness' body... ....should we solve it too?"

Gu Fan had long forgotten the previous episode of slandering the emperor, and now he was a little surprised: "I heard Zhisha said that Mr. Lan is a famous medical master, why didn't he find out that what is in His Highness's body is actually not poisonous, but purely tonic? body pills?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was silent, and the black figure outside the window coughed to cover up, and then ran away quickly as if hiding something.

When he re-entered the entrance of the secret passage, Mr. Lan softly asked the man next to him: "You don't really want to cooperate with Gu Fan, do you? That's seeking skin from a tiger."

His voice was very soft, almost like a whisper, and the man beside him glanced in the distance, and then smiled at him, with some deep meaning in his eyes: "What do you think?"

Mr. Lan straightened up, followed his line of sight, and found that he was looking in the direction of the backyard of Gu's mansion.He glanced at the man in some surprise, and saw him nodded to him, and then walked straight to the secret passage, leaving only a thin figure behind him.