Contract Prince

What Shangguan Lan said was not what Gu Yunjing was worried about?How much she wished that she was a man, so that she could justifiably like the princess, but it was a pity that she was not after all.

If Xiao Muxue was just an ordinary woman, then she would be able to express her love without fear.However, she is a princess, and behind her stands a series of political symbols.Thinking of these, Gu Yunjing felt a headache and helplessness, secretly sad.

Shangguan Lan patted his apprentice on the shoulder, and couldn't bear to continue to talk about the stakes with Gu Yunjing, but said slowly: "Think about it yourself, this is all for the teacher."

A knock on the door broke the conversation between the master and apprentice.

Gu Zhong came to report: "Master, there is someone outside the door who is eager to see you. He claims to be the envoy of Southern Chu."

After Gu Yunjing opened the door, he asked, "Why did the Southern Chu envoy ask to see me?"

Gu Zhongdao: "He didn't say it clearly, he just said that he has something to ask to see you, he looks very anxious."

Gu Yunjing's first reaction was that the Southern Chu envoy asked to see him. This matter was mostly related to Yu Wenyan. Could it be that the Southern Chu monarch really encountered a difficult situation?She quickly said to Gu Zhong: "Bring him to the hall."

After Gu Zhong listened to the order, he left.

"The envoy of Southern Chu asked to see me. I guess Yu Wenyan must be in trouble." Gu Yunjing said with some concern, "And the trouble must be serious, otherwise Yu Wenyan would not think of asking me for help."

Shangguanlan asked: "If this is the case, are you going to do it, help or not?"

"Since Yu Wenyan agreed to go to Xiliang to get the snow spirit grass, no matter what, I owe him a favor. Naturally, I have to help."

Shangguan Lan said: "Go and meet with the Southern Chu envoy first to find out what's going on? We'll see how to deal with it then."

"Master, that disciple will leave first." Gu Yunjing nodded.

"Go." Shangguan Lan waved his hand.

The envoy of Southern Chu who was waiting in the main hall saw Gu Yunjing approaching, and quickly knelt down on one knee to salute: "The envoy of Southern Chu Zhuo Taiyan sees the son-in-law."

Gu Yunjing glanced at his hurried appearance, and said: "There is no need to be too polite, the envoy must have something important to ask to see."

"Your Majesty was detained by the Habayashi Army in the post house, and his every move was monitored by the soldiers."

"How could such a thing happen?" Gu Yunjing asked with gazing eyes, the King of Southern Chu came to Xiao Kingdom this time to pay tribute, not to be a hostage.In terms of emotion and reason, Emperor Xiao should not detain him.

"It's true." Zhuo Taiyan's face was particularly sad and indignant, and I, Yu Wenyan, felt injustice, "Emperor Xiao used his power to bully others, and deliberately used the incident of the princess' assassination to punish us Southern Chu people."

"Don't worry, speak slowly." Gu Yunjing made a comforting gesture to him, signaling the Southern Chu envoy to be calm and calm.

"This morning, a group of Habayashi troops crowded the outskirts of the post house. The invincible villain at the head seems to be surnamed Lu, some kind of prince."

Gu Yunjing asked: "But the son of Duke Ning, Lu Zhong?"

Zhuo Tae-yeon scolded, "That's the villain!"

Gu Yunjing felt very curious. Sima Qun, the leader of the Habayashi Army, went west with the army. The current head of the Habayashi Army is Jiang Shitang, the deputy commander. When will it be Lu Zhong's turn to take charge?

"You go on, I'm listening."

"Lu Zhong's words sound good. Princess Xiao was assassinated, and the capital city has not been peaceful recently. The purpose of sending troops to the posthouse is to protect the safety of the southern Chu monarchs and ministers. Who knows, he sent people to spy on us on purpose, and intentionally sent people to assassinate the princess. Push the incident on us Nanchu people. This is clearly detention!"

"Lv Zhong is just an elder son. Although he has a great name, he actually has no rights. How can he command the Habayashi Army?"

"Hmph." Zhuo Taiyan's face was full of disdain, "It's not because of your emperor's backing, otherwise this man surnamed Lu would dare to boss him around like this! What kind of emperor of Shangbang is obviously in cahoots with villains!"

Southern Chu people are straightforward, and they usually say what they have.Zhuo Taiyan didn't care about talking about the king indiscriminately. In his eyes, Xiao Guan was just a foolish king who didn't argue right from wrong, without any place worthy of respect.

Gu Yunjing knew that people in Nanchu had such a nature, so it was not easy to criticize him with a set of etiquette, not to mention that the emperor was indeed at fault in this matter.With no evidence and no evidence, how can we go to great lengths to detain and monitor Yu Wenyan?

The son-in-law asked again: "Since the posthouse has been surrounded, how did you get out?"

The envoy of Southern Chu came from the truth: "After Lu Zhong left, your lord managed to lure away a few soldiers, and I took the opportunity to escape. Your lord told me to tell the son-in-law the news."

"Your Majesty is still planning to leave for Xiliang to ask for Xuelingcao to save Her Royal Highness. With Lu Zhong making such a fuss, Your Majesty can't get away at all, and sooner or later he will miss the job."

Zhuo Taiyan didn't understand Gu Yunjing's character, and was afraid that she would stand by and watch, so he specially emphasized the last sentence to the son-in-law.

Zhuo Taiyan knelt on the ground again, and begged: "Today they can justifiably monitor your lord, and tomorrow they can openly accuse you of assassinating the princess. My son-in-law, I beg you to lend a helping hand and save your lord. "

"Get up first." Gu Yunjing nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely save the Lord of Southern Chu."

Zhuo Taiyan said gratefully: "Thank you son-in-law, I will keep this kindness in my heart. If you need me in the future, just ask. Zhuo Taiyan will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!"

"You can go back with your words and say that I will help you. Tell the Lord of Southern Chu not to worry, hold your ground and wait for the changes. Otherwise, if you let Lu Zhong seize the opportunity, he will embarrass you again with unwarranted charges. "

After Zhuo Taiyan stepped back, Gu Yunjing fell into deep thought.Undoubtedly, she already had a plan in mind for this sudden assassination.

Originally, although Gu Yunjing had doubts in his heart, it was not confirmed that Lu Zhong did it.However, this wave of actions by the other party easily betrayed himself.

If it wasn't for Lu Zhong, why did he want to put Yu Wenyan to death in such a hurry?It's nothing more than fear of things being exposed, so that they can find a scapegoat for themselves.

Gu Yunjing couldn't help but think about what happened at the Guining Banquet again. After thinking about it carefully from beginning to end, Lu Zhong really has a great suspicion of committing the crime.

She became a son-in-law, and Lu Zhong regarded her as an enemy from the beginning to the end.The plan to harm her at the Guining Banquet failed, and this vicious plan was born again.If it wasn't because Xiao Muxue gave up her life to protect her, then she would definitely die.Taking advantage of the conflict between her and Yu Wenyan, Lu Zhong just put all the crimes on the Southern Chu King.It just so happened that Yu Wenyan was one of Her Royal Highness's admirers.

In this way, if this plan is successful, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"Lv Zhong has such a vicious mind, he absolutely cannot stay." Gu Yunjing sighed in his heart.

Lu Zhong surrounded the post house, since he was ordered by Xiao Guan.Then the person who tied the bell must be untied, and if you want to save Yu Wenyan and others, you have to start with the emperor.

After making up his mind to pay attention, Gu Yunjing hurried to the palace in a sedan chair.

In the imperial study.

Xiao Guan is in a very bad mood now, he has just finished scolding a group of imperial doctors, and he hasn't vented enough anger yet.

Chen Huaisheng served Xiao Guan the calming tea, while comforting him: "Your Majesty calm down, don't get angry, drink some calming tea first."

"These imperial doctors, I think they are just in name only! I haven't found a way to detoxify the princess so far, I really want to kill them all for their crimes!"

"I'm not in the mood to drink tea, let's bring it down. I'm going to see the princess in the Marquis of Zhenyuan." Xiao Guan sighed, and said, "Eunuch Chen, you should go and make a list immediately. No matter who it is, as long as it can be cured Sixth princess, I will reward you heavily. Reward a hundred fertile lands, ten thousand taels of silver, and let her choose any official position below the fourth rank."

The imperial physicians had no hope, so Xiao Guan had no choice but to pin his hopes on the quack doctor.

Chen Huaisheng suddenly remembered something, and he reminded: "My slave remembers that the son-in-law seems to be studying under the medical sage Shangguan Lan. Shangguan Lan has superb medical skills, maybe he can save Her Royal Highness."

When Xiao Guan heard it, he was very happy: "I am really confused, Eunuch Chen reminded me well. Pass on my order and call the son-in-law into the palace immediately. That's all, there is no need to call. I will go to visit Xue'er and discuss the matter with the son-in-law by the way. thing."

After Xiao Guan finished speaking, Gu Yunjing came to the imperial study room to face the saint just as he was about to set up his residence in the Marquis.

"My son-in-law, you came just in time. I have something urgent to discuss with you. If I remember correctly, you once studied art in Wangyou Valley, and you studied under Shangguan Lan, right?"

Gu Yunjing replied respectfully: "Return to father, that's right."

"Shangguanlan's medical skills are excellent. At present, the imperial physicians of the imperial court are helpless to deal with the poison that the princess is suffering from. I order you to invite Shangguanlan to treat the princess immediately." Shangguanlan is not an ordinary quack warlock. He is indifferent to fame and fortune. It was difficult to invite, so Gu Yunjing had to come forward to invite him.

"To tell the truth to my father, the family teacher has already come to the mansion to treat the princess. Yun Jing has been busy taking care of the princess these days, so she failed to enter the palace in time to report this matter to my father, and I hope my father will forgive me."

Xiao Guan asked urgently: "Is he sure to heal the princess well?"

"Yes, but the master said that it takes a single medicinal material to completely remove the poison in the princess's body."

"Just tell me what medicinal materials you want. I will ask the imperial doctors to get them for him. Are there any medicinal materials in the imperial hospital?"

"Father, what you need is not ordinary medicinal herbs, but snow spirit grass that grows in Xiliang."

Xiao Guan was stunned by Gu Yunjing's words, and he muttered to himself, "In Xiliang territory? Is it only Xiliang that has all the wilderness in the Kyushu?"

Gu Yunjing replied truthfully: "Exactly. Snow spirit grass is suitable for growing in the coldest and highest altitude places. It is recorded in medical books. So far, traces of this herb have only been found in Xiliang."

Xiao Guan showed a faint expression of embarrassment: "Xiliang and my country of Xiao have always been incompatible, and now the two countries are still at war. If you want to go to Xiliang to pick snow spirit grass, it's not easy? If you want the king of Xiliang to offer snow with both hands Spirit grass is even more impossible."

Gu Yunjing said: "We can't get the snow spirit grass, but there is one person who should be able to get it."

"Who?"

"Yu Wenyan, the king of Southern Chu. Yu Wenyan once told me that he was willing to ask the king of Xiliang for snow spirit grass. He was going to leave in a few days, but unfortunately, he will be detained in the posthouse .”

"I was going to discuss this matter with Yu Wenyan this morning, and happened to see this scene. Lu Zhong led the Yulin Army to surround the post house, and kept saying that it was ordered by the emperor."

Gu Yunjing lightly raised his sleeves, cupped his hands and said: "Father is a holy king, and he will definitely not instruct him to detain and monitor the monarchs and ministers of Southern Chu. He will detain the monarch of Southern Chu at will without any evidence. If this matter spreads to other In the country, I am afraid that I will be criticized by the superior country where I rule the country with etiquette."

"I feel that Lu Zhong is probably lying, so I went to the palace to report this matter to my father."

When Xiao Guan heard this, he was suddenly embarrassed.He replied that it was not good, and felt sorry for the holy king that Gu Yunjing was talking about.The answer was no, and he felt that it was wrong, because this matter was indeed ordered by him.

The emperor had no choice but to say vaguely with a guilty conscience: "I asked Lu Zhong to assist Jiang Shitang to thoroughly investigate the assassination of the princess, but I didn't let him detain Yu Wenyan. Lu Zhong has indeed gone too far."

Gu Yunjing said: "Father, my son, I don't know if I should say something or not?

"speak."

"This assassin's case really needs to be investigated, but it's not the method of investigation. Lu Zhong clearly regarded Yu Wenyan as the murderer by doing this. Even if he has doubts in his heart, he can investigate secretly. This behavior is really inappropriate."