Gu Yuanbai said he wanted to investigate, so he went to investigate neatly. After half an hour, all the people that day came to Gu Yuanbai.
The Xuanzheng Hall in the inner city is magnificent and mighty.
The palace attendants on both sides stood with their heads bowed, and the air was filled with the mellow fragrance of the palace. The red pillars are towering and bursting into bursts. Such a magnificent momentum makes people more fearful and nervous than that day in the wilderness.
The servants of the Xue family who were kneeling below did not dare to come out. Gu Yuanbai sat in a high position, looked at the servants of the Xue family, and said lightly, "Tell me, what happened that day."
The servant of Xue's house bowed and saluted, and said cautiously: "Sir, the little ones just followed Lord Chu to the countryside that day, and they never spied on the saint's trail, and they never colluded with the group of assassins."
After they finished speaking, they held their breaths and waited for the attitude of the Holy One. Gu Yuanbai said casually, "Continue."
They had no choice but to continue: "The little ones never thought that the Holy One was also there. This is the sin of the little ones, and the little ones are willing to be punished."
The servants of the Xue family are also loyal dogs to their masters.
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "Then tell me, who sent you to follow Chu Qing."
Chu Wei remained silent. He was also here. Because he was so anxious to be summoned, he was still wearing a blue uniform.
The black hair was a little messed up by the winter wind, and thin sweat rose from his forehead. He was chartered by the sage, and he stood there with his head bowed and listened to the words of the servants of the Xue family.
The people on the ground did not dare to deceive the emperor, "Second Young Master sent us to follow Lord Chu."
At this moment, Chu Wei raised his eyebrows in surprise. He turned his head slightly and looked at the servants.
Each of these domestic servants is very strong, muscular and burly physique, and seems to have some strong martial arts in their hands. Yes, if he didn't have the ability, how could he be sent by Xue Yuan to kill him? I just don't know if there are those people who have beaten him in the alley.
When Chu Wei thought of this, he smiled instead. The blue shirt sleeves robes swept across the air in a clear stream, and he bowed and leaned over, slightly puzzled: "Second Young Master? But I have never known this Second Young Master."
The servant in Xue's house groaned in his heart and said, it's broken.
They had a bitter look on their faces, racking their brains to figure out what to say. However, Gu Yuanbai no longer wanted to listen to their untrue words.
He turned his head sideways, the line of his chin was attached to his slender neck, and said indifferently: "Send Donglingwei's people to invite the second son of Xue's house. Since these people dare not tell the truth, it is necessary to alarm Old Master Xue. people."
"Check it bit by bit, and tell Madam Xue generously what the servants in their family did. Find out all the correspondence between the rooms of the two sons in their mansion," Gu Yuanbai lowered his head halfway. , the black hair slipped softly beside the jade-like face, and out of the corner of the eye glanced at the person kneeling on the ground, "I even checked their room carefully."
Everyone in the Xue Mansion hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the little ones can say anything!"
Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, "I don't want to listen."
*
Gu Yuanbai would use Dong Lingwei as his eyes and his hands to see how things turned out on his behalf.
The people of Donglingwei are all elite soldiers, their physical fitness is already strong, and their logical thinking is more meticulous. After half a year of training, their sensitivity and sharpness to clues have reached a new level.
Dongling guards bowed first and then soldiers, and after politely signaling to Mrs. Xue, they divided their troops into two separate ways to check what the sage wanted.
Dong Lingwei's footsteps are very light, and after entering a room, he will not stay in it for a long time. In less than two quarters of an hour, the people of Donglingwei disappeared like a tide and left the Xue Mansion cleanly.
The room they had checked was still orderly, without the slightest confusion. Except for the lack of a second son of Xue's residence, there are almost no other things missing.
The second son of Xue was carried to the palace by Donglingwei's people and sent to the Holy One.
His leg was still broken and he was a crippled man. If it is said that who has the most ugly reputation in Beijing, then no one can compare to the second son of Xue in front of him.
Gu Yuanbai took a sip from the teacup, his eyes still fixed on the memorial, and he continued to review the government affairs: "This is the second son of the Xue family? I still remember you."
It is not a good thing to be remembered by the Holy Spirit. Second Young Master Xue was lying on the ground, but he was even more nervous than the people kneeling beside him, and he said tremblingly: "Sacred Master, Caomin Xue Lin, I still remember Caomin in my memory."
Gu Yuanbai lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, "You don't look like your brother."
Second Young Master Xue said, "The younger one is not as good as the elder brother."
Gu Yuanbai stopped talking, wrote the word "ke" on the memorial, and put it aside. He began to look at the evidence that Dong Lingwei had placed in front of him, and at the top was a torn letter.
Dong Lingwei used his powerful investigative skills to find these fragments one by one from all corners of the Xue Mansion, but some of them have been dissipated in the wind and rain and can no longer be found.
Qin Sheng, the leader of Dongling Guard, said solemnly, "Your Majesty, Madam Xue only said that everything is decided by your Majesty."
Gu Yuanbai's expression softened a little: "I know."
After sitting for a while, he stretched out his hand, his slender fingers were heavy with the white jade wrench, and he took the scrap of paper in front of him and looked at it.
*
There are many uncertain risks when a message is transmitted from the northern Xinjiang to the capital.
Xue Yuan couldn't be sure whether this sentence could really reach the capital, or whether it could reach Gu Yuanbai's ears.
And if it really spreads to the capital, after passing through the layers of the inn, what will the words eventually look like
If there are people who are confused and have poor memory, who don't take this as a matter of fact, and maybe there are people who have hatred with Xue Yuan, this sentence will be completely distorted.
During the days when Beijiang couldn't do anything, Xue Yuan thought about everything, and the more he thought about it, the more serious the situation became. In the eyes of the people around him, his mental state was as irritable as a lion whose tail was trampled and unable to sleep.
The recent Khitan tribes have gone deep into the grasslands, and there is no war to write. Xue Yuan was in the dark for a few days, and felt that only by dealing with the nomads as soon as possible could he be able to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
He and General Xue asked for orders, and led people to investigate the situation of Pichi and Tu Liuyu over and over again under the cover of ice and snow.
The tens of thousands of Daheng soldiers stationed at the border finally made these tribes feel uneasy. They originally thought that the Daheng soldiers would retreat a few years ago, but they did not expect to see their posture. This is to stay until the next year.
Why stay until the end of the year? Daheng soldiers have to be stationed at the border for so long, and anyone with a little brain knows that the situation is not good.
By the time Xue Yuan brought the news back to the discussion, in the capital, the sage had already read what Dong Lingwei found out.
Including the pieced together letter that Xue Yuan wrote to Xue Lin.
The servants of the Xue family only thought that what was written in the letter was to kill Chu Wei, and his face was pale at the moment. But Xue Er knew the content of the letter, but was a little better than them, and even gloated to think that he didn't do anything. This letter was also written by Xue Yuan. If you want to convict him, let him convict Xue Yuan.
After reading it, Gu Yuanbai raised his head, his face uncertain.
"Chu Qing, it's none of your business here," the sage suppressed the anger in his tone, "You've made an extra trip, just go back."
Thousands of thoughts flashed in Chu Wei's heart.
Did the Sage find out the reason and think it has nothing to do with him? Or did you find evidence that Xue Yuan wanted to kill him, so it was inconvenient to tell him clearly
However, Xue Yuan's people could shamelessly confuse black and white in front of him, and call assassination a protection. Now that Chu Wei is gone, wouldn't they be more indifferent when they lie
But Chu Wei was still personable and leisurely left the Xuanzheng Hall.
Why compete with such petty people for such petty profits, it is the most important thing how the saint treats them.
Only the people from Xue's residence were left in the palace. Gu Yuanbai leaned on the back of his chair and thought about things. The palace was so silent that even his breathing seemed to be clearly audible.
Silence is an invisible executioner who bends people's backs and feels uneasy in their hearts.
"Come on, what else do you have to say," Gu Yuanbai said solemnly, "I ask you to tell the truth."
Xue Er originally wanted to be the first to tell the truth, and the servants behind him pushed the wrong things on him. Unexpectedly, the servants behind him were more direct than him, and they said it faster: "Your Majesty, it was the eldest son who sent back a letter from the border to the second son. After the second son read it, he sent us to stare at Master Chu. ."
It's this torn letter.
There were a few pieces missing in the letter, and some words were unclear, but Xue Yuan sent someone to stare at Chu Wei's words, but it was not a good tone. Gu Yuanbai's eyes shifted to Xue Lin. As soon as Xue Lin was frightened, he opened his mouth and read out the original words in the letter word by word.
In these words, Gu Yuanbai's possessiveness and hidden thoughts were looming, and Tian Fusheng, who heard it, was terrified.
"Shut up." Gu Yuanbai said suddenly.
Second Young Master Xue obediently shut his mouth and found that Sheng Shang's face was even darker.
"You guys told me earlier that you were sent to protect Chu Qing," Gu Yuanbai repressed, "Is that how you came to deceive the emperor?"
The crime of bullying the king is suppressed, how can these people stand it, ranging from beheadings to implicated in the nine clans. The servants of the Xue family immediately raised their hands and slapped themselves in the face, "The little ones were fascinated. At that time, an assassin happened to be assassinating, so they were timid and dare not tell the truth."
These people were handed over to Dong Lingwei by Gu Yuanbai for disposal. After everyone was gone, the saint looked at the things on the table and rubbed his forehead.
Xue Yuan didn't play him, not once.
Each of these things is related to Gu Yuanbai, and the secrets he hides have nothing to do with Chu Wei at all.
But he is so bold, and the desire for possession of the emperor fills his mind brightly. The second son of Xue can't hear it, and others can't hear it, but how can Gu Yuanbai, who is the party, not hear the undercurrent of sworn sovereignty. meaning.
Xue Yuan chased Gu Yuanbai closely. He wasn't at all afraid of being seen by others, but when he was so magnanimous and terrified of the world, everyone subconsciously abandoned the idea.
The fact that he was not played made Gu Yuanbai's anger a lot less, and he became calmer. But in the same way, with such a letter, such a thing that goes too far, what did he think of the emperor after all
Seeing the person who made him, making it his property
He said in front of him that he was his master, but secretly he had developed a strong desire to control his master.
For a while, Xue Yuan felt introspection and guilt because Xue Yuan was misunderstood by him under his anger, but also because Xue Yuan felt offended and faintly competing with his own thoughts.
Does he see me as something in his pocket
How dare he be so bold, how big can he be
Complicated emotions were mixed, and Gu Yuanbai couldn't tell what the final mood was.
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that the throat that got angry a few days ago was aching again.
No matter what else, only this letter from Xue Yuan to Xue Lin is mentioned. He asked Xue Lin to write down the people who had been in close contact with Gu Yuanbai, and then waited for him to come back. What would he do when he came back
Are you really going to come to the door to yell and kill
Kissed, touched, twice.
And the softhearted time.
Gu Yuanbai pinched his eyebrows, closed his eyes and straightened his lips. The color of his lips turned white with force, and the flavors were mixed. For a while, anger prevailed, and for a while, the guilt of misunderstanding others because of anger prevailed again.
He was not saying a word, but the captain of the guard beside him said uneasily: "Sir, in fact, a month ago, Master Xue also wrote a letter to the minister."
Gu Yuanbai was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.
The head guard's expression was weird, and he didn't seem to be able to guess what Xue Yuan meant: "Master Xue said that he has a disease, and his heart is flustered. He has to eat petals from time to time to stop the panic. But where are there flowers in the northern border, he I asked the minister to send him some sun-dried petals."
Gu Yuanbai said curiously, "What are you talking about?"
Can't the people from Xue's house deliver it? And why does it sound wrong everywhere
The captain of the guard was hard to say, and his face was red: "Master Xue said that he was afraid that he had some serious disease that could not be cured. He wanted the blessing of the saint, so he begged the minister to let the minister bathe the saint with it. fish out the petals, dry them and send them to him.”
Gu Yuanbai: "..." When did he use the petals
The guilt in my heart suddenly disappeared, and the anger that followed it became nondescript.
Can't laugh or cry.
Gu Yuanbai suddenly woke up.
Why bother
Wrong is wrong, right is right. Gu Yuanbai made a mistake, he admits it, Xue Yuan dares to think like this, but Gu Yuanbai can't stop people's thoughts, as long as he doesn't make a real threat to others, Gu Yuanbai shouldn't be before these things happen to annoy yourself.
In contrast, Gu Yuanbai's thinking seems to have been restricted by the ancient environment.
He is trying to fit in with the current environment, but he should also stay awake at all times. Gu Yuanbai felt that the most valuable thing in himself was the way of thinking that was cultivated in him in later generations, and this way of thinking told him that no one can control other people's thoughts.
After some self-examination, he temporarily suppressed everything else and only looked at his own mistakes.
Gu Yuanbai agreed to compensate Xue Yuan. Does he want petals
Gu Yuanbai turned his head and said to Tian Fusheng, "Go find all the precious flowers in the capital and find them to dry."
He can't send the petals he has soaked, but he can send all the flowers that should and should not bloom in this season.
Since the first snowflake in Beijiang was returned, he should compensate him for all the famous flowers in the capital.