Today is a great day for Xiao Heng to be promoted, and it is also a happy day for Yuan Tang, who finally escaped from the capital.
Lord Gu in the capital was not so lucky. First, he suddenly had a chill on his back in the middle of the night, feeling that something big was about to happen. Sure enough, he was arrested early in the morning before he woke up.
He was completely dumbfounded.
what's the situation? How did he get caught for no reason
His father was arrested at the frontier, he was arrested in the capital, what a mess!
"Master Gu."
It was none other than Xiao Heng's new immediate boss, Xing Shangshu.
Xing Shangshu said sternly: "You are suspected of deceiving the king, and this official needs you to go to the Ministry of Punishment."
Gu Houye was stunned: "Wait, you speak clearly! Who is deceiving you!"
Xing Shangshu had expected that he would say this, he brought up the guard who was on duty at the North City Gate last night, and asked the leader, "What happened when you were on duty last night, please tell me in detail."
The leading guard said: "Last night, Lord Gu passed the imperial decree and left the capital through the secret road at the Beicheng Gate."
Lord Gu said angrily, "This marquis stayed in the mansion all night. When did he leave the city? When did he falsely pass on the imperial edict?"
Xing Shangshu looked at the guard: "Are you sure you read it right? In front of you is Lord Gu?"
The guard said sternly: "The man is holding the token of the Marquis of Ding'an, and his voice is exactly the same as what Gu Marquis is talking about now!"
Gu Houye's eyes turned cold: "Don't spit your blood!"
"What about the appearance?" Xing Shangshu asked.
The guard was frightened by Lord Gu's aura. He glanced at Xing Shangshu and said, "He is wearing a bamboo hat, but the little one can't see it clearly."
Gu Hou Ye was angry: "You go to the house to check! Ben Hou has never left the Hou House! Someone must be pretending to be Ben Hou! That token is also fake! Ben Hou's token is clearly there—" Gu Hou Ye said, and went to touch the token in the wide sleeve, but unexpectedly felt empty.
Eh
Where's his token! ! !
"Master Hou! Master Hou! It's not good! Second Young Master is gone!"
It was Huang Zhong's voice.
Gu Chengfeng disappeared.
Gu Houye's token also disappeared.
If Lord Gu can't guess what happened, he can't say anything.
"Master Hou! Your horse is gone!"
Lord Gu's fists clenched.
Rebel!
This pervert!
Why didn't I find that the second child was so bold before!
Without saying a word, he even stole his horse and token, and went out of Beijing with a false imperial edict!
What is he doing in Beijing
God!
After careful cross-examination by Xing Shangshu, it was confirmed that the height and stature of "Master Gu" from last night basically matched that of Gu Chengfeng, and the characteristics of that horse matched that of Master Gu's horse.
It was Gu Chengfeng who had hit it hard.
Although it wasn't that Lord Gu was bullying the prince, but his son was bullying the prince, he, as a Laozi, was not going to be clean.
The minister of punishment reported the results of the investigation to the emperor.
As Gu Chengfeng expected, his father was severely punished by the emperor for 100 big boards. The father paid the debt to the son, and the son paid the debt to the father. The emperor did not show mercy. , appalling.
Huang Zhong has calmed down. I don't know since when, his Marquis has been on the way to be beaten and gone forever.
Once again he was skilled in carrying people into the carriage.
…
The frontier was thousands of miles away, and Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng were on their way almost non-stop. In order to get to the frontier as soon as possible, they would replace a good horse almost every time they went to a post.
The two were on their way even at night. Even so, affected by the weather and the road, it took them nearly 20 days to reach the frontier.
At the frontier at the end of October, the cold wind was howling, and thousands of miles were frozen.
Beiyang City, Lingguan City, and Ye City have all fallen. Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng are currently in Yue Ancient City. Not surprisingly, Yue Ancient City will be the next target of the army of Chen Guo and the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Xu is that the war is coming, the ancient city of Yue is shaking, the people are in panic, there are very few people on the streets, and many shops are closed.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng wore thick fox furs and led their horses on a slightly empty street. They discovered early on that the further north they went, the more desolate the city was, and even many people abandoned their hometowns, or He absconded all the way to the south by himself or with his family.
"what!"
A seven or eight-year-old girl was hurried forward by her family, but she accidentally fell and fell at Gu Jiao's feet.
Gu Jiao stretched out her hand and helped the little girl up.
The little girl's family didn't even have time to say thank you, and took the child with panic on their faces.
They were worried that if it was later, the city gate would be closed, and they would not be able to go out tonight.
There is going to be a war in the ancient city of Yue. Although I don’t know what day it will be, it is always right to leave early.
"Hey! Your things have fallen!" Gu Chengfeng picked up an old rattle on the ground.
The little girl looked back at the rattle, with longing and reluctance in her eyes.
Her family pulled her away without looking back.
"Oh, it's true." Gu Chengfeng was hesitant to say anything. It was useless for him to take the rattle. Since others didn't want it, he had to throw it away.
The situation in Yuegucheng was more severe than he imagined.
He sighed: "It's still like this before the war. I don't know what the situation will be when it really starts."
Gu Jiao knew that in her dream, blood flowed into rivers, starvation was everywhere, mountains and rivers were broken, people were displaced, young men were murdered, women and children were bullied, and the frontier fortresses were reduced to purgatory on earth.
"Are you staying at an inn or an inn tonight?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
"I can't stop." Gu Jiao said.
"Where do you live? You can't live on the street!" Gu Chengfeng looked at the dark sky above his head, "I see that the weather is not right, there might be a heavy snowstorm at night, if you sleep on the street, you will freeze to death. "
Gu Jiao didn't plan to sleep on the street, she stopped and stood on the icy street.
She felt as if she had been here before.
Obviously, this street did not appear in the dream.
She pondered for a moment, then led the horse to the right.
"Hey, where are you going?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
"The Prefect's Mansion." Gu Jiao said.
"Why are you going there?" Gu Chengfeng asked in confusion.
"Stop." Gu Jiao said cherishly.
Gu Chengfeng frowned: "Stay... The Prefect's Mansion? Why do you want to live there?"
Gu Jiao led the horse forward: "No money."
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
Gu Chengfeng didn't ask how Gu Jiao knew which direction the Prefect's Mansion was. She was like a walking map, she knew where and what!
However, Gu Chengfeng was relieved when he thought that there was something called a map in the world.
The two came to the Prefect's Mansion.
There weren't many guards patrolling on the street, but outside the prefect's mansion was heavily guarded.
"Who?" A guard walked towards Gu Jiao and the two.
Gu Jiao didn't speak, and just threw a token to him.
The guard was just a small soldier on the frontier, and didn't know anything about the capital, but Gu Jiao's imposing manner, plus she and Gu Chengfeng both wore fine fox furs, they were not ordinary people at first sight.
The guard took the token and entered the prefect's mansion.
About half an hour later, a middle-aged man in official uniform held the official hat on top of his head, lifted the hem, and trotted all the way.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng were both dressed as men, with masks on their faces.
The middle-aged man glanced at the two of them with a strange expression, restrained the doubts in his heart, and saluted: "The little one's surname is Hu, his name is Hu Hai, he is the master of the prefect's mansion, and the prefect is out to do some errands, and I don't know that the two adults are coming , I have lost a long way to welcome, please forgive me two adults!"
Gu Chengfeng waited for Gu Jiao to speak.
Gu Jiao did not.
Gu Chengfeng remembered that this girl can't fake voice, he cleared his throat and said, "It's okay."
"I don't know how the two adults are called?" Master Hu asked respectfully.
Gu Chengfeng put on his official prestige and said, "It's inconvenient to reveal our identities, so don't ask."
"Ah, yes!" Master Hu returned the token to Gu Chengfeng.
Gu Chengfeng thought about it and took it for Gu Jiao.
Master Hu invited the two into the Prefect's Mansion.
Gu Chengfeng said in a tone of voice: "Find a quiet courtyard, we may have to live in Yue Ancient City for a few days."
"Yes! Yes! The little one will make arrangements!" Master Hu hurriedly responded and took the two to a clean courtyard.
There are three rooms in the courtyard. Gu Chengfeng asked Gu Jiao to live in the innermost room, and he lived in the next room.
"Let's pick a few clever servants over here." Master Hu said with a smile.
Gu Chengfeng glanced at Gu Jiao, saw that she had no intention of rejecting, and nodded to Master Hu: "It's work."
Master Hu respectfully left the yard.
The steward followed up curiously and said, "Master, who are those two people? Why are you being so polite to them? You even let them live in Liuxiang Courtyard, which was originally..."
Halfway through he was interrupted by Master Hu, who whispered, "What do you know? They are holding Empress Dowager Zhuang's token in their hands, they are people from the capital!"
The steward was stunned.
…
Gu Jiao didn't care what kind of uproar caused by her identity in the prefect's mansion, she entered the room, took off her mask, took off the red spear and put it down.
It was freezing cold outside the house, but it was very warm inside because of the burning kang.
Gu Chengfeng walked in, took off his mask, and said to her, "Strange, haven't you kept your identity well hidden along the way? Why didn't you hide it when you got here?"
Gu Jiao took off the deerskin gloves: "No need to hide, our whereabouts have been exposed."
Gu Chengfeng's eyes widened: "When was it exposed? Why didn't I know?"
Gu Jiao said, "Jinyue Ancient City was exposed."
In the dream, Gu Chengfeng was being targeted in Yue Ancient City.
If nothing else, someone will come to prescribe medicine to Gu Chengfeng tonight.
Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, Happy New Year's Eve.
I seem to be serializing every New Year's Eve, and coding every New Year's Eve.
(End of this chapter)