Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 178 Everyone has their own position

Chapter 178 Everyone has their own position
"Princess, I have a singing bird in my yard. Would you like to see it?"

"please."

Walking towards the courtyard with Yin Wanqing, Gu Jingnian was thinking in his heart.

After all, he was used by Gu Beiming again.

The purpose of the seemingly affectionate letter, which reminded him to leave Yongjing secretly, was to scare the emperor and put pressure on the Yong court.

In fact, Yong Ting had long realized that Gu Beiming did not care about the life or death of Gu Jingnian, the hostage. Conferring the title of Marquis of Chengye on Gu Jingnian was a statement of his attitude. On the surface, it was a favor to the Gu family. Conferring the titles of a duke and a marquis, in fact, was an attempt to alienate the father and son.

So Gu Beiming turned the tables and at the same time alienated Yong Ting and Gu Jingnian.

After figuring out Gu Beiming's intention, Gu Jingnian only considered how to protect his own interests in this situation of intrigue.

"I suppose the princess already knows the contents of that letter?"

"Yeah." Yin Wanqing did not deny it.

"The court can rest assured that I will not flee Yongjing."

"I believe."

Gu Jingnian said: "I believe my father is loyal to the court, he will definitely not rebel."

"That's good." Yin Wanqing said, "The court doesn't think Marshal Gu will rebel. Maybe he just misses you too much?"

This is a veiled knock.

Gu Jingnian understood clearly and kept the pace of the conversation, saying, "General of the border, secretly letting the hostage escape is a serious crime. I have been wondering why my father made such a mistake. After thinking about it, there is only one reason."

"what?"

"He has something very important to ask me in person."

"What's the matter?"

Gu Jingnian said: "I am a free-spirited person. Since I came to Beijing, I have only participated in one major event..."

At this point, the two of them had already walked into the courtyard. Yin Wanqing was listening attentively, but Gu Jingnian suddenly stopped talking, raised his hand and pointed at the treetops not far away.

"Princess, please look, that is the bird I raised."

Yin Wanqing looked up and saw a sparrow standing on the treetop. It looked ordinary and didn't seem to be able to sing.

She had no doubts, otherwise, if Gu Jingnian really tried to make the sparrow sing, it would take who knows how long.

"So beautiful." Yin Wanqing complimented casually, and quickly changed the subject, asking: "What did you say just now?"

"In the underground palace, I wonder how many parts the late emperor divided himself into."

Gu Jingnian directly put forward his conclusion.

Since he had guessed Gu Beiming's intention, when all parties were still watching and testing, he took the initiative to gain Yong Ting's trust and separated his position from Gu Beiming, taking the opportunity to put forward the conditions he wanted.

For example, Zhao Boheng got the news first, but as soon as he hesitated, the information he now had lost its effectiveness.

Hearing this, Yin Wanqing was secretly shocked.

She knew that this was the result that Yong Ting feared even more.

What is worse than Gu Beiming's rebellion is that Gu Beiming used the previous emperor to rebel. Once he raises the flag, he can directly shake Yin Yuhe's throne.

If this is the case, the court must appease Gu Beiming and never allow a rebellion to occur.

Yin Wanqing was also amazing and she calmed down quickly.

She looked up at the sparrow on the treetop and asked, "What about you? What do you think?"

Gu Jingnian said: "I will not flee the capital. Of course, I will see how the court arranges for me. I want to find my friends more."

Yin Wanqing nodded to show that she understood what he meant.

If the imperial court wanted to send someone to Jusai City to investigate the truth, appease Gu Beiming, or even kill Yin Kuo if necessary, Gu Jingnian would be the best candidate.

Of course, Gu Jingnian made this statement not out of loyalty, he also had his conditions, such as finding and protecting the phoenix.

"It seems that Marshal Gu may have encountered those rebels and wants to ask for clarification." Yin Wanqing said: "Don't worry, the court will not misunderstand the Gu family, and this matter will be properly resolved."

"it is good."

After Yin Wanqing found out Gu Jingnian's attitude, she planned to return to the palace, but Gu Jingnian casually invited her to have dinner with him, and she did not refuse.

On that day, Gu's family ate noodles.

The noodles tasted good, but as we were eating, Gao Changgan took out a large ball of dough and asked a question.

"Do you want her to compete?"

"Stop messing around." Qin Er immediately scolded, "Why don't you get off?"

"Oh."

"Don't ruin the footprints."

Yin Wanqing looked and saw a footprint on the dough, which seemed to have been left by a woman.

The delicious noodles in the bowl suddenly became difficult to swallow.

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The next day, before Gu Jingnian got up, Qu Jizhi came to visit him.

He didn't even wash himself, and went to the hall to meet them with a dishevelled appearance.

The wound on his hand had already healed, and now he had wrapped it with a bandage.

"Mr. Qu is here. I am injured. I am sorry for being rude."

Qu Jizhi smiled bitterly, and simply stood up and said, "I came here to apologize to Cheng Yehou, because I was the one who sent the invisible man to monitor Cheng Yehou." He was so frank that Gu Jingnian couldn't blame him openly, so he said, "It seems that Lord Qu has some doubts about me?"

"To be honest, I do have some doubts." Qu Jizhi said, "Not only about you, but also about Marshal Gu."

"Why?"

"I suspect that the reason why the late emperor was transformed into a salamander was because of Marshal Gu's instigation, and the various changes in Yong State recently may also be related to him. His surrender seems to have strengthened Yong State's strength, but it also seems to have brought various troubles."

Gu Jingnian asked, "Without my father, would Yong Kingdom remain peaceful?"

Qu Jizhi shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant."

"That is?"

Qu Jizhi pondered for a while, then slowly uttered two words, "Alchemy."

Gu Jingnian said, "Are you saying that Yongguo's alchemy was brought by my father? This statement is ridiculous."

"At least the group of imperial doctors around the late emperor, led by Liang Xing, all came from the Kingdom of Rui."

"Mr. Qu, are you sure this has nothing to do with Zhao Boheng?"

"Sure. Zhao Boheng has been in Yong State for more than a year or two. I know him well."

Gu Jingnian then took out a box and handed it to Qu Jizhi.

Qu Jizhi took out a red pill, crushed it, sniffed it, and said, "It is indeed only medicinal materials."

"is it?"

Qu Jizhi said: "As far as I know, Marshal Gu and the late emperor have a tacit understanding. He hopes to refine the phoenix, so he helped the late emperor refine the resurrection technique. If Your Majesty cannot meet his requirements, it may be difficult to control Marshal Gu."

At this point, Gu Jingnian discovered that his purpose was very much in line with Qu Jizhi's. He just wanted to find Ying Yao and then use Gu Beiming to exchange for Gu Caiwei and her daughter.

In other words, Qu Jizhi came today to win over Gu Jingnian, hoping that he would stand against Gu Beiming.

Sure enough, Qu Jizhi spoke frankly quickly.

"Marquis Chengye is a straightforward person, and I will not beat around the bush. As long as you can stop Marshal Gu from rebelling, I will personally take you to find the Phoenix. How do you think?"

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The city of Jusai.

Gu Beiming strode forward and walked towards a heavily guarded house behind the Marshal's Mansion.

In front, two guards in black cloaks stood there quietly.

"are you awake?"

"Reply Marshal, not yet."

Gu Beiming nodded and pushed the door open.

Inside the house, Yin Shu was sitting beside the couch in a daze. When she heard the noise, she turned around and saw that it was Gu Beiming. She immediately stood up and asked, "What exactly is going on? Why would my royal grandfather be assassinated in Jusai City?"

"We found out that it was an assassin from Yongjing City."

Gu Beiming answered, his face becoming gloomy, and said, "I'm afraid the matter has been leaked. The court must have known that I saved His Majesty."

Yin Shu said: "Then raise the army!"

"Not ready yet."

Gu Beiming answered casually, walked to the couch and stared at the person on the couch.

That was Yin Kuo. There was no hair on his face, his skin was old and pale, and his eyes were tightly closed.

He was rescued from Yongjing City by Yin Shu.

On the way to the city of Guse, he had only half of his head placed in a wine jar filled with mucus.

After arriving in Jusai City, he finally recovered his health, but not long ago he was attacked by an assassin who pierced his heart and lungs with a sword. At this time, his body was still wrapped in bandages.

"His Majesty."

Gu Beiming called out twice, but Yin Kuo still didn't wake up. He kept talking to himself, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will protect you and never let anyone hurt you again."

After expressing his loyalty in this way and comforting Yin Shu, Gu Beiming stood up and left the house.

As soon as I walked out the door, Lu Maoxiu came to greet me.

"Is everything arranged?" Gu Beiming asked.

"Yes."

"Take me to see it."

"Yes, this way."

It was an even more mysterious room, with no windows and no candles, only night-shining pearls illuminating more than a dozen jars.

Each jar was filled with slime.

Gu Beiming shone the night pearl into a jar and saw a piece of internal organs floating in it.

“Can it grow out?”

"Yes, but too little to inherit his memories and abilities."

"It's okay, just be careful and store them separately." Gu Beiming said with emotion: "These are all for your Majesty."