No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 458 Loyalty and Betrayal

"Are you someone who met Zhen Guojun in the Central Plains before, or are you on Yingzhou Island?" Luo Junyao asked suddenly.

It is absolutely impossible for Gu Jue to be a member of Zhen Guojun just by meeting him once.

Even if it was her, if she didn't know Gu Jue well, she wouldn't be able to guess his background at a glance.Of course, it doesn't rule out that Master Huang has some unknown way of knowing people.

Huang Qiru refused to speak anymore, obviously the fear he showed just now was not all true.

Gu Jue and Luo Junyao looked at each other, Gu Jue smiled and said, "Okay, I'm from Zhen Guojun."

Huang Qiru raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes seemed to say again: "You will admit it when I say it casually, why should I believe you?"

Gu Jue took out a token from his pocket and put it in front of Huang Qiru, saying, "Do you believe it now?"

Huang Qiru couldn't help but startled when he saw the token, and then looked up at Gu Jue and Luo Junyao, with complicated expressions on their faces.After a long while, he sighed softly, and said: "I thought... that I would never see someone from the imperial court come in this life."

Gu Jue said: "Master Huang, can you speak now?"

Huang Qiru thought for a while, and said: "Please trouble your son to go again and go to my house to get something."

Gu Jue said, "No problem."

Huang Qiru told the place where the things were hidden, and told the people from the Zhen Guojun to go in person. Gu Jue responded and turned to go out.

Only Luo Junyao and Huang Qiru were left in the room, and it was quiet for a while.

Luo Junyao looked at Huang Qiru curiously. At first, they all thought that the county magistrate of Yingzhou was a covetous person who feared death, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Although he really did nothing in Yingzhou these years, he only wanted to be wise and safe, but because of the power of the Fang family in Yingzhou, the Cao family in Qingzhou might help him. It is an island thousands of miles away from the mainland, and it is difficult to even send a message back to Shangyong. He really can't do more.

When Luo Junyao was looking at Huang Qiru, Huang Qiru was naturally looking at her too.

He has already seen that the younger boy among the two is the one who can call the shots.

It's just that he couldn't guess for a while whether this young man was also a member of the Zhen Guojun.

Meeting his eyes, Luo Jun smiled and said: "Master Huang, do you want to guess who I am?"

Huang Qiru looked at her for a while, then showed his apologetic and careful smile again and said: "The villain has poor eyesight, and I really can't tell who the young master is. But... since he is with that young master, he must be a member of the court. "

Luo Junyao looked at him with his chin propped up, "Aren't you afraid that we are sent by the Fang family to lie to you?"

Huang Qiru looked at her apologetically, and said, "If...the people who go are not from the Zhen Guojun, it may be a little troublesome."

"..." Sure enough, if he could live under the nose of the Fang family for so many years, he wouldn't be a cheap lamp.

Even if he is just a rank seven official.

Half an hour later, Gu Jue came back with a box.

Luo Junyao asked: "Is there nothing wrong?"

Gu Jue took a deep look at Huang Qiru and said, "It's okay."

Putting the box in front of Luo Junyao, Luo Junyao stretched out his hand to fiddle with it, and found that it contained a roll of somewhat old cloth, and there were some brown marks on the cloth, which should be old blood.

"Nothing special." Luo Jun shook his head, "Have you encountered any trouble?"

Gu Jue said: "This box is placed in a secret hidden compartment. The method of unlocking is the internal method of the secret word camp. There is only one chance. If you make a mistake... the entire secret compartment including the things inside will be destroyed at once."

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out and picked up the blood-stained silk and unfolded it.

There were some strange line patterns drawn on the silk, which looked like a map but didn't quite look like it.

Standing beside Luo Junyao, Gu Jue asked strangely, "What is this?"

Luo Junyao said: "This is the distribution map of waterways around Yingzhou Island."

Gu Jue was surprised, "You can even understand this?" Not only Gu Jue, Huang Qiru also had obvious surprise on his face.The sea chart and the map on land are not the same thing, otherwise Gu Jue would not be unable to see it.

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "I have seen a lot." Putting away the silk in his hand, Luo Junyao looked at Huang Qiru and said, "Thank you, Mr. Huang, for your righteousness."

Huang Qiru shook his head slowly and said, "I don't have the ability to get this kind of thing. Someone gave it to me."

Gu Jue said: "A member of the Zhen Guojun?"

Before they left Beijing, they had checked it out, and there was something wrong with the news that the Secret Word Camp had sent back a few years ago.To this day, they still don't know what happened in Yingzhou, which caused the spies of the secret word camp to mutiny.

Huang Qiru nodded and said: "That's right, five years ago was the most difficult time for me in Yingzhou. If I hadn't met that person, I could hardly bear it..." Huang Qiru did not deny that his will was not firm, and he almost betrayed the court surrender to the enemy.

"At that time, I had been trapped by the Fang family for more than two years. I couldn't go anywhere except the county government office. The entire government office was filled with people from the Fang family. Even local people would never go to the government office if they had something to do. I beg the Fang family to uphold justice. At that time, I had already been given an ultimatum by the Fang family. If I did not cooperate with my predecessor, it would be a lesson from the past. Do you two know, what happened to my predecessor?"

Gu Jue said: "Transferred from Yingzhou to be promoted to Antai Prefecture General Judge."

Huang Qiru interjected: "A year later, he died of illness and took office. When the family returned to their hometown, they encountered robbers on the road, and none of the dozen or so members of the family survived."

Gu Jue was silent.

Huang Qiru said: "At that time, life was very sad. I knew that Yingzhou was not a peaceful place, so I didn't bring my family to take up the post alone. But a year later, my family members showed up in Yingzhou. According to people from the Fang family, they were worried that I would be alone in a foreign land, so they specially helped me bring my family back for a reunion. At that time, not only I was worried, but my family was also in a state of anxiety."

"At that time, that person found me and gave me this thing." Huang Qiru said: "He was seriously injured at that time, and his life was not long. He told me a secret about the Fang family. I used this secret to tell The Fang family negotiated terms. I will not interfere with anything on the island, and the Fang family will not force me to do things for them. Anyway, I am only a seventh-rank official, and the Fang family does not expect me to do great things for them. If I die Well, they either have to hide it from the court, or they have to ask the court to send someone to replace them, which is even more troublesome. After all, Yingzhou has to do business with the businessmen who come and go, and anyone who casually says something like this may spread to the court. Medium. This is not a difficult decision, Fang Changyun quickly agreed."

Luo Jun shook his head, "What's that man's name? What else did he tell you?"

Huang Qiru said: "He said his name is Ye Shisan, and he is a secret agent of the Zhen Guojun under the King of Chu. Oh, when he came to Yingzhou, the first emperor was still there, and the regent was only the King of Chu."

Ye Shisan, a very common name, neither Gu Jue nor Luo Junyao knew it.

However, they had seen the information sent by the spies to Yingzhou back then, and it did contain this name.

But that's it.

"He said that the Zhen Guojun sent a total of six spies, including him, but two of them were killed shortly after arriving in Yingzhou, and the other three all took refuge in Fang's family. After he escaped from death, how can he send letters back? They have all been controlled by traitors. He couldn't find anyone he could trust, and he couldn't get out of the island for a while, so he simply hid on the island. He finally figured out this thing after lurking on the island for two years It's a pity that he accidentally alarmed the Fang family. He was seriously injured and died soon and could no longer leave Yingzhou. As a last resort, he had to find me. He told me that unless he was sure it was from the Zhen Guojun, he could not give this thing to anyone. People. Even people from the imperial court cannot be trusted."

Huang Qiru smiled at the two of them and said, "It's a pity that he found the wrong person. If he found someone else, he might be able to send the things out. He came to me... Even a piece of paper from the county government will be carefully checked .”

Luo Junyao was silent for a while, before he said: "I still have to thank Mr. Huang, I don't know that Ye Shisan..."

Huang Qiru said: "He was seriously injured. I hid him in the mansion and didn't dare to find a doctor for him. He died within a month. I buried him by the pond behind the county government office."

Gu Jue said solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Huang."

Huang Qiru looked at the two of them, smiled and said: "No, I'm willing to tell you now that I want to gamble, anyway, I can fall into your hands, I can't help myself. This young man is right, Fang In the past two years, I am afraid that I will not be able to bear it anymore. I was able to use that secret to contain Fang Changyun because his foundation was not stable soon after he succeeded to the throne, but it has gradually become less effective in the past two years. , I am afraid the first thing is to kill me to sacrifice the flag."

Luo Jun said: "My lord, don't worry, we will guarantee the safety of you and your family. As long as... what you say is true."

Huang Qiru's expression was a little relaxed, but there was still some hesitation in his eyes when he looked at Luo Junyao.

Obviously doubting, can such a young boy really call the shots?

Gu Jue said with a smile: "Master Huang, don't worry, this... can definitely make the decision."

Huang Qiru nodded, "I haven't asked the two surnames Gao yet."

Gu Jue said: "I'm Gu Jue, this...you can just call him Young Master Dongfang."

Gu Jue...

Although Huang Qiru is overseas, he knows a lot about the news of Zhen Guojun.Naturally knowing Gu Jue's status in Zhen Guojun, the expression on his face moved slightly, and he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"Thank you, both of you, if there is anything you can do to help, just ask."

Gu Jue and Luo Junyao looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that their luck is not bad. Although this old man is a bit difficult, he is considered a good person.

Huang Qiru's stay in Yingzhou these years was not in vain. All they could get in the few days after arriving in Yingzhou were superficial information, but Huang Qiru could know a lot of news that even the natives of Yingzhou did not know.

For example, the number of soldiers and horses of the Fang family in Yingzhou, food supplies, the location of the hidden weapon workshop, important figures of the Fang family, etc.

The three chatted for most of the night, and it was not until dawn that Qu Fang sent him back.

Qin Yao'er walked into the room with breakfast, and saw Luo Junyao still writing something under the lamp.

Putting the breakfast on the table, Qin Yao'er leaned over and stared at her carefully: "Did you stay up all night last night?"

Luo Jun shook his pen and raised his head, couldn't help but rubbed his sore eyes, nodded and said, "Yes."

"Let's have breakfast." Qin Yao'er pushed the breakfast in front of her, watched her eating breakfast and said, "I used to think that being a princess was just eating, drinking and having fun every day. You feel more tired than me."

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Of course being a princess can also eat, drink and have fun every day, but that's boring."

Qin Yao'er shook her head, "I don't understand, I just like eating, drinking and having fun every day."

"Then why did you come out with me?" Luo Jun said, "You can eat, drink and have fun every day in Shangyong, and I don't think Ayan asked you to do anything."

Qin Yao'er shook her head like a rattle, "You are gone, of course I have to go too. Think about it, I have to live in the same mansion with the regent every day, and the food is not delicious. Moreover, he still doesn't allow me to use poison!"

Luo Jun shook his head: "So, why use poison?"

"This is my hobby." Qin Yao'er said as a matter of course, "If I can't play drugs, what is the meaning of my life?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Yes, if I can only eat, drink and have fun every day, I also feel that life is meaningless."

"Okay." Qin Yao'er nodded, and said, "Although I still don't quite understand it, it's just like me... Even if I accidentally poison myself when researching poisons, I will continue."

Luo Jun smiled, lowered his head and continued to eat.

Innocent little girls are always easy to feel happy.

Gu Jue and Qu Fang came in from the outside, seeing Luo Junyao eating, they had to leave first.Luo Junyao hurriedly stopped the two of them, and said, "It's okay, you two sit down and talk."

Gu Jue said: "Mr. Qu and I checked out several places according to the information provided by Huang Qiru, and they were all the same as what he said. As for the hidden reefs and organs near the island, we will also let people who are proficient in water People go check it out."

Luo Junyao nodded and said: "Be careful, if there is no problem with the picture, you can let General Cheng's people get closer, and then try to go to the island to help stabilize the situation."

Gu Jue nodded in agreement, looked at Luo Junyao and hesitated for a moment, then hesitated to speak.

Luo Jun was puzzled, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Gu Jue said, "I saw Huo Shan."

Luo Jun frowned and said, "One of those three traitors back then?"

Huang Qiru told them that one of the three traitors who betrayed the Zhen Guojun was missing, and the other two were Huo Shan and Fang Yuan, and they were all entrusted by the Fang family.

Huo Shan is now the leader of the Fang family's spies, half of the Fang family's spies are under his control.And Fang Yuan has been training soldiers and horses for the Fang family these years, and his status in the Fang family is quite extraordinary.

The Fang family was also very generous to these two people, Huo Shan married Fang Changyun's daughter, Fang Yuan recognized Fang Changyun as foster father.

"They don't know you?" Luo Junyao asked.

Gu Jue shook his head and smiled and said, "Of course not. I have been in the border town all these years, not to mention how old I was when they came to Yingzhou? Don't worry, princess, the people brought this time have nothing to do with the previous affairs of Yingzhou. The person in charge of Yingzhou affairs is still in place and has not been disturbed."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "That's good, but... this person used to be a member of the secret word camp, and he can be reused by the Fang family. I'm afraid it's not a simple role. Let's take a look first. If it affects us too much, we should first Get rid of him."

Gu Jue said, "Will the Fang family be alerted by doing this at this time?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "That depends on how he died."

Gu Jue smiled slightly upon hearing this, "Princess Wang is right."

(End of this chapter)