beauty heart thorn

Chapter 75 Banquet

Gu Mingzhu lifted the curtain of the car and noticed that there was someone in the car. She froze for a while, and quickly entered and lowered the curtain.

Xu Jue leaned against the wall of the car and closed his eyes.

Gu Mingzhu recalled the past when he pretended to be drunk, and said, "Could it be that you drank too much today?"

Xu Jue snorted and said, "Drink too much, why? Do you want to do something wrong to me?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled slightly: "Are you looking forward to it? Or are you looking forward to it?"

Xu Jue smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to it."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Stop messing around and talk about business."

Xu Jue stopped laughing, and said: "Qi Feng from the Ministry of War secretly cuckolded the emperor with his concubine Ling. It was a serious crime to behead if it was spread, but he still took the risk to have a private meeting with concubine Ling tonight and gave him a bottle of medicine." Introduction, what do you think?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "Since it is a medicine introduction, it must be something that affects the whole body. It can be used on oneself or on others."

Xu Jue pondered for a while, sorting out the recent events in the palace, and remembered something: "My informant in the palace once reported that the weather was extremely hot during this period, and the concubine made some soup to relieve the heat every now and then. Send it to the imperial study room, the other concubines in the palace only treat her as a favor, and secretly make fun of her, could it be related to today's Yao Yinzi?"

Gu Mingzhu thought about it, it was really possible, and said: "If so, their goal is to leave the dynasty, what is the purpose?"

"I have ordered someone to keep an eye on Qi Feng. If he has any abnormalities, he can report to me at any time."

Gu Mingzhu smiled slightly: "At present, the situation is clear."

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Two days later, the emperor was ill and stopped the morning court.

After the imperial doctor's consultation, the emperor's condition was announced to the public: he was infected with wind and cold.

At the same time, because of the tax increase policy, there were noises from all over the country, and Chizhou was the most disturbed.

Chizhou magistrate's papers were reported every three days, but because no one reviewed them, they were all suppressed in the imperial study.

It was because of such a delay that something happened in Chizhou.

The reason was that when the household tax was increased, the officers and soldiers ordered a farmer to pay the tax. The middle son of the household said it would be delayed for two days, and the officers and soldiers agreed.

When the officers and soldiers saw that he had a money bag in his hand, they felt that they had been tricked, so they forcibly confiscated him that night. As a result, the man's father died that night because he did not drink the medicine.

This matter fermented very quickly, and it was spread all over Shiba Township. The man's life was mediocre, and he wanted to die a long time ago, and because he was thinking about his old and sick father, he insisted on it. Once his father died, the man was gone. The living head took his father's body and hanged him in front of Zhizhou Mansion the next day.

The news spreads ten times, ten times to hundreds, and no one will go into the details of what happened at the beginning. The common people are all spreading the news, saying that the imperial court expropriated and did not pay people and forced them to death.

The public grievances that had accumulated for a long time due to the household tax broke out like this.

Some of the common people came forward to overthrow the corrupt imperial court. Based on Chizhou and Fucheng, a large number of rebels were recruited. In just half a month, more than 2 common people joined, forming an insurgent army.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Rebellions of varying degrees appeared in various places, some were suppressed, and some were forced to flee to the hills to become bandits.

The Duwei Mansions all over the country were overwhelmed, and petitioned the imperial court to send troops to suppress the bandits.

The royal study memorial is like snowflakes.

Soon, the palace set up a list to recruit famous doctors from all over the world.

September, autumn.

Ge Baoxue lay on the bed and resigned from the position of commander of the Habayashi Army, leaving the position of commander vacant.

Another night.

Today Ge Baoxue hosted a banquet for various military units in the Thirteenth Garden, and Gu Xiurong and his sister attended.

When Gu Xiurong came, several people had already had a pot of wine. Seeing Gu Xiurong who came late, they couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiu Rong, Xiu Rong, you are late today, you will punish yourself with three cups!"

Gu Xiurong arched his hands: "The commander-in-chief forgives the crime, and the officials are late, and the adults also forgive me. I will punish myself and punish myself."

Ge Baoxue's eyes were full of appreciation and kindness.

When everyone saw Gu Mingzhu standing pretty behind him, they couldn't help saying: "Miss Gu is here too, please sit down."

The two take their seats.

Gu Mingzhu nodded and smiled, "Trouble everyone."

"Don't bother me. It's the first time we've sat at the same table like this. General Gu praises you a lot on weekdays. When I saw you today, you're really like a wild goose."

Gu Mingzhu nodded towards the speaker, Gu Xiurong said: "This is Cen Shen, Vice General of Yulin Army."

He introduced in turn: "This is the commander-in-chief, the deputy general Han Cheng, the servant of the Ministry of War Chu Xiao, and the two cavalry captains of the Habayashi Army."

"Mingzhu met the Commander, Vice-General Cen and Vice-General Han, Master Chu, and the two cavalry chiefs."

"Miss Gu is also good."

Cen Shen on the side looked at her, and Gu Mingzhu smiled at him.

When Cen Shen took a quick look at her, he seemed a little shy.

The men burst into laughter, and Chu Xiao joked, "Oh, he's still blushing..."

"Go, go, don't make fun of me."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Everyone started to drink, and after drinking for three rounds, the cavalry captain of the Habayashi Army took out his gadgets and said: "Brothers, I got an interesting gadget from a vendor a few days ago, take a look."

He dumped a box of thumb-sized bamboo blocks on the table.

"The name of this object is Thirteen Zhang, but the name is similar to Thirteen Gardens..."

The riding captain explained in detail how to play the thirteen cards. Ge Bao became interested and said, "Okay, you guys drink, let's touch it."

One table was divided into two, one continued to drink, and the other was surrounded by Ge Baoxue, Chu Xiao, Gu Xiurong, and Cen Shen.

"How big is it?" Ge Baoxue asked with a smile as he touched the card in his hand.

Gu Xiurong looked down at the cards in his hand, and said: "Today the commander-in-chief is the host, you have the final say."

"It's a small gamble, let's play ten taels." Ge Baoxue took the lead and played a bird.

Chu Xiao took a look, hit Zhang Dong, and said, "Hey, the Grand Commander card is not bad."

Ge Baoxue is also a fun-loving master on weekdays, and he heard the words: "Today, I must lose you as pants."

"Don't scare me, Commander."

Gu Xiurong played a card.

When it was Cen Shen's turn, he laughed along with the three of them, stretched out his hand to touch the cards, froze for a moment, then laughed and pushed the cards: "I'm sorry everyone, Xiaojiu, look, is this the nonsense you said?"

The rider took a closer look, slapped his thigh, and sighed: "The lieutenant is so lucky!"

The three of them looked at the card he pushed down, and Ge Baoxue laughed and cursed: "You little boy... the God of Wealth is sitting with you today."

The four of them shuffled the cards while cursing and giggling.

While playing cards, Ge Baoxue said with emotion: "I'm going to step down soon, and I'm afraid I won't see you many times. I'm really reluctant to get along with you all these years."

Chu Xiao said: "Before the order of the palace is issued, you will still be the commander in one day."

"I'm really old...hey!" Ge Bao learned how to chat and play cards, and received the cards in front of him, saying: "The old injury hurts badly these days, and I have to prepare medicine every day at home."

"Madam is virtuous."

(End of this chapter)