After rebirth, she was forced into marriage by the sickly prince

278 Chapter 278
Speaking of Guo Xiaozhou, his fate was not good.

After studying for more than ten years, he finally topped the high school list, and married a wealthy and virtuous wife, but his wife died tragically during childbirth. Although his son was saved, he was a sick child.

Finally, he spent more than ten years in the court, was appreciated by the emperor, and became a grand master, but the prince was deposed.

And the only son, who finally grew up and married a wife, died without even seeing his daughter, and the daughter-in-law followed suit.

Seeing that there were no successors, Guo Xiaozhou later accepted many concubines and gave birth to several children, all of which ended in premature death.

Afterwards, Guo Xiaozhou asked someone to tell his fortune, and the fortune teller said that he was destined to have no children and only one granddaughter.

So, he resigned to his fate, and he only wanted to raise his granddaughter into a talented person, and gave her all his love.The marriage given to her was also chosen by the granddaughter herself.After marriage, they are happy with their husbands and children.

Now, he heard that someone wanted to trouble his granddaughter, how could he not get angry?
Xiao Qiyu is very good at poking his heart.

Seeing this, he persuaded him persuasively:

"If you want your granddaughter to escape this disaster, tell me everything you know. Use your merits to pay for your crimes.

"As for your granddaughter, I can ask the emperor for a reward and keep it. Otherwise, you Guo family, all men from the six clans will be punished; but all women can only be slaves, maidservants and prostitutes for the rest of their lives... Zizi Generation after generation cannot be redeemed..."

In Great Liang, the punishment for the crime of treason is extremely severe.

For example: the Rong family has some women who were once honored by the family, but they are still placed in the Jiaofang Division, and no one is allowed to redeem them.Not even him.

When Guo Xiaozhou heard this, he roared angrily, "What I did was not a crime of treason, you...why do you want to embarrass my granddaughter?"

"Now this case is in the hands of this king. If this king says you are plotting treason, you are plotting treason. If this king says you are not plotting treason, you will not be plotting treason..."

Xiao Qiyu was born in such a complicated officialdom, and he has long realized the truth that power can affect people's lives, and if he wants to create unjust cases against his conscience, he can also do it.And it can make it impossible for people to find any traces.

Although Guo Xiaozhou had never dealt with him before, Xiao Qiyu's prestige at the border was not earned by mouth.

In addition, he has also helped the emperor investigate many complicated cases. This is a thoughtful person. It is too easy for such a person to kill him and his granddaughter...

At this moment, Guo Xiaozhou, who was caught in a weak spot, did not dare to speak harsh words anymore.

He ground his teeth for a long time, while resenting his mistake in his heart, he sullenly compromised:

"I said, as long as you are willing to let my granddaughter go, what do you ask? What do I answer?"

Seeing him let go, Xiao Qiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged glances with Mu Yunjiang, and began to ask: "Who gave you this poison in Sanyuejue?"

Guo Xiaozhou's eyes flickered before he replied: "Huaihua General Qin Yi."

Sure enough it was him.

Xiao Qiyu continued to ask: "When did you start drugging poor students?"

Guo Xiaozhou replied, "About seven years ago."

Oh, it has been so long.

Xiao Qiyu sighed secretly, and asked again: "How many of the students who have been poisoned by you have passed the scientific examination and become officials in the court?"

Guo Xiaozhou replied: "There should be six to seventy people. Some are officials in Beijing, and some are local officials! Some are disobedient and have been poisoned."

This number made Xiao Qiyu's heart tighten deeply, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there a roster?"

"Have."

"where?"

"In my secret room."

"Submit it to me later."

"can."

He agreed bitterly.

Xiao Qiyu immediately continued to ask: "Who are you training party members for?"

Guo Xiaozhou was stunned, with some puzzled expression on his face: "Of course it is for His Highness the Crown Prince. The whole Great Liang will belong to the Crown Prince. What is wrong with me doing this? Is this treason? No. At most, it can be regarded as Luo Zhi's party feathers." .The people I have trained, so far, none of them have done anything to hurt me."

It seems that Guo Xiaozhou was kept in his bones, and he didn't know who he was working for.

He didn't expose it, and continued to ask: "Does the queen know that you are cultivating party members for the prince?"

"I don't know."

"Where's the prince?"

"I don't know, Qin Yi did all this in private. Qin Yi said that the empress is too benevolent and unwilling to form a party for personal gain; the prince is radical. If he knows that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have his own people, the emperor may notice his behavior. Once the emperor finds out that something is wrong, the crown prince will not be able to withstand the emperor's interrogation..."

Therefore, the key to the problem lies in Qin Yi.

He must be captured alive to have a chance to restore the truth.

"Why did you agree to conspire with Qin Yi to win all the children from poor families in the world into your sect?" Xiao Qiyu asked again.

Guo Xiaozhou's eyes were complicated, a dim light flashed across his face, and it took him a long time to say: "I am originally the prince's teacher, and I am also the old friend of His Royal Highness Xiao Hua. As a result, the East Palace I taught was abolished, and the teacher I taught The little friend was expelled. And Xiao Li was suspicious of me and didn't want to reuse me. He only let me teach and educate people here.

"I think Guo Xiaozhou is full of talent, but I have nowhere to display it. I can only spend my time here. Therefore, when Qin Yi came to find me, I agreed to it, not for anything else, but to vent my grievances. Hope One day the crown prince will be able to overpower Xiao Li, and let him have a taste of what it's like to be respected."

It turned out that this person hated his father so deeply.

Being neglected and neglected is indeed an extremely depressing thing.He also has a deep understanding.

But he didn't mind.

Guo Xiaozhou is different, he is just an ordinary courtier, I will be loyal to whoever is beneficial to me, he has this kind of mind.Therefore, it is not too surprising that he wants revenge.

After thinking about it, Xiao Qiyu continued to ask, "Do you have any correspondence with Qin Yi?"

"Yes. They are all in the secret room."

"Okay, as long as you write down everything you just said, and then hand over the secret letter, I will keep your granddaughter safe forever... I, Xiao Qiyu, never promise easily, as long as I promise, I will do it!"

Although Guo Xiaozhou was not familiar with this person, King Jingbei was famous for his noble character and his word for action.

So, he wrote down all the things he committed, and even took them to find the evidence.

In this way, the fact that Qin Yi conspired with others to cultivate party members was confirmed.

When he got the secret letter, Xiao Qiyu took a closer look, and found that the content of the communication was limited to how to control the students and how to win people's hearts, but there was no rebellious words.

As for his confession just now, he also wrote down everything, even the number of murdered students, and finally signed and drew it.

After getting the evidence, Mu Yunjiang read it carefully and made sure there was no problem, then looked at the dejected Guo Xiaozhou, and suddenly asked, "What role did you play in the Rong Xi treason case more than ten years ago? "

A complicated and confused expression flashed across Guo Xiaozhou's face.

Mu Yunjiang caught it, but he flatly denied it: "This matter has nothing to do with me!"

"Sure?"

Mu Yunjiang stared at him.

His expression became extremely unnatural.

"At that time, I was sick and recuperating at home. I only heard that Rong Xi had betrayed the country. It was just a surprise."

No, he must have participated in it, otherwise his voice wouldn't be so strange.

"I can trust you for now, tell me now, how do you usually contact Qin Yi?" Xiao Qiyu also found that this person's mood was a little strange.

"Sometimes letters, sometimes pigeons."

Guo Xiaozhou looked longingly at Mu Yunjiang, this terrifying woman: "Now, I've said everything I need to say, when will you cure the poison on my body..."

An antidote flew into his mouth immediately: "This is the first one, the pain will be relieved immediately after taking it, and the second one will be taken after 12 hours. After another 12 hours, the third one will be taken. So, next In the next two days, you'd better be obedient and don't make trouble, otherwise, you will die before you finish taking the antidote..."

Mu Yunjiang was so threatening.

Guo Xiaozhou was so angry that he wanted to curse, but because he was under the control of others, he could only stay silent.

"Ah Suo, you have tied them up. You are here to watch him personally. Also, if Mu Yunzheng wakes up, you will send an arrow to tell him. Ajiang, come out with me... wait a minute, take off this clothes... ..."

Dressed in happy attire and full of pearl hairpins, thinking that in order to take down this man, let his wife perform such a performance, he felt a little unhappy.

Mu Yunjiang was startled for a moment, then he let him pull out the pearl hairpin on his head, took off the wedding dress on his body, revealing the regular clothes inside, and then he walked out by the sleeves.

When he came outside the door, the night was dark and it was a bit cold, so he turned back again, went to get a cloak that Golden Lock carried with him, tied it on her, and said:

"Borrow it, it's cold outside."

The two came to a place where there was no one, and he said in a low voice:

"I just thought of a way, and I want to discuss it with you..."

"You said."

"I want to lure Qin Yi to this place, and then both Qingrong and Baihu."

He looked deeply: "However, there may be danger. If a scuffle is triggered because of this, it will be my unforgivable sin..."

Yes, he was still hesitant.

"What do you want to do?"

So he talked about his plan.

Mu Yunjiang nodded: "It's a risky move, considering our current situation, it's a bit uneconomical to take this move. However, if we can force them to show their original shape, it's not impossible..."

She weighed it up, "I support you, but I want to improve you, look, we are like this..."

Then talk about your own thoughts.

Xiao Qiyu raised his eyebrows, and in the moonlight that suddenly brightened the hall, he smiled slightly. This feeling of being dependent on each other is really wonderful.

If it wasn't for the flower thorn, he really wanted to kiss her hard: "The parents who gave birth to me, the wife who knows me!"

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dawn.

Mu Yunzheng woke up, and found that he was not locked in a dark dungeon, but lying on a bed.

He got out of bed, and wanted to go outside to find out with soft steps.

The door opened, and a petite woman came in. He didn't know... Instinctively, he took two steps back, trying to hide, for fear that he would be imprisoned.

"Second brother, are you awake?"

Mu Yunjiang cried out in surprise.

Mu Yunzheng was stunned for a moment, looking at this delicate-looking girl with bright eyes, "You are..."

"I'm Xiaoqi Mu Yunjiang! By the way, you don't recognize me, do you..." They have been separated for more than ten years, and it is normal for the second brother not to recognize her.

Mu Yunzheng looked around, where was he? Why did Xiao Qi come when he woke up? Could it be that the old man found someone to pretend to be Xiao Qi?

At this moment, another person came in from outside the door, and he arrived before the sound came: "Ajaan, is your second brother awake?"

"Yes!"

Mu Yunjiang turned her head and responded.

Mu Yunzheng recognized Xiao Qiyu. Before, when he was in the capital, he saw Xiao Qiyu returning to the capital. He silently took a few glances on the road - this person is the person whom the third younger brother admires, and also the person he admires very much. .

"Your Highness, are you... really Your Highness?"

He recognized it at a glance, and quickly bowed: "Mu Yunzheng pays homage to His Royal Highness King Jingbei!"

Xiao Qiyu had sharp eyes and quick hands, and quickly supported him: "The second brother of the Yun family doesn't need to perform such a grand ceremony, we will be a family from now on."

Even so, Mu Yunzheng was still dizzy: "This is still... the Academy!"

"Yes."

"Why are you here, Your Highness?"

"Accompany Ajaan to find you. Come, let's sit down and talk!"

Xiao Qiyu helped him to sit down, and briefly talked about how he and Mu Yunjiang rescued him.

After figuring out that it was King Jingbei who saved him, he hastily stood up solemnly and thanked him with a big gift: "Please Your Highness, for saving my life..."

He also kowtowed.

Xiao Qiyu couldn't help it at all.

Mu Yunjiang rubbed his nose, this second brother read too much, sometimes very pedantic, so he whispered to him: "If he wants to kowtow, let him kowtow, use his brains, he will find a way..."

After standing up, Mu Yunzheng punched him again, and said seriously: "Your Highness, there is one thing that Xiaosheng must tell you! Regarding the treason case of the Rong family, I accidentally heard a secret from Guo Xiaozhou..."

This was really a surprise, his eyes could not help but brighten: "What secret?"

"Back then, Guo Xiaozhou gave the queen mother a poison. The poison was cast on the emperor, who was only the prince at that time. If he couldn't take the antidote regularly, he would die suddenly. They used this threat to force General Rong Xi to stay away from the capital. Because of this, General Rong Xi was forced to remarry, and broke with the emperor completely..."

There is such a thing.

Xiao Qiyu was secretly surprised when he heard that, even the Queen Mother was involved.

"Guo Xiaozhou will definitely not admit this matter. Forming a party for personal gain, the most important thing is to distribute. He did not raise troops to cause chaos, and the punishment is not death. But once this matter is admitted, murdering the emperor is a capital offense..."

Mu Yunjiang asked solemnly; "Second brother, do you have evidence to prove it?"

"This is what I heard with my own ears." He tried to emphasize.

"But without evidence, you can't question Guo Xiaozhou. He can bite back and say that His Royal Highness Prince Jingbei borrowed your mouth to reverse the case for General Rong Xi, deliberately framing it, not to mention that this matter is related to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother has always been with the Emperor. The relationship is close. Such an accusation is not convincing."

After Mu Yunjiang finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Qiyu and sighed lightly: "I thought there was something wrong with the queen mother before, it seems that there is really something wrong..."

That's right, the people involved in the matter being investigated are getting more and more complicated. I'm afraid that at the end of the investigation, the emperor may not want to go into who is right and who is wrong--investigating according to the law may be detrimental to the country.

"Let's go ahead with the previous plan."

Xiao Qiyu thought for a while, and said with deep eyes, "See if we can catch them all at once. Regarding this matter, we will have a long-term plan at that time."

(End of this chapter)