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Chapter 69

Daqi, the capital, the main hall of the imperial palace.

"Back to court—!"

Following the eunuch's order, the civil and military officials sitting below stood up and bowed in response:
"Congratulations to the Holy Majesty!"

On the Dragon Throne, behind the curtain, Emperor Qi'an in yellow robe retreated to leave the court, and all the civil and military officials left the main hall and walked back.

And the few officials who were sitting at the forefront, under the dragon seat, are now walking behind all the civil and military officials.

One of the officials with a gray beard, wearing a purple official robe and a jade belt, walked side by side with the other official who was dressed in the same dress and also had a gray beard.

After leaving the main hall, one of them suddenly said:

"Liu Xiang, it's time to retreat. If you don't go back to admire your flowers and listen to your music, what are you doing with me?"

"Gu Xiang, you and I are officials in the same court, can't I discuss some important court affairs with you?"

"Then you should discuss it with me when the Holy Majesty is still there, instead of discussing it with me in private like you are doing now."

The old man called Gu Xiang spoke calmly.

Liu Xiang looked confused, and he pretended to look around at the guards and eunuchs and maids around him, and said:
"Privately? Is it private here? Isn't it very public here? How could Gu Xiang think that I was talking with you in 'private'?"

Only then did Gu Xiang turn his head to look at Liu Xiang beside him, and said:
"Liu Xiang, if you have something to say, just say it, I still have a lot of things to do, and I can't compare to Liu Xiang."

"Hehe, it's not a big deal, but I heard that something happened in Ningzhou where your Gu family is located?"

"It's just a trivial matter, and Liu Xiang can't worry about it."

"Oh, how come such a big matter as the branch being exterminated becomes a trivial matter in Gu Xiang's mouth? If this gets out, the other branches of your Gu family will be so heartbroken..."

Liu Xiang said with a smile, with a concerned look on his face, as if he was a kind old man who really cared about his friend.

But Gu Xiang took a deep look at him, and then said:
"Liu Xiang is right, this is indeed a big deal, but... this is my family's business after all, and I don't need you to worry about it, Liu Xiang. Besides, I seem to have heard from somewhere that your son seems to be committing crimes in the city again, beating him to death It's... whoever killed someone?"

"Such gossip, Gu Xiang doesn't need to mention it."

"Well, don't mention it, don't mention it! Oh, I just feel sorry for the old man whose son was beaten to death..."

Gu Xiang and Liu Xiang, the two current prime ministers, the right and left hands of Emperor Qi'an, were talking with each other in front of the main hall gate, and they were both overtly and secretly angry at each other.

They didn't stop until they reached the side of their sedan chairs.

Liu Xiang looked indifferent, and said to Gu Xiang:
"I advise Gu Xiang to take care of himself. You, Gu Dang, seem to be getting too close to Bian Wang recently."

"Is there such a thing?"

"do not have it?"

"I don't remember, I really don't remember, I have to go back and think about it."

"Then Gu Xiang has to think about it, think about it seriously, don't think about it wrong."

Liu Ruqing snorted coldly, sat on her sedan chair, and waved to the servant who carried the sedan chair.

The sedan chair was lifted up, carrying this one of Emperor Qi'an's most beloved power ministers away gradually, Gu Jixiu watched Liu Ruqing leave coldly, and also got on the sedan chair with a cold grunt.

When the sedan chair left the palace and turned to the carriage, Gu Jixiu asked the servant beside him:
"Is Jisheng here?"

"Fourth Master is already waiting in your study."

"Well, go back home."

The carriage carried Gu Jixiu back to Gu's mansion in the capital, and as soon as he got back to Gu's mansion, Gu Jixiu went straight to the study.

Pushing open the door of the study, Gu Chengye, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately got up and saluted:
"Grassman Gu Chengye, pay homage to the prime minister!"

"Okay, just call me my second uncle, we are all a family, so why are you so polite."

Gu Jixiu waved his hands impatiently, then retreated and sat on the main seat, and asked Gu Chengye:

"Are you done with your work?"

"It's over, there is basically no problem with the Ningzhou family, but... something is wrong with Dan'an City."

Gu Chengye truthfully reported his movements during this period.

Gu Jixiu listened one by one, and then said: "You can deal with the matter of Dan'an City. Anyway, Mie has already been destroyed, and there is no point in finding the murderer. What is important now is the matter of King Bian."

"Second Uncle... To be honest, something may have happened to King Bian... an accident."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"His people are dead, and the magic weapon is also lost."

Hearing this, Gu Jixiu stopped drinking tea, raised his head and asked with a frown:

"When did this happen?"

"Three days ago, Ningzhou Pinghu Division reported it. As soon as I got the news, I came to see you non-stop."

"Has the identity of the dead person been identified?"

"No, those who died were all dead soldiers trained by King Bian. They had no official status, and there was no record at Pinghu Division, so they couldn't find out about King Bian."

Gu Chengye explained to Gu Jixiu word by word.

Gu Jixiu tapped the table lightly with his fingers, his wrinkled face was full of solemnity, after a long time he said:
"When a person dies, he dies. It's okay, but if the magic weapon is lost, it's a big deal!"

"Not only the magic weapon, but also the strange treasures. The No. 11 strange treasure of the A character and the 33rd strange treasure of the B character are all gone."

"Who did it without finding out?"

"According to Division Pinghu, it should be done by a martial artist from a foreign country, but it is not known which faction he belongs to."

Gu Chengye continued to answer, and Gu Jixiu stood up directly from his seat this time, pacing back and forth.

Seeing this, Gu Chengye hesitated and asked, "Master Gu, do you think this matter is due to Liu Dang and the others..."

"If they had such power, they wouldn't be testing my tone now!"

Gu Jixiu interrupted Gu Chengye's words, and then said: "The magic weapon is the king's thing, and if you lose it, you lose it. We can't find it now. It's useless to think about it. If it's a strange treasure, it's a bit troublesome... "

Divine soldiers don't have numbers, but strange treasures do.

Every rare treasure was recorded by Pinghu Division. If someone found out that the rare treasure was lost, it would be easy to involve some important people by following the vine.

Gu Jixiu thought for a long time, and finally said: "Find some time, you and I will go to Pinghu Division, and talk to Director Bai to catch up on the old days."

"Director Bai...the Bai family? Isn't that from the Liu Party?"

"He's different. Who do you think gave the strange treasure to King Bian?"

"……I see."

Gu Chengye understood instantly, and stopped asking about the current director of Pinghu Division.

Gu Jixiu also exhaled, stopped pacing and sat back on the chair again, and asked Gu Chengye after a while:

"Who did you meet in Dan'an City?"

"Gu Chengping's son, Gu Chen, I have adopted him as a foster son and changed his name to Gu Qianchen."

"Is he the one predicted by the Heavenly Mystery Jade Box?"

"...I don't know, but...I think it might be."

Before leaving for Ningzhou and Dan'an City, Gu Chengye asked Gu Jixiu's relationship to ask for a prophecy in Pinghu Division.

This prophecy is actually ambiguous, after all, no one knows what the 'dust' in the prophecy refers to.

It could be an object, it could be a weirdness, it could be a person.

Gu Chengye didn't expect to meet so soon...

Until he met Gu Chen.

Gu Jixiu said: "The prophecy of the jade box of heavenly secrets is not very accurate, but even so, I gained a firm foothold in the officialdom based on one of the prophecies, and I met you based on another prophecy, and you It certainly didn't disappoint me."

"It's your second uncle who trained you well."

"Don't talk about those useless things, I just want to tell you that there is such a thing as prophecy, if you believe it, you have it, and if you don't believe it, you don't have it. Since you think you have met the person in the prophecy, then I won't ask more... He called Gu Qianchen?"

Gu Jixiu asked suddenly.

"Yes, dust of dust."

"Not yet crowned?"

"I'm only 13 years old this year. After the autumnal equinox, I will only be fourteen years old. I haven't reached the year of crowning the crown yet."

"Hmm..." Gu Jixiu thought for a moment, walked to the desk, picked up a piece of paper and said to Gu Chengye, "Jisheng, sharpen the ink for me."

"Yes!"

Gu Chengye understood something, and immediately came over to polish Gu Jixiu's ink.

Gu Jixiu picked up the brush and wrote two words on the surface in front of his eyes.

—— Ning Shun.

"You don't have to wait for Guan, just give him the word now, and in the future... cultivate it well."

"it is good."

Gu Chengye picked up the watch in his hand and looked at it carefully, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.

Although Gu Chen is still an illegitimate child, although his status is still not high, but after Gu Jixiu gave him an inscription, his status...is not the same.

Gu Jixiu, who put down his pen, breathed a long sigh of relief as if he had put down something. He walked to the window, looked at some yellowing leaves outside the window, and murmured to himself:
"It's almost autumn."

"Ah."

"A troubled autumn."

Gu Jixiu spoke softly, but he didn't know who he was speaking to.

(End of this chapter)