Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Is this his love poem?
On the other side, Chang Ye and the other man also returned to the inn. Hong Ting didn't want to face the young emperor. He gave him the same sense of oppression as his own young master.
But Chang Ye was a rare moment of cleverness. If his Majesty found out that Gu Shiyan had returned to Yunliang Qianchi without a word, he would be in a bad mood, and he would also be implicated. But with Hong Ting around, things were different. For Gu Shiyan's sake, Mu Congmo wouldn't lose his temper in front of Hong Ting. So he insisted on getting Hong Ting to accompany him.
When the two entered the room, Mu Congmo had already tidied his clothes with the help of the Shadow Dragon Guard. Today he was wearing a red robe, a color he rarely wore on weekdays, and he looked very charming.
Mu Congmo's face has a sharp shape, giving people a strong sense of oppression, but now this red robe makes him look a little softer.
Hongting even thought in his heart that if one day Mu Congmo was no longer the emperor, he could also go to a brothel and become a male courtesan.
Mu Congmo sat at the table, his every move showing the royal etiquette. He was holding a memorial in his hand and reading it. This was a record secretly made by Mo Yu, the commander of the Shadow Dragon Guard, about the affairs of the capital and the memorials selected for his personal review.
Hearing the noise at the door, he looked up, but did not see the person he was thinking about. His gaze quickly returned to the memorial.
Chang Ye knelt on one knee to salute Mu Congmo, and seeing Hong Ting standing by without moving, he even pulled him. Hong Ting lived a thousand feet above Yunliang, and although Gu Shiyan looked cold, he didn't have many rules, so he forgot about the matter for a moment.
Seeing Chang Ye remind him, he also knelt and saluted. This was why he disliked the imperial court and the powerful families. The rules were too complicated.
Mu Congmo didn't blame him, but simply asked, "Where's your young master? Why didn't I see him? Did he go back to bed?"
Hearing Mu Congmo asking about Gu Shiyan's whereabouts right away, Chang Ye couldn't help but sweat in his heart. This moment had finally come.
"My young master brought the Demon Lord back to Yunliang Qianchi early this morning." Hongting told the truth.
Chang Ye, standing by, wanted to cover his mouth. This kid couldn't understand anything. Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the temperature in the room seemed to drop sharply.
"Really? You went back early this morning?" Mu Congmo's lips curled up slightly, his tone was calm, but if you listened carefully, you could detect the hidden waves beneath the calmness.
But Hongting didn't notice the strangeness in his tone at all, and nodded subconsciously. Changye regretted it deeply. He had wanted Hongting to help him share Mu Congmo's anger, but now Hongting was simply adding fuel to the fire.
Chang Ye thought to himself that this was not good. He couldn't let Hong Ting continue like this, so he had to interrupt: "Master Yue Zun has been interrogating Danxi all night. I'm afraid he asked something important, so he hurried back to Yunliang Qianchi."
Mu Congmo could no longer be angry after hearing this. Instead, he felt a little worried about the boy's health. Even after only a few days together, he knew the boy's obsession with sleep. He hadn't slept all night, and he didn't know if his body could handle the hassle of rushing back to Yunliang Qianchi. Perhaps it was because the lover's eyes see beauty in everything, or perhaps Gu Shiyan's usual image was too lazy, causing him to forget that the boy was one of the most powerful people in the entire martial arts world.
Then he glanced coldly at Chang Ye below him, wondering how he could not even find out such a thing. He decided to let Mo Yu give extra training to all the Shadow Dragon Guards, especially the two deputy commanders, when he returned to the capital.
He wanted to clear away the obstacles in the court so that he could be the young man's strongest support one day.
At this time, Chang Ye seemed to have noticed Mu Congmo's cold gaze, and took out the white jade fan left by Gu Shiyan from his body and handed it to Mu Congmo.
Mu Congmo reached out to take it, gently stroking the handle. He had certainly seen this fan before, often wearing it around Gu Shiyan's waist. Now that the young man had left it to him, he secretly thought that the young man had his own feelings for him as well.
But when he opened the fan, bright red words came into his sight. He patiently read through them. It was a confession, recording how he and the Prince of Huai had secretly murdered the scholar. The last signature was Danxi.
He thought that the scholar case would eventually come to nothing due to lack of evidence, but he didn't expect that Gu Shiyan would give him such a huge surprise.
Considering the late emperor's will, the Prince of Huai couldn't be killed simply by collecting taxes and popular opinion. If Mu Congmo insisted on his own way, the ministers would probably use excuses like "blood is thicker than water" and "royal bloodline," which would be very annoying.
It wasn't that Mu Congmo was afraid of them, but everything had to be done gradually, and it wouldn't be good to push them too far all at once. In that case, he would help the foolish Prince Huai and have those ministers personally propose the death penalty for the Prince Huai.
He looked at Hong Ting who was standing beside him. Gu Shiyan hadn't taken Hong Ting with him, but had asked him to stay. He must have had some plans. Mu Congmo spoke expectantly, "Your master asked you to stay. Does he have any instructions?"
"The young master asked me to take the Feiyun Order, the scholar's corpse, the long whip drinking blood and the confession of the Demon Lord, and announce the cooperation between Prince Huai and the Demon Lord to the world." Hong Ting continued to speak frankly.
Mu Congmo was secretly delighted to know that Gu Shiyan must have had him in his heart. But he didn't know that Gu Shiyan was only doing this to repay his favor for helping him find the Demon Lord.
As for Feiyunling, Mu Congmo had naturally heard of it. Now that Gu Shiyan had even taken out this important thing to help him, he was happy but also afraid that Gu Shiyan would be blamed by Wu Zun after returning to Yunliang Qianchi.
"Just take the Feiyun Order, Drinking Blood and the corpse to report the case. As for the Demon Lord's confession, leave it here for now." Mu Congmo ordered.
Although Hongting was puzzled, he stayed to assist Mu Congmo and just followed Mu Congmo's instructions.
He agreed, then stood up and left, not forgetting to bow to Mu Congmo before leaving. In fact, Mu Congmo didn't care about these things. He saw that Gu Shiyan treated Hongting as a younger brother. If the other party was also helping him, he would naturally not care about these empty formalities.
After Hongting left, Changye was mentally prepared to face Mu Congmo alone.
He didn't dare to look up at Mu Congmo, but just lowered his head, waiting for the latter's questions.
Mu Congmo wasn't angry at the moment, but rather delighted by the young man's plans for him. He couldn't help but want to know more about the young man, so he asked, "Tell me everything that happened last night."
Seeing that Mu Congmo was not angry and even had a gentle tone, Chang Ye's tension disappeared one by one.
He told them everything that happened last night, from the fight between Gu Shiyan and the Demon Lord, to him bringing the Demon Lord in for questioning, and finally to him giving the two of them instructions before getting up and leaving.
It wasn't that he intended to hide the fact that he had secretly picked up Gu Shiyan's handkerchief, but he was still unsure whether His Majesty would accept a handkerchief that others had discarded. If he caused the emperor's displeasure, his life would be in danger.
Until he mentioned that Gu Shiyan didn't look very good when he walked out of the door, he wanted to know what was bothering the boy, and he would eliminate all his worries for him, no matter whether it was people or things. But the boy had his own pride, and he didn't want to restrain him, nor did he want to and couldn't pry into his privacy.
Chang Ye spoke hesitantly, his tone somewhat low, "It's just that Yue Zun left behind a poem before he left, but neither I nor Hong Ting could understand its meaning."
Mu Congmo had long been accustomed to his subordinates' lack of knowledge, so he didn't say anything. He was just secretly delighted. Did Ah Yan leave him a poem before he left? Could it be that he, too, didn't want to endure the pain of separation, so he left a poem to express his longing?
"Oh? Please recite that poem completely." There was a hint of joy and anticipation in Mu Congmo's tone.
"Yue Zun said: 'Between Jingsuo and Beijing is the ancestral home, the hometown of the poet remains with its long-lasting rhyme.'" Changye did not dare to delay and recited the poem immediately.
"The ancestral home between Beijing and Suo, the hometown of the poet remains with long-lasting rhymes." Mu Congmo read this poem twice, trying to find the young man's hidden feelings.
Both the Jingsuo and the poet's hometown pointed to the same place: Xingyang. Xingyang was the ancestral home of the Zheng clan, who had established themselves there for many years and had deep roots. But why did A Yan suddenly mention Xingyang? Mu Congmo pondered.
This was the clue Gu Shiyan gave after interrogating Danxi for a night. The Zheng family of Xingyang, the Duke of Korea, must be involved with the Demon Lord Danxi or the King of Huai.
It turned out that this was Ah Yan's way of reminding him to be careful of the Zheng family, not a love poem for him. Mu Congmo felt a little disappointed, but then he was overjoyed. Wasn't Gu Shiyan worried about him and left him a message as a reminder? This showed that Gu Shiyan also cared about him, or at least was not so indifferent.
After thinking about this, although Mu Congmo was still mourning the loss of his love poem, his mood had actually improved a lot, but he did not show it on his face.
He had long been suspicious of these noble families, but he didn't know what great benefits his good but useless brother had promised to the old man, Duke Han Guo, that made him so eager to take sides.
If so, then the news that Demon Lord Danxi appeared in Jiangnan and had contact with Prince Huai was also released by him. This also explains why Di Tong was assassinated on his first night in Jiangnan.
He hadn't expected that he actually had a Free and Easy Realm Venerable like Demon Lord as a trump card. The Zheng family was actually more powerful than he'd anticipated. It was a shame that such a good card like Demon Lord was instantly useless when he met Gu Shiyan. He wondered if Zheng Xiuyuan would be furious when he found out.
Although he currently does not have a strong man in the Free and Easy Realm under his command, he knows that if he wants a strong man in the Free and Easy Realm to willingly do things that are difficult for him, the price he has to pay will probably be so high that even a century-old family like the Zheng family will suffer heavy losses.
For a moment, he couldn't help but sigh, Gu Shiyan was truly his lucky star. Such a talent was destined to share this vast land with him. Even if the rumored young lady from the Gu family, who was born with a phoenix destiny, were to come back to life, she wouldn't be able to compare to Gu Shiyan in the slightest.
Chang Ye saw that Mu Congmo was silent and the aura around him was cold. He didn't know that Mu Congmo was angry because of Duke Han Guo's calculations, but thought that the emperor was displeased because of the poem left by Gu Shiyan.
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