Xu Yizhi is lying on the hard stone bed and can't move. He usually eats, drinks and Lazar. Xu Yunxiao is waiting on him.
But Xu Yunxiao has a bad brain. He can't even take good care of himself. How can he take good care of Xu Yizhi?
Several times Xu Yizhi wanted convenience and asked Xu Yunxiao to pick him up, but Xu Yunxiao didn't understand. Xu Yizhi couldn't resist and directly pulled him on.
At that moment, he wanted to die.
Xu Yizhi had never been so humiliated when he lived to this age.
It was more unacceptable to him than being sent to guard the imperial mausoleum.
How proud he used to be, how painful he is now.
Gu Fei watched him through the prison door and spoke for a long time.
"Duke Xu."
Xu Yizhi turned his head and looked out the door.
He narrowed his eyes for a long time before he could see who was standing outside. He said hoarsely, "it's you. What are you doing here? Is it to see if I'm dead? "
Gu Fei looked calm: "I thought you would want to talk to me."
Xu Yizhi really wanted to talk to him before, but now, Xu Yizhi doesn't want to see anyone and doesn't want to say anything. He just wants to find a corner where no one knows and stay quiet, so as not to be seen at this time.
"There's nothing to talk about between us."
Gu Fei asked, "don't you want to know how I escaped from Bianjing?"
Xu Yizhi mocked himself: "what if you know? I've lost everything anyway. "
"You seem very unwilling."
"I am unwilling."
Xu Yizhi knew that there was no possibility of a comeback. He simply opened his eyes and said what he thought. Anyway, he doesn't have much work. If he doesn't say it now, he may not have a chance to say it in the future.
"I did do a lot of bad things. I'm sorry for many people, but I'm not sorry for the emperor alone! All I did was to secure my position. I never wanted to be bad for the emperor. If I hadn't endured humiliation, pretended to be denounced by Gu Zheng and left Beijing, and then quietly returned to Bianjing to help the emperor regain power, could the emperor have today's scenery? I devoted myself to the son of heaven, but in the end, I ended up with a tragic ending of birds doing their best and bowing and hiding. I'm not reconciled! I'm not willing to die! "
At last, his eyes had turned red and his voice was shaking.
Gu Fei said lightly, "if you are really good for the son of heaven, you should delegate power as soon as possible and return the world to the son of heaven, rather than clinging to power and refusing to let go."
Xu Yizhi smiled miserably: "it's easy for you to say. I offended many people in order to be the first and auxiliary. Those people didn't say it on the face, but they hated me to death in their heart. Why? Just because I have power in my hand, even if they hate me, they dare not do anything to me. They can only bite their teeth and bear it. But if I hand over my power, I will become the target of public criticism. Those people will rush up and chew me away. If I don't want to die, I have to hold power in my hand. This is the foundation for me to settle down. "
Gu Fei said, "in the past, the son of heaven will protect you."
Xu Yizhi seemed to hear a very funny joke and directly laughed: "ha ha, if the emperor really read the old love, he wouldn't have killed Gu Zheng!"
Gu Fei was silent.
Xu Yizhi still said, "in terms of love, no one in the world can match Gu Zheng's weight in the heart of the son of heaven. Others can't see it. Can I still see it? The emperor sincerely treats Gu Zheng as his father. What's the result? Not to kill! Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. No matter how deep your feelings are, you can't beat the suspicion in your heart. "
"When Gu Zheng was executed by lingchi, you saw it with your own eyes. As his only son, don't you want to avenge him?"
Gu Fei said, "you don't have to sow discord. I won't be fooled."
Xu Yizhi grinned: "if I were you, I would do my best to avenge my father."
"You don't understand."
Xu Yizhi sniffed, "your father was ordered to be executed by the son of heaven. The whole world knows this. What don't you understand?"
"Although lingchi's execution is the will of the son of heaven, if my father doesn't want to die, no one can help him."
"... what do you mean by that?"
"It means that he asks for benevolence."
Xu Yizhi was stunned.
It took him a long time to recover. He asked incredulously, "do you mean Gu Zheng took the initiative to die? But why? He set a good day, but why did he ask to die? "
Gu Fei's tone was a little erratic: "who knows? Maybe he's tired of living a good life and wants to die. "
Xu Yizhi still thought it was too strange to think about it.
He wanted to ask again, but Gu Fei didn't want to say any more.
"Today should be the last time we meet. Someone will send you back to Bianjing tomorrow. After that, please ask for your own blessing."
Xu Yizhi tried to stop him: "wait a minute. Why did Gu Zheng ask to die? You stop! "
Gu Fei left without looking back.
The next day, Xu Yizhi and Xu Yunxiao, escorted by the royal guards, set foot on the journey back to Bianjing.
Half a month later, the letters from Gu Fei and Zhong shuran arrived in Bianjing.
Sima fan first read Zhong shuran's letter, and then read Gu Fei's letter.
Zhong shuran explained in his letter that Xu Yizhi's grandparents and grandchildren were arrested and Xisha spied.
In his letter, Gu Fei mainly talked about the Xisha trade road and the king of the sunset country taking the queen to the South Chu for medical treatment.
These are major events.
In particular, Gu Fei made great contributions to the opening of Xisha commercial road. He must be rewarded.
According to convention, such great feats are usually promoted to rank.
But Gu Fei was already a marquis in his early twenties. If he wanted to be promoted to a grand duke, he might cause dissatisfaction among the courtiers.
As the saying goes, when the wind shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Gu Fei's popularity is too much. Sima fan attaches great importance to him and hopes that he can have more long-term development.
Sima fan plans to let Gu Fei settle down in the next few years.
As for the credit this time, it can only be transferred to Gu Fei's mother and daughter-in-law.
Now Liu Yun is the third grade Gao Ming's wife and Jiang Weiwei is the head of Jiuqu county. Sima fan plans to promote Liu Yun to the second grade Gao Ming's wife and Jiang Weiwei to the princess of Qiuyang.
He told the matter to five cabinet ministers.
The elders nodded one after another to show that the idea was good.
They were worried that the emperor would continue to increase Gu Fei's rank and rank. They had all figured out the words of obstruction. Fortunately, the emperor was knowledgeable and did not continue to help Gu Fei hate.
The reward of women's dependents can not only appease the people, but also will not shake the situation in the Taoist court. It is really beneficial without cost.
Sima fan immediately asked people to draw up his intention.
He asked Jiang Shuan to send the two decrees to Jiuqu county.
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