Chapter 109
Jiang Xing couldn't stay outside the palace for long. After kissing the young widow, he went to see the Second Miss Gu and the Third Master Gu. When he went to the northwest, these two were only the size of fingernails, but now they are as thick and long as fingers, which shows how much Lin Qingyu loves them. Afterwards, Jiang Xing returned to the palace under the cover of night.
Xiao Songzi helped him change his clothes. Even Lin Qingyu praised Xiao Songzi and thought that this little eunuch was useful, so he naturally trusted him. "Little pine."
Xiao Songzi asked, "Your Majesty?"
"Go and find Shen Huaishi for me."
Xiao Songzi was stunned. It was the first time he heard the emperor speak so many words in one breath. His tone was not childish as usual, but rather no different from that of an ordinary person. Is the emperor suddenly fully recovered?
Jiang Xing smiled and said, "Why, you didn't understand?"
Xiao Songzi came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "I'll go right away."
"Also," Jiang Xing said gently, with a hint of warning, "I don't want anyone other than Lord Lin to know what I said and did in the palace."
Xiao Songzi swallowed his saliva and said, "I obey your order."
Shen Huaishi has always been elusive. Even with the emperor's oral order, Xiao Songzi still took some effort to bring him to the palace. There was only half an hour left until dawn, and Shen Huaishi was ordered to come to Xingqing Palace. The messenger said that the emperor summoned him, but why would the emperor want to see him for no reason? It must be Lin Qingyu who summoned him in the name of the emperor.
Lin Qingyu, the emperor… Thinking of the scene he had just seen, Shen Huaishi’s eyes were filled with gloom, and he quietly clenched his fists.
No wonder Lin Qingyu could remain so calm when faced with the news of General Gu's death. I think that long before General Gu died in battle, he and the new emperor had already...
But the general was still thinking about Lin Qingyu, and all he thought about before he died was Lin Qingyu.
Shen Huaishi suppressed his anger and stepped into the hall. He thought he would see Lin Qingyu in Xingqing Palace, but unexpectedly, the emperor was the only one in the palace. The young emperor was seen wearing a black dragon robe, sitting on the dragon throne, with his forehead supported by his hand and his eyes closed, resting.
Xiao Songzi said, “Your Majesty, Master Shen is here.”
Jiang Xing opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Master Shen really made me wait so long."
Shen Huaishi frowned slightly. He had heard a little about the emperor's amnesia getting better, but if he wanted to fully recover, it would not happen in a day. And the emperor in front of him didn't look like a mentally retarded person at all.
Shen Huaishi was full of doubts. He lifted his clothes and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Jiang Xing said to Xiao Songzi, "Go and invite the Imperial Master over."
After Xiao Songzi left, Jiang Xing looked at Shen Huaishi and said, "Mr. Shen doesn't look very well. Lord Lin returned home today to take care of General Gu's funeral, so Mr. Shen should have gone to pay his respects. I'm a little curious, what did you see?"
Shen Huaishi's eyes dimmed, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Your subordinates...didn't see anything."
"Okay." Jiang Xing stood up and walked to the window. Looking at the pale sky, he suddenly said, "It's daybreak? That's great."
Shen Huaishi paused for a moment, looking up at the emperor whose words and actions were strange.
These were the last words General Gu said before his death, and only he knew it. The emperor summoned him late at night and said this. Was it a coincidence, or was there some other meaning behind it?
Shen Huaishi quickly came up with the answer. This sentence is very common, and it is almost dawn, so there is nothing wrong with the emperor saying this.
Jiang Xing caught the hesitation on Shen Huaishi's face and said with a smile: "There is a question that I asked you once before, but you didn't answer me. I don't know why, but I especially want to know the answer today, so I called you into the palace."
Shen Huaishi's forehead was covered with sweat: "I am stupid, I hope Your Majesty will speak clearly."
Jiang Xing asked, "Have you ever used the fake death medicine my wife gave you that day?"
Shen Huaishi broke out in a cold sweat and squeezed out a sentence: "...Your Majesty?"
Jiang Xing put away his smile and said seriously: "Huai Shi, you have worked hard along the way."
Shen Huaishi was completely stunned. He was a man of few words to begin with, and now he was so shocked that he was speechless. His reaction was within Jiang Xing's expectations. Most people would not believe that the soul had changed hands, and it was troublesome and tiring to explain. Xu Junyuan happened to come, and the task of explaining to Shen Huaishi fell on him.
Xu Junyuan didn't expect that the emperor called him in the middle of the night just for this kind of thing. While not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he still told Shen Huaishi everything about Gu Fuzhou's soul returning to his original body after his death.
Shen Huaishi was stunned when he heard this, and he was completely dumbfounded. This matter is too outrageous, but once you accept it, many unusual things have answers.
Why did the new emperor's amnesia suddenly improve, why did Lin Qingyu react so calmly to Gu Fuzhou's death, why would Lin Qingyu and the emperor be in front of Gu Fuzhou's spirit... like that.
Can the soul change body? Are there really such bizarre things in the world?
"It really is." Jiang Xing said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask a few more questions that only Gu Fuzhou knows the answers to."
Under the continuous attack, Shen Huai became slow in thinking, and it took him a long time to say: "Before the siege, General Wu caught two soldiers who were gay..."
"You asked about the names of those two people? Jiang Shiyue and Lin Lan." Jiang Xing felt a little heavy-hearted when he mentioned this. He thought about turning around and talking to Lin Qingyu about the issue of compensation for the deceased soldiers.
Shen Huaishi looked more and more dazed. Judging from his expression, he must have felt that this world was not real anymore.
Jiang Xing added: "Huai Shi, you were the one who accompanied General Gu to the end. You are the only one who knows what he said before he died. Can you tell me what he said?"
Shen Huaishi spoke on instinct: "The general said he didn't want to die, and said... that Doctor Lin is still waiting for him."
Jiang Xing shook his head, "You remembered it wrong. General Gu said before he died that he couldn't hold on any longer, and he didn't want to ruin Doctor Lin's life. He only wanted him to find a good match and live with his soulmate until old age - this was General Gu's last wish. If Doctor Lin really died alone for him, he would not be able to rest in peace." Jiang Xing sighed, "I heard from the Imperial Master that people who have obsessions in their hearts and die with regrets cannot be reincarnated, and can only become lonely ghosts, unable to even enjoy incense. Tsk, how miserable."
Xu Junyuan suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise. I was wondering why the emperor did not confess to the Queen Mother, but told the truth to Master Shen instead. So that's it."
The honest man Shen Huaishi's mind hasn't come to its senses yet: "But that's not what General Gu said."
Jiang Xing smiled slightly: "He can be."
Half a month later, Gu Fuzhou's body was escorted to Beijing by Shi Pei. Lin Qingyu and the Ministry of Rites personally went out of the city to welcome him and treated him with state ceremony.
When going to war, there are golden weapons, iron horses, sad songs and the beating of zithers, how overwhelming it is. When he returned, all that was left was a mutilated corpse lying there.
Shi Pei, along with a group of trusted men, escorted Gu Fuzhou's coffin all the way from the northwest to the capital. When they saw the city gate, the passionate men on the battlefield burst into tears and sighed: "General, we finally brought you home."
Gu Fuzhou has no father or mother, and no one knows where his ancestral grave is. The Empress Dowager, in recognition of her merits, allowed her to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. He was the first minister to enjoy this honor since the founding of Dayu.
Shi Pei handed the Qingyun Jiuzhou Spear to Lin Qingyu and asked in a hoarse voice, "Madam, do you want to take one last look at the general?"
Lin Qingyu stared at the coffin, hesitated for a long time, and shook his head lightly: "I will not disturb the general's peace. Let this Qingyun Jiuzhou Spear and the general rest in peace as soon as possible."
There is no need to dwell on the past. If you refuse to change your mind, you will only add to your troubles. Jiang Xing hopes he can get out, and he must get out.
He wanted to say goodbye to Gu Fuzhou formally just like he said goodbye to Lu Wancheng. From now on, the only person who will accompany him is Jiang Xing.
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