How to do it
Gao Shun suddenly laughed when he heard this: "What's wrong with the food and fodder in Wuhua City? As the emperor, I have never heard of such a thing in a long time."
He took Guiyao's questioning as a provocation.
But Gui Yao just frowned seriously, tugged at Ren Beixi's sleeve, and looked back at him.
The man took off the mask on his face with one hand. His strong and distinct knuckles paused slightly because of Gui Yao's touch. His lowered profile was quite cold and hard. The candlelight in the cell was reflected on his outline. His long eyebrows were slightly wrinkled at this moment, but his black eyes were staring at her intently.
When they looked at each other, his eyes were filled with affection.
However, it was late at night, and the deepest cell in the death row was soundproofed with special stones. All the attempts had fallen silent after the suspicious people left. Ren Beixi knew very well that now was the best time to petition.
"This is a long story. Your Majesty and the Queen should take a seat first. I will discuss this with you in detail."
"Let's make some tea."
Xiao Hui found the flint hidden in the secret compartment of the study, and washed the firewood and teacups with clean water. Gui Yao followed Ren Beixi to move stools and chairs, and finally verified her guess.
"Is General Xiao Ren here in prison for a vacation?"
Ren Beixi didn't understand: "What is a vacation?"
Guiyao was in a good mood, so she coaxed him generously, saying that after the matter was done, going to the north to play was like a vacation.
Seeing her like this, Ren Beixi felt relieved.
The five men huddled in the cell, but the atmosphere was even more tense than before, as if a bow and arrow were about to be released.
But the words still have to be spoken.
"Half of Wuhua City's food and fodder was moved to the bottom of the cliff, and the other half was hidden in the secret passage."
"Thanks to the note Yaoyao found at that time."
Because the secret entrance to the room in Wuhua City needed to be repaired, he sent the secret guards who remained in Wuhua City to continue monitoring it, and at the same time went to Beijing first.
The inn in the capital is the message receiving point.
Ever since the day he entered the capital, Ren Beixi had suspected the collusion between Wuhua City and the Northern Barbarians, simply because he had seen it with his own eyes that day.
"Is that man the leader of the Northern Barbarians?"
The entrance to the secret passage flashed through Gui Yao's mind, and the figure she saw through the pinhole imaging.
It's not the face of a Central Plains person.
Ren Beixi said in a deep voice, "To be precise, it was the former leader of the Northern Barbarians. His name was Gu Tuo. I have fought him for many years. He is a skilled fighter and also enjoys fighting. He once fought An Chao Fangyan to the death."
"During the battle at Zhulutai, when we were breaking the formation, I stabbed him in the left chest, but I couldn't block the arrow he shot at my father."
Ren Beixi rarely speaks so many words in one breath.
The candlelight flickered slightly, and the tea in his hand seemed to slowly cool down in hatred.
Revenge for the murder of one's father.
Gui Yao used to be unable to empathize with the love, hate, and emotions described in martial arts novels, but now she seems to be able to try her best to understand the pain of losing a loved one.
Shen Yuan in his arms was already fast asleep.
She wondered if it was her appearance that made the little bluebird, who should have been leisurely, so distressed, suffering with her and unable to sleep at night.
Ren Beixi thought the same.
His voice was deep. "After being rescued, Gu Tuo no longer led the troops. Similarly, he lost the support of the people and was stripped of his position as leader."
"The Ren family army is only there to protect the territory. It's just, not aggressive." Gui Yao said seriously.
"So I've drafted an order to allow General Ren to atone for his sins by fighting the Northern Barbarians. Why can't this be considered as being possessed by a demonic beast?"
This is the reason.
What consequences would that bring? Obviously, the plan set up by the emperor and his ministers was naturally to clean up the court, with the original intention of getting rid of the old-school ministers left behind by the previous emperor, headed by Prime Minister Qiu.
Guiyao took out the small bottle from her sleeve.
"This is Prime Minister Qiu's regular medicine. According to Jiuchong, it is the antidote to the strange poison of the Northern Barbarians."
It may be poison, but it is also the antidote.
Gui Yao shook the medicine bowl in the bottle onto her handkerchief. It was indeed almost the same antidote as the one she saw in Wuhua Mansion that day, except that the quantity was as if it were free. There were dozens of small pills of the same appearance in one bottle.
Li Jiao, who had been silent, said, "I don't think Mr. Qiu would betray his country."
"I lost my mother when I was born. The Qiu family's grandmother took great care of me, and I'm also good friends with the Qiu family's granddaughter. From what I know, the Qiu family's loyalty to the late emperor alone would not allow them to commit acts of treason."
"But Jiaojiao, I rebelled and changed the reign title. How can I still be loyal to the country?"
There was some persistence in Gao Shun's voice.
Li Jiao pretended not to hear and said, "If you don't want to hear it, I will leave this prison. Now that you are trapped in prison, I will find a horse and ride from the capital to the city gate. You will never know where I am. How about that?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Shun laughed instead of getting angry.
Gui Yao thought he was finally willing to let her be defeated, but then she heard him stabbing her with every word: "Okay, if you dare to leave the capital, I will capture my father-in-law and bring him to the palace to lock him up with my leopard. I will starve this leopard for every day you leave."
So cruel.
Gui Yao blinked at Ren Beixi, as if asking, had they been like this before? Ren Beixi brushed his fingertips across her slightly bulging eye bags and just shook his head.
Guiyao also fell silent.
However, Gao Shun's words did not irritate Li Jiao at all. Instead, Li Jiao lowered his eyes and returned to his original cautious appearance. The faint breath in the air slowly calmed down.
"When do we leave here?"
"tomorrow."
Gao Shun said solemnly, "After the Emperor has been ill all day, he can be regarded as a person possessed by a monster. When the general is captured and brought back to the court, he will be ordered to lead the troops to attack the northern barbarians. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be coming soon. By then, the conscription order will be issued, and the people will have difficulty in reuniting."
“How do we do this?”
The poem goes: "Painting and I, two illusory bodies, will become dust as we pass through the world. But knowing that this thing is not something else, do not ask whether people today are the same as people in the past."
Knowing that the Lady of the Gui Family risked her life to point a sword at her husband a few days ago, how could she not be worried and heartbroken for her husband today when she was imprisoned in death row for no reason? But this Lady has a good temper. Seeing her husband being humiliated like this, she didn't hesitate to angrily scold the emperor...
"No." Ren Beixi interrupted.
"This is putting Yaoyao on the edge of a knife. Please discuss it again."
Gao Shun continued, "In that case, I will have Gui Yao arrest you and then have the Imperial Guards fight Ren Hui. After the emotional outburst, someone from the crowd will denounce my lawlessness and shout about this monster in the court."
Li Jiao frowned slightly.
According to Gao Shun, this innocent person will definitely not survive in the future.
"Do you remember that not long ago, during the discussion game, I was the one who brought up the story of the monster? Why don't you let me do this scene?"
"call……"
As the long night was about to end, the last candle in the cell was blown out.
Ren Hui volunteered to stand guard in front of the prison door with the sleepy Xiao Qingque on his back. Li Jiao chose to go to the study to read, and Gao Shun followed him.
Gui Yao, lying on the stone bed on the haystack, had her hand held tightly by Ren Beixi.
"Where is the progress of the main quest now?"
She asked in her heart.
The system said: "Bird breeding is in progress, the world situation is in progress."
So the benchmarking task now remains: the pine ink leaves no trace, the tortoise lives long, but the mouse has its etiquette.
"Song Mo Wuhen is Ren Beixi, Gui Sushou is you."
"correct."
"But there are etiquettes for couples... Let me think about it." Gui Yao opened her eyes and let Ren Beixi massage her shoulders, but suddenly the man poked her waist with his index finger in a serious manner. She turned over angrily and pushed him into the haystack, and the two of them lay down next to each other again.
Guiyao narrowed her eyes.
"Thank you for your support along the way, General Ren."
She heard a faint laugh beside her, and her ears turned red, but she was unaware of it.
Ren Beixi didn't know that he would feel so relieved when his persistence and concealment over the years were seen through by Gui Yao. He closed his eyes and thought about what she had just said - only after a good rest would he have the strength to continue investigating the case.
Perhaps such a space was not too dangerous. Gui Yao curled up in Ren Beixi's arms. When she opened her eyes again, she was awakened by the voices of other people in the prison.
The death row is underground, so you can't tell the time or the time.
So Ren Beixi introduced something to her before going to bed. It was an hourglass specially used for timing. It was hidden behind the blackboard that Gao Shun had used to write before. The mechanisms inside this cell were varied. Gui Yao got up from Ren Beixi and looked at the hourglass from a distance.
Sure enough, the guards outside were lighting the lamps.
"Why did that person suddenly make such a decision? He's crazy! My son finally came back from the north. If this is true, he has to go again."
"How dare you do these crickets? Are you crazy?"
"Why such a big fuss? This prison is full of death row prisoners who may never be able to get out. Are you afraid they'll snitch?"
Gui Yao pinched her ears. These words were actually spoken directly.
Her movement inevitably woke up Ren Beixi. Strangely enough, Gui Yao trotted back to bed curiously, somewhat confused as to why he got up later than her.
But when the man stood up, he suddenly supported his elbows on the ground and groaned.
Gui Yao tentatively touched his forehead with the back of her hand.
"It's so hot!" She tested the temperature again, and finally put her arms around his back and touched her forehead against his. It was indeed burning hot.
Ren Beixi's physique was so good that when they first met, Gui Yao was actually worried that he might suddenly get sick one day without anyone noticing. But later, she took better care of him and knew his physical condition firsthand, so she never paid any attention to his health again.
Maybe it’s because I got caught in the rain yesterday that I have a fever.
The system said, "No way. The physical improvement here is only applicable to the small animals recorded in the mind-reading notes. That's right, it doesn't even work on my brother."
Before Gui Yao could attack the system for suddenly mentioning such an identity, Ren Hui, who had deliberately not turned his head at the cell door, suddenly stood up, frowned slightly, and clenched the long sword behind the door with his left hand.
Where did this sword come from?
The chain of the cell door was unlocked again, and the corners of the clothes of the person who walked in were slightly red. In an instant, the masked imperial teacher changed into a beautiful red dress, and the feather fan in his hand was shaking slightly.
Following behind him was still Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan said in a calm voice, "We already know General Ren's location and have sent troops there. Please follow me and leave the prison."
When opening the door, Gui Yao subconsciously blocked Ren Beixi's face. Her slightly red eyes showed obvious hostility towards the two people who rashly entered. Fortunately, the two emperors and empresses in the room appeared wearing masks and dealt with them.
She found the right opportunity, kissed Ren Beixi's face, and then put the mask on him.
At the same time, she called out the system.
"Xiang Shu Wu Yi is comparable to the Imperial Master."
"Congratulations, host. There is only one stage left in the main quest, Tianxia Bureau. Please keep working hard."
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