Shu Yao smiled awkwardly and placed her delicate hand in his broad palm. The moment the big hand wrapped around the small hand, Gong Yun'ao's heart trembled.
He held it in his soft, boneless little hand, and the delicate and smooth touch made him reluctant to let go.
Immediately, he tightened his hands and used strength to lift the man onto the horse and sit in front of him.
Shu Yao didn't dare to move. When she heard the regular heartbeat in his chest, suddenly, her pretty face turned red and her heart jumped. She was confused for a moment.
Gong Yun'ao held the reins with one hand, and lowered his hand naturally. He clamped the horse's belly with his two long legs, and the horse ran out of the tent with a roar.
Until the sky gradually darkened, the two of them rode horses to the foot of Chaya Mountain.
At this time, Gong Yun'ao got off the horse and helped Shu Yao jump off the horse, saying: "The horse can't get on, let's go up."
The two of them hiked to the mountainside. Shu Yao gasped and asked, "Third brother, do you want to take me to climb the mountain?"
"That's right!" Gong Yun smiled proudly and didn't say much.
When Shu Yao heard this, she suddenly had three black lines on her head. Isn't this her trick to deal with Ling Hanjing?
Shu Yao shook her head helplessly and sighed, lifting her skirt and walking towards the highest peak of the mountain...
Finally reaching the top of the mountain, feeling the cool air on the top of the mountain, Shu Yao exhaled a breath of turbid air.
Looking far into the distance, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery at the foot of the mountain. In the distance, the mountain peaks are winding and covered with white clouds, hazy.
Gong Yunao lifted his robe and slowly sat on the edge of the cliff. Shu Yao walked straight over and followed him to sit on the cliff.
"Looking out from here, you can see the flaming clouds." Gong Yunao looked forward and said in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the flaming clouds from the sky came up, and the earth was covered with a thin veil by the afterglow of the setting sun.
Such beauty could not help but make Shu Yao rub her eyes. The red and bright flaming clouds, with their various postures, were dizzying.
Shu Yao couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful! Seeing this beautiful scenery, it's not in vain that we climbed so high!"
"As long as you like it, sister Yao!" Gong Yunao was extremely happy when he saw her enchanted little face.
Unexpectedly, the third brother had such a romantic sense of ritual besides fighting.
Shu Yao turned her head to look at him. The colorful clouds at dusk sprinkled on his body, giving him a divine brilliance, making him extraordinary.
At this time, Gong Yun'ao's eyes happened to be looking towards her, and he found that she was looking at him at the same time. Their eyes collided, and Shu Yao quickly looked away.
There was a hint of surprise in Gong Yun'ao's eyes, as well as a smile as bright as the rays of the sun.
The dusk was overflowing and the clouds were about to fall. Shu Yao was like a ray of light, falling in Gong Yun'ao's heart.
Gradually, the burning cloud receded and the night became darker and darker. Gong Yun proudly said: "Sister Yao and Third Brother, let's watch the sunrise together!"
Shu Yao hesitated for a moment, then said with a half-sad expression: "Ah?!" To see the sunrise, they had to wait until the next morning? Did they have to spend the night on the top of the mountain?
Seeing that Shu Yao didn't respond, Gong Yunao said seductively in a low voice: "The sunrise here is very beautiful. It's so beautiful that you can't help but watch it."
That's good, but this seems to be something only lovers can do! Shu Yao's eyebrows were slightly lowered, with a slightly sad expression.
Gong Yun'ao looked at her deeply, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "I heard that the sunrise in the mountains is beautiful! Third brother has been in the palace for more than 20 years and has never seen a sunrise outside the palace.
Sister Yao, please accompany Third Brother!"
Shu Yao hesitated for a while, seeing the expectation in his eyes but a slightly disappointed look, the words of rejection were stuck in her throat but she couldn't say out, "Okay!"
Seeing her promise, Gong Yun'ao was overjoyed. One of them smiled lightly, and the other looked warm.
Gong Yun'ao took off his robe, folded it a few times, carefully placed it on the ground, and asked Shu Yao to sit on it, "The ground is cold, you sit on the robe."
"Thank you, third brother." Seeing how attentive he was, Shu Yao felt warm in her heart.
Then, he took the big cloak he carried with him, put it on Shu Yao's body, and said with concern: "It will be very cold at night in the mountains. I brought a big cloak. You put it on first, be careful not to freeze."
He actually carries a cloak with him?
It seemed that the third brother had already planned it. Shu Yao tightened her collar and flashed her eyes. Unexpectedly, the third brother was still a warm man. "Thank you, third brother. Aren't you cold?"
Gong Yun'ao carefully adjusted her cloak and said in a low voice: "Third brother is not cold, sister Yao, don't worry."
Shu Yao's heart suddenly moved, and she remembered her previous speculation about Nether Palace, so she said to Gong Yun'ao without reservation: "Third brother, have you ever thought that Nether Palace is not just an assassination organization?"
Gong Yun'ao raised his eyes in response and met Shu Yao's gaze. There was a hint of doubt in her calm eyes.
"Third brother, I have the same guess as you. However, I only became alert when I was hunting in the pasture and the day the fourth child was killed."
Shu Yao exclaimed: "So early?"
Gong Yun'ao's voice was as calm as dead water, "Sister Yao, do you still remember the day when your fourth brother King Su was executed..."
"Did his subordinate Tuo Ning say that in order to get rid of me, King Su did everything he could to get rid of me, and even used Da Qing's information on hundreds of officials as a bargaining chip in exchange for my life?"
After he said this, Shu Yao suddenly realized that yes, she remembered, God, how could she forget this?
She had a deep memory of this matter, and as soon as she said these words, it was like a thunder on the ground, and all the officials became uneasy.
Shu Yao asked anxiously: "What happened next? This is shaking the country! Did King Su really hand over the private information of the officials to the Netherworld Palace?"
After that incident, she forgot about it. After all, it had nothing to do with her.
Gong Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Prince Su was executed, so I led my troops to raid Prince Su's home and found several boxes in the secret room of his study, which contained the privacy of hundreds of officials...
"Boxes of notebooks recorded the privacy of hundreds of officials. Fortunately, the transaction was not completed and the privacy of these officials was not given away."
Shu Yao sighed, "Fortunately! Fortunately, King Su is not that stupid. If he really gives these things to Netherworld Mansion, the consequences will be disastrous."
Gong Yun'ao sighed deeply. He had always hated the problem of corruption. "Some people took advantage of their position as the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to set up a wide range of eyes and ears to collect and spy on the private mistakes of civil and military officials, and then compiled detailed records one by one into a book.
It’s called Baiguanxingshu.”
"The Records of Hundred Officials was written by Zhai Renshi. It records the handles of more than three hundred officials. It can be said to be a sharp weapon for holding hundreds of officials hostage."
"Their motives are nothing more than to use these handles to hold officials in check, to fulfill their own selfish desires, to to conspire against superiors and cause chaos. Not only have we not seen anything like this in the decades since the founding of our country, but also throughout all dynasties.
It is also unheard of in the history books.”
Speaking of this, Gong Yun'ao was filled with anger, "King Su's ambition is clearly revealed."
After Shu Yao heard this, she was also shocked. She said: "How did the third brother deal with the behavior of the officials?"
Gong Yun'ao twitched the corner of his lips, looked at her steadily, and asked without answering: "How do you think the third brother will deal with it?"
When Shu Yao heard it, she understood.
"Since the third brother has obtained the official records, this thing is a hot potato after all. The third brother will not be as stupid as King Su to manipulate the officials. After all, there is only one emperor, and the imperial power only belongs to the emperor.
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"If King Su relies on this to hold hundreds of officials hostage, Emperor Qing will definitely feel threatened. Then, I am afraid that King Su's end will be faster and more miserable."
"However, Baiguan Xingshu has been known to others for a long time, so I guess the third brother simply took advantage of the situation and burned it. The biggest effect of this is to avoid Baiguan Xingshu from bringing unending consequences to the emperor.
situation."
When Gong Yun'ao heard this, he won his heart. Shu Yao actually understood his ambition and every step of his plan.
Once anyone has the records of hundreds of officials, it is equivalent to holding the handle of these more than 300 officials in their hands, becoming the most advantageous trump card for seizing the heir.
Therefore, the official records cannot fall into the hands of any prince. Otherwise, it will most likely cause chaos in the court, which the emperor will not tolerate.
After Gong Yun'ao got the Hundred Officials' Xingshu, he did not keep it as his own. Instead, he gathered everyone and burned the Hundred Officials' Xingshu in front of all the princes, and bluntly said that it was to appease the Baiguan's heart.
Moreover, to avoid being used by people with ulterior motives to hold officials hostage, they burned it in public.
Although he did not report this himself, someone must have reported it to Qinghuang. Naturally, Qinghuang knew that Lao San was thinking about him, so he was not angry.
Instead, Fei Jiang, the chief culprit of the King of Jin faction and the bloodbath in Boli Town, was promoted to the rank of General Jianwei, the second-level general.
Qinghuang's appearance was to show the courtiers that not only did he not blame the third child, but he also wanted to defend the third prince. The eldest prince, the second prince and others should not think of using this matter to attack the third child.
Fei Jiang bloodbathed the town of Boli and dealt with Zhai Renshi and others. Although he did not reveal any information, at the same time, King Jin helped to reveal the truth.
But as long as the eldest prince's party digs deep, sooner or later it will be impossible to hide it. If the king of Jin does not destroy it in public, it will be suspected of threatening the officials. Then the king of Yan and the eldest prince's party will bring it to Emperor Qing. Then
The gain outweighs the loss.
That is to say, under such circumstances, Gong Yun'ao saved Fei Jiang after getting it. At the same time, in order to remove his own suspicion and to reassure the princes, he finally destroyed it in front of everyone.
In this way, it not only appeased everyone's anxious hearts, but also helped Qinghuang get rid of this hot potato. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
It can be said that it is extremely smart to minimize the impact of this matter and maximize the benefits.
Shu Yao smiled softly, with a sharp and penetrating light in her eyes.
"It's really ironic when you think about it. Emperor Qing always promised himself a prosperous age, but what happened? Under the "prosperous age" under his rule, he was so corrupt. Isn't the existence of this thing just a slap in Emperor Qing's own face."
"Moreover, if Qinghuang investigates these more than 300 officials, he will basically catch all the officials in Beijing. By then, people will be panicked and there will be no way to end it."