The old emperor fell ill. No matter how busy he was, Qin Jiyan had to stop what he was doing and enter the palace as quickly as possible...
However, even if Qin Jiyan rushed away again, he still remembered Gu Qiancheng and left a message specifically asking Gu Qiancheng to take someone to move money outside the city when he woke up. He had already arranged for the person.
The emperor was seriously ill and did not care about other matters. He could have made a big deal about the loss of money from the treasury to show off Gu Qiancheng's talent and contribution.
Gu Qiancheng could guess seven to eight points even if he couldn't guess ten points about the crooked intestines in His Highness Qin's stomach. After hearing what the secret guard said, Gu Qiancheng silently lit a row of candles to the fifth prince in his heart.
Isn't this just a slap in the face of the fifth prince?
Is this completely an attempt to step on the fifth prince to ascend to the throne?
Poor fifth prince, how many sins did you commit in your previous life to meet such a cruel nephew in this life?
Of course, as pitiful as it was, Gu Qiancheng would not forget what he had to do. After getting up and eating, Gu Qiancheng asked the secret guards to mobilize people and then take them out of the city.
Last night was the Chinese Valentine's Day, and many people went out to parade in the streets. Many people had heard about what happened in the city last night. When Gu Qiancheng and his group appeared on the streets, they immediately aroused heated discussions among the people.
"Hey, there are actually officers and soldiers showing up again. Is it related to what happened last night?"
"What happened last night? I heard that the Imperial Army was alarmed?"
"I heard that someone led troops to surround Zhaixinglou last night, and the sons of several high-ranking officials were arrested. They said they had to pay for their redemption."
"Didn't you hear that something happened at the Star Reaching Tower? Why did these people go outside the city?"
"The leader of the army is actually a woman. What's going on? Since when can women be officials in our Great Qin?"
"There were sounds of fighting all night last night. What on earth is going on?"
"Could it be some master..."
Ordinary people really dare not say the word "rebellion" and can only pass it by vaguely.
Gu Qiancheng could hear a few comments from time to time. Although most of them were unreliable, they were still quite interesting. Some of the guesses and inferences were so bold that even Gu Qiancheng found them strange.
For example: "Could it be that one of the young masters is jealous of others in Zhaixing Tower?"
"I heard that at the Chinese Valentine's Day banquet yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's concubine selection banquet was ruined by the Crown Prince of Zhou. Could it be that the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince fell in love with the same girl, and the two became jealous and fought?"
Zhaixinglou is very high-end, but no matter how high-end it is, it is also a place for romance. Mentioning Zhaixinglou will inevitably bring to mind the love affairs of beauties and women, and the girls in Zhaixinglou are indeed very beautiful.
Men who live to reach for the stars would not want to be kissed by someone. It is only natural for these people to think so.
When Gu Qiancheng heard the people talking more and more outrageous, he thought with bad intentions, if the people in the capital knew that the news last night was because the money from the treasury was stolen and had been lost for more than two months, would these people
Stunned!
I'm afraid not only ordinary people, but also civil and military officials will be stunned, right?
Thinking of this, Gu Qiancheng felt that the bigger the action of carrying money into the city, the better. It would be interesting to make a big fuss.
"Drive!" Gu Qiancheng whipped the horse under his crotch, speeding up and rushing out of the city.
"Drive, drive..." Facing such a willful leader, the people behind him could only accept their fate and speed up to keep up...
In order to get to the palace as quickly as possible, Qin Jiyan worked hard all the way. He had no chance to ask Eunuch Situ about the old emperor. He didn't ask Eunuch Situ until he entered the palace as he walked: "Eunuch Situ, why did you come out?"
The old eunuch surnamed Situ and the old emperor could be said to have a life-changing friendship. Mr. Situ helped the old emperor assassinate three times in his life, and he was covered with injuries. He went to another palace to recuperate many years ago, and the people in the palace almost forgot about it.
The existence of this person.
"There is no caring person around the Lord, so I am worried, so I invited myself into the palace." Eunuch Situ sighed. Although his words were gentle, the meaning revealed in his words was very domineering.
Even though he is far away in another palace, he knows everything about the palace, which shows his deep love for the saints.
However, Qin Jiyan heard something else from his words.
Qin Jiyan has always known that since the Wu family was destroyed, the old emperor turned the "eyes" of the supervisory officials from darkness into light and established the Jinyi Guard, but...
Qin Jiyan has always known that in addition to the Jin Yiwei, the old emperor also has a group of secret forces in his hands, but he has never known who is in the hands. Today, when he heard Eunuch Situ's words, Qin Jiyan immediately understood.
Based on the old emperor's trust in Eunuch Situ, it was only normal for him to give people to him for training.
He was thinking so in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face at all. Qin Jiyan only said: "Eunuch Situ, how is Grandpa Huang doing now? He was fine, so why did he get sick again? But what happened?"
"The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty was extremely angry. As for the cause of the illness, I don't know. I only know that Master Feng met with His Majesty this morning. After that, His Majesty said that he was not feeling well." Every step that Mr. Situ took seemed to be laborious, but he was tight.
He followed Qin Jiyan closely, not even a step behind.
"Master Feng?" Qin Jiyan frowned, but did not ask any more questions. He knew that he would not get an answer even if he asked again.
When Qin Jiyan walked into the palace, the old emperor was losing his temper and cursing people. A young eunuch was kneeling in the palace, shivering and banging his head. Not far away was a broken medicine bowl.
"Grandpa Huang, what happened?" Qin Jiyan took a breath secretly, suppressed the impatience in his heart, and stepped forward quickly.
"Jiyan, you're just in time, let's drag this useless thing out and kill it with a stick!" The old emperor had a stern look on his face, and his eyes seemed to be full of bloodthirsty desire. Qin Jiyan felt that something was wrong, but he didn't
Say more, and only let the little eunuch who cried for mercy be escorted out.
"Your Majesty, your clothes are wet. I will help you change your clothes." Eunuch Situ stepped forward and helped the old emperor up.
Qin Jiyan silently took three steps back and waited until the old emperor had changed his clothes and calmed down before stepping forward: "Grandpa Emperor, are you okay?"
The old emperor did not answer Qin Jiyan's words, but looked at Qin Jiyan and asked majestically: "Jiyan, does Gu Qiancheng have a book called "Yi Guozhi" in his hand?"
""Zhi of the Yi Kingdom"?" Qin Jiyan did not expect that the old emperor would ask directly, and was really stunned for a moment.
"What? You don't know?" The old emperor looked suspicious, making it clear that he didn't believe it.
At the beginning, Gu Qiancheng said in front of Mr. Gu that she gave Qin Jiyan her "Yi Guo Zhi", and Mr. Gu conveyed this to the old emperor intact.
The old emperor only asked people to monitor Gu Qiancheng, but did not take action against Gu Qiancheng for a long time, because he believed that "Yi Guozhi" was in Qin Jiyan's hands.
To the old emperor, the things in Qin Jiyan's hands were his, and he could take them whenever he wanted, and he wanted them now...