Chapter II Ten Years Old Debt
No dynasty can escape the battle against imperial power.
Ten years ago, in the secret battle of the Crown Prince Li, Emperor Yunluan, was originally a neutral force, because he had the Heavenly Secret Order in his hand, which was an arrow that could call on the independent army of Nanwan or was regarded as a thorn in his side.
That day, Emperor Yunluan Chang entered the palace under the imperial edict and was suspected to be temporarily placed under house arrest. Because he was already at the forefront, Gu Ning, who was the son-in-law and the head of a sect in the martial arts world, was unable to use Taohuajian's own power, so he only left regular guards in the mansion and sneaked into the palace to find out.
But on that night, undercurrents in the palace were surging, and fire suddenly surged into the sky by the palace's outer minister's mansion. At that time, Gu Qingyan was still a little girl. She was awakened by Beiming in her sleep and was about to run out. In a daze, Gu Qingyan smelled the strong burning smell and then came to her senses.
Suddenly, the guards of the Changdiji Mansion hurried to put out the fire, but in the dry season, the fire spread rapidly, and thick smoke was already everywhere. In desperation, he had to protect the little emperor Gu Qingyan first. Beiming was one of Gu Qingyan's guards at that time. On the way to pull Gu Qingyan out, the beam in the house suddenly fell. Beiming couldn't care about anything else, and threw Gu Qingyan out of the house first, and the beam that fell on his shoulder. Gu Qingyan was startled when he saw this and asked hurriedly: "Can you still get up?"
At this time, Gu Qingyan had already come back to her senses, thinking that she could only pass the light skills, and now it was not the worst case in the room, so it should be fine for the two of them to escape together.
Beiming felt a severe pain on his shoulder, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Little Emperor Ji will go first, there is someone outside to help him, so don't worry about his subordinates."
While saying that, he choked in thick smoke and coughed violently. Gu Qingyan was not willing to do so. He rushed back to Beiming in a few steps and helped Beiming escape the beam. However, because of the force, he fell to the ground and fell to his right forehead. The vase and porcelain pieces fell and splashed, scratching his right cheek. This happened in an instant. Before Beiming could react, he didn't have time to think about it. It was the most important to bring Gu Qingyan out of the fire circle first. He tried his best to get all his strength, and the two finally escaped.
When the guards outside received the two, Beiming was already exhausted and forced himself to protect Gu Qingyan. Gu Qingyan's right face was bleeding and felt pain.
The guards led the two of them out of the Changdiji Mansion and landed on the corner. But Gu Qingyan stopped and his eyes fell in front of the Changdiji Mansion. It was a familiar figure - Yuan Zhao.
When Yuan Zhao entered the imperial capital to take the exam, he encountered thieves and robbed all his money and was selling calligraphy and paintings on the roadside to make money. Gu Qingyan happened to meet him and admired his good paintings. He also saw that he had some unique insights when talking to others, so he found someone to investigate and recommended it to his mother, Emperor Yunluan Chang. Later, Emperor Yunluan Chang Chang recommended Yuan Zhao to the second prince, who later King Qi.
In this way, Gu Qingyan is somewhat considered Yuan Zhao's noble and benefactor. But now, Yuan Zhao and a team of people saw the fire in the Changdiji Mansion, but they were just wandering at the door, which made Gu Qingyan want to see what he was going to do. Regardless of the guard's dissuasion and treatment, Gu Qingyan took out the stubbornness that came from, and squatted around the corner. Half an hour later, the fire gradually became smaller, and he saw Yuan Zhao ordering a team of people behind him to put out the fire and entered the Changdiji Mansion.
Now Gu Qing didn't get a smoke, and he fainted due to injuries.
When he woke up again, Gu Qingyan was already lying on the Second Prince's Mansion. The pain on his right face reminded Gu Qingyan of the person he had recommended again. He immediately hated himself for leading the wolf into the room. When the maid heard the movement in the room, she saw Gu Qingyan sitting on the bed, her eyes full of hatred.
He couldn't help but shivered. When Gu Qingyan saw the maid coming in, she withdrew her thoughts and asked, "How long have I slept?"
The maid replied respectfully: "Go back to Xiaodiji, you have been sleeping for two days."
"Where is Beiming?" Gu Qingyan remembered that the little guard who was not a few years older than her had fought to protect herself. If it weren't for Beiming, she would have been afraid that it would not be scratched now.
The maid said, "The guard was sent back to Taohuajian by Gu Erye. The Changdiji ordered my servant Xiaodiji to tell you first as soon as he woke up."
Gu Qingyan nodded. The reason why Beiming was around her at a young age was that Beiming was capable. The other hand, Beiming was born in Taohuajian. Now Beiming has protected her and failed to protect her. I think it was seriously injured. Returning to Taohuajian was his best way.
After thinking about it, Gu Qingyan was about to get out of bed. The maid couldn't stop him, so she had to let the other people come in and serve him, dress and wash and take Gu Qingyan to the front hall.
There was only Gu Qingyan's master Qianhuayu and the third master Xing Ming. When Qianhuayu saw Gu Qingyan coming, she couldn't help but hug her, and couldn't help crying and said, "My poor little disciple, why are you so good..."
Gu Qingyan's nose felt sore for a moment, and tears began to flow down. She sobbed and kept calling the master, and she didn't forget to ask where her mother and father were. Xing Ming knew that the girl was scared and comforted her, "It's okay, your parents are fine. Now I'm asking the emperor for justice with you and the princes in the palace."
Later, Gu Qingyan slowly calmed down and heard Qianhuayu say, "In fact, the matter of house arrest was just a scene made by the Emperor and your mother. In order to remove the Concubine Lin, the Fourth Prince and his family, he thought that the Fourth Prince had a bad idea and wanted to use the Changdiji Ji to destroy the Tianji Order when the Changdiji was under house arrest to cure the Changdiji Ji's omission and weaken this power."
"What happened later?" Gu Qingyan believed that his mother and the princes would not suffer any losses in the matter of imperial power. What she wanted to know was the man... Qianhuayu saw Gu Qingyan's fierce eyes, and he didn't know what it meant, but just followed the words: "Later, it was said that Yuan Zhao discovered something strange and led the people to destroy the fire and killed the rebel thief who sneaked into the Changdiji Mansion."
"Where is he now!" Gu Qingyan was about to get angry. Could she read the truth wrong? Xing Ming felt something and said: "It's also in the court, girl, don't worry, Taohuajian and Dali Temple are thoroughly investigating this matter, and everything is not up to him."
Gu Qingyan calmed down because of Xing Ming's words. In the evening, Yunluan Changdi Ji and Gu Ning came back, holding Gu Qingyan and they didn't say anything for a long time, "Girl, the matter is over soon, and then parents will take you back to Taohuajian."
Gu Ning saw that Emperor Yunluan Chang was tired, and he didn't want to let the mother and daughter suffer such fatigue anymore. He expressed his decision in his heart. Seeing that both mother and daughter nodded, he felt at ease.
The ending of the incident was naturally that the fourth prince of the Lin family fell, Lin Concubine Lin was sentenced to death, and all the blame was attributed to them, including the fire and the injury of the little princess.
Gu Qingyan did not ask again because one year later, her royal brother told him that everyone thought that Yuan Zhao had made contributions, and many civil officials submitted memorials, and Yuan Zhao himself left no trace, and everything disappeared with the burning of the fire. So even if they knew the truth, they could not help themselves. This might be the one who could not help themselves.
At first, Gu Qingyan would still wonder, is it natural that Yuan Zhao was too scheming and lucky?
Later, Gu Qingyan became older, and the contact with the palace still kept Gu Qingyan slowly reacted. Yuan Zhao was already the fifth prince's minion at that time. The fifth prince had been using force in the dark, but he only made money without losing money. Unfortunately, two years ago, the former emperor was seriously ill, and the dispute over the throne began between the second prince and the fifth prince. The second prince had military achievements and was supported by military generals. In addition, Taohuajian secretly helped him, which was very powerful.
However, the image of the fifth prince in the palace has always been a gentle and elegant school. In addition, his mother's family is a civil servant, so many civil servants supported him, and they were stalemate for a while. Until the late emperor passed away, the will was made public, and the successor was the second prince, and some civil servants were still struggling. Soon after, the second prince led his army to ascend the throne, which was discussed by many civil officials. The new emperor began to investigate the five princes in the court while stabilizing his own power in the court.
After fighting in secret for a year, the fifth prince suddenly heard that he had a bad disease and had not surpassed the destiny of heaven. The battle for the throne was finally over. Yuan Zhao knew his knot in his heart. Although he was already the right inspector, he was much more low-key in the court. Who would have thought that this disaster would never be able to escape?
"How is it, Lord Yuan has finished recalling it?" Gu Qingyan asked coldly.
Yuan Zhao knew he could not argue, but he was lucky. Gu Qingyan smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, don't say that you just wanted to destroy the Tianji Order in Qianzhi Pavilion and not hurt others."
Yuan Zhao moved his mouth, but he didn't say it. After that, his first reaction was to look for Gu Qingyan, but he didn't see it in the pile of ruins. His mood at that moment was not just joy or sorrow.
"That night was windy and it was dry weather. You took people at the door and didn't come in. Watching the fire swallowing you, your conscience!" Gu Qingyan was really angry. That night, there were more than 20 people who died in the Changdiji Mansion, and some were killed by Yuan Zhao's people who later entered. How could there be a rebel who was killed that night?
Yuan Zhao was always the one who set fire or put out the fire. If he were not an acquaintance of the Changdiji Mansion, who could easily ignite a fire in the Changdiji Mansion that was not discovered?
Gu Qingyan never gave Yuan Zhao a chance to speak. She just wanted to see Yuan Zhao’s pain, so she said: “I ruined my appearance because of that fire. What do you think I will treat you and make you die so easily, that would be too tolerant.”
Yuan Zhao looked at Gu Qingyan in front of him and felt a sense of horror. He remembered that his daughter had disappeared since she went out: "Where is Yuan Yin?"
Gu Qingyan was very pleased and finally remembered: "That girl, someone just fell into the water, and I don't know if anyone has been rescued."
Intentionally, Gu Qingyan deliberately made a mistake and fell into the water. It was true that he fell into the water. It could also be artificial. As for the rescue, he was rescued, but unfortunately he was exhausted.
Then Gu Qingyan pointed to the wife beside Yuan Zhao. Only then did Yuan Zhao realize that the wife who had the breath just now had a weak breath, only a little left. Yuan Zhao said: "If the Emperor Prince has hatred, come to me alone. My wife is still saved. I hope the Emperor Prince will show his hand."
Gu Qingyan shook her head. She didn't plan to let anyone go. Saying so much to Yuan Zhao was just the tone in her heart. She must have come out. Now she is almost as angry as she doesn't want to talk nonsense anymore.
Seeing that Gu Qingyan was unmoved, Yuan Zhao had nothing to say for a moment. He would have dreamed of that fire over the years, and he would have dreamed of the little princess who grew up to come to settle the score with him. This day, it turned out to be here.
Gu Qingyan had an extra ring on his fingers. She slapped the armrest of the chair and a silver needle flew out of the ring. Before Yuan Zhao could react, she felt her throat tightening and could not speak. Only Gu Qingyan said, "It's time to end, but Lord Yuan, don't worry. As an official of the court, you will never let no one take the body away. You will arrive in a while."
After saying that, he was about to walk out as soon as he said that, Beiming had already moved Yuan Yin's body into the ship.
"Let those people come out." Gu Qingyan said to Beiming that she had returned Beiming a sense of comfort today.
Not long after Beiming went out, three people returned to the boat with him. The three were under King Yu. When they saw Gu Qingyan, they saluted: "I have met the fourth girl."
Gu Qingyan nodded and said, "I have let go of you, so I won't care about the follow-up." After that, he took Beiming and others back to his pleasure boat.
Since someone came to finish the exam, she didn't have to worry about anything else. No matter how things like the Chaozhongyuan matter, she was not going to do it. Anyone who gave her the will, she just kept doing it regardless of the consequences.
Seeing that everyone was back, Su Xin went up to meet him, and said that she had prepared wine and meat and waited for everyone.
Gu Qingyan smiled and told everyone to have fun on their own, without any restraint. This battle can be regarded as revenge and they have been working hard for almost a month. Today, the matter was settled, and Gu Qingyan and Beiming also let go of this knot.
Speaking of Beiming, he was taken back to Taohuajian and raised for seven days before he went to the ground. The first thing he did was to go to the Broken Heart Cliff to think about his mistakes. When Qianhuayu and Xing Ming came back, they kept accusing him of disfigureing Gu Qingyan as his own sin. Xing Ming comforted Beiming and told him that if he was really intent, he would hone his skills at the Shimen.
Since then, Beiming has been polishing herself at the stone gate. When Gu Qingyan met Beiming again, it was a year later. Gu Qingyan also entered the stone gate. The wound on Gu Qingyan's face had healed but had scars left. Gu Qingyan was wearing a veil and faced her first level when entering the stone gate. She needed to escape smoothly under the surrounded by four guards and arrive at the central ring field first and beat the drum.
Gu Qingyan's light skills were taught by the valley master Qianhuayu, and it was impossible to escape smoothly. However, the hidden guards at the stone gate were not easily able to pass. They chased him under the ring and met a dozen. Gu Qingyan finally won a little with hidden weapons, but the veil on his face also fell, revealing a scar. When the four hidden guards saw him, they were speechless for a moment.
They didn't know who Gu Qingyan was at that time, and they just thought she was an ordinary girl, but when they saw that the girl had this face, they didn't know what to say. They were worried that the girl would cry, so they came back to their senses and apologized in a hurry.
Beiming happened to come here. He wanted to pick up Gu Qingyan, but saw this scene. He hurriedly protected Gu Qingyan and put the veil back on Gu Qingyan. That day, Gu Qingyan always practiced his own martial arts in a place with few people, and fled in a hurry as soon as he saw someone. He could not ignore a girl's appearance. Gu Qingyan didn't blame anyone, but he just couldn't get out of this layer of sadness.
Beiming saw it and found the four hidden guards. He didn't know how many people discussed it. He took the risk and secretly left the stone gate. He spent the silver on his body to find a craftsman to put a mask on Gu Qingyan and gave it to Gu Qingyan.
That was Gu Qingyan’s first mask. Gu Qingyan still remembers what they said to her at that time: “No matter what happens, the girl is the most beautiful person in our eyes.”
The words of comfort are both common and common, but Gu Qingyan looked at the people in front of her and accepted it for a moment.
Later, Gu Qingyan slowly began to contact others again, and found that there were never many people around him who cared about him. Although the three senior brothers did not do anything in public, when Gu Qingyan practiced alone, the three senior brothers always took turns to protect him in the distance. Beiming and the four hidden guards sneaked out and were able to cover up the three people in Dongli, Nanke and Western Jue. These three were the guards of Xu Shaolin, Zong Yue and Baili Mo.
Qianhuayu has always personally taught Gu Qingyan's kung fu. Xing Ming is committed to studying what ointment can eliminate scars for Gu Qingyan. Gu Ning and his wife are even watching their daughter's growth openly and secretly, giving her the best love and need along the way to grow up.
A gust of wind blew, and Gu Qingyan saw the lights on both sides of the straits. I was afraid that Langjiang would be sleepless tonight. The boat was lively in front of me. Beiming saw Gu Qingyan's stunnedness. He didn't disturb him, but just smiled faintly, and then joked with the other brothers. The four hidden guards are now among the twelve ghost guards.
Su Xin put on a shirt on Gu Qingyan and went with Gu Qingyan. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!