Back Off, Let Me Come

"I didn't know Wangchao was so loyal to the king?"

Rhythmic applause came from the corner.

Chu Yao seemed to have just realized that his master was present. He turned around in a panic and bowed deeply to Shen Tang: "Meet the master."

Gu Chi only knew of her existence when Shen Tang spoke.

When he realized that Shen Tang rarely used the self-proclaimed "I", his face turned pale and he bowed with a guilty conscience: "My master, how are you?"

Shen Tang said sternly: "How are you? I can't be at peace."

This was the first time that Shen Tang was really angry with Gu Chi after more than ten years of getting along between the king and the minister. His heavy power could make people's hearts beat wildly. Gu Chi lowered his head even deeper, without making any excuses, but secretly biting his lips. This silence only made Shen Tang more annoyed.

"Why doesn't Wangchao continue? You came to see off your colleague in the early morning with murderous intent, and you want to pay one life for another?" Shen Tang took a step forward, and the strong power could oppress people so much that they couldn't breathe. The next sentence was to ask, "When can you be my master?"

Seeing that Shen Tang was more angry than expected, Chu Yao had to come out to smooth things over for his colleague - he was running around to make sure that the hidden dangers of many years could be resolved smoothly, not to increase the rift between the monarch and his subjects.

But Shen Tang had already predicted his prediction.

"Wuhui, I'm asking Wangchao."

Chu Yao: "..."

Now, he has become the fish in the pond that was affected.

Gu Chi: "..."

If it were other monarchs and subjects, when the superior asked this question, he would definitely have murderous intentions. No matter how deep the trust between the monarch and his subjects is, the superior has a bottom line, that is, the subjects must not threaten their own lives or touch their own power.

But, Gu Chi's master is Shen Tang.

A master who is so restrained that he doesn't look like a king.

Facing her relentless pressure, Gu Chi could no longer remain silent, and softened his voice and said, "During this trip, Luan Gongyi will know the truth about Qiu Wenyan's death. Stopping him can avoid him for a while, but not for a lifetime. The enemy will eventually use this as a breakthrough point."

Luan Gongyi is too special in every aspect.

Whether it is his status in the royal court, his own way of being a scholar, or his upright temperament. If you ask Luan Xin which of the two masters is stronger, Luan Xin will definitely answer without hesitation that it is the master, but it does not mean that Qiu Cheng has no place in his heart.

Warlords in troubled times, defeat is not necessarily death.

Wu Xian can still be alive and kicking until now. Not only did he become the only second Duke of Kangguo, he also made contributions in the southwest war, and established his daughter as the first Duke of Kangguo. Wu Xian was able to survive because of the plastic "Tangdi love"?

Qiu Cheng is not as high-ranking as a duke, nor is he as flexible as Wu Xian, but it would not be difficult for him to be a rich man if he were alive, and Luan Xin only wants his old master to be alive. In the future, will Qiu Cheng be content with mediocrity and live a mediocre life, or will he jump up and down like Wu Xian...

These have nothing to do with Luan Xin.

Shen Tang deliberately forced Qiu Cheng to death, touching Luan Xin's bottom line.

Gu Chi said: "If Luan Gongyi knew the truth back then, even if he did not avenge the first master, he would not be loyal to the master who had killed his master, even if he lived in seclusion in the mountains for the rest of his life. If he knows now, my master, Gongyi will only die."

Luan Xin will force himself to death.

The best thing is to resign and retire, and never see each other again.

If he can let go of this old matter, he will not be Luan Xin.

"Does it matter to me whether I lose Luan Gongyi or Gu Wangchao?" Shen Tang never thought that one day he would have to face the enduring bloody contradiction in romance books - the dead Bai Yueguang came back in another form.

Chu Yao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Shen Tang claim that he had recovered - this meant that the master's anger had rapidly declined, and reason had regained the upper hand: "Things are not so serious yet, the friendship between the master and Gongyi for many years is not fake..."

Shen Tang's eyes fell in the direction where Luan Xin left, as if he wanted to see a familiar figure through the mountains. After a long time, she asked, "Are all of Qiu Wenyan's wives, concubines, and children still alive?"

Gu Chi: "They are all still alive. Gongyi has been taking care of them privately over the years, and their lives are not too bad. Qiu Wenyan's last words were for his wife to remarry, but the lady refused, until Qiu Wenyan's children gradually grew up and started families, and lived with the eldest son in their ancestral home."

As Qiu Cheng's widow, she can enjoy the political legacy left by Qiu Cheng, and her old subordinates will not stand by and watch her die, and her life is guaranteed. Once she remarries to another family, if she encounters something unsatisfactory, her former husband's old subordinates such as Luan Xin will not be able to help. As for concubines, except for those who have given birth to children for Qiu Cheng, the rest are arranged by the eldest lady to marry, and their lives are still acceptable.

It is worth mentioning that after many years of living a life of seclusion, this lady has changed her treacherous heart and is really kind.

For now, life is still okay.

Shen Tang closed his eyes and thought, and after a moment he had a plan.

"Send someone to invite her over."

It is not her style to be passive and negative when encountering problems.

She had forgotten why she had to kill Qiu Wenyan. She probably didn't expect that Luan Gongyi, who was taken from Qiu Cheng, would become a piece of meat that she couldn't cut off after so many years. If she had known this would happen, it would not be impossible to let Qiu Cheng live for Gongyi's sake: "The one who tied the bell must untie it."

The best plan now is to defeat magic with magic.

Gu Chi roughly guessed what the master wanted to do: "Gongyi didn't have much contact with his former master's widow. That lady was not a reasonable person in her early years. If she knew the truth about her late husband's death, she was lucky not to instigate Luan Gongyi. Why would she talk about peace?"

Shen Tang said calmly: "Because money makes the world go round. A living Qiu Wenyan can bring her benefits, I can afford to pay double. There is a folk saying that goes 'getting promoted and getting rich means losing your wife', and it is the same for women. Qiu Wenyan has been dead for more than ten years and can still bring her an endless inheritance, why should she be so hard on me? Even if she turns against me, she can't bring Qiu Wenyan back to life, but she obeys me, and her family can rise to heaven!"

This is the truth, but Gu Chi is not optimistic.

How can the weight of Qiu Wenyan's widow and Qiu Wenyan himself be the same? Unless Qiu Wenyan tells Luan Xin in person that he is willing to accept the loss and that his life and death cannot be blamed on others, otherwise Gu Chi can't think of how Luan Xin, who is so straightforward, can let him go.

This is a dead end!

Gu Chi gave up on himself and thought: [Instead of thinking of these methods, it is better to find a real charlatan to summon the soul. If the summoning of the spirit fails, then pretend to be Qiu Wenyan, maybe he can trick Luan Gongyi... Unfortunately, Qi Yuanliang's disguise can't fool Luan Gongyi... Who can he find to pretend to be a ghost? 】

Just when he was in a trance, his palm lightened.

His peripheral vision caught a ray of bright white light, and he realized that it was the master who pulled out his sword, and the latter turned his wrist and pretended to commit suicide. Gu Chi was so scared that his legs weakened and he almost knelt on the ground. His heart almost stopped. He shouted hoarsely: "Master--"

Two flowers bloom, each showing its own branch.

The original surname of Qiu Cheng's widow was Miao.

Yes, she is from the same branch as Miao Ne and Miao Shu.

Due to well-known reasons, the Miao family was wiped out by Shen Tang, leaving only orphans and widows. Her husband Qiu Cheng was defeated by Shen Tang, and she had no one to rely on. This is also one of the main reasons why she refused to remarry, because she had no way out behind her!

With Qiu Cheng, her children can be protected and live a worry-free life.

In the first two years after Qiu Cheng's death, she cried every day, but time is so magical that a stable life will continue to corrode her memory. As time goes by, even the strongest feelings are diluted, and the focus of her life is gradually attracted by other things. Her children have grown up and started their own families, but she is still in her prime. A woman in her forties has a look comparable to that of a woman in her early thirties.

Appearance, family background, and status!

Any two of them can attract men, and she has all three! Whether it is her own or other women's children, they all remember her efforts over the years, and from time to time send handsome actors to her house to entertain her and relieve her boredom, which Miao Shi enjoys very much. In recent years, the atmosphere has become more and more open, but it still has some influence. In order to prevent her daughter-in-law from gossiping about her neighbors, she took the initiative to move to another courtyard, and the young couple came to see her during the holidays. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are far away, there is no conflict between generations, the daughter-in-law is comfortable and filial, and she is also at ease.

Even the first wife started to break the ice.

When Qiu Cheng was alive, the first and second wives were incompatible.

Times have changed, and she can now chat with her eldest sister-in-law.

"Mother, there is a distinguished guest in the mansion."

"Distinguished guest?"

She thought it was Qiu Cheng's old subordinate.

It's interesting to say that Qiu Cheng's character is not very good. He is too stubborn to save face and suffer in life. He is even more hypocritical in his bones, but the talents he recruited are all loyal and righteous. Even Miao Shu had a backbone. After so many years, even if Qiu Cheng saved their lives and the favor should be repaid, there are still old subordinates who come to visit, fearing that the widow and children of the first lord are not living well. Some of these old subordinates are still active in the court, and some have returned to peace and are at ease as rich men.

The person who came was not a familiar face to her.

There was an indescribable familiarity between her eyebrows and eyes. She asked the maid to pour tea for the other party and smiled kindly: "I didn't know that the distinguished guest was coming. I didn't welcome him from afar. Please forgive me if I was negligent."

The young man waved his hand: "Old lady, there is no need to do this."

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He didn't introduce himself, so Miao couldn't guess his identity. She could only take the initiative to test: "Forgive me for my age. My memory is getting worse and worse. I can't remember the distinguished guest's name. I just think he looks familiar... I don't know what the relationship between the distinguished guest and my late husband is?"

The young man said: "I don't know your husband."

Miao was confused: "Then the distinguished guest is..."

She secretly winked at her eldest son.

The eldest son was not very clear either, because the person was brought here by his uncle and aunt, and they didn't clearly state the other party's identity, but just said that the young man was a distinguished guest. Fortunately, the young man didn't hide it: "I am Jimo Qiu. When I was young, I was raised by the Qiu family."

The Qiu family genealogy might be able to find his former name.

Miao understood immediately.

Oh, it turned out to be Qiu's old friend. Since it was related to Qiu, why did he come to me? Qiu had long been the head of the eldest house, and she had no say in Qiu. Seeing her confusion, Jimo Qiu said softly: "Today I came to see my wife."

"Looking for me?"

Jimo Qiu said: "Well, please help me, my wife."

Miao had been pampered for many years, and only had a little patience for Qiu Cheng's old subordinates and a few people in the eldest house. She was a woman in a deep house, living on the favor left by her late husband. What could she do to help him?

She said bluntly: "I am afraid I am powerless."

Being humiliated by Miao, Jimo Qiu was not angry, but asked softly a sentence that made Miao and her son tremble: "It is related to your son's title. Is the old lady also powerless?"

The mother and son looked at each other quickly.

Title?

Miao suppressed her pounding heart and calmed down quickly.

He shouted, "Stop talking nonsense!"

In other countries, the title of nobility is not rare, but it is rare among the rare in Kangguo.

If her husband had lived longer, he might have won a position as the heir to his son, just like Duke Lu. But Qiu Cheng died too early. Apart from his old subordinates who would take care of them, there was no movement from the royal court. At most, they would provide convenience for Qiu Cheng's descendants to go to school, but nothing else.

She was completely different from Wu Xian and Gu Ren.

Jimo Qiu smiled but said nothing, watching her reaction quietly.

After a long time, Miao ignored her son's crazy eyes and asked calmly, "What is the surname of the guest's host?"

"The host's surname is Shen."

This surname made Miao's heart skip a beat.

There was no other person with the surname Shen who dared to promise a title, except the one who lived in Fengluo Palace. She couldn't say she hated Shen Tang. She had hated him in the early years, but she was more afraid that Shen Tang would settle accounts with her. After enjoying more than ten years of prosperity and wealth under the rule of others, hatred and fear gradually blended into other more complex emotions, which can be regarded as a mixture of love and hate.

She had suffered with Qiu Cheng in her early years, and she knew what the normal state of troubled times was like: "To say something that the envoy doesn't like to hear, no one comes to the temple for no reason, why did Mr. Shen suddenly think of my family?"

It's not sarcastic, it's just curiosity.

It can't be that the old subordinates want to ask for titles for the children of the first lord because of their merits?

If so, her son can change his words and call the other party dad. You know, even if the biological father has a title, it may not be passed on to the biological son.

"Just now, please help me, Madam."

"I would like to hear the details."

Before he said it, Qiu Cheng's eldest son was sent out.

After a frank talk, Miao fell into silence.

Her emotions did not fluctuate much.

Luan Xin would be entangled in "the first lord took the initiative to commit suicide" and "the first lord was lured to commit suicide". He had no regrets about the former, but he was full of worries about the latter. The boundaries between gratitude and resentment were clear, but from Miao's point of view, Shen Youli was the enemy who killed her husband. Now telling her that her husband was indeed lured to commit suicide by Shen Tang's instruction is useless to her. This cognition has lasted for more than ten years.

The reason why Miao was silent was that in a sense, this title was really fought for by the old subordinates of her husband, and it would be unreasonable for her son not to worship a foster father. Although she was moved, she still had self-knowledge. When Qiu Cheng was alive, he also said that Luan Gongyi was upright and stubborn, and he would drive himself to death by getting stuck in a dead end.

He remembered Qiu Cheng's kindness and Shen Tang's love.

If he couldn't hurt anyone, he would only drive himself to death.

She confessed: "My words don't carry that much weight."

The young man took out a long wooden box from his sleeve, opened it and revealed something quietly lying inside: "With this thing, you can persuade them with emotion and reason, and it will work! Madam, please try your best!"

"What is this?"

"My lord's."

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For Tang Mei, as long as the important officials don't fight among themselves, this game is still very stable (pointing fingers at the group of reckless men in Wu State)