Chapter 206: Words

Gu Du narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Is it aimed at me or Xia Hou?"

Dongfang Wen smiled and said, "You can tell each other out now, that's a good thing."

Gu Du laughed and said, "I only have brothers and sisters and no love between men and women, otherwise I will not be able to wait for me to marry Xia Lan."

Dongfang Wen told Gu Du that no one dared to speak in the court. He was polite Xia and Dongfang Bin, and no one dared to give advice unless they were crazy.

But because of this, Gu Du became a treacherous hero who held the emperor hostage.

In the past, there was no way to fight without Gu Du. Now that the two countries have signed a letter of national alliance forever, people naturally began to get up to their minds.

As Gu Du said, not everyone will be loyal to the country, and not everyone will put the overall situation first. Gu Du and Li Xia are too popular.

One is like a housekeeper in the palace, and the other is in the court and the other is covered with his hands. Although he has no bad deeds, he is still hated!

Gu Du was silent for a while and asked softly: "The person who wants to get rid of me... is it the high priest Qiao Zheng?"

Dongfang Wen was stunned and asked, "How do you know?"

Gu Du replied: "It's very simple..."

Although Gu Du and Li Xia were both recorded in the Yulingsi, they were not under the jurisdiction of the Yulingsi. After they arrived in Zeguo, Qiao Zheng, the high priest, was useless. Before Li Xia became the queen, Gu Du didn't have to know Qiao Zheng about it. He told Ze Emperor directly that after Li Xia became the queen, Gu Du was even more scruple.

Qiao Zheng is also an old minister of the three dynasties. Few people in this world can be humble. Even if they were not Jin Lan's biological father, they would probably not have thought about Gu Du everywhere.

In addition, Qiao Zheng is old and should have trained a successor long ago, but judging from the current situation, the position of the high priest is Gu Du, how could Qiao Zheng not hate him?

Dongfang Wen said with a smile: "You are so good at guessing, then guess again, what method he wants to deal with you."

Gu Du pondered for a while, suddenly frowned and said, "It's not possible to use force, nor can I impeach it. Then I can only start with the people around the emperor. Last time I went to the palace to talk about finding Mo Xuan. Queen Xia wanted me to agree to let Xia Lan go with her, but she didn't want to say it in front of the emperor, so she asked the emperor to go to Concubine Xue's place... Qiao Zheng wanted Concubine Xue to blow the wind beside her pillow?"

Dongfang Wen laughed and said, "No wonder people want to get rid of you. You can see the fire thousands of miles away. It's so tiring to work with someone like you."

Gu Du sneered and said softly: "I can kill ministers, but I can't kill the imperial concubine, otherwise I will become a traitor who holds the emperor hostage."

Dongfang Wen whispered: "You can't kill, but Queen Xia can kill."

Gu Du shook his head and said softly: "Er Xia cannot kill him."

Dongfang Wen frowned, and Gu Du said softly: "If the emperor does not listen to Concubine Xue, Empress Xia will not have to kill Concubine Xue, and the emperor will depose her. If the emperor listens to Concubine Xue, Empress Xia will not be able to kill Concubine Xue because the emperor is reluctant to let it go. If Empress Xia insists on killing Concubine Xue, she will confirm her name as the Queen of Demons. Not only can she not help me, she also traps herself in."

Gu Du sighed and said softly: "She is also a mother. I owe her enough, so don't involve her anymore."

Dongfang Wen stared at him for a while and said softly: "Then what are you going to deal with it? Qiao Zheng has sent someone to send three thousand taels of silver to Concubine Xue's house, but Concubine Xue doesn't know about this."

Gu Du laughed and said softly: "Three thousand taels? He is really rich... How much does he have a salary a year?"

Dongfang Wen replied softly: "It was not given to him alone."

The smile on Gu Du's face faded, he pondered for a while and said, "I have to go back first."

Dongfang Wen asked, "What do you do?"

Gu Du replied: "Trade power for military service."

Dongfang Wen shook his head and said, "We must hand over the military power, but we cannot hand over it now. Isn't it suspicious to go back to hand over the military power at this time?"

Gu Du frowned and said softly: "If you wait until something happens and then fight for military power, I'm afraid there will be another storm."

Dongfang Wen replied softly: "Whether the temple or the world, there are always waves that have not yet settled, and waves are rising again and again, unless you take Xia Lan back to Mount Shan to live in seclusion."

Gu Du was silent, Dongfang Wen looked at him and said, "Dongfang He has paid his life to Jin Lan and his son, and the two countries have signed a letter of national alliance forever. You are a young man and have achieved success and fame... Are you willing to retreat bravely?"

Gu Du shook his head and said, "I have no nostalgia for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but the promise I made to Queen Xia must be fulfilled. If Queen Xia hadn't, I would have been afraid that the corpse would be gone because of my impulse."

Dongfang Wen smiled slightly and said, "I just asked casually, you don't have to worry, you can write a letter to Chu Qin, I'll go out for a walk."

As soon as Dongfang Wen left, Gu Du returned to the back house. Before entering the door, he called out: "Jincai, take the child away."

Yun Jincai is one year old and grew up with Dongfang Xialan. She is basically a dowry girl, but she can't call her that. After all, she is a disciple of Jueling Sect.

Yun Jincai was in the house and heard Gu Du’s bad voice, and she couldn’t help but feel a little confused. She got married after the two of them. Gu Du had never been like this. What happened today?

After coming out of the house, Gu Du had already entered his house. Dongfang Xia Lan looked at him with her lips pursed, knowing that it must be the second brother who spoke too much and told Gu Du about the Jueling Sect's naval master.

Yun Jincai came in and asked, "Son-in-law, are you okay?"

Gu Du refused to respond, Dongfang Xia Lan said, "Junior sister, take the child to your house."

Yun Jincai frowned and walked to the bedside, picked up the two children with one hand, turned around and walked to the door, and looked back at Gu Du.

Gu Du didn't speak or look at her. Yun Jincai went out, Gu Du waved his hand and closed the door.

Yun Jincai was shocked. Gu Du had never closed the door like this. What was he going to do? He asked again: "Son-in-law, are you okay?"

Gu Du replied loudly: "Is something wrong!"

Yun Jincai was stunned. Is there something wrong? If something happens, it is also the couple's affairs. What can she do? She really asks me extra...

Yun Jincai was gone for a moment, Gu Du looked at Dongfang Xia Lan and said, "Tell me."

Dongfang Xia Lan said with a smile: "What are you saying? I was the one you took? Even if I am a person, you have to ask, I know what you want to hear."

Gu Du scolded with a calm face: "Don't pretend to be confused with me. Did you hide it from me and ask your parents to train the navy and go to find Mo Xuan on your back?"

Dongfang Xia Lan replied with a smile: "I didn't want to carry you on my back, but I just haven't told you yet. Anyway, it's hard to do it for a while."

Gu Du stared at her, Dongfang Xia Lan asked, "Why did the second brother suddenly tell you about this?"

Gu Du replied: "Chu Qin wrote a letter saying that Xiong Renguo sent an envoy to make good business with Lingguo."
Chapter completed!