Gong Jun is over forty years old.

He practiced his internal skills well, and he looked as if he was thirty years old at most, but he deliberately pretended to be old.

I like to frown whenever I have anything to do, and there are lines on my forehead. Every day before going out, I use a thin brush of a woman's thrush to draw a few strokes on the corners of my eyes, and I have a beard and use folk remedies to dye my hair and hair grayish white.

Those who don’t know think he is almost fifty years old this year.

The reason Gong Jun did this was a last resort.

At the age of 40, he may have already held several grandchildren among the people. As a grandfather, he had long since retired from the ranks of young and strong people, but at the age of 40, he was still not enough to watch in the officialdom.

Military officers are generally younger. Look at the civil servants in the court. Those who are about thirty years old have a bright future. The Hanlin Academy has been in the middle of their lives for seven or eight years, and those who are promising will go to the Secretariat to work on duty for five or six years, and then go out for about ten years. When they come back, they will become third-rank and fourth-rank officials. By the time they become prime minister, they are already old.

Qualifications and experience are the top priorities in the officialdom.

You are easily looked down upon when you are young, and young means it is difficult to get promoted.

Even if your age is solid, it is still very important to how a person "looks"? After all, colleagues and superiors don't know how to meet each other, so they ask Gui Geng unless they want to be a mediator.

Gong Jun pretended to be old and not only this reason, but also the particularity of his official position.

If you can be the deputy commander, you will naturally be the emperor's confidant.

The emperor is already old. Seeing a confidant in his forties running around all day, it seems to be older than he is actually. It’s nothing. But he is full of energy and it seems that he is in trouble in his thirties. Will the confidant who is annoyed by the emperor still have a good life?

Gong Jun has been an official for more than ten years and has gradually been promoted to his current position.

He has been the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei for five years, and he will live longer than any commander or deputy commander.

Gong Jun would not make himself too incompetent, but he would not act too capable either.

——You cannot let your ambitious subordinates think that they are soft persimmons. You can get on the throne after kicking them over, nor can you let these people think that they are a roadblock. If you have yourself, you will not have a day to stand out.

Isn’t it a good reason to be old?

By the way, I have to add illness. A deputy commander of the Jinyiwei who was loyal to the emperor and had the root of the disease was older, and at most he would be prosperous in the future, which would not be a threat at all.

In the current situation, unless the commander suddenly dies, his position as the deputy commander is almost over in this dynasty. He knows too many secrets and his future is probably not good. Civilian officials can retire and return home. It is quite difficult for the higher vocational officers of the Jinyiwei to die at home safely.

Gong Jun always only talks about loyalty. The authentic commander is trying to retreat all day long. Would he be unprepared?

However, compared to the commander of the Jinyiwei who had been thinking about which prince to be applied to, Gong Jun seemed particularly indifferent.

——Because he doesn’t like any of them!

These princes are either incompetent, cowardly, or self-righteous.

The prince looked a little bit, but the prince's health was too poor. Gong Jun felt that the prince might have to take a step first before the emperor passed away.

Gong Jun could not walk the path of "following the dragon's skill", so he could only find another way.

He wants to make a great contribution.

It is not a merit of saving the Lord, but a great achievement that made the royal family of Qi Dynasty grateful for his achievements, and then they can be safely called sick and honored.

What credit has made such great contributions? Of course, it is the whereabouts of the imperial seal!

Emperor Lu Zhang and Commander Zhou of the Jinyiwei both believed that some of the treasures of the Chu Dynasty, including the imperial seal, were taken away by Meng Qi, but Gong Jun did not think so.

He carefully studied the historical materials left by the previous dynasty, not only the Chu dynasty, but also the Chen dynasty.

Lu Zhang believed that Meng Qi had a gap with Emperor Yuan of Chu and his ministers and stole the jade seal; Commander Zhou felt that Meng Qi had dropped the jade seal when he first set up a chasing the royal family of the Chen Dynasty. Gong Jun believed that these were not right. Judging from the limited records of historians and detailed daily notes of Emperor Chu, the relationship between the founding king and ministers of the Chu Dynasty was initially very harmonious. Although those ministers were quarreling in the court, they were all people who did practical things.

Today, civil officials and military generals are divided into factions, and any political opponents raise will oppose it. It is commonly known as opposing but opposing it, regardless of whether it is beneficial to the people.

Gong Jun is not the kind of minister who serves as an official and a people, but he will respect such people.

Master Meng neither seeks fame nor profit, and is also highly trusted by Emperor Yuan of Chu. Why did he secretly replace the jade seal?

According to Master Meng's clear personality, after Emperor Yuan of Chu killed the three dukes and nine lords, he was more likely to chop the emperor's head rather than steal the jade seal.

Therefore, the whereabouts of the imperial seal should have nothing to do with Meng Qi.

As for the magistrate Xue Ting, the Jinyiwei who was fetched out of the old papers, Gong Jun did not think that the imperial seal would be related to the descendants of the previous dynasty. He is also a man from the martial arts world, doesn’t Xue Ting understand his approach very well? He saw through the court situation and ran away if it was troublesome.

Gong Jun loves money and the prosperity of the capital.

Gong Jun would never refuse to let him run like Xue Ting.

He tried a lot of effort to find the imperial seal, and finally he discovered that there were some problems in Liuhe Temple on Longzhao Peak, Shangyun Mountain.

It was already clear at this time. Gong Jun casually interrogated these people from the martial arts world, waved his hand and asked someone to take them down. He walked slowly in the backyard, and the old monk chanted Buddha with fear.

Gong Jun paused for half a cup of tea, and the hairs behind him did not stand up.

Is the warning just now an illusion?

Let’s talk about the Mo Li when Gong Jun turned his head and looked over, he quickly pressed Meng Qi’s head down. The martial arts masters all had feelings about the bad eyes. If they were staring for a long time, they would definitely be discovered.

Since Meng Qi saw Gong Jun, his right hand couldn't help but move three times, and the idea of ​​beating someone was obvious.

"Don't be impatient, there are opportunities." Mo Li persuaded with a smile.

"This man is very slippery, like a timid rabbit. He immediately crawled back into the nest when there was any movement." Meng Qi said indignantly.

Mo Li originally wanted to say that the rabbit did not have the habit of living with the cat, but after thinking about it, he asked, "Does he know that you are afraid of the raccoon slave?"

"I'm not..."

Meng Qi retorted a little and held back.

Because Mo Li explained it for him.

"I know what fear is the raccoon slave, but I just don't want to meet it. If you really have a deep hatred, let alone keeping eight, it wouldn't be easy to use even if you stuff the raccoon slaves in the house."

This is true.

Just a raccoon slave, as long as he closes his eyes and rushes over, chops Gong Jun's head and leaves. Who can stop him?

"It's still the doctor who knows me."

"It's easy to say..."

In fact, Mo Li doesn’t really want to accept this confidant’s tacit understanding.

Mo Li cared about Gong Jun's reality and whispered: "Since he doesn't know what you think of the raccoon slave, raising the raccoon slave should be just a coincidence. It's all coincidences. How can you say that he often hides home, but is actually timid?"

Meng Qi said depressedly: "Gong Jun is a man in the officialdom. He is very smooth about bullying the superiors and concealing the subordinates and shirking responsibility. He is biased and flexible, and has extraordinary eyesight. Whenever he feels that there are dangers and troubles, he will find a reason to avoid it. Now he has just heard of the treasure of Emperor Li's tomb. If he captures the Jianghu people from Yongzhou and hears the name of "Meng Qi", I promise that he will immediately get out of the matter regardless of whether the rumors are true or false."

"If Lu Zhang ordered him to deal with you, could he still run away?" Mo Li asked curiously.

"It depends on what he does." Meng Qi said disapprovingly, "The worst strategy is to pretend to be an old injury, the middle strategy is to protect the emperor into the palace to accompany him to guard, and the best strategy is to find a bigger thing and work diligently. After all, whether it is the treasure of the imperial tomb or me, this is a small matter that has nothing to do with the court. Lu Zhang will always have more troubles to send the Jinyiwei to deal with it."

Mo Li thought to himself that the officialdom is indeed complicated.

Can you see through Gong Jun's way? Maybe Meng Qi has done this kind of lazy way of avoiding things?

Mo Li watched Gong Jun walk around the temple, and always felt that he seemed to be looking for something. The old monk looked a little wrong, as if he was too nervous, and his arms holding the rosary were trembling.

If it was before, it would be reasonable to be afraid that the commander of the Jinyiwei would vent his anger on the monks.

But now, after the verdict has been investigated, Gong Jun has not even had too many embarrassments for those people in the martial arts world. What else is the old monk afraid of?

As he thought about it, Mo Li suddenly heard Meng Qi beside him exclaim softly.

"This abbot may know something," said Meng Qi.

"Um?"

The moli is unknown.

Speaking of which, under Liuhe Temple is the Mausoleum of Emperor Li. Could it be that the abbot of this temple is a tomb guardian?

It shouldn't be that Emperor Li of Chen reigned two hundred years ago. The Chen Dynasty declined from prosperity because Emperor Li was incompetent. In fact, there were several emperors later. What kind of tomb guardians could have been passed down for two hundred years, willing to be poor, and only be a monk in the temple, without missing a word of secrets?

Even if someone is loyal to Chen Chao and to Emperor Li, he is loyal to him, but what about his descendants?

Even the emperor cannot maintain his status as his descendants. Is it possible for mere tomb guardians?

This is not because of loyalty and righteousness, guarding the tombs for heroes - they guard a huge amount of wealth, a secret that can be exchanged for money without doing it by themselves.

Even if the emperor who firmly believes that the emperor is a fool who is destined to be, the Chen Dynasty was destroyed and the Chu Dynasty was gone. What's the point of perseverance?

Meng Qi guessed what Mo Li was thinking, and he shook his head and said, "There is no tomb guardian of the Emperor Li's tomb. Emperor Chen hopes that no one in the world knows where his tomb is located, so how could he leave the tomb guardian of the tomb?"

"... Have you ever met Emperor Li of Chen Chao?"

"I haven't seen it before." Meng Qi said with difficulty.

If you don’t meet in a human form, you won’t be called seeing each other.

"If I could have such martial arts as I am now, I would definitely make trouble so that he would not be able to build a mausoleum."

Which Shan Ling likes to be dug deep and big holes at home?

"Since the Qin Emperor, there have been more than a dozen imperial tombs in Shangyun Mountain. Some were dug by the rear court, and some were still there. Anyway, I am used to it." Meng Qi was helpless and sighed, "But other emperors have been buried, where is Emperor Chen Li?"

Death an emperor, dig a hole.

Emperor Chen Li wanted to repair the suspected tomb, so he dug six holes within the area of ​​Shangyun Mountain alone, which was too much.

"What's even more excessive is that his suspicious tombs have been found one after another, and they have been dug up again and again... No one has filled in after digging! They are all emperors, so he has caused the most troubles for me!" Taijing Dragon Vein said indignantly.

Mo Li began to be glad that Qimao Mountain is located in a remote area.
To be continued...