In the past few days, Yuan Siyi was on duty in front of the emperor. When he learned that Gao Lishi wanted to see him, Yuan Siyi hurriedly came out of the palace to ask in person.
"General Gao, the saint is taking a lunch break."
"I don't dare disturb the saint's rest, I'll just wait."
Yuan Siyi then accompanied Gao Lishi and stood waiting outside the palace gate, asking: "The result was found out so quickly."
"No, I just found something interesting and wanted to show it to the saint."
"I'm talking too much. I want to ask General Gao... This matter is actually simple. Why does General Gao have to work on it personally for so many days?"
"Oh?" Gao Lishi asked, "General Yuan, tell me, how to make it simple?"
"To deal with them together, Xue Bai is a troublemaker, Wu Huaishi is seeking revenge, and King Shou is resentful. None of them are innocent."
Gao Lishi nodded, knowing that Yuan Siyi could remind him like this, it must be because the chauffeur guessed the saint's intention in the past two days - cockfighting is okay, but several fighting cocks ran out of the circle, "clucking" and biting randomly in the hall, causing trouble
When people get annoyed, they all wring their necks.
When the sun moved westward and the heat of noon passed and the saint woke up, Gao Lishi went into the temple to report.
"Is it General Gao?"
Li Longji leaned on the royal couch, half-opened his eyes, glanced through the curtain, and murmured: "I feel at ease when General Gao is here."
After he finished speaking, he raised his finger, and a palace lady came forward, holding a scroll in both hands, and asked him to read the story to wake him up.
"What story is the saint reading today?"
"It's called "The Record in the Pillow". It begins with a story about a clan member who was returning to Chang'an from Luoyang. When he was passing through the Xiaoshan Mountain, he got lost due to the dim dusk. Suddenly attracted by the strange fragrance, he mistakenly entered the Han Gao Empress Lu's Temple. The Empress Dowager Lu summoned him.
The fragrant souls of beautiful women such as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Madam Qi, Zhao Feiyan, etc. entertained and composed poems with him."
It's hard for Li Longji, the mighty emperor, to be willing to tell Gao Lishi these things.
It can be seen that he really likes this story recently, and after saying it, he even sighed.
"Now this story is becoming more and more novel. Yang Guozhong summoned a group of people to write the story. In order to make me read, he wrote everything in it."
Gao Lishi touched the scroll in his hand again, no longer as confident as before.
Li Longji felt his hesitation and asked, "Is there something wrong with General Gao?"
"Old slave, there is a story here, but it is far less interesting than "The Pillow Record"."
"Bring it to me to see."
Since it was specially sent, Li Longji did not hesitate to take a look at it. He took the scroll from Gao Lishi's hand, opened it, and said at first: "It's full of pictures and texts, it's very innovative."
"If you can see into the eyes of a saint, I will feel relieved."
Li Longji didn't speak any more and leaned there to watch. Gao Lishi didn't dare to say anything and just stood aside.
In the story, Nezha was mistaken for a monster when he was born. Taiyi Zhenren appeared in time and accepted him as his apprentice. He killed the third prince of the Dragon King in the sea and gave gifts to his parents. He then apologized and committed suicide. After Lotus was reborn, he learned that his father had suffered and went to save him...
The scroll is unfolded again, and the story ends here.
"It is indeed Xue Bai."
Li Longji said with emotion.
Gao Lishi was greatly surprised and asked: "Did the saint actually see it?"
"As soon as he wrote it, it was handed down from generation to generation." Li Longji said, "He was the only one who did not follow the saint's will, and the story had ups and downs. If you look at "The Pillow Record", he is always looking after me, for fear that I might be a little anxious or a little angry.
hatred."
"The Sage Mingjian." Gao Lishi said, "This is indeed written by Xue Bai. He plans to write "The Romance of the Gods", which will not only include Nezha, but also Yang Jian and Jiang Ziya."
"How tough is he, but now he knows how to please me?" Li Longji threw away the scroll in his hand, with a cold tone in his voice, "I won't shed tears until I see the coffin."
He no longer lacks for people to play cards, write poems and make up stories for him.
After hearing this, Gao Lishi quickly apologized in fear: "This old slave deserves to die. I was ordered to investigate the case. I shouldn't be partial to Xue Bai, and even came to plead for him today."
"I don't blame you." When Li Longji saw Gao Lishi directly confessing his crime, he did not continue to pursue the case, but asked: "How dare you plead for Xue Bai, but it was found out that he was indeed wronged?"
"If you say he is innocent, he is indeed not innocent. Even if the saint executes him, he deserves it." Gao Lishi said: "It's just that... although Xue Bai deserves to die, the saint should not get angry because of the crimes accused by others."
Li Longji stood up and walked out of the curtain, with an indifferent smile on his lips, and said: "General Gao, are you interceding for him, or are you trying to calm me down?"
"The old slave would never dare to deny that he was begging for mercy, but he wanted to tell the sage, 'There is nothing wrong with the world, and it is annoying for others to bother you.'"
"Lu Xiangxian's famous saying." Li Longji sighed.
Lu Xiang was first a famous minister from Jingyun to Kaiyuan years. He was promoted by Princess Taiping, but he refused to rely on her and even protected Li Longji, so Li Longji liked him quite a lot.
"Yes, this old slave is based on this principle, 'But when the source of tranquility is the source, there is no need to worry about simplicity.' When investigating this case from the source, we found the story of "Nezha Trouble in the Sea"...
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"How about I first issue an order to kill Xue Bai and then talk about Jingzhi Yuyuan?"
"The old slave accepts the order."
Gao Lishi stopped begging for mercy and bowed, respectfully waiting for the sage's decree.
"What's the charge?" Li Longji pondered and said, "General Gao should say it first."
"Wu Huaishi had a personal grudge with Xue Bai, and he was trying to make a serious crime against Xue Bai. Perhaps he deduced something from Nezha's story about the 'third prince' and the 'lotus rebirth'. He was so smart that he really thought the evidence was conclusive."
"Something too true?"
"The singer in Mrs. Guo's house wanted to sing a song for the imperial concubine on the first day of June, and Wu Huaishi heard it."
"Can I trust General Gao?"
"The old slave dare not use the saint's trust as a guarantor for others." Gao Lishi knelt down directly and said: "Wu Huaishi is the adopted son of the old slave. The old slave's teachings are incompetent, so I ask the saint to forgive me."
"General Gao, please handle it for me."
"The old slave accepts the order."
Gao Lishi waited for a while, expecting Li Longji to say something like, "Send the "Fengshen Yanyi" to me then."
But no.
~~
Gao Lishi exited the Nanxun Hall, thought for a while, and went to the Beiya.
There was silence in Beiya. When I entered, I saw that the general on guard today was none other than Guo Qianli.
"Where is General Chen?"
"Inside."
In many cases, the eunuchs known as "generals" were responsible for the guards in the forbidden area. Chen Xuanli, the general of the Longwu Army, was more likely to guard the saints during their travels and banquets. In the past, he mostly stayed in Beiya.
At this time, Gao Lishi entered the mansion all the way and could already hear thunderous snoring inside.
"If you have something important to do, please get up, General Chen."
The soldiers guarding the door knocked on the door, and then a loud shout came from inside.
"Come in!"
When Gao Lishi entered, he saw that Chen Xuanli had just gotten up and was sitting on the couch to wake up. Unlike the saint, he did not read the story, but picked up the wine on the desk and took a few sips to soothe his throat.
"What happened? How did you find this place?"
"You haven't heard anything about the recent affairs in the palace, right?"
"It has nothing to do with me." Chen Xuanli said calmly.
He put down the wine bottle, rubbed his face, and said: "What happened to my son last year...Xue Bai avenged him, and I should have helped him to beg for mercy, but the crime actually accused by Wu Huai was too great, and there was nothing I could do."
"
There were many people in the palace who had received favor from Xue Bai. For example, another adopted son of Gao Lishi, Lieutenant General Feng Shenwei, was recommended by Xue Bai and served as director of the newspaper publishing house, supervising public opinion for the saint. However, such as Chen Xuanli
As he said, the involvement was so deep this time that no one dared to intercede for Xue Bai.
"I just interceded for him in front of the emperor." Gao Lishi said.
"Really?" Chen Xuanli was quite surprised, but also a little happy, and said with a smile: "You don't favor your adopted son Wu Huaishi?"
"How much friendship can people like me have?" Gao Lishi looked indifferent.
Chen Xuanli knew that he was very kind to his adoptive father and sworn brother, but those adopted sons received more favors from Gao Lishi.
"Don't I know you yet? If you owe someone a favor, you will definitely make up for it." Chen Xuanli said: "You are willing to take action this time, but you owe Xue Bai?"
"Not only that," Gao Lishi said, "his lover actually wants to harm me."
"What's going on?"
Gao Lishi only told the story in general, but concealed the specific details.
Chen Xuanli couldn't help but said: "Just tell me who this evil woman is and where she is at this time, and I will vent this bad breath for you."
"That's all." Gao Lishi said, "I just went to ask her, and I got some useful information... Do you know why I am willing to save Xue Bai?"
"As I said just now, didn't you owe him something?"
"No. In fact, it was really because of that little lady's words about 'breaking the pot and breaking it'."
Chen Xuanli frowned and shook his head.
Gao Lishi said: "She said that we cannot kill Xue Bai because he is really the emperor's grandson."
"If it's not a broken pot, it's because of ulterior motives."
"She can really capture me." Gao Lishi said with a smile: "If I hadn't changed my mind, I would be a prisoner now. I really changed my mind, and she was willing to let me go after she saw it."
"Why?"
Gao Lishi restrained his smile and said slowly: "Because, when I saw the sentence 'use lotus stems as bones, lotus roots as flesh, lotus leaves as afterbirth, Nezha's body can be rebuilt', I thought of what Xue Bai did
He looks so much like the grandson of an emperor that I have doubts in my heart about what I saw back then."
Chen Xuanli was about to drink, but he had already grasped the wine bottle with his big hands, but stopped when he heard this.
The wine bottle stopped in mid-air, and he seemed unaware of it.
After a while, Gao Lishi took the wine bottle, raised his head and took a big sip.
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Chen Xuanli said, "The emperor's grandson is dead. We saw this with our own eyes back then. I buried the body myself. You and I reported it to the saint together."
Gao Lishi nodded.
"If you say that Xue Bai was wrongly accused by Wu Huaishi and you want to protect him, I can understand." Chen Xuanli said: "But now you say that because you doubt what Wu Huaishi said is true, you want to protect Xue Bai instead. This makes no sense.
The more people listen, the more confused they become.”
Gao Lishi shook the wine bottle in his hand and said slowly: "On April 21, the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, after the saint decreed the death of three common people, we have been guarding the palace. We should have obtained it at the moment of Youshi
News?"
"Yes, the dusk drum has already sounded at that time. You, the right gate general, have to go to the Zhonglang general and the city gate man who are on duty to sign the documents together, submit them to the saint for approval, and then go and get the inspection talisman."
"We have been waiting for the palace key for a long time. When we leave the palace, has the third quarter of the hour passed?"
"It's passed." Chen Xuanli said: "Outside Anxingfang, we heard the sound of banging."
Gao Lishi said: "It was almost Xu time when we arrived at the Abandoned Prince's Mansion. I remember that King Ruyang greeted us outside the door. The turmoil that needed to be dealt with at that time had been dealt with, and the crazy soldier was also captured.
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"yes."
"The Prince of Ruyang arranged for the children of the deposed prince to be taken away."
"yes."
"When we entered the main hall, Concubine Xue was hanging on the beam, breathless."
Chen Xuanli's eyes showed a look of reminiscence and he nodded.
Gao Lishi said: "The body of the emperor's grandson fell not far from Concubine Xue's feet. There was a pool of blood under his head, and the back of his head was smashed."
"The murder weapon was the copper paperweight with the dragon on it. It fell not far away." Chen Xuanli said, "I picked it up. It was quite heavy and it hit someone to death."
"Did you reach out to explore the emperor's grandson's breath?" Gao Lishi said, "I thought about it for a long time. I wanted to explore it, but you said at the time, 'Totally dead.'"
"Didn't you tell me? You are always careful..."
In the middle of his words, Chen Xuanli narrowed his eyes and said in surprise: "You doubt me?"
"No. It has been so many years, and many things have been forgotten." Gao Lishi looked at the beams of the room, still thinking about it, and murmured: "After that, you and I never let anyone get close to us, and brought the emperor's grandson and Concubine Xue together
After he was buried, no one saw the emperor's grandson again before he was buried."
"So what? You and I saw it with our own eyes."
"I was very sure about this originally, but when I think about it today, I have a question and I want to ask you."
"Ask me?" Chen Xuanli looked more solemn and said, "Then I can tell you now that I have done nothing, and there is absolutely no attempt to subvert the power of others."
"In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, there were ninety-seven grandsons of the saint..." Gao Lishi said slowly, "Although Li Qian was the third son of the deposed prince, in those years, the prince was not favored by Concubine Wu Hui.
There are only one or two opportunities to meet the emperor and his grandson every year."
"What on earth do you want to say?"
"Do you really recognize the emperor's grandson Li Qian?" Gao Lishi asked: "That night, are you really sure that the child who died was Li Qian?"
"Of course..."
"To be honest, I don't recognize it."
Gao Lishi finally spoke his mind and let out a sigh of relief.
In front of Chen Xuanli, he took off a lot of his guard.
"The world thinks I am smart, but I am already sixty and six years old. I was fifty-three years old when the incident occurred. I was groping in the dark to identify two corpses in the night. The child was only six years old. The last time I saw him
When he was four years old, he was among a large group of children."
As he spoke, Gao Lishi shook his head dejectedly.
"I always say that this grandson of the emperor looks like a saint, and so does that one. Except that King Si Qi looks exactly like the saint when he was young, there is no other resemblance. To my old and dim eyes, they are nothing more than two eyes and one nose."
Chen Xuanli was silent for a long time.
Gao Lishi had no choice but to ask again: "Did you recognize it at that time?"
"I……"
Chen Xuanli looked outside the door and said: "In that situation, we all knew that it was the emperor's grandson who died. Everyone's reaction..."
"Everyone's reaction made us never doubt that the person who fell on the ground might not be the emperor's grandson."
"But it can't be fake. There is no need for anyone to take him away and put a fake body there." Chen Xuanli said: "As for Xue Bai, the initial reactions of the emperors and grandsons can already prove that the one who was killed was
Li Qian, Princess Boping is the witness!"
"If Li Qian is alive, it is possible that King Ruyang took him for treatment, or someone else..."
"King Ruyang doesn't have it!"
Chen Xuanli said something arbitrarily at first, and then said: "Don't you know if King Ruyang has done this?"
Gao Lishi said: "King Ruyang is dead, and Wu Huaishi, who poisoned King Ruyang to death, believes that Xue Bai is the emperor's grandson. He believes in his own judgment. He really thinks so."
Chen Xuanli scratched his hair irritably and whispered: "This is impossible, and it is impossible for the emperor's grandson to become Xue Bai."
"I know it's impossible." Gao Lishi said.
"Then you can still have such thoughts? Are you crazy?"
"I just want to understand why there are people like him in the world."
This sentence was a bit confusing, but Chen Xuanli understood it as soon as he heard it.
A young man was born out of nowhere. His eyes were pure, but he was as deep as a hundred-year-old goblin. He knew astronomy from above and geography from below. He could sing with Li Taibai when he wrote poems. He was able to win the first prize in the imperial examination. His far-sighted vision seemed to have seen through all generations.
Qianqiu......
Apart from the saint, Chen Xuanli really only met Xue Bai in his life.
To be honest, at this age, the saint was not as good as Xue Bai.
"General Gao, you...are hoping that Xue Bai will be the emperor's grandson, right?" Chen Xuanli asked, "You have expectations in your heart, so you are deliberately looking for clues based on this expectation."
"Maybe." Gao Lishi said, "Maybe I really thought that if he were the grandson of the emperor, it would be a blessing for the Tang Dynasty."
He knew clearly that Du Jin was so anxious that he wanted to take action.
But it was precisely because of this that he saw Xue Bai's strength and courage. Then, if Xue Bai was really the emperor's grandson...if the prince failed to convince the public in the future and King Qing succeeded him, Xue Bai would be able to help King Qing stabilize
of the current situation.
Just like what Gao Lishi experienced in Tang Long, it was an innate change.
After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and stopped thinking about those unrealistic questions.
"General Chen, you haven't said yet, did you recognize the emperor's grandson Li Qian that night?"
"It couldn't be someone else who died there." Chen Xuanli replied stiffly, and finally muttered: "I thought you recognized it."
Gao Lishi said: "I don't want to kill... such a person by mistake."
"I understand. Did the saint promise to let him go?"
"No."
"If you take action, what's wrong?"
Gao Lishi pondered: "The saint asked me to deal with it, but this time, I can't figure out the saint's mind."
Having said that, he actually guessed the saint's thoughts.
He has only seen two extremely extraordinary people in his life, one is a saint and the other is Xue Bai.
But if we must compare, the saint may not be as good as Xue Bai.
~~
"Do you know why you lost your Holy Familiar?"
"I've caused too much trouble."
"It's not scary to cause trouble. What's scary is that you are disgusted by it."
Xue Bai was a little surprised and asked: "Do I look disgusting?"
Across the wooden fence, Gao Lishi nodded and said, "Do you know what kind of people are the most annoying?"
"People who are selfish and bring trouble to the common people." Xue Bai added: "Just like An Lushan."
"You are a smart person." Gao Lishi's face turned cold and he said, "Do you think you are the only smart person in the world? Without you, the world would be in chaos?"
Xue Bai wanted to say "yes", but he also realized that this was very annoying, so he became more sincere and said: "Please teach me, General Gao."
"I can't teach you." Gao Lishi said, "I've reminded you of what I should remind you, so you can take care of yourself."
He didn't tell Xue Bai that he had rescued him. He still didn't say anything and still tried to find out some secrets from Xue Bai.
It was another day. Xue Bai seemed to have figured out a lot and planned to confide something to Gao Lishi.
"I want to take care of myself. After much thought, I still want to tell General Gao something, but I don't know how to say it."
"Then let me ask you, do you know how much speculation Wu Huaishi has about your life experience?" Gao Lishi asked, waiting to see Xue Bai's reaction.
Xue Bai said: "I also found some, it seems..."
"explain."
"It's really hard to say." Xue Bai shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Princess Ning said that I am Zhang's illegitimate son."
Gao Lishi was stunned.
"This matter must be false, but General Gao should also know that I was discovered by Princess Ning Qin in Zhang's consort's courtyard. According to some speculation... Zhang Consort could not explain to Princess Ning Qin at that time, so he had to
Pretending that it was Supervisor He who entrusted him, he found someone to forge the document. He thought that this would frighten Princess Ning and make her dare not speak out. Unexpectedly, the princess had a fierce personality.
Big."
Gao Li smiled with great morale.
He stood up, personally picked up a bucket of meat bones for dogs and dumped them at Xue Bai's feet.
"I'm afraid you've put a lot of effort into making up these words. Just eat it."
After saying this, Gao Lishi turned around and left.
Xue Bai said: "I didn't make it up. There are rumors in the market, and Princess Ning also thinks so..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Lishi had already walked away.
~~
This case did not spread because it involved old affairs in the palace.
I don’t know who revealed the news to Princess Ningqin that Xue Bai was detained, and it was still related to his life experience.
Princess Ningqin immediately requested to enter the palace to see her.
"..."
"It was indeed my daughter who said it. Xue Bai is most likely Zhang Bian's illegitimate son."
"What did you say?" Li Longji said with an impatient and curious expression on his face, "Why did you say that?"
"This is what my daughter thinks. Xue Bai and Zhang Bian were so similar when they were young, and for some reason, they suddenly became very close..."
Li Longji didn't wait for her to finish and asked: "Then who do you think Zhang Bian had this son with?"
"He must have been born with Siniang, that's why he came up with the idea of giving Xue Bai's surname 'Xue'..."
"That's enough, don't bother me."
"Father, all you need to do is call Zhang Bian and Xue Bai to confront them, and you will know after asking them."
"How could I give birth to a daughter as stupid as you?"
Gao Lishi quickly stepped out of the queue and said: "Sage, please calm down. Princess Ning is not to blame for this matter."
"Don't blame her? You're careless and just follow the wind."
"The saint also knows that Xue Bai is a lowly person. In the past two years, many people have praised him. He really takes himself seriously and always wants to find a grandpa." Gao Lishi said: "Someone used this to frame him. At the same time,
, he also wants to use this to gain access to the minister."
Speaking of this, Gao Lishi had a hint of ridicule in his tone.
"It's just that Xue Bai went around looking for his father and made a joke. I really don't blame Princess Ning."
Li Longji also smiled when he heard this.
Faintly, the atmosphere in the palace seemed to be more relaxed.
In the past two years, I have always heard people praise Xue Bai for how good he is. Today, Gao Lishi finally revealed what kind of person Xue Bai is.
Come to think of it, Xue Bai is far less sincere than An Lushan. Even though An Lushan is in a high position, he never forgets that he is a bastard and always says that everything is given by the saint, so Li Longji is willing to reward An Lushan, which is worthy.
How long has Xue Bai been in the official position? It seems that he has completely forgotten his origins, and puts on the face of a born noble all the time, as if he deserves everything and is ungrateful.
But Gao Lishi was right when he said that Xue Bai was never born a nobleman, he was just a lowly slave with no father or mother, and all he did was to cover up his humble background.
Not worthy of being looked down upon.
"From Yang Shenjin to Xue Ling, and now to Zhang Bian?"
Today's situation is exactly the same as that of Shangyuan Ye in the sixth year of Tianbao. Once again, he was looking for his grandfather for Xue Bai. This is the huge case caused by Wu Huaishi and King Shou, two mediocre people.
Xue Bai didn't make any progress either.
Li Longji waved his hand displeasedly and said, "Stop annoying me and get out."
"The saint calms down his anger."
Seeing that the saint's jealousy had subsided, Gao Lishi quickly led Princess Ningqin back out.
After taking a few steps back, he listened to the saint's instructions again.
"By the way, I'll bring it over once I've finished writing "The Romance of the Gods."
"Old slave obeys the order."
~~
In this way, Gao Lishi knew how to deal with this matter.
He went to meet Wu Huaishi in person.
"Do you remember what I told you when we entered the palace?"
Wu Huaishi responded: "I am in the palace...except for my grandfather, I don't have any relatives."
"Then where did you find a husband?"
"My child knows his fault."
"It doesn't matter if you find a father-in-law." Gao Lishi said: "I also have a father-in-law, but in my heart, nothing is ever more important than a saint. I will not ignore the saint's mood just to vent his anger on my father-in-law."
"Grandpa, I was wrong, I was wrong... Please forgive me this time!"
"You can't fight Xue Bai, but you insist on fighting him. Do you think you died unjustly?"
"No, no." Wu Huaishi shook his head quickly and knelt on the ground and said: "What the child said is true. Xue Bai really went to Yeting Palace to meet Princess Boping, and really told King Ruyang that Li Qian was still alive...
"
"Now that things have happened, do you really think he is the emperor's grandson?"
"Yes!" Wu Huaishi responded without hesitation, "Master, do you know? When I figured out his identity, I suddenly understood why he acted like that. He refused to accept the benefits from Lu Linghao and wanted to break up.
Yanshi's behavior is really weird. He doesn't accept the benefits of Anlu Mountain... I really didn't understand why he did it before... His plans are so big! His plans are so big!"
Gao Lishi nodded and said, "I know."
"The reaction of King Ruyang was also very strange. After listening to Xue Bai's words, he actually went to find the copper paperweight. Look, grandpa..."
"I know."
Gao Lishi took the copper paperweight and looked at it carefully.
This time, he didn't say he was going to melt it.
Wu Huaishi cried: "Master, believe me, I really didn't do it for personal grudges. I saw something was wrong with Xue Bai. I told you the truth about everything and handled everything well. According to the rules of the palace, whoever inquires about the third concubine
All human cases must be eliminated, I am really loyal."
"Okay, I believe you."
"The reason why King Shou is involved is because King Shou knew about it..."
"Bang!"
Gao Lishi slammed the copper paperweight on Wu Huaishi's head.
This time, the back of the head was smashed and blood splattered.
Wu Huaishi was in severe pain and screamed, but he did not die.
Gao Lishi did not continue to smash.
He believed that the imperial guard accidentally killed the emperor's grandson, and generally speaking, he should not hit him a second time.
The next moment, Wu Huaishi was filled with fear, stared at Gao Lishi in astonishment, roared angrily, and was about to pounce on him.
Gao Lishi experienced many coups in his life, and he was calm and kicked him away.
"Someone is coming!"
Outside the house, two guards pounced on Wu Huaishi, holding him down and strangling his neck with their thick arms.
Wu Huaishi's face turned red, and there were thousands of words he wanted to say, but he couldn't.
Gao Lishi didn't look at him anymore, but looked at the copper paperweight in his hand, as if thinking about why he couldn't kill anyone...