The sky is bright and the morning sun is rising in the east. Green streets, black tiles, white walls, green trees, red flowers, are covered with shining morning dew. When illuminated by the sun, they look like pearls.
"Crunch..."
There was a heartbreaking sound in the street. A gate nearly ten feet high slowly opened, and Gao Zhan led a horse out of the house. The captain at the door wanted to help him hold the reins, but Gao Zhan pushed him away.
Kai: "Get away!"
They are both imperial guards, so they naturally know each other and are relatively familiar with each other. But who asked the captain to come to confine the Gao family?
The captain knew that Gao Zhan was in a bad mood and didn't care. He just stepped back to the door and continued to look at his door.
Gao Zhan mounted his horse and walked absentmindedly towards the north gate.
From the 15th to the 29th today, Gaofu has been banned for half a month.
All the food, drinks and utensils were brought from the palace, so among the hundreds of people in the mansion, only Gao Zhan was able to leave the mansion.
This is because Li Chengzhi was left in the palace to take care of the queen. No one can handle the matter, otherwise he would not be spared.
It has been fifteen days, and the emperor seems to have forgotten Gao Zhao?
Is the Gao family... really going to collapse?
Even in the early morning, the weather was still unbearably hot, but Gao Zhan couldn't stop feeling chilly.
Just like this, I walked freely and arrived at the imperial city in less than half an hour. I was not going to court today, so it was very quiet inside and outside the palace walls. Only the guards on the top of the city were patrolling back and forth.
Gao Zhan was about to go around and leave the city through Guangmo Gate. When he heard the palace gate opening, he instinctively looked up.
A carriage drove out from the palace, with a shed on top and curtains all around. You could tell at a glance that it was an important minister.
Thinking that it had nothing to do with him, Gao Zhan ignored it and continued to move forward.
"Zicheng!"
Suddenly hearing the call, Gao Zhan stopped his horse on the spot. When he turned around, he saw that the curtain had been lifted a corner, and Wang Xian was sitting in the car, with a middle-ranking official next to him, who seemed to be the emperor's underling.
Gao Zhan quickly dismounted and bowed respectfully: "I've seen the lieutenant!"
Wang Xianwei nodded and asked again: "How is Sikong?"
How can it be good when everyone is trapped?
Gao Zhan felt sad: "I have been locked in my room all day, and even my mother doesn't want to see her, so I can only drink to relieve my sorrow..."
Can you still drink alcohol?
If it were anyone else, he would be so scared that he couldn’t even sleep, right?
"Well..."
He responded unconsciously, and Wang Xian waved his hand, meaning to let him go about his business.
When the car was far away, Gao Zhan remembered that Wang Xian had come out of the imperial city before he arrived at Ban Yamen. He had obviously stayed in the palace last night.
Why did you forget to ask Li Chengzhi how he was doing?
Doing the math, Li Chengzhi and his third sister have not left the palace since the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, which is more than two decades.
I wonder how my eldest sister is doing?
Worried, Gao Zhan mounted the horse again...
……
Gao Zhao's residence is right behind Jingle Temple, less than two miles away from the imperial city, and is very convenient. In just half an hour, the carriage arrived at the door.
The two got out of the car together and showed the order letter and handwriting to the person inside. Then the school captain guarding the gate put Wang Xian in.
As soon as Fang entered the door, Wang Xian wondered if he had come to the wrong place.
Is everything in the house the same as before?
A few male servants were watering the flowers, and a few maids were sweeping. Not far away, there was smoke from the kitchen, and there were maids carrying food out and delivering it to various courtyards.
When my nose twitched, I also smelled the aroma of yokan and fish soup, which was very rich.
It seems normal, but it’s just because it’s so normal that it appears abnormal.
Just imagine, if everyone in the house is imprisoned for half a month, when a disaster is imminent, how can the people in the house be so peaceful?
Wang Xian had always been on good terms with Gao Zhao, and he was very familiar with the road. The imperial guards had already come in to pass the news, and as soon as they arrived at the middle courtyard, they saw Gao Zhao standing at the ear door with his sleeves rolled up.
On the contrary, Princess Gaoping was a step slower and was rushing over from the backyard.
Didn't Gao Zicheng say that Gao Zhao drinks to drown his sorrows every day? He looks quite sober?
If you take a closer look, you can see no trace of sadness on his face?
If the master does not panic, the servants will naturally not panic either. No wonder the house is so peaceful?
Wang Xianhao was not surprised: Where did Gao Zhao rely on him?
He is not the only one who is curious, but any important minister who knows the inside story is not curious to death?
Is it possible that Gao Shouwen ate dragon sinew, tiger bone, and leopard gallbladder, and his bones were so hard this time? He insisted on standing up for half a month without giving in to the emperor, without even half a letter of apology, and without saying a single word.
Saying good things is like eating a weight to make your heart hardened. It seems that you want to fight the emperor to the end?
It's not that the emperor forgot about Gao Zhao, but that Gao Zhao didn't seem to take the emperor seriously...
Even people like Yuan Yi and Yu Zhong, who regarded Gao Zhao as an enemy, secretly admired them: when it comes to the importance of the country, Gao Zhao is still able to clear up right from wrong...
Suspicious in his heart, Wang Xian bowed slightly: "I have seen the princess... What a great first article!"
"Just like this, what good can it do?"
Gao Zhao sighed loudly: "I didn't expect it to be Brother Shirong? I thought that the first person to come to the door was not Yu Zhong, but Liu Teng..."
Yu Zhong, Liu Teng?
No matter which one of these comes, Gao will definitely end up confiscating his house.
But looking at your Gao Shouwen, it doesn’t look like you are prepared for this at all?
Wang Xian smiled slightly: "Brother Shouwen said something serious, it's not like this..."
Since he could not speak in the courtyard, Gao Zhao welcomed Wang Xian into the central hall. He also ordered the servants to serve soup and ice wine.
After a while of busy work, the idlers were dismissed, and only Gao Zhao and Wang Xian were left in the hall.
"But Your Majesty ordered you to give me orders?"
Gao Zhaoxiao said, "Brother Shirong, it doesn't matter, I have been prepared for it!"
"The first article is faultless and the second is innocent. Why should Your Majesty give you this order?"
Wang Xian smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty did not have any unnecessary words. He only ordered me to pass it on to you. But you must know that if there is no reason, how could your Majesty send me here?"
What else could it be?
It's nothing more than a hint to Gao Zhao: I'll give you one last chance, otherwise if not Yu Zhong next time, at least it will be Liu Teng!
There is also the intention of asking Wang Xian to persuade Gao Zhao...
"There is nothing to persuade!"
Gao Zhao shook his head decisively, and his tone could not be said to be impassioned, "Brother Shirong, you should know that if you really agree, it will be difficult for the entire Gao family to die by then. It is better to let a certain person die, at least one of his family members can be safe." ..."
Wang Xian took a sharp breath of air.
The truth is of course this: it is better for Gao Zhao to die alone than for Gao to be left alone in the future.
But at least it will be several years later, and it is just speculation. It may not be so serious, and it is not without improvement...
Furthermore, this is not Gao Zhao's character at all. If he could really regard death as home and would rather die than surrender, and if he could see the fire like a torch, how could he have flattered the emperor and helped the emperor take so many blames before?
Everyone knows what Gao Zhaoding relies on. But no one can figure out what this reliance is?
Of course it’s Li Chengzhi!
But if Gao Zhao said it, no one would believe it...