The old east wind comes to dream

Chapter 106

The person caught by Liu Zan was Yixu's deaf and dumb little drug boy.

But even after this little drug boy was caught, she looked ignorant and terrified. It was hard not to feel that she was just a cover that was deliberately thrown out.

She was only eight or nine years old, with a thin stature. Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan thought of her as a little boy at first.After being caught in front of me, I realized that it was a girl.

Liu Zan had scolded her a few times when he was outside, but now the little drug boy is trembling with tears in his eyes, curled up like a small animal.Gu Zizhan squatted in front of her, smiled kindly, and asked word by word with his mouth: "Sister, can you write?"

The little Yaotong was still frightened, and there were still wet tears on his face.

Chu Lan stopped Gu Zizhan, flipped her hands, and started sign language.

Little Yaotong's eyes lit up, and he became less embarrassed.

As expected, she was coaxed and threatened by someone, and came to be the messenger!

After Chu Lan relayed the content of their "conversation" to Gu Zizhan, Gu Zizhan's expression was already very solemn.At the same time, I also clearly know that this matter must not be disclosed.

Chu Lan followed Xiao Yaotong's description and drew the appearance of the person who asked her to deliver the letter.After putting away the portrait, he asked Liu Zan to send him back the same way, and then Gu Zizhan closed the door and talked to Chu Lan.The first sentence is: "Now, I must go to meet my father and king."

Chu Lan nodded, and then asked her, "Then you can think about what to say when you see him?"

Gu Zizhan gritted his teeth, "He must want me to help him! But after this incident, I can't let him go!"

Chu Lan frowned slightly, "Then what reason are you going to use to reject him? Zizhan, you should be more careful, don't force him to jump over the wall and drag you into the water."

A slight smile appeared on Gu Zizhan's lips, "The reason he wants to return to the fief is that he has not given up, and he is not willing to waste years of planning on this. But as long as he does not give up, I will still be useful to him."

"I can give him some hope. After all, we haven't found the remaining forces in his hands. Moreover, I am now in the court, and my foundation is not stable. The top priority is to stabilize him. Now return the Northern Territory Assistant The matter of entering the imperial court has been approved by the Six Departments, and it is being handed over to the Ministry of Officials for unified arrangement. When the identities of the female auxiliary officials are reported, there will definitely be a storm. Next, there are still things to do such as allowing women to stand on top of the household registration. Therefore, at this stall, the Prince of Ningling must not cause chaos."

Seeing that she was thinking clearly, Chu Lan nodded in agreement.Then, he asked Gu Zizhan again, "Then what kind of sweets do you plan to give him?"

Gu Zizhan tapped the table with his fingertips, and said in a low voice, "In a few days, the prince's elder brother's one-month mourning period will be over. After that, His Majesty will announce to the world that I will succeed the prince. At that time, It is necessary to worship the Taimiao. He considers himself an embarrassing status, and His Majesty will definitely not allow him to participate in the worship with the clan. However, I can promise him that he will operate from it and guarantee that he can appear in the Taimiao together."

Chu Lan frowned and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "This is fine." She sighed softly, "Actually, Your Majesty is not without tolerance, but it's a pity..."

Gu Zizhan understood what she didn't say in the second half of the sentence.Yes, if Emperor Tianshun had been as tolerant and considerate to his elder brother as he is now to Gu Zizhan when he was alive, he should not have fallen into the current situation.

It's just that the world has changed with time. If he hadn't experienced the pain of bereavement, Emperor Tianshun would not have reflected on himself after being disheartened, and then had the idea of ​​letting go.

The two talked for a while, Gu Zizhan saw that Chu Lan was a little sullen, and asked with concern: "Alan, are you feeling unwell? Or, what happened?"

Chu Lan gave her a comforting smile, and replied, "It's nothing. Maybe I've been a little tired recently, and I'll be fine after taking a rest. You don't need to worry about me."

Gu Zizhan nodded, staring at her with clear eyes, "If you have any difficulties, please tell me, I will share with you, and there will be no difficulties."

Chu Lan's expression also softened, "Don't worry, you're fine, I have nothing to worry about anymore."

Gu Zizhan smiled brightly, took her hand and put it on his lips and kissed, "Alan, I really like you. As long as you are here, I feel at ease and happy."

After the two fell asleep, Chu Lan listened to the steady breathing of the person next to her pillow, but it was still difficult to fall asleep.

The moonlight was printed into the room through the window screen, and it was faintly visible. In the moonlight, Chu Lan's eyes were full of worry.She sat up slightly, stroked Gu Zizhan's cheek with her hand, and smoothed the wrinkles between her brows.On Gu Zizhan's brows, some fine lines have appeared recently.Even if Gu Zizhan didn't say much, Chu Lan knew in his heart that these heavy state affairs over the past few days had actually exhausted Gu Zizhan physically and mentally.

But these were not what she was most worried about.

And at this moment, Gu Zizhan, who was sleeping, suddenly twisted his body, and the folds between his brows that had just been smoothed out appeared again, like a deep ravine in a mountain, and his expression was also stained with pain.Chu Lan took her into his arms and softly comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Zizhan is not afraid..."

Suddenly, there was another intermittent dream, overflowing from Gu Zizhan's mouth. "No, don't leave! Don't leave me!"

Chu Lan hugged her even tighter, "I won't go, I won't go, Cheng'er, don't be afraid. I won't leave you."

But then, Gu Zizhan sobbed again, "I'm so scared, I'm so scared...a lot of blood, blood, blood! I didn't kill people, I didn't..."

"Gu Che! Please let me go!"

"Don't, don't look at me like that, don't, Lan'er, please believe me..."

"Lan'er, help me..."

After finally being comforted by Chu Lan, Gu Zizhan returned to calm with wet tears, but the worries in Chu Lan's heart did not decrease but increased.This situation has been going on for a while, and Gu Zizhan would fall into this dream almost every night.

Thinking of what the little drug boy said today, Chu Lan's heart sank.

It seemed that she was going to meet that person too.

There was a sudden pain in my heart.After knowing those past events, she no longer knows what kind of attitude she should use to face the person she once believed in.

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On the second day, Gu Zizhan let Li Dai leave the palace and left a letter in Youkelai.

Another day later, in the early court, the Ministry of Officials reported the names of the auxiliary officials who had been accepted in the northern border.

As Gu Zizhan expected, when the court officials found that there were many women among them, they immediately started to make noise.Suddenly, there was an uproar/wave.

Fortunately, Gu Zizhan had already prepared in advance. Due to the previous rectification of the Yushitai, most of the Yushi are now afraid of themselves and dare not hear about it.But there are also many people who stand up against it.Gu Zizhan had been on guard for a long time, and had notified Emperor Tianshun earlier to allow the Dragon Knights to enter the palace.

Seeing that a censor was about to grab the pillar with his head again, the dragoon guards immediately stepped forward to stop him.The censor was originally a member of Gu Quan, but later he switched to the sect of Liang Wang Gu Mei.Liang Wang is the youngest among the surviving kings. He thought he had the most hope to be the emperor's younger brother. After being cut off by Gu Zizhan halfway, his subordinates opposed Gu Zizhan everywhere.

Those auxiliary officials in the northern border had a close relationship with Gu Zizhan, which was well known, and they naturally blamed Gu Zizhan for making a woman an official.

But this time, it was not wrong.

Seeing that he was stopped by the dragon knight guards, the censor simply sat on the ground and began to cry, scolding the treacherous villain with a bad background, intending to use this incident to disrupt the court and ruin Dazhao fundamental.

Gu Zizhan remained calm, and glanced at Zhao Qin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was standing in the hall.Zhao Qin understood, and immediately said: "The imperial court's decree to reward and appease the assistant officials was issued early in the morning, and the matter of recruiting assistant officials was also discussed more than once at the Great Court Meeting. All six departments went through it, and this was brought up by my official department. Your Majesty issued a decree, and Tai Tuo received a letter to issue a decree based on this. Now, our official department is only following the rules and presenting the names of those who have been recruited to His Majesty for a preview, not soliciting your opinions. Opinion."

Zhao Qin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, added coldly: "The imperial court has issued a decree, and His Majesty also has a clear decree. You are acting like this, are you trying to use these men's tears to force the emperor to change the decree from day to day, and turn back on what you say?"

As soon as he said this, the commotion broke out in the hall again.Many officials whispered to each other, most of them were a little disbelieving, and they seemed to have no impression of the previous decrees.It's no wonder that for the past ten days in a row, he has been struggling with the evaluation of officials every day. Every time he goes to court, he has to quarrel with people from all walks of life. Some things that don't seem to be so important are ignored by everyone.

As soon as some people pointed out that those auxiliary officials had no official titles and were inconsistent with Dazhao’s imperial examination system, Zhao Qin immediately refuted them. All of them have passed the examination of scribes, and those recruited this time all have top grades.Questions like these were all blocked one by one by the young, promising and articulate Minister of the Ministry of Officials who had not been in office for a long time.

Seeing this, the original censor who was Sapo couldn't help being a little scared, but he still insisted: "The original decree did not mention that there were women among the assistant officials. If I had known about this earlier, I would have never Letting this disorder ruin His Majesty's reputation! Besides, since ancient times, how can women be officials? If women are also worthy of being officials, wouldn't it be a mess! We are all scholars, and we have studied hard for many years to defend this world Lunchang!"

Sure enough, his voice fell behind, and some officials, who were indeed incited by him, expressed their opposition one after another.

But at this moment, Grand Tutor Chu stepped forward slightly, and said loudly: "In my opinion, this matter is inappropriate! I hope Your Majesty will think twice, and you must not treat one more favorably than another."

The words of Grand Tutor Chu not only shocked those courtiers who opposed - they originally thought that the decree came from Grand Tutor Chu, and he must have approved it, but also shocked the courtiers who were still fighting with each other just now. Including the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, there are many people who are close to him.

No way, what does this old man mean?Everyone is fighting on the platform he set up. Could it be that he wants to overthrow the platform?

Only Gu Zizhan showed a fleeting smile where no one noticed.

Sure enough, I heard Taifu Chu say: "Only allowing women in the northern border to be scribes and assistant officials may cause dissatisfaction in the rest of the prefectures and prefectures. The veteran thinks that this is a sign of justice, and it should be implemented in the world and treated equally. .”

"It's strange to say that many adults in the hall said that they didn't know that there was a woman in the northern border as an auxiliary official, but here is a letter from the governor of Fengdu and the governor of Jiangnan. They heard that there was a female official in the northern border. , I’m here to ask the old minister—why can there be women in the north but not in the south?”

"Therefore, the old minister also asks His Majesty to treat everyone equally and spread the decree of the northern border to the world!"

Gu Zizhan couldn't bear it any longer, and gave himself a thumbs up in his heart for his father-in-law.It was a wonderful choice at this time!Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy.