When the time came, Lu Yi and Guo Sheng talked quietly and walked side by side to Xiaoyan Temple, not far from Tianbo Gate.

Xiaoyan Temple is close to the moat on one side and Taishi Bureau on the other side. It is a rare and secluded place very close to the palace.

"...His name is Fuping," Lu Yi said in a low voice, "Sixteen years ago, when I first arrived in the capital, he came to see me."

Lu Yi paused for a moment before continuing: "The first time he saw me, he knelt in front of me and cried so hard that he couldn't lift his head. Later, the empress ordered them to just go about their duties with peace of mind. Later, the princess also meant the same thing.

, until now, among the inner guards, Fuping is the only one left.

Fu Ping was picked up by my uncle on the road one year when he was on an errand.

That year, after a severe drought in the Gyeonggi area, it rained continuously for more than a month, and the famine was very serious. The uncle met Fu Ping. Fu Ping was only one or two years old. He had fainted from hunger. His mother held him in his arms.

He grabbed him, bit his wrist and dripped blood from his mouth. The uncle couldn't bear it.

The eldest brother said that at that time, the eldest sister was only over one year old and had whooping cough. The uncle was often distressed and couldn't sleep when he heard the cough. At that time, the uncle couldn't see the child suffering the most, so he took Fuping and his mother back to his mansion in the capital.

Fuping was rescued, but Fuping's mother-in-law passed away after being ill for nearly a month.

Later, when his uncle saw that Fuping was smart and an excellent candidate for practicing martial arts, he sent him to his old residence in Jianchang City. Fourteen years later, when Fuping was sixteen years old, he returned to the capital and first followed his uncle.

He worked as a boy by his side, and four years later, Fu Ping joined the bodyguards. The next year, his uncle passed away."

Guo Sheng frowned, "Fuping knows how your uncle died?"

"I know." Lu Yi glanced sideways at Guo Sheng, "The guards of the Lu family must not only be good at martial arts, but also shrewd. They must be able to handle errands on their own. Uncle... well, anyone can do such a thing.

Come to think of it, how could they not have imagined that they all know that many people died that night and some were left behind."

Lu Yi was obviously very reluctant to talk about this. Guo Sheng sighed quietly.

"Fu Ping was the youngest among the uncle's guards. At that time, there were about a dozen young guards about his age who all supplemented the inner guards.

When I arrived in the capital, these ten or so people came quietly to see me. The rules of the internal guards were to retire when they were over fifty. The empress ordered these guards to just go about their duties with peace of mind. This was also the order when they arrived at the princess.

, I have quit every year in the past few years.”

"What about these people?" Guo Sheng's eyes were glaring, these are extremely rare manpower!

"I asked people to send them back to the south. They all want to go back to the south. They miss the mountains and rivers of Jianchang City, the food and drinks." Lu Yi glanced at Guo Sheng again, "This is what the princess meant. The princess said, people can't

Exhausted. For our Lu family, they always remember where they came from, and we, the Lu family, must give them a place to return to."

"Princess is just thoughtful." Guo Sheng felt a little guilty because of Lu Yi's sideways glance, and laughed a few times.

"When his uncle left, Fuping had not yet started a family. After his uncle left, Fuping gave up the idea of ​​starting a family. In the past few decades, he has been alone, living in the guard's room all year round. By the end of the year, Fuping will be fifty. Originally...

…well."

Lu Yi sighed with sadness and intolerance.

Guo Sheng's eyebrows were raised high. The girl has been pressing harder and harder since last year, until today... everything is under the girl's control!

"We're here." Lu Yi motioned to a small, low house in front.

Fugui and the others and several of Lu Yi's servants dispersed quietly, being careful and vigilant. Chengying watched Lu Yi and Guo Sheng enter the house and stood guard at the door with his hands lowered.

"Greetings to the young master." In the corner of the room, a figure flashed out of the darkness, knelt down on one knee at Lu Yi, and stood up immediately after seeing the greeting.

"Fuping, we have an errand. If you advance, never retreat." Lu Yi looked at him and said straightforwardly.

Fu Ping's eyes suddenly burst into light, and his voice was filled with heat, "Yes, Your Majesty?"

Lu Yi glanced at Guo Sheng and hummed softly.

Fu Ping knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed several times, and his voice was so choked that he could hardly speak a sentence, "Xiao, finally, Xiao, I died... There should be an explanation, Xiao, this heart is unfair, unfair.

!Finally, these few decades..."

Fu Ping lay on the ground and kowtowed a few more times.

"Get up." Lu Yi stepped forward and helped Fu Ping, who was in tears, "Fu Ping, my uncle's spirit in heaven has seen your loyalty. I have also seen it. The Lu family and I have all seen it."

Lu Yi said, bowing to Fu Ping till the end, "It is because of loyal generals like you that the Lu family is the Lu family."

"Don't dare to take it, don't take it, I will destroy the little one. Without the master, there would be no little one. The few decades of the little one's fine clothes and fine food are all because of the favor of the master. In the past few decades, the little one has suppressed this

The tone, that woman, she is dead, but she should have died, not a moment earlier, not a minute later, this can't be counted! No matter what they say, king, king, minister, no matter what they say! The little one just feels,

I shouldn't have died like that. There must be an explanation for my death, and they must give an explanation!"

At the end of the sentence, Fu Ping's voice was filled with strong resentment.

Guo Sheng looked at Fu Ping silently, feeling sad in his heart. Fu Ping said that he had recovered his debt, but failed to get an explanation...

"Originally, like Wang Hui and the others, you could have left the inner guard and returned to Jianchang City to spend your old age in peace, but... alas. Chengying, kowtow to the rich man for me." Lu Yi was silent for a moment.

Instruct Cheng Ying.

Cheng Ying moved very quickly, but Fu Ping didn't dare to take it. He rushed forward and was about to stop him, but Guo Sheng stretched out his hand to stop him, "You can afford it."

"I can't do it, I really can't do it." Fu Ping was stopped by Guo Sheng, and after three claps from Cheng Ying, he bowed to Lu Yi and then to Guo Sheng.

Likewise, I think the Lu family will definitely come to Beijing one day, and think about my death, so I can't just forget about it. When they leave, I will entrust them one by one, until the youngest..."

Fu Ping's throat was choked, "For the past six months, I have often woken up in the middle of the night and could not sleep again. When I came to Beijing as a guard, I was the only one who followed me. When I left, my grievances should be dealt with."

Entrusted to whom?

I am a young master, but we are my guards. I have things to do, and we have things to do. If we are young, no one can do something for me.

What, if you can't ask for an explanation with your own eyes, your heart will not be at peace even if you die.

I am so grateful. I have done this and have no regrets in my life. I have been looking forward to this moment for decades.

Thank you young master, thank you."

Fu Ping paused, looked at Lu Yi, his eyes sparkling, "I was almost fifty years old when I passed away, and I am now at the same age. It is my honor to be able to leave at the same age as me."

Lu Yi looked at him, hummed, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "I'll go to the door to see the night. I'll let Mr. Guo tell you the details."

"Yes!" Fu Ping answered with every word, crisply and full of life.

Lu Yi bent down and walked out of the low house. Guo Sheng raised his hand to Fu Ping and said, "My surname is Guo, I am Shan Mingsheng, and I work as an errand for the princess. We brothers will work together to do this."

"Yes, Master Guo, just ask." Fu Ping raised his hand to Guo Sheng.

"On the day of Jin Mingchi's martial arts performance, can you accompany me to the ship?" Guo Sheng asked directly.

"Yes." Fu Ping answered more simply, "In the past few decades as a guard, I have gained a certain reputation. I can be on duty on any day and wherever I want. It's easy to be transferred to whatever day and place I want. Mr. Guo

Just tell me."

"That's good, this is the most important step." Guo Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He had thought before that if Fuping couldn't ensure that he was on duty on the ship that day, he would have to think of a way to ensure that he would be on duty on the ship that day. Until now, he had not been able to come up with any clue.

For people who live far away from the city, this is really difficult.

Well, now it seems that he has to worry too much. Also, this Fuping is extremely smart and tolerant. For so many years, he has been a guard at home, and he probably has more than just a little face.

"With this step, everything else will be easy." Guo Sheng's tone became more relaxed, "Today I will see you, just for this one thing. For the other things, we will meet again in a few days when the people on the boat are roughly settled that day.

Elaborate."

"Okay! It's all up to Mr. Guo's arrangement." Fu Ping agreed readily and leaned forward to let Guo Sheng go out. He waited in the room for more than half an hour before quietly going out and disappearing into the darkness.

……………………

When Lu Yi and Guo Sheng went to Xiaoyan Temple, on the other side of the imperial city, in a corner of the dilapidated Baolu Palace, Jiang Yanshi faced Eunuch Cui, who was slowly walking over with his hands behind his back, as if taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard, and bowed to the end.

"I haven't been to this Baolu Palace for many years. I didn't expect it to be like this. However, it's great to enjoy the moon here." Eunuch Cui nodded to Jiang Yanshi, returned the gift, and took a few steps forward.

, Li Jiang Yanshi stopped two or three steps, turned around, looked around, and spoke softly.

"Today's waning moon is indeed the most suitable place for Baolu Palace right now." Jiang Yanshi also looked up at the moon, "The moon is waning and the moon is full, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it all depends on the state of mind. When I look at Baolu Palace under this moon, I can see countless past, grievances and grudges.

Intertwining, like the waning moon, is too dilapidated, and it’s time to repair and clean it up.”

"Hmm." Eunuch Cui hummed vaguely. He looked sideways at Jiang Yanshi. After a moment, he went straight to the point. "You didn't come to me late at night just to enjoy the scenery under the moon. If you want anything, please tell me.

.”

"The eldest companion is a cheerful person. The younger generation invites the eldest companion to ask for his help, to return the favor to the court, and to have peace with the empire." Jiang Yanshi said, and bowed to Eunuch Cui.

"Forgive me for being blunt, but I didn't understand what you said." Eunuch Cui narrowed his eyes slightly and looked directly at Jiang Yanshi.

"Prince Qin and the Emperor have different mothers. The Emperor's biological mother is someone else." Jiang Yanshi met Eunuch Cui's gaze and narrowed his eyes slightly. "Prince Qin and the Emperor just have different mothers?"

Eunuch Cui also narrowed his eyes, "Master, you must be careful what you say."

"There is probably nothing in this palace that I don't know about." Jiang Yanshi took a step back, "Old things in the past, things have passed, dust has returned to dust, hateful, it is still there, not only is it still there, but it is still happening day by day.

It’s grown a little bit, and I’ll definitely see it clearly.”

Eunuch Cui looked at Jiang Yanshi and said nothing.

"On Potai Mountain, I thought I could wipe away the deep-rooted old hatred for the prince and the emperor, but I failed. I failed miserably. Instead, she cost the second master his life. At the gate of the palace, there was a strange combination of circumstances.

Wrong, the work fell short. Now, Daban, what should I do?" Jiang Yanshi looked at Eunuch Cui.

Eunuch Cui looked away.

"I am doing it for the prince, but the prince is not doing it for myself. The prince's plans are not the plans of the palace. I think my eldest companion sees this more clearly than I do."
To be continued...