Be good, call me uncle

Chapter 1203 Hand in Hand
Liu Xiaojie turned around and walked to the desk, throwing the unopened folder in front of his confidant: "Don't you know where you exposed yourself?"

The confidant is silent.

Liu Xiaojie said: "My general's study is heavily guarded. He slaughtered Prince Su alone. Without the help of traitors like you, how could he come to me silently?"

In fact, Liu Xiaojie was loyal and brave throughout his life and never had any ulterior motives.

He was also temporarily confused when he helped Tu Su escape.

But Gu Huaijun's words made him wake up from a dream.

So he wrote a confession and asked Gu Huaijun to help deliver it to the emperor.

Just when he gave the fold to Gu Huaijun, he whispered his suspicions.

Then, the two of them staged a play with the purpose of drawing out the traitor.

The plan is actually quite simple.

What Liu Xiaojie handed to Gu Huaijun was a marked empty booklet. The copy he wrote was lost before he gave it to Gu Huaijun.

In that short moment, he told Gu Huaijun his doubts and let Gu Huaijun put them into play while he continued to stabilize the object of suspicion.

The first target of his suspicion was his cronies, so he deliberately expressed his complaints against Emperor Yuanwu and his uncle in front of his cronies.

Then he deliberately told his cronies that he would confirm the attitude of his superiors towards him from Gu Huaijun's submission.

Naturally, the cronies would not let go of this good opportunity to sow discord, so they took advantage of the offer Gu Huaijun handed over.

But the confidant never expected that his painstaking efforts to rob Gu Huaijun would become the key to his exposure.

Seeing that his cronies were silent, Liu Xiaojie sneered: "You are smart."

It turned out that in order to better provoke Liu Xiaojie, cronies and accomplices imitated Gu Huaijun's handwriting and wrote official documents, hoping to frame Gu Huaijun and make Liu Xiaojie and Gu Huaijun break up.

But the cronies never imagined that the handwriting they forged was not Gu Huaijun's real handwriting, but was deliberately revealed to them by Gu Huaijun.

In order to carry out the plan better, Gu Huaijun left real handwriting on the empty folder, and also informed Liu Xiaojie of the progress of the plan by sending the book.

In this way, when Liu Xiaojie sees the documents and official documents stolen by his cronies, he can immediately determine whether the cronies have betrayed him.

Once a close confidant betrays him, the forged handwriting on the official document will definitely be different from the real handwriting on the document.

In this way, he could make the next step of his plan - to call Gu Huaijun over in anger, and then sing a double act with Gu Huaijun to attract the accomplices involved in the matter.

In the end, the staff and several other people were brought out, and the results were quite impressive.

With the evidence in front of them, the cronies have no way to quibble.

Liu Xiaojie ordered: "Drag him down, torture him, and dig out more information!"

Gu Huaijun stopped him and said, "General, I don't think it's necessary."

This perfect fit made Liu Xiaojie quite fond of Gu Huaijun.

Seeing that Gu Huaijun had objections to his decision, he was not angry, but said in a good-tempered manner: "Master Gu, speak directly."

Gu Huaijun's face was so cold that it was almost heartless: "Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!" Liu Xiaojie patted Gu Huaijun on the shoulder: "Since ancient times, heroes have emerged from youth. Mr. Gu has not yet reached the crown, but he has such thunderous methods. He is worthy of being the person appointed by His Majesty."

Seeing that his subordinates were still stunned, Liu Xiaojie ordered in a cold voice: "What? Didn't you hear what Mr. Gu said? Why don't you drag these people to the city wall and hang them up so that all the soldiers can see the consequences of collaborating with the enemy and treason?"

Another subordinate said: "General, I think this move is inappropriate. This is tantamount to telling the world that there is a traitor in our army."

"Not only will it damage morale and make everyone suspicious of each other, but once the prisoners know that our army is not that stable, there will probably be chaos."

Liu Xiaojie said: "You have reached out to this general, how can you keep this matter hidden? Instead of covering it up, it is better to put this matter in the open, and let those who are being instigated to rebel see that this general is not Girls, you don’t have such a soft heart, you won’t spare anyone who deserves to be killed!”

Since Shangfeng said so, the subordinates did not dare to say anything more and dragged a few traitors away to dry up.

After everyone went down, Liu Xiaojie took out the note he had written. After checking again that there was nothing wrong with it, he solemnly handed it to Gu Huaijun.

"Lord Gu, after much thought, the general decided that it would be best to report the situation to His Majesty in time, lest anyone take advantage of this matter to cause trouble."

"Please Sir Gu, be sure to deliver this document to the emperor safely. I believe in the Qilin Guard's abilities."

Gu Huaijun said seriously: "I will definitely fulfill my mission when I am a low-ranking official!"

Liu Xiaojie pondered for a moment and finally asked his doubts: "Master Gu, whether it is Marquis Yiyong or His Highness Taishu, while running the army rigorously, there is also benevolence."

"Is this treatment a bit harsh? Furthermore, if the traitors are imprisoned and tortured, we may be able to get more information. Why this time..."

Gu Huaijun said: "It's useless. The enemy we face this time is different from the previous ones. In the past, we could attack them with their scheming, but now we face one that can only be eradicated."

"Because they have been artificially controlled. No one can remove this control except Miss Lan Lingling."

Liu Xiaojie sighed, with a heavy look in his eyes: "The deputy general I just dealt with has been with me for more than ten years. It is indeed impossible for such a person to be instigated to rebel, but the method you mentioned is so powerful. If all our people are controlled, wouldn’t things be difficult to deal with?”

Gu Huaijun said with relief: "General, don't worry. Chess pieces like the lieutenant general were usually planted more than ten years ago. At present, the enemy's power cannot control a large number of people temporarily or for a long time. We do our best to prevent those Just potential chess pieces.”

Liu Xiaojie smiled and nodded: "I know your brother. At the Qionglin Banquet that year, your brother was selected as the third most beautiful girl. At that time, I was still an ordinary guard."

"Although I only met him once, I was deeply impressed by him. You are as smart as Hanzhang, but you are a bit more heroic than him, which suits my taste!"

When Gu Huaijun heard him mention his brother, a faint smile appeared on his face: "In the past, I was just a young and frivolous boy. It was Your Highness and the Empress who changed me, and it was Qilin Guard who made me what I am today."

Liu Xiaojie said: "This general has rarely admired anyone. The former Marquis Yiyong and his wife were one of them, and today's Taishu and his wife are the second."

"I, the general, do not have the honor to fight alongside Duke Ding, but I believe that the prince's son must be better than his master, otherwise the Qilin Guards would not be led so well by him."

Gu Huaijun said very confidently: "Thousands of soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the peace we have today. Because of those ancestors and today's talents, I believe that the prosperous age we long for will soon be realized."

Liu Xiaojie believed deeply: "Although a prosperous era cannot be achieved overnight, we have taken the first difficult step. As time goes by, Da Qin will definitely ride the wind and waves and rise to the top!"

Gu Huaijun nodded: "As long as the rebellion between the Northern Qi prisoners and the Xirong is resolved, everything is possible."

Liu Xiaojie stretched out his hand in front of Gu Huaijun and said loudly: "Let's work hard together to usher in a peaceful and prosperous age for the Qin Dynasty!"

Gu Huaijun held Liu Xiaojie's hand and smiled from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, General, for your trust!"

(End of this chapter)