In mid-August, when Li Yuntian was inspecting the progress of the local tax reform at the Zhenjiang Prefecture Inspector in Nanzhili, Lin Xin received a shocking piece of news from the Hangzhou Office of Jiangwutang:

Gu Chen, who had been wanted by the imperial court for a long time, was arrested after being betrayed by his comrades, and is now locked up in a room in the Hangzhou Department of Jiangwutang.

After learning that Gu Chen was arrested, Li Yuntian immediately changed his itinerary and asked Ma Yu to continue to inspect Zhenjiang Mansion as planned, while he led people straight to Hangzhou, hoping to meet this opponent who had competed with him for more than ten years.

Li Yuntian did not inform the local government when he went to Hangzhou this time, and when he entered the Hangzhou Department of Jiangwutang, the civil and military officials of Hangzhou City learned about the incident, and they couldn't help but be taken aback, they didn't know what Li Yuntian suddenly came here about, and hurriedly went to see Li Yuntian in a panic.

When they arrived at the Hangzhou Department of Jiangwutang, those civil and military officials knew that Li Yuntian was here for Gu Chen, not to trouble them, which made them breathe a sigh of relief.

Since Li Yuntian went to see Gu Chen, all the officials could only wait in the living room, and no one dared to rush to disturb Li Yuntian.

Because Gu Chen was a felony wanted by the imperial court, the Hangzhou Affairs Office of the Wutang attached great importance to him, and the courtyard where the wing room was located was full of soldiers of the Xiaowu Army.

According to Li Yuntian's plan, the military affairs offices in various places are equipped with a certain number of Xiaowu soldiers to be responsible for security, but they do not intervene in local affairs, and the local yamen has no right to manage the affairs of the martial arts.

Seeing Li Yuntian arrive, the soldiers guarding the door of the warehouse hurriedly pushed the door open, and Li Yuntian strode in with an expressionless face.

"Ahem, Li Yuntian, I didn't expect you and I to meet in such a situation." In the side room, Gu Chen, who was emaciated, was leaning over the desk to practice calligraphy, and was slightly stunned when he saw Li Yuntian come in, and then put down the brush in his hand and said while coughing.

Gu Chen's cough was very violent, and he covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and when the handkerchief was removed from the corner of his mouth, Li Yuntian saw a pool of blood on it, which made his brows wrinkle suddenly: Gu Chen was not only very thin but also haggard, with a sallow complexion, and he looked as if he was not lightly ill.

"Gu Chen, this king didn't expect us to meet like this, in this king's opinion, the battlefield should be our best destination." After realizing that Gu Chen was seriously ill, Li Yuntian looked at him coldly and said, "As the earl of the Ming Dynasty, you actually colluded with foreign enemies, it is really a crime that deserves death, how can you have the face to meet the ancestors and ancestors in the future?" ”

"Haha......" Gu Chen suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed when he heard this, and replied after sneering, "Becoming a king and defeating a king, now that I am defeated, you can say whatever you want." ”

"This king is very strange, why did you throw yourself into the net?" Li Yuntian did not refute Gu Chen's words, since Gu Chen had done the thing of betraying his ancestors to seek glory, he must have thought of the consequences, and asked quietly after a deep groan.

Li Yuntian didn't believe that Gu Chen would be betrayed by his comrades, and with Gu Chen's strategy, he would never make such a low-level mistake, so Li Yuntian thought that Gu Chen deliberately surrendered.

"The tired bird has returned to the nest, and after more than ten years of hard work, it has been exhausted, and I really don't want to drift outside anymore, so I want to make a break with the past."

The corners of Gu Chen's mouth showed a look of helplessness, and after being silent for a while, he opened his mouth and said to Li Yuntian, "You and I have been fighting for more than ten years, and we can be regarded as 'confidants'. ”

"Oh?" Li Yuntian felt a little strange when he heard this, and looked at Gu Chen quietly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I know that the blame for the crime I committed is not tolerated by heaven and earth, so I want to beg the prince to be buried in the ancestral grave of my hometown when I die." A gloomy look appeared on Gu Chen's face, and he slowly said to Li Yuntian, unconsciously calling Li Yuntian the prince.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, only Li Yuntian can help in this matter, according to Gu Chen's crime, he will be executed by Ling Chi, and then thrown his body on duty, only Li Yuntian can let him be buried back in the ancestral grave of his hometown.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place?" Li Yuntian finally understood that Gu Chen wanted to return to his roots, so he sneered and said, "Why do you think this king will help you!" ”

"The prince is a person with clear grievances, and he is willing to hand over the remaining explosives, hoping to exchange this for the opportunity to bury himself in the ancestral grave." Gu Chen had already prepared and looked at Li Yuntian solemnly, "Moreover, I will hand over the list of spies in my hand to show my sincerity." ”

"Are you bargaining with the king?" Li Yuntian frowned and looked at Gu Chen, Gu Chen's two conditions were still quite tempting, especially the handing over of explosives, which would remove a potential big hidden danger, but he couldn't just let Gu Chen get his wish, so he had to take care of Gu Chen.

"Ahem, are you still qualified to bargain with the prince now?" Gu Chen coughed violently again, and then looked at Li Yuntian with a wry smile, the expression on his face was full of gloom, "I just want to reduce the guilt on my body, so that I can be buried back in the ancestral grave, and I will also find a way out for those secret agents." ”

"Hand over the explosives and the list first, or this king will not promise you any conditions." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Gu Chen with a serious expression.

It is really a wise move for Gu Chen to hand over the list of spies under him, the Inspectorate Department of the Martial Arts Hall is now in full swing to track down the spies in Gu Chen's hands, and many people have been arrested for various reasons, Gu Chen took the initiative to hand over the list in order to protect the remaining spies, so that those people can at least save their lives and not be cut off.

This may be the only thing Gu Chen can do to those subordinates, and he really doesn't want to see those subordinates give their lives at this point.

"The explosives and the list were hidden in a private house in the town of Seongnam." Gu Chen pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand and pointed to the Go game on the table next to him, and said to Li Yuntian with a smile, "Before those goods are taken out, can the prince talk to Zaiji." ”

Li Yuntian hesitated for a moment, nodded at Gu Chen, walked over and sat down at the table, an opponent of Gu Chen's level was qualified to play against him.

More than an hour later, when Gu Chen was holding the chess pieces in his hand and looking at the chessboard with a frown while coughing, a guard walked in quickly, handed a roster to Lin Xin, who was standing on the sidelines and watched the battle, and then withdrew after whispering a few words to Lin Xin.

"What's the matter?" Li Yuntian noticed the guard, and immediately realized that the person who had gone to the town outside the city to look for explosives and the list had returned, so he asked Lin Xin quietly.

"Lord Wang, the explosives and the list have been found, this is the list for the prince to see, the explosives are on the way back to the city." Lin Xin walked forward quickly, bowed down and handed the roster in his hand to Li Yuntian.

"I lost in the game, the prince's chess skills are profound, and I admire it very much." At this time, Gu Chen shook his head, and put the chess pieces in his hand into the chess jar on the side with a gloomy face, he wanted to win Li Yuntian in Go once, but he didn't expect it to be slightly inferior.

"Lord Wang, these people are only responsible for providing information, and there is no blood on their hands, and I hope that Lord Wang can raise his noble hand and let them live." Afterwards, Gu Chen bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and pleaded.

Now the only thing Gu Chen is concerned about is those spies who have not yet been exposed, and I hope that Li Yuntian can give those people a way out.

Originally, Gu Chen still wanted to continue to compete with Li Yuntian, but unfortunately, his physical condition was declining, and he had to stay in Jiangnan to recuperate, otherwise he would have gone to the north to avoid Li Yuntian.

After the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, Gu Chen's condition was already very serious, and there was still about a year left, which made Gu Chen's psychology change significantly, and he was no longer so persistent.

The reason why that batch of explosives was in the town outside Hangzhou was because Gu Chen wanted to secretly wait for the opportunity to assassinate Li Yuntian when he came to Hangzhou City, which is the provincial capital of Zhejiang, so there was a high chance that Li Yuntian would go there.

And with the deterioration of his health, Gu Chen finally decided to give up assassinating Li Yuntian, and ended the grievances between him and Li Yuntian before he died, so that he could leave without any regrets.

In fact, when Chen Guangzong failed to kill Li Yuntian in Linyun County, Gu Chen knew that he might not have the opportunity to assassinate Li Yuntian in the future, but at that time, his health had not deteriorated, and he had two batches of explosives available in his hand, so he was ready to wait for the opportunity to assassinate Li Yuntian again.

But as his physical condition became worse and worse, as well as the continuous betrayal of his secret agents to join the enemy, especially after the batch of explosives in his hand was taken away by Li Yuntian because of the betrayal of his subordinates, Gu Chen knew that he had no chance, so he decided to throw himself into the net.

"You don't need to worry about this, this king will do things according to the law." Li Yuntian knew Gu Chen's thoughts, and replied lightly while looking at the roster in his hand.

Although Li Yuntian's attitude seemed very cold, to be honest, he was very sympathetic to Gu Chen in his heart, Gu Chen was a very strong opponent and won Li Yuntian's respect, and the two sides could be described as sympathetic to each other.

"Lord Wang, if he was also in Black Bull Town back then, I'm afraid the Lord wouldn't have such good luck." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he believed in Li Yuntian's character, and then said faintly, "It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world. ”

Looking at Gu Chen, who was coughing there unwillingly, Li Yuntian's face showed a smile, it was Li Yuntian who blocked the king of Han from leading the elite rebels north in Heiniu Town, otherwise the king of Han would take advantage of the emptiness of the capital's troops to enter the capital under the cooperation of the inner and outer parts of the city loyal to his nobles, then history would be rewritten.

At that time, Gu Chen was assisting Wei Guogong in the battle with Li Yuntian's father-in-law, Zhou Zheng, and had no time to take care of the battle on the side of the Han King, and no one would think that Li Yuntian could stop the Han King's advance before the start of the Black Bull Town blocking battle.

"Gu Chen, if there is a next life, don't do this kind of thing that insults your ancestors again." Li Yuntian had already gotten what he wanted, and he could be regarded as having settled the grievances with Gu Chen, so he coldly warned Gu Chen and got up to leave.

"Send the prince!" Gu Chen got up when he heard this, bowed down to see Li Yuntian off, it was obvious that this was the last time he and Li Yuntian would meet, and the grievances between the two would come to an end.