After the dispersal of the dynasty, the official office ended, and Yin Shaochu went to the Lang Middle Court.

Gu Qingning was cleaning up the public case that was overturned by herself yesterday, sorting out the drawings and manuscripts by the way, and preparing to send these from the Shilang Court a few days ago back to the Shilang Court.

Her sudden disappearance yesterday, and her no longer nervous about the fortifications today, caught the officers who had become accustomed to the busy rhythm of the previous unprepared, and the inside and outside of Lang Zhongyuan were at a loss, and when Yin Shao first came, they looked at him inquiringly while saluting, but he also had no clue.

The door of Gu Qingning's public house was open, Yin Shaochu went in directly, stood in front of the door and looked at her silently for a while.

She stood in front of the painting case with her back door and picked up the manuscript paper, and when she turned around, she saw him a little surprised, but she smiled calmly, put down her things and stepped forward to salute: "What are the orders of Lord Shangshu?"

Yin Shaochu took out the submission she handed in yesterday from her sleeve, threw it on her public case, and said, "This submission of yours has been rejected by the department. ”

She froze for a moment, and saw that he had turned around and wanted to leave, Gu Qingning picked up the gift, raised it with both hands, bent down to salute, and raised his voice: "Lord Shangshu!

At this time, Yin Shaochu's feelings about her were not to mention complicated, she came here again, which really made him incomprehensible, and his good temper almost started a fire like him. Yin Shaochu turned around, looked at her serious appearance, and wondered, "Gu Qingning, what do you want?"

"Adult ......"

He raised his sleeves and hurriedly said: "I don't care what plans and calculations you have, I don't have the same big heart as you, I think about this and that all day long, I just need you to do your official work well, and don't make any mess for our Ministry of Works! You don't want to deal with me these moths, what do you give up power, and what do you retire to a deputy position? Gu Qingning, are you kidding?"

She really had never seen him so angry, but after he finished speaking, she still presented it, stepped forward again, let him see his helplessness and firmness, and said: "My lord, please believe me, I will not let this fortification mess up, I will follow up carefully in the future, as for whose name is on the credit book, I really don't care at all." My lord, please approve it!"

Yin Shaochu felt her emotions, calmed down, approached her and asked, "Qingning, do you have any tricks in his hands? Otherwise, why would you give such a big credit to Gan Xinbai?"

Gu Qingning bit his lip, met his eyes, did not answer his question, only became more determined, and said with a heavy word: "Please approve it!"

Yin Shaochu has always been a generous person, and in this situation, he is still willing to trust her again.

Gu Qingning also understood that they might become hostile sides, but on a certain level, they understood each other deeply.

Yin Shaochu sighed, finally accepted her offer, turned around and left.

She said, "Thank you, Lord for your understanding. ”

……

After packing up the public house and finishing the drawings and manuscripts, she was about to send them to Liu Yingxu in person, when a subordinate came to report that the Criminal Department had notified her to go for trial today, and the trial would start an hour later.

She agreed, took out the trial order that Yin Qixiu brought her, held a large number of manuscripts and drawings, and prepared to go to the Shilang Court and then go directly to the Criminal Department.

The subordinates outside learned that she was summoned for trial, and saw that she wanted to return power to Liu Yingsu, and several subordinates who were closer to her and had a straighter personality couldn't stand it anymore and held grievances for her.

After she got out of the public house, she walked into the lobby of Lang Zhongyuan, inspected a circle, and her subordinates surrounded her and asked her why, she knew that some of them really cared, and some cared about their own merits, but she was indifferent to all this, comforted them, and let them continue to act as usual, and called the survey and mapping division members of the construction department and Xu Zitong, the deacon of the construction industry, and asked them to go to the criminal department with her, because they were going to go to the official office of the criminal department today to conduct an investigation, so they went together by the way.

Xu Zitong took the companions to go out of the official office to wait for her, and she went to the court to hand over the manuscript and report the survey matters.

Liu Yingsu sat in his public room early in the morning drinking tea, Gu Qingning went and handed him something, he looked at her compromised and obedient appearance very proudly.

After talking about the handover of official affairs, the official document from Shangshutang also came, Gu Qingning went to the door for him to take it from the subordinate staff, and then closed the door of the public house.

Gu Qingning looked down at the official document at the same time, turned around, and the moment he looked up, Liu Yingxu only felt a sharp gaze poking at him.

She took the official document approved by Yin Shaochu, walked towards Liu Yingsu, sat down in front of him, held the official document, looked into his eyes and said, "Lord Liu, I really feel sorry for you." ”

Liu Yingsu really couldn't see through her, his heart became weak, he pretended to be calm, and said contemptuously: "What's the pity?"

She said: "You could have exchanged that secret for my resignation, so that you would not have any threat to the Ministry of Works, and not just such a letter of resignation, but also leave worries." ”

When Liu Yingsu heard this, she thought that she hadn't seen through his mind yet, so she was smug and snorted: "Heh, because this official is not so ruthless, it's good to keep you under me." ”

Gu Qingning smiled, his gaze seemed to be penetrating, and he was strong and direct to people's hearts: "You are so kind?

Her smile suddenly appeared a little bit of a woman's flattery, her posture was relaxed, and the eyebrows under her eyes were full of a flamboyant ambiguous style, slowly wrapping around to his side, sitting next to him, and being very close to him, provoking shamelessness like he was at a loss for a while.

Gu Qingning rested his elbow on his shoulder, pressed his chin with an official document, picked his cheek and made him turn his head to look at himself, and said: "But in fact, it's not that you haven't thought about letting me go directly, but you think that I still have usable value, the fortification in front of you is very important, you understand very well, it is not possible without me, you need me to work tirelessly under you to manage the fortifications to achieve your merits." And then...... When this is over, you will go back on your word and remove this thorn in my side. That's the perfect plan, isn't it?"

She said extremely harsh words in a soft tone, and the breath hit his ears one after another, and Liu Yingxu felt a chill from the bottom of his heart when he heard it, and looked at her with wide eyes.

Gu Qingning continued: "However, it is better for the lower official to advise you not to plan like this. Master Liu, let's talk about it, I am indeed very afraid of the handle in your hand, I am very afraid, but you should also know that fear can often force out the madness of a person's nature, let alone me ......"

"If a person who can kill even his own flesh and blood with his own hands really goes crazy, what kind of thing he will do is probably not something you can imagine as an adult. ”

As she spoke, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she slightly increased the strength of her fingertips, moving the edge of the thin seal to his neck, pressing against his pulse, and then with a slight force, it quickly slashed across his flesh and skin, and his body trembled violently.

She smiled, looked directly into his shocked eyes at a very close distance, put the official document on the case in front of him, picked up the tea he had just brewed in one hand, took a sip, and left a red lip print on the edge of the porcelain cup, "The tea is good." ”

When Liu Yingxu was stunned, she rolled her eyes again, changed her appearance, straightened up, retreated to the front of the case, and stood in front of him, "Lord Liu, if I Gu Qingning can stay in the Ministry of Industry for one day, I can ensure that you have a good life for a day, if I don't protect it, then I will not be willing to lose my reputation and fame, and I have to pull down a few people who have broken down to accompany me." So, it's better to relax, sir, shutting your mouth a little more, I'll be obedient when your subordinates do things for you, you honestly don't make trouble for me, I don't care about such grievances, you can also sit back and enjoy the results, so cooperative, you and I win-win, otherwise ......"

Gu Qingning didn't continue, but only respectfully bowed, adjusted his voice, and said: "Xiaguan was summoned by the Criminal Department for the case of theft of drawings a few days ago, and is about to go to trial, and I also ask the adults to appear in court to testify for me, and in my name, I will also ensure that the fortifications are carried out as usual." ”

After speaking, she didn't wait for Liu Yingsu to respond, and directly withdrew from the waiter's house.

Gu Qingning went out of the Ministry of Works, and the carriage and other subordinates in front of the door had been waiting for a long time, she got into her own car, let the subordinates behind go first, and she stopped in front of the door for a while.

Sure enough, within a cup of tea, I saw Liu Yingsu leave the official office, get into his waiter's carriage, stop when he passed her, poke his head out of the window, and said to her: "Ahem, Gu Langzhong, this official is not only in charge of the fortifications, but also should go to the Criminal Department to personally supervise the survey and mapping of his subordinates, so go with Gu Langzhong, and it is convenient to have a discussion on official affairs." ”

Gu Qingning smiled modestly and bowed: "My lord is so dedicated, it is really the honor of the lower officials, and the blessing of the Ministry of Industry." ”

He smiled, nodded, lowered the curtains, and let the car drive ahead.

Gu Qingning also got into the car and ordered, "Let's go, go forward." ”

……

In the lobby of the Criminal Department, Yin Qixiu sat in the hall, and the adjudicators were in place, only the clerk seat next to him was missing......

……

This is the second time she has come to the Criminal Department as a suspect to stand trial.

And, she had a feeling that it wouldn't be the last.

After Gu Qingning arrived at the Criminal Department, she first arranged for her subordinates to take the official document and Liu Yingsu into the official office to investigate the office, and then find the arraignment officer of the Criminal Department who was waiting for her at the door, ready to enter the lobby for trial.

Several carriages of the Ministry of Industry had already been taken away, when the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the empty avenue in front of the official office.

The two carriages stopped before and after, one was a three-grade configuration, the other was a second-grade standard, and the strange thing was that the third-grade was in the front and the second was in the back, and the wind and fire drove all the way.

Gu Qingning looked at it in a blink of an eye, and sure enough, Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qinghuan got down from the two carriages respectively, Gu Qinghuan got out of the carriage in front of him, and Ji hurriedly stepped forward to help Gu Qingxuan get out of the carriage.

She hurriedly walked down the stone steps and greeted them, "Father, Qinghuan...... Why are you here?"

Gu Qingxuan looked up at the gate of the Criminal Department and the high wall of the official office, and replied: "You are on trial, I just want to come and take a look, and listen to Lord Yin's ability to judge cases, your brother just happened to think of it with me." ”

"Father......" Gu Qinghuan wanted to complain a few words, but a pair of Gu Qingxuan's eyes were honest, "Okay, father, you're right." ”

Gu Qingning laughed and said to Gu Qingxuan: "How can my father have time to come here today? It's just a small trial, and my daughter can still handle it, and it won't be good if I delay my father and younger brother's official duties." ”

Gu Qingxuan looked at her and said calmly: "Xiao Xian, I'm afraid that people are just prepared, right? ”

"Yes, father. Gu Qingning responded.

Before stepping into the majestic office, Gu Qingxuan confirmed to her again: "Qingning, are you ready?"

Gu Qingning nodded: "Well, everything is ready." ”

Gu Qingning went in first, and then Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qinghuan appeared again to audit.

Seeing that the three Gu were so neat, Yin Qixiu was angry in his heart, and looked to the side a few more times, but he still didn't see the figure of Yuanxin, he always felt strange and uneasy.

According to the general procedures, he worked hard, this was fully prepared, and he came up with a lot of evidence and rhetoric with a certain weight to interrogate Gu Qingning, and this time, his trial style was obviously not as tough and rigid as before, he didn't blindly put evidence on the facts, he had a lot of scheming and skills, and even Gu Qingning was almost hit a few times.

For a few moments, she felt that it was not Yin Qixiu who was asking her words, but someone who knew her very well and knew her very well, looking at her and wanting to pierce her......

Who exactly?

……

Liu Yingsu took people to take measurements in the back court of the Criminal Department's official office, pretended to command for a while, and then prepared to go to the front court to see the trial situation.

Walking on the corridor of the Criminal Department, because of the official uniform of the squire on his body, others would not have any restraint on him, he walked all the way, but when he was close to the main hall, he was stopped at the corner of the corridor.

"Can you take a step to speak?"

He looked suspiciously at the person in front of him, and saw that she had other intentions, so he moved with her to the side, and found a remote shaded place, and he asked, "Who are you?"

"Couldn't Lord Liu guess?" Lu Yuansi changed his expression as soon as he turned around, and looked at him with some contempt.

Liu Yingsu only had a conjecture before agreeing to talk to her, and then asked tentatively: "You...... Two days ago, I also went to the Ministry of Industry?"

"Yes, my lord, I put the letter on your case. She said bluntly.

Liu Yingsu was stunned, and his heart suddenly had no bottom, and the young man in front of him made him feel empty. This Liu Yingsu was originally serving in the military department, although he was an old man in the officialdom, he rarely caused disputes, at most he was greedy for merit and profit, and he was not very good at these things that he was deceitful and secretly calculated......

Lu Yuansi was also a little worried that she had bet on the wrong person, but the matter had come to this point, and Liu Yingsu was also her only choice, she said: "But I didn't expect that you would only use such important information in exchange for such a little cheap! You can obviously force her to resign and ruin her reputation, right?"

Liu Yingsu looked at her with an inquiring gaze, and pretended to be indifferent, "Yes, I can, but why do I have to be in such a hurry? Besides, you just provided me with information, I don't know your intentions, of course it's up to me to decide how to use this information." ”

"In other words, do you have a plan for the next step? You don't want to let her go like this?" she laughed as she heard him, and seemed to be quite satisfied with what she had tried.

Liu Yingsu didn't want to be tricked by her, so he asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

Lu Yuansi crossed his arms and tilted his head and said with a smile: "I am a noble person who can help you get rid of the thorn in your eye and help you get promoted, I just want to help you, Lord Liu." ”

The reason why she chose him was because he was the only one who had obvious contradictions with Gu Qingning. Originally, she didn't plan to show up so early, after all, it was too risky, but today's opportunity, she felt that she really couldn't let it go.

Gu Qingning is being tried in the court of the Criminal Department, according to the interrogation testimony she compiled to Yin Qixiu, Gu Qingning must be very sad today, if there is one more witness to confirm their suspicions about Gu Qingning, then ......

Liu Yingsu asked, "How are you going to help me?"

Lu Yuansi deliberately asked him: "What are you here for today? It's not just for the fortifications, isn't it? Isn't it to come to see Gu Qingning's jokes?"

Liu Yingsu sneered and said with a smile: "You, you are really young, too simple...... How could I just come to see her jokes? I'm fed? It's just that she needs me to testify to her that she has no motive to commit the crime......"

However, before he finished speaking, Lu Yuansi's face changed instantly, and he was stunned: "What? She asked you to testify against her?"

Lu Yuansi is indeed not very good at these conspiracies, coupled with the factors of age and experience, some of her ideas are not mature and easy to only consider the surface, but when it comes to Gu Qingning, with her understanding of Gu Qingning, it is completely intuitive, and she can have a hunch......

"Impossible! Gu Qingning would never have pinned his hopes on you! What's more, you just threatened her! She didn't need people to testify against her! Even if there were, it wouldn't be you...... She asked you to come...... She wanted to ...... "my heart is like a hammer beating, more and more chaotic, but my thoughts are getting clearer and clearer, and my premonition is getting stronger and stronger."

"What are you talking about?" Liu Yingxu saw that she suddenly panicked like this, and she was also very disproportionate.

She began to look around, there was no one around this corner, but she seemed to catch some kind of prying eyes, and she was terrified, she really couldn't guess what was going to happen, but she felt as if anything could happen next......

"It's not good! go away, just like you've never seen me!" Lu Yuansi said to him through gritted teeth.

Liu Yingxu's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly pulled out his legs and left.

As soon as he turned around, a sharp dagger fell from the sky, striking head-on, and in an instant, it was accurately inserted into his throat, piercing his neck, his eyes glared, his neck broke back, blood gushed out, he seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't make a sound after a few whimpering, and fell to the ground and died......