The courtiers were going to the early court, and when the early dynasty was in Yin, the sky was not yet bright in this season, and it was still very dark. There is no one in the Taishi Mansion who serves in the court, so naturally no one gets up early in the dark. Therefore, it is still very quiet in the Taishi Mansion, and the main gate of the Taishi Mansion is closed. The adults of the early dynasty rode in soft sedan chairs or horse-drawn carriages, surrounded by escorts and retinues to the south gate of the palace.

Some of the adults who rushed to the early court would pass in front of the Taishi's Mansion. Therefore, waves of escorts appeared on the wide avenue in front of the Taishi Mansion, either in clusters of soft sedan chairs or in clusters of carriages.

The first wave of people to pass by was an old imperial historian sitting in a soft sedan chair. There were two guards with torches in front of him, and two small men carrying lanterns for light. Suddenly, the little guy who was walking at the front with the lantern sighed, curiously leaned forward with the lantern in his hand to illuminate it, and shouted for the guard to look in the left direction of the road ahead.

Thinking that there was a situation, the guard made a gesture to stop his advance, and stood on guard with his sword.

The old Yushi, who was napping in the sedan chair, raised his eyelids, "What's the matter?" ”

The guard hurriedly replied that there was an unknown object on the side of the road ahead, in front of the main gate of the Taishi Mansion.

The old imperial history said to go and see.

The guards were ordered, and the others were instructed to protect the imperial history, and he took the torch himself and walked over slowly. The distance is getting closer. But before he could get closer, the guard chuckled in his heart. Because he saw that the so-called unknown object seemed to be a naked person. Because the man was facing away from him in the direction of him, facing the Taishifu, therefore, he didn't see the man or woman at all. Since he was a guard, he had naturally seen dead people. He was not afraid, and stepped forward again.

Immediately, he strode back to the soft sedan chair of the old imperial history, and said loudly, "Turn around, turn around quickly, and go elsewhere." ”

Old Yushi felt that something was wrong, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Excellency, there is a dead man ahead. So as not to get bad luck, please take a detour. "In the eyes of the sophisticated magnates, it is a very unfortunate thing to encounter a dead person in the morning. The guard was glad that he had gone over to check, otherwise it would have been a dereliction of duty for the adults to run into their heads.

The old imperial history listened to it and ordered, "Turn around and take another way." You send another person, go and report to the official. ”

At this time, another wave of people came over, it was Lord Xue of Dali Temple. The unprovoked U-turn of the front, the latecomer naturally wants to ask. Hearing that there were dead people, Lord Xue's eyes lit up, "Let's go, go over and have a look." The guards of the old imperial history kindly reminded that the corpse was blocking in front of the main gate of the Taishi Mansion. The implication is that it's not good to get your hands dirty. Lord Xue's eyes were even brighter, "Quick, go over and have a look." ”

Only then did everyone remember that Lord Xue's perverted hobby, and that Lord Xue had a holiday with the Taishi Mansion.

A female corpse was lying on the ground blocking the main entrance of the Taishi Mansion. Not to mention that his clothes were stripped naked, and his naked body was full of bruises and purples. A discerning person can see at a glance that this is a person who has been abused, and it is likely that he has been brutally abused by a few people. The female corpse's eyes widened, facing the door of the Taishi's Mansion, with a dead look.

Lord Xue stopped here, naturally it was eye-catching. The old imperial history took another place and left, but the latecomers didn't know, so they always had to stop and inquire, and then leave with a gloomy face, and so on. People are a little evil-hearted and love to make some innocuous jokes. These courtiers of Da'an, knowing that there were corpses in front of them, turned around themselves but did not tell the latecomers, and always let the latecomers go on a journey.

After observing the female corpse roughly, Lord Xue stroked his beard and asked people to knock on the door of the Taishi's Mansion.

The gatekeeper opened the door with a wistful eye, and immediately took a look at the dead female corpse. He frightened himself and cried out in horror, "Ah! Dead man, dead man, come on, dead man......"

When the officers and soldiers came, they saw that Lord Xue of Dali Temple was here, but they just surrounded the scene and did not grab errands with Lord Xue. Lord Xue insisted very persistently not letting people move the corpse, and very insisted on inviting Taishi Zhong to come out.

Facing a dead face that was blind to death, Taishi Zhong almost fell to the ground.

Suddenly, a woman's scream came from behind Master Zhong, "Ghost, ghost! It's Miss Seven, it's Miss Seven. "This woman is none other than the concubine of the more favored Taishi Zhong. Why did she appear on such an occasion? The reason, one is that Taishi Zhong rested with her last night; The second is that she hates Lord Xue to the core, and when she heard that Lord Xue came to find fault in the morning, she muttered that she must scratch Lord Xue's old skin and followed. Taishi Zhong couldn't help Lord Xue, but when he heard that his concubine said that he wanted to scratch Lord Xue's face, he pretended not to know and let her follow.

This Miss Seven, this Li'er, is really shocking.

Zhong Taishi's head buzzed, but he turned around and slapped his concubine, "Come on, put this crazy woman in the firewood room." "Who is Miss Li'er Seven? It was his other daughter, the seventh-ranked daughter who was sent to the palace to be concubine, but was quickly beaten into the cold palace and died in the cold palace. Dare to talk about his dead seven daughters, is he impatient?

The concubine retreated and retreated, covering her face and crying, "Master, master, it's really a ......" Someone came up, quickly covered her mouth, and dragged her away.

Zhong Taishi didn't think much about it, but the concubine's words affected him somewhat. He looked at the face of the female corpse again in horror, but this look was not trivial. His eyes widened in disbelief and he staggered back, his lips twitching, and his heart immediately welling up. His eyes went black, and he fainted.

The Taishi Mansion cried and shouted up and down to help people, and after a short time, Zhong Taishi was carried in.

And Lord Xue, who had been watching coldly, realized the severity of the situation, and didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he ordered someone to take the body away. He gave his subordinates a secret order: to guard the female corpse closely, and no one was allowed to approach the female corpse for half a step until he returned.

Lord Xue saw it clearly, and before Master Zhong fainted, he seemed to murmur softly. Lord Xue rushed to the court. Because he was late for the morning court, the emperor glanced at him meaninglessly. After retiring from the court, he followed the emperor to the imperial study, and forced to squeeze out the left and right prime ministers, met the emperor alone, and reported what happened this morning.

The emperor patted the imperial case, "Is this serious?" ”

Master Xue said, "The minister is not sure, but he made a bold guess based on the table of the Taishi and others, and came to ask the Holy Lord." Does the Holy One want to send someone over to confess it? ”

The emperor's face was gloomy, "It's a big deal. ”

Lord Xue knelt down and didn't dare to answer.

In the end, the emperor summoned the chief manager of Hong and ordered him to find the person who had served Concubine Li to identify the body.

When the time came, the female corpse found in front of the Taishi's Mansion confirmed the identity, and it was indeed the concubine Zhong Li who died in the cold palace. This is where the problem comes. How could a dead person be killed and abandoned in front of the Taishi's Mansion after a few years? This shows that Zhong Taishi's Mansion committed the crime of defrauding the king, and Zhong Li escaped from the palace by fraud. For others, it is simply impossible to escape from the palace. But Concubine Li is different, her sister-in-law is the mother of a country and the queen in charge of the harem, and the impossible has become possible.

Outside the imperial study, Empress Zhong knelt down and didn't dare to get up. Behind Queen Zhong was Taishi Zhong, who knelt down with his five sons and didn't dare to get up. Master Zhong suddenly aged ten years old. He didn't understand, why did his seven daughters cheat to death and leave the palace? And who helped his seven daughters to leave the palace by fraud? The answer is obvious, it must have something to do with the queen. But he didn't dare to think about it. In short, their Taishifu is in trouble.

When it comes to the emperor's harem, the female corpse is Zhong Li, and naturally no one dares to say it. Even so, the Empress Dowager, who was extremely controlling, still received the news. Her face is not visible, and she is still the usual one. But actually, she was going to blow up. The queen dared to play tricks under her nose, and avoided her ears and eyes, and actually came to steal the beam and change the pillar to get Concubine Li out of the palace. The queen is so bold!

The wind is surging in the palace, but the wind and waves are calm outside.

After ordering someone to shoot the bloody book, Qing Shu has been sitting and watching the jokes of the Taishi Mansion. No, a female corpse appeared in the early hours of this morning, and the limelight of the bloody book she created was overshadowed. She didn't know that the Taishi Mansion was about to come in a catastrophe, so she looked unhappy.

Zhou Boyan didn't go out today, and was instructing Qingyang and Qinghao to play chess in the Winter Courtyard. Qing Shu was called by him and sat next to him to watch. He said that he finally got free and was going to teach Qingshu to play chess. Seeing that Qingshu was not a little unhappy, he took advantage of Qingyang Qinghao's concentration on playing chess, moved to Qingshu's side and whispered, "Why are you unhappy?" ”

Qing Shu said angrily, "It's all the rotten peach blossoms you provoked." This girl finally came up with an idea of revenge, but it was only half a day before it was forgotten. Now, everyone only cares about the female corpse that appeared in front of the Taishi's Mansion. ”

At the mention of this rotten peach blossom, Zhou Boyan felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't wait to slap the dead bell with one palm to tolerate that madman. He motioned for Qing Shu to take a step to speak. Qing Shu squirmed and didn't want to move, so he said that there was something important to tell her.

Qing Shu got up and followed him to the main hall of the Winter Courtyard.

Zhou Boyan unceremoniously grabbed her waist and whispered to her.

She was about to resist, but when she heard what he said, her eyes widened and she looked surprised.

"This time, whether it is the queen or the Taishi Mansion, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin. Compared with your small means of revenge, this matter will definitely hurt the vitality of the Taishi Mansion. "Qingshu's small means is to create public opinion, and he can only fill the Taishi Mansion for a period of time. The dead Concubine Li did not die, and the sudden appearance and killing of others was fatal to the Taishi Mansion.

"How do you know so much about this?" She questioned.

"Have you forgotten? Xiao Hao is poisoned, you come to scare the snake, and I will wait for the opportunity to catch the snake. ”

"You mean?"

"Yes, the poison was caused by Zhong Li. I took advantage of one of her enemies, captured her, and interrogated her. Later, her confession was sent back to Beijing. At the end of the interrogation, I handed her over to her enemies. This is a condition that has been agreed in advance, and I must keep my word. ”

She shuddered, "Meaning...... It is already known that she is still alive. "She slurred your uncle's words.

"Hmm."

Then, who did Zhong Li's death? Zhong Li has been taken away by the enemy for a long time, why was he killed today?

"Don't you think this is similar to a previous murder?"

"Huh?" Puzzled, she looked up at him in confusion.

"The case of Li Haitang."

She gasped, there was still some similarity. Li Haitang and Zhong Li have traces of being abused on their bodies, both naked, and there are obvious pinch marks on their necks. The difference is that many people died at the scene of Li Haitang's murder, and they were all Li Haitang's people. And Zhong Li, but he couldn't find the scene of the first murder, and was thrown in front of the Taishi's mansion.

"If the guess is correct, Zhong Li's death is inseparable from Mrs. Li."

"Isn't Mrs. Li arrested?"

"Suicide in prison, to be exact. However, before she died, she gave someone else an account of avenging her daughter. This person is probably the third master who has worked with me. He will ask the third master to take Zhong Li away, keeping his promise is one thing, guessing that Zhong Li will die is undoubtedly the second. It's just that I didn't expect to wait so long, and the third master's methods would be so intense. The location and timing of the body are worth pondering. However, there are too many things, and the deep meaning hidden behind it, he will not tell Sù Qingshu.

She thought it was a bizarre and bloody story, and it didn't feel good to hear it. It's just that she is still curious, "Zhong Li is not dead, you say, does the Taishi know?" ”

"I don't know. Do you want to know? ”

"I'm just curious. If the Taishi had known, and now that he had witnessed his daughter's death, he would definitely not be able to stand it. If he didn't know it, now that he saw the corpse, he couldn't enjoy the joy of his daughter's previous death, which was equivalent to experiencing the fact that his daughter was dead for the second time. Such a blow is unimaginable. ”

He groaned for a moment, then said, "Cheng, I'll help you inquire." She was curious, so he asked someone. However, An Rongzhou will definitely laugh at him for being a hero bending his waist, a hero being sad about the beauty pass, etc., he thought happily.

She was stunned. She casually said that he really dared to inquire about such a sensitive matter! "Who are you talking to?"

"Naturally, I asked my eldest brother to inquire. He's very slippery, and he's always been well-informed. ”

She was quiet for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Not angry with me?" ”

He raised an eyebrow, "When did I get mad at you?" ”

"Blood book, mentioning your son-in-law, don't you have a very stinky face?"

At the mention of this stubble, his face immediately turned stinky. Steward Zhou gloated, just forget it, yesterday afternoon, from the eldest prince, the second prince to Gu Xiaoliu, but he laughed at him a lot. When these people saw him, they said, "Put away the cup of tea when you drink tea in the future." An Rongzhou came to Shuyuan last night and laughed at him for a long time, and he kicked him before leaving. Therefore, he hated to slap Zhong Xiangrong to death.

At the same time, he hated to clean up the girl in his arms. As soon as the "teacup turmoil" set off by the lord of Yun County passed, the girl immediately came with an arrow, and Shengsheng wrote his title into the blood book, making the teacup turmoil rise again. He also hated his subordinates. He sent them there to protect her secretly, not to help her with something like a blood book. The three who were not at ease not only did not greet him in advance, but also went over with the three of them very seriously to complete what she had told them. Afterwards, they told him that they had done such an errand for her. Lack of cleanup.

She saw that his face had turned stinky again, and she snickered to herself. The heart said: Let you mess with the peach blossoms! It hurt this girl to almost fall into the way of others, you have to accompany me to feel uncomfortable.

He was upset, and just wanted to ask her for some compensation, but he saw a soft knock on the door, and two small heads were creeping in. He secretly said that it was not the right time, so he had to let go of the person in his arms.

Her face was slightly red, and she twisted him down, then pushed his arm away, got up and walked over, "Why don't you come in?" ”

Qingyang and Qinghao were a little weak-hearted, made a grimace, and shouted as they ran back, "Brother and sister, come on, we're done with a game." ”

She said yes and followed. Zhou Boyan sighed, got up, and followed unhurriedly.

When they arrived, Qingyang and Qinghao followed Steward Zhou to the front, saying that they wanted to see Steward Zhou build a kennel.

Shu Yuan actually doesn't have a dog. It's Qingyang and Qinghao who have been away from home for a long time, and they often talk about the rhubarb at home. When Steward Zhou heard this, he was so interested that he specially brought a little yellow dog and said that he wanted to raise it.

Qingyang and Qinghao were naturally the happiest, and they followed Steward Zhou in a hurry, and went over to touch the little yellow dog's head twice from time to time. The little yellow dog is honest, let them touch it, and has no intention of biting at all.

Steward Zhou saw that the two young masters liked it, so he was as happy as if he was something. He said that he wanted to build a kennel and give Xiao Huang a home. Qingyang and Qinghao naturally wanted to participate in the whole process, and they were scrambling to get the tools needed for Steward Zhou.

Steward Zhou looked at the two young masters who were revolving around him, and recalled that Yan Gongzi had also circled around him like this when he was young, and his heart became more and more happy.

Gu Ruixing came to visit, and when he entered Shuyuan, he saw Steward Zhou with Qingyang and Qinghao fiddling with the sawn planks one by one. He stopped in confusion, and the gloom on his face dissipated for the most part, "What are you guys doing here?" ”

The old and young replied in unison, "Build a kennel." ”

Gu Ruixing felt a little interesting, and rolled up his sleeves, "I'll come too." ”

After a while, "Brother Gu Liu, stop it, it's broken, it's broken, it's broken, you're nailed." Qingyang pouted unhappily.

"Ah, it's broken, it's broken, it's all cracked." Qing Hao jumped to his feet in anger. But he didn't dare to accuse Gu Ruixing by name like Qingyang.

After a while, the green tendons on Steward Zhou's forehead jumped, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and said without tears, "Sixth son, stop it, save you from harming Xiao Huang's kennel again." ”

Qingyang and Qinghao agreed, just wanting to get rid of this sixth elder brother Gu who had more than enough success and more failures.

Gu Ruixing has no consciousness of being disliked at all, and he has to continue. It's just that the back collar was lifted, and he turned back unhappily. When he saw the person clearly, he immediately collapsed his face and shouted big brother.

Zhou Boyan looked at the miserable wooden slats that had been nailed, "Let's go, don't make trouble here." "He heard that Gu Ruixing was coming, but he didn't see Gu Ruixing looking for him for a long time, so he came to take a look.

The two of them abandoned the verandah in the Shu Garden and walked on the paved stone road.

Zhou Boyan looked at him in a bad mood and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Ruixing looked left and right, and there was no one around. He sighed, "Yuehua, she almost went last night." ”

"Huh?"

Gu Ruixing's brows furrowed in annoyance, "Outsiders just gossip, and their own family members will also say unpleasant things, alas! ”

"Aren't you mentally prepared? Why can't she think about it? ”