Chapter 27: Suspicions
When Chu Qingqing and Liu Shuang left the Ningguo Mansion, the forbidden army was actually not on the street.
Li Xun, the commander of the forbidden army, ordered his subordinates to wait at the outer door, and a person hid in the darkness, sitting on the ground in the shadow shrouded in the alley, and a pair of dark pupils stared at the wall of the Ningguo Mansion for a moment.
Although the lord said that it would be convenient for those two people, the others still need him to guard.
It wasn't until the two figures flashed over the wall and hid in the night that Li Xun stood up and patted the dust on his buttocks, and the forbidden army should also do its duty.
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Fang Junyue rubbed his sore shoulders and sighed slightly, there were too many things to worry about in the past few days, which made him upset, just lying down, he felt dizzy and unsteady.
The door of the division, which was never closed during the day, was also closed, and the time for the god to catch the priest ushered in the time of repair, except for the night patrol officials and the routine guards with lanterns, and the jailers of the underground prison in the backyard patrolled the cells every half an hour, and everyone else rested.
Fang Junyue tossed and turned, woke up from his sleep, and immediately lost his sleepiness, so he simply went out for a walk.
Seeing the arrival of the third prince of the temporary Sidian, the little officials and the officials who patrolled the night bowed their heads one after another, and the Seven Gods had no official shelf on weekdays, especially since Sidian Zhuo Zhenggong took office, in addition to the necessary etiquette, at times like this, just nodding.
The third prince walked around the Shenzhu Division for half a circle, and the noisy corridor courtyard during the day was quiet, the moon was as cool as water, and the moonlight and starlight were mixed together, and the shadows of the trees were scattered on the stone steps.
Fang Junyue raised his head and looked at the dimness of the Tianhe, the trajectory of the stars was ethereal, it was said that it could reveal the fate of the world, but unfortunately he couldn't understand it.
It's not a bad thing that you can't read it.
How can you understand it?
Those who boast of being able to peek into the common people can only watch the buildings overturn and the mountains and rivers change color, but they are powerless to change anything.
God gave them the power to watch, but He took away the power to change.
It's not as good as people like Zhuo Sidian and Li Xianmin, who use their own hands to change things that can be changed.
When Fang Junyue came back to his senses, he was already standing in the courtyard of the bedroom where the Seven Gods were captured. The seven courtyards are arranged in the form of the Big Dipper, and Zhuo Sidian is on the Beiyin star position at the head of the seven stars.
Now, the owners of the seven rooms, only himself and Qingqing are still in the royal capital.
Zhuo Sidian and the sixth son went to Xuzhou and joined the second sister.
The fourth and fifth sons were on a secret mission and had already left Chenguo.
It's really deserted, a year ago, everyone gathered here, Zhuo Sidian and the second sister stood in front of the hall, watching everyone frolicking and not interfering, those days, it was really a rare happy time, even the second sister's cold face would be filled with a shallow smile.
Since beating Qingqing and coming to the division, he became the seventh son of the Seven Divine Catches, and the Divine Capture Division finally filled the position of the seven divine catches, and it can be seen that Zhuo Sidian is also very happy, with the youthful Seven Sons, these dull 'old guys' are unconsciously infected.
Fang Junyue paced to Chu Qingqing's door, hesitated for a moment, and knocked lightly.
There was no movement.
In the past, when there was an emergency, even such a knock on the door was enough.
Fang Junyue increased his strength again.
"Knock knock!"
There was still no echo inside the door.
Fang Junyue looked at Chu Qingqing as if he was looking at his own sister, although he was naughty and willful, as long as he was still within the rules, he was unwilling to punish him, although he could guess such a result, did that kid really follow secretly.
Fortunately, Lord Zhuo also said that the future of the Divine Capture Division must always be inherited by them, and it would not be a good thing if these two young people with a promising future could form a deep bond.
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Liu Shuangdang first climbed over the high wall of the Divine Capture Division, and seven or eight spears were aimed at the black-clothed man who broke into the Divine Capture Division at night.
Chu Qingqing followed, jumped down with his heels, and crashed into Liu Shuang's body, Liu Shuang, who was caught off guard, stumbled and was pulled by Chu Qingqing, and he could stand firmly.
Seeing that there were two black-clothed people, the surrounding night guards and the pawns were also in good spirits, and the swords were clearly aimed at the two of them.
"It's me, it's me!" Liu Shuang hurriedly took off his scarf, revealing his whole face.
"Don't be nervous, it's us." Chu Qingqing also took off the veil and let the firelight illuminate their cheeks.
"Seventh Prince, Liu Xingling!" The leader of the pawn ordered Su Wei to stand on the ground with his spear on the ground, bowing his head, and the Seven Gods and the Pawn Order went out late at night, which was not uncommon in the division, and everyone was used to it, and after confirming the identities of the two, they dispersed and continued to patrol the night.
"The seventh son, the third son is already waiting for the two of you in the back hall." Su Wei bowed respectfully.
"Third brother?" Chu Qingqing's heart trembled, was it still known by the third brother? Even if he already knows, he can only honestly listen to the third brother's nagging, thinking of this, Chu Qingqing hung his head and sighed, "Got it." ”
Hearing the sound of the front yard from the back hall, Fang Junyue knew that the two people were back.
Seeing the two thin young men who were still wearing night clothes walking towards him, Fang Junyue sat on the stone steps in front of the door without saying a word.
"Third brother, Qingqing ......" Chu Qingqing didn't know how to explain.
The back hall is surrounded by the position in the middle of the Divine Hunting Division, next to the Dossier Pavilion, so no one enters, except for the Seven Divine Catchers, no one will come in this lonely and cold night.
With the faint brightness of the starlight, Fang Junyue was not as angry with her as Chu Qingqing expected.
"Come, sit." Fang Junyue wiped the stone steps next to him with his sleeve, patted the stones, and motioned for the two colleagues to sit down.
Liu Shuang still sweated for Chu Qingqing, although the third prince promised to protect himself, but Chu Qingqing was the daughter of the governor of Hun Zhou after all, and the god capture division still had to worry a little.
The three of them sat on the ground, Liu Shuang looked at Chu Qingqing's well-behaved appearance with low eyebrows, which was too different from the usual flamboyant appearance, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and snicker.
Chu Qingqing saw it in his eyes, and threw a stone and smashed it on Liu Shuang's arm.
"Ahem, ahem!" Fang Junyue just smiled and interrupted the two of them.
"Qingqing, you've been acting on your own lately!" Fang Junyue still couldn't hold back, but this time there was no tone of anger and blame in his tone, but it was like the pampering and love of the elders educating the younger ones.
"Third brother, Qingqing knows it's wrong." Chu Qingqing naturally could hear that the third brother did not blame himself as usual, but just told himself what he needed to pay attention to in the future out of habit.
"That's good, in the future, tell the third brother, as long as it is what you really want to do, the third brother will not stop you." From that day, the thick clouds in his heart dissipated, and Fang Junyue found that he had quietly changed a lot.
"Thank you, third brother." Chu Qingqing stuck out his tongue, although no one saw it in this twilight courtyard.
"Liu Shuang, what did you find?" Fang Junyue nodded imperceptibly, turned his face sideways and asked.
"The third son, in the Ningguo Mansion, he is depressed and decadent, and there is nothing unusual in his study." Liu Shuang frowned, and the result of no harvest made him wonder if he really went in the wrong direction.
"We can't find the treasury of the Guogong Mansion, and even if we do, we don't dare to trespass, so we can't find out if Ning Guogong has condensation balm." Chu Qingqing continued.
"Even if there is, there is no substantive evidence, and it cannot be concluded that Ning Guogong is the real culprit behind the scenes." Fang Junyue cupped his cheeks and said in a deep voice.
"But we saw a person in the Ningguo Mansion." Liu Shuang said.
"Is it Gongsun Mo, or Mrs. Gongsun?" Fang Junyue guessed that Master Zhuo had previously instructed himself to go to Gongsun Shangshu Mansion to inform the murderer of the conspiracy, although he was protected by the Criminal Department, but compared to Shangshu Mansion, the Ningguo Mansion guarded by the forbidden army was obviously safer, and besides, as the sister of Ningguo Gong, Mrs. Gongsun and the gentleman Gongsun Mo, there was no need to murder, as long as they returned to the Ningguo Mansion, it was impossible for the murderer to risk killing a meaningless person.
"It's Gongsun Mo, but it's ......" Liu Shuang hesitated for a moment and said: "He is by no means what we see, on the contrary, he is obviously very ambitious." ”
"Oh?" Fang Junyue was also stunned, of course he recognized the noble son who walked around the flower street and willow lane all day long, relying on Shangshu's father and Guogong's uncle, showing mercy everywhere, but he never harmed the lives of others, nor did he violate major laws, those who could use money to cook were appeased by Gongsun Yi with money, and he never studied deeply, and such a guy would have a city and ambition?
"Yes, third brother." Chu Qingqing affirmed Liu Shuang's words and continued: "We overheard the conversation between Gongsun Mo and Ning Guogong, he is old and serious, and even wants to save the lost power for Ning Guogong. ”
Fang Junyue, who heard such a return, was also a little uneasy, he got up and paced a few steps, silent, not knowing what he was thinking, before he slowly sat down and sat between the two young people.
"In this way, is it possible that Gongsun Mo pretended to be a wanderer, secretly encircling forces outside, and those so-called money to appease others were actually used to buy killers?" Fang Junyue said his own inference, but as soon as the words came out, he was denied by himself, "No, the night Wu Shangshu was killed, the killer I met, martial arts is still above me, such a person will never be easily bought." ”
"Unless, re-report." Liu Shuang rubbed his hands together and added a heavy speculation.
"For example, Ning Guogong's return after regaining power?" Chu Qingqing asked.
"It's possible, but it's very unlikely, with that kind of skill, whether it is in my Chen Kingdom, or in the North and Southern Dynasties, it will be reused, and it will not stoop to be a minions of a lost country." Fang Junyue shook his head and denied the inference just now.
In the cold night, the three young men sitting on the bluestone steps fell silent.
"Then who will it be, who can hire a Qi Realm martial artist, who can have the condensation balm that disappeared a hundred years ago, and who can have a reason to kill the important ministers?" Liu Shuang thought about these possible bases for deducing the murderer.
"On that day, Lord Zhuo didn't tell me how he learned that the murderer's next target would be Gongsun Shangshu." Fang Junyue's tone was a little cold, with a murderous chill and a sense of distance.
Chu Qingqing knew the meaning of the third brother's words, and the only thing they shouldn't suspect should be Zhuo Sidian.
We're going to be suspicious of anyone, even your colleagues. ’
This sentence was also said by Lord Zhuo, although since the day he entered the Divine Capture Division, Lord Zhuo had never suspected anyone in the Divine Capture Division, but he told every Seven Divine Catcher and Execution Order like this.
This sentence was left behind by Chu Qingqing, but if you really want to doubt Lord Si Dian......
"No, how did the Criminal Department know?" Liu Shuang categorically broke the silence, in a word.
"Yes, how could Lord Zhuo do such a thing!" Chu Qingqing shook his head desperately, shaking off that unfounded speculation. She trusted Lord Zhuo from the bottom of her heart, and she trusted everyone in the Divine Capture Division, just like she believed in what Lord Zhuo did, not what he said.
The wind blew through the cracks between the houses, blowing on the thin clothes of the three people, and the softness that penetrated the skin made the three of them relax.
The night wind blew away Fang Junyue's black hair, and also blew away the doubts in his heart.
"To be able to do such a thing, there are not many in my Chen country. And outside of Dachen, there are. Fang Junyue thought of what Liu Shuang said a few days ago, in addition to the Xue Palace and the Da Geng royal family, the third possibility.
"It's the people of the sea." Faintly, Liu Shuang said.
An inexplicable chill hit the backs of the three martial arts masters, and it seemed to penetrate into the heart, a cold to the bone.
"Lord Zhuo's trip to Xuzhou probably has something to do with it." Chu Qingqing suddenly realized, with the character of Lord Zhuo, he would never leave the royal capital at such a time, so the reason that could make him let go of the chaos in the royal capital would only be that the murderer was not in the royal capital, but far away in the sea country.
"We ...... Can you really intervene? Liu Shuang felt that his breath was cold to his heart and lungs.
"With Lord Zhuo here, yes." Fang Junyue nodded heavily, grabbed Chu Qingqing with one hand, grabbed Liu Shuang with the other, and clenched it hard. Lord Zhuo transferred this young man from Lizhou, it was by no means arbitrary, and he was willing to let Chu Qingqing be the last person to be captured by the Seven Gods, and it would not be because he took care of her father as a governor. Even if Lord Zhuo believed them, he had no reason to doubt them.
"Third brother, I'm ...... I also want to go to the Anguo Mansion. Chu Qingqing hesitated for a moment, but still said it.
"It's okay, but Anguo Gong Xiao He is not as good as Ning Guogong, he is young and vigorous, and Anguo Gong's mansion will not be as simple as Ning Guogong." Fang Junyue saw Xiao He a year ago, when he inherited the title, the young Duke An Guogong had a pair of unfathomable eyes like an abyss, but his face was full of smiles like a spring breeze, which made him feel cold in his heart.
"Xie San Gongzi." Liu Shuang felt Fang Junyue's powerful hand and said firmly.
"Alright, let's go back and rest." Fang Junyue got up, and the night wind blew his slightly loose robe.