When night fell, it was almost dawn, Yuzhi changed into a night dress, came out of the west room of the main courtyard of Yazhuyuan, pushed the door and walked into Xie Zheng's room, standing outside the bead curtain door separated from the inner room, and called softly: "Lady, are you sleeping?" ”

Xie Zheng had already rested, but he slept lightly, his ears were also pointed, and he had already woken up when he heard the movement of the door opening outside, "Yuzhi? ”

Yuzhi listened to the call, only to know that Xie Zheng was awake, so he opened the bead curtain and walked into the inner room, and Xie Zheng also looked in the direction of the door of the inner room, and when he saw Yuzhi dressed up, he was naturally stunned for a moment, "Where are you going to dress like this?" ”

"The lady came back from the Imperial Lieutenant Office yesterday, didn't she hint that the slave went to the Gu family to make a break on the way?" Yuzhi said, lowered his head and straightened his clothes.

Xie Zheng pondered: "Chen Qingzhi is still guarding the Gu family with the Northern Army, how do you go?" There is no rush in this matter. ”

Yuzhi said with a smile: "The lady doesn't know, this evening, Lieutenant Chen has already led the northern army to leave the Gu family, and You Jian watched them leave with his own eyes. ”

"Then you go, but take her life and take her life, don't make any traces, so that the people of the Gu family will think that she is committing suicide."

Xie Zhengqian told Wan Wan, he was really afraid that something would happen to the Gu Lu family, and the people of the Gu family would definitely be the first to suspect her.

"Naturally, it's suicide, the slave wants to ask her to cut her wrists," Yuzhi thought quite thoroughly, since she let it go on the surface, she would never be spared behind her back, so she naturally didn't leave a trace when she did it.

"It's not good to cut your wrists, you can't die thoroughly, in the drawer under my dresser, there is a bottle of machine medicine, you take it," Xie Zheng said, and stretched out his finger again, Yuzhi followed the direction she pointed, opened the drawer, and sure enough, he saw a finger-long gourd-shaped porcelain bottle inside, unscrewed the lid and looked at it, it was a potion boiled out of the machine.

Yuzhi screwed the lid on again, and said to Xie Zheng, "Slave understands." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned sideways and walked towards the door, Xie Zheng advised, "Be careful." ”

"Yes," Yuzhi folded the black scarf in half and covered her face.

It's late at night, and the Northern Army on duty is still patrolling around in Jiankang City, only every half an hour before they come out to patrol, Xie Zheng has a very good relationship with Chen Qingzhi, the rules of the Northern Army's night patrol, their master and servant are clear, they are out of the Hou Mansion with jade branches, and they have passed through a few streets all the way, all of which are unimpeded, avoiding the little minions of the Northern Army.

The gate of Gu's house was closed, Yuzhi walked to the corner of the wall, jumped over, and climbed over the wall, and when he got inside, he saw that there were lights on in addition to the courtyards, and it was dark in everyone's houses.

"The main courtyard of the second courtyard...... Second Admission Hospital...... Why don't you go straight? Yuzhi stood in the front yard, muttering in his mouth, and then glanced left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he bypassed the living room, and then walked straight to the second courtyard.

Sure enough, when I entered the main courtyard, I saw that the main house was lit up, and the jade branch was hiding outside the courtyard door, and when I saw that the house was still lit, I made a difficulty, could it be that this Gu Lu clan has not rested?

It's okay if she hasn't rested yet, just ask her to drink this bottle of machine medicine.

Yuzhi walked to the door in three steps and two steps, walked to the door, put his hands on the door, and was about to push it open, when he suddenly heard some movement on the eaves above his head, the sound of tiles colliding, there were clearly people on it!

She took three steps back, went to the cloister, stood under the eaves, and jumped lightly, and sure enough, she saw a man also wearing a night robe and a square scarf covering his face lying on the eaves.

Yuzhi stretched out his hand and wanted to grab the shoulder of the man in black and grab him down, but the man in black was also on guard, so he flew up and jumped down from the side, Yuzhi immediately chased after him, and the two started fighting.

After a few rounds, it can be clearly seen that the two of them are using some deadly moves, but if you make a move, I will take it, and if I make a move, you will also take it, and it is not difficult to see that the two people are extremely familiar with each other's tricks, as for why they are so familiar, it is because the tricks of the two are roughly the same.

Both seemed to have realized that the other must be acquaintances, so they reached out and tore off the square scarf covering each other's faces during the fight.

Seeing each other's familiar faces this time, the two were really stunned.

"Jonlin?"

"Jade Branch?"

Yuzhi shot a little faster than Zeng Qionglin, and after speaking, he pulled an ear scraper, just waiting for Zeng Qionglin to finish saying the word "Yuzhi", and hit him on the head impartially, and scolded: "Why are you, scared me to death!" ”

Zeng Qionglin covered his head and said, "I came to kill Mrs. Gu on the order of the county marquis, why are you here?" ”

"Naturally, the lady sent me," Yuzhi was still shocked, so naturally he couldn't give Zeng Qionglin a good look, so he only glanced at him, Zeng Qionglin asked: "I also sent you to kill Mrs. Gu?" ”

"That's natural, otherwise what do you think the lady sent me to do, to make me sleep while watching the one inside?"

"Why do you always start choking me without saying half a sentence...... Zeng Qionglin complained casually, not dissatisfied, but Yuzhi was bent on killing Gu Lu's family, so naturally she had no intention of listening to what he said, she glanced sideways at the room, and then asked, "How did the county marquis tell you to take her life?" ”

Zeng Qionglin took out an identical small porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket, and said succinctly: "Take the opportunity." ”

"What a coincidence, the lady also gave me a bottle of pull," as he spoke, Yuzhi also took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket, and then raised his chin in the direction of the door, looked sideways at Zeng Qionglin, and asked, "Do you go or do I go?" ”

"Let's go together, until we poison her so much that all the internal organs are black," Zeng Qionglin walked to the door of the house, and Yuzhi also followed, the two stood at the door, and gently pushed open the door together, but they were shocked to see the scene inside the door, and the two of them saw the candles in the house, thinking that Gu Lu's had not yet rested, but they didn't want Gu Lu's to not only rest at this time, but also never to wake up again.

"How to ......" Yuzhi saw Gu Lu's hanging on the beam of the house with a three-foot white silk, his neck was on top of the white silk, his body was stiff, and his feet were about two feet in the air, which was clearly hanging.

Yuzhi looked sideways at Zeng Qionglin, and Zeng Qionglin was also surprised, and said, "I don't know...... It's not me, I've just arrived, and I'm stepping into the yard with my front foot, and you're coming with my back foot. ”

"That'...... Xu is committing suicide," Yuzhi saw that Gu Lu's eyes were closed, and his face was dark, as if he had already lost his breath, but he was still not very relieved, so he said to Zeng Qionglin: "You go and see if she is breathing." ”

Zeng Qionglin obediently walked over, reached out to probe Gu Lu's snort, and then reached out and pressed her calf, looked back at Tong Yuzhi and said, "I swallowed, my body is not hard, it seems that I have just died not long ago." ”

Yuzhi glanced at Gu Lu's family, then turned around and walked into the courtyard again, only saying, "Since we committed suicide, then we don't need to do it, let's go." ”

"Well," Zeng Qionglin agreed, and then turned around and took the door, followed Yuzhi to the courtyard, Yuzhi thought about it, and then told him: "Qionglin, you and I go back, and we will each give each other an errand, and say that Mrs. Gu has committed suicide, but don't say that you see me here, and I won't say that I see you." ”

Zeng Qionglin nodded and responded, "Oh." ”

The two walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so they left together.

And after Zeng Qionglin and Yuzhi left, behind the small door of the East Courtyard, a black shadow came out, and it was also dressed in black and masked, looking at this burly figure, it was clearly a man.

The man in black walked unhurriedly to the main courtyard, stood in the courtyard, looked at the direction where Zeng Qionglin and Yuzhi left, and suddenly pulled down the masked square scarf, revealing an equally familiar face, it turned out to be Yin Luo!

"Zhan Niangzi......" Yin thought for a while, then turned around and pushed the door into the house, glanced at the results he had made, and then closed the door and left satisfied.

Yin Luo hurriedly returned to the prince's mansion, at this time Xiao Zhen was sitting in the study and talking with his staff Duan Hengzhou at night, and Yin Luo returned to the house to change his night clothes, put on civilian clothes, and then went to the study to resume his life.

The cool breeze at night blew very comfortably, so the doors and windows of the study were open, Yin Luo walked to the door and called: "Your Highness." ”

When Xiao Zhen saw him coming back, he also knew that he must have come back to his life, so he beckoned to him and said, "Come in." ”

When Yin Luo walked in, Xiao Zhen smiled with Duan Hengzhou and said, "Ji Yue, it's not too early to see this hour, why don't you stay at the house tonight." ”

"Yes," Duan Hengzhou got up to leave, Yin slightly saw that he had left, and then said to Xiao Zhen: "Your Highness, the person has lost his breath." ”

"Well, okay," Xiao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, and then Yin Luo said: "However, Your Highness, the humble position is in the Gu family, and I also met the Zhan lady next to the county lord of Hengyang, and there is another one, it seems to be the side of the Marquis of Yongxiu County, the two of them coincidentally, they met in the Gu family, and they both went to kill Mrs. Gu." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Zhen sat on the stool, and after some consideration, he said: "It seems that Gu guessed correctly, it was really Mrs. Gu who sent someone to assassinate Mrs. Xie, otherwise, why would they be so anxious to kill Mrs. Gu." ”

"Your Highness has a point," Yin Luo also nodded thoughtfully.

Xiao Zhen casually picked up the teapot on the side, held the teacup in the other hand, poured a cup of tea for himself, and said at the same time: "Okay, it's good if the person is gone, you can go down and rest." ”

"Yes," Yin Luo turned around and turned back to the study, closed the door, and walked out of the garden quickly, and Xiao Zhen was still sitting in front of the coffee table, holding a seven-point full teacup in one hand, sniffing lightly near his nose, thinking that all he was thinking about was to follow Xiao Daocheng to visit Xie Zheng that day, standing in the window and hearing what Huan Ling said to Xie Zheng, why did Xie Niangzi go to Maoshan before? Why does she always say that Huaiyang cuisine is better than Jingsu cuisine? And why did she come back to Jiankang this time?

Maoshan is located in Huaiyang, she always said that Huaiyang cuisine is better than Jingsu cuisine, did she live in Maoshan before?

Huan Ling said that she was returning to Jiankang this time, could it be that she had lived in Jiankang for a long time a few years ago?

What exactly is she hiding......

The more Xiao Zhen thought about it, the more he had a headache, rubbed his temples, simply took a deep breath, and stopped thinking about it.

At dawn the next day, Li and Gu Xuan's daughter-in-law went to Gu Lu's courtyard to serve, and the two of them walked outside Gu Lu's house, knocking on the door at first, but no one answered the door for a long time, and the fourth sister-in-law was faintly worried, and said to Li: "Yuan Niang, nothing will happen to my mother......

Li Shixiu frowned, Fang sensed that something was wrong, so he tried to push the door open, but unexpectedly, the door opened with only a slight push.

The door of the house was wide open, and when the two of them saw the scene inside the house, they were naturally shocked, and exclaimed one after another: "Mother! ”

The two rushed into the house, one hugged Gu Lu's leg and wanted to lift her up, and the other moved to the coffee table and stood up, hugging Gu Lu's body, but they were helpless to be a deep woman, and they didn't have much strength after all.

When the maid heard the movement, she also hurriedly looked for it, and when she saw the master mother hanging, she also hurried in to help save the person, but at this time, Gu Lu's body was already stiff.

When Gu Xuan heard the news, he rushed over and saw Gu Lushi lying on the ground, while his daughter-in-law and younger siblings sat on one side, paralyzed on the ground and looked at Gu Lushi crying bitterly.

"Mother! Mother ......" Gu Xuan walked into the house quickly, sat on the ground, hugged half of Gu Lu's body, gently shook Gu Lu's body, and called: "Mother! Mother! Don't scare Ziding...... Mother! ”

The brothers from several houses also came with their wives and children one after another, and when they saw that Gu Lu's people had gone, they knelt on the ground and cried, facing this mother-in-law who had no flesh and blood relationship with him, he was crying even more than Gu Xuan, and several people were crying and shouting, all of them were saying "Mother...... Why can't you think so......" or "Mother...... Why can't you bear to leave us juniors"......

Li hid his face and wept, maybe when he was really sad, he might not be like them.

Suddenly, a maid came to her, stood outside the house, and said to the Li family: "Seventh lady, the master of the foreign family has sent a message that Qilangjun has been acquitted, and he has been released from Tingwei Prison and asked you to pick him up." ”

Gu Xun was acquitted, this was a happy event, but unfortunately Gu Lu's went again, and when the maid talked about it, she didn't laugh or cry.

"Acquitted?" Gu Xuan was very pleased, as soon as he heard this, his tears stopped, and all the brothers who came out of the house looked at the face of this sister-in-law, and when they saw that he was happy for Gu Xun, they were also happy for Gu Xun.

Gu Xuan looked sideways at Li and called, "Brother and sister." ”

Li Shi understood, wiped his tears, and said to Gu Xuan: "Then I'll go to the Tingwei Office to pick him up, and the fourth brother should handle the funeral for his mother first......"

Gu Xuan nodded, and the Li family was helped by the daughter-in-law of Liulang on the side to stand up, and the room was crowded, and everyone got up one after another to make way for the Li family to go out.

At this time, Gu Xun's side was indeed acquitted, because at noon yesterday, a female corpse was found at the Jinling Inn on Xuanwu Street, about twenty-five years old, wearing a gorgeous dress made of Shu brocade, wearing a pearl and green hairpin on her head, and her body was full of precious jewelry, but they were all those old-fashioned styles from three or four years ago, and she looked like a lady who used to be a rich man.

The nameless female corpse was led by Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and she found a photo post from her body, and her identity was the lady of the Huiji Gu family in Xie Zheng's mouth.

It happened that Xiao Daocheng ordered the Tingwei Office to track down this Huiji Gu's wife, and Zheng Hui informed Jingzhao Yinfu of the matter, so as soon as Jingzhaoyin's Mansion found Huiji Gu's wife, he hurriedly reported it to the Tingwei Bureau, and after the Tingwei Office verified, Zheng Hui played Xiao Daocheng again this morning, and now Gu Xun was finally released.

Gu Xun heard the results of the trial, just released from Tingwei Prison, and was walking out alone, at this time Li also arrived in an ox cart, and after getting out of the car, the husband and wife looked at each other two feet away, and they were all in tears.

Maybe after this incident, Gu Xunfang will cherish his wife even more, and maybe after this incident, the Li family will also realize that she is so inseparable from her husband.

Li walked over quickly and hugged Gu Xun, whimpering, Gu Xun gently patted her back and comforted, "It's okay...... I'm fine......"

After being silent for a long time, Li said, "Mother...... Went to ......"

Gu Xunzheng's hand patting Li's back suddenly froze, his eyes were a little incredulous, but then he calmed down a little, and asked in a daze: "When did it happen?" ”

"I think it's at night, sitting alone in the house, and I can't think about it for a while, so I ...... And he hanged himself. ”

Gu Xun was silent, and Li then let go of his embrace, and said to him with teary eyes: "Let's go back first, my mother's funeral will always be handled by you, the husband, and the fourth brother." ”

The Li family must have never seen Gu Xun still holding a rolled-up holy decree in his hand, this was Xiao Daocheng's will to transfer him to the Taishou of Pengcheng County, and there was also a hastily prepared letter of appointment from the officials.

"I ......" Gu Xun was speechless, Xiao Daocheng's holy decree had already written that the post of Taishou of Pengcheng County could not be vacant, and Gu Xun, the left servant of Shangshu Province, would immediately set off for his post without delay...... Now that there is another funeral at home, he really doesn't know how to speak.

Li Shi obviously didn't notice that his expression was wrong, so he took his hand and was about to leave, saying, "The family is in a hurry, husband, go back with me first." ”

When the words fell, the holy decree in Gu Xun's hand also fell to the ground, Li saw that it was a holy decree, hurriedly picked it up, and glanced left and right, for fear that people would see it, she then opened the holy decree and looked at it, and was immediately stunned, looked at Gu Xun with teary eyes, and sobbed: "Pengcheng is too guarded? Traveling today? ”

Gu Xun closed his eyes and said nothing, Li burst into tears, suddenly hugged him again, and said: "Since the holy decree cannot be violated, the husband can rest assured to go, I am in charge of family affairs." ”

"Yuan Niang, I've worked hard for you, when I settle down in Pengcheng, I'll pick you up."

Li wiped his tears and said, "I just want you to be safe." ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly saw Xie Zheng sitting on his shoulder from the direction of the Imperial Governor's Office, Gu Xun let go of Li's embrace, Li looked back, and saw that it was Xie Zheng, full of gratitude, but at this time he was speechless.

Gu Xun walked to the shoulder, didn't say a word, only bent down, and made a big salute to Xie Zheng, and when he raised his head and stood up, Xie Zheng only smiled at him, although the two looked at each other without saying a word, it was just a simple smile, and it seemed to say everything in his heart again.

It turns out that everything that should be said and what should not be said is in the silence.

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