Chapter 226: A Thought
"Childe ......" Lu Xuan was about to continue to test Lu Qingmeng, but the sound of rice cakes suddenly came from the courtyard.
This made Lu Qingmeng seize the opportunity, and immediately spoke to Lu Xuan: "Brother, it seems that he is looking for you." β
Lu Xuan was helpless, although she was desperate to get an answer, but the voice of the rice cake shouting at her seemed a little anxious, and after weighing it, she had to go out first to find out.
"What's going on?" Lu Xuan slowly opened the door and appeared in front of the rice cake with an indifferent face.
Only then did the rice cake hurriedly catch up: "It turns out that the son is really here, but the rice cake is easy to find." β
"What's the matter with me?" Lu Xuan casually asked about the rice cake, but her eyes were a little evasive, as if she was deliberately avoiding Lu Qingmeng, thinking that her intention should be inconvenient to mention here.
Lu Xuan hurriedly opened his mouth to relieve the siege of the rice cake: "But what is the situation on Ah Niang's side?" β
Lu Xuan glanced at the rice cake as he spoke, and the rice cake hurriedly echoed: "Well, yes, Madame seems to be in a hurry and is looking for her son." β
"Let's go, then." Lu Xuan opened his mouth, but when he was about to take a step, he was worried, and then he instructed the rice cake: "Miss Qingmeng has just recovered from a serious illness, and she will be instructed to boil some good supplements in the dining room and send them to her in a while." β
Lu Xuan's words were ostensibly concerned about Lu Qingmeng, but in fact, he was just saying it to her, the purpose was to remind her that she was now under her surveillance, and she must have less crooked thoughts and small actions.
Although the rice cake was at a loss, since it was Lu Xuan's order, she had to honestly agree.
Lu Xuan went out with the rice cakes, and didn't stop until he left Lu Qingmeng's villa: "Say, who is looking for me?" β
The rice cake knew that Lu Xuan had seen through her unspeakable secrets, so she was not surprised when she asked her at this time, but hurriedly responded to her: "The person who came claimed to be from the Murderous Palace. β
Sure enough, it was not different from what Lu Xuan expected, and the person who could scare the bold girl of rice cake into not even daring to speak openly in his own mansion was afraid that there would be no second one besides Gu Huanli.
So many things happened in the Lu family one after another, and it was also Lu Xuan's expectation that Gu Huanli came to the door, so she went out without hesitation, and the person waiting for her in the courtyard was Lin Wei.
"Guard Lin." Lu Xuan stepped forward to greet Lin Wei and inquired about his intentions by the way: "His Royal Highness suddenly summoned him, but for the Lu family's recent affairs?" β
Lin Wei did not shy away from it, and then nodded.
Since Gu Huanli sent Lin Wei over, then this matter must not only be related to the Lu family, but also involve someone in the royal family, and that person is undoubtedly King Chang who Lu Xuan wants to investigate but is inconvenient to investigate.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuan hurriedly followed Lin Wei to leave without saying a word, and before leaving, he specially instructed the rice cake to hide his whereabouts.
The rice cake is naturally obedient to Lu Xuan's words, but she seems to have forgotten Lu Qingmeng's right-hand man.
Lu Xuan was only in a hurry to find out the truth, but the scene of walking side by side with Lin Wei fell into the eyes of a neighbor.
Since this incident occurred in the Lu Mansion, the household department remembered that Lu Xuan was the eldest son in the family, and from time to time allowed her to go back to the house to rest and deal with the trivial matters of the house.
Li Ce originally wanted to use Lu Xuan's mouth to find out about Lu Qingmeng's situation, but she couldn't see the end of the dragon all day long, and it was extremely difficult to talk to her.
But right now, I saw Lu Xuan and Lin Wei walking together, Lin Wei was the head of the guards of the Fierce King's Mansion, and anyone in the court who paid attention to Gu Huanli would not fail to know him, and Li Ce was naturally no exception.
"How did they end up together? Could it be that the fierce king has already realized something? Li Ce hid aside and muttered to himself, but he didn't dare to step forward rashly.
After a while, Lu Xuan followed Lin Wei to Gu Huanli.
"See Your Highness." Lu Xuan respectfully saluted the other party: "I don't know why His Highness specially summoned the lower officials?" β
"Have you taken care of everything at home?" Gu Huan politely asked Lu Xuan, but he clearly knew the relationship between the two families of the Lu family.
Lu Xuan didn't mind saying more, and then nodded at him: "A fire in the Shuzhi Mansion has already turned everything into ruins, but there is nothing that can bother me." β
Gu Huanli specially summoned Lu Xuan to discuss the matter of the Shuzhi Mansion going to the water, but since she took the initiative to mention it at this time, he would no longer beat around the bush.
"Then where does Lu Lingshi think the fire came from?" Gu Huanli asked Lu Xuan tentatively.
Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment, but still made an official tone with him: "It is rumored that the eldest lady who suffers from madness accidentally knocked over the candlestick caused the fire. β
This kind of talk may still work to deceive others, but it is not worth mentioning in front of the shrewd Gu Huanli.
Gu Huanli couldn't help but sneer: "Lu Lingshi believes these rumors? β
Lu Xuan hesitated, but Gu Huanli added: "This king also thought that Lu Lingshi had also investigated many cases, and he would come to a conclusion after personally investigating for so many days." β
Hearing this, Lu Xuan was suddenly taken aback: "Your Highness knows that I am secretly investigating?" β
Although Lu Xuan has always known that Gu Huanli has great powers, she has been cautious enough to go out to investigate the case these days, for fear of being noticed by the people in King Chang's mansion, but she didn't expect to fall into Gu Huanli's eyes, and King Chang's side ......
Seeing a slightly worried look on Lu Xuan's face, Gu Huanli sensed what she was thinking at a glance, and then snorted lightly: "This king just said it casually, but I didn't expect Lu Lingshi to be really witty." β
When Gu Huanli said this, Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"What clues can you find?" Gu Huanli asked Lu Xuan.
After pondering for a while, Lu Xuan spoke: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, the one who killed my uncle and the guard in the palace of His Royal Highness King Chang is actually someone else." β
In front of Gu Huanli, Lu Xuan has never had anything to hide, not to mention that the real culprit of this matter is just Lu Qingmeng, and Lu Xuan really doesn't need to cover it up for her.
I thought that if such words came out, I would at least be able to see even a trace of surprise on the face of His Royal Highness the Fierce King, but Lu Xuan was wrong.
I saw that Gu Huanli didn't seem to be surprised by this, and even asked Lu Xuan with a flat face: "Oh? Could it be Lu Lingshi's superb sister? β
This time, Lu Xuan looked surprised: "Your Highness, how can Your Highness know?" β
Gu Huanli raised his lips and smiled: "Your unsuccessful uncle, this king has learned a few times, and his stupidity is not enough to kill a person with strong martial arts in one blow." β
Unexpectedly, Gu Huanli knew Lu Xilong better than Lu Xuan.
"Now that you know everything, what are you going to do with it?" Gu Huanli asked Lu Xuan.
This question has been bothering Lu Xuan since she came out of Lu Qingmeng's room, and when she was asked by Gu Huanli at this time, she didn't know how to answer it for a while.
After hesitating for a long time, Lu Xuan spoke: "That was when I returned to the house, the scene of the murder had been cleaned up, and I went back to investigate afterwards, but I didn't find any evidence, and now the entire mansion has turned into ruins, I'm afraid there is no proof of death." β
Being so negative is not the Lu Xuan that Gu Huanli knows.
"Then you're going to let the real culprit go unpunished?" Gu Huanli asked Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan suddenly felt as if she had been hit by something in her chest, and after the incident, she had asked herself this question thousands of times in her heart.
In his previous life, when Lu Xuan first entered the officialdom, he required himself to be honest and honest, not to wronged a good person, let alone condone a bad person, and tried his best to help the king create a peaceful and prosperous world.
But after being reborn, Lu Xuan came back with hatred, and I don't know when it began, revenge for her has far exceeded her original intention to become an official.
The question that Gu Huanli asked at this moment had been entangled in Lu Xuan's mind for a long time.
She also knew that as an official, she should uphold justice, but out of selfishness, she agreed with what Lu Qingmeng said for a moment - Lu Xilong's evil deeds are obvious, and he is indeed innocent.
Seeing Lu Xuan's embarrassed look, Gu Huanli didn't force her, but only advised indifferently: "This king doesn't know what kind of deep hatred and hatred you have between your Lu family's concubines, but when this king first recruited you into his command, he took a fancy to your integrity. β
Being said by Gu Huanli, Lu Xuan was a little embarrassed for a while, and the word "integrity" seemed to have been forgotten by her many times intentionally or unintentionally since her rebirth.
"Well, since you are willing to deceive yourself, this king has nothing to say." Gu Huanli suddenly glanced at Lu Xuan with a disappointed expression, and then turned around lonely.
Seeing that the people who trusted him the most were disappointed in him, Lu Xuan was in a hurry to say: "I want to find out the truth and give justice to the deceased." β
Hearing this, the corners of Gu Huanli's mouth, who was lying on his back, couldn't help but raise slightly, and he paused for a moment before turning around to look at Lu Xuan again, and the pair of ink eyes no longer had the suffocating gloomy aura of Fang Cai at this time.
Lu Xuan stared at Gu Huanli firmly at this time: "Before, it was the lower official who was blinded by hatred for a while, and almost forgot to be the foundation of the official, thank you Your Highness for mentioning it." β
Gu Huanli didn't care, and just asked her, "Then how are you going to start this matter?" β
Speaking of the method, Lu Xuan couldn't help but fall into a dilemma: "I went to ask Lu Qingmeng today, and she confessed the culprit of arson...... It's His Royal Highness King Chang. β
"What, you're scared?" Gu Huanli asked tentatively.
Lu Xuan did not shy away from it, and then nodded: "After all, he is the prince, and His Majesty has concealed the matter of raising soldiers and horses privately for him before, this time it is just killing people and setting fires, I have no evidence, what can I do with him?" β
At the moment when Lu Xuan nodded, a trace of unbelievable thought flashed in Gu Huanli's mindβwasn't she afraid of King Chang's power?
However, seeing that Lu Xuan's worries are not so, her worries are not so much panic, but the importance of the case.
In this way, Gu Huanli breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and Lu Xuan still didn't disappoint him in the end.