The entanglement of the seventh princess gave Gu Yanbai a headache, Gu Yanbai immediately pulled out his sleeve from her hand, and said impatiently: "But I will never have you in my heart." ”

Gu Yanbai didn't want to pay attention to the Seventh Princess anymore, and left immediately after leaving her.

The seventh princess was so angry that she stomped her feet, she looked at Gu Yanbai's figure, gritted her teeth and said, "I won't give up on you!" ”

The emperor's reward for Xu Mubai soon came down, in addition to countless pearls and silver, he was also given the position of a scholar in the middle of the fifth grade, and his main authority was to be in charge of the confidential government affairs of the central court of the court.

Although it is only on the fifth grade, the power in Xu Mubai's hands is not small. And he also seized this opportunity to quickly carry out an investigation, so as to help Gu Yanbai and Mingyuexi solve the current turmoil as soon as possible.

"Master, the list of people who attended the palace banquet that day is here." The subordinate handed the list in his hand to Xu Mubai, "By the way, the eunuchs who went to find Mrs. Gu Shao and Mrs. Zhang at that time were found, but the person died, and only some information about him was found." ”

Xu Mubai took the list and looked at it carefully. However, after looking around, there was no clue.

He closed his eyes, closed the book in front of him, pinched his eyebrows, and closed his eyes to recuperate. In recent days, he has been running around for this matter, hoping to find out as soon as possible about the attack on the second prince and the matter of Mingyuexi, but he has never been settled.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and another subordinate walked in in in a hurry, and then attached to Xu Mubai's ear and didn't know what he was saying.

I saw that his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he asked, "What you said, is it true?" ”

The subordinate said truthfully: "It's true! ”

According to the news from his subordinates, there is information that Xu Mubai needs in the West Village outside the city. For this reason, he immediately took a few cronies with him, and a group of people hurried towards the West Village outside the city. As for Gu Yanbai and Mingyuexi, Xu Mubai had to be notified. At present, it is difficult to have a clue, and if it is known by the enemy, it will be useless at that time.

Dark clouds were pressing down on the sky, the cold wind was blowing, and it looked like it was about to rain.

Passers-by pointed to the village below and enthusiastically said, "The west village is below, you can just follow the road over there." His gaze probed up and down again, "But what is Childe doing in that kind of place?" ”

"Something." Xu Mubai replied neatly, not noticing that there was something wrong in the passerby's emotions.

The main thing is that he is in a hurry now, and wants to go back before the storm comes.

After saying goodbye to passers-by, Xu Mubai took his men and horses to the West Village.

There were unforeseen circumstances, and a storm swept in the middle of the road.

Xu Mubai did not stop for this, and continued to move forward in his robe.

When he saw a large stone monument with two big red characters written on it, 'West Village', Xu Mubai was determined to arrive at his destination.

It's just that they didn't stop because of this, and went directly into the village. But when he arrived at the place, Xu Mubai suddenly noticed that something was wrong. It was empty, a dead silence.

The rain drips down on the body, cold and biting, and a little eerie.

The feeling of uneasiness made Xu Mubai clench the reins in his hand and look around vigilantly.

"Who!"

Suddenly, the sound of rustling sounded in his ears, Xu Mubai instantly held the long sword in his hand and turned to look, ready to go.

However, they did not find the enemy, but saw a corpse lying in the rain.

Bright red blood spreads everywhere, irritating people's eyes.

Bang bang bang!

The violent and urgent knock on the door woke up the people of the Hou Mansion, and the subordinates braved the storm to open the door, and after learning the news from the mouths of outsiders, they rushed towards Gu Yanbai's courtyard non-stop.

"Little Hou Ye, it's not good, something is wrong!"

The dim firelight was reflected on Gu Yanbai's face, and the well-defined face was about to be covered with a layer of ice. It wasn't until the sound of footsteps that he got up and walked towards the door.

The news was brought by Xu Mubai's family, because he had been waiting for his son-in-law for a long time, and seeing that he had not returned for a long time, he came to look for Gu Yanbai in a hurry.

Gu Yanbai was taken aback when he learned that Xu Mubai was going to the West Village, where did he still care so much, and immediately set off for the West Village.

"Ready?" Gu Yanbai asked.

Cheng Yu nodded: "Fast horses and people have been arranged." ”

Hearing this, Gu Yanbai and Mingyuexi looked at each other tacitly.

"Yanbai, do you think Xu Gongzi can survive this?" Before getting on the horse, Mingyuexi asked in an uneven tone.

Gu Yanbai didn't answer immediately, hesitated, and said, "Yes." ”

Many years ago, Xicun was relocated due to the perennial floods, so it is now a deserted village. How could there be a clue in that kind of place, it was obviously a trap that led him into a trap.

When Gu Yanbai and Mingyuexi arrived at the place, the rain was heavier and the road was slippery.

Fortunately, they finally arrived, but just as they passed, they saw a group of people lying on the ground, and even the horses did not escape the misfortune.

Seeing this, Mingyuexi hurriedly dismounted and checked the situation.

I saw that in the cold midnight, under the refraction of the moonlight, one after another corpses fell to the ground, all of them had their necks cut off, and the death was extremely miserable. Fortunately, Gu Yanbai covered Mingyuexi's eyes in time, and whispered in her ear: "Don't look, I'll call you when I find Xu Mubai." ”

There was the sound of falling rain in her ears, and Mingyuexi didn't know how long she had waited before Gu Yanbai's voice sounded: "Found it." ”

At this time, Ming Yuexi's heart almost rose to her throat, her eyes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes. I saw Xu Mubai lying in front of him, but his wound was not in the neck, but in the center.

But in the eyes of everyone, it's actually the same. When he found it, Xu Mubai had already lost his breath under his nose, and there was no hope of survival at all, he was still like the rest of the people, turning into a cold corpse.

I don't know how many pairs of eyes fell on Mingyuexi's hand touching his neck, and his face was sad.

"He's alive!" Mingyuexi was shocked.

When they heard the news, everyone thought that Mingyuexi was joking. But when Mingyuexi emphasized again, everyone couldn't help but start to waver.

"Xiaoxi, what you said is true?" Gu Yanbai looked at Mingyuexi's eyes and asked.

Mingyuexi nodded seriously: "He still has a pulse, he can be saved." ”

In an instant, everyone rekindled their hope, and they struggled to send Xu Mubai back. And Mingyuexi secretly summoned Hua Tuo and Bian Que to help, and with the efforts of the two of them, after a night of rescue, Xu Mubai's life was finally saved.

However, the news of Xu Mubai's injury did not come out of nowhere, and soon the entire government and the opposition spread all over the country, and the civil and military officials also talked about the strange things that have happened frequently recently.

The matter soon reached the ears of the emperor, and the emperor was furious and ordered to investigate the matter as soon as possible.