Lord Qi's face was pale, leaning weakly on the side of the bed, he had just drunk a bowl of medicine, and two maidservants were waiting for her, one was Cuiyan, who grew up with her since childhood, and was also from Wanruguo, and the other was the old man next to Concubine Ling, named Cuihe. Tsui He is ten years old and has more experience in taking care of people. Seeing Feng Xinyue, Gu Peiqing, and Wu Yueran coming in, Cui He motioned for Cui Yan to take out the medicine bowl, and then retired himself.

"Sister, how are you feeling now?" Feng Xinyue sat on the edge of her bed and stroked the county lord's face, only feeling cold.

The county lord reluctantly made a smile and said, "Xinyue, I will get better soon, don't worry." Did you bring that bag with you? ”

Feng Xinyue took out the bag from his arms, the county lord took it, looked at it seriously, and put it under his pillow after confirming that there was no damage to the bag.

"County Lord, this is Lord Gu Peiqing Gu, he saved you from being burned last time, and I asked him to investigate your injury."

Lord Qi looked at Gu Peiqing and said softly: "Thank you, Lord Gu, for saving your life, but who is behind my back, please don't interfere in this matter, if the adult is affected by me, how should I deal with myself." Originally, I was an unimportant chess piece, and it was the emperor's reward to live a breath, and a person as light as a feather like me really shouldn't drag others down. Her weeping expression was particularly distressing. Feng Xinyue hurriedly said: "Who said that you are as light as a feather, don't look down on yourself." ”

"Give it your all." After Gu Peiqing said this, he began his question, "Lord Qi, may I ask why you went to the mountain on the day you burned it?" ”

She frowned and said, "It's just a little thing, I'm going to go on my own." ”

"Can't you say why?"

"I'm sorry, I," she paused, "It's really inconvenient to disclose." ”

"When is it, the more you hide, the harder it will be for Master Gu to find the truth." Wu Yueran was a little anxious, he said like an eldest brother: "Don't be willful, you have to distinguish the priorities of things." ”

"I won't say it." The gentle and weak county lord suddenly became tough, Feng Xinyue was afraid that the county would take the initiative and hurt his body again, and said: "Okay, okay, when the county lord wants to say, let's go out first." ”

Lord Qi's eyes were already full of mistle, and Wu Yueran also felt a heartache, and said softly: "You rest first today, and I will come to see you tomorrow." ”

Feng Xinyue closed the door of the county lord's room, and said to Wu Yueran a little angrily: "Brother Yueran, why are you suddenly so fierce to her, the county lord, she is a patient." ”

"I was wrong, and I was worried about her too." Wu Yueran was a little sullen, "I'll come over tomorrow to bring your two favorite apple candy, and compensate the two little ancestors." ”

"Brother Yueran, why did you go up the mountain that day."

Wu Yueran knew that Gu Peiqing was asking about the day when the county lord was burned, and he said in a deep voice: "I originally went to watch the fireworks, and I saw Cui Yan at the mountain pass, she was there alone, I asked her why she was there alone, did the county lord come out with her." She said that the county lord went up the mountain alone and told her to wait at the mountain pass, but the county lord had been gone for a while and had not returned, and she was trying to go up the mountain to see if something had happened. I told her to wait where she was, and I just went to see it. ”

"Does Miss Feng know why the county lord went up the mountain?" Gu Peiqing asked.

Feng Xinyue showed a confused expression, she thought about it and replied: "I don't know, she has been mysterious recently, she looks like she is preoccupied, and she doesn't tell me and Shen Feiming." But there's nothing to tell Shen Feiming, she is always not in the city, playing outside. But when I told me it was fine, she wouldn't say. Don't you treat me like a sister? Feng Xinyue began to think in pieces, with an innocent and lovely appearance, "That's right! You can ask Cui Yan, didn't she go with the county lord that day? ”

Cui Yan was called to the study, she was a little scared and trembling. "Don't be nervous, just talk to an adult like you would with me, okay?" Feng Xinyue asked Cui Yan. She swallowed and nodded.

"Did the county lord tell you why she went up the mountain alone?" Gu Peiqing asked.

Cui Yan immediately stammered: "I don't know, she told me that day that she was going to go up the mountain alone to do something, and it would be nice if she could make her dream come true after doing it." ”

"A dream come true?"

"After the county lord got the news of the marriage, he was depressed, but he was in a good mood that day and said that he was going to go up the mountain."

"But she has been inseparable from me since she learned the news of the marriage, and nothing happened to make her feel good, that is, she plays the piano and writes every day, and goes to other ladies' houses to drink tea, which is no different from usual." Feng Xinyue pinched her chin and thought about it carefully.

"Cuiyan, is there anything strange about the county lord during this time?" Gu Peiqing looked at Cui Yan, she was still very uneasy, as if he was a man-eating beast. Cui Yan shook her head. "Then let's ask Tsuiga." Wu Yueran said, looking at Cui Yan: "You call Cui He to come over." ”

Cui He was obviously much calmer than Cui Yan, she saluted, looked at Gu Peiqing, and waited for him to ask. "Do you know why the county lord went to that mountain?"

She shook her head and said, "Although I don't understand the reason, the county lord is not frightened by this matter, and she still does whatever she needs to do as usual." ”

"And has she been any different lately?"

"No," Tsui He paused, "The county lord is indeed different from usual, about three months ago, there were rumors that the county lord and the fourth prince were married, during that time she was depressed, and then came back from the mountain burns, her mood has improved, although she only burned her hair, she also didn't care about cutting her hair short, and asked us if our hair was shorter and better." But the behavior is no different. ”

The sun was setting in the west, coming out of Songxin's house, Wu Yueran proposed to invite Gu Peiqing to dinner, he refused, Wu Yueran did not force it, the two said goodbye to each other, Gu Peiqing rode the white horse rewarded by the saint to his residence, still thinking about the matter of the group owner in his mind, there is no evidence All speculations can only be speculations, and the county lord refuses to cooperate.

"Master Gu!" Gu Peiqing suddenly heard someone shouting at him, he grabbed the white horse and turned around. The face of the Red Silk Maiden appeared before him, and she was still riding the chestnut horse. "Red Silk Girl, why did you go out alone today?"

"I have some friends here, but it's not fun to play with them, so I just came out and wandered around."

"Did Miss Scarlet have dinner?"

"Not yet, you invite me to eat, let's go."

"The Red Silk Girl is really good at taking advantage of people." Gu Peiqing grinned.

Hongsi took out two books from a bag, shook them in front of Gu Peiqing's eyes, and said, "Lord Gu, look at what kind of book this is, Mengye Jushi's new book, now that all bookstores are sold out, if you invite me to eat this meal, I can lend it to Master Gu." ”

Gu Peiqing smiled even more and said, "Have you finished reading these two books?" ”

"That's nature, suspense, the masterpiece of the Dream Leaf Layman." Hongsi proudly shook the book on Gu Peiqing's face again.

"The Red Silk Girl went out with these two books, I don't know if she really liked them or did she come to lend them to me? I'm afraid you've been waiting here for a long time? Gu Peiqing patted the white horse lightly, it seemed to understand what Gu Peiqing meant, and stood with the chestnut horse, the chestnut horse didn't move, and the two of them were about to be together.

Hongsi's face was red at this time, her expression was a little annoyed, and she said, "Gu Peiqing, you are too ridiculous, I don't know how many noble sons in the city want to invite me to dinner, you kicked your nose in the face." Just as he was about to urge the horse to leave quickly, Gu Pei Qing grabbed her reins and said, "Miss Red Silk, I was just abrupt, don't be angry, I invite you, I invite you, and I also ask Miss Red Silk to decide which restaurant to go to." ”

"We will go wherever the city is most expensive." Hongsi gritted her teeth and patted the chestnut horse, "Pei Pei, let's go." ”

"Pei Pei?" Gu Peiqing had a bad premonition in her heart.

"I haven't named my horse yet, but now I've thought of a name for it, Pei Pei, it's the Pei character of Master Gu." Hongsi's embarrassed expression was all put away at this time, and her face was full of sorrow.

The two sat down in Yunxiang Building, and Hongsi pushed the book to Gu Peiqing, and said, "Lord Gu, you look at it first, if you want to return the book, don't come to Hongye Building to find me, wait for me to come to you." ”

"Does Miss Scarlet know where I live?"

Hongsi was about to answer, but she was afraid that he would say something nonsense, so she simply didn't bother to answer. "Lord Gu has been investigating the matter of the county lord recently?"

"Yes."

"How's it going?"

"I don't have a clue yet. How could she suddenly catch fire when she was so good on the mountain? Poisoning too, everyone ate the food, and drank the wine, but she was the only one who was poisoned? And the county lord has always been hesitant and refuses to tell the truth. ”

"Then forget it, this kind of thing involving the royal family, it's better to cause less trouble."

"But I vaguely heard that the red silk girl is going to marry the prince of Sichuan? Didn't that go straight to the royal family? Gu Peiqing originally wanted to say this in a relaxed tone, but he didn't think of how he could say it.

The girl was not angry, her eyes were curved, and a good-looking smile appeared, "Lord Gu doesn't want me to marry into the royal family?" ”

"If you don't want to, then don't marry."

"That's the prince of Sichuan, the emperor's younger brother, he is a blessing, and he can't see others disobey him, if I refuse, won't I be looking for death?"

Gu Peiqing frowned and said, "The county lord is too, so are you, if you don't want to marry, don't marry, let me help you." ”

There was no sadness in her eyes, "How are you going to help?" ”

"I heard that five thousand taels of gold can redeem you for yourself, and now that the matter between you and the prince of Sichuan is undecided, I will go to redeem you."

"Five thousand taels of gold, where did Master Gu get so much money?"

"I have a way, you just have to trust me."

"Lord Gu is not afraid that the prince of Sichuan will wear small shoes for you in the court in the future?"

"It's a big deal, I won't be an official, go back to Qingcheng."

"Lord Sichuan will even take your life, it's not worth it for me, but I'm very moved," Hongsi took out a Pisces jade pendant from her arms and stuffed it into Gu Peiqing's hand, "This is for you." "The jade pendant is a valuable object at first glance, especially the two small fish are vivid, as if they will come to life and shake their tails at any time.