Gu Shubai looked in the direction of her finger.
The jujube tree looks quite old, the brownish-yellow trunk is tilted to one side, and the crown becomes more crooked as one looks up, with a few dying yellow leaves scattered on it, and the rest are scattered on the ground.
"Is there something wrong with this jujube tree?"
Yufu led him to the tree mysteriously, and swept the fallen leaves aside with his feet, "Brother, please look, the soil under the tree has no trace of any fruit falling to the ground, so it can be seen that the owner always picks the ripe dates. down instead of letting it rot."
"Look at the rotten fruits above. The owner lives in poverty. He always picks the fruits to eat or exchange for some rice. This time he left without picking the ripe fruits, which shows that he is in a hurry."
Gu Shubai looked carefully at the ground, if the fruit fell to the ground and rotted naturally, there must be residual fruit pits on the ground, but he didn't see any trace of the pits.
It can be seen that Yufu's conjecture is correct.
He said: "This is good news. The people in the courtyard left in a hurry, and it is very likely that they have not been killed. Both of them have martial arts, and they may be hiding somewhere now. If we can find them first, we can get The most important witness."
Kun Yuyang's witness, if possible, should not be used as much as possible.
One is that her identity is sensitive, so long as the first prince and the others use the words "princess of the enemy country" to explain things, it will be difficult for Kun Yuyang's testimony to be accepted.
The second is that she just overheard other people's conversations, and the eldest prince and the others wanted to argue that they were not their subordinates, so it was not a difficult task.
Kun Yuyang is still living in Guhou's Mansion now, because he is worried about being retaliated against, causing Ning Xuan to run to Guhou's Mansion every day.
Yu Fu rested his chin on one hand, "If Baibu Yang and the owner of the courtyard are still alive, the First Prince must also be bothering to find them. Jianghu Haohao, we are so long behind the First Prince, can we really find them first?"
Her words made Gu Shubai suddenly have a new idea, "You are right, if they are still alive, it means that the eldest prince has not been found after searching for a long time. Then why should we start from scratch? The predecessors plant trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade yes."
Yu Fu pointed at him narrowly, "Oh... I see. Big brother is so insidious, he actually wants to use the power of the eldest prince to beat himself."
The so-called predecessors planted trees and descendants to enjoy the shade, as long as the elite of the Gu family army are sent to follow the first prince's people, once the first prince's people find Baibu Yang, they will take the opportunity to rob him.
This will be much faster than they start to check one by one now.
Gu Shubai raised his brows, he was not ashamed, "The other party took advantage of us to kill the enemy in blood at the border, and even assassinated His Majesty in the court to usurp the throne. This is insidious. Using insidious means to deal with insidious people is not insidious. ""
"What's that called?"
"It's called karmic reincarnation, and the retribution is not good."
…
In the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the maids and servants walked in a hurry and looked flustered.
The east courtyard changed from its usual prosperous and splendid scene, and everyone in the mansion avoided it, for fear of getting bad luck.
After Princess Danyang went to the palace to accuse the eldest prince and Yin Shuo that day, Yin Shuo put her under house arrest in the East Court when she came back and ordered no one to visit her.
There were people from Yin Shuo all over the prime minister's mansion, and the nurses and maids that Princess Danyang brought from the palace couldn't get out, so they could only cry in the east courtyard.
Among the crying, only Princess Danyang stared at the face in the mirror with an indifferent face.
Thin, dull, haggard.
She suddenly thought of Yin Jiqian, how similar was she to Yin Jiqian when she was disfigured just now
No, I am not as good as her.
At least she is still an innocent daughter, so she doesn't have to have sex with someone who hates her, let alone be humiliated by her bedside person in this way.
She thought he was close to her because he loved her, but she didn't realize that it was Yin Shuo's revenge until she was covered in scars and sick.
As he said under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, he will never forget what he said to humiliate him.
Princess Danyang closed her eyes, recalling her heartbreak when she first heard of Emperor Ning's death, and what made her even more terrified was that the second prince was framed as the murderer.
That was her brother. She knew very well that the second prince had no reason to assassinate Emperor Ning.
She tried to find Yin Shuo to ask him to say something fair for the second prince, but she overheard outside the study courtyard that it was Yin Shuo who advocated that the second prince should be convicted and imprisoned.
After that, she was put under house arrest in the mansion, crying day and night for Emperor Ning's death, and mourning for the second prince's imprisonment.
She has never been so consciously aware for a moment that once Emperor Ning and the second prince leave, she will be trampled on like a weed.
Until the news of Gu Hou's return spread throughout the imperial capital, and Gu Shubai ordered someone to take her out of the prime minister's mansion, she finally had the opportunity to go to the Golden Palace to speak for the second prince.
What he got in return was Yin Shuo's public slap in the face, and even more imprisoned imprisonment, guarded by layers of guard.
"Don't cry, what are you crying for?"
She got up suddenly, looked at Tian'er and the others indifferently, "You were brought out of the palace by my princess, and you represent my princess and the dignity of the Tian family. Even if you die, you can't cry and die, let that traitor Yin Shuo see you." It's a joke, understand?"
She called Yin Shuo a traitor, and she was so frightened that she cried even louder.
Tian'er is the closest court lady by her side. She barely suppressed the panic in her heart and stepped forward to help her, "It's the servants who are not good. The princess is not chaotic. The servants should learn from the princess. Don't worry, the princess, the court has already thoroughly investigated your majesty. The assassination case is over, with Master Gu here, he will definitely not let you suffer wronged for nothing!"
Master Gu.
Something in Princess Danyang's heart gradually softened.
She thought of Gu Huaijiang personally helping her up on the golden palace that day, and thought of Gu Shubai standing behind her silently supporting her crumbling body.
I used to pester Gu Shubai obsessively, and even targeted Yufu for this, the people in Guhou Mansion should hate me very much.
She never expected that when everyone betrayed her relatives, the one who could rely on her was the Guhou Mansion.
She reluctantly nodded her head, and said in a low voice: "If someone from Guhou's mansion comes next time, you must tell me in time. There are people watching in the yard, in the open and in the dark, and I would rather not go out. , and I don’t want them to die for saving me.”
Tian'er bit her lip and nodded vigorously.
After a while, she suddenly said: "Princess, if Master Gu fails and His Royal Highness the Second Prince cannot be rescued, what will happen to us?"
"How about it?"
Princess Danyang couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered the days when she foolishly thought that Yin Shuo was loving her, and Tian'er expressed worry and puzzlement many times.
At that time, it would have been better if she had listened to Tian'er, instead of believing what the nurses said, that newlyweds should be like this.
I was naive and young at the time, but it's too late to regret now.
"The worst thing is death, what else..."
Her sad and melodious voice, like Tsing Yi's libretto on the stage, stretches and elongates, and finally dissipates in the wind.
…
On the roof, a gray figure stuck to the tiles, motionless.
At first glance, his clothes blended with the gray-brown tiles, and no one could be seen on them.
Gu Hanmo lay on top of it for a while, making sure no one had spotted him before flying down and entering Princess Danyang's inner room through the half-open window.
Tian'er sharp-eyed saw the figure in the bronze mirror, and was about to shout, when she suddenly thought that Yin Shuo's people didn't need to be sneaky at all.
Could it be someone from the Guhou Mansion
She immediately winked at Princess Danyang. There has been a tacit understanding between master and servant for many years. Although Princess Danyang didn't know what happened, she still turned down and said: "You all go out, don't let me hear crying in the east courtyard again. Do you really want to kill me?"
The desolate Phoenix is still a Phoenix, and the subordinates dare not make mistakes, and they dare not take the crime of forcing the princess to death.
Then they exited the room one by one until everyone had gone out. Princess Danyang looked back and saw Gu Hanmo standing behind her in a gray dress, still with a frosty expression.
"Third son?"
Gu Hanmo nodded, "I may be discovered at any time, so to make a long story short. My father ordered me to ask the princess if he wants to stay in the prime minister's mansion or go back to the palace? If he wants to go back to the palace, he can take the princess under the guise of Yufu. Yin Shuo can't stop him from going out."
Tian'er was overjoyed when she heard that, and wished to agree for Princess Danyang, but saw her frowning, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Princess, answer quickly!"
As long as she can return to the palace, even if the concubine Xian and the eldest prince are in charge of the palace, at least they dare not put her under house arrest like the Xiangfu, and there will be no danger of her life.
It couldn't be clearer how to choose, why is she still hesitating
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