"What? Are soldiers and generals surrounding Gu's house?" Mother Chen was slightly frightened when she heard the news.
"What's all the fuss about... Nowadays, more than half of the officials in the city will be surrounded, not to mention that Gu Hai was the one who bluntly said that Master Zhu was a traitor and traitor... If you ask me, I'm afraid they have already gone to Lizhou to arrest him. ..." Mrs. Zhong smiled lightly.
"Then isn't this girl..." Mother Chen's eyes flashed fiercely.
Mrs. Zhong waved her hand, "It's not that easy... Gu Hai is in Lizhou, not to mention he has no roots. How can he do such a big thing? Just scare him... You haven't heard anyone ask, this time What happened was done by those Ye Zhen old party members..."
"Oh..." Mother Chen sat down with a trace of regret, "I remember that Ye Zhen killed a lot of people during his rebellion. Why are there still remnants? People have been dead for so long, why are there no more remnants? ….”
"General Ye..." Mrs. Zhong suddenly opened her mouth and uttered a sentence slowly, "It was too tragic to die..."
"Shhh..." Mother Chen jumped up as if she had been stabbed by a needle. She wanted to cover her mouth with her hand, "My madam, please don't talk nonsense..."
Ye Zhen was convicted of treason and killed nine tribes. His head was in different places and he died without being buried together. This shows how serious his crime was. It was absolutely impossible to be called a general before he was given the name.
Mrs. Zhong said no more and lowered her head.
Half a day later, Mother Chen came in again with a panicked look.
"Madam, something is wrong!" She whispered a few words in Mrs. Zhong's ear.
"What?" Mrs. Zhong raised her head suddenly, "Are you serious?"
Mother Chen nodded, "It's absolutely true. I found out from the guard..."
"Lingbao..." Mrs. Zhong looked solemn, murmured and repeated the name, and frowned, "Why don't I have an impression... If it is a servant of her family, how can I not have an impression?"
"It's not a servant of her family, it's a relative..." Mother Chen whispered, "I heard from a woman in the backyard that she came from Jiankang. It seems that she was a clerk in this lady's original shop, and she was also at home. I don’t think I’m a servant, I’m always called Miss Lingbao… It seems I’ve moved out and found a way to make a living…”
"Her brother is among the assassins..." Mrs. Zhong's chest rose and fell violently. It was obvious that the news had given her too much shock. "So, the reason why the Gu family was surrounded was not because of Gu Hai..."
Mother Chen nodded, with a look of horror on her face, "Yes, I heard from my mother-in-law that this Lingbao came to the capital to find her brother. Her brother was sold a few years ago..."
"Then have they recognized each other?" Mrs. Zhong asked in a low voice, a light flashing in her eyes.
"It seems not..." Mother Chen shook her head, "If we recognized each other, how could she still be here... No one in the family has heard her say that she was found... Why don't we ask her?"
Mother Chen shook her head in the direction of Gu Shiba Niang.
"No need." Mrs. Zhong raised her hand to stop her and stood up slowly. Her expression changed for a moment, "Let's go back to Pingyang Marquis Mansion!"
"Ah?" Mother Chen was slightly startled.
The other servants didn't feel much about the sudden farewell of the two women. After all, after such a big incident, it would be much safer for them to go back to their own mansion.
Ah Si stood in front of Gu Shiniang with a pale face and twitching calves.
"Miss... Miss... Did Lingbao escape with her brother... Miss... We are unlucky..." He stammered.
Lingyuan did such a big thing, and Lingbao disappeared again. How could the Zhu family, who knew their relationship, spare them? They must be the first to be eliminated as the scapegoat!
"What's wrong with us? It's just that we don't know people well, so we are subject to more interrogations and surveillance..." Gu Shiba Niang said calmly, "Let them investigate if they don't have evidence. If there is evidence, we can still sit here at this time." Here, it’s their turn to check…”
It turns out that he had this intention for a long time. No wonder he alienated their family, no wonder he let Lingbao leave them... He did his best to avoid causing trouble to them. His brother was sent away to stay away from the troubled places in the capital, and when he was selected into the Prince's East Palace ….
What she wanted was for him to find his way back from his lost ways, and all she wanted was for him to live, but in the end the life he found was at the cost of death.
She couldn't help but close her eyes, wondering why it was so difficult to live.
With the sudden death of Zhu Chunming, a bloody storm broke out in the court of Zhou Dynasty.
Zhu Chunming's death was beyond Zhu Dang's expectation. Under Zhu Chunming's protection, Zhu Xian, who had already developed a domineering temperament, fell into madness. Finding the murderer was inevitable, but anger was also inevitable, especially After the emperor issued an order to search the homes of all dignitaries regardless of civil or military affairs, countless officials were arrested one after another. Some were taken away in the middle of the night, and some were chained away by the guards of the Ministry of Justice during the day.
For a time, officials who were purging the party and who had issues with the Zhu family were frightened and could not sleep at night. Some even began to send their wives and children home to prepare for their own funeral.
The emperor never had any objections to the list of imprisoned persons proposed by Zhu Xian and others for review, so this time when the prince sent out the memorial that the emperor Jinkou refuted, everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat.
Does this mean that the emperor is not obeying the advice of the Zhu family and his son...
"Sir, this seems a bit..." The core members of the Zhu Party gathered in the Zhu family's study. Looking at the white curtains in the room and listening to the wailing of countless people in the mourning hall outside, they felt horrified.
Before Zhu Chunming was buried, Zhu Xian announced that he would have to use the heads of the killer and the mastermind behind the scenes to pay homage to his father.
Zhu Yan, whose face was purple and his eyes were red, kicked down a wooden bench and cursed in his hometown dialect.
"Consider this kid lucky!" he shouted sternly.
Regardless of whether Gu Hai was involved or not, Zhu Xian had long wanted to get rid of this annoying guy, but he never had the chance. This time he finally had the chance, but this guy escaped because he was in a remote place. What's even more infuriating is that he was the one who sent this guy to this remote place!
"Sir, that thief has a close relationship with Gu Hai. He must not be able to escape his involvement!" Someone said, "Even if he was not the instigator, he must have made some plans! We can't just..."
"Shut up!" Zhu Yan kicked the man down and gasped, "Am I stupider than you? Couldn't I have thought of it? My father once said that we can do anything, as long as Remember one thing, you can’t violate the Holy Will! Do you understand?”
The man was kicked to pieces, but he still knelt down and claimed that he was right, while blaming himself for being a fool.
"What the young master is saying is that although Gu Hai and Er... that bitch..." Another official with a calm temperament stood up and said, because Ling Yuan was sold as a slave under a false name, and was later given the name Xuan, these People didn’t know what his real name was, so he almost blurted out the title Er Shao. Fortunately, he stopped it in time to avoid being beaten up by the furious Zhu Xian. “We have a close relationship, but everyone knows that they have no contact. The old acquaintance between the two is simply not enough evidence... What's more, now a girl from the Gu family has been selected for the East Palace, and I heard that she is very popular with the prince... This time His Majesty opened the door again, so Gu Hai couldn't move, at least for the time being. Must not…”
Zhu Yan nodded, with a trace of reluctance flashing on his face. He naturally knew this, but before there was definite evidence, he could not act rashly. It might be easy to make excuses for other people, but that was because the emperor wanted that person dead. , if the emperor really didn’t want that person to die, or if they couldn’t provoke the emperor’s murderous intention towards Gu Hai, then Gu Hai would not be able to do anything.
"My lord, my lord..." Someone rushed in from outside, and his voice changed in tone, not knowing whether he was happy or excited, "We found that group of thieves!"
"Where is it?" Zhu Yan jumped up and grabbed the person who came and asked.
In February, the river was cold. A soldier in golden armor drew his bow and arrow and shot a man in the river. The man who had stretched out his hands to struggle shook and then floated. There was blood all around. Looking around, there was blood on the river. There were more than a dozen corpses floating densely, the river water was dyed red, and the smell of blood was stinging and nauseating.
"Tell me! Who ordered you to do it? You ungrateful beast!" Zhu Yan pointed at the people on the boat that had been surrounded in the river and shouted angrily.
There were only three people left on the boat, and they were still bloody people, and they could not be described clearly.
"You forced me!" Lingyuan said in a hoarse voice, "You have already won, you have attacked so many people, my master has been pardoned, and you still insist on taking his life! Just take his life. , and let him explode!"
Zhu Yan was so angry that he laughed and cursed: "You bitch, when did you recognize your master?"
"My master is Mr. Yang Taisheng! I want to teach you that I am not under anyone's orders. I am powerless to save the master and protect his dignity..." Lingyuan fiercely pulled out an arrow that was shot on his body and threw it at on the ground.
Zhu Yan was stunned, "When did you, a dog slave, get involved with Yang Taisheng, that bastard..." He was a smart man, and he understood in a blink of an eye, "You, a dog slave, were you in prison during that time, staring... and staring..." I didn’t catch a few of my comrades, but I turned myself into someone else’s comrade! You’re so fucking stupid!
"I have done so many bad things, and I didn't expect to die well...but you also don't have to die well!" Lingyuan sneered, already crazy, and laughed, "I have no ability, I don't understand the truth, I I can't meet you in court like Master, I can't write memorials to defeat you, I can't blame you for being clumsy and unreasonable, I don't know the truth, I only know that good will be rewarded with good, evil will be punished with evil, death After death, once and for all... After death, how can a person still do evil if he is dead?"
After he said that, he reached out and pulled out another arrow, stabbed it straight in the chest, and poured it into the river.
"Fire arrows for me, don't let anyone go!" Zhu Yan was so angry that he jumped to his feet and shouted.
Countless arrows shot towards the boat. At the same time, the two people laughed three times and imitated Ling Yuan's example and fell into the river. They picked up Ling Yuan's motionless body and struggled to swim down the river, although their bodies were covered with arrows like hedgehogs. But he swam to a section of the fast river and disappeared after several ups and downs.
"You must see the body even if you die!" the generals gave the order, and the ship chased after him, but unfortunately the curve in front of him drooped, so everyone had to abandon the ship and go ashore to pull up a net to salvage it.
One day and one night later, Ling Yuan was found mixed among the three corpses. After being swollen by the river water, his face had become deformed. You could guess who was who just from the injuries on his clothes.
Watching the golden-armored guards passing by in formation on the street, with more than twenty heads hanging on the wall, the guards guarding the door of Gu's house retreated at the same time. Ah Si, who had not been able to go out for a long time, squeezed out from the pointing people. , ran away home