"Will His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince tell the courtiers the questions they asked before?" Seeing that Yun Ke pursed her lips and said nothing, Gu Yuqi asked again cautiously.
Yun Ke gave her a deep look, "The guards have already gone to look for your brother and sister." After speaking, he straightened up, "As for the rest, you don't need to know."
I go! Still looking dead. It's really hard to change. Gu Yuqi jumped off the chair, and still bowed to Yun Ke. Since Yun Ke said so, she couldn't ask him anything.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, the Seventh Prince, and my daughter-in-law will leave." Gu Yuqi bowed her knees and bowed.
"Wait a minute." Yun Ke lowered his eyes slightly, and looked down at Gu Yuqi, who was only as tall as her chest, "What should I count as the prince saving you twice?"
Gu Yuqi is really a caring person.
She can't promise anything, according to her idea, the farther away from this person the better, but now because of various factors, she has to get in touch with him.
"What does Your Highness want?" She could only raise her eyes and ask.
"I didn't expect it for the time being." Yun Ke raised his hand and took a small butterfly hairpin inlaid with garnet emeralds from Gu Yuqi's bun. I'll go find you."
"You give me back!" Gu Yuqi was startled, and she reached out to snatch her little hairpin back. I don't know what kind of disturbance will be caused if my things fall into his hands and are seen by others.
Yun Ke had expected her to be like this, stood up straight, and lifted the hairpin high. Gu Yuqi is still short now, and she can't reach it when she jumps. Yun Ke looked down at the girl jumping straight in front of her. Gu Yuqi, the corners of her eyes were unconsciously smiling, even he didn't notice it.
"Okay. If you stay here and continue to stay here, if there are some rumors in the future, I don't have so much time to help you justify your arguments." Yun Ke took two steps back and opened the distance between himself and Gu Yuqi , put the little hairpin in his arms, and then said to Gu Yuqi with his hands behind his back.
Gu Yuqi glared at Yun Ke angrily, and it was exactly as he said. She couldn't stay here any longer. Although everyone in the inn was in their own rooms, it would be bad if someone saw her, so she could only salute and leave.
After leaving Yun Ke's room, Gu Yuqi found Chun Xing, only to find that Chun Xing was staring at one direction in a daze.
"Sister Chunxing?" Gu Yuqi tugged at Chunxing's skirt. "What are you looking at?"
"Miss, there was a waiter in the shop just now." Chun Xing said, pointing in the direction she was in a daze just now.
"Shop waiter?" Gu Yuqi was startled, then arched Chun Xing with her elbow, and said with a smile, "Could it be that he is very handsome?"
"Miss, what are you talking about?" Chun Xing blushed when Gu Yuqi said it. She glanced at the guard standing at the gate of the yard, and hurriedly pulled Gu Yuqi aside.
"Miss, I think the waiter in the store knows martial arts." Chun Xing whispered to Gu Yuqi when she saw no one around. "Look at the footprints he walked on. They are shallower than those of ordinary guards, but his figure is a bit taller than those of ordinary guards."
"Ah?" Gu Yuqi's eyes flashed, "Sister Chunxing, where did that person go?"
"He went to the stable at the back." Chun Xing said, pointing to the direction where he disappeared, "I wanted to follow him to have a look, but I was afraid that I would be anxious if I couldn't find my servant after the young lady came out."
stable? Gu Siyang likes horses, will it be... She and Chun Xing went to the stables to find someone before, but they only asked the horse watchers, but did not go in and see for themselves. The stables of this inn are very large, because they have to receive distinguished guests from the capital every year. There are many good horses among the princes and nobles, and they are all kept as treasures. .
There are only two streets in the town. I think my father has turned the outside upside down, but no one was found. The servant of the Hou's mansion was abandoned in the dry well. Gu Yuqi was there when he was rescued. The snow on his body was not It's not thick, it should be dizzy not long ago. It didn't take long, and they couldn't run too far. At this time, even Yun Ke had already sent people out to look for it. It would be a bit strange if they still couldn't find it.
"Oh." Gu Yuqi suddenly remembered something, she slapped her thigh fiercely, picked up Chun Xing and ran towards the stable.
"Miss, let's not go there for the time being." Chun Xing grabbed Gu Yuqi's hand and said urgently, "If it is really a bad person, if something happens to the young lady, how can I explain it to the eldest lady?"
"There won't be too many of them." Gu Yuqi said to Chun Xing, "This inn receives princes and nobles who come and go every year. You only saw the owner of the inn, but you saw his family?" Gu Yuqi said to Chun Xing.
"I don't care." Chun Xing shook her head puzzled.
Gu Yuqi thought of one thing, but she couldn't tell Chunxing directly.
This inn is the ancestral home of the boss. When Gu Yuqi came here in her previous life, she would see the boss's sons and daughters every time. They were very quick-witted. They were all a few years older than Gu Yuqi. According to their current age, they should already be helping out at the inn. . Because Gu Yuqi chatted with the boss when she was idle and bored in her previous life. The boss once said that his two sons and daughters had already been running halls in the inn when they were young.
But this time, Gu Yuqi only saw the boss, but not the pair of children. The boss looked worried. Although Gu Yuqi glanced at it before and thought it was strange, she didn't take it to heart. Now that she thinks about it, it's not a bad taste.
The courtyard where Yun Yi and Yun Ke lived was originally used by the boss's family, but now it is given over to Yun Yi and Yun Ke to live in. According to the practice of the previous life, they should be temporarily placed in the woodshed.
The firewood house is just behind the yards of Yunyi and Yunke, and beyond the yard of the firewood house is the stable.
The inn is very deep, and the door faces south. If the stables are included, it is almost half the length of the street. The temple door of the Town God’s Temple faces east, running east-west, just at the end of this street. Turning out from the wall of the backyard of the Town God's Temple, one side leads to the woods, while the other side is only one family away from the stables of the inn.
So Gu Yuqi first took Chun Xing to the small yard of the firewood house. The patio of the small yard was full of firewood, as if they were going to store all the firewood for the whole winter.
There are two earthen houses next to the small yard. The windows are newly pasted with window paper and the door panels have also been repaired. The dim lights projected through the windows seem a bit warm in the snowy night. The inn is now full of guards patrolling, the boss went back to the firewood room to rest early, Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing got closer, only to hear sighs in the room.
Gu Yuqi signaled Chun Xing to call the door, Chun Xing stepped forward and patted the door, and the door was suddenly opened from the inside.
The anxious face of the innkeeper appeared in front of Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing.
When he saw a little girl in red and a girl dressed as a maid standing at the door, he was taken aback, his eyes showed a bit of fear, his shoulders slumped, but he immediately remembered it and bowed down. Yili, "I don't know what orders this lady has?"
"Go in and talk." Gu Yuqi pulled the skirt of her clothes and said with a smile. Do you look scary? Why did the boss feel like he saw a ghost the moment he opened the door for the first time? I'm afraid it's not him seeing a ghost, but a ghost in his heart. Gu Yuqi remained calm and was about to enter the house.
"Yes, yes, please invite the lady to enter the room." The boss hesitated for a moment, and then turned sideways to let the space out.
Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing walked in. The firewood room was divided into two rooms. One entered and one exited. There was a table for four immortals in the middle, and the chairs were all set up, and they were wiped clean.
Gu Yuqi was not polite to the boss either, she directly opened the curtain and went to the back room, where a kang was built with loess, on which were neatly spread quilts on the back of blue and white cotton cloth, and there were four pillows. There is a calculation.
The boss didn't expect that Gu Yuqi would go straight into the back room, and wanted to stop her, but she didn't dare. This inn is full of high-ranking officials and nobles, and he doesn't dare to offend the family servants, let alone Gu Yuqi's attire. Her style is like that of a lady from a powerful family.
"Boss, you want four pillows for yourself." Gu Yuqi pointed at the pillows on the kang and burst out laughing.
Chun Xing felt a little strange now.
"Boss is so old, isn't he still alone?" Chun Xing asked with a sideways look.
The boss's face turned pale, and then he smiled and wanted to put away the other pillows, "This is for work."
"There are more than three jobs in the boss's inn." Gu Yuqi smiled, "By the way, where is the proprietress? Where are Zhuer and Da Shuanzi?" The boss's two children probably have this name, but Gu Yuqi also remembers it a little. Not too clear, just a vague impression.
"They...they... followed the child's mother back to her natal home." The boss's face turned even paler, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. Although it was only fleeting, Chun Xing and Gu Yuqi keenly caught it.
Chun Xing took a deep look at Gu Yuqi, then her face changed, and she conjured up a short dagger like a magic trick, and quickly pressed it against the boss's throat.
"Hurry up and tell the truth!" Chun Xing scolded in a low voice, "Otherwise I'll take you to meet those officials who live in front!"
If she really followed the child's mother back to her natal home, why would there be three pillows neatly arranged on the kang, they are just living here temporarily. They can move back to their original place when everyone leaves the town the next day. The boss's words were flickering, and there was panic and panic in his eyes, it was clear that something was wrong.
Gu Yuqi secretly gave Chunxing a thumbs up and gave her a compliment, no wonder her mother Shan would bring her out, she was really smart.
Chun Xing also intentionally lied to the boss. If he really had nothing to do, he wouldn't be able to cheat anything, but if he had something in his heart, his reaction would be different from that of ordinary people.
Sure enough, when Chun Xing's dagger was pressed against his throat, the boss was instantly frightened into a puddle of ooze, wishing he could collapse on the ground. "The queen, please spare her life!" He begged for mercy indiscriminately, "Oh, no, no, it's the heroine, please forgive me, that young lady please forgive me."
Gu Yuqi looked at it coldly, but couldn't help laughing when the boss yelled at her. In just a short while, he changed her name three times. She raised her foot and kicked the boss, suppressed her smile, and said in a deep voice, "Do you know who I am?"
"The little one really doesn't know." The boss begged Gu Yuqi for mercy again in a hurry, "Please tell this young lady and that big sister, the young one really doesn't know anything!"
Now she has become a big sister again... Gu Yuqi snorted coldly, "You really don't know anything?" She also lied to the boss, "You should be careful, the five and seventh princes live in your courtyard You can believe that I will bring you in front of them and tell them what you have done behind the scenes. At that time, not only will you not be able to save your wife and children, but you will also be cut from the flesh. pain." Gu Yuqi first finished speaking viciously, then pretended to think for a while, and said, "I heard that there is a capable person beside His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince who can read people's thoughts, and your little lies came to him. There is nothing to hide. If you tell the truth about the matter now, I may be able to intercede for you, and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince may not only forgive you, but also help you. You can decide for yourself .”
Gu Yuqi looked at the hut since she entered the house, and she felt that her deduction might be correct.
As soon as Gu Yuqi finished speaking, the boss's face became even more frighteningly white, cold sweat leaked from his forehead, and his body shook involuntarily, as if he had lost his soul, and looked completely dumbfounded by fright.
"Say it quickly!" Chun Xing really admired her young lady now. She pushed the flames aside, and the dagger cut a bloody mark on the man's neck. The pain woke the boss up, and he immediately From being devastated to crying loudly.
"Stop howling!" Gu Yuqi frowned impatiently, kicked the boss again, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to provoke all those villains? That's fine, you provoke them all, when the time comes Let's see what good fruit you have!"
When Gu Yuqi said this, the boss was frightened and fell silent, "Miss, please, save my whole family, the little ones don't even want to!" He cried in a low voice.
There is a door! Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing glanced at each other, Gu Yuqi said slowly, "If you tell the truth, I will find a way to save your family."
The boss looked at Gu Yuqi suspiciously, and Gu Yuqi raised her eyebrows, "You don't believe me? Well, then I will hand you over to His Royal Highness, and see if they will take pity on your family when the time comes!"
Your Royal Highness, the name alone sounds scary. Although the boss has become a mess, he still compares it in his heart. The little girl in red in front of me, although she doesn't look very old, but there are so many royal family and nobles living in the inn, she didn't find anything strange, but she found out, and she came here, and she didn't know how to know that her wife and children had been arrested. Catch, no matter how you look at it, you are smart and reliable.
Now that it's all over, it's better to take a gamble, maybe she will really find a way to save her wife and children if she says she wants to save her own wife and children
Thinking of this, the boss wiped away the old tears on his face, "Miss, just listen to me."
More than a month ago, a person came to the inn and wanted to find a job. It happened that one of the inn asked someone to quit the job, so the boss kept the foreigner with a mentality of giving it a try. That man was hardworking and strong, and he worked very well inside and out. After only ten days, the boss decided to keep the foreigner as a helper. A few days later, the job said that he had three friends from outside the customs. They were all in the horse business, but they were met by bandits. Not only the horses were robbed, but the people almost died. Take it easy.
The boss was in a dilemma. The town is not too big. Although the business of the inn is good, it cannot afford to invite so many people.
As for the work, it is better to let them come to help first, no wages are required, and those who stutter can live. When the boss heard it, the relationship was good. The owner of the inn couldn’t afford to feed and sleep three more people, so the job called the three people over, and two of them had different appearances and strange accents. He only said that the two of them were not from Daqi, but did not say where they were from. At that time, the boss also thought that there were many people to help anyway, so he was too lazy to meddle in other people's business. These few people are really diligent, and their hands and feet are very nimble. They not only finish the work in the inn every day, but also help people in the town with housework. If someone builds a fence or a roof, they are willing to do it as long as they ask. After a short time, he got to know the people in the town very well.
Ten days ago, the inn got the news from the county that it wanted to receive the nobles from the capital, and the county came. The boss even guarantored the three of them. .
Two nights ago, the boss called the four new workers. He first cleaned and arranged the yard where he lived, and then asked the four of them to help tidy up the woodshed and move the tables and chairs. Thinking of it, they had just cleaned up the place and tied up all three of their wives and children in the house. They drugged the boss's wife and children, saying that if the boss didn't do what they said, his wife and children's lives would be destroyed. Not guaranteed.
"What did they tell you to do?" Gu Yuqi frowned slightly and asked.
"They asked me to buy a large yard of firewood, and poured oil on it in advance." The boss cried, "I don't know what they are going to use these things for. I also asked the little one to pay attention... pay attention..." He noticed After a long time, he stopped talking.
"Pay attention to what?" Gu Yuqi asked impatiently, "Tell me quickly!"
"Keep an eye on your whereabouts." The boss finally said embarrassingly.
"Me?" Gu Yuqi was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
The boss gave Chun Xing a look, and Chun Xing looked at him, "Do you want that cabinet?" The boss looked at a low cabinet next to the bed. Chun Xing asked.
"Yes. Please ask the lady to open the cabinet and you will know." The boss nodded hastily.
Chun Xing took a step forward, but she still held the boss hostage, fearing that he would run away while she was opening the cabinet, so she quickly opened the cabinet. In addition to a bundle and a pile of clothes, there were three portraits, Gu Yuqi Going forward to pick it up, the painting on the painting is her and Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu.
"They said that if they saw the people in the portraits, they should tell them where they are going." The boss looked frustrated, "Miss, I have no choice but to report the whereabouts of the young lady and the two young masters to them. "He is a holy skill.
No wonder she was attacked as soon as she entered the Town God's Temple, her feelings have been noticed since she came to the inn.
Needless to say, they wanted to kidnap the three sons and daughters of the Dingyuanhou Mansion, but what was the firewood in the yard for? Also soaked in oil.
"Do you know where my brother and sister are now?" Gu Yuqi asked.
The boss quickly shook his head and said, "This little one really doesn't know. The sky can see."
Gu Yuqi felt that he should not have lied.
When she thought about it again, a big bad feeling arose in her heart.
"Where can I hide people or something else in the inn?" Gu Yuqi asked sharply.
The boss thought for a while, "There is a large cellar under the kitchen, which is used for storing wine." He paused and continued, "There is a large vegetable cellar in the courtyard outside the yard where the small one lived. There is also a large cellar to the west of the stables." There is also a large vegetable cellar in the corner, which was dug the year before last, but it was too close to the stables, so it has been useless.”
Gu Yuqi gave Chun Xing a look, Chun Xing understood, and quickly raised her hand to chop the boss's back neck. The boss didn't have time to hum, and was directly knocked out by Chun Xing.
"Miss, what should I do now?" Chun Xing asked hurriedly.
"Go to the wine cellar and take care not to be discovered. I'll go find His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince." Gu Yuqi thought for a moment and said.
Yun Ke is not very reliable, Gu Yuqi just came out from him and got no news, at this moment she can only think of asking Yun Yi for help. He should be able to help himself, otherwise in the inn lobby, he would not need to help him out. Although Yun Ke kept saying that he invited him, but if Yun Yi himself was not willing, given Yun Ke's current status, he would definitely ask for it. Don't move him.
"Yes." Chun Xing nodded.
"Remember that no matter what you find, don't startle the snake. Come and find me quickly. I'll wait for you at King Jing's side. You just ask to see me, and don't be discovered by anyone." Gu Yuqi warned.
"Miss, don't worry." Chun Xing nodded with her eyes shining.
The master and the servant quickly walked out of the small courtyard of the woodshed. Chun Xing was very cautious, and after making sure that there was no one in the inn, she took Gu Yuqi away.
The two split into two groups, Chun Xing went to investigate the vegetable cellar, while Gu Yuqi went to see Yun Yi.
Yun Yi was also reading in the room, and when the guard said that it was Gu Yuqi who begged to see him, he actually laughed. "This girl finally knows to come to find me." At this time, Yun Yi had just been conferred the title of King Jing half a month ago. He ordered someone to bring Gu Yuqi.
After seeing Li, Gu Yuqi simply knelt down, which surprised Yun Yi.
"What's wrong?" Yun Yi stood up from the chair and put down the book in her hand, "Miss Gu is worried about your brother and sister?"
"Yes, I am indeed worried about my younger brother and sister, but I may find something very serious. I dare not speak of it now. I will only dare to speak up when my slaves and servants finish their investigations. .If what the minister says is wrong, please forgive the minister first, His Royal Highness King Jing. But if the servant of the minister finds something after investigating, please help the minister!" Gu Yuqi slammed He raised his head and said.
"Just get up. I won't blame you. What did you send your maid to investigate?" Seeing Gu Yuqi's seriousness, Jing Wang Yunyi couldn't help restraining the smile on his face, and his hands were raised in the air. With a hand, she motioned for Gu Yuqi to get up, but Gu Yuqi insisted on kneeling, which made Yunyi a little dumbfounded.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for not talking nonsense now. I just need to wait for the servant's maid to come back, and I will find out as soon as I ask." Gu Yuqi was also a little uncertain, after all, she made random guesses and couldn't count. Everything had to wait for Chun Xing to come back. Besides.
Seeing her cautious and mysterious words, Yun Yi also became curious, so he followed Gu Yuqi and stopped asking, but paced back and forth beside her, looking more anxious than her.
Gu Yuqi only knelt for about half a stick of incense, when the guard at the gate of King Jing said that the maid of Dingyuanhou's family asked to see her.
King Jing took a deep look at Gu Yuqi, "Let her in."
Gu Yuqi turned her head and looked at the door eagerly. After a while, Chun Xing walked in quickly with a small jar in her hand. She glanced at Gu Yuqi, gave her a look, then knelt down, "I have seen His Royal Highness Prince Jing."
"You don't need to be too polite, your lady said she sent you to investigate, what did you find?" King Jing asked with eyebrows raised.
"My lord, please look at this." Chun Xing presented the small jar in her hand, Jing Wang Yunyi took the jar and opened it, a slightly pungent smell came out of the jar. "What's this?"
"My lord, this is nitrate!" Chun Xing said. "It was my servant who went to the wine cellar in the kitchen of the inn to find it under the order of my lady. Not only this jar, but half of the wine jars inside have been replaced with these jars containing saltpeter!"
Gu Yuqi took a deep breath, and it was not much different from what she expected.