After everyone's persuasion, Gu Mingxi finally allowed her and Chu Luoye to return to the capital first. After some discussion, they decided to keep Su Ningxin, Chu Jihan and Mu Zhiyun in Yangzhou.
Gu Mingxi is pregnant and Shen Zhao is injured. These two can't help if they stay here, and they have to worry about them all the time, so it's better to let them return to the capital to recuperate. Chu Luoye naturally Is responsible for escorting them.
Although there are only three people left here, they don't have to worry about not having enough manpower. The news from Yangzhou has already reached the capital. It is estimated that the emperor will send someone here after receiving the news. It will only take a day or two to reach Yangzhou. .
Putting down his chopsticks, Gu Mingxi said seriously, "Since the matters here in Yangzhou are left to you, I'd better explain some things clearly to you. It's about Master Ji."
"Did you get the news from Master Ji?" Su Ningxin asked. Looking at Gu Mingxi's expression, Su Ningxin knew that it was probably not good news, and Gu Mingxi's expression now was the same as when she came back. , which made Su Ningxin confirm that it was not her illusion at that time, but that Gu Mingxi and Chu Luoye were really feeling heavy.
"Master Lingji passed away." Gu Mingxi said.
In Gu Mingxi's narrative, there were indeed a lot fewer killers monitoring Master Liaoji. It should be that Jingsha Pavilion allocated manpower to arrest a few of them, resulting in insufficient manpower for surveillance.
After some effort, she and Chu Luoye finally managed to enter Master Ji's courtyard. Master Ji had a teacup in front of him, as if he had anticipated their visit.
Seemingly knowing their purpose of coming, Master Liaoji told them everything he knew, including the forces he had come into contact with under Jingsha Pavilion and his guesses about Jingshao Pavilion. Finally, Master Liaoji told them, He was the one who killed the martial arts leader. He had a conflict with the martial arts leader, and then he killed the martial arts leader.
As for the alliance leader's family and the burning of the courtyard, it was Jingsha Pavilion who did it. He didn't have much contact with Jingsha Pavilion. It was Jingsha Pavilion who came to him with a piece of news and asked for cooperation. Master Liaoji knew that he alone could It was certain that he could not achieve his goal, so he agreed to cooperate with them.
After saying this, black blood flowed from the corner of Master Ji's mouth. He had taken poison before Gu Mingxi and Chu Luoye came in, and now he died from the poison.
"Why did Master Liaoji want to cooperate with Jingsha Pavilion or even kill the leader of the martial arts alliance?" Chu Jihan asked doubtfully.
Only Gu Mingxi and Chu Luoye knew the reason. No one else could think of anything that would make a highly respected person commit murder.
However, Su Ningxin had some vague guesses, because she had been with Gu Mingxi for a long time, so she knew why Gu Mingxi met Master Ji, but he was not sure whether it was true or not. Because of this.
Gu Mingxi hesitated for a while, and finally decided to tell them.
This matter involves the Queen Mother. There is no point in bringing it up after the person has passed away. Logically speaking, Gu Mingxi should just let this matter rot in her stomach, but now it is obvious that the people in Jingshao Pavilion know this from somewhere. It would be of no use even if she kept it a secret.
Even if you don't tell them, the people from Jingsha Pavilion will explain the matter when they are arrested. Instead of letting everyone know about it and affecting the reputation of the Queen Mother, it is better to tell Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan, When the time comes to interrogate the people in Jingsha Pavilion, they can still cover up a little bit.
"This matter has something to do with when I pretended to be the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother passed away more than a year earlier than was announced to the world." Gu Mingxi said calmly.
Chu Jihan, Shen Zhao and Mu Zhiyun were stunned by this opening. They never expected that they just wanted to hear about Master Ji's murder, but in the end, the Queen Mother was involved. Not only the Queen Mother was involved, but also the Queen Mother. Such a big secret.
For a moment, Shen Zhao wanted to give himself a brick to give him physical amnesia. He didn't want to know anything about the secret history of the palace, okay? He was afraid that one day he would be silenced while sleeping soundly.
But Shen Zhao soon realized that he had shot the bricks just now too early.
Because Gu Mingxi continued, "When the Queen Mother passed away, it was not publicized. Naturally, it was impossible to bury the Queen Mother in the imperial mausoleum, so I buried the Queen Mother in Master Ji's Hanshan Temple. The peach forest behind Hanshan Temple has always been The Queen Mother likes it.”
What follows is like a story about lovers who never get married. The young Queen Mother met the young monk who was cleaning at the temple while praying for blessings. The two fell in love with each other, but one was a young monk who followed the rules and the other was responsible for the fate of the family. The aristocratic lady is destined to be destined or not.
Although they were not destined to be together during life, it would be a good thing to be together after death, so Gu Mingxi buried the Queen Mother there.
Who would have known that something would happen after such a burial? The martial arts leader and his family heard about the past events between Master Ji and the Queen Mother. If they had heard about it, nothing would have happened. They would only be arrested by the government for their unfounded rumors. Get up, and then the emperor casually accuses them of disrespecting the royal family and kills them.
The problem is that they have evidence, and the unnamed monument buried behind Hanshan Temple is the evidence.
In fact, in Su Ningxin's opinion, an inscription without a name and a tomb without even a symbol of identity could prove nothing.
But these ancients were too superstitious. They felt that if the buried person was casually named by someone else, it would be a blasphemy to the deceased. In addition, Ji had always been a monk and did not lie, so when the leader of the martial arts league questioned Master Ji At that time, he always believed in Amitabha Buddha.
The leader of the martial arts alliance is not stupid. Master Liaoji's response naturally made him guess the general idea.
Master Liaoji, a monk, naturally has nothing worthy of being coveted by the leader of the martial arts alliance, but the queen's mother family is a family that has been around for generations. If the leader of the martial arts alliance uses this threat, I believe they can use a high bargaining chip to silence him.
The thoughts of the leader of the martial arts alliance were known to Master Ji. Naturally, he would not let the queen mother's name be smeared after her death. She wanted to bear such a reputation. After all, even the queen mother's mother clan did not know what happened back then. If the leader of the martial arts alliance If you go and tell them, wouldn't it make everyone in the Cao family despise this aunt
Just at this time, Jingsha Pavilion came to the door and was willing to help Master Ji kill the martial arts leader. Master Ji himself may not be the opponent of the martial arts leader. He thought that after killing him, he would die as an apology, so he agreed to Jingsha Cabinet's cooperation.
However, I didn't expect that Jingsha Pavilion seemed to be looking for something in the house of the martial arts leader, and ended up killing the whole family of the martial arts leader. Ling Ji wanted to stop him but was no match for him.
(End of chapter)