Wang Xu was completely defeated.
Lying in a daze on the cool floor, staring straight at the beams of the roof, as if struck by lightning a hundred thousand times.
Gu Jiao stood up with the noodle bowl in her hand, nudging her mouth at Gu Chengfeng, and said calmly, "Release the bond, I'm on my own."
Gu Chengfeng was stunned, is this all right
No, there are so many people here, so you can call me one
Hmph, I know that I am the most reliable!
Gu Chengfeng strode over with a large rolling pin mark and untied the rope on Wang Xu's body.
How could Wang Xu not recognize that this is the "folk woman" who followed her all the way on the street
With Adam's apple... is a man.
Wang Xu was full of doubts.
Who are the people who appeared beside the eldest grandson in this room
A terrifying expert who could bring him down with just a rolling pin, a light expert who was good at disguising himself and forced him to get out of his shell, and another Xiao Liulang, who he knew, was a doctor invited by the monarch for the abolished concubine.
It was he who brought Xiao Liulang in from the gate of the palace.
"No, why did you follow me just now?" Wang Xu asked Gu Chengfeng.
Since that girl said she was her own, Gu Chengfeng didn't plan to pretend to be a woman anymore.
His eyes flashed, and he said in his manly voice, "I didn't follow you, I followed the prince, and the prince met the old man of the Han family again. I followed him to see what tricks he was playing, and whoever expected you to come Now. You secretly meet the old man of the Han family, isn't it suspicious?"
Sure enough, it was a man, Wang Xu thought.
Wang Xu thought carefully about the possibility of the situation Gu Chengfeng said.
The conflict between the prince and the abolished princess is indeed not a day or two. The cause can be traced back to the fact that the prince was abolished and the prince became the heir. Anyone would think that the prince stole the things that belonged to the prince.
A few days ago, the prince and the abolished princess had a dispute in the harem, and the prince's guard also injured the abolished princess.
Now that the abolished princess is being persecuted again, it is reasonable that the eldest grandson of the emperor would be the first to suspect the prince and send someone to watch him.
After Gu Chengfeng loosened him, he stood up and stretched out a hand towards him.
Wang Xu grabbed Gu Chengfeng's hand and stood up.
"His-"
it hurts.
Who is that big man? It's too heavy to start!
He limped to Xiao Heng and bowed his hands in a salute: "Wei Chen Wang Xu, I have seen His Highness the eldest grandson."
According to Gu Chengfeng's observation of Wang Xu, although this person is a little off, he has not been bought by the old man Han, so it can be seen that he is a loyal and righteous person.
Xiao Heng nodded and said: "Today's matter is a misunderstanding, please don't take it to heart."
"It's Wei Chen who is reckless. His Highness the eldest grandson doesn't care about Wei Chen's fault, and it's too late for Wei Chen to be grateful."
"Your Majesty is in the star-viewing building, go and report to him."
"Yes." Wang Xu bowed his hands again, and then stepped back. After turning around for a moment, he suddenly turned to look at Xiao Heng, "Your Highness, the eldest grandson, won't you ask Wei Chen if he has found any clues?"
Even Concubine Han sent someone to inquire before him.
Xiao Heng looked at him with heavy eyes: "I believe that Guan Duwei will give my mother justice."
His Highness the eldest grandson still trusts him as always...
Wang Xu's heart was hot, and an urge to be trusted hit his heart.
He said solemnly: "Wei Chen... I will do my best!"
He got out of the house.
Gu Chengfeng stretched out his head to look around, went into the room and clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's go."
Xiao Heng took out a piece of clean gauze from his arms, opened it to reveal a small strand of silk thread inside.
This was just found from Wang Xu's body. Wang Xu wrapped it in a handkerchief. It was incompatible with Wang Xu's identity as the commander of the Guan, and it also had a faint smell of grass and blood.
Xiao Heng speculated that it was the evidence Wang Xu found from the crime scene today.
Xiao Heng cut a small strand with scissors.
The clothes Shangguan Yan was wearing when she was injured have been replaced by Gu Jiao and placed in the box in the ward as evidence.
After careful examination, Xiao Heng found that the thread did not come from Shangguan Yan.
The four of them sat around the table of the Eight Immortals.
Gu Jiao had finished her noodles and was drinking noodle soup in a bowl bigger than her face plate.
Xiao Heng sat beside her and said, "It should be the murderer's clothing, which remained in the grass or thorns at the scene."
Gu Chengfeng and Gu Changqing sat opposite them.
"Is that... Han Ye's material?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
Han Ye is very suspicious. He not only assassinated Xiao Heng, but also assassinated Gu Jiao. He seems to be the most handy knife in the prince's hands.
Xiao Heng shook his head: "This is Ge Si, a fur coat in winter, and Ge clothes in summer. Ge's warmth is not strong, but its air permeability is excellent, so it is usually used to make summer shirts."
He said, and glanced at Gu Chengfeng, "Your shirt is Gebu, the texture is not as good as the Gesi in my hands, but this kind of Gesi is not the best. In the woods today, when Jiaojiao and Han Ye fought, he He was wearing silk. That night when he pretended to be a man in black and went to the academy to assassinate me, he was wearing the finest ge cloth."
It's not difficult to understand. Han Ye is the heir of the Han family and a true prince. Naturally, it is impossible for him to wear cheap night clothes that cost one tael of silver and seven or eight sets.
They are all custom-made, close-fitting, lightweight, and stretchable.
Gu Chengfeng looked at Ge Si in Xiao Heng's hand and thoughtfully: "That is to say, this material is neither the cheapest nor the most expensive."
Xiao Heng said: "Above average, the common people can't afford to wear it, and the princes and nobles don't like it."
Gu Chengfeng frowned: "Who could it be? A master from the Han family? A master from the Prince's Mansion? Could it be that Qi Xuan?"
Several people have already exchanged all the information they know, Xiao Heng's life experience, Shangguan Yan was the story of the female slave of the Yan country back then, and Qi Xuan related to Han Ye and other characters.
Gu Chengfeng asked Gu Changqing: "Brother, you fought with Qi Xuan, do you see what he is wearing?"
Gu Changqing said, "I didn't fight him."
Qi Xuan grabbed Han Ye and left without fighting Gu Changqing.
"Me." Gu Jiao raised a hand from behind the big bowl, "I fought with Qi Xuan."
Gu Chengfeng looked at her: "Then does he wear clothes of this kind of material?"
Gu Jiao: "I don't remember."
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
Xiao Heng said: "Keep an eye on Wang Xu and see if he has any clues."
Gu Chengfeng's mouth twitched, hehe, what about trust? Still not staring at it secretly
"Understood, I'll keep an eye on him in a while." Gu Chengfeng pouted, thinking of something, and asked again, "I still don't understand, let's kill you because you are the eldest grandson of the emperor after all, you have not been deposed as a commoner, but Your mother is no longer a member of the royal family, how can anyone still let her go?"
Xiao Heng said: "If you can get rid of it, you can stand up. The monarch once said that the princess, Shangguan Yan, was abolished as a commoner, imprisoned the imperial mausoleum, and would never return to the capital. But now she has not only returned, but has also lived in the palace. Who can still sit still who are eager to move? The first prince can't sit still."
One or two days may be nothing, but after a while, some people will worry about whether the monarch's father-daughter affection for Shangguan Yan has come back.
This is a very dangerous signal.
Not everything has to wait for it to happen before solving it.
Even if it is just a speculative sign, it must be killed immediately.
Gu Chengfeng thought for a while, and said to Xiao Heng, "Don't be so troublesome, maybe your mother has seen the murderer."
"I can't rule out this possibility." Xiao Heng said, "If you really see it, then you will know if another person has come out to cover."
The person who assassinated him that night was obviously Han Ye, but it was the second master of the Han family who was dealt with.
Gu Jiao drank the last mouthful of noodle soup. She just put down the big empty bowl when two slender hands reached out to her at the same time.
One belongs to Gu Changqing and the other belongs to Xiao Heng.
Both of them held a clean handkerchief in their hands.
Gu Jiao blinked, why does it feel like another proposition
She raised her left hand slightly, and Gu Changqing's face sank.
She raised her right hand slightly, Xiao Heng's face darkened.
Her eyes moved, and she stretched out her hands and grabbed both of their handkerchiefs at the same time.
In no particular order, fair treatment.
While wiping her mouth with two handkerchiefs, she sprinted out.
Everyone was gone, and her voice came back from the corridor: "I'm going to find the national teacher—"
The two men stared at each other for three seconds, then suddenly stood up and shouted at the door, "Your feet—"
This girl, with a sprained foot, is running!
…
Gu Jiao's feet are fine.
This body has been exercised by her, and her recovery ability is excellent.
She went to the library.
The library has three floors. The first floor is the largest, which houses the most common books. The second floor is the second largest, which contains some more professional and hard-to-find books. The third floor is the smallest, which involves the secrets of the State of Yan and the National Master Hall.
For example, the Six Books of the State of Yan was once displayed on the third floor.
Gu Jiao has only been to the first floor.
Ye Qing was arranging books in front of a row of bookshelves. When he saw Gu Jiao coming in, he greeted politely, "Young Master Xiao."
Gu Jiao nodded: "Ye Qing."
Ye Qing handed the books in his hand to the disciple who was beating him: "You take these two books out for drying, they are a little wet, and I will come and sort out the rest later."
"Yes, Senior Brother." The disciple took the book with both hands, bowed and walked out.
Ye Qing took Gu Jiao to the tea table where she rested, walked up the stairs, and sat down opposite the desk.
Gu Jiao sat down opposite him in the same posture.
He picked up a pot of tea from the small wooden bucket with ice cubes, smiled slightly, and said, "It's honey flower tea."
He poured a glass for Gu Jiao first, and then poured it for himself.
Gu Jiao just ate a big bowl of noodles, and to be honest, her stomach was a little bit puffy, she just took a bite.
There should also be mint in the tea, which is very fragrant and pleasant.
Ye Qing said with a smile: "Is Master Xiao here to find my master? Master, his old man and His Majesty are on the third floor, and Captain Wang just went up. I guess they can't finish talking for a while. If Young Master Xiao is in a hurry , I can go and spread the word for Young Master Xiao."
The disciples of the National Master Hall, who were serving refreshments for the two, heard Ye Qing's words, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.
Master Guo Shi never allows anyone to disturb him when he talks to others, and he can talk about it without any urgency.
What is so special about this Young Master Xiao
Gu Jiao didn't know that the national teacher was so big, she thought it was a routine operation to report to the national teacher, but she didn't have to see the national teacher.
Gu Jiao took a sip of tea and asked, "Did your master teach those secret codes?"
Ye Qing looked blank: "What code?"
Gu Jiao: "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple."
Ye Qing blurted out conditioned reflex: "East, west, north, south, white!"
Gu Jiao narrowed her eyes: "It really is you."
Shangguanqing came to the National Teacher Hall every two years, and stayed for a few days each time. It was said that he had a good relationship with the disciples of the National Teacher Hall.
These ciphers also know that they are taught by national teachers.
Ye Qing smiled embarrassedly: "It was the eldest grandson of the emperor who told Young Master Xiao... It's just a few jokes, Young Master Xiao doesn't have to take it to heart."
Gu Jiao snorted, "I'm not serious."
Ye Qing smiled dryly.
Speaking of which, it's not that his master is not serious, it's that the eldest grandson of the emperor is not serious. Who knew that his stomach was full of ghost ideas at such a young age
He can fall asleep while studying, and he has a better memory than anyone else when he learns these ramblings.
"Can I go up to your second floor to see?" Gu Jiao asked.
Ye Qing said, "If Young Master Xiao, yes."
Others are not very good, you must have the consent of the national teacher.
But his master seemed to take special care of this Young Master Xiao, except for a few very special features, he could almost let Young Master Xiao move around.
Gu Jiao and Ye Qing went up to the second floor.
Only two disciples were on duty on the second floor.
When the two saw Ye Qing, they bowed respectfully: "Senior Brother."
Ye Qing nodded and said to the two: "You guys are busy with your work, I'll take Young Master Xiao around."
"Yes." The two let the way.
Ye Qing said to Gu Jiao, "Young Master Xiao, please."
Gu Jiao turned around at will. There are books on farming, books on laws, and some more professional books such as arithmetic, astronomy and geography, which are deeper and more comprehensive than similar books on the market.
"What's over there?" Gu Jiao put a farming book in her hand back on the bookshelf and looked at the row of bookshelves on the right.
The rows of bookshelves are not books, but scrolls.
Ye Qing looked at it and said, "Those are portraits, and they belong to every major family."
Oh
This is a good opportunity to gather intelligence.
"Can I take a look?" Gu Jiao asked politely.
"Of course." Ye Qing smiled and said.
It is one thing for him to treat Gu Jiao politely, but it is another thing for Gu Jiao to respect her in return.
This is much more comfortable to get along with than those noble people who have a smile on their faces and disdain in their words and deeds.
Gu Jiao came to the bookshelf.
The bookshelves were originally marked with wooden plaques of major families. The weather was fine today, and the disciples of Sasao took down the wooden plaques and cleaned them.
Gu Jiao picked up a scroll.
Ye Qing opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but after hesitating for a while, he felt that it was okay.
Gu Jiao opened the scroll.
The portrait is of a man with a red tassel and wearing golden armor.
His facial features are resolute, his eyebrows are stern, and there is a teardrop mole under his right eye.
Looking at the face on the portrait, Gu Jiao was stunned for a moment.
Her gaze moved down.
Xuanyuan—
Her fingers happened to hold the last word of her name.
She slowly moved her fingers away.
(End of this chapter)