The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

"Liulang! Where have you been, Liulang? Liulang!"

It was Mu Chuan's voice.

Gu Jiao had been away for too long, and Mu Chuan couldn't wait for anyone, so he went out to look for him with Zhao Wei, Yuan Xiao and others, and a little maid from the Hall of Zhonghe came with them.

This is the small courtyard of the Hall of Central Harmony. Usually no one comes here, except for a small wooden hut where cleaning tools are placed, there is only a high wall and a few big trees.

At this time, Gu Jiao was squatting under a big tree near the high wall, in front of her was a man lying in a pool of blood, and behind her were three unconscious eunuchs lying near the cabin.

"What, what's the situation?" Yuan Xiao asked dumbfounded.

"Liulang!" Mu Chuan strode over.

Yuan Xiao and Zhao Wei also followed quickly.

When they passed by the cabin, they all glanced at the three eunuchs scattered all over the place.

Yuan Xiao shook his head at the two of them.

He could feel that the three of them were out of breath.

Zhao Wei worriedly looked at the little figure who was squatting on the ground, drawing circles or doing something: "Is Liu Lang going to be okay? Is he injured or scared to death?"

This looks like a horrible murder scene!

How can a normal person squat there? If you don't scare him away, you can hide away quickly so that you can separate the relationship, right?

The three walked quickly to Xiao Liulang's side, Mu Chuan was on the left, Yuan Xiao and Zhao Wei were on the right, Zhao Wei thought he was far away from Xiao Liulang, so he simply walked around the man on the ground and came across to Gu Jiao.

And the little maid who came with them has already quickly called for someone.

"Liro, are you alright?"

The three asked in unison.

After shooting together for a long time, the tacit understanding between the few people has also increased day by day.

Gu Jiao let out an oh, and said, "It's okay."

Among the three, only Mu Chuan had seen Nangong Li, but it was a pity that Nangong Li's face was bloodstained, and his face was difficult to distinguish. In addition, Mu Chuan was so worried about Xiao Liulang that he didn't recognize him.

Mu Chuan frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Gu Jiao said honestly: "He was killed.

"

Mu Chuan looked at Gu Jiao in confusion: "Then why are you squatting here? Are you waiting to be caught as a murderer?"

I am the murderer.

Gu Jiao said: "The feet are numb."

It's really numb, the kind that can't get up.

Mu Chuan: "..."

Yuan Xiao: "..."

Zhao Wei: "..."

Mu Chuan and Yuan Xiao each stretched out a hand to hold Gu Jiao up.

On the other side, the little palace lady came over with the eunuch in charge of the Zhonghe Hall, it was Li Sande, and Li Sande was followed by several palace guards.

Not the Imperial Forest Army. Only the emperor is qualified to dispatch the Imperial Forest Army. At this moment, the emperor is in court at the Golden Luan Hall, and Li Sande has not yet reported it.

Li Sande saw several students of Tianqiong Academy at a glance, and his eyes fell on Gu Jiao's skirt.

Mu Chuan and the others followed his gaze, and their minds buzzed immediately.

Gosh!

Why is there a bloody handprint on Liulang's clothes!

Just now Gu Jiao squatted there, hugging her knees, her skirt was blocked, so they didn't notice the bloody handprint at the first time.

It was made by Nangong Li when he grabbed her skirt to leave a last message before he died.

According to Gu Jiao's original plan, as soon as Nangong Li breathed her last, she would run away. It didn't matter if the clothes were dirty, she was wearing an extra one underneath.

But who made her feet numb.

Plan A was declared dead, but fortunately she came up with Plan B in a hurry.

Next execute Plan B.

The little maid had already reported the situation to Li Sande. Li Sande knew that Mu Chuan and the other two came later, and Xiao Liulang was the only one at the scene of the crime.

Li Sande confirmed the identities of the three eunuchs. The young eunuch's surname was Hu, and everyone called him Xiao Huzi. The other two eunuchs were named Tong Yan and Wei Xi.

Both of them are not eunuchs working in the Hall of Central Harmony, but Shangshan Supervisors from the Twelve Prisons. Shangshan Supervisors are in charge of imperial meals, palace meals and banquets.

Due to their special functions, the Twelve Supervisors have the qualifications to enter and exit the Three Great Halls. Today, the two came to inquire about the monarch's lunch.

But haven't they finished asking and left? Why are people killed here?

What's even more weird is that there are sacks and ropes on the ground that don't know what to do. What is this for?

"Are you sure he was killed?" Li Sande asked several palace guards.

The three nodded, they were extremely sure.

Gu Jiao looked at Li Sande and his party, the death of these three eunuchs had nothing to do with her, they were accidentally injured by Nangong Li's internal force and died.

Li Sande went to look at the man under the tree again. Compared with the three eunuchs, this man's death was a bit miserable. He was pierced through his chest with a sharpened branch. The other party didn't take the murder weapon away. So arrogantly thrown on the scene.

Li Sande had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter. He was the eunuch in charge of the Hall of Central Harmony, and a murder happened under his nose. No matter how you look at it, it was his dereliction of duty.

He didn't understand, the palace was heavily guarded, who dared to make trouble in the palace after eating a bear's heart and leopard?

"Didn't you find anyone suspicious?" He asked the accompanying guards.

The guard shook his head.

Gu Jiao is not surprised by this, the palace is well guarded, but for a master like Nangong Li, it is not too difficult to avoid sight.

In addition, Nangong Li may be well aware of the shift and patrol situation of the palace guards, so he can take advantage of the loopholes in the defense.

This killing location should also be carefully selected by Nangong Li, it is completely a blind spot in the Hall of Zhonghe.

Li Sande finally came to Nangong Li, this time he looked at Nangong Li's face carefully, the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.

He took out his handkerchief, wiped off the blood on Nangong Li's face, and then he heard a cry of surprise, and he stood up!

"Eunuch Li!"

The guards thought that this man had cheated on the corpse, and rushed over to protect Li Sande.

But when they saw the blood-smeared face, they also showed the same shocked expression as Li Sande.

The matter was of great importance, so Li Sande asked Gu Jiao about the specific situation on the spot.

Who is the murderer?

What happened?

What about the bloody fingerprints on the skirt?

"I don't know."

"did not see it."

"Those three were dead when I came, and this one is still alive. I know a little about Qihuang, so I wanted to save him. He grabbed my skirt, as if trying to tell me who the murderer was. , Unfortunately, I died before I finished speaking."

Gu Jiao said calmly, with an extremely candid expression, without a trace of guilt.

Mu Chuan hurriedly said: "I can testify! Xiao Liulang really understands medical skills!"

Zhao Wei echoed: "Yes! We can all testify! On the day we confronted Pingyang Academy, the students from Zizhu Academy and Songshan Academy fought so hard that the wall of the attic collapsed. Xiao Liulang came to the rescue at the scene! Several principals are here too! If you don’t believe me, you can send someone to ask!”

Yuan Xiao added: "There is also Duke An! Xiao Liulang treated Duke Ango before!"

In fact, there is no causal relationship between Gu Jiao's medical skills and the two things that Gu Jiao gave Nangong Li to rescue, but as long as her medical skills are proved to be true, her act of staying to rescue the injured is justified.

If you want to overthrow this fact, you must find strong enough evidence.

Judging from the bloody handprints on her body, there are only two possibilities for her to appear here, either to save people or to kill them.

She already has the motive to save others, she is a doctor, she has a good hand and a benevolent heart, and she will not refuse to save others.

The motive for the murder is hard to say.

Mu Chuan said: "Xiao Liulang is not from the Yan Kingdom. He has only been in Shengdu for a month. He doesn't know either General Nangong or the three father-in-laws. Why did he kill them?"

"Perhaps it was instigated by someone?" A guard speculated.

Mu Chuan hehe said: "Instruct General Nangong to sneak into His Majesty's Palace of Zhonghe? Or instruct those three eunuchs to come here obediently and wait in line to be killed?"

That's right, the appearance of the four of them here together is indeed a major suspicious point in the case. No matter how you look at it, Xiao Liulang doesn't have the ability to get the four of them here together.

Mu Chuan went on to say, "The most important thing is that General Nangong is highly skilled in martial arts, and Xiao Liulang hasn't been away for long. Do you think that a student from Tianqiong Academy can kill my Great Yan Kingdom with a branch in such a short period of time?" The famous General Nangong?"

Mu Chuan's words can be said to have touched the hearts of several people.

Yes, regardless of the motive and the timing of the crime, it is ridiculous that a student who came from the country can kill a famous general from the country.

It's just that Li Sande didn't believe it enough, it was related to General Nangong, the king had to believe it too.

Li Sande went to wait outside the Jinluan Hall in person, and the monarch reported to him about the Zhonghe Hall as soon as he turned to him.

The monarch's face became ugly.

Li Sande knelt on the ground, his back drenched in cold sweat from fright.

There are many doubts about this matter, the first one is why Nangong Li sneaked into the palace without permission.

In fact, this crime alone is enough for the monarch to execute him, but it is one thing to be executed by the monarch, but another story to be killed.

"Zhang Dequan."

"The slave is here."

"Go and call the Minister of Dali Temple and the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Yes."

This is to investigate the case thoroughly.

The monarch continued: "In addition, that student will be taken to the prison and tortured."

There are seven, seven, forty-nine kinds of torture in the sky prison, and there is still nothing that can't be asked.

If the student lied, Sky Prison would ask the truth.

If he has endured all the punishments, no matter what the truth is, the monarch will not pursue it again.

Because the monarch once said that as long as he endured all the tortures in the prison, even if he is guilty, he will be released on the spot.

It's a pity that no one has succeeded so far, and quite a few died halfway through torture.

Zhang Dequan first sent people to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, and then he personally escorted Gu Jiao.

After a while, he turned back to the main hall of the Zhonghe Hall, his expression a little hard to describe.

Sitting behind the desk, the monarch glanced at him lightly: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Dequan said in a dilemma: "People... people are not taken to the prison."

The monarch closed his eyes and meditated: "Did he commit suicide?"

Zhang Dequan said: "No."

The monarch said indifferently: "Then he recruited?"

"It's not." Zhang Dequan said embarrassingly, "I was dragged away by the little princess, and the little princess said... that student is her teacher!"

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