One or two branches of plum outside the bamboo

Chapter 326 Where's the Fate Gu?

Gu Yong's successor was no longer in the way, and Gu Shuang walked in front of the corpses, saluting one by one, and then asked the person who was watching the corpses not far away.

"Have these corpses been checked and stacked like this, do you remember which one is the patriarch and which one is the next person?"

The person guarding the corpse was a little flustered, but replied anyway.

"The incident happened suddenly. It seems that the patriarch had an accident when he called them to talk. Therefore, these corpses fell in one place, and there were no objects on them to prove their identities... So..."

Gu Shuang narrowed his eyes.

"Do you know the cause of these people's deaths? Why didn't they run out when the fire started? Why did all the traces of life Gu disappear on their bodies? Who was around at that time? Did the people patrolling at night find anything unusual?"

"..."

"You can't see each question on the face, you only know that you are arguing in front of the dead. You are so powerful that you don't need the protection of Gu's temple. Are you anxious to establish your own business?"

"The patriarch of my Gu clan died. You left the corpse in the hot sun and didn't solve it, trying to make outsiders laugh. Do you think the Gu clan has become a piece of cake, and you can take it?"

Gu Shuang's voice gradually became high-pitched, and every word was like a gust of wind, which instantly blew the fiery scene into pieces, and the surroundings were completely quiet, because the impetuousness brought by Gu Yong's death was also blown away by this wind.

"It is related to the foundation and face of my ancient family. I hope you can understand the priorities of the situation!"

After Gu Shuang beat these people, he looked around and finally landed on Gu Xiu who came with her.

"Axiu, go and invite a few worshipers to come over. The most urgent delay is to sort out the corpses of the deceased first, in order to tell them the spirits in heaven."

After Gu Xiu was named, he had no objection. He bowed his hands to everyone and left immediately. He didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Gu Yong's faction being directed by Gu Shuang like this.

"Ma'am, the mourning hall in your family should be opened up quickly, and keep the last respect for the patriarch. It's our business to avenge his injustice."

Although Gu Shuang said this to the patriarch's wife, his eyes turned to the patriarch's two sons.

After living in a village for so long, no one knows the situation of whose family.

The two looked at each other with their heads lowered, and the younger one got up quickly.

"Auntie, you are here, and my son will go home and help Wen Niang."

The patriarch's wife nodded quickly and watched the child turn back home.

Gu Shuang then looked at the surrounding villagers.

"This is not a place to talk. The middle building is destroyed. Let's go to the ancestral hall and let the people patrolling today keep an eye on the villagers. From now on, no news will be spread out. Anyone who comes to visit relatives will be taken to the yard at the entrance of the village to be guarded. , eat, drink and take care of them, and do not allow them to leave."

"Fourth, you immediately go to count the remaining population in the village to see who is missing, who had an abnormality last night, etc., and record the situation in detail."

"Liu Liu, you lead someone to count the losses this time. Except for the death of the patriarch and others, some of the firefighters may be injured."

"A Shou, take someone to check the traces here and see what you find."

"All unrelated people go home and wait, don't run around. The rest of you can go to the ancestral hall with the old man. If there is anything, let's close the door and have a good talk!"

After Gu Shuang finished speaking, he took a large group of people directly to the courtyard of the ancestral hall on the far left of the village.

The ancestral hall of the ancient family is divided into three entrances. The front is the ancestral temple, which worships the god of Jinshan Mountain, the rear is the ancestral hall, which worships the ancestors, and the last is the courtyard where some people who have suffered have been imprisoned.

Those who have been through will have to work in place of it here, and they will not be released from here until they have completed it.

There are also special people in the ancestral hall to guard and manage them.

When Gu Shuang led the crowd over, the ancestral hall had already received news, and hurriedly cleaned up the yard, brought out the benches one by one, and surrounded the city.

These are used in sacrifices in previous years, and it is not a panic to temporarily place them at this time.

Miaozhu is one of the offerings of the ancient family. It is called Guci. This year is eighty-three. A lean little old man, with only a small amount of hair at the back of his head, is combed in a small bun and disheveled. very.

When Gu Shuang and the others walked to the gate of the courtyard, he had already brought someone outside to greet them.

Although he is older than Gu Shuang, his seniority is the same as Gu Shuang.

A large group of people walked into the courtyard, and the courtyard was filled with the smell of sandalwood, and even a few sandalwoods were thrown into the brazier placed in the courtyard.

A group of old men and old ladies were helped by the juniors beside them to sit next to the bench, but there was only one temple blessing beside Gu Shuang who was on the top.

The worship of the ancient family means to enjoy the incense. Most of them have no real power, but they are of higher seniority and have a high status. When encountering major events, their words are still very important.

Afu followed the steps behind Gu Shuang, while Su He stood in a corner with Mei Heng and other people from Tianjing Division.

Someone saw that they were not very happy and asked Gu Shuang.

"Elder, today's affairs are our Gu family's affairs, what do you mean by bringing some outsiders?"

Not many people know Mei Heng's identity, but Su He is a famous person in the Gu family, so everyone knows that.

Gu Shuang did not press people with power, and after hearing this person's question, he calmly explained to everyone.

"This is Mei Heng, the Zuo Secretary of the Tianjing Division. They all came to visit the patriarch last night. Now the death of the patriarch is quite strange. They stay here to help find out the truth."

"As for our own affairs, of course there will be no outsiders involved, but then we have to wait for the patriarch's affairs to be dealt with, otherwise who knows whether we have hastily selected a patriarch or who!"

Her words instantly drew everyone's attention away. Just now, some people thought about whether it was reasonable for Mei Heng and others to appear, and now they were only angry because of Gu Shuang's words.

"Elder, we don't understand what you said!"

"Elder, do you know something?"

"Big elder..."

A group of people with relatively high identities suddenly buzzed and said that they would be a group, soft or strong, but their goals were extremely unified, and they were all aimed at Gu Shuang.

"What can the old man know?! It's just a precaution!"

Gu Shuang reached out and patted the stool, letting the group calm down as soon as possible.

One of the little old men was wearing a white sackcloth with a sad expression on his face.

"Elder, my brother has been fine before, and I haven't heard of anything unusual, but after the people from the Tianjing Division you mentioned, something like this happened. This old man thinks that these people are the most suspicious! "

The old man's name is Gu Xun, Gu Yong's younger brother. He is not a clan elder, but because of the identity of the victim's family, it is justifiable for him to appear here at this time.

Hearing his accusation, Mei Heng laughed lightly, but Gu Shuang said directly without saying anything.

"Gu Xiu started to follow the officials before they entered the village, and followed them until they went to see Laoshen's house, and then he was blocked in Laoshen's house by the fire. Laoshen Afu and Gu Xiu can prove it."

When the man heard this, he had to say it again, but Mei Hansheng, who was standing behind Mei Heng, sneered immediately.

"The laws of Great Zhao stipulate that the common people will be punished for falsely accusing officials. This old man, think carefully before you speak! If there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense! Don't bring disaster to your family."

The imperial court's control in the Southern Wilderness is not strong, but the many noble families in the Southern Wilderness may not be willing to openly tear their faces with the imperial court.

Gu Xun was very dissatisfied, but seeing Mei Hansheng pointing his nostrils at him, he could only suppress the fire in his heart.

He really did not dare to openly rebel.

This person was photographed as soon as he was in his early years, and the people next to him also understood that he couldn't target Mei Heng, so someone changed the subject and turned towards Gu Shuang.

"Elder, our Gu family's affairs have always been resolved internally, you..."

Gu Shuang didn't want to get entangled in this matter, but the others didn't want Mei Heng to stay here.

It's not that he cares about his face, but that he is worried that Mei Heng's standing in the Gushuangyi faction will make them throw the rat.

"The old man has already said that they are staying here for the death of the patriarch, not to solve the problems of our Gu clan! If you don't pay attention to the cause of the death of the patriarch, don't listen to it, just wait for a while after the messenger leaves, and the old man will be the ambassador. They called you back!"

Gu Shuang is obviously not so good at talking, and these two words blocked the mouths of those people.

Everyone was reluctant to talk about the cause and effect of the death of the patriarch.

Gu Shuang sat on the head and listened quietly, questioning the past one by one, and asking people to look for witnesses when there was something in doubt.

Gujia Village is such a big place, it's hard to hide such a big thing as murder and arson.

Gu Shuang is not too young, but his thinking logic is very clear. The life Gu on these people has disappeared. If this situation is not suppressed by someone with a stronger life Gu, it will cause them to be poisoned.

This is not something outsiders can do. After all, even Gu Shuang, if he doesn't pay attention to it, it is difficult to know the type of these people's life Gu.

The other party not only knows so much, but also knows where the weaknesses of these Fate Gus are.

What's more, this person already has enough things to target the Gu family's life worm.

Just thinking about this makes me shudder.

It seems that everyone didn't realize the seriousness of the matter until this moment. They have been smooth for so long that they have lost even the most basic sense of crisis.

"Elder, do you mean to say that this murderer has something that targets our life Gu?"

As soon as his voice fell, everyone below was terrified.

"What do you mean? Why can you target the natal Gu worm?"

"My life Gu worm is God-devouring Gu, can't be controlled!"

"Don't talk nonsense, the patriarch is a spirit gu, and no poison can invade it! What is your god-devouring gu compared to the spirit gu!"

"Then what to do? What is the purpose of this murderer?"

"No! How did the patriarch be killed? Didn't he say he was burned to death?"

"It's all like this, how could it have been burned to death by the fire? The upstairs is painted with large paint, and it has been refinished every year. Where it is so good, someone must have set it on fire! Think about it, why did he set the fire... "

"The patriarch didn't offend anyone on weekdays, right? Why is he being so cruel?"

"If you want me to say, maybe it's Uncle Thirteen."

"Uncle Thirteen? Why?"

"Don't you know? Last time, I heard that Uncle Thirteen was involved with a gang on the other side of Yun Haizhou, and threatened that the gang's helper would help him get the position of the patriarch."

"Not necessarily! Uncle Seventeen is also possible. They have the most frequent contact with outsiders. They live outside for half a year."

"Why did you talk about going outside, can people outside know about our life Gu?"

"That is, the life Gu must be seeded into the body from a small seed, and it must be fed with medicines and spices to grow. People outside don't know the principle, how can it be killed."

"It's still done by people in our clan."

"..."

"..."

A group of people buzzed about their conjectures. The people who didn't care about the cause of the patriarch's death before finally started to panic when their foundation might be shaken!

Gu Shuang frowned, she had no clue, she hesitated for a while, and was about to index the thread to the fire, when she heard Su He, who had been standing in the corner for a long time, suddenly speak.

"I think I know what you're talking about!"

There was too much noise around, and for a while, no one could hear what he said.

But Gu Shuang, who was always distracted and concerned about him, immediately noticed his abnormality, and immediately clapped the bench and said loudly.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to what Su Daxia has to say."

Her words were still very convincing, and as soon as the words fell, the crowd gradually stopped.

Seeing this, Gu Shuang continued.

"Since everyone doesn't know about the disappearance of Life Gu, why don't you listen to what Su Daxia has to say. He has a lot of knowledge while wandering outside, and maybe he can help us solve our doubts."

There are not a few people in the Gu family who are biased towards Su He, and when they hear Su He say something, some people subconsciously show a disdainful reaction.

Su He didn't care either, and there weren't many people in the Gu family that he cared about.

"Speaking of which, the old man really came into contact with a strange thing some time ago. It was the old man's niece who had traveled abroad and accidentally got an elixir. It was said that it could ward off snakes and repellent insects, so she swallowed it, but it didn't take long for the old man. Then I found out that my niece's blood seems to be carrying some kind of highly poisonous poison against the Gu worms, and all the Gu worms were contaminated, and without exception, they were all poisoned to death!"

When Su He said this, in the quiet crowd just now, the voices of discussions suddenly started!
"There really is such a thing?"

"Impossible! What kind of character does Su He have, who doesn't know him..."

"Be quiet!"

"Could it be that the Great Elder united with him..."

"Okay, shut up!"

"If there is such a thing, it would be really scary! After taking the medicine, even the blood is poisoned with the worms, so if you want to kill us..."

"..."

A group of people were walking around, but suddenly one person stood up.

"If it is according to Su Daxia's statement, then among the people who could deal with the patriarch last night, at least one niece should be added!"

(End of this chapter)