beauty heart thorn

Chapter 32

Xu Jue looked back at the main hall, but Gu Mingzhu was nowhere to be seen. When he entered, he looked around, and there was no Gu Mingzhu.

Xu Jue felt that something was wrong, and was about to search for someone, when a stern voice came from behind: "What are you doing? Don't move!"

Before Xu Jue stopped, he was about to open the side curtain and go in.

"It's you!" The person behind shouted loudly, and quickly stepped forward with a knife: "Why are you running?"

Xu Jue's eyes were burning like a torch: "I have lost my sister, and I'm going to look for it."

The man said: "Your sister is lost? Fooling me? Why don't you say that your mother is lost? Someone take her back and question her!"

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his neck as fast as lightning.

Xu Jue's eyes were cold: "Open your dog eyes and see who I am!"

"You... you... dare to beat... the court... ordered... officials..."

A sentence was spoken intermittently, and I was out of breath.

Xu Jue's hand sank: "Beating?"

He smiled as if listening to a joke, with a gloomy look in his eyes: "I'm afraid I'll get my hands dirty."

The gate of life was locked, the man was out of breath, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me...please forgive me..."

Xu Jue had no intention of entangled with him, let go of him, and entered the backyard with indifferent eyes, and saw Gu Mingzhu standing under a fiery red maple tree from a distance.

The girl looked up slightly, and when she heard the footsteps, she turned her head, showed him a leaf, and said with a smile, "Look quickly, the red maple leaves, I have only seen the maple leaves turn red in October, I didn't expect there to be a red maple leaf here." Such a strange maple tree will be red in April."

Xu Jue breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward to take the leaf, looked at it, and said, "This should be the flame maple, and spring is red."

"Flame Maple..." Gu Mingzhu tasted it: "It's a good name."

Officers and soldiers filed in and surrounded the two of them.

"Catch her!"

Gu Mingzhu asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Xu Jue stood in front of her.

"Today, all the girls in Qinglong Temple will follow us back for questioning." The arrogant middle-aged man just now appeared again.

He looked Gu Mingzhu up and down: "Girl, you are on business, please come with us."

Xu Jue said, "What if I say no?"

The man said: "Young master, although I don't know your identity, the fire in the Lianhua Building is no small matter. I have been ordered to investigate. No matter what your identity is, you should not stop the Jingzhao Mansion from taking people!"

The Lotus Tower caught fire?
Xu Jue's eyes flickered slightly, he looked at the person behind him, and said immediately: "In that case, we will go with you."

He is willing to cooperate better.

A group of people left the gate of Qinglong Temple, and when they arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion was very busy. Seeing the five or six women brought back by his subordinates, he said in amazement: "I told you to go after the arsonist, and you brought back these What does a woman do?"

The man stepped forward and replied: "My lord, I will bring everyone back after we find out that the criminals fled in the direction of Qinglong Temple."

Jingzhao Mansion Yin Bao Minzhong frowned, "You mean, one of these women is an arsonist?"

"Exactly."

Bao Minzhong glanced at the faces of several people, and waved his hand: "Then let's interrogate."

Gu Mingzhu quietly covered her mouth and said, "According to them, it seems that the Lotus Tower was burned down?"

Xu Jue also lowered his head and said softly, "It should be."

"Is this kind of matter under the control of Jingzhao Mansion Yin?"

Xu Jue said in a low voice, "All the big and small incidents in Jiangling City are under their control?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded clearly, looked up with a smile and said, "Then they are also busy with handling cases."

Xu Jue laughed along with her.

"You, what's your name?" Someone suddenly stood in front of the two.

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "The little girl's surname is Gu, Gu Mingzhu."

"Age, where do you live, why did you appear in Qinglong Temple?"

"Sixteen, I live in Gu's Mansion, West Street, Jiangling City."

During the interrogation here, Bao Minzhong put on his official hat and was in a hurry to leave the mansion when he passed by Gu Mingzhu.

"What are you going to Qinglong Temple for?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "Play."

Bao Minzhong turned back, and looked at the person behind Gu Mingzhu with a shocked face. He opened his mouth, but didn't shout out, swallowed, and his voice was erratic: "...Master?"

"Lord Bao." Xu Jue looked at him with a half-smile.

Bao Minzhong bowed down respectfully: "Bao Minzhong has met Shi Ziye, how come Shi Ziye is free to come to Jingzhao Mansion today?"

"You think I want to come?" Xu Jue said, "Your subordinates took my men back as arsonists. What do you want me to do?"

"What?" Bao Minzhong was dumbfounded, he gave his subordinate a hard look, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's all a misunderstanding, my lord."

"Okay, I won't listen to your pretentious words. I will take you away. You can ask for blessings."

Bao Minzhong had a bitter face: "Master, I don't know Taishan, you don't remember villains, don't care about these bastards..."

"I don't care about it, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for Vice General Yubayashi to be friendly with you. Your people arrested his own sister. Tell me, how will he settle this account with you?"

Bao Minzhong looked at Gu Mingzhu, saw that she was dressed gorgeously and had a gentle demeanor, she looked like a lady, and believed in Xu Jue's words.

The newly appointed deputy general of the Yulin Army, Gu Xiurong, is deeply favored by the commander of the Habayashi Army, Ge Baoxue. When Ge Baoxue comes to him, with his violent temper, his Jingzhao Mansion must not be demolished by him?
To untie the bell, one must tie it.

Bao Minzhong was also a man with good eyesight, so he immediately apologized to Gu Mingzhu: "Miss Gu, it's our Jingzhao Mansion who has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai. You have a lot of adults, so don't take it to heart."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Your Majesty, you are being polite. I don't care about the responsibilities of the Jingzhao Mansion."

"Miss Gu is indeed a prime minister who can pull a boat in her stomach."

"It's just that I don't know what happened? You guys were chased to Qinglong Temple?"

Bao Minzhong said: "The Lianhua Building was burned down two hours ago. Originally, when a building burned down, it burned down. The bad thing is that the eldest son of the Gong family was in the building at the time, and his hair was burned. The matter can be big or small, our people found out that the arsonist was a woman who escaped from the city by mixing with the crowd, so they chased her all the way and blocked her in Qinglong Temple."

Gu Mingzhu said with the original expression, "Then how is the fire going now?"

"It's gone, and the casualties are being checked."

Gu Mingzhu said quickly: "In that case, Mr. Fu Yin is busy, so I will go first with Xu Shizi."

Bao Minzhong felt like hearing the sound of heaven, and when he saw the big Buddha Xu Jue, he trembled a little: "You two go slowly."

The two left the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, it was already dark, Gu Xiurong hurried over after receiving the news, and met the two on the road, he held Gu Mingzhu for a while, and finally said: "It's fine if you're fine."

Gu Mingzhu said: "With Xu's elder brother here, what can I do, but I am afraid of conflicts, so I come back with them to ask questions."

Gu Xiurong helped her onto the horse, held the reins, and walked with Xu Jue: "I just received news on the way here that the Lotus Tower was burned. Guess what happened?"

Hearing what he said, Xu Jue guessed that the matter was not as simple as Bao Minzhong said, and asked, "What happened?"

"It is also lucky that a large number of artillery pieces were fired. They are all unmade squibs, otherwise the whole street could be blown up."

"Private cannon?" Xu Jue said.

Gu Xiurong nodded. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the corner of Gu Mingzhu's dress stained with mud. He stretched out his hand and patted it gently, and said, "Exactly, this is a serious matter. Bao Minzhong will definitely not be able to control it. This matter must be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for investigation." .”

(End of this chapter)