beauty heart thorn

Chapter 47
The Criminal Department has been very busy recently.

The murder case of Ion Yu has not yet been found out, but another murder case occurred there.

In today's early court, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Ge Baoxue, commander of the Habayashi Army, were reprimanded.

The reason is that there were four murder cases at the feet of the emperor, and the Ministry of Criminal Investigation had no clue for more than ten days of investigation, and the work was not good. The latter was due to the negligence of the night patrol soldiers in the city.

The defense of Jiangling City was thus strengthened.

The Gu family is busy today.

Gu Mingzhu took advantage of today's Gu Xiu Rongxiu to take care of the family affairs early, and asked someone to take her to Yue's house to exchange engagements.

Although it was a marriage bestowed by the royal family, there was no lack of etiquette that the Gu family should have.

Gu Mingzhu raised the curtain of the car to look at the people not far away, and asked, "Why is Xu Jue here?"

Chun'er said: "Young Master said, getting married is not a trivial matter. The master and wife are far away in Gusu and can't make it. Mr. Xu's official position is high, and he is suppressing the situation. Don't let the Yue family feel that Miss Yue is underestimated."

Gu Mingzhu thinks about it, Man Jiangling really can't find another family who can invite Xu Jue to be a witness.

It's just that he is so ostentatious, is it because of her more, or because of his friendship with his brother.

Chun'er looked at her hand that had not been dropped for a long time, followed her gaze, and said, "Miss, are you still troubled by what Xu Shizi said in the Wu family?"

Gu Mingzhu let go and looked at her: "What did you hear?"

Chun'er scratched her head in embarrassment: "Yang Jiu told me. He heard the conversation between Xu Shizi and the eldest son with his own ears. Xu Shizi just rescued you that night."

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Is that what he told my brother?"

"That's right, Yang Jiu's lump is not deceiving." Chun'er said, she thought for a while, and then continued: "But Miss, in my opinion, Xu Shizi is much stronger than Yun Zhao, and his family background and appearance are all superior. Excellent, but it looks very fierce, if not for this, there would have been people who were not afraid of death and jumped on it, I heard that a girl had the courage to throw her handkerchief two days ago, guess what?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "What's the matter?"

Chun'er said: "The handkerchief was split into two by him as a murder weapon, and the girl turned pale with fright on the spot."

Chun'er approached cautiously, for fear that people outside would overhear: "But Miss, no matter how I look at it, I feel that Xu Shizi is unusual."

Gu Mingzhu's eyes were also stained with a smile, Xu is her brother's engagement today, and she is in a particularly good mood, she asked in cooperation, "How do you say?"

"Although it is said that he is very fierce outside, I think he treats the lady differently, um..." Chun'er thought for a while: "...gentle! Especially in Licheng, Xu Shizi guarded the lady for a whole night, He is not impatient at all. In the past two months in Jiangling, he ordered Jiuyue to send a lot of things, all of which are new things. The grapes that Miss ate yesterday were also sent by the Xu family. How can there be grapes in Jiangling at this time of year!"

The carriage stopped in front of the Yue Mansion, and the conversation between the two was interrupted.

Yue Hanzhang was already waiting at the door with his daughter.

Where Xu Jue was, it was inevitable to exchange polite greetings, and a few people entered the house.

Yue Jingshu took a few steps back and walked with Gu Mingzhu: "How is my sister these days?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "Everything is fine, where is my sister?"

"It's calm."

The two smiled tacitly, and Yue Jingshu changed the topic: "Hua'er liked the cakes you sent someone a few days ago, and Miss Li's family also liked them quite a lot. Let me ask where you bought them? She I searched several shops but couldn’t find it.”

"Miss Li?"

Yue Jingshu said: "Li Ruyue, the daughter of Prime Minister Zuo, came to me to borrow copying stickers that day, and happened to meet Chun'er to give cakes."

Gu Mingzhu's smile continued: "My sister met her?"

The two had already entered the hall, and Yue Jingshu shook her head: "I'm not very familiar with it, but I have a copy of a book by a famous artist at home. She is very knowledgeable and wants to borrow it for a few days."

"I see."

Yue Hanzhang joked: "Look at the two of them, they are as close as sisters before they get married."

Gu Mingzhu and Yue Jingshu smiled quietly.

It seems that both families are quite satisfied with this marriage.

The two parties exchanged documents, which was a formal engagement. Yue Hanzhang had already set up a banquet, and several people sat down. The three of them talked about their marriage and talked about the recent affairs in Jiangling City.

Gu Mingzhu whispered, "Where's Hua'er?"

Yue Jingshu said: "Hua'er has been unwell for the past few days and needs to recuperate. She cannot see guests."

Gu Mingzhu understood a little bit.

Suddenly I heard Xu Jue say: "Such a beast, death is not a pity."

He was sitting next to Gu Mingzhu.

There were a total of five people sitting at this table, Yue Hanzhang, Gu Xiurong, Xu Jue, Gu Mingzhu, and Yue Jingshu.

According to the official position, it must be Xu Jue who is sitting in the seat, but today is the appointment of Gu Yue and his family, so he is too lazy to overwhelm the host.

Yue Hanzhang paused slightly when he heard this, and then sighed: "As the son said, it seems that the rumors in the market are true."

Only Gu Xiurong was at a loss: "Rumours? What rumors?"

Yue Hanzhang said: "Master Gu doesn't know something. It has been rumored in the market that Ion Yu relies on the prince's family to do romantic and happy things. He especially likes girls. He kidnaps the children of ordinary people and tortures them. After being discovered, he refuses to regret his mistake. Instead, they were driven out of Jiangling City."

Yue Jingshu's eyes changed slightly, and the nails under the table were firmly embedded in her palms.

Gu Mingzhu called softly: "Sister Yue..."

Yue Jingshu suddenly came back to her senses, and Gu Mingzhu comforted and patted her fisted hand.

"I only heard of two families. I heard that the children in the family were afraid of this, and soon passed away in a nightmare."

Gu Xiurong was full of indignation: "This is not as good as a beast!"

"The Ministry of Justice has found out some clues. It is said that it is related to Prince Rui. It is now rumored in Jiangling City that Prince Rui bribed Hongyelou to kill Ion Yu."

Yue Hanzhang looked at Xu Jue and said, "What does Mr. Xu think?"

Xu Jue thought for a while and said, "It's a bit of a coincidence."

All four looked at him.

"Leave a dagger with a red leaf mark on Ion Yu's body. Generally, in order to avoid exposure, the murder weapon will be taken away, but the assailant did not do so. I think he left the dagger on purpose. Let us investigate Go to Hongye Building."

Gu Xiurong quickly understood: "What you mean is that this person is trying to frame and frame Ion Yu's death on Prince Rui's head."

Gu Xiurong thought about it for a second: "That's right, he intentionally let out rumors that Prince Rui had been to Hongyelou, Prince De and Prince Rui had a rift in their hearts, and now because of Ion Yu's death, the two have reached a point where they can't get along. "

Xu Jue nodded and said, "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. This person's purpose is not simple."

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help coughing lightly, and looked at Yue Jingshu, meeting her smiling eyes.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, let's eat and drink... I specially found some good old wine. Today is a happy day. I will accompany you two to have a good drink."

Unexpectedly, after this drink, they drank for more than an hour, pot after pot of wine was served, and in the end, all three of them were drunk by seven or eight.

Yue Jingshu supported Gu Xiurong to rest in the side room.

Yue Hanzhang was also taken away by his servants.

Xu Jue waved his hand, stopped the servant who came to help him, and said to Gu Mingzhu, "The Yue family's food doesn't suit your taste?"

Gu Mingzhu shook her head: "It's okay."

"See, you haven't eaten a few bites." As he spoke, he fumbled for two paper-wrapped candies in his arms: "Here."

Gu Mingzhu took it in surprise: "Why do you carry candies with you?"

Xu Jue said, "Don't you like to eat?"

Gu Mingzhu squeezed the candy and was speechless for a moment.

(End of this chapter)