Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 940: Suspicion of Commander Fang
Yang Yuxiao is seven years older than Su Yixin and is forty-nine this year. Her age does fit the age requirement, but she is the daughter of the former Minister of Works. How could she be a spy for the Liao Dynasty?

"Yixin, I have something to go out for."

"it is good."

Gu Qingjue went to the teahouse where he and Leng Zhongyan had been during the day. There was a yard behind the teahouse. Usually, only the owner could enter and exit the yard, and the owner was also personally responsible for the cleaning.

But in fact, this is a secret post for Gu Qingjue to communicate with the outside world.

More secretive than Gu Mansion.

When Gu Qingjue arrived, Gu Yi, Gu San and Gu Si were all there.

"Master."

"Gu Yi, immediately investigate the interactions between the Yang family members over the past few decades, especially Old Madam Yang."

Gu Yi: Not the head of the Yang family, but Old Madam Yang?
Although I had doubts in my mind, I still did it immediately!
"Gu San, go to the Leng family now and keep an eye on Yang. No matter who you see, report it immediately."

"Yes."

"Gu Wu, go check on Leng Ziping."

Although Yang Yuxiao was the main suspect, other people were also suspects and he sometimes made wrong guesses.

After giving all these instructions, he immediately wrote a few letters and asked Maoqiu and Qiuqiu to send them away.

After doing all this, Gu Qingjue went back to the palace without stopping.

However, on the way to the palace, Gu Qingjue encountered an assassination attempt. Three sword cultivators surrounded him. Although they were masked, their hair was gray and they should be over seventy years old.

After the fight, they discovered that the cultivation base of these three people was all above the fifth level of the Supreme Realm.

If he had not broken through to the first level of the extreme way and met three supreme masters, he would have been seriously injured even if he did not die.

"Who is fighting here?"

The fighting here was very fierce and several houses nearby were destroyed, but fortunately no one was injured.

The soldiers who were patrolling at night heard the noise and rushed over. The three men could have easily dealt with them, but one of them had already blew the whistle, and soon the other patrolling soldiers would come. They couldn't kill them all.

Killing these small fry is not their purpose.

"withdraw."

The first two retreated quickly, but the last one was a little slower and was wounded in the back by Gu Qingjue's Liuguang Sword.

"Master Gu, are you okay?"

Two patrol teams arrived nearby, led by Deputy Commander Lin.

Gu Qingjue shook his head: "Those three people were testing my skills. One of them was injured in the meridians by me and can't walk far. Send someone to search for him."

"Yes."

Zhao Rui soon learned about Gu Qingjue's assassination. He asked for a meeting at this time, and he must have something important to say.

"Master, are you injured?"

"I'm fine. One of the three was seriously injured by me. I have already asked Deputy Commander Lin to lead troops to search the entire city for him."

"Who is so arrogant? You are my teacher, my tutor, and my privy councilor, yet he actually attacked you. I will investigate this matter thoroughly and make him pay the price."

Gu Qingjue said: "Your Majesty, I am entering the palace at this time because I have something important to report."

……

After hearing this, Zhao Rui's fingers began to crackle.

"Master, do you suspect that all this was a plot set up by that spy named Xiao Yingsu?"

If this is the case, then this situation had already started twenty years ago. Leng Ziping was born in July of the third year of Huangyou, and she was pregnant for a year, and she also had time to meet Leng Zhongyan.

The imperial court also had spies in Liao. A year ago, Yang Junsheng revealed the news to them after he found Xiao Yingsu. Zhao Rui knew there was such a person and had asked the Dragon Guards to investigate for nearly a year, but nothing was found. This person was hiding too deeply and must have a nearly perfect identity. Perhaps the most unlikely is often the most likely.

Gu Qingjue and Zhao Rui summarized what they knew and identified several suspects.

Zhao Rui: "Next, I will let Long Wei secretly investigate these people."

"Your Majesty, have the leaders of the Dragon Guards changed over the years?"

The Dragon Guards are His Majesty's personal guards and rarely appear in public. The only one who appears frequently is Fang Mengfu.

"There are three commanders in the Dragon Guard, one chief and two deputies. So far, the one who has stayed in the Dragon Guard the longest is Commander Fang."

Commander Fang was officially appointed as the head of the Dragon Guards only two years ago.

Gu Qingjue continued to ask: "How long has Commander Fang been in charge of the Dragon Guards?"

"He has a lot of ideas. Not long after my father ascended the throne, he seems to have taken over the Dragon Guard. He is the youngest person to take over as the deputy commander of the Dragon Guard."

I was only 26 years old when I took over, and it has been exactly 40 years now.

Zhao Rui was shocked by Gu Qingjue's question: "Master, do you suspect Commander Fang?"

"No."

Gu Qingjue said, "If it was Commander Fang, then when the Liao Dynasty wanted to kill Your Majesty while Your Majesty was on a secret visit, they would have used him to help from both inside and outside."

"Yes, there were so many people there and it was so dangerous. If Commander Fang had stabbed someone in the back, the result would have been unknown."

Gu Qingjue: "Just because he is not Commander Fang does not mean that the Dragon Guards are clean."

"What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, although the Dragon Guard's identity is top secret, it is not without flaws. That person is hiding so deeply, and what he knows is probably far more than we expected. So this time, the investigation of Xiao Yingsu should not be handed over to the Dragon Guard for the time being. Let Commander Fang go through the sieve first."

Zhao Rui: "..."

Fortunately, it was not the Dragon Guards who protected him closely, but Pan Gong and his men.

Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat.

Leng's Backyard
Yang Yuxiao sat leaning on the chaise longue beside her with a calm expression.

Soon, a maid came in and reported: "Madam, the master of the house is back. He drank a lot of wine and got angry in the front yard!"

"understood."

Yang Yuxiao gathered her clothes and said, "The master of the family doesn't know how to take care of himself, so I, as his wife, should take better care of him. Let's go to the front yard."

After going out, Yang Yuxiao asked someone to go to the kitchen to bring a bowl of hangover soup. Just as she walked to the door of the room, the maid arrived with the soup.

"give it to me."

Yang Yuxiao took the hangover soup, asked the maids to leave, and knocked on the door and went in alone.

"Sir, why do you drink so much? Leng Shan, why don't you persuade the lord? What if he gets sick from drinking?"

Leng Zhongyan was feeling uncomfortable, and Leng Shan was trying to comfort him.

"Madam, you are telling me that I didn't take good care of you, but I did try to persuade you. But after meeting Master Gu, you just kept drinking and I couldn't persuade you to stop!"

Yang Yuxiao's eyes moved, but her face showed concern: "Let's not talk too much for now, let the adults drink the hangover soup first."

Leng Shan supported the staggering Leng Zhongyan, and Yang Yuxiao fed him soup, but the soup spilled everywhere and there was not much left in his mouth.

Leng Shan said, "I'll go get some clothes for the master to change into."

"Well, go ahead! I'll take care of the adults here."

Yang Yuxiao put down the soup, sat next to Leng Zhongyan, and patted Leng Zhongyan on the back.