Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Gu Xiang looked back at the old woman. There was hope and despair in her eyes. The young woman behind her kept mumbling her husband's name.They may still hold on to a glimmer of hope that that person is still alive.

Can……

Gu Xiang sighed and led them to the dry well.

When Mrs. Li saw the dry well, she guessed something and shook her head hastily: "No, my son is not here, you are lying to us!"

As she said that, the old woman took her daughter-in-law and left, "We don't believe him. How could Xiang'er be in the well?"

"He said that the Queen Mother told him, how could the Queen Mother care about us ordinary people's affairs? It was a lie the first time he heard it."

Mrs. Li knew that her daughter-in-law couldn't understand, but she still kept talking one sentence after another. She was actually trying to convince herself.Until she heard a plop behind her, Mrs. Li turned around and saw the faint light coming from the well, and Gu Xiang jumped in.

Her whole figure seemed to be frozen there, staring at the well entrance without blinking.

Not long after, Gu Xiang climbed up. After taking a look at the old lady, he pulled the rope and hoisted the skeleton.

"You should come and take a look."

Mrs. Li walked back step by step with heavy steps. As she walked, she murmured: "Why are you so young? With just a skeleton, you say he is my son, and you still want me to recognize him. Can I recognize him?" …”

When Old Mrs. Li saw something, she suddenly stopped talking and stopped two or three steps away. She seemed dumbfounded. Then tears came out and she fell to the ground with her feet weak.

Gu Xiang sighed. It was difficult to identify a skeleton alone, but the skeleton also had clothes, especially the patches on the clothes. Mrs. Li might have recognized it from this.

"It's dark. Brother Xiang must be hungry after working all day. I have to go back and cook for him."

"Where's Wenxiu? Oh, by the way, Wenxiu is studying in the house. I asked him to wait for his father at the entrance of the alley."

The young woman was talking about going home. Old Mrs. Li grabbed her, pointed at the skeleton, and said loudly: "Look, look, that's Brother Xiang!"

The young woman was forced to take a look at the skeleton, screamed in fright, and hurriedly hid behind Mrs. Li.

"Mom, I'm afraid."

"What are you afraid of? He is Brother Xiang!" Mrs. Li cried uncontrollably. "I patched the patches on the knees of his pants. Because there was no cloth at home, I used a piece of floral cloth. This kid Come and vent your anger with me."

"Xiang'er, my good son, why did you leave your mother and daughter-in-law alone!"

Mrs. Li sat on the ground and cried bitterly. The young woman seemed to be infected, and she also sat there and shed tears, but she didn't have a clear mind and was still confused.

Gu Xiang briefly inspected the skeleton. The fatal injury was on the back of the head. He should have been hit hard with a heavy object and died.

"The Queen Mother said that you can take Li Xiang's bones back, or you can put them back into the well, and then cooperate with her to find the murderer," Gu Xiang said.

Mrs. Li looked at the skeleton for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to go up and touch it from head to toe.

"We had actually expected that he had been in an accident, and we knew who killed him, but since we didn't find the body for a day, we felt that there was still hope. We kept waiting and waiting, but my daughter-in-law went crazy, and I am getting older. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to bear it anymore.”

At this point, the old man wiped away tears.

"We are all like this, so what are we afraid of? I want to seek justice for Xiang'er and Wenxiu, and send the person who harmed them to jail!"

Gu Xiang nodded, "Then I will put down Li Xiang's body first and send you home. Then I will tell you the Queen Mother's plan."

The old man stroked the bones and said, "Xiang'er, wait a little longer. When the person who harmed you gets his retribution, my mother will take you back to your ancestral grave and reunite you with Wenxiu."

Gu Xiang waited for the old man to get out of the way, then picked up the skeleton and put it down carefully.

"Brother Xiang, Brother Xiang..." the young woman shouted foolishly.

The old woman hugged her daughter-in-law, "You should also take a look at Brother Xiang, he will definitely not trust you."

"Brother Xiang is home."

"Well, let's go home too."

"It's time to cook for him and Wenxiu."

"Well, let's cook." After Gu Xiang put it down, he jumped down, untied the rope, and placed the bones.Then he jumped up and sent Mrs. Li and the others out of the yard first, and then he came back to erase the traces of their presence.

After sending Mrs. Li and the others home, Gu Xiang came out after a while.He didn't go home directly, but went around to Dongcheng, entered another alley, and came to Xiaohuang's door and knocked on the door.

"In the middle of the night, who is it?"

After knocking several times, the people inside answered.

Gu Xiang replied, "It's me, Gu Xiang."

It was quiet for a while, then footsteps were heard, and then the door opened from inside.The person who opened the door raised a lantern and illuminated Gu Xiang's face, confirming that it was him before speaking.

"Second Master Gu, you came to my house late at night, what is this?"

"Li Fuyin, I was asked to come to you."

The person inside was none other than Li Chong, the former governor of Jingzhao.

Li Zhong blinked, "Who is looking for me?"

"Let's go in and talk."

Li Zhong led Gu Xiang into the house, first boiled hot tea and poured him a bowl, then he thought about it and said, "Now that I am no longer the governor of Jingzhao, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you, Second Master Gu."

After Gu Xiang took a sip of hot tea, he smiled and said, "It's really not me asking you for help, but...the Queen Mother."

"The Queen Mother?" Li Chong frowned, "I am just a small catcher in Jingzhao Mansion now. How could the Queen Mother know that there is someone like me?"

"Because the Queen Mother and you are old friends."

"That's even more impossible. I don't know the Queen Mother."

"Princess Zhenbei, do you know her?"

Li Zhong pursed his lips and said, "Of course we know each other."

Gu Xiang nodded, "Then let me tell you now, the Queen Mother is the Princess of Zhenbei, and the Princess of Zhenbei is the Queen Mother. Can you understand?"

Gu Xiang told Li Zhong the whole story, and then Li Zhong understood.

"Fortunately, the princess is still alive, but it's a pity that the prince..."

"King Zhenbei is still alive."

"Seriously?" Li Chong's eyes widened.

"Well, that's what the princess said, and I guess she's right."

Li Zhong clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Buddha bless you. Good people will be rewarded."

Gu Xiang waited for Li Zhong to calm down before telling him what the Queen Mother had told him.

"According to the arrangement of the Queen Mother, this case will definitely fall on you. Remember, Li Xiang's body is in the dry well in front of the Confucian Temple. Don't let the news leak for the time being."

"There are other incriminating evidences of Duke Yang's Mansion. You, I and Mr. Gao, the Minister of Punishment, the three of us will collect them separately. We must bring down this Duke of Yang's Mansion in one fell swoop."

Li Chong nodded hurriedly, "As long as the Queen Mother gives an order, I, Li Chong, will go through fire and water and never back down!"

Over here in the palace, Liu Yunxiang is making lanterns.

Zi Jin came in and asked, "Girl, do you really want to leave the palace on the night of the Qiao Qiao Festival?"

"of course."

After Liu Yunxiang finished it, he showed it to Zijin, and then said: "Not only me, but also all the civil and military officials and their family members." (End of this chapter)