The most ferocious sword of the Imperial City Division

Chapter 12 A Private Letter

No wonder the Imperial City Secretary searched through the Luyi Tower and found nothing.

They never thought of taking a look at the oiran lady's hair, which was oiled and covered with gold and silver.

Gu Shiwei sighed and silently decided to add such an item to the Imperial City Division's search secrets when he went back.

She continued to look down through the hole in the roof.

Han Shiyan took the small bamboo tube from Lu Yi's hand and held it tightly.

It wasn't him who knew things like a god, it was Gu Shiwei.

From the incident to the present, almost everything has been in her calculations.Lu Yi had indeed concealed important evidence and would take the initiative to hand it over to him.

That man is not only quick with his sword.

"Tell me the whole story and don't hide anything anymore."

Hearing this, Lu Yi breathed a long sigh of relief. She stood up quickly, picked up the cooked teapot on the small stove nearby, and poured a cup of tea for Han Shiyan first.

Then he spoke eloquently.

"I didn't lie before. Guan Yushi sent me away after he came. I heard his footsteps going to the toilet."

"I was curious, what's there to do in that toilet? Is it possible that there are corrupt officials enjoying themselves there? After he returned to his room, he immediately went out and wanted to go to the toilet to take a peek."

Gu Shiwei, who was squatting on the roof, almost couldn't hold his breath. What kind of enjoyment could there be in the toilet?This girl can really think!

"As soon as I went there, I saw a strong man lying there. I was so frightened that I couldn't speak. I was about to run away, but I found that the strong man was holding a purse embroidered with green plum blossoms in his hand."

"The strong man was still breathing at the time. When he saw me, he murmured a sensitive sound as if he had recognized the wrong person..."

"My sister's name is Xia Minyin. She is four years older than me. After my father was convicted, we were all relegated to low status. My sister went directly to the Jiaofang in Suzhou City, while I came to Bianjing. "

Lu Yi's voice was choked with sobs as she spoke. She picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Our sisters were both taught needlework by the same master, and we are somewhat similar in appearance. That strong man must be someone close to my sister."

Gu Shiwei's mind was spinning rapidly as he listened.

There was only one oiran woman living in Luyi Building. It was not very big and the corridor was not very long.

According to Lu Yi, when Guan Zhengqing returned to his room, she went to the toilet behind her, which was a very short process.

The murderer killed Zhu Cheng during this interval, and then "intersected" with her in the corridor. After "passing by" her, he immediately went to the room and killed Guan Zhengqing, who was sitting by the bed and preparing to look at the evidence.

Gu Shiwei thought and looked in the direction of Luyi Tower.

If it were her, after killing Zhu Cheng in the toilet, she would have climbed up the wall when she heard Lu Yi's footsteps.The corridor is narrow, and you can stick your hands on the roof. When Lu Yi passes by, he will immediately fall to the ground to kill Guan Zhengqing.But why didn't the murderer kill Lu Yi and leave her alive?
"I wanted to go up and ask him, but he had already died. I calmed down, immediately turned around and ran back to the room. My sister sent people to Bianjing to find the censor to complain. Something big must have happened to me!"

When Lu Yi said this, the excitement in his eyes instantly turned into loneliness.

"When I went there, the door was open, and Yushi Guan had already fallen on the bed and passed away. I wanted to help my sister and prevent the things she had sent from being taken away, so I rushed over and stood there. Guan Yushi's body was searched everywhere."

"I didn't feel scared at all at the time, but now that I think about it, I feel very scared."

"Perhaps God still wants to leave a glimmer of hope for us poor people. I found the small bamboo tube in Guan Yushi's sleeve pocket. Inside was a letter, written by an adult from the Imperial City Division to me. Father’s letter! Everything my father did was because of his persecution and instruction!”

"I didn't have time to take a closer look, so I hid the thing. Because I was anxious, when I was rummaging through it, I tore the clothes on Guan Yushi's body, and my bloody fingerprints were left on them..." Green Yi said, and knelt down with a thud again, "Master Han, the little girl really didn't mean to slander Guan Yushi's innocence. I'm really desperate. If I don't cut off that shirt, I'm afraid of the people from the Imperial City Department. Arrest me as a murderer."

She said with a scornful smile, "After all, those inhumane dogs don't care about evidence at all. Don't they arrest people randomly?"

When Gu Shiwei heard this, he frowned slightly.

So it turns out that this is the case, so Zhu Chengtong and Lu Yi's hostility towards the Imperial City Division and her can be explained.

She thought about an upside-down golden clock breaking in through the window unceremoniously...

Inside, Lu Yi and Han Shiyan were startled by the sudden arrival, and they both stood up.

Gu Shiwei chuckled, walked to the small stove, picked up the tea boiling on the stove, poured himself a cup, then pulled up a stool politely and sat down by the fire.

Seeing the two of them dumbfounded, Gu Shiwei took a sip of tea and waved his hand.

"Keep talking! Just pretend that I'm not there. It's too cold on the roof, and the northwest wind is enough. Come in and warm yourself up."

The veins on Han Shiyan's forehead jumped, and he took a deep breath...

How could there be such a shameless person like Gu Shiwei in the world? He just started to demolish the bridge as soon as he crossed the river.

He thought and looked at Lu Yi, who was really in pain, looking shocked as if his husband had found a new love and was betrayed!

At this moment, his reputation, Han Shiyan, was in disrepute.

Of course, he didn't have a good reputation to begin with.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, except for Gu Shiwei's sigh of relief while drinking tea.

After a while, she looked at Lu Yi and said, "There are many corrupt officials in the court, but it cannot be said that all civil and military officials are corrupt. The same is true for the Imperial City Secretary. Although I am the Imperial City Officer of marriage affairs, but how do you know that I am not here to help you?"

As Gu Shiwei spoke, she stretched out her hand towards Han Shiyan. She looked at Lu Yi and said, "Of course, whether I'm here to help you or to destroy evidence, it's too late now. You two But they are no match for me!"

Seeing Lu Yi's face, which had just become more comfortable, he became angry again.

Gu Shiwei clicked his tongue a few times, "When you slandered Guan Yushi's innocence in order to protect yourself, weren't you telling him what it means to have a sinister human heart?"

"Why do you get so angry when I tell you that people's hearts are evil now?"

She said, touching her chin with a look of confusion on her face.

"Ah! I wonder if Guan Yushi is angry or not? Alas, we will never know in this life, after all, he is dead!"

When Gu Shiwei finished speaking, she looked at Lu Yi's eyes with a cold look. She stood up and walked to Han Shiyan, took the small bamboo tube from his hand, pulled it out with a bang, and then fell down. A piece of yellowed letter paper came out.

Han Shiyan frowned and said to Lu Yi, "If your father was unjustly convicted back then, I would not sit idly by and ignore it."

He said, paused again, and said, "Although Gu Shiwei is from the Imperial City Division, she will not watch people being wronged."

Gu Shiwei's trembling hand hesitated slightly, and then he opened the letter.

Almost the moment he unfolded it, Gu Shiwei's eyes fell on the signature of the letter. There was a red seal there with a complicated pattern. At first glance, it looked like ears of rice that had just matured in the paddy field.

She had just seen this pattern not long ago, in the study of Zhang Chunting, the imperial envoy. It was his private seal.

(End of this chapter)