The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 694 Return of the National Teacher

"no."

Gu Jiao denied it.

Mu Qingchen looked at her coldly, trying to see even the slightest flaw and guilt from her eyes, but Mu Qingchen was disappointed.

If Gu Jiao was asked to play some kind of love-hate relationship, it would probably blind people's eyes, but she would not feel guilty, this is her true nature.

flaw?

impossible.

It's just that Gu Jiao's guilty conscience and Mu Qingchen's belief are two different things. Mu Qingchen is not as easy to fool as Li Sande, and there is no logical blind spot in his thinking that can be guided at will.

He has his own deduction and will not be influenced by Gu Jiao.

He clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand, his eyes were ice-cold: "You won't save Nangong Li, you only have one possibility at the scene, you killed him!"

Mu Qingchen has been with this classmate of his for so long, not to mention knowing him well, but he can also see that he is definitely not a person who repays hatred with kindness.

Since he had a feud with Nangong Lizao, how could he risk being regarded as a killer to rescue him?

It was the kindness of this classmate not to give Nangong Libu a knife.

Gu Jiao spread her hands: "You say yes."

Mu Qingchen kept clenching the hilt of the sword in his hand, and his anger seemed to reach a certain peak. In fact, he couldn't tell what he was angry with, whether it was pure anger that he did evil in Shengdu, assassinating the famous general of Yan Kingdom, or anger that he had always treated He concealed a lot of things and was never honest with each other.

"Who are you? What is your purpose in coming to Yan?"

Gu Jiao didn't speak.

Mu Qingchen became even angrier. Compared to having a big fight with him and asking himself why he didn't believe him, the other party's attitude of not wanting to say anything was the most maddening.

Mu Qingchen gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't you speak? Did you admit it?"

Gu Jiao looked at him, and said calmly: "I have nothing else to do, I'll go in first, I want to fight another day, I don't want to fight at the door of the house."

After all, Gu Jiao didn't even look at the long sword across her neck, turned around and raised her hand to push the courtyard door.

Mu Qingchen said coldly: "Stop! If you don't speak clearly today, don't blame me for doing something to you!"

Gu Jiao ignored him, the courtyard door had already been pushed open by Gu Jiao.

Seeing that Gu Jiao turned a deaf ear to his threat and anger, an unknown fire rose in Mu Qingchen's heart, he raised the long sword in his hand and stabbed at Gu Jiao's back.

Gu Jiao didn't want to fight Mu Qingchen,

Just turned around a little bit.

But Mu Qingchen was determined to force Gu Jiao to do it, so he quickly made a second move.

Just at this moment, there was a rush of small footsteps coming from the yard, rattling to the door.

"Jiaojiao, are you back?"

crunch——

The courtyard door was opened, and Xiao Qingkong's little head stuck out!

Mu Qingchen's eyes trembled, and he withdrew his sword abruptly!

But there was still a trace of sword energy that could not be contained in time.

The gate of the courtyard was only opened a crack, and if people were caught out, they would be injured; if they were pushed in, they would fall again.

When it was too late, Gu Jiao stepped forward, bent over to protect the small clear space, and blocked the sword energy.

Mu Qingchen didn't kill at all, not to mention that he had collected most of it, it was just a trace of remaining sword energy, but even so, Gu Jiao's back was still cut open.

The clothes were torn, revealing a small piece of icy muscle and a corset tightly wrapped around her front.

Mu Qingchen was taken aback for a moment, he only felt that the small piece of skin was dazzlingly bright, and he didn't bother to think about the cloth strips wrapped around Gu Jiao's body.

He turned around, his mind buzzing for some reason.

Xiao Jingkong didn't see Mu Qingchen outside the door, he thought only Gu Jiao had come back, and wanted to call Jiao Jiao, but Gu Jiao raised an index finger and pressed it gently on his little mouth.

Mu Qingchen wanted to turn around, but held back for no reason. He squeezed the long sword in his hand and said in a low voice: "I will definitely find out the truth and find evidence. If it is really you, then I will never tolerate it!"

After finishing speaking, he held the sword and stepped into the night with heavy eyes.

Gu Jiao closed the courtyard door to prevent Xiao Jingkong from seeing her back, otherwise the little guy would have to worry again.

Xiao Jingkong tilted his head and said, "Jiaojiao, who was that outside just now? I didn't understand what he said."

"It's nothing, a classmate who sent me back." Gu Jiao touched his little head, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Jingkong said: "The academy is on holiday, my brother-in-law sent me here!"

Gu Jiao asked, "Is your brother-in-law here?"

Xiao Jingkong shook his head, spread his hands and said: "He was here at noon, he is going out now, he said that he will pick me up tomorrow, or brother Chengfeng will come to pick me up!"

Xiao Heng specially sent Xiao Qingkong here, probably because he has something important to do.

Gu Jiao guessed right, Xiao Heng did go to work.

Gu Chengfeng is also there.

Xiao Heng first sent Xiaoqingkong to Gu Jiao's side, handed it over to Mrs. Nan and Master Lu, then went to Tianxiang Pavilion, and returned to the inner city with Gu Chengfeng.

Gu Jiao actually didn't tell anyone about her plan to assassinate in the palace, but Xiao Heng could guess it.

The two people who know Gu Jiao best in this world are Gu Yan and Xiao Heng.

From the moment Nangong Li went out of the city to look for Gu Jiao, the two had already set their sights on him.

Gu Chengfeng followed his carriage all the way, while Xiao Heng first sent Xiao Jingkong to Mrs. Nan and Master Lu.

After Nangong Li left Tianqiong Academy, he went straight to the palace.

Gu Chengfeng and Xiao Heng did not dare to chase too close, but fortunately Nangong Li did not dare to park the carriage too close to the palace in order not to be discovered.

Nangong Li contacted an eunuch of the palace, and secretly entered the palace by hiding in a box for buying ingredients.

Nangong Li's confidant guard stayed on the carriage and waited.

The news of Nangong Li's death did not come out so quickly. It was not until evening that the confidant guards heard from passers-by that General Nangong had been killed in the palace.

Others don't know the inside story, how can the confidant guard not know?

Nangong Li went to kill the student of Tianqiong Academy, if something happened to Nangong Li, it must be killed by that student!

The confidant guard hurriedly drove the carriage to report to the Nangong family.

It's not easy to do it on the street.

Xiao Heng spread out the map of the inner city, and said to Gu Chengfeng, "Go east."

Gu Chengfeng drove the carriage and said, "Don't make a mistake!"

Xiao Heng said: "It can't be wrong."

They walked east through an alley, and happened to run into the carriage of the confidant guard. The confidant guard seemed to realize that he was being watched, and turned around and passed through another alley.

Xiao Heng looked in the direction of the alley and said, "Turn around and go to Nanyu Street."

Finally, the two blocked their confidant guards at the corner of Nanyu Street.

After getting rid of him, no one will know why Nangong Li entered the palace today.

...

The death of Nangong Li caused an uproar in Shengdu. There are three doubts about this matter. First, why did Nangong Li appear in the palace? There is no record of his entering the palace at the gate of Mingming Palace, in other words, he entered the palace secretly.

The servants of the Nangong family said that he left the mansion together with a guard named Liu Dong.

The Ministry of Punishment immediately sent people to search for the bodyguard named Liu Dong, only to find that Liu Dong had died on the street.

He was stabbed at the door of life with a hidden weapon and killed with one blow.

The murderer obviously possessed strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, leaving no clues at the scene, and no witnesses were found nearby.

As soon as there was a breakthrough, the case reached an impasse.

The second most suspicious point is the three eunuchs who died at the crime scene.

Two of these three people are from the Imperial Food Supervisor, and the other is from the Hall of Central Harmony. These three people have no intersection in private, and they are not close on the surface, so they somehow appeared there together.

There are sacks and ropes around them, and they look like they are going to grab something.

And after the autopsy, it was speculated that they were killed by Nangong Li's internal force.

"Why can't it be the internal force of the murderer?" In the morgue, the minister of Dali Temple asked Wu Zuo.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice is also there, and he is also quite curious about it.

Wu Zuo said: "The young one also conducted an autopsy for General Nangong, and General Nangong did not suffer any internal injuries. The young one dared to speculate that the murderer had no internal strength."

The minister of Dali Temple frowned and said, "Without internal strength, you were able to kill the famous General Nangong with a branch. Old man Sun, do you understand what you are talking about? Could it be that you made a mistake?"

Wu Zuo said neither humble nor overbearing: "The autopsy has been carried out for decades, and I dare not say that I have never missed it. If adults don't believe it, you can find other Zuo Zuo to do the autopsy for General Nangong."

Dali Siqing naturally looked for it.

The result was consistent with that of old man Sun's autopsy.

"If he didn't need to use internal force to kill General Nangong, then he didn't need to kill the three eunuchs." Based on this reasoning, Wu Zuocai deduced that the internal force that shocked the three people to death came from Nangong Li.

Thus, the third doubtful point of the case emerged—who on earth could easily kill Nangong Li without using internal force or using internal force at all?

Yang Chang, Minister of Dali Temple, and Dong Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, searched for a day and a night, but found nothing.

Dali Temple Secretary Yang Chang said: "Obviously that Liu Dong is the best breakthrough, as long as we can find out from him what Nangong Li did in the palace, the truth of the case can be easily solved."

Dong Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, said: "Everyone is dead, so it's useless to talk about it."

Both Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are in the outer court of Duanmen, but the Dali Temple is on the west and the Ministry of Punishment is on the east.

Seeing that it was almost dawn, it was impossible to go back to the manor to rest, so he had to go to the government office to change his clothes, and then he was going to report the case to the king in a while.

When they were about to part ways, Yang Chang saw Dong Shangshu's pensive face and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking?"

Dong Shangshu said: "I was thinking, who killed Nangong Li? Or killed him in the palace, this feeling is like..."

"Like what?" Yang Chang asked.

Dong Shangshu shook his head: "I don't have any conclusive evidence, but when I stood at the scene of the crime and looked at Nangong Li's body and the tree branch that was thrown at the scene, I seemed to feel a killing intent for revenge. "

This is one of Dong Shangshu's abilities. He is a judge with a keen intuition on cases, and his intuition is accurate in most cases.

They once caught the murderer of a serial murder case, but they had no clue. However, once the murderer met Dong Shangshu on the street, with just one glance, Dong Shangshu pointed at the man and said, "He is the murderer."

Therefore, when Dong Shangshu said that the other party was seeking revenge, Yang Chang did not immediately deny this statement.

Yang Chang thought thoughtfully, "Did Nangong Li offend anyone?"

Dong Shangshu said: "You should ask, among the people Nangong Li has offended, who can easily kill him? Have you observed the shape of that branch carefully? Do you think it looks like a spear?"

Yang Chang recalled it for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, the front end has been sharpened, and the length is also close to that of a spear."

Dong Shangshu said: "As far as I know, the Xuanyuan family's marksmanship is the only one that possesses such power without using internal force."

Yang Chang frowned: "You mean... Nangong Li was killed by the Xuanyuan family? Everyone in the Xuanyuan family has died, and only one ex-granddaughter was abolished in martial arts. Your deduction is fundamental invalid."

Dong Shangshu pondered for a moment, then said: "What if... there are people who survived by chance?"

Yang Chang said firmly: "There is no chance, don't forget, all the corpses of the Xuanyuan family have been inspected one by one, and the coffin was crucified before being carried away by the two brothers Jing Shizi at that time."

Dong Shangshu said solemnly: "Xuanyuancheng, when I saw the murder weapon during the day, I thought of him inexplicably."

Yang Chang said with a smile: "He is even less likely to be the murderer. Among all the sons of the Xuanyuan family, he was the one who died the worst. He was nailed to the tower by his red-tasseled spear, and died with thousands of arrows piercing his heart. Hanging in the city tower for a whole month. Jing Shizi almost spent all his family's wealth in exchange for Xuanyuan Jiaerlang's body, but Jing Shizi doesn't have to do that step if there is a living person."

Jing Shizi, the current An Guogong.

Yang Chang paused, patted Dong Shangshu on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Old Dong, I understand that you were promoted by the Xuanyuan family in the early years, and you have always been worried about the fact that you did not intercede for the Xuanyuan family back then, but you also You should understand that you took over the case yourself, and the Xuanyuan family has indeed rebelled. As officials of the court, you and I must not associate with rebels and thieves, and we must not sacrifice righteousness due to small benevolence. When you mentioned the Xuanyuan family in front of me today, I just I didn't hear anything, you must keep your mouth shut when you are in front of His Majesty, so as not to offend His Majesty."

"Old Yang." Dong Shangshu stopped him who turned and headed towards Dali Temple.

Yang Chang looked back at him: "What's the matter?"

Dong Shangshu's expression was complicated: "That incident back then...was it really not wrong?"

Yang Chang asked, "What do you mean?"

Dong Shangshu said: "You know."

Yang Chang's eyes darkened, and he said seriously: "Old Dong, you just have to remember that what the ten great families do... is righteous!"

...

Nangong Li's death caused an uproar among the aristocratic family. Although Nangong Li was not the eldest son of Patriarch Nangong, he was better than his elder brother. Patriarch Nangong had always raised him as his heir.

Unexpectedly, he was killed in the palace.

Patriarch Nangong Lei Ting was furious and put pressure on the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to find the murderer within three days!

However, this is impossible, not to mention that they have no clue now, even if they have a clue, they can't investigate the murder case thoroughly with great fanfare.

Because, the monarch's birthday is coming.

Shengdu was busy celebrating the monarch's birthday. At this juncture, General Nangongli's murder case caused an uproar. Was he looking for bad luck for the monarch?

What's more, Nangong Li sneaked into the palace privately, somewhat offending the monarch.

After the monarch's birthday banquet is over, they will conduct a high-profile and thorough investigation.

...

Gu Jiao knew nothing about what happened in the foreign court, she went to the academy as usual.

Mu Qingchen also came to class.

He still sat in the second seat in the last row near the rear door on the right.

The first one is Gu Jiao's position.

Everyone has long been used to Mu Qingchen sitting at the same table with Gu Jiao, no one thinks it's wrong to see him sitting there.

Only Gu Jiao could clearly feel that Mu Qingchen's aura had changed, and he looked at Gu Jiao with a very wary look.

Gu Jiao sat down without changing her expression.

Zhou Tong in the front row of her turned around, looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Sure enough, Liu Lang, you are the one who has the most face. As soon as you come back to class, Mr. Qingchen will also come."

That's right, the face is big enough, so big that the first son of Shengdu came to monitor her in person.

Mu Qingchen didn't speak, his aura was terribly cold.

Zhou Tong shrank his neck, covered his face with a book, and said to Gu Jiao in a low voice: "What's the matter, Mr. Qingchen? Are you unhappy?"

Gu Jiao thought, with your voice, half the classroom can hear it, why do you use a book as a block?

"Ask him yourself." Gu Jiao said.

Zhou Tong pouted, but he didn't dare to ask.

Zhou Tong changed the subject: "Hey, Liulang, did you see the monarch when you entered the palace yesterday? Is ten thousand taels worth it?"

"Ten thousand taels of what?" Gu Jiao's focus was always on gold.

Zhou Tong said: "There are rumors outside that the prize for the second place is 10,000 taels, even the boys in our academy say so."

Gu Jiao took out the books in the book bag: "One thousand taels."

If it was ten thousand taels, Mu Chuan would have been buried alive by her.

No, she really wants to bury Mu Chuan alive now.

Forget it, for the sake of taking this opportunity to kill Nangong Li, I will bury him later.

The monarch's birthday banquet was scheduled for the tenth day of the sixth month, and officials of the fourth rank and above in the court hall, as well as the Zanying family in Shengdu, all received invitations for the banquet.

And just the day before the banquet started, Gu Jiao heard the news that she had been waiting for for a long time.

The national teacher has returned to Shengdu.