What to do if you have too many golden fingers? Walk sideways!

Chapter 144 I love you

“Perhaps he was also responsible for the previous fights between the princes. His goal was to kill or cripple all possible threats so that the Ninth Prince could ascend the throne naturally.

I'm just wondering, our Gu family has always been neutral and does not participate in any party disputes. Which prince succeeds to the throne has nothing to do with us. Why would Shi Huairen arrange such a big conspiracy against the Gu family? "Gu Xi asked in confusion.

Chu Zhao didn't understand either, so he just said:

"You should be careful. I'm not afraid of them framing you. After all, we have a bug. They are in the open and we are in the dark. I'm just afraid that they will use other insidious means to harm you. I will live in your mansion these days to protect you!"

Although Gu Xi could cope without Chu Zhao's protection, she was still very happy.

"With Zhao by my side, I have nothing to fear!"

Chu Zhao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and suddenly said:

"Red beans can be made into red bean puree, potatoes can be made into mashed potatoes, do you know what kind of puree you can make?"

"What?" The change of topic caught Gu Xi off guard.

"I love you." After Chu Zhao said this, his ears turned red.

Ah ah ah ah ah!

Why did she show Chu Zhao the romance novel on her phone? This earthy love talk was...

So shy!

Lin Xiaoxuan, who had just stepped into the door, said: "Ugh..."

How can he be so greasy at such a young age? It's so disgusting!

But that silly girl still has a sweet smile on her face. It turns out that a woman in love has an IQ of zero!

Chu Zhao, who has been addicted to reading romance novels recently, felt like he had unlocked a new world. He copied down all the cheesy love words that he thought would please Gu Xi and wrote a whole book about them.

At night, Gu Xi couldn't sleep, so he simply listened to the recording he collected outside Zhou Qing and Zhang Shu's house during the day.

Ever since she identified Shi Huairen as her enemy, she no longer paid much attention to the other two.

But tonight, in addition to hearing the recording of Zhang Shu accepting bribes and fooling around with young prostitutes, she also heard something from Zhou Qing that shocked her beyond belief.

Zhou Qing was the Censor of the Censorate, responsible for supervising all officials. After Shen Kun was imprisoned, the emperor issued an order that Zhou Qing be responsible for trying Shen Kun's case.

The court could not kill Shen Kun on the pretext of a bet, so it had to find out his crime.

After Zhou Qing finished his trial and returned home, he talked about the matter with his entourage.

"Zhou An, during the interrogation of Shen Kun today, he could not bear the torture and was talking nonsense. He said there was a drug that could make people crazy and over time it would make people lose all their memories and become like idiots.

Do you feel that the symptoms he described are exactly the same as Yun Qing's symptoms?"

Yun Qing? This name is so familiar. Gu Xi always felt something was wrong until Zhou An's voice came:

"Sir, General Gu has indeed become increasingly silent in the past six months. He used to be able to say a few words, such as eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, but now he can't say a single word all day long."

Gu Xi’s head exploded.

Yunqing! General Gu! Isn’t he the original owner’s father, Gu Yunqing?

It has always been Gu Xi who shocked others, but this time it was her turn to be shocked.

"Alas, it's all my fault!" Zhou Qing said.

"Sir, don't say that. You have tried your best. In the past six months, you have sought medical treatment everywhere and spent most of the savings in the mansion. If General Gu knew about this, he would definitely be grateful to you. Now that Shen Kun knows about this medicine, I wonder if there is an antidote?" Zhou An said.

Zhou Qing said: "Today, I interrogated Shen Kun and asked him who he had given this drug to and whether he had an antidote. He fainted and when he woke up, he gritted his teeth and refused to tell me."

Zhou An said, "I'm very confused. General Gu was already in prison and was going to be executed in a few days. Who would have drugged him at that time? Shen Kun was just the director of the Imperial Observatory. What hatred did he have with General Gu?"

Zhou Qing snorted coldly:

"The court has been very lively recently, and I have been watching from the sidelines. This Shen Kun is Shi Huairen's man, and Shi Huairen is the ninth prince's maternal family.

Logically speaking, if Shi Huairen wanted to pave the way for the Ninth Prince, he should have won over the court officials instead of making enemies with the Gu family. So I am not sure whether Shi Huairen had any hand in the Gu family case. "

Zhou An didn't respond.

Zhou Qing added, "I will take a day off tomorrow. Please make arrangements. I will go to the farm to see Yunqing."

Zhou An said: "Yes!"

After listening to this recording, Gu Xi's mind went blank for a while before he came back to his senses.

How is it possible that General Gu is still alive?

Wasn’t he beheaded in public?

General Gu Lao and General Gu Da were beheaded, and Zhou Qing was in charge of the execution.

Could it be that Zhou Qing did something to take the place of someone else?

But why did he do this? This is a matter of losing your head.

Moreover, General Gu is still alive, but what about General Gu?

Gu Xi was full of questions, but she couldn't rush to Zhou Qing's house to ask, so she could only bear it for the time being. Tomorrow, she planned to follow Zhou Qing to see what was going on.

On the second day, just after daybreak, Gu Xi dressed up as an ordinary citizen, with a face that could not be distinguished in the crowd.

She did not go through the main gate, but quietly climbed over the wall to leave the Zhenxi Marquis Mansion, came to the outside of the Zhou Mansion, and hid in a secluded place.

After waiting for about half an hour, I saw the door of Zhou's mansion opened. Zhou Qing and Zhou An, wearing ordinary people's clothes and wearing big straw hats, walked out of the door.

The carriage they used was also very ordinary, without any markings of the Zhou Mansion.

As soon as their carriage started, Gu Xi followed quietly.

Zhou An was very alert and kept looking around along the way.

Fortunately, Gu Xi is good at Qinggong and can always hide.

The carriage left the capital from the south gate. After leaving the capital, Zhou An accelerated the speed of the carriage.

Gu Xi was afraid of being lost and discovered, so he used his lightness skills to run through the woods beside the road.

After traveling for about another hour, Gu Xi was exhausted and out of breath, and the carriage finally stopped in front of a farm.

Zhou Qing got out of the car and walked into the village.

Gu Xi wiped the sweat off his forehead, jumped onto a big tree, took out a telescope and observed the situation in the village.

After Zhou Qing entered the yard, he went into the house. Just as Gu Xi was struggling over whether to risk being exposed and follow him to the house, he saw Zhou Qing coming out of the house, directing two servants to carry a recliner.

There was a middle-aged man in gray cloth sitting on the recliner. He was skinny, had a haggard face and his eyes were empty and lifeless.

Zhou Qing asked someone to put the recliner under the shade of a tree, and he personally took a comb and combed the messy hair of the man on the recliner.

Gu Xi was shocked. This man was so thin that he was almost unrecognizable. He was very different from the majestic father in the original owner's memory.

But one can still see some resemblance of General Gu in his eyes and brows.

Gu Xi put on the headphones and listened to the recording. She heard Zhou Qing combing Gu Yunqing's hair while mumbling:

"Yunqing, your wife and children are in the northwest. I've been to see them. They are doing well. If you can listen to what I say, eat more and get well soon so that you can be reunited with them..."

Although this was the original owner's father, for some reason, Gu Xi's eyes were red.

Their Gu family has not yet been rehabilitated, and Gu Xi's identity cannot be exposed. She decided to wait until Zhou Qing leaves before going in to find out the truth.