Downstairs, Bai Jiuxiao ordered Tongquan: "Let all the guests go out and ask our people to come in and search!"

"Yes!" Tongquan answered.

"Everyone, there is something urgent in the teahouse today. We will be closed for the day. Could you please move on? Come back tomorrow!" Tongquan shouted to clear the place.

When Zi Su saw this, she panicked a little. When she saw Qu Ge coming down from upstairs, she hurriedly greeted her: "Miss, what's going on?"

Qu Ge glanced at her, a little displeased with her panic, and said coldly: "Who knows! In Da Zhao, the Ninth Prince is the sky. When he says wind, it is wind. When he says rain, it is rain. He wants us to catch up. If our customers go out of business, how can we, the common people, not obey?"

For the next words, she deliberately raised her voice a little higher, and said it to Bai Jiuxiao, and also to the dissatisfied guests who were kicked out.

When the guests heard this, they started talking a lot.

Bai Jiuxiao didn't even look at her.

The guests cleared out, leaving only Qu Ge and a few female waiters.

The female guys all stood together, frightened, shocked and flustered, everyone was in danger.

Tongquan went out and called a dozen guards who had been prepared to come in and start searching.

Ning Shiqian also went downstairs.

Quge suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, don't scare my rats and martens."

After saying that, he quickly went to the back of the piano table in front of him and took out a pure white small animal that looked like a mouse and a mink that was kept in a cage.

The small ball was not obedient. It jumped from Qu Ge's arms to the ground and ran very fast. It ran to Zi Su's feet and rubbed them, and then ran to Bai Jiuxiao's feet to rub them.

Bai Jiuxiao lowered his eyes and saw that the little thing spared Ning Shiqian and ran to the feet of another female waiter.

Qu Ge called it: "Xiao Bai, come back!"

The little thing turned around when he heard the call, and Qu Ge stretched out his arms towards her: "Come here!"

The little thing seemed to understand people's words, so he ran towards her and rubbed the toes of her shoes at her feet.

Qu Ge leaned over and picked it up, her eyes darkening slightly.

The guards were still searching intensively, every private room, every corner.

Bai Jiuxiao had no expression on his face. He stood there and stared for a while, then walked towards the backyard.

At the same time, he ordered Tongquan: "Check the backs of all hanging paintings in case there are hidden walls or secret rooms."

"Yes!" Tongquan answered.

Zisu and Quge looked at each other, and their faces turned paler.

The two of them followed Bai Jiuxiao together.

Ning Shi moved and then went to the backyard.

Bai Jiuxiao came to the backyard, looked around, and then looked from the treetops above to the small garden below.

His eyes paused on a lawn.

She walked over, bent down and pulled the grass embryo, and easily picked up a large piece of grass embryo.

His eyes narrowed.

really!

The grass embryo is fake, just covering it with new soil underneath.

She turned around and saw the panic in the eyes of Qu Ge and Zi Su.

"Come here!" Bai Jiuxiao said sharply.

Immediately the guards heard the sound and came over.

Bai Jiuxiao pointed to the new soil: "dig!"

"Yes!" The palace guard took the order and quickly found a hoe and started digging the land.

Bai Jiuxiao stood beside him with his hands folded.

Zi Su was extremely nervous and kept watching Qu Ge.

Qu Ge ignored her and showed no expression, but only she knew the panic in her heart.

Because it was newly covered with new soil, it was very soft and easy to dig. It didn't take long for a few guards to dig before they made the discovery.

"There is something, like clothing material!" Fuwei said.

Bai Jiuxiao's pupils shrank: "Keep digging!"

Although at this point, she had already guessed that Duan Chao had been killed, she still had a trace of luck.

Until the body buried under the soil emerged bit by bit, until the whole body was dug out and all the facial features were revealed, her face became colder and colder inch by inch, and finally turned black, cold and terrifying.

"It's Duan Chao!"

Although the guards of the Ninth Prince's Mansion were not the same group as our own people who were secretly operating outside, there were still guards who knew Duan Chao and immediately called out.

The perilla has shaken like chaff.

Qu Ge's face turned slightly pale.

Ning Shiqian was surprised.

Bai Jiuxiao pursed her lips into a cold straight line, looked at Qu Ge sharply, and her voice came out from between her teeth: "What else do you have to say?"

Ning Shiqian also frowned and looked at Qu Ge.

Qu Ge shook her head with a pale face: "I don't know, I really don't know, I didn't do it."

Zisu beside him suddenly knelt on the ground with a "plop".

"I'm sorry, miss, it was my slave, my slave did it!"

Qu Ge looked surprised and looked at her in astonishment: "You? Why?"

"The emperor sent the young lady to Da Zhao to inquire about information and to act as a backdoor, but the young lady completely forgot about it. The young lady only cares about the business of the tea house and her own piano skills. How can she explain to the emperor if this continues? The emperor must be blamed.

Yes, I tried to persuade the young lady, but the young lady didn’t listen. I have no choice but to contact the emperor myself.”

Zi Su burst into tears and spoke sincerely.

"Last night, my slave discovered that someone had followed our flying pigeon and sneaked into our backyard. I was afraid of being exposed, so I secretly killed the person and then buried him without making any noise."

Qu Ge looked at Zi Su, a flash of approval flashed across her eyes, which was quickly covered up by disbelief: "You are so confused!"

"We can't stay in Da Zhao for a lifetime. Moreover, you came here for the Fourth Prince. Now that the Fourth Prince has returned to the court, we can't stay in Da Zhao for too long. If we keep doing nothing, we will definitely be punished when we go back.

The emperor punished me, and this servant also considered it for the sake of the young lady!"

Zi Su burst into tears.

Qu Ge shook his head, looking distressed.

"My father is the prime minister. Even if I come to Zhao and do nothing, the emperor will not really take my life. I will let him punish me for other punishments, hehe!"

"But a slave is different from a young lady. A slave is like an ant. The emperor will not punish the young lady, but he will also punish the slave."

"I will protect you!"

Bai Jiuxiao looked at the master and servant with cold eyes.

Ning Shiqian frowned slightly and pursed her thin lips.

"Take it out and bury it." Bai Jiuxiao ordered the guards.

Then he walked out of the small garden, the corners of his purple robe swaying slightly, and stood not far away from the three of them.

Looking at Qu Ge and Zi Su: "You two, did you commit suicide, or did I ask someone to capture you and send you to the Ministry of Punishment? The difference between committing suicide and going to the Ministry of Punishment is that you can do it happily, but you have to suffer the consequences when you go to the Ministry of Punishment.

Use all kinds of torture to explain everything you know, and then execute him in public."

Both Quge and Zisu's expressions changed greatly, and they looked at her in disbelief.

What she said was, you two?

Ning Shiqian was also surprised.

Zi Su quickly kowtowed to Bai Jiuxiao.

"Ninth Prince, one person is responsible for one's work. It's all done by me. It's none of Miss's business. She doesn't know anything about it. I'm willing to take responsibility and die. I just ask the Ninth Prince to spare Miss."

While Zi Su begged for mercy, she hit her head on the ground, making a loud bang.

However, Bai Jiuxiao was not moved at all.

"There is no way. This is how Zhao treats the laws of other countries. I have opened up a wide range of options for you to choose."

"But Miss, she's not a meticulous craftsman!" Zisu hissed.

Bai Jiuxiao shook her robe sleeves slightly: "But she is your mistress, the owner of this teahouse, and a Sanglin person who forged Da Zhao's background. These are enough to determine her identity."

Seeing her ruthlessness, Zisu found it difficult to make her change her mind, so she had to kowtow to Ning Shiqian again.

"Fourth Prince, please help our young lady. She came to Da Zhao just for the Fourth Prince. She did nothing from beginning to end. What kind of person she is, the Fourth Prince should know better than the slaves. They are all slaves.

It's her fault, it's my slave who has caused her trouble, and it's not a pity to die of my slave, but the young lady is innocent, I beg the fourth prince to save her."
To be continued...