The two government officials were in a hurry, and one of them was pushing a person who looked like a servant.

When Gu Yunyao saw this man, her heart sank slightly.

"Sir, I have returned from my humble duty and resume my duties."

Shi Fuyin nodded: "How is the situation? Are there any herbs with purple flowers?"

"Back to your lord," the yamen servant pushed the servant forward, "I went outside the city and I did see that kind of herb, but it was not planted on the roadside."

"How is that?"

"It was this man who was planting plants there, and he went to see the humble minister. He was still hiding in the woods. If he hadn't been frightened by a wild rabbit and screamed, the humble minister wouldn't have been able to find him."

"Planting?" Mrs. Hou raised her voice, "Oh, no wonder she said so confidently, it turns out that someone has been arranged to plant it.

What herbs, what purple flowers? Haha, you really know how to lie. If you didn’t have a clear conscience, why did you deliberately arrange these?!"

An Bohou angrily rebuked: "This woman is so evil-hearted that she was even given the opportunity to marry the King of Qin. I will definitely enter the palace and report the truth to the emperor!"

Such behavior is not worthy of being a daughter-in-law of the Heavenly Family!"

"Master Hou, please stop worrying about other people's concerns," Gu Yunyao also felt angry, "Whether I am worthy of the county master or not, it is not up to you, the Marquis, to have the final say."

She walked up to the servant and looked directly at him: "Why are you there? Tell the truth."

The servant knelt down with a "plop": "County Master, this villain deserves to die. I really deserve to die for not doing what you asked me to do!"

Gu Yunyao didn't have a deep impression of this servant, not even a familiar face.

"What did the Lord of the County ask you to do?"

"You said you asked the villain to plant these purple flowers next to the grove, but not long after the villain arrived, these two servants went...

The villain had no choice but to temporarily hide in the woods. Who knows, a wild rabbit suddenly came out, and the villain was startled, and was discovered by Mr. Cha."

The servant took out the plants still stained with soil from his arms: "These were given to the villain by the county master. The villain deserves to die!"

Gu Yunyao was extremely angry and smiled: "Very good."

"My lord, doesn't this prove that she is the murderer?" Mrs. Hou asked loudly.

Shi Fuyin frowned slightly and felt a little shaken.

"County Lord, can you explain what you did outside the city last night?"

Gu Yunyao pursed her lips slightly. Shen Munan was sick before because he was acting, but this time it was real. When he was fake, he wanted everyone to know, but when he was real, he didn't want anyone to know.

No matter what the reason is, since I promised him, I still can't say it casually.

Seeing her silence, Shi Fuyin continued: "County Master, you have to know that if you can't explain clearly, based on what this servant said, I'm afraid..."

"Sir, you can ask this servant which yard he works in."

The servant quickly said: "I work under the second steward and am responsible for cleaning the garden. I am a second-class servant."

"Second housekeeper," Gu Yunyao half-smiled, "Isn't that the second lady's cousin?

Then you can tell me, the county leader has left so many people in the house unused, so he must use you?

Everyone knows that the Second Madam treats the County Lord very harshly, and it is considered a good fate that the County Lord does not die in her hands.

What reason is there now for ordering a slave like you to handle such an important matter?"

"Young man..." The servant lowered his head, "Young man doesn't know. At that time, the county master ordered me, and I didn't dare to ask any more questions."

"Sir," Gu Yunyao raised his head and said, "Whether it is planted or pulled out, only he himself knows.

What the county leader wants to say is that if he really had a premeditated plan to send someone to arrange it, he would have plenty of time and would not choose to do it in broad daylight, let alone let him go."

"Anything that is too coincidental will inevitably appear deliberate," Gu Yunyao said after a pause, "I have never believed in coincidences."

"You are really good at quibbling, and even now, you can still say such things," Mrs. Hou bit out a faint smell of blood from her mouth, "I never expected that there is such a woman among the ladies in the capital!"

Gu Yunyao was too lazy to pay attention to her and asked the servant: "You said it was the county master who ordered you, do you have any proof?"

"Certificate?" The servant was slightly startled, as if he remembered something again, and took out a purse, "This is the purse the county master gave to the villain as a reward. There are ten taels of silver in it."

Gu Yunyao's eyes quickly glanced at it. It was an ordinary wallet with no markings that represented his identity.

"Send it up!"

The yamen servant took the purse and Shi Fuyin looked through it and poured out a ten-tael silver ingot.

"There is nothing in the wallet or money to identify myself."

"How else to prove it?" An Bohou was about to explode, "Master Fu Yin, how can you be so blatantly partial?!"

Shifu Yin fearlessly said: "Master Hou, there is indeed no mark on it, it is too ordinary;

Furthermore, generally, masters reward silver, especially mistresses, but it is rare to hear that they even reward purses. If there is a mark on the purse, doesn't it mean that someone is giving someone a hand?"

An Bohou: "..."

Lu Chuanlin spoke slowly: "The county master is worthy of being the daughter of a general. It turns out that you were hiding your clumsiness. People thought you were suffering all kinds of torture, but you are actually keeping a low profile.

When I saw it today, the art of war was actually used in this way, and it was really admirable."

Mrs. Hou was reminded: "Yes, the prince is right. Look at her, she is so smart. How can my poor daughter be her opponent?"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Suddenly the sound of drumming sounded outside the hall.

Shi Fuyin raised his head, and the Yamen servant quickly went out to take a look.

Gu Yunyao let out a breath and secretly reminded herself that she must be calm and not get confused just because the other party has many people and talks a lot.

In fact, the more people there are on the other side, the less likely they are to be monolithic.

There will be more and more mistakes and flaws.

The yamen servants brought the drummers up, but before they arrived, the cries came first.

"My lord, my lord! Please seek justice for my Ayao..."

The second lady came in crying, feeling very sad and timid.

"Sir, the commoner's wife heard from the house servant this morning that she was the second young lady... Oh, no, the county master did not return all night.

The woman was really worried and ordered people to search everywhere. Unexpectedly, she found this blood-stained garment. My lord, please..."

The second lady raised her eyes and seemed to have discovered Gu Yunyao. The crying behind her stopped and she stared at her blankly for a long time.

"Ayao! Are you okay? God bless you, big brother bless you. It's great that you are okay."

The second lady wiped away her tears, smiled happily, and wanted to hold Gu Yunyao's hand, as if she was intimate.

Gu Yunyao raised her hand to dodge and smiled faintly: "Second Madam, are you running into the lobby to trample on me? Are you afraid that I won't die?"

The second lady was surprised: "Why did Ayao say that? I really thought, look at this bloody clothes..."

She shook off the clothes in her hands, and the strong smell of blood hit her nostrils.

While shaking, he looked Gu Yunyao up and down: "Ayao, you are not injured? Then where did this blood... come from?"
Chapter completed!