The winter in Kyoto is very cold, so every household has a kang, and here is no exception. Gu Yu squatted on the ground and lifted the sheets on the kang, and a kang hole appeared in front of him.
The space inside can only accommodate one child.
Gu Yu ordered Sun Qi: "Call the fifth prince, the sixth prince, and the children who are alone today in pairs to the next room. Don't tell them about the death of Young Master Zheng yet."
Just as Sun Qi was about to leave, Junze said sharply: "Stop."
Gu Yu's face darkened, she stood up and looked directly at him and said: "There is no proof yet, and the prince is trying to stop it in every possible way. Could it be that he has a guilty conscience and wants to protect someone?"
Unexpectedly, Junze said with a hint of explanation: "I know the fifth prince. Although he has a bad temper and has beaten palace people, he has never killed anyone."
Gu Yu sneered: "Can being humble be understood as saying that the prince is right? There is no proof yet, so you can excuse the fifth prince."
Junze has a pair of peach blossom eyes. When he smiles, he is free and easy, but when he becomes serious, he is also terrifyingly cold.
Just listen to him say: "You don't believe me?"
Gu Yu couldn't help but frown, what he said was very strange. It didn't matter whether you believed him or not, but he was not an ordinary protector of the fifth prince's shortcomings.
Although he hasn't met the fifth prince yet, there are so many clues here, pointing the finger at the fifth prince. Fortunately, he can still unconscionably ask her to trust him, and even ask her to trust the fifth prince.
She said: "Right and wrong cannot be determined by belief or not. Sun Qi, go and invite them over."
When gods fight, mortals suffer. When Sun Qi saw that King Xiaoyao did not stop him this time, he lowered his head and ran out quickly.
Junze's face became increasingly gloomy, and the two of them remained speechless in the room.
Gu Yu returned to Zheng Yuanlang and continued to explore for clues. Zheng Yuanlang had a lot of mud on his body and there were footprints on his body. He should have been fighting with others.
Judging from his tiny figure, he is probably only ready for a beating.
In addition to the blood splattered on his face and neck, there was also a lot of blood in his nose, which confirmed this.
The good boy was gone like this. What did the fifth prince do to him before he died?
From an angle that Junze couldn't see, her eyes were faint.
Regardless of whether it was the fifth prince who killed him or not, the words Zheng Yuanlang wrote before his death would make him unable to get rid of the stain.
Last time, the fifth prince overturned Zheng Daru's table, and Zheng Daru even begged for his bones. This time, if his grandson dies, there will definitely be an even bigger disturbance.
However, the Holy One will never allow this matter to become a big deal, not only for his own holy name, but also for the sake of the Fifth Prince.
The emperor will never commit the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law.
After this incident, the Holy Emperor will definitely be even more disappointed with the fifth prince.
As long as a little bit of news is released, the scholars will be in an uproar and will never allow the fifth prince to become the crown prince.
Thinking of this, Gu Yu suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
What is she doing?
She was using the death of an innocent child to pave the way for the sixth prince.
In the morning, she led Zheng Yuanlang and the Sixth Prince to the Confucius Temple, and then watched them leave.
She felt sick in her heart.
Disgusting myself.
She looked at her hand, which was inevitably stained with blood when she lifted Zheng Yuanlang's head.
She closed her eyes and suppressed the thought she just had. She must have a bottom line as a human being and cannot eat steamed buns with human blood.
There was a noise outside, and she quickly got up and walked out with King Xiaoyao, closing the door and pretending that nothing happened.
The fifth prince walked in front with an irritable look on his face. Four other children were also invited over for unknown reasons.
After they entered a wing, Sun Qi came over and replied: "The prince, the crown prince, the sixth prince and the young master Di Tai beside the fifth prince have not been found. The fifth prince and the other four children who are alone have been invited over."
Gu Yu's heart was pounding. Zheng Yuanlang was the sixth prince's companion. Now he is dead. The whereabouts of the sixth prince are unknown. She can't help but think about the worst.
He immediately said to Sun Qi: "Call everyone in the official department to search the mountain secretly."
Sun Qi hurriedly ran out.
Junze said: "Gu Yu, don't worry yet."
"Of course you don't need to be anxious, Your Majesty. After all, it's not the fifth prince who is missing, but the sixth prince." Gu Yu said coldly.
The look she looked at Junze was terrifying.
Zheng Yuanlang's bloody body was still lying here. She didn't dare to let anyone notify Zheng Daru just now, fearing that Zheng Daru was old and couldn't bear it.
Now she herself does not dare to hear bad news about the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince is young and timid. He was bullied into silence. If something unexpected happened...
What should I do with my sister? What should I do with the Duke’s office?
Everything is over.
The hands behind her back began to tremble unconsciously, and she walked to the next room with a cold face.
Junze was speechless by her words. If the fifth prince was missing today, his reaction would have been even stronger than Gu Yu's.
Looking back at the rice paper on the table, he followed Gu Yu with a cold face.
Walking to the door, Gu Yu adjusted her breathing before opening the door.
Several children inside turned their heads.
The four young masters from the aristocratic family paid tribute to her one after another.
The fifth prince was sitting alone on a chair and saw her expression of disgust.
After Junze came from behind her, the fifth prince stood up and called out: "Cousin, what happened? Why did you call us here alone?"
Junze looked at the fifth prince up and down and said seriously: "Where is Di Tai?"
The fifth prince's eyes were a little wandering and he said: "He was feeling unwell, so I sent him home."
Junze walked out of the door, called a clerk and said, "Go and invite Mr. Di back."
Gu Yu suppressed the anxiety in her heart and said: "The scriptures in Confucius Temple were stolen. Someone saw that they were taken away by two children, so I came to ask you gentlemen where they went just now."
The fifth prince picked up the tea cup on the table and threw it at Gu Yu, but she quickly dodged it by sideways.
The sound of shattering and the angry shouts of the fifth prince sounded at the same time: "Gu Yu, you are looking for death. A broken scripture book has been stolen, and you dare to doubt me."
Gu Yu said expressionlessly: "Fifth prince, please be patient. That scripture is a manuscript that has been passed down by the ancestors of the Confucius family for hundreds of years. It is a national treasure, so I am humble enough to ask you. I hope you can understand."
The fifth prince wanted to lose his temper again, but Junze, who returned to the room, scolded him: "Jing Shang, now is not the time for you to lose your temper."
The fifth prince's anger remained unabated, but he didn't make any more moves. He sat back on the chair, breathing rapidly, and he looked like he was out of breath.
Gu Yu had to ask the other four children first.
These four children were all demon kings of the Imperial College. They were used to being naughty and mischievous, but they knew that the theft of the national treasure was not a trivial matter, so they honestly explained what they had done.
A dirty child said tremblingly: "The talk party was too boring, so I went to catch birds with Yao Quan."
Gu Yu glanced at the child named Yao Quan, who was also covered in mud, and asked, "Who can prove it?"
The two blushed and said, "We went there on our backs, but we roasted the birds we caught. There is also a fire in the back mountain."
Gu Yu asked the other two children.
They were a little anxious and said, "We just went to take a nap in the shade. No one saw us, but we can search ourselves and prove our innocence."
As he spoke, he took off his outer clothes and shook them off.
When the two children catching birds saw this, they also opened their clothes.
Gu Yu took a look and knew it was not the four of them, and said: "Four gentlemen, please go back first, listen carefully, don't be playful, and don't mention the theft of the national treasure to others, you understand?"
They all agreed and walked out.
Gu Yu cast her gaze on the fifth prince, who met her gaze directly, his eyes full of sinister fervor, and said: "Gu Yu, I allow you to be searched, do you dare to search?"