Chapter 31: guess

Chapter 31: guess

"Will His Highness the Seventh Prince tell the question that the courtier and daughter asked before?" Seeing Yun Ke pursing her lips, Gu Yuqi cautiously asked again.

Yun Ke gave her a deep look, "The guards have already gone to find your brother and sister." After speaking, he straightened up, "As for the rest, you don't need to know."

I go! Still dead. Really immortal. Gu Yuqi jumped off the chair, and still gave Yun Ke a salute. Since Yun Ke said so, she couldn't ask anything from him.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, the seventh prince, the ministers and daughters retire." Gu Yuqi bowed her knees and said.

"Wait a minute." Yun Ke lowered his eyes slightly and looked down at Gu Yuqi, who had just reached her chest, "How does this count for this prince to save you twice?"

Gu Yuqi's stalk is really a person who cares about everything.

She couldn't promise anything either. According to her idea, the farther away she was from this person, the better, but now she has to get in touch with him due to various factors.

"What does Your Highness want to calculate?" She could only raise her eyes and ask.

"I didn't expect it for the time being." Yun Ke raised his hand and took off a small butterfly hairpin with filigree inlaid garnet and emerald from Gu Yuqi's hairpin, "This thing is temporarily stored here for this prince, and I will wait for this prince to think of himself in the future. I'll find you."

"You give me back!" Gu Yuqi was startled, and reached out to take back her little hairpin. If his own things fell into his hands and were seen by others, he didn't know what kind of turmoil would happen.

Yun Ke had expected her to be like this. He stood up straight and raised the hairpin high. Gu Yuqi was still short, and she couldn't even reach it when she jumped up. Gu Yuqi's eyes unknowingly brought a little smile, even he didn't notice it.

"Okay. If you continue to stay here, and there will be some rumors in the future, this prince will not have so much time to help you justify it." Yun Ke took two steps back and opened the distance between himself and Gu Yuqi. , took the small hairpin into his arms, and then said to Gu Yuqi with his hands behind him.

Gu Yuqi glared at Yun Ke, exactly as he said. She can't stay here any longer. Although everyone in the inn is now in their own room, it's still not good if anyone sees them, so she can only bow and retire.

After leaving Yun Ke's room, Gu Yuqi found Chun Xing, but found that Chun Xing was staring in one direction in a daze.

"Sister Chunxing?" Gu Yuqi tugged at Chunxing's skirt. "What are you looking at?"

"Little Miss, I went to a shop girl just now." Chun Xing pointed to the direction she was in a daze.

"Second shopkeeper?" Gu Yuqi was stunned, then she cupped Chun Xing with her elbow and said with a smile, "Isn't he very handsome?"

"Miss, what nonsense are you talking about?" Chun Xing blushed when Gu Yuqi said it. She glanced at the guard standing at the gate of the yard, and hurriedly pulled Gu Yuqi aside.

"Little Miss. I think the second shopkeeper knows martial arts." Chun Xing said quietly to Gu Yuqi when she saw that there was no one around. "Look at the footprints he has walked. It is shallower than that of the average guard, but his stature is a little taller than that of the average guard."

"Ah?" Gu Yuqi's eyes flashed, "Sister Chunxing, where did that person go?"

"He went to the stables in the back." Chun Xing pointed to the direction where he disappeared. "The servant wanted to follow him, but I was afraid that after the young lady came out, she would be anxious if she could not find the servant."

stable? Gu Siyang likes horses, will she... She and Chunxing went to the stables to find people before, but she just asked the people who looked at the horses, but she didn't go in to see them in person. The stables of this inn are very large, because every year they receive distinguished guests from the capital. There are many good horses in the princes and nobles, and they are kept like treasures. The stables of this inn are no less than the size of the stables in the palace of King Yunke. .

There are only two streets in the town. I think my father has turned the outside world upside down, and no one has been found. The family members of Hou's house were abandoned in a dry well. When they were rescued, Gu Yuqi was there. It's not thick, it should have been dizzy for a while. It wasn't long, and they couldn't run too far. At this time, even Yun Ke had already sent someone to look for it. It would be a bit strange if they couldn't find it.

"Oh." Gu Yuqi suddenly remembered something, she slapped her thigh violently, grabbed Chun Xing, and ran towards the stables.

"Little Miss, let's not go there for the time being." Chun Xing grabbed Gu Yuqi's hand and said anxiously, "In case it is really a bad person, if something happens to Miss, how can I explain it to Miss?"

"There aren't too many of them." Gu Yuqi said to Chun Xing, "This inn welcomes princes and nobles every year. You have only met the innkeeper, but have you seen his family?" Gu Yuqi said to Chun Xing.

"I don't care." Chun Xing shook her head in confusion.

Gu Yuqi thought of one thing, but she couldn't tell Chunxing directly.

This inn is the ancestral home of the boss. When Gu Yuqi came here in the last life, she could see the boss's sons and daughters every time. They were very smart and quick. They were all a few years older than Gu Yuqi. According to their current age, they should have already helped in the inn . Because Gu Yuqi chatted with the boss when she was idle and bored in her previous life, the boss once said that his two children had been running in the inn when they were young.

But this time, Gu Yuqi only saw the boss, but not the pair of children, but the boss looked worried. Although Gu Yuqi glanced at it before and thought it was strange, she didn't take it to her heart. Now that she thinks about it, it's not a taste.

The yard where Yun Yi and Yun Ke lived was originally lived by the boss's family, but now it was given to Yun Yi and Yun Ke to live in. According to the practice of the previous life, they should be temporarily placed in the firewood shed.

The firewood house is just behind Yunyi and Yunke's yard, and beyond the firewood house's yard is the stables.

The inn is very deep, and the door faces south. If you include the stables, it is almost half a street long. The temple gate of the Chenghuang Temple faces east, east and west, just at the end of this street. From the wall of the backyard of the Chenghuang Temple, one side leads to the woods, while the other side is only one family away from the stables of the inn.

So Gu Yuqi first took Chun Xing to the small yard of the firewood house. The patio of the small yard was full of firewood, as if she wanted to store all the firewood for the whole winter.

There are two earthen houses against the small yard. The windows are newly pasted with window paper and the door panels have been refurbished. The dim lights are projected through the windows, which seem to be somewhat warm in the snowy night. The inn is now all patrolled by guards. The boss went back to the firewood room to rest early. Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing got close, only to hear a sigh in the room.

Gu Yuqi motioned Chun Xing to call the door, but Chun Xing stepped forward and patted it, and the door was suddenly opened from the inside.

The innkeeper's anxious face appeared in front of Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing.

When he saw a little girl in red and a girl dressed as a maid standing at the door, he was shocked, and his eyes showed a bit of fear. Yi Li, "I don't know what this lady has ordered?"

"Go in and talk." Gu Yuqi tugged at the placket of her clothes and said with a smile. Do you look scary? Why did the boss feel like he had seen a ghost the moment he opened the door for the first time? I'm afraid it's not that he sees a ghost, but that there is a ghost in his heart. Gu Yuqi kept her head down, and walked into the room.

"Yes, yes, please also invite the lady into the room." The boss hesitated for a moment, or turned sideways to let the place out.

Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing walked in. The firewood room was divided into two rooms. One went in and one went out. It was clean. There was some firewood piled up in the house outside, and they were neatly stacked by the wall. Coaxing, there is also a Four Immortals table in the middle, and the chairs are all arranged and wiped clean.

Gu Yuqi was also not polite to the boss, and she went straight to the back room after slamming the curtain. Inside, a heated kang was built with loess. It was neatly covered with a quilt on the back of the blue and white cotton cloth, and there were four pillows. Gu Yuqi saw it and felt even more in her heart There is a calculation.

The boss didn't expect that Gu Yuqi would go directly into the back room, and wanted to stop him, but he didn't dare. The inn is now filled with dignitaries, and even the servants of the family, he didn't dare to offend him, let alone look after Gu Yuqi's dress. He Shipai is like a lady from a powerful family.

"Boss, you want four pillows by yourself." Gu Yuqi pointed at the pillows on the kang and laughed.

Chun Xing also felt a little strange now.

"The boss is so old, won't he still be alone?" Chun Xing asked sideways.

The boss's face turned pale, and then he smirked and wanted to put away the other pillows, "This is for work."

"There are more than three jobs in the boss's inn, right?" Gu Yuqi laughed, "By the way, where is the boss? Where are Pearl and Da Shuanzi?" The two children of the boss's family probably have this name, but Gu Yuqi also remembers it a little bit. Not very clear, just a vague impression.

"They... they... went back to her mother's house with the child." The boss's face turned even paler, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes. Although it was only fleeting, it was still captured by Chun Xing and Gu Yuqi keenly.

Chun Xing took a deep look at Gu Yuqi, then her expression changed, and she turned into a short dagger like a juggler, and quickly touched the boss's throat.

"Hurry up and tell the truth!" Chun Xing scolded in a low voice, "Otherwise, I will take you to meet those officials who live in front of you!"

If she really followed her mother back to her mother's house, why would there be three pillows neatly placed on the kang, they just lived here temporarily. As long as everyone leaves the town the next day, they will be able to move back to their original places. The boss's words flickered, panic and panic flashed from his eyes, which was clearly something.

Gu Yuqi secretly gave her a thumbs up to Chun Xing and gave her a compliment. No wonder her mother would bring her out, she was really smart.

Chun Xing also deliberately deceived the boss. If he really had nothing to do, naturally he would not be able to deceive anything, but if he had a ghost in his heart, his reaction would be different from that of ordinary people.

Sure enough, when Chun Xing's dagger pressed against his throat, the boss was instantly frightened into a puddle of ooze, wishing he could just collapse on the ground. "Your Majesty, spare your life!" He begged for mercy indiscriminately, "Oh, no, no, no, it's the female hero, spare your life, that lady spare your life."

Gu Yuqi looked at her coldly, but she couldn't help laughing when she was called by the boss, but after a while, he changed three names. She raised her foot and kicked the boss, restrained her laughter, and pretended to be deep, "Do you know who I am?"

"Xiao really doesn't know." The boss hastily begged Gu Yuqi for mercy again, "I also asked this young lady to tell that eldest sister that Xiao really doesn't know anything!"

Now she's the eldest sister again... Gu Yuqi snorted coldly, "You really don't know anything?" She also used words to deceive the boss, "Be careful, it turned out that the fifth and seventh princes lived in your courtyard. You can believe that I will bring you before them and tell the ghosts you are doing behind your back in front of them. Then not only will you not be able to save your wife and children, but you will also be cut off by the flesh and blood. The pain." Gu Yuqi finished speaking viciously, then pretended to think for a while, and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has a capable person who can read people's thoughts, and your little lies are in front of him. There is nothing to hide. If you honestly tell the truth of the matter now, I may be able to help you talk, and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince may not only spare you, but also help you. You can weigh it yourself. ."

Gu Yuqi looked at the hut from the time she entered the room, and she felt that her inference might be correct.

As soon as Gu Yuqi finished speaking, the boss's face was even more frighteningly pale, cold sweat oozes out of his forehead, and his body trembled involuntarily, as if he had lost his soul, and looked completely dumbfounded.

"Hurry up and say it!" Chun Xing really admired her young lady at this moment. She helped the flames, and the dagger cut a bloodstain on the man's neck. The stabbing pain woke the boss, he suddenly From despair to howling.

"Stop howling!" Gu Yuqi frowned impatiently, kicked the boss again, and whispered, "Are you trying to provoke all those bad guys? Well, you can provoke them all, when the time comes See what good fruit you have!"

When Gu Yuqi said this, the boss was frightened and silent, "Miss, please, save my whole family, even the little ones don't want to!" He cried in a low voice.

There is a door! Gu Yuqi and Chun Xing glanced at each other, and Gu Yuqi said slowly, "If you speak honestly, I will find a way to save your family."

The boss looked at Gu Yuqi suspiciously, and Gu Yuqi raised her eyebrows, "Don't you believe it? Well, then I will hand you over to His Royal Highness, and see if they will pity your family!"

His Royal Highness, the name alone sounds scary. Although the boss has become a mess, he still compares it in his heart. The little girl in red in front of her, although she looks young, but so many royal family members and nobles live in the inn, she didn't find anything strange, but she found out, and she came over, and she didn't know how to find out that her wife and children were arrested. Catch, no matter how you look at it, he is a smart and reliable one.

Now that it's all down, it's better to take a gamble. Maybe she will really find a way to save her wife and children if she thinks of a way to save her?

Thinking of this, the boss wiped the old tears on his face, "Miss, please listen to the little one."

More than a month ago, a person came to the inn who wanted to find a job. It just so happened that a worker in the inn told him to quit, so the boss left the foreigner with the mentality of giving it a try. The man was hard-working, strong, and busy inside and out. After only ten days, the boss decided to leave the foreigner as a helper. A few days later, the worker said that he had three friends who came from outside the customs. They were all in the horse business. keep it.

The boss is embarrassed. This town is not big. Although the business of the inn is good, it can't afford so many people.

As for the work, it is better to let them come to help first, no wages, stuttering, and living. As soon as the boss heard it, this feeling is good. The inn can't afford to feed and sleep for three more people, so the workman called the three people over. Two of them had different appearances and strange accents. They only said that the two of them were not from Daqi, but did not say where they were from. At that time, the boss also thought that there were many people to help anyway, so he was too lazy to meddle in his own business. These people are really diligent, with very quick hands and feet. They not only finish the housework in the inn every day, but also help the people in the town with household chores. Whoever builds a fence or a roof, as long as they speak, they are willing to do it, or not Wages, and in a short time, I got to know the people in the town very well.

Ten days ago, the inn got news from the county that it was going to receive nobles from the capital and people from the county. The boss also helped the three of them as security. The residents in the town received a lot of favors from them, and they were willing to do security with them. .

Two nights ago, the boss called in the four new jobs. First, he re-cleaned the yard where he lived, and then asked the four of them to help clean up the firewood house and bring the tables and chairs. Thinking of it, after they cleaned up the place, they **** all the three wives and children in the house. They poured medicine on the boss's wife and children, saying that if the boss didn't do what they said, the lives of the wife and children would be lost. Not guaranteed.

"What did they ask you to do?" Gu Yuqi frowned slightly and asked.

"They told me to buy a large yard of firewood, and they poured oil on it beforehand." The boss cried and said, "The little ones don't know what they are going to do with these things. They also told the little ones to pay attention... Pay attention..." He pays attention After a long time, he didn't speak anymore.

"What are you paying attention to?" Gu Yuqi asked impatiently, "Hurry up and say it!"

"Watch your whereabouts." The boss finally said embarrassingly.

"Me?" Gu Yuqi was startled, "What do you mean?"

The boss gave Chun Xing a look, and Chun Xing looked at him, "Do you want that cabinet?" The boss was looking at a low cabinet by the bed. Chun Xing asked.

"Yes. Just ask the lady to open the cabinet." The boss nodded hastily.

Chun Xing took a step forward, but still held the boss hostage, fearing that he would run away while she was opening the cabinet, she quickly opened the cabinet. In addition to a bag and a pile of clothes, there were three other portraits, Gu Yuqi. Going forward and picking it up, she and Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu were painted on the painting.

"They said that if they saw the people in the portraits, they would tell them where they were going." The boss looked ashen, "Miss, there is nothing you can do for the young ones, so they will report the whereabouts of the young lady and the two young ladies. "He is holy.

No wonder she would be attacked as soon as she entered the Temple of the City God, and her feelings had been noticed since she came to the inn.

Needless to say, they just wanted to kidnap the three sons and daughters of Dingyuan Hou's mansion, but what was the firewood in the yard for? Also soaked in oil.

"Do you know where my brother and sister are now?" Gu Yuqi asked.

The boss hurriedly shook his head and said, "I really don't know this little one. The sky can see it."

Gu Yuqi felt that he should not lie.

After thinking about it, she felt a big bad feeling in her heart.

"Where can I hide people or something in the inn?" Gu Yuqi asked sharply.

The boss thought for a while, "There is a large cellar under the kitchen, which is used for wine." He paused and continued, "There is a large vegetable cellar in the patio outside the courtyard where the small one lived. There is also a large vegetable cellar to the west of the stables. There is also a large vegetable cellar in the corner, which was dug the year before, but it was too close to the stables, so it was useless."

Gu Yuqi gave Chun Xing a color, Chun Xing understood it, and quickly raised her hand and slashed the back of the boss's neck. The boss didn't even have time to hum, and was knocked unconscious by Chun Xing.

"What should I do now, miss?" Chun Xing asked hurriedly.

"Go to the wine cellar and take care not to be discovered. I'll find His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince." Gu Yuqi said after thinking for a moment.

Yun Ke is an unreliable person. Gu Yuqi came out of him and she didn't get any news. At this moment, she could only think of asking Yun Yi for help. He should be able to help himself, otherwise in the lobby of the inn, there is no need for him to clear the siege for himself. Although Yun Ke kept saying that he invited him, but if Yun Yi himself is not willing, with Yun Ke's current status, it is also a must. Don't move him.

"Yes." Chun Xing nodded.

"Remember that no matter what you find, don't panic first, come and find me, I'll be waiting for you at King Jing's side, just ask to see you directly, and don't be discovered." Gu Yuqi urged.

"Don't worry, little miss." Chun Xing's eyes flashed and she nodded.

The two master and servant quickly walked out of the firewood house. Chun Xing was very cautious, and repeatedly made sure that there was no one in the inn, so she took Gu Yuqi away.

The two divided their troops, Chun Xing went to the vegetable cellar to investigate, while Gu Yuqi went to see Yun Yi.

Yun Yi was also reading a book in the room, but he laughed when the guard said that it was Gu Yuqi asking to see him. "This girl finally knew that she came to find this king." At this time, Yun Yi had just been named King Jing half a month ago. He ordered someone to bring Gu Yuqi.

After seeing the ceremony, Gu Yuqi simply knelt down with a thud, which startled Yun Yi.

"What's wrong?" Yun Yi stood up from the chair and put down the book in his hand, "Is Miss Gu worried about your brother and sister?"

"Yes, the minister is indeed worried about the younger brother and sister, but the minister may find out a very serious matter. The minister does not dare to talk about it now, and only after the servant's servants have finished investigating and come to report to the minister will they dare to speak. If the servant girl said something wrong, please forgive the servant girl first. If the servant girl comes back and finds something, please help the servant girl!" Gu Yuqi stammered. He shook his head and said.

"Just get up. This king won't blame you. What exactly did you send your maid to investigate?" Jing Wang Yunyi saw Gu Yuqi's seriousness, and couldn't help but restrain the smile on his face, his hand was empty in the air With one hand, she motioned for Gu Yuqi to get up, but Gu Yuqi insisted on kneeling, which made Yun Yi a little dumbfounded.

"His Royal Highness, please forgive the minister's daughter not to talk nonsense now, just wait for the servant's maid to come back, and you'll know when you ask." Gu Yuqi was also a little clueless, after all, she guessed randomly and can't count, everything has to wait for Chun Xing to come back Say it again.

Seeing what she said was cautious and mysterious, Yun Yi also became curious, so he followed Gu Yuqi and stopped asking questions, but paced back and forth beside her, looking more anxious than her.

Gu Yuqi only knelt down for about half a stick of incense, when she heard the guard at King Jing's door say that the servant girl of Dingyuan Hou's family asked to see her.

King Jing gave Gu Yuqi a deep look, "Let her come in."

Gu Yuqi turned back and stared at the door eagerly. After a while, Chun Xing walked in quickly with a small jar in her hand. She glanced at Gu Yuqi, gave her a look, and then knelt down, "This servant has seen His Royal Highness King Jing."

"No need to be more polite, your lady said she sent you to investigate, what did you find?" King Jing asked with frowning.

"My lord, please look at this." Chun Xing presented the small jar in her hand. Jing Wang Yunyi took the jar and opened it. A slightly pungent smell came out of the jar. "what is this?"

"Back to the lord, this is nitrate!" Chun Xing said. "It was the servant who went to the wine cellar of the inn's kitchen under the order of my young lady and found it. Not only this jar, but half of the wine jars in it have been replaced with these jars containing saltpeter!"

Gu Yuqi took a deep breath, it was really the same as what she expected.