I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Although the martial arts examination was over, Xu Shu did not have much free time left.

Two days later, the results were posted. Xu Shu was the well-deserved number one. Eunuch Wang personally brought an imperial edict to summon him to the palace for an audience.

Xu Shu received the order and went down to prepare. He put on an elaborate formal dress with three layers inside and three layers outside, and entered the palace surrounded by people.

Entering the palace with him were the third and second place winners. Both of them were from noble families in the capital, and their attitudes were not warm when they saw Xu Shu.

Xu Shu didn't care about making friends with them, so he took out the wedding invitation he brought with him and handed it over: "I'm getting married in three days, please give me some face."

Getting married is a big event, and Xu Shu is marrying the son of Prime Minister Mu Tonghai. They don't want to give face to Xu Shu, but they dare not disobey Mu Tonghai, so they can only accept the wedding invitation.

I just don't want to go when the time comes.

Unexpectedly, Xu Shu, who was so thick-skinned, also stuffed a copy of the book into his hand warmly when he saw His Majesty: "I will be getting married soon, Your Majesty, please come and watch the ceremony."

“Although the wine and food are not as good as those in the imperial kitchen, they still have a folk flavor.”

The emperor did not refuse his greeting and even looked very interested. He smiled and discussed the matter with Xu Shu: "I heard yesterday that you sent out wedding invitations in a big way. You are afraid that everyone will not know that you are getting married."

Xu Shu smiled shyly: "My husband is very important to me."

The emperor smiled when he heard this: "I once heard Prime Minister Mu mention that the child had a hard life, and it was even more difficult for you two to be together. Now you can be considered a couple, so..."

He pondered for a moment and said, "I will grant you a favor and let all the noble families in Shangjing come to congratulate you and give you enough face."

Xu Shu was stunned.

The emperor's words sounded like a grace, but also like... they were deliberate.

After all... if you want to maintain the plot, the requirement is to kill all the aristocratic families.

And these guys gathered together on his wedding day, could it be that... Mu Tonghai has some plans?

Xu Shu keenly sensed that something was wrong, especially since he knew that the emperor and Mu Tonghai had a very unusual relationship, this error became even more noticeable.

So after leaving the palace, Xu Shu didn't rush home, but went to find Mu Tonghai first: "What do you want to do by asking the emperor to gather the noble families to my wedding?"

"It was obviously you who wanted to do something, why are you turning the tables and blaming me?" Mu Tonghai looked helpless.

Xu Shu did have some ideas, but he didn't need so many people to participate, and he didn't want to make it too clear now. He glanced at Mu Tonghai and felt that this guy was being too smart: "Don't you want everyone to leave Shangjing?"

"I think we should just move the capital."

"Moving the capital?" Mu Tonghai frowned. "This is a big deal. It will affect the direction of the plot."

"Moving the capital is just a cover." Xu Shu waved his hand, "Wait until everyone leaves Shangjing, and then find an excuse to say it won't work."

"How can everyone leave Shangjing obediently? Where should the capital be moved to?" Mu Tonghai shook his head and suddenly realized something, "What do you want to do?"

"It's just what you think." Xu Shu shrugged. "The enemy invaded, the city fell, and we were forced to move the capital. I remember the original plot also had a plot about the enemy invading, right? Isn't this an important plot point?"

"Yes." Mu Tonghai's face turned pale. "It's just that the plot of the family has not been resolved. I haven't yet..."

"That's perfect." Xu Shu concluded, "That's it. When, how, and where to move, I've already made most of the arrangements."

"But not until I get married."

"My wedding is very important. I won't let you do anything about it."

"You should also tell the emperor that I will not let anyone who does this go free, no matter who it is."

Mu Tonghai remained silent.

Xu Shu didn't think much about it and turned around to look for Qiao Jianhong. This guy has been very well behaved recently. No matter how much trouble there is outside, he doesn't react at all.

However, when Xu Shu arrived at Qiao's house, he understood why this guy was quiet.

"You said Qiao Jianhong was poisoned?" Xu Shu saw that Qiao Wan didn't seem to be lying and was very puzzled. "Who did it? There's no such part in the plot."

"I don't know." Qiao Wan had been worried about this matter for a long time. All the doctors she called said that the patient could not be saved, which temporarily stopped her from thinking about who had poisoned him.

But when she saw Xu Shu, Qiao Wan suddenly had a bold idea: "Could it be that Mu Jinghua poisoned her?"

"Xiao Mujin?" Xu Shu smiled, thinking it was impossible. "Xiao Mujin followed Qi Huairen to learn medicine, but he changed his profession late, how could he make such a powerful poison?"

This is true.

Qiao Wan thought about it and felt that it was right, so he didn't mention it again. He just asked Xu Shu: "Otherwise, go find Mu Tonghai. I think he has a lot of good stuff in his system."

"We can notify him first." Xu Shu thought for a moment, "But try not to use the system. That guy's system requires money, but he..."

Xu Shu shrugged: "Still an intern."

Qiao Wan nodded to show her understanding, and took Xu Shu to see Qiao Jianhong: "A few days ago, nothing happened. When I was recuperating at home, I was still clamoring to go to you to spar with you again. Who knew that the day before yesterday, which was the day you were going to take the martial arts exam, I suddenly fell into a coma."

"After lying like this for two days, my skin has started to fester. If I hadn't been able to feed him some liquid food, I'm afraid he would have starved to death long ago."

After listening to her description, Xu Shu also felt that the situation was serious, "Are there any suspicious people in the mansion?"

"They are all family children who know each other well, and they are also military personnel. There are no suspicious persons." Qiao Wan sighed, "The incident happened suddenly, and I have no intention to investigate these. Xuan Er checked it out, but found nothing."

"Besides, there was a big fire in the Qiao Mansion a few days ago, and a lot of evidence may have been destroyed..."

"Does Qiao Jianhong know about this himself?" Xu Shu followed Qiao Wan into the inner room. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a rotten smell in the air. He couldn't help but frowned. "Open the window for ventilation. Since he is poisoned, he should not be contagious."

Qiao Wan also frowned: "I clearly told Qiao to ventilate the room every day, Qiao?"

No one in the house answered.

Qiao Wan called out again, and then a little maid ran over in a panic, kneeling on the ground to apologize to Qiao Wan: "Miss, Qiao had to go out for something, and asked me to ventilate the room, but the general coughed badly just now, so I closed the window."

"Go out? I arranged for him to stay with Qiao Jianhong. What important matter does he have to go out for?" Qiao Wan stamped her feet in anger. Seeing Xu Shu, she explained, "Qiao Jianhong intends to take Qiao as a concubine, so I arranged for him to take care of her."

Xu Shu didn't care about it. He just nodded and asked the maid kneeling on the ground: "Do you know where he went?"

"Aqiao didn't tell me anything, he just told me to take good care of the general."

"It's okay, go open the window." Qiao Wan interrupted the trembling little maid, "Go find the imperial physician, the rotten flesh on the general's body needs to be cut off."

After the maid Nono responded and trotted away, Qiao Wan looked at Xu Shu: "Do you think this matter has something to do with A Qiao?"

"Just go ask him." Xu Shu strode into the inner hall. He thought he would see Qiao Jianhong who was unconscious, weak and unable to get up again, but he didn't expect that this guy actually had his eyes open.

Xu Shu raised an eyebrow: "You woke up? You're still lucky."

"What are you doing here?" Qiao Jianhong propped himself up and sat up, coughing up a lot of blood while moving.

He was wearing a thin undershirt, which was now stained with blood, as if he had been fished out of a pool of blood.

"How could you get yourself into this situation?"