The strongman's wife who traveled through time and space and became a young general

After hearing what Old Master Gu said, Gu Zhong's face looked a little ugly, but he still walked to the window silently, opened the curtain, and opened the window to let the sunlight in: "Forget it, as long as the master can get better, I won't make things difficult for you." His voice was full of helplessness and compromise.

Lin Qiuer looked at Gu Zhong, smiled and said nothing, knowing that she had already won the contest.

She walked around Old Master Gu's room, carefully observing every corner, but found nothing unusual.

Lin Qiu'er stroked her chin and pondered for a while, and suddenly it occurred to her: Why must Old Master Gu continue to live in this courtyard where he was poisoned, instead of moving to another place?

"Mr. Gu, you said before that there are many vacant courtyards in your Gu Mansion, is that right?" Lin Qiuer asked.

Gu Anqing didn't know why Lin Qiu'er asked this, but nodded anyway, "Indeed, Grandpa and I are the only two masters at home now, so most of the courtyard is empty."

Lin Qiu'er smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's good. Have someone come over and wash Old Master Gu's whole body first, and then change him into someone else's clothes. Your clothes will do, or Butler Zhong's clothes will do, it doesn't matter. Then move him to live in a courtyard close to you.

This move is called cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron. Whatever conspiracy those people who wanted to harm Old Master Gu had, all their plans should be carried out in this courtyard. If we change to another courtyard, as long as they still want to continue to harm people, they will have to make new arrangements. That can also buy us some time. "

Although Gu Anqing was a little surprised, he knew that what she said made sense.

He immediately did as Lin Qiu'er said and told Changqing to have someone fetch clothes, and at the same time asked the servants to wash Grandpa's entire body.

Gu Zhong probably knew that he was powerless to change Gu Anqing's decision, and was worried that the servants would not serve the master well, so he ran over to watch.

"Although Butler Zhong and I have different ideas, he really cares about Old Master Gu." Lin Qiu'er said, looking at Gu Zhong's back. This Butler Zhong was full of hostility towards her from the beginning, which made her feel a little puzzled.

Gu Anqing also noticed the confrontation between Uncle Zhong and Lin Qiu'er. He smiled and said, "Uncle Zhong was Grandpa's personal servant since he was young, and later he followed him to fight on the battlefield. When he got older, he chose to work in the mansion."

Lin Qiuer thought to herself that it was true that the capable servants around their masters would eventually become either stewards or minor officials.

She asked the servants to carry all the things in Old Master Gu's room to the courtyard, burn the quilt on the spot, and have someone dispose of the clothes.

But even so, no traces of millipedes were found on the clothes and furniture.

Lin Qiuer returned to the empty room after clearing out all the things and looked around.

Gu Anqing wondered what Lin Qiu'er was looking for, and wanted to help, so he asked, "Miss Qiu'er, what are you looking for? Why don't you tell me? With one more person, we might be able to find it faster."

"I'm looking for the shell shed by the millipede. The shell is black, but relatively small, probably only as big as a bee." Lin Qiu'er patted her forehead. She was so busy that she asked Gu Anqing to call a few servants with good eyesight to come in and help look for it together.

A group of people searched the room for most of the day but still couldn't find it.

Lin Qiu'er asked doubtfully, "That's impossible. That insect must have shed its shell. If its shell isn't here, then where is it?"

A servant looked a little hesitant. He opened his mouth, then observed the expressions of the other servants present. Seeing that no one spoke, he felt a little complicated.

"Just tell me what you know." A servant seemed annoyed by being stared at and bumped him on the shoulder before speaking in a low voice.

Gu Anqing's eyes swept towards the hesitant servant and shouted, "Tell me quickly. What do you know?"

The servant was frightened by this shout and knelt down, stumbling to explain, "Master, Master, it's not that I don't want to say it. It's, it's..."

"And what? Can you finish a sentence? You said half and left the other half. Are you constipated? If you don't say it, I will feed you a cute worm." Lin Qiu'er hated it the most when people said half and left the other half, making others wait anxiously and annoyed.

After hearing Lin Qiu'er's words, the servant's face suddenly turned purple, and he straightened his tongue instantly, and blurted out everything he knew, "A few days ago, I accidentally saw Butler Zhong's wife let a black bug go outside his courtyard."

Butler Zhong? How did he get involved?

Gu Anqing was filled with doubts, but he did not believe that his grandfather's poisoning had anything to do with Uncle Zhong.

He slammed the cane in his hand, with a hint of anger in his tone, "I told you to tell the truth, not to talk nonsense. If you are found out for talking nonsense, I will hand you over to Uncle Zhong to deal with personally."

The servant didn't want to tell others what he had seen, but he spoke out because he was frightened by Lin Qiu'er.

Unexpectedly, saying it out loud would be even worse. The young master planned to hand himself over to Butler Zhong for punishment. He had already begun to guess in his heart how Butler Zhong would deal with him.

"Master, Master, I really saw it with my own eyes. I wouldn't dare to lie to you if I didn't do that." The servant knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly begging for mercy.

Lin Qiu'er really couldn't bear to watch it anymore. It's not that she couldn't bear it, but before she could finish her words, Gu Anqing had already started to defend Butler Zhong. What if it was finally discovered that it was really related to him?

"Whether it is true or not, Mr. Gu, please don't make any conclusions yet. Let me ask again."

As she spoke, Lin Qiu'er walked over to the servant, squatted down, and stopped the servant from bowing his head with one finger. She said softly, "Don't be afraid. Tell me first, are you sure she let the bug go, not lost it? Repeat her actions for me."

As he said this, he placed a jade pendant next to his hand.

The servant's head was held down, and he couldn't move at all. He only felt something cool approaching his hand. When he thought about what Lin Qiu'er had just said about feeding him insects, he became more and more scared. He trembled all over, and his upper and lower teeth chattered, "Miss, spare me, spare me."

"Tsk, that's all the courage you have. You wouldn't dare to lie." Lin Qiu'er had no hope in this man's courage. How could a man whose courage was not even as big as a quail egg tell such a big lie.

After she withdrew her finger, she urged, "This is your young master's jade pendant, not a bug. Quickly repeat the movements you saw that person do to me."

Gu Anqing looked down at his side and found that the original jade pendant was gone, only half of the rope was left.

The servant looked down and saw that there was indeed a jade pendant at hand. Cold sweat flowed down his forehead. He picked up the jade pendant with trembling hands and placed it on the palm of his left hand. He touched the jade pendant with his right hand, and then tilted his left palm to the ground. The jade pendant slid from his palm to the ground.

"That's all. I really didn't lie." After saying that, he lowered his head, hunched his shoulders, and waited for his fate.

This set of movements was clear and distinct. Not only Lin Qiuer saw it clearly, but Gu Anqing who was standing next to her also understood it.

It was exactly as the servant said, the insect was released, not lost.