Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

The emperor waved his hand to let him sit down, and his words seemed to have a deep meaning: "Mu You plotted treason and rebellion, and now he has been punished. Everyone in the court should take this as a warning."

The ministers said: "We will obey your majesty's order!"

The emperor looked around and smiled: "Don't be nervous. I invite you all to drink with me."

Everyone raised their glasses.

This time, Wu Yan didn't help him replace the wine with water, so he had to drink it for real.

He took a sip. Although it was an ancient brew and had not been distilled and purified, it was still spicy. However, he did not drink it all in one gulp. Instead, he took the opportunity of the ministers toasting the emperor and drank it in small sips.

There was singing and dancing during the banquet, but Gu Yue had no intention of watching the singing and dancing. He was on guard against the emperor getting angry.

After chatting about random things for a while, the topic turned to Gu Yue. He was a newcomer, so he naturally attracted more attention.

"Why does Lord Dunxin have such a big scar on his face?" the Queen Mother asked directly.

Gu Yue did not hide anything: "I owed money from gambling a few years ago, and someone came to my house and we had a fight. I was chopped with an axe."

…The atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.

The Queen Mother said awkwardly: "You are honest... Now you are also an earl, so don't gamble anymore."

"The Empress Dowager is right." Gu Yue lowered his head and said, "Now the family's money is in Xiao Xu's hands. I can't touch it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall became even quieter.

Qin Zhaoyue coughed dryly and said with a smile: "Lord Dunxin is quite humorous."

"So you were telling us a joke." The Queen Mother wanted to protect Gu Yue's face and smiled to smooth things over. "The Ganzhou case was a brilliant plan, but you still saw through it. It shows that you have great wisdom."

"What I am most curious about is the matter of Yin Shun." There is no such thing as not interfering in politics at this moment. The case has been closed and many details have been disclosed. The queen naturally knows: "How did you know that Mu Dayou is Yin Shun?"

Gu Yue smiled: "This is all due to the wisdom and bravery of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Qin Zhaoyue said: "Lord Dun Xin is too modest. If you hadn't seen through Mu Dayou's disguise, it would be difficult to convict Mu You now."

The emperor also said: "I am curious too. Mu Dayou was rescued from the secret room, and the fake Yin Shun's body did not have any flaws. The process was perfect."

Xu Anxing said, "I heard that Lord Gu also made outstanding contributions in the previous incident at Yu Ning Mansion. Could there be some connection between them?"

What does this mean? Suspect me? Gu Yue thought.

He didn't want to spoil this man, so he smiled and said, "I don't understand what you are saying, Lord Xu. Are you hinting that I have some private connection with the Ganzhou incident? If you have any doubts, it's better to speak clearly and don't accuse me of anything in secret."

"Your Majesty is listening upstairs." Gu Yue's voice turned cold.

Xu Anxing was suddenly embarrassed.

These court officials always talk nonsense in the court and always speak in a sarcastic way. How could they ever see such things being said clearly?

He said, "I was just speaking casually... Why is Lord Dunxin so aggressive?"

Gu Yue said: "I come from a peasant family and don't know many people in the court, so naturally I can't get involved in any dirty water."

He clasped his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor looked at him and smiled: "Xu Anxing's words are also ordinary people's thoughts. Don't blame him, Lord Dunxin."

When Gu Yue heard this, his heart tightened.

Gu Xu frowned tightly, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of Mu You has been settled. Now you say... my father is involved in it. Does it mean that you doubt the results of the Dali Temple's investigation?"

The emperor looked at him, then at Gu Yue, and paused for a while.

The music, singing and dancing in the hall continued, but everyone fell silent.

The emperor suddenly laughed and said, "You look so nervous. I was just saying a few words of gossip. How could I have any suspicion of Lord Dunxin?"

Lin Fu smiled and said, "Young Master Gu is really filial. He seems very worried."

The emperor said, "Dun Xinbo, tell me how you saw through Mu Dayou's trick."

Gu Yue couldn't understand what the emperor was going to do.

But since the emperor had spoken, he had no choice but to say, "The matter of Yuning Mansion just mentioned is indeed the key."

"Oh?"

Gu Yue said, "Because of the name Yin Shun. In the incident of Yuning Prefecture, Sarhan was also a Hu merchant. His name was different from the common names in Northern Qin, and his appearance had obvious Hu characteristics. The maids also mentioned that Yin Shun had a Hu servant beside him."

"So that's how it is." Lin Fu said, "Yin Shun of Ganzhou is a Han Chinese name, but the body has the appearance of a Hu person. So you have doubts, right?"

"That's the first point." Gu Yue said, "The second point is that all the servants in the secret room were killed and only Mu Dayou survived. Although he said that he faked his own death to escape, it's illogical when you think about it carefully."

"What's illogical?" Lin Fu asked.

"First of all, the motive for killing the servants is unclear. The servants were killed, but the women next door survived. It is hard not to think that the servants next door must have known something and were deliberately killed, but Mu Dayou could not say any key information."

"But this does not mean that all servants know the key information. Maybe Mu Dayou just doesn't know it?" Lin Fu said with approval.

"Yes, so I just suspect him, but there is no concrete evidence to prove that there is anything wrong with him." Gu Yue said.

No one in the hall was in the mood to enjoy the singing and dancing; all eyes were focused on Gu Yue.

Gu Yue's scalp tingled.

The smarter he acted, the more likely he would attract the attention of those with ulterior motives. But the emperor insisted on asking him to tell him the details of the Ganzhou case, and he had no way to refuse.

What exactly is the emperor's intention? How will letting him reveal himself help the emperor's own plan?

Gu Yue thought that it was not an attempt to win over others, otherwise this method would not be used.

He was being pushed around by these people.

He wanted to look at Gu Xu beside him, but these people were paying attention to his every move. Would his glance bring any unnecessary trouble to Gu Xu?

want to vomit.

Social phobia committed.

There are so many people.

Gu Yue calmed himself down.

"Secondly, the killer only killed the servants and omitted the women, and failed to discover Mu Dayou who had faked his death. These two points are enough to prove that the killer was very anxious and eager to kill the witnesses. But according to the guards who discovered the secret room, the door of the secret room was closed."

"If you are in a hurry to kill someone and there is a fight in the front yard, how can you have time to close the door of the secret room? This is unreasonable." Gu Yue said.

Shen Yongyuan from the Dali Temple said: "Perhaps the killer wanted to conceal the location of the secret room."

"The lair has been destroyed and the witnesses inside have been killed. Is there any need to cover it up?" Gu Yue said.

Shen Yongyuan nodded.

"Later, after being interrogated several times, Yin Bai was killed." Gu Yue said, "The reason why Yin Bai's death was not an accident has been recorded in the file. For the sake of everyone's appetite, I will not go into details."

There was a laugh in the hall.

An official who was confused asked the people around him quietly: "What's wrong? Why don't you elaborate?"

The official who knew the situation frowned and waved his hand: "Don't ask, we are eating."