The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 312 Kill with one knife

After knowing that Gu Junqing had come to the Duke's Mansion, Old Duke Ye went out to greet him personally.

Even though Gu Junqing's reputation in the court has always been known for being leisurely and not caring about other things, people still cannot ignore Gu Junqing's past military exploits and achievements, as well as the people's respect and love for her.

Because of this, Old Duke Ye had to give Gu Junqing some face, lest others think that he did not go out to greet Gu Junqing in person and make a fuss about this small matter.

Old Duke Ye had been waiting at the front hall door long ago, and standing beside him was his son, the current Duke Ye. The two were waiting here, and when they heard the noise outside the door, they all raised their eyes to look at the young man who was walking in front of the group. He had a beautiful and elegant appearance, heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and a slightly pursed red mouth. He had a natural aura of majesty without anger.

Duke Ye had met Gu Junqing at the morning court session, so he kept smiling and just stepped forward to greet Gu Junqing and the others in person.

As for Old Duke Ye, apart from having seen Gu Junqing from afar at the original return banquet and other banquets, he had no chance to communicate with Gu Junqing at any other time.

He originally wanted to approach a young and promising general like Gu Junqing, but he was afraid that he would not have the opportunity to communicate with her or make friends with her.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity is now offered to him, but Old Duke Ye would rather not have it.

Gu Junqing had no idea what Old Duke Ye was thinking, but when she saw a group of people standing not far from them, seemingly waiting for them, her eyebrows moved, and her originally careless steps couldn't help but quicken a little, until the two sides were less than three steps away.

"Ye Lao Guo Gong, Guo Gong Ye"

After Gu Junqing simply greeted everyone one by one, he wanted to get straight to the point. Unexpectedly, Duke Ye and the others did not say much except for the initial greetings. They turned around and led the way themselves. On the way, they also ordered their servants to put the suspected slaves and maids who were locked up in the dark room of the mansion and the witnesses in one place, and wait for them to come back and start interrogating them directly.

Gu Junqing glanced at the guards who turned around to do their work after hearing what Duke Ye said, and then focused all his attention on the conversation between himself and the old Duke Ye.

"General, you already knew some simple processes before you came here, so I won't describe them in detail. Let me just say what I know now. One or two of the bodies originally placed in the Dali Temple morgue were indeed servants of the Ye Mansion, but for some unknown reason, they helped those who were doing the work at the moment. As for the servants and maids in the mansion who had seen the murderer, they have been summoned by my men. General, don't be anxious. It's better to go and see what the environment was like at the time."

Duke Ye is now sixty-seven years old, which is considered long-lived compared to the average age of people in Da Qi.

The voice was old and hoarse, and the tone of Lord Ye was so soft and slow, as if it would be silenced at any time in the next second.

Gu Junqing listened carefully to what Old Duke Ye said, and to the suggestions he made to her afterwards. She was originally looking for clues, so she agreed without hesitation.

Along the way, it was basically Duke Ye or the two dukes who were communicating with each other. The Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple stood a little to the lower left of Gu Junqing.

He did not say much, but when he heard the conversation between the father and son, he pretended to understand from time to time. The Shaoqing of Dali Temple had a rare look of astonishment on his face, and he opened his mouth and occasionally agreed with a word or two.

But that's all.

After the group arrived at their destination, Old Duke Ye looked in a certain direction in the courtyard, and Gu Junqing followed his gaze.

Yet there was nothing there.

She subconsciously lowered her head to see if she could find anything.

Apart from the dried blood, there was nothing else worthy of my attention.

The situation here seems quite frightening on the surface, but if you think about it carefully, you can imagine why the slaves who died here died.

Gu Junqing withdrew his gaze, intending to watch on his own to see if he could find any clues.

Old Duke Ye did not stop him, but when he saw that Gu Junqing was looking for clues too quickly, the indifference in his eyes gradually faded, and turned into a serious and surprised expression.

In fact, this place had already been searched by people from the Ye Mansion or other people who came to help Old Duke Ye, and nothing was found wrong. However, Gu Junqing was still stubborn and wanted to check it out himself, and no one else stopped him.

The Junior Official of the Dali Temple was following Gu Junqing closely. Seeing Gu Junqing standing there with his head down, he didn't know what he was thinking. He walked up to him and asked hurriedly, "General, you are standing here, but do you feel something is wrong?"

Gu Junqing shook his head subconsciously, then nodded, his brows tightly furrowed, as if he was struggling with something.

The Dali Temple Shaoqing didn't understand Gu Junqing's gestures, but his curiosity was aroused, so he asked again: "Didn't everyone notice that the figure lying on the ground seemed to have been moved?"

This is what Gu Junqing wanted to say, so she nodded, "Of course it was discovered. Although the trace of movement is not obvious, it is still worthy of suspicion. After all, the distance of the movement is just in the direction of the other deceased. According to the situation at the time, after the man died, his eyes did not look at the murderer who stood behind him and killed him, but looked to his left. Isn't this the key point that is strange?"

The Junior Official of the Dali Temple looked at Gu Junqing with appreciation, and then continued what Gu Junqing had not finished saying: "General Gu's words make sense. Yes, the person who was killed and whose body was dumped here is the murderer, but this murderer must not be one person. It seems that our previous idea should be overturned."

Duke Ye said softly, "So, if there is more than one murderer present, then the other person could be the servant who died opposite to this servant?"

Old Duke Ye pondered, "But in the end, the murderer also killed his accomplice, and then gave us a false impression, that is, to make everyone think that he solved the problem here by himself. If so, if the murderer killed his accomplice, doesn't it mean that this accomplice actually failed to turn against us temporarily, but was used by the murderer, and then ended up with the same fate as the others."

"So, this accomplice must have known some secrets, which is why he was killed by the murderer."