The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

The group of five arrived in Chuyang City in the evening of the second day. Following Guan Liushui's guidance, the carriage finally stopped in front of the "Prosperous Jin" silk shop when night fell.

Watch the flowing water and say to everyone.

"Hao Xiong, accompany me inside to check out the situation. The three of you wait for me in the carriage. We'll discuss everything after I come back."

Zhao Xuan asked to watch the flowing water.

"Remember to be careful! After all, this is Yue Kingdom's territory, and we don't know what the current situation of Hero Hu is!"

"Okay, I've written it down."

Hao Xiong helped Guan Liushui get off the carriage, and the two came to the door of the shop.

The door of the shop was ajar, and the dim light of candlelight shone through from inside. The sound of abacus being rubbed was clear and pleasant, and the sound of people talking could be heard faintly.

Guan Liushui walked forward and knocked on the door regularly.

"Da-da! Da! Da-da-da-da!"

The store suddenly became quiet.

After a while, a man in his thirties, dressed in gorgeous clothes, poked his head out of the door.

By the light of the lantern hanging at the door, the man looked up and down at the two men. When he saw Guan Liushui's face, he was immediately surprised.

He looked around, opened the door and welcomed Guan Liushui and Hao Xiong into the silk shop.

He turned around, closed the door, and bowed deeply to Guan Liushui.

"Young Master! I have finally been waiting for you to come!"

Guan Liushui saw that there were only three of them in the store and asked hurriedly.

"Brother Zhu, is it safe to talk here?"

The man called Brother Zhu by Guan Liushui lifted a curtain next to the counter.

"Young Master, please come in with me to talk. I'll ask your friend to help guard the door."

Guan Liushui nodded to Hao Xiong and followed Brother Zhu into the inner room.

This is a lounge where you can take a short break on weekdays. There are soft couches, a desk, and a table for making tea in the room.

Guan Liushui held onto the desk and slowly sat down on the chair.

Brother Zhu noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Guan Liushui's legs.

"Young Master, is your leg injured?"

Guan Liushui waved at Brother Zhu and asked anxiously.

"No problem! Let's get straight to the point. I want to ask you, was my cousin Hu Junfeng involved in Crown Prince Tian Yuan's attempt to abdicate?"

Brother Zhu poured a cup of tea and handed it to Guan Liushui.

“Young Master, don’t worry. The leader is well aware that his current identity is related to the safety of the Tiandao Alliance, not to mention that he is a Xia nationality.

At the beginning, he only agreed to protect Tian Yuan's safety and not to get involved in other matters.

Tian Yuan had no prior knowledge of this attempt to force the emperor to abdicate, and of course he would not participate in it."

Guan Liushui had always been worried that Hu Junfeng would be involved and get into trouble, but now he can finally put his mind at ease.

"Where is my cousin now? Have you been able to contact him?"

I wish to lean over and watch the flowing water loudly, the sound is very small.

“The leader of the alliance told his subordinates a few days ago that once the young master learned that the situation in Yue State had changed, he would definitely find a way to find him.

He has his men on guard in the shop day and night, and as soon as the young master reaches this contact point, he will take you to see him immediately."

Guan Liushui stood up and said to Brother Zhu.

"The three people in the carriage outside the door are all my close friends, and they are also very familiar with my cousin. You can just take our carriage and take us to see my cousin now."

"As you command! Young Master, please wait for me in the carriage. I will tell the servants."

Guan Liushui brought Hao Xiong back to the carriage. Everyone waited for a while, and then Brother Zhu got on the carriage and directed Hao Xiong to drive towards a street intersection not far away.

In less than an incense stick of time, the carriage stopped at the door of a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard.

Everyone got off the carriage, and Brother Zhu came to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on it lightly with a different rhythm.

Soon the gate of the courtyard opened from the inside. Hu Junfeng saw a group of people in front of him and said something hurriedly.

"Everyone, come in quickly!"

Everyone followed Hu Junfeng into a room.

Brother Zhu was guarding the gate and did not follow in.

After everyone sat down, Hu Junfeng asked Gu Zhanghua.

"Your Highness, did you gain anything from your trip to Guze Town?"

Gu Zhanghua answered quickly.

“We have found the small Vietnamese garrison that was stationed in Guze Town more than ten years ago.

However, they were secretly murdered by assassins more than ten years ago, and their bodies were buried in the miasma forest near the garrison camp."

Hu Junfeng had a stern expression, frowned and said nothing.

Zhao Xuan then added.

"Hero Hu, we also found a girl, she is the wife of team member Shen Xiaobao.

She told us the specific details of the team's disappearance that year. It has now been confirmed that there was a gap of ten days between the killing of the garrison team and the attack on the Xia Kingdom delegation.

The garrison team was secretly murdered first, and then the delegation was attacked. Ten days is enough time for the real culprit to arrange for people to kill the delegation! "

Hu Junfeng looked at the five people in front of him who were exhausted and anxious, his heart full of emotion and regret, which eventually turned into a sigh.

"You must have heard about Tian Yuan's downfall. If he were still the crown prince, everything would be easy.

He's currently struggling to protect himself, and without his support, you simply can't continue investigating this matter."

Guan Liushui's heart was filled with anger and unwillingness.

“Cousin! Are we just going to watch those innocent soldiers die tragically and do nothing?

You were not in the miasma forest at that time and didn't see with your own eyes how terrible the situation was!

There were a total of twenty corpses buried in the deep pit. Their clothes had all rotted into pieces and turned into nothing. The living people with flesh and blood had turned into piles of bones!

For such a huge country like Yue, no one has paid attention to it for twelve years. How ruthless and cruel must the mastermind behind this be! "

Hu Junfeng stood up and walked to Guan Liushui, patting his shoulder soothingly.

"I understand everything you are talking about. I want to tell you now that the person who has been appointed as the crown prince is the former ninth prince Tian Shang.

He has always been Tian Yuan's most trusted confidant, no doubt about it!

I didn't expect that he had been enduring humiliation and pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger for so many years.

Thinking back to the attack on the Xia Kingdom delegation, the Sixth Prince was framed and committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Now it seems that it was most likely Tian Shang's doing.

He had every reason to use the Sixth Prince to bring Tian Yuan down. It didn't matter to him who was in power at the time, as long as he came out on top in the end.

I even suspect that he had planned this all these years, using Tian Yuan to kill off many of the princes."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhanghua felt deeply that the situation in Yue State was cruel and chaotic.

"If Tian Shang is the mastermind behind all this, our own safety will be in jeopardy. How can we seek justice for the innocent soldiers who died?"

Hu Junfeng looked at Gu Zhanghua with admiration.

"Your Highness is right. Regardless of whether it's Tian Shang or not, as long as the mastermind knows that you have stationed troops in Chaguze Town, your lives will be in danger!

So my advice to you is to leave Yue State as soon as possible and return to Xia State. Especially, your identity as the virtuous king must not be exposed!

Zhao Xuan hurriedly grabbed Gu Zhanghua's arm.

"Hero Hu is right! Right now, the Kingdom of Yue is in turmoil as the old regime transitions to the new one. We still don't know what the Crown Prince Tian Shang's attitude is towards the Xia Kingdom.

But he will definitely suppress a group of Tian Yuan's people. Second brother and Tian Yuan have always been courteous to each other. If your identity is exposed, I wonder if it will affect you!

Let's listen to Hero Hu and return to Xia Country immediately!"

Everyone was reluctant to give up the investigation, but since it concerned Gu Zhanghua's safety, everyone finally decided not to return to the inn tonight, as the inn might not be safe.

They planned to stay at Hu Junfeng's residence for one night and return to Xia Country early the next morning.

Seeing that the five friends had made a decision, Hu Junfeng mentioned another matter to everyone.

"I won't be going back to Xia Country with you this time. I've decided to escort Tian Yuan all the way to Deadwood City."