The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

The sky gradually darkened, and a sense of melancholy hung over Gu Zhanghua's heart.

"If there really is another group of assassins, why haven't Father, Uncle Qin, Teacher Yang, and Censor Ma mentioned this?"

"Is there really no other clues at the crime scene?"

Zhao Xuan confirmed with Gu Zhanghua again.

"Unless Teacher Yang missed something, but he told me very clearly that only poisoned arrows were found at the scene, and it was confirmed that they were deployed by the Yue army. Unless..."

Gu Zhanghua guessed a possibility.

"Unless there is a hidden force in Yue State that is involved in the attack, we don't know, and Tian Shang doesn't know either."

Zhao Xuan shook her head and temporarily put aside these complicated things. She took Gu Zhanghua's hand and walked out of the bedroom.

"It's too stuffy in the room, let's go out for a walk."

There was a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps for the Imperial Guards. It seemed that Tian Shang realized that they were difficult to deal with, so he was guarding against them closely.

Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua acted as if they didn't see anything and walked slowly in the yard.

The weeds had been cleared away, and there were still traces of water splashing on the bluestone slabs on the ground. Zhao Xuan accidentally saw a few small blue flowers blooming at the base of the wall, swaying in the wind.

Zhao Xuan walked over, squatted on the ground, and gently stroked the petals.

"In our Xia Country, the north is already covered in snow, and the south has entered a cold winter, but the winter here is just a little wet and cold, and there are still small flowers blooming."

Gu Zhanghua also squatted beside Zhao Xuan.

"Wildflowers, like weeds, have a vibrant vitality. Wildfires cannot burn them all; they will spring up again in the spring breeze."

No one knew what Tian Shang was going to do next and how long he would keep them under house arrest. Gu Zhanghua had a plan in mind, but Zhao Xuan didn't know the cards Gu Zhanghua was holding, so she couldn't help but worry.

Gu Zhanghua planned to talk about some interesting topics to make Zhao Xuan happy and go to bed obediently.

He pulled Zhao Xuan up and looked around.

"It's not snowing here either. How about we build a snowman together? The yard is so big, we can make several. You, me, Xiao Yixian, Hao Xiong, Brother Shui, and my father and mother..."

As expected, Zhao Xuan burst into laughter and interrupted Gu Zhanghua.

"Are there also Second Brother and His Wife, Third Brother and His Wife, and even the Imperial Secretary? Are you planning to pile up everyone who is friendly with us into a snowman and rule the Yue Kingdom Palace as its king?"

"Why not?"

Gu Zhanghua rarely had a smirk on his face, and he really looked a bit like his third brother Gu Jingfeng. He raised his eyebrows.

"Let's make Tian Shang into a snowman too, the ugliest one, and make him kneel before us and atone for his sins."

The two men completely ignored the dark faces of the guards behind them, and joined in all kinds of sarcastic remarks against Tian Shang. The guards could do nothing about them, so they could only step back silently and pretend they didn't hear anything.

Only then did Zhao Xuan tell Gu Zhanghua about the interesting things that happened in her childhood.

“I still remember one winter when I was a kid, there was a really heavy snowfall. It was the first time I saw snow.

I didn't dare go out of the house, feeling that the thick snow would bury me, but I was also feeling suffocated inside. So Master shoveled away the snow in front of the house and took me to build a big snowman in the yard.

Zhao Xuan turned her head to look at Gu Zhanghua.

"Do you know what the snowman's eyes, nose, and mouth are made of?"

Gu Zhanghua thought seriously.

"If it were me, I would definitely stick a chopstick in to make a nose, two red fruits from the leftover red fruit basket as eyes, and a water chestnut cake as a mouth."

"You are so talented!"

Zhao Xuan stood on tiptoe and pecked Gu Zhanghua's lips, smiling.

"My master was very simple and crude. He cut off a button from one of my old clothes to make eyes, and broke off a small dead branch from a tree to make a nose. There was no mouth. He drew some curved lines with his fingers and smeared some black mud from the ground on it."

"Anyway, it's fun! We'll definitely build a snowman together next winter!"

Gu Zhanghua said solemnly.

"Well, I definitely will!"

Zhao Xuan yawned as she spoke. She was called up to dress up before dawn. Then she had to deal with the court officials, accompany Empress Dowager Nie, and plot to deal with Tian Shang.

As soon as I relax, I feel sleepy immediately.

Gu Zhanghua took Zhao Xuan's hand and walked towards the bedroom.

"I just asked the maid to prepare hot water for you. Go take a bath and we'll have a good sleep to recharge our batteries. We still have to continue our battle of wits and courage with Tian Shang tomorrow."

"Okay, after I'm done, you can take a bath too, so you can relax and have a good sleep."

The two returned to the bedroom, and Zhao Xuan went straight to the bathroom.

There was a huge bathtub in the middle of the bathroom, filled with hot water and surrounded by white mist. The whole bathroom was humid and warm, and filled with a warm atmosphere.

There was a small round table next to the bathtub, on which were bath beans, clean face towels, and a set of cotton clothes.

Zhao Xuan took off her gorgeous clothes, climbed up the edge of the bathtub, climbed up and jumped into the bathtub. The slightly warm water wrapped around her whole body. She took a deep breath and slowly sat in the bathtub.

The water just covered her neck. She stretched her limbs, climbed the wall of the tub with her hands, moaned comfortably, and closed her eyes.

?

Gu Zhanghua waited in the bedroom, but about half an hour passed and Zhao Xuan still didn't come back.

As the night deepened, the wind blowing in from the window became slightly cooler. Gu Zhanghua walked to the window, closed it, and looked outside.

Guards could be vaguely seen on duty, but no palace maids or eunuchs were seen.

Gu Zhanghua frowned and tried to shout, "Someone come!"

After waiting for a while, no one responded.

Tian Shang was really petty. He didn't even leave a servant behind. He left everyone as soon as it got dark. He was trying to be disrespectful to them.

The bathroom was right next door. Gu Zhanghua was worried that Zhao Xuan would catch a cold, and there was no one to serve her. He pushed open the door and walked out. He took two steps to the bathroom and reached out to push open the door.

A wet mist rose in the air, and the candlelight was almost burned out, leaving only a little faint candlelight.

"Sister Xuan?"

Gu Zhanghua walked in, shouting as he walked, but got no response from Zhao Xuan. He became even more anxious and groped his way forward quickly.

There was a dull thud!

His foot kicked against the tub and he gasped in pain.

His hand slowly reached forward and touched a smooth and cold piece of skin. He suddenly retracted his hand, not knowing whether it was the hot mist or the inexplicable anger in his chest.

His face suddenly turned red and his whole body felt like it was on fire.

"Sister Xuan?"

He tried to shout again.

A soft moan cut through the mist, stimulating Gu Zhanghua so much that he shuddered. His body seemed to be half fire and half sea water.

His mind gradually became confused, and he reached out his hand again in a daze, stroking the outline of Zhao Xuan's shoulder, and tested the water temperature with his fingers.

Not too hot, not too cold.

Zhao Xuan's dreamy voice sounded.

"Xiao Wu, I'm sorry, I fell asleep, I'm so sleepy..."

"Sister Xuan, are you cold? Can I hug you?"

Gu Zhanghua felt that this voice did not sound like his own at all. It was filled with a hint of temptation, a touch of tenderness and sweetness, and an unspeakable desire.

The faintly flickering candlelight seemed to suddenly sense a mysterious breath, stood up straight, and suddenly became extremely bright.

It was just a brief moment, illuminating two faces that were facing each other very close, as beautiful as spring sunshine.

On the bluestone pavement outside the bathroom, waves of water gushed out from the bathroom, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and the joints between the bluestone bricks gradually gathered into small streams.

In this cold palace in a foreign country, Zhao Xuan finally waited for the success she had been waiting for.

The guards standing far away in the corridor saw the candle in the bathroom go out in an instant, and suddenly an unknown bird's cry was heard in the night sky, melodious and pleasant.

Their faces were all red. The night was too deep, the wind was too cold, and there was artillery fire everywhere, in the mountains, by the lake, in the sky and in the sea. The bathroom was just a small matter.

it is more than words……