The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

When Shishu heard what Gu Zhanghua said, he hurriedly picked up a bowl of rice and looked at it carefully.

"Your Highness, what should we do now? Is this food poisoned?"

Gu Zhanghua suddenly lost his appetite and sat dejectedly on the edge of the bed.

The waiter threw the bowl of rice to the ground.

"Your Highness used to say that not everyone in Yanwang Village was a bad person, and that there were many refugees who had drifted here. In the past, Yanwang Village was called Jiaoyang Valley, such a nice name! But now I have finally seen clearly that there is not a single good person here; they are all complete villains!"

Gu Zhanghua sighed and said, "It's my fault. I was reckless and should have listened to the teacher. But it's too late to regret now..."

The secretary walked up to Gu Zhanghua and said with some luck: "Isn't it just a wedding ceremony and a bridal chamber? It doesn't matter if you die! Your Highness, please think more positively..."

Gu Zhanghua stared at Shishu's face.

"How about you cover your face and go for me?"

Shishu pointed to his face.

"How can a groom cover his face during a wedding ceremony? Besides, me? I have to be liked by the boss!"

Gu Zhanghua stood up and walked towards the door. When he passed the table, he saw the remaining bowl of rice with a few pickles on the rice. He suddenly remembered the pitiful, disheveled girl with tears in her eyes, and the two prescriptions for curing diseases and saving lives.

Gu Zhanghua stopped and looked at Shishu.

"I still don't believe that all the people in Jiaoyang Valley are bad guys. Do you think the ones who kidnapped us here weren't the people from Jiaoyang Valley? But another group of real robbers?!"

The secretary was horrified: "Isn't that even worse?"

At this moment, the door was opened again. It was those big men again. Without saying a word, they carried Gu Zhanghua and walked out. Shishu hurriedly chased after them.

Before Gu Zhanghua had time to see the situation around the mountain stronghold clearly, he was carried into a brick and tile hall.

A burst of noise suddenly rang in Gu Zhanghua's ears. He looked up and saw that the hall was crowded with people, men and women, old and young, all staring at him, pointing and talking, laughing and talking, it was very lively.

The entire hall was newly decorated, with big red lanterns hanging high and more than a dozen thick red candles burning. The flames reflected on everyone's face, flickering, and looking at Gu Zhanghua's eyes, they were as creepy as ghosts.

Then someone shouted, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! You're blocking the bride!"

The crowd instantly rushed to both sides, and a passage immediately appeared in front of Gu Zhanghua. At the end of the passage, in front of a table, a woman in a wedding dress and a big red headscarf on her head stood quietly, holding a piece of big red silk in her hand.

Gu Zhanghua subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, but was pushed towards the woman by two big men.

Gu Zhanghua was extremely anxious and shouted loudly:

"I am Gu Zhanghua, the fifth prince of the Xia Kingdom! The virtuous king appointed by my father a few days ago! You can't treat me like this!"

Gu Zhanghua thought that his shout would at least startle everyone, but unexpectedly he heard bursts of laughter.

"You! How dare you!!"

Gu Zhanghua's struggles were futile. In the blink of an eye, he was pushed in front of the bride. A woman stuffed the end of a large red silk cloth into Gu Zhanghua's hand and shouted loudly: "Bow to heaven and earth!"

Gu Zhanghua shouted at the top of his lungs, "Without the matchmaker's words! Without the parents' permission! You! How can you force me into marriage like this? This marriage won't count even if it's concluded!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd laughed.

"Just because you say it doesn't count, it doesn't count. We've already entered the bridal chamber and it's a done deal! Wait until next year and you'll have a big fat boy! You'll be a cheap father! What else does it count? What do you all think?!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes! That's right! Well said!"

The secretary pushed everyone away and stretched out his arms to protect Gu Zhanghua.

"His Royal Highness the Virtuous Prince has been granted a marriage by the Emperor! He will soon marry the Princess of Yue! Your actions will only incur the wrath of the people. Not only will Xia Kingdom, but even Yue Kingdom will not forgive you! None of you will have a good ending! If you're not careful, you'll be doomed to eternal damnation without a burial place!"

Then I heard someone in the crowd laughing and saying.

"Oh my! Do you think we were brought up by being scared? After tonight, His Royal Highness the Virtuous King will be our brother-in-law, legitimately! Even if the Princess of Yue marries us, she will have to respectfully address our boss as "Sister"!"

Shishu was speechless. He really had no point in arguing with this group of people. Behind him, Gu Zhanghua was already being held down by two big men and bowing to heaven and earth with his bride.

Everyone cheered and shouted in unison: "Bow to your parents!"

Gu Zhanghua was pushed around dizzy and completed the "husband and wife bowing to each other".

Just as Gu Zhanghua was being dragged to his feet, he heard someone shout again, "Husband and wife, drink the wedding wine!"

At this point, Gu Zhanghua decided to go all out.

"Let me go! Can I drink it by myself?"

But the two big men pretended not to hear what Gu Zhanghua said. They just let go of one of his arms, stuffed a glass of wine into his hand, held his hand tightly, grasped the glass and poured it into his mouth. The wine flowed out from his lips. Gu Zhanghua wanted to cry but had no tears. He truly felt what it meant to be worse than death.

But that was not all. He suddenly saw the bride standing opposite him stretch out her arm towards him and hold his arm. When their arms were intertwined, the bride lifted her red veil and poured wine into her mouth.

The bride's sleeves slipped down as she moved, revealing her bare arms covered in thick black hair!

Gu Zhanghua stared with wide eyes at the half of the bride's face under the veil. The obviously protruding throat slid up and down with the swallowing movement, and the thick stubble on the chin was clearly visible!

"You're a man?!"

All I could hear was the bride's gruff voice yelling, "Oh no! We're exposed! Hurry up! Let's go straight to the bridal chamber!"

Gu Zhanghua's head buzzed when he heard this, and his face turned pale in an instant. He felt horrified! His soul flew away!

This is horrible! He's about to be raped, and he's a man!

Gu Zhanghua screamed "Ah" and fainted.

The secretary was extremely sad and angry and started cursing.

"You bastards! Not only did you force my prince to get married, you also forced him to marry a man! You are worse than pigs and dogs! Beasts! You are all a bunch of beasts!"

The hall suddenly fell into silence. Shishu hurried to Gu Zhanghua, leaned over to hug Gu Zhanghua, and called out while crying.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, please wake up!"

At this moment, a figure instantly flew over the heads of the crowd and landed directly in front of Gu Zhanghua and Shishu, saying to Shishu, "Don't worry."

The secretary looked up and saw that the person was wearing ordinary girl's plain clothes, with a graceful figure and a red cloth covering her face, leaving only her two eyes exposed, but her eyes were sharp and determined. She quickly pointed her finger at Gu Zhanghua's philtrum, and Gu Zhanghua slowly woke up.

Shishu hurriedly wiped away her tears and helped Gu Zhanghua up.

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

As soon as Gu Zhanghua opened his eyes, he saw that the "bride" standing in front of him had completely lifted up her red veil. It turned out to be a young man with heavy makeup, thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was grinning at him foolishly.

Gu Zhanghua cried weakly: "Help..."

The masked woman said nothing more. She leaned over and carried Gu Zhanghua on her back, holding the servant with one hand. She kicked left and right, and the people nearby fell to the ground one after another.

The masked woman carried Gu Zhanghua on her back and led the way, followed by the secretary. In a short while, they fought off group after group of pursuing men and fled down the mountain.

Gu Zhanghua heard the sound of wind whistling past his ears, and the woman carrying him was moving very fast. Gu Zhanghua was a little scared and subconsciously hugged the woman's neck tightly with his arms.

"Are you trying to strangle me?"

The woman's voice was cold, but it sounded extremely pleasant to Gu Zhanghua.

"Ah? No..."

As Gu Zhanghua spoke, he loosened his arms and suddenly fell backwards.

The woman hurriedly stopped and used both hands to hold Gu Zhanghua steady.

"I told you to be gentle, not to let go! Don't you understand me?"

Gu Zhanghua decided to just shut up and carefully put his arms around the woman's neck.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered that many years ago, he and Sister Xuan were hiding in a large box of medicinal herbs. Sister Xuan played a rock-paper-scissors kissing game with him to cheer him up. In the past, he would be unhappy if he lost the game, but when playing with Sister Xuan, he was even happier and would secretly be happy because he could kiss Sister Xuan if he lost...

Thinking of this, Gu Zhanghua's heart ached. How nice it would be if time could stay at that moment forever. They would grow up together and have more beautiful times.

He wouldn't be as lonely as he is now, unable to see his father, and afraid that his mother would worry if he told her his true feelings. His brothers all have their own lives, and his friends have grown up and become polite...

"Are you planning on staying here?"

The woman's questioning interrupted Gu Zhanghua's thoughts. He quickly regained his composure and realized that the woman had carried him to the foot of the mountain and was standing next to a big tree.

Gu Zhanghua hurriedly got off the ground and bowed deeply to the woman: "Thank you for saving my life, lady!"

The woman raised her hand and gently helped Gu Zhanghua up, her voice as cold as ever.

"Who are you? Why did you come to Jiaoyang Valley to become a son-in-law?"