Contract Prince

Gu Yunjing said lightly: "It's not a big deal, just let them go."

"The young man rammed into the carriage just now, and the guard thought he was someone with ulterior motives, so he hurt him. Even if we let him go now, he can't go."

Gu Yunjing got off the carriage and asked about the situation.It turned out that this was a pair of mother and son. The mother was very ill, and the son carried her to see a doctor.Hurrying on the way, he collided with the carriage.

Gu Yunjing didn't criticize the guard, after all, the guard accidentally injured the man to protect her safety.

The man was dressed in shabby clothes, curled up on the ground, holding the wound and grinning.And his old mother was shaking her thin body while sobbing and trembling.

Seeing this situation, Gu Yunjing couldn't help feeling sympathetic.She ordered the guards to retreat, stepped forward to help the old man, and said softly: "Don't cry, old man, talk about what you have to say."

The old man didn't open his mouth to speak, but kept making gestures.Only then did Gu Yunjing know that the other party was a deaf-mute, and she didn't know what the old man's waving gestures meant.So he walked up to the man again and asked, "How is your injury? Have a look at your injury?"

The man shook his head, showing pain on his face, and said in an extremely slow voice, intermittently: "I'm fine... I'm just injured... I can't walk... I can't take my mother to see a doctor. My mother is very sick, so we can't delay."

Gu Yunjing didn't want to condemn the guard at first, but after seeing the situation of the mother and child, she couldn't help but stare at the guard a few times.

"My son-in-law, I didn't hit him hard. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be hurt so badly." The guard defended in a low voice.

Gu Yunjing said: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Let them ride in my carriage, and send this mother and child to see a doctor as soon as possible."

"My son-in-law... this seems inappropriate, it's not in line with the rules." The guard looked embarrassed.After all, is the carriage of the Hou Mansion something ordinary people can ride in?

"What rules are there at this time, hurry up and go." Gu Yunjing said, "This place is not far from the Hou's Mansion, I can just walk back."

After the guard got the order, he helped the mother and son into the carriage.After a while, the carriage disappeared in front of Gu Yunjing.

Gu Yunjing's location at this time was in the middle of Xuanwu Street, which was extremely prosperous.The Wanchun Tower is not far in front, and she didn't disguise herself, so naturally she wouldn't enter it.

She walked slowly, and when she reached the door of Wanchun Building, she paused slightly, and saw a slightly familiar figure coming out of it.

This is none other than Yu Liang, a servant of Duke Ning's mansion.Although Gu Yunjing didn't know much about Yu Liang, he still roughly knew his appearance.

If Yu Liang was an ordinary person, it would not be surprising for him to appear in the Wanchun Building. It is normal for men to covet beauty.However, he has a special identity, he is a servant of Duke Ning's mansion.

There is a "special" relationship between Concubine Qu and Ningguo's government, so Gu Yunjing guessed that Yu Liang's visit to Wanchun Tower was definitely not for the sake of female sex.She ordered her subordinates to keep an eye on Yu Liang's whereabouts.

Yu Liang, who was in a hurry, walked all the way, all he could think about was how to deal with Lu Lin, and he didn't notice that anyone was following him.

After arriving at Duke Ningguo's mansion, the sky was also a little dark.At this moment, Lu Lin was wandering in the hall, looking very worried.Mrs. Lu kept persuading Lu Lin not to tell the emperor about Ku Yin's loss.Mrs. Lu put down her harsh words, if Lu Lin really did this, the husband and wife would be cut off from their friendship.

Lu Lin and his wife have been fond of each other until now, and the relationship between husband and wife is very close, and he loves his wife very much.Mrs. Lu's words made him very conflicted.

When Duke Ning saw Yu Liang's return, he was overjoyed and asked, "How is it, Yu Liang? Have you thought of a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Yu Liang glanced at the servants who came and went to work in the mansion, and he said to Lu Lin respectfully: "Master, I have already figured out a way. Take a step to speak."

Knowing that this was a confidential matter, Lu Lin led Yu Liang to talk in the study, and ordered his servants not to disturb him without his order.

The two came to the study, and after turning on the lamp, Yu Liang closed the door tightly.

Lu Lin hurriedly asked: "Is there any way to tell quickly?"

Yu Liang smiled slightly and said, "Master, do you really want to tell His Majesty about Ku Yin?"

"Of course." Lu Lin said, "Didn't I make it very clear in the morning?"

Suddenly, Yu Liang's eyes became a little cold, he quietly took out the dagger hidden in his cuff, and smiled treacherously, "Master, come here, I will tell you the method."

Lu Lin didn't have that much thought for Yu Liang, so he put his ear on him.At this moment, Yu Liangliang drew out his dagger and put it on Lu Lin's neck, and the icy chill soaked his neck.

"Yu Liang, what are you doing?" Lu Lin asked coldly, "You are so brave!"

Yu Liang snorted, and said quietly: "Of course I have the guts, if I don't have the guts, wouldn't it be a dead end?"

"Lu Lin, I've worked for you father and son ever since I worked as an errand in Ningguo's mansion. If Lu Zhong asked me to kill someone, I'd kill someone. If Lu Zhong asked me to help him rob women, I'd help him. When doing these immoral things, I, Yu Liang, didn't even frown."

"What am I working so hard for?" Yu Liang smiled wryly, "I want to get rid of my status as a slave, and I want to be appreciated by you one day, so that you can give me a hand so that I can get into an official career!"

Lu Lin spat, gritted his teeth and scolded: "You have such a vicious heart, and the old man appreciates you so much, you are really delusional! You will only harm one party if you go in and out of official career!"

Yu Liang laughed and said: "I've been dreaming for half my life, and you keep saying that you appreciate me and recognize me as a godson! Now that I think about it, this is really a big joke. If you treat me as a relative, why do you put me in the middle of nowhere? Death!"

"The cunning rabbit is dead, the dog is cooking, the bird is hiding. Now your useless son will definitely die, and I probably have no use."

"It's only now that I realize that I can't realize my ideals by being attached to your house. It's fine if you don't help me, but you will kill me in the end."

"Lu Lin, although I thought of the way to steal Kuyin, I'm fucking for your son!"

The more Yu Liang talked, the more excited he became, as if he had been wronged so much.

Yu Liang's thinking was indeed extreme, and Lu Lin didn't deliberately want to put him to death.It's just that the matter of Ku Yin is no small matter, and with the conscience of a courtier, Lu Lin will not hesitate to push the whole family to tell Xiao Guan about it.

"You bastard, you are really driven by interests, and there is no cure!" Lu Lin was so angry that his beard trembled, "Personal fame, fortune, honor and disgrace are insignificant compared with the country. If it is in her hands, I am afraid that my Xiao country will face a huge bloody storm again."

Yu Liang burst into tears and laughed, "Lu Lin, don't pretend to be loyal in front of me. If you are so loyal and good, why don't you expose your son's crimes like the emperor? Robbing the daughters of the people, murdering the son-in-law, no matter what One of them is a felony!"

Lu Lin trembled slightly and remained silent.Yu Liang's words really hit his heart. He had indeed done stupid things in order to keep Lu Zhong.

"How is it? Have you nothing to say?"

"Although the old man is confused and wrong, he is still better than you, an ambitious dog slave!"

Hearing the words "slave dog", the corners of Lu Lin's mouth twitched, his veins were erect, and his face was a bit grim: "Shut up! I hate people calling me a slave dog! I'm not a slave dog!"

Seeing Yu Liang's anger filled the sky, Lu Lin felt a little relieved.He scolded again: "Your grandfather is a slave, your father is a slave, you are the grandson of the slave, the son of the slave, you are destined to be a slave, and you still want to shake the sky?"

"Lu Lin, you are courting death!" Yu Liang tightened his grip on the dagger, and the knife pierced a few more points, leaving a scarlet and obvious bloodstain on Lu Lin's neck.

Lu Lin said calmly: "Death? This old man has never been afraid of life and death!"

Yu Liang said in a gloomy tone: "Death? It's a good idea."

Qu Feiqing's proposal was to let Yu Liang kill Lu Lin directly to silence her. Yu Liang thought for a long time along the way, and felt that Lu Lin could not die so easily.

"Lu Lin, you have enjoyed all the favors and favors of the country. You have been the Duke of the country for so many years, and you have a lot of property under your name. You adopt those properties under my name, and then write a letter recommending me to serve in the Ministry of War. Maybe I can Be lenient and forgive your wife."

"Otherwise, she will have a hard time. Mrs. Lu is in her mid-life, but she still has charm. I believe she is still very popular. If you cherish her, you should listen to me carefully."

Lu Lin naturally understood the meaning of Yu Liang's words, he really wanted to chop Yu Liang up.

"Yu Liang, you crazy lunatic! You will be struck by lightning, and you will die!"

Yu Liang patted Lu Lin's face, and said, "Save your energy, stop scolding, I'll give you a day to think about it. You'd better be obedient, if not..."

Yu Liang's hey smile made Lu Lin shudder.

"Beast!" Lu Lin finished cursing this sentence, and was knocked out by Yu Liang's palm.

The study room is connected to the secret room. Lu Zhong once regarded Yu Liang as his confidant, so he truthfully told him all the secrets in the mansion.After Yu Liang pressed the switch, he carried Lu Lin into the secret room, gagged his mouth, and tied him to a chair.

After finishing all this, he patted his clothes before walking out of the study as if nothing had happened.

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After Gu Yunjing returned to the mansion, Xiao Muxue also came back from the palace not long after.

"Xue'er, how is the situation in the palace?"

Xiao Muxue said helplessly: "The queen mother is staying by Father's side, she asked me to come back to rest. Father is unconscious, how can the situation get any better?"

"Today is the first day, and the situation is still under the control of the empress, but after a long time, I am afraid that the empress will not be able to be the master of the court and the harem."

"Father is seriously ill, and there is no one to take care of state affairs. Several imperial brothers are eyeing the throne again. I am afraid that there will be waves in the court again."

Gu Yunjing knew Xiao Muxue's concerns, although Zhao Wang Xiao Cong and Duan Wang Xiao Yang had been fighting, but with the emperor sitting in the court, they restrained themselves and did not dare to fight too recklessly.The emperor fell down, and the two princes were bound to fight.

Xiao's foreign country was going to fight against Xiliang, and this happened again.Gu Yunjing felt that the four words, wind and rain, could really be used to describe the current court situation.

During dinner time, neither of them was in the mood to sit down and have a good meal, so they ate a few mouthfuls and went back to their room.

Xiao Muxue had just recovered from her injuries, and this continuous running and exhaustion really made her body overwhelmed.As for Gu Yunjing, she went to visit the household department today, and walked so many ways back, her thin body is also very painful.

When Gu Yunjing took off her coat, she discovered an extremely serious problem, that is, the jade pendant she had been wearing around her waist was missing.She searched back and forth, but did not find any trace of the jade pendant.

"My son-in-law, what are you looking for?"

"It's nothing, just a piece of jade pendant is missing."

Jade pendants are precious items for ordinary families.But for the princess son-in-law, there is nothing precious.Xiao Muxue didn't think too much about it, and said disapprovingly: "The water is getting cold, let's take a bath first."

Gu Yunjing nodded, and the two jumped into the tub to take a bath to relieve their fatigue.Under the moon at the west window, mandarin ducks bathe in flower petals, which is quite amorous.Originally, this time is a good time for the joy of fish, water, and joy.

However, a series of things have happened recently, the son-in-law is thinking hard even when taking a bath, and has no intention of having female-female love at all.

When the warm water flowed across Xiao Muxue's skin, she felt a tingling sensation in her heart.The fatigue disappeared a lot, and the interest also increased.Counting the days, she and the son-in-law have been very neglected in the intercourse recently, Xiao Muxue softly called Gu Yunjing: "My son-in-law."

Gu Yunjing was stirring the water while thinking about the case, sighing and frowning from time to time.It seems that Xiao Muxue didn't hear what Xiao Muxue said.Her Royal Highness looked at the appearance of the son-in-law, and couldn't bear to disturb her anymore, so she sighed softly, and slowly concealed the little desire in her heart.

After Xiao Muxue took a dull bath, she adjusted her coat and went to bed to rest.Gu Yunjing was still in deep thought, and didn't even know that Her Highness the Princess had left.

Xiao Muxue lay on the bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. She worried that the water was cold and Gu Yunjing would catch a cold.So he got out of bed again, walked slowly to the tub, picked up a ladle and filled it with hot water.

Gu Yunjing was thinking about it for a minute, while Xiao Muxue continued to add hot water to the bathtub, adding more hot water when it was cold, and adding it to cool again.And so on and on.The sound of the funnel was ticking, and the night was gradually sinking.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yunjing's eyes suddenly lit up, her frowning eyebrows stretched out, and she said excitedly, "Xue'er, I figured it out."

She thought that Xiao Muxue was taking a bath, so when she turned her head to the side, for the first time, she didn't see the figure of Her Highness the Princess.

Gu Yunjing dried her body, put on some clothes, and looked around the room, but found no graceful person either.

The son-in-law was puzzled, and said to himself, "Strange, where did Xue'er go in the middle of the night?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Muxue carried a small bucket filled with hot water and pushed the door open.

Gu Yunjing hurriedly took over the barrel, and asked, "Xue'er, you've finished bathing, what are you doing with so much hot water?"

Xiao Muxue said: "My son-in-law, you have been soaking in the water all this time, am I afraid that you will catch the cold?"

Gu Yunjing touched her nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

Xiao Muxue said: "Since you have finished bathing, you should go and rest, the night is already very deep."

"Xue'er, I'm very excited right now." Gu Yunjing put down the barrel, took her by the hand and said, "You know what? I figured out something."

Seeing the son-in-law excited like a child, Xiao Muxue asked, "What's the matter?"

Gu Yunjing slowly said: "It was the loss of the jade pendant that inspired me. I have worn this jade pendant for a long time, and today I lost it for no reason. It is really intriguing."

"Just now while I was taking a shower, I thought about it for a long time. The jade pendant was definitely not lost by accident. On the way back home from the household department today, I encountered a very strange thing."

Gu Yunjing then told Xiao Muxue about the mother and child.Xiao Muxue asked after listening, "You mean, the mother and son stole your jade pendant."

Gu Yunjing nodded: "It's more accurate to say that the old woman stole the jade pendant. She is the only outsider who has had close contact with me."

Xiao Muxue said slightly: "Actually, it's not certain, what if your jade pendant disappeared before this."

Gu Yunjing smiled, "No matter how it was lost, it doesn't matter anymore."

Xiao Muxue was slightly taken aback, she still didn't quite understand the meaning of Gu Yunjing's words.Wasn't it because of the loss of the jade pendant that the son-in-law stayed in the barrel for most of the night and ignored her?Why do you say that it doesn't matter how you lose it?

"My son-in-law, I still don't quite understand what you mean, don't you care about jade pendants?"

"Xue'er, I didn't think about it for most of the night because I cared about the jade pendant." Gu Yunjing said, "I was secretly speculating about the theft of the Treasury Bank of the Ministry of Accounts."

There was no sign of any damage to the lock in the warehouse of the household department. Gu Yunjing asked Deng Kuan if someone had stolen his key. Deng Kuan made it clear that the key had never left him.

Therefore, Gu Yunjing was particularly puzzled as to how Ku Yin had disappeared.She didn't figure it out until just now.The key to the warehouse was definitely stolen by someone else, and after the theft, it should have returned to Deng Kuan within a short time.

Gu Yunjing continued: "The lock of the warehouse of the household department is intact. There are heavy guards outside, and there is no secret passage inside. The library and silver will be lost for no reason, precisely because someone stole Deng Kuan's key!"