Lu Qiuzhi was already determined to frame him, but after being arrested, he was not even tried. He took out the investigation evidence and directly convicted and imprisoned him.
As the Wenzhan announcement was issued the next day, the next step was to wait.
Lu Qiuzhi had a prosperous life some time ago, earning a lot of money and fame.
Whether it is the position of the next principal of the academy, the overt show of goodwill from the county magistrate, or Lu Qiuzhi's full acceptance of the benefits, every aspect of this is worthy of vigilance by other aristocratic families.
But just when everyone felt that Lu Qiuzhi had surrendered to the court, and the county magistrate wanted to use Lu Qiuzhi to further control the academy, Lu Qiuzhi was arrested. Not only was he arrested, he was also executed later.
The sudden change left monks and monks from several aristocratic families scratching their heads for a while, wondering how much water was involved in this question.
"Sir, the Xie family is here."
Hearing this, Gu Jiu and the magistrate raised their heads together. Sure enough, what should come will eventually come.
"Let him wait a moment, I will be there right away."
Gu Jiu stood up and looked at the magistrate's disappearing figure. An uneasiness surged into his heart - Lu Qiuzhi was going to die sooner or later anyway, so he might as well kill him in advance to avoid long nights and dreams!
Different from the dungeon that Gu Jiu imagined, although the place is cold and cold, there is no sense of blood at all. Even the blood stains are pitiful. It seems that due to the suppression of several famous families, the magistrate has not been able to catch anyone useful in the past few years.
There were seven or eight people imprisoned outside the dungeon. They must have been involved in some sneaky things. Walking further in, it took a long time to vaguely see Lu Qiuzhi's figure.
He took off his brocade clothes, pulled off his hair, and put on prison clothes. His hair was messy, and he lost all of his former glory.
Hearing the noise, Lu Qiuzhi raised his head, and when he saw Gu Jiu, his originally calm eyes immediately brightened up.
"Xiao Jiu, are you here to save uncle? Don't worry, as long as you take uncle out, uncle will give you whatever you want!"
Lu Qiuzhi's eyes were eager, looking at Gu Jiu as if he saw hope of life. He didn't take it seriously when he was first brought in, thinking that someone would rescue him soon.
But after half a day, no one came to save him, there was no one who even brought him food!
Feeling the rare hunger, Lu Qiuzhi finally "awakened" from the excitement of becoming the principal. The county magistrate was not trying to show friendship to him before, he clearly wanted to get rid of him!
The reason why no one came to save him now was simply because he had been too close to the magistrate before, causing other forces to misunderstand something.
I thought I really had to explain here, but I didn't expect Gu Jiu to come here suddenly. As long as I can get out now, I will be able to explain it clearly to everyone!
"Shh~"
Gu Jiu made a silent gesture, carefully took out the cell key from his arms, and opened the cell door with Lu Qiuzhi's expectant eyes.
With a crash, the chain opened. Before the chain could hit the ground, Lu Qiuzhi couldn't wait to squeeze out from the gap.
"Uncle Lu."
"Huh? Woo!"
Just as Lu Qiuzhi was about to turn around, his mouth and nose were covered with a soft cloth mixed with medicine, and he passed out within two seconds.
"Are you going to kill him directly?"
Hearing the movement, Gu Jiu raised his head suddenly: "Shao Baisi? Shouldn't you be with the county magistrate right now?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the body of the guard behind Shao Baisi who was unaware of his life or death. Gu Jiu couldn't help but think of what happened at the lake last time. Could this man know the light kung fu in the novel? Why is there no sound at all when walking?
"The person who came to see the county magistrate was the head of the Xie family, not me."
"Then you are here to save him?"
"Yes and no."
Gu Jiu looked at Shao Baisi and suddenly felt that this person was very strange. Seeing that he had no intention of coming over, he took out a ball of white cloth from his sleeve.
Shao Baisi stood aside and watched in shock as Gu Jiu wrapped the white cloth around and around, and tied Lu Qiuzhi firmly to the dungeon pole.
How did she get such a big ball of white thread out of her sleeves!
It doesn’t look like it can hold so much!
After tying it up, Gu Jiu checked again and made sure that no matter how hard Lu Qiuzhi struggled, there would be no obvious or fatal wounds. He picked up the remaining white cloth on the ground and decisively covered the other person's mouth and nose.
Within a few seconds, Lu Qiuzhi woke up due to lack of oxygen.
Struggles in a panic will accelerate oxygen consumption, and Lu Qiuzhi was suffocated to death in a short while.
"I can't see it. A little girl like you kills people so decisively."
Shao Baisi stood aside, looked at Gu Jiu and joked.
Gu Jiu's hands untied the white cloth without any pause, his tone was calm, and his voice was so steady that you could not tell that he had just killed someone.
"Young Master, shouldn't you know the reason better than me?"
"Fighting without the goal of killing the other person is flirting."
"From the moment the decision was implemented, Lu Qiuzhi and I could only live together."
After putting away the white cloth, Gu Jiu dragged Lu Qiuzhi back to the cell, locked it again, and restored everything to the original state.
Turning his head, he looked at Shaobai Si.
"Thank you so much, young master."
After leaving the dungeon and looking at the bright sunlight, Gu Jiu returned to the original route in a good mood.
In the dungeon, after Gu Jiu left, Shao Baisi looked at the dead Lu Qiuzhi, shook his head and chuckled.
She is really a rough little girl. If she had just been suffocated to death, she could be saved.
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"Miss Yu, if there is anything urgent, I will let you know. Your Highness has been ordered to go to Qi City. It is already time to set off, and the ministers are still waiting at the city gate to see you off."
"If Miss Yu has nothing urgent to do, you should go back first. At the same time, please also ask Miss Yu to tidy up her clothes, so as not to make others laugh."
Hearing Shen Xianyue's voice, Yu Jiuli frowned fiercely. What's there to be proud of? Your Highness just doesn't know your true face!
When I tell His Highness everything you have done, you will be finished!
Originally, she wanted to wait until the prince's birthday party, but those aunts were more ruthless than the last, and the servants in the mansion were not good people.
As the saying goes: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. She has become accustomed to the days when she has clothes to wear, food to eat, and to be fawned over by others. How can she be as grateful as she was before when she got a bite of food?
"Your Highness, what I want to say is exactly about Xiao Beiyue!"
"That's it." Shen Xianyue smiled, looked at Gu Qingze and said, "Then I probably know what's going on. Your Highness has a lot of peach blossom debts. Your Highness, please listen slowly. My daughter is waiting for Your Highness at the city gate."
After saying that, without waiting for Gu Qingze to react, he immediately left on horseback.
Looking at the prince with his eyebrows knitted together, Yu Jiuli felt happy in his heart. Who did he really think he was, daring to leave directly in front of the prince?
But then Yu Jiuli was dumbfounded: "Let me go, Your Highness, Your Highness! That Xiao Beiyue is not a good thing, Your Highness, don't be deceived!"
What responded to her was Gu Qingze's back and the pointing fingers of the people around her.
How could such a smooth person as Gu Qingze allow him to have bad opinions? Shen Xianyue went to the city gate by herself first, so she could not avoid being asked about the reason by others.
Now is the critical moment. If someone with a heart hears that he violated Gu Jun's order because of love, then he will not die unjustly!
Seeing this, Yu Jiuli wanted to step forward and fight for himself. He took a sharp breath, closed his eyes and his heart, raised his legs and rushed forward to stop a soldier behind him.
She thought to herself that she was also a young lady of the Yu family now, and there was no way a lowly soldier could ignore her.
Yu Jiuli thought very well, but she overlooked one thing. All the empresses in the palace had junior eunuchs, but the most respected ones, even comparable to the court ministers, were the senior eunuchs beside the emperor.
As expected, the soldier not only did not stop, but also pushed Yu Jiuli because she blocked his progress.
After waiting for the prince, Yu Jiuli, who was crawling on the ground in disgrace, immediately became the target of people's criticism. Several of the prince's admirers even walked up to Yu Jiuli and scolded her.
It's not that they are all heroic and courageous, it's just that Yu Jiuli's appearance shows that he is not favored.
"Your Highness?"
Shen Xianyue rode very fast, but when he was approaching the city gate, Gu Qingze arrived.
Hearing the sound, Shen Xianyue controlled the horse to stop slowly.
"Your Highness came down quite quickly."
"Xu, you can ride very fast. If I were a little later, you might have reached Qicheng."
Shen Xianyue turned her head and said nonchalantly: "That's also His Highness's fault. His Highness has too many suitors, and there are always two or three who don't know the importance of them and are jumping around in front of my daughter."
"Haha, you! Don't worry, it won't happen again."
While talking, the group of people had already arrived at the city gate, and Gu Qingze found Yu Zhengtian among the people paying tribute.
"As much as you are worried about the court, you should also take some time to care about your children from time to time."
"This... I am an ignorant official. I don't know what your Highness is referring to?"
Gu Qingze did not look at his mouth but looked at Shen Xianyue.
Shen Xianyue: ...ah, man. Do you still want me to be the bad guy?
"You were disheveled and stopped your horse in public. Could it be that you want to force me to marry her?" Seeing that Shen Xianyue didn't speak, Gu Qingze had no choice but to speak on his own.
"This... I will definitely teach her well when I get back!"
After the interlude, the army continued to move forward. Shen Xianyue knew very well that Yu Jiuli would not survive tonight.
Yu Zhengtian would never let her continue to live.
Qicheng and Shangjing cannot be reached in one day, even on horseback. When taking a rest in the evening, Shen Xianyue unconsciously thought of the face of "Ghost Three Swordsmen" again.
After removing the three knife marks, Gu Qingze did have some similarities with him.
As soon as this concept came out, Shen Xianyue's mind suddenly became clear.
If Gu Qingze is really the child of "Ghost Three Swordsmen", it can perfectly explain why "Ghost Three Swordsmen" came to Gu Qingze and why they helped him.
Then Gu Qingze was able to catch up with Ji Yuan, maybe it was also because of the "Ghost Three Swords".
So how did the "Ghost Three Swordsmen" find Concubine Lin? Or is it that Gu Qingze is not Concubine Lin's biological child at all? !
"What are you thinking about?"
Gu Qingze walked over with a bag of pastries and asked.
Shen Xianyue raised her head and said hesitantly: "I am worried that the food supply in Qicheng is now lacking again."
