A carriage drove slowly towards the fifth master's courtyard and stopped at the door.
Guan Lu got off the carriage in advance, opened the curtain, and whispered: "Master, Madam, we are here."
The head of the Leng family breathed a long sigh of relief before getting out of the carriage and walking into the courtyard.
In the courtyard, two corpses were lying, one was the concubine who poisoned the fifth master, and the other was naturally the fifth master.
The death of the Fifth Master was extremely miserable. His whole body was covered in blood and flesh. There was a broken piece of meat next to it. Patriarch Leng stepped forward and opened it. He could not help but frown. It was a pile of broken meat, all of which had been cut off piece by piece. of.
Leng Ye's biological mother was already crying. Seeing Patriarch Leng, she quickly knelt down in front of Patriarch Leng and kowtowed: "Master, you must make the decision for Fifth Master!"
The head of the Leng family looked at Leng Ye's biological mother with some disgust, the expression on his face was not good.
He didn't have to be angry because of Leng Ye's death. After all, Leng Ye was just a commoner, but the fifth master was a member of the Leng family and his fifth brother.
Killing the Fifth Master with extremely cruel methods is already an open challenge!
The head of the Leng family looked at Manager Lu, who had been examining the body, and asked, "Have you found out the cause of death?"
Manager Lu did not answer immediately. Instead, he opened the fifth master's mouth and walked to the concubine's house. After looking around, he picked up the spilled medicine and handed it to Patriarch Leng. He said, "Master, Someone slipped the medicine that the fifth young master was going to take."
Patriarch Leng took the poison, looked at it in his hand, and asked doubtfully: "Who changed the medicine?"
Manager Lu pointed to the concubine lying on the ground.
Staring at the body of his concubine, one question always lingered in the mind of the Leng family leader.
She was just a concubine, why did she want to harm Lao Wu?
Although Lao Wu was usually a bit strict with his servants, he was never any less strict with these concubines. They had absolutely no reason to attack Lao Wu.
After looking around, Patriarch Leng figured it out.
There is naturally someone behind this.
But it would take some time to find out who instigated it. Although he already had several candidates in mind, he still did not dare to draw too decisive a conclusion.
After all, he also knew that there were several ghosts around him. If the conclusion was made because he failed to find out clearly, the conflicts and contradictions that would break out next might not be firmly in his hands.
Leng Ye's biological mother cried out urgently: "Master, you can't let the fifth master die in an unknown way. You still have Ye'er's hatred. The master of the house, the fifth master, is dead. You must make the decision for us."
Listening to Leng Ye's biological mother's unstoppable nagging, Patriarch Leng's head felt a little painful. Fortunately, Mrs. Sun was present at this time, comforting Leng Ye's biological mother and Patriarch Leng's emotions.
Mrs. Sun suddenly said: "Husband, this matter is a little strange."
The head of the Leng family looked at Mrs. Sun and waited quietly for her to tell her what she had discovered.
"If only one person changes the medicine, even if Lao Wu takes the poison, he will naturally react. Can't the concubines in other rooms hear it?"
Patriarch Leng nodded slightly, as if this was indeed the case.
"So, those concubines already know that Lao Wu will not survive today, so they will not come out."
The head of the Leng family gave his wife a meaningful look. He already understood what his wife meant.
The death of Lao Wu, no matter how well suppressed it is, will still be known to others.
But it will take time to find out who is behind the scenes. Whether it will be long or short is hard to say.
This matter needs to be decided today, at least to stabilize the doubts of the people.
There has been too much unfavorable news about the Leng family recently. Although the Leng family is still firmly entrenched in Xishu, the people are not all fools. Even if there is a slight disturbance, the rumors will spread from one to ten and from ten to a hundred. The more it spreads, the bigger it gets.
The Leng family can control rumors, but they cannot control what people talk about.
Patriarch Leng's eyes were cold and he ordered: "Go to other rooms and find all the medicine."
The concubines present couldn't help but feel nervous, because they were also accomplices and had been coerced and induced by Gu Xiaotian. Finding the medicine would undoubtedly convict them.
Rather than being convicted, it would be better to admit it on your own initiative. The concubines tacitly knelt on the ground together and kowtowed: "Master, please forgive me. Master, please forgive me. We are also coerced and induced by others."
At the same time, all the drugs were found, and after inspection, they were confirmed to be poisons.
The concubines panicked and said, "Master, we are also being persecuted!"
Patriarch Leng asked coldly: "Who forced you?"
The concubines were about to speak, but suddenly shut their mouths. They didn't know the name of the person who forced them, and they didn't even know what they looked like, because the person was wearing a black tights, covering his mouth and nose tightly. Yan Shishi, and deliberately lowered his voice. Now that I think about it carefully, there is no characteristic at all.
Seeing that the concubines were not answering, Master Leng pointed at the medicines and said, "The evidence is conclusive. There must be an explanation for Lao Wu's death."
The concubines were instantly frightened and banged their heads on the stone floor. Regardless of their bruised scalps, they just hoped that the master of the house would be lenient.
However, Patriarch Leng just looked gloomy and waved to his men: "Do it."
Amidst the shrill screams, these concubines had their necks wiped one after another and perished.
Leng Ye's biological mother looked at this scene with a horrified look on her face. She suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly crawled to the feet of Patriarch Leng, mourning and saying: "Principal, the medicine in my room has not been changed. I am innocent!"
Patriarch Leng just stared at the woman with disgust, and then personally helped her up.
"You have a grudge against Lao Wu because of Leng Ye's death, so you want to kill Lao Wu. There is no obvious loophole in this reason. You are the best scapegoat."
Just as Leng Ye's biological mother was about to speak, her neck was tightly grasped by a big hand, and then with a click, her neck was twisted.
Patriarch Leng let go of his hand, wiped it on his clothes in disgust, turned around and ordered: "Manager Lu, I'll leave it to you to figure out what to do next."
Manager Lu agreed with a smile.
Patriarch Leng and Mrs. Sun crossed the threshold, came to the carriage, and sat in the carriage. Patriarch Leng couldn't help but rub his head.
Mrs. Sun saw what her husband was thinking and said bluntly: "Are you guessing whether the mastermind behind this is Lao San or Gu Xiaotian?"
Patriarch Leng nodded. Now in his heart, there are only these two candidates.
Mrs. Sun did not answer immediately, but instead reminded with a chuckle: "Maybe they are, but there may be someone else who is really in charge of all this, maybe."
The head of the Leng family was slightly startled, then fell into deep thought.
Mrs. Sun did not continue talking, but came to his side with a smile and gently rubbed his head.
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A fire broke out for no reason and burned down the fifth master's courtyard.
On the street, all the people knew that this was the fifth master's courtyard, and some didn't. But at this time, the word spread.
The most common version of this incident is that Leng Ye's biological mother had a grudge against the Fifth Master because of Leng Ye's death, so she united with the sisters in the entire courtyard and killed the Fifth Master.
It seems very reasonable.
As for those who still had questions about this matter, they did not dare to ask. They just kept their thoughts in their hearts. Since it was spread like this, they could only believe it like this.
Gu Xiaotian sat in the tea stall and joked with the boss, but he also knew what was going on in the city.
After the boss told Gu Xiaotian about the rumors in the city, he said with emotion: "Death under peonies, it's so cool to be a ghost."
Gu Xiaotian smiled lightly and asked, "Are you envious?"
The boss smacked his lips and said, "Who wouldn't be envious of being able to have so many beautiful wives? But the death of the Fifth Master is a bit strange. Logically speaking, even if they hate the Fifth Master, they can never kill him. They all rely on the Fifth Master. Only the master can live. If the fifth master dies, who can they rely on to survive?"
Gu Xiaotian said nothing.
After all, there are twists and turns here. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that it is definitely not as simple as it is said.
However, the boss was just surprised for a while and stopped talking. After all, it was useless to think about it so much. It would be more practical to do more business.
Gu Xiaotian left the tea stall after paying and walked alone on the street. It won't take long for the Leng family to find out.
Only then will there be a real fierce battle.
While walking and thinking, Gu Xiaotian unknowingly came under a sycamore tree. There were several children playing under the tree.
A child put his hands on the plane tree, covered his eyes, shouted one, two, three, and then turned his head.
Gu Xiaotian was slightly amused and became interested. This was considered a short-lived happiness, so he watched it quietly from a distance.
One of the taller children suddenly noticed Gu Xiaotian, looked at the boy with the sword in confusion, and slowly came closer.
After coming closer, the tall boy asked: "Are you a warrior?"
Gu Xiaotian looked at the sword behind his back, smiled and nodded.
"Then can you help us pick some leaves from the sycamore tree?"
As soon as he said this, many children came over and agreed.
Gu Xiaotian wondered: "What do you want the leaves of the phoenix tree for?"
One of the girls laughed and said: "The leaves on the sycamore tree are very beautiful, but it's just autumn and the sycamore tree doesn't have many fallen leaves yet, but we collect these fallen leaves every year." 33
Gu Xiaotian smiled, maybe this is some of the little beauty among children.
He didn't refuse, he jumped up onto the sycamore tree, swept down a large piece of fallen leaves with a wave of his hand.
The children were so happy that they started grabbing them under the sycamore tree. Gu Xiaotian jumped down from the tree, looking at these children, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up.
But soon, his eyes dimmed again.
These children are all from Western Shu. There will definitely be a war in Western Shu. What will happen to these children then?
In war, the most injured are often not those who die on the battlefield, but these innocent people.
The girl picked up a pile of fallen leaves, picked through them, and finally ran to Gu Xiaotian, took out two leaves from her arms, and said with a smile: "Thank you, big brother, these two fallen leaves are very beautiful, I give them to you."
Gu Xiaotian reached out and took it with a smile on his face.
"Brother, I don't seem to have seen you in the city very often. If you come to visit our Jinguan City, you must stay a little longer. In the spring, there are several peach trees not far away. The peaches are so sweet, you must try them.”
Gu Xiaotian wanted to nod in agreement, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.
Peaches and plums correspond to spring.
Wutong corresponds to autumn.
Gu Xiaotian opened his mouth slightly, his surprise was beyond words.
He had already figured out what those two lines of poems meant.
After combining the irregular writing of those two lines of poetry, Gu Xiaotian suddenly became enlightened in an instant.
The poem is indeed an acrostic poem.
The girl thought that the big brother across from her didn't hear her, so she waved towards him and called a few times.
Only then did Gu Xiaotian come back to his senses and said with a smile: "Of course, I will definitely come in spring."
Some people died, but not completely...
