While Yu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately came to Shangguan Shaoqin and knelt down to plead guilty: "This subordinate is incompetent, so the head of the labor family takes action personally, and the head of the family wants to punish him!"
At this moment, he was both scared and ashamed. He really thought too highly of himself. He actually regarded Gongsun Yi as an ordinary drunkard and looked down on him, which led to his fall.
If the other party didn't trust Shangguan Shaoqin, once this matter was brought to light, even if he could get rid of the suspicion, it would cause some trouble for the family head's next plan.
Yu Chengzhan knelt down tremblingly, his heart full of regret. Something went wrong the first time he was entrusted with an important task by the head of the family. He could imagine that in the future, he might have to sit on the bench for a long time in the family.
However, Yu Cheng made a mistake, and Shangguan Shaoqin had no intention of punishing him.
"Get up, you have indeed disappointed me."
Shangguan Shaoqin's faint words made the other party so ashamed that he could not raise his head, and he asked again: "I ordered you to poison quietly, but why did you go to the warehouse yourself?"
Yu Cheng replied: "As for the master, my subordinates have investigated it. Although the Gongsun family has been hit repeatedly, the family's heritage is still somewhat intact. The warehouse is heavily guarded. If my subordinates sneak into it, there may be a risk of being exposed."
Xu was worried that this explanation was not enough, so Yu Cheng quickly added: "But don't worry, head of the family, my subordinates are going in the name of the head of the house to inform the gatekeepers of the Gongsun clan to prepare some drinks to entertain the guests who come to express their condolences.
Arouse their suspicion."
Shangguan Shaoqin was noncommittal and said: "Have you ever thought that if Gongsun Yi really died from the medicine you administered, people in the Gongsun family might suspect you?"
Yu Cheng nodded: "Don't worry, head of the family, although the warehouse is an important place, there are so many people coming in and out in the past few days, so the other party is always suspicious, and the subordinates also have valid reasons. At this time, they are grateful to us, and they will definitely not doubt the subordinates.
Lower body."
Yu Cheng seemed confident, and Shangguan Shaoqin finally nodded with satisfaction: "Well done."
"Thank you, Master!" Yu Cheng lowered his head excitedly. Just when he was so excited that he was rewarded for making his own decision, instead of doing nothing wrong, he suddenly saw a headless corpse in front of him, accompanied by the spray of blood on his neck.
Blood flowers seem to have a different kind of familiarity.
Boom!
Yu Cheng's head rolled several times on the ground and landed next to Gongsun Yi's body.
Shangguan Shaoqin took a few steps back to avoid being splashed with blood on his clothes. He lowered his head and looked at the two corpses on the ground, turned around and strode out of the room.
At the same time, two silent figures appeared from the darkness. They silently picked up a corpse and disappeared under the cover of the night in different directions.
The next day, the tribesman who brought food and drinks to Gongsun Yi knocked on the door for a while, but never got a response. He boldly opened the door and saw Gongsun Yi lying on the ground not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
He leaned down tremblingly and stretched out his hand to detect the other person's breath. Soon, fear crawled onto the face of this tribesman.
Not long after, the Gongsun family received another piece of bad news. After the eldest daughter, Gongsun Yao, another clan member they had high hopes for died unexpectedly.
The Gongsun family has been practicing medicine for generations, and there are many people in the family who are highly skilled in medicine but have little reputation. Soon the cause of Gongsun Yi's death was found to be poisoning.
Residual alcohol was found in Gongsun Yi's mouth and body. After the clues were connected, people in the Gongsun family naturally thought of the mole.
The wine comes from the warehouse, and the clan's important warehouse area has not been invaded by foreign enemies. It is heavily guarded, and only insiders can poison the wine.
Moreover, these people were even more divergent in their thinking. Although Gongsun Yi had been living in a state of intoxication these past few days, some things had already penetrated deep into his bones and would not be forgotten when he was drunk.
Gongsun Yi was a master of medicine, so it was extremely difficult to poison him. If the poison was light, it would be discovered before the attack occurred. If the poison was heavy, the other party would find out the clues immediately.
If he hadn't forced his mouth open and poured it inside, then I'm afraid the person who poisoned him was someone whom Gongsun Yi trusted very much. Only in this way would the other party be so undefended.
Not all members of the Gongsun family are incompetent. What they lack is vision, structure, and the courage to stand alone. They are not brainless.
These people not only suspected that there was a mole in the family, but also suspected that Shangguan Shaoqin had fallen in love with an outsider.
And just when this suspicion became more and more intense, another piece of news came, which dispelled their suspicion.
In the warehouse, the body of Yu Cheng, a master of the Shangguan family, was found. He was beheaded with a sword. The death condition was exactly the same as that of the eldest lady Gongsun Yao. This was obviously done by the same person!
Shangguan Shaoqin also told everyone the "truth" he knew after grieving.
"Last night, Brother Gongsun came to look for me quietly. He said that he had noticed something strange in the wine and wanted to ask me to investigate, so I sent Brother Yu Cheng to the warehouse to investigate. Who would have thought...
"
Shangguan Shaoqin sighed: "I was the one who harmed brother Yu Cheng. I didn't expect the thieves to be so rampant. They came to kill people again and again. They really don't take us seriously!"
This sentence made everyone in the Gongsun family feel ashamed, but also furious.
Yu Cheng's death has basically eliminated everyone's suspicion of Shangguan Shaoqin, and the next question is before them, who is targeting their Gongsun family?!
If there is no answer to this question, it would be to deceive oneself. But if there is, so far, except for the Shangguan family, which has ruled out suspicion, almost every outside force that has come to express condolences may be the culprit.
The feeling of being surrounded by wolves made everyone in the Gongsun family feel insecure. At the same time, they also became more and more dependent on the Shangguan family. After all, Shangguan Shaoqin still dared to make trouble. Without him, what would have happened?
They simply couldn't imagine it.
In the end, the result of this incident was that the Gongsun family fell into unprecedented tension, and Shangguan Shaoqin was able to openly intervene in various affairs of the Gongsun family.
After all, it's not him who wants to intervene now, but people are begging him, asking him to help one or two. Yu Cheng's death makes this group of people shocked and angry, but also a little secretly happy. The Shangguan family who died will definitely not
After giving it up, they now truly became allies on the same ship.
And just when Shangguan Shaoqin quietly started to change things, another question was posed in front of him.
After all, Gongsun is a powerful force in the world, and a family cannot be without a master for a day. The eldest daughter Gongsun Yao and the elder Gongsun Yi are both dead. As for the eldest daughter’s husband Lu Peng, when everyone thought of him, they only found his body in the room.
Corpse.
Unlike Gongsun Yi and Yu Cheng, Lu Peng did not die of suicide, but starved to death in his room.
I heard that the eldest lady was in charge of the food and daily life in Lu Peng's yard. After the eldest lady died, the servants were left without a leader and for a while they forgot about delivering food.
However, at this critical juncture, this insignificant matter is no longer worthy of everyone's attention. At this time, the people of the Gongsun family wanted to elect a representative figure, and unexpectedly it was the already notorious deposed young master, Gongsun Cheng.