Everyone in the Gu family suspected that the eldest man was killed, so they hurriedly asked people to enter the palace and asked Gu Qiancheng to come back for an autopsy, but...
"So what if we find out? He is already dead." He died on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the day after Qin Jiyan hinted to everyone that he would make her his queen.
He died at the right time. If he said it was an accident, no one would believe him.
"Then we won't investigate?" Uncle Gu looked confused, as if he didn't quite understand what Gu Qiancheng meant.
"Check, of course, I have to find out how he died." Although no matter how her scumbag father died, she had to keep her filial piety for him for three years, but only by finding out the cause of death could she find the murderer.
Only then will we know who is so displeased with her that he brutally killed her own father on the first day of the new year.
Uncle Gu nodded: "No matter what, we must find out the matter, otherwise we will not be able to rest assured." If someone really killed his eldest brother in order to prevent Gu Qiancheng from becoming the queen, then... they must find the enemy, otherwise
I don’t know who will die next.
"Qiancheng, let's go take a look." Old Mrs. Gu said. Gu Qiancheng felt blessed and walked out. Gu Cheng saw the objection and stood up quickly, "Sister, I will go with you."
"Chengyi..." Third Aunt Gu was a little unhappy. It was really unlucky to see a dead body on the first day of the new year. She didn't want her son to go, but Third Uncle Gu nodded in agreement, "Let Chengyi go with us."
Now Gu Chengzhi couldn't stand still, so he had to say: "I'll go too."
Gu Qiancheng didn't care. He paused at the door and waited for the two of them to come out before walking towards the study together.
On the way, Gu Chengyi quickened his pace and walked to Gu Qiancheng, and said worriedly: "Sister, will uncle's death bring you a lot of trouble? In the morning, when the old man heard the news of uncle's death, he fainted.
"He also said, "Heaven is going to destroy my Gu family," but Gu Chengyi didn't dare to say this now.
"There will be some trouble." The biggest trouble is that she has to observe mourning for three years, and no matter what Qin Jiyan does, he can't wait for three years to become a queen.
Moreover, she cannot guarantee whether there will be any deaths in the family three years after she pays filial piety. Then she will have to continue to observe filial piety...
"Ah... what should I do? Sister, can I help you?" Gu Chengyi looked worried, his pink face wrinkled.
Gu Qiancheng patted his head and said, "You just need to study hard and get admitted to the imperial examination." Chengyi is a nephew, so he only needs to observe filial piety for one month, and it will not delay the imperial examination.
"Don't worry, eldest sister. Master said that I can pass the scholar examination this year. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to pass the imperial examination. However... I have to wait at least five years for the imperial examination. I'm not sure about the imperial examination in two years."
After being admitted as a Jinshi, he could only start as a seventh-grade official, and it would take at least ten years for him to become Gu Qiancheng's support.
"That's enough. You're doing me the biggest favor by studying hard." Gu Qiancheng didn't want to put too much pressure on Chengyi, but it wouldn't work without pressure. Only Chengyi could take the imperial examination for the third generation of the Gu family.
"Don't worry, big sister, I won't let you down." Gu Chengyi said solemnly. Chengzhi followed the two of them with a gloomy look on his face and said nothing. Gu Qiancheng and Chengyi also had no intention of talking to him.
The three of them came to the study. Gu Qiancheng's maid had already brought the tools for Gu Qiancheng's autopsy. Gu Qiancheng motioned to Chengyi and Chenghuan to wait for her outside, put on gloves and a mask, and went in with the tool box.
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The eldest man of the Gu family was lying straight on the ground, his eyes were wide open, his face was livid, twisted, and ferocious. He seemed to have suffered tremendous pain before his death.
The clothes on his body were torn apart. Judging from the angle and marks, he should have pulled them apart by himself; there were traces of rolling on the ground, the table could not be seen, and there were traces of the chair being moved.
Gu Qiancheng unbuttoned the eldest son of the Gu family and saw the bump marks on his body. It was certain that the eldest son of the Gu family had hit a table and chair before his death.
In addition to the impact marks, there were several finger marks on the elder's neck. After comparison, they were scratched by himself.
Apart from the eldest man, there was no trace of anyone else in the house. The wine and dishes on the table were cold and non-toxic. It was certain that the eldest man of the Gu family was not poisoned to death.
Gu Qiancheng initially guessed that the cause of the elder's death should be related to his throat. However, judging from the surface of the body, it was not due to suffocation, but something else.
Gu Qiancheng frowned slightly, took out a knife and cut open the old man's trachea...
"Sure enough, he didn't die of suffocation." As Gu Qiancheng expected, there was nothing in the elder's throat, so there was no problem of suffocation.
Gu Qiancheng continued to cut, and then she saw...
White worms the size of ants crawled out of the throat of the eldest son of the Gu family!
"Is this?" Gu Qiancheng's face changed drastically, and he took a few steps back. The corner of his eye glanced at Chengyi and Chengzhi outside the door, and he shouted urgently: "Chengyi, get out of here quickly."
"Sister, what happened?" Gu Chengyi asked worriedly. He raised his legs and was about to walk in, but was stopped by Gu Qiancheng, "Get out of here quickly and ask the old man to come over."
Chengyi still wanted to fight for it, but Gu Chengzhi pulled him away, "Listen to big sister, don't cause trouble to big sister."
Gu Chengyi glanced at Qian Cheng worriedly, turned around, and ran quickly towards the main hall...
Soon, the old man and his second and third uncles came over. Gu Qiancheng asked everyone else to leave and only let these three people in.
"Qiancheng, what did you find?" Along the way, Mr. Gu was panting and staggering even with the support of his second and third uncles.
"Old Master, look..." Gu Qiancheng used a dagger to lift off the clothes on the eldest man of the Gu family, and saw... that his body was covered with white bugs, and those little bugs were eating his body.
"Ugh..." Mr. Gu vomited it out immediately. The old man and his third uncle had seen the world, and although their faces were ugly, they did not lose their composure.
"Qiancheng, what is this?" Gu Sanshu asked.
"It should be Gu worms." Gu Qiancheng was not sure, after all, she didn't know much about Gu worms.
"Gu worms? Who would use worms to harm your father?" A flash of cruelty flashed in the old man's eyes, and the veins on his right hand bulged.
You must know that the death of the eldest son of the Gu family not only loses a son to the old man, but may also cause the Gu family to lose the opportunity to make a comeback.
After the New Year's Eve banquet last night, everyone in the capital knew that the emperor valued Gu Qiancheng. Even if Gu Qiancheng could not be the queen, she would definitely be the imperial concubine. With Qin Jiyan's favor, Gu Qiancheng would be considered the imperial concubine.
There is no need to take the queen seriously.
The old man had already thought about how the Gu family would develop in the future last night, but what about now?
When the eldest son of the Gu family died, Gu Qiancheng wanted to keep his filial piety, but everything came to nothing. Why didn't Mr. Gu hate this?