1172 Suspicious, the old housekeeper is very loyal
Mrs. Gu saw that everyone had received Gu Qiancheng's guarantee, but she was the only one left out. She was afraid that Gu Qiancheng would not care about her life or death, so she said anxiously: "What about me? What about me? Do you not care about my life or death? Gu Qiancheng
Cheng, you have to know that I was bewitched because of you. If you don’t care about me, I will go outside and accuse you of matricide and unfilial piety!"
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Mrs. Gu has nothing but a life now. She is not afraid of losing anything at all, nor is she afraid that Gu Qiancheng will retaliate against her. Anyway, she has a life. If the Loyalty Gu cannot be solved, she will still survive.
Not long.
However, Gu Qiancheng is different. Qin Jiyan intends to make her the queen within a hundred days. If rumors of matricide break out at this juncture, it will definitely make it more difficult to establish the queen.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Gu threatened the wrong person.
If Gu Qiancheng is threatened by Mrs. Gu, then she is no longer Gu Qiancheng.
"What do you care about? You killed my nanny, and I haven't settled the debt with you yet. How do you still want me to care about you?" Gu Qiancheng looked at Mrs. Gu coldly, with cold eyes, as if looking at a dead person.
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Mrs. Gu was not the one who actually took action in that incident, but all those who did it were executed by the old man. Now that she couldn't find any evidence, she could only watch Mrs. Gu being imprisoned for a few months before being released.
"You, you... what are you talking nonsense about? When will I kill your nanny?" Mrs. Gu used to not care and would admit it outright, but after staying in prison for a while, Mrs. Gu no longer dared to agree casually.
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Although it is not a crime for a master to kill a slave, a master who assassinates a slave will still go to jail...
"Hmph..." Gu Qiancheng snorted coldly and did not continue to argue with Mrs. Gu.
She did not come back today to settle matters with Mrs. Gu, and she does not need to settle matters with Mrs. Gu now. Rather than simply execute her according to the law, Gu Qiancheng prefers to see Mrs. Gu trembling with fear and panic all day long...
Ignoring the shrew-like Mrs. Gu, Gu Qiancheng said hello to the old man and then led the royal guards to search the Gu family mansion again.
She would never feel at ease if she didn't search it carefully.
Before searching the house, Gu Qiancheng didn't say anything. So when people saw Jin Yiwei breaking into the yard where Gu Qiancheng lived, everyone opened their mouths in shock. They wanted to remind Jin Yiwei to be careful and not damage the house.
However, seeing Gu Qiancheng following behind him, the servant did not dare to say a word.
The old housekeeper received the news and hurried over, "Miss, what's going on?" The old housekeeper looked at Gu Qiancheng with a puzzled expression, but had no intention of stopping him and just stood aside.
"Looking for a spy." The old housekeeper belonged to Qin Jiyan, and he had not been poisoned by the loyalty poison. Gu Qiancheng still trusted him, but trust was trust, and Gu Qiancheng did not say much in front of the old housekeeper.
The old housekeeper nodded clearly and said: "Miss, I have gathered all the servants in the house and are interrogating them. Do you want to take a look, Miss?" The old housekeeper explained without leaving a trace why he had not appeared before.
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"We'll talk about it later." Gu Qiancheng did not leave in a hurry, but signaled the old housekeeper to wait.
"Yes." The old butler took a step back and stood behind Gu Qiancheng dutifully, keeping his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, observing his duties as a servant.
With Gu Qiancheng on the line, Jin Yiwei had no worries. After rushing into Gu Qiancheng's yard, he searched everything inside and out, even the box where Gu Qiancheng kept his things.
However, Jin Yiwei still had a sense of discretion and did not mess with Gu Qiancheng's things. After all, they came here to find someone, not to raid the house.
After a search, there was no one hiding in Gu Qiancheng's yard. Jin Yiwei came out to report, but Gu Qiancheng did not rush to tell the people to disperse. He only said: "I remember that there was an abandoned yard separated by a wall from me. There were still people there.
There is a dry well, have you searched it?"
Gu Qiancheng's residence is very remote. No one lives in the courtyard around her, and it has long been abandoned.
"Reporting to the girl, I have checked all the surrounding yards, and I did not see the dry well that the girl mentioned." Jin Yiwei thought for a moment and frowned.
"Then let's go take a look." Gu Qiancheng glanced at the people in the room and walked out first.
When her father died, she checked everyone in the Gu family and cleared out all the servants with problems. She really couldn't figure out who could have poisoned the Gu family.
Of course, she had doubts that the Loyalty Gu was cast by someone from the Gu family, but the Wu family's spies had been keeping an eye on the Gu family. No one in the Gu family, including Mrs. Gu, had a chance to cast the poison, and judging from their reactions today, they didn't
Like a spy.
Gu Qiancheng suspected that the Gu family might be hiding some outsider.
The dry well that Gu Qiancheng mentioned was in the northwest corner. Almost no one went to that place. The reason why Gu Qiancheng knew it was because the original owner often went there and sometimes hid in the dry well to avoid Mrs. Gu and Gu Qianxue's troubles.
The dry well mentioned by Gu Qiancheng is very convenient for hiding people, and it is not easy to be found, because the dry well is flat, covered with a bluestone slab, and looks no different from the surrounding roads.
Gu Qiancheng thought that if someone wanted to hide in the Gu family, that would definitely be a good place.
Of course, Gu Qiancheng was not sure that there would be someone hiding in the Gu family. He just followed the principle of being cautious and did not let go of any possibility.
Gu Qiancheng took people to search for the dry well, and the old housekeeper also accompanied him. He followed Gu Qiancheng step by step. He walked unhurriedly and looked the same as usual. Only the fists shrunk in his sleeves gave away the fact that he was
The true inner reaction.
But...his hands are hidden in his sleeves, and most people can't even notice them!
There is only a wall between them. You can go through by opening the small door in the middle. Gu Qiancheng walked into the abandoned courtyard first and walked directly towards the dry well.
The old butler paused for a moment, his old eyes narrowed, but soon he followed Gu Qiancheng like no one else.
"Dong dong dong..." The footsteps sounded from far away to very close. Ziyang, Ziqi, and Zino, who were hiding in the dry well, immediately tensed up, "No, someone is coming."
"There are quite a few people there, it's probably not that old guy." The three of them looked at each other, seeing tension and worry in each other's eyes, and knew in their hearts that their guess was right.
"Brother, what should we do now?" Ziqi and Zinuo looked at Ziyang, as if they were waiting for him to make up his mind.
Ziyang thought for a moment and said, "That thing won't care about our life or death. Kill it first and then talk about it."
"Okay!" Ziqi and Zinuo agreed without any hesitation.
"Dong dong dong..." Gu Qiancheng walked to the dry well, pointed to the bluestone slab above and said: "It's right here, remove the stone, go down and have a look."
"Yes." The two royal guards stepped forward and removed the bluestone slab that was pressing on it. But just when they removed a small opening that could only accommodate one person, a black shadow suddenly popped out of it...
A note to readers: I still owe one chapter, right? I’m really sleepy, I’ll make up for it tomorrow!