There were only three people in the room. If we weren't talking about him, could it be that Jin Shen Ling couldn't succeed? Jin Shen Ling was a confidant of His Highness, and he would generally not be punished unless he made a big mistake.
If he can only receive 20 yuan, he must thank his godfather. Otherwise, whether he can live today is at stake.
After all, because of his fault, His Highness was almost hit by an assassin. Although, he was also doing it for His Highness's safety.
Xiao Linzi kowtowed quickly, accepted his life, and went out to receive his punishment.
Jin Shenling was not surprised. How many servants had been punished by his master? This was still a light punishment!
But what surprised him today was that His Highness seemed to treat that Gu Chengyu in a different light, which was extremely inconsistent with his past style.
"There are no clues, it's just humble speculation."
The eldest prince said casually: "Is the guess accurate? I have already searched it and found nothing, so there is no need to mention it again."
Jin Shenling said yes, and then thought of the stolen things.
"Your Highness, what about the things stolen by the assassin? Will it bring trouble to Your Highness?"
The inner study is an important place. On weekdays, only His Highness himself can enter it, and even he has never been there.
I don't know what important things were stolen. When he was in the other courtyard, His Highness was still very anxious. Why did he look at His Highness now and became unhurried?
The corners of the eldest prince's lips curled up slightly, "They thought what they took away was important evidence, and they definitely didn't think that it was fake. This will keep them busy for a while."
Upon seeing this, Jin Shenling said: "Your Highness is still wise!"
The eldest prince smiled proudly, and then thought of Gu Chengyu again.
At this time, a guard outside announced that three staff members were coming.
"Please come in! You can go down first! Go check out that Gu Chengyu, it's interesting."
He must have wanted to ask about what had just happened in the other courtyard, so the eldest prince asked Jin Shenling to retreat.
"Oh! You will leave people here to check the place for the next two days. We still have to do a full show. Tomorrow night, we will evacuate from the other courtyard, and you will just leave the secret guards behind."
The eldest prince did this to give the illusion that the pamphlet was extremely important.
However, since one assassin can appear in the other courtyard, countless assassins can appear, so it is of course the best option.
Jin Shenling understood immediately and quickly took orders and went out to make arrangements.
"Three gentlemen, tell me, which group of assassins are coming this time?"
The eldest prince now paid attention to the assassin's origin. Of course he regretted not catching the assassin today.
Otherwise, if you are tortured, you will definitely find out something.
Hoi An entered a servant's room, which was the room arranged for her by Li Chun. Because she was pretending to be a servant, staying in the guest room would definitely make people suspicious, so he could only make do with it.
Fortunately, this is not a Datong shop with several people per room. Otherwise, he would definitely reveal his secret.
Being able to pretend for so long is already his limit. After all, men's living habits are different from women's.
Hoi An was about to take off his clothes and check the wound. Although the bleeding was stopped, the wound on his body had not healed. With such a long wound, if the bleeding had not been stopped, he would probably bleed to death.
He thought for a moment, then bent down and untied the pamphlet from his trousers.
This book has not been sent out yet. From now on, for two or three days, Zhuangzi will be surrounded by tight guards, and his companions will not be able to come to Zhuangzi.
In fact, they got news that the eldest prince had left the other courtyard and would not return to the other courtyard to spend the night today.
He thought it was a good opportunity, and besides, it was snowing, which could cover up the traces of their actions. Unexpectedly, the eldest prince responded by killing them.
Could it be that some of them snitched?
This matter will have to be reported to the Lord after he goes out.
He put the pamphlet on his chest and carried it with him until he went to bed.
But when he touched a bulging bag, he realized that it was Gu Chengyu's girl, and stuffed a big cloth bag for him. With such a majestic scale, it's no wonder that the guard leader wanted to take a few more glances.
He took out the cloth bag bitterly and threw it on the bed.
"Your Highness, it's late at night, but do you want to rest?" This is another chamberlain in the house. Xiao Linzi was injured, so he temporarily replaced him.
The eldest prince put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his sore wrist, and then admired the painting he had made.
What I saw in the painting was a plum forest, in which a pair of masters and servants were walking in the plum forest holding umbrellas. The cyan robes and the red plum trees reflected each other in the distance.
The next day, Sun Xian and the others came to the east wing to soak in the hot springs.
"Chengyu! Today I went to the hot spring in your village!" Zheng Lun sighed towards Gu Chengyu.
There is no hot spring village like this in the Hou Mansion. Although this village is not big, it is very expensive because of the hot springs. It is not that the Hou Mansion cannot afford it, but to buy this village, you have to happen upon it.
Gu Chengyu sat outside drinking tea and said with a smile: "If you want to come, you can come at any time."
Zhu Pang and the others had already entered the pool. Zheng Lun had just entered the water, but found that Gu Chengyu had no intention of entering the water. He asked doubtfully: "Why don't you come down and take a bath?"
"I already took a dip yesterday, you go ahead and take a dip! You can't take too many dips in the hot spring." Gu Chengyu replied without raising his head.
He was thinking about whether he could think of a way to send Jiang An away earlier. He had already asked Ming Yan to check outside to see if there were any secret guards following him.
"You said that the other courtyard over there belongs to the eldest prince. So if there was a fire last night, could it be the assassin who set the fire?" Sun Xian was very sober at this moment and was very concerned about what happened last night. curious.
"My Zhuangzi is not here, so I don't know. However, how brave is that assassin? He dares to break into the other courtyard alone? That is the eldest prince's other courtyard, and it is heavily guarded! He thinks those guards are vegetarians Can’t make it?”
Zhu Pang spoke of this assassin with great disdain.
Gu Chengyu thought in his mind that he only saw the eldest prince returning to the other courtyard yesterday afternoon. Maybe they thought that the eldest prince would not come back at night, or that he could not return to the other courtyard at that time, so he went to the other courtyard to steal the pamphlets. .
Ye Zhiqiu was also very concerned about this matter and couldn't help but interrupt: "I think the eldest prince is quite easy to talk to, and he didn't express his anger on us."
When Gu Chengyu heard this, he looked at him in surprise. He thought it was humiliating, but Ye Zhiqiu actually thought it was easy to talk about?
"That's right! In the end, they saved us some face and didn't start a big fight in Zhuangzi. You don't know that if someone from the Military and Horse Department came in to search, you would have to see what locusts crossing the border mean. !”
"The officers and soldiers of the Military and Horse Division are so arrogant? They actually want to rummage through the belongings of those wealthy families?"
Gu Chengyu didn't believe it, he definitely didn't dare, right?
"Of course they wouldn't dare to be a high-ranking official! Unless it's a serious crime of confiscating a house. If you don't have an official position or have a low-level official position, then they will definitely not show mercy to you. Those people are just unreasonable and rough people. They Can I reason with you?"
Zhu Pang shook his head. If you encounter someone with great power, you still have to surrender.
Gu Chengyu shook his head and laughed. It seemed that he was still stuck in the thinking of his previous life. In this dynasty where imperial power was supreme, this kind of thing might be common.