Then, a woman with disheveled hair and muttering something came in, escorted by guards.

When the woman saw there were so many people around, she immediately started to struggle. If she hadn't been held down by two big men, she would have probably broken free by now.

Gu Lingze walked up to her, stretched out his hand and patted the back of her head. After retracting his hand, he snapped his fingers right in front of the woman's face. The woman shuddered and her eyes were no longer as unfocused as before.

This maid has been serving Qin Zhantian for quite some time, so there is nothing suspicious about this at the moment.

"What time did you knock on the door this morning?"

The maid was lying on the ground, trembling and silent. The envoy said angrily, "Hurry up and tell me! If anything happens to His Highness, I will kill your whole family."

When the maid heard this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale and she quickly said, "Mao, Mao, it's Mao time."

Mao time is between 5 and 7 in the morning. Gu Lingze then asked, "What time is Mao time?"

"First, first quarter." The maid replied trembling all over.

"Why did the Second Prince call you so early?"

"It was not the Second Prince who sent the message. It was that lord's men who came to the side room and told us that His Highness wanted water for bathing." After the maid said this, she looked at Zhou Xingyun who was sitting next to her.

Zhou Xingyun was startled and sat up straight. "Nonsense! The people I brought with me yesterday all returned with me at night! Why would they stay to pass on a message to you? Stop making random comments, you servant."

Zhou Xingyun was afraid that he might be involved in this matter, so he was shocked and angry when he heard this.

"I am your highness' personal servant, and the person who delivered the message was the guard in red who followed you yesterday."

Zhou Xingyun frowned and tried hard to recall, then suddenly jumped up from his seat.

The maid was not lying. There was indeed a red-clothed guard following her yesterday.

"The guard you are talking about was not brought by me, but by the Second Prince."

"This is impossible. I have never seen the guards following you yesterday." The guard commander stood up and said.

"That guard told me that himself!"

"You believed him when he said so. Since he is the Second Prince's guard, why did he follow you? I think you are trying to shirk your responsibility."

Zhou Xingyun and the commander of the guards got into an argument over this matter, and neither side gave in.

"Have you had enough of arguing?" Gu Xiuyi asked in a very calm voice, but both of them were silent at the same time and stopped talking.

"Send someone to call the madam of Yunbin Tower! She is involved in this matter." The envoy said to the commander of the guards.

Gu Lingze curved his lips and said, "I don't think it's necessary. How can we recognize a person with only skin left?"

Those who were smart enough at the scene could now understand that this was a setup from the beginning to the end. Even if they arrested the madam and chopped her to pieces, they probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of her.

The commander of the guards looked at him ferociously and said angrily, "You have no right to speak here. Get out of the way." He was taking his anger out on Gu Lingze.

Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi stood up at the same time. Zhao Chengmo even drew out his sword and pointed it at the other party, "Who are you asking to get out?" The stern look in his eyes made him feel a chill on his back.

The commander of the guards never expected that he would be pointed at with a knife by the men brought by General Huaiyuan just because he scolded a young man.

The envoy couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What a fool!" How could the person brought by General Huaiyuan himself be a useless ordinary person? He hadn't even figured out the other party's identity, but he had already completely offended him.

The envoy had no choice but to stand up and smooth things over, "General Gu, Lord Dai, he is temporarily..."

"Let's go." Gu Xiuyi glanced at the two of them, said this, and left without looking back.

The envoy and the commander of the guards did not expect that General Huaiyuan would take his men away just because of a single sentence.

The envoy was still thinking in his heart, I heard that Gu Xiuyi has not married yet, could it be his lover? Then there is no reason to bring him to investigate the case together?

The envoy looked at Dai Zhengqi in confusion, "Master Dai, look at this..."

Dai Zhengqi put on a helpless expression, "You underestimated the young man in white. He is the miracle doctor who saved General Gu's life. If General Zhenguo hadn't invited him today, he might not have come."

Dai Zhengqi is one of their own. Although it is true that he cured Gu Xiuyi, he still wanted to exaggerate a little and flatter Gu Lingze for free.

The envoy glanced at the guard commander unhappily, "Since this matter is in the hands of General Huaiyuan, he can't just ignore it because of this sentence."

"Who said he didn't care?" Dai Zhengqi looked puzzled. "The emperor handed this matter over to General Gu, but he didn't order him to be on standby here twelve hours a day. Besides, it's not like he won't come back."

The envoy was left speechless by Dai Zhengqi's words and had to shut up.

After Gu Xiuyi and the other two came out of Siyi Pavilion, they got on the carriage at the door. Zhao Chengmo closed the door, and the carriage slowly set off.

"There's something fishy about this matter, you should have noticed it." After Gu Lingze finished speaking, Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi nodded slightly.

"When the maid went in, it was a Yin time. If the whole thing is as I guessed, the dancer in Yunbin Tower yesterday was born on a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin day."

"Yin alone cannot produce life, and Yang alone cannot grow. Moreover, yesterday was the Ghost Festival."

After Gu Lingze finished speaking, Gu Xiuyi frowned, "So, someone must have set up a trap to harm Qin Zhantian, otherwise who would go to such great lengths to kill a dancer?"

"I think the person who could have harmed people is none other than Cheng Jiao."

Gu Lingze had clashed with Cheng Jiao many times. Who else could be the one who could use this method to harm others but Cheng Jiao.

"If the prince of Qianhan Kingdom dies in our Qianyuan Kingdom, then they will have an excuse to start a war." Zhao Chengmo said with a cold face.

"But Prince Qin Zhantian is very popular in the court of Qianhan Kingdom and is one of the candidates for the crown prince. If you want to use this as an excuse, then he shouldn't be the one to die." Gu Xiuyi has been keeping an eye on the movements of Qianhan Kingdom to prevent a sudden war.

"That means Qi Yixuan and some other prince of Qianhan Kingdom reached some dirty deal in private and wanted Qin Zhantian to die here." After Gu Lingze said this, the logic of the whole thing became much smoother.

Gu Xiuyi punched the car wall, "Qi Yixuan, that bastard."

"Brother, don't worry. With me here, Qin Zhantian can't die even if he wants to."

Gu Lingze narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's just that this time, we should teach Cheng Jiao a lesson."

At night, a carriage drove quickly towards the General's Mansion.

When they reached the door, the driver jumped down quickly, opened the door and helped the people inside down.

As soon as the envoy got off the car and stood firm, he immediately shook off the person who was supporting him and said, "Go and knock on the door!"