Chapter 396: Caught in the act
When he saw the yamen runner, Gu Shen's face changed instantly.
The blue box in my hand felt as hot as charcoal and I wanted to throw it away or dispose of it immediately.
But how could he throw it in front of so many people?
The runners also saw Gu Shen, but they saluted to the princess first: "We greet Princess Fushun, Old Lady Shen, and..."
The drunkenness on the eldest princess's face had disappeared: "Everyone, get up, the case is urgent."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
All the yamen runners stood up and looked at Gu Shen.
The leading Constable Lu said, "So Lord Gu is at home!"
As he was talking, he looked at Gu Shen, only to see that Gu Shen was standing with his hands behind his back, and there was a hole on the ground! There are some messy things in it.
Captain Lu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Is this a case of catching someone in the act?
Although Mei didn't know the inside story, she felt that the situation was not good: "My dear brothers, what do you want to talk to my master about?"
Captain Lu said, "There was a thief who was stealing everywhere and stole a small blue box from your house. Coincidentally, your family's former heir, Gu Han, just came to watch the fun and saw the box and said it was the poison used to frame him! The thief said you still have some at home."
"We are here to search under the order of the prefect."
Hearing the word "Gu Han", the smile on Mei's face froze, and she hurriedly explained: "Little brother, you must have misunderstood. It was Gu Han who poisoned my biological father. This matter..."
"Madam, let the Marquis explain this to the prefect!" Captain Lu waved his hand and looked at Gu Shen, "What is the Marquis doing now..."
The eldest princess' eyes were full of teasing: "Oh my, the little blue box you just mentioned, couldn't it be the one in Gu Shen's hand!"
Lady Pingguogong likes to see the Gu family in trouble, and she said excitedly: "Just now, the princess accidentally knocked open the door, and we saw Lord Gu holding a small blue box in his hand, which he hid behind his back... Was this dug out from the cellar?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the still open cellar with amusement in his eyes.
"Could it be that... Lord Gu received the news in advance and rushed back to destroy the evidence? Tsk tsk tsk, luckily today is the Flower Goddess Festival, everyone is together, and the princess drank a few more glasses, otherwise we wouldn't have run into her."
The eyes of the noble ladies present were shining brightly. This, this, this... is even more interesting than catching an adulterer!
"No, no, no, it's not like that..." Gu Shen was speechless.
He wanted to slap himself a few times.
If he had known this, he might as well not have dug it out in advance. Now... he feels like he can't get rid of the feeling even if he jumps into the sea.
The runners were all experienced people. They knew what was going on as soon as they saw the scene. They looked at Gu Shen with some contempt: "Lord Gu, what are you holding in your hand?"
Gu Shen’s face was stiff.
"Sorry for the offense!" Captain Lu walked in with a few yamen runners and went around behind Gu Shen.
Gu Shen was seen holding a small blue box tightly in his hand, exactly the same as the one in the court.
"Lord Gu, please follow me to the court."
Gu Shen's face turned pale and blue, and finally he snorted coldly and threw the box in his hand to the ground:
"Alright, alright, that rebellious son, not only did he poison his biological father, he even came back to frame me after a few years! I'm going to see what other tricks he has up his sleeve!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves vigorously and left in a majestic manner.
Captain Lu quickly picked up the small box from the ground and bowed to the princess and the others: "I will take my leave first."
The eldest princess nodded: "Okay, go do your thing."
The group of yamen runners then followed Gu Shen and left in a mighty manner.
Mei stared at all this in a daze, her body swayed and her face turned pale.
The ladies all looked at her with different expressions, most of them with mockery and ridicule.
Mrs. Que, like Mrs. Mei, was so frightened that her face turned pale.
It's been so many years, the matter between Gu Han and Que Xinyan should have been over long ago, why is it stirring up trouble again?
Mrs. Liao, who had been standing at the back, stepped forward and stared at Mei sarcastically: "I've said it before, Gu Han is not a fool. Even if he really wants to poison someone, he can't poison someone in the medicine he made himself, haha!"
Many ladies nodded their heads, looking as if they were enjoying the show.
The eldest princess successfully completed the task and raised her eyebrows: "It's getting late, let's all go back!"
After saying this, he turned around and left with his maid.
The noble lady behind her hurriedly followed her footsteps.
Just as Old Lady Shen and her daughter-in-law were about to leave, Mei grabbed Old Lady Shen and said anxiously, "My dear relatives, you must help our Marquis..."
Madam Shen's eyes were filled with sarcasm: "If he is innocent, our Great Zhou laws will not wrongly accuse him. Why, is Gu Shen not innocent to begin with?"
Mei's face turned blue from choking.
Old Madam Shen shook her head.
Madam Shen glanced at her with a sneer, "Who are your relatives? Are you, the dirty and smelly Gu family, worthy?"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves lightly and helped Madam Shen leave.
Mei stood there blankly. She turned around and saw the group of noble ladies chattering about something and making bursts of clicking sounds.
The eldest princess, who was leading the group, was not drunk at all and walked briskly.
Mei's face gradually turned pale, and she realized belatedly that they had been tricked!
And it’s the Shen family! And the eldest princess!
Yes, it was the Shen family who plotted against them! In order to deny the marriage order!
......
The news that Gu Shen was taken away by the yamen runners quickly spread throughout the Gu family.
Gu Yang, who was fooling around with the maid in the room, was so scared that he rolled off the bed.
Mrs. Gu, who had been suffering from illness, also jumped up with excitement.
Afterwards, the Gu family rushed to the court in a hurry.
Outside the court, there was a crowd of people inside and outside, making it impossible to get in or out.
"What's the big deal here? Is this a murderer?"
"No, he was a thief who stole things from a nobleman's house."
"What's so good about this?"
"This is really interesting! Because the thief accidentally stole evidence of an old incident! This also implicates the Ningguo Marquis Mansion, saying that the Ningguo Marquis framed his own son for his second wife."
"What's this room?"
Those who knew about it enthusiastically explained to those who didn't know about the relationship between the masters of Ningguo Marquis' Mansion, such as how they would live and die for the maid, marry the mistress for the maid, and finally the mistress died of anger and the maid took over, and finally framed the mistress's son...
Everything was described vividly and logically.
"Oh my, this is the first melon of the new year! So exciting!"
"Get out of the way!" At this time, two servants rudely pushed the crowd out to make a path.
Mei, Gu Yang, and Old Madam Gu walked in with pale faces.
They originally wanted to go to the compartment behind the screen in the front to listen, but were told that it was full!
I had no choice but to come here to see it.
At this moment, in the packed compartment——
Brother Shen Zhiyan was sitting there, and even the three brothers Shen Manman and Shen Xingyue had come and were eating melon seeds. After a while, even Old Lady Shen, her mother-in-law, and the eldest princess came in.
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