Chapter 73 There must be a purpose

"Who needs to endure it?" Chu Ran said angrily, "I was just joking with you. I don't feel uncomfortable at all."

"Yeah, okay."

Li Fu realized that his previous words must have irritated Chu Ran, and he didn't dare to say anything else. He was afraid that if he said a few more words, Chu Ran would immediately jump out of the car and compete with the horse to see who could reach the destination first.

The carriage finally stopped at the foot of the mountain.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Chu Ran quickly got off.

He walked back and forth a few steps, slowed down for a while, and when he looked up, he vaguely saw a corner of the temple emerging from the woods. At the same time, a few meters ahead, a narrow mountain road paved with bluestone meandered upwards, which should lead to the temple on the mountainside.

What does that mean? Could it be that Li Fu brought him here to pray to the gods?

Li Fu still believes this?

But Chu Ran had been sitting in the carriage for so long that not only was his skin sore, but his feet were also numb. He really didn't want to climb the mountain.

Chu Ran thought that if Li Fu insisted on dragging him to climb the mountain together, even if he admitted that he was "coquettish", he would never climb this crappy mountain.

But soon, Chu Ran realized that he had thought too much. Li Fu had no intention of climbing the mountain. Moreover, in addition to the two of them, the group of people he had just seen at the mass grave also came with a stretcher.

It’s such a long way, but he actually carried a dead body here. What on earth did Li Fu want to do?

A group of people were waiting at the foot of the mountain. Chu Ran was in a hurry to leave the palace to see Li Fu this morning and had no time to eat, so he was brought here by Li Fu. Now it was almost noon and Chu Ran was already hungry, but where could he find a place to eat in the wilderness? He guessed he would have to wait until he returned to the city to eat.

Whatever, just bear with it.

After all, you won’t die of hunger if you eat two meals less.

Chu Ran was thinking silently when suddenly a cloth bag was stretched out in front of him. Chu Ran looked up and saw that it was Li Fuchuan who delivered it.

"What?"

Chu Ran took it. The cloth bag was bulging and it was obvious that there were a lot of things in it. But when Chu Ran opened the bag, he found that it was actually filled with dried fruits.

Such as peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, and red dates.

Li Fu actually brought food with him. Chu Ran said happily, "Thank you, Prince."

Then he took out a peeled peanut from the cloth bag and started chewing it.

Chu Ran held the cloth bag in his left hand, took out dried fruits from the bag with his right hand and threw them into his mouth, chewing them. In the middle, he took out a few and gave them to Li Fu. Li Fu shook his head and refused Chu Ran's feeding.

It seems that he is not hungry.

He brought so much food even though he was not hungry. It all went to him.

A woman's figure vaguely appeared on the mountain road.

Chu Ran was standing leisurely leaning against the carriage, but when he saw the graceful figure of the woman on the mountain road, he stood up straight.

As the other person got closer and closer, Chu Ran finally realized that he must have seen this woman before.

Oh, it’s Shen Jingyi, Li Gaoyou’s new wife.

"The prince said he had something to tell me. Is there anything that cannot be said in the city? Why must it be said here?"

Shen Jingyi looked unhappy. It was true that they were newly married, but an assassination incident happened. Although according to common sense, Shen Jingyi had no motive to murder Li Gaoyou, and this matter should have nothing to do with her, but who made the assassin her man? So she couldn't completely get rid of the suspicion.

Recently, because of Li Gaoyou's incident, rumors have been spreading in the city, saying all kinds of things, but the people who don't know the inside story can understand nothing. Since the assassin is Shen Jingyi's man, then for the simple and ignorant people, Shen Jingyi is naturally the biggest suspect.

It was said that Shen Jingyi didn't want to marry Li Gaoyou at all, and that Shen Jingyi had a lover before marriage, and that she married Li Gaoyou purely out of helplessness, so she instructed the maid around her to murder her husband on the wedding day.

Although there is no evidence and they are just rumors, rumors are more ferocious than tigers. Shen Jingyi must have had a hard time recently.

"It's nothing serious." Li Fu said lightly, "I just want Miss Shen to meet someone."

Shen Jingyi frowned, looking impatient, "Who is it?"

Li Fu pointed at the person on the stretcher and said, "The person is there. You might as well lift it up and take a look."

Shen Jingyi didn't think too much about it and went over to lift the layer of white cloth on top.

When Shen Jingyi lifted the white cloth, Chu Ran already felt his scalp tingling.

Chu Ran didn't dare to imagine what the corpse that had just been dug out of the ground looked like. As soon as he thought about it, he couldn't eat the dried fruits in his hand.

"ah!"

Shen Jingyi screamed in fear and took a half step back. After a moment, she looked at Li Fu with a pale face and asked sharply: "Is the prince crazy?! Let me see this!"

"Don't worry." Li Fu's tone was still calm and calm, so calm that it even made people feel indifferent. "Don't you want to know who this person is?"

Shen Jingyi was so frightened that her mind went blank. She shouted like she had lost her mind, "I don't care who he is! What does it have to do with me!"

"Don't speak too soon. This person has a lot to do with you."

Normal people would feel some sympathy when seeing a beauty being frightened and losing her composure, but Li Fu did not give her time to calm down and said coldly, "Her name is Fu'er."

Fuer.

At that moment, Chu Ran's mind went blank for a moment.

"She was a maidservant of Concubine Xi. Don't you want to know how she died? She was raped by Li Gaoyou, so she was sentenced to death by Concubine Xi. Did you see that her belly was still bulging? That's because she was pregnant. The maidservant who assassinated Li Gaoyou should be called Zhilan, right? Coincidentally, Zhilan is Fu'er's long-lost sister. In order to avenge her sister, the sister wanted to kill Li Gaoyou."

Chu Ran's head was buzzing after hearing this.

What is the relationship between Fu'er and the female assassin? Sisterly relationship? How did Li Fu know this? No, how Li Fu knew this is not important. What is important is that since Li Fu knew this, why did he tell Shen Jingyi.

What benefit would it bring to Li Fu if Shen Jingyi knew this?

But Shen Jingyi and Li Fu have nothing to do with each other. Even if Li Fu knew all this, there was no need for him to tell Shen Jingyi about it.

Is it kind?

Li Fu would not be stupid enough to be such a "good guy".

He must have a purpose, but what is his purpose?