Lord Wang followed Gu Xingnuo out of the haunted house. A yamen runner had already found out the family's name and ancestral home, and stood in front of Gu Xingnuo and Lord Wang to report. <>
Gu Xingnuo was sure that this clerk named Liu from the Censorate had no grudges against their Gu family, let alone Yu Xiaoxiao. Young Master Gu could not think of any reason why Gu Xinglang would kill and wipe out Liu Shuban's entire family.
Could it be that Xinglang’s illness has relapsed?
Young Master Gu stood in the corridor, looking calm, his mind in a state of confusion.
After listening to the report from the head of his yamen runners, Lord Wang asked Gu Xingnuo, "What do you think, my Lord?"
Gu Xingnuo waved his hand at Lord Wang and said, "Everyone has his own specialty. I brought people here because I was afraid that the murderer was still hiding in Liu's mansion. Now that I have confirmed that the murderer has escaped, I will not stay any longer. I will trouble you with everything."
Lord Wang quickly responded with a "yes" and wanted to send Gu Xingnuo out.
"No need," Gu Xingnuo still waved his hand at Lord Wang and said, "The dead are the greatest. Your Excellency has more important business to attend to. Goodbye."
Lord Wang and the people from the Dali Temple watched Gu Xingnuo and his group quickly leave the courtyard. A lawyer whispered to Lord Wang, "Sir, it's better to solve the case as soon as possible. This is not only for Liu Shuban's family, but also for you."
Lord Wang understood what his master meant. Gu Xingnuo must have kept this in mind. Only by solving the case as soon as possible could he make a good impression on Gu Xingnuo, the new prime minister.
The lawyer whispered again: "After all, the Grand Duke has been away from the capital for a long time, and you are not close to those gentlemen like Yingnianyun. This case is a good opportunity for you to get close to the Grand Duke."
Lord Wang looked back at the murder house and said, "It is useless to say more now. Let's solve the case as soon as possible. The murderer is extremely vicious and evil. If we don't get rid of him, it will not be enough to appease the public anger. I can't give an explanation to Liu Shuban and his family."
"Yes," the yamen runners in the courtyard responded in unison.
Seeing that his master understood what he meant, the lawyer said no more and waved his hand to let the head of the yamen runners take people into the murder house to investigate the case.
Gu Xingnuo brought Gu Lin and others back to the Buddhist temple villa and ordered a guard to go to Gu Mansion and bring another team of guards to strengthen the security of the Buddhist temple villa.
Gu Lin was still worried, and said to Gu Xingnuo: "Master, can we just send one more team to guard the courtyard? What if the murderer is still hiding on this street?"
Gu Xingnuo said, "If we send more people, won't it make the neighbors nervous? People on this street are already in a panic, so let's not make any more trouble. There are Dali Temple runners on this street, and the Military Affairs Department will definitely send more soldiers to patrol. Unless the criminals are stupid, they will not choose this place as their hiding place."
Gu Lin said: "What if this murderer wants to hide his crime under the lamp?"
"The Dali Temple will soon conduct a door-to-door investigation," Gu Xingnuo shook his head and said, "If this murderer is plotting to do something dark under the lamp, he will be courting death."
At this time, a guard came running over with his servants.
Gu Xingnuo looked at the disciple and asked, "What do you want?"
The disciples looked downcast and dared not speak.
The guard urged, "Say to the Lord again what you just said to me."
Gu Lin immediately asked, "Did you see the murderer?"
"Ah, no," the doorman shook his head hurriedly, "No."
Gu Xingnuo said: "Then what do you want to tell me?"
The servant said, "Slave, I just saw the young master riding a horse to the door, but he did not dismount, and rode to the street again."
Gu Xingnuo felt cold all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Gu Xinglang had really been here!
Gu Lin asked curiously, "Why did the young master come and leave?"
"Madam is seriously ill," Gu Xingnuo whispered, "Young Master is in a bad mood, so it's not surprising that he behaved like this. He wants to see his mother but is afraid of seeing her sick face."
The disciples thought about Madam Xu's current condition and believed Gu Xingnuo's words without a doubt.
"Don't talk about this anymore," Gu Xingnuo said, "It would be bad if Madam knew about it."
"Yes," the servant said hurriedly.
Among the people present, Gu Lin knew that Gu Xinglang had a mental illness, but Gu Lin would never associate the miserable situation of the Liu family with Gu Xinglang. Seeing that the doorman had left, Gu Lin asked Gu Xingnuo: "Master, are you going to stay here tonight?"
"Take your men and stay here for one night," Gu Xingnuo said, "I'm worried about Xinglang, so I'll go to the Prince Consort's Mansion to look for him."
Gu Lin was worried and asked, "Master, are you going alone?"
Gu Xingnuo smiled and said, "Am I afraid of that murderer?"
When Gu Xingnuo rode to the front street, he saw soldiers from the military department patrolling the street. Young Master Gu did not dismount, but bowed to several generals from the military department and rode past them.
Several generals saw Gu Xingnuo walking away and whispered, "Why is Duke Gu here?"
A yamen runner from the Dali Temple happened to be near the generals with his men. Hearing the generals' discussion, he hurried forward and whispered, "The Gu Mansion has a separate courtyard on this street."
A general asked with interest: "Who lives in the villa?" Could it be that Young Master Gu has a mistress in the villa?
The head of the yamen runners said, "I heard that this courtyard is where Madam Xu practices Buddhism."
It is no secret in Fengjing that Mrs. Xu is a Buddhist.
When the generals heard that the courtyard was where Madam Xu practiced Buddhism, they immediately lost interest in the courtyard of the Gu Mansion. One general waved his hand at the team leader and said, "Go and get busy."
After the squad leader left, a general whispered, "Madam Xu doesn't live in the Gu Mansion? There is no Buddhist temple in their Gu Mansion?"
The oldest general among them looked around and said seriously, "Gu Xingnuo will be the prime minister soon, so be careful with your words. No one can afford to offend the Gu family now."
Another general quickly responded, "Yes, every family has its own problems. Why should we care where Madam Xu is practicing Buddhism?"
Not long after, Lord Wang, the Minister of the Dali Temple, came over and said to the generals, "The criminals may still be on this street, going door to door. Gentlemen, this matter will surely alarm the emperor, so we must not be careless."
Several generals nodded in agreement and took their men to investigate separately.
Lord Wang then asked the master, "Should I go to the palace now to report this matter to His Majesty?"
The master shook his head and said, "He is just a clerk. It would be a big deal to disturb His Majesty overnight for such a person. You should go to the palace gate and wait at dawn. That way, no one can say you have done anything wrong."
Lord Wang nodded and accepted the advice of his master.
Gu Xingnuo rode his horse at full speed to the gate of the Prince Consort's Mansion. When the doorman saw that the visitor was Young Master Gu, he hurried down the steps and held the horse for Gu Xingnuo.
Gu Xingnuo got off the horse and asked, "Is the Prince Consort in the mansion?"
The doorman hurriedly said, "Master, the prince consort has gone out and has not returned yet."
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