"Knock, knock, knock." In the quiet night, the knocks on the door were particularly obvious, causing the dogs in the nearby neighborhood to bark continuously.
"Who is it?" The doorman rubbed his sleepy eyes.
It’s the middle of the night, aren’t you going to sleep?
"Chen Youzhi, is Lord Chen at home?" The voice of the person outside the door was vague.
"It's dark now. If you have anything to say, please come back after daybreak." The doorman yawned, his voice lazily.
"Xiao Wang, who is that?" Chen Youzhi, who had not yet fallen asleep, came out in his slippers. For some reason, he just couldn't sleep tonight.
"Brother Youzhi, it's me, Lizhi!" The person outside the door became even more excited when he heard Chen Youzhi's voice, and slammed the door.
"Brother Li Zhi. It's so late, thank you for coming to my house. Xiao Wang, open the door quickly and let Brother Li Zhi in."
The door opened and closed again, blocking out all sound.
Only a few dogs barked.
"Roasted chicken legs, braised pig's trotters..." Gu Junwen murmured happily in his sleep.
"Young Master, Young Master!" Shen Anan's voice became clearer and clearer in the dream.
Gu Junwen turned over impatiently and muttered vaguely: "Good An An, stop making noise, let me sleep for another quarter of an hour."
"Something bad has happened, sir, and you are still sleeping!"
Before Gu Junwen could refute, she felt a chill on her body and her quilt was lifted up. She instantly became furious.
"Chen Anan, you're going too far. Why did you lift my quilt? You're a girl..." Before Gu Jun could finish his words, he was covered in clothes that Shen Anan forced upon him.
"Okay, young master, you should get dressed quickly. Someone has come from Jingzhao Yinfu, and Prince Nan is waiting for you in the front hall." Shen Anan looked speechlessly at Gu Junwen, who was rolling around on the bed like a child, feeling helpless.
"Let them wait, I..." Gu Junwen suddenly sat up, "You said the King of the South is here too?"
"Yes, sir. Prince Nan is already waiting in the front hall... Sir, please slow down and put on some clothes. It's cold outside!" Shen Anan chased after Gu Junwen, who was about to run out barefoot, holding a cloak.
It seems that the name of the Southern King is really useful. I don’t know why the young master is so scared. He is just a dandy. Shen Anan complained in his heart.
"Greetings to the prince and the adults." Gu Junwen was barely dressed neatly and greeted them with a smile.
"I don't deserve to be addressed as sir." He Xiao also followed suit and saluted.
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business. He Xiao, tell General Gu again in detail." Ye Nan rolled his eyes at Gu Junwen with contempt.
"Yes, Your Majesty. General Gu, it is like this..."
"So the case is closed like this!" Gu Junwen slammed the table excitedly, scaring everyone present.
"Yes. Early this morning, the doorman of the Chen Mansion came to report that Chen Youzhi had committed suicide. There is no plaintiff in this case. Diao Yu and Qiu Niang in prison are also dead. The coroner confirmed that they all committed suicide. This case has become an unsolved case. Your Majesty means to close it." He Xiao wiped the sweat from his head and answered again.
"Your Highness, but..." Gu Junwen looked at Ye Nanyiyi, hoping to get support.
The plaintiff was originally the Du family, and Chen Youzhi was merely an agent. The claim that the plaintiff is dead and has no victims is absurd.
Including Chen Youzhi, the Duiyanyuan case currently involves at least nine lives.
How can the deceased rest in peace if the case is closed so hastily? Where is justice?
"My Lord, since the message has been delivered, I will leave first. I have an appointment with someone to go for an outing in the suburbs today." Ye Nan didn't even look at Jun Wen, he flicked his sleeves and left first.
"Goodbye, Your Highness." He Xiao let out a long sigh. It was good that this person didn't get involved.
Before he could calm down and get into a good mood, he was grabbed by Gu Junwen and said, "He Xiao, tell me again, how did Chen Youzhi, Diaoyu and Qiu Niang die?"
"What a trouble! Is this Young General Gu really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?" He Xiao sighed inwardly and had no choice but to answer honestly:
"Chen Youzhi, Diaoyu and Qiu Niang all hanged themselves in the early morning.
"General Gu, you have been in Jingzhao Yinfu for a few days. Yinfu Zheng ordered me to pass on a message that you only need to go to the roll call today and you can leave. You don't have to suffer in Jingzhao Yinfu tomorrow."
"Impossible, Chen Youzhi would not commit suicide. He clearly only wanted to get promoted and make money, and he only wanted to climb up the social ladder..."
"Major General Gu," He Xiaojie raised his voice and interrupted Gu Junwen, "His Majesty has already said that Chen Youzhi committed suicide and the case is closed. I hope that General Gu will not embarrass us. We are just delivering the message.
General Gu, let me say something that I shouldn't say. Most things in Kyoto are a mess and can't be settled. If you don't have anything else to do, I'll take my leave first."
Watching the two people leaving in a leisurely manner, Gu Junwen seemed to have lost his soul and sat down on the chair.
"Sir." Shen Anan quickly put a cloak on her, "Sir, you have done your best."
"But An An, are we just going to let it go like this?" Gu Junwen supported his head with his hands, not understanding.
Even if the story goes as it is, the injustice should be redressed and the dead should rest in peace. But now...
"Host, you..." System 101 also wanted to comfort her.
"I know, I just need some quiet time." Gu Junwen fell into silence, a long silence.
The story was too simple, but the moral was too profound. Gu Junwen didn't know how to comfort himself.
The dead are long gone, and the living still mourn. But everything becomes pale and powerless after the intervention of imperial power.
The truth is no longer important. What matters is what they want you to see, and that's what you can only see.
How wonderful it would be if time could really smooth out and cover up everything.
The next day, Gu Junwen, who usually stayed in bed every day, got up early for the first time.
"Good morning, sir." Shen Anan put away the sword, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Gu Junwen in surprise.
"The weather is nice today, suitable for going out." Gu Junwen stretched and greeted Shen Anan.
Seeing that Gu Junwen looked calm and as lazy as usual, Shen Anan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the worries in her heart finally dissipated: The young master stayed in his room all day yesterday, and it seems that he has recovered today.
Although Gu Junwen was like this when she was in Saibei, her condition is inevitably worrying after what happened yesterday.
Even Qin Tanhua and that idiot Lin Lin pretended to ask a few times.
"I'm going out today." Gu Junwen waved to Shen Anan and swaggered out of the courtyard.
"Oh oh." Shen Anan still stood there blankly.
Did the sun rise from the west today? Gu Junwen actually asked to go out! And he got up so early!
In fact, all this was caused by System 101.
After tasting the sweetness of turning the plot dial, 101 became unstoppable.
Turn it today, turn it tomorrow.
As a result, something went wrong.
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