When Lord Xu brought in the travel-worn Lu Zheng, Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu still had their eyes closed, but Fatty Wang looked up and immediately stood up when he saw Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng took a few steps forward, and before he could even come out, he patted him on the shoulder: "My condolences!"
Fatty Wang nodded without saying a word.
Gu Xin opened her eyes when she heard Lu Zheng's voice, and sure enough, it was Lu Zheng. She thought she was dreaming!
She got up and walked over: "Brother Yuanyuan, what brings you here? What time is it?"
Lu Zheng gently brushed a stray hair from her ear and said with some concern, "It's already past 3 AM. I only found out about the news from Baiyi last night when I returned to the city, and I rushed over after going home. Are you hungry? I brought some food, have something to eat first!"
Lu Zheng put the bundle he was carrying on the table and invited Fatty Wang and Zheng Qiu, who had already woken up, to come and eat.
Lord Xu now understands that some of the rumors in the capital can be believed. For example, the relationship between General Lu, the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo, and Princess Xinxin is so real that it couldn't be more true, and it's even more enviable than the rumors suggest.
After a busy day at work, I rushed off to another place, making sure to bring some delicious food with me.
There are probably very few men in the Great Zhou Dynasty who could do this!
Fatty Wang still had little appetite, and only after everyone persuaded him did he reluctantly eat a few pieces of pastry.
Gu Xin was still thinking, this child, next month, without having to sweat at the Gu family, will probably lose a lot of weight!
Not being able to eat his favorite meat would further devastate his spirit.
Thinking about it this way, Gu Xin lost her appetite.
Sometimes she couldn't understand why God was so cruel. People need time to accept birth, aging, sickness and death. Why throw everything out like this all at once? Why didn't God consider whether people could bear it?
Must we test someone in such a cruel way?
She couldn't understand it, and she didn't want to think about it anymore.
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After distributing the things Lu Zheng brought, Dongxue had also prepared breakfast.
Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu ate quite a lot; they expended a lot of energy and would be very busy later.
Lu Zheng ate a little something, closed his eyes and took a short nap. He didn't fall asleep, but listened to Gu Xin's conversation with the monk.
The monks in the temple are not suspicious so far, but yesterday, the maid from the Prince's mansion had contact with a mother and daughter-in-law from a village down the mountain who came to offer incense. As for what they said, the monks do not know.
Lu Zheng suspected that one of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law might be the woman who had a past relationship with Lord Wang.
However, he had just heard the general details of the case. If it really was that woman, then how did she manage to lift Madam Wang up the rope and hang her?
Zheng Qiu said that Madam Wang was put on a rope and hung up after she died. From Madam Wang's room, there were no signs of the rope being pulled, but rather that the rope was secured first and then Madam Wang was put on it.
This is something that most women cannot do, but of course, women like Gu Xin and her sisters who know kung fu can.
Of course, another point is that there were accomplices in this case.
Entering the temple at night, with martial monks on night duty, and killing all fifteen people without causing a major disturbance, strongly suggests the presence of accomplices.
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