"What is that?" Zheng Qiu asked curiously, not knowing what Gu En was talking about.
Gu En pointed to the drawing Gu Xin had made and told Zheng Qiu what Gu Nian had once said.
"Is there really a place where this can be done? Can ordinary people experience it too?" Zheng Qiu asked in surprise.
"I've never seen it either. I only knew about it from my second sister's stories when I was little. My second sister used to like to travel around and play, and she knew a lot of talented and unusual people, so she knows a lot of strange and wonderful things." Gu En felt a little embarrassed under Zheng Qiu's bright eyes, so he scratched his head and explained.
“If we find a fixed point on this hilltop and another fixed point here, and then put a sturdy rope in the middle… But, many people came and went to Qiyun Temple yesterday, how did they manage to keep the rope from being discovered?” Gu Xin followed Gu En’s train of thought for a moment.
“If this idea is really feasible, all we need to do is pull the rope on the lower hillside when the accomplices take Miss Feng up the mountain at night. During the day, we just need to fix the higher point and lower the rope. At night, we can pull the rope down to the lower side without anyone noticing,” Zheng Qiu said.
"That's right!" Gu Xin's eyes lit up. "That's how we did it when we surrounded Goddess Mountain. First, a few people would secure the ropes and throw them down, then the rest of the team would climb the ropes to avoid the guards on Goddess Mountain!"
"Princess, Princess, Guard Bai has made a discovery!" At this moment, a yamen runner came running up, panting, and shouted loudly.
"What did the man in white find?" Gu Xin asked immediately.
"Your Highness, Guard Bai discovered bloodstains and a set of bloodstained clothes on the mountaintop. Guard Bai sent me to inform Your Highness to take a few maids there to confirm the bloodstained clothes. Guard Bai suspects that the clothes belong to Miss Feng San," the constable replied.
Gu Xin glanced at Zheng Qiu, then looked at Gu En.
What Gu En suggested is very likely true.
If this is confirmed, then it can be deduced that Miss Feng the Third and Miss Feng the Fourth died in the same place.
"Let's go!" Gu Xin called Gu En and Zheng Qiu, and then instructed Wang Pangzi at the door, "Go and have Madam Feng call all the maids of the girls and have them go with Bai Yi."
Fatty Wang nodded excitedly and immediately went to do it.
So much time has passed, it's getting dark.
By the time Gu Xin, Gu En, and Zheng Qiu arrived at Bai Yi's place, it was already dark, and some of the yamen runners were already preparing to kill him.
The place where the white-robed figure stood was a flat area, and indeed it was the only flat area that was higher than the site of Qiyun Temple.
It is surrounded by big trees, the largest of which requires three adults to hug.
As soon as Gu En arrived, she went to look at the biggest tree: "Third sister, third sister, come and see, there are marks on this tree that have been tied with a rope."
Gu Xin ran over and saw that there were indeed traces, and they were wrapped around more than once. Judging from the depth, it might not be a rope, but some other hard object.
"Enzi, Baiyi, you two go down the mountain immediately and check over at the low hill. Enzi, you know what to look for," Gu Xin immediately instructed.
Bai Yi was unaware of what they had deduced, but he guessed there must be some important clue. He immediately ordered two horses to be brought over, and followed Gu En down the mountain without stopping.
No sooner had they left than Headmaster Feng appeared with several maids from the Feng family.
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