Chapter 733 Siblings Abuse the Scum (Second Update)
The two little ones sang nonstop, surrounded by disciples of the Imperial Preceptor Hall.
The king's feelings suddenly became somewhat complicated.
What happened to the promised loud crying? What happened to the promise to find His Majesty when it got dark?
The little girl has completely forgotten that she has an uncle!
If you don't interrupt her, she can keep singing and swaying her head and showing off until tomorrow!
The king coldly snorted: "Hmph, I've never seen her so playful before!"
It's already dark, yet they're still having so much fun they don't want to leave!
Zhang Dequan laughed and said, "It's rare for the little princess to meet such a playmate."
The king chuckled and said, "Have you lost your old playmates?"
Zhang Dequan smiled and said, "Isn't that different?"
Her former playmates were all young masters and ladies selected from noble families. They were chosen for their good temper and gentle nature. They were also taught proper etiquette at home and knew that Shangguan Xue was a princess of the royal family. They could not displease Shangguan Xue, otherwise, if the emperor blamed them, their parents would suffer as well.
Who can still let go?
They were being very careful, and even the young princess wasn't having much fun.
Little Jingkong was unaware of the little princess's identity and treated her as an ordinary child, so he played with her without any restraint.
Even if Xiao Jingkong knew, he wouldn't have any reservations. Back in Zhao Kingdom, he was good friends with Prince Qin Chuyu, and the Zhao Kingdom Emperor never used his status to make demands on Xiao Jingkong. Xiao Jingkong was used to it.
Coupled with Gu Jiao's upbringing at home, he only knew how to treat people sincerely, but didn't know how to view people with prejudice.
The king stood in the most prominent position.
The little guy will probably pounce on me when he sees me.
However, it didn't happen.
The young princess sang happily, without even glancing at the king.
For the first time, the king was thoroughly ignored by the little fellow.
It was Xiao Jingkong who saw Gu Jiao and stopped the brainwashing song in a second.
Just now, when Xiao Heng picked up Xiao Jingkong, he told Xiao Jingkong about their new situation. Xiao Jingkong knew that her bad brother-in-law had changed his identity again.
He's used to it and is extremely accepting of it.
He had to restrain his affection for Jiaojiao in front of outsiders.
"Jingkong, why did you stop singing?" The little princess also stopped.
Xiao Jingkong said "Oh," and pointed to the sky above: "Look, the moon is out, we should go home."
The little princess looked up and nodded in her sweet, childlike voice: "Then let's sing again tomorrow!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the young princess jumped down the steps and flew towards the king like a fledgling.
The king's expression softened somewhat, and he slightly opened his arms, waiting to catch the little one.
But the little guy just ran right past him.
"teacher!"
The young princess approached Gu Jiao and bowed very politely.
The king, his wrinkles twitching with rage: "..."
...
Xiao Jingkong was brought to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall by the young princess. Since the young princess was leaving, he naturally had to be sent back as well.
Xiao Jingkong waved his hand: "No need, no need, my sister will come to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall to pick me up in a while."
"Alright, I was hoping we could go back together, but I'm off now! Goodbye!"
"goodbye!"
The two little ones said goodbye to each other.
The young princess had a pleasant and fulfilling day, and felt refreshed on her way home.
She had completely forgotten why she came to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.
When the king, with a dark expression, was about to remind her, she lay back and sprawled out on the soft couch, falling asleep.
Playing all day without taking a nap, being a child must be so tiring.
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On the other side, Xiao Jingkong followed Gu Jiao around in the side room for a while, then it was time for him to go back.
Xiao Jingkong crossed his arms, snorted, and glanced sideways at Xiao Heng: "But can you still go back to the academy now? Why don't you ask me for leave and let me come here too?"
That way he can be with Jiaojiao every day, hahaha!
He's so clever!
The little guy was so smug he was shaking his leg.
Now that Xiao Heng has become Shangguan Qing, he really can't go back to the academy, otherwise his disappearance for a whole day in broad daylight would be too suspicious.
Xiao Heng could have chosen to ask for a few days off for both him and Xiao Jingkong, but he didn't.
"Children's studies can't be done sporadically," Xiao Heng said, taking out a set of clothes from Canglan Women's Academy from his bundle. He had picked them up from Linglong Pavilion when he went to pick up Xiao Jingkong.
He brought the clothes to Gu Chengfeng.
Gu Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat: "What?"
Xiao Heng pointed at Xiao Jingkong: "You can be his older sister."
Gu Chengfeng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Why me?!
Gu Chengfeng refused: "I... I'm not the same size as you, I'm not as tall as you."
Xiao Heng hummed in agreement, calmly turned around, and took out a pair of ancient-style high heels from his bundle.
Gu Chengfeng: "..."
—Gu Chengfeng began his arduous life of attending school during the day and working part-time (performing opera) at night.
...
After leaving the Imperial Preceptor's Hall, Wang Xu went straight to the Imperial Palace. He was acting on imperial orders to investigate a case and had the authority to mobilize the palace eunuchs.
He started by investigating the Twelve Imperial Household Departments, and all eunuchs who wore that kind of fabric had to be questioned by the Commandant's Office.
He sat in the main hall of the Left Commandant's Mansion, with the chief eunuchs of the Twelve Directorates lined up in the center of the hall.
On the surface, none of these twelve head eunuchs knew martial arts, but whether they did or not was not up to them to decide.
Wang Xu wanted to test it himself.
To possess powerful lightness skills, one must also have considerable internal strength. To determine whether someone has internal strength, one can either observe their moves or directly inject one's own internal strength into the opponent's meridians.
The latter will cause the person being tested to experience a certain degree of pain; the weaker their martial arts skills, the more pain they will experience.
Right now, we can't worry about these things because we're focused on investigating the case.
He looked steadily at the crowd and said, "My apologies, esteemed officials."
He started with the head of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. He grabbed the head of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs' wrist, and as soon as his internal energy entered his body, a little sweat appeared on the other man's forehead.
With calluses on his palms, he had practiced a little martial arts, but his internal strength was not deep enough; he was not the murderer who assassinated Shangguan Yan.
Next, he tested seven eunuchs in charge of the Inner Palace and the Imperial Seal Bureau, but they had no internal energy at all.
Surprisingly, the four chief eunuchs of the Imperial Palace Administration, the Palace Administration, the Palace Administration, and the Palace Administration were all highly skilled.
That's not surprising. Anyone who has managed to reach their current position in the palace must have some hidden abilities.
Wang Xu, well aware of the ways of power, did not accuse the men of concealing the truth. However, since the king wanted to find the murderer, all four of them were highly suspicious.
But after checking the whereabouts of the four men, he discovered that all four had perfect alibis for the previous night.
The four people's clothing and attire did not reveal any major flaws.
Clothes can be mended if they are torn, and a skilled embroiderer can mend them perfectly.
Wang Xu ordered his men, "Bring the scorpion box."
"Yes." The subordinate went to the storeroom and brought back an iron box with both hands.
Wang Xu said to the several stewards, "This is a blue-tailed scorpion, extremely venomous. One bite is enough to kill a warrior. There is no antidote."
After he finished speaking, he opened the handkerchief, revealing a strand of kudzu filament. "This is evidence left at the scene by the murderer. Now I'm putting it into the scorpion box. The scorpions inside will remember its scent. In a moment, I'll trouble the four of you to extend your hands. Please rest assured, they are all trained scorpions and will not bite anything that smells different from the evidence."
All four of them hesitated.
Wang Xu smiled faintly, threw Ge Si in, and then tested the method by putting his hand into the iron box.
A moment later he took his hand out, and sure enough, there was no trace of being bitten.
The group breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll go first," said the head of the shrine's administration.
Wang Xuchong gave his subordinate a wink.
His subordinates brought the iron box to him.
The head of the shrine reached his hand through the hole in the box lid.
“That’s fine,” Wang Xu said.
The head of the Imperial Palace Administration breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, the heads of the Department of Ceremonial and the Department of Ceremonial Affairs also reached into the scorpion box.
Both of them were unharmed.
When it was the turn of the Palace Attendant to take charge, a struggle appeared in his eyes. He stiffened his arm and hesitated to put his hand in.
Wang Xu shouted sharply, "It's him! Take him down!"
The scorpion box did contain poisonous scorpions, but they were not the most venomous Turkic blue-tailed scorpions; they were just a few scorpions with ordinary venom, and they were covered with a layer of wire mesh.
Even if the murderer did put their hand inside, they wouldn't get bitten at all.
This was a psychological offensive, and clearly, the other side lost.
The guards from the Commandant's Office rushed forward, and the other three stewards also reacted quickly, trying to arrest the steward of the Palace Guard next to them.
However, this person's lightness skill was too high, and he rushed out in a single leap.
Wang Xu said coldly, "Chase after them!"
The guards of the Commandant's Office gave chase with all their might.
But they couldn't catch up with him at all.
In the blink of an eye, he escaped from the palace.
Wang Xu gritted his teeth in anger: "Split into three groups! You two teams will flank them from the front and back streets, the rest of you follow me!"
With his absolute advantage of knowing the terrain well, Wang Xu successfully cornered his opponent in a dead end a quarter of an hour later.
Wang Xu said coldly, "I advise you to surrender obediently and not make a futile struggle. You know very well how the king is. Death is not scary. What is scary is making you wish you were dead!"
A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the palace supervisor. He pounced forward, wounding a guard from the Commandant's Office, seizing the guard's sword, and began fighting with Wang Xu and his men.
Wang Xu then realized that he had underestimated the opponent's martial arts skills; his dozen or so men were powerless against the opponent.
Wang Xu personally accepted the challenge, but unfortunately, he was defeated in just ten moves.
What a formidable opponent!
When did such a master infiltrate the Palace Guard?
Wang Xu blocked the attack with his sword and gritted his teeth, saying, "Who exactly are you? Who sent you to assassinate the deposed crown princess!"
Without wasting words with Wang Xu, the other party slashed Wang Xu's arm with a sword.
Wang Xu fell to the ground, blood splattering everywhere.
The opponent raised his long sword and thrust it fiercely towards Wang Xu's heart!
This is a case of trying to drag someone down with you even in death.
Wang Xu knew he couldn't escape, so he instinctively closed his eyes.
However, the sword did not fall. Instead, an extremely sharp sword aura, carrying immense power, flew like lightning and sent the opponent flying against the wall behind him.
Wang Xu opened his eyes, turned his head and saw a man in black, holding a sword, walking towards the alley entrance under the moonlight.
Isn't this the same expert who knocked him unconscious with a single blow by the Crown Prince's side?
How did he get here? And how did he manage to send that troublesome guy flying with just one move?
The head eunuch clutched his chest as he scrambled to his feet, fiercely wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His sword lay on the ground, but he didn't pick it up.
He was clearly no match for Gu Changqing, so he decided to run away.
With a light touch of his toes, he flew onto the rooftop, scaling walls and gradually disappearing into the night.
Wang Xu exclaimed in astonishment, "He's the murderer! You should go after him!"
Gu Changqing said calmly, "This guy is a good opponent; it would be a pity to capture him like this."
Wang Xu was completely confused. "Why don't I understand?"
The head eunuch of the palace guards fled for a while and, realizing that the expert hadn't caught up, gave a mocking laugh: "Ha, what's the use of high martial arts skills? I still managed to shake him off."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a stick came crashing down on him, knocking him off the roof!
"You son of a bitch—"
He cursed angrily and fell flat on his face on the ground.
Gu Jiao lightly touched the ground with her toes and landed in front of him. She tapped her palm with a rolling pin and walked towards him leisurely: "Want to fight, bro?"
Supervisor Zhidian: "..."
...
Fifteen minutes later, when Wang Xu arrived at the scene clutching his injured arm, the head of the palace guards had already been beaten so badly that he couldn't even move his fingers.
He looked at Wang Xu with such excitement that it was as if he had seen a savior.
Gu Jiao stood to the side, looking refreshed.
Gu Changqing walked over and asked softly, "How is it?"
Gu Jiao said, "It's alright, it's not very durable."
Gu Changqing reflected seriously: "Then I'll be more careful next time and avoid damaging too many meridians."
Wang Xu was completely bewildered. What were you talking about? Wasn't the focus the case? What, you say "be more careful next time"? What were you planning to do next time?!
Gu Jiao had spared him a bit of life; she could have interrogated him.
However, this person is very stubborn.
He gave a disdainful smile: "I...did nothing...no one...ordered me...you...forget about it...I...know nothing..."
"Yeah?"
Gu Jiao looked down at him, took out a hallucinogen from her first-aid kit, and injected it into him!
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(End of this chapter)
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