Jialou asked the second question: "Are the people in this restaurant still alive?"

"Does it matter whether others live or die?" The waiter avoided the question and curled his lips coldly. His bloody face was extremely hideous. "You guys are dead!"

His eyes were sinister, crazy and determined.

Gu Jue and Jialuo looked at each other, and both of them had the answer.

The real owner, waiter, and cook of this restaurant should all be dead, and even worse...

"Let's go." Gu Jue said suddenly.

Mo Chen immediately understood what Gu Jue meant. He moved the dagger down from the waiter's cheek without hesitation. Like a tiger biting the neck of its prey, the blade of the dagger cut his jugular vein.

One knife kills.

Blood spurted out rapidly from the wound, and the waiter's body fell straight to the ground, his cloudy eyeballs almost popped out, and he died with his eyes open.

Gu Jue glanced at the bustling street outside and said, "All the original people in this town are dead. Let's go out the back door."

From the moment they entered Changjing Town, they realized that something was wrong with this town.

Those vendors and pedestrians on the street are not real townspeople.

Even though these people wore the clothes of the townspeople, dressed in the same way as the townspeople, and imitated the local accent, they still had many flaws, such as calluses on their knuckles; there were men and women, young and old, on the road, but not a single child under ten years old; some people had swords hidden in their shoulder poles; some stalls had bloodstains that had not been wiped clean...

Although Gu Jue and Jialou both noticed something was wrong, they didn't show it because they only brought a dozen people into the town, and I was outnumbered, so it was better to act according to the situation.

Moreover, they didn't know what happened to the original people in this town, whether they were captured, or...

It was not until they interrogated the waiter just now that Gu Jue and Jia Lou were sure—

Everyone is dead.

The question that Jialou asked the waiter was actually a test for directions. On the surface, it seemed that he was asking the people in the restaurant, but in fact he was asking the residents of this town.

Since everyone is dead, there is no need for them to stay here any longer.

Among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.

"..." Domo was actually confused, but he always listened to Jialuo and didn't ask any more questions.

Everyone picked up their weapons and immediately went from the restaurant lobby to the backyard. The backyard was filled with a bloody smell, and like the lobby, there were several corpses lying in a mess.

Even without looking closely, they knew that these people should be from this restaurant.

"Walk!"

The group walked through the yard behind the restaurant and came to the back door, and Tama opened the door neatly.

There were also three or four corpses lying in the alley outside the back door, all lifeless. Tama looked around and was about to ask which way to go when his face suddenly darkened.

A group of people appeared on both sides of the alley, a dark mass, rushing towards this side like a tide. Everyone held a weapon in their hands, knives, swords, guns, halberds... In the sunlight, their weapons gleamed coldly, all stained with dried blood.

It was obvious that these assassins had been lying in ambush here, waiting for them.

Tama's heart sank suddenly...

This battle is unavoidable.

The sharp embroidery needle pierced the white finger, and a drop of bright red blood bloomed on the fingertip.

Chu Qianchen was stunned for a moment, looking at the blood bead, feeling inexplicably nervous.

She looked out the window. The weather was a little gloomy today, with dark clouds and no sunshine at all.

When Hubei came in, she happened to see Chu Qianchen's bleeding finger, and hurriedly wiped the blood and applied medicine to her, and advised: "Princess, did you not sleep well last night?"

Less than half an hour had passed and Chu Qianchen had already pricked his finger for the second time.

Chu Qianchen also felt that she was a little absent-minded, so she simply put down the embroidery.

Amber put away the medicine jar and handed over a piece of paper, "Princess, this is from Coroner Xu."

Chu Qianchen perked up and started reading it carefully.

Both lines have their advantages and disadvantages.

Mulberry bark has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, so the edges of wounds sutured with mulberry bark thread will soon reduce swelling. The edges of wounds sutured with catgut thread are prone to swelling, and the thread is absorbed by the skin significantly faster than mulberry bark thread.

Chu Qianchen also took out the records from the previous few days, put them together, and compared them carefully.

"Let Coroner Xu continue to observe." Chu Qianchen ordered with a smile on his face. He thought it was no wonder that Coroner Xu could be a coroner in the Ministry of Justice. He was very careful and thoughtful in his work. He not only recorded the appearance of the wound, but also asked about Chu Lingxiao's feelings in detail.

Amber responded, and then said: "The time for the three-court trial has just been set today. It will be tomorrow. The notice has been posted."

The three-court trial should have started earlier, but because of Chu Lingxiao's collision with the wall, it had to be delayed for a few days.

Since Chu Lingxiao was not dead, the trial would be held sooner or later, and Chu Qianchen was not surprised.

Chu Qianchen didn't put too much energy into this matter. He just casually told Jiang Yuan: "On the day of the three-court trial, you should send someone to the Dali Temple to listen in."

She herself went to the small study.

Since she had no interest in needlework, she simply did something else.

First, I reorganized the records of Doctor Xu and listed the comparisons between the mulberry bark thread and the catgut thread one by one according to the date.

Afterwards, she started drawing patterns, and redrawn patterns suitable for Gu Jue based on the latest designs. Not only can they be used to make clothes, but also purses, shoes, handkerchiefs, headbands, hair crowns, headbands and so on.

When inspiration came to her, she painted several pictures enthusiastically, and was so focused that she didn't even notice the little black cat came and went several times.

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Until Amber came again, and said solemnly: "Princess, the lady is here and wants to see you."

Chu Qianchen had just finished drawing a nimble black horse. He put away his brush and admired his painting without even moving his eyebrows.

She knew that the old lady had been going to Duke Mu's mansion every day these days, trying to ask for help, but she couldn't even get through the mansion's gate. It seemed that she was asking for help today.

Chu Qianchen was too lazy to listen to the lady's muttering. He knew that she would definitely keep muttering about how a married woman has to rely on her parents' family and that since her surname is Chu, she should contribute to the Chu family.

trouble!

Chu Qianchen waved his hand and said, "No."

However, Amber came back just after she went out, and she didn't come back alone, but with Aunt Cai following behind her.

Madam Cai said in embarrassment, "Princess, Madam Chu was kneeling outside the gate just now."

"The concierge tried to persuade her, but she just wouldn't get up."

People of this age are more delicate than babies. They cannot be dragged or forced to support themselves. If they get hurt, it would be considered as the younger generation abusing the older generation, which is a serious crime of filial piety.

Aunt Cai frowned and had a headache.

Chu Qianchen finally showed some reaction. He withdrew his gaze from the painting, looked at Nanny Cai, and smiled.

Is this grandmother trying to force me to be filial?! As a grandmother, she kneeled in front of her granddaughter's husband's house. If this were to be spread, it would inevitably lead to speculation from outsiders. They would definitely think that her granddaughter was too hard-hearted, completely disregarding blood ties and disrespecting her elders.

Madam Cai asked tentatively, "Princess, why don't you invite the person in?"

In Madam Cai's eyes, Madam Chu was just a rotten tile, but the princess was porcelain, and porcelain should not touch rotten tiles.

Chu Qianchen still said those two words, without even changing his tone: "No."

If the same two words were said by others, it would sound a bit angry, but Chu Qianchen's emotions were too calm. That kind of detached indifference made Madam Cai stunned, and she couldn't help but think of the prince.

Chu Qianchen waved at Amber, "Amber, go and pass on the message for me..."

When Nanny Cai came to her senses, she and Amber had already come out of the small study, and she couldn't help but look back.

Was that her illusion just now?

Nanny Cai and Amber walked towards the palace gate together, both quickening their pace.

The closer we got to the gate, the noisier it became, and judging from the various noises coming from outside the high walls, quite a few people must have gathered outside the palace.

When Amber walked out of the corner door, she saw the lady kneeling upright on the bluestone floor. Although she was kneeling, she looked a bit arrogant.

The lady noticed some movement at the corner gate and shouted again in a hoarse voice: "Sister Chen, please come out and see me."

"Grandma, please save your father."

"Even if your father has all kinds of faults, he is still your biological father!"

The lady was planning to use filial piety to force Chu Qianchen, and she was determined to do it, even if it was embarrassing.

This is the only way!

(End of this chapter)