It should be understood that if an emperor is alive but cries before his death, it can be considered a great disrespectful act of cursing the emperor.
The palace maids were genuinely grateful to Gu Mu, so when they saw the human-shaped corpse burned to a crisp on the bed, they couldn't help but burst into tears.
Now......
They wept for the tragic fate that awaited them.
But to their surprise, Gu Mu didn't even glance at them and walked straight into the palace.
Of course, the experienced and shrewd person in charge had already memorized these palace maids and was just waiting for Gu Mu's order to drag them out and behead them.
However, without Gu Mu's orders, they dared not act on their own in front of Gu Mu.
As soon as Gu Mu stepped into the palace, he felt a wave of heat.
Even though the fire was extinguished, the heat generated by the high temperature had not yet dissipated.
However, because Gu Mu's body had been strengthened, he did not feel particularly uncomfortable at the moment.
Gu Mu walked to the bedside. The person, burned to a crisp, was no longer recognizable; only a dark, shadowy human shape remained.
The unseen assassin leaned close to Gu Mu's ear and whispered, "They blew sleeping potion into the room, but because of my different body structure, the potion didn't work on me."
Gu Mu agreed with this statement. He had once given a system pill to a death warrior, but it had no effect and wasted thirty of his points.
The assassin added, "Even after they used the sleeping potion, they still felt it wasn't safe and wanted to kill me."
"Even if they can't kill me, they need to make sure I'm unconscious so they can set the fire more easily."
"But I killed him, and at that moment, several large doses of sleeping potion were thrown into the room, and they had already poured oil around the house and set it on fire immediately."
"Out of curiosity about the identities of those people, I went through the fire and secretly followed them, only to find that they had all jumped into the lake and committed suicide. That's when I returned to the palace."
Passing through the fire?
Gu Mu glanced at the air beside him, puzzled.
After all this time, he still doesn't know that assassins have such amazing abilities?
Because of the noise around them and the people waiting outside, the assassin spoke in an extremely low voice.
Therefore, only Gu Mu could hear his voice.
The assassin said again in a low voice, "Yes, I'm afraid of fire, but my body conducts heat relatively slowly. Even if the flames are very hot, they have to touch my skin for a certain amount of time before my skin can feel the heat. Then the heat is transmitted to my brain, where my brain processes the information and tells me that this is fire, fire that humans are afraid of. Only then will my brain mimic the way humans react to fire and make my body react."
Gu Mu was careless.
Although this assassin looked like a humanoid creature, his way of speaking was almost similar to that of a human.
But... he's not human after all.
As expected of a product from the system, it's bound to be of high quality.
Gu Mu was carefully examining the corpse on the bed, looking for any heat-resistant items that would help him identify it.
But there was nothing there.
He looked up, and whether it was a trick of his eyes or not, in that instant, he saw a yellow figure with a face that looked remarkably like his flash by outside the window facing the bed.
Because it was going too fast, Gu Mu didn't see it clearly at all.
If his body hadn't been enhanced, he estimated he would have only been able to catch a blurry shadow.
No... If his body has been enhanced, he shouldn't be seeing things.
In other words, there really was someone outside the window who looked a lot like Gu Mu.
As Gu Mu looked down at the corpse, the person was outside the window, staring at the back of Gu Mu's head as he bent over.
It's even possible that the person was planning to ambush Gu Mu, but didn't expect Gu Mu to suddenly look up, which is why they slipped away instantly.
“Logically speaking… at such close range, there’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed him…” Gu Mu was very perceptive of his surroundings, and a sense of doubt and caution arose in his heart: “Unless, this person is stronger than my enhanced body, or has some special secret technique or means.”
This world is truly strange.
The moment that person slipped away, the parchment scroll flew out of Gu Mu's sleeve without him noticing.
They followed.
Long before Gu Mu used his consciousness to leave the Hidden City, the parchment scroll also left the Hidden City and was hidden in Gu Mu's sleeve.
In order to kill the big fish, Gu Mu showed special leniency. If necessary, the parchment scroll could be used to make a deal with those who wanted to harm Gu Mu, in order to obtain information.
However, there is a condition: if there are more than one person on the other side in the same operation, the parchment can only choose one of them to complete the transaction.
In this way, they could both obtain information and curb the rapid increase in power of the parchment scrolls.
As the parchment flew, quickly chasing after the person, it muttered, "My master's master really doesn't understand people at all. People can't just increase their strength by making a deal with anyone."
"Like the previous one, even if the deal was made and I absorbed the flesh and blood of the traded item, it was like someone who was used to eating bland food suddenly eating a dish cooked with heavy oil and spice by a Hunan cuisine chef—it was torture."
"But what can I do? I'm a simp."
The parchment scroll quickly disappeared into the night.
There were a total of four assassins. One died in the palace, and the three who successfully set fire to the palace all committed suicide by drowning themselves in the lake.
Just now, Gu Mu saw a face outside the window that looked remarkably like his own.
Gu Mu had a feeling that this was not just a simple assassination, but that there was some conspiracy behind it.
Gu Mu suddenly thought of a possibility...
The figure he had just seen not only had a face similar to his, but was also wearing yellow clothes, so to Gu Mu it was a yellow figure.
Could it be that the person was deliberately impersonating him?
All that's left is for him to die, burned beyond recognition, so that person can appear in his identity and take his place.
This explains why arson was the method used.
Only if Gu Mu dies, and no one can confirm that the deceased is Gu Mu, can that person live on as the emperor.
"If that's the case, then it can't be a prince." With this possibility in mind, Gu Mu's thinking became much clearer.
Since he was a prince, if Gu Mu died without any children, the throne would definitely be inherited by his brother.
That person must have amassed considerable power and influence to stand out among the princes, rather than disguising himself as someone else.
Unless he is not of royal blood.
Gu Mu turned around and glanced at Chen Ling.
Shen Ling wanted to come in with Gu Mu, but the high temperature inside would be unbearable for her delicate skin. So Gu Mu told her to stay outside.
At this moment, Shen Ling looked at Gu Mu with a worried expression.
Gu Mu met Shen Ling's gaze and frowned slightly.
That big fish is very likely Shen Ling's brother, and also one of the candidates for the male lead.
Regardless of their identity, in Gu Mu's eyes, they were all destined to die.
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