"Thieves have broken in! Two were injured by poisonous thorns while climbing over the wall, and one fell into a trap and died. The person who was supposed to be meeting them outside the wall has escaped, and Xiaolan Lingyun and his men are chasing them."
Gu Xinran was shocked and asked quickly, "Are my grandpa and nanny okay?"
"It's okay. We didn't wake them up. The thieves climbed over the wall from the fifth backyard and got into trouble the moment they got in. The young master made the right arrangements. What a wise move!"
Gu Xinran's heart was finally at ease. What was going on during Chinese New Year? Fortunately, she had taken protective measures, otherwise something terrible would have happened tonight.
My sixth sense is still so accurate, and my uneasiness at night has come true.
"That's good, let's go!"
After a while, the two arrived at the utility room next to the stable.
I saw two tightly tied men in black clothes lying on the ground, twitching constantly, with black blood coming out of their mouths.
Three meters away, there was a dead person lying in gray clothes.
Look at how they are dressed, they don’t look like ordinary petty thieves.
In order to find out the situation, they could only waste a few drops of spiritual spring water. As soon as Gu Xinran took out the small porcelain bottle, Xiaomei hurriedly said, "I just fed them."
At this time, Duan Yunchi walked in from outside with a serious face. He was very scared. Fortunately, Ranran had foresight, otherwise tonight would not have been so safe.
She walked up to Gu Xinran and said seriously, "I have brought people to search the entire mansion. It seems to be safe at the moment. Don't worry, everyone is fine. Ranran, these three people are not ordinary."
After saying that, he handed Gu Xinran a scimitar and said, "This is the weapon of the man who died in the trap."
Gu Xinran looked up and saw the centipede mark on the knife handle. It looked very familiar. "He's the man who followed Sun Ziyan when we were having dinner at the Qunying Building? Didn't Brother Xiao send someone to keep an eye on them? What's going on?"
"It's one of them. The people who were watching them didn't notice anything unusual happening. They just lived a normal life in the rented house every day, and they didn't interact closely with outsiders."
Gu Xinran walked to Liao Wu who was carefully observing the dead body. Although Liao Wu was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen, the hatred and resentment in his eyes could not be hidden.
Could this be his enemy? Was this happening to him? It shouldn't be like that. He had been wearing a mask since arriving at the mansion.
But seeing his strange expression, he must know something, so he asked, "Liao Wu, do you know him?"
Liao Wu came back to his senses in an instant, "I don't know this person, but I recognize the mark on his hand, look."
As he said this, he pulled up the deceased's sleeve and saw a centipede tattoo on the inside of his elbow.
After the display, Liao Wu said coldly, "This is the mark of an inner disciple of the Ghost Gu Sect of Qiyu Country. The Ghost Gu Sect is a sect that hates ghosts and specializes in using poison to harm people."
After hesitating for a few breaths, he continued, "I was harmed by them."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion after hearing this, and Gu Xinran's brain started working quickly.
The Li mother and daughter are in cahoots with the third prince. The third prince has a master of Gu around him, and now the Li mother and daughter also have one around them, who is an inner disciple of the Ghost Gu Sect of the Qi Yu Kingdom.
The Gu Po Po who is beside the Third Prince must be of a higher rank, maybe she is the sect leader or an elder?
Why the Qiyu people? They were an enemy nation. The war in Southern Xinjiang was constantly going on because of their unrest. Could it be that the Third Prince was colluding with the Qiyu nation?
He started chatting with Liao Wu with questions, "Who are the powerful people in the Ghost Gu Sect? What powerful Gu?"
"There's a sect leader and two elders. The most powerful one is the legendary Nine Heavens Soul Devouring Gu, followed by the high-level Soul Devouring Gu. Others like the Love Gu, Five Poison Gu, and Golden Silkworm Gu are also quite powerful."
Duan Yunchi stood up suddenly and cried out in surprise, "Nine Heavens Soul Devouring Gu! From the Ghost Gu Sect?"
Gu Xinran patted his cousin on the shoulder and told him to calm down. It was rare to meet someone who knew the inside story, so he continued to ask questions.
"Can you tell me about their sect leader and two elders?"
"The sect leader is very mysterious. I've never heard of him. However, there are two elders, one male and one female, both with eccentric personalities. I heard that the female elder is the one who possesses the Nine Heavens Soul Devouring Gu."
"Does the Ghost Gu Sect have a backer? Are there any members of the Qiyu Kingdom's royal family backing them?"
Liao Wu pondered for a long moment before speaking softly, "The Fourth Prince of Qiyu State has close ties with them."
After listening to this, Gu Xinran had a vague inference in her mind: the third prince of Lan Kingdom colluded with the fourth prince of Qi Yu Kingdom to use the Nine Heavens Soul-Devouring Gu of the Ghost Gu Sect to poison Xiao Mingzhan or the prince.
Liao Wuhui was harmed by the poison, and he was so familiar with the Qi Yu Kingdom and the Gui Gu Sect. He must not be an ordinary person.
Although it's not nice to pry into other people's private affairs, you have to make sure not to get yourself into trouble.
Gu Xinran asked the question she should have asked long ago: "What kind of poison did you get? The last time I saw you being poisoned, it was hard for you to control yourself."
"High-level soul-devouring insect."
"Alas, birds of a feather flock together. It seems we have a common enemy. Just another question: are there many insects like the Nine Heavens Soul Devouring Gu and the high-level Soul Devouring Gu?"
Liao Wu was still thinking about "one family". Could it be that this disciple of the Ghost Gu Sect was not coming for him?
After coming back to his senses, he replied, "Very few. It's very difficult to cultivate even one."
At this time, the two people who drank the spiritual spring water to detoxify recovered.
Duan Yunchi grabbed their collars and shouted coldly, "Tell me, who sent you here? What's your purpose here? Where is your hideout? How many people are there? Whoever speaks first will win!"
The Third Prince is like a rat crossing the street. He doesn't care about you anymore. What's the point of working for him?"
Man in Black A: "Whether you tell me or not, there's no way to survive. Kill me. The sooner I die, the sooner I'll be reborn. In eighteen years, I'll be a hero again."
Man in Black B: "We've all been poisoned. We have to take medication every month to control the effects. Otherwise, we'll die from intestinal rupture."
Gu Xinran was shocked. The third prince was really a piece of shit. He relied on crooked methods to control people.
He interrupted, "Speak clearly, and I'll give you a chance to live."
A glimmer flashed in the eyes of the black-clothed man A, "Really? Are you willing to help us control the poison?"
The second man in black responded, "It's better to live than to die. If you swear to save us, I will tell you everything I know."
Duan Yunchi stood up, drew his sword, and pressed it against the neck of the second man in black. The sharp blade cut through his skin, and blood flowed down the blade. "How can you bargain with us?"
The black-clad man panicked, "Don't kill me, don't kill me. I'm telling you, our goal is to kill Miss Gu who saved the Prince of Qi. She ruined the Third Prince's plans.
We were forced to come here by the Li mother and daughter. If we didn't come, they would cut off our medicine to relieve the poison and complain to the Third Prince.
Our stronghold is near the Dongsheng Grain Shop. I'll take you there. After Jinzhou Prefecture was pacified, there were only eight of us left."
"How did you know that it was Miss Gu who saved the King of Qi?"
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