Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye's face was surprised, and he secretly sighed, as expected, the eldest grandson empress really had a conspiracy, I said, how could she be so enthusiastic, she revealed her life experience to Xiuxiu, and lobbied with good words, and in the end she went through all kinds of troubles Send her to Yangzhou.

The majestic queen of the Tang Empire actually took the route of his wife, and her methods were really high-end and bullying.

Immediately, he asked: "Xiuxiu, what does the empress want you to advise me?"

"Goo...coo..."

Suddenly, Wu Xiuxiu's stomach groaned, she lowered her head shyly, and said weakly: "I have driven a day's journey today, and I have no appetite on the boat. I haven't eaten any rice or water. On the contrary, now, Some are hungry."

"Ouch!"

Guo Ye patted his head and blamed himself: "Look at my brain, I actually forgot about this. Okay, I'll let the kitchen in the back prepare some food first. After we finish dinner, we'll talk about the empress."

Tuk Tuk Tuk…

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the voice of Chen Jitao, the prefect of the county, came: "Lord Inspector, the kitchen has prepared food, Madam, please move a few steps and go to the dining room for dinner."

Guo Ye laughed, and said happily to Wu Xiuxiu: "Look, my subordinates are still thoughtful. Xiuxiu, did you hear that, the person who spoke outside the door just now is the magistrate of our government office, so it can be seen that your husband has no weak soldiers under his command, right?" ?”

Wu Xiuxiu's beautiful eyes flickered, and she said angrily: "Don't be so stinky, if it weren't for the fact that your subordinates would be of great use, I think you, the governor, are not stingy."

Guo Ye shook his head cheekily and laughed loudly, and said, "Hahaha, ma'am, it doesn't matter whether I am qualified as a governor, let's go eat first. After we finish our meal and go to bed after dark, you can talk to me about it." Tell me, what on earth does the Empress want you to advise me on?"

When Wu Xiuxiu heard "I went to bed after dark", I couldn't help but feel a little bit of rippling in my heart, and secretly spat, this dead man always speaks without avoiding occasions, it's embarrassing.

With a creak, Guo Ye opened the bedroom door, and then took Wu Xiuxiu to the dining room to pad his stomach.

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After the young couple had dinner, about two hours later, the sky was already as dark as ink.The watchman knocked on the wooden clapper to report the time, and it was already past the end of Haishi (around 11 o'clock in the evening).

By this time, the gate of the government office had already been closed, and the small door leading to the residence in the backyard of the government office was also tightly closed.

Xiaobie is better than a newlywed, and the young couple Guo Ye and Wu Xiuxiu are naturally not immune.

The two places have been separated for so long, and Guo Ye is not just a great monk who eats vegetarian food and recites scriptures. If dry wood hits a raging fire, thunder strikes the ground, and a night of strenuous exercise is indispensable.

When the bang of Haishi had just been knocked, Guo Ye had finished his erotic life, and was sitting on the head of the bed in a coat and taking a nap.He looked at Wu Xiuxiu, whose skin was creamy and flawless like jade, lying on the bed naked like a Jade Guanyin, blushing and breathing in a sleepy sleep, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, it seems that his fighting power is still tenacious, So fast, Xiuxiu couldn't hold on anymore.

He stretched out his hand to caress Wu Xiuxiu's fragrant shoulder and jade arm, remembering that he hadn't understood the question about Empress Changsun at dusk today, so he opened his mouth to ask Wu Xiuxiu again.

Suddenly, the sound of a courtyard door being opened came to my ears.

He was taken aback suddenly, because he had made an explanation before, not to trespass into the backyard of the government office at night for anything that is not urgent.

At this moment, Chen Jitao's voice came from outside the door, his voice was hasty and frightened, and he shouted: "Lord Inspector, no, it's terrible, something serious happened."

Guo Ye subconsciously tightened the coat on his shoulders, covered Wu Xiuxiu with a brocade quilt, and hurriedly jumped off the bed barefoot, asking, "What happened?"

Chen Jitao replied: "My lord, just now there was a report from the side of the canal, saying that a riverboat caught fire on the canal, and the boat and people sank to the bottom of the canal."

Guo Ye's expression softened a little, he let out a long breath, and said, "I think something serious has happened, Chen Juncheng, you are making too much of a fuss. It's late, go back and rest."

"No, no, no." Chen Jitao hurriedly added, "Sir, did you forget that you asked me to arrange for Xue Hao and Yuru and his wife to leave Yangzhou by river boat tonight."

"What? You mean that the boat that sank people into the bottom of the river was Xue Hao and his wife?"

This time, Guo Ye was also shocked, and he couldn't calm down no matter what.

Chapter 768

Chen Jitao replied loudly outside the door: "Yes, my lord, the boat that Xue Hao and his wife were sitting on caught fire and something happened! My lord doesn't know, and I will arrange for the couple after dark..."

"Chen Juncheng, Madam is sleeping, please don't disturb me." Guo Ye interrupted Chen Jitao's speech in time, and whispered through the door, "Wait for me, I will get dressed and come out with you to the pier, ferry and the riverside one trip."

Chen Jitao hummed, stopped and waited and said nothing more.

Guo Ye returned to the bed, put on his clothes and boots, leaned over to Wu Xiuxiu's ear, and whispered in a low voice: "Xiuxiu, Mr. Xiang, I have some work to do, you should go to bed first."

Wu Xiuxiu had no time to pay attention to Guo Ye, she hummed lazily, and continued to fall asleep, obviously exhausted from the lingering just now.

Guo Ye tucked the quilt for her, then turned and left the bedroom.

When he came outside the house, Chen Jitao was not allowed to go into details. He grabbed the other person's arm and said: "This is not a place to talk, take me to the riverside where the incident happened first to see what happened. Let's talk about the details while walking!" "

Chen Jitao hummed, and went out of the government office together with Guo Ye, and drove towards the direction of the Dongmen Wharf ferry in the carriage that had been prepared.

On the way, he explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

The city is only five miles away from the Dongmen Wharf Ferry, and the horse-drawn carriage arrived there quickly.

As soon as he got off the carriage at the place, Liu Zhenxuan had already led a group of government soldiers to surround him and reported to Guo Ye: "Master Hou, you are here."

Seeing that Liu Zhenxuan was here in the middle of the night, Guo Ye thought he should have a more detailed and clear understanding than Chen Jitao.

Immediately, he asked: "Zhenxuan, where exactly is the river boat on fire? When did it catch fire? Can you find out why the boat caught fire?"

Obviously Liu Zhenxuan did enough research before Guo Ye came, and he replied clearly: "Master Hou, the river boat is in the middle of the river about eight miles away from the ferry. Before you came, I had questioned the nearby fishermen. It was probably at the beginning of Haishi. However, because the sky was too late and the night was vast, and the riverboat was too far away from the shore, it is difficult to ascertain the cause of the riverboat fire. However, it cannot be ruled out that the cause of the fire was intentional."

After hearing this, Guo Ye looked towards the center of the river. Although the river boats had already been burned and sunk to the bottom of the river, the wreckage of the boats floating on the river could be vaguely seen.

After looking around for a while, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a stern expression: "The river boat caught fire and sank when it sailed to the center of the river. It didn’t catch fire after that, so it’s too coincidental to have to drive so far in the middle of the river to catch fire, right? Obviously there is only one purpose, and that is to prevent the people on board from escaping, let alone being rescued.”

Liu Zhenxuan asked in surprise: "Master Hou, is this someone deliberately setting fire to commit murder? The purpose is to kill Xue Hao and his wife?"

Guo Ye nodded heavily, and said decisively: "That's right, otherwise, do you think there are other possibilities?"

Liu Zhenxuan shook his head, and said, "Master Hou, I'm sorry I don't agree with you. You're too arbitrary, right? What if it's really a coincidence? Or maybe the lights on the ship were accidentally blown to the ground by the wind, igniting the ship. Woolen cloth?"

Guo Ye smiled, and asked back: "Zhenxuan, unless there is a strong wind, the candles on the boat can be blown down, and the burning speed of the boat can be accelerated, but you can ask the fishermen who live nearby if there is a strong wind tonight ?”

Liu Zhenxuan said yes, and asked a soldier beside him to ask.

Soon, the government soldiers brought back the answer. Tonight, there were frequent river winds, but there was no strong wind.

Liu Zhenxuan was stunned when he heard the words, just as Guo Ye said, if there was no strong wind, the river boat would not burn so fast, nor would it be possible to sink the boat to the bottom of the river so quickly.

However, he still felt that Guo Ye's words were too arbitrary, so he shook his head in resistance.

Guo Ye said again: "There is another big reason why we chose to start the fire in the middle of the river, that is, it is dark and dark, and it is far away from the shore. It is not easy for the fishermen on the riverside to find the whereabouts of the murderer."

After saying this, Chen Jitao, who had been silent since getting off the carriage, suddenly exclaimed: "My lord, are you saying that the murderer who burned the boat and murdered Xue Hao and his wife is..."

"and many more!"

Guo Ye suddenly raised his hand to stop Chen Jitao's speculation, and said, "It's too early to say who the murderer is. However, Xue Hao and his wife have no enemies in Yangzhou except for someone. It is said that he took revenge on Xue afterwards. Miss Hao and Yuru are reasonable. However, it is still early for us to say these things. We can only prove some judgments by waiting for the bodies of Xue Hao and his wife to be salvaged. Of course, if we can find witnesses who saw the scene of the river boat fire , that would be more convincing."