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After days of review, a group of people were expelled from the general's mansion. Later, Gao Wenyan thought about it and suggested that all those who had been in the Gao family for less than three years should be given some compassionate money and sent away.

That being said, there are not many servants in the General's Mansion, and the turnover of personnel is not very frequent. Looking at the list, there are only about twenty new people who have joined the General's Mansion in the past three years.

Gao Wenxi was cautious and asked questions one by one. If he felt there was no problem, he would give them a bag of silver and let them go.

"Where are you from?"

"Returning to the young general, he is from Xiangyang."

He looked down at the roster and saw that it was a cook. The Gao family usually doesn't use new cooks, but the old cook retired and returned home two years ago, so they had to add one.

Gao Wenxi pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and stopped today's review. The cook had no choice but to watch him leave, and the group of people were ordered to return to the mansion and be interrogated and released the next day.

Gao Wenyan also realized in his heart and ordered: "Go and find out who was in charge of the kitchen on the day Zhang Hai died."

Everyone Zhang Hai came into contact with that day had been reviewed, and the only one he came into contact with was that lunch. Although it was not poisoned, it might have carried some information.

Unfortunately, Gaowenxi had people check it before, and there were no notes on any of the meals. He was a resolute person, so he immediately had Zhang Hai's abdomen cut open, but no clues were found.

When they saw the cook today, they all thought that they should start in the kitchen. Gao Wenyan couldn't help but feel a little excited on her face. She had a hunch that this idea was right.

The person who was in charge of the kitchen that day was quickly brought over. He was an old face. He had been serving the Gao family for more than ten years. Everyone called him Lao Cheng. Seeing that it was Lao Cheng, the brother and sister's expressions darkened in unison.

Gao Wenxi asked: "Old Cheng, did you cook the food that day?"

Lao Cheng didn't know what happened yet, so he said confusedly: "Yes."

Gao Wenyan asked: "Has anyone ever entered the kitchen?"

"Hey, the kitchen is an important place, how can we let people just come in?"

Seeing that the clue was about to be cut off, Lao Cheng suddenly patted his head and said, "Oh! I remembered that Xiao Zhou helped me during lunch that day."

Giving a wink to the person below, Gao Wenyan asked casually: "Each kitchen in the Gao family has always been in charge of food for one day, so why does Xiao Zhou want to help you?"

Lao Cheng proudly straightened his back and said with a smile: "Old slave came early. They are all my half-disciples. They probably want to help me."

Gao Wenyan shook his head and sighed that Lao Cheng was really simple-minded. If someone wanted to fish in troubled waters, he would probably lose his head along with him without knowing what was going on.

She said: "I remember that Lao Cheng is from Guangling?"

"Yes."

"Then Xiao Zhou is from Xiangyang, but he can also cook Guangling dishes?"

Lao Cheng was stunned and replied: "I don't know about that. But for those of us who are cooks, it's normal for us to have more dishes. Oh! He made the square cake that day, and it looked pretty good. ah."

"You asked him to help you make cakes?"

He scratched his head: "That's not true. Xiao Zhou said that he would be responsible for the pastries, so I didn't specify what he should do."

Gao Wenyan asked again carefully and found that only the square cake was made by Xiao Zhou, and the meal given to Zhang Hai happened to include this square cake.

She asked Gao Wenxi, "Where is Zhang Hai from?"

Gao Wenxi was already confident and said with a smile, "Unfortunately, he is from Guangling."

At this point, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that someone used this square cake to wake up Zhang Hai. His family is still in the hands of others.

Gao Wenyan waved her hand and stopped participating in Xiao Zhou's interrogation. She had always trusted her elder brother's methods.

She was wearing a yellow handkerchief today, and Zhixing had already been waiting at the back door. Chu Xu said that most people didn't know that Zhixing was from the Prime Minister's Mansion, so Gao Wenyan dared to contact him with confidence.

On the way, a fast horse came towards me. Zhixing recognized it as the shadow guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and quickly stopped the horse.

"Leader, something happened to the prime minister!"

Zhixing was shocked: "What's going on?"

The school grounds are in the southern suburbs of the capital city. The General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion start from the west and the other from the east respectively. They are two completely unrelated roads. In comparison, the distance to Xiangfu is longer because it has to go around Wu Ci Mountain.

Chu Xu set off half an hour ahead of them, and was assassinated while passing by Wu Ci Mountain. His shadow guards galloped up, and now they met Zhixing.

In order not to waste time, the three of them clamped their horses' bellies and ran towards Wu Ci Mountain quickly.

"While we were fighting with the thieves, the Prime Minister suddenly relapsed. He was accidentally hit by an arrow and fell into the cliff. His whereabouts are still unknown. Additional manpower has been sent to look for him. If there is any news, a signal will be sent out as soon as possible."

Zhixing's face became more and more solemn, and his palms were covered with a thin layer of sweat. He suddenly remembered that there was Chu Ying, and quickly confirmed: "Where is the young lady?"

"Fortunately, the lady is about to leave at that time. We have arranged for someone to escort the lady back home."

Not another bad news after all.

Zhixing originally wanted someone to escort Gao Wenyan back, but Gao Wenyan refused without thinking.

"I should help."

The three of them came to the scene of the fight together. Gao Wenyan checked the marks on the ground. As the shadow guard said, the situation was very intense at that time. Seeing a very strange mark on the ground, she couldn't help but take a second look.

"Did anyone get caught alive?" she asked.

"No, five people came from the other side. They were all well-trained soldiers and were very difficult to deal with. When they saw that the prime minister fell, they didn't want to fight anymore and immediately retreated."

Gao Wenyan walked to the edge of the cliff where Chu Xu fell. The traces drawn by the dagger were all the way down, which were left by Chu Xu's self-rescue. Further down, there is a rapid river, and Chu Xu disappeared after falling into this river.

Zhixing needs to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to block the news and prepare for other emergencies. Gao Wenyan decided to go into the mountain with the shadow guard and act separately.

Hearing the words, Zhixing ignored his status and repeatedly thanked him. The situation was critical at this time, and it would be better if he could have one more person.

Wu Ci Mountain seems simple, but once you enter the mountain, you realize how complicated the terrain inside is. Gao Wenyan walked around in the mountain and couldn't find the way back, so he had to continue walking along the path based on his feeling.

Gao Wenyan is not worried about getting lost at all. Someone will come looking for her anyway. As a healthy person, why is she worried about not being found?

To be fair, she didn't care much about saving Chu Xu.

Chu Xu's death may not be harmful to her.

And if Chu Xu survived, under the circumstances, it would be better for her to help find someone. Even if she hadn't rescued Chu Xu, Chu Xu would have praised her and the Gao family by the way.

However, Gao Wenyan was luckier than she thought.

Not only did she help, she actually found the person, and truly did this great favor fall on her.

When Chu Xu was found, he was still in a coma. He was soaked all over, and his light-colored robe was covered in mottled blood, which had been soaked by the river water and was already very light.

Gao Wenyan touched his forehead, which was frighteningly hot.

Being swept away by the river, but still able to climb into the cave and hide on his own, Gao Wenyan couldn't help but admire Chu Xu's will.

Since he wants to hide, it means there are soldiers chasing him.

Gao Wenyan neither knew Chu Xu's shadow guard nor knew the way, so the safest way was to wait in the cave for Chu Xu to wake up, or for Zhixing to find him.