Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

On the way back to Yu Ning Mansion, Gu Yue was in deep thought.

He didn't even have time to pay attention to Gu Xu who was standing silently aside. The situation was critical now, and Gu Xu had no intention of stepping forward - of course, Gu Yue didn't want him to step forward either, as it was not a good thing to be exposed under the eyes of these people now.

The prince's appearance here was completely unexpected. Regardless of whether the prince came here by chance or Gu Xu brought in reinforcements, at the moment, they were on the same side as the prince.

Wen Qing's resurrection was also very strange.

No... It should be said that the fact that Wen Qing appeared in the woods at that time was very strange in itself. Gu Yue had also heard Gu Xu's description of the scene at that time. It was a bit far-fetched to say that he was trying to win over someone. It was more like a threat. And if he was here to kill someone and silence him, why would he show up so openly and use his real name to stop the attacker?

Wen Qing is not Concubine Qi!

All I can say is that it was a frame-up.

Who would the fake Wen Qing target? Of course, King Yin was a possibility, but Gu Yue did not dare to rule out the possibility that the ultimate target was Gu Xu. Gu Xu's identity was likely known to certain people, and these people even knew their whereabouts clearly.

Just look at the situation today.

So is this drama in Jiaoyuan also a setup?

They actually got the account books, so could they be fake?

But the poisons in the pepper garden really existed, and even if the account book was fake, the pepper garden alone was enough to convict Lord Han. The pepper garden had been in business for several years, and I believed that these people would not rashly decide to destroy the evidence because of a small invasion.

And Tang Wuling and Wen Qing, perhaps, as Wen Qing said, are not the same kind of people.

Gu Yue was very sure that Wen Qing had just tried to kill the prince.

This risky action would bring benefits to Wen Qing, enough to offset the risk of killing the crown prince. If Wen Qing's apparent affiliation was followed, this benefit would belong to Qin Zhaoning, who would most likely be made the crown prince after the crown prince's death.

As for Tang Wuling, who was traveling with them, he would either be thrown out as a pawn of the conspiracy or die here together. Tang Wuling's condition did not affect the person behind Wen Qing.

On the surface, this was a trap set up by Qin Zhaoning and Wen Qing to kill the prince so that he could benefit.

but……

Gu Yue holds the script!

Wen Qing will betray Qin Zhaoning in the end!

Therefore, the real power behind Wen Qing is not Qin Zhaoning. Everything that happened today was done by Wen Qing for the real master.

But in the middle, Gu Yue intervened and lured the prince out, forcing Wen Qing to reveal his identity.

Who could it be? Who could be the person behind Wen Qing?

If Tang Wuling is the Third Prince's man, then it might not be easy to infer. But if Tang Wuling belongs to another faction, then it is very likely that Wen Qing also belongs to this faction.

Ah! Headache! Gu Yue wailed in his heart.

Even advanced mathematics had never made him suffer so much!

"Wu Yun, does this Wen Qing look the same as the Wen Qing who intercepted us in the woods that day?" Gu Yue asked in a low voice.

Wu Yun witnessed the scene at that time. He had seen the fake Wen Qing before: "It's different."

Gu Yue nodded, confirming his speculation. Perhaps Wen Qing was sent by some force to frame the Third Prince, but failed. And it couldn't be Wen Qing's real master, the risk was too great.

Gu Xu looked at Gu Yue's changing expression and finally asked, "Did Dad find the prince?"

Ask straightforward questions.

"How is that possible!" Gu Yue lowered his voice. He was afraid that his voice would be too loud and be heard by the Tang and Wen duo who were leading the way in front.

"...Then how do you know that the prince is in that carriage?" Gu Xu looked at him coldly. But he was very restrained, and his hat blocked his cold gaze. Gu Xu didn't want to doubt him so directly.

"The ball hanging on the saddle of his attendant is so special." Gu Yue turned sideways and pointed it to Gu Xu. Behind him, Jing Cun rode beside the carriage, and the ball-shaped decoration hanging in front of his thigh was still shaking.

Gu Xu was silent for a while.

"Very special? Where has Dad seen it before?" Gu Xu asked persistently.

"I saw them at the county government office that day. They were leading the horses when they left." Gu Yue told the truth. He really saw it.

"So that's how it is. What a coincidence..." Gu Xu lowered his eyelashes, clenched his clasped hands for a while, and then slowly relaxed.

Just by coincidence, the prince took this official road, and Gu Yue's instructions to Wu Yun just happened to lead him to this road after passing through the woods. Just by coincidence, when Tang Wuling and Wen Qing were making things difficult for him, the prince's carriage stopped not far away, and was summoned by Gu Yue...

No. Gu Xu closed his eyes. He couldn't be so sure, because provoking Sarhan was his plan, not Gu Yue's.

Everyone returned to Yu Ning Mansion with different thoughts.

The government office of Yuning Prefecture is very large.

The prefect's surname was He. He was not a high-ranking official. When he saw the crown prince and the chief inspector of the Hidden Dragon Guard in person, he was so frightened that he almost flew up. He ran over as fast as his legs could and knelt on the ground with a plop. "Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Gu Yue followed behind, accepted half of the gift, and quickly bowed to return it.

Gu Xu and Wu Feng and Wu Yun did not move, standing behind the crowd with a low presence.

Of course, the prefect didn't have time to think about these things. He hurriedly followed Qin Zhaoyue and welcomed everyone to the court. A chair was set up for Tang Wuling at the lower left, and Wen Qing also had a seat. The rest of the people... stood.

Gu Yue and the others are criminal suspects, so there is no way they can just sit back and enjoy the treatment.

"Where is the body of that Lord Han?" Qin Zhaoyue went straight to the point. Someone who was targeted by the Third Prince and Tang Wuling must be someone extraordinary.

The prefect ordered people to move the body, but he did not have the courage to let the prince go to the coroner's room in person.

"Tell me about it." Qin Zhaoyue knocked on the table and looked at the files spread out on the desk.

"Yes, Your Highness." The prefect said respectfully.

"The deceased is Sarhan, a famous Hu merchant in Yuning Prefecture, who often paid tribute to the capital with spices from the Western Regions," said the prefect.

Qin Zhaoyue narrowed his eyes. He had only heard that the spices into the capital were delivered by some big foreign merchant, but he didn't know who it was.

"This Sarhan died this morning in front of his bedroom door. He had been dead for a long time when he was found by a servant. The cause of death was that someone cut his throat with a knife, causing excessive blood loss." said the prefect.

A bloodstained body was carried up.

The exposed skin was pale, with almost no signs of corpse spots. Sarhan's clothes were soaked in blood, showing that he had lost a lot of blood.

"What does the scene look like?" Qin Zhaoyue asked.

"Sarhan's body was found in front of the bedroom door, face up, with no signs of fighting around him." The prefect was sweating on his forehead.

Qin Zhaoyue frowned.

Tang Wuling could certainly hear the omissions in this report, but he would not ask for such details out of kindness. The murderer was Wen Qing, so there was no need to care about what this fake scene looked like.

"Sir He, which direction is the body's head facing?" Gu Yue asked.

You're not going to say anything, are you? You want to solve the case with this file? The original plan was probably to just give him a random crime, so the prefect's introduction was so dry and meaningless.

I don't think about it!

Isn’t it just solving a case?

He, Edogawa Gu Yue, has watched all 1,178 episodes of Detective Conan!