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

"Old Five? And Qin Shu?" The emperor touched the jade pendant in his hand, "Why do you say that?"

"We rescued Lu Tianyun and General Yu from the vicinity of Yuning Prefecture. General Yu said that when they were imprisoned, they were tortured every day and interrogated about the affairs of the Eastern Palace, including the affairs handled by my son and the officials of the Eastern Palace. However, General Yu did not reveal anything."

Qin Zhaole stood aside with his mouth open, his face full of disbelief.

Is this something I can listen to?

"However, perhaps those people had never thought that we would search Sarhan's mansion, and they spoke freely to General Yu, mentioning many times that... their immediate superior was the prince."

The emperor frowned.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ping and the Concubine Dowager have always been law-abiding and are good people in the clan. I don't think he is a big suspect," said Qin Zhaoyue.

"Then why is King Yin suspected?" asked the emperor.

"This time when I went to Liuli Town, I happened to meet the person involved in the assassination case of the emperor's uncle." Qin Zhaoyue said with a smile.

"Oh?" The emperor was indeed interested.

"This person also mentioned this matter in casual conversation, and his statement is not quite the same as what the emperor's uncle said at the time." Qin Zhaoyue said, "This person said that the fake Wen Qing seemed to be chatting with someone at the time, and King Yin came and killed the fake Wen Qing and his men. This is fundamentally different from what the emperor's uncle said, that he was assassinated."

"Who is that person?"

"He is just a common businessman. I don't know his background and it is not convenient to reveal his identity, so I can only describe it orally." Qin Zhaoyue said.

The emperor narrowed his eyes in thought.

"Father, I just said that there is no hard evidence for these suspicions. We need to investigate further. If we say it now, it would be like throwing dirty water on the emperor's uncle." Qin Zhaoyue smiled, "I have already put that man under surveillance to see if he spoke like this at the behest of someone. Otherwise, I would wrongly accuse the emperor's uncle and hurt our relationship."

That's enough to say. The King of Yin hid too deeply, and the emperor trusted him too much. He could only take it step by step and plant a shadow of doubt first.

The emperor is suspicious, which is his biggest shortcoming.

"What's going on with the fifth brother?" the emperor said with a gloomy face.

The fifth prince is his favorite son.

"It's not that I'm suspicious of my fifth brother. He's always been well-behaved and cute, and I like him very much." Qin Zhaoyue said, "I'm suspicious of the Mu family behind him. The Mu family has been restless more than once or twice, and there are rumors about their sons. Moreover, I found out that the prefect of Yuning Prefecture is a distant relative of his family... nepotism is inevitable, so I can't help but be suspicious."

"Do you have any idea about who is behind Sarhan?" asked the emperor.

"The prefect of Yu'ning Prefecture must have been in collusion with him. However, this person's trade certificates were issued normally and there is nothing wrong with them. I think we should start by investigating those poisonous weeds." Qin Zhaoyue replied.

"The notice has been posted. Let's wait and see what happens in Northern Qin." The emperor said, "I know everything. What else do you want? If there is nothing serious, you can leave."

The two brothers naturally said nothing and left.

The emperor sat in the palace in deep thought.

"Chen Shuo," he said, "Is Qin Zhaohong living in a mansion near Yuning Mansion?"

Chen Shuo stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Tell her to come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Yes."

……

I was busy frying golden chops and making braised food. It was so busy that more than a month passed in a flash.

The trap of stewed food had already been set, but Gu Yue, with the belief that he would not take advantage of a bargain, stewed more food and added vegetarian dishes such as lotus root, dried bean curd, and eggs. Not only that, he also tried to make roujiamo, using stones to build a simple oven that could evenly light fires up and down, left and right, and then kneaded flatbreads with white flour, stuffed with stewed pork mince, and sold them for ten cents each.

Roujiamo is not something new, it is a famous food in Chang'an. Although it is not authentic, many people still come to buy it because of its reputation. In this way, Gu Yue's snack stand's monthly net income exceeded 200 taels, but the majority of it was braised food. Now it seems to make money, but after King Yin takes action, this trick will not work.

We still need to enter the high-end market and move to another location, as the population of Liuli Town is still limited.

Gu Yue took time out of his busy schedule to exercise, and also found a doctor to prescribe medicine for his legs, do acupuncture and cupping, and drink pork bone soup from time to time, which helped him stay healthy for a while.

The effect is really good, at least I don’t feel pain when walking.

During this period, the number of matchmakers coming to the door increased instead of decreased.

Ever since Liu Niangzi came, Gu Xu was upset. Whenever Gu Yue saw a middle-aged woman coming to his house, he would stay indoors and pretend not to be there. When he met a matchmaker who blocked his way, he pretended to have a stomachache. Shi San pushed the cart very fast, and he pulled Gu Xu home.

Matchmakers can't just run after them, right? What kind of people would they be?

However, this kind of psychedelic behavior caused quite a lot of rumors in Liuli Town. Some people even said that Gu Dashi had lost his mind because he studied Taoism?

"He Gui, please make a table for me of last month's revenue." Gu Yue said and went into the house.

He taught He Gui concepts such as pie charts and column charts for company reports, and He Gui's career as an accountant was booming. He originally wanted to teach him Arabic numerals, but ancient people were just ancient, not stupid. Gu Yue watched him once and found that He Gui was much faster at using an abacus than he was at writing vertical numbers, so he gave up this shocking idea.

"There's news from the capital that Qin Zhaoyue will take action against King Yin in the next few days." Seeing that he had also entered the room, Gu Xu handed him the letter that had just been delivered to the table.

"Take action? How do you want to do it? Kill him directly? That's also a good idea... Oh, to scare him." Gu Yue read the letter. He now had no problem recognizing vertical traditional Chinese characters.

"The Yin Palace is heavily guarded. When Wumen went to investigate, he found that there were more than a dozen guards of Wufeng's caliber," Gu Xu said. "But next month during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Yin King will go to the capital to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. This is a good opportunity."

"I understand. You just want to make some noise to scare King Yin and make him feel that his situation is very dangerous, so he will bring more people with him when he goes to Luoyang, right?"

"Yes." Gu Xu said.

The letter did not detail Qin Zhaoyue's plan, but it ended by saying that if Gu Xu did not have suitable personnel, Qin Zhaoyue could help him solve all the problems.

Gu Xu sneered and threw the letter into the brazier.

……

Huaizhong Prefecture at night.

King Yin had a pleasant conversation with his "commoner" friends. They walked out of the poetry building side by side, and after bidding farewell to them one by one, King Yin boarded the carriage to return home.

The driver whipped the horse-drawn carriage, which drove slowly toward the Yin Palace in a corner of the city.