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

In any case, Gu Dashi's family, who had no background at all, truly suffered an unexpected disaster.

Gu Yue stood in front of the grave, deep in thought.

Gu Xu stared at the name engraved on the tombstone, then looked at Gu Yue.

Gu Yue said: "I thought about it again, and I have three doubts."

"First, the group of people who killed the Gu family were said to be local bandits. But according to Gu Erhua's confession, this group of people came for Xiao Xu, and they were not real bandits. So what were they targeting when the county sent troops later?"

Gu Xu nodded and said, "Indeed, this area is located in a plain, with few places to hide, and generally there shouldn't be large-scale banditry. Maybe Sushui County is also in collusion with the people behind the scenes."

Gu Yue continued, "The second is the names of Gu Mengliu and me. Mengliu, this is not a name that a farmer would casually come up with. It is too different from my name Dashi."

Gu Xu was obviously stunned.

"If you hadn't said it... I really wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong." Gu Xu said, "It's really strange to think about it this way."

He seemed to remember something: "Oh, come to think of it, those books at home are not mine, but Gu Mengliu's. He is doing business outside, so it's not surprising that he can read and write."

"Those books are only read by people who are taking the imperial examinations." Gu Yue didn't care that he had lied to him in order to conceal his identity. "Gu Mengliu...maybe he has been to school, but if he could have studied in a private school, why didn't the villagers know about it?"

"Now that we have found the hidden knife, these questions should have answers," said Gu Xu.

"Yes. Finally, the third one is that Qin Zhaoyue and Gu Dashi had been in contact for a long time, and he instigated him to abuse and beat you so that he could be the savior." Gu Yue said, "Then I think the bloody murder of the Gu family was probably also his handiwork."

"How do you know?" Gu Xu looked at him and asked.

Gu Yue pursed his lips.

"I met the prince that day and deduced it from his words." Gu Yue said, "The fine rice and grain in the house and the money that Gu Dashi usually squandered should also be aided by Qin Zhaoyue."

Gu Xu was silent.

"What exactly did you talk about that day?" he asked.

"He wants to sow discord between us." Gu Yue said, "Anyway... as long as you trust me, everything will be solved."

"I believe you." Gu Xu said seriously.

Gu Yue was still feeling uneasy.

With the previous experience of Qin Zhaoyue, will Gu Xu really not suffer from PTSD? In the previous life, Qin Zhaoyue's identity was clear, and the whole process of meeting him was seamless, but in the end it was still a conspiracy.

Besides, his own motives were not pure.

If he were Gu Xu, reborn, and had several confidants of Wumen in advance, he would definitely capture the suspicious Gu Dashi and torture him for interrogation first.

Therefore, even if he had a little dissatisfaction with Gu Xu a few years ago, he easily forgave him after learning that he was betrayed and reborn.

Gu Yue wiped his face.

Don't think about it! Doubting whether Gu Xu trusts him is also a kind of distrust.

"We'll talk about everything after we find the hidden sword." Gu Yue said, "We've already paid our respects, and the next one is the Chenghou Mansion in Sushui County. Let's get going."

On the way, he went to the town clinic to see Uncle Beideng and gave him a gift. Uncle Beideng was in his prime, no different from a few months ago. When he heard that Gu Yue was conferred the title of Earl, he just sighed and showed no joy.

He warned: "Now is a time of trouble, not to mention the intrigues in the court, it is not peaceful. You must be careful."

"Thank you, Uncle Beideng." Gu Yue thanked him sincerely.

This is indeed a good person.

After staying overnight at the martial arts hall in Liuli Town, he set off for Chenghou Mansion early the next morning.

Hongcheng Restaurant is still doing a booming business. He Gui has also been doing business with them in the past two years. He has worked with the restaurant's chefs to research a lot of new foods.

After Gu Yue's fried chicken shop closed, they took over the fried chicken business in the area and agreed to receive a dividend every month, which was considered as the old lady's care for the Gu family.

Now that Gu Yue is an earl, all the male members of Chenghou Mansion have come to see him. Only then have Cheng Zhu and his brothers gotten to know Gu Dashi again.

Gu Dashi's "fiancée" had already married and had passed the time for returning to her parents' home, so he didn't see her, which helped to avoid embarrassment.

"Liu Qingzhou from Sushui County was relocated two years ago because of Zhou Zonggui's incident." Cheng Zhu said, "The current county magistrate is my eldest brother's classmate, and they have a very close relationship. As for the county magistrate when the Gu family got into trouble..."

Lord Cheng said: "I vaguely remember that it was a man named Hu Cheng."

"This person seems to be very unruly. We, the Cheng family, visited him as usual, but he didn't see him." Cheng Zhu said, "The visiting card and gifts we sent were returned intact."

Gu Yue thought that if he had the support of the prince, then the little marquis of Chenghou Mansion, who was about to fall into decline, would naturally look down on him.

But even if he doesn't like it, he still has to save face. This person...

"Where is he now?"

"Liu Qingzhou went to Sushui County to serve as the county magistrate three or four years ago, and no one knows where Hu Cheng is now," said Cheng Zhu.

Gu Yue looked at Gu Xu. Their eyes met and Gu Xu nodded.

Gu Yue said, "We have something we want to ask Hu Cheng. Why don't we ask the current Magistrate of Sushui County? Can the prince introduce him to us?"

Cheng Tan naturally agreed.

He immediately wrote a letter of greeting and gave it to Gu Yue, informing him where the residence of the Zhangchuan County Magistrate was currently, and also sent his confidant to go with him.

Gu Yue and his group successfully met with County Magistrate Zhang.

Zhang County Magistrate is very young, only in his twenties. It is said that he passed the imperial examination for the second time and has been working in the lower ranks for two or three years. He was recently appointed to Sushui County.

After hearing their purpose, Zhang Chuan said, "Hu Cheng has been dead for a long time, don't you know that?"

"Dead?" Gu Yue was shocked. "How could he be dead?"

"According to the county's case files, this person died suddenly at home, probably from a sudden heart attack." Zhang Chuan said, "However, the case files are very simple, and the family did not allow the coroner to perform an autopsy, so they directly transported the body back to the ancestral land for burial."

"The higher-ups haven't investigated it in detail?" Gu Yue found it incredible. The official's sudden death was just dealt with so hastily?

"No." Zhang Chuan said.

The county magistrate looked at them and said, "Since you are Cheng Tan's relatives and friends, I would like to kindly advise you not to investigate Hu Cheng's case in detail."

"Why is this?" Gu Yue asked.

"Just now you said you wanted to investigate the murder case of bandits in Gujia Village a few years ago. I found something wrong when I just took office and sorted out the files." Zhang Chuan said, "Sushui County is located in a plain, and there are no complicated mountains around it, so it is not easy to have bandit troubles. Moreover, the records of the suppression of bandits are not detailed, and it does not say how many bandits there are and how to deal with them."

He shook his head: "I tried to investigate in detail, but was stopped by a letter from my mentor."