The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

"What did you say?"

Yuan Yu, who was a little sleepy at first, was no longer sleepy at all.

His face suddenly changed, and he stood up, holding the table with his hands.

While saying "How could this happen", he had already taken a step out.

Originally, Yuan Yu didn't think this clue was true, but by the time people found out about Fan You, he was already dead...

This is too much of a coincidence.

I'm afraid that Fan You is really related to the collapse of Mingyue Tower.

From this point of view, the collapse of Mingyue Tower was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster... Thinking of this, Yuan Yu's face became even uglier.

He walked quickly towards the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

Liu Fan trotted after Yuan Yu. He did not dare to hide anything and told him the truth: "I followed your order to interrogate Fan You. I was waiting outside for the officials from the Ministry of Justice to bring Fan You in. I did not expect that after a while, the bailiff suddenly came out in a hurry and said that Fan You was dead."

"I know this matter is serious, so I dare not delay and come to tell you right away."

He was also anxious.

As soon as we got a little clue and tracked it down to Fan You, he was already gone.

Now that the natural disaster has turned into a man-made disaster, I really don’t know what to do.

Yuan Yu said nothing.

He walked towards the Ministry of Justice prison with a sullen face.

Someone suddenly died in prison, which was within the jurisdiction of their Ministry of Justice. And this person was about to be interrogated by Lord Yuan from the Dali Temple... Anyone could sense that there was something odd about this matter.

If this isn't done well, their Ministry of Justice will also be in trouble.

Therefore, when Liu Fan came to report to Yuan Yu just now, the jailer in the prison also hurriedly went to find the official on duty at the Ministry of Justice today and reported the matter to him.

The gentleman on duty at the Ministry of Justice today is a fifth-rank doctor named Zhang Duanling, who is twenty-four years old this year.

The person Zhou Shuangyue is going to marry is this Mr. Zhang.

Zhang Duanling and Yuan Yu were both Jinshi of the same period. As the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple had daily contact and tried cases together, their relationship became very close.

When we have nothing to do, we drink together.

The two met halfway.

Zhang Duanling was wearing a green official uniform and a black gauze hat. He looked rather serious and was walking quickly. When he met Yuan Yu, both of them could see the solemnity on each other's faces.

"Go first."

There was no time to greet each other at this moment, and they both said this in unison.

On the way, Yuan Yu told Zhang Duanling about the note he had just received: "I just received a note asking me to interrogate Fan You. I sent Liu Zhushi to bring him back, and he died."

Zhang Duanling is also smart.

Hearing what Yuan Yu said, I knew that the collapse of Mingyue Tower was probably caused by someone.

He said with a grim expression, "I have asked someone to summon the coroner and have all the doors of the Ministry of Justice closed. I will have someone check who has been in prison today."

Yuan Yu nodded.

But both he and Zhang Duanling knew that this matter would be difficult to investigate.

The enemy is in darkness and we are in the light.

That person dared to be so unscrupulous and kill people directly in the Ministry of Justice. I think he was either sure that he would not be discovered, or he had a backup plan.

But no matter what, you still have to check first.

The two were thrown into jail.

Although there are many people in the Ministry of Industry, most of them are detained separately, which is also to prevent them from conspiring and communicating with each other.

Unexpectedly, this actually gave the murderer an advantage.

The place where Fan You was imprisoned was at the very end, with nothing on either side.

Now the cell door was opened, and a bunch of yamen runners surrounded it. Fan You was lying on the ground with his eyes open, looking like he was dying with his eyes open.

He was killed by a knife and blood was all over the ground.

The coroner is examining.

The yamen runners gathered around and when they heard the noise, they turned around and saw Yuan Yu and Zhang Duanling. They greeted them one after another: "Master Yuan, Master Zhang."

Yuan Yu nodded, his face anxious.

After all, this is the Ministry of Justice, and Yuan Yu cannot interfere in other people's affairs. Although he is anxious, he still lets Zhang Duanling ask the coroner.

"Mr. Chen, how is it?"

After the inspection, Chen stood up and replied to Yuan Yu and Zhang Duanling: "My Lords, Fan You must have died about 25 minutes ago. The murderer must be good at martial arts. Fan You must have known him or trusted him very much."

"The murderer stabbed Fan You to death when he was unaware."

After hearing this, Zhang Duanling's expression became even uglier.

He asked, "Who's on duty in the cell today?"

A prison guard in the uniform of a yamen runner came out with a pale face: "Yes, it's my subordinate."

Before Zhang Duanling could ask, the jailer said, "I have already sent someone to check for anyone who has been in jail today."

As he was speaking, a bailiff came over with a booklet.

As he ran, he said, "Sir, the jailer has found out that there were three people who were in the jail just now."

Yuan Yu asked directly: "Who came in two quarters of an hour ago?"

The man looked at the booklet and quickly replied, "It's Wang Shan!"

Almost immediately, people started talking about it, and the jailer even glanced around the prison: "Where is Mr. Wang?"

Obviously.

Wang Shan was not among them.

Zhang Duanling ordered in a deep voice: "Go check!"

A group of people responded and went to check for Wang Shan.

Finally Wang Shan was found.

But when Wang Shan was found, he had been stripped of his yamen official's outer robe and was lying in the corner, dead.

He was also killed by a single blow.

After examination by the coroner, he died earlier than Fan You and had been dead for almost half an hour.

Obviously, someone impersonated Wang Shan, went to jail, and killed Fan You.

For a while.

All clues were cut off.

Both Zhang Duanling and Yuan Yu seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.

Originally, the three agencies had joined forces to investigate whether the collapse of Mingyue Building was a natural disaster or a man-made calamity. After several days of investigation, there was no result. Now, after finally getting a result, the person involved has died.

Yuan Yu said to Zhang Duanling, "Just watch over here. I will go back to the Dali Temple and tell Lord Xu."

Zhang Duanling also knew the importance of this. He nodded and said, "You go first. I have to send someone to inform our elder."

Yuan Yu nodded and warned, "Don't let anyone know what happened today."

Yuan Yu didn't need to tell him this, Zhang Duanling also knew what to do, he nodded and assured: "Don't worry."

The two of them then went their separate ways.

……

The next day.

Gu Changxuan and Gu Changze learned about this one after another.

When Gu Changxuan learned about this, it was still early in the morning and before dawn. He was lying in bed, tormented by nightmares and unable to wake up.

Tong Ke was waiting outside.

Suddenly I saw Feng Li rushing over from outside.

There was still a light mist in the early morning sky. Tong Ke did not notice Feng Li's ugly expression until the others approached.

It is rare to see such an expression on Feng Li's face.

Tong Ke was startled: "What's going on?"

He asked in a low voice.

Feng Li did not answer but asked: "Where is His Highness?"

Tong Ke replied: "Your Highness is still sleeping."

When Feng Li heard this, he looked hesitant.

Your Highness has often had trouble sleeping these days. Now he finally gets a good night's sleep, and as a subordinate, I naturally shouldn't disturb him.

But thinking of the news brought by the carrier pigeon just now...

Feng Li felt it was still necessary and reported it to His Highness immediately.

He struggled for a while, and finally said to Tong Ke: "I have something urgent to report to His Highness."

Tong Ke knew that Feng Li would not be like this if nothing serious happened.

Although he knew that His Highness had not yet woken up, he hesitated for a moment and nodded to Feng Li: "Wait a minute, I will go and talk to His Highness first."

After Tong Ke finished speaking, he opened the door and went in.

When he walked to the bedside, he saw His Highness with an ugly face tortured by nightmares. He also saw him shaking his head and groaning, as if he was enduring something extremely painful. Tong Ke immediately became anxious.

"Your Highness!"

He called for help.

Gu Changxuan was not woken up, but Feng Li was called in.

"what happened?"

Feng Li's voice woke Gu Changxuan up.

Gu Changxuan was still not conscious, but the torture in his dream and the invisible pain he felt made him feel as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Before he woke up, his hand grasped the sword beside the pillow.

Until Tong Ke called him again: "Your Highness, it's us!"

Gu Changxuan's originally scattered gaze gradually focused again after hearing the familiar voice.

He was sweating profusely, and his eyes were looking at Tong Ke and Feng Li in front of the bed.

His eyes returned to normal, Gu Changxuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding the sword finally relaxed. He collapsed on the pillow, breathing heavily, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What's the matter?"

Seeing that his voice was hoarse, Tong Ke hurried to pour tea for him.

Feng Li was a little worried when he saw him like this. He forgot to answer for a moment and asked Gu Changxuan first: "Your Highness, are you okay?"

Gu Changxuan said nothing.

The scene in the dream was really terrifying.

When he first dreamed of ascending the throne, he was very happy. Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, he was pulled down from the stage. After that, he didn't know who he was forced to kneel in front of. After that, he was imprisoned and tortured day and night.

Except for him, everyone else in the dream was just an illusory shadow.

He cannot see.

I don't know who they are either.

But the bone-gnawing pain brought by the torture was so severe that even now that he had woken up from the dream, he still felt pain all over his skin and bones.

Don't want to mention more.

After Gu Changxuan said lightly that it was okay, he took the teacup handed to him by Tong Ke and drank half a cup. After his throat was moistened, his consciousness had almost recovered.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" he asked Feng Li.

Feng Li didn't dare to hide it.

But when I think about the news I got, I still feel a little scared.

"Your Highness—"

He said hoarsely, "The place where we detained the Fan family was cleared out..."

Speaking of which.

Feng Li had already noticed that the expression of the prince in front of him suddenly turned ugly.

"What did you say!"

Gu Changxuan sat up straight and widened his eyes.

Tong Ke's expression also changed, and he even held his breath unconsciously.

Feng Li gritted his teeth and finished: "...The Fan family is missing."

The tea bowl in his hand still fell loose and fell onto the bedding.

But at this moment, none of the three people in the room cared about this.

Gu Changxuan's face turned pale, which was rare.

I sat on the bed, not knowing what to say.

Cold sweat broke out on his back, and a creepy feeling rose from his back and spread to his limbs little by little.

……

Gu Changze only found out that Fan You was dead after the palace gates opened.

After Chang Bao learned about this, he immediately ran to see the prince.

"Your Highness, I have something to report."

Chang Bao no longer cared about the rules and reported outside the hall.

Gu Changze stayed at a concubine's house yesterday.

The concubine's surname is Liu, and she is Gu Changze's new favorite.

Since Concubine Sun was neglected, and the Crown Princess was dull and didn't know how to please the Crown Prince, the other women began to become active.

This concubine Liu gained more favor because of her eloquence.

Whenever Gu Changze came to the backyard, he would stay at her place for five days out of ten.

Gu Changze is still sleeping.

But when he heard Chang Bao's voice, he immediately opened his eyes.

However, Concubine Liu refused to get up. She was in a daze and still wanted to cling to Gu Changze to continue sleeping.

Gu Changze simply brushed the person away and got off the bed, without showing any regard for this concubine who was now in favor.

Concubine Liu also woke up at this time.

Her face turned pale, and just as she was about to get out of bed to serve the prince, she heard Gu Changze say calmly, "Kneel down."

When Concubine Liu heard this, her face turned even paler.

But he didn't dare to disobey and immediately knelt on the ground.

Gu Changze went out just like that with his clothes on.

When he opened the door and saw Chang Bao, who looked grim and anxious, Gu Changze's heart sank: "What's going on?"

He asked in a low voice.

There was no one else around at this time, but Chang Bao still lowered his voice and stepped forward to reply: "Your Highness, Fan You is dead."

Although Gu Changze's expression didn't change much, he still frowned.

"When did this happen?"

he asked Chang Bao.

Chang Bao naturally didn't dare to hide it.

Tell everyone what happened in the Ministry of Justice last night.

"Now the Supreme Court Justice and the Minister of Justice have already known about this matter. I'm afraid that the three officials will come to the palace together today to report this matter to Your Highness."

Gu Changze stood with his hands behind his back and said nothing.

After a while, he asked, "Where are the Fan family?"

Chang Bao said, "According to the speed, we should have arrived at noon today." After he finished speaking, he looked at the face of His Highness beside him, and his heart sank. He lowered his voice unconsciously, "Your Highness, do you think this has changed?"

When he said this, his expression changed immediately.

"I'll send someone to check it out right away..." he said and was about to leave.

He was stopped by Gu Changze.

"Alright." Gu Changze said in a light voice, "It's too late to go now. Besides, Fan You is dead. This chess piece is not that useful to us anymore."

"I didn't think this through."

I originally thought that as long as I told Yuan Yu about Fan You, with Yuan Yu's intelligence, he would definitely interrogate Fan You immediately and then keep him under secret custody.

I didn't expect someone would get there first.

Fan You was executed first.

It's no use regretting now. Gu Changze never regrets what has already failed.

Now that it has happened, we can only look forward.

He was just curious—

Who executed Fan You?

His fourth brother?

Gu Changze felt that it was impossible. The Fan family was in his hands, so there was no need for him to be so reckless. It was impossible for him to know that the Fan family was taken away so quickly... In the current situation, it was obvious that the more he did, the more mistakes he would make. His fourth brother was the most cautious person and would never do this.

So who is helping Gu Changxuan?

Gu Changze remained silent until Chang Bao asked him, "Your Highness, what should we do now? Are we going to let the Fourth Prince go?"

"Of course not." Gu Changze took over the conversation.

"Take Li Xiulan's things and go find Li Chang. Ask him to go with me to see my father. He knows what to do."

It’s a pity that he could have completely overthrown his fourth brother by relying on the incident at Mingyue Tower.

Now I'm afraid it will not hurt at all.

But Gu Changze didn't want to wait any longer.

Not knowing who was helping Gu Changxuan behind the scenes, in order to prevent any further mistakes, Gu Changze decided to teach his fourth brother a lesson, so that his father would also know what kind of person his favorite son was.

Although it did not lead to the complete overthrow of his fourth brother, from now on, he could no longer expect to be valued by his father.

After Chang Bao received the order, he immediately did it.

Gu Changze stayed outside for a while, looked up at the obviously gloomy sky above his head, stared at it for a long time, then walked towards his bedroom.

……

Just as Gu Changze guessed.

As expected, the Fan family was taken away along the way, and none of the people he sent out were left alive.

Li Chang has also received the news.

He wants to meet Gu Changze.

Gu Changze never saw him again.

Instead, he waited until noon, and after the three officials had met his father, he directly had Li Chang taken to the Wende Hall.

He himself followed.