Su Mo's trip this time, so many guards sent by the eldest princess are naturally not just for the purpose of embarrassing Zhong Shao.When Zhong Shao came here before, there were guards on duty outside the door, so she didn't think much when she opened the door just now, who knows that a stranger broke in!

Subconsciously withdrew to block Su Mo, Zhong Shao's hand touched his waist, and he didn't realize until he found nothing that he had already untied the saber from his waist and put it in the room.Her face became even more serious, and she was about to call out to the guards, when the man who broke in rashly raised his hand and said, "No, please don't say anything, I'm not a villain, I just want to ask you two for help!"

The man looks elegant, although he is in a mess, it can be seen that he is originally a scribe.At this moment, he looked up at Zhong Shao and Su Mo, his eyes were full of panic and pleading, and he really didn't look like a villain.

However, when he was away from home, Zhong Shao did not dare to trust others.She glanced at the door, but she didn't see the two guards who were guarding the door before, so when her eyes dimmed, she raised her voice without hesitation: "Come on!"

Almost immediately, the doors on the left and right opened, and several guards rushed over in a moment.They felt a little bad when they didn't see the guard on duty outside the door. They were all shocked when they saw the situation in the room. Several guards rushed up and took down the strange man. Said: "Miss, are you okay?"

Su Mo walked out from behind Zhong Shao, her expression was as usual, even because the original discomfort was relieved, her expression was a bit better than when she went back to the room to rest.

Slowly shaking his head and saying "No problem", Su Mo looked at the man who was detained calmly, looked him up and down before asking, "Who are you? Why did you trespass?"

The man was escorted by the guards and did not resist. While Su Mo was looking at him, he was also looking at her and Zhong Shao.When Su Mo asked, he replied: "People who ask for help come here to ask for help."

Such a vague answer was obviously not what Su Mo wanted, but she had just left the house, and she didn't want to waste too much time and energy for a stranger.Just as he was about to wave his hand to let the guards take him down for interrogation, he heard the man suddenly say again: "May I ask your two surnames?"

He was naturally asking Su Mo and Zhong Shao, but the question was obviously a bit abrupt and offensive.The guard who was holding him immediately increased his strength, and shouted: "Where did this madman come from? How could you know my lady's name?!"

The man was originally a frail literati, and he obviously suffered some hardships at the moment. When his arm was twisted by the guard, he immediately groaned in pain, and even a little cold sweat oozes from his forehead.But he didn't intend to give up, he still raised his head to look at Su Mo and Zhong Shao, but said without thinking: "My surname is Qu, and the cursive character is Hengzhou."

Qu Hengzhou? !Zhong Shao blinked, inexplicably feeling that the name was somewhat familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

When Su Mo heard this, his eyes froze suddenly.She pondered and looked at the person again, and then tentatively replied: "My surname is Su." She pointed at Zhong Shao and said, "Her surname is Zhong."

Zhong Shao didn't expect that Su Mo would actually tell that person his family name, but she had always trusted Su Mo, knowing that there must be a reason for her, so she narrowed her eyes and carefully recalled the name "Qu Hengzhou".After a while, her eyes opened suddenly, and when she looked at the embarrassed man being detained again, there was a flash of suspicion in her dark eyes...

Qu Hengzhou's panicked eyes lit up when he heard Su Mo's self-report, and he began to struggle. However, the guards holding him were very strong, and obviously there was no room for him to break free.So he struggled and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, miss, I'm Suzhou Sima Quhengzhou!"

Sima is the assistant official of the governor, from the fifth grade. However, although the rank of assistant officials such as Biejia, Changshi, and Sima are not low, they don't have much real power, and most of them are used for relegation.Suzhou Sima is no exception, but although he has no real power, he is a member of the eldest princess family. His name is impressively on the list given to Zhong Shao by Concubine Yu Gui, and he was deliberately drawn horizontally!

Zhong Shao couldn't help turning his head to look at Su Mo after hearing this, but Su Mo didn't look at her, and she didn't ask people to let go of Qu Hengzhou, she just raised her hand and made a gesture to let people open the room The door is closed.Then she sat down at the round table again, although she looked up at Qu Hengzhou, who was half bent, but her gaze was like looking down: "You said you were Sima in Suzhou, why did you appear here?"

Although Qu Hengzhou was excited, the panic in his eyes had already disappeared.He couldn't stand up straight, so he tried his best to look up at Su Mo, but was shocked by her gaze, then hurriedly looked away and said: "Something happened in Suzhou, I originally collected Qi Lei A lot of criminal evidence was handed over to you when the lady arrived, but the matter was exposed for some reason, and Qi Lei sent someone to hunt and kill me..."

Qi Lei is the governor of Suzhou, and it is also the purpose of Zhong Shao and Su Mo's trip.

Hearing this, Zhong Shao and Su Mo finally looked at each other.Then after pondering for a while, Zhong Shao asked first: "Let's not talk about it, do you have any evidence to prove your identity?"

Hearing this, Qu Hengzhou wanted to straighten up and stand up, but was firmly pushed down by the guards behind him.He said helplessly: "I have a seal with me, it's in my arms, the Duke of the county can check it."

Su Mo glanced slightly, and the guard reached out to take out a kit from Qu Hengzhou's arms and handed it over.Zhong Shao took it, opened it, and found that in addition to the seal representing the official position of Sima in Suzhou, there was another token from the eldest princess.

After seeing it, Zhong Shao already had eight percent confidence in the identity of the person in front of him, and handed the kit to Su Mo beside him for inspection, while she looked at Qu Hengzhou and asked, "You said Qi Lei sent someone to hunt him down?" As for you, so Qi Lei already knows your identity, and also knows that His Highness won't tolerate him?"

Qu Hengzhou shook his head, and then he said with some uncertainty: "I don't know. I, Sima, am just a job for the elderly. Although His Royal Highness did not give up his family back then, I have not been in Suzhou these years. I haven't had any contact with other people. Ordinarily, Qi Lei shouldn't know that I belong to His Highness, but since he has already noticed that I am collecting his criminal evidence, it is hard to say whether he has discovered other things."

It's really hard to judge, Qi Lei discovered that Qu Hengzhou was collecting evidence of his crimes, he might have guessed that it was the eldest princess who was planning to abandon the pawn to save the car, but he was more likely to think that he was a member of the prince's family, so he collected evidence to suppress him!

Without more evidence, neither Zhong Shao nor Su Mo dared to say whether Qi Lei had noticed anything, but Su Mo obviously had other questions to ask before getting entangled in this question.She looked at Qu Hengzhou, her eyes were clear and tinged with coldness: "I believe Qu Sima's words for the time being, but there are still a few questions I want to ask you."

The guards sent by the eldest princess are obviously trustworthy confidantes. Although the person holding Qu Hengzhou hasn't let go yet, he has relaxed his strength at this moment, allowing him to stand upright.Qu Hengzhou seemed to have relaxed a lot, and said, "Miss, please tell me."

Su Mo then asked: "It's only been a few days since the imperial decree was issued. How do you know that we went to Suzhou to investigate? We just left Beijing today. How did you know that we were here, so you made a special trip to ask for help instead of going directly to the city?" Going to Beijing for a day? Also, the guards of the Princess Mansion don’t leave their posts without permission, so where did the two guards outside the door go?”

Qu Hengzhou was taken aback by the question, and then said calmly: "Someone told me." Before Su Mo could continue to ask, he continued: "I escaped from Suzhou because I got help. Lei also sent people to hunt him down, and he was rescued by people on the way. Later they told me that His Majesty ordered the Duke to go to Suzhou to investigate the case, and the young lady might also accompany him. It happened that Qi Lei's people seemed to have chased him, so they went He guided me all the way here. As for the guards at the gate, I didn’t see them when I came here, maybe they were lured away.”

"They?" Su Mo grasped the key words and asked back.

Qu Hengzhou's face showed a trace of uneasiness. He coughed twice, and seeing Su Mo's inquisitive face, he had no choice but to say: "It's some beggars. When I escaped from Suzhou, It was covered by a few beggars, I had given alms to those few people, but I barely knew them. But I didn’t even recognize those people who helped me later.”

Su Mo was obviously a little surprised. Although beggars are everywhere, it is very helpful to find out the news, but after all, the imperial decree is not an imperial list posted everywhere, and it is impossible for Zhong Shao to publicize that he is going to Suzhou, so how did they know this news, and delivered quickly?Also, why did they help Qu Hengzhou?It's just some charity in the past, it shouldn't make people work so hard, right? !

Confusion flashed across Miss Su's eyes for the first time, but when Zhong Shao heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.She looked at Qu Hengzhou and asked, "Where is the person who helped you now, you might find it?"

Having said this, Qu Hengzhou had nothing to hide, and said, "They sent me all the way, just outside the inn."

After hearing this, without waiting for Zhong Shao's reaction, Su Mo glanced over, and two guards had pushed the door out.

Seeing this, Zhong Shao didn't follow, and the guards in the room finally let go of Qu Hengzhou temporarily, but the eyes of the guards didn't leave him, they just stared at him tightly, as if they were afraid that he would suddenly get violent. Hurt.

While waiting, Su Mo asked again: "Qu Sima, do you still have the criminal evidence you collected before?"

Qu Hengzhou was moving his shoulders, when he heard this, he immediately replied: "A small part was destroyed, and I hid the rest in the private room of Deqing Building in Suzhou. If the Duke and Miss need it, they can go and get it. "

People come and go in the private room of the restaurant, and they are often cleaned. It is naturally impossible for ordinary people to hide things in such a place.Qu Hengzhou was considered bold, but because of this, even if Qi Lei dug three feet into the ground, it would be very difficult for Qi Lei to find those criminal evidences.

While talking, the two guards who went out to find someone came back, but there was no one behind them.They shook their heads at Su Mo, obviously they couldn't find the beggar who sent Qu Hengzhou for an unknown purpose.

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