Mr. Kezaku

the people who own their land.

Fu Ying would also go to the banquet. After all, Zhao Xingduan would not have any other heirs. Although Fu Ying was not crowned prince, they were all treated as princes, so it was tacit understanding.Even though Fu Ying was still young, it was necessary to take it to see such a thing.

The banquet started at noon, and Chu Yuyang only got up three poles a day.He felt that since he didn't have to go to the morning court, Zhao Xingduan seemed to be able to torment him especially. The various postures really made him gain knowledge.Fortunately, after Chu Yuyang's firm resistance, all the props were thrown away.

But Zhao Xingduan even threatened him that if he saw a beautiful boy in the future, he would have to use props.Chu Yuyang gritted his teeth at this, hating him so much that his teeth itch.

He got up and washed himself, changed into his court clothes, and then took a bite of something to pad his stomach, and it turned out that the time was about the same, and if he didn't go there, it would be too late.

Zhao Xingduan finally appeared, pulled the well-dressed Fu Ying, and then took Chu Yuyang to the hall where the banquet was held.

The banquet was well-regulated. After all, Feng Guo was only a small country dependent on them, so the banquet would not be very grand.

When Zhao Xingduan took Chu Yuyang and Fu Ying to take their seats, the others had already been waiting for a long time. When the emperor appeared, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

There were a lot of people at the banquet, Chu Yuyang rolled his eyes and looked for a long time before he found an unfamiliar face, but he didn't know if it was the prince of Feng Guolai. It looked like he was 50 or [-] years old. Chu Yuyang thought he would be a handsome man, but he didn't. I thought it turned out to be a crooked melon.

Zhao Xingduan suddenly whispered in his ear, "Satisfied?"

Chu Yuyang turned her head and glared at him, saying, "I am a person who pays attention to the beauty of the soul!"

Zhao Xingduan laughed and didn't continue to tease him.

Without a beautiful man to watch, Chu Yuyang felt that the banquet had become very boring, it was nothing more than some singing and dancing performances, and then someone said congratulatory speeches.

During the period, the princess of Feng Guo also appeared, holding a wine glass, stepping on lotus steps, walked up to Zhao Xingduan and Chu Yuyang to toast, and said some obedient words to wish them a happy marriage for a hundred years.Just the sound of talking, her eyes kept drifting to Zhao Xingduan's body, that stare of admiration, as if she was afraid that others would not see it.

Zhao Xingduan didn't look at her more, obviously he was not interested in this princess.The princess looked at Zhao Xingduan sadly, and left reluctantly.

The princess hadn't left the pavilion yet, so it was inconvenient to show her face for a long time, so she simply went back to the main hall where she was staying.

The banquet didn't last too long, Chu Yuyang couldn't sit still halfway through, and felt pain in her buttocks, so she left first.After a while, the banquet was over and everyone dispersed.

The prince of Feng Kingdom left the banquet and went to the princess's hall.The princess was in a bad mood and had already sent all the servants out. When the prince heard about the situation, he walked in by himself.

The princess was sitting on the soft couch and was sulking. When she saw the prince coming, she said, "Uncle, do you think I am inferior to that queen? Does he look as good as me? He is just a third-rank official with a low status. Not high, why..."

The prince said: "This is not something to force. Maybe Zhao Xingduan really only likes men and can't be hard on women."

"Hmph..." The princess became displeased, and said, "Then what should I do? Before I came, I made a promise with my father that I would definitely charm Zhao Xingduan."

The prince said: "It doesn't matter, princess, there is someone beside you who is especially good at playing the piano. I saw him last time. He looks so gentle."

The princess frowned and said, "Mr. Qiao?"

"Yes, that's Mr. Qiao." The prince said with a smile, "Giving him to Zhao Xingduan may be useful."

The princess was not very happy. That Mr. Qiao was the teacher who taught her to play the piano, and he was really outstanding in appearance.At that time, the princess was also fascinated by Mr. Qiao, but Mr. Qiao came from a shabby background, so it must not be enough for the princess to marry.The princess stayed behind and taught her how to play the piano.

The princess said: "Mr. Qiao is not the kind of person you think. I'm afraid he won't go."

The prince said: "This is out of his control. What we have to do is a big event, and someone has to sacrifice some, isn't it?"

The princess said again: "Even if Mr. Qiao plays the piano well, he is also good-looking. But he is still a man, and he can't have children."

The prince said: "Princess is so confused, think about it, even if you marry Zhao Xingduan, you may not be the future emperor after giving birth to a child, and even if you are, how many years will it take for the child to grow up? It's all in the foreseeable future It's better to let that surnamed Qiao make Zhao Xingduan obsessed, and then take the opportunity to assassinate Zhao Xingduan. When the Zhao land is in chaos, we take the opportunity to send troops to attack. Even if we can't get into the capital, we can take it anyway. How many cities are there?"

"This..." the princess said: "I haven't discussed this matter with my father, so I did it rashly..."

The prince said again: "Princess, you still don't understand the current situation. Your father's words are no longer effective. The crown prince is in charge of everything. The king is still in power now, so the princess has everything. The king I still dote on you. When the prince succeeds to the throne, the princess will have nothing. Think about it, princess, how did the queen treat the prince back then? Didn’t the prince want revenge! You are the queen’s favorite, and the prince will definitely be ruthless. I will take revenge on you ruthlessly."

"He dares!" said the princess.

The prince said: "Princess, you have to think about it, it will happen sooner or later."

The princess said: "Then let me think about it carefully, in case it doesn't work..."

The prince said: "If things don't work, just push four, five, six, and push all the sins to Mr. Qiao. Besides, the prince will stand up."

The princess still hesitated, and said: "I live in the palace these days, and it's inconvenient to go out of the palace, so you can talk to Mr. Qiao."

When the prince heard the princess let go, he immediately said, "I'll go right away."

Chu Yuyang went back to the main hall, and when the attendant saw him, he said, "Master Chu, the matter that the emperor wants to investigate has already begun. Should we call someone in now?"

"Oh?" Chu Yuyang said, "Bring someone in, I'll ask first."

Zhao Xingduan hasn't come back yet, but Chu Yuyang scratched his head when he heard that there was an eye.

The guard came in hurriedly, saluted and said, "Lord Chu, we have checked all the people on the list, and one of them is very suspicious."

"Who is it, why is it suspicious?" Chu Yuyang asked.

The guard handed the list to Chu Yuyang respectfully, Chu Yuyang opened his hands, and quickly scanned his eyes from top to bottom, and saw a name circled with a red pen at a glance.

"Tago?"

Chu Yuyang stared at the name for a moment, and said, "What's going on?"

The guard said: "We have inquired for a long time and found out that Mr. Tao was imprisoned two years ago."

Chu Yuyang nodded.

Gu Changzhi asked Chu Yuyang to investigate Mr. Tao's case. Mr. Tao was wrongly imprisoned and was imprisoned for two years. He was released not long ago.

Mr. Tao's family is in business, but he has no relatives, and looks quite rich.The most important thing is that a few days ago, he also met Young Master Tao in Gu Changzhi's Rumeng Academy.

The guard said: "This Mr. Tao died of illness in prison less than half a year ago."

Chu Yuyang was shocked, and stood up from the chair in an instant, and said, "He died a long time ago?"

The guard said, "It's absolutely true."

Someone pretended to be Mr. Tao!

Chu Yuyang's mind was a little confused. Is Mr. Tao they saw a fake?What is the intention of the pretender?

As Mr. Tao's friend, Gu Changzhi didn't notice anything strange about Mr. Tao at all.But it's true, we haven't seen each other for two years, and when we meet again, Mr. Tao looks very down and out, with a big difference, even if there is any slight difference in this way, maybe Gu Changzhi won't care.

The guards said that they didn't notice anything wrong with Mr. Tao at first.Later, they accidentally found out that Mr. Tao had died a year and a half ago. They were all shocked, and then hurried to check Mr. Tao again.

But when they looked for Mr. Tao again, Mr. Tao had disappeared, and even the Tao family was cleaned up, and the servants almost left.

After they inquired, they said that since Mr. Tao returned to Beijing, he seemed to be planning to move the mansion out of the capital and distribute the money from the mansion to his servants. He had already left the day before yesterday, and he didn't know where he went.

They want to continue to inquire, but Mr. Tao seems to have evaporated, no matter how they inquire, they can't be defeated.

Moreover, his real name was not Tao Ge, and they didn't know what he really looked like. They were just looking for a needle in a haystack, and they couldn't find anything.

When Zhao Xingduan came back, he saw Chu Yuyang's angry face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chu Yuyang told Zhao Xingduan about the matter, and Zhao Xingduan was also surprised.

He also met Mr. Tao, but no one found anything wrong with him.After all, in that case, Mr. Tao was a victim, and he hadn't done anything. He even told Chu Yuyang and the others that the pieces of jade pendant in their hands were fake.

Zhao Xingduan said: "If this Mr. Tao is the person behind Changyue, the person who sent the ledger, then what exactly is he going to do? What is his purpose?"

He controlled Changyue and Zhao Boxiao's gang, and then he revealed some news to Chu Yuyang.Zhao Xingduan really couldn't understand what Mr. Tao was going to do.

Chu Yuyang shook her head and said, "I don't know either, could he be observing?"

When Chu Yuyang said this, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.There was a person quietly hiding beside them, watching them as if watching a good show.

Chu Yuyang said, "I'll go to Gu Changzhi and ask."

Chu Yuyang couldn't sit still anymore, it was almost evening, but she still wanted to ask Gu Changzhi, maybe he knew more about Young Master Tao.

Zhao Xingduan knew that if Chu Yuyang didn't go, he wouldn't feel at ease, so he simply went with Chu Yuyang.

When they left the palace, the sky was already dark, and when they arrived at Rumengyuan, it was completely dark.

Not long after Zhao Xingduan and Chu Yuyang left the palace, Yan Zheng hurried to the palace.But he was stopped by the attendants at the entrance of the main hall.

Yan Zheng said, "I want to see the emperor."

The attendant said, "Master Hou, the emperor is not here."

Yan Zheng was in a hurry, and said, "What about Master Chu? I can see Master Chu too!"

The attendant said again: "Master Chu is not here, he went out of the palace with the emperor."

Yan Zheng asked, "Where did you go?"

The attendant said: "I seem to have gone to look for Mr. Gu Shangshu. What's the matter with Lord Hou? When the emperor and Master Chu come back, the subordinates will report it for you immediately."

Yan Zheng said: "It's a big deal! I'd better chase after him and talk about it myself!"

After Yan Zheng finished speaking, he hurried out of the palace, then inquired about Gu Changzhi's residence, and immediately rode there.

It was Zhuang Mo who came to open the door from Rumengyuan, he was a little surprised when he saw them, and said, "My lord just... rested."

As soon as Chu Yuyang saw Zhuang Mo's slightly unnatural expression, she knew what it meant to "just rest".But the matter was urgent, so he still said: "I don't mind him talking to me while lying in bed."

Gu Changzhi was just a little tired and didn't fall asleep. Hearing that Chu Yuyang was coming at night, he got dressed and went to see them.

Gu Changzhi asked, "Why did you come to me again?"

Chu Yuyang said, "Ask you about someone."

"Who?" Gu Changzhi asked.

Chu Yuyang said, "Young Master Tao."

Gu Changzhi was surprised and said, "Young Master Tao? Don't you know him?"

Gu Changzhi is a smart person, before Chu Yuyang could speak again, his face changed, and he said, "Could it be... Mr. Tao has something to do with that box?"

Chu Yuyang took the list away to investigate. These days, Gu Changzhi thought that maybe the result would come out, and he was thinking, who put it in that box.As a result, Chu Yuyang came to ask Mr. Tao, and Gu Changzhi guessed it after a little thought.

Chu Yuyang nodded.

Gu Changzhi opened his mouth wide in surprise, and said, "How could it be him?"

Gu Changzhi's impression of Mr. Tao was actually from two years ago.Mr. Tao has a good temper, has some money in his family, and is not a stingy person. Gu Changzhi also made friends by chance.

Later, Gu Changzhi broke contact with Mr. Tao, and it took a long time to find out that Mr. Tao was wrongly imprisoned.

Gu Changzhi said: "At that time Mr. Tao came to look for me on his own initiative. He asked me if I recognized you, and said he wanted to ask you to help investigate the case. I know about Mr. Tao's imprisonment. I heard that he was wronged. I also sympathize with him, so I promised to help him find you."

Chu Yuyang still remembered the situation at that time, Gu Changzhi did say that Mr. Tao asked him to find him.Thinking about it this way, maybe this fake Mr. Tao had very impure intentions at the beginning.

Gu Changzhi said: "Mr. Tao appeared again, and I didn't think much about it. He lost a lot of weight and was in a trance, so I didn't dare to ask more. I was afraid that he had suffered too much in prison for the past two years. Said to irritate him again, so I didn't ask more."

Gu Changzhi didn't think that Mr. Tao was a fake, and he didn't think about it at all.

Chu Yuyang said: "Later, didn't we go back to Beijing? Do Mr. Tao and you also have frequent contacts?"

"Of course." Gu Changzhi said: "Young Master Tao also comes here often, but there is nothing unusual about it, just chatting together, and sometimes inviting us to his place to see the newly arrived jade. "

"However..." Gu Changzhi said again: "Thinking about it carefully, he did mention you every time he came over."

The word "you" refers to Chu Yuyang.

Gu Changzhi didn't think there was anything wrong, because Chu Yuyang helped Mr. Tao solve the case, and Mr. Tao was completely cleared of his suspicions.Mr. Tao kept saying that he was very grateful to him, so every time he came, he would ask how Chu Yuyang was doing.Gu Changzhi also answered casually, and sometimes chatted about what other cases Chu Yuyang had encountered.

When Gu Changzhi thought about it now, his stomach turned green with regret.In fact, Mr. Tao didn't come to chat with him at all, but to inquire about Chu Yuyang's movements.

When Zhao Xingduan heard this, his expression turned pale.It seems that Mr. Tao has been hiding by their side for a long time.

And right now, Mr. Tao has apparently retreated completely.And before leaving, they provoked their majesty and forced Changyue to commit suicide, leaving a dagger stuck on the wall.

"That's right!" Gu Changzhi immediately stood up, almost knocked against the corner of the table, and said in a panic, "There is a letter, there is a letter!"

"What letter?" Chu Yuyang asked.

Gu Changzhi walked to the long case, took an envelope, handed it to Chu Yuyang, and said, "He came the day before yesterday."

Chu Yuyang asked in surprise: "Young Master Tao came the day before yesterday?"

Doesn't that mean that he came to Gu Changzhi's place before leaving the capital and disappearing?

Gu Changzhi nodded repeatedly, and said: "Yes. He said he was going to a place far away to do a business, and I didn't ask much. When he left, he said he had a letter for you. I thought I would wait for you to come over. I handed it over to you, almost forgot."

Chu Yuyang couldn't wait to open the letter.

But the letter was taken away by Zhao Xingduan, saying: "Be careful of fraud."

Zhao Xingduan checked the letter before returning it to Chu Yuyang for him to open.

Chu Yuyang quickly pulled out the letter, and there were only two words written on a piece of white letter paper.

The handwriting is neat, serious and beautiful, and it penetrates the back of the paper.

— Goodbye.

Volume Three: Empress Chu is leaving the palace