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Chapter 142: Peaceful Zhao Mansion

Walking through the long corridor again, the servants all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

The whole mansion was immersed in a mood of grief, just like the rain that never stopped falling at the university.

Gu Qingyun couldn't help but think, it was supposed to be a good year, but now it has turned out like this.

As he was thinking, he walked to the front yard, where all the women were crying. There were Zhao Ping's children, his wife and concubines.

The whole family depended on him for survival, and now that he was gone, everyone was more or less sad. Not to mention the aunts who depended on him for survival, some of whom had fainted several times from crying.

Gu Qingyun stood outside the door and called to a servant who lowered his head, "Call out your eldest lady."

There are no parents or brothers in this family anymore. Only Zhao Ping lives with his wife and children. Apart from Zhao Ping, the oldest person in the family is his first wife.

Zhao Ping also came from a poor family. In order to study for the college entrance examination, he used his family's woodcarving skills to support himself.

So this eldest lady was not from a noble family, but the daughter of a wealthy local businessman. Because he passed the imperial examination and became a student, she married her daughter to him. After that, she lived a hard life with him for several years.

Who would have thought that he would be so successful, rising all the way from a small official to his current position.

"Greetings, Lord Shaoqing." The woman in front of him looked like a beautiful girl from a small family. She was wearing a plain dress. She stood in front of Gu Qingyun and bowed slightly.

"Mrs. Zhao." Gu Qingyun also returned the greeting. The woman in front of him was very polite, so it shouldn't be too difficult to ask her questions.

Then he slowly opened his mouth, "I have a few questions to ask you."

Mrs. Zhao wiped her tears, nodded, and said softly, "Go ahead."

Gu Qingyun saw her crying and waited for a while. He only asked after she calmed down a little.

"Was there anyone with Lord Zhao last night?"

"Yes, he is always accompanied by servants and maids, but he doesn't like to be disturbed when he is working. They usually stand outside the door or in the yard."

"Then the servant and the maid didn't notice anything last night?"

"I don't know either. This morning, the little girl found it when she went in to ask the master to change his clothes for court. She was frightened and is still crying now."

"Didn't you ask anyone else?"

"I don't have time to think about so many things. After what happened today, I don't know how I'm going to live my life from now on."

Seeing that she was about to cry again, Gu Qingyun quickly changed the subject.

"Does Lord Zhao have any enemies?"

"My master is the most easy-going. We have never had any quarrels. He is also very conscientious in the court. I have never heard of anyone hating him. Oh, what a sin, what an injustice."

"Does Mr. Zhao have any relatives or friends who often come in and out of his house?"

"Of course there are. Our master is popular. There are many adults coming in and out, including the Shangshu before. So we will ask the master to customize the carved wooden door."

Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but smile when she thought about it, but then she realized that her master was gone, and she put away the expression on her face.

She was crying and laughing at the same time, and I didn't know what she was going to do.

Gu Qingyun raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, "Madam, please bring the servant and maid who accompanied Lord Zhao last night here. I have something to ask them."

Mrs. Zhao's tears immediately flowed down again. She ordered the maid beside her, "Go and bring Su Jin and Xiao Zhuan to us quickly."

Gu Qingyun looked at the women in the room and felt that some were crying loudly, while others were just pretending.

"By the way, Mrs. Zhao, your family has a bodyguard, right?" Gu Qingyun said, looking at Mrs. Zhao who was still crying.

"Of course there must be some place in such a big yard." Mrs. Zhao motioned Gu Qingyun to look around.

Gu Qingyun had no interest in this kind of nouveau riche show-off. He just praised it twice and then said nothing.

After thinking for a while, Gu Qingyun asked, "Lord Zhao's death was strange. I wonder if we can let our coroner do an examination?"

Mrs. Zhao was really shocked. She went from crying to yelling, "My master is already hiding like this, do you still want to break his body? My lord, please don't, please don't."

Gu Qingyun couldn't tell whether she was sincere or just a good actress, so he could only say, "We are just trying to restore the truth. Madam Zhao, please accept my condolences."

“Our master, such a good person, wu ...

Gu Qingyun was helpless. Seeing the guard being brought over, he said, "Madam, please think about it carefully. I will go to see the guard first."

Logically speaking, if there really were people coming in and out, it would be impossible for the security guards to not notice anyone, unless their professional skills were inadequate.

But if no one entered or left, then everyone in the mansion last night would be a suspect.

The guards stood aside, waiting for Gu Qingyun.

Gu Qingyun was seen climbing up the wall and flipping down easily like a monkey, over and over again.

But no one dared to question it, and they just waited quietly. The younger guard wanted to laugh out loud, and the guard next to him patted him on the shoulder.

No matter whether they are outside or inside, they are all involved in this matter. If they still laugh... they will lose their heads.

"Did you see anything unusual last night?" Gu Qingyun asked condescendingly, sitting on the wall.

"Reporting to the lord, no! Last night was really calm. Our night guards were divided into two groups, taking turns walking inside and outside the walls of the yard. No one noticed anything unusual, and no one was seen walking in." The leading guard kept shaking, but still recounted what happened last night.

Gu Qingyun asked again, "What about inside the yard? Did anything unusual happen?"

The leader was about to speak when Gu Qingyun said, "Don't jump to conclusions. Think about it carefully. Something that would not normally happen happened yesterday."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qingyun looked around again and said, "Think about it carefully, this is a serious matter."

The next news we got was when a wild cat appeared...when a lady wanted to send something to the master, etc...

Gu Qingyun asked, what's unusual about this?

Others said that sometimes these ladies would not send them off, but last night they took turns going there quite a lot of times.

Although this may be a suspicious point, there is no basis for it and there is no way to prove it, because there were so many people there last night that it cannot be confirmed.

Gu Qingyun thought about it, then turned back to the backyard to see if he could reconstruct what happened last night.

If it could be restored, it would be much easier.

Zhao Huaiqing saw Gu Qingyun holding a rope and looked at the scene again, "Who are you tying up?"

Gu Qingyun said unhappily, "Tie you up."

Zhao Huaiqing pointed at himself, "Me?"