The reborn first wife is a male

"Then why didn't the Empress Dowager choose Li Zan and Zhao Shanhe as the companions of the Third Prince?" Gu Ling suddenly thought of another possibility.

An Shaohua took a look at Gu Ling, and Gu Ling explained: "Look, the Queen Mother and the others obviously wanted to arrange for Li Zan to be the companion of the third prince. Li Zan is Wen, and it happens that Zhao Shanhe is Wu. How good? Mrs. Cai until Now he is only a servant, how can he compare to..."

"Li Zhilian is from the same family, and still a minister. He holds power and is absolutely loyal to the third prince. Better than Cai Zhongkang, right." An Shaohua raised his eyebrows and said, "It's possible that the queen mother has not thought about it, but will the emperor arrange it this way?"

Gu Li was stunned when he heard the words, and said after a while: "The emperor really values ​​the second prince."

The other princes have two companions, one literary and one military.The queen mother wanted to use Li Zan, so the emperor replaced Zhao Shanhe.It can be seen that the emperor has always had a steelyard in his heart, and he will never get one more point.

Only the second prince was accompanied by four companions, each with a prominent family background.

As he was talking, someone knocked on the door.

Li Qiu came back and said that Uncle Liu was drinking alone and was already very drunk.Kneeling and crying to the moon, the general and the son talked nonsense for a while, saying, "The old slave is ashamed of the general. Under the nine springs, he has no face to face the ancestors of the Liu family."

"You don't need to follow Uncle Liu. You can go first. We will go to the ship for inspection tomorrow morning. It is best to have two shadow guards who can write and draw follow."

After dismissing Li Qiu, Gu Cheng remembered what he wanted to ask just now.

"I see that you and Uncle Liu are very familiar, why..."

"You asked me why I didn't agree to Uncle Liu's request, why did I ask Li Qiu to investigate Uncle Liu's actions?"

Gu Cheng really felt that it didn't make sense.It stands to reason that General Liu is the second prince's uncle, and he and An Shaohua are in the same group. Why does An Shaohua still seem to be on guard against Uncle Liu?Even if the Liu family acted in a wrong way many years ago, now there is only General Liu left in the Liu family. Naturally, he will help if he can. Only when the mother's family is strong will the second prince be more secure in the future.

"This matter." An Shaohua remembered clearly that in his previous life, General Liu was alone until his death. He never married a wife, but had several concubines.He also gave birth to several children, but none of the bastards inherited the family business.The second prince's loss of power later was inseparable from the fact that his mother's family had no one in court.

"The current situation in the court is turbulent. At this time, the purpose of requesting a marriage is to let the emperor remember that there is such a person." The Liu family has been away from the center of power for many years, and they need a chance to restore the Sacred Heart.The Zheng family had just been reprimanded, and the ups and downs ebbed and flowed. The Li family had just been proud for half a year. This time, Li Zhilian was sent to Zhao Prison again, probably to no avail.At this time, asking for a decree to grant a marriage may come second, and asking for a decree is the purpose.

Seeing that Gu Yu nodded slightly, An Shaohua went on to say: "Furthermore, the emperor seldom grants marriages to his ministers. They are usually from the clan. Just like An Guogong, the holy family is rich and powerful, and the imperial decree bestows marriages on Cheng An." Princess."

"This..." Gu Li wanted to give a few examples, but after thinking about them one by one, he realized that as far as he knew, the emperor personally bestowed marriages on the clan.Marriages between courtiers like him and An Shaohua were all bestowed by Concubine Li.Even after so many years, the queen gave marriages to only two, and they were both daughters of the Zheng family.

"The most important thing is that I don't know what General Liu means in this matter."

"What does General Liu mean?"

"At that time, General Liu's affairs with the Liu family, although he was young and unaffected, may not be really innocent. For so many years, the emperor left him in Suizhou and ignored him. Firstly, it was because of the second prince. Secondly, about Just looking at him is considered obedient."

"Why do you call it for the second prince?" Gu Cheng was puzzled.

"The second prince is the eldest son of Yuandi after all, if there is no mother's family..." An Shaohua didn't say anything, but Gu Cheng understood.He didn't say any more.

"But now General Liu is making moves." Gu Cheng sighed slightly.In the past, Gu Li always thought that the soldiers would protect their families and the country, and never participated in the power struggle among civil servants.Unexpectedly, in the game, no one can escape.

"Not necessarily. Maybe Uncle Liu is really afraid that the Liu family will have no heirs, and he will have no face to face old General Liu after death, so he made his own decisions."

"If that's the case..."

"That's true, and you can't act rashly. General Liu has no high court now, and the marriage is all up to him. If there is someone he likes, he would have married a long time ago. There must be a reason why he has refused to marry a wife for so many years."

An Shaohua clicked to stop, Gu Cheng thought about it for a while and then he understood.

Marriage bestowed by the imperial decree is a supreme honor, but if General Liu himself is unwilling to get married, how can the twisted melon be sweet?If this matter is less serious, it will add a pair of resentful spouses, if it is more serious... how many unhappy couples in this world will not die well, and what their final destination is, I am afraid that the thick case files of the Ministry of Criminal Justice can best explain.

The two of them were exhausted from the journey, and although they had a short rest at noon, they were sleepy early in the evening.There was nothing left and right, so I took a rest early.

Early the next morning, make arrangements to board the ship.

The boat stopped twenty miles away from Suizhou, and a temporary ferry was built.

After everyone boarded the boat, they went straight to the place where An Shaohua found the secret compartment.There were only a few people on board, without the usual people coming and going, the whole boat looked eerie.Perhaps because of the wood, the unoccupied cabin would make a bang sound from time to time, making it even more uncomfortable that the ship was quiet.

When we arrived at the bottom warehouse, even though the living things on the ship had already been unloaded and the portholes were opened for ventilation, the stench still persisted.

As soon as Gu Cheng came here, he retched.An Shaohua asked him to take the sachet given by the little maid and put it under his nose and stand far away.

When he arrived at the sheepfold, Gu Cheng saw a very cramped dark cabin, about 1.2 meters high, and could only walk with his back and legs bent.Gu Li raised his hem and was about to go in, but was stopped by An Shaohua. "Let the hidden guards check first, they have a way to record these things. We will inevitably leave traces when we go." Gu Li was still cold, and An Shaohua didn't want him to touch these things.

At the scene of the crime, the investigators first collected the evidence. Gu Li knew this common sense.In such a short dark cabin, people can't even get up in it. If more than a dozen people are really locked up here, it would be too cruel and treat people as human beings.Gu Cheng's expression suddenly changed.Who has the ability to repair such a dark cabin on the ship in advance?When did you do it?Did the boatmen really not find out?Thinking about it this way, there are a lot of doubts.

After thinking about it, Gu Li still told An Shaohua all his doubts.

"I don't know who made it, and when it was done." An Shaohua said in a low voice: "It is true that some boatmen discovered this dark cabin, but the entire bottom cabin was a reward from the Queen Mother to the princess, so even if the boatmen found it The layout of the cabin has been changed and I dare not speak."

That's right, the words "rewarded by the Queen Mother" were stained on the living creatures in the bilge, so no one would dare to say more.The one who did it was a smart man, and he took advantage of a big loophole under the noses of everyone.A dark cabin was majestically built on the ship, where many people were hidden, and the surroundings were filled with chirping, chirping, chirping, babbling sounds. Even if some people were crying and others were making noise, the slightest sound leaked from time to time was probably covered up.

Not to mention that so many people's eating, drinking and lazing were mixed in these rewards, and they all followed suit.

Gu Cheng felt a chill in his heart.He couldn't imagine that when he was setting up defenses on the ship, training soldiers, and getting angry because of the third prince's words, there were more than a dozen living people hidden in the dark cabin of the bilge.

"Ouch..." Gu Li finally vomited, lying on the porthole and vomited in a mess.An Shaohua waited on him to rinse his mouth, caring in a low voice.

Li Qiu went in with the cold dew this time, and stayed for more than an hour before coming out.After they came out, both of them looked very dignified. "Please Mr. An, after looking over it, check for omissions and fill in the gaps. I will send these to the master as soon as possible."

"Liu Guang, can you take Li Qiu to see the place where the autumn equinox falls into the water?"

Gu Li was about to say that he would also go into the dark cabin to investigate, but seeing An Shaohua's expression, he decided to listen to him now, so he turned around and took two dark guards to the deck.

An Shaohua took Iron Six and Iron Seven into the dark cabin.The place is short, but the most tormenting thing is not the shortness, but the lack of light and ventilation, the ground is filthy, and the smell in the air makes it difficult to breathe.An Shaohua carefully inspected the dirt on the ground, it was human.

"Master An, the boat has been sailing for eight days, these." Tie Liu pointed to the dirt on the ground, "these are not just for one or two people, they must be seven or eight people."

"What if someone gets thrown down?"

"It's hard to say." Tie Liu replied, "Everything can only be guessed."

An Shaohua only felt uncomfortable in his heart. The stack of deeds of prostitution was a living person, and now only the filth of this cabin is left, and the corpses that will float in the river at some point. "This case is not in vain!" An Shaohua gritted her teeth and said bitterly.

After only staying inside for a quarter of an hour, An Shaohua felt a little dizzy when he came out, and vomited while lying on the porthole.

After vomiting, I feel dizzy and dizzy, and my nose and mouth feel tight.After gargling, someone shouted just above.An Shaohua turned around and looked up. It turned out that the place where the autumn equinox fell into the water was facing the porthole of the bilge.A rope was tied around Liqiu's waist, and he was suspended from the ship's side.

When she got near the porthole, An Shaohua realized that she was wearing a steel cable.

"Flying Tiger Claw?"

"Yes."

"Have all the hidden guards?"

"Yes."

"..." An Shaohua opened his mouth, and after deliberating his words a few times, he said, "Where is the injury on Qiu's body? Where is it?"

Li Qiu hung outside, talking to An Shaohua through the porthole. "There is a knife wound on the waist." In fact, Li Qiu has always been a little puzzled about the injury of the autumn equinox.To be a hidden guard is to fight for life on the tip of a knife, and there are only two kinds of kung fu to practice, hidden weapons and close body.Qiufen's kung fu in the dark guards is not considered first-class, but if it really happens, General Gu is no match for Qiufen.

So Li Qiu always felt that An Shaohua and Gu Yu were also suspicious. After all, Qiufen was injured on the boat and was thrown into the water. Now his life and death are uncertain.Li Qiu felt that the autumnal equinox might be caught off guard for a while, so who can let the autumnal equinox be caught off guard for a while?

An Shaohua nodded after hearing the words, but remained silent.

After a while, Li Qiu added another sentence: "There is only one wound on Qiu's body, on the side of the waist." When Li Qiu spoke, Sisi stared at An Shaohua to see his expression.

An Shaohua looked at Liqiu through the porthole.Li Qiu held the steel cable with one hand and pushed the boat with the other, and he opened the door wide.

Maybe they were all wrong.An Shaohua thought, perhaps the Autumn Equinox was not attacked on the deck, but something was discovered, just like Li Qiu at this time, he hung the steel cable down, but unexpectedly someone stabbed him in the porthole.He stabbed the opponent, but he couldn't enter the cabin through the porthole, so he had to fly to get on the deck, but someone cut off the tiger's claws—or some other way, in short, he had to stick the knife over the side of the ship, hoping not to escape. fell into the water.

Then the knife broke.

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The author has something to say:

Mobile phone code words.Tired to the point of cramp.

I went to bed too late yesterday, and I am sleepy today.Welcome to bug hunting.

Try to make more tomorrow.