Chapter 182 Company Beware

On the east-facing wall of the study room is an ink painting, with mountains and rivers stretching and the sun and moon alternating. It is the "Mountains, Rivers, Sun and Moon Picture" originally presented by Gongsun Zhuoyu.Du Lingchun was not a writer, but he loved this painting very much and brought it all the way back to the capital.

This kind of thing goes against his usual style.

While Du Lingchun was meditating in the study, Gongsun Zhuoyu also led Wu Yue to the door of the company's mansion.The maid had been waiting early in the morning. When she saw this, she stepped forward and said, "My Lord, I have an order. Please ask Guard Wu to take Mr. Gongsun to the study."

The study is an important place, and except for a few close aides of Du Lingchun, no one is allowed to enter.

Wu Yue knew that Du Lingchun valued Gongsun Zhuoyu, so he was not surprised. He only nodded slightly to show his understanding.

The company's mansion is very large. It passes through several back doors, then passes through a viewing garden, and finally leads to a winding corridor.The cornices, pavilions, rockeries and flowing water, and even many rare and exotic animals, completely refreshed Gongsun Zhuoyu's understanding of the word "luxury".

He felt like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden and a country bumpkin entering the city. Everything he saw felt new.

Gongsun Zhuoyu listened to the news calmly: "Wu Wei, our company raises rare and rare animals here. Aren't you afraid of scaring the women in the house?"

Wu Yue said sternly: "There are no female relatives in the house."

Gongsun Zhuoyu sighed: "It's beautiful, but such a big place, with only one person living in it, is inevitably a bit empty."

I don’t know if it’s convenient for me to take him with me. The Jingcheng Inn is a bit expensive.

"It's not empty," Wu Yue said, "There are still maids and servants guarding the guests."

Gongsun Zhuoyu: "..."

They walked for half the time it took to burn incense before they reached the door of the study.Wu Yue stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, his voice respectful: "Reporting to the company, Lord Gongsun has been brought here."

Du Lingchun heard the noise in the room and subconsciously stood up, but he didn't know what he thought of and sat back down again. He paused for a moment before saying: "Come in."

Naturally, these two words only addressed Gongsun Zhuoyu.

Wu Yue stepped aside and moved away: "Master Gongsun, please come in."

Gongsun Zhuoyu was actually a little nervous, and he couldn't explain why.He prepared himself mentally for a while, then opened the door and entered.In the center of the study, there is a half-person-high gold-plated animal incense burner, with a floral woven rug underneath, and a floor-to-ceiling flower and bird screen in the middle to separate the two sides.

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked around, finally turned his attention to the screen, and said tentatively to the back: "Company?"

Du Lingchun held the tea cup and raised his eyelids when he heard the words. When he heard Gongsun Zhuoyu's voice, he inevitably remembered what happened last time and threw the tea lid back with a bang.

Du Lingchun stood up from the chair, and the hem of his robe brushed the ground, making a unique soft sound of silk.He walked to the screen, then paused, and asked in a sinister tone: "Gongsun Zhuoyu, do you know your guilt?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu stood behind the screen and was stunned when he heard this. He immediately thought about where he had offended Du Lingchun in his mind, but the answer was no.Except... except the last time I dreamed...

Gongsun Zhuoyu couldn't think about that dream, and his ears started to get hot whenever he thought about it.He pinched his earlobe unconsciously and said through the screen: "Company, I'm... I don't know where I made a mistake..."

Du Lingchun looked through the hollow pattern of the screen and saw Gongsun Zhuoyu breaking out in sweat.I thought to myself, wasn't this person very eloquent when he was arguing with the scholar in Juxian Pavilion? Why did he become so clumsy when he was in front of me?

There was silence.

"..."

Du Lingchun lowered his eyes and said in a tone that contained no emotion or anger: "Don't you know what you did last time?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu was even more confused, so he helped Du Lingchun change his clothes without doing anything else.Now I couldn't help it any longer and poked my little head out from behind the screen: "Sir, I only changed your clothes and didn't do anything else."

He didn't know that the words "change clothes" were already dancing wildly in Du Lingchun's minefield.

Du Lingchun glared: "You bastard, how dare you mention it again!"

He didn't know why, but when he thought that Gongsun Zhuoyu might have seen some ugly scars that he shouldn't see, his fingertips trembled.I couldn't tell whether it was anger or embarrassment, but my body was so stiff that it was difficult to even move.

Gongsun Zhuoyu immediately raised his hands in surrender and shut up obediently: "I won't mention it anymore. I won't mention it anymore."

Facing his innocent look, Du Lingchun couldn't express his temper.He simply rolled his sleeves and turned around, remaining silent and speechless.It took a moment to realize that I had been overly emotional just now, which was really not the attitude to win over people.

Du Lingchun softened his tone: "When did you arrive in the capital?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu beat the snake and followed it with a stick: "Go back to the company. We entered the capital this morning."

Du Lingchun glanced at the sky outside. It was already noon, and frowned slightly: "Why don't you come to me?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu touched the tip of his nose: "I originally planned to find a place to stay first and then visit the company."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Du Lingchun seems to be a little thinner than when he was in Jiangzhou, and his already feminine appearance becomes thinner and less masculine than an ordinary man.

Du Lingchun felt a little better after hearing his explanation. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Looking for a place to stay? Could it be that the company's mansion cannot accommodate Lord Gongsun, a giant Buddha?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu smiled happily when he heard this. He thought to himself, I am just waiting for your words. He took a step forward and said: "Then there is a troublemaker. I'm sorry to bother you."

He was a serious man with a tall and strong figure. When he got close, his aura enveloped Du Lingchun's entire body, making him extremely aggressive.Du Lingchun froze. He wanted to avoid it, but for some reason, he couldn't move forward.

Although the eunuchs in the palace have been castrated, most of them only love women and few have the habit of cutting off their sleeves.Du Lingchun had always been indifferent to matters between men and women, but he had never thought that he had that hobby.But every time he faced Gongsun Zhuoyu, he became uncertain again.

Du Lingchun sat down behind the desk, quietly opened the distance between the two of them, frowned his slender brows, and simply talked about another matter: "Do you know why His Majesty summoned you to the capital?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu said: "I have heard a little bit that three important officials in the court died for no reason. Your Majesty wants us to find out the truth."

Du Lingchun said: "This is just one of them."

When he said this, his tone was gritted, and he slowly rubbed his fingertips: "Jing Zhaoyin was killed for no reason, and his position became vacant. I originally wanted to remind the emperor to transfer you from JiangzhouTo take his place, who would have thought that the old fox Yan Fu would step in and say that you are still junior and need more experience, so he directly refuted it."

ah?

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought to himself that it was too miserable for him. The fat in his mouth flew away before he could eat it?Yan Fute is nothing!

Du Lingchun seemed to understand his thoughts and said: "You don't have to worry. For now, stay in the capital to help investigate the case. I will push you forward sooner or later."

Although Gongsun Zhuoyu solved two cases, they were ordinary people.This case involved court officials, and there must be something complicated behind it. He didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to find out. He glanced at Du Lingchun subconsciously: "Then if I can't find out..."

Du Lingchun raised his eyes: "If you can't find it out, you can't find it out. Can our company still eat you?"

What he said didn't make sense again.Since he wanted to win over Gongsun Zhuoyu, he was naturally interested in his talent. If he couldn't even find out the case, the other party would become a useless pawn and there would be no need to bother cultivating him.

But Du Lingchun didn't realize at all that his desire to let Gongsun Zhuoyu rise to prominence was already greater than his desire for Gongsun Zhuoyu to help him.

Gongsun Zhuoyu smiled and said: "I will not let the company down when I am a low-ranking official."

Du Lingchun recommended himself, and Yan Fu recommended Tang Feishang.If Gongsun Zhuoyu cannot find out the truth by then, wouldn't he and Du Lingchun also be embarrassed and unable to hold their heads up in front of Yan Fu?

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought about this and couldn't help but ask: "Do you have detailed files on the three people who died?"

Du Lingchun had known that he would ask this question, so he handed him a pile of papers at hand: "This is the file of the Ministry of Punishment. You can read it yourself. After Tang Feishuang comes to Beijing, you will meet the Holy Emperor together and investigate together."This case.”

The first person to die was Dong Qianli, the governor of Liangzhou.On his way back to Beijing to report on his work, he stopped at an inn. Unexpectedly, he was found dead on the bed early the next morning. His face was completely peeled off, and he was lying in a pool of blood.

There was a piece of paper left by the murderer on the table next to it. According to the maid who was cleaning it, it was sent by someone unknown to Dong Qianli the night before his death.

There is a poem written on the paper, which is Gao Shi's "Farewell to Dongda": Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun, and the north wind blows wild geese and snow.Don’t worry, you will have no friends in the future. Who in the world doesn’t know you?

When Gongsun Zhuoyu saw this, he found it interesting and continued to flip through the file.

The second person to die was Guo Han, the minister of household affairs.When he went to a brothel to call for a prostitute at night, he was assassinated by the murderer in the oiran's boudoir. His whole body was severed in two from the waist, and his intestines were leaked all over the floor.

The day before his death, he also inexplicably received a piece of paper left by the murderer. The poem on the paper was the first half of Qin Guan's "Qianqiu Sui. Waterside Sand Outside": Waterside Sand Outside.The spring cold in the city retreats.The shadows of flowers are chaotic and the sound of orioles is broken.The wine cups are floating around, and the clothes are loose when we say goodbye.No one can be seen, the blue clouds and dusk are facing each other in the sky.

When Gongsun Zhuoyu saw this, he had already discovered something, but in order to confirm something, he continued to read another page.

The third deceased was Jingzhao Yin Chulianjiang. His eyes were gouged out by the murderer. His body was hung in the lobby of the government office. There was a piece of paper pressed under the jail tree. The poem was Wang Changling's "Farewell to Xin Jian at Furong Tower": Cold RainLian Jiang entered Wu at night and saw off his guest Chu Shangu in the morning.Relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other like a heart filled with ice in a jade pot.

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked at Du Lingchun: "This murderer is really crazy."

Du Lingchun raised his eyebrows slightly: "What did you see?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu smiled: "I think the murderer is a man who loves reading, but I haven't seen the corpse evidence yet, so I can't make a judgment at will."

Currently, three officials in the imperial court have died, and the murderer would specially send a poem with their names before his death. In a sense, this murderer was highly skilled in martial arts and had an arrogant personality. He seemed to be openly mocking the incompetence of the imperial court.

In a serial murder case, the next person who receives the poem is his target.It is conceivable that all the civil and military officials in the DPRK and China were panicked, fearing that they would be involved.

Du Lingchun naturally wanted to let Gongsun Zhuoyu know more information, so as not to be caught first by that troublesome Tang Feishuang: "Tomorrow I will take you to the Ministry of Justice. The bodies of the three people are parked there. How do you want to check it?"No matter how you check it, no one else dares to say anything as long as I am here."

Gongsun Zhuoyu wondered if this was the feeling of having a backer. He looked at Du Lingchun's unmistakable features calmly, then smiled, but said something irrelevant: "The company owner seems to have lost some weight...…”

His voice was low and concerned, not as frivolous as before.

When Du Lingchun heard this, he subconsciously raised his eyes and caught his gaze unexpectedly. His hand shook and he almost smashed the tea cup.Gongsun Zhuoyu quickly pressed the tea cup with quick eyes and hands, then placed it firmly in his hand and whispered: "Master, be careful."

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