Drunk House Chapter 224

Chapter 224 Investigation (Second Update)

Zhou Gu directly ordered Ziye to re-bind Zhao Laoer and Zhao Fei, and then dispatched his own bodyguards to **** the two to the front hall, and directly invited He Zheng to enter the palace with him.

He Zheng didn't know anything, but Zhou Gu's identity and what he did must be allowed by the old Huguogong, and His Majesty told him to cooperate with him, so he could only obey Zhou Gu's words and actions, followed him, escorted people, and entered the palace.

Zhou Gu's personal guards consisted of a hundred people, and He Zheng also brought over a dozen people, so the group surrounded the escorted Zhao Laoer and Zhao Fei's carriage, guarding it tightly, without any incident, and entered the palace smoothly.

When they came to the gate of the palace, He Zheng sent someone to report to the emperor. After the emperor had spoken, Zhou Gu sent his bodyguards back, leaving only Zi Ye to follow, together with He Zheng, escorted someone to see the emperor.

The emperor didn't expect Zhou Gu to come to see him so soon. After Qingping left, he had a headache and asked Eunuch Yu to wait on him and rub his forehead.

Eunuch Yu had just rubbed and pressed for a while, when someone reported that Mr. Zhou had escorted Mr. Zhao into the palace to see His Majesty.

The emperor signaled Eunuch Yu to stop, and told him, "Let him bring someone to see me."

Yu Gonggong should be.

Not long after, Zhou Gu brought Zhao Laoer and Zhao Fei to the emperor. Where had Zhao Laoer and Zhao Fei seen the emperor before, they didn't even dare to lift their heads, and knelt down on the ground with two "plops".

Zhou Gu greeted the emperor, "Your Majesty, I dare not delay the matter that Mr. Zhao told you. Your Majesty has to decide, so I will bring him to report to His Majesty."

He grew up in front of the emperor since he was a child, and he hasn't entered the court yet, so he doesn't need to be a vassal, so he calls himself.

Nodding, "Say it!"

Old Zhao was trembling and speechless.

Zhao Fei had to be bolder, "Father, tell your majesty what you know, my son doesn't want to die."

Older Zhao became bolder when he heard the words, and tremblingly explained what kind of person found him and threatened him to say about Princess Zhenmin, etc., and so on.

The more the emperor heard it, the more ugly his expression became. "You said that someone gave you a booklet? It recorded the affairs of Princess Zhenmin? And you said that the man had white tiger stripes specially made by the Imperial Guard on his boots?"

Older Zhao nodded, "Exactly, the villain dare not deceive His Majesty."

He Zheng's face was also pale at this time, he was standing, but immediately knelt on the ground, he thought why Zhou Gu didn't say anything after seeing him, and he didn't need him to interrogate anyone, he just offered him two cups of tea perfunctorily, and then asked him to follow him to see His Majesty, it turned out that the Imperial Guards he was in charge of were involved.

The emperor's eyes fell on He Zheng, and he asked with a straight face: "He Zheng, do you know about this?"

He Zheng hurriedly said: "I don't know about the humble job."

The emperor snorted coldly, "Forgive me, I don't know. If you knew, I would be blind to what you did, and I mentioned something like you to the position of the commander of the imperial guards."

He Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Zhou Gu handed the portrait painted by Mr. Zhao to the emperor, "This is drawn by Mr. Zhao. Your Majesty has a look at it."

The emperor took it over, glanced at it, saw nothing, and threw it to He Zheng, "A member of the Imperial Guard, you, the commander, are the most familiar. You can take a closer look to see if he is a member of the Imperial Guard. From his stature to his eyes, even though his whole body is tightly wrapped, he may not be unrecognizable if he is familiar."

He Zheng looked down, his face changed slightly, "Your Majesty, this person, this person is known in a humble position. He is a member of the Imperial Guard. His name is Feng Si."

"Where is he now?" asked the emperor, "is he on duty in the Praetorian Guard today?"

He Zheng shook his head, "He asked for leave three days ago."

"Take someone quickly, go to his house, and bring him to see me." The emperor ordered, and glanced at Zhou Gu again, "You also follow."

Zhou Gu said yes, thinking that His Majesty said he believed in He Zheng, but he still needed to watch from the sidelines, as expected of an emperor.

Then, the two of them left the palace together, led by He Zheng, and went straight to Feng Si's house.

Older Zhao and Zhao Fei saw Zhou Gu leaving, their pale faces opened their mouths, wanting to keep him, but they didn't dare to say anything.

The emperor ordered Yu Gonggong, "Take the two of them down, and you personally send someone to watch them. If there is a mistake, I will apologize with death."

Eunuch Yu's complexion changed, and he quickly responded. Without daring to be careless, he selected two trusted eunuchs, took him down, and repeatedly told him, "Take care of him. If something happens, the miscellaneous family's head is gone, and your lives are even more gone."

The two young eunuchs said yes repeatedly, "don't worry, father-in-law, we'll keep our eyes on it, and we'll definitely take care of it."

Feng Si's home is in Nancheng, where most ordinary people live. It stands to reason that Feng Si works in the Imperial Guard, and his salary is good, which should make his family richer. However, Feng Si has a sick old mother and a younger brother. It costs a sum of money every month to seek medical treatment for his mother, and money for his younger brother's education. Therefore, his family is not rich, with only three small tile-roofed houses and a small courtyard.

When He Zheng led people in, Feng Si was not at home, and there was only an old woman lying on the bed. The old woman was shocked when she saw so many people from the imperial guards, and struggled to sit up from the bed, "You are..."

Seeing that she was so sick that she was about to lose her appearance, Zhou Gu stopped her from going to the ground, and asked her kindly: "Mother, where is Feng Si? Let's find him."

"Feng Si, his brother got into a fight and injured his leg. He asked for leave and took his brother to the doctor to change his medicine." The old woman replied.

"Why don't you invite the doctor to your home?" Consultant Zhou.

"Ask the doctor to come here, and you have to pay the doctor for running errands, which will cost you more money." The old woman said kindly.

Zhou Gu nodded, "Where did you go to the medicine hall?"

"It's not far, it's at the east end of the street, it's called Li Cripple Medicine Store." After the old woman finished speaking, she asked cautiously, "Who are you looking for..."

"He works in the imperial guards, and some things have not been handed over, so he asked for leave. I came to ask him specifically." Zhou Gu comforted the old woman's restless heart, "Madam, rest, we will go to the pharmacy you mentioned to find him."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Gu signaled He Zheng to go, He Zheng nodded, and the two of them exited the old woman's room together, and led them straight to Li Zizi's pharmacy.

In Li Laizi's pharmacy, at this time, there was no one there, only an old doctor, limping, was treating the leg of a boy in his teens and changing the dressing.

After Zhou Gu and He Zheng walked in, He Zheng asked the boy, "You are Feng Si's younger brother? Where's your brother?"

The boy was a little thin and thin, "My brother was called out."

"Who called him? Where did he go?" He Zheng asked.

The young man shook his head, "I don't know, I didn't see anyone, I just heard someone call my brother outside the window, and my brother went out. It's been a while."

Li Laizi said from the side: "There are two cups of tea."

He Zheng looked at Zhou Gu.

Zhou Gu immediately walked out of Li Zizi's pharmacy, and said to He Zheng, "Scatter the people and go find him. His younger brother is here. He shouldn't be far away."

He Zheng also thought so, nodded, waved his hand, and the rest of the imperial guards scattered to look for them.

Zhou Gu didn't stay here either, but walked a few steps along this alley with He Zheng.

Not long after, the imperial guards came to report, "Report to the commander, Feng Si died in an alley in front of him, as if his throat was sealed with a sword. Not long after he died, his body was still warm."

He's face changed.

Zhou Gu's complexion also changed slightly, and together with He Zheng, the two rushed to the alley, only to see that the imperial guards had surrounded the alley, and no one moved Feng Si to protect the scene.

The two of them came close, and the imperial guards dispersed.

He Zheng squatted down to check, then stood up, and said to Zhou Gu, "It's true that he died not long ago."

Consultant Zhou: "Who discovered it first?"

"This subordinate is with him." Zi Ye pointed to one of the guards.

Zhou Gu nodded. Since Zi Ye followed, he ruled out the people who came from the imperial guards today. He glanced around and found no signs of fighting, so it was obvious that they were people familiar with He Zheng.

He Zheng nodded.

Zhou Gu told Ziye, "Go, invite the best ones to come."

Midnight should be, go immediately.

Zhou Gu turned around and went back to Li Guizi's pharmacy, and asked the young man, "You said you didn't see anyone, but the person who can call out your brother must be someone your brother knows. You didn't recognize the voice?"

The boy shook his head, "The voice sounds strange, I don't recognize it."

"Uncle Li, how about you?" Consultant Zhou asked Li Zizi.

Li Lizi shook his head, "What? Didn't you find anyone? The old man gave medicine to this kid with his back on his back, but he didn't see anyone."

"My elder brother shouldn't be able to go far. After changing the dressing every day, he will carry me back. The dressing will be changed very quickly." The young man looked at Zhou Gu's clothes and the extravagance all over his body, and said cautiously, "Why don't you wait patiently?"

Zhou Gu looked at the young man, and couldn't bear to tell him that his brother had been killed, Feng Si was the pillar of the family, once Feng Si died, how would his mother and this young man live on?

He Zheng walked in at this moment, just as he heard the young man's words, he said to the young man, "After your brother was called out, just before we found him, he was killed and died in a dark alley not far away. Think about it carefully, who on earth called him out?"

(end of this chapter)

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