Chapter 508: There’s a Snake Behind You
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The villagers were terrified. Sun Nu had been raped and killed. How vicious was the murderer?
Sun Nu’s parents were still righteously claiming that the murderer was Gu Ying. ‘Yesterday’s incident has already spread like wildfire. Everyone knows about it.”
Old Lady Sun pointed at Gu Ying.
“Only he had a conflict with my daughter yesterday. He must have had ulterior motives towards my daughter and finally became angry out of humiliation!”
“Master Wu, you can’t let this murderer off just like that!”
“My poor daughter…”
Old Lady Sun said with foam at the corner of her mouth. She had a stern expression and spoke without thinking.
Old Lady Sun didn’t know if the two idioms she used were correct. She only knew that she had to insist that Gu Ying was the murderer.
As she spoke, she pulled her hand back to cover her chest. In fact, she was taking the opportunity to touch the silver ingot in her arms.
MO Ruyue could not stand it anymore. She could not let this old woman slander Gu Ying.
“Are you saying that Gu Ying plotted against your daughter?”
“What else could it be?”
“He must have seen that my daughter is beautiful. He is a scum. In the day, my daughter expressed her feelings to him, but he pretended to be a gentleman.
At night, he…”
“Sob, sob, sob… My poor daughter, Father and Mother will definitely help you find the murderer!”
A life for a life!
“Bah! You’re all the same!”
MO Ruyue was too lazy to talk to this crazy woman.
“County Magistrate Wu, are you going to beat her dozens of times?
They slandered good people and contradicted bengong.
Gu Ying was the second-in-line chosen by the Emperor, and Gu Ying had already proven his innocence. This commoner could not slander him like this.
How could she despise this Queen!
Anyone who disrespects me will be beaten with a stick!”
“It’s the princess!”
County Magistrate Wu nodded and waved his hand behind him. Two bailiffs came forward with sticks.
After suppressing Sun Nu’s parents, he began to beat them with his cane.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
He did not give the two of them any chance to argue.
County Magistrate Wu finally understood that such a person had to be punished with lightning methods.
“Princess Ming Yue, I will take them down first.”
County Magistrate Wu was also a shrewd person. Although MO Ruyue had become a princess, not everyone knew about it. Some people did owe her.
“If you have any questions, just ask me if I can help.”
“Thank you, Princess Ming Yue!”
MO Ruyue nodded.
No one present had expected this scene. Even Sun Nu’s parents had not expected that their daughter would die and the murdered would not be caught. They would also be beaten up.
However, when they heard County Magistrate Wu address MO Ruyue as Princess, they thought they had heard wrongly.
However, County Magistrate Wu was the county magistrate of Lianshan County. He would not lie, nor would he bow down to a commoner. There was only one possibility. Was MO Ruyue really a princess?!
But… How… How was this possible?
At this moment, Sun Nu’s parents had been beaten to the point where they could barely breathe. They were hanging on to their last breath and did not dare to say anything more. They allowed the bailiff to take them away, along with Sun Nu’s corpse.
After they left, the village buzzed like a hive of bees.
As for who the murderer was, no one in the village believed that it was Gu Ying.
Putting everything else aside, based on Gu Ying’s own conditions, he could marry any girl he wanted. How could he do such a stupid thing? Moreover, that Sun Nu was just average looking.
Moreover, Gu Ying had already proven his innocence.
The village was still in a state of panic. Those who had daughters and daughters-in-law at home did not dare to go out alone. They insisted on going out. They all went out in groups of two or three or accompanied by their parents.
“Alright, everyone, don’t just stand here. Do what you need to do.”
He hadn’t eaten anything in the morning, and the old village chief was hungry. He persuaded everyone to go home first, but when he thought of Sun Nu’s dead state, he couldn’t eat anymore.
Gu Ying told MO Ruyue and the others to be careful at home. He also asked a few guards to look after the house. He also told the few teenagers at home not to go out to look after the house for the next two days. He rode his horse to town.
It was obvious that this was targeted at him or MO Ruyue, and their enemies could be counted on one hand.
Gu Ying was prepared to personally ask Sun Nu’s parents. The two of them were very problematic, and he could only find a breakthrough from them.
As for the bailiffs who went door-to-door to interrogate them, Gu Ying did not have much hope.
He was quite familiar with the people who had recently come to the capital. This was also thanks to the bodyguard agency that MO Ruyue had asked him to set up. He received news from all over the world every day.
It just so happened that the bodyguard agency was the most familiar with the flow of people.
He rode his horse at full speed towards the town. When he reached the entrance of his Civil and Martial Arts College, he met County Magistrate Wu and his group. In front of him was MO Ruyue’s Princess Manor.
At this moment, Meng Xun was talking about something at the entrance of the princess’s manor with his men. When he saw County Magistrate Wu coming over with a group of people, he took a few more glances and saw Gu Ying.
“Gu Ying, what are you doing?
Meng Xun saw Gu Ying following behind them and thought that they must have come together. As for County Magistrate Wu, he did not know him, but this person was wearing the official uniform of a county magistrate. He cupped his hands at County Magistrate Wu, and County Magistrate Wu quickly returned the gesture.
“There was a murder in the village.”
Gu Ying explained to Meng Xun. When he suddenly realized that someone behind him had heard him talk about the murder case, he panicked and Gu Ying happened to see him.
When he looked carefully again, that person had no expression. Gu Ying also pretended that nothing had happened. He walked to Sun Nu’s body and lifted the cloth covering her face.
“This girl was murdered. If Lord Meng hears any clues, please let me know.”
“Definitely.”
Gu Ying looked at the strange person from before. As expected, although that person hid it well, his pupils could not hide from his eyes.
The others also had different expressions, but none of them were as nervous as he was. He was a little too nervous, and it was not like a normal person’s normal behavior when they saw a corpse.
If the Liu family wanted to do something to them back then, the best place to plant people was Meng Xun’s place.
Since there was suspicion, Gu Ying could not just stand there foolishly or go to verify anything. He directly went forward and grabbed the person. The man panicked and wanted to fight back, but he held back.
“What does this young master want to do?”
“I see a snake behind you.”
Gu Ying said as he grabbed the man’s collar and pulled him down. At the same time, the man was so frightened that he fought back.
Gu Ying stared at him, afraid that he would not fight back.
That person was originally a spy waiting for an opportunity to move, so how could he be Gu Ying’s match? After a few rounds, Gu Ying subdued him, and at the same time, Gu Ying took off that person’s shirt.
“What’s going on?
Meng Xun was puzzled when he saw his men being beaten up by Gu Ying.
However, that person’s reaction puzzled him. When did he have such a capable person under him?
However, Gu Ying frowned deeply. There were no wounds on this person.
“Young Master, what are you doing?
Seeing Gu Ying’s puzzled and incredulous expression, the man heaved a sigh of relief.
“I’m sorry. I saw that you were strong and muscular like a martial artist, so I wanted to test your skills.”
“I’ve opened the Civil and Martial Arts Institute and am currently recruiting apprentices from all over the place.”
Meng Xun’s expression darkened when he saw Gu Ying trying to poach him in front of him. However, he knew that Gu Ying was not telling the truth.
He looked at the corpse covered by the white cloth again. Could it be that Gu Ying suspected that there was something wrong with the person inside?
Thinking of this, Meng Xun was even more unhappy. However, that person’s reaction and his skills were indeed problematic..
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