Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1220 Princess's Birth Mother
The disheveled man fell from time to time due to panic and exhaustion. His clothes became more and more tattered. He looked back while running. Seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, he only regretted that he did not grow two more legs.

Being chased and blocked by masked men, the man had no way to escape and fell down the hillside in panic. When he stopped, he felt dizzy and his whole body ached as if it was falling apart.

Gu Ruizhou and his companions were chatting and laughing when they suddenly saw a person fall down on the road ahead. The skilled guards immediately sent a group of people to ride forward on horseback, draw their swords, and surround the person who suddenly appeared.

When checking the surroundings, I found a masked man with a knife on the hillside, who shouted:
"Who are you! Put down your swords and get down the mountain!"

When Gu Ruizhou and others heard about the knife, they immediately protected Chu Chengping with the guards.

Seeing this, the masked man who was chasing in the dense forest quickly went into the dense forest and disappeared.

Seeing the guards trying to chase him, Gu Ruizhou stepped forward to stop them:
"Don't chase, protecting His Highness is more important."

Looking at the dishevelled man, Gu Ruizhou asked in a deep voice:
"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Seeing the thieves leave, Gu Yichen and his companions also came forward. The man who was surrounded was dizzy and his head was swollen. He only saw that there were many people in front of him, but he couldn't see their faces clearly. His bloodless lips were covered with dry dead skin, and his voice was also weak:

"Who...who are you..."

Gu Yichen laughed:
"You are questioning us?"

"careful!"

Chu Chengping was about to ask a question when he was protected by Gu Ruizhou who was shocked. There was a crisp sound of blades colliding with each other. Everyone looked at the hidden arrow that was cut down to the ground by Master Ran. They immediately drew their swords and looked around vigilantly. The man in black who had returned, after failing in his sneak attack, did not want to fight anymore and fled in a hurry.

The disheveled man was so frightened that he wanted to sit up, but he fell asleep due to exhaustion.

Gu Ruizhou looked at Master Ran with a meaningful look:
"Brother Ran, your sword is so fast." Fearing that the man in black would attack again, Gu Ruizhou ordered the guards to take the disheveled man and escort Chu Chengping back to the stable first.

"Who instructed you to use the self-torture tactic to assassinate His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi?"

The man who had fainted was just awakened by the cold water when he heard Gu Ruizhou's stern questioning. He struggled with his bound hands and feet to raise his head, saw the people in the room, and cried out in a hoarse voice:
"General Anbei? Your Highness the Prince of Qi? Heaven will not abandon me... Heaven will not abandon me! Your Highness, I am Xu Minghua..."
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In the royal palace, in the royal study.

After sending the eunuchs out of the room, the emperor sat at his desk reviewing memorials and listening to Zheng Cheng's reports of various news. When he heard that his fourth daughter-in-law's biological mother, Xu, had been burned to death in the temporary residence last night, his writing hand suddenly paused:
"Last night? Who started it first?"

Zheng Cheng was grinding ink and answering carefully:

"The fire seemed to have started the house by accidentally knocking over a candle. The fire only burned Xu's house, and only killed Xu and a woman who was on night watch. It was midnight, and when the fire was put out, Xu had already been burnt to ashes, and the cause of death could not be seen.

Although we have not found any concrete evidence...but the people we sent out saw some Jianghu people around His Royal Highness Prince Jin."

Emperor: "He's really quick, what's going on in the Lin Mansion?"

"The news was reported back to the Lin residence before dawn. At noon, the maidservant who knew Kung Fu beside Miss Lin went to check it out. She has now reported it to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion."

The emperor opened a new memorial and said in a calm tone with a hint of sarcasm:

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"Chen Qingshan is his man. What can Jingzhao Yinfu find out?"

Zheng Cheng didn't dare to respond, and changed the subject:
"The Lin family wanted to find out the truth, and the person who reported to the police pointed out Xu's identity. She is the biological mother of Princess Qi."