AWB Chapter 239 New Night Shadow Guards Arrive (11)
Chapter 239 New Night Shadow Guards Arrive (11)
After Tu Weizhi invited Gu Chang to Xiaoyao Teahouse once, he never invited Gu Chang again. This also gave Gu Chang some free time.
Yin Li has been in contact with the Night Shadow Guards in the palace during this period to confirm the movements of various royal family members in the palace.
Tianyu went out to collect various information and organize it in an orderly manner. He also sorted out the information about the Deer Hunting Festival in previous years for Gu Chang.
Gu Chang looked at these two people who were always busy, and then looked at himself staying leisurely in the Gu house, and he felt that he should do something.
There are still eight days until the Deer Hunt Festival.
Gu Chang decided to go out for a walk today and buy some things for Tianyu and Yinli.
As for why Gu Chang was not worried about whether he could go to the Deer Hunting Festival, it was because he had already received an invitation from Prince Duan.
The invitation from Prince Duan came unexpectedly, the day after the three of them had tea at the teahouse. A servant from Prince Duan's mansion brought the invitation to Gu Chang.
Gu Chang always felt that it was strange for Prince Duan to do this, but Gu Chang still had to go.
If you want to find the body of Princess Murong Yunming, you must first investigate the people around her.
According to the information collected by Tianyu, the mother of the seventh prince Tu Mingyuan died of complications during childbirth.
The midwife was sent by the Empress to deliver Murong Yunming's baby, and the Empress herself was waiting outside the delivery room. As for the Emperor, he had always disliked Murong Yunming, who came from Tianyao Kingdom. Although he had named her the Consort Li, he only visited her on fixed days each month.
When Murong Yunming was giving birth, he avoided her on the pretext of being busy with government affairs.
So when Murong Yunming had a difficult delivery, the emperor had to choose between saving the older or the younger child.
As a result, when the seventh prince was born, the emperor never saw him, let alone the deceased Murong Yunming.
The queen was kind-hearted and wanted to keep the seventh prince by her side to take care of her, but was stopped by the royal concubine, who said that the seventh prince had a bad fate and might offend the queen and the emperor.
Even though the queen was extremely reluctant, she could not adopt the seventh prince without the emperor's approval.
The emperor later realized the child was unlucky and named him Mingyuan, meaning he was an evil spirit from the Nine Nether Hell, seeking revenge on the mortal world. He then sent the newborn Seventh Prince to the Prince's residence to be raised by a wet nurse. However, every wet nurse who came into contact with the Seventh Prince eventually died of illness, and their deaths were tragic.
Later, when Tu Mingyuan was over one year old, he was thrown into the cold palace by a guard from the prince's mansion.
Fortunately, there was a kind-hearted palace maid who picked up the young Tu Mingyuan and raised him.
Until now, the palace maid is still working in the cold palace, staying by Tu Mingyuan's side.
Concubine Li's funeral was hastily held the day after she gave birth to Tu Mingyuan.
The funeral was small and unceremonious, with only the concubines in the harem in attendance. The emperor only came for a short while before leaving.
When the former emperor of Tianyao Kingdom learned about this, he just smiled and said it was good that he died.
Afterwards, the royal family deliberately erased all traces of Princess Murong Yunming's life. Furthermore, the midwife who delivered Murong Yunming that night, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs around her, were all buried alive in Concubine Li's tomb as burial objects.
When Gu Chang finished reading the news, his face looked unhappy.
As expected, in the feudal world, human life is not valuable.
Especially in the eyes of the emperor.
Gu Chang felt that if he wanted to find Murong Yunming's remains, he had to first find where Concubine Li's tomb was. If there was no remains of Murong Yunming in Concubine Li's tomb, he would have to look for people who had contact with Murong Yunming at that time.
But Emperor Tu Yanqing had already buried everyone related to Murong Yunming in a tomb, so finding them was really difficult, especially in this ancient fictional world where information transmission was not well developed.
However, Gu Chang is not good at collecting information, but Tian Yu and Yin Li are good at it.
So Gu Chang asked Tian Yu and Yin Li to help him find out if there were any survivors.
Tianyu and Yinli agreed immediately and told Gu Chang that one of the reasons they were sent to protect Gu Chang was that they both had top abilities in the surveillance department and they were also very familiar with the Zhou Kingdom.
Upon hearing this, Gu Chang couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Murong Heng had really thought of everything.
Back to the present, Gu Chang has already packed himself up and is ready to go out.
Because Tianyu and Yinli were both busy, they found Mingtang, a night shadow guard who had lived in the Zhou Kingdom for many years, to protect Gu Chang's safety.
Mingtang has many identities in the Kingdom of Zhu. His whereabouts are uncertain and he has many different faces.
This time he appeared in front of Gu Chang using the body of a teenager.
"Mr. Gu, please pack your things. The carriage is already waiting at the side door." Mingtang had a handsome face. He was a head shorter than Gu Chang, about 1.72 meters tall. He spoke with vigor and had two dimples when he smiled.
"Where are you going today?"
Gu Chang smiled slightly and said, "Let's go to Lingsi Pavilion."
"Okay." Mingtang's eyes were very bright, and it was obvious that he was a person who had enough sleep.
Tianyu and Yinli hadn't told Mingtang about Gu Chang's innocence yet. After all, the fewer people who knew about it, the better. Mingtang only knew that Gu Chang was from Tianyao Country and that he was personally chosen by Murong Heng, so his say was equal to Murong Heng's.
"Mr. Gu, what do you think are the differences in taste between the Zhu Kingdom and the Tianyao Kingdom?" Mingtang is lively and talkative.
He kept talking all the way to the side door.
Gu Chang: "I like light flavors, so I won't eat spicy food."
"So that's how it is. Young Master Gu has a light taste, no wonder his skin is so delicate and smooth." Mingtang said with a smile, and then he changed the subject, "Young Master Gu has been in Zhuguo for half a month, right? You should know the facial masks sold by Zhiyage."
Gu Chang nodded slightly.
"The gold mask sold at Zhiya Pavilion is a favorite among the ladies and wives of today's aristocratic families." Mingtang walked with a breeze, always smiling. "But you don't know, young master, this gold mask claims to contain 749 medicinal herbs, but in fact, there are only less than ten."
"How did you know?" Gu Chang asked curiously.
Mingtang snorted twice, "Because I once worked in Zhiya Pavilion, and was later found to have memorized the facial mask formula, so Miss Nie killed me to silence me."
"Then how did you escape?" Gu Chang asked again.
"Of course he ran away before being murdered. In fact, I have more than one identity in Zhiya Pavilion. There are too many identities and I can't handle them all, so I chose to abandon one identity." Mingtang said in a relaxed tone.
Gu Chang couldn't imagine that a person could work several jobs. If there were employees like Mingtang in the modern world... Gu Chang didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"You are amazing." Gu Chang praised sincerely.
Mingtang chuckled twice and touched his nose with his hand. "It's okay. You get used to this kind of thing after doing it many times."
"But now Miss Nie wants to open a ready-to-wear clothing store. Her father didn't get the fabric, and she's been very upset lately. You might run into her on your way to Lingsi Pavilion."
Gu Chang: "What do you think of Miss Nie?"
Mingtang was slightly startled, then revealed an "I understand" expression, "Does Mr. Gu have feelings for Miss Nie?"
"No," Gu Chang said sincerely, "After all, I used to be in the silk business, and I'm very curious about how Miss Nie was able to make Zhiya Pavilion so popular. Since you've been to Zhiya Pavilion and know Miss Nie well, it's only right for me to ask you."
Mingtang suddenly realized, "I am narrow-minded, but every man who asks Miss Nie has the intention of having a romantic relationship with her. I have seen so many of them that I mistakenly assumed you were the same."
He paused after he finished speaking, then continued, "As for Miss Nie herself, it's not an exaggeration to say she's stupid and unaware of it. She might be smart, but things like managing the shop are all done by the people her mother left behind. But Miss Nie is very lucky. Whenever she's in trouble, there's always a man by her side to help her accomplish anything."
As they talked, they came to the side door. Before getting on the carriage, Gu Chang turned his head to look at Mingtang and asked, "Have you ever helped her solve any problems?"
Mingtang smiled brightly, "If I don't help, how can I let her stay?"
Gu Changxin understood, turned around and got on the carriage.
System: "Host, is it true that someone can have thousands of different faces?"
Gu Chang leaned on the cushion, half-closed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the car curtain.
"There are evil spirits in this world, so it's not surprising that there are thousands of people with different faces. Maybe he can shrink his bones." Gu Chang thought about it before answering the system's question.
"But such a person is also quite scary. He must know every person's personality well and be familiar with every identity." The system muttered to itself and went to watch a melodramatic TV series.
A thoughtful look appeared in Gu Chang's eyes. He had to find time to ask Tian Yu and Yin Li how to confirm Ming Tang's identity.
This time, he wasn't just going out to buy things for Tianyu and Yinli. He also had to prepare clothes for the Deer Hunting Festival. Most of the clothes in the house were casual clothes, so Gu Chang didn't have any clothes for major events.
Speaking of the Deer Hunting Festival, it is usually a competitive event participated by members of the royal family and aristocratic families.
Anyone, male or female, who can ride a horse can go deer hunting in the mountains. The heaviest spotted deer they hunt will win the championship.
South of Tiandu City, there's a hilltop designated by the royal family as the hunting ground for the Deer Hunting Festival. This hill is also known as the Qiongshan Hunting Ground. It's usually only open during the festival to ensure a sufficient number of spotted deer.
August and September every year are the fattest seasons for spotted deer, and the Deer Hunting Festival is held on one of these two months.
This year's Deer Hunting Festival will be held in mid-August.
At that time, the emperor will bring the empress, the imperial concubine, and a concubine to the Qionshan hunting ground.
Crown Prince Tu Ming'en, the other three unmarried princesses, and the seventh prince Tu Mingyuan will also go.
The rest were members of aristocratic families with close ties to the royal family, but each family patriarch could only bring two children to the Qiongshan hunting ground to prevent too many people.