Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 385 Then let's talk about how you had someone sell me out.

He really couldn't believe it!

"No need, Uncle will know. He'll have the answers to everything you want to know soon," Gu Qingyue waved her hand and turned to follow Gu Chaochao to a corner of the house.

With a "hiss------" sound, the hidden door in the wall popped open, revealing a dark entrance.

The group stood up and filed in.

After descending two floors, a long passageway finally appeared.

"We'll wait here," the old duke, who had been silent all along, finally spoke. He led a few people into a dark cell and closed the door.

Gu Qingyue stood there, watching helplessly as Gu Chao dragged a woman over from a distance; it was none other than Madam Liu.

Liu was weak and powerless, and it seemed that the imperial physician's medicine had not cured her poisoning.

Gu Qingyue was mentally planning how to question her later, until Gu Chao threw her into the dark cell next door, which was right next to the old Duke and his family.

I believe that the old Duke and the others will hear what Lady Liu says very clearly, especially my eldest uncle.

Gu Qingyue, along with Cui Shuming and Jiang Wan, followed them inside.

"Auntie, you've changed so much in just a few days!"

Gu Qingyue sat down on the stool that Gu Chao had placed there and began to speak leisurely.

At this moment, Liu was in a very sorry state. She was wearing only a single garment over her inner robe, and the buttons were fastened crookedly.

It seems that Commander Gu didn't hold back at all when he arrested people in the middle of the night.

After looking him up and down, Gu Qingyue could already imagine the scene when Commander Gu led his men to the main house to arrest the person. Ha!

"You, you, you viper! You actually captured me? I'm your aunt!" Liu Shi exclaimed in disbelief.

Gu Qingyue snorted coldly.

"You have committed such an act of insubordination and treason! Aren't you afraid your grandfather or your mother will find out?"

Liu sat on the ground, straightened up, and looked at Gu Qingyue with eyes that seemed to be poisoned.

"If they knew they'd found a viper who doesn't care about family and bullies elders, they'd regret it to death!! You'll die a horrible death!" Liu's mouth was relentless, extremely arrogant.

"Oh, you're pretty tough! I thought your aunt would be scared after staying in this dark and gloomy place for two days. Tsk tsk, it seems she really hates me!" Gu Qingyue rubbed her fingers and said sarcastically.

"Hate you? What are you?! Just a lowly peasant girl raised in the countryside, what right do you have to question the wife of a duke's heir?" Madam Liu said viciously, "Your death is imminent! You, your second branch, will all die a horrible death!!"

"Cui Shuming," Gu Qingyue said calmly as she turned her head.

Cui Shuming nodded, then stepped forward and delivered a series of slaps, finally causing Gu Qingyue to exhale a sigh of relief.

That feels so good.

"Ah-----you slut, you slut!!" Liu's face immediately swelled up, and her heart-wrenching cries echoed throughout every corner of the dark prison.

"Tell me, who is Liu San?" Gu Qingyue's voice rang out in the dark cell.

Upon hearing this, Liu, who had just been crying her heart out, suddenly choked and her eyes widened.

Gu Qingyue looked meaningfully into Liu Shi's eyes, "Who is Liu San? Is he your...?" Gu Qingyue leaned slightly closer to Liu Shi and lowered her voice.

"Shut up! Shut up, you damned bastard!" Liu suddenly sprang up, trying to grab Gu Qingyue's sleeve, but Cui Shuming grabbed her wrist and flung her back.

With a loud 'bang,' she slammed into the wall behind her, letting out another scream, 'Ah...you bitch...!'

"It's so noisy," Gu Qingyue said, picking at her ears.

Jiang Wan, who had been itching to act, immediately stepped forward, pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve, and stuffed it into Liu's mouth.

Then, standing behind Liu, he quickly restrained both of her arms.

He turned around and gave a smug smile.

Gu Qingyue looked at her swift and decisive actions and sighed.

Should she ask more questions, gag herself, and speak with her feet?

Gu Chao, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it any longer. He took a piece of rope from the wall and quickly tied Liu's hands behind her back.

He gestured for Jiang Wan to stand further away.

Jiang Wan reluctantly returned to Gu Qingyue's side.

Normally, Gu Qingyue wouldn't be in the mood to laugh in such a serious setting, but she couldn't help it!

With a slight smile on her lips, she walked towards Madam Liu and reached out to remove the handkerchief from her mouth.

"What do you want? Why did you tie me up? Where is this?" Liu thought Gu Qingyue was about to hit her, so she dodged backward.

Her seemingly fierce but actually cowardly question elicited a sneer from Gu Qingyue.

Actually, Liu was terrified. She wanted to know what this little slut was up to.

Since being dumped here, nobody has paid any attention to her. She's been terrified these past two days!

When she saw Gu Qingyue arrive, she realized what had happened. She guessed that the plan to harm Qin Shi had failed, but how did she know that she was the one who did it?

Those assassins who lay in ambush were all from the Prince An's mansion; she only sent Liu San...

Liu San? Could it be that he was arrested and confessed to his crimes?

Impossible, he wouldn't do that!

He is highly skilled in martial arts, and no one in the Duke's mansion can defeat him unless Gu Yi makes a move!

Liu knew all too well about his affairs. Liu San was her distant cousin, named Zhu Yunshi, who had studied martial arts under a powerful master since childhood.

Unexpectedly, due to the decline of his family, he wandered the world for two years. Later, in order to save his life, he joined a bandit stronghold in Lizhou and became the second-in-command of the stronghold. He killed many people. Later, the stronghold was wiped out, and he was wanted by the imperial court and ended up in the capital.

They met by chance, and later...

Therefore, Liu San dared not reveal his true identity; otherwise, he would not have remained hidden in the shadows for the past few years.

If it wasn't Liu San who said it, then what did this little bitch mean by asking Liu San?

"Tell me, or I'll say it for you!" Gu Qingyue looked at her with amusement as her eyes darted around, seemingly trying to come up with an excuse.

Ha ha!

"You're talking nonsense! I don't know any Liu San! Don't even think about framing me!" Liu's expression was somewhat crazed, clearly frightened by Gu Qingyue's immediate mention of Liu San's name.

After all, Liu San knew too many of her secrets. Over the past few years, many of the shady things she did in the capital were done by Liu San.

And he and she... absolutely cannot admit it! Admitting it means death!

Gu Qingyue saw that she closed her eyes and completely refused to answer Liu San's questions, and her lips twitched.

Do you think that if you close your eyes and shut your mouth, the truth will disappear?

To be an ostrich?

Gu Qingyue wouldn't allow it!

"Alright, let's put aside Liu San for now and talk about how you had someone sell me out eleven years ago, shall we?"

Gu Qingyue had a slight smile on her lips, but her expression was as cold as winter snow, as if the slightest movement would blow out ice shards and freeze the other person's flesh.

Upon hearing this, Madam Liu looked as if she had seen a monster. She stared intently into Gu Qingyue's eyes, and gradually, her whole body began to tremble.

A chilling and piercing pain instantly spread from my back throughout my entire body, as if I had fallen into an icy pool!