As the moon rose, Mu Yun hesitated again and again and stepped on the plank road to the North Hall.

After crossing the plank road, with the guards saluting all the way, Mu Yun stopped in front of the door of King Chu's chamber.

"General Mu?"

Mu Shui walked out of the dormitory with a basin and was surprised to see Mu Yun: "It's so late, why did you come here?"

The next moment, she thought of the reason: "Did something happen again in the South Palace?"

"...Hmm!" Mu Yun hesitated for a moment, but still responded to Mu Shui.

But he didn't want to reveal more.

Mu Shui didn't ask any more questions and said directly: "I'll go and make a message."

With that said, he handed the basin in his hand to Mu Yun and turned around to enter the bedroom.

When Mu Yun was taking the basin, Mu Shui's fingers inadvertently touched Mu Yun's hand. At that moment, something strange flashed through Mu Yun's heart.

He looked down at his left hand that had been touched by Mu Shui, and was a little dazed. Mu Shui's action of stuffing the basin into him was very natural, and his action of taking the basin was also very natural, as if he often did this with Mu Shui.

But he had never done such a thing with her. Mu Shui never asked anyone to help with all the trivial matters related to food, clothing, housing and transportation for the King of Chu. She never asked anyone to help her even with such trivial matters as pouring water for the King of Chu's feet.

....

While Mu Yun was thinking wildly, Mu Shui had already walked out of the room, naturally took the basin from his hand and said, "Go in."

After delivering the message, he didn't stop and left with the basin in hand.

Mu Yun looked at Mu Shui's back with a complicated expression. It wasn't until her back disappeared into the darkness that he put aside his thoughts and stepped into the dormitory with steady steps.

"master."

King Chu, who was lying on the bed, raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Yun, then looked at the book in his hand: "Sit down."

Mu Yun said yes and sat down on the round stool next to the bed.

He opened his mouth several times, hesitated again and again, and finally expressed the doubts in his heart: "Master, although Mu Shui was sent by that person, she has served you for fifteen years. In these fifteen years, she has followed the rules and never exceeded them.

Half a minute.

"I didn't ask what I shouldn't have asked, and I didn't look at what I shouldn't have seen. And from what I saw in her daily words and deeds, it seems that she has really regarded you as her master..."

"What do you want to say?" King Chu put down the book and interrupted Mu Yun.

"I..." Mu Yun suddenly faltered. He didn't know what he wanted to say, but he felt uncomfortable if he didn't say it.

Seeing Mu Yun's confused expression, King Chu understood and softened his tone: "I know what happened to Mu Shui."

Hearing this, Mu Yun felt relieved and quickly asked the King of Chu to apologize: "Master, please forgive me, it was my subordinate who talked too much."

"It doesn't matter."

King Chu picked up the book again and turned a page: "I have heard a little bit about the South Palace. What are the details? Please tell me carefully."

"yes."

Mu Yun looked stern and told the King of Chu exactly what happened in the South Palace today.

"...Under severe punishment, Li Bier still did not change her story. She still refused to admit that she stabbed Cui Hengyue. Not only that, Akano accidentally bit her ear.

"I didn't expect that a woman like Li Bi'er would have such a strong will and endure the fear of death and fire."

A hint of admiration flashed in Mu Yun's eyes. He had known for a long time that Li Bier's face was burned, so he ordered Chiye to use fire to question Li Bier, but he did not expect that Li Bier would be so tough.

"Is Chiye seriously injured?" King Chu asked.

Mu Yun did not expect that King Chu did not ask about Li Bi'er, but asked about his bodyguard. He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly answered: "It's just a little blood, nothing serious."

"Do you also think it was Li Bi'er and Su Biwen who hurt Cui Hengyue?"

"Su Biwen, I'm not sure, but Li Bi'er must have hurt Cui Hengyue, Luo Sanniang is probably Li Bi'er's accomplice, and as for Song Zhuoxing..."

Mu Yun paused for a moment and continued: "I sent someone to check and found out that after Song Zhuoxing left Guanyin Pavilion, he sent his guards to stay in Wenshu Pavilion for a period of time.

"Yun Chen interrogated him and he said he got lost and it took him a long time to find the stairs back to the Ksitigarbha Pavilion.

"I asked Yun Chen to torture them all, but their rhetoric never changed."

King Chu was silent: "...It seems that these people are not simple."

He put down the book in his hand and ordered Mu Yun: "Keep Li Bier, Su Biwen and others locked up first, and wait until the people you sent out come back.

"During this period, we will continue to send people to interrogate..."

After giving the instructions, King Chu waved his hand: "Step back."

Mu Yun saluted and was about to leave, but was stopped by King Chu again.

"etc--"

Mu Yun turned around and said respectfully: "Master, what are your orders?"

"How is Cui Hengyue's injury?"

"Her legs and feet are not very strong, but judging from her appearance, if she takes her medicine on time and changes her dressing, she should be able to recover after a few months of rest."

"So, Zhen Jiu still has a problem?"

Mu Yun was stunned. Today he was just looking for Cui Hengyue's assassin. He didn't think about it. He just felt that everything would be fine if Cui Hengyue's life was not in danger.

"After all, he comes from the Xinglin family, he has been exposed to it since childhood, and he is the son who was personally taught by Imperial Physician Zhen, so his medical skills will not be that bad.

"Maybe..." Mu Yun expressed his guess: "That year, it was an accident that he died."

Was it an accident?

He would like to take a closer look.

The King of Chu ordered: "Go and carry Cui Hengyue here."

lift?

here?

Mu Yun looked around, this was the room where the master slept...

"What are you still doing? Go quickly."

Hearing the impatient voice of King Chu, Mu Yun quickly said yes and quickly left the room.

After leaving the dormitory, he met Mu Shui.

"General Mu has returned."

For some reason, Mu Yun always feels that Mu Shui today is not as cold as before. Is she in a good mood today?

"I'm going to come over later."

After Mu Yun dropped these words, he left in panic.

Still coming?

Mu Shui stared at Mu Yun's back, pondering the meaning of this sentence.

After Mu Yun returned to Guanyin Pavilion, he went straight to Huanle Residence.

"General."

The guards stationed outside the bedroom saluted Mu Yun.

"Ahem——"

Mu Yun cleared his throat to cover up his discomfort, and then ordered the guards: "You all can go down, there is no need to guard tonight."

The guard didn't ask any questions and left quickly.

After the guards completely disappeared, Mu Yun looked around and saw no one around, so he gently opened the door.

He walked quietly to the bed and quickly knocked Cui Hengyue unconscious in his sleep.

But after being knocked unconscious, he was in trouble. He couldn't just carry Cui Hengyue to his master's bedroom, right?

Too ostentatious.

Mu Yun began to search in the room.

Not finding what he wanted, he went to other rooms in Huanleju to look for it, and finally found a large sack.

Mu Yun didn't think much, put the big sack on Cui Hengyue, tied the mouth of the sack, picked it up and walked out.

After taking two steps, he returned to the bedside, gently placed the sack on the bed, took out his dagger, and poked a few holes in the sack.

Then he put away the dagger, picked up the sack again and left the room.

Walking to the door of Huanle Residence, the guard looked at the large sack on Mu Yun's shoulder suspiciously and asked curiously: "General, what are you carrying?"

"It's nothing, just some medicinal materials. You guys will stay here tonight and don't go in and disturb Miss Cui's rest."

Mu Yun explained calmly and left quickly.

The guard was puzzled for a moment and then stopped paying attention to this issue.

But when Mu Yun faced Mu Shui's questions while carrying a large sack, his expression was not so calm.

"What's in there?"

While Mu Shui asked, he stretched out his hand to touch it.

Mu Yun hurriedly turned sideways to avoid: "Well... this is what the master told me to do. I will go in first."

Before he finished speaking, Mu Yun flashed into the bedroom.

However, the moment Mu Yun turned around, a corner of silk slipped out of the hole and fell into Mu Shui's eyes.
Chapter completed!