Chapter 425 Jingui Lane

Gu Mingda has experienced this kind of thing several times since he entered the capital.

But as always, if someone is determined to die, no one can stop him.

Liu Ershi spat out blood from his mouth. Even if he found a doctor as quickly as possible, he could only watch the man die.

"Forget it, let's look for other clues." The incident had already happened, and Gu Mingda didn't dwell on it too much.

Niuniu saw someone die in front of her, and the little girl didn't even scream, but asked her mother: "Mom, did this uncle die for his family?"

Zhang Yunniang nodded. Although everyone stood on the opposite side and was an enemy to each other, the heart of being willing to sacrifice oneself and not wanting to implicate his family was indeed moving.

Niuniu asked: "Do bad people have good hearts sometimes?"

Zhang Yunniang said: "Bad people are not good-hearted, but they also have weaknesses, and they also care about people."

The little girl seemed to understand.

Although the leader Liu Ershi died, there were still other thieves alive. The two who escaped earlier were also caught and brought back. However, Gu Mingda faced the same situation as before. These thieves were not the leaders and had little information. Even if they were interrogated strictly, it was difficult to find more clues from them.

"Your Excellency was able to land safely from the horse, which shows that you are a person blessed by God." Captain Li said with compliments.

Gu Mingda nodded casually. He knew in his heart that it was not that he was blessed by God, but that he had a daughter with a special physique. Others always thought that he was lucky, but Gu Mingda couldn't help thinking that maybe it was his daughter's special physique that helped him.

"I didn't make a wish secretly in my heart. I am very obedient. If I made a wish, I would definitely go to bed now!" Niuniu repeatedly emphasized this to her father.

Gu Mingda still felt uneasy and asked Zhang Yunniang to take a look at the red fish birthmark on her daughter's wrist.

After confirming that the fish birthmark was still bright red, he believed that his daughter did not use her special abilities indiscriminately.

"The darker the fish birthmark is, the happier I am. I feel like I have no worries at all." Niu Niu said.

Gu Mingda was moved when he heard this. Could it be that the darker the fish birthmark is, the better her fortune will be? Will it also bless the people around her?

As soon as he thought of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind, and the testimony of the thieves during the previous interrogation became extremely clear in his mind.

"People are in Jingui Lane!" Gu Mingda said.

He felt that the fog in his brain was suddenly cleared by a hand, and his mind was extremely clear.

"Jingui Lane? The rice cake at the entrance of the lane is really delicious!" Niu Niu said.

Before Niu Niu entered the palace, Gu Mingda was busy preparing for the imperial examination for a while, and Shen Changfeng had nothing to do, so he took her to wander around the streets and alleys of the capital. Niu Niu was always able to find delicious food accurately, so she found a lot of delicious food hidden in the alleys.

The reason why Gu Mingda thought of Jingui Lane was because when a thief was interrogated, he mentioned that Liu Ershi seemed to run to the south of the city frequently, and he always smelled sweet-scented osmanthus. He once heard him chatting about helping his wife pick sweet-scented osmanthus at home, complaining that his wife learned to pickle sweet-scented osmanthus and sell it like her neighbors even though the family was not short of money.

Jingui Lane is just as its name suggests. Every household in the whole lane has planted sweet-scented osmanthus trees. For ordinary people, they will not miss any details in order to save money, so the sweet-scented osmanthus on the osmanthus trees is not something to appreciate for them, but something that can be exchanged for money to supplement their household expenses.

There must be more people in Jingui Lane in the capital who have sweet-scented osmanthus trees at home, but Jingui Lane is probably the only one where every household in the whole lane has sweet-scented osmanthus trees.

Gu Mingda even had a hunch at this time that Liu Ershi's family must live here.

Almost the moment he thought of this, he took his wife and children back to the capital.

It was already dawn, and Gu Mingda interrogated them all night. The children slept for a while next to Zhang Yunniang.

Because this was a time of trouble, Gu Mingda did not dare to let his two sons return to the academy or Doctor Yan's residence, but took them back to the capital.

But when the carriage was halfway, he suddenly saw a pair of ceremonial guards going out of the city.

"It's His Majesty who is leaving the city. Yes, he had planned to go hunting in the enclosure today." Gu Mingda said.

He suddenly remembered that his daughter was going with him. Niuniu rubbed her eyes when she heard the voice and sat up from Zhang Yunniang's arms.

"You said you would take me with you when you went out hunting... How could I break the promise..." Niuniu's face was full of guilt.

Gu Mingda said, "Don't worry, Dad will go and explain to you and see if you can go with him."

The emperor agreed to take Niu Niu with him yesterday. Originally, the empress dowager wanted to let the little girl stay in the palace for one night, but Niu Niu was worried about her family and refused to agree. She had to send someone to pick her up early in the morning.

The person who picked her up only found out that something big had happened to the Gu family when he arrived at the Gu family this morning. The emperor felt empty in his heart without Niu Niu's company.

When the emperor went out, he naturally sent people to clear the way in advance.

The people who cleared the way also saw the Gu family's carriage at this time.

"Who is it? The emperor is going out, get out of the way!" The guards who cleared the way shouted.

Gu Mingda handed over a token, explained the cause and effect, and said, "Please report to the chief steward Qian."

This token belongs to Niuniu, and was given to her by the Queen Mother so that the little girl could enter and leave the palace conveniently.

Although the guard was arrogant, he did not dare to delay when he saw this unusual token.

Not long after, Qian Rongsheng, holding a whisk, ran over in a hurry. After paying his respects to Gu Mingda, he said to Niuniu: "Niuniu, hurry up and go to see His Majesty with me. He even asked someone to find some bows and arrows for children to play with yesterday, ready for you. His Majesty must be very disappointed if he can't see you in the morning!"

After Niuniu got off the carriage, she turned around, waved to her parents and brothers, and ran happily to the emperor's carriage.

"You went to Baiyun Town overnight, and you didn't change your clothes all night." The emperor said casually.

Niuniu didn't have any thoughts of being disrespectful in front of the emperor, but said: "I helped a lot yesterday! It was all thanks to my nose that I was able to find my two brothers!"

The emperor was immediately interested when he heard this and asked about what happened last night. He thought the little girl was just bragging, but he didn't expect that the whole night was really full of ups and downs.

After listening to the story, the emperor sighed: "It's all thanks to bringing you there. If not, I'm afraid your father and brothers would be in danger."

But when he turned around, he saw that the little girl had fallen down, sleeping very soundly, and even snoring.