now."Gu Jingxi was taken aback and glanced up and down at her again. He instantly understood. The two thousand taels she mentioned must have all been spent on clothes and jewelry. It seemed like she...In the evening, Meng Jinyáo had dinner with Song Xining at a wine shop. After dinner, they strolled through the night market together. Around four o'clock in the evening, the two parted ways and returned to their respective homes.

Back in Wei Rui Xuan, Meng Jin Yao washed up and dismissed the maids. Just as she was about to rest, she suddenly heard a movement at the window on her right. She quickly turned her head and saw a figure jumping in.

Look at this figure, is it a man

This realization sent a shiver down Meng Jin Yao's spine, her face paling as she clamped her hand over her mouth, afraid to make even a sound.

In just a few moments, Meng Jingyao had thought of countless possibilities. Her intuition told her that someone was trying to frame her. Her husband was ill and not at home. Suddenly, a man appeared in the room. If this got out, she would be ruined. She would definitely be abandoned and her reputation would be destroyed.

At this moment, the man had closed the window and turned around. Immediately, a face as bright and clear as the wind and moon appeared before her eyes.

It is Gu Jingxi.

Meng Jin Yao was both surprised and astonished, but the tension in her heart finally eased. She stared blankly at the window, then at the man, her voice trembling as she asked, "Husband, you... what is this"

Gu Jingxi saw that the little girl's face was pale, and her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, apparently frightened. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then he thought of his own actions just now, instantly understanding, no wonder she would be scared. He walked towards her and asked in a gentle voice, "Madam, did I frighten you"

Meng Jinyáo nodded honestly and asked in puzzlement, "Why didn't my husband enter through the front door He jumped in through the window. I thought there was an intruder."

Gu Jingxi replied, "It's inconvenient to go through the front door."

Why is it inconvenient

A real married couple shouldn't act like they're having an affair.

Meng Jin Yao's heart was heavy with gloom, but the next moment, she caught a whiff of something fishy, a sense of unease washing over her. She immediately noticed the bloodstains on Gu Jing Xi's clothes - his collar, sleeves, and hem were all stained red. His left arm even had a ripped sleeve, looking quite disheveled.

The fabric of the clothes was blue, and the bloodstains were very obvious. At first glance, it was quite frightening, as if the injuries were very serious.

Meng Jin Yao looked at the blood-stained hem of her shirt, right over her heart. Her face was pale, and she stammered, "Husband, you've lost so much blood, won't you die young"

Gu Jingxi's face turned slightly pale, and she let out a light snort, saying with both anger and amusement: "Don't worry, my lady. I won't let you become a widow."

Meng Jinyao let out a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll have someone call the imperial physician over." She then took strides towards the door.

Gu Jingxi spoke up to stop him: "I'm fine, don't make a fuss, lest we alarm the elders. Have the maidservant prepare water, I need to bathe."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyang's steps faltered, and she looked again at his bloodstained clothes, hesitatingly saying, "But you've bled so much, wouldn't it be better to see a doctor If you're afraid of worrying your mother, I can tell her that I have a stomachache and called the family physician."

Gu Jingxi shook her head gently: "I'm not hurt, the blood is all someone else's."

Meng Jin Yao was stunned. She took a few steps forward and examined him carefully. She realized that the blood had been stained onto his clothes from the outside, not bleeding from within. Even the tear in his sleeve did not wound his arm.

He was confirmed unharmed, but his clothes were stained with blood. It seemed that someone else had seriously injured him. I still remembered Zhou Yun saying he had an urgent matter to attend to this morning and then hurriedly left. Now he's back, covered in bloodstains, and he didn't even come through the front door. He snuck back through the window, afraid to be seen by others. Looking at everything, it seemed suspicious.

Meng Jin Yao looked at him intently, half seriously and half jokingly, "Husband, aren't you a murderer"

Gu Jingxi was stunned: "How did you know"

For a moment, Meng Jinyang doubted her ears and questioned him as if confirming, "Did you really kill someone"

Gu Jingxi asked, "Well, what's the problem"

His tone was calm, as if killing was an ordinary thing in his eyes.

Meng Jin Yao's face turned pale when she heard this, feeling a chill run down her spine. These cold and ruthless words shouldn't have come from Gu Jing Xi's mouth. She instinctively took a step back and reminded him, "Taking a life for a life, you are the Minister of Justice, isn't this breaking the law"

Gu Jingxi was slightly stunned, then smiled and spoke. Seeing the fear in her eyes, he knew she had misunderstood. If he didn't explain tonight, with him sleeping beside her, she might have nightmares. So he explained: "When apprehending the fugitive, the other party had many accomplices. There was no other way. If I had been merciful, you would have become a widow."

Meng Jin Yao was stunned. This was a realm she had never ventured into. She thought the Dali Temple Minister was a civil official, and civil officials didn't handle matters of fighting and killing; they only investigated cases. But apparently, that wasn't the case.

But, think about it carefully, it's quite normal. Criminals wouldn't just sit there and let the authorities catch them. It's like when officials suppress bandits, there's always a fight involved.

A simple, frail scholar would lead the officers to arrest him. It's normal for someone like Gu Jingxi, who is both scholarly and martial, to take action personally. But she never expected that this gentle and refined man in her daily life would kill someone.

For a moment, she stammered, "Was the fugitive caught"

Gu Jingxi nodded and said, "The suspect has been apprehended."

“Very well,” Meng Jingyao nodded and didn’t ask any further. “I’ll tell the maidservant to prepare some water.”

She said that, and then she left the room, instructing the night maid to prepare water. When she returned, she saw Gu Jingxi had taken off his blood-stained outer robe. It seemed the other party had bled a lot, the blood seeping through the outer robe and staining his inner garment as well. A strong smell of blood filled the air.

Meng Jinyao wrinkled her nose uncomfortably, hesitated for a moment, then, acting as a dutiful wife, went to find him a clean set of clothes.

When the night is deep and all is quiet.

The people around her lay down, after a long while, Meng Jin Yao turned her head and glanced, the man lay flat, his eyes closed, apparently already asleep. Thinking about how her cheap husband killed someone today, yet could sleep so peacefully, she couldn't help but mutter: "That was murder, not killing a chicken, how can he be so calm"

She had just muttered, when the man beside her replied: "Killing too much makes you calm."

Meng Jiny Yao uttered a "Ah" and seemed a little slow to react.

Gu Jingxi turned his head to look at her and said softly, "Madam, there's no need to say what you're thinking next time."

Meng Jinyao's face froze, and she stammered, "Husband, aren't you asleep yet"

Gu Jingxi raised an eyebrow: "How can you answer your wife's question if you're asleep"

Meng Jin Yao awkwardly smiled, fell silent for a moment, then curiously asked, "Husband, have you killed many people"

Gu Jingxi replied, "It's fine, there are always casualties in the process of fighting."

Hearing this, Meng Jin Yao felt that killing them directly seemed inappropriate. After all, they should be tried according to the imperial court's laws. So she asked, "Then can your husband apprehend them alive and bring them back to justice"

“Capture the living and bring them back for interrogation. Kill those who cannot be captured,” Gu Jingxi replied nonchalantly. He glanced at the young woman beside him and said softly, “The officialdom is dark, with many hidden aspects that are unknown to outsiders. Madam would be better off not inquiring too deeply.”

Meng Jinyao softly uttered an "Oh," and said, "Be careful, husband."

Gu Jingxi smiled lightly and said playfully, "Don't worry, my wife. I won't let you become a widow."

Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyáo remembered how she had asked people not long ago if they would die young. She couldn't help but feel her ears burning and her face flushed with embarrassment. She turned her face away from him, unable to meet his gaze.e current Madam Shen is the concubine of Duke Shen. The young master Shen is the child of Duke Shen's original wife, and the current Madam Shen has her own son. If the young master Shen were to disapp...