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Although she had never seen the young general Gu Ziming before, she had heard that he, Gu Ziming, was cold-blooded, temperamental, and had killed within the blink of an eye. She had no way of knowing if it was true or false, but Gu Ziming's sharp eyes and gloomy voice truly made her feel afraid. Besides being afraid, she was also afraid!

Peony quickly kneeled on the ground and looked at Gu Ziming's feet in fear. "Young General, you're redeeming yourself. Peony didn't lie on purpose."

"Oh? What kind of lie are you lying about? " Gu Ziming's stern eyes were immediately filled with killing intent. As a soldier, the worst thing he could do was lie, and this brothel girl actually dared to lie to him?

Peony raised its trembling head to look at Gu Ziming, its voice trembling as it carefully replied, "Young General, actually the person who brewed the wine was Cai Die." Although her voice was soft, the three people present could hear her clearly.

Bing'er pretended to be shocked as she looked at Peony, "Are you saying that the brewer was the Cai Die who was killed by someone a few days ago?"

Cai Die turned her head to look at Bing'er, and then nodded.

"Killed by someone?" Gu Ziming looked at the eunuch with a puzzled expression.

"A few days ago, a murder case occurred here. The prostitute, Cai Die, was poisoned to death in her room, and the culprit was caught red-handed." The eunuch replied with a slight smile on his face.

"Young General, Peony only lied to you because she didn't want to disturb your good taste." Peony said to Gu Ziming nervously.

Gu Ziming gave Peony a deep look, then looked at the wine cup on the table. He picked up the wine cup and swirled it in front of his eyes, looking at the fragrant wine in the cup. After a long moment, he slowly lifted his eyes and looked at Peony who was kneeling on the ground through his wine cup with a complicated expression. " "I hate people who lie to me the most, and no one ever dares to lie to me, because the people who lie to me are no longer in this world." Gu Ziming said in a seemingly casual manner.

Gu Ziming's complicated gaze made Peony, who was kneeling on the ground, panic. His calm words made Peony panic even more. She didn't know what Gu Ziming would do to her, nor did she know if he would kill her.

She looked at Bing-Er, who was sitting on the stool. She hoped that Bing-Er could help her.

Bing'er received Peony's pleading gaze and raised her head to look at Gu Ziming, who was staring at her coldly. He was emitting an extremely cold and vicious aura, as if he would kill peony if he was not happy about it. The cold aura emanating from his body made it so that people didn't even dare to look at him.

Bing-Er was the same. She also didn't dare to look at Gu Ziming, who was emitting a thick killing intent. She was afraid that if Gu Ziming wasn't happy, she would kill him, but she had no choice but to look at Gu Ziming, because she wanted to help him out.

Bing'er secretly took a deep breath and let it out. She secretly regretted that she shouldn't have started this, instead of sighing over Gu Ziming's information about Cai Die, she should have pushed the peony into a dangerous situation.

Bing'er got up from the stool and knelt beside Peony. She raised her head, pretending to be calm as she looked at Gu Ziming, and begged,

"Young General, Peony also has good intentions. I beg that the Young General does not blame Peony."

Gu Ziming retracted his cold gaze and looked at the wine cup in his hand. A faint smile crept up the corner of his mouth. "When did this general ever say that you'd blame Peony?"

Bing'er and Peony were stunned. They looked at each other, then at Gu Ziming in surprise.

Gu Ziming looked deeply at the osmanthus wine in his cup, then stood up and walked over to the window. Gently opening the window, he looked at the bustling street, "This general only feels that it's a pity that such a good winemaker has left this world so early, but at the same time, it's very strange that someone killed her."

Bing'er let out a sigh of relief inwardly. Luckily, Gu Ziming hadn't punished Peony, or else she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.

"Peony thanks you for not killing me." Peony rushed at Gu Ziming, who had his back towards her, heavily kowtowed, then raised his head to look at Gu Ziming, "The one who killed Cai Die was the son of the number one rich man in the capital, Liang Yuqi. On that day, Liang Yuqi came to the Pleasure Pavilion to have fun, and Cai Die served him. Who knew that the next day, Xiao Yun would discover that Cai Die had died miserably in bed. " Cai Die was her good sister, Cai Die's death made her sad.

Peony sniffed with its nose and glared furiously at the ground. "Fortunately, coroner Cheng and Lord Qi were able to catch the murderer, Liang Yuqi, on the spot."

Gu Ziming frowned slightly. He suddenly turned to look at Peony with a puzzled expression. "Capture him on the spot?"

"Yes." On that day, Liang Yuqi had placed the two non-toxic poisons separately. " Peony recounted the events of that day to Gu Ziming.

"Impossible, no one would be so stupid as to stay behind after poisoning Cai Die." Gu Ziming slowly spoke out his opinion. He believed that even if Liang Yuqi was stupid, she wouldn't have been caught red-handed on the spot.

Peony raised her head and looked at Gu Ziming, her tone firm. "Cai Die may be a brothel girl, but her talents are both perfect. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she's our Courtesan Belle. She was a kind-hearted person who never had enmity with others and never had any emotional entanglement with others. Who would kill her! Other than the small grudge that Liang Yuqi had with Cai Die a year ago, I really can't think of anyone else who would have a grudge with Cai Die. "

Bing'er couldn't help turning her head to look at Peony. Peony's expression was firm with resentment, as if she was very sure that Liang Yuqi was the culprit. Moreover, no matter what others said, she would always refute them. It wasn't strange for them to determine that Liang Yuqi was the culprit, because the yamen's case had already been decided. However, she didn't listen to anyone's advice. As long as others asked questions, she would refute them. She would not listen to their opinions or questions at all. Peony's firmness made her doubt him.

As Cai Die's good friend, if others had doubts about Cai Die's death, shouldn't she carefully think about it before refuting? However, she retorted without thinking. Thinking of this, Bing'er looked at Peony again. Was Peony a good sister of Cai Die?

If, if not, then this woman, Peony, was too frightening!

"Young General, since the dead have died, let's not linger on this sadness or regret it anymore. This will disrupt the graceful mood between you and this Young Master." Bing-Er pretended nothing had happened and stood up, changing the topic. Since she couldn't get any valuable information from Peony, she didn't need to ask anymore.

"That's right, don't let the matter with Cai Die affect the young general and this young master Ya Xin. Peony once again played a song for the two gongzis

I hope the two gongzis like it. " After finishing her sentence, Peony stood up from the floor and walked over to the table. She gracefully sat on a stool and began to stroke her zither.