Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Chapter 281 Butler

Seeing Wu Feng and his group, the oldest woman in the group stepped forward cautiously and said, "Master Feng, what can I do for you?"

"I have a few questions to ask you, don't be afraid." Wu Feng said with a pleasant face. He helped the old woman to sit down, and then brought a bench for Gu Yue and Gu Xu.

Gu Yue got straight to the point and asked, "You are all servants of this general's mansion? When did you start working here?"

The old woman replied, "Yes, we have been following General Mu for five or six years. Last year, General Mu was going back to Luoyang, and since we are all from Ganzhou, we stayed and were responsible for taking care of the yard here."

"When were you locked up?"

"It was almost half a year ago. A group of people in black clothes took us to a yard in the backyard and didn't allow us to move around freely. A few days ago, we were moved to the underground cave." The old woman said, "But sometimes, about every five or six days, they would ask us to come out and simply clean the yard."

Gu Yue asked again: "Who are the people imprisoned next to you?"

The old woman's expression immediately turned grim: "We didn't know there was someone next door until we were rescued by Master Feng."

She closed her eyes, still feeling terrified by the scene: "Lord Feng took us to identify the bodies, and the dead were all servants who stayed in Ganzhou with us... Alas..."

The old woman had tears in her eyes.

"Do you know Mu Dayou?" Gu Yue felt uncomfortable when he saw this. The servants were colleagues who worked together day and night, and they died suddenly...

"I recognize him." The old woman said, choking with sobs.

Wu Feng added: "I have already taken them to recognize the person."

"Is he also one of the servants staying at the General's Mansion?"

"Yes, he is the steward of the general's mansion. When Lord Mu was still in Ganzhou, he was in charge of the affairs of the mansion." The old woman replied: "It's a blessing that he is okay, alas..."

Gu Yue thought for a moment and asked again: "There was a murder next door, did you hear any noise?"

The old woman shook her head, and the younger woman behind her answered, "We heard it. Mother He's hearing is not very good. Just before we came out, there seemed to be someone shouting next door, and we thought it was haunted at the time."

Gu Yue frowned.

"I've finished asking. Let's go see Mu Dayou." Gu Yue turned around.

Gu Xu nodded. He didn't ask anything, but judging from the vixen's expression, she must have discovered something.

Wu Feng took them out and closed the door again.

This time they went to a slightly more spacious courtyard, which seemed to be where the owner lived before. The guards here were more strict. Wu Feng led them into the house, and Gu Yue saw a thin man lying on the bed.

When Mu Dayou saw someone coming in, he hurriedly climbed up from the kang bed.

"No need to be so polite, just lie down." Gu Yue said.

This man had a Han Chinese appearance, and looked to be in his forties, with a pale face and dull eyes. Even though Gu Yue told him not to be polite, he still got off the bed and bowed, and Wu Feng helped him sit back on the bed.

"Are you Mu Dayou? Tell us about what you have seen and heard before." Gu Yue asked.

Mu Dayou choked up for a moment, but he opened his mouth and said, "I am Mu Dayou, the steward of the Mu Mansion in Ganzhou... My Lord killed those traitors, didn't he?"

"Yeah." Gu Yue responded.

"The heaven has eyes, the heaven has eyes." Mu Dayou crossed his hands and touched his shoulders, looking up and sighing.

Gu Yue looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"That group of traitors! They, they seized the general's mansion half a year ago, imprisoned us old servants, and interrogated us one by one, asking us to tell them the location of the tunnel inside the general's mansion." Mu Dayou clenched his fists, with hatred in his eyes, "How would we know what tunnel there is! Later we were imprisoned and closely guarded until a few days ago, when we were moved into that stone secret room."

"Then what? How did those people die?" Gu Yue asked.

"Just half an hour before Lord Feng rescued us, a guard entered the secret room where we lived. He drew his sword as soon as he came in. Erfuzi and Zhuzi, who were closest to the door... they didn't even have time to react and were killed by them!" Mu Dayou cried.

Gu Yuejing waited for him to speak.

Mu Dayou wiped his tears with his sleeves: "Some people wanted to resist, but there was nothing in that room, how could they fight? In a blink of an eye, they were all killed. I saw that the situation was not good, so I fell among the corpses and pretended to be dead, and that's how I escaped..."

Wu Feng said: "This man was terrified at the time. After we rescued him, he didn't say a word. It has only been a short while since he regained consciousness."

Gu Yue touched his chin.

He asked Mu Dayou: "How many people are there in that room?"

"There are seven or eight people, crowded together." Mu Dayou replied.

"You know them all?"

"I know him." Mu Dayou's eyes were red. "We have worked together in the General's Mansion for many years. How can I not know him?"

"After Mu You returned to Luoyang, did you recruit any more people?" Gu Yue asked.

"No, this place has no master, so we servants live here on our own and don't need any help." Mu Dayou said.

"...What kind of person is your Master Mu You?" Gu Yue asked.

Mu Dayou said: "The general is a very kind person. He never beats or scolds us servants. Sir... since you have captured those damned things, can you find out why they occupied the general's mansion? They can't die without knowing why..."

Gu Yue thought for a moment and said, "They confessed that it was Mu You who asked them to use the tunnel to transport silver from the gold mines in the surrounding mountains so that they could raise troops and commit treason."

Gu Xu glanced at him. Wu Feng was also confused. Didn't the group mention Mu You?

"This is impossible!" Mu Dayou suddenly became emotional, "This has nothing to do with General Mu!"

"Why? That group of people have confessed everything. This incident was all done by a man named Yin Shun who accepted Mu You's orders."

"It's impossible, sir!" Mu Dayou staggered off the bed, his eyes bloodshot, and shouted, "General Mu is loyal to his emperor and patriotic, he would never do such a thing! I can testify, I can testify! They must be making random accusations!"

Gu Yue said: "How can you testify? They confessed everything."

Gu Xu saw his purpose. Wu Feng was still confused.

"This is impossible!" Mu Dayou burst into tears. "Don't even mention General Mu. I, an old servant for more than ten years, didn't know about the existence of the tunnel. How could I use the tunnel to dig for gold? It's even more impossible to raise troops privately! The general has already handed over his military power and is resting in Luoyang. How can he reach out to Ganzhou!"

"So that's how it is. What you said makes sense." Gu Yue nodded.

He said to Wu Feng, "I have finished my questioning. Let's go."

The three of them turned and left.

Mu Dayou fell to the ground, as if trying to grab Gu Yue's clothes, but was blocked by Gu Xu.

"Impossible! General Mu would not do such a thing... Don't go!" Mu Dayou shouted.

Gu Yue ignored him and walked out of the house.

Wu Feng closed the door, and Namu Dayou banged the door loudly from inside.

The three returned to the main hall.

"Is there a problem?" Gu Xu asked. He saw that the vixen seemed to be thinking about something.

"There's nothing wrong on the surface, but I have a few questions," said Gu Yue.