In the water dungeon, a disheveled figure was chained up. The wounds on the body had turned faintly pale after soaking in the water, and the face was extremely pale, clearly indicating that the person had suffered serious injuries.
After a short while, a soft sound of footsteps approached slowly. Although faint, it still made the person in the water dungeon open their eyes.
There was no trace of pain in those eyes, only a glint of sharpness. Looking at the well - dressed man standing at the edge of the water dungeon, the eyes were full of mockery. "Master Chu, you've finally come."
The people around quickly brought a rattan chair and placed it behind Chu Huaikang. With a beaming smile in his eyes, Chu Huaikang leisurely took his seat. "I've kept Hengniang waiting. It's my fault."
Hengniang's smile remained unchanged. She spoke coquettishly, "I'm just a woman, but Master Chu has locked me up in this water dungeon. Do you have impure thoughts about me?"
Chu Huaikang burst into laughter. "Naturally. Hengniang is both literate and martial - skilled. How could I not be attracted to you!"
"Ai, I'm as beautiful as a flower and loved by everyone. But you, Master Chu, who can almost be my father, actually have such impure thoughts. You're truly shameless!" Hengniang spoke in a half - coquettish, half - scolding tone. Her eyes were full of amorous feelings, making people reluctant to look away.
The smile in Chu Huaikang's eyes deepened a bit more. "True to your name, Hengniang. I've only heard of your name and was quite curious. I specially invited you into the mansion to have a chat. But in desperation, I had to use such a method. Please don't take offense."
Hengniang's eyes swept over the chains that locked her up. She still smiled and said, "Master Chu's way of inviting is a bit too'surprising'."
After saying that, she hooked her lips into another smile. "I wonder what Master Chu has spent so much effort to invite me here for?"
He had specifically paid a high price for her to take on this task and had gone to great lengths to distract A Nan. What on earth did he want?
Master Chu hooked his lips into a smile. "You'll know in the future. But before that, I'm afraid I have to trouble Hengniang to stay here for a few days."
Hengniang let out a soft laugh. The mockery in her eyes was obvious.
"Take good care of Hengniang. Don't let others think that our Chu Mansion doesn't know how to treat guests well."
"Yes!"
Watching Chu Huaikang leave, a cold glint flashed in Hengniang's eyes. He was truly a sly old fox!
As Chu Huaikang stepped out of the water dungeon, the smile in his eyes disappeared instantly. He said coldly, "Make sure that bitch hands over that thing!"
"Yes."
In the Prince Guo'an's Mansion.
A Nan looked worried. Tossing and turning, he couldn't fall asleep. He grabbed a wine jar and climbed onto the roof. Who would have thought that just as he sat down for a moment, a hasty figure rushed over from outside the West Garden Gate, leaving Uncle Zhang far behind.
The man barged into the West Garden without any politeness and came to Mo Liandi's door. "Mo Liandi, Song Yang and Xu Maosheng are dead."
The person who came was Xue Zhan, looking extremely anxious with a gloomy face. The deaths of these two at this moment might be exploited by those with ulterior motives, so he had rushed over in a hurry.
After a short while, Mo Liandi and Liu Rumei walked out of the room together, both with furrowed brows. "How could they be dead?"
Xue Zhan shook his head. "I don't know. The yamen runners found them when they changed shifts tonight!"
After saying that, he took out something from his hand. "This was found in Xu Maosheng's hand."
Before Liu Rumei could see what it was, A Nan snatched it away.
Seeing A Nan appear out of nowhere, Xue Zhan was slightly stunned. "Why are you here?"
However, no one answered his question. A Nan tightly held the thing in his hand and gritted his teeth. "This belongs to Hengniang."
Liu Rumei took it from his hand. Looking at the delicate and small earring, her eyes suddenly darkened. Why was Hengniang's thing in the prison?
A cold glint flashed across Mo Liandi's eyes. He said coldly to Xue Zhan, "Don't let anyone know about this."
Xue Zhan nodded. He had already given the order when he came. Looking at the bodies of Xu Maosheng and Song Yang, he always had a bad feeling in his heart, which was why he had rushed over in a hurry.
"Are they about to make a move?"
Mo Liandi pursed his lips. His face was cold. "Find Hengniang as soon as possible."
A look of confusion appeared in Xue Zhan's eyes. "What's wrong with Hengniang?"
But looking at A Nan's expression, he immediately understood that something must have happened to Hengniang!
"I'll go and check." Why was Hengniang's earring in the prison? Could it be that someone was trying to frame her? What was the purpose?
A Nan also said with a cold face, "I'll go with you."
Mo Liandi nodded and didn't follow. "Okay."
Xue Zhan immediately left with the two of them. His eyes were full of gloom.
After the three of them left, Mo Liandi turned around and went back into the room. He called for Ye Zhe.
When the brothers Si Xi and Yun Xi heard the commotion and rushed over, the West Garden was already empty. "What's going on?"
Yun Li pursed her red lips, frowned, and shook her head helplessly.
Yun Xi yawned lazily. His face was full of annoyance. "Why didn't you call me?"
In the prison of the yamen.
Liu Rumei frowned slightly at the faint musty smell in the air, but her steps didn't stop.
After a short while, Xiao Heyuan's busy figure appeared in the sight of the three of them.
When Xiao Heyuan saw Liu Rumei, a look of solemnity flashed across his eyes. "Both of them were killed with a single sword through the throat."
Liu Rumei glanced at the wounds on the bodies. A look of solemnity flashed across her eyes. "A Nan, was the Snowy Silk that Song Chang'an used to kill someone in Hengniang's hands?"
A Nan's eyes were full of gloom. He nodded imperceptibly. "Yes."
How could the Snowy Silk in Hengniang's hands end up here? The wounds on these two people were clearly the same as those in Song Chang'an's case.
What on earth was going on?
Liu Rumei couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she thought.
A look of confusion flashed across Xiao Heyuan's eyes. Liu Rumei didn't hide anything and told him everything. "Did anyone come before this?"
Xiao Heyuan nodded. "Just half an hour ago, Mrs. Xu came to visit Master Xu. The yamen runner guarding the door saw that Mrs. Xu didn't come out for a long time, so he came to look for her. Unexpectedly, he saw the bodies of the two. Mrs. Xu has disappeared!"
A cold glint flashed in Liu Rumei's eyes. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Xiao Heyuan say again, "Lord Xue has already sent people to the Xu Mansion."
Liu Rumei nodded and subconsciously looked at A Nan. This couldn't be such a coincidence. Not to mention whether Mrs. Xu knew martial arts or not, why was the Snowy Silk in Hengniang's hands in hers?
A Nan immediately understood what Liu Rumei meant. He nodded coldly. "I'll go to the Xu Mansion."
No matter what the truth was, the fact that the Snowy Silk was in Mrs. Xu's hands meant that the Xu Mansion was definitely involved in this matter!