Dream Broken You Pavilion

Shang Wuyang returned to the study, and immediately ordered someone to call Gao Liang and Geng Yu, and after explaining this and that, the two left immediately.

Until night fell, Gao Liang hurried back and said in a low voice:

"This time, my subordinates did their best to clean the house. Last night from Xushi to Zi, except for the brothers who were patrolling in shifts, everyone else had evidence of being in the house. There was only one person who could not be traced."

"Who?"

"Linger."

"Ling'er?" Shang Wuyang's heart tightened.

Gao Liang replied: "It is inconvenient for the subordinates in the young lady's room to investigate, so they told the old lady about it. Aunt Qing asked Ling'er where she went last night under the pretext of asking Ling'er for embroidery patterns. Ling'er said that Mrs. Madam was not feeling well, she stayed by Young Madam's side all the time, and later fell asleep lying on the table for some reason, and there was no other girl who could prove that she was in Young Madam's room. The subordinates just felt a little suspicious."

Shang Wuyang frowned and said: "Asleep? What about He Lan Min'er? Where is she?"

Gao Liang replied: "Girl said that the young lady was unwell last night, and she was always accompanied by Ling'er in the room. The young lady thought it was noisy, so she told them not to come and disturb her. The young lady's room was also lit all the time, so she probably didn't go out. .”

Shang Wuyang narrowed his eyes slightly, and murmured: "Shouldn't they go out? So, no one saw them go out, and no one knew if the two of them were in the room?"

Highlighting his forehead, he said, "You can say that."

Shang Wuyang's eyes were deep, "Is there anyone else suspicious?"

Gao Liang replied: "Also, Xue Liu in the kitchen and his wife, some people say that something is wrong with him and his wife recently, and his wife suddenly became dumb."

"What do you mean?" Shang Wuyang asked.

Gao Liang said: "The couple were originally honest people from the village at the foot of the mountain. They have been on our mountain for almost two years, and they help the chef in the kitchen. They are also very careful, but recently the cook is very dissatisfied with them, the dishes are not clean, and the plates are not well loaded, especially his wife, who does not work hard and often does not come, her work is done by Xue Liu. Xue Liu was absent-minded and often made mistakes all day long, and was scolded several times by the cook."

"Also, I heard that the relationship between the husband and wife was very good, but in the past few days, Xue Liu has been unhappy all day long. Mrs. Xue Liu has gone down the mountain twice recently. It is said that Xue Liu's mother went down to visit when she was ill."

"Xue Liu..." Shang Wuyang leaned back in the chair, stroking the stubble that just appeared on his chin.

Gao Liang said: "Xue Liu and his wife have been on the mountain all year round. They are old faces. They were not suspected during the investigation before. The subordinates sent someone down the mountain to his home to inquire. His mother said that he hadn't seen him for more than a month. When the sixth daughter-in-law came back, my subordinates were very strange when they saw this, so they speculated whether the problem lies with them?"

Shang Wuyang asked: "Where are the two of them now?"

Gao Liang replied: "They are all in the kitchen. They haven't gone out since last night. The subordinates have already sent someone to monitor the two of them."

Shang Wuyang said: "I don't know if Geng Yu has found anything."

……

The two were talking when there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Young master, I'm back."

Hearing his voice before seeing him, Geng Yuzhong's energetic voice was loud and rough, and then he walked in with strides.

Gao Liang raised his eyebrows, "Hey, I really didn't talk about it. I came back so soon. Listening to this voice seems to be quite rewarding."

"Ha ha……"

Geng Yu laughed loudly, clasped his fists at Shang Wuyang and said: "Young Master, I found it."

Shang Wuyang immediately straightened his back.

Geng Yu said: "The subordinates went all the way north according to the map drawn by Miss Jing'er, spread out the people and horses horizontally to search, not only found the bush, but also saw the black cloth strip that Miss Jing'er tied to the old tree, confirmed That's where Miss Jing'er said."

"Passing through the bushes to the bottom of a cliff, I found a cave with a height of one person on the cliff covered with vines. Guess what? We found a person inside."

"Who is it?" Shang Wuyang looked serious.

Geng Yu said: "A woman."

"What?" Shang and Gao said in unison, their faces full of disbelief.

Geng Yu nodded heavily, and said: "It's really a woman. However, young master, you said not to startle the snake. We were extremely careful, so we didn't see the truth. After investigating, we secretly withdrew."

Shang Wuyang said: "Can you send someone to stay behind?"

Geng Yu replied: "Arranged ten brothers to hide in the dark."

"well done!"

Shang Wuyang looked cold, and said: "Jing'er is right, the problem really lies within my little Yuntian."

"Gao Liang, you quietly send someone to keep an eye on Zhu Linyuan and Xue Liu and his wife, but don't disturb them. If you find anything unusual, arrest them immediately."

Gao Liang asked, "What if it's Young Madam or Linger?"

Glancing at Shang Wuyang with a condensed expression, he hurriedly reiterated: "I mean if..."

Shang Wuyang said in a muffled voice: "If there is no if, once a change is discovered, it will be arrested immediately, no one will be exempt."

"Subordinates obey."

Shang Wuyang said to Geng Yu again: "Go to another courtyard with me in Haishi, bring Jing'er with us, let's go explore that cave and meet that woman."

Geng Yu nodded, "Yes."

……

At Haishi, Shang Wuyang, Geng Yu and Jing'er wore black clothes and hid in the forest, moving quietly under the cover of night.Since torches cannot be used, Geng Yu walks ahead to lead the way, Jing'er struggles to walk with one foot deep and the other shallow, Shang Wuyang stretches out his hand to help from time to time, Jing'er reprimands in a low voice with disgust from time to time: "Stay away from me."

In less than an hour, the three of them had already seen the bush.

A guard who was ambushing in the forest came out.

Geng Yu asked: "Can you find anything unusual?"

The guard said: "I've been guarding here all this time, and I haven't noticed anyone going in, and the people in the cave have never come out."

Geng Yu ordered the guards to stay outside, he, Shang Wuyang and Jing'er walked through the bushes and sneaked towards the rock wall.

Geng Yu took the lead and stopped in front of a rock wall covered with green vines, gently pulled out his long sword and picked up the green vines and dodged in, followed by Shang Wuyang and Jing'er.

The hole is not big, just enough for one person to pass through. It is like a crack in a boulder. If Jing'er hadn't followed the man in black and saw him disappearing into the cliff, no one would have thought that there would be a hole here. It really is a good place to hide. place.

Although the cave is low and clean, it is only about the size of an ordinary bedroom. A candle is lit, and it is dim and dim. A person curled up on it.

Geng Yu walked closer, put the tip of the sword against the neck of the sleeping man, and said in a deep voice, "Get up!"

The man was startled, and opened his eyes in an instant, his face was terrified, and he said in a trembling voice:

"Okay, have mercy on the hero, I'll get up, I'll get up..."

It was the frightened and hoarse voice of a middle-aged woman.

A middle-aged woman dressed in childish clothes and unkempt sat up slowly, her eyes lowered and focused on the long sword against her neck, and then slowly stretched her legs under the bed, for fear that if she was not careful, then The long sword will pierce the throat.

Geng Yu withdrew his sword, the woman trembled like chaff, her legs softened, and she knelt down with a "plop",

He knocked his head on the ground with a "bang bang bang" and begged:

"Forgive me, I didn't do anything, I really don't know anything..."

Shang Wuyang stepped forward, looked at the woman who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed all the time, with a condensed expression, he shouted in a deep voice:

"Head up."

Then the woman raised her head tremblingly, her eyes were filled with fear and fear, when she saw Shang Wuyang, the woman burst into tears, knelt down and took two steps, begging in her mouth:

"Young master, young master, I am Xue Liu's wife, I have done nothing, please help me..."

Shang Wuyang frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"

Confused, the woman cried blindly, "I don't know either, I really don't know anything."

Shang Wuyang's eyes were cold, but he was stopped by Jing'er when he was about to speak.

Jing'er stepped forward and said softly, "Sister, don't be afraid, we are here to rescue you."

"Thank you, miss, thank you, miss..." The woman kowtowed, her forehead was stained with blood.

Jing'er said: "Even if we want to save you, you have to give us a reason to save you, right? Tell us what you know, so we can make decisions for you, right?"

Seeing Jing'er's handsome appearance and sweet and gentle voice, the woman seemed to be less nervous, and she calmed down a little and said:

"Yes, I said I said. But this matter has nothing to do with my Xue Liu, he doesn't know anything."

Jing'er said: "Sister, just say it is true, if it is really a crime, you and your wife will not have to bear the responsibility."

The woman lowered her head and wept. After a while, she wiped her tears and said:

"It was a night more than ten days ago. The house delivered supper to the masters, and everyone else went back to rest, so I washed the dishes in the kitchen alone..."

woman memories

After washing the dishes and tidying up the kitchen carefully, she blew out the candles and was about to go back to her room to rest. When she reached out to open the door, suddenly a gleaming dagger lay across her neck, and at the same time, her mouth and nose were slashed. Covering it tightly with one hand, an extremely low female voice came from behind:

"Shut up, or I'll cut your throat."

Xue Liu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that she didn't dare to let go, the woman didn't let go of her hand covering her mouth and nose, and pushed the dagger in her hand towards her neck, and said in a cold voice:

"Listen, come with me in a while, if you dare to shout out, I will kill you immediately, by the way, your family lives in the second house in the east of Baiyue Village at the foot of the mountain, Xue Liu is your husband, Xue Ding is your uncle , there is a 70-year-old mother at home, and your eight-year-old son, if you dare to be disobedient, you will not be the only one I will kill with this knife."

Xue Liu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that she was so frightened that she nodded repeatedly.

So the woman covered her head with a black cloth, took her hand and walked out.It seems to be walking in the forest on the mountain, stumbling under the feet, sometimes it feels like a gravel road, sometimes it is soft lawn, maybe it is hiding from the guards patrolling the mountain from time to time, the two stop and go, they walked like this for a long time, and finally stopped , the feet are much smoother.

Without removing her mask, the woman said, "Take off your clothes."

Xue Liu's daughter-in-law put her arms around her chest and said in panic, "W-why do you want to take off your clothes?"

The woman's voice was extremely fierce, and said: "Take off if you are told, and if you talk nonsense, I will destroy your door."

Xue Liu's daughter-in-law didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly took off her clothes, leaving only her underwear, and even gave her her shoes.

After a while, the woman finished dressing thoroughly, and then took off Xue Liu's daughter-in-law's black mask.

The sixth daughter-in-law Xue barely adapted to the dim light, and found herself in a small stone cave with a candle burning on the stone table. She looked at the woman, and couldn't help but be surprised...