After Luo Jinyu left.
Shu Zhihan came to the courtyard alone and sat on the stone bench next to the table. The breeze blew gently, making her long hair flutter slightly.
Her brows wrinkled slightly, like clouds and mist on distant mountains, covering a pair of bright eyes.
She placed her hands on the stone table and tapped her fingers lightly on the table, as if thinking about various possibilities for Luo Jinyu to go out.
Her face is soft, like an ink painting, with fine and clear lines.
There seems to be a deep lake hidden in those deep eyes, which is quiet and profound.
Every micro-expression is like a silent poem, telling her thoughts and worries.
She sat there alone, as if the whole world had stopped and only her own breathing and heartbeat echoed in the quiet courtyard.
Shu Zhihan's hand slowly stopped tapping and turned her head to look deeper into the courtyard.
Her eyes flashed with complex emotions, and those bright eyes were full of expectation for something.
The early morning chill was intense, but she didn't feel cold.
She knew that the road ahead would not be smooth sailing, with many difficulties and twists and turns, but she told herself that she would work hard and persevere.
She couldn't help but hope that Luo Jinyu would have the same heart as hers.
It was still dark, and Luo Jinyu and Meng Haowen were lurking in the narrow alley, staring at the yard ahead.
Their faces were serious and their eyes were firm, as if this matter was very important.
Their goal is that yard, which may contain important information or important evidence. This is the purpose of their trip.
"Are you sure it's in here?"
"Go back to the general. According to the reports from the people below, it is indeed true."
Luo Jinyu looked at the yard with furrowed brows.
His eyes were as sharp and flexible as a cheetah's, tightly pressed against the wall, his body as quiet as a shadow, and his eyes never left the yard.
The alley was very quiet, and Luo Jinyu and Meng Haowen did not move.
They were as quiet as two stones, and their eyes never left the yard.
"General, let me go to the front to investigate first."
Luo Jinyu immediately grabbed Meng Haowen, who was about to go forward, and gently shook his head at him, "I'd better go."
"General, this is absolutely impossible."
Luo Jinyu didn't listen to his stop and clapped her hands at him, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment, and then said: "If I don't come out within the time it takes for me to burn the incense, then you should go back quickly and take my wife away."
"General..."
Meng Haowen wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Luo Jinyu.
"Stop talking. It's going to get bright soon. I have to go in and investigate."
As he spoke, it was like a gust of wind blowing past the courtyard wall and entering the courtyard.
After Luo Jinyu entered the yard, his figure disappeared in the yard, but the alley was still so calm.
Only the lights in that courtyard flickered in the darkness, hinting at the unknown things happening there.
Luo Jinyu quietly approached the window and saw two figures inside, and couldn't help but wonder if they were the people he had in mind.
He put his ear close to the window, but couldn't hear anything.
In desperation, he had to use his fingers to gently poke a small hole in the window paper.
He quietly looked inside and couldn't help but widen his eyes. Sure enough, just as he imagined, it was really that person.
Luo Jinyu saw the person sitting in front of him. Although his back was turned to him, judging from his dress, he must be from Xiling.
He didn't expect that everything would come so easily.
He found that people inside wrote notes to each other
What, once the other party finished reading it, he burned it with candles.
It seems that they are very cautious.
Luo Jinyu wanted to try to see clearly what was written on their notes, but at that moment, he seemed to smell something.
The smell was a bit familiar, and by the time he realized it, it was too late and he fainted directly by the window.
The people inside heard the noise and ran out immediately, but they didn't see anyone, which made them feel a little strange.
"Li Shangshu, who was he just now?"
"No matter who you are, this place is no longer safe. You should go back to Xiling first and settle down for a while."
The other party probably thought it made sense, so he nodded, "Okay, then I'll pack up and go back."
Li Shangshu couldn't help but nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back first. Don't let others know about our meeting. You go back quietly quickly. No one can see you in Mingjing City."
"Don't worry, Li Shangshu, this is such a big deal, let's say goodbye here."
With that said, he turned around and left.
After watching the other party leave, Li Shangshu glanced at the marks on the ground, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.
"Come out."
Hearing his voice, the door on the other side was opened, and a woman slowly walked out.
Looking carefully, this woman turned out to be Peng Yu.
"Where are the people?"
"Back to Master Shangshu, he is in the next room now."
Peng Yu saluted and said very respectfully, with the same temperament as before.
Hearing that the person was next door, Li Shangshu immediately walked over.
He looked at Luo Jinyu lying on the ground and couldn't help but squat down, with a sinister smile on his lips.
"Is this General Yama? It doesn't look like much."
"Yes, what Lord Shangshu said is absolutely true. He is Luo Jinyu. I didn't expect to knock him down just by lighting incense. However, Lord Shangshu, what should we do with him now?"
Li Shangshu stood up and turned to look at her, "Keep it closed for now, maybe it will be of great use in the future."
"Yes, Lord Shangshu."
After she sent Li Shangshu away, she dragged Luo Jinyu on the ground and left the room.
She came to a corner of the yard, touched the wall a few times, and saw a hole opened in the ground. Then she dragged Luo Jinyu down.
Peng Yu dragged him forward with all his strength, frowning and muttering: "Why is this man so heavy? I am really exhausted."
Although she complained so much, she still did not dare to disobey Li Shangshu's order.
At this time, Peng Yu seemed not to recognize Luo Jinyu in front of him.
He threw Luo Jinyu in a corner and instantly tied his hands and feet with ropes, thinking that there would be no way to escape.
Peng Yu picked up a black cloth and wrapped it around his eyes. He couldn't help but sigh, "You are so handsome. What a pity. What a pity. How could you be Luo Jinyu?"
She couldn't help but shook her head, and tied his eyes in desperation before sitting alone in front of him.
Peng Yu sat against the table next to him and looked at him quietly.
Luo Jinyu slowly woke up from his coma, feeling as if his head was dizzy and about to split.
He tried to move, but found that his hands and feet were tied and he couldn't move.
His eyes were also covered with cloth and he couldn't see anything.
Luo Jinyu tried hard to listen to the movement around him, and there seemed to be breathing.
He tried hard to distinguish the source and direction of the sound, and tried to untie the rope from his hands.
But the rope that tied him was so strong that he couldn't break free.
Meng Haowen waited in the alley, but never saw Luo Jinyu's figure.
.
When he saw Li Shangshu walking out, his heart tightened even more.
Why has this person come out, but the general has not come out yet? Could it be that something happened inside?
The time for burning incense has long passed, but Luo Jinyu still hasn't come out.
Meng Haowen had the urge to rush in, but he couldn't help but think of what Luo Jinyu told him when he left.
He was in a dilemma, and finally gave up the idea of going into the courtyard and hurried back to the Hou Mansion.
When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he saw that the door of the Hou Mansion was open. He couldn't help but feel nervous and secretly prayed that nothing would happen.
Meng Haowen quickly ran in. When he saw Shu Zhihan in the yard, he saw two men like guards standing in front of her, one on the left and one on the right.
Meng Haowen saw this and shouted loudly: "Madam."
When Shu Zhihan saw him, she couldn't help but feel as if she had seen hope.
She quickly ran towards Meng Haowen from the two guards.
Watching her run away, the two guards looked at each other and looked at Meng Haowen in front of them, assessing whether they were his match.
"Why did you come back alone? Where is your husband?"
"Madam, who are these two?"
"Oh, they said that the general was summoned to the palace by the emperor and came here specifically to pick me up."
Shu Zhihan said that, but she didn't agree with it in her heart.
After hearing this, Meng Haowen quickly bowed his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, you two. Our general has just come out of the palace. Now, let me come back and take my wife to the street for breakfast."
"Impossible, how could your general..."
One of the guards knew that he was lying and wanted to expose him, but was stopped by another guard beside him.
I saw another guard clasping his hands and saying, "Since the general has left the palace, the two of us will leave first."
He looked at the guard who seemed unwilling to leave, winked at him vigorously, and dragged him away quickly.
Seeing them leaving like that, Shu Zhihan still felt a little baffled.
What puzzled her was that if Luo Jinyu was going to the palace, why couldn't he tell her and order someone to find her?
Isn't it okay for two people to go together?
Fortunately, Meng Haowen came back in time, otherwise she really wouldn't know what excuse she should find to refuse.
