Huo Zhun had a bad premonition about the incense incident, but he never expected that the truth would be like this.
No wonder Lu Hongming was able to distinguish the subtle differences between the two incense in just a few breaths. The co-author "Youlan" was actually prepared by him himself.
Thinking of the "Qinglan" he specially left behind yesterday, Huo Zhun pinched the center of his eyebrows hard and looked at Du Lin with suppressed annoyance. "What else did Lu Hongming give to Miss Pei?"
Du Lin took out a stack of rice paper from his sleeve and presented it.
Huo Zhun flipped through page after page, and the further he went, the more intense his frown became.
They met each other at a young age, were childhood sweethearts, fell in love with each other, and got married at the age of hair. There was too much history between them, and who was he to her? Was he a traitor who took away her innocence, or a villain who forced her?
No matter what it is, since she is already his, he will never let her go.
Huo Zhun's eyes gradually became firm. He raised his head and saw that Du Lin's eyes were full of confusion. He rubbed the rice paper in his hand and said, "There is a saying in the art of war. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be in danger in a hundred battles."
Dulin: "Humble job and receive education."
Huo Zhun opened the lid of the incense burner at the corner of the table and put the rice paper in his hand. The fire suddenly lit up his resolute face.
He sat in the study for a while. When he calmed down and was about to return to the main room, the guard's voice sounded outside, "Your Majesty, Xuan Shiyi is asking for an audience."
Xuan Shiyi is the Xuanlong Guard under the command of Pei Riwen. Huo Zhun's face darkened. He and Pei Riwen had reached a consensus that if there was no important matter, the Xuanlong Guard would not be easily dispatched. Now that the Xuanlong Guard has been moved, the Pei family's Bian must have had something serious happen.
He winked at Dulin.
Du Lin opened the door in the study and led Xuan Shiyi in.
Xuan Shiyi, dressed in a black outfit, knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, after learning that there was a fire in the west wing of the Pei family, Lu Hongming visited the Pei family at night and is now being detained in the firewood shed. The eldest son Pei doesn't know how to deal with it. Please make your decision, Your Majesty."
Visiting the Pei family at night? What a talented Tanhua Lang! Huo Zhun couldn't help clenching his fists on the armrest. The temperature of the entire study dropped sharply, and his voice seemed to be quenched with ice. "Did he find any clues?"
"On the pretext that Miss Pei was attending to Mrs. Pei's illness, Mr. Pei tied up and locked him up in a demolished house. What exactly Lu Hongming found out and whether he believed Mr. Pei's words is unknown for the time being."
After Huo Zhun pondered for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let him go."
Xuan Shiyi always only listened to his master's orders and stood up and retreated after hearing the words.
Huo Zhun's eyes were dark. Assuming that Lu Hongming didn't see anything, he would let him go. If he saw something and wanted to dispel his suspicions, Pei Ruolan would have to come forward, then he would rather let him go.
In the main room, Pei Ruolan didn't know that a turmoil had arisen in the Pei family, so she sat quietly by the window reading.
Tired of watching, she wanted to raise her head and take a break, but she saw Huo Zhun standing not far away, looking at her quietly. He didn't know how long he had been standing there.
The two people's eyes met, and Huo Zhun smiled, walked over slowly and sat down next to her, "Tomorrow, when I am free, I will take you to Yishan Villa."
Pei Ruolan remembered what Sang Yun had said, and a trace of hesitation appeared on her face.
Huo Zhun raised his eyebrows, "Don't want to go out?"
"That's it," Pei Ruolan's eyes flashed and she said thoughtfully, "When I was a child, I fell into the water at my maternal grandfather's house. The servants and wives were not at the lake at that time. The situation was very dangerous. It can be said that my life was hanging by a thread. From then on, I was very afraid of rivers, seas and lakes. , even the hot springs can’t be tolerated.”
"Really?" Huo Zhun's face remained gentle, but his heart sank deeply.
As far as he knew, in Jeju back then, Lu Hongming clearly fell into the water, and the servant girl was lazy and chatting in the pavilion. He never realized that it was her who dived into the water and rescued him. It was precisely because of this that Lu Hongming later carved a mermaid hairpin as a gift to her, and the two became romantically involved.
Pei Ruolan didn't know that she was like a blank sheet of paper in front of Huo Zhun, but she felt guilty but insisted, "That's true."
"What if I insist on you accompanying me to Yishan Villa?" Huo Zhun stared into her eyes and asked.
