Ruan Tang was led by Chu Mu and walked towards the abandoned yard Ruan Qingluan mentioned.
In fact, the courtyard is not that far from here, and it only takes half a cup of tea to walk normally.
But today Ruan Tang stumbled several times on this short road. If Chu Mu hadn't pulled her, she might have fallen to the ground countless times.
When he finally reached the door of the courtyard, Ruan Tang completely stopped and did not dare to take another step forward.
"I, the king, will go and take a look first. You stay here."
Chu Mu knew what she was afraid of.
Ruan Tang's eyes were a little out of focus, and she was dumbfounded. After a while, she nodded.
She really didn't have the courage to step in.
Although she has been convincing herself in her heart that Ruan Qingluan's words are not credible and she may be lying to herself.
She didn't know the whereabouts of Chun Han and Xia Zhu at all, she was just talking nonsense and deliberately irritating herself.
But even though she kept convincing herself this way, when she got here, she was still afraid.
Before Chu Mu went in, he said uneasily: "I didn't call you, so just stay here obediently."
Ruan Tang nodded mechanically again.
Chu Mu then pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.
The yard was indeed deserted, with long grass and trees everywhere as far as the eye could see, and withered leaves all over the ground.
The breeze blew, and it was desolate.
According to what Ruan Qingluan said, Chu Mu identified the southeast corner of the courtyard before moving.
But he walked for a while and looked around several times, but he didn't see the dry well or big rocks that Ruan Qingluan mentioned.
Just as he was thinking, was Ruan Qingluan lying?
A strong gust of wind suddenly hit us, and all the dead leaves on the ground were rolled up.
Chu Mu subconsciously raised his arm to block his eyes.
After the gust of wind blew over, he put down the arm that was blocking his eyes. Not far away, on the ground that was originally buried by leaves, part of the leaves were blown away, revealing the corner of a stone.
Chu Mu didn't think much and walked there quickly.
He stood on the edge and watched for a moment, then knelt down and swept away all the leaves there.
Sure enough, a large rock was revealed.
At first, he thought Ruan Qingluan was talking about big rocks. No matter how inconspicuous they were, they were easy to spot, but large, flat rocks like this were difficult to spot, especially when they were covered with dead leaves.
Moreover, he always thought that the mouth of the well would be a part above the ground, but the place where the stone pressed down was level with the ground.
No wonder Ruan Qingluan would say that you can't tell it without looking carefully.
He tried to move the stone, but it was very heavy.
He had no choice but to use his internal strength. After the breath was concentrated in the palm of his hand, he pushed forward with all his strength.
The stone was easily pushed away by him, but a stench hit his face.
He subconsciously used the internal force that had just been running to force himself back a few steps.
After he stabilized his body, he raised his hands to cover his mouth and nose, and frowned tightly.
Although he hasn't seen what's going on inside the well, he has seen a lot of dead people, and he has also smelled the smell of dead people who have been dead for a while.
The smell now is the smell of death.
Even though he was already standing ten feet away, he still couldn't hide the smell that hit his forehead.
He had no choice but to take a few steps back. When the smell dissipated a little, he took out a handkerchief from his arms, tied it on his face as a mask, and then walked back to the well.
When he got close to the well, he slightly poked his head in to look inside.
It's just that it's dark inside, and you can't see clearly what's going on inside.
He thought for a while, pulled off the handkerchief on his face, turned and walked out the door.
Ruan Tang, who was waiting anxiously outside, saw him coming out and hurriedly greeted him.
"How is it? Isn't it true? Ruan Qingluan lied, right?"
Chu Mu said nothing, and looked a little solemn when he looked at her.
He was certain that there was indeed a dead person in the well, but he was not sure whether the person inside was her maid?
"I haven't confirmed it yet. It's very dark in the well. I need Huozhezi. Don't worry, I'll call someone over now."
As he said this, he pulled her and started to leave.
But Ruan Tang refused to leave. Her steps were frozen in place and her throat was a little choked. After a while, she found her voice.
He cautiously asked, "What does unconfirmed mean?"
Chu Mu looked at her and couldn't bear to tell her, but finally he spoke, "There are indeed... dead people in the well, but it's too dark, so I can't confirm whether it is..."
Ruan Tang was completely stunned.
All her hopes seemed to be shattered at this moment.
Although Chu Mu has not confirmed it, all this seems to have confirmed that Ruan Qingluan did not lie.
"Maybe it's not...them. Let's go find someone first." Chu Mu could only comfort her in this way now.
As he said that, he took her hand and walked back along the same place.
But after taking a few steps, Ruan Tang suddenly broke away from his hand, turned around and ran towards the yard.
Chu Mu was startled and hurriedly caught up with her and hugged her.
"Let me go. I'm going to take a look. I'm going down to take a look. It won't be them. They are not unlucky people. How could they die so easily?"
Chunhan was indeed a pitiful person before he met her, but when he met her, she lived a happy life during those days with her, which proved that she was a lucky girl. .
The same goes for Xia Zhu. She might have had to live a hard life in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, but she finally returned to her. This also proves that Xia Zhu is also a blessed child.
Let me ask these two people, how could God cruelly take their lives.
She didn't believe it, so she had to confirm it immediately, otherwise she wouldn't feel at ease.
"Ruan Tang, be obedient. I will call someone over and you will know immediately. Don't do this." Chu Mu hugged her tightly, preventing her from entering the courtyard again.
But Ruan Tang seemed to be going crazy, struggling desperately to break away from Chu Mu's arms.
In the end, Chu Mu had no choice but to tap her acupuncture points and lead her to fly out of the Jingan Marquis Mansion using Qinggong.
Uncle Gu, who had been waiting outside, saw them coming out and hurried over to greet them.
"Uncle Gu, call the troops over now."
Although Uncle Gu didn't know what happened, he didn't dare to delay for even a moment, so he rode his horse and hurried to Prince Ning's Mansion.
Chu Mu carried Ruan Tang into the carriage and waited on the carriage with her in his arms.
Ruan Tang couldn't move, but tears were falling and he was mumbling, "Please let me go and see."
Chu Mu was unmoved and waited until Uncle Gu came with a team of people, then unblocked Ruan Tang's acupuncture points, led her and the team of people, and entered directly through the gate of Jing'an Marquis Mansion.
Ruan Jizhong, who was originally relieved, saw Chu Mu and Ruan Tang leaving and returning, bringing so many guards with them.
I was almost scared to shit.
But he still pretended to be calm and stepped forward: "Your Highness, what are you..."
Chu Mu glanced at him, his eyes full of gloom.
But instead of answering his words, he led the people towards the abandoned yard.
Although Ruan Jizhong couldn't guess what he was going to do, he still followed closely behind them.
