Chapter 145 Quick Thinking

Xu Yiyan, who was standing in the shadows, immediately stepped forward to block Lu Xinnian when he saw this.

"Let's talk this out calmly, don't act impulsively!"

"Stop talking nonsense and show it to me!"

The assassin had no intention of wasting words with them and shouted sternly.

"Miss Lu, give it to me!"

Xu Yiyan turned to look at her, blinked, and gestured for her to obey.

Lu Xinnian was a little confused. After thinking for a moment, she put the wooden box back in its original position and took a few steps back.

But the assassin wasn't fooled at all and said directly, "Open the wooden box!"

Did they know what was inside the wooden box?

Lu Xinnian's palms were sweaty as she reached out to pick up the wooden box.

Suddenly, Xu Yiyan opened the wooden box before she could and handed it to the assassin.

The wooden box was empty.

The assassin gripped his dagger tightly and approached step by step.

"There are four account books in the wooden box. Hand them over, and we'll leave you with a complete corpse."

Xu Yiyan pleaded, "Miss Lu, please, please take it out."

Lu Xinnian frowned in disapproval, just about to speak.

Xu Yiyan suddenly grabbed her wrist with his hand behind his back and squeezed it inappropriately.

But his face still showed fear as he pleaded, "Miss Lu, I don't want to die yet."

Please, please hand it over! Gentlemen, we haven't even had a chance to look at the contents of the ledgers yet.

"Take it, but please spare our lives! I promise we won't tell anyone!"

While pleading, Xu Yiyan secretly squeezed Lu Xinnian's wrist again.

Lu Xinnian immediately understood, and she angrily cursed at him: "Xu Yiyan!"

"You call yourself the son of a great general? Such cowardice and fear of trouble! You've utterly disgraced the Xu family!"

Lu Xinnian angrily threw the account book out of her arms.

"Here you go, take it!"

Xu Yiyan picked up the ledger with trembling hands and handed it to the other party.

"The stuff is all here, can you let us go now?"

Seeing his pathetic appearance, the assassins were immediately amused.

After taking the items, the assassin casually flipped through them to confirm that they were what they wanted.

Then he laughed and said, "Everyone says that the sons of the Xu family are all good-for-nothings. Now it seems that the rumors are true. Hahaha!"

The assassin laughed as he put away the ledger, then kicked Xu Yiyan, causing him to curl up in pain.

"Let's go!"

The assassin took the item and retreated through the door in the wall.

After the door closed, the assassins' mocking laughter gradually faded away.

Lu Xinnian then hurriedly stepped forward and helped Xu Yiyan up.

"Young Master Xu, are you alright? What I said just now was unintentional and out of necessity. Please don't take it to heart!"

She quickly apologized.

Xu Yiyan coughed a few times, struggled to his feet, and waved his hand: "It's alright, you're just telling the truth, what's wrong with that?"

Lu Xinnian quickly interrupted him.

"What are you saying, Third Young Master Xu? If you hadn't acted so quickly and cleverly just now, you wouldn't have been able to do what you did."

They probably really did kill them to cover it up! But did you see something else?

Lu Xinnian believed that Xu Yiyan was not the kind of lecherous man who would only care about holding a girl's hand when facing a life-or-death crisis.

She was even more convinced that the Xu family members could not possibly be cowards who feared death.

Xu Yiyan took a notebook out of his pocket and handed it to her.

"Because I discovered this."

Lu Xinnian took the notebook in surprise, and when she opened it, she found that it was actually a roster!

It clearly records what was done by whom on which day.

"Yuan Shijie actually made a record of it!"

"This notebook is hidden in a crevice in the rocks, in a very secluded location. I haven't had a chance to tell you about it yet."

The assassin emerged from behind the wall, so I had no choice but to hide and listen to what they had to say.

The wooden box contained things that both of them probably knew about, like account books.

This roster, hidden in the cracks of the rocks and unknown to the assassins, was likely the very roster Yuan Shijie originally intended to use for recording...

"Wait until the time is right, then use it to blackmail those young masters into providing their names."

"You're right. With such a notebook hidden away, Yuan Shijie certainly wouldn't tell those young masters."

I think this notebook is safe for now! It's all thanks to Young Master Xu!

Lu Xinnian sincerely praised him.

Xu Yiyan blushed immediately and quickly changed the subject: "We need to find a way out now, they can't let us live like this!"

The fact that the assassin didn't kill them directly suggests that he might have some backup plan.

They had to get out of there quickly, otherwise, even if they managed to keep the roster, it would be of no use.

Lu Xinnian shoved the notebook back into Xu Yiyan's hand, then ran to the wall where the assassin had just left.

"This door probably extends from his room; it can only be opened from one direction through the room, not from both directions."

"It should only be that huge rock in the yard. Let me see if there's any way to open it from the inside!"

Lu Xinnian took the candle and went to the passage under the boulder to study it.

Meanwhile, the assassin returned to the top of the room.

The person who observes the wind has a small mole on the side of his nose and is very handsome.

Seeing them return, he quickly asked, "How did it go? Did you find the item?"

The moment the assassin took out the ledger, the handsome man snatched it away.

After flipping through the contents, his expression remained unchanged as he asked, "You didn't see what was written inside, did you?"

The assassin remained unfazed and immediately replied, "Of course, our mission is simply to retrieve the ledger; we won't be looking at what's written inside."

The handsome man nodded and took the ledger back.

"very good."

He turned around, gave the two people behind him a look, and walked out.

Just as the assassin inside was about to leave, the two guards behind the man suddenly drew their knives.

Before the assassins could react, a flash of cold light appeared, and several assassins fell to the ground at the same time!

After dealing with the assassin, the two guards quickly retrieved the hidden kerosene and poured it on the corpse and other flammable materials in the room.

A fire destroyed everything in the room, including the corpse.

The two men went outside and whispered, "Young master, we'll handle this. You should leave now."

I've heard that Wei's son is no pushover; we'd better be careful not to let him find out!

"Were those two people in the dark room killed?"

The handsome man asked.

"It's still unclear whether those people made a move. Please leave first, young master. We will make sure those two are dead before we leave!"

The two guards said solemnly.

"good."

The young master then left first.

At this moment, with the help of kerosene in the room, the fire spread rapidly.

Thick smoke flowed into the dark room through the ventilation openings of the secret passage.

Xu Yiyan tapped and knocked in the dark room and immediately noticed thick smoke coming from the ventilation vent!

"Oh no, they've set it on fire! We have to get out of here right now!"

Lu Xinnian was startled and her movements became even faster.

Just then, a rumbling sound came from the boulder above the secret passage!

Xu Yiyan, who was standing behind her, immediately reacted and pushed her into the dark room.

"Miss Lu, let's go quickly!"