Chapter 74 Covered in Blood, Slaughtering with His Own Hands

Li Qingluo kept her grandmother's words in mind. This person was extremely dangerous, and today she had witnessed his brutality, bloodlust, ruthlessness, and viciousness firsthand. Therefore, Li Qingluo immediately turned her gaze away and lowered her head.

Duan Rongshi walked towards her.

"Miss Li."

The nannies and maids didn't dare to breathe loudly, and could only cautiously step aside slightly.

Li Qingluo bowed and greeted, "This humble woman, Li Qingluo, greets Prince Su."

Duan Rongshi: "Tell me, why did you come to this mortuary today? Miss Li, please don't say that you came out to enjoy the sights of this pile of corpses in the autumn."

"Otherwise, in terms of interests and hobbies, even I, the king, would have to admit defeat."

Li Qingluo felt a chill run through her body.

The red mole between his eyebrows made him look as holy as a god, yet he was stained with blood and had personally slaughtered people.

She dared not conceal the truth and said, "Your Highness, it is because my courtyard is haunted that I have come here to investigate some matters. As for the details, please forgive me for not being able to elaborate, as it involves the secrets and privacy of my General's Mansion."

Duan Rongshi did not press further, but noticed that her expression did not seem like she would dare to lie.

Then, they were allowed to leave.

As soon as Li Qingluo got into the carriage after leaving the mortuary, she bumped into a dark figure.

She gasped softly, and Sha Lei, who had just followed her out, immediately asked, "Second Miss Li, has something happened?"

Li Qingluo had calmed her breathing.

She looked at the young man sitting opposite her and calmly replied, "I rarely travel by carriage, so I bumped into him by accident. It's nothing, thank you. Is there anything else you need, sir?"

Li Qingluo didn't even bother to open the window, so Sha Lei had no choice but to say, "Our Prince ordered me to escort Miss Li Er back to her residence. He said that today's events have disturbed Miss Li Er, so he can only be at ease if he makes sure she gets home safely."

Would Prince Su be so kind?

But if I refuse, it might arouse suspicion.

Li Qingluo suppressed her pounding heart and could only reply, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Guard."

Sha Lei rode alongside the carriage, and Li Qinglu could only stare at the young man opposite her the whole time, not daring to say a word.

Perhaps because he was in the same carriage as a young woman and was being stared at, the young man opposite him glanced away first.

Li Qingluo had too many questions to ask.

Unfortunately, she couldn't utter a single question even after arriving at the general's mansion.

Li Qing stepped off the carriage, and Sha Lei saw the carriage doors close in an instant.

The carriage was empty; there wasn't a single extra person inside.

After Li Qing landed in the mansion, Sha Lei turned his horse around and rode back to Dali Temple at full speed.

"Your Highness!"

When Sha Lei met Duan Rong, he reported, "I have safely escorted Miss Li back to her residence!"

Duan Rongshi was going through the case files when he saw him come in, so he turned around and sat down: "Is there anything unusual about her?"

Sha Lei: "Your Highness, I am certain that there is more than just Miss Li Er in the carriage. However, I don't understand why Miss Li Er hasn't said anything. I'm afraid it's one of her own people, so I don't want to act rashly."

"However, when Miss Li got off the carriage, I saw with my own eyes that there was no one else inside."

Zhuiyu, standing to the side, said, "Your Highness, could there be some kind of mechanism inside the carriage?"

For example, people can hide under the carriages.

Sha Lei nodded, agreeing with this guess.

Duan Rongshi rested his chin on his hand, thinking of something: "If I am not mistaken, the one who hid in the mortuary with the second son of the Earl of Ducang today was the third son of the Pei family of the Duke of Pei."

"Her grandmother was from the Duke of Pei's mansion."

"So, if this is the person hiding in her carriage, it's not surprising that she doesn't say anything."

"This woman does have some courage."

Duan Rongshi recalled her composure and calmness when she was taken hostage, and how she managed to convince her captors to release her. If he wasn't mistaken, she was actually holding a hidden dagger in her hand at that time.

Moreover, she had a sword tucked into her waistband.

When did this woman even learn to use a sword?

Her rapid transformation surprised even Duan Rongshi.

"Zhuiyu, go and investigate what this Miss Li has been doing since she returned to Jinling."

Chasing Rain: "..."

Your Highness, you previously instructed us to keep an eye on Li Chaojing, and although you occasionally paid attention to the Second Miss, why are you suddenly shifting your focus entirely to her now?

Furthermore, what she did has nothing to do with you or these cases, right?

"etc!"

Duan Rongshi suddenly remembered something, so he tapped the table and said, "Last time I asked you to investigate the matter of Yang Qinwu and Li Kechuan of the Imperial Guard having their legs broken. Is there any other hidden story behind it? How is your investigation going?"

Zhuiyu: "Your Highness, I have found out that Yang Qinwu once had a younger sister named Yang Xue'er. When she was nine years old, she sold herself into slavery and entered the General's Mansion, changing her name to Meixue, and became a maid in Li Kechuan's room."

"However, Mei Xue suddenly disappeared two years ago. The Li family covered it up very well, and it will take some time for me to find out the truth completely."

"But I've also discovered something else."

"On the day the Lotus Sect caused a ruckus on the opera boat, Yang Qinwu was on leave, and Miss Li Er happened to be out of the mansion that day as well, and appeared near the Qinhuai River."

Duan Rongshi paused in his stroking of the black jade thumb ring: "Oh? What a coincidence?"

Dongyin Lane, General's Mansion.

When Li Qingluo returned to the Red Maple Pavilion, Que'er and Granny Deng immediately rushed over with medicine, applying it to her wounds and bandaging them.

Li Qingluo let them do whatever they wanted for a while before she was finally free.

Cui'er, watching from the side, was so anxious that she cried.

“Miss, you went out for a while and came back injured? The wound doesn’t look big, so why is there so much blood? Your collar is all stained red.”

Cui'er took a handkerchief and wiped Li Qingluo's hands while crying.

Sparrow's eyes also reddened: "It's all my fault for being useless and not protecting you, Miss. Please punish me, Miss!"

Granny Deng also sighed, her eyes filled with heartache.

Li Qingluo looked at them and smiled.

“Young lady, you’re still laughing! You’re in this state, and you won’t even let us tell the old lady. You just like to bear it all by yourself. Young lady, you’re always like this. You don’t cry out when you’re in pain, you don’t say anything when you’re hungry, and you don’t like to ask us for help when you’re thirsty. Are we useless…”

Seeing that the two were about to cry even more, Li Qingluo quickly spoke up, "I'm really fine. Don't cry!"

"Also, I laugh because I'm happy. Now, not only does my grandmother care about me, but all of you do too. I can see that you're all sincere. With your sincerity, I'm truly happy."

In her previous life, she never received true love.

She had never dared to hope for this in this life, yet she had received so much. She was a human, not a plant or tree; how could she not be moved?

It took quite a while to calm them down.

And it was agreed that not a single word should be revealed to Old Madam Pei.

What happened today may not seem like a big deal, but when you think about it, it's quite frightening.

If she is not careful, she might really lose her life!

So, I won't let her worry.

All of this was caused by that fake 'Chen He', which makes Li Qingluo angry just thinking about it!

This fake Shen He is even a fake woman. Li Qingluo was originally quite curious about him, but now she really wants to beat him up herself!

However, upon calming down and thinking about it carefully, Li Qingluo realized that there were many things.

He said he was Aunt Zheng's younger brother, and now he knows so much—did Aunt Zheng tell him all of this?

Did Aunt Zheng really not die back then?