Chapter 476 Climbing onto the Roof and Removing Tiles

Lin Yuesha was willing, of course, but she had a feeling that it wouldn't be easy to help the Prince of Luo.

"I'll climb over the wall. You go to the far right end; there's a dog hole there."

Luo Wang was already familiar with the inner quarters of the Yu family, but if he were to bring Xu Da in, that big, clumsy fellow would easily make a noise and alert the enemy.

"Crawling through a dog hole?"

Lin Yuesha blinked. Was the Prince of Luo asking for her help just to humiliate her? Seriously?

"Are you still holding a grudge against me for that old woman's excuse?"

Lin Yuesha was on the verge of tears, realizing she had been blind to his true worth. What a pathetic scholar setting up a stall at the city gate!

"In your eyes, am I such a petty and narrow-minded person?"

Xiao Chengyu shook his head with his hands behind his back and gave Lin Yuesha a stick of incense. "After you crawl through the dog hole, take this incense with you and make sure it doesn't go out. That way, the Yu family's dogs won't bark."

The reason Lin Yuesha was chosen was because she was the shortest among them; the others couldn't fit through the dog hole.

"The Yu family keeps dogs?"

Lin Yuesha smiled bitterly. When she saw the big dog baring its teeth, she felt like fainting.

When Lin Yuesha lived in Chenjia Village, there was a vicious dog at Granny Wang's house. Luckily it was winter, and the dog bit her thick cotton-padded coat, so she wasn't hurt. If it had been summer, she might have had a piece of flesh bitten off by its sharp teeth.

From then on, she developed a phobia of drooling, glaring dogs.

"Yes, this incense is a sleeping potion. It's useless on people, but dogs will faint if they smell it. Be careful not to make any noise."

Luo Wang emphasized that Lin Yuesha was completely baffled.

In this light, the Yu family home is somewhat eerie. The outer wall of the inner courtyard is comparable to a prison, with barbed wire hanging on it, making it difficult to climb over. The only passage is a narrow dog hole.

Not only that, but they keep dogs in the courtyard. Is this to prevent strangers from entering?

"After I jump in, I'll be waiting for you at the dog hole."

Luo Wang looked at Lin Yuesha and decided to give her some mental preparation, so he said, "I am investigating a case."

“Yesterday, you and the Qiuyue Class passed by and saw that the Five Cities Military Command had set up checkpoints everywhere.”

"Didn't they say a pregnant woman went missing in the capital? Could it be related to the Yu family?"

Lin Yuesha immediately understood; she wouldn't be surprised if the Yu family did something.

"I only have suspicions, not evidence."

Luo Wang looked at Lin Yuesha and said, "We should not delay any longer."

"Your Highness, you wouldn't want to harm a woman like me, would you?"

Lin Yuesha was suspicious, thinking, "Don't do it, or the Prince of Luo will deny it in the end."

"For you, finding Lord Yu to see a doctor is harder than climbing to heaven, but don't forget who I am. Does he dare to disobey me?"

As Xiao Chengyu spoke, his demeanor suddenly changed, finally displaying the noble and aloof air of the Great Qi royal family. Lin Yuesha nodded, agreeing with this assessment.

Let's do it!

Lin Yuesha and Luo Wang parted ways and walked to the dog hole. She lit an incense stick and handed it to the entrance of the hole.

A pair of dark, triangular eyes gleamed coldly in the night. Lin Yuesha stared at the triangular-eyed man and saw him open his blood-red mouth, revealing his gleaming, sharp teeth. She almost screamed.

As soon as the incense was thrown out, Lin Yuesha quickly ducked back. The King of Luo had said he wouldn't cheat anyone, but this big dog actually crawled through the dog hole into the garden and stood right in front of Lin Yuesha, confronting her.

Fortunately, the incense worked in time, and the dog immediately collapsed and lost consciousness.

She shook her sleeves and crawled forward in a kneeling position. Halfway through, she suddenly stopped.

Are you there?

Lin Yuesha called out to her accomplice, Luo Wang, and fortunately, the other side replied, "I am here."

"Please help me out."

Lin Yuesha stretched a hand out of the dog hole and handed it to Luo Wang, panting, "Please pull me out, I'm stuck..."

Xiao Chengyu: ...

After finally managing to pull Lin Yuesha out of the dog hole, Lin Yuesha tidied her messy hair with her hands and brushed the stray hairs behind her ears.

Granny Fang said that no matter when or where, one should always show good manners and refinement, and have the demeanor of a lady from a respectable family.

“Your Highness, now that you mention it, I remember. Last night, I was with the Qiuyue Troupe in the back garden when I thought I heard a woman crying.”

The crying was faint, and only one or two cries, which quickly disappeared.

Lin Yuesha asked Qingxing, but Qingxing was distracted and didn't hear her. Lin Yuesha was also sure that she wasn't hallucinating.

"It's in the direction of the stage."

The inner courtyard was pitch black. Lin Yuesha couldn't understand why the Yu family liked darkness so much. If it weren't for setting up a stage, there would be no lanterns hanging in the back garden at all.

"This is my first time here too."

Luo Wang stopped, first determining the direction, and then led Lin Yuesha to the right.

"Your Highness, are you going the wrong way?"

Lin Yuesha pointed and said that after entering, one should turn left.

"Is that right?"

Luo Wang skillfully concealed his inability to distinguish left from right and his terrible sense of direction, leading Lin Yuesha through the bushes straight to the inner courtyard.

"Tell me, whose residence is this?"

Xiao Chengyu threw the problem to Lin Yuesha, who was also confused. She knew that she couldn't repay the favor from the Prince of Luo, and she had to grit her teeth and persevere.

"Your Highness, let's make this clear first. If we are exposed, you can't just abandon me and run away."

The crime of trespassing is quite serious, and Lin Yuesha didn't want to die before she could even accomplish her mission.

"I keep my word."

The Prince of Luo assured him that Lord Yu was, after all, an official of the court, and not a commoner. It was not appropriate for him to lead the troops of the Five Cities Garrison to search the area, so he had no choice but to resort to this measure.

With Lin Yuesha as an assistant, at least the direction is not a problem.

Luo Wang trusted Lin Yuesha a lot, but he didn't know that Lin Yuesha was also terrible with directions.

"This is not the main courtyard, so it is definitely not Madam Yu's residence."

Lord Yu is a mama's boy, and Madam Yu is the only one who has the final say. Moreover, since there is no mistress in the Yu family, it is natural for Madam Yu to move into the main courtyard.

"Come on, let's go up to the roof and look down, but don't make any noise."

Luo Wang realized the seriousness of the situation. He could take Lin Yuesha to the roof, but he wanted Lin Yuesha to act like a corpse in the Qiuyue Troupe and quietly become a thief.

"But won't stepping on the tiles make a sound?"

Lin Yuesha was inexperienced and a little reserved.

"No, these are just small noises, similar to the sound of the wind. People inside won't notice them; they might think it's a stray cat on the eaves."

Luo Wang's words had inadvertently offended him as well, which Lin Yuesha deeply admired.

Lin Yuesha had no objection to them going up to the roof and removing the tiles. The two of them went up to the roof, and Lin Yuesha pointed in a direction, pointing to the side where there had been a light.

After the two stood still, they waited for a moment without making any unusual noises, indicating that the person below had not noticed anything.

Luo Wang gestured for Lin Yuesha to be quiet. Lin Yuesha nodded. Upon seeing this, he gently lifted a tile and looked into the house.