Chapter 52 Conditions Chen Weiyu disappeared. After Chen's father's funeral...

Chen Weiyu disappeared on the day after his father's funeral.

Tang Suzi searched all the places where she might have gone, but she was nowhere to be found.

Seeing Guo Yan appear at the door of the Chen family with an expression as solemn as hers, Tang Suzi had already guessed the result - he had not found Chen Weiyu either.

As the sun began to set, a full day had almost passed. Tang Suzi's heart felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on it, heavy and ponderous. "What should I do now?"

From Bu Yu's imprisonment to Chen's father's death and now Chen Weiyu's whereabouts, so much has happened in just a few days. The series of events has come like a sudden downpour, leaving Guo Yan with no time to react. But he knows that at this critical juncture, he must not panic.

"I've ordered people to expand the search area. If they can't find him in Jiusu County, then we'll continue our search in Banli County. I don't believe that even if we turn the entire Weizhou upside down, we still won't find him!"

"But...if Weiyu was abducted, is she in danger now?"

As soon as Tang Suzi said this, the two of them simultaneously thought of the note that Chen Weiyu had shown them before. Strictly speaking, it was the last words left by Chen's father.

Who could have predicted that Chen's father would resort to such drastic measures to buy his daughter's freedom? But if Chen Weiyu truly had no weaknesses, who would be the most vulnerable?

The answer is already clearly before our eyes.

Tang Suzi looked at Guo Yan. His eyes were bloodshot from the constant rush of the past few days. Thinking of Chen Weiyu, whose life or death was uncertain, and A Yu, who was imprisoned, she made up her mind. She knew what she had to do.

"Master Guo, please go back and rest first. I will find a way."

Guo Yan was stunned: "Where are you going to look for it?"

His words were blown away in the twilight by the wind brought by Tang Suzi's hurried turn.

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“Bang, bang, bang!”

A burst of rapid knocks on the door like a war drum suddenly exploded, startling the doorman so much that he stood up suddenly from his chair. He hurriedly removed the door hammer and opened the door with a "creak".

When the door opened and he saw Tang Suzi, he subconsciously brought out his usual rhetoric: "Miss Tang, Master Ling and the others are not at home, please go back..."

But this time, Tang Suzi ignored him. She pushed the guard aside and rushed into the mansion, shouting as she ran, "Ling An! Xiang Li! Are you there?! Come out quickly!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Miss Tang, you can't do this! Someone, come here, quickly... quickly stop her!" Seeing this, the guard's face changed drastically. He chased while shouting, instructing other servants to step forward to stop her.

At this moment, in the main hall, Ling An was carefully feeding Lin Xiangli medicine with a spoon in hand. Hearing the chaotic noise outside the door, his hand couldn't help but pause slightly. In a trance, he seemed to hear Tang Suzi's voice...

He quickly put down the bowl of medicine in his hand, ignored Lin Xiangli's call behind him, stood up and walked quickly towards the door.

“Bang!”

With a crisp sound, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a strong airflow rushed towards him. Ling An, who had just walked to the door, was caught off guard and was forced to take several steps back by the sudden force, almost stumbling and falling.

"Ling An! Are you okay?!" Lin Xiangli's face suddenly changed when he saw this. He quickly ran up to support him in two steps. After confirming that he was fine, he immediately looked at the person who came angrily.

"Ling An, you are in the mansion..." Tang Suzi's face was as pale as paper. She didn't know whether it was because she had exhausted her physical strength from running all the way just now, or because of the chilling reality she faced at the moment.

These days, her heart felt like it was being burned in a raging fire. A Yu was arrested and Wei Yu was in trouble. She came to Ling Mansion to look for them many times but was always told that they were not there. She was worried about their safety and repeatedly suppressed her speculation that they were avoiding her because she believed that Ling An and Xiang Li were not that kind of people.

She admitted that her actions just now were impulsive and barbaric. This was probably God's punishment for her, making her see the reality that she was most unwilling to accept.

"Tang Suzi, where have you been these days!" Ling An was confused by her disappointed look. He subconsciously stepped forward and grabbed Tang Suzi's arm, and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind these days.

As his hand just touched Tang Suzi, Lin Xiangli behind him suddenly shouted "Ling An!" and ran forward to pull him away.

Tang Suzi was stunned when he saw Lin Xiangli rushing up to stand in front of Ling An.

She couldn't believe that she saw alienation, disgust and hatred in Lin Xiangli's eyes, as if she was looking at an enemy.

"Xiang Li..." Tang Suzi murmured, feeling confused.

"Tang Suzi, what are you doing?!" Lin Xiangli shouted, his voice full of hostility and vigilance.

Tang Suzi looked at Ling An, then at Lin Xiangli, and seemed to understand something.

She tilted her head slightly, panting, trying to calm herself down. After a moment, she looked back at Lin Xiangli, who was still glaring at her, took a deep breath, and said, "Xiangli, I have something I want to talk to you about."

Lin Xiangli's first reaction was that she was going to tell her to take Ling An away, what should she do? She thought quickly about the response plan. Then, she heard Tang Suzi say,

"I came to ask you for a letter."

"Letter?" Lin Xiangli looked back at Tang Suzi in confusion, but her heart inexplicably tightened.

"Yes. A few days ago, Chen Weiyu, because her father was being threatened, retaliated by accusing Fang Buyu of coercion and framing the prime minister. Three days ago, Fang Buyu was captured by the imperial guards. To free his daughter, Chen's father committed suicide the day before yesterday. Weiyu also disappeared after her father's funeral and her whereabouts remain unknown."

Lin Xiangli and Ling An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this. They hadn't expected so many things to happen in just a few days, and they were stunned for a moment.

Tang Suzi continued, "I heard from Lord Guo of the Sky Eagle Pavilion that you have letters that can expose the Prime Minister's crimes. So, could you please hand them over and save those innocent people?"

"I..." Lin Xiangli subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she intuitively felt that Ling An was looking at her from behind. She didn't dare to look back at him, for fear of seeing disappointment or doubt in his eyes.

When she was cooperating with Fang Buyu in that play, Ling An thought she had given the letter to Fang Buyu, and she did not deny it. How should she explain it now?

There seemed to be nothing she could do, so she had to bite the bullet and say confidently, "I gave the letter to Fang Buyu before."

She was betting that Tang Suzi didn't know the details about the letter.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Tang Suzi frowned and said, "Impossible..."

"If you don't believe me, ask Ling An." Lin Xiangli turned to look at Ling An, "Ling An, did you see me handing the letter to Fang Buyu at the entrance of the teahouse that day?"

Ling An's suspicion subsided. He recalled what he saw in the teahouse that day and replied, "I did see Xiang Li handing the letter to Fang Buyu that day. Tang Suzi, did you make a mistake?"

Tang Suzi also had some self-doubt, "But..."

Worried that Tang Suzi would continue to dwell on this issue, Lin Xiangli hurriedly interrupted her, "I suddenly remembered that there are some suspicious things among the things my father left behind. I wonder if they can be of any help to you. Miss Tang, come with me to the inner room to take a look."

Lin Xiangli took Tang Suzi's hand and turned to Ling An and said,

"Ling An, wait for me here."

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Tang Suzi, full of doubts, followed Lin Xiangli into the inner room.

In the dim light, Lin Xiangli paused slightly, as if after an inner struggle, he finally made some decision.

She walked straight to the wardrobe, opened it, and accurately pulled out a cotton jacket from a pile of clothes.

She held the cotton jacket and groped around on it with her fingers, as if searching for something secret.

Soon, her hand stopped at one place, pinching the piece of cotton jacket and holding it firmly at her elbow, then she walked to the dressing table, took out a pair of scissors from the cabinet, and cut open the surface of the jacket with a "swish".

Tang Suzi was confused, so she walked up and asked, "Xiang Li, what are you doing?"

Lin Xiangli continued with what he was doing and did not answer.

As the outer cotton cloth was cut open, she reached into the inner layer of the jacket and fumbled around for a while. When she pulled her hand out again, she saw two thinly folded creeds exposed in the cotton ball in her hand. The edges of the creeds had obvious dark brown burn marks.

Tang Suzi's eyes widened, his face filled with shock, "This is..."

Lin Xiangli looked calm as he gently shook off the cotton in his hand. He held the two pieces of creed and raised his hand, saying, "Yes, this is what you want."

At first, she resolutely threw Chen Weiyu's complaint and the two letters into the fire. But at that moment, driven by some unknown force, she quickly used a fire stick to pull the two letters out of the fire.

After careful inspection, it was found that only the edges were burned and the contents of the letter were intact.

She had always thought that these two letters might still be useful, but she was reluctant to give them to Fang Buyu. Who could have imagined that they would cause so much trouble?

It now seems that the danger brought by this letter has long been beyond her control. If she keeps it in her hands, it may bring about greater disaster.

Tang Suzi looked at Lin Xiangli in front of him and felt that she was becoming more and more unfamiliar. He even couldn't understand her at all. "Didn't you just say that you gave it to Fang Buyu?"

"Ling An was here just now, and I don't want to involve him. Don't tell him about this." Lin Xiangli put down his hand, his thumb unconsciously rubbing the burnt hole in the creed, and then said, "I can give you the letter, but I have a condition."

Tang Suzi asked, "What are the conditions?"

"I heard everything you said to Ling An that day," Lin Xiangli observed the sudden surprise on Tang Suzi's face. "I'm sure you've become aware of our stance these days."

She still felt a little reluctant after all, and tried not to look at the hurt in Tang Suzi's eyes because of her words. She said with some entanglement: "Ms. Tang, I am very grateful that you have helped me so much before..."

But soon the gratitude in her eyes was covered by another layer of obsession, "But, I'm sorry, I really can't lose Ling An. So..."

Thinking of what she was going to say next, she closed her eyes reluctantly. When she opened them again, a sentence as cold as a blade pierced Tang Suzi's heart.

"My condition is that you disappear."