Chapter 167 Being held hostage or in cahoots with others?
Late at night, Yizhuang.
"Mr. Su, leave this to Lord Liu. I'll take you back to rest." Tianyi looked at Su Xing, who looked tired, and couldn't help but persuade him.
"Don't worry, Guard Tianyi, I'm fine." Su Xing withdrew his gaze and looked at Tianyi with gratitude.
This is the only clue at the moment, and he must give it his all.
Otherwise, if the news gets to Ye Linghan, it will definitely affect his fighting.
Tianyi wanted to persuade him again, but saw Su Xing's expression suddenly changed.
He immediately turned around and looked in the direction Su Xing was looking. Someone was coming!
Liu Yan was hiding in another corner. He also noticed the situation and looked at Su Xing immediately.
Su Xing nodded at him, his expression becoming more serious.
After a while, the door of the charity cemetery opened.
The creaking sound was particularly creepy in the middle of the night.
Everyone in the room immediately held their breath and dared not move.
In the moonlight, Su Xing saw a tall and thin figure tiptoeing in.
The man was dressed in black and had his face covered, leaving only his two eyes exposed, which were filled with anxiety.
Su Xing did not act immediately because he was not sure whether this man was the killer.
The man first looked around the house and found nothing unusual, then walked towards the corpse covered with white cloth.
He didn't even look at the face, but went straight to the hands of the corpse, not sparing any hand.
Seeing this, Su Xing felt relieved. He looked at Liu Yan and Tian Yi respectively, indicating that they could take action.
Tianyi was the fastest and disappeared in an instant.
The man in black reacted quickly and felt Tianyi moving, but his skills were not as good as Tianyi's. Before he could resist, Tianyi grabbed his neck and he could not move.
The next moment, fire suddenly lit up in the house, and a dozen guards rushed out from various corners.
Su Xing and Liu Yan also walked over.
Everyone's eyes were on the man in black, but he kept his head down and said nothing.
Su Xing was still worried. Even though the person had been caught, it didn't mean that he would definitely cooperate.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" As the Minister of Justice, Liu Yan interrogated with great momentum.
But the man in black didn't respond, and didn't even raise his head.
"Don't think you'll be fine if you don't say anything!" Liu Yan's face darkened, and he shouted in a more severe tone: "Did you cause Marquis Mu Yuan to be robbed? Tell the truth!"
The man still didn't respond, as if he didn't hear it.
Liu Yan has been trying cases for many years and has seen this kind of situation before. He knows how to handle it easily. He just goes to the punishment and says, "Come here! Beat me with sticks!"
But Su Xing stopped him: "Master Liu, let me try."
Liu Yan hesitated for a moment and agreed, but he didn't think Su Xing could have any good ideas. He just didn't refuse out of consideration for the relationship.
Su Xing bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Liu." Then he looked at the man in black and said, "Are you here to look for something?"
Although the man in black did not raise his head, his body obviously paused, and Su Xing and Tian Yi both felt it.
Su Xing reached into his arms, took out something and handed it over: "Is this it?"
The man in black didn't move at first, but after a while he raised his head and his eyes were shocked when he saw the wooden pendant.
"I can return it to you." Su Xing said slowly, "But you have to do us a favor."
The man in black glanced at Su Xing, but the next moment he retracted his gaze and lowered his head again.
Su Xing's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but he did not give up.
"This thing..." Su Xing said softly while looking at the pendant, "was it carved by your father himself? It looks like... a sugar man?"
"Do you like sugar figures?" Su Xing turned his gaze back to the man in black.
The man in black's body trembled. After a moment, he raised his head again, his eyes slightly red, and looked at the thing in Su Xing's hand with complicated eyes.
Su Xing stopped talking, but moved his hand closer to the man in black so that he could see more easily.
The black-clad man's eyes grew redder and tears welled up in his eyes.
As tears welled up in his eyes, he spoke: "The Marquis is in the Princess's mansion."
As soon as he finished speaking, it was like a sudden thunderclap in the quiet night!
"What did you say!" Liu Yan stepped forward excitedly and shouted in disbelief: "Do you know what you are saying?"
Su Xing was also shocked. How could this be possible?
Marquis Mu Yuan is actually in the Princess's Mansion?
Did he hold the eldest princess hostage or was the eldest princess in cahoots with him?
No matter which one it is, it will bring an extremely terrible disaster to the Night Country.
But the man in black stopped talking and stared at Su Xing, waiting for him to fulfill his promise.
Su Xing gradually recovered from his shock. He looked at the man in black and then at the thing in his hand, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you dare to swear to it?"
He didn't like using this method, but the matter was of great importance and he had no better way.
The man in black said without hesitation: "I swear on the spirits of my parents in heaven that I am not lying!"
Su Xing's mood did not relax because of this oath, but became even heavier.
He handed the thing to the man in black, who quickly took it and caressed it lovingly, allowing the guards to tie him up.
"Master Su." Liu Yan's expression was solemn and serious: "This matter must be reported to the Regent. We can't go to the Princess's Mansion to search!"
What kind of place is the Princess's Mansion? Can they just go there whenever they want?
What's more, what if this man in black is lying? The princess will never let them go then!
Su Xing did not object anymore because the situation had exceeded his imagination and Ye Linghan had to make the decision.
But reporting to Ye Linghan would take time. During this time, would they just sit there and do nothing?
"Lord Liu." Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "We also need to make preparations here so that we can act immediately once the regent's order arrives."
Liu Yan frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Mr. Su is right. I will give the order right away."
"And..." Su Xing stopped Liu Yan who was about to turn around and leave: "You can also tell this matter to Li Taifu. With his status and position, he can be the one to uphold justice at a critical moment."
Liu Yan's eyes lit up: "I actually forgot about Li Taifu. I'll go right away!"
Tianyi was watching silently from the side the whole time, and every suggestion of Su Xing made him feel frightened.
He seemed to understand why Su Xing was favored by his master.
With such wisdom and courage, he is indeed a good match for his master.
The news about Liu Yan has been circulating for three days. Logically, Ye Linghan should have received the news and issued an order, and it should reach the imperial city in another day.
Su Xing started to worry about Ye Linghan again. He was afraid that this incident would affect Ye Linghan's fighting ability. What if it happened again... He didn't even dare to think about it.
If only he could handle this on his own, he couldn't help but think.
But it's not that easy. What can he do when he has neither an official position nor any skills?
Not to mention solving the problem, he couldn't even enter the gate of the Princess's Mansion.
Thinking of this, Su Xing looked helpless.
Just then, the door suddenly opened.
Su Xing thought Tianyi, who had gone out to do some business, had returned, but after waiting for a while no one came in.
He frowned strangely, stood up and walked to close the door, but saw a letter on the inside of the threshold.
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