Chapter 66: The Fox Taking Advantage of the Tiger
Although the Xia Mansion is the Empress Dowager's maiden home, the house is very ordinary, similar to their Shangshu Mansion.
Su Xing couldn't help but think of Ye Linghan's words that although Xia Chengxun was the empress dowager's father, he didn't enjoy much preferential treatment.
He actually felt a little sympathetic towards Xia Chengxun...
Starting from the main gate, the entire palace was strictly guarded by soldiers.
There was almost one every ten steps, standing straight, and from a distance they looked like a row of statues.
The soldiers were very excited to see Ye Linghan, as if they had seen an old leader they hadn't seen for a long time. They saluted loudly: "Greetings, Regent!"
Su Xing was startled by the continuous shouting and his ears were almost deafened.
He looked at the soldiers curiously and found that everyone's face was full of excitement and admiration, and there was no fear at all.
It seems that Ye Linghan is deeply loved by the soldiers. This is something he did not expect. He thought that Ye Linghan ruled the army with coldness and cruelty.
"No need to formality." Ye Linghan saw that the soldiers' aura had become different from usual. They exuded majesty and domineering aura, just like a general in armor training his troops on the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, Su Xing couldn't help but wonder what Ye Linghan looked like on the battlefield? It must be very impressive, right?
At this moment, Su Xing had no idea that one day he would be able to see him in person, and not only see him, but even fight alongside Ye Linghan...
Qin Xue immediately ran over when he received the news and bowed respectfully: "Meet the Regent."
"What did you find?" Ye Linghan asked coldly.
"Reply to the Regent." Qin Xue responded in a deep voice: "Before Lord Liu was imprisoned, he had personally interrogated nearly half of the people, including masters and servants."
"They said they knew nothing about Xia Chengxun's rebellion or Marquis Mu Yuan hiding here."
Su Xing was not surprised by this answer. After all, it was a rebellion, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better, even if they were family members...
Ye Linghan seemed to think so too. His handsome face did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he pondered for a moment and said, "Call the family members of Xia Mansion's housekeeper and those who are close to him."
After saying this, Ye Linghan walked towards the hall not far away.
Su Xing naturally followed closely. In order to keep a distance between himself and Ye Linghan, he walked very fast and even his breathing became difficult.
After hearing the light panting sound, Ye Linghan turned around and glared at Su Xing with disgust, but his pace inadvertently slowed down.
The people were brought in quickly, there were four of them in total, namely the housekeeper's wife and son, and two other servants from the Xia Mansion.
In front of Ye Linghan, the four were so scared that they didn't dare to raise their heads. After paying their respects, they just knelt on the ground with their heads down.
The butler's wife and children were even trembling slightly, because the butler was the first to be taken away, and they were afraid that the butler had committed some unforgivable crime.
"I will give you a chance." Ye Linghan spoke slowly after examining them with his eyes: "Whoever can reveal important clues related to the housekeeper will be immediately released without charge. No matter what happens to the Xia Mansion in the future, it has nothing to do with him."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
While Su Xing was condemning Ye Linghan in his heart for taking advantage of human nature to the extreme, he couldn't help but admire him. Given such a big temptation right at the start, these people would probably compete to show off, right?
Sure enough, the servant Lao Hu immediately raised his head and said excitedly: "I have something to say!"
Before he could continue, he was interrupted by the servant Lao Ding: "I have a clue too!"
Fearing that his chance would be snatched away, Lao Hu grabbed Lao Ding by the collar and angrily shouted, "I said it first, why are you snatching it!"
In the face of life and death, how could Lao Ding give in? He pushed Lao Hu hard and shouted back, "Why did you speak first? Everyone depends on their own ability!"
Su Xing couldn't stand it any longer, and he shouted angrily, "Stop fighting, speak one by one."
He hated to see this kind of ugly human nature the most, so he shouted it out without thinking.
But after he finished speaking, he realized that he had no right to speak here...
But the two men had stopped arguing and were looking at him in fear.
He knew he couldn't back down, so he gritted his teeth, pointed at Old Hu who had spoken first and ordered: "You speak first!"
Old Hu was very happy and said quickly: "On the night two days before the housekeeper was taken away, I saw his gangster nephew Li Si came to see him. The housekeeper was not as bad as before. He talked and laughed with Li Si. Before leaving, he stuffed a bag of something into his pocket. Li Si weighed it. I guess it must be silver!"
After saying that, Lao Hu looked at Su Xing expectantly with an expression as if waiting for praise.
Su Xing pursed his lips and thought for a moment, which proved that it was the housekeeper who ordered Li Si to kidnap him, not Chen Lin.
Then he looked at Lao Ding again, his handsome face showing dignity: "It's your turn."
At first, Lao Ding was worried because the opportunity was snatched away by Lao Hu, but after hearing what Lao Hu said, his worries disappeared.
He even looked at Lao Hu as if showing off, and then he reported to Su Xing respectfully: "Your Excellency, I also discovered something very strange. It was also on that day. That day was the day when the housekeeper went to the palace to deliver something to the Empress Dowager as usual. For some reason, the housekeeper went in the morning and came back in the afternoon. In the past, he would never come back after noon."
Lao Ding is a talented storyteller, and he told the story vividly: "I even asked the housekeeper about it, but he scolded me fiercely and told me not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise I wouldn't know how he died. I got angry at the time, thinking, it's just a question, what's the big deal? Can you kill me by asking?"
Su Xing felt that although what Lao Ding said was very good, it was of little value and was far less useful than what Lao Hu said.
Maybe the housekeeper happened to encounter something that day, so he was delayed, or maybe he was in a bad mood and got angry with Lao Ding.
Although the words were a bit exaggerated, there was no doubt about it.
However, whether there were any doubts or not still had to be judged by Ye Linghan, so he turned and looked at Ye Linghan.
But when he saw the displeasure in Ye Linghan's eyes, Su Xing's heart suddenly skipped a beat!
Only then did he remember what he had just done. He quickly lowered his head guiltily and clenched his hands nervously.
Ye Linghan actually changed his expression deliberately when Su Xing looked at him. Originally, he was looking at Su Xing with a slightly surprised and slightly interested look.
I've been around him for so long that I've learned how to bully others by taking advantage of his power.
But this guy is too brave, he actually used it in front of him...
The more silent Ye Linghan was, the more scared Su Xing became. It was over. He was happy on impulse just now, but what should he do now?
At this moment, Ye Linghan suddenly raised his hand.
Su Xing thought it was him and was so scared that he almost jumped up, but he soon found out that it was not him.
He looked in the direction of Ye Linghan's finger and saw that it was Old Ding...
Ye Linghan said slowly: "You can go now."
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