Chapter 177 This is an encounter with the God of Mold

After making up her mind and reassuring herself, several big fish swam away, and Xu Muhua got up and hurried back with Liang Ming.

However, time was delayed a little, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Liang Ming had to take a shortcut and wanted to return to Chengguo Mansion as soon as possible.

But Xu Muhua felt something was wrong when she heard the three words "take a shortcut".

Based on experience, at this time, small roads, alleys, etc., seem to be always associated with the word "mold".

"Maybe we can get back to the mansion without taking a shortcut?"

Xu Muhua struggled.

Liang Ming was very straightforward: "Miss, it's too late, there is not enough time. You don't know Qinggong, if you know Qinggong, we can still do it with an effort."

But the young lady can only rely on her two legs, so it won't work.

Xu Muhua's straight shoulders drooped down all of a sudden, and she said weakly, "Okay, let's take a shortcut!"

Alas, maybe she was overthinking it, and nothing would happen at all! She was not a moldy star, and she would be unlucky wherever she went.

Liang Ming was very familiar with the area and knew which road would lead him back to the Chengguo Mansion faster.

He led Xu Muhua to that road. There were fewer and fewer people as they walked, and there seemed to be a faint sound of closing drums in the distance.

It seemed that the wall of the Chengguo Mansion would be visible after turning another corner, but at this moment. Xu Muhua seemed to have tripped over something and stumbled. She instinctively reached out her hand to hold the wall to stabilize her body so as not to fall.

"What's wrong?"

"I--"

"Who is that person in front? Stop!"

Xu Muhua: Hate!

Liang Ming was also confused and completely unprepared! How could an accident happen when they were almost at the mansion?

But he did not panic. He would reveal his identity later and the closing drum had not yet been sounded, so there should be no big problem.

But when the patrol soldier approached with a torch and illuminated the surroundings, he saw the current situation clearly and it was black before his eyes!

Why was there a person covered in blood lying on the ground?

Why was there blood on the hem of the eldest lady's clothes?

Since he could not avoid it, he could only accept it calmly. Xu Muhua quickly calmed down, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to get out of it.

"Who are you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night when you are not at home?"

It's not the middle of the night, the night has just begun... Xu Muhua could only mutter this in his heart.

"Gentlemen, we are just passing by. We were in a hurry, so we took a shortcut."

Liang Ming explained.

"Take a shortcut? I think you are committing a crime and were caught, so you killed someone to silence him!"

"Hey, sir, this is serious, we are really just passing by! We have nothing to do with this person! You said we killed someone to silence him, but you can see that we have weapons on us? We can't kill people with our bare hands, right?"

Xu Muhua shouted in injustice.

The patrol soldiers knew that it was most likely not these two who killed him. They may not have killed the person, but they may not have nothing to do with them! Maybe they are accomplices!

"Take them back for questioning!"

These words made the two panic, and they said in unison: "Wait!"

The patrol soldiers looked at the two fiercely, with their hands on their weapons. It was obvious that if the two of them made any resistance, they would be attacked without mercy.

Liang Ming and Xu Muhua looked at each other, and she nodded slightly.

Liang Ming said: "We are from the Chengguo Mansion, and we are really just passing by! The Chengguo Mansion is in front, and we took this road just to take a shortcut."

Chengguo Mansion?

After he said this, the patrol soldiers really hesitated.

But he soon became resolute, and his attitude became much better. "There is nothing we can do, both of you. This man is the one we are looking for, and now he is dead, and you happen to be here, so you should cooperate with our investigation. If it is just a small matter, for the sake of Duke Cheng, we can pretend not to see it, but what happened tonight..."

The person who spoke shook his head.

Liang Ming and Xu Muhua looked at each other: Did something big happen?

"Then... why don't we go back to the mansion first, and then come to cooperate with the investigation tomorrow?"

Xu Muhua asked tentatively.

The other party looked at her in silence.

Well, that is obviously impossible.

Now that they are related to the murder case and possibly some other case, they must not be allowed to leave, otherwise they will have a chance to clean up their mess.

"In that case, let's make a quick decision! Seize the time!"

See if you can hide it from the people in the mansion.

So the two were taken back to the Southern Court.

At this time, the lights in the yamen were still on, and the people inside were hurrying, and there was a tense atmosphere.

The general saw Liang Ming and Xu Muhua, who was dressed as a man, looking at his men with doubtful eyes.

The person who led them back whispered a few words in his ear, and the general's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at the two people.

"I guess this is the young master of Chengguogong. I wonder why the young master doesn't stay in the mansion so late..."

General Xiang Gongren was tall and burly, with a short beard, a square face, thick eyebrows and long eyes. He looked ordinary, but his eyes were sharp. He looked at the two people with a hint of suspicion and caution in his eyes.

Seeing that he mistook her for Xu Nan, Xu Muhua just accepted the mistake and said, "General Xiang, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Two days ago on the Lantern Festival, my second sister accidentally fell into the Jinsha River and almost lost her life. My mother was

very worried, so she specially ordered me to go to the Jinsha River to release animals and pray for blessings."

General Xiang looked a little strange, "Release animals and pray for blessings at this time?"

Late at night?

"Didn't my second sister fall into the water late at night on the Lantern Festival? My mother suspected that my second sister accidentally hit something, so she specially asked me to go to the Jinsha River at this time to release animals and pray for blessings."

It's not strange for Xu's mother to have such thoughts as she is a woman.

"Then why did you take that path?"

Xu Muhua explained what she had explained before again, not getting tired of it, and said it in more detail.

"So it's just a coincidence, and you just happened to meet?"

Xu Muhua knew that this coincidence was too coincidental, and it was indeed suspicious, but it was the fact! What can she do, she didn't want to!

"General, every word I said is true, I dare not say a single false word!"

Xu Muhua almost swore to the sky.

General Xiang was silent for a while and said: "This general is willing to believe you, but I don't know if Minister Li is willing to believe you."

Xu Muhua was at a loss for a moment, "Minister Li?"

Which Minister Li?