Chapter 354 What is he hiding from her?
"Stand up and talk." Chang Suining took the letter with one hand and helped Chang Ren up: "Tell me what happened in detail first."
Chang Ren replied "Yes" and said seriously: "On the night of the coffin sealing, I took Master Wu Jue out of Dayun Temple and left the capital. But on the way, Master Wu Jue fell ill, so I stopped temporarily, found a place to stay, and asked a doctor to diagnose and prescribe medicine for Master Wu Jue..."
As a result, they stayed in an inn for two or three days. Just before they were about to leave and continue their journey, Wu Jue suddenly disappeared.
"Master Wu Jue left at night, and he did not go through the main entrance. Instead, he avoided his subordinates and others and quietly left through the window..." Chang Ren looked at the letter that had been opened by Chang Suining: "He only left this letter in the guest room."
The letter had been opened, but the person was missing. When Chang Ren saw the letter, he naturally opened it to check to confirm the situation.
Chang Suining lowered his eyes and read the letter. The words in the letter were short and it was indeed written in Wu Jue's handwriting.
In his letter, he said that he had been trapped in Dayun Temple for more than ten years. Now he had finally escaped from Beijing and felt very free. He couldn't help but want to travel around, so he wanted to take a look around and also visit his master.
The last sentence was for Chang Suining, telling her not to worry and that he would come to Jiangdu to reunite with her after he had enjoyed his travels.
Chang Suining slowly frowned.
Chang Ren said: "I have carefully checked again and again, and there are no signs of fighting in the guest room. Master Wu Jue must have left on his own."
"Yeah." Chang Suining took a final look at the contents of the letter: "Even if he wrote this letter under duress, he would definitely try to ask for help between the lines."
She couldn't guarantee it for others, but she and Wu Jue and Lao Chang had always agreed on secret codes that only each other could understand when they communicated through letters.
But this letter was just a simple note.
There is no doubt that Wu Jue left on his own, but his action of leaving in the middle of the night was still strange.
"In the final analysis, it is all my fault for not doing my job well. Please punish me, young lady!"
"You can't blame Uncle Ren for this. You have successfully completed the fake death plan this time, which means you have done your job well." Chang Suining put the letter away and said, "As for the fact that he ran away, don't say that you were not prepared for him. Even if you were, he would have found a way to slip away from under your noses."
After all, he is her "second father", not a prisoner. He is being escorted, not under guard. Chang Ren and the others will be on guard against others, but they cannot be too defensive against Wu Jue himself.
Moreover, what Wu Jue has always been best at is the ability to slip away with ease.
But such a sly person trapped himself in Dayun Temple for more than ten years just to wait for her to come back.
Chang Suining felt a little worried for no reason, and said, "But the person must be found. I will not feel at ease if I can't see him."
"Yes." Chang Ren replied, "When I found out that Master Wu Jue had left, I sent people to pursue him. I returned to Jiangdu alone to report to the girl. If they have any news about Master Wu Jue, they will send a message back immediately."
Chang Suining nodded: "We need to send more people to find the person as soon as possible."
She didn't like such an unclear farewell. If he really wanted to travel freely, couldn't he come to Jiangdu to see her first? Then he could go wherever he wanted. Would she not agree? What? He suddenly wanted to travel in the middle of the night... He better be so willful.
Otherwise, if he hid something from her, she would definitely settle the score with him.
After explaining the urgent matter of finding someone, Chang Suining finally had time to ask, "Is it true that he is ill? What does the doctor say?"
"This is not an excuse to get out of this situation. Master Wu Jue is indeed ill."
Chang Suining was startled by Chang Ren's expression, and a sense of uneasiness spread in his heart: "Is he seriously ill?"
Chang Ren nodded: "It looks quite serious. I have invited three doctors in succession, but they were all helpless... I had originally agreed with Master Wu Jue that we would invite more famous doctors to see the case after returning to Jiangdu."
That's why they never expected that Master Wu Jue would leave suddenly.
Chang Suining tightly grasped the thin letter in his hand and solemnly said again: "Uncle Ren, I'll have to trouble you to personally lead people to look for him. You must find him back."
Very sick...
Clearly, when she left the capital last year, she was fine and was still complaining in dissatisfaction about why she didn't take him with her.
Now that she had finally found a place to stay temporarily, she immediately went to pick him up, but why did he run away halfway? And he ran away with a sick body... How could he be so old, but still be as worrying as a three-year-old child?
That night, Chang Suining couldn't close her eyes for a long time. Her mind was full of thoughts. When she closed her eyes, she could always see the scars that Wu Jue used to show her his pity.
So, his "illness"...is it just an illness?
Even if it was because of her, they could still work together to find a solution, but why didn't Wu Jue even want to see her? Was he simply unwilling to come to Jiangdu to see her, or did he have other secret things to do? What was he hiding from her? In the next few days, Chang Suining would ask A Che every evening after finishing her official duties if there was any news about Wu Jue, but the answer was always: "My dear, not yet."
She knew that Wu Jue was from the Qianzhou area, and she sent someone to track him in the southwest direction. After that, she could only wait patiently for news.
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After more than a month, the task of copying the books by hundreds of people in Jiangdu was basically completed. When the writers in charge of copying came out of the imperial envoy's office one after another, most of them felt refreshed and relaxed. They felt that they were full of literary atmosphere. When they shook their sleeves, words would fall to the ground.
Of course, the above only applies to ordinary literati. They are full of energy and do not feel tired at all. They quickly return to the governor's mansion to do what they should do next.
The children of prominent families such as the Gu family and the Yu family were mostly tired and listless. They had never lacked books to read, and even when faced with these collections of books, they had no worldly desires.
Moreover, they are used to a life of luxury and debauchery, and have never been forced to work like this.
Coupled with the difficulty in adapting to collective living and eating, the experience of more than a month was like being locked up and used like a donkey to pull a mill!
Nothing is more true than what is honey to others and poison to me.
After returning home with his clansmen, Erlang of the Gu family, who loved beauty very much, ordered his servant to bring him a mirror and looked at himself. He almost cried - the thin and listless man with dark circles under his eyes in the mirror, did not have any of the charm that once captivated Jiangdu.
Gu Erlang, who was tired of being ugly, felt that the new governor was cruel and had done great harm to him. He first robbed his family of books and his family members, and now he had also robbed him of his elegance...
Most of the remaining clan members also looked exhausted. Just as they were planning to take a good rest, they saw the head of the family, Gu Xiu, ordering people to bring paper and pen, urging them to fill in what they had learned and were good at: "...Write quickly, the governor's office is urging us."
One of the tribesmen asked in confusion: "Brother, why are you filling these in?"
I know everyone is worried about the ending of the last chapter, so today I will divide it into two chapters. I will release the finished one first, and the rest is still being written. Everyone, go to bed after reading this chapter, don’t stay up late waiting for the update, good night~ (End of this chapter)
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