Chapter 2354 They're all dead
As Shu Yu was speaking, one of Lord Cheng's concubines came over and poured her a glass of water.
Although people are not allowed to enter or leave this house, water will still be provided.
Shu Yu glanced at the concubine, and seeing that she hadn't left after pouring the water, he narrowed his eyes, but quickly continued to speak to Lord Cheng as if nothing had happened, "We came to the Southwest mainly to find my master, but we also have some grudges with the black market. Since we know the black market is here, we can't just sit idly by. Fortunately, after we entered Linzhang Prefecture, Lord Qi contacted us."
The concubine's hand tightened, but Lord Cheng didn't notice. He immediately asked expectantly, "Lord Qi contacted you. Did you meet?"
Shu Yu sighed, "Lord Qi said he was in Qingxuan County, so we made an excuse to go there to find my master. But we waited there for almost half a month and still didn't get to meet Lord Qi. We left people at the inn to wait for him and went out every day hoping to run into him, but we came up empty-handed."
Lord Cheng, "How could this be?"
“My husband and I both suspect that something may have happened to Lord Qi. Either he has been discovered by the black market, or it is inconvenient for him to come and see us.”
Lord Cheng couldn't help but rub his temples. "It was my mistake. As the governor, I never realized that such a huge cancer existed under my jurisdiction all these years."
Shu Yu found it difficult to respond to this, as Lord Cheng had indeed failed in his duty.
"Actually, before we came, we all suspected that Lord Cheng might be protecting someone from the black market. We never expected that you would be arrested by them as well." Seeing Lord Cheng's guilty look, Shu Yu couldn't help but ask, "When were you arrested, sir? Where are the others in this manor?"
Lord Cheng pursed his lips, his eyes reddening. "They attacked me more than a month ago. Cheng Wu betrayed me, and all of my bodyguards, except for Cheng Xian, are... dead."
Cheng Daren originally had six capable people around him, but Cheng Dong was dealt with by Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng a few years ago.
Cheng Wu was a traitor, and Cheng Wen, who was on good terms with Cheng Wu, was the first person to realize that he was a traitor. Cheng Wen was going to tell Lord Cheng, but before he could, he was killed by Cheng Wu.
There was another guard who was shot dead on the spot while protecting his master as he tried to break through the encirclement on the day the Cheng family suffered a great calamity.
There were too many of them, and they had all been drugged. They were attacked suddenly in the middle of the night, so even the servants in the house couldn't escape.
Of the six guards, only Chengxian and the last guard remained.
After Lord Cheng was imprisoned, the guard and Cheng Xian planned to escape and seek help, but they were killed along the way, and Cheng Xian was seriously injured and thrown in.
Shu Yu felt a deep sorrow upon hearing this. Of the guards around Lord Cheng, she was most familiar with Cheng Xian, but she had also met and spoken with the others. She never expected that they would all be murdered.
"What are they planning to do by locking the adults up here?"
Cheng Daren guessed, "It's probably for the garrison in the southwest."
He said, "There are 20,000 troops stationed in the southwest, commanded by General Shen, but the deputy general is a member of the black market. The black market wants to take these 20,000 troops under its control, so they will definitely target General Shen. I am on good terms with General Shen, and they won't easily take my life before they succeed. Some time ago, General Shen sent someone over to discuss matters, and Cheng Wu received him. He let me show my face. Unfortunately, Cheng's residence is under the surveillance of the black market, so I couldn't do anything."
(End of this chapter)
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