Chapter 105: Search 4: For the first time, he and she were so close...
Without even having time to catch his breath, Xie Wuhen immediately rode his horse back.
It takes six days to travel from the capital to Wu County and back. Maybe his wife has already returned to Chunhuayuan.
Wu Sheng rode his horse behind his master.
This time, not only was the horse exhausted, he was exhausted too. When he arrived in the capital, all the bones in his body were broken.
Xie Wuhen didn't seem to feel tired at all. As soon as he got off his horse, he strode towards Chunhua Courtyard.
But his wife did not come back, and the yard was still empty.
He stood in the room, looking at the dusty wooden table, speechless for a long time.
Wu Sheng was a little worried. "Boss, it's getting late. How about... I ask the kitchen to prepare some food. You haven't eaten yet."
The two were exhausted from the journey and had to rely on dry food to fill their stomachs. They had not had a decent meal.
He turned his back to him and said "Okay".
In just two quarters of an hour, the kitchen maid brought the food.
He ordered the maid to prepare the meal in the spare room, which was also where he often ate with his wife.
He seemed to have no appetite, but he quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank two sips of soup.
Wu Sheng asked, "But the food isn't to your liking. How about... I ask the kitchen maid to prepare something else that the boss likes?"
He shook his head: "No, I'm not hungry." Then he looked outside the house.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, with no stars or moon, and only the cold evening breeze was blowing gently.
He stood up and walked out of the house, saying, "Go to the secret room."
Wu Sheng didn't know what his master was doing in the secret room at this time, but he responded with a "yes".
Li Shuli in the secret room has been living like a ghost these days.
There is no bed, so we can only sleep on the floor;
There are no delicious dishes, only endless rough bread.
Without washing, I can only look unkempt.
Fortunately, there was a palm-sized glazed window on the wall of the secret room. Looking out through the glazed window, one could see the ground dozens of meters away.
Therefore, this glazed window has become her only entertainment in the past few days.
Xie Wuhen's sudden appearance caught her off guard.
She took a few steps back uneasily, anger and fear in her eyes. "What are you going to do?"
Xie Wuhen stared at her intently. From her eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose to her neck and shoulders, every part of her looked very much like his wife.
He missed his wife, but the hateful woman in front of him was not his wife.
Maybe his wife is also a hateful woman.
Li Shuli felt uneasy when he stared at her: "What... do you want?"
He remained silent, still staring at her.
He was born with a cold and stern appearance, and had lost a lot of weight in the past few days. His sharp eyes were full of murderous intent.
Li Shuli's tone softened. "I've said everything I wanted to say. Lord Shaoqing, could you please... let me go back? Then I'll divorce you as the legitimate daughter of the Li family, and this matter will have a happy ending."
Xie Wuhen asked coldly, "Things have come to this, and you still dream of a happy ending?"
He approached her, pinched her chin, and forced her to look up: "Don't forget, you killed four people in Xishan. If it weren't for your face, I would make you pay with your life now."
Li Shuli felt a little guilty: "What evidence do you have to say...that I killed them?"
Xie Wuhen gritted his teeth and said, "Your trick of killing and silencing is too crude. Even without evidence, I can still think it was you." After saying that, he swung her face away with a fierce flick.
Li Shuli staggered after being thrown by him, and two red marks appeared on her chin.
She rubbed her pinched jaw, a hint of pride gracing her lips. "Master Shaoqing is so vicious, I think it must be because he couldn't find that cunning young lady, so he came to this dungeon to see my face to ease his longing for me, right?"
She then laughed wildly a few times: "I never thought that a noble young minister of noble birth would be so deeply in love with a lowly slave. It's really eye-opening."
Wu Sheng couldn't stand it any longer and shouted, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll torture you again."
Li Shuli was frightened and shut up.
Xie Wuhen's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes were full of hostility: "Just remember this, the day I find my wife will be the day you die." After saying that, he turned and walked out of the secret room.
Doesn't this mean that she will be imprisoned until death?
Li Shuli was unwilling to give up, so she pulled out the hairpin on her head and stabbed Xie Wuhen's back fiercely.
But before she could run two steps, Wu Sheng grabbed her hair. Wu Sheng, who never cursed, could no longer tolerate it. He cursed her as a "vicious woman" and pushed her to the ground. Then he closed the door of the secret room cleanly and neatly.
Li Shuli fell heavily to the ground, and she saw stars.
In the dark secret room, her wails could soon be heard one after another: "Help, someone save me..."
He howled again: "Xie Wuhen, remember this, even if I become a ghost, I will not let your Xie family go. I will not let you go..."
Xie Wuhen returned to the main room and sat back in the rose chair.
Wu Sheng poured him a cup of tea and said, "Boss, don't be sad. Maybe you'll get news about the young lady tomorrow."
He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
After a long while, he finally opened his eyes and ordered in a deep voice, "Let Chunlan out of the woodshed. From now on, she will be the one serving the tea in this room."
Wu Sheng's face lit up with joy: "I will go to the woodshed to pick up Chunlan right away."
After Chunlan left the woodshed, she went to the back room to wash up and change into clean clothes before coming to the main room to serve.
At that time, Xie Wuhen was still resting with his eyes closed in the rose chair.
She thought her master was asleep and didn't dare to disturb him, so she turned around to make the bed.
Xie Wuhen suddenly asked, "When I was on duty before, how did your young lady pass the time?"
Chunlan choked, then murmured, "When the son-in-law is away, the young lady usually... reads a storybook, makes some tea, or goes out for a walk."
In fact, when he was away, Su He spent most of his time refining and tempering poisons.
But she couldn't say it, she could only say what she could say.
Xie Wuhen sighed softly into the void: "Say more."
Chunlan was puzzled: "What more?"
He replied: "Tell me more about your young lady."
Chunlan thought about it, and then talked about her experience of serving Li Shuli together with the young lady and being beaten by Li Shuli together. She also talked about how the young lady was waiting to get married and how she fought for a dowry.
Of course, she only said what she could say.
Xie Wuhen suddenly asked: "Did she feel wronged by marrying me?"
Chunlan thought for a moment and shook her head: "The young lady didn't say she was wronged, she was just afraid... afraid that the son-in-law would discover her identity."
He then asked, "So, if she sees the missing person poster I posted, will she come back?"
Chunlan nodded: "If the young lady knew that the son-in-law was looking for her so hard, she would definitely come back."
After saying this, she felt very guilty, as she didn't know whether the young lady would come back.
After hearing this, he felt satisfied and said, "I hope what you said comes true."
Then he said, "It's getting late. You should go out first. I need to rest."
Chunlan replied: "I haven't made the bed for you yet."
He replied, "No, I'll lay it myself."
Chunlan bowed, turned around and walked out of the house, closing the door.
It was getting darker outside, the dew was heavier, and it was pitch black. It was late autumn, and the nights were getting darker and longer.
The next day, at dawn, Su He got up early in the inn.
After arriving at Fuzi Mountain, she did not go to see Bai Jinan immediately, but rested for a few days in the inn at the foot of Fuzi Mountain.
This is a market town called Lizhuang. It is not large in area and has a small population, but it has beautiful mountains and rivers and is suitable for living.
She plans to rent a house here.
After all, she has to supply blood to Bai Jinan for five years. She can't let Zhang Xiuhua live with her in the Rong Cave for five years, right?
Su He quickly finished her breakfast and made an excuse: "Aunt, please keep an eye on the luggage at the inn. Master Fang and I will go outside to take a look and bring a gift to Senior Bai."
Zhang Xiuhua whispered, "We need to have some money on hand right now. Remember not to buy anything too expensive. Just buy something that's passable."
Su He smiled slightly: "I remember it, don't worry, aunt."
Fang Yicheng was already waiting for her at the stairs.
The two of them walked out of the inn one after the other.
The sky was clear yesterday, but it was gloomy today. I just took a few steps and it started raining.
Fang Yichen immediately bought an oil-silk umbrella from the stall and held it above Su He's head.
The rain poured down, making the oil-silk umbrella snap.
On the street outside the umbrellas, vendors were hurriedly packing up their goods, and pedestrians were running hurriedly to avoid the rain.
In the world under the umbrella, he and she are walking leisurely.
This was the first time he and she were so close to each other.
He was a little happy, but also a little embarrassed.
Su He, however, looked calm as she breathed a sigh of relief towards the rain. "I'm truly sorry for taking up Mr. Fang's time these past few days."
He replied, "No problem. I am serving both the young lady and Senior Bai."
She smiled: "It seems that Mr. Fang is not at a disadvantage?"
He admitted: "It's natural. Both sides paid."
She turned to look at him.
He was of the same height as Xie Wuhen, almost a head taller than her, so she had to look up to see him.
In the dim light under the umbrella, he looked thinner and darker, with a straight throat, a clear jawline, and a pair of narrow and long almond-shaped eyes.
She said, "Master Fang, are you no longer a bounty hunter?"
He was a little unaccustomed to her staring at him like that. He abruptly avoided her gaze and looked straight ahead. "Ever since I met Senior Bai, I've often worked for him and rarely take on bounty hunting jobs."
She asked tentatively, "What errands does Master Fang usually do for Senior Bai?"
He answered vaguely, "Mostly errands like running errands and delivering letters."
She then asked, "Mr. Fang, what kind of person do you think Senior Bai is?"
He thought for a moment and said, "Senior Bai... loves fishing, loves eating fish, and occasionally likes to nag."
Su He simply asked, "Mr. Fang, do you think Senior Bai is a good person or a bad person?"
Ever since she discovered that Bai Jinan looked similar to the current emperor, she felt that this person was no ordinary person.
Fang Yicheng then lowered his eyes to look at her, his expression difficult to discern. He said, "I accept money from people to help them avoid disasters, and I never ask why or whether it's good or bad."
Su He smiled, knowing that she couldn't get anything out of him.
She changed the subject and pointed at his shoulder: "Mr. Fang, half of your body is wet. You should move the umbrella cover a little further away." As she spoke, she grasped the umbrella handle and moved the umbrella cover towards him.
When her fingertips touched the back of his hand, his ears suddenly turned red and his chest pounded wildly.
He awkwardly and stubbornly moved the umbrella to her side and then quickened his pace.
He walked in a hurry, so she had to quicken her pace to keep up with him.
He only slowed down when she was about to fall behind.
She was a little confused: "What happened to Mr. Fang just now?"
He still looked forward: "Nothing."
"I thought Mr. Fang suddenly had something urgent to do."
"Nothing urgent."
She turned her head to look at him again: "Mr. Fang is almost soaked to the skin. What if he catches a cold?"
He replied, "I'm fine, don't worry, young lady."
Su He sighed secretly, too lazy to pry open his mouth to chat anymore, it would be better to focus on finding a house.
The two looked at several houses for rent and finally decided on a house near the street.
It has two entrances and two exits, and although the area is not large, it is very convenient.
After signing the contract with the landlord, Su He was about to leave. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw a missing person poster on the wall next to her...
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