Chapter 73 Accident 5 Why do you have to take the risk?
Xie Wuhen continued to inspect the cloth room.
After a moment, he paused, as if remembering something, then lit the fire again, turned around and opened the wooden door.
He looked closely at the bolt on the wooden door. The bolt was not very thick and could be broken with a little force. Indeed, it was broken by someone.
He became more and more certain that the person he was looking for was hiding here.
Then he shone the fire on the ground, and sure enough, a winding wet mark appeared on the ground. He walked slowly along the wet mark.
The end of the wet mark is Suho.
Su He's heart was beating wildly.
Since her revenge, she has never put herself in such a passive and dangerous situation.
She looked around in the dim light and suddenly found a doorway not far away.
No matter what's behind the door, I can't stay in this workshop anymore.
Su He held his breath, bent his body, tiptoed towards the doorway, then bent his waist and went through.
Xie Wuhen suddenly heard a slight sound.
It sounded like someone moving.
He hurriedly held up the tinder through the layers of cloth, came to the doorway, and shone the tinder into the doorway.
There is a barn on the other side of the doorway, which is larger than the dyeing workshop. The barn is filled with rice storage bins, each of which is more than one person tall. People can hide inside or outside the bins, making it an excellent hiding place.
He was a little annoyed and then shone the fire on the ground.
The water marks on the ground were not as wet as before, but two rows of footprints were clearly visible. The footprints were not big and even looked a little delicate.
He was stunned and murmured, "Is it a girl?"
Xie Wuhen also entered the barn through the doorway.
The barn was filled with the aroma of rice, and the space was filled with rice grains one after another.
There were still a lot of grains scattered on the ground, so it was impossible to leave footprints.
He weaved between the warehouses and shouted, "I know you're in there. If you have the guts, why not come out and let's meet."
He also said: "Zhou Yuanze is an official appointed by the imperial court. You cannot kill him."
He also said, "If he has committed any crime, he will be punished according to the law. Why put yourself in danger?"
There was silence all around and no one paid any attention.
His voice fell into the empty and dark barn, as if falling into a deep abyss, without a sound.
He spoke again: "Zhou Yuanze is also looking for you. If he finds you, you will definitely not survive."
He added, "I know your background, and I can protect you."
It was the first time that Su He realized that this man was so talkative.
No one would believe what he said!
The "protecting you" thing is just a bait to lure her out.
What "your background"? That's absolute nonsense. How could he know her background?
It was also the first time she discovered that this man was not only meticulous, but also extremely cunning.
Su He was quietly moving to the other end of the barn.
Xie Wuhen just said that there was an exit on the other side of the warehouse, and she had to find that exit.
Xie Wuhen was also moving towards her direction based on his intuition, and was still shouting as he moved.
In order to avoid being exposed, Su He secretly crawled into a warehouse, bent down and hid, waiting for the opportunity.
The rain kept pouring down, getting heavier and heavier.
In the carriage at the entrance of the alley, the driver was leaning against the shaft and taking a nap. The sound of the rain just happened to be his hypnotic sound.
He was lucky today. Someone rented his car for a whole night and paid the money in advance. He felt so relieved.
As for what the owner rented his car for, he was too lazy to pay attention, let alone understand. Anyway, he just had to drive his own car well.
In the carriage, Zhang Xiuhua kept looking out.
Because she was so anxious, her hands and legs were shaking uncontrollably.
Just a moment ago, she saw a large number of guards coming out of Yichun Tower and searching around the building. Some guards even searched her carriage.
The guard asked, "Have you seen a woman dressed as a flower girl passing by?"
Zhang Xiuhua hurriedly shook her head: "No...no."
"Since there is nothing, why are you panicking?"
"When I see you, my lord, I can't help but feel panicky."
The guard sneered and asked, "It's late at night, why are you staying here?"
Zhang Xiuhua replied, "My master is in Yichun Tower, so I must wait here."
Most of the hosts are men, so it is normal for men to visit brothels.
The guard didn't ask any more questions and turned to leave.
From this moment on, Zhang Xiuhua knew that something had happened to Su He.
Her heart was in a mess, she didn't know what to do, and she didn't know how to help Su He.
She listened to the sound of rain outside the car and the snoring of the driver, and tremblingly took out a jade pendant from her waist. The jade pendant was delicate and warm to the touch, and it was obvious that it was of great value.
On the back of the jade pendant, there is a clear seal carved.
She had seen this same seal in the scroll under Bai Jinan's bed.
Zhang Xiuhua held the jade pendant in her palm and cried silently.
Then he put his hands together, choked up and whispered, "Sister Su, you must bless our He He to get through this smoothly. Sister Su, you must show your power."
This jade pendant was given to her by Amelia Su personally the night before she died.
That night, Su Xueer sent Deshun away and coaxed Su He to sleep. She then went to her room alone and knelt down with a plop: "The only person I can trust now is my sister."
Zhang Xiuhua was startled and hurried to help her, "How can I, with my lowly body, bear such a kneeling from Sister Su?"
But Su Xue'er refused to get up, tears streaming down her face. "Deshun is dead, but I can't let this go. Tomorrow I'm going to go and beat the drum to redress Deshun's grievances."
Zhang Xiuhua was shocked when she heard this: "I heard that anyone who beats the drum must be punished with a cane. Sister Su is so delicate, how could she bear it?"
However, Su Xueer had made up her mind: "So, if anything happens to me, I'll leave He He to you, sister." After she said that, she kowtowed three times to Zhang Xiuhua solemnly.
Zhang Xiuhua couldn't help crying: "Sister Su, why are you doing this?"
The two of them hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Then Amelia Su took out a jade pendant from her chest pocket: “This, you keep it for He He.”
Zhang Xiuhua looked at the jade pendant and asked, "There's even a seal on the back of it?"
Su Xueer replied: "This seal comes from the palace."
Zhang Xiuhua paused: "This...is this a jade pendant from the palace?"
Su Xueer answered irrelevantly, "This is a jade pendant given by He He's biological father."
Zhang Xiuhua was stunned: "Deshun is not..."
"That's right, he is not He He's biological father, and he knows it himself."
"Then why doesn't Sister Su take He He to find her biological father?"
Su Xueer put the jade pendant into Zhang Xiuhua's palm, and then held her hand tightly: "He He doesn't know about this, and unless it is absolutely necessary, sister must not tell He He about this."
"Why?"
"Because..." Su Xue'er said solemnly, "This will cost He He her life, and it will also cost you your life. I will treat this jade pendant as a dead object. If anything happens to me, I will keep it for her. When I die, I will tell her the truth. From now on, everything is her fate."
Zhang Xiuhua pressed on, "Could it be that He He's father is a high-ranking official in the imperial court?"
Su Xueer hushed, "Sister, don't speculate, it will kill people."
Zhang Xiuhua was so frightened that she trembled and quickly fell silent.
Su Xueer bowed again and said, "From now on, He He will be entrusted to your sister." After saying that, she cried again and then left the house.
For eight years, she carried the jade pendant with her every day, fearing that something might happen to her and she would not have time to tell Su He the truth.
Now she is safe and sound, but Su He's life or death is uncertain.
The more Zhang Xiuhua thought about it, the sadder she became, and the sadder she became, the more she cried. Her cries mixed with the sound of rain, sounding particularly desolate in the dark night.
At this time, in Yichun Building, because the noise was too loud, Mother Liu had to go to the door to apologize to the nobles on the third floor. Only then did she discover that the noble in Room No. 1 had been drugged.
This noble person was from the palace. Mother Liu was so panicked that she almost lost her mind. She hurriedly sent someone to call a medical officer, which caused another commotion.
A guard ran into the warehouse in the back street in the rain.
He held up a fire stick and called out, "Master Shaoqing, Master Shaoqing."
Xie Wuhen replied in a deep voice: "I was in the barn. What happened?"
The guard also entered the barn and reported back, "The Second Prince was also in the building today, and he was drugged."
Xie Wuhen paused, "How is the Second Prince doing now?"
The guard replied, "He's unconscious. Mother Liu has gone to get a doctor. His condition is currently unknown."
"Do you know who gave me the medicine?"
"It should be the assassin who assassinated Mr. Zhou."
Xie Wuhen hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked out: "I'll go over and take a look first, you stay here and guard."
After all, if the Second Prince lost his life because of Empress Duofu's child, then Empress Duofu's child would never have the chance to stand in the sun again. He had to do his best to prevent this from happening.
Finally, he reminded: "The person we are looking for is in this barn. Don't let him escape. Wait for me to come back."
The guard clasped his fists and replied "Yes".
Su He, hiding in the dark, watched Xie Wuhen leave and felt relieved.
Without Xie Wuhen, her psychological pressure would be much less.
But what she didn't expect was that the person who hit her on the back with a belt and knocked her unconscious was actually the second prince of the dynasty.
It turns out that the higher the status, the less they treat people as human beings.
At this time, the guard had extinguished the fire, and the surroundings fell into darkness again.
Su He had to escape successfully before Xie Wuhen came back.
She concluded that Xie Wuhen would bring more guards with him when he returned, making it even more difficult to escape.
But how to escape now?
She didn't know the guard in front of her and didn't know where his weakness was, but she knew Wu Sheng who was guarding the exit on the other side.
Wu Sheng is talkative, gossipy, greedy and sleepy.
It was late at night, and he might not be able to stay focused all the time.
Su He turned the bracelet. The drug in the bracelet had been used up, leaving only the Gelsemium elegans poison.
Of course she couldn't use poison on Wu Sheng.
But there is also a leafless flower in her tea bag. Making tea with this flower can relieve asthma, cough and moisten the intestines, but using it in large quantities can cause confusion and coma.
This leafless flower was originally prepared for Zhou Yuanze.
She originally wanted to confuse him first and then poison him completely.
She wanted to tell him in person who she was and why she came to seek revenge on him.
But today Zhou Yuanze was surrounded by many people, and she knew she had no chance, so she had to use the Gelsemium elegans poison directly, and the tasteless flower was left.
Fortunately, she survived, and now she has help.
The guards were standing obediently at the doorway, not daring to move.
After all, the master has instructed not to let anyone escape.
Su He groped in the darkness and slowly moved to the other side.
She passed smoothly through the barn, the dry goods warehouse, the clothing warehouse, and the stationery warehouse, and finally she saw a low door in front.
She leaned on the door and looked out through the crack. She saw Wu Sheng standing on the steps outside the house, yawning and slapping mosquitoes on his body.
He slapped one after another, muttering to himself, "If you dare to suck my blood again, I will kill you immediately."
Su He squatted down, took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose.
Then he took out the leafless flowers from the tea bag, lit them carefully, and used his palm to fan the smoke out through the crack in the door.
Wisps of smoke passed through the crack in the door in the darkness, quietly spreading and rising.
In just a cup of tea, Wu Sheng sat down against the wall, tilted his head, and fainted.
Su He opened the bolt and hurriedly disappeared into the rain in the back street...
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