Chapter 395 A Key
Immediately afterwards, Gu Jingxi and Yu Chuan, master and servant, watched as Lord Wei took off his clothes one by one, revealing his fair but plump body.
Upon seeing this, Yu Chuan felt he couldn't bear to look, especially at Lord Wei's belly. He felt that he was not a good match for the beautiful Lady Wei. But when he thought that the couple were both mentally unstable lunatics, he felt that they were a perfect match.
Gu Jingxi remained expressionless, his gaze fixed on the object Wei was wearing around his neck—a key. Although he didn't know what kind of key it was, the fact that it was treasured so much and carried around so closely, even while bathing, showed how important it was.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Yu Chuan, did you see the key hanging around his neck?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Chuan turned his gaze to Lord Wei's neck and indeed saw the key. He asked, "I saw it, so what?"
Gu Jingxi instructed, "Find an opportunity to steal it back without anyone noticing."
steal?
Yu Chuan suddenly looked at his master, seemingly surprised that such a virtuous man as his master would order him to steal something, and even someone else's house key.
Gu Jingxi and Yu Chuan's eyes met. Master and servant exchanged glances for a moment, and he said calmly, "We are a respectable family. We would never do anything like stealing. You just need to print a template and make an identical key."
Yu Chuan was speechless: "..."
Getting someone's key template printed and then making a key isn't something a respectable person would do.
Never mind, he suddenly remembered that his master had once told him to take some good food to flirt with other people's dogs, to get on good terms with the dogs, and then use the dogs to find clues.
Now, the master is just asking him to secretly make a mold. What's the big deal? It's not like he's being asked to seduce Lord Wei. If he were to seduce Lord Wei, that would be truly terrifying.
Yu Chuan replied, "Rest assured, my lord, I will certainly not fail in my mission."
Gu Jingxi nodded slightly: "Be careful in your actions, don't alert the enemy."
After taking a bath, Lord Wei returned to his room and found only Mei Qingyun sitting at her dressing table combing her hair. He stepped forward and said with a smile, "Madam, there's no need to be so distraught. Gu Jingxi hasn't left yet, so you'll still have a chance to meet again. However, I heard he's very ill. A good-for-nothing is a good-for-nothing. It's one thing to be useless in that area, but he's also physically useless. He can get a high fever in this hot weather and even lose consciousness."
Mei Qingyun paused in her combing, then abruptly turned to look at him: "What did you say? He's sick?"
Lord Wei's smile remained unchanged: "Yes, he is ill. I plan to pay him a visit tomorrow. Would you like to come along, Madam?"
Mei Qingyun scoffed: "You would be that kind?"
"If you don't believe me, that's fine." Lord Wei smiled nonchalantly, pinched her chin, and continued, "If you want to come with me to visit Gu Jingxi tomorrow, then you'd better perform well tonight."
Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyun slapped her husband's hand away and snorted disdainfully. She would never do something like that to please a man.
She refused, but Lord Wei didn't allow her to refuse. He picked her up and carried her to the bed, ignoring her resistance.
Seeing Mei Qingyun staring blankly at the bed canopy, Lord Wei was furious and made things even harder. When he finished, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mei Qingyun, have you no shame? You're with me and you're still thinking about him? Open your eyes and see clearly. The one you're having sex with right now is me, Wei Heng, not that useless piece of trash Gu Jingxi!"
Hearing this, Mei Qingyun snapped out of her daze, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "You're going to visit him tomorrow to see if he's really sick, aren't you? Wei Heng, so you do have moments of fear after all."
Lord Wei's expression changed, and he warned, "Madam, husband and wife are one. If anything happens to me, do you think you can escape unscathed? You'd better pray that your old lover recovers quickly and returns to the capital as soon as possible."
“Maybe I want to die with you?” Mei Qingyun’s eyes flashed with ruthlessness. She reached out and touched his neck, her tone sinister. “Wei Heng, I think I’m tired of living.”
Upon hearing this, Lord Wei's face grew even darker: "Watch your mouth, or I won't mind becoming a widower right away."
Mei Qingyun smiled indifferently and said, "Then go ahead and do it. You'd better do it now and not give me a chance to say anything more, or you'll regret it."
"Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?"
After Lord Wei finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed her neck, tightening his grip. He watched as she didn't resist at all, even though she couldn't breathe, and just stared at him quietly. For a moment, he really wanted to strangle her.
After he let go, Mei Qingyun laughed out loud, coughing as she laughed. Once she caught her breath, she said, "Wei Heng, you really are a coward!"
Lord Wei scoffed coldly: "Wouldn't it be too easy for you to die like this? Dying is easy, but living and suffering is hard. Tomorrow I'll take you to see your old lover whom you can't have."
Meanwhile, Yu Chuan and Gu Jingxi sat on the rooftop, listening to the couple arguing.
Gu Jingxi had only heard Yu Chuan mention it before, but now that he heard it with his own ears, he was extremely frustrated. He and A Yao were clearly a loving couple, and the couple had seen it all before, so why would they bring him up again?
There was no point in listening any longer, so Gu Jingxi left, with Yu Chuan following closely behind.
After leaving the courtyard of Lord Wei and his wife, Yu Chuan said, "My lord, I overheard the conversation between Lady Wei and Lord Wei just now. Lady Wei seems to know something. Tomorrow she and Lord Wei will come to visit you. Do you think we should let Lady Wei find an opportunity to talk to Lady Wei and try to get some information out of her? Judging from Lady Wei's current state, she seems happy to see Lord Wei suffer."
Gu Jingxi rejected the idea: "No."
Yu Chuan asked doubtfully, "Does the Marquis not believe in the Madam's abilities?"
Gu Jingxi replied, "I just don't believe that Madam Wei would really betray Lord Wei. Don't be fooled by their current quarrel; husband and wife are one. If something happens to Lord Wei, she will suffer as well. If we try to get information out of her rashly, we might alert her."
Yu Chuan nodded after hearing this.
Gu Jingxi said, "As soon as possible, find an opportunity to make a key, make a mold, and make one."
Yu Chuan wondered, "My lord, even if we make an exact replica of the key, we still won't know which lock it opens unless we see Lord Wei using the key to unlock it."
Gu Jingxi glanced at him indifferently: "If you don't know which lock to open, then try every lock in the Wei mansion. You can always catch fish by casting a wide net. If you don't cast a net, do you expect the fish to jump into the pot by themselves?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Chuan felt as if he had been enlightened and quickly flattered him, saying, "Your Excellency is wise."
Gu Jingxi said calmly, "Stop flattering me, I don't fall for it. You've been staring at Wei Heng for so long, didn't you notice the key hanging around his neck?"
Yu Chuan shook his head honestly, then realized he hadn't done a good job and quickly added, "My lord, I don't have a penchant for peeping at people bathing, so I didn't look while he was bathing. Whenever the other person wasn't wearing clothes, I would just eavesdrop, like I did just now, but I wouldn't look."
Gu Jingxi asked in a low voice, "So you mean I have a fetish for peeping at other people bathing?"
Yu Chuan hurriedly shook his head: "My lord, you are wise. That's not what I meant. My lord is just very perceptive, which is why he discovered things that ordinary people cannot."
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