Cheng Huaiyu looked at Peng Mu with suspicion.
Peng Mu laughed and said, "I'll have someone take him to a brothel. Just tell him he went there again tonight for some reason. There will be a murderer there. Just stay home and wait. Once he's dead, you can come with me. You won't have to sneak away anymore. Xiao Yu, is that what you're thinking too?"
Cheng Huaiyu frowned: "Sixth Brother, are you planning to have a courtesan confess to this crime?"
Seeing her like this, Peng Mu felt that she was extremely kind, and wanted to hug her and protect her.
Remembering how frightened Xiaoyu had been and how she resisted physical contact, he forced himself to hold back: "Brothels aren't exactly pleasant places. I doubt any woman there truly wants to stay there! I'll grant them one request: if they confess to this crime and end up in jail, they can say that Peng Mu accidentally got pricked by a hairpin that had fallen onto the bed while she was excited. That way, they won't have to bear the charge of murder. Don't worry, Xiaoyu, I won't kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Cheng Huaiyu seemed to believe him: "Alright, then go and deal with it! Song Cheng's body is still in my room. Take him away. I don't want to see him. I'm scared."
Peng Mu immediately opened the door and whistled. Four men in black appeared outside the study. He whispered a few words to them and then turned and went back into the study.
"Xiaoyu, did you not see Song Cheng?" Peng Mu asked, looking at the unconscious maid on the ground.
"No." Cheng Huaiyu then remembered that there was a maidservant present.
"That's good, her life is saved. Let her think we're together, that'll be easier to explain. She'll think you trust her, that you told her such an important thing on your own initiative, and that you'll give her some benefits. Then we'll take her away. If she's obedient, let her continue being a maid; if she's disobedient, then she's courting death!" Peng Mu spoke the most vicious words in the gentlest tone.
Cheng Huaiyu felt a chill.
At this moment, this is the only way to stall Peng Mu.
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The person who came from the Peng family was General Peng Si. He wanted to personally take his son back. Accompanying him were Gu Huijing, the princess, and He Sanniang.
Princess Jinghe and He Sanniang came with Gu Hui, because Gu Hui was afraid that General Peng Si would soften his heart and let Peng Mu go again.
The four of them were almost in Fuzhou and would rest in the dilapidated temple tonight.
General Peng Si looked at the three little girls and felt a headache coming on.
Throughout the journey, the three remained calm and composed, but ignored him, as if he were the one who had made a mistake.
He rushed here as soon as he received the news. He didn't say he was coming to release his son, so why don't they believe him and insist on coming along?
Gu Hui understood what General Peng was thinking, but she didn't explain.
Peng Mu can transform people into Gu Xin's appearance, and he can also transform people into his own appearance. He escaped from the capital. Who knows if Peng's fourth uncle will run into Peng Mu? Will it be a fake?
She hadn't seen Peng Mu for over two years, so she certainly couldn't tell if it was true or not, but General Peng Si definitely could, since he was his own son. Moreover, General Peng Si returned to Beijing last year, and the father and son met.
The next day, before dawn, the group woke up and set off for Fuzhou City.
When they were about an hour away from Fuzhou, Gu Hui suddenly stopped: "Wait, Fourth Uncle."
General Peng Si looked at Gu Hui.
Gu Hui said, "I think the fact that Peng Mu dared to hide at Cheng Huaiyu's place so openly and invite Cheng Huaiyu to leave together means that he is not alone."
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