Chapter 240 Night Exploration (Part 1)
It was a dark night with no moon.
The Su Mansion, located west of Hangzhou City, was also silent at this time.
Two heads popped out silently from a courtyard wall on the south side of the Su Mansion. Both were covered with black scarves and dressed in black tights that almost blended into the night.
The people who came were Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu!
The two men climbed over the courtyard wall silently and landed lightly inside the wall without making a sound.
Huo Xifei made a gesture to Yuan Ziyu, who understood and followed Huo Xifei slowly towards the main courtyard. Huo Er said that Su Chengwei had never married or had children, and he was the only master in the huge Su Mansion, so he usually lived in the main courtyard.
However, the main courtyard is not small and there are many rooms. Su Chengwei, perhaps because he feels guilty or has some other habit, rests in a different room every day. As for which room he stays in, it all depends on his mood. Until it is time to go to bed, even Su Chengwei's personal servant does not know which room he will stay in.
Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu followed the willows and walked in the shade, avoiding the people from the Su Mansion, and slowly approached the main courtyard.
The closer they got to the main courtyard, the tighter the guards became. Although it didn't reach the point where there was a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, such protection was a bit excessive for a merchant.
Yuan Ziyu and Huo Xifei looked at each other and saw the understanding in each other's eyes. Perhaps they guessed correctly. The Su family may have never left this house.
Huo Xifei grew up in the border area and is now the commander of the imperial guards in the capital. It is no problem for him to avoid these checkpoints.
Yuan Ziyu followed Huo Xifei all the way to a rockery outside the main courtyard.
"Brother Xi, which room do you think Su Chengwei will live in?" Yuan Ziyou asked Huo Xifei quietly, "Should we arrest someone and ask him?"
"Okay, wait for me here." Huo Xifei said after thinking for a while.
"good!"
Yuan Ziyu hid behind the rockery. Not long after, Huo Xifei came back carrying someone.
Yuan Ziyu looked carefully and saw that the person brought over was a maid who seemed to be working in the kitchen. She was looking at Yuan Ziyu and Huo Xifei with trembling all over, as if she wanted to shout but didn't dare.
The maid looked to be in her twenties. She had a pretty face, but her face was too pale. For some reason, Yuan Ziyu felt a sense of familiarity when he looked into the maid's eyes.
"You... who are you?" Although the maid was afraid, she still had some courage and asked tremblingly.
"Don't shout. Just answer whatever we ask. Do you understand?" Yuan Ziyu's voice deliberately brought out a hint of fierceness.
"Okay... okay!" The maid nodded with a pale face and said, "But don't... don't kill me!"
"Then it depends on your performance!" Yuan Ziyu felt that he seemed to be addicted to playing the villain, and his lines became more and more fluent.
"Two...two brave men, do you want to ask something?" the maid swallowed nervously and asked.
"Which room will Su Chengwei stay in tonight?" Huo Xifei asked.
"In...in the third room on the left!" Although the maid looked frightened, she answered obediently.
"Are you sure?" Huo Xifei asked, his eyes narrowed, as if he was going to kill someone if he didn't tell the truth.
"Yes, absolutely!" the maid said hurriedly, "I just brought in some midnight snacks. He lives in that room!"
Huo Xifei nodded and was about to chop the maid unconscious when he heard her hurried voice: "Two warriors, are you here to seek revenge? Are you going to deal with Su Chengwei?"
Yuan Ziyou and Huo Xifei's eyes flashed with sharpness when they heard this, and then they heard the maid hurriedly say, "Su Chengwei is not alone in his room tonight, he also has his guards. Those guards are extremely skilled, so you must be careful."
"Why are you telling us this?" Huo Xifei asked the maid.
The maid was silent for a moment, then said, "What I said is true. That guard is very skilled, so you must be careful. Also, I won't tell anyone about what you asked me tonight!"
After saying this, the maid looked at Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyou with a determined gaze: "If you can kill Su Chengwei, it will be considered revenge for me. I can't thank you enough, and I will never betray you!"
"Do you have a grudge against Su Chengwei?" Yuan Ziyu asked hurriedly.
The maid gritted her teeth, her face filled with anger: "Irreconcilable hatred!"
"You..." Yuan Zi's mind was moved. Just as he was about to say something, Huo Xifei interrupted him: "Let's go and take a look first!"
"good!"
The maid seemed to know what Huo Xifei was going to do, so she closed her eyes.
Huo Xifei struck the maidservant on the side of the neck with his palm, and the maidservant fell limply to the ground and fainted.
Huo Xifei took Yuan Ziyu's hand and quietly approached the main courtyard.
At this time, there were lights on in seven or eight rooms in the main courtyard. The two looked at each other, then lightly jumped onto the roof, found the third room on the left, pulled aside a tile, and looked into the house.
At this time, the room was empty. Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu were surprised, thinking that the maid had lied. They were about to go to another room to take a look when they saw two people push open the door and walk in.
A man in a navy blue robe with floral patterns was pacing around as he sat on a throne. The man was in his forties and had a decent appearance, with a smiling face. However, no matter how Yuan Ziyu looked at him, he looked treacherous. Another man in a black suit lowered his head, his face unclear, and stood quietly in front of the man in the blue robe.
"Zhulang, is there any movement recently?" asked the man in blue robe while playing with the ring on his thumb.
"My lord, there hasn't been any movement recently. I guess those people who were investigating have given up!" Zhulang was the man in tight clothes.
So it seems that the man in blue robe is Su Chengwei.
Su Chengwei snorted, "They're lucky they ran fast. Humph, I don't know who they are. They actually want to investigate what happened more than ten years ago."
"Master, could it be the young lady of the Su family?" Zhulang asked.
"Impossible!" Su Chengwei shook his head and said, "She doesn't know anything at all, she's just stupid!"
These words made Yuan Ziyu on the roof grit his teeth and glare at Su Chengwei fiercely.
"Then..." Zhu Lang thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that the Su family has other relatives?"
"We'll have to ask that old man to find out!" Su Chengwei snorted coldly, "Zhulang, go out and take a look. Take a look inside and outside the house, and even on the roof."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziyu and Huo Xifei looked at each other. If they moved at this moment, they would definitely alarm the people below, but if they didn't leave, they would be exposed if Zhulang came out!
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