Chapter 74 Clues
Shu Wan has also thought about this question. Maybe she is kind.
"General Yu," Shu Wan said, "I'm not saving him just because he's your husband, do you understand?" Saving is saving, there's no need for so many reasons.
"Can I ask you another question?" Yu Jianning was silent for a while, then spoke.
"You say!" The wind was whistling. The way down the mountain was so boring. It would be better to talk like this. It would not be so difficult to walk.
"Are you really not willing to marry my brother Rong Chen as the rumors say?" He didn't know why he asked this question. Maybe he just happened to think of it, or maybe there was some other meaning. He didn't know.
"Yeah." Shu Wan nodded. Not only was he unwilling to do it, but the original owner even lost his life for it.
"If you find him back, will you still marry him?" Yu Jianning felt that he had asked a very stupid question.
"No!" Shu Wan shook her head and replied. She had finally gotten a divorce, why would she want to go back and remarry? Did she think this divorce was too easy?
If she could bring Rong Chen back, she would have completed her mission. From now on, she could roam freely in the vast sea and sky. Who Rong Chen was had nothing to do with her.
"Why?" Yu Jianning retorted anxiously, "He is actually a very good person. You can see that he has a sullen face on weekdays, as if everyone owes him money, but he is actually a good person." He didn't know what he was so anxious about.
"Oh, then tell me, what are his advantages?" Shu Wan laughed when he heard it and couldn't help but teasing.
"I..." Yu Jianning was speechless. On the one hand, it was because he really felt that Rong Chen was a very good person, but if he was asked to name Rong Chen's specific advantages, he really didn't know how to say it. Moreover, he wondered why Shu Wan was so fickle. Didn't he say firmly that he didn't like his brother Rong Chen and would not remarry? Why was he interested in his advantages now? He felt a little bit resentful in his heart! "You can't say it!" Shu Wan saw him being frustrated, and then he spoke, "I said, he doesn't fit the word 'very good'!" Finally, they were almost at the bottom of the cliff, and Shu Wan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you really in love with your childhood sweetheart cousin as the rumors say?" The more Yu Jianning spoke, the more he felt that he must be crazy. Why didn't this mouth sound like his?
"Rumor." Thinking of Li Zihao's wretched appearance, Shu Wan shook his head firmly. Apart from the original owner, who would be blind enough to fall in love with such a person?
"Is that so?" Yu Jianning answered seemingly casually.
Shu Wan didn't say anything else because they had already reached the bottom of the cliff.
From here, the cliff looks about two or three hundred meters high. If people stand below, the machines look tiny.
"Let's look for him!" Shu Wan stood there and looked around, then said, "They took Rong Chen away between the time he fell off the cliff and the time you came down. They had to prepare a body in advance, so several people had to show up, and they would definitely leave clues."
"Okay!" Yu Jianning turned on the tinder, lit the torch, then followed Shu Wan's instructions and began to search the ground carefully.
Shu Wan was not idle either, her movements were even faster than Yu Jianning's.
Soon, Shu Wan found the problem on the stone wall.
"Here!" Shu Wan called him.
After hearing this, Yu Jianning stopped what he was doing and ran towards Shu Wan.
"What did you find?"
he asked as he ran.
"There is a man-made cave here!" Shu Wan answered while reaching out to pull at the rocks here.
A sense of hope arose in Yu Jianning's heart, and now he believed even more that Rong Chen was not dead yet.
After the two of them worked together to move the stone that was blocking the entrance of the building, a hole was revealed. The entrance was not very big and could only accommodate one or two people.
"Go in and take a look!" All the effort was not in vain. Shu Wan was a little surprised and was about to push in.
"Wait." Yu Jianning held Shu Wan, "I'll go ahead." He said with a heavy face. They didn't know what kind of danger they would encounter here. Letting Shu Wan go in front was absolutely not an option. He clenched the sword in his hand. If they encountered any danger next, he would protect Shu Wan at all costs.
"Okay." At this time, Shu Wan did not try to be brave. They did not know what was inside. Yu Jianning must be very skilled to be the commander-in-chief of the army. It would be safer to let him walk in front.
Yu Jianning handed the torch in his hand to Shu Wan, then grabbed one of her arms. It was not that he was ungentlemanly, but he was really afraid that a killer would suddenly appear from behind and attack. Shu Wan, a weakling, would definitely suffer. He had already lost Rong Chen, so he must not lose Shu Wan as well, otherwise he would really have to die to atone for his sin.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just afraid of danger!" He explained deliberately, fearing that Shu Wan would think too much.
"Yeah." Shu Wan didn't care much. Yu Jianning was just holding her arm, and it was nothing in an extraordinary period.
Shu Wan held up a torch to light the way, and he led the way, and the two of them walked in together.
It didn't take long before we walked in. The cave was not big, only about a hundred square meters, and was surrounded by cliffs, so there didn't seem to be any other danger.
"It's true." Shu Wan looked around and said, "They must have prepared a corpse and hidden it here early in the morning. After the injured and unconscious Rong Chen fell down, they quickly moved Rong Chen in, moved out the prepared corpse, and then sealed the entrance. They waited for you to leave with the fake Rong Chen, and then they escaped." Shu Wan spoke with gritted teeth.
"Damn it." Yu Jianning's face was also full of resentment. If it weren't for Shu Wan, he would still not know that he had been fooled. So where on earth is Rong Chen now? "Don't let me catch you, otherwise..." Otherwise he would definitely cut those people into pieces to avenge his previous humiliation.
"Let's find them first." Shu Wanyi reminded him, "Let's see if we can find any useful clues!"
They searched the cave carefully with torches, even checking the walls.
Unfortunately, after looking around, he didn't find any useful clues.
Both of them were a little discouraged.
Although they knew that the mastermind behind this incident was the Chiyan Country, they would not be so stupid as to take the people to the Chiyan Country. If they couldn't find any clues here, would they have to go to the Chiyan Country?
"These bastards." Yu Jianning was so angry that he kicked the stone wall next to him, but he was too angry and didn't pay attention to the strength, so after kicking the stone wall, he gasped in pain and fell to the ground.
"Ah, my foot!" Yu Jianning rolled over and howled, then sat on the ground covering his foot. The piercing pain after the big toe was hit was probably something many people have experienced.
"Are you okay?" Shu Wan saw that his face was twisted in pain, so he squatted down and asked him.
Yu Jianning wanted to save face by saying that he was fine, but with his distorted facial features, he couldn't say such a false statement.
It took him a long time to come back to life, and he struggled to get up. Shu Wan was quite disgusted and tried to help him up.
He didn't give in. In order to prove that he was really fine, he insisted on getting up by himself. The result of this was that he lost his balance and fell again. However, this time he didn't land on his buttocks. He subconsciously supported his body with his hands.
He immediately got up with an embarrassed look on his face, and at that moment, he felt something hard hitting the palm of his hand. He could feel that it was not a stone, but something like a wooden sign.
Then he half-knelt and half-crawled to take a closer look, and then picked up the thing.
Shu Wan also saw his movements and looked closely.
Yu Jianning picked up a wooden sign and placed it in front of him, carefully examining it in the light of the fire.
This is a completely black wooden plaque. It looks very ordinary, but what is engraved on it is not ordinary at all.
There was a word "Li" engraved on the front of the wooden plaque, and a lifelike hibiscus flower engraved on the back.
"You are always with Rong Chen, have you ever heard of or seen this kind of token? This word 'Li' should represent a person's name, or the name of an organization? And this hibiscus totem, have you heard of it?" Shu Wan placed his hopes on Jianning, otherwise they would have to spend time to find out who these things belonged to.
"There is a prince named Yuwen Yan in the Chiyan Kingdom, and his title is Li." Yu Jianning spoke word by word, with a hint of anger on his face, "The mother of Prince Li seems to like hibiscus flowers very much." In his heart, he had already identified Yuwen Yan of the Chiyan Kingdom as the murderer behind the scenes, and he wanted to cut this man into pieces.
"It's probably him!" Shu Wan narrowed his eyes dangerously. The fact that these people were able to carry such badges proved that they were Yu Wenyan's confidants. It couldn't be that someone had taken his token to frame him! "Let's go to Chiyan Country!" Shu Wan held the token.
The assassin she killed before clearly said in his heart that this matter was planned by the Chiyan Kingdom, but now they have found Yuwen Yan's token here. Chiyan now has a crown prince, so it is impossible for him to participate in planning such a confidential matter.
Unless, the emperor preferred him as the crown prince? Or, the killer was actually a spy around Yu Wenyan, and he was the emperor's man?
To find out, we must go to Chiyan.
"Okay." This time, Yu Jianning answered without any hesitation.
Shu Wan did not respond immediately, but lowered his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Shu Wan!" Yu Jianning called her.
"Hmm?" Shu Wan came back to his senses and responded.
"Can I ask you a serious question? I hope you can answer me seriously, okay?" He asked solemnly, hoping to get a promise from Shu Wan before he could ask.
"You tell me, I'll think about it." Shu Wan said sincerely. This was her greatest sincerity. If Yu Jianning asked her some weird questions, she really didn't know how to answer. So, as long as Yu Jianning's questions were not so inhuman, she would just reluctantly satisfy his curiosity.
"How do you know that Rong Chen wasn't murdered?" This was a question he had been holding in for who knows how long. "I was right next to him in the torture chamber last time, and the killer didn't say a word, but you acted like you knew everything. Afterwards you told me you were a god, but I didn't believe it. If you were a god, you would have found out where Rong Chen was long ago, instead of racking your brains looking for clues here. So, you didn't confess to me." He complained incessantly, desperate for an answer.
Shu Wan bit her lip. Yu Jianning really knew how to ask questions.
Would she tell him that she could read minds? Would she be arrested as a monster? Besides, this was her golden finger, and no one could tell it!
"General Yu," Shu Wan looked at him seriously, "Whether you believe it or not, it's really just my feeling that Rong Chen is still alive. Do you believe in the sixth sense? When I faced the body you brought back, I didn't feel any sadness at all. I just knew that it was not Rong Chen!" Shu Wan still didn't tell the truth. Strictly speaking, she and Yu Jianning were not even friends. She would not tell him such a big secret.
"As for the incident in the torture chamber that you mentioned, I actually lied to him at the beginning. Yes, it's that simple, but I didn't expect that I actually succeeded in my trick. Think about it, if Bei Shuo really did it, why would they leave so many evidences and loopholes for such a confidential matter? And the first one who has a grudge against Bei Shuo is Chi Yan! I was very suspicious, so I lied to him, but I didn't expect to see panic in his eyes, that is, the kind of powerless panic after being exposed. So I firmly believe that Rong Chen was captured by Bei Shuo. I have explained it, believe it or not, I will not explain it to you again in the future." Shu Wan finally said that if he still didn't believe it, then just keep it to himself and don't ask her.
Yu Jianning stood there in mixed emotions without saying a word. Shu Wan's words were well-reasoned and he could not find any point to refute, as if that was indeed the case.
But there was still a voice in his heart that Shu Wan was not telling the truth.
But he didn't plan to ask anymore. Since she didn't want to say it, any more questions would be fake. If Shu Wan wanted to tell him someday, she would tell him naturally.
Chasing others to get to the bottom of things is a bad habit!
Shu Wan knew that he didn't completely believe it or didn't believe it at all, but she didn't care anymore. She just hoped that he wouldn't keep asking her about it in the future.
So that she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of telling lies to cover up the problem.
…
When we got back to the inn, it was already the second watch.
The two of them didn't have anything to pack, so they just waited until daybreak to leave Songyang County.
The next morning, they boarded the carriage and prepared to leave. Xiaoju came running over with tears and kowtowed, saying that she wanted to follow them, even if she had to sell her indenture.
Shu Wan and Yu Jianning had no choice but to take her with them!
Don’t let the collection fall off again.
(End of this chapter)
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