Chapter 1019 The Mysterious Young Master Jia
"What are you doing!?"
The soft cry immediately woke up Wo Xue, who was by the bedside. She opened her eyes in surprise and her first reaction was to look down at the bed. She saw that Shang Ruyi was still fast asleep with her eyes closed. Wo Xue frowned slightly, but she still breathed a sigh of relief.
At least Shang Ruyi was unharmed.
So, what happened?
Her mind was still a little muddled and she couldn't quite process what was happening, but she still looked up and immediately showed a look of astonishment on her face.
Because the cabin was too small and clearly not prepared for guests, everyone found a place to sit or lean against each other last night. Wo Xue sat by the bed, watching over Shang Ruyi. Lei Yu sat at the foot of the bed, leaning against the wall, barely managing to fall asleep. Lü Xiao sat by the wall not far from the bed. Everyone remained silent, gradually losing consciousness and being swallowed by tired sleep as the wooden fish was struck.
As for the other two men, they seemed to have been staying in the area near the east room the whole time.
But when Wo Xue looked up, she saw that Wang Shaoqiu had somehow walked over to them and was standing in front of Lü Xiao, looking down at her. Moreover, perhaps because he hadn't slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, and the desire in his eyes seemed to want to devour the person in front of him!
Wo Xue couldn't help but gasp: "You—"
Finally, their voices woke Green Silk.
She slowly woke up, and as soon as she opened her eyes a crack and made out the outline of the person in front of her, she immediately opened her eyes wide as if startled by something, and said in horror, "You, what are you going to do!?"
"..."
Wang Shaoqiu remained silent, showing no embarrassment at being seen through. He simply straightened up slowly, offering no explanation, and turned to walk away.
The three women were stunned for a moment.
Especially for Lüxiao, although she was already used to the various gazes, hunting, and even offenses from men and could handle them with ease, she felt an inexplicable fear when facing a cunning man like Wang Shaoqiu, whom she could not see through or guess. When she opened her eyes and met his gaze, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
As soon as she saw him leave, Lüxiao hurriedly stood up from the ground, her breathing disordered as she looked at Lei Yu and Wo Xue.
The expressions on their faces were somewhat complicated.
None of them intended to protect Lüxiao, but as women themselves, they could sense her fear and unease. Lei Yu, supporting her stiff legs, stood up and forced a reassurance, "It's alright. He—"
She was about to say "he wouldn't dare do anything," but her gaze involuntarily drifted from Lvxiao and Wang Shaoqiu's shoulders, who had his back to them. The wooden house in front of her was brightly lit, and because the house was small, she could see through the main room and the east room at a glance. She immediately noticed that the east room was empty. The young master Jia who had been kneeling on the prayer mat last night, striking the wooden fish and chanting sutras, had disappeared without a trace!
She immediately asked, "Where is he?!"
Upon hearing her words, Wo Xue finally realized what was happening and immediately stood up as well: "Where has that Young Master Jia gone?"
Green Silk, still shaken, wanted to turn around, but immediately saw Wang Shaoqiu's back still standing in the small house. She was still unable to calm down, but she understood what was going on. Just as she took a deep breath and was about to turn around, Ashina Zhuxie's voice rang out from outside: "Isn't he here?"
Wang Shaoqiu had already reached the main room. He glanced around and his gaze swept over the three women.
"Indeed, he/she is not here."
Only then did everyone realize that the room was bright because the door had been opened, and as they spoke, Ashina Zhuxie walked in from outside. It turned out that they had originally planned to stay with the young master Jia all night and discuss the matter of Zuo Gong's suspected tomb in detail at dawn. However, the arduous journey of the past few days, especially Wang Shaoqiu's already weak health and Ashina Zhuxie's lack of experience climbing mountains and the exhaustion from yesterday's ascent, had caused both of them to doze off just before dawn.
The moment I opened my eyes, I discovered that Young Master Jia was gone.
Ashina Zhuxie immediately went outside and searched around the house. Apart from a clay stove at the back of the house for cooking, there was nothing else around. He asked the Turkic soldiers guarding outside the house and Shang Ruyi's attendants, but they hadn't seen the young master Jia come out all night. Ashina Zhuxie sensed something was wrong. While continuing to search himself, he was also worried that the young master Jia might be hiding somewhere in the house, so he asked Wang Shaoqiu to come back and check carefully again.
However, for some reason, Wang Shaoqiu started staring at Lüxiao.
After saying this, Ashina Zhuxie looked at the puzzled and solemn expressions of the people in the room, and his brows furrowed even more.
Lei Yu said, "Did he leave while we were all asleep?"
Ashina Zhuxie said, "The people inside our house are indeed asleep, but the soldiers outside are not. According to the rules, two of them get up to patrol every hour, and they did not see him leave."
"If he didn't leave, where could he have gone?"
"..."
At this moment, Lüxiao finally calmed down and slowly turned around. Her gaze instinctively ignored Wang Shaoqiu, and she said to Ashina Zhuxie and Lei Yu, "Since the people outside did not see him leave, he should still be in this room."
Ashina Zhuxie turned to look at Wang Shaoqiu: "Did you find anything?"
Wang Shaoqiu shook his head.
But he continued, "She's right. People outside can't be wrong. Besides, with so many people outside, there's no reason he could leave without alerting anyone. He must be hiding somewhere in this house."
Why did he hide?
"I'm afraid it's all because of Zuo Gong's suspected tomb."
When the topic of Zuo Gong's suspected tomb was brought up again, Ashina Zhuxie's gaze sharpened even more. He stared intently at Wang Shaoqiu and said, "You mean—"
Wang Shaoqiu said, "We must have found the right place. Zuo Chen'an must have set up his real tomb on Tianding Mountain. This so-called 'Young Master Jia' must know the truth about Master Zuo's suspected tomb!"
In fact, everyone had already made this guess last night, and the mysterious disappearance of this young master Jia overnight seemed to confirm this suspicion.
Lei Yu said, "But the house is only so big. If he didn't leave, where could he be hiding?"
"..."
Wang Shaoqiu did not speak immediately, but turned around and slowly walked to the east room, where the shrine and prayer mat were placed quietly. However, the wooden fish in front of the prayer mat had been kicked over, perhaps because Young Master Jia had left in too much of a hurry.
He walked to the prayer mat, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly reached out and lifted the prayer mat!
Below, a wooden board was revealed!
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