Chapter 869 The Truth - Twenty Years Ago 30
"Jin'er, take your mother back. Grandmother is fine."
The old lady gave Gu Jin a comforting look, then pushed the Lady Hou out of the carriage before turning to the man in black, "You can go now."
The group escorted the Gu family's carriage away. Seeing this, the Lady Hou couldn't help but cry twice, but she quickly came to her senses.
"Jin'er, go and report this to the authorities. I... I'll go back and tell your father what happened."
The old lady of the Marquis's mansion was robbed on the way, which is no small matter.
However, before she could take more than a few steps, Lady Hou was stopped by Gu Jin.
"Mother, do you think they are ordinary people who dare to kidnap a noblewoman from a prominent family in the capital?"
These words were like a wake-up call, but the thought of the old lady being taken away made her extremely anxious, as if her heart was on fire.
Gu Jin gazed in the direction of the carriage, which had long since disappeared. Whether it was the master the man in black had mentioned or the empress in the palace, it was probably all about that matter.
"Perhaps he knows something."
As Gu Jin spoke, he glanced at the maid standing to the side and said, "You escort Madam back to the manor. Mother, do not tell Father about this matter yet. I will think of a way."
After finishing speaking, Gu Jin didn't dare to linger and quickly headed off in one direction.
"Young Master Gu, where are you going?"
A familiar voice came from behind. Who else could it be but Bai Xu!
Gu Jin's eyes lit up when he saw Bai Xu. He had been looking for Bai Xu, and Bai Xu happened to arrive.
"Your Highness, my grandmother was just kidnapped."
Gu Jin succinctly explained the matter directly.
Bai Xu was holding a folding fan in his hand, but upon hearing this, he immediately closed it.
"What? Looks like I guessed right."
Bai Xu's words were clearly meaningful, and Gu Jin immediately seized on them, asking urgently, "Does Your Highness know who took away my grandmother?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Xu glanced to the side and saw that Lady Hou was also looking at him with a questioning gaze, clearly waiting for his answer.
"Young Master Gu, please don't ask that. How long has the old lady been taken away?"
Now is not the time to get to the bottom of things. Since the old lady has just been taken away, it should still be possible for them to chase after her.
Gu Jin then realized what was happening and quickly said, "Just now, they shouldn't have gone very far."
As soon as Gu Jin finished speaking, Bai Xu turned around and mounted Gu Jin's horse.
He tightened the reins, and the horse galloped forward.
The old lady was not frightened while sitting in the carriage. She was already so old and had lived a long life. Even if she were to die today, she would have no regrets.
However, she hasn't found anyone to deliver the items in her house yet.
The carriage sped along the road, and the old lady, feeling somewhat uncomfortable from the shaking, lifted the curtain.
To her surprise, the carriage curtain was pulled down the next second.
"Don't look around."
The one who spoke was not the man in black from before, but the man driving the carriage.
"Young man, could you slow down a bit? My body can't take this much jolting."
The old lady called out in response.
The man cursed under his breath, but then slowed down a bit.
The carriage traveled south until it stopped at a small courtyard.
Then a woman came in from outside the carriage, covered the old lady's eyes with a cloth, and then helped her down.
Where are you taking me?
The old lady stood at the far end of the gate. Although she couldn't see anything, she knew that this was where the person who had invited her was located.
No one answered her question; they simply helped her to an older room, where someone removed the blindfold from her eyes.
"Please wait here, Madam. My master will be here soon."
After the maid finished speaking, she bowed to the old lady, turned around, and left.
The old lady looked around the room and saw that besides some ordinary furniture, there was only a screen.
It seems this is just a temporary stop; the other party doesn't actually live here.
Xu Menglong entered the room from the back, and to prevent the old lady from seeing his face, he deliberately used a screen to block her view.
"Madam, you've been waiting for a long time."
The first thing Xu Menglong said to the old lady after entering was very polite. If it weren't for his previous forceful methods, the old lady would have thought that the person on the other side of the screen was a kind person.
"I wonder what brings you to me here, sir?"
The old lady sat down on the stool, her imposing presence no less than that of Xu Menglong on the other end.
"In order to invite the old lady here, I had no choice but to use some means. Please forgive me."
Sensing the displeasure in the old lady's words, Xu Menglong quickly apologized, but the old lady did not change her attitude.
"I truly cannot accept your invitation, Your Excellency. Now that I am here, please speak freely!"
The old lady held her head high, like a proud old hen, not even giving the person behind the screen a glance.
Seeing this, the guard standing with Xu Menglong was furious. "You old woman, do you want to suffer the consequences of your refusal to listen to reason? How dare you speak to our master like that?"
"Ha, a mere servant, how dare you interrupt when your master is speaking?"
The old lady was no pushover at her age; she silenced the other person with a single sentence.
Xu Menglong glanced at the guard, then said to the old lady, "I heard that you were kept in the palace by a nobleman today. With your shrewdness, you must have guessed my purpose. In short, if you produce the treasure map, I will definitely elevate the Marquis's mansion to a higher level."
The old lady hadn't expected this person to be so straightforward; compared to the Empress's indirect approach, this person was much more frank.
"What treasure map? I have no idea."
The old lady naturally couldn't admit it, but since the other party had found out about her, how could they let her off so easily?
"Madam, you don't need to play dumb with me. When your family took in the descendants of the previous dynasty, we searched every household that might be descendants of the princess of the previous dynasty, but we found nothing. So this treasure map must have been hidden by your family."
Xu Menglong spoke slowly and deliberately, while the old lady's hands, which were slightly sweaty, sat on the stool.
The grandparents considered all sorts of possibilities, and although they hid the mother's identity very well, they ultimately overlooked this point.
Looking at the tea set aside, the old lady swallowed hard. "Even if the treasure map you mentioned was left at my maternal home, I am but a woman. How could my father entrust such an important thing to me?"
"Besides, I still have my older brother. Although he died young, before the age of thirty, he still has a son."
Seeing that the old lady was still trying to argue, Xu Menglong suddenly laughed.
"Is the son of the brother the old lady mentioned his adopted son from the imperial clan?"
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