Chapter 37 Search

In Tongluo Lane, in Liu Sisi's house, the Second Prince and Dongfang Lingyun sat at the entrance of the cellar.

All night long, both of them searched in the cellar.

At first, they found nothing but clutter in the cellar.

Later, the Second Prince remembered his sister's words that Wei Jianzhong's outer house had a double-layer cellar, so he moved the old furniture away in ecstasy.

Now, they finally found another cellar door where the furniture was piled.

The Second Prince excitedly took out his dagger and wanted to continue the same method to open the lock, but the lock of this door was too strong.

The Second Prince tried his best but failed to open the lock.

"Looks like we can only look for the key." Dongfang Lingyun rubbed his eyes and said.

"Look for the key?" The second prince curled his lips.

It's easy to say, this key is very important, how can it be easy to find.

"Got it!" Dongfang Lingyun slapped his head excitedly.

"I've heard that if you soak green alum in hot oil, the green alum oil produced is very corrosive and can corrode any ironware."

The second prince's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Really? Then I'll go out and buy green alum."

The second prince didn't bother to tidy up his clothes, he stood up and ran out the door.

"Go buy it in the pharmacy!" Dongfang Lingyun shouted.

In the prince's mansion, after the prince accompanied his father and mother to finish breakfast, he was eager to go to the Jiang Mansion to continue the search.

"Take Sang Qi with you. She is sensitive and careful, and maybe she can help." The Queen looked at the Prince with concern.

"Don't worry about searching the Jiang Mansion. I have already sent Cheng Feng and Ying Chen to find the Jiang family's villa." Xia Zhengqi's eyes were burning. "

Your son has written to the Emperor and the Empress." The Prince felt a warm current surging in his chest. It felt good to have a family to help each other.

This time, with Xia Miaoyuan's reminder, the Prince rushed to the reception hall as soon as he arrived at the Jiang Mansion.

"We have been searching for two days and two nights. How long are you going to make trouble?!" Madam Jiang looked at the Prince with a squinting look and said in a sinister tone.

"Madam Jiang, the search is not over yet. Please be patient." The Prince's tone was steady and firm.

"The Emperor arrested my father and two sons without any reason. If you still can't find anything, I will go to the Golden Palace to make trouble!"

"I just don't believe it. In this clear and bright world, there is no justice!" Madam Jiang put one hand on her waist and pointed to the sky with one hand, full of confidence.

Seeing that the prince no longer paid attention to her, but hurried to the reception hall, Madam Jiang suddenly turned pale.

"Didn't you search the reception hall?" Madam Jiang looked calm, but her tone was a little panicked.

Seeing this, the prince was more certain that the secret room must be in the reception hall.

The prince took a few careful followers to check the reception hall carefully.

Sang Qi held an oil lamp in her hand, approached the wall and examined it carefully inch by inch.

Suddenly, she lifted up a small painting on the wall and stretched out her hand to press hard on the wall.

The prince and others walked over to take a look, and saw a palm-sized wall, which was actually a hidden mechanism.

As Sang Qi pressed, a spring sounded, and then a step-wide wall suddenly flipped open.

"There is a secret room here!" Several followers shouted excitedly.

Madam Jiang collapsed to the ground in an instant.

The prince excitedly led people in to check, and indeed found the letters and account books.

"Collect the team and return to the palace to report!" The prince's face was gloomy and he ordered loudly.

At night, Tongluo Alley was pitch black, with only the occasional shout of the night watchman.

In the west courtyard of Liu Sisi's house, Dongfang Lingyun was holding a lantern and standing in the cellar to light the way for the second prince.

The second prince took out a face towel and wrapped it around his face, covering his mouth and nose.

Then he carefully opened a small bundle and took out a porcelain bottle from it.

Because green alum is not a common item, it is very difficult to buy.

Today he sneaked out of Liu's house and went out to look for it with a few confidants. It took almost a whole day to buy it in a pharmacy.

Then he found a craftsman who knew how to process the green alum and processed it into green alum oil.

When he came back with the green alum oil, it was already dark.

Dong dong dong, there was a crisp knock on the door.

"Master Fang, open the door!" Lian Ye's voice came.

"Quick, go up and deal with it first!" The second prince was a little panicked.

Dongfang Lingyun staggered out of the cellar, closed the cellar door, and tidied his robes before opening the courtyard door.

"Master Fang, what are you doing? You asked my wife to wait for you." Lian Ye scolded.

"It doesn't matter. Master Fang must have been too focused on studying and didn't hear it." Liu Sisi's voice was as gentle as water.

Dongfang Lingyun opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, so he had to smile awkwardly.

Lian Ye carried a food box and walked into the house quickly. In a few seconds, she set the table for wine and food.

"What is this?" Dongfang widened his eyes in astonishment.

"Our lady sees that you are studying hard, so she invites you to drink and chat." Lian Ye covered her mouth and chuckled, then turned and walked out, and even closed the door considerately.

"Sit down, Mr. Fang, the night is long, let's have a few drinks." Liu Sisi stretched out a pair of slender jade hands, stroked Dongfang's shoulders, and pressed him to sit down.

Dongfang felt a chill all over his body, his scalp was numb, and he secretly said in his heart: Xia Chengnian, you bastard, come and save me!

"Isn't this inappropriate? We are a man and a woman. What if the master comes back..." Dongfang persuaded with a stiff face. "

Don't worry, my man doesn't come back once every ten days or half a month." Liu Sisi smiled coquettishly, put one hand on Dongfang's shoulder, and fed a glass of wine into his mouth.

At this time, Wei Jianzhong rode into Tongluo Lane.

He had secretly met with the Jiang family in the past two days to discuss countermeasures, and he was exhausted physically and mentally.

During the day, he heard that the main wife of the family had gone to find trouble with Liu Sisi again, and he felt a little worried, so he decided to come to the outer house to take a look.

Bang bang bang!

Wei Jianzhong knocked on the door.

"Open the door! Open the door! I'm your master!" Wei Jianzhong shouted.

"Master, wait a minute. I'll be right there, right there!" A vague male voice came.

Wei Jianzhong alertly put his ear to the door, and heard a burst of whispering.

"You dog slave! What the hell are you doing?!" Wei Jianzhong kicked.

As he was rushing to the doorman to remove the bolt, Wei Jianzhong kicked the doorman.

He searched quickly with his eyes, and saw a maid running in hurriedly with a panicked look.

He ran up quickly, grabbed the maid, and asked fiercely: "Why are you running away for no reason?!"

"I...I was just anxious to tell the lady that you are back." The maid's eyes were evasive and her tone was timid.

"In a hurry to tell?" Wei Jianzhong's eyes rolled, and he grabbed the maid's neck with his left hand.

"What is the madam doing! Answer honestly, or I will break your neck immediately."

Wei Jianzhong's voice was frighteningly vicious.

He was originally a military general, and he was also ruthless. The servants in the mansion knew it. Now that he treated the maid like this, the maid believed his words without a doubt.

"I said, I said, the madam is... in... the west courtyard, drinking." The maid hesitated.

"What? The west courtyard?" Wei Jianzhong's face was dark.

He had warned Liu Sisi again and again not to go to the west courtyard, and now she actually ran to the west courtyard while he was not at home!

A bad premonition came over him.

Could it be that she had discovered his secret?

Wei Jianzhong took two steps at a time and came to the west side courtyard. He whispered to the two servants: "Stand guard at the gate. Don't come in without my permission!"

The two servants nodded solemnly.

Wei Jianzhong closed the gate, tied it up from the inside, silently held the sword in his hand, and walked into the courtyard lightly.