The courtyard was deserted and very empty.
"It doesn't look like Feng Xiao's yard," Lin Qixia said after looking around.
Huo Yanqing looked at her, puzzled.
Before he could ask, Lin Qixia explained, "On our way here, we saw that the Feng family's houses were extremely luxurious, and Feng Xiao, as Feng Changchao's only son, should be highly valued."
"But this courtyard is too small and too simple, and its location is also very remote."
As she spoke, she looked at Huo Yanqing, "What do you think—"
"Shh!" Huo Yanqing suddenly raised his hand to make a shushing gesture to interrupt her.
Lin Qixia, "What's wrong?"
Huo Yanqing replied, "There is someone."
"Where?" Lin Qixia asked him again in a low voice.
Huo Yanqing did not answer immediately, but listened carefully to confirm the direction of the sound he had just heard.
Lin Qixia listened attentively as well.
Only then did she faintly hear a very faint sobbing and struggling sound from a woman, as if she were pleading for help.
"I'm going to find someone!" Lin Qixia said, heading over.
However, at that moment, a door behind them was suddenly opened.
"So it's Miss Lin, you've arrived." A young man in brocade robes with an ordinary appearance and a round, plump build walked out of the house.
Holding a folding fan, he grinned lewdly at her with a flirtatious air, "This young master has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Who are you?" Lin Qixia frowned, asking him with disgust at his slightly nauseating gaze.
“I am Feng Xiao, and my father is Magistrate Feng.”
As he spoke, Feng Xiao walked towards Lin Qixia, "Since you came here, wasn't it to find me?"
Lin Qixia took a step back to avoid him, but smiled and said, "So you are Young Master Feng. I've heard so much about you."
"I've heard so much about you?" Feng Xiao's expression became even more excited upon hearing her words. "In that case, why don't you come inside, Miss Lin, and we can have a proper chat?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed Lin Qixia's hand.
Lin Qixia instinctively avoided the question, saying, "Young Master Feng, I've only come to ask you about some things."
If she wanted to get information out of Feng Xiao, she had to suppress her disgust and deal with him.
That's why Lin Qixia didn't completely explode.
"Then we should go inside and talk, right?" Feng Xiao reached out his hand to Lin Qixia again.
This time, before Lin Qixia could dodge, she heard a muffled "bang".
Feng Xiao was caught off guard and kicked. He cried out in surprise and fell to the ground.
He then looked up in surprise and stared at the young man in black next to him.
The boy held a long sword, and when he looked down at him, his eyes were sinister, and his whole body was filled with killing intent.
"Who...who are you? Who let you in!" he stammered, terrified.
Lin Qixia glanced at him helplessly, "Sigh, I told you to hide well and not come out."
She clearly didn't intend to ask Huo Yanqing for help at this time.
Huo Yanqing didn't respond to her, his eyes fixed on Feng Xiao as he drew his knife: "If you don't want to die, answer this young lady's question!"
"ah!"
Unexpectedly, Feng Xiao screamed in agony as he faced the knife, and then fainted.
Huo Yanqing and Lin Qixia: "..."
"That's good, there's nothing more to ask now," Lin Qixia said helplessly.
Feng Xiao is making too much noise now, and someone might come to check at any time, so they can't stay here any longer to wake him up and ask him questions slowly.
Huo Yanqing turned his head and looked at her apologetically.
Lin Qixia looked at him for a moment, then said, "Let's go."
Huo Yanqing responded, and the two turned and left the courtyard at the same time.
This time, it's destined to be a complete waste of time and effort.
However, as Lin Qixia reached the courtyard gate, she heard a woman's sobbing again, which sounded extremely frightening.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks and sighed.
Huo Yanqing, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
“I think we still have to save people,” she said.
There was someone else in the courtyard, and it was a woman. Lin Qixia couldn't ignore it at this moment.
"Okay," Huo Yanqing replied and went back without hesitation.
"Wait for me!" Lin Qixia followed.
Huo Yanqing moved quickly; his hearing was even more acute than Lin Qixia's. He had already leaped into a room.
But by the time she got closer, Huo Yanqing had already carried someone out of a house.
Lin Qixia leaned closer for a look and exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Cheng?"
It was Cheng Yuerong, which she hadn't expected.
Given the Cheng family's background, and considering she was the Cheng family's daughter, how could she have been kidnapped and brought to this courtyard?
"Waaaah—" Cheng Yuerong was tied up and her mouth was gagged.
Right now, she was sobbing and crying to Lin Qixia with red eyes.
Lin Qixia couldn't remove the gag from her mouth at this moment, fearing that she would scream and attract attention.
They'll only be in more trouble then.
Cheng Yuerong, in particular, seemed a bit off right now. Her face was flushed, and she was writhing wildly on Huo Yanqing's shoulder.
"I'll have him take you out first," Lin Qixia said to her, then winked at Huo Yanqing.
After all, the three of them going out together would be too conspicuous, and he knows light-footed skills, so we need to get him out as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.
She could take advantage of the large number of people in the mansion at this time and slowly slip out into the crowd.
"But—" Huo Yanqing disagreed with her arrangement and was worried about leaving her alone.
Lin Qixia stopped him from continuing, "Hurry up! We don't have time! We'll meet at Qingyun Inn."
Qingyun Inn is just a short distance away on the next street. Given Cheng Yuerong's condition, they need a secluded place to keep her.
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