Chapter 16 Catching an adulterer
The ancestral hall, which is quiet all year round, becomes lively once every three years.
There were so many guests coming to pay their respects that Yun Chen could hear people whispering about it wherever he went:
"Presiding over the ancestral worship ceremony? I really don't know how Huo Gannian will explain this to his ancestors. Can he explain how many members of the Huo family he killed?"
"The Huo Clan has already swallowed up the Han Clan. But the Yu Clan is still nipping at the heels, poised to reclaim the title of richest man. Interesting."
"The Yu family is not to be trifled with. They are backed by royal relatives. It will be difficult for the Huo Clan to maintain their position as the leader!"
Yun Chen didn't quite understand these power and influence, but just hearing them say bad things about Huo Gannian made her angry.
She secretly followed the people who were talking to the front hall. Just as she was about to take the opportunity to spit into someone's cup, she noticed a figure running around in the hall. It was Xiaoyue'er, the maidservant beside Huo Luyu.
She was carrying a lunch box, with an expression of unconcealable anxiety on her face, and she was walking hurriedly between the halls and courtyards, as if she was looking for something.
Yun Chen's neck suddenly felt a little tight.
Ever since he discovered Huo Luyu's feelings, Yun Chen has been deliberately avoiding him these past two days, finding various excuses not to stay in Huo Luyu's yard.
Yun Chen guessed that Xiaoyue was here to catch her.
She immediately retracted her neck, bent her body like a shrimp, and slipped out quietly.
As a result, as soon as he reached the hall door, he was caught by Xiaoyue.
"Yun Chen! Where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time!"
Yun Chen smiled flatteringly, "I'm here to help entertain the guests. If the Second Miss has any instructions, I'll be there tomorrow..."
"Stop joking!" Xiao Yue slapped Yun Chen angrily and said in a low voice, "The second young lady is missing! Please help me find her!"
"Missing?" Yun Chen put away his smile. "Are you sure the Second Miss didn't sneak out to listen to storytelling?"
Unlike other wealthy and noble ladies, Huo Luyu neither liked the poor scholars in the storybooks nor liked music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She loved to go out and listen to storytelling every few days.
Holding a box of snowflake crisps and a pot of fruit wine, she could spend a whole day in the storytelling hall, listening to the legendary story of a female general who single-handedly challenged 80,000 enemy troops. She was so fascinated that she didn't even have time to eat.
"Absolutely not!" Xiaoyue was about to speak but stopped herself, stammering, "I accompanied the Second Miss to the back garden to catch butterflies. The pole of the net broke, so I went to find a new one, and then..."
Xiaoyue'er had a conflicted expression, hesitating whether she should continue speaking. She looked up and saw Yunchen leaning forward slightly, listening attentively.
Looking at those clear eyes, Xiaoyue gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and whispered:
"But when I came back with the new net, the second young lady had disappeared, and only her clothes were left on the ground."
Xiaoyue opened the lid of the food box in her hand and said with a tearful voice:
"The Second Miss's coat, skirt, and... bellyband were all thrown on the ground... I can only find a lunch box to pack them up..."
Yun Chen was stunned.
No wonder Xiaoyue was so sure Huo Luyu was missing. For a young lady from aristocratic family like Huo Luyu, even taking off her outer shirt in public was considered rude, let alone a bellyband.
It was obvious that Huo Luyu was kidnapped.
During the days of ancestor worship, many of the guests came to socialize with the Huo Gang due to the occasion.
If someone wanted revenge and couldn't bring themselves to kill Huo Gannian, who was heavily guarded, then they would most likely resort to underhanded tactics against Huo Luyu.
The most cruel trick you can use on a woman is to destroy her innocence.
Yun Chen realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly looked through the clothes in the lunch box, but smelled a strong smell of pine oil.
"Xiao Yue'er, does the Second Miss usually use pine oil? Or has this box ever contained pine oil?"
Xiao Yue'er shook her head. "That thing smells terrible. The Second Miss doesn't like it. I just got this box from the small kitchen."
Yun Chen nodded, and understood a little more.
The purpose of stripping Huo Luyu of his clothes was to humiliate him, with the intention of making the Huo Gang look bad.
The fact that he later kidnapped the person suggests that he has changed his mind and wants to show off his "masterpiece" in a place with more people.
And it must be a place where there are no Huo Gang guards stationed.
Combined with the smell of the other party's pine oil on Huo Luyu's clothes, that is the most common raw material for oil paint.
Yun Chen roughly guessed where Huo Luyu was.
"Xiao Yue'er, it's almost 3 p.m., right? It's time for the ancestral worship performance in the courtyard."
I don't know why Yun Chen rambled on and on about irrelevant things. Xiao Yue stamped her feet anxiously:
"Who cares what time it is! Go find the Second Miss! If others see her without any clothes... how can she survive?"
Xiaoyue couldn't continue speaking, but her eyes were already red.
As a woman, Yun Chen understood everything.
"Wait for me here." After instructing Xiaoyue'er, Yun Chen immediately flew away and headed towards the courtyard at the fastest speed.
As soon as she entered the atrium, her scalp started to buzz.
The courtyard was filled with tables and chairs. Except for the two most honorable seats in the center, which were still empty, the rest of the seats were filled with guests.
At the end of the courtyard, a large stage stood quietly, with a white curtain hanging down to cover it, making it impossible to see what was on the stage behind the curtain.
The actors in the troupe were already waiting at the side of the stage. Two assistants stood on each side of the stage, holding onto the curtain, waiting to tear it down at the hour of Shen so that they could sing the "Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars" to pay homage to their ancestors.
This is the place with the most people in the entire ancestral hall, and it is also the only place that does not require the Huo Gang guards to be stationed there.
Across the dense crowd, Yun Chen looked at the temporarily closed curtain that could be blown open by the wind at any time.
She was extremely anxious, but she remained calm and walked steadily towards the back of the stage.
Just as they were about to reach the stage, a group of unfamiliar guards came over, escorting an old man in a golden robe. They were so arrogant and pretentious that they blocked the way completely.
Yun Chen was anxious but couldn't get around it, and was forced to retreat further.
She was anxious and wanted to take a detour to the stage from the other side, but as luck would have it, the guards of the Huo Gang also came to protect Huo Gannian.
Now, the roads on both sides were blocked, and Yun Chen was so anxious that sweat began to appear on his forehead.
Across the crowd of people in the room, Huo Gannian saw Yun Chen at a glance.
Although she tried her best to appear calm, Huo Gannian could tell intuitively that something was wrong with her.
Glancing at the large group of people blocking the road ahead of her, Huo Gannian chuckled and said:
"The Yu family guards are so respectable, no wonder they were trained by Master Yu himself."
From the moment Huo Gannian entered the room, all the guests gradually quieted down.
At this moment, his words were not spoken loudly, but they were clearly heard by everyone. They all looked at the Yu family guards, and everyone immediately dispersed a little, giving Yun Chen the opportunity to pass through.
The old man in the golden robe is obviously the head of the Yu family:
Yuyangji.
He frowned, his face as bright as a chrysanthemum, and said with a strange smile:
"There will be something more respectable soon, Master Huo, just wait and see."
Yun Chen didn't care at all about what Huo Gannian and Yu Yangji, the two tycoons who had been competing for the title of the richest man in Nan Country, were talking about. He quietly walked around to the back of the stage, slipped behind the curtain, and jumped onto the stage.
Sure enough, Huo Luyu was lying naked in the middle of the stage.
The snow-white body was displayed in broad daylight. Not only was she not wearing any clothes, she was even posing and shaking her head, and making some indescribable moans.
Yun Chen was stunned by this scene. She quickly stepped forward to check and called out softly, "Second Miss!"
Huo Luyu didn't react at all, but instead pounced directly at Yun Chen. Her arms climbed up her neck like a snake, and her plump red lips pressed straight up against hers.
Fortunately, Yun Chen dodged quickly, and Huo Luyu's red lips brushed against her cheek, leaving a touch of bright pomegranate red.
"I...I...feel so bad..."
Huo Luyu was obviously drugged and was unconscious. He couldn't even speak complete sentences and just kept trying to get into Yun Chen's arms.
Yun Chen quickly covered Huo Luyu's mouth and looked at the curtain nervously.
It's just a thin piece of cloth. If the noise is a little louder, it will be heard, and there is a risk of it being torn off at any time.
"Second Miss, wake up! Come with me!" Yun Chen pinched Huo Luyu's philtrum hard. The pain made her slightly sober. Her pupils moved numbly. When she saw Yun Chen, her eyes instantly turned red and she pleaded desperately:
"Yun Chen...save me..."
After saying this, Huo Luyu's consciousness became confused again. She grabbed her chest and thighs hard... The courtesy and reserve of a young lady from a noble family could no longer control her body.
He heard that it was gradually getting quiet outside the curtain. It was already the afternoon, and the show was about to begin. The curtain began to pull to both sides, and Yun Chen's fear reached its peak.
Seeing that everything was about to be exposed, Yun Chen hurriedly took off his guard uniform and threw himself on Huo Luyu with his clothes and body.
Go ahead and say it.
What can those thousands of mouths say?
It doesn't matter how Huo Gannian's only sister, the noble second daughter of the Huo family, lives in the ancestral temple.
It’s said that the master and servant were having an affair and were caught in public.
He couldn't care less about anything at the moment. Yun Chen only knew to use all his strength to pull the guard uniform to the limit to cover Huo Luyu's body.
She closed her eyes, preparing for the curtain to fall.
At this time, Huo Gannian's voice suddenly came from outside the curtain.
"Wait a minute," he said. "Bring me the playbill and try another play."
The curtain closed tightly again. Yun Chen could not see what was happening outside. He could only hear the sound of Huo Gannian flipping through the playbill.
He flipped through the pages slowly and leisurely.
Yun Chen immediately wrapped Huo Luyu with his outer shirt and tied it tightly with a belt. Then he hugged the twisting Huo Luyu, rolled on the ground, and fell off the stage.
At the same time, a gong sounded, the curtain fell heavily to the ground, and the show began.
There was nothing unusual on the stage except for a strange dark stain.
On the other side, Yun Chen, carrying Huo Luyu, was running at full speed towards the farthest place from the crowd, and plunged into the deepest and most secluded rocky garden.
However, he didn't expect that his legs were too fast, and when he turned around the rockery, he couldn't stop for a moment and bumped into someone head-on.
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