Shu Blossoms

Chapter 380
The news that Liu Yuan brought back further confirmed her guess, Zheng Wei felt that she had to go to the haunted house no matter what.

But only the three of them broke in with about twenty guards and could only die. Zheng Wei asked Liu Yuan to deliver a letter to Mu Wu and brought Qing Weisi with good skills. The team of guards brought them, together with the ten guards who followed Zheng Wei all the time, dozens of people rushed to the haunted house.

As for the patrolling and dispatching in the city, it is not up to Zheng Wei to mobilize, she can only send people from the Qingwei Division into the palace to deliver letters.

When the group arrived outside the ghost house, Xiao Yucheng was in charge of commanding, and most of them stayed on the periphery to surround the entire mansion to ensure that no one would break through and escape.

The three of them brought a small group of guards to the back wall of the Liu Mansion, and together they chopped off the thorn bushes and prepared to climb over the wall.

Zheng Wei climbed to the top of the wall as lightly as possible and looked around the yard. The yard was overgrown with weeds and hadn't been maintained for many years. Vitality, not a sign of habitation.

She frowned slightly and glanced at Xiao Yucheng. Could it be that she was wrong?
Xiao Yucheng suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a pile of things in the corner of the courtyard opposite, which seemed to be wandering back and forth.

Flies that eat decaying matter or whatever is a sign that there is life in the yard!

The three of them looked at each other, led them to jump down the wall lightly, and made a "boom" when their feet landed, and the three of them immediately rolled on the spot and hid in the grass beside them.

They waited without moving for a while, there was no movement in the house, and no one came out to check the situation, Zheng Wei stood up first, and walked forward lightly, Xiao Yucheng and Liu Yuan hurriedly followed.

Zheng Wei and Xiao Yucheng broke into the main room, seeing the residues left on several cases in the room, she was overjoyed at first, then thumped.

They made such a big noise with so many people, but the other party didn't respond at all. There are only two possibilities, either they evacuated, or they were silenced!

If it is silenced, it is natural to see people alive and corpses, Zheng Wei touched the porcelain bowls on the table, picked up a chicken bone and smelled it, and said solemnly to Xiao Yucheng: "Warm!"

"Go out and have a look!" Xiao Yucheng also understood what happened, and couldn't bear to say it, so he could only drag her outside.

At this time, other people also came to report, "Princess, General, there are traces of people living in the rest of the house, but we searched around for a few times but couldn't find anyone."

It was obvious that those people had already left before they came, but they left in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to take away a change of clothes and dry food.

Zheng Wei deliberately went to the kitchen to check, the bottom of the pot was covered with a finger-thick ash, and the stove was still warm, apparently they had been cooking for the past two days, yet they hadn't been noticed.

What made her even more frustrated was that she was just one step too late!
Han Shidi comforted her, "It seems that they haven't been walking for long, and they shouldn't be far away. Sealing the area will definitely force them out!"

Zheng Wei was worried, "How can we seal such a big place with dozens of us alone."

"Did you forget that the government soldiers of the Jingzhao Mansion have been sent out to check and register from house to house? There should be quite a few people nearby, and they should be dispatched to deal with emergencies. As long as we are quick enough, we should be able to!"

"Then why are you still standing there, let's go!" Zheng Wei broke through the door with a stride, and Han Shidi, who hadn't finished speaking, chased after him helplessly.

When Zheng Wei stood in front of the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion, he realized that this matter could not be accomplished with a single sentence. These soldiers all had missions and did not dare to leave their posts without permission to follow Zheng Wei to encircle any secret agents of the Wei Dynasty.

Even Xiao Yucheng couldn't order them, Zheng Wei stomped angrily, if she directly took out the token given by Emperor Zhou, although she could mobilize them, it would cause even bigger troubles later on, so unless it was a last resort, she couldn't expose it outside.

Should she just watch Awan being taken away by the Wei people again, but she is helpless?
No, you must not give up this opportunity. If they escape this time, it may be difficult to find any clues about them.

She still has a bigger worry in her heart. Today's incident is by no means a coincidence, but because someone tipped them off, these people left in a hurry.

As for the identity of this mole, she has no idea at all. It's like hiding a firecracker beside her, and it will explode at some point, hurting others and herself!

Zheng Wei was at his wit's end, Han Shidi asked the young general who was leading the army: "The streets of Yujie, Chengxiang, Chengyang, and Chengqing are within the scope of your inspection today, right?"

The leading young general clapped his hands and replied respectfully, "Yes, the task of the last general's team today is these few streets."

He didn't intend to make things difficult for General Xiao and Princess Danyang, but the situation in Jiankang City is difficult now, and he and his brothers will be severely punished if he resigns without Jing Zhaoyin's warrant.

"Then you take your brothers and block up the entrances and exits of these four streets in the name of population investigation, and no one is allowed to pass. Originally, your Jingzhao Mansion was responsible for searching the city's secret operations, and this is also your responsibility." Even if Master Li knows about the scope of his duties, he will not punish you. How do you think this is good?"

"Okay, the end general knows, and no one will be allowed to leave the position we guard!"

After the leading young general took the order, he dispatched manpower to block the entrances of these four streets.

Zheng Wei and Xiao Yucheng brought their people closer in, every place they passed had to be searched carefully, but most of these places were residences of court officials, so it was not smooth to enter and search.

Zheng Wei could only hold back his anger and comfort himself, it was difficult for people like himself to search, and it might not be easy for the people of Wei to hide in.

She forgot that she also covered up today, unless someone close to her, it would be difficult to recognize her.Moreover, every time they were searched, they were only claimed to be members of the Qingwei Division, and their identities were not revealed. The concierges naturally refused to let them in easily.

Fortunately, the person who sent the letter to the palace came back and brought back His Majesty's secret decree, so that the Qingwei Division can act cheaply, and all the mansions cooperate with the Qingwei Division to search.

Zheng Wei and Xiao Yucheng's search immediately became smoother, and outside the encirclement, Han Shidi also received the news, and Qingwu came back to report: "Mr. Lang, you are amazing! Those people hiding in the ghost house ran out, Danyang The princess arrived with General Xiao on the back foot. But those people seem to be trapped in the city, and I don’t know if they can escape the search of Princess Danyang and the others. Shall we send someone to help them.”

Han Shidi shook his head, "It's easy to be caught by the tail if you intervene again. Find a way to send a message to Xia Houqing in the Siyi Pavilion. Whether you can hide or not depends on their luck!"

Xia Houqing didn't expect that there were Han Shidi's people in the imperial army. He was a little anxious after receiving the letter, but he couldn't get out of the Siyi Pavilion for a while, and he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious.

Princess Zhaoyang is an important bargaining chip for him to negotiate with Emperor Zhou Xuan, if he loses this time, he is afraid that his life will be in danger.

(End of this chapter)