into the bosom

Chapter 23

Pingliang City is the most prosperous and affluent place in the south of the Great Wei Dynasty. As the residence of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, it has been well managed by successive Pingnan Kings. The people in the city live and work in peace and prosperity. Almost.

In the night, the huge mansion looks like a crouching giant beast, which is quietly sharpening its claws, waiting for an opportunity to pounce on you and tear you to pieces.

Xu Jiao hid in the shadow of the corner of the wall, looking at the wide gate of the mansion ahead, but his face was completely devoid of blood, against the backdrop of the night, it was pale and pale, like a ghost.

The black lacquered plaque with four gold-plated characters "Pingnan Prince's Mansion" hanging above the mansion gate fell to the ground and broke in two. The harsh seal on the vermilion lacquered gate showed why this prestigious mansion of generations was so deserted and depressed. the reason.

The most terrible thing is that the surroundings of this mansion are closely guarded, and even the courtyard walls are faintly glowing with fire, which is just waiting for people to throw themselves into the trap.

Xu Jiao really wanted to turn around and run away, but...he couldn't.

Su Le smiled slightly at her, "Let's go! Miss Xu!"

"Su Lang-jun, there are so many people, how do we get in?" Xu Jiaoqiang pulled out a smile, trying to convince people with reason.

"Second Lady doesn't need to worry about this. We have our own way to send you in. The only thing we need to do is where to find things after entering. Second Lady should have an idea." Su Le still smiled politely, but his tone was not the slightest bit. room for maneuver.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xu Jiao was carried directly up to the wall by someone, and then lifted off from the wall. When she had a deep experience of a high-altitude rappel, she finally understood what their method was.

If she hadn't known what the fate of calling out would be, she wouldn't have bitten her mouth until she bled, and would still be fighting between her two legs when she got off the ground.

It's a pity that although Su Le is a little bit more understanding than He Lianshu, it's just a little bit, but after she slowed down, he smiled and gestured to her, the meaning was very clear - please!
After all, he is a person who has gone through books and has been tempered several times by He Lianshu. Xu Jiao's determination is stronger than imagined, and he took two deep breaths, consciously calmed down a little, and walked away under Su Le's urging eyes. step...

"Wait! Second lady, is that direction going to the latrine?" Su Le looked at her suspiciously.

Xu Jiao's forehead twitched suddenly, and he said with a serious face, "The more impossible the place, the more we have to find it. To be honest, my father likes to hide important things in the latrine."

Su Le's eyes widened in horror, King Pingnan likes to hide important things in the hut?Where are you hiding?In the latrine?

Fortunately, Xu Jiao didn't ask them to search the latrine, but there was no doubt that they found nothing in the latrine, and then went to several other places where others thought it was impossible to hide things, and found nothing.

The evening wind blows gently, the night gets darker and darker, but it can't cool Su Le's heart.

"Second Lady Xu... Where could this thing be hidden? If you continue to search aimlessly like this, I'm afraid you will find it at dawn." He finally couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"This... I don't know either!" Xu Jiao's face was full of innocence and pity, "My father won't tell me when he hides things, not to mention I don't even know what that thing is, how do you ask me to find it? I have told Mr. Helian, but he still refuses to believe it, what can I do?"

The veins on Su Le's forehead couldn't help popping up. He closed his eyes, and then he managed to laugh again, "I can't find anything, how will the second lady plan to explain to A Shu? Besides, the weather is not good, so I'm afraid I'll have to It's raining, we still have to hurry up? Where should we go to find the next place, Er Niangzi should hurry up and make up an idea."

"Strange. Could it be that my father did the opposite this time and hid things in the study like everyone else?" Xu Jiao was talking to himself while raising his eyes to Su Le, "Mr. Su Lang told us The family is so familiar, do you know which direction my father's study is in?"

The blue veins on Su Le's forehead finally jumped up as expected, and he said with his teeth wrong, "Miss Xu, isn't this your home?"

"But... I am not very good at distinguishing directions by nature. It is the same in my house. You can see that my house is too big. In the past, there were always maids who followed me every step of the way. Otherwise, I would get lost. Your family Lord Helian also knew about it, didn't he tell you?" Xu Jiao blinked at Su Le, aggrieved and pitiful.

A Shu know?He never said it!However, I have never seen Lu Chicheng so confident. "This way please, Mrs. Xu!"

Turned into several courtyards and entered several wing rooms, but still found nothing, even the secret room was found out, cleaned up, and naturally all the valuable things were gone.

The study was even more messy. After searching for a while, Xu Jiao sighed, "Mr. Su Lang, you have also seen the situation in the mansion. If the things are really still in the mansion, I am afraid they would have been found long ago. It is no longer their turn. It's our time."

Su Le looked at her suspiciously, and Xu Jiao said anxiously, "Could it be that at this time, I still dare to lie to you? If you don't leave, the sky will really be dawn."

After a while, Su Le finally nodded, "Let's go!"

Xu Jiao raised the corners of her mouth and became happy, but in a blink of an eye, extreme joy gave way to sadness.

Not daring to light up the candle, they kept groping in the dark, but tonight even the moon was hidden in the thick clouds. She didn't notice it for a while, and bumped into something around her, and she didn't realize that she had kicked it until there was a "bang". A stool nearby, not only kicked the stool to the ground, but she also tripped over and fell to the ground.

There was silence all around, this sound was too abrupt.

It happened so suddenly that Su Le was stunned for a moment, until he heard the faint noise, then he winked at the two people following him, and they saluted knowingly, then rushed out.

"Let's go!" Su Le stretched out his hand to help Xu Jiao up from the ground, and his subordinates led them away. They should take advantage of this time to escape as quickly as possible.

At this moment, a bolt of lightning tore a hole in the dark sky, "Wait!"

Taking advantage of the momentary light, Xu Jiao's gaze fell on the mess on the ground inadvertently, and saw the plant that was thrown to the ground, splashed with soil and broken porcelain, and trampled on, its branches and leaves fell to pieces. camellia.
camellia?Xu Jiao suddenly thought of something, a light flashed in his eyes very quickly, got up, rushed over and held the camellia plant in his hands.

"Let's go!" Su Le came over quickly, pulled her away, and the two of them turned their heads and rushed into the dark night outside.

The muffled sound of thunder grew louder and closer, and from time to time lightning lit up in the sky...

In the room, the window was wide open, and the night wind with a tide came in from the window, blowing the candle flame flickering, and the flickering light reflected on He Lianshu's tough face, which looked mottled and dark, but But the light never penetrated into the eyes, and the slightest strands were like deep pools.

He turned his head and looked out the window. The night wind picked up at some point, and the tide turned into substance, and fell straight onto his face with the wind, moistening it a little bit.

It's raining!
(End of this chapter)