Chapter 589 Qianqiu's one-man show
As the most trusted eunuch around the emperor, Chen Wuliang often travels to Yue Mansion and the eldest princess's mansion, and Yue Qianqiu often meets this person. Chen Wuliang always smiles at him, so he naturally is kind to others and does not have any thoughts of looking down on others just because he is an eunuch. But in his subconscious mind, he never thought that he was a master with martial arts skills above Yan Xu!
After all, every time the emperor came out in a subtle way, he was surrounded by many guards, and Chen Wuliang had never shown his martial arts skills. No matter how good his eyesight was, he faced a heavy step and every move was like an ordinary eunuch. How could he see that the other party was hidden?
Moreover, this man had just arrived at the Princess's Mansion to deliver things. He clearly saw Yan Xu follow people into the palace, so he ran to the Liu Mansion to find Xiao Qingqing to question him. Why did Chen Wuliang come here now? Could it be that Yan Xu also came?
After solving four swordsmen and two maids at once and showing their true colors, Chen Wuliang walked slowly towards Xiao Jingjing and Yue Qianqiu, but stopped three or four steps away to avoid misunderstandings from the little girl who was alert to the point of being a little stiff all over. He nodded slightly at first, and then said kindly: "Young Master Ninth Prince, Young Palace Master, you are frightened."
Just as he raised his hand, the crossbowman who was originally eyeing the high walls immediately put away the crossbow at three moments, then retreated like a tide, and could no longer see anyone again.
Seeing Xiao Jingjing noticed this scene, his face obviously relaxed a lot. Instead, Yue Qianqiu looked suspiciously and kept looking at him. He explained with a kind look: "I sent Mr. Yan to the middle of the way and suddenly received an urgent message, so he asked Mr. Yan to go to the palace to see the emperor thank him first, and I hurried here. Speaking of which, what happened? Why did the subordinates of the Palace Master Xiao dare to offend the Young Palace Master and the Ninth Prince?"
"Eunuch Chen doesn't know?" Yue Qianqiu thought that Chen Wuliang must have been prepared. At this time, he was sure that the person had just arrived. He couldn't help but turn black and said bluntly, "Xiao Qingqing left her daughter and these subordinates and ran away by herself!"
Chen Wuliang's heart was immediately thrilled. He didn't care what he said to Xiao Jingjing, who wanted to speak but stopped, and quickly rushed into the house. He could be regarded as one of the people who were most familiar with the Liu Mansion and the mysterious place, except for the craftsmen who built it. At this time, he checked all the mechanisms and secret passage entrances almost as quickly as possible. His eyes finally fell on the hair on the ground that was sandwiched between the two walls.
He reached out and grabbed the end of his hair and pulled it gently. Seeing that the hair was still motionless, Chen Wuliang narrowed his eyes slightly, and then pressed his palms on the solid wall. After a sudden force, he slowly withdrew his hand and thoughts in his heart for a moment.
Was it because someone lost a hair when he was passing by before, so he got stuck in it, or...
This door cannot be easily opened from the room, but must be unlocked from the inside of the secret passage. It is precisely because of this that Old Master Yue "invites" Xiao Qingqing from that inn to recuperate, and the emperor and Princess Dongyang came here with the guards to see Xiao Qingqing.
At that time, there was Yueying on the roof as the last barrier. Although he didn't follow him, he didn't expect anything to happen.
That time, the emperor and Princess Dongyang came, and nothing happened, but now Xiao Qingqing disappeared without a trace in the Liu Mansion, which is like an iron barrel!
Fortunately, after Princess Dongyang discovered that Yue Qianqiu had left, she immediately sent someone to intercept him halfway, and after he coaxed Yan Xu away, he rushed over immediately. Otherwise, there would be something big about that situation just now!
While thinking quickly about how to follow up, Chen Wuliang suddenly heard two footsteps coming from behind. He didn't have to look back and knew that it was Yue Qianqiu and Xiao Jingjing following in. He hesitated for a moment and turned around, and asked Xiao Jingjing with a complicated face with an extremely sincere face: "Do you know if the young palace master knows that when Lingtang left, were there anyone else around him?"
Xiao Jingjing bit his lip hard, and after a while, he shook his head sadly and said, "No, I didn't take anyone else. At least she kept everyone here."
Even Cuilong and Huale, who had been with their mother for many years, were actually left behind. Moreover, they were clearly insiders, but they also helped their mother hide themselves.
The four swordsmen who were still blocking Yue Qianqiu at first were still less than thirty years old this year. They were all taken in by my mother very early. They were orphans who were displaced after being removed from the Martial Arts Record. Even she had called their brothers when she was playing as a child. If my mother had even told them before, then she and Yue Qianqiu had no luck just now, and she could not stop them...
The only thing that is thankful is that they are also poor people who were left behind without knowing it.
Seeing that Xiao Jingjing could only provide such a little information, Chen Wuliang couldn't think of anything to comfort the abandoned daughter. He could only sigh softly when he walked past her, and then walked over to Yue Qianqiu.
The person sent by Princess Dongyang to find him only said that Yue Qianqiu came to find Xiao Qingqing and asked him to come over to stop him. As a result, as soon as he arrived, he found that the matter was more serious than he thought. But he didn't think it was a good time to ask Yue Qianqiu why he suddenly came here, and why he could catch Xiao Qingqing so accurately and possibly escape.
At this moment, he had to consider that if the secret passage was really leaked, someone would have to open the entrance from inside and respond to Xiao Qingqing's departure. If Xiao Qingqing really penetrated the people in this system, then the emperor had collected the craftsmen who built the huge secret passages connecting this place and the palace and various secret strongholds because of a moment of kindness, and created various equipment that were not used in the previous few dynasties. That would have been a complete mistake, and the news must have been leaked there.
But just as Chen Wuliang was thinking secretly how to let Yue Qianqiu settle Xiao Jingjing first and immediately went back to take people to check these authentic tunnels, he suddenly heard Yue Qianqiu ask: "Eunuch Chen, the reason why I came here is because there are several things to ask people clearly. I just told Miss Xiao outside that her mother might not be here, so I asked her to verify it myself. To be honest, I was just yelling casually because of the two maids who were guarding their guards and were not sure."
Seeing Xiao Jingjing suddenly turned his head and looked at him, with a bit of indescribable hope on his face, as if the drowning man had caught a life-saving straw, Yue Qianqiu smiled apologetically.
"Although they failed to stop them, they later tried to stab each other and committed suicide in the face of Miss Xiao's questioning, as if to make us convinced that they stayed here to hide the truth about the Red Moon Palace Master in the house, or to be more precise, Princess Huoshan escaped from the shell. But sometimes I can't help but feel a little suspicious."
Although he was just speaking out, Yue Qianqiu was also calm when he denied his guess: "There is a word called dark under the lamp, and the other word called "There is a word called "There is a word called "There is a word called "There is a word called "There is a word called "The East and the West". To be honest, I don't really believe that the secret passage that leads to this place can be so easily penetrated. In contrast, there is a person hidden somewhere in the room, which may be more likely."
Xiao Jingjing suddenly felt that she was alive. In an instant, she rushed towards the big cabinet in the corner like a whirlwind. When she opened the door and found that it was empty, she refused to give up. She knocked and checked for the interlayer. She rushed towards the big bed against the wall like a gust of wind. From the mattress to the quilt, she almost pushed the bottom of the bed, and finally got into the bed.
Seeing her looking for someone like crazy, Chen Wuliang couldn't help but glance at Yue Qianqiu with some confusion. Even though he didn't have the ears of Qianli, he stood in this room, even if the sound of breathing and heartbeat was slight, he could not hide his ears and spiritual senses. Even if Yue Qianqiu was not as good as his years of hard practice, he was not a problem to say such things. Why did he say such things?
Yue Qianqiu gave Chen Wuliang a look of peace and calmness as if nothing had happened. He also went up to cooperate with Xiao Jingjing to search everywhere. After searching all the furniture, he still did not give up and rushed up to the beam of the room like a monkey.
Seeing that Xiao Jingjing came up the same way, when he saw the house beam with dust still left, he immediately showed an expression of extreme disappointment. He then smiled bitterly: "It seems that I still underestimate your mother, Miss Xiao."
Even though Yue Qianqiu did not say that he underestimated his mother's methods or underestimated his mother's ruthlessness, Xiao Jingjing's face was still as white as paper, as if he was just a little bit away from crying. She fell to the ground like a walking corpse, then she sat down, her head lowered, and there was no more anger on her face. Even though Chen Wuliang had no such thing as sympathy for a long time, she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
At this time, he looked at the lower curtain thoughtfully, and immediately realized that the two maids who wanted to commit suicide and the four swordsmen were just beaten by him in surprise and completely lost their ability to resist. He should have not fainted. At this time, he should have heard the conversation and movement in the room, confirming the fact that Xiao Qingqing left everyone behind and escaped.
He probably guessed the profound meaning of Yue Qianqiu's just now, and walked out the door, grabbed Cuilong, who was knocked over to the ground by himself at the first time, reached out and pressed him on the neck. Seeing that he opened his eyes with a low voice, he just pretended to be dizzy, he asked in a deep voice: "I don't ask you where Xiao Qingqing has gone. I just want to ask you, are she not afraid that she will be killed by the emperor if she abandons her daughter and these subordinates?
Cuilong, who woke up, had to grit his teeth and say nothing, but after hearing Chen Wuliang's words, she couldn't help but shudder, and then threw herself into pieces and said, "Whether Huale and I and they can survive until now, it is all because of the kindness of the palace master. The palace master was trapped in this before, so we should sacrifice ourselves to protect the palace master!"
"I used to help the evil, but now I'm pretending to be a good person. Get away and don't touch Miss Xiao!"
Cuilong watched Yue Qianqiu hugged Xiao Qingqing and rushed into the west wing. Seeing the blood falling to the ground bit by bit, she felt confused for a moment. When she saw Hua Le sitting there dumbly, she couldn't help but slap her hand hard: "What are you talking nonsense just now! If you asked the young palace master to have any problems, how could I have the face to see the palace master in the future!"
Chapter completed!