At midnight that day, Xu Zun woke up from the big bed in the inn.
He was about to stretch hard, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Huo Anu and Zhao Yu staring at him with two pairs of big eyes.
"Oh, I'll go!"
Xu Zun was startled and quickly covered his chest.
"Can you really fall asleep?"
Huo Anu's eyes were bloodshot and he looked surprised.
"Yes," Zhao Yu hugged his shoulders in disbelief, "Is Mr. Xu confident, or is he a failure?"
"Ah? What time is it now?"
Xu Zun subconsciously looked at his wrist. When he saw that there was no watch on his wrist, he finally woke up from his nap.
"It's already midnight," Zhao Yu said anxiously, "It's less than an hour before your bet with Lord Marquis, you...can really sleep!"
"Nonsense!" Xu Zun yelled, "I'm not a night owl. I didn't sleep last night. How can I do this if I don't catch up on sleep?"
"But..." Huo Anu wanted to say something else, but Xu Zun had already sat up from the bed.
Because Xu Zun was wearing relatively simple clothes, Huo Anu frowned slightly.
"Come," Xu Zun put on his clothes and said to the two of them, "come with me! The time to witness the miracle is coming soon!"
"Sir," Huo Anu and Zhao Yu asked together, "where are we going?"
"The Hou's Mansion?" Xu Zun said, "Since we have made an agreement with the Marquis, why can't we break the appointment? You don't know that the osmanthus cake in the Hou's Mansion is delicious..."
…
The distance between the Hou Mansion and the Hou Mansion was very close. In less than a stick of incense, Xu Zun and the others had already arrived at the Hou Mansion.
The sky was dark, but the lamps were already lit in the Hou Mansion.
Since people had been sent to monitor Xu Zun, when Xu Zun and the others arrived, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion was already waiting at the door.
"Xu Tixing," the housekeeper said in his high-pitched voice, clasping his fists at Xu Zun and saluting him, "Please follow me into the mansion!"
"Good work, good work, haha..."
Xu Zun also clasped his fists in return, but as soon as the butler turned around, he grabbed Zhao Yu's collar, pulled Zhao Yu in front of his face, and whispered:
"Zhao Yu, when everyone is here, pretend you have something to report to me, and then whisper a few words to me in front of everyone!"
"What?" Zhao Yu was confused, "I...what did I whisper?"
"You can say whatever you want," Xu Zun asked, "understand?"
"Whatever...whatever..."
Zhao Yu was still confused, but Xu Zun had already followed the housekeeper into the Hou Mansion.
The housekeeper took Xu Zun to the grand reception hall of the Marquis Mansion, but saw Li Yan, Tai Min, Yuan Xingtai and other officials drinking tea inside!
Obviously, everyone wants to come over and see if Xu Zunxu Tixing can get Miss Hou Mansion back?
"Hello, gentlemen..."
Xu Zun did not dare to neglect, followed the ancient etiquette, and greeted all the adults one by one.
As soon as they said hello, Changping Marquis Lu Jinlong took Wei Bei, the guardian of the hospital, back into the hall.
"Xu Tixing," Lu Jinlong quickly came to Xu Zun and asked eagerly, "What's going on? Xu Shi will be here soon. Is there anything you can do?"
"Master Marquis, don't worry, I have roughly grasped the news," Xu Zun said, "I think there will be results soon!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the door.
this……
Zhao Yu knew that this was Xu Zun's signal to him, so he gritted his teeth and ran into the hall with his head lowered.
Because of his panic, this guy actually mixed the garlic and almost tripped himself.
"Sir...Sir Xu..."
Zhao Yu's voice became almost like that of the housekeeper. He ran in in a panic, and then put his face next to Xu Zun's ear.
"Sir, what on earth did I say? I..." Zhao Yu's face turned red with anxiety.
"Ah!!? What!!!?"
Unexpectedly, when Xu Zun heard this, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and even his hair stood up.
"Zhao Yu! What did you say? Miss Lu is dead!? You have found Miss Lu's body!!?"
I wipe...
Zhao Yu was in a daze, his knees softened, and he knelt down immediately.
The next second, he cursed in his heart: Your mother is a bitch, Mr. Xu, if you don’t play like this, people will die!
"Just... right at Qinglan Academy!!?" Xu Zunze continued his performance, "You can't be mistaken, right?"
As he spoke, Xu Zun grabbed Zhao Yu's collar manically and shook Zhao Yu's head hard, leaving Zhao Yu dazed and smoking.
However, Zhao Yu and Xu Zun still had some kind of tacit understanding, and they immediately nodded in mourning and said: "Qian...it's absolutely true! Wuwuwu..."
ah!!?
The chorus of the master and servant immediately shocked everyone present.
Mr. Hou lost his balance and almost fell down. Fortunately, Wei Beihui held him up.
Li Yan and others also stood up, scratching their heads and wondering what to do.
"How could this happen!?" Xu Zun cursed, "You bunch of trash! Come on, take us to see..."
"Yes...yes, yes..." Zhao Yu was dumb and could only continue this sudden performance.
But he was worried a lot. If he really arrived at Qinglan Academy and couldn't see the young lady's body, how could we continue the show?
By then, Mr. Hou will probably break our hearts.
Huo Anu didn't know what was going on, and immediately grabbed Zhao Yu's collar and asked loudly: "Zhao Yu, are you crazy? Where did you get the news? Just now, we didn't..."
Seeing that something was not going well, Xu Zun immediately flew out with his kick, kicked Zhao Yu to the ground, and cursed loudly:
"How did I tell you? I'm still thinking about receiving the reward in front of the Marquis! You losers, go, hurry up and take us to see..."
As he said that, he deliberately pushed Huo Anu aside, then pulled Zhao Yu and walked outside.
"Hurry! Hurry..." Li Yan jumped up and down anxiously, and immediately ran out after Xu Zun. Of course, he also wanted to see with his own eyes whether the news was true?
As soon as Li Yan moved, other officials were no exception.
"I...my daughter..." At this moment, Mr. Hou's face was pale and heartbroken. He suppressed his great sadness and hurriedly followed out.
"Master Hou, Master Hou..." Wei Beihui and the housekeeper were frightened. They hurriedly helped Master Hou from left and right, walked out of the hall, and walked quickly towards the gate of the Hou Mansion...
Now that the Marquis has left, the servants in the hall naturally can't stay where they are and follow the Marquis all at once.
Almost immediately, there were only a few maids and maids left in the huge living room.
Among them was Miss Lu's personal maid, who was also present when she disappeared that day and was knocked unconscious by the gangsters.
At this moment, when she suddenly heard that Miss Lu had been killed and her body appeared in Qinglan Academy, the little maid was already so frightened that she was trembling all over.
She suppressed her trembling body and placed the teapot in her arms on the tea table.
Then, while others were not paying attention, he quickly slipped out through the back door of the living room and went straight to the back garden of the Hou Mansion.
The little maid was worried and her steps were disordered. She stumbled over the short distance and even got hung up on branches.
But she didn't care much anymore. After entering the back garden, she went directly into the rockery covered by the shadow of the trees.
This rockery is huge in area and is made of strange stones. There are also many passable short caves in it.
The little maid walked back and forth in the short cave, and finally came to a sunken and dark place in the cave.
Tuk-tuk-tuk...
The little maid knocked on the innermost stone a few times, but it made a strange wooden sound.
It turned out that those stones were all painted on wood, and turned out to be a small wooden door.
Squeak...
Hearing a knock on the door, the wooden door opened from the inside.
"Ah?" The little maid was shocked and asked, "Miss, is that you?"
