Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Chai Wenfei, Xia Yike, and Xiao Yucheng came out of Qingzhan Garden and wandered here and there until late at night before returning to the inn.Gu Liantang had already fallen asleep, so Yao Chu sat alone in the lobby of the inn waiting for them, with a cloth bag by his hand.
"You guys are back, Chaimen, this is your thing. Someone brought it here today." Seeing them coming back, Yao Chu picked up the cloth bag and stuffed it into Chai Wenfei's hand, and entered Chai Wenfei's room with the three of them.
"This one was delivered just in time." Chai Wenfei opened the bag, watching the improved shaking thread glow coldly under the light.Remove the thread sacks between the legs and waist from the body, and put the rippling threads in one by one.He and Xiao Yuchang quickly changed into the night clothes in the inner room, and walked out while tying the headscarf, "Brother Yi Ke, we plan to visit the Prince Shao's mansion tonight. You and Chu Xin stay at the inn, and I will go back with the box. "
"You decided?" Xia Yike didn't seem very surprised.
"Yeah." Their rooms are next to each other, probably Ji Guqiong overheard the conversation last night, and told him instead.Chai Wenfei said in his heart.
"Let me go with you." Xia Yike stared at Chai Wenfei and said.
As soon as this remark came out, Xiao Yucheng stopped the hand that tied the turban, and exchanged glances with Yao Chu, and the three of them stared at Xia Yike.
Xia Yike explained: "I mean Brother Xiao came all the way, and you dragged him around today, so he must be tired. Besides, you are not familiar with this Prince Shao's Mansion, and you don't have a map of the Palace. It's too dangerous to go. I've been to Prince Shao's Mansion before, and I'll go with you, so it's easy to find things."
Chai Wenfei patted his head, suddenly: "It makes sense, why didn't I think of it, there is someone familiar here." Then he ran to pick off Xiao Yucheng's night clothes: "Box, take off your clothes, you wait at the inn, I and Brother can also go together."
Xiao Yucheng let Chai Wenfei pick off his clothes, and said silently for a while: "Then you all pay attention to safety, brother Xia, I entrust Chaimen to you, you must protect him well." Xiao Yucheng urged worriedly.
Xia Yike clasped his fists and promised: "Brother Xiao, don't worry, Xia will fight to the death to protect him."
"We're leaving, you go to bed first, you don't know when you'll be back, don't wait for us. If we're caught, you should leave as soon as possible, okay?" After walking a few steps, Chai Wenfei came back and said a few words.
"Get out, Tong Yan Wuji." Xiao Yucheng stretched out his legs and kicked Chai Wenfei, but he dodged it. "Go and come back!"
Seeing the two disappear into the night, Yao Chu asked, "How do you feel today? Did you find anything?"
Xiao Yucheng shook his head: "There is no flaw."
"No flaws?"
Xiao Yucheng frowned, and told Yao Chu exactly what happened during the day: "Well, there are no flaws. The truth is terrifying. We went to the tea garden on the outskirts of Dongdu..."
Yao Chu said: "According to what you say, not only is there no flaws, but he should have sensed that you have doubts. When you ask him, he will talk about his sad life experience. Generally speaking, the parties mentioned such life experience , it must not be good to continue to ask.”
Xiao Yucheng felt that he was in the fog, and he couldn't see through it at all: "But those details, if not the person involved, would not know. The tea uncle of Chaimen's family died of illness not long after we left. And I asked me Father, Xia Yike was indeed raised in the family temple since he was a child, and the fortune-telling of that gentleman is indeed true. Although this kind of thing cannot be told to outsiders, my father and Xia Shangshu were friends in exchange for fate when they were young, so My father knows about the Xia family's affairs, and there is no way to fake it."
Yao Chu said: "Master Xiao and Mrs. Xiao can recognize him as Xia Yike at a glance, which means that he still looks alike when he was a child. Could it be that he is really Xia Yike?"
Xiao Yuqiang said weakly: "But why did Dad let me guard against him? As soon as he appeared, so many things happened, and it always gave me a bad feeling. Chuxin, I really can't see through this person, but he and him Caimen came too close."
Yao Chu held the teacup with both hands, staring at his own reflection in the teacup.Taking a ten thousand step back, he is Xia Yike, so what is the purpose of his appearance? From the very beginning, he seems to have stayed out of the matter and never actively participated in many things.But if it was intentional to get close in the first place, why?How did he know that Fengpao was in Luoye Village in the first place?Master Xiao would say to be on guard against him, which means that there is something wrong with this person, but he has no flaws when tested.Could it be?It shouldn't be, he has countless opportunities to get it without any effort, why set up a trick?For him, it is at his fingertips. What is his purpose?
Seeing Yao Chu lost in thought for a long time, Xiao Yucheng asked, "But what did you think of?"
Yao Chu raised his head and said: "It's just a guess, I can't be sure, so I won't say it for the time being. It's just that this person's purpose is indeed unknown, so we still need to be more careful. Since the owner of Xiao Zhuang said to guard against him, we will wait and see what happens. Don't you I'm too worried. When you tested him today, Caimen didn't stop him, which means that Caimen didn't fully trust him. After staying with him for so long, he may have discovered something. When they come back, we will tell you what Xiao Zhuang said. Caimen said, see if there are any clues that can be connected. Since he still has something to gain, he will not let Caimen be in danger, and nothing will happen tonight."
Xiao Yucheng said, "Yes. I hope so. Come back safely."
Outside Prince Shao's mansion, Chai Wenfei and Xia Yikemao observed the situation in the mansion in the bushes.
Xia Yike laughed and said, "You're pretty good at picking people's clothes."
Chai Wenfei smiled apologetically, "Hehe, I'm overwhelmed." He thought that this page of stripping clothes would be too much to pass, right? "Do you know where King Shao hid the Wanheng box?"
"Probably in the study. Last time I saw King Shao took it out to play with, and then threw it on the shelf in the study." Xia Yike recalled.
"Uh, what a prodigal prince." Chai Wenfei slapped his lips in disdain, "Then you lead the way."
"When this wave of guards passes, we will pass through the shadows."
"it is good!"
Prince Shao's Mansion had nine bends and eighteen bends. After turning countless turns, Chai Wenfei had no idea where he was in the Palace.It's too extravagant and wasteful, and the Grand View Garden is nothing more than that. This palace really fully interprets extravagance.Chai Wenfei followed Xia Yike closely, fearing that he would lose him.
Xia Yike crouched in the corner, pointing to the room with the "Nine Debates" hanging obliquely in front of him.He said softly, "That's the study of the palace."
"The guards in the front hall of the palace come one after another. Why is this study so quiet? There's no one there?" Chai Wenfei expressed his confusion.
"King Shao doesn't like people coming to the backyard, so basically the guards are concentrated in the front hall, and the servants like the girl's wife Ding are basically in the back. King Shao doesn't have much time at home, and most of the servants at home rest early after nightfall Now, let's go in quietly along the shadow at the base of the wall."
"Ok!"
☆、Night visit to Prince Shao's Mansion
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