172. Doubt
Hong Hua was not stupid. If there was no news about Du Xinghuai at the beginning, he was worried and had no time to think about other things.
So, now that she saw that Du Xinghuai was safe and sound, she no longer ignored the things that were wrong in the past.
There have been no letters or any news sent back for several months. Is it really just an accident?
No matter how busy Du Xinghuai is with his affairs and he has no time, Mrs. Du should always have time.
When she first came out of the capital, she originally thought of leaving Du Xinghuai's mother behind so that she could take care of the old man.
But what did Du Xinghuai say?
He said that his mother was old and could not live without him. If he stayed away from home for too long, his mother would miss her. As a child, how could we not fulfill our filial piety by our parents' side?
But she only regarded Du Xinghuai as filial. If she thinks about it carefully now, everything Du Xinghuai said is inconsistent.
An old man cannot bear the loneliness without his son, so how can he endure the exhaustion and bumps of the journey?
If Du Xinghuai was really as filial as he said, wouldn't he have thought about what kind of burden it would be for an elderly man to travel long distances?
She even couldn't help but wonder in her heart that maybe Du Xinghuai was not worried that he was not around, but that Du's mother missed him.
Instead, he wanted to use the matter of going to the capital to leave her behind and take Du Mu away with him. In his hometown in the countryside, no one had a close connection with Du Xinghuai.
Once she leaves this time, she can fly far away. By then, when she realizes something is wrong, it will be too late. How can she find her husband who has been gone for a long time in the vast sea of people.
But this doesn't make sense. If he really wanted to get rid of her through this matter, why he had been exchanging letters over the years and only lost contact a few months ago.
Moreover, their marriage was a marriage that Du Xinghuai proposed on his own initiative and was not coerced by her.
She really couldn't understand why Du Xinghuai didn't bring a letter or send a message to reassure her for several months even though he had nothing to do.
She really couldn't figure out why Du Xinghuai did this and what he hid from her.
Hong Hua was alone in the room and couldn't figure out why even after thinking hard.
The guards who received orders outside the house to keep an eye on Hong Hua and not let Hong Hua suspect anything about them were also a little panicked.
If the person could be dealt with directly, it would be quite simple. A white knife goes in and a red knife comes out, and it's all done with one blow.
If you want to save people, that's not a problem. At most, it's just a little more dangerous, so that's not a problem.
The problem is that this time the order was so contradictory that they didn't even have a clear charter.
The adults requested that the person be kidnapped, but they must not harm her. During these two months, they must take good care of the person, but they must not embarrass her too much, and they must not let the other party see that they are not really bad people.
If the master's face was not solemn and very serious when giving instructions, they would have doubted whether the master was deliberately entertaining them.
"You said, you can't keep people tied up wherever they are arranged to go, right?"
Guard No. 1 raised a question and asked other people's opinions.
"How do I know? I've never done anything like this."
Guard No. 2 said that they are all generals with well-developed limbs, and such things that require brains are not their strong point.
"Your Majesty's order is really strange. This is the first time I have received such a strange order. I don't know what to do."
Guard No. 3 was also at a loss and had no clue at all.
"I do know a place that can help us."
Guard No. 4 thought for a while and said, "That's the place, it's a bit hard to describe..."
"It's hard to explain in one word. Just say it directly and let us all refer to it. Won't we have an idea by then?"
Guard No. 5 urged, "Don't you see that everyone is extremely anxious now, but no one can think of any solution?"
If you are trying to show off at this time, you really deserve to be beaten.
"That place is... just..."
Under the glare of everyone's eyes, Guard No. 4 whispered, "It's the brothel."
"You're a good boy. You can actually think of such a place. I think you need to clean it up, right? Later, your lord will ask us to report how the people are placed. You said that you arranged the people into a brothel. Do you believe it or not?"
Falling out?"
When guard No. 1 heard this, he became anxious on the spot.
Adults say that you can't hurt the other person. You send someone to a brothel because you feel that your life has been too good recently, and your whole body is itchy, and you want a military stick to scratch it, right?
"That's right," the remaining people said in unison, "you can imagine such unreliable things. Are you itchy?"
"No, please listen to me first."
Guard No. 4 saw the public's anger and hurriedly said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Can you please let me finish speaking before talking about other things?"
"explain---"
Guard No. 2 didn't believe it. Guard No. 4 could have any quibbles.
"I said sending people to brothels, but I didn't say whether it's good to send people to be maids. I said, you can send people there to be maids. Then spend a little money and discuss it with the madam. Then let her
Just help us keep an eye on the person inside, and we won't delay anything at all."
Guard No. 4 explained the situation in detail, "All the brothel madams are greedy for money. As long as the money is in place, anything you say will work."
"We are not selling people, we are just paying the madams to help us keep an eye on them. They will definitely agree to this little thing."
"Hua said so, but how can you be sure that there will never be any problems?"
Guard No. 1 said, "Even if the madam will agree to help us keep an eye on the person after receiving the money, how can you be sure that the person inside will never escape after being sent in?"
"Don't forget, my lord has strictly said that we must ensure that that person will never escape, and no one will be allowed to see her within two months."
"If everyone runs away by then, how will we explain it to the adults? I don't think it's appropriate, so I'd better find another way."
Chapter completed!