I washed my hands and went to the restaurant as usual, but saw nothing on the table.
"Hey, did your sister not cook dinner tonight?"
Jiang Nan looked at Li Ze.
At this time in the past, Li Lu had already prepared dinner and was waiting for them to come back to eat.
But today, so far, there has been no movement.
Li Ze also felt strange.
"Master, please wait a moment, I'll go to the kitchen to take a look."
Li Ze quickly walked to the kitchen.
Things are neatly placed in the kitchen, and there are no fireworks.
I looked around, but there was no sign of Li Lu.
Soon, he came back.
"Master, my sister is not at home."
"Not at home?"
Jiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the sky.
Did he enter the inner city?
No matter in terms of materials or prosperity, the outer city cannot keep up with the inner city.
It is normal for Li Lu to enter the inner city to buy things.
At this time, the gates of the inner city are not closed yet. If you want to come back, it should be almost soon.
It was rare that Li Lu was not at home when it was time to eat.
But now there are only four people in the whole Cuizhu Residence. Li Lu is busy with housework and cooking. It is normal for her to go to the inner city and waste time.
No matter what, such a big person can't be lost.
Li Lu is not a child either.
She will naturally cook when she comes back, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
"Call me when you're eating."
Jiang Nan said.
He has always been very casual with his servants.
Then he turned around and left the restaurant, heading to the back courtyard to practice his sword skills...
It was getting dark gradually.
In the backyard, Jiang Nan threw the knife in his hand, and the long knife turned into a graceful arc and fell into the knife holder not far away.
After taking a shower, I came to the restaurant.
There were dishes on the table, but as soon as he saw the dishes, he knew that this dish was not made by Li Lu.
"Your sister didn't come back?"
Jiang Nan asked.
Li Ze, who was wearing an apron, nodded, "Yeah."
Then he said: "Brother Zhou has already gone to find him."
"Master, you can just eat a little to fill your stomach. When my sister comes back, I'll make another one."
Li Ze said a little embarrassed.
Jiang Nan nodded.
I didn't mind either, so I sat down and started eating.
During this period, he always had two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening. He didn't eat at noon.
At the end of the day, plus practicing in the evening, I was indeed hungry.
However, Li Ze's cooking is not even the slightest bit worse than Li Lu's.
But, fortunately, it can be eaten.
After eating a bowl of rice, before the bowl was put down, Zhou Qing came.
He cupped his fists and said, "Master."
Jiang Nan raised his head and looked behind him, but did not see Li Lu.
He asked casually: "Where is Li Lu?"
Zhou Qing's face was a little serious and he said: "Master, Li Lu is missing."
Missing?
Jiang Nan frowned slightly.
Will the Jiang family's maid disappear?
"Have you asked the General's Mansion?"
Prince Yong's palace is in the imperial city, and the general's palace is in the inner city.
Even if Li Lu wanted to take something out of Prince Yong's palace, there was no way. Li Lu couldn't enter the imperial city with his current status.
Therefore, if there are special needs, Li Lu will only turn to the General's Mansion for help.
"I asked, Li Lu has never been to the General's Mansion."
Zhou Qing said, "Someone saw her at Tianxiu Jewelry Store on Banyan Street this afternoon, but they didn't know about her after that. I asked some people on patrol and they all said they didn't see her."
Jiang Nan had a bad feeling in her heart.
But he still hoped that this premonition was not true.
"Go and investigate immediately! Please ask the General's Mansion to assist in the investigation. We must find the person."
Jiang Nan said.
Although the gate of the inner city was closed, Jiang Nan knew that Zhou Qing had a way to get in touch with the people in the General's Mansion in the inner city. He himself was a guard of the General's Mansion and was only sent here after he was demoted to a commoner.
"Yes, Master."
Zhou Qing cupped his fists and left immediately.
Jiang Nan said to Li Ze: "You stay at the door. If your sister is delayed for something, you can open the door for her when she comes back."
"Okay." Li Ze said.
When Li Lu disappeared, Jiang Nan lost much appetite and walked out immediately.
…
Zhou Mansion.
This is a very bright room.
The room is large, with light yellow wooden floors on the ground, very bright and clean.
Obviously, it is regularly maintained and taken care of.
There are several paintings of scantily clad ladies hanging on the walls covered with wall coverings.
There is also a beautifully decorated sword hanging, with the scabbard and hilt inlaid with colorful gems.
What is particularly obvious is that there is a large bed in the center of the room, covered with a thick pale pink mattress and embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water.
There was a large white fur spread beside the bed.
However, lying on the white fur was a pale green woman wearing a light green dress with blood on her chest, which gave such a beautiful room a bloody atmosphere.
The woman had no breath at this moment, and the blood in her chest was no longer flowing.
Zhou Tingyu, whose face and body were splashed with red blood, looked extremely gloomy.
He didn't expect that the maid in front of him could be so strong.
I would rather die than be touched by him.
Before she died, the woman mentioned "General's Mansion" and "Young Master", which also made him understand that he was being plotted against.
She is not Cao Jing's maid at all, but a member of the general's palace and the deposed prince Jiang Nan.
Obviously, Cao Jing and Xu Chuliang have known Jiang Nan's maid for a long time.
And because this maid was so beautiful, he was so obsessed with her that he didn't even care and just wanted to rape her.
This led to this result.
Even until the maid died, he didn't know her name.
"Cao Jing - Xu Chuliang - how dare you harm me!"
Zhou Tingyu's eyes were full of murderous intent.
He wiped the blood from his face, and his face suddenly looked like a ghost.
Although his father Zhou Boli stood in Zuoying, he did not completely oppose the Jiang family.
As for him personally, although he was close to several princes and the heirs of several princes and ministers, he had not yet fully stated his position.
Although it may be sooner or later to confront the Jiang family, at least he doesn't want to do it yet.
Before his wings are full, he doesn't want to expose himself prematurely, he just wants to be a quiet dude.
But now, someone pushed him and seemed to want him to come to the stage.
This made him extremely angry.
The water in Kyoto is very deep.
Not everyone can play this game of chess.
Looking at the maid's body, Zhou Tingyu's face was gloomy.
In fact, the death of a maid is not a big deal. Even if it is found out, the most it will cost is some compensation.
The maid was a slave. Don't say that he didn't kill her. Even if she did, it wouldn't matter.
At worst, I should apologize to that wasted prince.
But in this way, he will be directly exposed in front of the Jiang family, and he will no longer be able to hide.
This is what makes him most angry.
"What a bad luck!"
He wiped off the blood on his face with his bathrobe sleeve, and then shouted: "Here comes someone!"
The sound penetrates outside.
After a while, a guard came in. When he saw the scene inside, he was slightly startled, but then his expression was calm and he was not surprised.
"Dispose of the body." Zhou Tingyu said indifferently.
"yes."
The guards carried the body and walked out quickly, disappearing into the night.
Two night cats, one yellow and one black, lay quietly on the wall outside the house.
Seeing the guards carrying the body out, the two cats just glanced at each other and continued to stare at Zhou Tingyu's room with a faint light in their eyes.
Until the sound of Zhou Tingyu throwing things angrily came from the room, the two cats looked at each other, played with each other for a while, and then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
…
Rumble~~
Thunder rumbled.
Hua la la la... Huge raindrops fell densely from the sky accompanied by strong winds.
This is the first rain since the beginning of summer.
The rain came quickly and heavily.
It was almost a gust of wind.
The raindrops hit the roof quickly, crackling.
The bamboo forest outside was rustling.
Jiang Nan stood in front of the window, looking at the heavy rain falling rapidly outside the corridor, frowning slightly.
It's so late and Li Lu hasn't come back yet.
And it rained so heavily.
He had specifically told Zhou Qing not to go to bed so early at night.
Therefore, this night, the light at the entrance of Cuizhu Residence was always on.
…
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PS: Li Lu's death is a breaking point and the prelude to the weirdness of this world.