Liu Mingzhi and Liu Mingzhi rested with their own thoughts. Whether they were escaping reality and pretending to sleep, or whether they were really exhausted both physically and mentally, only the two of them knew.
Penglai Restaurant quietly ended the bustling business of the restaurant amidst the sound of gongs and drums of the watchman, and closed its doors honestly.
The curfew is over and there won't be any guests coming again.
After waiting for half an hour, the two women saw that the man never returned. After waiting for a long time, they closed the shop door with a lonely expression and took a bath to rest.
The moonlight is hazy, and the remaining light is shining.
Under the night, several figures were flipping around on the houses, performing wonderful light skills, and silently rushed towards Penglai Restaurant without disturbing anyone.
When the street guard disappeared around the corner with a torch, the four masked men in black looked at each other, nodded slightly, and quietly climbed towards the fourth floor of Penglai Restaurant, finally stopping at the private room where Mr. Liu was resting.
Outside the window.
I held my breath and listened quietly outside the window for a moment, then started to take action when I felt there was no movement in the room.
The two of them looked for the wind. They used daggers to pry open the window and blew a pipe of smoke into the room. After waiting for about half a cup of tea, they jumped over into the private room nimbly.
After the two people who sneaked into the room landed, they looked around the room quietly and breathlessly. When they saw the empty bed, they shook their heads gently, and then they started walking around the room lightly.
"try to find!"
"You left me right."
"Um!"
The two of them took advantage of the moonlight that filtered into the room and rummaged through the room carefully.
After a while, a slightly taller man in black picked up Young Master Liu's bundle from the pillow on the bed and made a somewhat surprised sound.
"found it!"
The other one was rummaging through the cabinet. When he heard his companion's words, his eyes relaxed, he carefully restored the cabinet to its original state, and walked towards his companion lightly.
The two of them held the bundle and placed it on the table.
After looking at the baggage carefully for a while, I started to unbuckle the baggage.
After a pause, the two of them looked at only a few neatly folded regular clothes and two dragon robes, but no other baggage and shook their heads in disappointment.
"No!"
"Is it hidden somewhere in the room?"
"Such a precious thing as the King's Seal is something that the king will most likely carry with him at all times. It is unlikely that he will put it in his room, but let's look for it.
Maybe he didn't bring it with him this time."
"Okay, let's put the baggage back to its original state."
"Um!"
The two restored the baggage on the desk to its original state, spread it out again, and began searching the room carefully. After half a stick of incense, the two of them put the baggage back to its original position with regretful eyes, and looked towards the room.
Turn over the window.
"Have you found the royal seal?"
The two shook their heads at their companions outside the window.
"After searching it, no one is there and there is no royal seal."
"Shh..."
The four of them stared at the military guard below who was wandering back again holding a torch, clinging to the dark corner of the eaves motionless.
When the patrolling military guards left again, the four of them closed the windows and leaped into the distance, quickly leaving the boundaries of the inner city.
In a private house in the capital, the lights flickered. Four men in black stopped outside the courtyard. They knocked on the door rhythmically a few times, then opened the door and walked into the courtyard. They knelt in front of a room lit with candles.
salute.
"Let's meet the Shadow Master."
A slightly hoarse voice came from the room: "Forgive me!"
"Thank you, Shadow Master."
"Did you get the royal seal?"
"Shadow Master, I'm sorry, we didn't get the King's Seal."
"What's going on? The four of you can only steal a seal. It's not that difficult, right?"
"Returning to the shadow master, no one is in the room, and the king's seal is not in the room either. My subordinates guess that King Bingjian may have carried it with him."
After a while, a soft hum came back from the room.
"It's not impossible. Wang Yin has the power to command 300,000 troops and take charge of the government affairs of the twenty-seven governments. It's natural to carry it with him.
Find King Bingjian and find a way to get back the King's Seal."
"this........."
The four of them looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.
"Shadow Master, King Bingjian is not at the place where he is staying. Most likely, he has returned to Liu Mansion.
The Liu Mansion is like a tiger's den in a dragon's pond, and things may be exposed, causing King Bingjian's suspicion and vigilance."
"Then use your brain. Your Majesty has decreed that you must get the dragon seal, which is in charge of the military and political affairs of the twenty-seven prefectures in Northern Xinjiang, together with the king, before the Northern Expedition ends and the world is unified.
I don’t care what method you use, whether it’s stealing or robbing, or how many people you need, just ask, I will grant you permission, no matter what, you must get the seal and hand it over to the master.”
"This... we obey your order!"
"You guys should go back first. The shadow master will go back and report to the master to see what he means."
"Yes, we are leaving."
The lights in the room went out in an instant, and the sound of breaking through the air reached the ears of the four people. In the blink of an eye, the courtyard became silent, and there was no more movement.
"Let's check the traces of King Bingjian first to see if he has returned to Liu Mansion to rest. Once confirmed, we can arrange action measures."
"Yes, Commander!"
The four people dispersed and the house became completely quiet, as if no one had been there.
Dawn breaks in the east.
Liu Mingzhi slowly opened his eyes and stretched out of habit.
When his palm touched the delicate skin, Liu Mingzhi was stunned and subconsciously looked at where his right hand was.
Liu Mingzhi's expression changed drastically when he saw his palms resting on Chen Jie's bare white and fragrant shoulders outside the brocade quilt.
Scenes from last night flashed through my mind one by one.
Liu Mingzhi slowly retracted his palm and looked at Chen Jie who was sleeping in a corner with complicated eyes, and his heart suddenly felt mixed.
How could I do such a stupid thing?
Looking at the trivial clothes on the floor and the messy bed, Liu Mingzhi, who was now conscious and clear, regretted it.
I kept questioning myself as to how I could behave in such an animal way.
With what happened last night and what he said to Chen Jie flashing through his mind, Liu Mingzhi let out a long sigh, filled with regret.
Although he has many wives, he has never forcibly violated any woman.
Now he is using force on his imperial sister-in-law.
It was true that he was angry because Chen Jie drugged him, but he never thought of using such behavior to retaliate against her.
He never thought about seeking revenge by forcibly violating her body.
But what's the use of saying this.
Being drunk and unconscious, being impulsive, being angry and wanting revenge are all just excuses.
The fact is that he forcibly violated Chen Jie and humiliated her face with his words and deeds.
This is a fact that cannot be changed.
Chen Jie's even breathing gradually became a little more disordered, and Liu Mingzhi, who had a keen ear and eyes, noticed it immediately.
Reacting from his daze, Liu Mingzhi looked at Chen Jie, who was lying motionless on the corner of the bed, pretending to be asleep, and looked at Chen Jie's white back with complex eyes.
"Huang...Chen Jie...I...I'm sorry!"
Chen Jie's delicate body trembled involuntarily. She knew that Liu Mingzhi had discovered that she was awake, so she no longer pretended to be asleep. She turned to look at Liu Mingzhi, her eyes filled with complicated meanings of not being intimate.
"Go away, the Ai family doesn't want to see you."
Liu Mingzhi nodded hesitantly: "I will pay attention to what you said about the queen yesterday."
"The Ai family knows, please leave first. I hope you don't spread the word about what happened last night."
"I...I understand, you take good care of yourself."
Seeing Chen Jieyu's response as she twisted her neck away, Liu Mingzhi sighed silently and started to get up and put on his clothes.
The old man is right, once there is one, there will be two.
No matter who takes the initiative first, he or Chen Jie, it can't change that the relationship between the two of them has gradually become somewhat complicated.
"Chen Jie, I'm leaving first. If you're not in a hurry to return to the palace, just rest a little longer."
Chen Jie didn't answer, she just wrapped herself in the brocade quilt, lay down again, and showed her thoughts with her actions.
Liu Mingzhi looked around at the furnishings in the room, stopped disturbing Chen Jie who needed to calm down, and walked straight out the door.
The sound of Young Master Liu closing the door was heard, and Chen Jie, who was lying down, slowly sat up and leaned on the pillow of the bed, her eyes wide open in a daze.
Husband, forgive me for my infidelity.
It’s not that I am lowly and willing to fall, but that I am helpless.
This is what the mother means. For the sake of your Li family and the emperor, I can only do this.
Liu Mingzhi, who was also distraught, returned to the Penglai Restaurant unharmed and returned to the private room under the smiling greetings of the two women.
As soon as Liu Mingzhi returned to the room, he stopped in front of several windows and opened them one by one.
Looking at the missing hair on the leftmost window in front of him, Liu Mingzhi's expression changed slightly, and he narrowed his eyes slightly and searched for it on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Mingzhi held a slender hair and fumbled with his fingers on the latch of the window.
His fingers suddenly stopped, Liu Mingzhi bent down and looked at the marks carved with a sharp tool on the window, and walked towards the bed calmly.
Looking at the bundle on the pillow, Liu Mingzhi leaned over the bundle to observe.
There is still no hair tied up on the baggage, which all indicates that someone has come into his room.
It cannot be ruled out that the two sisters Xue Bizhu or they sent someone to clean the room.
But is it necessary to go through the window to clean the room?
Although it is possible that they opened the window, why was it such a coincidence that only one window was opened?
This reason cannot convince me.
Liu Mingzhi sat on the bed and stared out the window in a daze.
"Da Guoguo, I heard from sister Lingyi that you are coming back. Are you in the room?"
Before Ren Qingrui arrived, the local dialect of Shu was introduced into the room first.
Liu Mingzhi came to his senses, threw the hair in his hand under the bed, and walked towards the screen.
"come in!"
"Okay, Da Guoguo, you are indeed back."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ren Qingrui, who was smiling and walking in with expectant eyes, and silently shook his head.
"There is still no news about your parents. Let's wait a little longer."
After saying that, he walked towards the window, silently watching and inspecting the visible palace gate.
Ren Qingrui's expectant eyes suddenly collapsed, and she walked towards Young Master Liu gloomily.
"Da Guoguo, will something happen to my old man?"
Liu Mingzhi did not answer, still staring at the location of the palace quietly.
Ren Qingrui was helpless, lying on the window sill with her cheeks in her hands, looking down at the busy pedestrians on the street who had gotten up early in the morning.
I don't know how much time passed, but Liu Mingzhi turned to look at Ren Qingrui, who was bored.
"Miss Ren!"
"Hmm! Huh? What's wrong?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ren Qingrui with deep eyes.
"You missed an opportunity to become a master and enjoy glory and wealth, but you also avoided the fate of being reduced to a pawn.
I really don't know whether I should be happy for you or feel sorry for you!
Pack up and say goodbye, we may be returning to Northern Xinjiang soon."
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he walked straight towards the desk.
Ren Qingrui looked at Liu Mingzhi's somewhat cold back, a flash of panic flashed through his bright eyes, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Sure enough, what dad said many years ago was absolutely right.
The more wealthy the family, the more important it is to interests.
In order to gain or lose their own interests, they can be ruthless and protect their vested interests at any cost.
Thinking about what Liu Mingzhi said just now, Ren Qingrui's heart suddenly became sour.
Sure enough, the reason why Da Guoguo took him back to Beijing was not just to help him find his parents, he must have wanted to use himself to achieve some purpose.
It’s just that now it seems like I can’t use myself anymore.
The old man is right.
These so-called rich and powerful families are willing to turn their blood cold for their own benefit.
The more noble the status, the more serious it is.