The night wind was bleak, combing through the bamboo forest, making a soft sound, and suddenly, the yellow leaves fell with the wind.
In this dark night, a strange sound came from the depths of the bamboo forest.
The sadness on Zhao Yuan's face suddenly faded away, replaced by a cold expression, and a sharp light flashed through his eyes. His whole body was filled with chills, and he squinted as he looked deep into the bamboo forest.
He has clearly stated that no one is allowed to disturb this bamboo forest. Even if it is cleaning, there will be a dedicated person responsible for it. At this time, it is impossible for anyone to appear here. But I don’t know who dares to do this now.
Be bold and break into the bamboo forest.
"Who?" Zhao Yuan's tone contained an imperceptible coldness.
After a while, a lazy figure walked out of the depths of the bamboo forest, with a coquettish face. The man walked up to Zhao Yuan in a swaggering manner, without fear of Zhao Yuan's anger, and said leisurely: "It's me."
"Mr. Shi." Zhao Yuan squinted his eyes, and the anger around him had subsided, but his tone was obviously unhappy.
"Young Master Yuan is getting married in ten days. Why don't you stay in the bedroom to rest your mind? You actually have the leisure to come to this bamboo forest to relax!" Shi Hao, dressed in black, gradually walked out of the darkness, with the bright moon shining brightly.
A faint glow appeared on his face.
"Huh! Wedding..." Zhao Yuan snorted coldly, with disdain on his face, and even a hint of cruelty in his eyes. He felt nothing but disgust for Guo Wanrou. He would not look at her unless necessary, and even more so.
He would not marry her. It was precisely because of her existence that he lost the person he loved most.
"Even if you don't want to, at least you have to pretend. Now that you've come this far, don't let the Guo family have any resentment towards you. Otherwise, you'll lose your wife and your army!" Shi Hao reminded him calmly.
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Zhao Yuan's hands behind his back were shrunk in his sleeves and had long been clenched into fists. For this position, he not only abandoned Leng Changxi, but also himself.
He secretly swore in his heart that one day he would get everything he lost back! But he didn't know that some things can only be gained by losing them, and you can't have your cake and eat it too.
"How is the matter you were asked to investigate?" Zhao Yuan didn't want to hear anything about his marriage anymore, so she asked Shi Hao coldly.
Hearing Zhao Yuan's question, Shi Hao's eyes flashed with excitement. He did not come here today to do nothing. On the contrary, he brought important news to Zhao Yuan: "You asked me to investigate the murder of the prince before, which is indeed a bit strange.
The dead scapegoat Qing Tao came to the palace two years ago. When she first entered the palace, she was taciturn and did not attract anyone's attention. It was not until Leng Changxi arrived in Xiuzhou that she was selected as Leng Changxi's maid.
I also found out that she had a brother who was three years younger than her and worked in the Guo family. When Leng Changxi entered the palace, her brother disappeared."
"In other words, the Guo family is indeed related to this matter?" Zhao Yuan's voice was clear and cold, his eyes without any warmth, looking far ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.
Shi Hao frowned secretly, looked at his side face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said, "Although I have some contact with the Guo family, this matter should not be done by the Guo family."
"It wasn't done by the Guo family? How can you tell? Then didn't Guo Wanrou meet my father the night before his accident? She stayed in Xiuzhou after that, and she didn't leave until I secretly rushed back. If she is not suspected,
, It just doesn’t make sense!” Zhao Yuan, who had always been suspicious of Guo Wanrou, couldn’t help but narrowed his eyes when Shi Hao said this, feeling a little unbelievable. After all, only Guo Wanrou had reason to do this.
"She did go to Xiuzhou, and she did stay in Xiuzhou for a long time, but I found out that she never went out during those few days in Xiuzhou, and all her food and accommodation were delivered to her door by the waiter. Because her behavior was a bit weird.
, so the waiter remembered it for a long time." Shi Hao looked straight into Zhao Yuan's eyes, and said such words in a calm voice that were inconsistent with the facts.
Hearing this, Zhao Yuan frowned, pursed her thin lips, thought for a moment secretly, and said to Shi Hao: "You still need to investigate the Guo family carefully."
"Okay!" Shi Hao smiled coquettishly. When he turned to leave, he said as if he suddenly thought of something: "I heard that this matter seems to involve Chen Shaoxuan, the eldest son of the Chen family?"
Zhao Yuan remained silent. Since he was asked to investigate the matter, it was within his expectation that he could find out Chen Shaoxuan.
Seeing Zhao Yuan's silence, Shi Hao sneered calmly and turned to leave. After a long time, a voice came from deep in the bamboo forest: "It is said that Furong Nuanchun is actually Chen Shaoxuan's territory, and he seems to have returned to Lin'an at noon today."
Hearing this, Zhao Yuan was slightly shaken. Although he knew that Chen Shaoxuan was going back to Lin'an, for some reason, hearing this from Shi Hao made him feel a little hopeful. As a man, he could feel it deeply.
Considering Chen Shaoxuan's obsession with Leng Changxi, he didn't believe that he would let go of this great opportunity to win Leng Changxi so easily. Therefore, he should have news about Leng Changxi's whereabouts.
Thinking like this, a sudden thought occurred in his heart, and a surge of hope suddenly arose. A light flashed through his eyes, and a plan appeared in his mind.
Just after Chen hour, the quiet Hibiscus Warm Spring in the past turned out to be very lively.
After sending away the guests who stayed overnight, the girls all crowded into the front hall. Except for an open space in front of the huge screen, even the second floor was full of people.
Chen Shaoxuan was sitting in a wing on the second floor, with a layer of gauze covering his face, preventing anyone from easily seeing his expression.
He held a cup of warm tea in his hand, sipping it slowly.
Grandma Wang stood respectfully next to him. While serving her carefully, she secretly glanced at the two wisps of indigo under Chen Shaoxuan's eyes. She secretly sighed in her heart: The master of the pavilion was really worried about that girl and stayed up all night!
However, only Yu Feng, who lives in the side room of the small building, knows the truth.
The "dong-dong" sound coming from the second floor of the small building in the middle of the night echoed in the lonely night sky, like the beating sound of some evil thing that Maoshan Taoist priests often drive away.
The most shameful thing is that the sound often sounds when people are about to fall asleep and stops after the person is completely awake. This goes on and on until most of the night. Until Chen Shaoxuan uses some kind of extraordinary punishment method, the sound becomes like this.
It finally stopped, the lights in the small building were turned off, and he fell asleep under the covers.