Zhao Zheng left Zhang's Mansion and rushed directly to Luo Xing's house through the night. Although he was slightly injured, his speed did not slow down at all.
Zhang Yongling died tragically at home. His family will definitely report it to the official overnight. Before the impact of this matter expands, Luo Xing, the last remnant, must be dealt with as soon as possible. Otherwise, Luo Xing will definitely leave here soon.
The high ground was far away, so it would be difficult to find Luo Xing. Moreover, he had to find a way to find out Ma An's whereabouts from Luo Xing.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth, held back the pain in his chest and left shoulder, and jumped out from the wall on one side of the street to the wall on the opposite side. He rushed all the way to the Luo Xing family's mansion in the dark and climbed on top of it.
After standing on the courtyard wall and looking in, I found that the courtyard was completely silent, which was completely different from the busy Zhang Family Courtyard.
Since Zhang Yongling has made up his mind to leave this place, Luo Xing should also have this idea. Why is Luo Xing's family so quiet and there is no sign of leaving? Is there some fraud?
Zhao Zheng frowned, unable to guess Luo Xing's intention, so he decided to grab a tongue and ask. He turned over and jumped into the yard lightly, walking close to the wall, looking for people and houses suitable to attack, and quickly selected them
A house with a simple appearance, it felt like it should be a house where servants or maids lived. He used his finger to break the window lattice paper, looked inside, and found that it was pitch black, and he couldn't see clearly. He listened carefully, but he couldn't hear anything, and he couldn't.
Determine if there is anyone inside.
In the dead of night, if there was too much noise, it would easily wake people up. In the noisy Zhang Mansion, he could just cut the window bolts with his sword, but that was not possible here, and he needed to keep a low profile.
Fortunately, he had a solution. He put his hand into the treasure bag, took out the rotten wood liquid he got from Du Qian last time, poured it on the body of the Life Sword, and then used the sword to reach into the window.
He slowly opened the window bolt and pushed the window open.
He squatted down and used his life sword to reflect the moonlight pouring in from the window. He looked at the situation inside the room and found that the room was empty, not even a person. He checked several other rooms and found the same.
An infiltration was in vain.
He was not discouraged and sneaked into the next house, but there was no one in this house. He secretly thought that something was wrong, and his heart was hanging. He checked multiple houses one after another, and the results were all the same. For someone with a big door like Luo Xing,
There should be a lot of people living in a hospital, and it shouldn't be empty in every room.
"Oops, it seems I came a step too late. Luo Xing moved faster and has already left this place with his family." This thought flashed through Zhao Zheng's mind and he secretly clenched his fists.
At this moment, the sound of a door opening suddenly came from the courtyard. Although the sound was not loud, it was particularly clear in Zhao Zheng's ears.
Zhao Zheng's ears twitched, and he quickly jumped out of the window, stuck to the corner, and poked his head towards the source of the sound.
From a distance, I saw a man walking in the courtyard holding a lantern. His pace was slow and he didn't know what he was going to do. This man was not young, at least fifty years old. His gray and white hair was tied up in a bun.
The ball was placed on the top of his head and fixed with a simple wooden hairpin. He was wearing a white middle coat, and his pace did not look like he was practicing martial arts. He left the house this time, probably to relieve himself.
Zhao Zheng stepped out, approached the person carefully, walked behind him, reached out to restrain him, grabbed his throat, and threatened him. The red lantern fell to the ground, and the flames inside danced and went out.
"Where have all the people in the yard gone? Why are there no people in every room?" Zhao Zheng asked in a low voice.
"Hero, spare your life. You have taken a fancy to something in the yard and you can take it for yourself. I will never stop you." The old man said in horror.
"Stop talking nonsense and answer my question quickly."
"Okay, okay, I said, as long as you don't kill me, I want to live for two more years."
"If you answer honestly, I won't kill you."
"Yesterday, for some unknown reason, my nephew suddenly made the decision to move his family. Without any explanation, he took his family and property with him and left, leaving only me and a few other people behind."
"Your nephew? Isn't this Luo Xing's mansion?"
"Yes, Luo Xing is my nephew. My son died early and there was no one to support me, so I went to this rich nephew and did some chores at his house. He trusts me as an uncle more, so this time
Before leaving, you left your house in my care."
Zhao Zheng took a deep breath and cursed secretly. As expected, he arrived a step too late. Luo Xing was a straightforward person and had already escaped. Of these three members, one fell into his hands, one died, and the other escaped.
, all the clues have been cut off, and it is not known where Ma An has been arranged. This is a tricky situation. If he had known this, he should have asked Wei Buxiao about Ma An's whereabouts before he died.
"Where did your good nephew move to?" Zhao Zheng suppressed his anger and asked patiently.
"I don't know either. He seems to have something to hide and didn't explain where he was going."
"Aren't you his uncle? Why didn't he tell you where he went?"
"Hero, spare your life. He really didn't tell me. Not only didn't he tell me, he didn't even tell his wives."
Zhao Zheng thought for a moment, and from Luo Xing's perspective, if he wanted to escape, of course he couldn't tell the whereabouts casually. Even if he did, he would have to create suspicion and couldn't tell the truth.
"Okay, let me believe you for now. Let me ask you again, do you know some of Luo Xing's secrets?" Zhao Zheng continued to ask.
"What secret?" The old man looked a little confused.
"Just the ugly things he did."
"I don't know this. Although I am his uncle, I am dependent on others and my status in this family is not high. He will not tell me anything."
"Did you know that he arrested a man named Ma An two days ago?"
"have no idea."
"If you don't tell me honestly, don't blame me for being ruthless." Zhao Zheng put a little force on his hand, which made the old man blush in pain.
"I, everything I said is true, please don't kill me." The old man quickly begged for mercy.
Zhao Zheng saw that the old man didn't seem to be telling lies, and it was enough to scare him a few times. He slightly weakened the strength of his hand, then pushed the old man and ordered: "Take me to Luo Xing's study, don't play any tricks."
The old man obeyed the instructions and walked in front to lead the way. Because they were walking in the dark, he almost fell down several times. Not long after walking, the two passed through a doorway and arrived in front of the study room in the backyard. The old man pointed to the room tremblingly.
The door claims to be in place, but there is no key and it cannot be opened.
The courtyard was empty, not even a ghost. Zhao Zheng was not afraid of disturbing anyone, so he directly destroyed the door with his sword. The old man was so frightened that the Yiming Sword was so sharp. Zhao Zheng pushed the old man into the house.
The room was indeed a study, and you could smell the fragrance of ink even when you lifted your nose. Luo Xing left in a hurry, and he didn't even have time to take away the books in the study.
Zhou Chen had previously confessed that the secret passage of Luo Xing's family was hidden under the study, and Ma An was once locked in it. There may be some clues left in this secret passage.
Zhao Zheng walked to the bookcase, fumbled for a while, and pulled it open with force. The bookcase was indeed movable, and there was a secret door hidden behind it. There was a lock on the secret door, but it was not locked, and the door was slightly open with a gap.
, this is quite strange. Out of caution, Zhao Zheng let the old man go ahead to open the way, opened the secret door behind the bookcase, and walked into the secret passage.
"puff."
Zhao Zhenghuang lit the tinderbox, and the huge fire illuminated the stairs of the secret passage. He followed closely behind the old man, watching all directions and listening in all directions. Halfway up the stairs, there was a tinderbox stuck in the wall.
He lit the torch to replace the torch. This time, the fire was much brighter and even illuminated the distance.
There is a passage connected to the end of the stairs. There are several closed iron doors on both sides of the passage, just like a prison cell.
"I didn't expect that there is another world under this study, and there is such a secret passage." The old man sighed.
"Shh!" Zhao Zheng signaled the old man to be silent.
The conversation between the two people was heard in the secret passage, and it was unknown who heard it, causing the man to respond and make a strange sound of humming.
Zhao Zheng was taken aback and listened for a while, but the man didn't say anything else and just kept humming, which sounded like someone had blocked his mouth.
"Who are you?" Zhao Zheng asked, his voice echoing in the closed secret passage.
The man didn't answer and remained the same.
Zhao Zheng had to bravely let the old man lead the way, and together they walked to the end of the passage and came to the door where the sound came from. He ordered the old man to pull the doorknob, and the old man obeyed obediently, and with some effort, he pulled the heavy door.
The iron door was opened. This iron door also had a lock, but like the door at the entrance to the secret passage, it was also unlocked, as if it was deliberately letting someone in, which was really suspicious.
Zhao Zheng glanced inside, but due to the angle of view, he could not see the person in the room. He threw the torch on the ground in the room, pulled out the Life Sword, and pushed the old man into the room. He didn't want to
I don't want to risk myself to harm this old man.
The old man stumbled in without stepping on any mechanism or triggering any attack.
Only then did Zhao Zheng feel relieved. Then he entered and looked at the corner that he had not seen just now. He found a person locked with chains and handcuffs on the wall. It turned out to be Ma An, who had been arrested for many days.
Ma An's mouth was tied with a cloth and he couldn't say a word, but his eyes expressed everything.
Zhao Zheng knocked the old man unconscious with one palm, stepped forward quickly, and was about to cut off the chain with his sword, but a chair stopped him halfway. On the chair was a bunch of keys, and underneath the key was a note, writing a letter
One line of words.
"I was so greedy for profit at the next moment that I did something stupid. Unfortunately, I regretted it too late and it is irreversible. I will return the hostages now. I hope that everyone at Hongchen Inn will show your noble hands and let the next family go. I am very grateful."
It turned out that Luo Xing had calculated that Zhao Zheng or other people from the Hongchen Inn would come, so he kept Ma An here, hoping to resolve the conflict between the two parties and save the lives of the family. His calculation was good, and he let Ma An go.
It would be better to leave with Maan.
At this moment, Zhao Zheng really had the idea of letting Luo Xing go, but when he thought of what Luo Xing had done before, he immediately gave up the idea. Luo Xing would not run too far, he must catch up with Luo Xing
, completely settled the matter.
He picked up the key on the chair, unlocked the handcuffs on Ma An's hands, and put them down.
Ma An moved his hands and feet and pulled off the cloth wrapped around his mouth. The first thing he asked was: "Where did they take my daughter?" (To be continued. If you like this film,
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