Before the sky darkened, Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao met again at Xuesheng Tea House.
There were several plainly dressed guests having tea in the hall. When they saw the two people coming in, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Their identities were ordinary and they did not know their identities.
Seeing the two people going up to the second floor, several people whispered a few words.
"Tsk, you shouldn't be here for a private meeting..."
Their voices were kept extremely low, but they still reached Wu Chao's ears.
Being misunderstood in this way, the young man did not feel very angry, but subconsciously paid attention to the reaction of the girl around him.
But I saw her face was calm, as if she didn't hear anything at all.
At this time, there was another sound coming from downstairs.
"How could it be a private meeting? If it was really a private meeting, how could they walk in together so arrogantly, without fear of being looked at at all - in my opinion, the two of them are more like brothers and sisters!"
"Yes, they look similar to me. They are very good-looking. They must be born from a girl..."
Wu Chao's expression froze for a moment.
He and Miss Xu look like siblings?
What do these people look like?
But why is Miss Xu still smiling?
Seeing the girl couldn't help laughing, Wu Chao couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Okay, he thought about it and it seemed a little funny.
The two of them did not sit down on the second floor as usual, but went to the inner courtyard behind the lobby from another staircase leading to the backyard.
As for why I didn't just go through the front hall directly, it was because I didn't want the tea guests to notice anything strange.
"Sir——"
A middle-aged man wearing a gray-green gown came out of the inner hall and came up to him.
Wu Chao nodded slightly: "Mr. Mo."
This is the apparent shopkeeper of Xuesheng Teahouse and his grandfather's confidant. He was sent to the capital about seven or eight years ago and is responsible for the internal and external affairs of Xuesheng Teahouse.
He can also be regarded as his first chess teacher when he was young.
Seeing that Xu Ming wanted to salute him, Mr. Mo quickly returned the salute.
The young master told the girl the secret of the teahouse, which he already knew. And he also knew the girl's identity very well.
Although the Xu and Wu families don't get along, the reason for being illegal may be a little different from what outsiders know.
Therefore, he didn't have the slightest prejudice against General Xu's granddaughter.
"Mr. Lao Mo, please help me get something - a picture of Xia Tingzhen's mansion." Wu Chao sat down in the hall and directly explained his purpose.
"Yes, sir, please sit down with Miss Xu for a while."
Mr. Mo bowed and left, leading two of his men to the inner secret room.
After half a stick of incense, he turned back and held a slightly heavy scroll in his hand.
"Master, please take a look."
Wu Chao took it and unfolded it in front of him.
Xu Mingyi tilted her head towards him slightly, looking at the detail of the painting on the scroll, she estimated that it would take several months to complete from verification to drawing.
And she suddenly thought of something.
Such a picture of the house in the secret room of Xuesheng Tea House must be part of their Zhenguo Palace, right?
But such things are inevitable.
"This should be Xia Han's residence." The young man's slender and handsome fingers pointed at a residence painted on the scroll.
Xu Mingyi nodded.
After looking carefully for a moment, I couldn't help but wonder: "Why does this place seem to have been modified?"
After hearing this, Mr. Mo came over, took a look, and said with an appreciative smile: "Miss Xu is really attentive, and she did make some modifications here——"
It's just that they didn't overthrow and repaint, but chose to make additions and changes based on the original. They also spent a lot of time covering it up, so it should be easy for others to not notice it.
It is really unexpected that General Xu has a granddaughter who is as thoughtful as a hair.
"I remember that this modification was made about two or three years ago. After the marriage of the second son of the Xia family was settled, a neighboring courtyard was opened up and the two courtyards were combined into one. A small half of it was built into a garden.
"Mr. Mo recalled.
Xu Mingyi was slightly shocked.
"Two or three years ago?"
Xu Su disappeared three years ago, and Lu married into the Xia family two years ago——
In this way, the expansion and renovation of Xia Han's residence was in the middle of these two things...
She had just heard from her grandfather the day before yesterday that he secretly tested and found out that Xia Tingzhen didn't know much about what Xia Han was doing secretly, so it was so smooth to rescue Xu Ying from the other courtyard that day.
In other words, Xia Han hid it from everyone from the beginning, including his own father.
If Xu Su's bones are really in the Xia family, and if they want to invite Taoist priests to come to cast spells and set up formations without disturbing Xia Tingzhen, then they need a name that won't make anyone suspicious -
The expansion of the house is an opportunity!
Xu Su's body was most likely quietly placed by Xia Han at that time...
Therefore, the corpse is most likely in Xia Han's courtyard!
Xu Mingyi turned his attention back to the house.
The purpose of drawing a courtyard map is ultimately to understand the location of each courtyard. It is very rare that this map is accurate to every bedroom, study, and even the ice cellar and well.
But if you want to use this to see the formation layout, it is obviously not enough.
At first, she had told Wu Chao what Mr. Yao said. At this time, Wu Chao saw through her thoughts at a glance, and before she could speak, he said to Mr. Mo: "It needs to be more detailed. You can make Xia Han in the courtyard
Every plant and tree is clearly drawn - is there someone in the building who is good at hiding his tracks and good at drawing?"
If Suishan was still alive without the dangerous incident on the way to Beijing, this job should have been handled by him.
Mr. Mo thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Qi is suitable."
Wu Chao's expression was slightly stagnant.
Why do you think that wherever there are many girls, you always hear the name Xiaoqi?
And how come he can be seen anywhere?
"Xiao Qi is good at painting?" he questioned.
He was obviously a secret guard, and his studies were quite complicated.
Mr. Mo smiled and explained: "Young master, I don't know. Before Xiaoqi was incorporated into the secret guard, he was adopted in this teahouse since he was a child. He is very talented in painting and is also diligent.
He is eager to learn, and he has been responsible for drawing pictures, texts and other objects in the building before, and he has done an excellent job every time - the picture in the hands of the master was originally painted by Xiao Qi and his subordinates."
Wu Chao glanced at the scroll in his hand and felt that he didn't want to hear any more.
Seeing that Mr. Mo seemed to want to praise him again, he hurriedly spoke in front of him: "...then let him."
From the corner of his eye, he could see Xu Mingyi looking at the picture in his hand again. The young man rolled up the thing expressionlessly and handed it back to Mr. Mo.
Bian confessed: "There is no need to mention this matter to my father."
Mr. Mo smiled knowingly.
There is no need for the young master to explain this at all.
There is no need to elaborate on matters related to Miss Xu with the Crown Prince - he understands.
When the two of them left the teahouse together, it was already dark.
There was no trace of the sunset in the west, instead there were layers of gray clouds.
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"Second master, after the second young lady came back from Lu Mansion today, she suddenly suffered from severe abdominal pain. The doctor came to see her and said it was because of the shock..."
Xia Han came back from Hanlin Academy and as soon as he entered his home, he heard some bad news from his confidant.
