After listening to Wu Chao's words, she clearly still suspected that this disaster that had not happened was man-made.
Suishan, on the other hand, was the person he thought might be related to this matter.
"I haven't been able to find anything useful yet."
Wu Chao said: "In recent days, I have been entangled in matters within the clan. I have just dealt with them and am planning to go and see him in person to see if I can find out anything."
Xu Mingyi folded his hands and forearms on the table in front of him. After hearing this, he subconsciously leaned slightly in his direction and whispered: "I do know some ways to get people to talk, but do you need my help to try it?
"
This tea room was not very spacious to begin with, but her actions at this time made the young man feel that the space around him was narrow, and his breathing suddenly became unnatural.
"...If you are fine, we can go there together later." Wu Chao said in a normal and upright tone as much as possible.
Xu Mingyi said: "It's better to go early rather than late. Let's leave after eating early."
"good."
Wu Chao nodded, picked up the tea and took a sip.
"This tea is good." He praised sincerely.
"Yeah, I think it's good too." Xu Mingyi smiled and said, "It's exactly the can you asked Sui Jiang to deliver yesterday."
Yeah?
Wu Chao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
There is also a jar in his room, but it usually tastes like this, so why does it feel so fragrant today?
He took another bite and said, "That means the tea maker is very skilled."
Xu Mingyi smiled and said softly, "Okay, please stop flattering and teasing me."
She remembered that the water used by the Wu family for drinking was brought from outside the city to the royal palace every morning. In comparison, she would just boil a pot of water with a copper kettle.
Come on, it's an understatement to say it's a waste of things.
Wu Chao actually drank half the pot.
The two of them had breakfast together in this tea room.
Xu Mingyi then went back to the guest room to make some preparations, changed into men's clothes, came out, and got into the carriage with him.
Wu Chao did not ride a horse today.
Xu Mingyi didn't think much about it and just thought it was because of the snow.
But she didn't know that Wu Chao was used to traveling on horseback even in snowy days.
This time he changed to a carriage because he was afraid that she would be too deeply affected by the incident of him riding a horse and falling into a lake in the snow, so he took a carriage instead.
The carriage drove slowly towards the south of the city.
When the carriage stopped, Wu Chao got out of the car first. Thinking that the snow under his feet was a little slippery due to the wheels, he stretched out an arm to help Xu Mingyi.
But as soon as he stretched out his arm, he saw the girl jumping down neatly and lightly.
"..." The young man could only retract his arm silently and without leaving any trace, and put it behind his back.
Xu Mingyi's attention was attracted by the other courtyard in front of him, and he did not notice his movements.
This villa looks ordinary, so it probably isn't what he thinks it is.
She didn't know such a place existed in her previous life.
Does this mean that this time he and she are really more attuned and understand each other better than they were in the last life?
As soon as the two entered the front yard, Xu Mingyi was stunned by the scene in front of him.
In the yard, a dozen dogs of different colors and sizes were chasing and having fun in the snow den. When they saw Wu Chao coming, they immediately ran over wagging their tails, surrounded him and barked happily, sticking out their tongues and spitting out balls of snow-white heat.
steam.
Looking up, I saw several cats squatting on the porch.
But compared to the enthusiasm and excitement of the dogs, these cats seemed much calmer and more dignified, sitting there "watching" all this with cold eyes.
Xu Mingyi seemed to be inexplicably infected by the joy of these dogs, with a smile on his face. He raised his head and asked him: "Why are there so many cats and dogs here?"
"They are all a group of homeless little things brought back from outside."
Wu Chao pushed away a big yellow dog, but he obviously didn't use any strength on his feet, he just reminded it to get out of the way.
Xu Mingyi followed him forward and said sincerely: "Master Wu is such a good man."
She could tell from the fact that he raised his third eye that he was a kind person to small animals. No matter how bad a person like this was, he could never be any worse - so, in the past and present life, she had always felt that Wu Chao was a
Good people.
"..." Wu Chao's feet froze when he heard this.
Can't you praise it in another way?
The two took Sui Jiang to a warm pavilion on the side of the hall in the backyard.
Wu Chao said to Xu Mingyi: "If you are in the secret room, you need to go down here, but it should be colder. Just sit here for a while. If I can't ask you, I will try your method again."
Suishan is different from ordinary people, and even different from ordinary secret guards. The hardships he has endured since childhood are unimaginable. No matter how torturing Miss Xu's methods are, they may not be useful to him.
Therefore, he also admitted that the reason why he brought Miss Xu here was purely because he wanted to stay with her for a while longer.
Xu Mingyi nodded and sat down in a chair nearby.
When Wu Chao saw this, he did not rush out of the secret room, but moved the brazier covered with a smoke cage in the corner to her in front of her without saying a word.
Then, he took Sui Jiang to open the trap and got out of the secret room.
Seeing the bookshelf closed again, Xu Mingyi's eyes fell back to the smoking cage in front of him, and he stretched out his hands to grill it. The chill in his whole body seemed to be dispelled by the warmth.
In the dark secret room, Suishan, whose hands and feet were tied to stone pillars by iron chains, heard the movement and did not even raise his head, as if he had passed out.
Although there didn't seem to be much blood on his body, he had suffered a lot in the past few days, but most of them were not ordinary flesh wounds.
"Still unwilling to say?"
Wu Chao stood three steps away from him and asked aloud.
Hearing this voice, Suishan raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of red bloodshot eyes hidden by his messy hair.
"It's my subordinate who feels ashamed of me..."
He said in a hoarse voice: "There is nothing in this subordinate that deserves your attention. I beg you, please give me a happy life..."
Wu Chao looked at him with an unpredictable look in his eyes.
"I'm becoming more and more curious - what is the secret that you have to keep even if you risk your life."
Suishan tugged at the corner of his mouth weakly.
"Young Master really asked the wrong person."
"Really?" Wu Chao said: "You said to Sui Jiang that you faked your death just to escape and had nothing to do with the bandits. But I want to ask you about the time when our group was raped in the inn.
How could such a common method of drugging food and drink be hidden from you? And how could you persist until the scene of fake death was arranged and escape after you were drugged and blocked a knife for me?
?”
"Or, you are the only one who has not been poisoned by this drug from beginning to end -"
After asking these questions, Wu Chao did not expect the other party to answer. He only said: "Suishan, there are too many flaws in your words."
Suishan's lips moved a few times, but he said nothing.
At this time, the young man in sight took a step forward.
The next moment, the young man's cold and calm voice spread in the empty secret room——
"I've thought about it for a long time, but I still can't think of a second answer. It seems that the only people in this world who can make you willing to do this are the Wu family."
