Chapter 388: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
Lu Shu'er thought that her plan was seamless, the guy was originally an inconspicuous little person in the barracks, and he wouldn't even remember his name, she thought that no one would suspect the disappearance of the guy, and people would only blame the reason for the guy being a deserter, rather than doubting herself, so she sat back and relax for several days.
Lu Shu'er never expected that An Xiabai was so familiar with everything in the barracks.
Coincidentally, on the second day of the man's disappearance, An Xiabai went to the kitchen to inspect the room, wanting to see how the guys were doing, and then teach them a few delicious dishes by the way, so that the soldiers could change their tastes, but she never expected that this time, she found out that something was wrong.
An Xiabai pointed to a vacant position and asked, "That very fat guy, surnamed Zhou, where did he go?" β
The general's wife came to inspect, and everyone in the kitchen should come out to welcome her, but the man surnamed Zhou was late in arriving, and the man was also a little anxious.
"Mrs. Hui, we don't know what's going on, this fat man surnamed Zhou has never come back since he went out last night, and he hasn't seen anyone until now, so he probably slipped outside to drink, and he couldn't come back when he was drunk......"
This kind of thing has not happened before, so everyone doesn't care very much, but An Xiabai has a heart.
After that, for several days, An Xiabai went to the kitchen to inspect, but he never saw the guy surnamed Zhou appear, and then realized that something might have happened to him.
The man in charge of managing the gang was very flustered: "The barracks are so big, where can he go, won't he feel that the days in the barracks are too hard, and then secretly run away, right?" β
"No way, two days before he disappeared, I asked him how he felt in the barracks, and he said that it was fine, and he didn't look like he wanted to run away at all!"
The guys were talking about everything about the guys surnamed Zhou.
An Xiabai stood next to him and watched silently, and suddenly felt a headache.
"It's useless for you to argue about this now, instead of arguing here about whether he has the possibility of escaping, it is better to go back and rummage his clothes and luggage, and maybe find some clues."
"Madame is right!"
One of the men left the kitchen in a hurry, and in a few moments he returned with a handkerchief.
"Madam, Zhou Fatzi's luggage is still there, and the wives he saved before are still under his clothes, and if he hasn't taken them, he can't be a deserter." The man said, and directly handed over a handkerchief, "I took this handkerchief out of his clothes, I haven't seen him use it before, I feel that this handkerchief should not be his, so I dare to show it to Mrs. you." β
An Xiabai nodded: "Thank you." β
Because everything was still there, and there was no bloodstain nearby, let alone heard the terrifying news of a corpse somewhere in Nanhuai City, An Xiabai didn't dare to conclude that the gang must have been killed.
She took the handkerchief and walked directly to Shen Ya's tent.
Shen Ya used to be a parent official in a certain place, and it is estimated that he had also solved the case, and this handkerchief was shown to him, and he might be able to see some clues.
It's a pity that Shen Ya happened to go out, and only Ruqing was in the camp at this time.
Ruqing was very interested in this handkerchief.
"It's Lu Shu'er's handkerchief!"
An Xia raised her eyebrows, and was skeptical of her judgment: "Ruqing, don't you usually deal with this person the most, how can you deduce who the owner of the handkerchief is now just by relying on a handkerchief, you won't be joking with me, right?" β
Ruqing frowned and said with a serious face: "This kind of big thing, how can I use it to joke casually, what I say is very serious, okay!" β
The reason why she dared to conclude that the handkerchief belonged to Lu Shu'er was because of the smell on the handkerchief.
This handkerchief, at a glance, you can know that it is a women's handkerchief, there are only a few women in the barracks, An Xiabai can naturally be the first to be excluded, and Ruqing herself was excluded because she never used a handkerchief, so the possible candidates became Lu Shu'er and Qin Shuang'er.
"Shuang'er's situation, Xia Bai, you also know, Shuang'er has been in a good relationship with Changwen recently, how could he release a handkerchief to that guy? So Shuang'er was naturally ruled out, and the last remaining candidate was naturally Lu Shu'er, if you think about Lu Shu'er's current situation, she is not trusted by Lu Li, and the soldiers in the barracks have a lot of opinions about her, so that the person who can't help but want to seek comfort is not the only one Lu Shu'er? β
Ruqing's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, and An Xiabai couldn't refute it for a while.
"You have a point."
Ruqing smiled proudly and said, "This is all from me and Shen Ya's side, if he comes, he will definitely be able to say more certainly." β
The two of them were originally suspicious of the origin of Lu Shu'er and the three of them, but now they felt that Lu Shu'er was suspicious when they were holding their handkerchiefs, and they inevitably took a few more looks.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shu'er was careful, and she actually discovered their secret snooping, so she was free, so she used her stomach discomfort to pull Lu Li away.
At the beginning, Lu Li could still talk to her well, but later she kept shouting that her stomach hurt, Bu Yan happened to be absent, and she was unwilling to let another military doctor diagnose her pulse, so she struggled to say that she wanted Bu Xun, Lu Li couldn't help it, and said with a frown: "Is pregnancy really so uncomfortable?" β
Lu Shu'er nodded tearfully: "It's really uncomfortable......"
When she said it so seriously, it reminded Lu Li of An Xiabai's pregnancy, when she was pregnant with a child, An Xiabai must have been uncomfortable, but when the two exchanged letters, she never saw her mention it, it was a twin, she was fighting outside, and Mrs. was alone at home to raise the baby, not only that, but she also had to be busy with the affairs of the restaurant, during that time, how uncomfortable she had to be.
The more Lu Li thought about it, the more distressed he felt, so he simply left Lu Shu'er to the doctor, and hurriedly went out to talk to An Xiabai.
An Xiabai was very surprised by his arrival.
"Didn't you say that Miss Lu had an upset stomach, and the general didn't spend much time with her?"
"She, she's fine," Lu Li walked to An Xiabai's side, half-lowered his eyes and talked about his thoughts, "Seeing her pregnant, I can't help but think of what Mrs. looked like at the beginning, when Mrs. was at home alone, not only had to take care of herself, but also had to take care of the restaurant, which was very uncomfortable....... I suddenly felt a little distressed. β
An Xiabai glanced at him inexplicably, and said that he was uncomfortable, didn't he get through it?
Compared to the two days of the previous two days, the discomfort of carrying a light winter and light snow is actually nothing.
"That's all in the past."
Speaking of the past, An Xiabai couldn't help but think of the guy who was taught by Lu Li at the beginning, and even remembered the guy surnamed Zhou who disappeared out of thin air.
She hesitated for a moment, looked at Lu Li with a smile and said, "General, your new concubine is not simple. β
An Xiabai took Lu Li to Shen Ya's camp tent, and it happened that Shen Ya and Ruqing were there, so she went straight to the point and said to Lu Li: "Lu Shu'er may be a spy sent to us by some forces, speaking of the general, you may not believe it, these days, we have been secretly observing Lu Shu'er and her biological brother Lu An's various actions in the military camp, not only found that Lu An often went in and out of the military camp, but also found that he often had contacts with people. β
Speaking of this, Lu Li remembered a small detail, when he was cleaning the battlefield, it was Lu Li who shouted his name not far behind him, and he turned back suddenly, and it was precisely because he turned back that he was hit by a hidden arrow.....
If Lu An's call hadn't been heard at that time, maybe a lot of troubles wouldn't have happened now.
Lu Li regretted it very much, but regret is useless, and practical action is the only way to reduce losses.
"I'm going to have someone go and escort Lu An overβ"
"Don't go," An Xiabai squinted at him, shook his head and said, "I haven't figured out what happened yet, and arresting people rashly will only startle the snake, and the most important thing is that Lu Shu'er still has the general's child in her belly, if something happens to Lu An, no one can be sure that she won't make trouble, right?" It's better to watch first, and wait until the time is right to arrest someone. β
Lu Li sat back in his seat: "I listen to Madame." β
As early as when An Xiabai found out that Lu An might be a spy, he thought of a plan to lure him into the game.
Taking advantage of Lu Shu'er's being snubbed by Lu Li, when Bu Xun and Lu An were in a panic, she deliberately released the news that she had found out who the spy was, and planned to let the news reach Lu An's ears.
Lu An was really scared.
Although he liked to eat and drink without doing anything in the barracks, and still be respected, he also abandoned it the fastest when such days turned into crises. Lu An even packed his luggage that night, preparing to leave Nanhuai City early tomorrow morning.
As for Lu Shu'er and Bu Xun, he didn't show his tone at all.
It's good that Lu Shu'er and Bu Xun both died in Nanhuai City, if they died, Qi Sai would not know about his escape, he would only think that everyone was found and died in Nanhuai City, then he Lu An would be free from then on!
The more Lu An thought about it, the more excited he became, and he was so happy that he didn't fall asleep all night.
The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, he took up his baggage and walked in the direction of the city gate, unaware that danger awaited him ahead.
"He's gone?" An Xiabai, who was sitting in the living room, suddenly looked up.
Lu Li responded: "Just now, a guard came to report, saying that Lu An left Nanhuai City with his luggage, and I have already sent someone to chase him." β
An Xiabai didn't doubt the ability of Lu Li's subordinates, but she didn't know why, she always had an inexplicable uneasiness in her heart, that feeling drove her to go over to see what was going on, she was going, Lu Li naturally wanted to go with her, but when they arrived at the place, they only saw the surprised eyes of a few guards, and Lu An's body lying in a pool of blood.
"When we came, the man was dead." The guards said with a solemn face.
Lu Li half-squatted down, and after determining that Lu An's death was due to the wound on his body, he came to the conclusion, "One blow kills, and the person who took his life should be a professional killer." β