Chapter Seventy-Six: Jumping into the Trap
The night is getting deeper, and the wind is already a bit chilling on the body.
The housekeeper led the way in front, and Shangguan Li seemed to follow casually, but his mind was as clear as a mirror.
Where Qi Yi lives, to be honest, she was already very interested.
The "master" was sure that she knew something, but Qi Yi never revealed anything to the outside world.
If it was because of her situation at the time that it was difficult to convey something to the outside world, then she might have left some clues in Luyuan.
Shangguan Li pondered here, and suddenly her ears moved and she stopped.
"What's wrong, Miss Three?"
The butler stopped with her in confusion.
"Someone."
Shangguan Li nodded with his chin to the way he came.
The housekeeper felt a chill behind him, and suddenly remembered what the young ladies had discussed there before, wouldn't there really be a thief entering the Prime Minister's Mansion?
But soon, the sound got closer and closer.
Under the moonlight, the two of them saw clearly that it was a thin family.
Not only that, Shangguan Li almost immediately remembered that this was the one who followed Zhang Lei that day.
His face was full of panic, and when he saw Shangguan Li, he saw that he had seen a savior, and he knelt directly in front of her, and his raised face was full of snot and tears.
"Third Miss, go and save Brother Lei, Third Miss, he, please!"
Listening to these chaotic words, Shangguan Li pulled him up and frowned.
"Don't cry, what's going on?"
"Me, we were cleaning up the back kitchen, and suddenly a group of people came over and wanted to take Brother Lei away. There are too many of them, we, we can't stop them. ”
As he spoke, two more lines of tears hung on his face.
"Impossible!"
The butler behaved with great excitement, as if he had been stepped on by something.
"It is impossible for anyone to dare to openly commit murder in the Prime Minister's Mansion! You say, where did that happen, I'll go and see it now. ”
Shangguan Lixiang glanced at the housekeeper as if unintentionally, but did not speak.
Jia Ding was very good this time.
"He, they said they were going to take Brother Lei to the chores."
"How can it be!"
The butler was now like a powder keg that burned at one point, and bowed to Shangguan Li.
"Third Miss, I'll take a look, you can go to Luyuan by yourself first."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Seeing this, Xiao Jiading also wanted to follow, but was pulled by Shangguan Li.
She asked, frowning.
"Did those people say they were going to take Zhang Lei to the chores?"
The family looked very anxious and no longer trembling.
"yes."
"They didn't say anything else, like, how did you come up with the idea to come to me?"
This time, the family was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something.
"They say that Brother Lei is the third lady's person!"
Shangguan Li nodded and let go of his hand.
Jia Ding asked in a daze.
"Isn't Miss Three going to take a look?"
"No, I have to go back and rest."
Shangguan Li evoked a smile that was not warm, ignored the little family, and turned around and walked towards the Luyuan.
The moonlight was like a wash, and when he turned around a dark corner, Shangguan Li stopped.
It's really not going to stop at all, it seems that the suffering hasn't been enough.
The smile on her lips hadn't gone away.
In the darkness of the night, she turned and ran in the direction of the errand.
The matching miscellaneous room, which is commonly known as the warehouse.
Most of the utensils in it are old, and only occasionally when the things in the house are really not enough, will they take some out of it for emergency.
Usually there are not many people who go.
When he saw the gate of the miscellaneous room, Shangguan Li felt that something was wrong.
There doesn't seem to be anyone here.
It stands to reason that the butler has already come first, but at this moment, not only can he not see anyone, but there is not even a lamp.
However, Shangguan Li had already expected this situation.
It's just a trap for her.
After thinking about it, she walked out of the shadows and swaggered to the door.
There was a knock on the door, but there was no response as expected.
Shangguan Li calmly pushed the door in.
Moments after she entered, the lights came on.
At this moment, several people who looked like family members appeared from behind the rockery outside the door, and after confirming that Shangguan Li had entered, the leader retreated a few steps back.
"Madame, Miss, Third Miss has already entered."
In front of him were Zhang Yuanniang and Shangguan Yue with a resentful look.
Zhang Yuanniang chuckled.
"Send a few people to guard the surroundings, and don't let that cheap girl run away."
"Yes!"
Nodding with satisfaction, Zhang Yuanniang came to the door with Shangguan Yue.
"Open."
She commanded the guards who followed her.
The guard nodded, then stepped forward and kicked open the already fragile wooden door.
An orange light flowed out, and through this light, everyone saw the scene inside.
I saw a large wooden barrel on the ground full of debris and dust, revealing half of a man's body.
When they saw the man, Zhang Yuanniang and Shangguan Yue both looked away.
Because the man was naked, and he didn't even have any clothes on him!
"Bold!"
Zhang Yuanniang said in a deep voice.
"You're going to show me."
Receiving the order, several guards stepped forward and pretended to grope for a moment.
Then he came back and said.
"Madam, this person's name is Zhang Lei, he is a guard in the front yard, he seems to have fallen asleep, and he only has this thing on his body."
As he spoke, he held out half of the letter in both hands.
The material of the letter paper is very good, and you can faintly see that there seem to be a few green mountains printed on it.
"Isn't this the third sister's letter?"
Shangguan Yue exclaimed, the voice was so loud that he was afraid that everyone would not hear it.
Zhang Yuanniang glared at her and said slowly.
"But an envelope, it's nothing. Didn't you just see someone coming in? Search for me, such a filthy thing actually happened in my prime minister's house, and I will never spare it! ”
The guards immediately received the order and began to search the side by inch in this miscellaneous room.
"Mother, is this solution really feasible?"
Shangguan Yue is now full of anger and resentment for Shangguan Li who made her ugly in front of everyone before.
If she couldn't let Shangguan Li fall into ruin this time, she felt like she was going crazy.
Zhang Yuanniang glanced at her daughter soothingly and said leisurely.
"As long as there is this half of the envelope, and this inferior person named Zhang Lei, it is impossible for Shangguan Li to take himself out. Qianqiu Mo's matter is that her mother is not thoughtful, so you have been wronged, but this time, she can't escape it! ”
When Shangguan Yue heard this, she also showed a madness and pleasure that did not match her face at all, as if she had seen Shangguan Li being spurned by everyone and being stepped into the dust by her again.
While the two were talking, slowly, the searching eyes of the guards began to converge on the roof.
Shangguan Li, who was lying on the beam, muttered expressionlessly.
"The most poisonous woman's heart."