There was an uneasy silence in the room. The Liu family waited for a long time in fear. Seeing that Cheng Dingan neither said yes nor no, they were so anxious that sweat broke out on their foreheads.
Really getting a little impatient waiting, Liu Jia bravely called out "Prince", and when Cheng Ding'an came back to his senses and looked at her, she hurriedly lowered her head again: "Prince, our third lady said, say..."
Cheng Dingan sneered and asked slowly, "What did you say?"
"Our third lady said that the prince should think carefully about whether she has done everything she said." Liu Jia's voice trembled slightly: "She also said that she knows more things and can help the prince more. If the prince saves her, he is actually helping himself."
After saying this, Liu Jia lay on the ground for a long time without daring to make a sound.
The chess piece in Cheng Ding'an's hand fell onto the chessboard with a clatter. After a while, he sighed and said to Liu Jia leisurely, "I know. You can go back."
The Liu family was stunned.
Because Cheng Dingan never said whether it was good or bad, whether to save people or not.
But Wu Shan had already come up to chase them away. There was nothing they could do. The Liu family knew that Cheng Dingan was not someone to be trifled with, so they had to bow cautiously and follow Wu Shan out.
When Wu Shan came back after sending the people away, he saw Cheng Ding'an standing in front of the window. He thought for a while before going forward to clean up the chessboard and asked softly, "Prince, what should we do now..."
Wu Shan also felt that Su Xingxuan was a strange person. She was a young girl in the boudoir, but she knew a lot about outside affairs, and there were many secrets that they could not find out at all.
For example, the Wen family’s affairs.
For example, the case of Guo Chongxing.
Such a woman is a little scary, but then again, she is very useful.
This time, it was thanks to the strategy she told that Cheng Dingan was able to regain the favor of King Zhuang.
But he also knew that his own prince was a man of his own ideas, so he stopped talking halfway through the question.
Cheng Dingan stood by the window for a long time with a frown on his face, then suddenly turned around and told Wu Shan: "Go and find out which villa the Su family plans to send her to, and then think of a way to bribe a few servants..."
That’s right, Su Xingxuan cannot die. Although she is a little weird, she is very useful.
In the evening, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a carriage with the Su family emblem left the city from Taiping Gate. The general guarding the gate was Lu Boan, a good friend of the former Prince of Yongding. Seeing that the Su family left the city so late, he asked a few questions with concern.
Li Rui smiled bitterly and said, "Don't mention it. The girl is sick at home. It's New Year's Day and the old lady is old and in poor health. She is afraid that the illness will spread. The third master ordered us to send the girl to another village to recuperate first."
Lu Boan nodded, asked a few questions about the old lady's health, and let her go.
Li Rui and his group left the city smoothly. After traveling for a while, they temporarily settled down in an inn according to the plan they had made previously.
Yu Dong and Hu Ying were both very careful and fed the horses themselves before going upstairs to rest.
Several sturdy maids were guarding a room tightly, very vigilantly.
Wu Shan carefully watched from downstairs, turned around and asked Cheng Dingan in a low voice: "They are watching so closely, Prince, should we take action?"
Cheng Dingan narrowed his eyes.
It was because the Su family was watching them too closely. If they didn't get Su Xingxuan out during the time when they just left the city, then when the Su family's people arrived in Baoding, there would be no chance to take action - it was not so easy to sneak into the Su family's villa and get people out. Besides, looking at the situation, there was a high probability that the people would be killed as soon as they arrived at the villa.
He waved his hand.
Wu Shan understood what he meant, turned around and went out to stuff the silver into the hands of the waiter who was going to fetch water upstairs.
As night fell, the inn soon became completely quiet - it was New Year's Day, and no one was sick enough to stay outside. There were only a few traveling merchants and the two groups of people who came today staying in the inn, but it was very convenient. Therefore, as soon as night fell, the waiter couldn't wait to unbolt the door and went to the back yard.
The second floor where the Su family lived was very quiet. Wu Shan specially asked someone to go up and take a look, but no guards from the Su family were found. He knew that the medicine in the water must have taken effect.
Seeing Cheng Dingan also going upstairs, Wu Shan was a little surprised: "We are more than capable of handling these things. The fact that the prince came out in person today shows that he attaches great importance to Miss Su San. Why should we go up in person now? Although our knockout drug god is invisible to the naked eye, the two guards of the Su family seem to have been on the battlefield and killed people. I'm afraid that something might happen..."
Cheng Dingan raised his hand impatiently.
Of course, the reason he came here today was not just for Su Xingxuan.
He couldn't wait to find out why Su Xingyi didn't die and why Song Heng went there today at the Su's house.
Moreover, when Su Xingxuan sent a letter to him, asking him to instigate and threaten Wen Shichang, the letter also said that she knew an absolute secret, which was enough to make King Zhuang believe in him from then on.
This is the secret he is after now!
When Wu Shan saw him waving his hands, he knew that he was determined. There was nothing he could do, so he took out a fire starter and lit it, then followed the few people who had explored the way ahead upstairs.
The northeast corner of the second floor was quiet, and the sturdy maids were nowhere to be seen. Wu Shan nodded to the people in front of him, and when they opened the door with a slight creaking sound, he stopped at the corner.
Not long after, the scout poked his head out, and Wu Shan whispered to Cheng Ding'an: "Sir, it's okay, shall we go in?"
Seeing that Cheng Dingan had no objection, he led the way, found the third room and went in.
But the room was pitch black. He couldn't help but frown and shouted angrily: "Old Li, it's so dark, don't you know to turn on the light?!"
Just as he finished speaking, a candle suddenly lit up in the dark room, and the door behind them slammed shut again.
Cheng Ding'an frowned immediately.
Wu Shan was also startled, and subconsciously took out the tinderbox he had just stuffed into his arms and relit it, while shouting: "Lao Li, Lao Jiang, what the hell are you doing..."
But his words came to an abrupt end, because with the faint light, he suddenly saw a person lying on a wooden bed not far away. What made him even more terrified was that he saw Lao Li lying on the edge of the bed, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
He was stunned for a moment and couldn't understand why this happened.
Cheng Dingan also saw the scene in the dim light. He reacted much faster than Wu Shan. Almost instantly, he grabbed Wu Shan and said angrily, "Hurry! Go!"