Xia Chu waved goodbye to Xiao Muhong outside the palace gate. The emperor did not treat him harshly and even prepared a carriage for him. The imperial guards said they were escorting him, but it was better to say they escorted him all the way to Dali Temple.
Kong Changhui personally came out of the temple to greet him with thorough etiquette.
With such a grand scene, people who didn't know about it thought that the young Marquis was here to inspect the work, and he didn't look like he was going to jail.
Kong Changhui said as he led him to the cell: "It's getting late today. The official has prepared meals. The young marquis should rest early after finishing his meal. Let's start questioning tomorrow."
Xia Chu nodded slightly: "Master Kong has the final say."
There were many people talking, so Kong Changhui stopped talking and led him to a stone room that looked pretty good.
I visited Dali Temple's Death Row in early summer. The last time I came, I saw Du Hanfei.
I have never seen this stone prison before. It is fresh and tight. There are three single rooms in the stone prison. Both sides are empty, but there is a person locked in the middle.
Xia Chu frowned slightly and glanced at Kong Changhui suspiciously, wondering why this guy was so incompetent.
The place he was given to live in was actually filled with other prisoners!
Kong Changhui turned to look at his attendant Guan Xi with an erratic expression, and told him: "Haosheng is here to guard you. If the young marquis has any orders, you must satisfy them."
Guan Xi bowed and said yes, exited the stone prison, and stood guard outside the door.
"You..." As soon as Xia Chu spoke, Kong Changhui turned to him with a smile and said, "The food will be here in a moment, so I'll take my leave first."
"Hey, you..." Before Xia Chu could finish his words, Kong Changhui had already retreated out of the room.
Xia Chu couldn't chase him out and scold him. The words were stuck in his throat, which was very uncomfortable.
He turned to look at the stone room in the middle. Although there was an iron door, it was not even locked.
Who is locked up here? Why is Kong Changhui so worried? He was just thinking about whether to ask Guan Xi to move that person to another place. Food and drinks were delivered in time.
Xia Chu smelled the aroma of plum blossom wine and thought that Kong Changhui was more or less sensible, so he let it go.
The jailer who delivered the food retreated. Xia Chu squatted on the stone bench and uncorked the wine. He couldn't help but glance at the man's back and called to him: "Hey, brother, do you want to eat together?" point."
The man stiffened, stood up, turned around, opened the door and walked in front of Xia Chu, hooked her chin and said, "Did you say that the wine I brew is only for you to drink?"
Xia Chu still maintained the gesture of raising the glass and blinked twice. The face in front of him, except for the iconic mustache, had changed into something else.
If it weren't for that familiar voice, he wouldn't have recognized it.
Only now did Xia Chu realize why Kong Changhui was not in a hurry to chat with him alone. It turned out that there was already someone waiting here who was more anxious than him.
Xia Chu put down his wine glass, touched his mustache in a flattering manner, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Don't tell me, he's quite handsome."
Xiao Mubai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Did you look good before me?"
Xia Chu pulled him to sit down and immediately praised him: "How can that be possible? Don't mention how handsome and graceful you are before. Look, just applying yellow powder and pulling up the corners of your mouth and eyebrows can't cover it up. You can't match it." appearance."
Xiao Mubai snorted coldly: "How about compared with my brother?"
"You look good." Xia Chu answered quickly with a smile on his face.
"I haven't said yet which brother I am competing with!" Xiao Mubai raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of meaning.
Xia Chu looked stunned. After a moment of silence, she looked up at him and said sincerely: "You are the one who is good-looking. Men other than you are not good-looking in my eyes."
The corners of Xiao Mubai's mouth raised involuntarily, but he suddenly stopped after a moment: "So, do you always invite strange men to drink together like this?"
Xia Chu waved his hands repeatedly: "I just saw that figure that was so familiar and lonely, thinking that I was the same person from the end of the world. You see, I feel familiar just looking at your back."
Xiao Mubai glanced at him lightly. Xia Chu drank a drink to calm down his shock, knowing that this matter was over.
Xiao Mubai didn't intend to pursue that matter anymore, so he asked about the business: "What did you let the raven do?"
Xia Chu looked stunned: "Besides asking him to protect my father, what else can I ask him to do?"
Xiao Mubai's expression suddenly changed. When Xia Chu saw his serious expression, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Has something happened to my father?"
Xiao Mubai shook his head. Xia Chu felt relieved and pushed him: "Then why do you look so heavy?"
Xiao Mubai held her hand pushing her shoulder and pursed his lips: "Raven, he's gone."
"What?" Xia Chu stood up.
When he heard Xiao Mubai mention it just now, his first reaction was that something happened to Mr. Hou, but he never thought that something would happen to the Raven Crow.
The reason why he could stay calmly in the palace before was because the Marquis Mansion was protected by a raven. He was not worried. But how could the raven disappear
Xiao Mubai patted her hand, pressed her shoulders and motioned her to sit down: "When the Marquis entered the palace last night, I didn't see him accompanying him. At that time, I thought you had temporarily assigned him to run errands before entering the palace. . Until this morning when I picked up the Marquis from outside the palace gate and returned to the house, I found that he had not returned all night, and I always felt uneasy. I just asked you."
Xia Chu shook his head and was forced to sit down by Xiao Mubai: "I didn't assign him a task, how could he disappear? With his skill, no one can hurt him."
Xiao Mubai thought the same thing in his heart, and he thought for a while: "Perhaps, he was lured away by someone?"
Xia Chu shook his head again: "Perhaps on normal days, you can lure him away. But if it's a stranger, he won't leave even an inch."
Xiao Mubai thought about it and thought that it was the case. Even if someone really diverted it, who could divert the raven away for so long? The raven had not gone back until he came to Dali Temple in the afternoon.
unless…
Xiao Mubai and Xia Chu looked at each other and thought of the same thing.
Unless, this person is an acquaintance...
Xia Chu then shook his head and thought it was impossible. He was surrounded by Bian Ding and Jiang Yan. If he had to find someone who could call a raven, it would be Cong Ting.
It is absolutely impossible for these three people.
"The raven won't be knocked down by Yue Feng's medicine, right?" Xia Chu lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Mubai was a little helpless when he asked: "It's impossible. With his martial arts, unless he took the poison, it would be impossible for Yue Fengwan to take him away from the Hou Mansion so quietly. Moreover, I asked Cong Ting to ask He is from the Hou Mansion. Some servants saw that he left the main entrance of the Hou Mansion by himself."
Xia Chu held her chin and tapped her index finger on the table.
From this point of view, there should be no problem with the safety of the raven.
Since he left on his own, could it be possible...
He looked at Xiao Mubai: "Do you think he will return to the mausoleum gate?"
(End of chapter)