Master Xu San is a very cautious person. This can be seen from the fact that he never takes action himself to deal with Wei An and Shen Chen, but always asks others to take the lead, and he can keep himself out of trouble when something happens.
Cautious people always think more. After searching Lanyue Palace again and again but still finding nothing, he captured all the palace servants of Lanyue Palace and gathered them in the courtyard. After inspecting them one by one, he dragged out Yuzhu, who had just said that she was with Wei An and the nanny in the end, and asked her directly: "You said just now that when you came out, were you sure they were all still in the room?"
Yuzhu was already terrified. Just now, a young eunuch was killed because he pushed the soldiers who rushed in. The blood was still on the ground. She felt dizzy just looking at it. When she was pulled out, she subconsciously grabbed her clothes and screamed. After being slapped a few times, she tried her best to calm down and cried, "Yes! Yes! When I came out, the princess was still coaxing the sixth prince to sleep. The nurse said that there was no need for so many people to serve him. Since the queen was not in the palace, she asked us to go down..."
"What happened next?" Master Xu San stared at her sinisterly, holding her chin with his hand and lifting it up: "Why did they disappear later? Could it be that they have wings and can fly?"
Otherwise, how could people disappear out of thin air
Master Xu San did not believe that there were such things as coincidences in this world, and he certainly did not believe that Shen Chen's ability was so great that he could rescue people silently. If the person had not run away with these palace maids and eunuchs, then he must still be in this Lanyue Palace, and there must be some place they didn't know about.
In other words, there are places like secret passages and secret chambers.
These people know these things best. Any family that has reached a certain level will make such preparations. It is even more normal for the palace to have such preparations.
Yuzhu was terrified. Seeing that the people behind Master Xu San had even picked up knives, she screamed and cried, "I don't know! I really don't know! We had all gone to bed, but we heard the loud noise and got up. Then we heard the sound of fighting and crying outside. We were all scared and no one cared about the Sixth Prince and the wet nurse... Then the wet nurse rushed out and said that the Sixth Prince was missing!"
She turned back to look at her companions, sobbing and defending herself: "Nurse said it must have been stolen by the rioters outside..." When she said this, she realized that the words "rioters" and "rebels" were not allowed to be used, so she paused before she dared to say: "It was stolen by your people..."
"Nonsense!" Master Xu San threw her to the ground, as if he was throwing a toy that was not suitable for him, and sneered: "How could we have gotten here before?!"
They had gone through so much effort to get here from Xiyuan, where they were controlled by the other half of the imperial guards. How could they have possibly entered the Lanyue Palace before that
Saying that the Sixth Prince and Wei An had been abducted by them before is simply the biggest joke.
Yuzhu cried even harder. She knew she could die at any time, so she said everything she could to save herself, fearing that she had not said enough details: "I didn't say that. It was the nanny who said that! The nanny came out and told us to go out. She told us to open the door ourselves and run away when you weren't paying attention. You guys are after the gold, silver and jewels in the palace, so you may not chase us..."
These words sounded quite interesting. Master Xu San raised his eyebrows and got to the point: "Are you saying that the one who came out and said that the child was missing and asked you to run away was also the wet nurse?"
If that's the case, then this wet nurse is really weird. Normal people would be the same as these eunuchs and palace maids when encountering a palace coup. No matter how majestic they are in normal times, they would have retreated to the side. How could they be the first to come up with the idea of running away
Not to mention whether they would be immediately regarded as resisting and killed on the spot, most people would instinctively feel fear when facing someone with a weapon in their hands. What the wet nurse did was more like inciting more people to make trouble and attract their attention.
And why should we attract their attention
Yuzhu said that before this, the wet nurse ran out and said that the child was missing. It was likely that the child was not missing, but was still there at the time. The reason she came out was to tell them to hurry up and escape.
In that case, Wei An should be with the Sixth Prince.
He looked at Yuzhu in front of him coldly, and when he was sure that she had said everything she wanted to say, he kicked her aside.
He had no interest in killing people. The only person he wanted to kill was Wei An. As for the others, he didn't want to commit the sin of killing. Therefore, he stopped his subordinates who were about to take action and frowned, saying, "Go and search. Search every room carefully. Don't leave any corner where a person can hide. Also, move those treasure chests or bookshelves that can be moved. See if there are any secret passages or secret rooms!"
Anyway, he has plenty of time. Others are busy trying to make achievements and acquire more wealth, but he doesn't care about that. As for the progress of Prince Linjiang, Young Master Lin and Marquis Ping'an are also in charge, so it won't affect anything if he doesn't go.
The most important thing now is to kill her before everything is settled and before anyone else remembers Wei An to prevent future troubles.
His men all knew the purpose of his return, so no one dared to delay and they dug almost three feet underground in the Lanyue Palace. Finally, they found a secret passage under the bed in the Sixth Prince's room.
Master Xu San had been anxiously waiting for news. When he heard that the secret passage had finally been found, he perked up and personally went into the house to observe for a while. He said with certainty, "This must be it. Wei An has always been cunning. She asked the nanny to instigate her subordinates to divert us. I guess she wanted Wei An to run away and have time to deal with this place so that we wouldn't find him."
But she didn't expect that even the wisest man can make mistakes, and what she did was too obvious.
Master Xu San raised the corners of his mouth proudly, revealing a satisfied smile, and asked someone to count the number of people and follow him along the secret passage to find people.
His subordinates were a little worried and tried their best to dissuade him from going: "This is too risky. We don't know where this leads to. If it leads to..."
The construction of this secret passage was very particular. If Wei An was going to the place where Young Master Lin and his men were meeting, wouldn't he run into them if he went there now? ! This matter couldn't be made public after all. If Young Master Lin and his men found out, it wouldn't be a good thing. It would cause a lot of trouble. (To be continued)