Chapter 348: Chapter 285: The Person Writing the Letter_2
Prince Rong’s face filled with rage was now frozen.
How could he forget the impact that dagger from the sky had on his heart that night?
"Is everything you said true?"
"Every word I say is true, even if I haven’t seen that person, my conjecture is well-founded! What the Prince should do now is immediately send people to search everywhere for the missing item, instead of targeting me here!
"How could I, Xu Yin, ever escape the grasp of the Prince? You can come for me anytime, but right now you should mend the fold after the sheep is lost!"
Prince Rong stared at him for a moment, then said softly, "You are cunning, your words may not be entirely trustworthy!"
"Your Highness!" Xu Ying opened his robe and knelt down with a thud, "Even if I have many tricks up my sleeve, I still hold responsibility for the Baiyu Lane case.
"I am an official of the court, even if I flee immediately after you leave, the court won’t spare me!
"If those things are used by someone with ill intentions, then not only will Prince Rong’s Mansion face dire calamity, I too will certainly not survive!
"I share weal and woe with Prince Rong’s Mansion; at this moment it concerns myself, what tricks could I possibly play?!"
He wasn’t afraid when he didn’t have the item, but the fact that not only was it not in Prince Rong’s hands but also likely lost during the argument between him and Princess Rong made him feel chilled to the core!
The enemy acted under their noses, taking away the thing Prince Rong held for safety, and they hadn’t even noticed. Is there anything more terrifying or serious than this?!
They don’t know who the enemy is!
They don’t know where they are!
They don’t even know what their intentions are, or why they are targeting Prince Rong’s Mansion and him alike!
The unknown is the most terrifying!
Since Prince Rong chased him to the Xu family, much time had passed, the enemy probably had already retreated from Prince Rong’s Mansion. Even if pursuing now might not succeed, shouldn’t the greatest effort still be made?!
Prince Rong looked around the mess in the courtyard, finally glared at him, and ordered, "Leave a batch of men to guard the Xu family closely on all sides! The rest follow me back to the mansion!"
Then he looked at Xu Yin again: "You caused this trouble, I give you three days, if you don’t catch the people, if you don’t get the items back, then I will assume you took them.
"Then watch how I will make you pay dearly!"
With these words, he turned and left.
A portion of the guards immediately stayed behind, while the majority followed him away with a clamor.
Once the sounds faded outside the door, the dark night, as black as dense ink, suddenly reoccupied the empty courtyard, with Xu Yin kneeling on the ground, he gritted his teeth, looking at the blood-scented courtyard, his clenched fists had nails digging into the flesh.
Lian Rong came over to support him: "Master!..."
In the depths of the triple-arch gate, a figure that had lain behind the door for a long time quietly slipped into the night.
...
Fu Zhen and his group went directly to the Liang Family.
Liang Zhi and Su Xinger immediately came out upon hearing the commotion.
Seeing the guards behind them carrying Zhe Yu, the words they were about to say got swallowed, but they immediately realized:
"Something serious must have happened, right?"
When they went to Prince Rong’s Mansion at night, no one anticipated such an urgent situation arising; in fact, even Fu Zhen and Pei Zhan hadn’t expected it.
The group quickly entered the hall and sat down, with Liang Zhi dispatching people to guard the entrance to keep others out, and meanwhile letting Zhe Yu and his servant go to rest.
Meanwhile, tea and snacks were brought in, and everyone had some tea to refresh their throats before starting to discuss the situation thoroughly.
After listening to the entire sequence of events, Pei Zhan placed the items they had obtained on the table: "There are three items in total: a fan, a bloodied silk handkerchief, and an unsigned letter."
Liang Chen looked at them first and said: "The letter Mr. Ning left for Mrs. Ning also depicted a phoenix, I wonder if it’s the same as the one on this fan?"
"Ignoring the brushstrokes, they’re identical." Fu Zhen took out the letter from his bosom and placed it on the table, "The difference is one is drawn, the other is carved into the fan’s ribs."
Everyone leaned forward to compare, then simultaneously raised their heads: "So, the deceased in Baiyu Lane was indeed the person Mr. Ning instructed Mrs. Ning to treat well.
"And these items Prince Rong secretly kept for years are precisely from those two deceased!"