Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 143 Don’t know what’s good or bad
Connected to the left side of the main hall is the east wing.

Chaolu said, "Just bear with it, it will stop hurting soon."

"Well, I feel much better." After Yan Ciwan said this, he stepped over the threshold and walked into the east wing.

There was no light in the room, the doors and windows were all closed, and the light was very dim.

Yan Ci Wan walked quietly to the bed, where the bedding was in a mess and two sets of men's clothes were piled on the chest of drawers next to it.

She lifted the clothes with the tip of the knife and looked at them. Seeing that there was nothing under the clothes, she put the knife back into her belt. She knelt on one knee on the edge of the bed and reached out to feel around on the bed. Soon she pulled out an invitation from under the pillow.

She opened the invitation, took a closer look, and found that it was an invitation to the Nuanhan Club written by Chu Wangshan himself, and the invitee was Feng Wulang.

Yan Ciwan's gaze rested on the name Feng Wulang.

Who is Feng Wulang?
She kept the name in mind, closed the invitation and put it back where it belonged.

Then she dragged out a wooden box from under the bed.

The wooden box was locked and she couldn't open it without a key. Judging from its heavy weight and the sound it made when shaken, she could tell that it probably contained valuables such as gold and silver.

How could an ordinary escort have so much money?
Xiao Wang's voice suddenly sounded outside the house.

"Feng Wu, are you going to leave us and go back to the house alone?"

Yan Ciwan was startled and quickly put down the wooden box.

The sound of conversation outside came in through the door.

Feng Wu asked back: "Can't I go back to the house for a while?"

Xiao Wang said: "Of course, it's freezing in this icy and snowy place, and we want to go inside with you to warm up."

Du Lingzhou also said, "Just now you said that Ning Ci, as a young girl, couldn't enter your residence, but now both of them are not here, and there are only men here. You don't have anything to worry about. Let's all go in and sit for a while."

Feng Wu, who had already walked to the door, had to stop when he heard this.

He said, "My residence is very messy, and it is not convenient for me to entertain you."

Xiao Wang and Du Lingzhou both said they did not mind.

Feng Wu obviously didn't want them to follow him into the house, but Xiao Wang and Du Lingzhou insisted and looked like they had to go in with him to take a look.

While the two sides were in a stalemate, Yan Ciwan lay on the ground and pushed the wooden box back to its original place.

She stood up and walked quickly toward the side door.

But in the blink of an eye, Yan Ciwan had returned to the main hall.

At this time, Zhaolu was playing two roles.

"Aci, are you still in pain? I'll rub it for you again, just bear with it." Chaolu began to lower her throat and breathe hard, making low cries of pain. It sounded like she was trying her best to endure the pain.

Yan Ciwan gently closed the side door.

Chaolu was secretly relieved to see her return safely.

Yan Ciwan walked over, sat down in the chair, and praised softly: "You acted really well."

Chaolu's cheeks turned red due to the compliment. She lowered her head in embarrassment, but the corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably.

She stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and spoke to the people outside.

"Aci is fine now."

Feng Wu felt a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart. He didn't want to get entangled with these people anymore, so he issued an order to expel them again: "Since everything is fine, please leave immediately."

Du Lingzhou was very dissatisfied: "Do you know who I am? I came to your place as a guest to give you face, but you chased us away. You really don't know what's good for you!"

Feng Wu said with a cold face: "No matter who you are, you have nothing to do with us brothers."

Zhaolu helped Yan Ciwan out of the hall. Sun Hu stood at the gate and urged them loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up!"

This was the first time in Du Lingzhou's life that someone had treated him with such humiliation. He just threw up his sleeves and left. Who wanted to stay in this shabby place? !
Yan Ciwan limped forward with the support of Chaolu.

When passing by Feng Wu, Yan Ciwan noticed that Feng Wu was staring at her sprained right foot, and it seemed that he had become suspicious.

As soon as they walked out of Huai'an Courtyard, Sun Hu immediately closed the gate tightly.

The courtyard door slammed open, and the snow on the eaves was shaken down and hit Du Lingzhou on the forehead.

Du Lingzhou was so angry that he pointed at the gate and yelled, "You two bastards, you better never fall into my hands, or I will make you pay!"

Huaiyan hurriedly helped Du Lingzhou wipe off the ice and snow on his head.

Yan Ciwan didn't hear any footsteps. It seemed that Sun Hu was still standing behind the courtyard gate. Maybe he was peeping at the people outside through the crack in the door.

She said, "Let's go first."

"Yeah." Chaolu helped her move forward.

When the group of people disappeared completely, Sun Hu turned around and said to Feng Wu who was not far away: "Brother, they are all gone."

Feng Wu no longer hesitated, immediately pushed open the door of the east wing and strode in.

After entering the room, he went straight to the bed and took a quick look around. He could not see any changes in the bedding on the bed or the clothes on the chest of drawers.

He picked up the pillow and saw that the invitation was still there. Then he lay on the ground again and stretched out his arms to touch the wooden box.

The copper lock hanging on the wooden box was still in good condition, with no signs of having been tampered with.

Is he being overly suspicious? In fact, Ning Ci really just sprained her ankle, and she didn't have any other thoughts?
Thinking of this, Feng Wu stood up and walked towards the side door.

At this time Sun Hu also followed.

The two brothers' eyes fell on the tightly closed side door. The wooden bolt that should have been inserted was now half hanging behind the door.

Sun Hu's expression changed immediately: "This door is connected to the main room. Could it be that they opened this door just now? Wouldn't our secret be exposed?"

Feng Wu reached out his hand expressionlessly and reinserted the wooden plug.

Sun Hu paced back and forth in the room, becoming more and more panicked the more he thought about it. He pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist, his eyes gleaming with ferocity: "Brother, before they get far away, let's catch up and kill them, shall we?"

Feng Wu said: "They are outnumbered and powerful. We are outnumbered and cannot gain any advantage."

Sun Hu became even more anxious: "What should we do now? Are we going to go down the mountain in the heavy snow? The mountain is blocked by heavy snow and the mountain road is impassable. We will freeze to death!"

A dark light flashed in Feng Wu's eyes, and he said slowly: "Go find Master Chu."

……

Next, Yan Ciwan and his group came to Qixiu Garden.

Zhou Qi opened the door and saw them. He frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Du Lingzhou spoke first: "We are tracking down the murderer and have a few questions for you."

Zhou Qi turned sideways and let them in.

The layout of Qixiu Garden is almost the same as that of Shaoguang Courtyard and Huai'an Courtyard, with the main hall in the middle and the east and west wing rooms on the left and right.

Yan Ciwan and his group were settled in the main hall. After a while, He Chunzhuo walked into the main hall with a smile on his face and a warm attitude: "What do you want to ask?"

Du Lingzhou spoke before Yan Ciwan and Xiao Wang.

"Did you leave Qixiu Garden last night?"

(End of this chapter)