diskusbooks Chapter 221 Are we going back empty-handed?
Chapter 221 Are we going back empty-handed?
Zhou Yimo didn't find Wu Meng at his residence, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
He knew without a second thought that the assassins who appeared in Li Qingqing's yard tonight must have been sent by Lord Wei.
Could it be that Lord Wei sent out two teams tonight, one to deal with my wife and the other to kidnap Wu Meng?
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Yimo secretly shook his head in denial.
They have no connection whatsoever, so how could Lord Wei offend the Imperial Master for no reason?
Besides, if something really happened, it would be impossible for the nearby guards to be unaware of it.
Zhou Yimo immediately sent someone to inquire, and soon learned that the National Master had driven a carriage alone to the border town at 5 p.m. today.
Upon hearing the news, Zhou Yimo became increasingly anxious and decided to rush to the border town with his shadow guards immediately.
If something really happened to his wife and he couldn't enter the space, staying there for even one more second would be dangerous!
Zhou Yimo hurriedly left Wu Meng's residence, but before he walked out of the yard, he suddenly stopped.
He was so anxious that he lost his mind!
Li Feng set out for the border town at noon. Wu Meng did not go with Li Feng, but chose to set off at twilight hour.
As the great Imperial Master, you are not without orders. How could you travel far away by car alone at dusk?
Suddenly, Zhou Yimo's expression changed drastically.
He suddenly remembered that when he was treating Li Qingqing's wound, his wife had asked him if they had collected any evidence. He had replied, "The Protectorate has not collected any suspicious evidence."
Could it be that the lady was not in the space, but Wu Meng was driving a carriage to take her to the Protectorate to look for evidence?
That must be it!
Lord Wei and his personal guards are still at the border, and the Protectorate is short of troops, so this is a perfect opportunity to sneak in.
My lady must have thought of this, that’s why she did this!
Zhou Yimo understood instantly, and while he was glad that his wife had not met with any accident in the space, he was also so angry that he gritted his teeth secretly and could only whisper helplessly,
"My dear, how can I be at ease with you acting like this?"
Zhou Yimo's first reaction was to order the shadow guard to pick up Li Qingqing, but then he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
If we send someone to pick her up now, it will disrupt her plans and may cause her trouble.
But if I ignore it, my wife is injured. What if something goes wrong?
Zhou Yimo was extremely anxious, but Li Qingqing was naturally unaware of the situation.
Shortly after Zhou Yimo treated her wound and left, she climbed over the wall in the backyard and left the house.
Just as Zhou Yimo guessed, she and Wu Meng had indeed successfully sneaked into the Protectorate.
Li Qingqing felt that a man as cunning and treacherous as Wei Duhu could not possibly have no evidence of his guilt, and that he must have hidden it very deeply!
So far, she has not yet obtained any strong evidence.
Apart from General Zhao as a witness, there was only a cup with residual poison.
General Zhao's one-sided statement cannot prove anything, and he might even be charged with conspiracy with the enemy.
Although people have been sent to the Qi'an Kingdom to obtain evidence, it is still unknown whether they can obtain it.
More importantly, she and Li Feng had both publicly accused Wei Duhu of treason and collaborating with the enemy, which was actually a risky move.
The bow has been drawn and there is no turning back. Without solid evidence, both of them will be charged with false accusations.
Therefore, time was running out, and she and Lord Wei were actually in a life-and-death battle, which did not allow her to lie in bed and recuperate.
It was indeed difficult to find evidence of Wei Duhu's guilt.
According to convention, important items are usually stored in the study, but the desks and bookshelves in the study are piled with official documents, almost all of which contain routine matters.
Even the secret room in the study contained some old official documents. Apart from proving that Lord Wei was an honest and good official, there was nothing suspicious about them.
Li Qingqing and Wu Meng turned almost the entire Protectorate upside down, even searching every corner of the outer hall, but still found nothing.
As dawn approached, only the bedroom behind the outer hall remained unsearched.
The two looked at each other and knew in their hearts that if they couldn't find any clues in the bedroom, they would probably have to return empty-handed.
This bedroom is where Lord Wei lives. It is closely connected to the outer hall and is no different from the bedrooms in the main city. With the faint light of the fire starter in Wu Meng's hand, the furnishings in the room can be seen at a glance.
There was only a bed, a cabinet and a clothes rack. Even the wooden walls were empty, without even a painting.
Without waiting for Li Qingqing's instructions, Wu Meng walked towards the wardrobe and began to search. He even searched the bed and the official uniform on the clothes hanger, but still couldn't find anything he needed.
After a while, Wu Meng came back dejectedly and whispered, "No."
Li Qingqing said nothing, her eyes sweeping across the walls of the bedroom, wondering what she was thinking.
To be honest, after searching for so long, she was a little discouraged.
She was 100% sure that there was something wrong with Wei Duhu, but she just couldn't find any evidence of his guilt.
Wu Meng has given up the idea of looking for evidence.
He extinguished the tinderbox in his hand and said in a low, soothing voice, "General Li told me before that he might be able to gather some evidence. Let's go back and wait for his good news."
"Okay, let's go back first." Li Qingqing responded in a low voice.
She glanced quickly across the wall, and through the thin cracks in the wood, she vaguely saw that dawn was quietly breaking outside.
If we delay any further, we might be discovered, and then there will inevitably be some trouble.
This is the only way! I'll find another way when I get back.
Li Qingqing turned around and prepared to leave, but just as she took a step, her eyes suddenly fixed on a wall beside the bed.
There was no light coming through the wooden cracks in that wall, which made it completely out of place with other places!
"Wait!" Li Qingqing's heart moved, and she immediately called Wu Meng and signaled Wu Meng to look at the dark wall.
Wu Meng was confused. He looked at the wooden wall. At first glance, it seemed no different, but when he thought about it carefully, he could detect a clue.
In any wooden house, when it is dark inside, if there is light outside, you can look out from inside the house and see the light outside through the tiny gaps.
He had a tinder in his hand before, so he didn't notice this. But now that the tinder went out and the room was plunged into darkness, this abnormality was particularly eye-catching.
The wall that Li Qingqing pointed to was pitch black, which showed that there was something strange about the wall!
Wu Meng's heart moved slightly, and he immediately lit a tinder, and the two of them moved closer to the wall to search carefully.
As expected, the several vertical cracks on this wooden wall were carefully forged by humans. In fact, it was a wooden door that opened and closed from left to right.
The joints of the wooden doors are also made to look like wood cracks. If you don’t look closely, you won’t be able to find any traces of wear and tear on them.
Both of them were delighted, and Wu Meng immediately became excited, "Let's find the mechanism!"
Li Qingqing then looked around the bedroom again.
A bed, a cabinet, a clothes hanger...
Suddenly, her eyes fixed on the clothes hanger, on which hung the official uniform of Wei Duhu.
Li Qingqing quickly stepped forward, took off her official uniform, and tried to push the hanger with her hands. Unexpectedly, the hanger slowly rotated as she pushed.
When the clothes hanger was turned to about 90 degrees, there was a slight "click" sound, and the wall that was originally tightly fitted suddenly cracked with a black line.
Immediately afterwards, the two wooden door panels made a subtle low sound and slowly slid open to the left and right, revealing a pitch-black doorway!