manynovel Chapter 864 How could it be him?
Chapter 864 How could it be him?
Chapter 864 How could it be him?
Hearing the footsteps coming from outside, Jiang Youzhen immediately hid in the quilt again.
"Master Ke, our prince ordered me to bring you some hangover soup."
It was really like a pillow when you are sleepy. Jiang Youzhen, who was curled up in the quilt, felt something in his heart.
"come in!"
The door was quickly opened, and Jiang Youzhen was about to get out of the bed, but he heard a muffled groan, and then a heavy object fell to the ground.
"Master Jiang, I knocked her out, please change her clothes!"
Jiang Youzhen crawled out of bed and saw that a maid had fallen to the ground unconscious, and Ke Zhenqiu was holding an inkstone in his hand.
"After I change my clothes, tie her up and hide her in the inner room." Jiang Youzhen directed Ke Zhenqiu to carry the person to the inner room first.
Then she pulled off the veil on her face and prepared to change into a maid's clothes in the inner room.
Ke Zhenqiu just looked up at her and was immediately stunned.
"You?" Are you really not a woman? Even if you are a boy with a feminine appearance, no one would believe that you are a man with this appearance and this attire, right?
"You go out first, I need to change clothes." Jiang Youzhen said.
Ke Zhenqiu could only retreat, but he felt a little strange. No wonder Tong Huaian and the others kept hanging around Jiang Youzhen all day, could it be that they had ulterior motives?
After Jiang Youzhen quickly changed her clothes, she washed off all the makeup on her face and applied some black powder.
When Jiang Youzhen came out, Ke Zhenqiu saw that she had covered her face again, and he couldn't help but look dazed.
"Are you planning to leave the house?" Ke Zhenqiu asked.
"Hmm!" Jiang Youzhen hummed lightly, but in fact she did not plan to leave the house, but to go to the study of Prince Yuanming.
With a light leap, she jumped onto the treetop in the yard. She looked down and when she saw several guards guarding outside the yard, she immediately jumped in the opposite direction and jumped out of the yard wall.
Anyway, everyone in the court knows that she practices martial arts, so there is no point in hiding her from Ke Zhengqiu.
After walking around the inner and outer courtyards of the general's mansion for about half a quarter of an hour, Jiang Youzhen finally found the study.
She could see in the dark, so she didn't need a lamp. But the study was so small, and after searching it, she still didn't find anything suspicious.
Then she fumbled around in places like bookshelves and desks where mechanisms might be hidden, and finally found a bulge at the bottom of the desk.
She squatted down and spun hard, then she heard a slight sound coming from the study.
The voice came from behind. Jiang Youzhen turned around and saw a secret compartment suddenly popped out on the bookshelf.
Jiang Youzhen hurried to take a look and found that it was an account book with a private seal underneath. He put the two things into his arms and planned to leave.
Over there, Prince Yuanming was about to return to the outer study when he was stopped by the steward, "My Lord, the woman is missing."
Prince Yuan Ming frowned immediately, "What's going on? Where are the people? Has the entire mansion been searched?"
"The guards are still searching, but they have already searched roughly and have not found the woman, except for..."
"Except what?" Prince Yuanming was in a very unhappy mood at the moment. He had just kept the woman for some unknown reason and did not give her to Young Master Kang. Now that the woman was missing, it was obviously very suspicious.
"Except for your study, you have instructed that no one is allowed to enter unless you give your permission. The guards dare not search inside. The study is the only room in the mansion that has not been searched."
Prince Yuanming immediately looked towards his study. Unlike the brightly lit room in the mansion, that room was very dark. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and then told the steward: "Send the guards over."
As he spoke, he grabbed the sword he carried with him, drew the blade, and held it in his hand.
Jiang Youzhen was planning to leave, but just as he was leaving, he suddenly heard someone talking outside.
Both voices sounded very familiar. One of them was the steward who had just spoken outside Ke Zhenqiu's courtyard, and the other was Prince Yuan Ming. She would not have heard it wrong.
Oh no! The banquet must be over, and Prince Yuanming is going back to the outer study.
This study has only one exit, and even the row of windows faces the garden in front.
Prince Yuanming must be standing in the garden at this moment. It is impossible for him to leave through the door and window. She quickly glanced at the study, and even the beams were clearly visible, so there was no place for anyone to hide.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer and very messy, and the noisy voices outside, Jiang Youzhen knew that it was Prince Yuan Ming who had asked all the guards in the mansion to come over.
The entire mansion has been searched, except for this study, which they will definitely search given their caution.
Prince Yuan Ming slowly approached the door of the study. For some reason, his heart was beating wildly and he suddenly became a little nervous.
"Master, Master Ke just said that there was someone hiding in his yard, and he even knocked out a maid. But when he came to his senses, the person had already escaped." Suddenly the steward came running over to report.
"What? But that dancer just now?"
The steward shook his head. "Master Ke said he didn't see clearly. The other person was very fast. He was knocked unconscious at the time. When he woke up, he found him lying in the inner room. The maid who came to serve him had her hands tied behind her back and fainted beside him."
"My lord, that woman's origins are unknown and she definitely has bad intentions," said the steward.
"Humph! Search her with all your strength. Even if she escapes from this mansion, the entire Anxi County is under the control of this city lord. I don't believe she can escape."
Prince Yuan Ming looked grim, "Lead the way to Master Ke's courtyard."
Hearing the footsteps of the group of people going away, Jiang Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had a great chance of winning a fight with these people, it would still make a lot of noise.
This Ke Zhenqiu is really smart. He must have seen the guards of the mansion coming to the outer study and was afraid that she had not left yet, so he devised a plan to lure them away. By the way, he could also explain why the maid was knocked unconscious.
Jiang Youzhen quickly left the study and returned to the inn safely, and at this time Li Dongsheng had already returned.
It just so happened that Jiang Youzhen had already changed out of her maid's clothes and was now wearing a nightgown.
Li Dongsheng asked her as soon as he saw her: "Did you go to Prince Yuanming's residence? Did you find out any news?"
Jiang Youzhen told Li Dongsheng the news he had heard at Prince Yuanming's mansion. Li Dongsheng frowned when he heard it.
"You mean that Prince Yuanming is colluding with Kangguo outside the Great Wall, and that Young Master Kang is the prince of Kangguo?"
"Although there is no evidence yet, this possibility is very high, and you would never imagine who I saw in Prince Yuanming's house."
"Who?" Li Dongsheng was very curious.
"Ke Zhenqiu, a scholar from the Imperial Academy."
"Ke Zhenqiu? How could it be him? What is he doing at the border?" Li Dongsheng was also very surprised.