EBE Chapter 730 [Under the Brocade 26]
Chapter 730 [Under the Brocade 26]
On the other side, the dark and damp cell was filled with a rotten smell. Lord Zhou curled up in a corner, looking listless. At this moment, a melodious and strange tune reached his ears. The sound seemed to come from the netherworld, revealing a hint of chill.
Along with this creepy song, a mysterious figure slowly emerged from the darkness. The person was covered in a black cloak, and his face could not be seen clearly, but from his figure, he seemed to be a woman. When Lord Zhou saw this person, a trace of surprise and fear flashed in his eyes. It was obvious that he was not unfamiliar with the appearance of this mysterious person.
However, before Lord Zhou could ask, the mysterious man suddenly attacked with a flash of cold light. Lord Zhou fell to the ground and died before he could even scream. Blood stained the ground red, and the air was suddenly filled with a strong smell of blood.
After Lu Yi learned that Lord Zhou was killed, his face was solemn and he immediately sent someone to call Yuan Jinxia. Yuan Jinxia quickly rushed to the scene and carefully examined Lord Zhou's body. After some observation, she found that there were no obvious scars on the surface of the body, but the expression of the deceased before death was extremely terrified, as if he had seen something extremely terrible, as if he had been hit by a sorcery.
In order to further investigate the truth of the case, Lu Yi invited Yang Chengwan, Youyou and Yang Yue to have dinner together to discuss the matter. At the table, everyone sat together, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull.
Yuan Jinxia's eyes rolled, and a bad idea suddenly came to her mind. She deliberately described in vivid detail the disgusting things she had encountered when examining corpses in the past, such as the squirming worms soaked in blood.
As Youyou listened to Yuan Jinxia's description, her face gradually turned pale. When she heard the word "chomp bug", she finally couldn't help the churning in her stomach, put down her bowl and chopsticks and left in a hurry. Seeing this, Lu Yi shook his head helplessly, got up and followed Youyou away from the table.
However, as the saying goes, "If you hurt the enemy, you will hurt yourself too." Yuan Jinxia wanted to take this opportunity to disgust Lu Yi, but she didn't expect that even she and Yang Yue were affected. The two looked at the bowl of white rice in their hands that looked like worms, and suddenly felt that they had no appetite and could no longer swallow it.
When the Emperor heard that Mr. Zhou had passed away, and the cause of death was strange, he was furious. He immediately sent an order to the Ministry of Works, ordering them to thoroughly investigate the case and recover all the missing government silver. After dealing with these matters, the Emperor was still worried, so he specially summoned Lu Ting to come to him and solemnly instructed: "This matter must be investigated to the end, and there must not be any omissions!"
After dinner, Lu Yi found Yuan Jinxia and said to her solemnly: "You need to go to Lord Zhou's attic tonight. You can only go downstairs and leave when you hear three cocks crow." Although Yuan Jinxia was a little confused, she nodded in agreement.
As night fell, Yuan Jinxia followed Lu Yi's instructions and came to the attic where Mr. Zhou lived. As soon as she entered the door, she hugged the cat in her arms and began to think carefully about what Lu Yi had told her. "Is there really someone raising chickens around here?" She thought to herself. At this moment, Yuan Jinxia's sharp eyes suddenly caught two figures on the opposite building - they were Lu Yi and You You. The woman waved at her gently, motioning her to come over.
At this time, it was pouring rain outside. Yuan Jinxia didn't care about much, picked up the kitten that followed her out quietly, and hurried to where Lu Yi was. On the empty and lonely street, only the rain kept hitting the ground and made crackling sounds. Lu Yi held an umbrella to protect the woman beside him from the wind and rain. The woman also held an umbrella tightly in her hand, and the two of them walked slowly towards Yuan Jinxia together.
When she got closer, Yuan Jinxia saw the woman's face clearly and couldn't help but call out softly, "My lord." At the same time, she noticed that the attic where Lu Yi and You You had just been was actually Zhai Lanye's boudoir.
You know, Zhai Lanye has moved away since Lord Zhou got into trouble. So, no matter how you look at it, there seems to be a close connection between the two of them.
Lu Yi nodded slightly to show his agreement. His eyes fell on Jin Xia, who was soaking wet like a drowned chicken, and his heart tightened. Then, he took the umbrella from Youyou, handed it to Jin Xia, and said lightly: "Open it yourself."
Jin Xia didn't care about Lu Yi's cold attitude at all. Instead, she turned to You You with a smile on her face and said gratefully: "Thank you for the umbrella, Sister You You! Sister You You, can you hold the cat for me again? Just now when I was about to go out, I don't know what happened to this guy, he had to run out with me, I can't just leave it alone."
Youyou generously stretched out his hands and caught the cat steadily. Strangely enough, the cat seemed to know that it had fallen into the arms of a reliable person, and was particularly well-behaved and docile. It moved left and right in Youyou's warm embrace, and soon found an extremely comfortable position, then squinted its eyes comfortably, enjoying the warmth and tranquility.
At this time, Lu Yi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke up: "Jin Xia, since you brought this cat back, you should be responsible for raising it yourself."
Jin Xia nodded without hesitation and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will take good care of it. But, Sister Youyou, you will definitely help me raise this cute little guy, right?"
Youyou smiled and responded: "Of course!"
However, Lu Yi didn't want such a small cat to occupy all of Youyou's mind, so he quickly dissuaded her, "Youyou, it's inconvenient for you to keep this cat! Besides, we are going out for work this time, and I'm afraid we won't have time to take care of its food and daily life in the short term."
Youyou said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, it's okay! Qiuxia is here, she can help take care of it on weekdays. Besides, Ayi, don't you think Mimi is super cute? It's so small, it's simply adorable!" As she said that, she gently touched the soft fur of the cat in her arms.
Following Youyou's words, Lu Yi looked at the kitten in her arms. To be honest, he really didn't see what was so beautiful about this cat. The color of the cat's fur was not only messy, but also had no pattern at all. However, his wife had already praised its cuteness, so how could he expose it in front of her?
So, Lu Yi had no choice but to respond: "Well... well, indeed, this cat is really very cute." After saying that, he forced out a slightly stiff smile.
Jin Xia, who was standing by, saw all of this. She could tell that Lu Yi was not sincere and laughed secretly. She thought that Lu Yi obviously didn't like this little cat, but he praised her against his will to please Sister Youyou. It was really funny.