To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 496 Key

  Luo Sheng is Zhu Wu who met in the lobby of the restaurant.

  Zhu Wu had obviously changed into a long gown, but his messy beard and bloodshot eyes couldn't hide the travel and dust on the road.

  As soon as he saw Luo Sheng coming in, he immediately called out to the girl.

   "Sit first." Although Luo Sheng was anxious in his heart, his face was calm, and he motioned to Zhu Wurun to moisten his throat before speaking.

  Zhu Wu drank a cup of tea, only to feel that his throat, which was astringent due to the rush for the past few days, relieved a lot.

   "Did you find it?" Luo Sheng then asked.

  Zhu Wu nodded slightly, and whispered: "I found it."

  Luo Sheng's eyes lit up, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

   Just find it smoothly!

  Zhu Wu took out a slender object wrapped in blue cloth from his sleeve and handed it over: "Miss, do you see this?"

  Luo Sheng took it, lifted the corner of the green cloth and saw the exposed object, bent his lips and smiled: "Mr. Zhu has worked hard."

   "Should be."

  Luo Sheng lowered his voice: "People also brought?"

   "Here we are, and everything has been settled according to the girl's instructions."

   "That's good. You go back and have a good rest, and the rest will be discussed later."

   Zhu Wu hesitated for a moment.

  It's noon, the girl won't leave him to take care of the meal?

  After waiting for a long time, Luo Sheng didn't seem to think about it, so Zhu Wu just got up and left.

  Luo Sheng sat quietly in the lobby for a while before returning to the backyard.

  Hearing the movement, Governor Luo returned to his senses: "Sheng'er finished chatting with Mr. Accountant so soon?"

   "The wine shop is mostly about money, which is easy to solve." Luo Sheng smiled, glanced at the table, showing a surprised expression, "Why didn't father eat?"

   "Ah, eat now." Governor Luo picked up the bowl and devoured the noodles.

  In the blink of an eye, the table was cleaned up. Governor Luo wiped his mouth and praised: "Delicious!"

  Luo Sheng was silent.

  Eat so fast, I'm afraid I can't taste the taste.

   "I still have something to do in the yamen, so I'll go back first for my father." Dudu Luo thought about it for a while, worried, and told him, "Sheng'er, you are just a little girl, don't get involved in the affairs of the court."

   "I see." Luo Sheng responded lightly, pointing outside, "Take those two fathers of Jin Linwei away."

   Dudu Luo moved his lips, but he strode out without saying anything after all.

  Luo Sheng stayed in the study without moving.

  The spring sun in the afternoon came in through the window, casting beams of light, and there were flying dust in the beams of light.

  Luo Sheng took out the objects that Zhu Wu had brought back, and uncovered the green cloth wrapped outside to reveal the whole picture: it was a long nanmu box.

  Different from ordinary boxes for valuables, there is no lock on the nanmu box, but several round holes surround a small deep hole with an odd shape.

  If you count carefully, there are exactly seven round holes.

  The slender and white fingers gently rubbed the nanmu box, and finally stopped at the deep hole.

   After an unknown amount of time, the gold-encrusted seven-treasure bracelet worn on the wrist was taken off.

  Luo Sheng held up the bracelet with one hand, and pressed the inside of the bracelet with the other, and the red gemstone was actually taken out. In this way, the seven gems were removed one by one.

  The seven round holes on the box were filled with seven gemstones, which seemed irregular to outsiders. Only Luo Sheng knew that this was the first step in opening the box.

  The originally shining gold-studded seven-treasure bracelet became bare, and the ordinary box became gorgeous and extraordinary.

  The strangely shaped small hole surrounded by seven-colored gemstones on the box looks more and more mysterious.

  The soft fingertips gently stroked every part of the bracelet, and suddenly there was a tick, and there was a gap there, and the long and thin end with lines was revealed after slowly pulling it apart.

   This bracelet is actually a key.

  Luo Sheng aimed the end at the small hole in the middle, and slowly inserted it.

   With a click, the box opened, and a roll of bright yellow lay quietly in the long box.

  Luo Sheng carefully unfolded the roll of bright yellow, carefully inspected it with a relaxed smile, then closed the box, took out the gems one by one and restored them.

  A moment later, the gold-encrusted Seven Treasures Bracelet returned to its luster returned to its wrist.

  Bring the box back to the Governor's Mansion and hide it carefully, Luo Sheng sent someone to deliver a letter to Lin Teng.

   It was already afternoon when Lin Teng came to a restaurant again.

  The two met at the stone table next to the persimmon tree in the courtyard.

  Chunyang is just right, the courtyard is warmer than the house, and the persimmon tree stretches out its bare branches, looking lazy. After all, there is nothing you can do if you want to drop a few leaves to show your presence at this time.

  The light and shadow are mottled, making the girl's fair face look softer.

   After a brief silence, Lin Teng spoke first: "Did Miss Luo ask your father?"

  Related to the case, no matter how embarrassing it was, he had to face it.

   "Ask."

  Such a calm tone made Lin Teng doubt his judgment for a moment: Could it be that it has nothing to do with Governor Luo?

   "My father ordered it to be done."

  Lin Teng looked at the girl opposite him in astonishment.

  Luo Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Master Lin thinks it's strange?"

  Lin Teng touched the tip of his nose.

   What surprised him was Miss Luo's calmness.

  Luo Sheng quickly said: "The emperor ordered my father to do it."

  Lin Teng: "..."

   After a while, he spoke with difficulty: "Miss Luo—"

  Luo Sheng smiled: "I stalked my father to ask. I can't control whether my father will choose to remain silent, but I definitely won't."

She fixedly looked at Lin Teng with a serious expression: "If Mr. Lin insists on finding out who is behind the scenes, then I will tell you clearly that it is the emperor. My father is just a knife in the hands of the emperor. This knife is also guilty of killing someone for the master. , but do not bear this charge.”

  Lin Teng's face was very exciting for a while, and he smiled wryly for a while and said: "Miss Luo really dares to say anything."

  Luo Sheng's tone was light: "It's just me and Mr. Lin here. Will Mr. Lin arrest me for telling the truth?"

  Lin Teng took a deep look at her and said two words: "No."

   "Will Lord Lin impeach the emperor?"

  Lin Teng was silent for a long time, shaking his head.

   The rebellious words of impeaching the emperor can only be heard from Miss Luo.

  But he learned the teachings of sages since he was a child, not only did he not feel angry, but he felt powerless.

  What can he do when the one behind it is the one sitting at the top?

  What is the so-called fairness?

  Lin Teng has never felt so cold like this moment.

  Luo Sheng couldn't bear to force this upright and persistent young man anymore, and sighed softly: "Master Lin, instead of thinking about unsolvable things, let's think about what we can do for those one hundred and six women."

  The five missing women are no longer there, but the one hundred and six women are still there.

  She couldn't take advantage of Governor Luo's love for her daughter to force Governor Luo to stop, that would bring disaster to the entire Luo family.

  But she couldn't pretend that she didn't know anything, and just sat and watched these women lose their lives.

   Whatever it takes to change the outcome, do something.

   Unexplainable thing——Lin Teng felt a heavy breath in his chest when he heard these words, and he couldn't get it out.

  He clenched his fists hard, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Miss Luo is right."

   There is one more.

  (end of this chapter)