Wishful Things

Before the sky darkened, Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao met again at Xuesheng Tea House.

There were several plainly dressed guests drinking tea in the hall. When they saw the two coming in, they couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

Their identities are ordinary and they don't know their identities.

Seeing the two of them went up to the second floor, they discussed in low voices.

"Tsk, you probably came here for a private meeting..."

Their voices were extremely low, but they reached Wu Chao's ears.

Being misunderstood in this way, the boy didn't feel very angry, but subconsciously paid attention to the reaction of the girl around him.

But she saw her face was calm, as if she didn't hear at all.

At this time, another voice came from downstairs.

"How could it be a private meeting? It's really a private meeting, how could it be possible to walk in together so swaggeringly, not afraid of being looked at at all - in my opinion, the two are almost brothers and sisters!"

"That's right, I look like it too, they are all good-looking, they must have been born by a mother..."

Wu Chao's expression froze for a moment.

He and Miss Xu look like siblings?

What look do these people have?

But why is Miss Xu still smiling?

Seeing the girl's uncontrollable laughter, Wu Chao couldn't help but tugged at the corner of her mouth.

Well, he thought about it, and it seemed a little funny.

The two did not sit on the second floor as usual, but went to the inner courtyard behind the lobby from another staircase leading to the backyard.

As for why you didn't pass through the front hall just now, it's because you don't want the tea customers to notice the strangeness.

"Sir—"

A middle-aged man in a gray-blue gown walked out of the inner hall and greeted him.

Wu Chao nodded slightly: "Mr. Mo."

This is the apparent shopkeeper of Xuesheng Tea House, and also his grandfather's confidant. About seven or eight years ago, he was sent to the capital to be in charge of the internal and external affairs of Xuesheng Tea House.

It can also be regarded as his first chess teacher when he was young.

Seeing that Xu Ming wanted to salute himself, Mr. Mo quickly returned the salute.

The son told the girl the secret of the teahouse, and he already knew about it. And the identity of this girl, he is also very clear.

Although the Xu and Wu families are not in harmony, it may be different from what outsiders know because it is illegal.

Therefore, he has no prejudice against General Xu's granddaughter.

"Mr. Laomo fetched something for me—the house map of Xia Tingzhen's mansion." Wu Chao sat down in the hall and directly explained the purpose of his visit.

"Yes, please sit down with Young Master Xu for a while."

Mr. Mo bowed and retreated, and led two of his men into the inner secret room.

After half a stick of incense, just turned back, holding a slightly thick scroll in his hand.

"My lord, please take a look."

Wu Chao took it and unfolded it in front of him.

Xu Mingyi slightly tilted his head towards him, looked at the level of detail drawn on the scroll, and estimated that it would take several months to complete the picture from verification to drawing.

And she suddenly thought of one thing.

Such a picture of the house, in the secret room of Xuesheng Tea House, I am afraid that there is also a copy of their Zhen Guogong's mansion?

But such things are inevitable.

"This should be Xia Han's residence." The young man's slender and handsome fingers pointed at a courtyard drawn on the scroll.

Xu Mingyi nodded.

After looking closely for a moment, he couldn't help saying: "Why does this place seem to have been modified?"

After hearing the words, Mr. Mo came over, took a look, and smiled appreciatively: "Ms. Xu is really careful, and I have indeed made some changes here—"

It's just that they didn't overturn the repainting, but chose to make additions and changes on the original basis, and they also took great care in covering it up, so it should not be easily noticed by others.

It is really unexpected that General Xu has a granddaughter who is as careful as a hair.

"I remember that this modification was made about two or three years ago, after the marriage of the second son of the Xia family was settled, a nearby courtyard was opened up, the two courtyards were merged into one, and a small half was repaired as a garden. " Mr. Mo recalled.

Xu Mingyi's heart trembled slightly.

"Two or three years ago?"

Xu Su disappeared three years ago, and the Lu family married into the Xia family two years ago——

In this way, the expansion and major renovation of Xia Han's residence is in the middle of these two things...

She only heard from her grandfather the day before yesterday that Xia Tingzhen didn't know much about Xia Han's secret actions. Therefore, it was so smooth when he rescued Xu Ying from the other courtyard that day.

In other words, Xia Han has kept everyone from the beginning, including her own father.

If Xu Su's body is really in Xia's house, and if he wants to invite Taoist priests to cast spells without alerting Xia Tingzhen, then a non-suspicious name is needed as a cover--

The expansion of the house is an opportunity!

Xu Su's body, nine out of ten, was quietly placed by Xia Han at that time...

Therefore, that corpse is most likely in Xia Han's courtyard!

Xu Mingyi returned his gaze to the house.

The purpose of drawing a map of the house is to understand the location of the various courtyards. It is very rare for this map to be accurate to every bedroom, study, and even the ice cellar and well.

But if you want to use this to see the layout of the formation, it is obviously not enough.

At first she had told Wu Chao what Mr. Yao said, but now Wu Chao saw through what she was thinking, and before she could speak, he said to Mr. Mo: "It needs to be more detailed, you can tell the truth about Xia Han's courtyard. Every plant and tree is clearly drawn—is there anyone in the building who is good at hiding his whereabouts and is good at drawing?"

If there hadn't been the dangerous accident on the way to Beijing and Suishan was still there, he should have been responsible for this job.

Mr. Mo thought for a while and said, "Xiaoqi is suitable."

Wu Chao's expression was slightly stagnant.

Why do you feel that wherever there is a girl named Xu, you will always hear the name Xiao Qi?

And how can he be prominent everywhere?

"Xiao Qi is good at painting?" He questioned.

He is clearly from a dark guard background, but his knowledge is quite complicated.

Mr. Mo explained with a smile: "Young Master, I don't know that Xiaoqi was adopted in this teahouse since he was a child before he was incorporated into the secret guard. Because he is very talented in painting and he is also diligent. She is eager to learn, and she was also in charge of drawing pictures and texts for the building before, and every time she finished it extremely well - the picture in the hands of the young master was originally drawn by Xiao Qi and his subordinates."

Wu Chao glanced at the scroll in his hand and felt that he didn't want to listen to it anymore.

Seeing that Mr. Mo seemed to want to boast more, he hurriedly said in front of him: "...Let's go to him then."

From the corner of the eye, Xu Mingyi looked at the picture in his hand again. The young man rolled up the thing expressionlessly and handed it back to Mr. Mo.

Bian confessed: "There is no need to mention this matter with father."

Mr. Mo smiled knowingly.

There is no need for the young master to explain this at all.

You don't need to go into details about Miss Xu - he understands it.

When the two left the teahouse together, it was already dark.

There was no trace of the sunset glow in the west, but layers of gray clouds were faintly piled up.

...

"Second Master, after the Second Young Mistress came back from the Lu Manor today, she suddenly had a severe abdominal pain. The doctor came to see her and said that it was because of the bumps and fright..."

Xia Han came back from the Imperial Academy, and just entered the house when he heard some bad news from his confidant boy.

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