Chapter 58 The interrogation (1)
Chen Hui thought that she had gone blind when she opened her eyes.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she could see the stars in the sky. It seemed that she didn’t go blind from falling off the cliff.
It was no longer raining at this time, but the dark clouds were still there. The visibility was very low. Just as Chen Hui tried to sit up, she felt the ground loosen as if something rolled down. She didn’t dare to move anymore. She only carefully turned her head and eyes to look down.
Below was a bottomless darkness that looked like a monster’s huge mouth waiting to engulf her. Chen Hui hurriedly grabbed a vine hanging from the cliff. It turned out that she was lucky enough and happened to fall on a small protruding top. If she had slanted a bit or her body type was a bit bigger, she would’ve fallen down. Feeling that here was not secure, Chen Hui didn’t dare to move randomly. Her stiff body pressed up against the cliff and stared at the sky.
Here was about five or six meters from where she fell. She couldn’t go up with her ability. It was even so much that she might not be able to last for long before falling down. She also didn’t know how long it had been since she had fallen from the cliff. Did the two brothers mistakenly thought she was dead and left? Then, will they come back? Are they still nearby? Chen Hui didn’t have the answers to these questions. Hence, she didn’t dare to cry for help.
Xiao Tiao came with her. Therefore, after she had disappeared, Xiao Tiao would inform the others. Perhaps, someone would come here and she could be saved.
After making up her mind, Chen hui clung to the cliff and stopped moving. Although it had stopped raining at this moment, the ground of the cliff was still wet. Chen Hui’s whole body was damp. Many places have been penetrated with rain, making her feel cold. She didn’t know when her pair of shoes had disappeared and her white socks were full of mud. At the moment, she could care about neither. Fortunately, it wasn’t winter. Otherwise, she might be the same as poor Jack who survived not easily but froze to death without being able to wait for the rescue.
Waiting is a boring thing and Chen Hui couldn’t sing folk songs lest she causes some noise. She had no other choice than to let her thoughts wander to divert her attention. She thought about her cloth shop, thought about her designs, thought about Commandery Princess Shuning, and thought about Xiao Tiao…When she finished thinking about everything that had happened after she time-traveled, the sky had already gotten bright. When she yawned, she suddenly thought that after she learned what the two people wanted to do, she felt nauseous. However, when Li Youde treated her like this in bed before, she didn’t feel nauseous, just a bit scared.
Before Chen Hui could think this through, she suddenly heard some noise in the distance. Her heart jumped. Did someone come to look for her?
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Outside of Tanmen Temple, a team of thirty Brocade Uniform Guards surrounded the entire temple and not even one drop can trickle through. A carriage stopped outside of the temple. A thin and white-faced man got off the carriage. After he stepped on the muddy ground, he humphed once.
“Lord, everyone is inside,” Ah Er hurriedly went to greet him.
Li Youde walked in with a cold face. As soon as he walked into the temple, he heard Commandery Princess Shuning yell, “What Lord Li and Lord Wang? My father is Prince Qing of the first rank. I am Commandery Princess Shuning. For which reason could he hold me?”
Li Youde looked over. It was Commandery Princess Shuning with who he had a minor offense in the past. At that time, in order to avert conflict, he conceded temporarily. And this time, it was different.
“Bring Commandery Princess Shuning over,” Li Youde lifted his chin. When Ah Da who had just come to debrief heard this, he immediately went to act on the order. Li Youde stepped forward and entered the backyard of the abbey and went to where Chen Hui stayed in the middle of the night.
The moment Xiao Tiao saw Li Youde, she knelt and said in a panic, “Lord, Lady Chen is missing. She must’ve been taken away by the bad guys. You must go save her!”
Ah Er hurriedly dragged the chair on the side and wiped it with his sleeve. Li Youde sat down and looked at Xiao Tiao coldly, “Speak, how did it happen?”
Xiao Tiao quickly said what she had already said more than once, “Lady Chen got up last night and woke up this slave. This slave accompanied Lady Chen to the toilet outside….”
“Isn’t there a bed urinal in the room?” Li Youde asked suddenly.
Xiao Tiao was stunned. Seeing Li Youde’s eyes, she hurriedly lowered her head and said, “The master said that there wasn’t enough. So, Lady Chen gave it to Commandery Princess Shuning and Lady Zheng…”
“Continue,” Li Youde closed his eyes. He didn’t know whether to believe it or not and made an appearance of continuing to listen.
Xiao Tiao said, “Later, this slave and Lady Chen returned. On the way, there was a figure. This slave didn’t see clearly. This slave wanted to go have a look, but was pulled away by Lady Chen and she said to go look with others. This slave lit a lantern in the front. However, after walking for a while, this slave didn’t hear any sound from behind. When I turned around, Lady Chen was gone and the figure on the ground was also gone.
She began to cry as she spoke, “Lord, this slave begs you to go save Lady Chen. She must’ve been taken away by bad guys…”
Li Youde opened his eyes slightly, but they were only half open. With an indifferent expression, he said, “Where would there be bad guys in such a purified place like a Buddhism temple? Xiao Tiao, I give you a chance to make up for your fault. Speak the truth, if you tell me where Lady Chen has gone, I will spare your life. Otherwise, it will just take a moment of effort to kill you!”
Xiao Tiao was stunned. She immediately kowtowed and cried, “Lord! This slave, this slave deserves the death! It is this slave who didn’t take good care of Lady Chen! However, this slave really doesn’t know where Lady Chen went! Lord, quickly go save Lady Chen, otherwise, it would be too late. Lady Chen, she…she…”
Li Youde’s cold heart softened for a moment because of Xiao Tiao’s words. If Lady Chen was really caught by bad guys…
He snorted coldly, “Xiao Tiao, are you still covering for Lady Chen until this moment? Do you think that I will believe it if you said that Lady Chen was kidnapped by bad guys?”
Xiao Tiao stared blankly at Li Youde. She didn’t know why the lord who treated Lady Chen so well before would not believe at the moment that she was kidnapped by bad guys. So much time has passed since last night. If they don’t hurry up and look, will, will Lady Chen…?
Xiao Tiao didn’t dare to think anymore. She couldn’t guess lord’s thoughts. She just kept kowtowing and said, “Lord, I beg you to please go save Lady Chen, please go save Lady Chen!”
“Really a loyal maid,” Li Youde sneered.
As soon as he raised his hand, Ah Da came in and said, “Lord, Commandery Princess Shuning is here.”
Li Youde looked once at Ah Er and motioned for him to take Xiao Tiao out.
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