After Han Yunxi's incident, the Celestial Fragrance Teashop had been sealed off. Outsiders couldn't enter, and the people inside couldn't leave.
As soon as Long Fei Ye arrived, Mu Qingwu hurried to see him.
Mu Qingwu had been searching since yesterday afternoon, but he couldn't find a single clue. He really didn't have the face to come back, but since His Highness Duke of Qin was here, he had to come back.
As soon as he entered, Mu Qingwu immediately knelt. "This subordinate didn't protect esteemed wangfei well. This subordinate deserves ten thousand deaths!"
"If you're only here to ask for forgiveness, then this prince will sentence you to death right now!" Long Fei Ye didn't hold back at all.
What was the use of asking for forgiveness now?
Mu Qingwu understood, but he still felt very apologetic.
"What exactly happened?" Long Fei Ye asked coldly. General Mu and the Celestial Fragrance Teashop's servants hadn't told him everything. Only the person involved, Mu Qingwu, knew what had happened.
Mu Qingwu gave Long Fei Ye a detailed account of why they'd come to the Celestial Fragrance Teashop, including his suspicions about the Han family's second miss, Han Ruoxue.
"Since you've already investigated clearly, why did you still come to Nanshan?" Long Fei Ye didn't understand.
"Esteemed wangfei said she wanted to pick some Red Nanshan to bring back. This subordinate didn't expect this to happen." Mu Qingwu was filled with regret. If he'd known earlier, he would've come himself.
Han Yunxi also liked Red Nanshan?
A complicated look flashed through Long Fei Ye's eyes. He asked, "How long did it take you to get from Xinyu Courtyard to Nanshan?"
There were many people lying in ambush at Nanshan. Someone must've known beforehand that Han Yunxi would be there. Long Fei Ye's question was undoubtedly because he suspected there were spies in the Celestial Fragrance Teashop.
"The mountain roads are difficult. Less than an hour," Mu Qingwu replied truthfully.
Less than an hour was not a short period of time. It was enough for the assassin to set up an ambush.
Most importantly, how did a large group of assassins enter the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse? It must be known that the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse was not an ordinary teahouse. The people who came here were all influential people in the imperial capital. The security here had always been very tight.
Right at this moment, Guard Shangguan rushed over.
Guard Shangguan couldn't find the Manor Lord no matter how hard he tried. He tried to contact the Manor Lord but to no avail.
The Manor Lord had a courtyard on the West Mountain of the Heavenly Fragrance Teashop. Most of the time, he stayed there. Although the Manor Lord didn't come often, he had been living in the teahouse for the past month.
The Chateau Master basically did not care about the affairs of the teahouse. Guard Shangguan was a capable person, but now that such a big matter had happened, Guard Shangguan was helpless and could not bear the responsibility.
His Highness Duke of Qin had already arrived, but there was still no news of the manor lord. Guard Shangguan could only brace himself and enter to meet him.
As soon as he entered, he saw Long Feiye sitting loftily in his seat, his face as cold as a demon. He felt the pressure of a mountain and quickly fell to his knees. "This commoner Shangguan Ming greets Your Highness Duke of Qin."
"Guard Shangguan, this prince remembers that you are not the Manor Lord." Long Fei Ye said that he liked the Red South Peak from the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse. Guard Shangguan had offered it several times in the name of the Manor Lord.
"Reporting to Your Highness Duke of Qin, this subordinate is also looking for the Manor Lord. The Manor Lord's whereabouts have always been uncertain. This subordinate has already used all means of contact to search for him," Guard Shangguan reported truthfully.
"You can't find the Manor Lord?" Long Fei Ye raised his brows and asked in return.
These words were too meaningful. Guard Shangguan was greatly alarmed and hurriedly expressed his position. "Your Highness Duke of Qin, this commoner can fully represent the Manor Lord and fully cooperate with the investigation. All the guards of the teahouse have entered the mountains to search. The tea maids, tea servants, two tea masters, and all the guards of the south mountain have been imprisoned and are awaiting Your Highness Duke of Qin's personal interrogation. "
Guard Shangguan was a smart person. He had long expected that His Highness Duke of Qin would suspect the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse. In fact, he had been unable to sleep for an entire night. After thinking about it for an entire night, he also suspected that a spy had infiltrated the teahouse. Otherwise, such a large group of assassins wouldn't have been able to silently lay in ambush on the mountainside of the south mountain.
Long Fei Ye seemed satisfied with Guard Shangguan's answer. He stood up and said Coldly, "Interrogate."
The mountain had been sealed off. There was no way the assassins could escape this area. On one hand, Long Fei Ye was secretly searching the mountain. On the other hand, he was also waiting for the other party to state their conditions.
Taking hostages meant that they had a request. He wasn't afraid of anything else. He was only afraid that the other party wouldn't make a move. As long as the other party made a move and had a request, he would definitely be able to find Han Yunxi.
Of course, if they could uncover the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse's spy, their advantage would be even greater. However, the faster, the better. The longer they delayed, the more Han Yunxi would suffer.
Hearing that Long Fei Ye wanted to interrogate, Guard Shangguan let out a sigh of relief. Not daring to delay, he hurriedly led the way.
"Your Highness Duke of Qin, apart from the tea masters and guards of the south mountain, everyone else is being held separately. The two tea boys and one tea girl in Fresh Rain Courtyard don't know what happened on the south mountain," Guard Shangguan whispered as he walked quickly.
In fact, it wasn't just the tea boys and tea girls in Fresh Rain Courtyard who didn't know what happened on the south mountain. Apart from the people on the south mountain, everyone else in the Heavenly Fragrance Teahouse also didn't know what had happened.
Guard Shangguan had done a good job of keeping secrets. This trick of his was very useful for interrogation.
Long Fei Ye made a soft sound of agreement. That handsome face that angered both men and gods was still very, very cold. His facial features seemed to be frozen, making people wonder if this guy had any expression at all.
Guard Shangguan stole a few glances at Long Fei Ye. After waiting for a long time and seeing that he didn't speak, he timidly asked, "Your Highness Duke of Qin, who do you want to interrogate first?"
"The people from Fresh Rain Courtyard." Long Fei Ye didn't think and directly answered.
As soon as Long Fei Ye arrived at the interrogation room, two tea boys were brought in. They were both boys in their early teens and were crying all the way in.
As soon as they entered and saw the situation in the room, the two children were immediately frightened and couldn't help but bawl loudly.
"Don't cry!" Guard Shangguan said angrily.
However, the two children didn't stop crying. Instead, they cried even louder and huddled together.
Guard Shangguan's forehead was beaded with sweat. Actually, according to his understanding, these two children shouldn't be a big problem. However, this matter was too risky. His Highness Duke of Qin hadn't interrogated them, so he didn't dare to speak carelessly.
He stole a glance at His Highness Duke of Qin. Seeing that His Highness Duke of Qin wasn't moving, he could only pull the two children apart and have someone cover their mouths.
Once the crying stopped, the room was finally quiet.
"Don't cry. I'm only going to ask you a few questions. Answer truthfully, or you'll suffer!" Guard Shangguan warned.
Unexpectedly, Long Fei Ye suddenly said, "There's nothing to ask. If you don't confess, I'll drag you out and bury you."
At these words, the two children were so frightened that their faces turned white. They had only been crying, but now they started to struggle violently.
Guard Shangguan let go of one of the children's mouths. Unexpectedly, the child cried loudly, "Wahhh … I confess! I confess! "
Confess?
He was going to confess?
Qin Wangfei's kidnapping on Nanshan hadn't been made public. What did this child know? What was he going to confess? Could it be that he really was a spy?
Guard Shangguan and Mu Qingwu looked at each other in disbelief.
Long Fei Ye was also somewhat puzzled, but he still didn't say anything.
Unexpectedly, the child cried, "I confess! I confess! Sister Bi Lu betrayed Eldest Miss Mu … wahhh … it was Sister Bi Lu who didn't follow the rules. We didn't know anything, wahhh … "
This …
Guard Shangguan slapped his head in confusion, but Long Fei Ye and Mu Qingwu immediately understood.
The tea servant, Bi Lu, had violated the rules and answered many of Mu Qingwu and Han Yunxi's questions. The tea boys had overheard and thought that this was what they were questioning.
Long Fei Ye pinched his brows with one hand and waved the other. Without saying anything, he motioned for Guard Shangguan to take the children away.
Guard Shangguan was baffled. Mu Qingwu hurried over to explain and personally untied the two tea boys. He said in a low voice, "Take them out and comfort them. Bring the tea servant here."
Guard Shangguan finally understood after hearing the explanation. As for why Mu Qingwu and Han Yunxi were investigating Mu Liuyue, although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask and quickly sent them away.
Once the tea servant, Bi Lu, was taken out of the cell, she couldn't help but tremble. She was flustered and didn't know what had happened on Nanshan. She didn't know why Guard Shangguan had imprisoned her.
After receiving Her Highness and the Young General yesterday, she went to rest. She originally wanted to secretly dispose of the tin of tea leaves, but who knew that before she could do so, she heard that something had happened on Nanshan. All the entrances to the tea house were sealed.
Everyone in the tea house was in a panic. Everyone asked around, but no one knew what had happened on Nanshan.
Not long after, the guards rushed into the house and took her away by force.
No matter how much she begged or cried, the guards didn't tell her why. Last night, she tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. No matter how she thought about it, something was wrong.
Other than secretly hiding the tin of spring tea left behind by Second Young Miss Han, she didn't do anything wrong!
However, even if the matter of her stealing the spring tea was discovered, it couldn't have caused such a big commotion and sealed off the entire tea house.
It was just a tin of tea leaves. After the Han family came to ask about it last time, they didn't come again.
Even before Divine Doctor Han was imprisoned and the Han family was defeated, with the Han family's status, it wouldn't be enough for Guard Shangguan to seal off the tea house and search the whole tea house.
Bi Lu wasn't an inexperienced tea boy. She had been in the Heavenly Fragrance Tea House for nearly ten years and worked her way up from a tea boy to a tea servant. She was dedicated to serving the rich and powerful. Even if she wasn't smart, she had become smart after hearing so many things.
She knew that things weren't that simple. It shouldn't have much to do with that tin of spring tea.
However, no matter how much she racked her brains, she still didn't know what wrong she had done to be imprisoned!
Other than her, was there someone else who was imprisoned?
Were the guards taking her to be interrogated now? Was Guard Shangguan going to interrogate her personally? Would they torture her?
But what did they want to interrogate her about?
Bi Lu was full of uneasiness. When she saw the interrogation door, she couldn't help but shrink back. She whimpered softly, "My two lords, what exactly is going on?"
The guards didn't dare to make a sound and directly dragged Bi Lu in.
Bi Lu almost fell. When she steadied herself and looked up, she gasped. She saw a god-like man sitting high up in front of her. His face was as cold as frost, and his whole body exuded the intimidating aura of a king.
Bi Lu had seen many rich and powerful people, but she had never seen such a noble and domineering man.
She was already flustered, and now her mind was blank.
This man … who was he?
Suddenly, Guard Shangguan kicked her legs from behind. Bi Lu knelt down abruptly. Only then did she regain her senses and see Guard Shangguan and Mu Qingwu at the side.
Guard Shangguan learned from Long Fei Ye and didn't say much. He directly questioned her coldly, "Bi Lu, are you going to confess?"
Probing the truth with falsehood, falsehood with falsehood.
If Bi Lu was innocent, she wouldn't be able to confess anything even if she wanted to. However, if she knew something, then the result was very exciting!
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