Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 373: Capturing Zhang Jinxin

Last night, because Ling'er had not returned yet, Zhang Jinxin asked someone to secretly check outside the courtyard where Dugu Jingyao and Liu Jingyue were imprisoned. They saw a lot of bloodstains in the courtyard, but no one was there. However, in the room of the two maids, there were two corpses with their necks slit.

The person who went to check was a guard. When he came back to report, Zhang Jinxin was so frightened that he couldn't sleep. He stood up and asked, "What do you mean there's a lot of blood in the yard but no one is there?"

She couldn't believe it, so she went to the yard to check it out herself. Sure enough, there was a lot of blood on the ground, but no one was seen.

She subconsciously felt that something was wrong and she could not stay in this house anymore because it was not safe.

So she ordered her maid to pack up her valuables and some banknotes and prepare to flee. However, the other guards in the house were not her people like Yu Da and Qian San.

When Zhang Jinxin ordered the guard to prepare the carriage, the guard advised: "Madam Zhang, the master has ordered you to stay at home and take good care of your pregnancy and not leave the house."

Zhang Jinxin roared, "Ridiculous! Is he putting me under house arrest? You just went and saw it. There's obviously something wrong. If anything happens to me, can you afford it?"

The guard still refused to let him go and said, "I am only following orders. Please don't make things difficult for me, madam."

Seeing that his words were not working, Zhang Jinxin calmed down for a moment, then said, "It's okay if you don't let me out, but can you please inform your master that the person she wants is missing and ask him to come quickly."

Seeing that Zhang Jinxin was no longer determined to leave, the guard slowed down his tone and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to report. But the city gates are closed now. We can't get in, and you can't get out either. We can only wait until tomorrow morning."

Zhang Jinxin felt that she had really tried her best, so she could only go back first. She looked like she had gone back, but she turned around and took the maid to the back door of the house. Unexpectedly, when she opened the door, there was someone guarding it.

Now that Zhang Jinxin no longer has Ling'er's help, he can only give up the idea of escaping.

But before dawn the next day, everything changed.

The guard sent someone to deliver a letter into the city as instructed by Zhang Jinxin, but unexpectedly a group of soldiers came to Shi's mansion in the suburbs and surrounded it.

The guard at the door saw the officers and soldiers and stepped forward, saluted, and asked, "I wonder what the officers are doing? It's not even daybreak yet, and you're already on duty. It must be very tiring!"

The leader was none other than Dugu Moyan, with Feng Shengyi also among them. Dugu Moyan stepped forward, produced his ID, and said bluntly, "I am the Crown Prince of Yunnan. Someone reported that my two missing sisters were in the Shi Mansion, so I came with you gentlemen to investigate."

Hearing that the visitor was the prince of Yunnan, the guards at the door felt a little guilty at first, but then they thought: Madam Zhang said last night that the Princess of Guangping and the little princess of the Yunnan Palace had disappeared, so even if they wanted to investigate, they would not find anything.

Then, with a roll of his eyes, he replied respectfully, "So it's the Prince of Yunnan? My apologies, but I don't know who reported it. I'm afraid I'm mistaken. How could your sister be in our house?"

He paused and continued, "But since the prince and the officials are here, I can't refuse to let you in to take a look, right?" After that, he made a "please" gesture and said, "Then prince, officials, please come in."

Dugu Moyan brought the others into the Shi Mansion. Feng Shengyi gave an order: "Search." The soldiers then rushed into different courtyards.

Such a loud commotion naturally startled Zhang Jinxin. She had finally fallen asleep, but was awakened by this and asked impatiently, "What's the noise outside?"

Upon hearing this, the maid bowed and said, "My lady, I don't know either. I'll go out and take a look."

Zhang Jinxin pressed his throbbing temple and said, "Why don't you go quickly?"

After the maid bowed and was about to leave the hospital, she was bumped by the officers and soldiers who rushed in and asked, "What are you doing in such a hurry?"

The maid explained, "Our lady was awakened from her sleep and asked me to see what happened outside."

The officer looked at the maid with great interest and asked, "Your wife? As far as I know, Lord Shi only has one wife. Where did your wife come from?"

The maid stuttered: "This...this..." She couldn't say that Madam Zhang was their master's concubine, right?

The officers and soldiers behind him said impatiently, "What are you talking about? Get out of the way and don't interfere with our official business."

Another officer nearby said, "You're so secretive, could it be that you're the person we're looking for?"

When the leading officer heard what the soldier said, he thought there might be some truth in it, so he said, "Don't block the way. We need to go in and check. If the person we are looking for is not there, we will not make it difficult for you."

In the main hall, Dugu Moyan sat at the top. As time passed, officers and soldiers came to report that they had not found Dugu Jingyao and Liu Jingyue.

Dugu Moyan asked, "Well, is there anyone else who hasn't returned yet?"

The chief of the officers and soldiers checked the number of people and found that only the people who went to Zhang Jinxin's courtyard had not returned yet, so he reported truthfully that there was still a group of people who had not returned.

Dugu Moyan frowned upon hearing this and said, "Please, Lord Feng, go and take a look at the situation." Feng Shengyi naturally agreed readily.

When Feng Shengyi arrived at the courtyard where Zhang Jinxin lived, the maid was still entangled with the soldiers. In the bedroom, Zhang Jinxin, who had not waited for the maid to return, cursed inwardly, "Why hasn't she come back yet? What a waste!"

Then he stood up, put on his shoes and coat, and came out of the inner room. Coincidentally, he ran into Feng Shengyi who had just arrived. This caused Zhang Jinxin to hold back the curse he was about to say.

Zhang Jinxin thought: Why is Feng Shengyi here? Wasn't it the people from Guangping Palace who rescued Dugu Jingyao and Dugu Jingyue?

But there was an even more difficult problem: Feng Shengyi knew her! So she subconsciously covered her face with her sleeves.

Feng Shengyi naturally saw Zhang Jinxin, but he pretended not to notice and asked, "What happened? Why haven't you finished the search yet?"

The leading officer said, "Sir Huifeng, it was this maid who blocked our way."

Feng Shengyi sneered and said to the two people behind him, "You two hold her down, and you follow me in to search."

Seeing Feng Shengyi pressing forward, Zhang Jinxin subconsciously took two steps back, still holding her sleeves. Trying to calm down, she pretended to be angry and asked, "What are you doing?"

Feng Shengyi said, "The Princess of Guangping and the young princess of the Prince of Yunnan were kidnapped by criminals. Someone saw them being brought here, so we came to search."

Zhang Jinxin snorted coldly, "Humph, ridiculous! This is the mansion that Lord Shi bought for me. How could he keep other women?"

Feng Shengyi said, "In that case, the only thing left to search is this courtyard. Please, Madam Zhang, let us in to take a look. If we are not there, we will leave."

Zhang Jinxin just wanted Feng Shengyi to get out quickly, so she said, "Hurry up, you guys are interrupting my sleep!"

Feng Shengyi and the officer who had just led the search went into several houses, but found nothing. They then retreated to the courtyard. Feng Shengyi pretended to salute and said, "We didn't find anything. Thank you for your cooperation."

Zhang Jinxin showed her face only after seeing several people leave the yard. But just as she returned to her room and closed the door, Feng Shengyi and the few officers and soldiers who had just arrived came back to attack her. Zhang Jinxin had no time to hide and was seen by Feng Shengyi in full view.

Zhang Jinxin knew he had seen it, so she stopped trying to hide it. She suddenly realized that this was probably a deliberate trap set by them, and then she sat down and asked, "Why are you back again?"

Feng Shengyi raised his lips when he heard this and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. Is Zhang Shuren hiding here?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Feng Shengyi added, "I thought you had died in the fire in the Ye Ting Palace, but I didn't expect you to be still alive."

Zhang Jinxin took a sip of water and said, "So you're not here to search for the princess or the princess, you're here to search for me?"

Feng Shengyi flattered him, "Mr. Zhang is indeed a smart man, but it's a pity that he followed the wrong person." Then he said to the soldiers behind him, "Take the criminal Zhang away."

The maid wanted to stop them, but she was not Ling'er, and was scared away by Feng Shengyi's eyes. Zhang Jinxin was taken away like this.

Back in the main hall, the leading guard asked, "Sir, did you arrest the wrong person? Madam Zhang is just our lord's concubine. Why are you arresting her too?"

Feng Shengyi ignored him and reported to Dugu Moyan: "My Lord, the princess and the princess were not found, but Zhang was found."

Dugu Moyan pretended not to know and asked, "Why did you arrest her?"

Feng Shengyi explained, "Your Highness, you may not know this, but this person is Zhang, the commoner whom His Royal Highness had previously deposed. We thought she died in the fire in the Ye Palace, but we didn't expect her to be here."

Dugu Moyan said with great interest: "There is such a thing? However, this matter is not my responsibility. I will leave it to you. My purpose is to find my sister. Since my sister is not here, I will withdraw first."

This group of people came and went in a hurry, taking Zhang Jinxin and Dugu Moyan away, leaving only the servants of the mansion standing there in a daze.

The main reason was that they had no idea that their master would actually harbor a convicted concubine. Unexpectedly, a few moments later, more officers and soldiers returned and asked them to follow them into the city to take notes and keep records. In this way, a group of people marched towards Chang'an City.