Chapter 222: A New Clue
Su Yan thought to himself, but the occurrence of one thing made him change his mind.
With a creak, a commotion suddenly came from outside the corridor.
“Weren’t you guarding him with that person? Why did you leave your post without permission?”
“Reporting to my lord, this subordinate did not leave my post without permission. She told me that you had something to order, which is why I left.”
“When did I look for you? She’s falsely passing on an order. What is she trying to do by doing this? Could she be an enemy spy?”
“This subordinate thinks probably not. Her eyes have been lecherous all along. It’s very likely that she just wants to…”
“Although I didn’t see it, the woman must have shown an expression that all women would understand.”
“Damn it! That’s a person the Prime Minister personally ordered to be well-guarded!”
Hearing this, Su Yan looked at the woman lying on the ground with an admiring expression. For the sake of lewdness, she actually dared to disobey a superior’s order. She really didn’t cherish her life!
But compared to this woman’s courage, Su Yan was more concerned about another matter.
“The Prime Minister’s order?”
Su Yan couldn’t help but think to himself. This place was actually related to the Prime Minister. The act of kidnapping the delicate young man was secretly ordered by the Prime Minister. Why did she do this? Could it be that she was overcome with lust?
Su Yan glanced at the young man beside him. He was light, soft, and easy to push down, with the air of a little uke. This type seemed to be very much to a woman’s taste. He easily imagined a plot of tens of thousands of words in his mind.
For example, the Prime Minister, on an incognito visit, took a fancy to the young man and wanted to have a deep communication with him. But the young man refused to the death and was then kidnapped and trained.
“Could it be like this? Wait!?”
Su Yan was suddenly stunned. He thought of something. A few days ago, he had once snuck into the Prime Minister’s residence and had overheard a conversation of the other party in a corner.
She had once said that she had ordered the kidnapping of a person to threaten another person. Thinking of this delicate young man, and the inexplicably missing formation master… could it be them? To have been so coincidentally run into by him?
“Why did she do this!”
Su Yan was extremely surprised in his heart. With her status as the Prime Minister, she definitely would not be short of money. Since she could use normal means to make the other party work for her, why did she have to kidnap a hostage?
“Unless this matter is very secret and absolutely cannot be known by outsiders.”
Su Yan’s expression became serious. Absolutely cannot be spread… what could that be?
Su Yan thought of the various events that had happened recently. Could the empress’s coma be related to this matter? But the delicate young man’s master was not a gu master, right?
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but in reality, only a moment had passed. The delicate young man heard the commotion outside and nervously tugged at his clothes, looking at him with a frightened expression.
Su Yan gestured with his eyes for him not to worry, gently walked to the door, held his breath, and stared at the door.
The footsteps outside grew closer and closer. With a creak, the door was opened.
The two women had just entered the room and had not yet had time to see the situation in the room when a figure suddenly flashed by. With two whooshes, they only felt a pain in their heads, and their eyes rolled back as they fell to the ground.
“Well done!”
The delicate young man said excitedly. Seeing the person who had imprisoned him all this time faint on the ground, a surge of hatred welled up in his heart, and he quickly went up and stomped on her a few times.
“Let’s go quickly! Don’t waste time here,” Su Yan urged.
Although there should be no one here who was his opponent, to prevent any unforeseen problems, Su Yan took the delicate young man and quickly left.
In the dark night, Su Yan led the delicate young man through the dark streets and alleys. The reason he didn’t take the main road was because he was worried about being discovered by others.
Su Yan had initially rescued the young man purely out of kindness. But after learning the inside story, he felt that things were not so simple and that he had to investigate properly.
Considering the Prime Minister’s enormous power in this country, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Yan decided to hide his identity and not go back openly.
“We can’t go back to the imperial palace tonight.”
Now that the empress was in a coma, he didn’t know how much power the Prime Minister had here. If he went back with this delicate young man, it would inevitably attract attention.
However, Su Yan also had a way. Long Bing had given him an identity jade token before, and now it came in handy.
As the princess of the Dragon Kingdom, Long Bing not only had a bedchamber in the imperial palace but also many private properties in the city. With the identity jade token, Su Yan could easily enter and exit and could also command them with the jade token.
“Take this jade token and enter the palace. Just say that I have something to find her for and ask her to come over with my senior sister. I’ll wait for her here.”
“Yes.”
Although she didn’t know who the young man before her was, since he held the princess’s identity jade token, the maids did not dare to be negligent.
After arranging everything, Su Yan finally had time to talk with the delicate young man and ask him more questions.
“You said before that your master didn’t run away. What was the basis for that? It shouldn’t just be because you two have a good relationship, right?”
Su Yan thought of the conversation he had overheard in the Prime Minister’s residence. Since they were using a hostage to threaten, then the person involved would definitely ask for confirmation. There was no video call in this world. Perhaps they would arrange for the two to meet, or use other methods.
“Of course, it’s not just that. My master was forced to do things for them because of me. I’ve seen my master before. Her eyes were full of bloodshot veins. It was clear that she had been busy with work for many days without rest. It’s simply too despicable!”
Hearing the young man’s account, Su Yan’s eyes grew brighter and brighter. The situation was much better than he had imagined. In this long period of time, the delicate young man had not only seen his master but also knew the location of their meeting at that time.
“It was a house outside the city. It’s their secret base.”
Perhaps they felt that the delicate young man was no threat and could not possibly escape from their hands. At that time, when they had taken him to see his master, they had not even blindfolded him. So much so that after a few times, he had actually remembered the way.
Hearing this, Su Yan couldn’t help but feel excited. Actually, he had always been a little worried. The delicate young man only knew that his master had been tied up but didn’t know where she was hidden. If he didn’t know the specific location, it would be impossible for him to investigate. But now, he didn’t have this concern.
“Tell me where that place is.”
Su Yan asked the young man and got the specific location.
And just then, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the room. The door was pushed open, and Xiao Wu and Long Bing came.
“Junior Brother, why didn’t you go back to the imperial palace? Why did you call me here?”
Long Bing walked into the room and, finding someone else here, said with a puzzled expression, “Who is he?”
Xiao Wu walked to Su Yan’s side and also asked with her eyes.
Su Yan recounted what had happened today, telling them about the conversation he had overheard when he had snuck into the Prime Minister’s residence, and his own thoughts.
“I think there’s something fishy about this matter. We have to investigate it properly.”
Su Yan had wanted to say that he suspected that the empress’s incident was related to the Prime Minister, but until now, there was no evidence to prove this speculation, so he just made a random excuse.
“Investigate? Why investigate?”
Long Bing was a little reluctant. Although it was not right for the Prime Minister to force others to do things, since she had found out, couldn’t she just talk to her and tell her not to be so dry? If she wanted others to do things, she should pay them properly and not use such means to get a free ride.
“Do you think things are that simple?”
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at Long Bing. It seemed that the recent investigation had not progressed, and she was already extremely irritable. She actually couldn’t even see such a simple thing.
Since the Prime Minister had chosen to capture someone to threaten, then it was definitely not a matter of money. It involved an unknown secret that she didn’t want others to know. Could it be…
Xiao Wu asked Su Yan with her eyes.
“I think the empress’s matter is related to the Prime Minister. Although there’s no evidence, I have this intuition.” Su Yan sent a voice transmission.
After hearing this, Xiao Wu easily believed him. This was not only because he was her favorite junior brother, but also for other reasons.
“They say a man’s intuition is very accurate. And even if we find nothing in the end, there’s no loss, is there?”
There had been no progress in the empress’s matter until now. Rather than looking for a needle in a haystack without a purpose, it was better to do something. Perhaps her junior brother’s intuition was correct, and they could find a clue.
As for the conversation between the two of them, Long Bing was completely unaware. She just wanted to make Su Yan give up this idea. The Prime Minister was the pillar of the empire and was deeply trusted by her mother. How could she possibly harm her?
“I think we can investigate.” Xiao Wu suddenly said.
“You…”
Long Bing’s expression changed. Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Xiao Wu with a wave of her hand.
“Don’t be anxious. I didn’t say she was related to this matter. But the victims are all here. She did something that was not in accordance with the rules. This is already certain. And why did she do this? Have you thought about it?”
Long Bing fell silent. Of course, she knew that this matter was not right. But her heart was full of her mother now. How could she have the time and energy to care about these idle matters? It was still the same thing: she didn’t believe that the Prime Minister was related to this matter.
It’s just… is it really unrelated?
“Since you think so, then what’s the harm in investigating? This way, we can clear her of suspicion. Anyway, we don’t have any clues now, and we’re idle.” Xiao Wu said.
Long Bing was helpless and could only nod in agreement in the end.
The hostage had just been rescued, and the news might not have spread yet. To prevent any unforeseen problems, the three of them decided to investigate overnight and head to the base outside the city that the delicate young man had mentioned.
Because of the three’s superb strength, they directly toured the base once and were not discovered by anyone. They did not find the person they were looking for here, but they found a new clue.
“Another, more hidden base?”
Without alarming anyone, they headed towards the new location. The guards here were much stricter, but under Xiao Wu’s half-step Soul Formation strength, they still entered unimpeded.
“Look, that’s…”
After searching many rooms, they finally found a woman who was being guarded in the most heavily guarded corner.
The woman was in a long, green dress, anxiously pacing in the room, sighing from time to time, who knows what she was worried about.
“She should be the person we’re looking for.”
