Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 90: The Performance of the Draytan (Part 2)
"Oh, you've been fooled!"
A few seconds later, a childish female voice was heard from the deep darkness.
Then, the secret door opened and two figures walked out one after the other.
When the figures passed through the rockery cave and came to the bright place, we saw that they were two women dressed in maids' clothes.
The one behind was Miss Lu’s personal maid.
Although the one in front is also dressed as a maid, her temperament is completely different.
But she was born with natural beauty, like a rough jade, with a delicate nose, jade lips, bright eyes and white teeth. Especially her eyes, although a little childish, they were a pair of bright and wise eyes decorated with long eyelashes.
This woman is only about 28 years old, but her face reveals a maturity that does not match her age, and there is also a heroic spirit between her brows.
There is no doubt that this woman is the eldest daughter of Marquis Changping - Lu Mingyue!
Unexpectedly, she had been hiding in the marquis's mansion, concealed in the rockery.
At this moment, when Lu Mingyue and the maid walked out of the rockery, they saw a man standing outside the rockery. It was the Taoist priest Wei Beihui who guarded the temple.
When Wei Beihui saw Miss Lu appear, he picked up the dust with his hand and bowed to the lady.
"Ah? This..." The maid behind was so frightened that she was trembling with fear.
"Wulian Tianzun," Wei Beihui chanted the name and said sadly, "Miss, you made it so hard for us to find you!"
After Wei Beihui finished speaking, a large group of people came in from the garden gate, led by none other than Changping Marquis Lu Jinlong.
As soon as she saw the Marquis coming, the personal maid knew she could not escape punishment, so she immediately knelt on the ground.
"Father..." Lu Mingyue came to her father and called softly.
“ You…”
Lu Jinlong had a gloomy face. He was happy that his daughter was safe, but also angry about her behavior.
"This is really ridiculous!" While cursing, he came closer and grabbed Lu Mingyue's hand, saying distressedly, "You have been hiding in this rockery for six days? Aren't you cold? Look at your cold hands..."
"Oh, hurry, hurry..." The housekeeper was the one who understood his master's intentions the best, and quickly ordered the servants, "Go and warm up the young lady's room, prepare bath water and clothes, and go inform the lady that the young lady is back. The lady will surely be very happy..."
The housekeeper's arrangement immediately resolved the awkwardness on the scene.
"Yes," Lu Jinlong held his daughter's hand tightly and said, "Go inside and warm up!"
"Father," Unexpectedly, Lu Mingyue stood still and said to Lu Jinlong with a sullen face, "Promise me two things. If you don't agree to one of them, I would rather commit suicide!"
"Oh, you girl, you are saying something unlucky again!" Lu Jinlong scolded, "I know that the two things you did were nothing more than: not letting me punish those servants who helped you conceal the truth, and helping you find that Lu Xiaofeng, right?"
"This is all my idea," Lu Mingyue said, "and it has nothing to do with these servants. If you punish them for this, my daughter will lose face and can only die to apologize!"
"Oh, I told you not to say such unlucky things, okay," Lu Jinlong nodded and said, "I won't punish them, okay? I'll also try my best to help you find Lu Xiaofeng, okay?"
"Wrong," Unexpectedly, Lu Mingyue waved her hand and said, " The second is not to help me find Lu Xiaofeng!"
"Oh?" The Marquis was surprised. "What is that?"
"I want to meet him," Lu Mingyue's eyes flashed with an indescribable light, "the person who saw through my plan!"
…
After a while, they arrived at the reception hall of the Marquis's mansion.
There was a lot of noise and discussion.
The focus of everyone's discussion was undoubtedly Xu Zun.
"Sir," Huo Anu pouted, obviously unhappy, "So you already had a plan, why couldn't you tell me earlier?
"Don't tell me you still don't trust me, and I'm worse than this stinky constable?"
As she said this, she glared at Zhao Yu unhappily.
"Hey? What do you mean?" Zhao Yu hurriedly explained, "I also didn't know what my mission was until the last moment. Oh, even until the last moment!
"You won't believe me even if I tell you that what I said to you was just nonsense. You told me to do that!"
"You?" Huo Anu was even more surprised and looked at Xu Zun as if he was a monster.
She had known Xu Zun for quite some time, but she had never known that Xu Zun's wisdom was so terrifying.
"Anu, you don't have to complain," Xu Zun said with a smile, "It's not that I don't consider you as my own people, but I want to pursue the effect of the plan."
"Then..." Huo Anu asked, "Tell me quickly, how did you know that Miss Lu was hiding in the Marquis' Mansion?"
When Huo Anu asked this, Li Yan and others were also quite curious and gathered around.
"To be honest," Xu Zun said, "I didn't know Miss Lu would hide in the Marquis' Mansion. I just knew that there were many suspicious points about her disappearance."
"Where?" Huo Anu asked anxiously, "Where is the doubt?"
"The first time I came to the Marquis' Mansion to investigate, I had already had doubts after questioning Miss Lu's guards, sedan bearers, and maids." Xu Zun said, "Their confessions seemed fine at first glance, but if you look at the overall situation, they don't stand up to scrutiny!"
"Oh?" Zhao Yu wondered, "We asked together, why didn't I feel anything was wrong?"
"Yes, their testimonies are highly consistent," Xu Zun said, "There are indeed no loopholes.
"But what if we put ourselves in their shoes? If they were attacked and the young lady was kidnapped, ordinary servants would have been scared to death. In that situation, their testimonies could be highly consistent. That's questionable!
"At that time, I had already thought that these people were suspected of collusion.
"So, yesterday afternoon," Xu Zun said, "after the Marquis invited me to the Marquis' Mansion, I put forward my request and asked them to cooperate in the re-investigation.
“With the help of the Marquis, I investigated the details of these people, checked the sedan chair when the young lady disappeared, and asked them to take me to the scene.
"After I got hold of this information," Xu Zunyan said, "I can be sure that these five people are simply the young lady's agents!
"The real mastermind behind this disappearance is none other than the young lady herself!
"As the saying goes, give someone a taste of their own medicine. Since Miss Lu has put on a good show for everyone, why don't we arrange a performance for her as well?
"So, I signed the so-called military order with the Marquis. All of this was just for the sake of performing this scene today!"
"Ah? The military order is also fake!" Li Yan was surprised. "So, the Marquis knew your plan from the beginning to the end? Is he also cooperating in the act?"
"Yes," Xu Zun said, "If the Marquis doesn't know, how can we secretly monitor the little maid?"
"This..." Li Yan praised sincerely, "This is amazing, this is amazing! Jiying, you have once again proved your superb ability to solve cases!"
"Then..." Zhao Yu was still puzzled and asked hurriedly, "Sir, please tell us quickly, what are the flaws of those people?
"How do you know they lied?"
