Extreme alert

Chapter 1668
Shen Yue heard Han Shizhong mentioning that there were Ming Cultists in the brothel, and instantly understood why Han Shizhong didn't want Liang Hongyu to tell the truth.

"You know that the imperial court hates Mingjiao deeply. If it finds out that Mingjiao's party members are revived, it may implicate the whole family and cause many innocent deaths and injuries?" Shen Yue pondered.

Han Shizhong softly said, "Not long ago, Han didn't know Mr. Shen's character, so he thought this way. But now that Mr. Shen is aware of the details, naturally he will not cause too many casualties. If this is the case, Han can tell the truth."

Lin Lingsu thought to himself, by saying this, you have left the responsibility of controlling casualties to Shen Yue.

Shen Yue waited calmly.

Han Shizhong said solemnly, "In order to find the missing brother, Hongyu suggested to use the brother as bait to enter the brothel to investigate secretly. At the same time, Hongyu..."

He hesitated a little when he said this, but Liang Hongyu said generously, "The sisters in Bianjing also know about my affairs, so I used this status to make friends with them, help them do things that are inconvenient for them, and at the same time use my identity to make friends with them. Get the message."

Shen Yue didn't ask too much, just said: "What did you find?"

Liang Hongyu said solemnly, "Our baiting brother is called Wu Dalang, and he is very prudent..." Seeing Shen Yue startled, Liang Hongyu couldn't help saying, "Master Shen knows Dalang?"

Shen Yue said in his heart, I have heard of Wu Dalang, but what you are talking about is definitely not the one I have heard of.

He knew that since Wu Song was a fictional character, Wu Dalang in the novel certainly did not exist, so he shook his head and said, "I probably don't know him."

Then why are you surprised?
Liang Hongyu was puzzled, but still said, "Wu Dalang was in the morning, and I was waiting in the dark. One day he drank a lot of wine in Nian Nujiao... Half of them pretended to be drunk, and half of them were really drunk."

Shen Yue listened to Liang Hongyu's detailed description of Wu Dalang's drunkenness, and wondered to himself, could it be that something happened that made Wu Dalang unable to tell the truth from the illusion?

He has always listened to the source, and there are multiple branches expanding in his mind.

Liang Hongyu still said, "Wu Dalang left Nian Nujiao, and I followed behind, but when he entered an alley, he suddenly disappeared. It was almost impossible." While speaking, there was a look of astonishment.

"He has always been in your sight?" Shen Yue asked.

Liang Hongyu said without hesitation, "Occasionally deviates, but never suddenly disappears from my sight...but..." Her voice was trembling slightly, Liang Hongyu said, "In the blink of an eye, he seemed to melt into the darkness , Waiting for me to look again, but I can’t find his figure.”

Shen Yue was silent, two thoughts flashed in his mind - space fission or blindfolding!

"Young Master Shen, can you trust my concubine's words?" When Liang Hongyu said this, she obviously lacked confidence.

Shen Yue said calmly, "I believe you are not lying, so just keep talking."

Liang Hongyu cheered up, "The concubine entered the alley, and when I ran to the entrance of the alley, I felt that Wu Dalang hadn't left the alley."

"The reason for your judgment?" Shen Yue asked immediately.

Liang Hongyu explained, "Wu Dalang drank a lot of wine and smelled of alcohol all over his body, but there was no smell of alcohol at the entrance of the alley."

Shen Yue praised, "Good judgment."

Encouraged, Liang Hongyu regained her confidence, and immediately said, "I turned around in the alley and arrived at the alley with the strongest smell of alcohol. I don't believe that someone will disappear out of thin air..."

Seeing Shen Yue's strange expression, Liang Hongyu couldn't help saying, "What did I say wrong?"

There are also situations where Shen Yue secretly wants to disappear out of thin air, but because this is the Song Dynasty, he thinks what Liang Hongyu said is logical, "Since you think so, you should go over the wall and look for it? Or check what secret passages are nearby?"

Liang Hongyu said in admiration, "Mr. Shen saw it clearly. I really thought that Wu Dalang had climbed over the wall and left. So I went to one side of the wall and found that it was Nian Nujiao's back garden, and there was a faint smell of alcohol."

Shen Yue thought to himself, if Wu Dalang didn't climb over the wall by himself, then someone took Wu Dalang to climb over the wall by using a cover-up.

"I still want to look for the smell of alcohol."

Liang Hongyu said with a dignified expression, "But then a few men in black surrounded me, with weird and vicious moves, almost killing me on the spot. Fortunately... Shizhong arrived in time, and he and my body joined forces to finally escape from there. According to what Shizhong said afterwards, the other party had a way of attacking us by breathing fire, which was very similar to the followers of the Ming Cult."

When Han Shizhong heard this, he emphasized, "It's just very similar!"

Shen Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, "Those who attacked you, can they see your true colors?"

Both Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu shook their heads, and Liang Hongyu said at the same time, "We feel that things are weird, and we are hiding our faces."

"Since this is the case...you couldn't ask for someone openly at that time?" Shen Yue frowned, "Up to now, there is still no news about Wu Dalang?"

Han Shizhong sighed, "That's true. But I sneaked into Nian Nujiao and searched secretly, but I didn't find Wu Dalang. I think even if we tell Kaifeng Mansion to search, most of them will find nothing."

Shen Yue nodded, "So you asked your brothers to monitor nearby to see if Nian Nujiao sent Wu Dalang out? And Miss Liang even used excuses to walk around Nian Nujiao, and at the same time wanted to see Cui Niannu's reaction? Why do you doubt Cui Niannu? slave?"

Liang Hongyu hesitated for a while, and finally said, "The few people who fought with us that night were masked, but they were not tall. At the same time, one of them had the fragrance of golden sandalwood. Golden sandalwood is very precious, and ordinary women in brothels can't afford it."

Shen Yue asked back, "What is the fragrance on Cui Niannu's body... golden sandalwood?" He immediately recalled the smell of the fragrance. Although he knew it was strange at the time, he only knew its name now.

Liang Hongyu nodded affirmatively.

Shen Yue murmured, "So that's the case. So you suspect that Cui Niannu is related to Mingjiao, committing himself to a brothel, and has an ulterior purpose?"

Liang Hongyu said "Yes", "I naturally think so because of the collapse of the Mingjiao family. But I will analyze the words of Yu Shizhong, but he thinks that we can't be sure of anything based on these signs, and may hurt innocent people because of it." .At the same time, neither he nor the concubine understood one thing—what exactly did they kidnap those men for?"

Han Shizhong frowned and remained silent, obviously perplexed by this question.

"Now, after I finish talking about the whole story, I will ask you to decide how to do it." Liang Hongyu looked at Shen Yue expectantly.

Lin Lingsu said suddenly, "Mr. Shen is busy with his affairs, I'm afraid he can't take care of much." He just wanted to find Xiao Chu, and didn't want Shen Yue to get involved in this matter.

Liang Hongyu couldn't help saying, "Why is it irrelevant, isn't Cui Niannu going to kill Mr. Shen?"

Lin Lingsu stagnated slightly, and retorted, "This is just your one-sided statement. Whether your testimony is in Kaifeng Mansion or the emperor personally interrogates, it is difficult to be conclusive."

Liang Hongyu and Han Shizhong looked at each other, knowing that what the Taoist said was right, and this was exactly the problem they couldn't solve.

Shen Yue said indifferently, "The world has no conclusions, but we have a steelyard in our hearts. Since you are willing to tell the truth, then this matter... I will solve it!"

(End of this chapter)