Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 274 Flower Picking Thief

Li Chengge and Du Lingzhou were taken away by the Jinwu Guards, and Fu Hui's body was also taken away by his father Fu Zheng. When the onlookers saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, they dispersed like birds and beasts.

The long street quickly returned to its normal state, except for Yan Ciwan who was still standing there, unable to go anywhere.

She squatted down and looked at the bloodstains on the ground. They were left by Fu Hui, and there were also messy horse hoof prints and human footprints next to them.

A Hu merchant drove a horse-drawn carriage past, and the wheels of the carriage rolled over the bloodstains. The bloodstains were soon covered by mud, and the surrounding horse hoof prints and human footprints were also stepped on by pedestrians one after another.

Yan Ciwan originally wanted to squat down and take a closer look at the scene, but before she could see anything, all traces of the crime scene were destroyed by passers-by.

She was powerless to stop it and could only stand up and silently wonder when she could go back.

A familiar sound of piano came from afar.

Yan Ciwan was cheered up. It was Xiao Wang playing "The Returning Man"!
She immediately took a step forward and ran quickly towards the direction where the piano sound came from.

She walked through the streets and alleys, passed several gates, and finally saw the familiar gate of Xiao Mansion. She strode into Xiao Mansion, and the sound of the piano became clearer and clearer. She knew that she was very close to Xiao Wang, so she sped up and ran along the route she remembered. She ran into Wei Rui Tower and saw the piano room.

The door of the piano room was ajar, and the sound of the piano and the candlelight leaked out from the gap.

Yan Ci Wan walked through the door and saw Xiao Wang sitting behind the piano table.

He must have just gotten out of bed. He was still wearing loose dark pajamas, with long hair draped behind him. His bony fingers kept plucking the strings of the guitar, which vibrated and produced smooth and melodious music.

Yan Ciwan looked at Xiao Wang's calm face, and his originally restless heart suddenly calmed down.

She called out as usual.

"Xiao Liu, I'm back!"

……

When Yan Ciwan woke up, he found himself lying on the bed.

She lifted the quilt and sat up, finding herself still in the bedroom of Changhongju.

She put on her clothes quietly, opened the door and walked out of the bedroom. It was already the middle of the night. Everyone in the Xiao Mansion was asleep and it was quiet outside.

The rain had stopped, and only the night wind was still blowing gently, accompanied by the melodious sound of a piano.

Yan Ciwan looked in the direction where the piano sound came from and looked towards the Weirui Tower next door.

She looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she walked down the stairs, crossed the courtyard along the Nine-Curve Bridge, and came to the low wall.

She exerted force on her feet, leaped up, and flew to the top of the wall with her lightness skills. When she was about to jump down, she saw a ladder on the other side of the wall. She hesitated for a moment, but finally went down the ladder. At this time, the courtyard of Weirui Tower was empty.

She walked through the courtyard and main hall unimpeded and arrived at the door of the piano room in the backyard.

At this moment, the door of the piano room was still ajar, and the sound of the piano continued. The desolate and ancient melody continued to reach Yan Ci Wan's ears. She gently pushed open the door and saw Xiao Wang playing the piano in the room.

The night wind then entered the piano room, the candlelight flickered, and the light and shadow in the room became flickering.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly. Xiao Wang looked up and saw Yan Ciwan pushing the door open.

The two looked at each other.

Yan Ciwan walked in quickly, turned around and closed the door, keeping the cold night wind out.

She said to Xiao Wang, "I'm back now. You don't need to play the piano anymore. Go and have a rest."

Xiao Wang asked knowingly, "How did you get here?"

Yan Ciwan coughed lightly and said, "It's so late now, the gate is locked, I don't have the key, I can only climb over the wall."

"You can ask Sang Luo to open the door for you. She has the key to the Changhong Residence."

"Sang Luo has already fallen asleep, I don't want to disturb her sweet dreams." Xiao Wang curled his lips and chuckled: "You are quite considerate of others."

Yan Ciwan also asked knowingly: "Who put the ladder next to the wall?"

Xiao Wang picked up the towel beside him, wiped his fingers slowly, and said slowly: "I don't know."

Yan Ciwan kindly reminded: "It's not appropriate to put the ladder there. If someone with bad intentions sneaks into Weirui Tower, the ladder will just make it easier for the bad guy to act."

"Having evil intentions?" Xiao Wang seemed to find these four words very interesting. He pondered over them carefully and then asked with a hint of meaning. "How exactly can one do evil? How about you show me a demonstration?"

"..."

Yan Ciwan pulled his clothes closer, feeling that this topic would become out of control if he continued.

She decisively changed the subject: "It's already late, I'm going to go back to rest, you should go to bed early too, see you tomorrow."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Xiao Wang stood up and followed her out of the piano room.

Yan Ciwan turned around and said to him, "You don't have to see me off. I know how to get there."

"I'm going back to the second floor this way. My bedroom is on the second floor."

Yan Ciwan realized that she had misunderstood, but she was not embarrassed at all. She strode forward. When passing the main room, Xiao Wang went up to the second floor from the side stairs. Yan Ciwan continued to walk forward and came straight to the low wall, leaving the ladder where it was.

She grabbed the ladder and climbed up swiftly. When she put one foot over the wall, she suddenly heard a chuckle from behind.

She immediately turned around and saw that the window on the second floor of Weirui Building was open. Xiao Wang was leaning against the window and looking at her with a smile.

Yan Ciwan asked unhappily, "What are you laughing at?"

Xiao Wang said: "The way you climbed over the wall is just like the flower thief in the story of stealing the beauty and jade."

Yan Ciwan showed no sign of weakness: "Even if I am a flower thief, you provoked me yourself."

"Then tell me how I provoked you?"

Yan Ciwan looked at his smiling face and snorted: "You know it in your heart, why do you need me to say it out loud?"

Xiao Wang's smile deepened: "It's a dark and windy night, be careful not to fall."

"Then you should close the window quickly, or you will be targeted by the flower thief."

After Yan Ciwan finished speaking, he turned around and jumped off the low wall.

She didn't need to look back to guess that Xiao Wang must still be smiling at her. She deliberately didn't look back at him and ran back to the bedroom.

Xiao Wang closed the window only when he could no longer hear Yan Ci's voice. Thinking back to what had just happened, the corners of his mouth still curled up uncontrollably. Ah Ci was so adorable.

In the bedroom, Yan Ciwan was lying on the bed. She closed her eyes, but her mind was still reminiscing about the scene she saw after her soul left her body.

She silently reminded herself to get up early tomorrow to find Li Chengge and Du Lingzhou. In order to prevent the two from being involved in the murder of Fu Hui, she had to stop them from riding horses out.

The next day, Yan Ciwan got up at dawn.
She quickly washed up, not even having time to eat breakfast, and ran hurriedly to find Li Chengge and Du Lingzhou.

But she came back empty-handed. The housekeeper Xiao Zhong told her that Li Chengge and Du Lingzhou had already gone out. It was said that they had received an invitation to watch a polo match.

Yan Ciwan's heart sank, realizing that he was a step too late.

She asked, "Did they go there on horseback?"

Xiao Zhong nodded and said yes.

"The place where the polo match was held was quite far away, and they thought it would be faster to go there on horseback."