Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 133 Letter

Lu Huai hasn't expressed his opinion yet, but Lin Zhiqing has already tacitly agreed that he will go with him. After all, they have a partnership.

Seeing that Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun both nodded, Lin Zhiqing winked at Lin Shian.

Lin Shian understood and invited the two to go to the main hall to have tea and wait.

Seeing the three people walking away, Lin Zhiqing did not return to her own yard immediately. She walked towards her fourth uncle's yard.

Because the person who would go to Liu Mang's house with her had already been decided, she informed her cousin.

Halfway through the journey, Lin Zhiqing indeed met Lin Yangyang who was hurrying over.

After explaining what happened to Lin Yangyang, Lin Zhiqing told her to keep an eye on Fourth Aunt.

Then, he asked Lin Yangyang to tell Aunt Mu to return to the yard, and Lin Zhiqing said that he had something to say to Aunt Mu.

Lin Yangyang didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and walked back.

After Lin Zhiqing separated from her, he returned to his own yard.

She stayed in the room for a cup of tea, and just as she stepped out of the door, Aunt Mu came back.

"Miss, do you have something to say to me?" Aunt Mu saw that Lin Zhiqing was in a hurry and went straight to the point.

Lin Zhiqing nodded, took out two letters and stuffed them into Aunt Mu's hands: "Aunt Mu, I have to go to Liu Mang's mansion tonight. You must keep these two letters."

"If I'm not back in three hours, give these two letters to your cousin and brother respectively."

"Give it to them separately?" Aunt Mu was a little puzzled.

In her eyes, Lin Yangyang and Lin Shian are one and the same, and the young lady always tells these two people any news she has in the past.

So, she wanted to confirm it again.

"That's right, we must give it to them separately!" Lin Zhiqing held Aunt Mu's hand tightly and stared into her eyes: "And we can't let them know that the other person received the letter."

"Then go to the Lu family to find Nanyue and stay with her until tomorrow morning before coming back."

"Okay." Aunt Mu saw the seriousness in her young lady's eyes, so she nodded heavily.

Seeing that Aunt Mu had taken it to heart, Lin Zhiqing reminded her of a few other things before going to the front hall.

After Lin Zhiqing met Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun, the three of them did not delay much and soon set out on the road to Liu's Mansion.

Along the way, Lin Zhiqing and Jiang Liuyun kept talking, mostly discussing things related to Liu Mang, while Lu Huai occasionally spoke up to discuss something.

Liu Mang's mansion was relatively remote, located on the outskirts of Shengjing City.

Precisely because it was relatively remote, it took the three of them half an hour to reach the street market not far from Liu's mansion.

Lu Huai played a role at this time. He took Lin Zhiqing and Jiang Liuyun around and finally arrived at a large mansion.

"Go straight for another fifty feet and you will reach the flower hall of Liu's mansion. It is spacious and there is almost no one there after nightfall except for the servants who take care of the flowers and plants." Lu Huai estimated the distance after just a few glances.

Jiang Liuyun nodded without any special reaction.

Lin Zhiqing silently calculated in his mind. One zhang is about three meters, and fifty zhang is about one hundred and fifty meters.

Their current location is only one street away from the Liu Mansion.

After figuring out what was going on, Lin Zhiqing looked at Jiang Liuyun and asked, "Prince Jiang, is there a way to bring both of us in together?"

"Of course there's no problem." Jiang Liuyun patted his chest and still smiled when he looked at Lin Zhiqing, but there was a hint of imperceptible disgust when he looked at Lu Huai.

Lin Zhiqing did not notice this. After receiving Jiang Liuyun's affirmative answer, he walked forward very slowly along the wall.

Jiang Liuyun touched his head. Although he didn't understand why Lin Zhiqing was so slow, he still followed her obediently.

Lu Huai, who was standing behind him, looked at Lin Zhiqing's cautious look and found it very interesting.

He couldn't help but curl his lips, then walked leisurely in front of Lin Zhiqing. Seeing Lu Huai so bold, Lin Zhiqing lowered his voice and reminded him: "Be careful, didn't Master Jiang say that people from the Ministry of War would be patrolling around here?"

Lu Huai raised his eyebrows and curved the corners of his mouth, but said nothing.

"That..." Jiang Liuyun saw this and hurriedly explained: "Qing'er, the people from the Ministry of War are patrolling on schedule. They can't come here during this time."

Lin Zhiqing: ...

In the past, no matter whether she read novels or watched TV dramas, the protagonists would inevitably run into patrolling officers and soldiers whenever they took action at night.

That's why she learned to walk close to the wall like the people on TV.

After realizing that she was once again being betrayed by the novels and TV shows she had read before, she quietly moved away from the wall.

Ignoring this little episode, the few of them quickly crossed the street and a row of large trees appeared in front of them.

Except for the main gate on the south side, there is dense vegetation in other directions of the Liu Mansion.

"When I came to take care of this mansion, there weren't so many flowers, plants and trees around. Liu Mang is quite leisurely." Lu Huai crossed his arms and touched the tree in front of him.

"Lord Liu has a good reputation in the court, especially for his tinkering with rare treasures." Jiang Liuyun said, then he jumped onto a nearby tree on tiptoe and looked into the distance:

"There are still many trees outside the Liu family's gate, and there are also many stacked stone landscapes inside the flower hall that Brother Lu Huai mentioned."

Stacking stones makes a rockery.

Lu Huai's attention was not here, he walked forward.

Lin Zhiqing wanted to observe the entire Liu Mansion: "Stacked stones? I want to see that too."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liuyun climbed down the tree and up again in one go.

In a flash, the figures of the two became clearer and clearer under the moonlight.

After Lin Zhiqing stood firm, the first thing he noticed was that it was already past midnight, but the lights in the Liu family's house were still on.

She shielded her eyes with her hands. The light came from the red lanterns hanging everywhere. There were some unclear patterns on the lanterns, flickering with the candlelight, which was a bit dazzling.

Seeing Lin Zhiqing covering her eyes, Jiang Liuyun put his arm around her shoulders, jumped up, and quickly returned to the ground.

Lin Zhiqing thanked him softly, then frowned. Why did Liu Mang put so many lanterns at home?
An environment that is too bright is not conducive to their hiding themselves, which will inevitably hinder their actions.

Before Lin Zhiqing could think about it, Lu Huai turned back.

"How is it?" Jiang Liuyun took a step forward.

Lu Huai pointed forward and said, "The front is the Liu family's flower hall. There's nothing unusual."

Hearing this, Jiang Liuyun looked at Lin Zhiqing.

Lin Zhiqing nodded and motioned everyone to move forward.

Lu Huai was still in front, and Jiang Liuyun was at the rear.

After walking a few steps, Lin Zhiqing's vision broadened. They were only separated from the Liu family's flower hall by a wall.

Jiang Liuyun made eye contact with Lu Huai and Lin Zhiqing. He gestured for them to wait for him there while he went in to explore first.

Lin Zhiqing and Lu Huai nodded in unison.

Jiang Liuyun's figure quickly disappeared from the high wall.

Lu Huai leaned against the wall, constantly looking around to prevent anyone from appearing.

Lin Zhiqing squatted beside a big tree not far away, holding his breath and staring at the wall intently.

“Tick…tick~”

A faint sound of dripping water reached Lin Zhiqing's ears, and her attention was immediately diverted to the sound of dripping water.