CHAPTER 1766: CHAPTER 1773 WHO GRABBED JUHUA (5)

Cai Wei said indifferently, "Where is the clean room? Send me over there!"

The monk laughed and said, "Don’t rush, female benefactor. Have you had a vegetarian meal? Why not have some vegetarian meals before going over?"

Cai Wei said coldly, "No need! I’m tired and want to rest early!"

The monk listened and immediately led Cai Wei towards a clean room, furtively glancing at her with a fox-like expression, smilingly saying, "How come your husband didn’t accompany the female benefactor? Did something hold him up?"

"..."

Cai Wei was unwilling to pay him any mind, remaining silent with a cold expression.

Seeing Cai Wei’s unwillingness to engage, the monk wasn’t annoyed and cheerfully led her straight to the resting clean room.

The clean room was separated by partitions, with a ceiling above and a floor below, and furnished orderly with a bed, table, and chairs. Cai Wei looked around meticulously; there was not a trace left unchecked. Even mice, insects, and ants had nowhere to hide. If not for Brother Ying’s perspective eye uncovering their secrets, others would truly not be able to see anything; it’s no wonder so many people fell for it!

After settling Cai Wei in, the monk left in haste, and Cai Wei closed the door, releasing Brother Ying and instructing it to keep watch. She ordered it to notify her as soon as monks entered the various clean rooms. Tonight, she would destroy these lewd monks’ tools of evil, preventing them from continuing their business!

The capital was already in chaos, overturned with people and horses.

In the search for Juhua, Ying Tianfu, Duke Li Guo’s Mansion, and Duke Wu Qing’s residence were all mobilized, and Mu Zhongqing also sent out family members everywhere to inquire and search, but Juhua seemed to have vanished from the world without a trace. Mo Zili had detained the tea house’s shopkeeper and waiters related to Juhua’s disappearance, severely torturing them, leaving them barely alive, yet they revealed nothing about Juhua’s whereabouts. Seeing this, Mo Zili finally believed they genuinely didn’t know Juhua’s whereabouts, leaving him greatly disappointed but helpless.

Duke Li Guo also deployed his forces to search, expanding the search range from the capital to every corner of its suburbs. Having served in the court for many years, Duke Li Guo had many hidden forces under his command, and those forces were incredibly powerful. However, even after these secret forces searched and investigated for a day, they ended up like Ying Tianfu and Duke Wu Qing’s residence, without a single clue!

Mu Zhongqing and Shen Luming’s dispatched personnel achieved absolutely nothing!

"Who exactly abducted the girl? And who possesses such competence to hide a living person so thoroughly without leaving a single trace?"

In the Flower Hall, Duke Li Guo stroked his white beard, his brows tightly furrowed. Across the entire Great Jin, there aren’t many capable of hiding a living person so deeply under his watch. Who exactly did it? What purpose do they have for abducting the Shen Family Girl? Could it be they knew Zili had set his sights on the Shen Family Girl and planned to use her to threaten Duke Li Guo’s Mansion?

Yet, even if they intend to threaten them, they should send some message, or demand money, or set some condition, there should be an explanation. But why has there been no message at all?

Lady Cui has already been unable to bear the blow and fell ill; although Shen Luming is still holding on, a series of crystalline burn blisters have formed at the corners of his mouth, and his eyes have turned as red as a rabbit’s. The beloved daughter is missing, her whereabouts unknown, her life uncertain. If his daughter ends up with three longs and two shorts, the couple wouldn’t be able to live on...

At this time, Liu Xi was still at home recuperating, completely unaware of the external situation. Now, he could slowly walk on the ground but still couldn’t eat, lest he get a urine infection in the wound.

His wound was stitched very finely, and he didn’t know who had stitched it. Liu Xi bowed his head, carefully observing his wound, feeling extremely grateful to the person who stitched it. Now, his greatest hobby was bowing his head to examine his body, the more he looked, the happier he became, the more he liked it. Since coming to this world, he never felt as happy as he was now!

He was a man now, a truly genuine man, without any pretense. Such joy was far greater than meeting Cai Wei or the success of his business, it was simply indescribable.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t share his happiness with others because everyone knew he was an eunuch. If he suddenly grew this treasure, there’d surely be talk.

She was Cai Wei’s confidant and had previously served as her eunuch. If he declared to the world that he was no longer an eunuch, everyone would say he was a fake eunuch all along, and had a private affair with the Empress Dowager.

People of the world are like this, best at chasing shadows and exaggerating rumors. When praising you, they exalt you higher than a Bodhisattva, when disparaging you, they degrade you lower than a beast.

He doesn’t mind his reputation, but Cai Wei couldn’t ask him to risk it, as she is a mother of a nation, her reputation and image cannot suffer any damage. As a result, he had to keep this tremendous happiness to himself, and had to hide it securely without revealing it!