The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#469 - Unannounced

Lu Jing wanted to call the off-site help hotline, but there were also problems.

The Sitianjian explicitly prohibits using public resources for private matters, meaning that even surveillance can only utilize the agency's resources when dealing with matters related to strange entities.

However, this didn't stump Lu Jing. Anyway, this case was so complicated and full of contradictions that Lu Jing had considered the possibility of strange entities being involved.

He didn't exaggerate; he simply gave a factual overview of the case and requested the Sitianjian to provide him with information to rule out the possibility of strange entities being the cause.

Lu Jing finished writing and put down his pen. Gu Jing happened to fly back from outside, and judging by its appearance, it must have just had a good meal somewhere.

It didn't even look at the millet that Lu Jing offered as a reward for its trouble. It just casually drank some water from the teacup, and then, carrying the letter Lu Jing had written, it spread its wings and flew towards the Sitianjian.

After sending the letter, Lu Jing didn't think too much about it and just went to sleep. As a result, in less than three hours, Gu Jing had already flown back from outside, bringing back a reply from the Sitianjian.

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Lu Jing had already gotten up at this time and was eating the breakfast brought by the maid. He wiped his hands and untied the letter tied to Gu Jing's leg.

After unfolding it and glancing at it a few times, Lu Jing's expression immediately became very interesting. First, he was happy, then he frowned, and then he fell into deep thought. He thought for a while but still had no clue, so he picked up the paper again and continued reading.

Soon, his expression changed again, and this time Lu Jing opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time.

After a moment, Lu Jing couldn't bother eating the unfinished cake anymore. He threw down his chopsticks and hurried out the door.

He first went to Wen Xiaoqian's residence, but found that Wen Xiaoqian was not there. Lu Jing slapped his forehead, only then remembering that Wen Xiaoqian seemed to have been accompanying Wen Lun these past two days.

So Lu Jing rushed to the outside of Wen Lun's room.

He didn't go in immediately, but instead peeked around furtively for a while. As a result, he didn't see Wen Xiaoqian come out, but instead accidentally saw Aunt Wen.

Lu Jing thought for a while, finding the mother when the daughter wasn't there seemed acceptable, so he didn't continue waiting and decisively walked out from behind the tree where he was hiding.

Lu Jing nodded. "I would like to ask you a few questions."

Aunt Wen's expression had returned to calm at this time. She nodded. "Mr. Lu, please speak."

"I heard that in the estates of wealthy families, they usually keep a secret passage leading outside the estate in case of emergencies, especially recently with the world in chaos and bandits rampant in Huzhou. I wonder if you have taken precautions?"

Aunt Wen's eyes seemed to flash with a hint of color, but then she shook her head. "To be honest, I did have this idea, but I gave up on it in the end."

"Why?"

"Because since moving in here, I have been busy reinforcing the walls and reorganizing the defenses. Although it can't be called impregnable now, it is difficult for ordinary bandits to break through. And if we really encounter a catastrophe, it means that the number of bandits targeting us is likely to be over ten thousand."

"Faced with so many enemies, even if the people in our estate rely on the secret passage to escape outside the estate, it will be difficult to escape," Aunt Wen paused here, "In addition, once people have a way out, they will easily become timid. The guards defending the estate are the same. With such a secret passage, they may not fight so desperately when facing the enemy."

"After all, if they can't win, they can try to escape from the secret passage to outside the estate. So from the perspective of defending the estate, the existence of this secret passage is more harm than good. As for saving the lives of a few people in the estate with this secret passage, this... My seven daughters, six of them are already married, and one is not by my side."

"The Wen family already has descendants. As for me and the Old Madam, we are both old and have a detached view of our own life and death. If Wen Family Estate is really destroyed one day, then we both don't plan to escape anymore."

"Aunt Wen manages her household well, which makes us admire her."

Lu Jing didn't get the answer he wanted, but he wasn't discouraged. After being polite, he asked again, "Does the estate have any secret rooms? Hmm, the kind of secret rooms that only a few people know about."

"Oh, is Mr. Lu worried that the murderer is hiding in a secret room? That's right, there are indeed a few secret rooms in the estate, but I have personally checked them during the previous search, and they were all empty."

"I see." Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.

"Does Mr. Lu have any other questions?"

"Not for now. It seems that I had misunderstood earlier. Thank you, Aunt, for clearing my doubts," Lu Jing said.

"Mr. Lu, you're welcome," Aunt Wen said here and sighed, "We should have treated Mr. Lu well this time you came to Wen Family Estate as a guest, but unexpectedly, such a thing happened in the middle, and instead, we have to trouble Mr. Lu to hunt down the murderer for us."

"It's nothing. After all, I also hope to catch the murderer as soon as possible so that Hall Master Jiang can also rest in peace."

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he cupped his hands and simply bid farewell and left.

However, he didn't go far. After walking to a place where Aunt Wen couldn't see him, he quickly slipped back.

This time, Lu Jing didn't try his luck anymore. He directly rushed into Wen Lun's residence, grabbed Wen Xiaoqian, who was playing leaf cards with the maid in the side hall, and said, "Quick, take me to your family's secret room."

When Wen Xiaoqian saw Lu Jing, a look of joy first appeared on her face, but remembering that she hadn't washed up yet, she let out a wail. However, she could still distinguish the priorities.

Seeing Lu Jing asking urgently, she got up directly and walked out of the hall with Lu Jing, saying, "You've come to the right person. There are quite a few secret rooms in my house. I don't know which one you want to find."

"The most hidden one, the one that not many people know about, um, preferably in a place with few people, easy to enter and exit, and not easily seen by others."

Wen Xiaoqian pondered for a moment, just about to say something, but suddenly closed her mouth again.

And Lu Jing also saw Wen Lun standing in the courtyard. Just now, she was clearly not here.

"Mr. Lu, do you usually enter other people's courtyards without permission?" Wen Lun said indifferently.

"No, I asked Mr. Lu to come," Wen Xiaoqian tried to smooth things over for Lu Jing.

"This is my courtyard, not your banquet hall. Shouldn't you tell me before inviting someone over?" Wen Lun heard this and turned her gaze to Wen Xiaoqian, adopting the posture of an older sister scolding her younger sister.

However, Lu Jing couldn't wait any longer. He said to Wen Lun, "Sorry, we'll leave now." Then, without waiting for Wen Lun's reply, he put his arm around Wen Xiaoqian's waist, then stomped his foot. Instead of walking through the main entrance, he actually climbed over the wall and left Wen Lun's small courtyard.