Chapter 313: Chapter 118
The boats passing through this lake area that day numbered a total of twenty-three. He personally interrogated each one, fearing any oversight during the detailed investigation. But no matter how he questioned, how he probed, the result was always that no boat had rescued a girl from the lake.
His Wanwan was forced to jump into the lake, yet no one saved her.
This was the fact that Lu Ziyuan confirmed after spending nearly a month.
His Wanwan was soaking at the cold bottom of the lake, waiting for him to rescue her.
Waiting for him to rescue her!
Lu Ziyuan, his expression vacant, shivered as the sweeping cold wind hit him when he stepped on the deck.
Suddenly, the entire person seemed to come back to his senses, no longer appearing like the walking dead in a daze as he had these days. His eyes shone brightly, his ghastly pale face flushed with a sickly red, and his body leaped violently. Everyone only heard a ’plop’ as he had already jumped into the lake.
Even Ming Fengming Jian, who closely followed behind, was too late to stop him, and expressing great alarm at the situation, both jumped into the water.
Soldiers who could swim also continuously jumped into the water.
At the same time, also at Dayang Lake, Pei Yuqing boarded the Li Family’s merchant ship that Xie Wanqing had taken on that day, followed only by a few guards and two men who looked like enslaved individuals being escorted.
The two slave-like men stepped forward to guide the way, taking them up to the second floor, pointing to a guest room, and said fearfully, "We dare not deceive your grace; this was the room the girl stayed in that day."
In front of them was an ordinary wooden door, yet the youthful gentleman exuded an air of nobility as if facing a formidable enemy, his steps rooted, unable to take a step closer.
This was the room...
Pei Yuqing stood motionlessly, his eyes gradually reddening. The atmosphere was tense with a hint of eeriness, and not a sound came from the guards behind him, fearing it might disturb the Princely Heir’s thoughts.
For a long, long time, with a ’creak,’ the wooden door was slowly pushed open, the hands pushing the door slightly trembling.
Inside the small cabin, apart from a simple wooden bed, there was only a small table for a water pot, and nothing else.
Once everyone went in, the room was crammed full.
Such a place was the last dwelling of that delicate girl during her life.
Pei Yuqing felt a wrenching pain in his heart, a metallic taste rising to his throat. He forced it down, walking slowly to the window.
His hand rested on the window ledge, eyes staring straight at the surface of the lake.
Under the winter sun, Dayang Lake shimmered with light, a picture of tranquility.
Nothing about it suggested that it had swallowed over a thousand lives in a short period.
Standing quietly for a long time, until the setting sun descended and the temperature visibly dropped.
After another cough, Pei Shu came forward to advise, "Young Master should head back, the time..."
Pei Yuqing gently raised his hand, turned to look at the two men who remained silent as cicadas in winter, "Where’s the room of that mother and daughter?"
The manservants hastily replied, "Just next door, please come with me."
This time, the door was pushed open directly by them.
The layout was almost the same, except there was a stain on the floor of this room, where the setting sun’s light streamed in through the window, illuminating it clearly.
...It looked like it had been cleaned, yet stubbornly left bloodstains.
These were traces of two lives taken.
The two guiding servant men paused before stepping inside.
One of them murmured almost inaudibly, "... Truly sinful."
Ordinary people naturally wouldn’t hear such a murmur, but those present were powerful experts with deep Inner Strength, and every word reached their ears.
