Chapter 371: Chapter 278: The Second Storage Treasure (Part 4)
Looking at the distant official road again, yellow dust is everywhere, two steeds gallop towards them.
"Chu Ming!"
Xiao Jianxin sensed Chu Ming from afar.
"Drive!"
Xiao Wen and Xiao Jianxin sped up, arriving before Chu Ming in no time.
"Chu Ming, are you okay?" Xiao Wen jumped off the horse.
Chu Ming cupped his hands in salute and shook his head in response: "I’m fine."
Zhuge Rui’s complexion changed upon seeing the two, and feeling Xiao Jianxin’s lower realm might, his heartstrings instantly tightened.
"Chu Ming, why are you going to Jiping Cloth Shop, there’s been a murder case there, very dangerous." Xiao Wen asked with concern.
"Investigating." Chu Ming turned to look at Zhuge Rui, "With Guard Zhuge protecting me, I’m fine."
Xiao Wen glanced at Zhuge Rui, roughly guessing the other as the Meridian Unlocking Realm expert of the Martial Immortal Alliance.
"Does His Highness want to investigate?"
He also guessed the investigation should be about the First-Grade Cold Family affairs.
Chu Ming did not answer explicitly, which counted as acquiescence.
At this moment, the dense forest on the right side of the official road rustled, and two people emerged from it.
"Lord Zhong." Xiao Wen recognized the arrivals.
Zhong Yang and that Inspector slightly cupped their hands, showing some surprise, then their eagle-like eyes locked onto Zhuge Rui.
The Regent’s Mansion has a special method of scent tracking, though Zhuge Rui’s tunneling speed was fast and his evasion skill was clever, he still couldn’t escape the Regent’s Mansion’s tracking method.
"My Lord..." The Inspector of the Regent’s Mansion, Guo Heng, spoke softly: "That person..."
Zhong Yang remained calm, signaling Guo Heng to be patient, then stepped forward, his gaze fixed on the white-clothed youth.
"Commissioner of Canal Transport Mr. Chu." He recognized Chu Ming.
Firstly, because Chu Ming had previously been recorded by the Regent’s Mansion due to the forbidden books issue.
Secondly, and most crucially, as the Supervision Office Supervisor of the Regent’s Mansion, he knew things unknown to others, such as the First-Grade Cold Family.
The white-clothed youth before him was a member of the First-Grade Cold Family.
Chu Ming cupped his hands: "Lord Zhong."
Zhong Yang felt slightly apprehensive internally, not expecting the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy to be unafraid of him.
Being the Supervision Office Supervisor of the Regent’s Mansion, due to dealing with various cases for a long time, he exuded a kind of chilling pressure that made any Martial Artist’s face change slightly; yet he did not see this on the face of the white-clothed youth.
No wonder he was chosen by His Highness, his disposition is extraordinary.
Thinking so, Zhong Yang’s eyes locked again on Zhuge Rui standing beside Chu Ming.
Zhuge Rui’s face was calm, resembling the white-clothed youth’s guard, but those slightly drooping eyelids, not daring to meet Zhong Yang’s gaze, had already exposed him.
However, Zhong Yang did not reveal Zhuge Rui at the scene as the one who fled earlier, knowing that the First-Grade Cold Family must be surrounded by experts from the Martial Immortal Alliance, this person should be that expert.
At this moment, over a dozen Inspectors from the Regent’s Mansion arrived from the direction of Jiping Cloth Shop.
"My Lord, inside the wall of the dyeing workshop of Cloth Shop, there’s a hidden compartment, whose contents are missing, judging by the markings..." an Inspector reported.
Zhong Yang gently waved his hand, interrupting the report, and then turned to the white-clothed youth.
"Does Lord Zhong have anything to say?" Chu Ming asked.
Zhong Yang cupped his hands: "Could Lord Chu allow this person..."
"He’s my guard." Chu Ming said.
"Could Lord Chu allow this guard to open the bundle behind him?" Zhong Yang’s tone was calm.
"Lord Zhong, isn’t this too much?" Xiao Wen wanted to step forward to block.
"Lord Chu, our Regent’s Mansion only concerns the Cloth Shop murder case and will not intervene in other matters." Zhong Yang added.
In his words, there seemed to be an implied meaning.
"Guard Zhuge, take it out and let me see." Chu Ming looked at Zhuge Rui.
Zhuge Rui’s expression changed repeatedly; only after hearing Zhong Yang’s assurance of non-interference in other matters, did he take off the bundle and unfold it, revealing a locked metal box.
"This item is unrelated to the murder case." He said in a deep voice.
"May I take a look?"
Zhuge Rui did not hesitate, threw the metal box over: "The box has a special lock, very intricate."
Zhong Yang received the box, examining it closely, then summoned the Inspector, Guo Heng.
Guo Heng was skilled at tracking and adept at unlocking.
He took out some tools with a flip of the hand, trying repeatedly on the golden lock.
Click...
A slight sound echoed.
Open?
Zhuge Rui’s heart was shaken, the difference between court systems and unorthodox methods was indeed considerable; he had tried multiple times previously without success.
Zhong Yang turned to Guo Heng: "Open it."
"Yes."
Once opened, all eyes were drawn to it.
Zhong Yang first opened the top ledger, his expression changing slightly.
Then the next one, his expression changed again.
Two ledgers, five letters, each containing shocking words.
Unfortunately, these items were not directly linked to the murder case.
They might be related, but he knew he couldn’t keep them.
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