darknovel Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Cen Mingche didn't want to do anything to the eldest princess for the time being, but he just needed her to disappear for a while, so that many things would be easier to handle.
Because he only stunned one person who entered the yard, someone would find out that the next morning at the latest, all the people who entered the yard had fainted, and they could not wake up no matter how they screamed.
Most importantly, their master was missing.
The wealth and lives of these people are tied to their masters. Once something happens to the eldest princess under their noses, their whole family may suffer.
Cen Mingche only needs to wait in his village, waiting for the eldest princess's people to come to him for help.
Then, he can legitimately enter the eldest princess's village to check it out. After finding the suspicious points, he sneaks in again at night.
The eldest princess is missing, and the defense here will not be as tight as before, but it will make his movements easier.
Sure enough, the rooster crowed three times, the sky turned pale, and screams came one after another from the eldest princess's village.
"what--"
"Dead man—"
"Help me—"
"Come on-"
Apparently, the person who discovered the anomaly was frightened.
Anyone who sees the people lying scattered on the floor in the yard, and the people on the bed in the room who can't wake up no matter how hard they are pushed, may think wrongly.
It's too much like a whole yard of people died.
The scene was terrifying.
But the more terrifying thing is yet to come.
"Your Highness is missing!"
"Which of you saw Your Highness? Your Highness the Princess!"
"What?! Your Highness isn't in bed?"
"Not there! Even the quilt is gone!"
"Could it be..."
"No way?! Who can be so bold?"
"Is there any other possibility? His Highness hasn't even changed into his pajamas. Could it be that he went for a walk under the blanket?"
They all knew this was impossible. How could the eldest princess, who loves and protects beauty so much, go out without dressing up?
Even the clothes and jewelry that the eldest princess usually wears cannot be worn by herself!
In this situation, the only possibility is that she was kidnapped by gangsters!
There was chaos in Zhuangzi.
It was the eldest princess's personal maid who stabilized the situation and asked people to go to the nearby Zhuangzi - Cen Mingche's Zhuangzi for help.
This is also normal operation.
The eldest princess is a woman after all. Her disappearance is even more dangerous in this era, especially the flaw in her reputation. It is better not to spread it.
Cen Mingche is the nephew of the eldest princess, so it is normal for him to help find his missing aunt.
After all, we are all a family.
Who would have thought that he was the one who did this? !
This is called, light, down, dark.
Naturally, Cen Mingche had to pretend not to know anything, showed complete surprise and horror, strongly condemned this bad behavior, and then sent people out to look for clues around him with the people from the eldest princess's house.
By the way, I made a request to go to the scene to see if there are any clues.
Still due to his status, Cen Mingche's request was quickly agreed to.
At the same time, the retainers of the eldest princess's house also rushed to Beijing to inform the emperor of the disappearance of the eldest princess.
Cen Mingche needed to move faster. He had to seize the time difference between the emperor sending people to investigate and the incident to find the secret room in this courtyard.
I wonder who the emperor will send to find the eldest princess?
It is very likely that it is still their sons.
Cen Mingche only hoped that this job would not fall on him.
Not troublesome enough.
Entering the eldest princess's villa, Cen Mingche had to pretend that he had never been there before, and was led by the maid to the main courtyard. He also had to listen carefully to what the maid said.
"It wasn't the slave who kept watch last night. The slave slept in the back room and was preparing to get up the next day to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"Unexpectedly, the slave woke up as usual in the middle of the night and was about to go to the main courtyard to prepare hot water for Her Royal Highness. However, she found several people lying in the courtyard. The sisters who were keeping vigil couldn't wake them up. There was no one in the princess' bed. .”
Cen Mingche nodded sometimes and asked questions, perfectly showing how an uninformed outsider should behave.
"It's here."
The eldest princess has a distinguished status, so the other courtyard is naturally built exquisitely.
The yard is paved with neat blue bricks, the steps are made of solid stones, and there are brick carvings on the base of the house.
The tiles are blue tiles, the beams and columns are painted with red paint, and there are simple paintings on the corridor. There are also a few parrots hanging on the corridor.
Because of the cold weather, a brocade tent was used in the inner room, which was illuminated by candlelight and shone brightly.
The bed is a nanmu hanging column bed.
The hanging eaves and horizontal eyebrows of the bed are all carved with openwork, showing stories of ancient characters; the front door fence and surrounding baffles are engraved with patterns such as unicorns, phoenixes, peonies, and rolled leaves. The knife skills are sophisticated and the craftsmanship is superb, making it very luxurious.
Last night, it was not easy for Cen Mingche to move the eldest princess who had completed the examination paper out of here.
The air was filled with the scent of agarwood, which came from a crane water incense burner under the window.
"Did you remember to scent the house?"
"Yes, it is His Highness's request. This room must be scented with agarwood at all times. Although His Highness is not here now, but..."
"Oh, I see, you are quite competent."
"It's just your duty as a slave."
Anyone who has visited an old courtyard house should know that generally speaking, the room with the door open to the main room is used as a living room, and people sleep in either the inner room at the back or the rooms on both sides.
The main house where the eldest princess lives here has no inner room, so the bedroom is located in the right room of the main house, and the left room is the study.
Once this fragrance is smelled, the three main rooms are all fragrant.
But why does the eldest princess smoke such strong incense?
Based on the few interactions Cen Mingche had with her, it can be felt that the eldest princess actually prefers warm floral scents, and sweet spices like agarwood are not her style.
Then using agarwood in the house can only be used to block some smell.
Perhaps the entrance to the secret room is in the main room.
The eldest princess would probably have to enter the secret room used for sacrifices.According to her personality, she loves fragrance, beauty, cleanliness, and beauty. Naturally, she cannot let the passage she wants to enter and leave dirty and smelly.
Then, a large part of the houses in this courtyard can be excluded.
In addition, the eldest princess is a very self-centered person, so building the entrance to the secret room in the living room is in line with her personality.
The bed in the bedroom is too big, taking up half of the space. It doesn't look like there is a secret door. Could it be a study room?
Cen Mingche looked around the bedroom, then slowly walked to the study.
It's only a few steps away.
The eldest princess probably doesn't like reading and writing, because there aren't many signs of use in the study.
But the bookshelf in the study room firmly attracted Cen Mingche's attention.