To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 399 Eavesdropping

   Of course there is no such thing as a coincidence.

  Miss Luo, who spent a lot of money, actually bought a lot of houses around the restaurant one after another.

  Luo Sheng didn't show up when buying the houses, and outsiders don't know who the owners of these houses are.

   In this way, Zhu Wu asked around the rentable houses nearby, and the owner of the house had only two words: no rent.

  In the end, Zhu Wu was almost moved to tears when he finally rented this house with a secret passage.

  Luo Sheng entered the secret passage from the wine cellar, and when he came out, he was in a secret room.

  Originally, the exit of the secret passage on this side of the house was a firewood room, but Luo Sheng changed it quietly later.

  The house is not big, there are only three main rooms, which are divided into east room, west room and main room.

  With such a pattern, the east house is generally used as the living place of the owner, while the west house is arranged as a study. If there are guests, or entertaining guests in the living room, or talking in the study, it is possible.

  Luo Sheng is very straightforward. The dormitory and study are separated into secret rooms, so eavesdropping will not fail anyway.

   She sneaked into the secret room of the study.

  There is no entrance and exit between the secret room and the study. From the perspective of the study, it is just a wall, which prevents the possibility of being discovered.

   It's just that there is a palm-sized part of the wall that is very thin. If you put your ear to it, you can hear the movement in the study very clearly.

  Even when necessary, you can use a sharp object to poke a small hole there, and see the situation in the study clearly.

  Luo Sheng listened attentively, and heard a clear voice of conversation.

  She couldn't help but bend the corners of her lips.

   Guessed right.

  When talking about private affairs, most people will choose the study room, it seems that the rows of bookshelves can bring some sense of security.

   "Haven't you messed around enough?" A voice came into Luo Sheng's ears.

   This voice sounds like it should belong to a man in his forties or fifties.

  Zhu Wu's voice sounded: "I didn't mess around."

  Luo Sheng pursed his lips.

  In front of the people in the restaurant, Zhu Wu could be regarded as a steady and smooth accountant, but at this time she felt like a cynical young man.

  Luo Sheng understood that Zhu Wu's mentality and identity had changed.

   To Zhu Wu, they are just outsiders who have to deal with temporarily taking refuge, and the man in the study at the moment should be an elder Zhu Wu is familiar with.

  Luo Sheng had the urge to poke a small hole in that thin wall to see the man's true face.

   But she still suppressed the idea.

  She knew Zhu Wu's skill, and the man's skill might still be above it, if the slight movement was heard, it would be a failure.

   Keep listening is the safest choice.

"No nonsense?" The man's voice came with hints of anger, "You were arguing to set up some killer organization, killing people and setting fires to earn rewards. I don't agree with these crooked ways, but you have to insist. Now, All the people you recruited were taken away by the government, and even you may be under surveillance. What are you trying to do, do you have to expose our side?"

"How could it be exposed? The government can't ask anything from those killers. At most, they know that there is a list of those who have bought murderers in recent years." Zhu Wu didn't take it seriously, and his voice was cold, "Where the list fell into their hands? Why not? The one on the roster who cooperates the most is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

  Luo Sheng's heart skipped a beat.

  She had thought about the possibility that this mysterious killer organization was working for Wei Qiang, but from Zhu Wu's words, it seemed that she wished Wei Qiang would be unlucky, and deliberately tricked the prince.

  Luo Sheng leaned on the wall with his hands, his expression solemn.

  As if moved by Zhu Wu's words, the man's tone softened a bit: "Even so, there is no point for you to stay here, come back sooner."

   Zhu Wu was silent.

   "Goro, I'm getting old, I can't wait for you to come back to take over Suzakuwei after I can't do it anymore, right? By then, you may not be able to convince everyone..."

  On the other side of the wall, Luo Sheng's heart trembled.

   Suzaku Wei, is it the Suzaku Wei she knows?

  The Zhennan Palace has a team of the most elite guards. They are not among the government soldiers registered in the court. They are regarded as private soldiers raised by the father.

  Before leaving the pavilion, she learned about the existence of Suzaku Guard from her father.

  Father Wang said that this is a little capital for a comeback in case of accidents in the Zhennan Palace.

   Suzaku Guard was not raised from his father, but passed down for several generations.

  Each generation of Suzaku Guards may not appear in front of the world under the name of Suzaku Guards until their physical strength weakens, but quietly retire, and the younger generation of Suzaku Guards will take over.

   And it is half a Suzaku order that can order Suzaku to guard.

  The Suzaku Order was divided into two parts, half of which was in the hands of the commander of Suzaku Guards, and the other half was controlled by successive Zhennan kings.

  The leader of the Suzaku Guard holds the left half of the Suzaku Token. As long as he sees the person holding the right half of the Suzaku Token, the entire Suzaku Guard will obey his orders.

  Luo Sheng clenched his fists hard.

  If Suzaku Guard is still there, she has the right half of the Suzaku Token in her hand, so why worry about not having a master to use.

  No matter how useful someone else’s is, it’s not your own, and you owe a lot of favors, even if you are patted by the other party, you can only smile.

   "Uncle Xing, you know that the little prince is not dead, and is currently under house arrest. I am not willing to leave the capital like this, and want to see if there is a chance to rescue the little prince—"

   "Nonsense!" The man yelled.

  Luo Sheng was overjoyed.

   It's really Suzaku Guard of Zhennan Palace!

  The man's voice kept her calm and listened carefully to what the other party would say.

  The man said word by word: "I don't recognize any little prince."

  Luo Sheng was taken aback.

  Zhu Wu's eager voice sounded: "Uncle Xing—"

   "You don't need to say more, I don't recognize any little princes, I only recognize the other half of Suzaku Ling."

   "Uncle Xing, why are you so pedantic!" Zhu Wu was a little annoyed.

  The man said indifferently: "This is not pedantic, this is the rule that Suzaku guards must abide by. From the first generation of Suzaku guards, they only recognize Suzaku orders and not people."

   "But what if the half of the Suzaku Token falls into someone else's hands?"

  The man smiled: "You don't understand."

   "Don't understand what?"

   "Unless the King of Zhennan passes it on by word of mouth, others will not know that it is the Vermillion Bird Order even if they see the other half. The person who can be told by the prince is naturally the one who the prince can trust and thinks that he can order the Vermillion Bird Guard."

   "But that's the little prince!"

   "How do you know it must be the young prince?" the man asked back.

   Zhu Wu suddenly got stuck.

  The man sighed: "Goro, people may change, but the Suzaku Order will not. I am the commander of Suzaku Guard, and the rules established since the establishment of Suzaku Guard cannot be broken from me."

   "That's fine, Uncle Xing, go back, and try not to contact me in the future, so as not to be targeted by interested people."

   "Since you know that there are many people with hearts and minds, why don't you hurry up and get away now?" the man asked angrily.

   "It should be fine for now—"

  Before Zhu finished his five words, there was a sudden thud.

  See you tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)