Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Brothers, retreat..." He gave an order, and those people jumped out of the circle.

Yan Nangui was not willing to let go, and was about to jump in front of Hu Ziping to block their retreat, but was slowed down by Sang Mo's blink of an eye.

It was because of this delay that Hu Ziping jumped over the wall and ran away with a few survivors.

"What's wrong? What do you mean by winking at me?" Yan Nangui asked in confusion.

"Someone is following them. Don't worry, no one can escape. You will know when you go in." Sang Mo pointed to the dark cave entrance in front of him.

Although he was confused, he did not ask any more questions and directly led Deputy General Niu into the cave first.

Since the entrance to this cave is under a rockery next to the lotus pond, the passage is inevitably a little damp, but since people often walk through it, it is relatively stable.

Soon, they arrived at the corridor where many people were imprisoned. Knowing that they would be exposed, the secret guards dealt with all the remaining people before leaving.

At this moment, all they saw was bright red blood and more than twenty people lying on the ground.

Everyone was killed with one blow, leaving no one alive.

However, Sang Mo still found a purse belonging to Gu Xunwei in one of the rooms.

According to Chenxiang, Gu Xunwei should have carried three incense pills with her. She gave one to someone else, and there was still one in her purse, so she must have had one on her body.

Chenxiang once told him that Gu Xunwei's incense pills were very different from ordinary incense pills. When sealed with wax paper, almost no fragrance would leak out.

Even if the wax paper is removed, the fragrance cannot be stimulated without the catalysis of body temperature.

At this time, the wax paper of the incense ball in the purse had not been removed, but there was a faint fragrance wafting in the room.

Sang Mo immediately understood that Gu Xunwei had removed the wax paper from one of the scent pills and was carrying it with her, hoping that he would be able to find her by the scent.

So they didn't stay for long. Apart from asking someone to bring the situation here and Gu Qiongsi's purse to Li Junhao, they tried to follow the scent to track Gu Xunwei's whereabouts.

However, after walking a few steps, Sang Mo did not dare to go forward anymore, because the passage was full of traps, and they had lost a lot of people before they had even started walking for long.

Once the smell of blood and gunpowder was destroyed, Gu Xunwei's fragrance was completely covered up.

Sang Mo had no choice but to decide to withdraw and return to Li Junhao.

At this time, Li Junhao was staring at Gu Xunwei's purse. In addition to a fragrant pill, there seemed to be a damage in it.

His heart immediately tightened, wondering if Gu Xunwei had been abused or something else. When he saw Sang Mo coming over, he immediately asked nervously, "How is it?"

If his status had not hindered his direct confrontation with Wang Zhuo, he would have been the first to rush in. However, he could only guard the gate of the mansion.

Considering Li Junsheng's future situation, he was still unwilling to let the other party have too much leverage over him. After all, Wang Zhuo, this old fox, might use some shady tricks.

Sang Mo had no choice but to tell Li Junhao everything he had seen and heard.

"Before we discovered the corridor and the prisoners, the passage was unobstructed. But later on, although it was connected in all directions and we could tell how to get around by the scent, it was a pity that it was all traps and we suffered heavy losses..."

Li Junhao couldn't help but frown after hearing this. Wang Zhuo must have put so much thought into this cellar to have achieved this point.

At this time, Yan Nangui came out with Deputy General Niu, clasped his fists with Li Junhao and said, "Wang Zhuo and Li Junze are no longer in the mansion. We can't find them in the mansion now."

Li Junhao looked at Xiao Fuzi beside him and saw him nodding with a smile.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I have arranged for people to follow the escaped people. In addition, we have also set up a watch on the Qilian Mountains mentioned in their letter."

After hearing this, Li Junhao was still not completely relieved, and said to Sang Mo, "Take me to the room where Miss Gu is imprisoned."

Sang Mo knew that his master was worried that Miss Gu would be treated inhumanely there, so after agreeing, he added,

"That room is very clean, Miss Gu should be fine."

When Li Junhao arrived at the room, it was just as Sang Mo said. Unlike the simple and messy furnishings in other rooms, not only was the teapot in this room exquisite, but even the tea was top-grade Biluochun.

It seems that Wang Zhuo really did not treat Gu Xunwei unfairly.

Or maybe, Gu Xunwei used her own belongings to bribe the guards and won herself such treatment.

However, it doesn’t matter anymore. Their action today has failed again. It seems that although Wang Yucheng is Wang Zhuo’s son, he is not aware of his father’s cellar.

Maybe it was just a coincidence that I noticed people coming in and out of the lotus pond, so I guessed that this should be the entrance to the cellar.

However, in reality, this cellar has six or seven entrances and exits, located in different locations of the Bachelor's Mansion, and the number of exits is even greater, more than seven or eight, and there are countless forks in between.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t follow the fragrance that Gu Xunwei had left behind with so much effort. It was such a waste of such a good scent pill.

Fortunately, I had already thought of this possibility last night, so I told Sang Mo in advance that I must leave some people alive and let them take me to find Wang Zhuo.

I hope that those who are being followed can bring me the results I want.

Naturally, the movements at the Bachelor's Mansion could not be hidden from the servants in the Third Prince's Mansion. They were already like headless flies, and when they heard about what happened in the Bachelor's Mansion, they began to snatch items in the mansion.

Many people have already started packing their bags and fleeing the Third Prince's Palace.

Gu Qiongsi was still in Guixiang Garden, waiting anxiously for Li Junze to return home, but because most of the servants in the mansion had left that day, there was no one to cook dinner for her.

Xiao Hong ran over in a panic and said to Gu Qiongsi, "Gu, Madam Gu, it's bad, all the servants in the mansion have run away..."

Gu Qiongsi stopped pacing when he heard Xiao Hong's incoherent words. "Don't be impatient. Talk slowly."

Xiao Hong took a breath, then patted her chest and said,

"I just went to get food, but the front yard was in chaos. Those people took away all the pots in the kitchen and took a lot of things with them when they left."