Chapter 328 - What Happened at Crescent Lake (1) (1/2)

The rumor circulated wildly and it said that Aunt Yue's disappearance seemed to be connected with the esteemed guest. However, they didn't dare to confirm whether the kidnapper was truly the esteemed guest. Without beating around the bush, Hong Wen interrogated the servants and maidservants inside the Crescent Lake one by one --- he even used reward and heavy punishment to make them talk.

Too bad that they really didn't remember who talked about it first, but they seemed to recall that someone had mentioned that there was something in the study room where the esteemed guest was currently staying. That 'something' was the proof that made the servant who spread the news came up with such a conclusion.

”What kind of thing?” Hong Wen asked curiously. He felt happy when he finally found a lead for the evidence.

”This servant also doesn't know for sure but this servant heard that it has the same symbol as the gate...” The servant answered while trembling fear. That was really the only thing that Ah Zhao and Zhuo Li told the others. They wanted to make it more mysterious, so Hong Wen would believe it even more.

If they told them directly that it was a jade pendant, people would feel suspicious. After all, it would be hard to break into the esteemed guest's place. How could they know for sure?

Hong Wen even resorted to harsh punishment just for the sake of information --- thus, everyone was scared of him and of course, hated him. Because of this, Hong Wen knew that no one would dare to lie to him, so the information should be accurate. Even if they hated him, so what of it? They were just lowly servants and they meant nothing to him.

The servants compared him with Uncle Qiu and realized how kind the latter was... even though the latter was also from the capital, he never abused his position.

Hong Wen had never seen the symbol before and he needed to take a lot at the so-called gate. Before the servant could say anything, Hong Wen had already gone ahead. When Hong Wen came over to the gate along with his advisor, he was dumbfounded because there was a hole in the middle of the gate where the symbol was supposed to be placed. Hong Wen asked about it and the servant explained everything in details.

Hong Wen could only ask each servant whether they remembered the symbol or not. How could he find the evidence if he didn't know how it looked like ah~?! If someone was able to give him the picture in details, hHong Wen would reward them with twenty silver taels. Thus, in less than half shichen, he already got a good and detail picture of the symbol.

Hong Wen smirked and quickly went to the esteemed guest's courtyard. The advisor wanted to tell him to be polite but he was already gone in a flash. Thus, he could only follow Hong Wen from behind while grumbling. Sooner or later, Hong Wen would be dead without knowing the reason.

Hong Wen didn't even politely ask permission to enter Bai Bing Wen's courtyard or show any courtesy, instead, he yelled loudly, ”Open the door for this official!” He tried to show off his power without thinking further about the esteemed guest's prestige.

The esteemed guest's subordinates felt angry because of Hong Wen's arrogant behavior. No matter what, even the Han Emperor needed to show some degrees of respect their master and yet, this lowly official dared to behave arrogantly like this!

”Who are you?!” One of the esteemed guest's guards asked. He didn't even try to give Hong Wen a face which made the latter angrier.

”How dare you questioning me?! You are only a lowly guard and yet, you dare to be impolite to this official!” Hong Wen pointed at the guard angrily.

”Naturally, this one is the esteemed guest's subordinates. Surely you already knew that before you came here, right?” The guard mocked Hong Wen which made his fellow guards laughing. They treated Hong Wen like an ant.

”You... you!” Hong Wen yelled while pointing at the guard angrily. The advisor tried to make him calm by tugging his sleeve as a reminder. However, Hong Wen had been blinded by his anger and he couldn't think straightly. He called his subordinates and said, ”People... come! Drag this guard away and give him a beating for offending me!”

”Yes, sir!” Some of Hong Wen's subordinates already came out and wanted to seize the guard.