Chapter 511 - Chapter 511: Chapter 518: Hidden Away (2/2)
“Eldest Young Master, are you really so determined not to let this matter go with our Young Master? I wonder if Prime Minister Wang would be happy to know about your actions. The other Wang Young Masters indeed seem to be getting more and more outstanding by the day, no wonder you feel such great pressure, Eldest Young Master, coming up with such inane plans,” Qing Zhu said angrily, but still knew his place. After all, offending Wang Yu would only trouble his master with his status. But Wang Yu’s weaknesses were not just known by his own subordinates; Qing Zhu knew them too, so he sneered, his words laced with sarcasm.
Wang Yu didn’t expect to be ridiculed by a servant. Their Wang family matters were being turned into a joke by a servant of Sikong Ling’s and discussed openly, which incensed him even more.
“Sikong Ling, control your subordinate. Too much talk, and you might end up dead on the streets one day.”
“My subordinate is none of your concern, Eldest Young Master. Perhaps you should take better care of yourself,” I said.
“Hmph, Sikong Ling, you are still so arrogant up to this point. You’ll be the one crying! Surround them all; the fugitive is hidden in the carriage. Don’t let a single one escape!” Wang Yu ordered, moving towards the carriage himself.
Sikong Ling couldn’t be bothered to respond, simply stepping down from the carriage and watching Wang Yu indifferently.
“Eldest Young Master, there’s no one in the carriage!” Wang Yu’s men searched the carriage and didn’t find a ghost of a person. They reported in a panic.
“How is that possible? There were definitely people hidden in the carriage, the very fugitives who escaped this morning. You must not have looked carefully enough,” Wang Yu couldn’t bring himself to believe his subordinate’s words, his voice shrill, clearly unable to accept such a result. He strode forward to take a personal look, but how could a few large living people disappear from such a small space?
“How could this be? Someone definitely saw them!” Wang Yu, speaking, glanced at the men who’d brought the news, his gaze fierce.
“Didn’t you say you saw the criminals enter the carriage with your own eyes? How can there be no one?”
Those men, originally thinking they had made a great achievement and waiting for their reward with joyful faces, didn’t expect it to turn out like this. Frightened by the fury emanating from Wang Yu, they knelt down on the ground: “Your subordinates indeed saw those people boarding the carriage, perhaps they were hidden during the time we lost them?”
“Sikong Ling, speak! Where have you hidden the people? My subordinates clearly saw the fugitives board the carriage and now they’re gone. You must have hidden them!” With a reddening of his eyes, Wang Yu accused Sikong Ling, who simply couldn’t be bothered to deal with such a person.
“Eldest Young Master seems to be possessed. You accused our Young Master’s carriage of hiding people, and now you’ve found nothing. Don’t you think our Young Master deserves an explanation? Our Young Master cannot bear such baseless slander!”
“Let’s go. If the Eldest Young Master can’t give me an explanation, there will be others who will,” Sikong Ling didn’t have the time to kick an adversary when they’re down. Since the matter had been settled, it was time to leave. Any further delay would mean being later to meet someone.