Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 870 - 706: Paralysis

Hearing his daughter’s piercing screams, his scalp went numb. Helpless and grieving, he wished he could take her place.

For a long time, he suffered from insomnia. Whenever he closed his eyes, his daughter’s broken body and her sharp cries echoed in his ears.

"Well, who told your daughter not to know her place? Huan’s favoring her was her good fortune. The old man promised that if she bore Huan a big, healthy son, she would be elevated to a concubine. She’s blessed but doesn’t realize it. You’re born into the house; if your master wants you to bear children, you bear them. If he wants you dead, how dare you cling to life? If not for the years you’ve devoted yourself to the Qu Family, the old man would have sold you all off long ago."

Qu Huaiyun was furious, jumping in rage at Manager Qiu for bringing up this old affair, burning with anger.

Manager Qiu saw that Qu Huaiyun was completely disdainful of the matter and stomped out any lingering reluctance he had.

How could such a selfish and cruel person ever understand his suffering?

Lord Liao had promised that once he completed the task, he would be freed from his low status.

By then, he would take his old wife and seek a living elsewhere.

"What are you waiting for? Let everyone outside come in and take all the people of the Qu Mansion to the government office. We will question them overnight; we must eradicate this group of evildoers."

Liao Cheng didn’t care what grudges existed between Manager Qiu and Qu Huaiyun. This time, not only would the branch of the Qu Clan Leader fall, but all other members of the Qu Family would also be implicated.

The Qu family members who held low official positions in the court did not concern him; these people could not stir up any trouble.

As for Xia Qing’s order for him to assist the Qu Family in obtaining the treasure map, Liao Cheng didn’t pay it any mind.

With that person backing him, why would he fear Chief Minister Xia?

Lu Chen chased the figure ahead into a pavilion.

He paused, entered the pavilion with his heart pounding, but after checking up and down, he did not find the figure.

Could it be they had already left the pavilion? Lu Chen was puzzled.

This person’s Qinggong was so remarkable. His Qinggong was learned from a master known in the martial world as "Seeking No Trace."

Unexpectedly, this person could leave him far behind. Could they be someone from the martial world too?

Lu Chen was frowning in thought, searching for the person’s traces, but then he heard some noise outside.

Not good, those people have caught up. With no sign of that person here, others will surely suspect he got the treasure map.

Lu Chen leaped out of the window, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Gu Chengyu quickly returned to the room and changed clothes at lightning speed.

Without checking the treasure map, after changing his clothes, Gu Chengyu opened the door.

He planned to return to the original site to take another look. After all, with such a big commotion tonight, he had to make an appearance, or else it would arise suspicion.

Besides, with Liao Cheng planning to capture Qu Huaiyun, there was bound to be a great uproar at the Qu Mansion, making it uninhabitable.

Anyway, the treasure map is already in hand, so even if he leaves the Qu Mansion tonight, it won’t be a loss.

Just as he completed his mission, he could return to the Capital and report to the Emperor.

Although the treasure map encountered some unexpected incidents, his mission was not perfectly complete.

Ming Mo and Ming Yan returned just then; they went directly to their room to change clothes.

"Lord Liao! What’s going on?" Gu Chengyu asked in shock, looking at the Qu family members bound before him.

"So, it’s Mr. Gu. Tonight is unrestful, disturbing Mr. Gu’s peace. I can only apologize."

Liao Cheng saw Gu Chengyu approaching and glanced around at the torches, speaking with sincere words, but his eyes remained cold.

He scrutinized Gu Chengyu and then asked, "Mr. Gu, with such a big commotion earlier, did you hear anything?"

Liao Cheng’s suspicious gaze lingered on Gu Chengyu. He didn’t believe that with such a noise, Gu Chengyu could still sleep through it.

Gu Chengyu was about to answer when he saw Zhi Lian, who was previously lying wounded on the ground, now bandaged.

He was a bit stunned; was Liao Cheng really this kind-hearted? It didn’t seem likely.

"What’s the situation with this person? Why did Lord Liao arrest the people of the Qu Mansion? Did they commit any crime?"

Liao Cheng sneered and repeated his previous explanation.

Then he pointed at Zhi Lian and explained, "This person is a crucial witness, forced to sell himself into the Qu Mansion by the Qu Clan Leader. The Qu Clan Leader killed his father and used his mother’s life to threaten him into submission. Tsk! This child is truly unfortunate."

Liao Cheng feigned sympathy with a sigh, as if deeply empathizing with Zhi Lian’s plight.

Unaware of Liao Cheng’s hypocrisy, Zhi Lian remained unconscious.

Gu Chengyu nodded, "Then who is this man in black on the ground? Why is he dressed in such attire at the Qu Mansion?"

Liao Cheng’s eyes flickered, "Naturally, they came for the treasure map. Unfortunately, the treasure map was already destroyed by Zhi Lian."

"What? The treasure map was destroyed?" Gu Chengyu was astonished, looking at Liao Cheng in disbelief.

"Then what is this?" Gu Chengyu took out the fake treasure map from his chest and unfolded it to take a look.

Liao Cheng was secretly pleased. He knew when he previously deceived Gu Chengyu with a fake treasure map.

But now, with the Qu Family about to collapse, he didn’t mind adding more charges to their name.

Lu Chen dashed back to Gu Chengyu’s room, found it empty, and immediately pounded the table.

He had felt something was off; the person seemed to be moving in circles within the Qu Mansion.

Like last time at the Yi Mansion, the place was guarded outside, so the person couldn’t have escaped the mansion, suggesting they remained inside with possibly another identity.

Additionally, the ones who could have followed from the Yi Mansion to the Qu Mansion were Gu Chengyu and his two servants, or himself.

He certainly couldn’t be the black-clad man wielding the Soft Sword, so the conclusion was self-evident.

Gu Chengyu hadn’t shown up till now, which was very suspicious.

Damn it, he must have been played by Gu Chengyu.

But then, what about the treasure map from the Yi Mansion? Why would Gu Chengyu give it to him? That didn’t make sense.

"Sir!" A man dressed in black with swallows embroidered on his collar appeared before Lu Chen, catching him by surprise.

"The outside is already surrounded; how did you get in?"

With a cold snort, the man replied, "How could those Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals hinder me?"

Lu Chen immediately understood; indeed, if the subordinate could enter, then that highly skilled individual could surely exit the Yi Mansion and Qu Mansion as well!

However, Lu Chen’s suspicion of Gu Chengyu hadn’t faded; he restrained his inner turmoil.

"What’s the matter?"

"Master! I learned earlier today that the Yi Clan Leader has suffered a stroke and is now paralyzed."

"What happened?" Lu Chen was taken aback; the Yi Clan Leader had seemed quite vigorous and robust recently.