Chapter 184 Who Can Bear This?

"How?" Shen Yu asked.

Fu Yao's hand trembled slightly, and the fire stick in her hand hit the wind furnace with a crisp sound of "ding".

"Sir." Fu Yao said: "Do you know why my father gave the account book to me?"

Shen Yu looked at her and did not ask.

Fu Yao put on her sleeves, picked up a piece of charcoal and put it into the wind furnace, "Because I am the most spineless and the most afraid of death. My father knows his children too well. My sister is kind and righteous. Maybe if her heart softens, she will be willing to die for justice."

"But I am different." Fu Yao looked at Shen Yu, "I want to live, even if I am as lowly as an ant now, I want to live."

Shen Yu said: "If the prince convicts, will you give me the account book?"

Fu Yao: "No, the threat cannot be completely eliminated, I will not give it."

Shen Yu walked out of the Jiaofangsi, she returned empty-handed, and stood at the fork in the road, not knowing where to go.

She had made a solemn vow at Yanliang Pass to investigate the case and let everyone get the punishment they deserved.

Now that Xuanping Hou was arrested and the prince had been imprisoned in the clan house, the nets that sank underground would be pulled out by these two main ropes.

Her vow was about to be fulfilled, but she felt a sense of confusion as if she didn't know where to go next.

"Yu——"

Si Xi stopped the carriage and jumped off the shaft, "Sir, I'll pick you up."

Since San Fu's death, Si Xi's family had been taken to the farm. Shen Yu recruited him back after returning to Beijing. Now he was Shen Yu's groom and could do some small errands.

"I'll take a walk." Shen Yu said.

The sudden rain had just stopped, and there was moisture in the air. She wanted to walk in the moisture to clear her mind.

Si Xi advised, "You'd better not go, sir. Be careful not to dirty your shoes. Besides, walking will waste a lot of time."

Shen Yu looked at Si Xi. He was not a talkative person on weekdays. He was much calmer than his brother San Fu, but today was different.

Si Xi glanced at the carriage, "Sir, please get in the car."

Shen Yu seemed to react immediately. She looked around, got in the car and quickly lifted the curtain.

"Not stupid." Xie Tingzhou said with a smile.

Although the curtain was tightly covered, there was an ice basin under the chair, so it didn't seem stuffy at all.

"Why are you here?" Shen Yu sat down beside him.

"You ask even though you know the answer."

Why else could he come? He missed her, wanted to pick her up, and was worried about her. That's all.

Xie Tingzhou didn't want to dwell on this issue today, so he changed the subject and asked, "Another fruitless return?"

"Yeah." Shen Yu nodded gently, "I have searched her and Fu Ying's room before, but I didn't find the account book. Such an important thing, she should hide it in a place where she can control it. Where could it be?"

"Maybe not somewhere, but who." Xie Tingzhou said, "It should be handed over to someone trustworthy. Once she gets into trouble, the account book will be exposed to the world, so the other party dare not touch her rashly."

Shen Yu stared at the ice basin that was emitting cold air, and suddenly a light flashed in her mind, "Wait for me for a moment."

"What are you doing?" Xie Tingzhou grabbed her hand.

Shen Yu turned around, "Looking for Fu Yao."

"Go quickly and come back quickly." Xie Tingzhou let go of her and saw her return to the Jiaofangsi through the gap in the curtain. In less than an incense stick of time, she turned back again.

"Did it work?" Xie Tingzhou asked.

"Well." Shen Yu smiled, "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

Xie Tingzhou raised his eyelids, "Remind you of what?"

"Remind me that she must have handed the account book to someone else."

"Well, that's my fault. I said it too late, causing our prince's wife to run so many times in vain." Xie Tingzhou said gently.

It was originally a joke to blame him for being late, but he said that, which made Shen Yu embarrassed.

"Fortunately you told me." Shen Yu said: "What I want is for the account book to be made public, not necessarily to get the account book. As long as Fu Yao dies, the account book will naturally be made public."

"Did you kill Fu Yao?" Xie Tingzhou asked.

Shen Yu leaned closer to look at him, "Why are you so nervous? Oh~ I know, Fu Yao is the sister of your old lover Fu Ying in the Jiaofangsi."

"What a weird thing." Xie Tingzhou pulled her to his lap, "Did you really kill her?"

"Yes, I killed her with one blow. My knife was very sharp and I didn't let her suffer." Shen Yu said nonchalantly.

Xie Tingzhou leaned against the wall of the car, squinted at her, and asked again: "Did you really kill her?"

Shen Yu glanced at him, "How many times do you want to ask?"

"You lied to me." Xie Tingzhou pinched her waist all the way up, and Shen Yu twisted and turned in his arms because of the itch.

She cursed him in a low voice, "Xie Tingzhou, you bastard..."

"What bastard?" Xie Tingzhou scratched her harder, "Do you want to call me a bastard?"

Shen Yu panted with tears and laughter, "You...you prince."

She struggled violently, and her head hit Xie Tingzhou's injured cheekbone, causing him to hiss softly in pain.

"Are you okay?" Shen Yu quickly sat up and asked.

Xie Tingzhou looked at her, his eyes seemed to be filled with moisture, "The head of the prince's wife is so hard."

Shen Yu laughed, and saw Xie Tingzhou stretched out his hand to pull her closer, whispering: "Seeing you, my bones are soft."

"The prince's wife has a hard head, and the prince has soft bones. The two of us." He stared into her eyes and said slowly: "It's really a match made in heaven."

Xie Tingzhou's love words were a bit overwhelming. Shen Yu touched his face and joked: "Well, that makes sense. If the prince's head was as hard as mine, he wouldn't have been beaten into a pig's head by my brother last night."

Xie Tingzhou chuckled with her, "Let's talk business. How did you make Fu Yao change her mind?"

"Are you so sure that I didn't kill her?"

"If you had killed her, the Jiaofangsi would have been very lively by now."

Shen Yu curled her lips, "I was going to kill her. I saved her life, and she should pay back what the Ge family owed her, but she was too afraid of death."

Shen Yu remembered Fu Yao struggling and shrinking on the ground.

"Don't kill me, sir, please don't kill me. If you kill me, you won't get the account book."

Shen Yu pulled out the knife and wiped it on the tablecloth twice, "I changed my mind. I don't want the account book. I want to make it public. As long as I kill you, the person who hides the account book for you will directly help me achieve my goal. Why should I do this?"

After Fu Yao had been threatened and lured by her many times, it was the first time she saw the real killing intent in her eyes. She was sure that the sir really wanted to kill her at this moment.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xie Tingzhou pulled Shen Yu back to his thoughts.

"Ah?" Shen Yu concentrated, "The account book is not with her, she wrote a letter to me."

Xie Tingzhou took the letter and quickly scanned it, "Jianzhou? It will take half a month to go back and forth at full speed. Can it catch up with Emperor Tongxu to convict Li Jincheng?"

"It doesn't matter if I can't catch up." Shen Yu said, "Anyway, the matter has been decided, Li Jincheng is guilty, this is just another stone that will crush him."

"Well." Xie Tingzhou took the letter and said, "Then I'll let Xifeng run a trip.

"But..." Shen Yu hesitated, "If Xifeng leaves, who will protect you?"

Xie Tingzhou said, "It's okay, he is not the only guard, and there are so many secret guards."

Shen Yu was still worried, "But, but Xifeng has been following you all the time."

"Didn't he not follow me when we went to Beijing? "Xie Tingzhou suddenly remembered, "Oh, you protected me during that time, so my safety will be entrusted to Master Shi for the next half month."

"But I have to be on duty in the palace during the day."

"Then at night."

"This matter." Shen Yu paused, "You probably have to ask my brother's fist first."

Xie Tingzhou: "...No need to ask."

"What?"

Xie Tingzhou said unhappily: "Your brother has moved his things here this morning. It seems that he will live in the mansion to guard me tightly."

Shen Yu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. She wanted to live with her brother. After all, she had been like this for so many years since she was a child.

Xie Tingzhou saw her face twitching and wanted to laugh, and sighed, "Ayu~"

Shen Yu's back was numb because of his shouting. Xie Tingzhou had already leaned his head into her neck and murmured: "What should I do? When can I marry you?"

The prince acted like a spoiled child, who could resist this?