Chapter 1425 - 1432 He’s Here (3)
Mo Zili did not utter a sound and strode into the West Wing of the front yard. There was no fire in the West Wing, and the room was pitch-black and ice-cold. Mo Zili approached a large wardrobe against the wall, and Cheng Cai quickly opened the wardrobe door, moved away the covering board beneath, and invited Mo Zili to enter.
The wardrobe was an exit of a secret passage. After the two entered, Cheng Cai covered it back with the board, and the wardrobe returned to its original appearance.
The two followed a series of steps down into the tunnel, which was extremely narrow and crudely built, having been recently completed. It led directly to the Cool Autumn Pavilion of Duke Li Guo’s Mansion, or rather, directly into Mo Zili’s room in the Cool Autumn Pavilion.
At this moment, on Mo Zili’s couch, a man who looked exactly like him was lying there in agony. He had been there for an entire day, and during this time, people kept coming in either to check how drunk he was, or to ask him about a woman named Wu Xiangyun. Though he had managed to cover up by pretending to be passed out from drunkenness, the peril of the situation had left him with a pounding heart. This was, after all, the grand Duke Li Guo’s Mansion; the slightest carelessness could lead to leaking Young Master Li’s fate, potentially throwing him into an irreparable situation. By then, not to mention the five hundred taels of silver promised by Young Master Li, even his own little life might be at its end...
Eventually, Young Master Li returned. The stand-in man scrambled up, his voice tinged with a cry, "Young Master, you’re finally back. You have no idea, the Grandmother, Madam, and the old masters have all been here, and even someone from the Palace came too. They all asked me about something regarding Miss Yun, I was almost scared to death..."
Before he could babble on, a 500-tael silver bill was already presented in front of him, instantly silencing his litany of complaints.
"Remember, if anything about today gets out, you won’t have a life to enjoy this silver!" Mo Zili said coldly as he threw the silver bill to him.
The stand-in gazed at the large denomination silver bill, his eyes filled with wild joy.
"Take off your mask and get out of here immediately!"
"Yes, right away, sir."