After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Li Siqi's right eyelid kept twitching, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Oh no, is there something wrong with Xu Yingying?" Li Siqi said worriedly.

Considering Xu Yingying's safety, Li Siqi finally put aside his pride and prepared to visit Lei Qinyu at Lei Mansion, and then take the opportunity to see how Xu Yingying was doing.

Lei Mansion.

Li Siqi got off the carriage, and the servant beside him said to the gatekeeper, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and inform your master that our Ninth Prince is here."

The guards at the door were quite surprised to hear this. They looked at each other and hurriedly went in to inform Lei Qinyu.

"What? You said the Ninth Prince came to our mansion?" Lei Qinyu, who was drinking tea, almost dropped the cup in his hand.

"What is he doing here?" Lei Qinyu muttered to himself in confusion.

"Your Excellency, I don't know either. The Ninth Prince did not tell us the purpose of his visit to our mansion." The guard said helplessly.

"Okay, I understand." After saying that, Lei Qinyu put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and went to the gate to greet Li Siqi.

The other party is a prince after all. As a subject, it is definitely not in accordance with etiquette for me to not go to greet him in person even though I knew he was coming.

Soon, Lei Qinyu appeared at the gate.

"Greetings, Ninth Prince. Please forgive me for not knowing that the Ninth Prince was coming to visit, and for not making preparations in advance to entertain the Ninth Prince properly."

Lei Qinyu spoke to Li Siqi very respectfully.

Lei Qinyu is worthy of being someone who has been working in the workplace for so many years. He speaks and behaves very smoothly and sophisticatedly. Li Siqi could not find any mistakes in his speech.

"This has nothing to do with Lord Lei. It's because I didn't inform Lord Lei in advance that I would be visiting your home."

"My father ordered me to control the restless refugees in the surrounding counties. On the way, I accidentally passed by the Lei family. I thought it had been a long time since I last saw Lord Lei. I was thinking about Lord Lei, so I came to visit him specially."

Li Siqi explained.

Lei Qinyu suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment when he heard it, "So that's how it is. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

"I am really getting old and confused. I actually chatted with Your Highness at the door for so long. Your Highness, please come in quickly. Let's talk inside."

After saying that, Lei Qinyu made a "please" gesture.

"Okay." Li Siqi nodded and entered the Lei Mansion with Lei Qinyu.

When entering the Lei Mansion, Li Siqi quietly instructed Xu Ruohao who was standing beside him: "Hurry up and look for Xu Yingying in this mansion to see if she is imprisoned somewhere."

"Yes, Your Highness." After Xu Ruohao said this, he slipped to another courtyard while the people in the Lei Mansion were not paying attention.

Lei Qinyu and Li Siqi sat in the hall and chatted idly, both of them speaking very hypocritically and politely.

After a while, Xu Ruohao came back to report. He took the opportunity to pour water for Li Siqi and whispered in his ear: "I have found Master Xu. Master Xu is locked up in the firewood room in the mansion and is seriously injured."

When Li Siqi heard that Xu Yingying was injured, he suddenly panicked and urgently ordered Xu Ruohao to rescue Xu Yingying as soon as possible, and let Yitai continue to stay in the Lei Mansion to monitor Lei Mansion's every move.

After a while, Xu Ruohao came back and winked at Li Siqi to indicate that the plan had already succeeded.

Seeing this, Li Siqi nodded with satisfaction.

Now that he had successfully rescued Xu Yingying, he had no reason to stay here.

So Li Siqi said to Lei Qinyu, "It's getting late. I just arrived here not long ago and we still need to find an inn to rest. I won't disturb you, Master Lei. I'll take my leave first and visit you again when I have the chance."

Lei Qinyu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Siqi was finally leaving.

But he couldn't say this openly, so he could only pretend to be reluctant to leave and ask Li Siqi to stay, "Your Highness, if you don't mind my humble abode being so simple, why don't you stay at our Lei Mansion for one night?"

Li Siqi hurriedly shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but I have things to do so I won't bother you anymore."

Lei Qinyu pretended to be very regretful and said, "Okay! Then I will escort you out, Your Highness."

"Okay." Li Siqi nodded.

Just like that, with Lei Qinyu's reluctance, Li Siqi was sent out of the Lei Mansion.

After returning to the inn, Li Siqi hurriedly asked Xu Ruohao to call a doctor to treat Xu Yingying.

Li Siqi looked at the wounds on Xu Yingying's arm and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, Lei Qinyu, who had just seen Li Siqi off, hadn't even sat down yet when he heard the hurried voice of Fuzhong's servant.

"Master, Master, it's not good."

"It's a terrible thing."

The butler at the side kicked the servant without hesitation and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? What's wrong with doing it in broad daylight?"

Lei Qinyu also had a flash of displeasure on his face, "What's wrong?"

"Reporting to the master, that Master Xu...she...she is missing." The servant said tremblingly.

"What did you say?" Lei Qinyu suddenly dropped the teacup in his hand.

With a "bang", the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and the hot tea that had just been brewed also spilled all over the floor.

"How far can he escape alone? He must be hiding somewhere in the mansion. Go search for him and make sure to catch him."

Lei Qinyu gave instructions to everyone with a serious face.

Lei Qinyu's right eyelid kept twitching and he felt very uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen.

"Yes, my lord."

After saying that, everyone in the Lei Mansion joined in the search for Xu Yingying.

Lei Qinyu led everyone to turn the Lei Mansion upside down but still couldn't find Xu Yingying.

Suddenly, Lei Qinyu slapped his head as if he had thought of something and said, "Could Xu Yingying be...sent by Li Siqi? Li Siqi just left and Xu Yingying disappeared too. You said that the two of them have no connection, which is definitely impossible."

Lei Qinyu said firmly.

When Lei Qinyu thought about what he had wanted to do to Xu Yingying, he panicked. Would Li Siqi hate him for this? Or would he attack him?

Lei Qinyu couldn't sleep or eat when he thought about this. After thinking it over again and again, he decided to send a message to Crown Prince Li Siming and Imperial Noble Consort. After all, it was well known that Li Siming and Li Siqi were not on good terms.

Moreover, Lei Qinyu is considered as Li Siming's "henchman", so it is impossible for them not to help him.

Sure enough, the message sent to the Imperial Concubine received a reply the next day.

But Lei Qinyu almost couldn't stand after taking a look at the contents of the letter.

In the letter, the Imperial Concubine actually asked Lei Qinyu to kill Li Siqi.

Li Siqi was a prince after all. Even if he was out of favor and died in a county, the emperor would not ignore the matter. He would definitely send the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation.

When he thought of this, Lei Qinyu couldn't help but shudder all over.

He is now in a dilemma. If he had known earlier, he would not have sent this letter for help to the Imperial Concubine.

At this time, Lei Qinyu had already regretted his decision, but unfortunately there was no regret medicine in the world, and the Imperial Noble Concubine had already given an order. If Lei Qinyu did not complete it, he would be going against the Imperial Noble Concubine.