Transmigrating into a Man's Wife: I Share the Pain with the Male Protagonist

"What's wrong?" Li Mofu asked in confusion.

"I don't know the details, but the Imperial Guards came to our house and said they wanted to search for us." Lu Mingyun frowned and said, "Come with me quickly. Stand behind us and be smart when we count the heads."

Li Mofu's first reaction was that the emperor was crazy, actually coming to the Marquis's residence to arrest someone so openly, "Hey, are they here to arrest me?"

"No, father told us not to worry and just cooperate with the Royal Guards to find him." Lu Mingyun said as he took the cloak from Guozi and put it on Li Mofu.

"What about my cats..." Li Mofu instinctively didn't want to leave the two cats alone in the house. Since they were looking for someone, it meant that someone would have to enter their house. What if someone beat the two cats?

"It's okay, sir. They are all asleep in the basket. I will just carry them to the front hall." Guozi said.

"Okay, come with me quickly." Lu Mingyun pulled Li Mofu's arm without relaxing his brows, and then led his men out of Jingxiangyuan.

It should be after midnight now, and the night was very cold. Li Mofu followed Lu Mingyun in confusion and panic as he hurried to the front yard of the Marquis' Mansion. In addition to them, Guozi, Mo Yi, and Nanny Liang also followed.

When Li Mofu arrived at the open space in front of the front hall, panting, he found that many people had already come here. Those standing on the open space should be the servants of the Marquis' Mansion, while those sitting in the hall were the masters of the Marquis' Mansion.

However, the most eye-catching thing was probably the fire outside the wall. Standing by the gate were two royal guards in armor. Li Mofu only dared to take a few glances before following them into the hall.

Unexpectedly, there would come a day when the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion would be surrounded by the imperial guards.

"Don't be nervous, they are not looking for us." Wang Ruiyan walked over and whispered after seeing Li Mofu come in.

Li Mofu first breathed a sigh of relief, then became confused. If he wasn't looking for them, then who was he looking for?

"Just follow Wang Ruiyan. You don't have to say anything when they count the heads. Just stand aside quietly. Got it?" Lu Mingyun whispered in Li Mofu's ear.

Li Mofu nodded. He was not stupid, so he naturally didn't want to talk if he could.

In the hall, the old lady was also feeling a little uneasy, her tired eyes occasionally glancing at the imperial guards guarding the door. But Marquis Wu'an was calmer. He took two sips of hot tea and asked, "Is everyone here?"

"Master, everything is here," said the butler.

"Let them come in and check, and then get out of here as soon as they're done." Marquis Wu'an spoke in a loud voice, and the two imperial guards standing at the door could definitely hear it.

The chief steward went to ask for help. The two imperial guards looked at each other and came to the hall to say a few polite words. After all, the search was the emperor's order, but they were the ones who were hated.

Marquis Wu'an just waved his hand and told them to hurry up and look for it. It was so late and the old lady couldn't stand it any longer.

The two imperial guards called the guards outside to come in with lanterns and asked them to search the courtyard of the marquis's mansion with a map, while they stayed behind to count the heads.

Li Mofu, Wang Ruiyan, and the Lu brothers were all standing. Only Marquis Wu'an and the old lady were sitting. One of the imperial guards asked who Li Mofu was. Lu Mingyun said he was from his room, so the imperial guard stopped asking.

"Excuse me, where is Madam Lin?" asked another imperial guard.

"My mother is ill and has become a little manic. I was afraid that she would have an attack because of so many people around, so I let her stay alone in the next hall." Lu Fengning said calmly and without anger.

The imperial guard asked Lu Fengning to take him to have a look, while the other imperial guard saluted and went to count the heads of the servants.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Lu Fengning and the imperial guard came back. Li Mofu also saw a few more scratches on the imperial guard's face, which seemed to be caused by the crazy Lin.

The servants stood separately, one courtyard at a time, for the imperial guards to count. It didn't take long to count them all, and there were neither too many nor too few.

When he heard this, Li Mofu blinked his eyes, and suddenly remembered what Lu Mingyun had told him before about Marquis Wu'an's "beauty in a golden house". Now it happened that the emperor was looking for someone. Could it be that Marquis Wu'an and the emperor were fighting over someone?

But that shouldn't be possible. Marquis Wu'an often goes to the palace to discuss the way of cultivating immortals with the emperor these days. How could he have any other mood to think about this?

The two imperial guards nodded and saluted, then returned to the doorway and stood there like two stone statues. It was so cold that some of the servants couldn't stand it anymore and started to huddle together, while some who were farther away even whispered to each other.

During this time, Li Mofu stood next to Wang Ruiyan, looking around but not saying a word. Wang Ruiyan looked at him several times without saying anything.

Nearly an hour later, the other imperial guards came out holding torches. The two imperial guards standing at the door listened to the report and walked in and said a few offensive words.

"I've offended you, and I've investigated everything. Now can you tell me what Your Majesty is looking for?" Marquis Wu'an asked angrily.

The two leading imperial guards looked at each other, and finally said, "Actually, the immortal in the palace has disappeared. His Majesty suspects that the immortal did not leave on his own but was taken away. That's why he got furious and closed the city gates to find the person who took the immortal away."

"Gone?" Wu Anhou asked in surprise, "Do you know who took it away?"

"......I don't know. We are only here to search on orders. We are sorry for offending you. We hope Marquis Wu'an will forgive us." said the leading imperial guard.

Wu Anhou didn't ask any more questions, but waved his hand and said, "Forget it, my mother is tired too, you guys should leave quickly."

Soon, the royal guards left with heavy and orderly steps, and the servants stood there waiting for their masters to leave before they could leave.

"I will help my mother go back. You guys stop talking and go back to sleep." Wu Anhou did not give everyone a chance to discuss, he stood up and said.

After Wu Anhou and the old lady left, they immediately looked at each other. They all saw various thoughts in each other's eyes, but due to the principle that walls have ears, they still dispersed. That night, Lu Mingyun did not return to his own courtyard, but ran to sleep in Li Mofu's courtyard.