Chapter 224: Sister Goes Missing

Inside the room, it was pitch black.

Su Qingling had just led him into the room when a series of urgent knocks suddenly came from downstairs.

Then, Xiaohuan's anxious voice came: "Young Master! Young Master!"

Luo Zijun's expression changed, and he immediately said, "Senior Sister, let go quickly, something might have happened at home!"

Su Qingling let go of her hand.

Luo Zijun hurriedly ran out of the room and went downstairs.

He had previously instructed Xiaohuan that if he were not at home and there was an emergency, she should come here to find him.

Now, in the middle of the night, for that girl to come suddenly, something must have happened.

"Creak..."

The shop door opened.

After Xiaohuan saw him, she said with a sobbing tone, "The Mistress is missing. She went out this afternoon and hasn't returned yet."

Luo Zijun's heart skipped a beat: "My sister?"

Xiaohuan said, "Yes, the Su Guo Fu sent someone to notify us. The Master has already taken people out to search, but they haven't found her yet..."

"Let's go! Tell me on the way!"

Luo Zijun grabbed her and went out the door.

On the street, a carriage from the Anguo Mansion was waiting there.

The two of them immediately boarded the carriage.

Xiaohuan had only received the news that evening, so she did not know much.

Along the way, Luo Zijun's hands were trembling.

His sister would never stay out this late for no reason; they had no other relatives in Lin'an City, so the only possibility was that something had happened.

Thinking of what happened when they first met last time, his heart grew even more fearful.

The carriage soon returned to the Anguo Mansion.

Bai Qingtong came over to comfort him: "We have already sent people out to search; both the Outer City and the Inner City are being searched, and Father has also gone to notify the patrols of the Outer and Inner Cities to help look. However, there is no news for the time being."

Luo Zijun's expression shifted.

After a while, he suddenly said in a cold voice, "I am going to the Jia Mansion."

If his sister had met with misfortune, the one with the greatest suspicion was naturally Lai Da of the Jia Mansion.

Even if he couldn't find any evidence by going there now, he still had to go and take a look; he could not just do nothing and keep waiting at home.

"Brother-in-law, I will go with you."

Bai Qingtong did not hesitate at all and immediately followed behind.

Just as the two of them left the house and were about to board the carriage, a guard suddenly rode back in a hurry and reported, "Third Miss, the person has been found. Guard Li is currently bringing the Mistress back on the way."

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Zijun was immediately overjoyed, but then he hurriedly asked, "How is she? Is she injured?"

The guard said, "She is only unconscious, nothing serious."

Luo Zijun's expression changed, and he asked again, "Do you know where she was found?"

The guard thought for a moment and said, "In the Outer City on Yangliu Street, in a small alley. That alley is called..."

"Chunfeng Lane?"

Luo Zijun's face suddenly turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly.

The guard's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, that's right, it is Chunfeng Lane."

Then he asked suspiciously, "How did Young Master Luo know?"

Luo Zijun did not speak again; the fist in his sleeve slowly tightened, his eyes gradually turning red, and his gaze held both fear and hatred.

How did he know?

Because his sister, who was pregnant at the time, was the one who had been brutally beaten by people sent by Lai Da in that very alley, causing the child in her womb to die...

Tonight, his sister had met with trouble there again.

Clearly, the other party was warning him!

Not long after.

A group of guards escorted the carriage as it drove in from the street outside and stopped at the entrance of the Anguo Mansion.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and Li Zhengshan helped Luo Jiaorong out of the carriage.

Luo Zijun immediately went up to meet them and asked with a trembling voice, "Sister, how are you?"

Luo Jiaorong forced a smile on her face and comforted him, "I'm fine, don't worry, I was just knocked unconscious by someone."

Li Zhengshan also said, "Zijun, it's nothing major. She probably encountered robbers. Aside from being hit on the head, your sister is not injured anywhere else."

Luo Zijun exchanged a look with him and nodded. Without asking further, he reached out to help his sister off the carriage and said, "I will take you both back."

Li Zhengshan nodded, then cupped his hands toward Bai Qingtong and said, "Third Miss, thank you for tonight, sorry for the trouble."

Bai Qingtong said, "We are family, no need for formalities. Quickly take your sister back to rest."

Then she instructed the others, "Everyone else can disperse."

Luo Zijun and Li Zhengshan helped Luo Jiaorong back to the Su Guo Fu.

As soon as they entered the small courtyard, Li Zhengshan closed the door. His face turned pale, and he said with a trembling voice, "Zijun, do you know where I found your sister?"

Luo Jiaorong hurriedly tried to stop him with a trembling voice: "Zhengshan, don't say it."

Li Zhengshan said angrily, "Zijun is already grown up, what else is there that cannot be said?"

Luo Zijun's expression had already returned to calm, and he said, "Sister, Brother-in-law, I already know. Yangliu Street, Chunfeng Lane; that was where Sister met with trouble back then."

Luo Jiaorong's eyes turned red and filled with tears, and she said with a choked voice, "It's my fault... I shouldn't have trusted others so easily..."

Luo Zijun asked, "What was the sequence of events? Sister, tell me." Luo Jiaorong wiped her tears and said, "During the day today, I went out to buy things and met an old woman. She took the initiative to greet me, saying she knew me, and even mentioned some of our neighbors. Then she said that your Aunt Lanhua had suddenly passed away and that they were holding a memorial service today, inviting me to go burn some paper. I thought about how I used to have a good relationship with Aunt Lanhua, so I got into the carriage with her..."

"Who would have thought that after getting off the carriage, she asked me to wait by the street while she went to buy something, and then she vanished. At that moment, someone approached me, I smelled a fragrance, and then I fainted... When I woke up, I saw your brother-in-law..."

"That was when I discovered I was lying in a pile of trash in Chunfeng Lane..."

Speaking to this point, she suddenly coughed a few times, clutched her stomach, and with a "Wah" sound, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Luo Zijun was startled and said in a panic, "Sister, what is wrong with you?"

Luo Jiaorong shook her head and comforted him, "I... I am fine."

Li Zhengshan stood to the side with red eyes and said, "Your sister was kicked in the stomach again... kicked hard. Lai Da, it must be that beast Lai Da!"

The muscles on Luo Zijun's face twitched; he tried his best to steady his emotions, held his sister's hand, and took her pulse.

Luo Jiaorong gave a bitter smile and said, "It is nothing serious. On the way back just now, I already had a doctor look at it; he said to take some medicine and rest for half a month and I will be fine."

Luo Zijun let go of her hand and did not speak again.

Li Zhengshan, however, was deathly pale, his body trembling, his angry eyes bloodshot.

!

Luo Zijun said softly to comfort him, "Brother-in-law, it is alright. I will go ask my master tomorrow and have him help me request some medicinal pills. My master knows a grandmaster alchemist; he should be able to prescribe the right medicine."

Li Zhengshan's eyes brimmed with tears, and he did not speak again.

Luo Zijun offered a few more words of comfort, told his sister to return to her room early to rest, and then took his leave.

After exiting the small courtyard, his expression became extremely dark and terrifying.

His sister had not been pregnant for so many years, and he had suspected it was related to that miscarriage from the attack; tonight she had been kicked hard in the stomach again, causing internal bleeding—he feared she would never be able to conceive again...

This deep blood feud, he must avenge it!

After returning to Anguo Mansion, Bai Qingtong came to Junzi Residence again, spoke with him for a while, and told him that if his sister went out again in the future, guards would follow her.

After thanking her, Luo Zijun asked her to help investigate all of the Lai family's businesses.

Bai Qingtong agreed and then left.

Luo Zijun thought about things alone in the small courtyard; Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan both stood in the corridor, not daring to come over to disturb him.

The small door on the wall opened, and when Fenfen prepared to come over, she saw the looks in Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan's eyes, so she had to leave and quietly closed the small door.

Luo Zijun stayed in the small courtyard for a while, then returned to his room.

He first practiced the Inner Cultivation Method for an hour, then performed Soul Out-of-Body and began to continue Soul Refining.

Now that his soul was slightly stronger, he no longer possessed a black cat to practice, but practiced alone.

This consumed Soul Power faster, and the time spent out of his body was shorter, but the effect was better.

Just as he was bathing in the moonlight on the roof, letting the cold wind temper his soul, he suddenly saw a familiar white phantom appear in the garden behind.

That soul that often possessed the white cat!

Luo Zijun immediately drifted over.

However, when he arrived at the garden, he suddenly discovered that the white shadow had strangely vanished.

He had clearly seen the other party in this garden just now, and they had not left.

Whether it was passing through a wall or jumping over a wall to leave, he would have been able to see it.

He felt suspicious and searched everywhere.

But after searching the entire garden, he did not see the other party's figure.

His gaze suddenly turned toward the ground.

Could it have burrowed into the Diyuan?

This thought suddenly popped into his mind; immediately, he tried to dive toward the ground, yet the ground seemed to have a layer of powerful barrier, preventing him from entering.

Strange, where did that white shadow go?

He tried a few more times, had no choice but to give up, took one more look around, did not waste any more time, flew over the courtyard wall to leave, and continued his practice.

At the same time.

That white shadow had already burrowed into the Diyuan, walked across that stone bridge again, and entered the Ghost Realm.

The next day.

Luo Zijun woke up early, washed up, and went out.

Just as he left the small courtyard, he saw Bai Third Miss wearing a cyan-green dress, bringing Hua'er, waiting outside.

"Is Brother-in-law going to Jia Mansion? I said last time that I would accompany you."

Bai Qingtong smiled slightly.

Luo Zijun glanced at her and did not decline, saying, "Third Miss accompanying me is fine; you do not need to say anything or do anything. I just want to speak with Lai Da alone."

Bai Qingtong looked at him with a complex expression, nodded, and said, "Alright."

The two of them left together.

Apart from Hua'er following them, they did not bring any guards.

The carriage was already waiting outside.

The two boarded the carriage, and there was no conversation along the way.

When they arrived in front of Rongguo Mansion, Bai Qingtong could not help but speak up, "Brother-in-law, there is no evidence for last night's incident; Brother-in-law, remember to hold back for now."

Luo Zijun smiled faintly and said, "Third Miss, rest assured, I am not that impulsive. After all, it is a Duke's mansion, and after all, it is under the protection of the Noble Consort."

Bai Qingtong did not say anything more.

The two got off the carriage together and walked up the steps of Rongguo Mansion.

Servants had already seen the Bai Mansion carriage and had hurriedly gone inside to report.

Not long after.

Jia Tanchun brought people out to welcome them.

(End of this chapter)