Chapter 28: Peeping
Looking at Leng Jiangbo's back, Wan Houliang said viciously: "This man is too black-hearted and not a person who can achieve great things." He turned to order Song Zihao: "From today on, you must closely monitor Leng Jiangbo."
"Yes!" Song Zhihao replied solemnly.
"How's Mrs. Zhou's second wife doing?"
"Everything is going according to your plan."
Wan Houliang nodded slightly, "Mm, very good, we need to speed up the progress." He continued to instruct: "It seems that the Zhou family really has a secret! But what is this secret after all? Tonight you must bring people to the Zhou Mansion to investigate and see if you can get any news, maybe there will be some unexpected gains. Be careful not to startle the snake in the grass, understand?"
Song Zihao bowed and said, "Ah!" Just about to step down, he saw Old Man Wan suddenly startled, his face sinking, Song Zihao immediately understood, re-answering: "Yes", stepping back...
It was just past the third watch, and Song Zihao brought one person to sneak into the Zhou Mansion under the cover of darkness. Compared to others who entered the Zhou Mansion at midnight, he should be the most unfamiliar. Fortunately, before this, he managed to get a map of the Zhou Mansion and studied it carefully.
The night was already very deep, and the Zhou residence was quiet. The lights in the courtyard were still on, but most of the houses had long been extinguished, with only a few still shining through. He decided to go to the house of Master Zhou first to see what was going on, but he couldn't determine which room belonged to Zhou Shiming. He came to several darkened rooms one after another, listening carefully, and except for the sound of snoring and talking in his sleep, he couldn't get any other information.
In the courtyard of a house in the northeast corner, a bright light attracted him. He led his men to sneak into the front of the house and listened carefully. Seeing no movement, he used his saliva to gently break the window paper and looked inside with the weak light. Several candles were burning silently in different corners of the room. On the high bed with the mosquito net lifted, a woman in her mid-30s was reclining against the pillow, smoking... Song Zihao recognized this woman because he had seen her before and had dealings with her. He also recognized the pipe in her hand because it was something he had given to her personally. This woman was Jiang Yuxin, the second wife of the Zhou family. Seeing that the second wife had become infatuated with the thing he gave her, Song Zihao felt a great sense of accomplishment. He felt that his efforts had finally paid off...
As soon as Song Zhihao walked out of the second wife's courtyard, he came to another courtyard with bright lights. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he faintly heard the playful voices of two people inside the house. He quietly used his saliva to break through the window paper and looked inside, only to see that the room was elegantly decorated, not like a servant's room. Against the wall stood a wide ivory bed, covered with light gauze, and through the gauze, one could faintly see a man and woman frolicking together...
The girl was around twenty years old, with a slender figure, a melon-shaped face, and pale pink clothes that wrapped her body, revealing the beautiful lines of her neck and the clear outline of her collarbone. Her three thousand black hairs were tied up with a hairband, with a butterfly pin inserted in her hair, and a strand of black hair hanging down on her chest. The faintly visible red lips on both sides of her cheeks created an impression of delicate beauty like flower petals... The man was combing the woman's hairstyle, with a slender figure, wearing only his upper body, although the light was dim, but one could still see the healthy muscles on his chest, and when he spoke, he had a feminine tone...
"The damned thing! How could it be so unscrupulous? If the master and others in the mansion find out, our lives will be forfeit!"
That man said in a milky voice: "Don't worry, except for the gods, no one will know. The old man has fallen asleep early and doesn't even know which slut's bed he is lying in at this moment."
The man had just finished speaking when he suddenly lifted the beautiful woman's skirt and buried his head in it. Song Zihao and the others were outside the door, but they could still see that she was wearing nothing under her skirt... The man was rummaging around the woman's body with his mouth like a pig searching for food...
At this time, the lights in the house suddenly went out. After a series of heavy gasps, a low sobbing sound came from inside.
"How are you crying again? Don't you want to be with me?" The man asked in a soft and gentle voice.
The girl didn't speak and continued sobbing.
"I know you're suffering, but I think this life will soon pass. Once we've completed the task given to us by our elders, I'll take you far away." The man continued to comfort the woman.
"Alas, when will this come to an end?! I was forced to marry into the Zhou family, thinking that I could quickly gain the old man's favor. But the old man's mouth is as if sealed with a stamp, never willing to reveal even half a useful word. And now, the old man comes less and less often, we have no way of getting any secrets out of him. At this rate, how are we supposed to complete the task given to us by our superior?! Every day, I still have to watch my step in front of so many people, this kind of life is really unbearable!" The woman finished speaking, and another sigh was heard.
"With me by your side, all difficulties will pass. Once we complete the task, we'll get a large sum of money and have good days ahead!" The man seemed to be lost in fantasy.
"We can't do this again in the future. If we're really found out, the consequences will be unthinkable!" The woman said with a quiver.
"Don't worry, it's fine. Let's just have some fun first." The moans of men and women continued to echo from inside the house.
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Song Zhihao and his men listened from outside the window, he had already understood the relationship and purpose of the couple inside, thinking to himself: So they are also here for the Zhou family's secret just like me, it seems that there are not a few people spying on the Zhou family's secrets.
He felt that listening any longer would be pointless, so he poked his hand downwards and waved it, indicating that they should leave. His subordinates understood Song Zihao's intention, although they were reluctant to leave, but had no choice but to follow him away.
"This pair of adulterers almost delayed our main event. However, we need to carefully identify their faces, this pair of thieves, we have already grasped their secrets, who knows when they might come in handy again. Let's go, we'll take a look at that place called Ransom Garden." Song Zhihao said quietly to his subordinates as he walked.
They arrived near the Redemption Garden, and suddenly heard the sound of "ding ding dang dang", as if someone was practicing martial arts or fighting. He thought: Is there really someone inside? Who is still inside so late at night? But when he approached the gate of the Redemption Garden, the sound stopped. He became even more curious, and quietly asked his subordinates: "Did you hear any sounds coming from inside just now?"
"It seems I've heard something." The subordinate said with a quivering voice.
"How did the sound disappear? Did we hear it wrong?"
He shook his head and didn't dare to confirm.
Two people flew into the garden, just like others had encountered, hearing "wailing" ghostly cries everywhere, and the wall murals were menacing, making the two of them shudder... When they approached the ancestral tablet in the Zhou family's shrine, the two inadvertently triggered a mechanism, shooting out several cold arrows, killing Song Zihao on the spot. At the same time, an eerie laughter like "hahaha..." came from somewhere unknown. Song Zihao was so frightened that he carried the corpse and fled hastily, but he couldn't find the exit no matter what, and ended up climbing onto the roof, jumping around for a long time before finally escaping the Zhou mansion...
Even he, a man who never believed in ghosts and gods, was so frightened that he fell seriously ill after returning home...
