Chapter 42: The Arrogant and Daring Thief (3)

Su Bowu gave Su Jingyu a cold look and said in a frigid voice, "Go in and search!"

"Father!" Su Jingyu looked dazed and at a loss. What heavenly spirit water? What treasure map? He had absolutely no idea about any of it, okay?

"Men, seize Su Jingyu!" Su Bowu's face was ashen, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"Father!" A flicker of fear flashed through Su Jingyu's eyes.

Su Zian looked at Su Jingyu coldly and said painfully, "The truth cannot be faked, and the fake cannot be true. If it is proven that you are innocent, no one will wrong you."

After saying that, he raised his hand with an air of majesty: "Go in and search!"

With the command given, a team of more than twenty Guards swarmed in, quickly dispersing to every room in the Qiankun Courtyard to conduct a thorough search.

Su Zian and Su Bowu were not idle either; their eyes scanned the entire courtyard like lightning, deeply afraid of missing even a shred of information.

After searching the perimeter, Su Zian followed the Guards into the inner chambers.

They searched through once, but found nothing.

A complex expression flickered in Su Zian's eyes; he was both relieved that the matter might have nothing to do with his son, and frustrated at being unable to find a single clue.

However, just at that moment, a Guard suddenly shouted, "What is that?"

His finger was pointing directly under the bed, where a faint black shadow was faintly visible under the dim light. (ye yan)

"Bring it out and let's see!" Su Zian's face instantly turned ashen.

Having received the order, the Guard quickly crawled onto the floor, reached out, and pulled the bundle of things out.

"This is…" Seeing the bundle of black night-traveling clothes, Su Zian's face instantly turned as black as the clothes themselves, so dark that his original features were almost unrecognizable.

At this moment, his head was buzzing; he felt more devastated than if he had lost a battle.

He never expected that this search would actually turn something up…

His gaze shifted downward, and he actually saw a familiar small wooden box.

In an instant, the faces of both Su Zian and Su Bowu turned pale.

Because they both recognized it; this small box was the one used to store the heavenly spirit water.

But now, the box was empty. Forget the heavenly spirit water, even the treasure map that had been pressed at the bottom had vanished without a trace.

Su Zian's eyes stared at Su Jingyu like a venomous snake. He grabbed him by the throat and roared loudly, "You unfilial son! Speak quickly, where did the heavenly spirit water go? And the treasure map? Speak!!"

At this point, all the evidence and all the coincidences pointed towards Su Jingyu, leaving him unable to defend himself or deny the accusations.

Su Jingyu was extremely innocent and very confused: "Father, what are you talking about? What heavenly spirit water? What treasure map?" Why did he recognize every word individually, but couldn't understand them when put together?

"Still playing dumb with me? Speak! Where is the heavenly spirit water? Did you drink it? Speak now, or I'll choke you to death!" This time, Su Zian was truly enraged.

That heavenly spirit water was a treasure for advancing. The Old Man had intended to use it when he attempted to break through to the Seventh Rank, but while it was being stored, it was actually stolen!

If the Old Man could reach the Seventh Rank, then their Su Residence would truly leap forward and become the number one family in the Dongling Kingdom.

But now, it was gone… everything was gone. He didn't even know if the Old Man would cough up blood from anger after coming out of seclusion.

"Father… I really don't know, I really didn't steal it!" Su Jingyu cried out, claiming he was being wronged.

In fact, he was indeed wronged, but who told him to offend the petty Su Luo before?