Chapter 58

Rong Xi asked expressionlessly, "How did you find out?"

"This one was careless. Please forgive me, Lord Rong." Feng Shan's face was filled with shame. "The thieves drugged the guards unconscious before entering the residence."

Fortunately, they had not dared act too brazenly and had only sent one person. Had there been more, by the time he returned, Lord Rong would surely have already met with disaster.

Rong Xi looked at Liu Zishi. "Why did the nephew of the rouge shop owner act this way?"

The young Liu boy lowered his head in shame. "Punish me, my lord. He came to visit relatives a few days ago. I had never met him before, either."

That day on the street, he had knocked the man to the ground. After apologizing, the man asked how to get to the rouge shop, and Liu Zishi had kindly led him there.

They had chatted a little on the way and learned each other's identities.

Who could have expected it to be a trap?

Rong Xi shook his head. "I, too, was careless. It has nothing to do with you. Master Feng, are the guards' lives in danger?"

"Rest easy, Lord Rong. They are merely unconscious." Feng Shan said thankfully, "Fortunately, the prince had Magistrate Shen impose strict martial law earlier. Otherwise, there would have been even more thieves."

Rong Xi had only pretended to be calm just now. Now that the danger had passed, he felt cold sweat soaking through the clothes on his back.

The hand holding the crossbow trembled faintly. He turned and said, "Sorry for the trouble, Master Feng. Please send someone to fetch a physician."

"I shall go at once."

Though it had been a false alarm, Rong Xi still felt lingering fear after returning to his bedroom and sitting