After sending Bai Shao away, quickly get him up.

Ying Yi wasn't sure what her intentions were, so he didn't press her for details. Gradually, he realized that the girl seemed to be doing this on purpose, and he felt a sense of gratitude towards her.

That day, Xiao Yunying was idly drawing at the table to pass the time when Ying Yi suddenly said to her, "Miss Xiao, thank you."

Xiao Yunying put down her brush and stretched: "What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you, young lady, for sparing my brother's life and for giving him this opportunity to enlighten him."

"You figured it out?" Xiao Yunying stroked her chin thoughtfully. "Oh no, did Feng Yi figure it out too?"

A hint of worry flickered in Ying Yi's eyes: "My master isn't so easily fooled."

"Yes, your master is the most cunning, ruthless, and cold-hearted person I have ever met."

She realized what she had said as soon as she finished speaking: "Oh my god, what if someone hears us?"

Ying Yi said, "There is no one else around."

“That’s true, otherwise you wouldn’t dare to chat with me.” Xiao Yunying looked at his legs and said, “How are your knees? Kneeling for these past few days must have been painful.”

"It's alright, it's just kneeling on flat ground for a while. In the past, the lightest punishment we received was kneeling on broken porcelain shards."

Xiao Yunying couldn't bear to even imagine it: "Why would you stay with a master like that?"

Ying Yi lowered his head and didn't speak. Xiao Yunying pouted and said, "I'm telling you, if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your brother. He's still so young. Do you really want Feng Yi to raise him to be a bad person? It would be better if he became a bad person. What if he loses his life on a mission one day?"

A struggle flashed in Ying Yi's eyes, and after a long while she finally spoke, "If you ever manage to escape, young lady, could you take my younger brother with you?"

Xiao Yunying suddenly became wary: "Kid, you're not here to trick me into talking for your master, are you? I don't think you're that kind of person. You seem quite reliable. I haven't harmed you, so you can't betray me."

Ying Yi's eyes showed even more struggle, but finally she seemed to have made up her mind: "We were kidnapped by him. If it weren't for my brother, I wouldn't be here. If you are willing to help take my brother away from here, I can tell you about a place where treasure is buried."

Treasure?

These two words piqued Xiao Yunying's interest.

"What treasure?"

"Have you ever heard of Zhou Ding, the most notorious traitor of the previous dynasty?"

Xiao Yunying shook her head: "I don't know him."

She doesn't even know who the officials of this dynasty are, so how could she know about the officials of the previous dynasty?

Ying Yi: "...In the previous dynasty, there was a prime minister whose power was immense. He was truly second only to the emperor. During his tenure, he amassed countless gold and silver treasures, enough to fill several national treasuries."

Xiao Yunying asked curiously, "Are you a descendant of Zhou Ding?"

"...No, that's not it. However, my ancestors were stewards in Zhou Ding's household. When his family was raided, the ancestor who was the steward sensed something was wrong and secretly took his wife and children and fled the capital. They came here to find refuge on this isolated island. Several years later, when the matter had completely subsided, they dared to come ashore to live."