"Let's talk about it when we get upstairs." Xiong Er couldn't figure it out and didn't bother to think about it anymore. He walked into the inn, and Jian Ning followed him in. As he went upstairs, he said, "Good news. The emperor asked me to tell Madam Jian to relax. I promise to return the girl to her in one piece."

Upon hearing this, Jian Ning paused, turned sideways, and said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go to the palace to pick him up. We also need to retrieve Old Man Song's body so he can rest in peace. Wait, I'll go get Huo Jincheng to come down."

As she spoke, she ran upstairs. Xiong Er hurried after her, saying, "No hurry. We still have to wait here for Old Gouzi to come. We can leave after he arrives."

"You are talking about, that..." Jane Ning's mind flashed with the image of Suo Wenzhen, the man with a hooked nose and a bad face who was mistaken for Monk Sha by Sanniu.

"Isn't it him? He's a wizard, and the emperor orders everything to be done according to him." Xiong Er chuckled.

A wizard? Jian Ning suddenly remembered that not long after returning from the battle in Jin County, the butcher came to report that a seemingly bad guy was wandering around Banpo. At that time, she suspected that it was the shopkeeper Wang who was pretending to be General Geng and sent another assassin.

No wonder Pei Xiyuan and the others later came to Dingxian Village. It seemed that Hooked Nose had used witchcraft to track them down. Jian Ning remembered that the butcher said he had asked for water to drink. He also remembered that Meixiang often went to the river to wash clothes. It was estimated that Suo Wen had been sent by the butcher to drink water by the river when he ran into Meixiang.

As for how Suo Wenzhen recognized Meixiang as Pei Xiyuan's niece, Jian Ning didn't care about it. She just reminded herself to be alert to insects appearing around her in the future, as they might be spies sent by some wizard or sorcerer.

In modern times, we have surveillance and electronic trackers. Although ancient technology was not well developed, people could use insects and all living things for tracking. No matter which time and space, each has its own unique law of survival, which can only be attributed to the mystery of the universe.

No matter whether it is advanced or backward, there will always be corresponding products.

When Jian Ning led Xiong Er into Huo Jincheng's room, she glanced at Baicaojian. The baby rhinoceros beetle (two-pronged rhinoceros beetle) that Mi Li's grandmother gave her was quietly clinging to the trunk of the apple tree. Jian Ning saw with her own eyes that Mi Li's grandmother held the mother rhinoceros beetle in her palm, muttering to it, then put down the mother beetle and saw it crawl to the side of the baby beetle. After moving its tentacles a few times, Mi Li's grandmother said it was done.

Mi Li's grandmother asked her to throw the child Gu into the palace, saying that through Jian Ning's description of Qinglian, she had relayed all the characteristics of Qinglian to the mother Gu, and the mother Gu informed the child Gu, and as long as the child Gu entered the palace, he would find Qinglian.

When the baby Gu sees the green lotus, the mother Gu can sense whether it is dead or alive.

Jane Ning had witnessed the magic of witchcraft from Yuechan and her sister. She was a special police officer and had rolled around in the tropical jungle in her previous life. She was not afraid of these reptiles and poisonous insects, but she was not very willing to touch them actively. So she thought of going back to the inn for a walk.

First, he wanted to see if Xiong Er had come and what Pei Xiyuan's response would be. Second, he wanted Huo Jincheng and the others to throw the rhinoceros beetle into the palace. He didn't expect to run into Xiong Er as soon as he got out of the Baicaojian room when he returned to the inn. He also brought good news: the rhinoceros beetle was of no use for the time being.

Suo Wenzheng arrived quickly. He was a wizard who had lived in the palace's wizard academy, similar to the Imperial Hospital in the Central Plains Palace. He had been a minor wizard there. Concubine Li hadn't been favored, but even then, she was still the master of the Yue Kingdom Palace. She had helped Suo Wenzheng, and he was completely loyal to her and Pei Xiyuan.

Pei Xiyuan became the emperor, and his status in the Wizard Academy soared. He came here with an air of arrogance and pride, standing proudly in the lobby after entering the inn. The two eunuchs who came with him also took advantage of their status, one of them shouting at the innkeeper, "Master Suo is here, why don't you go and inform them? Are you just waiting for a reward?"

Just as the waiter was about to move, he was grabbed by the shop owner, who went upstairs himself and happily invited Xiong Er, Jian Ning and the others down.

Suo Wenzhen has always disliked Jian Ning. When he saw Xiong Er coming down with her, he suddenly remembered the day when Xiong Er brought people to enter the inn before them. He couldn't help but glare at Xiong Er. It turned out that Xiong Er knew that Jian Ning lived in this inn and was preventing him from doing something bad to Jian Ning!

"You old bastard, why are you glaring at me for no reason?" Yuji didn't tolerate him and glared back at him immediately.

Xiong Er only admires people who have real skills in fighting with real swords and guns. In his opinion, the things that wizards and sorcerers tinker with are not up to standard, and he is not happy about them.

Suo Wenzheng knew that he was a straightforward person, so he didn't bother to argue with him. He glanced gloomily at Jian Ning and Huo Jincheng, as well as Xu Dali who was following behind, and Tong Bajin, who had also changed into Yue Kingdom clothing. He said coldly, "The emperor has ordered me to tell you that after we come out, please leave early tomorrow morning and don't stay here unless necessary."

"Who are you talking to?" Huo Jincheng stepped forward. His father was the first top scholar after the restoration of the imperial examination in Dayan Dynasty, and his mother, Madam Huo, was a famous noble lady in the capital. It could be said that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Huo Jincheng's noble temperament has long been deeply ingrained in his bones. With every gesture, the nobility of a wealthy family naturally flows out. He has an imposing aura, how can Suo Wenzheng compare to him?

"This is Princess An Ning of our Great Banquet Dynasty. You are just a small wizard from the Moon Kingdom. How dare you not show courtesy to our princess?"

Jian Ning also acted as if she was ready to accept his gift. Although they were asking someone to do something for them, she couldn't stand Suo Wen Zheng's arrogance. When they went abroad, they represented Dayan Dynasty. Not to mention that she was a princess personally appointed by the late emperor, even if she was just the wife of a county magistrate in Dayan Dynasty, there was no reason for her to be looked down upon by him.

What's more, he was here to do things for them under the emperor's order, so she didn't have to worry that he would disobey the order.

"Old Gou, you are wrong. Madam Jian is the emperor's savior. I, Xiong Er, always salute her respectfully when I see her. Why don't you salute?" Xiong Er didn't mind that Suo Wen Zheng had glared at him before, but he couldn't agree that Suo Wen Zheng was disrespectful to Pei Xiyuan's savior.

"And you two bastards!" Xiong Er started cursing at the two eunuchs. He walked around behind them and kicked each of them. "Who gave you the courage? You still stand up straight in front of your grandfather, Xiong Er. Do you believe that your grandfather will beat you?"

He pretended to raise the whip in his hand. The two eunuchs had a high status in the palace. Although they were resentful, Xiong Er was a general that the emperor relied on. They did not dare to take advantage of their status as eunuchs and paid their respects to Jian Ning obediently.

"Greetings to Princess An Ning." Suo Wen's face was so gloomy that water could be squeezed out of it. He placed one hand across his chest and saluted Jian Ning according to the etiquette of the Yue people.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Jian Ning saw hostility in his eyes and was wary of him. After he turned and walked out of the inn, he winked at Huo Jincheng and the others, signaling them to follow him so as not to walk in front of him and fall into his trap.