"Let me tell you," the eldest boss leaned close to Xiao Wei and whispered, "If that young master was really harmed by the Eternal Life Temple, then our Prince Consort is in big trouble this time."

Xiao Wei understood what the boss meant. If the Temple of Eternal Life could harm the young master of that wealthy family, then they could also use the same method to harm Gu Xinglang. The young master was killed by thousands of arrows piercing his heart, and after his death his body was nailed into the Soul Nail, and he would never be able to be reborn. What about Gu Xinglang?

The eldest boss said: "I just had a thought in my mind, this matter must not be known to outsiders."

Xiao Wei suddenly said to the eldest master: "The princess knows nothing, and you let the prince consort go with the princess like this. What if something goes wrong?"

The eldest master was stunned for a moment, and said, "Princess, your martial arts skills are so great that even if the prince consort is crazy, he can't beat our princess, right?"

If Xiao Wei heard this on normal days, he would feel embarrassed, but at this moment, staring at the big boss, Xiao Wei said: "Go back and tell the brothers not to spread this matter."

The eldest brother said: "Brothers are not talkative people. If I don't tell you, how can you know what happened in the stone house just now? Xiaozhuang has a noisy temper, so I don't plan to let him know about this."

Xiao Wei said: "What's the problem?"

"Are you stupid?" The eldest leader said, "Jiang Zhuojun can see it more clearly than me. If we don't tell anyone, what about him? Why did he call the village's priest? He must also suspect that there is something wrong with our son-in-law."

Xiao Wei stood there hesitating for a moment, then said to the boss, "I'll go see Jiang Zhuojun."

"Kill him?" asked the boss.

Xiao Wei could see at this time that the man standing shoulder to shoulder with him under the eaves was indeed a pirate leader who once killed people without blinking an eye. Killed Jiang Zhuojun? Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "Xiong Xiong, some things can't be solved by hiding them."

"You..." The boss wanted to yell at Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei patted the eldest boss's shoulder and whispered, "I won't ask the name of that young man, but the prince consort will not end up in the same situation as him. With the princess and so many of us here, who dares to shoot a thousand arrows through the prince consort's heart and make him suffer from eternal damnation?"

The boss watched Xiao Wei walk towards the house where Jiang Zhuojun lived, leaned back, stood under the dirty eaves, covered his face and sighed. The people of the Eternal Life Temple farted, and many believers in this world would smell it. What if most people in this world believe that Gu Xinglang is that bullshit who became a demon with a thought? "This life is more dangerous than being a pirate!" The boss said to himself.

Jiang Zhuojun heard Xiao Wei knocking on the door and answered, "Come in."

Xiao Wei pushed the door open and entered the room.

The room had been cleaned and a half-open window was left to let in the air. There was no blood on the floor and no smell of blood.

Jiang Zhuojun pointed to the empty wooden chair below and motioned Xiao Wei to sit down.

Xiao Wei did not refuse, he sat down and asked Jiang Zhuojun, "General Xiao Jiang, have you asked the priest a question?"

Jiang Zhuojun said: "I have asked."

"Where is he then?"

"I killed him," Jiang Zhuojun looked at Xiao Wei and said, "Do you have something to do with him too?"

Hearing that Jiang Zhuojun had killed the priest, Xiao Wei's face darkened for a moment, but he did not react too much and replied to Jiang Zhuojun: "Yes."

Jiang Zhuojun looked at the closed door and whispered, "Is it about your prince consort?"

Xiao Wei nodded.

"I think Qinghui may have been tricked by the Eternal Life Temple," Jiang Zhuojun said without hiding the truth from Xiao Wei, "I haven't figured out how to resolve this matter yet."

Xiao Wei said, "How can you be sure that my prince consort has been tricked by the Eternal Life Temple?"

"The priest told me that he and the monks were also enemies, so he didn't want the Eternal Life Temple to get what it wanted," Jiang Zhuojun said, "I think he was talking about Gu Xinglang."

Xiao Wei hurriedly asked: "Did he say there was any way to..." Xiao Wei stopped asking halfway. If the priest had a way, would Jiang Zhuojun kill this man?

"He said there was no other way except to kill Qinghui," Jiang Zhuojun said to Xiao Wei, "His original words were very unpleasant to hear. I think it's better to let him die."

Xiao Wei asked, "What were his original words?"

Jiang Zhuojun seemed to be nonchalant and said, "What they say is nothing more than the ways of gods and ghosts. You don't have to believe it."

The way of gods and ghosts? What's the difference between this and the one that the boss said could turn you into a demon with just one thought? Xiao Wei's palms were sweating and he was restless for a moment.

"Gu Wei," Jiang Zhuojun asked Xiao Wei at this time: "Do you know why Master Gu wants to enter the Miao land?"

Xiao Wei was stunned when he heard Jiang Zhuojun's question, then he shook his head and said, "To be honest with you, General, my eldest master left the court on the pretext of illness."

Jiang Zhuojun said: "Could it be because of Qinghui's matter?"

Xiao Wei still shook his head and said, "My prince consort never did this before he entered the Miao area." Although he said so, the two corpses in the Fengtian Imperial Palace appeared in Xiao Wei's mind uncontrollably again.

Seeing that he couldn't come up with anything with Xiao Wei, Jiang Zhuojun pinched his brows with a headache and whispered, "Let's wait for the princess and Qinghui to come back, and then we'll see. Maybe if we find Master Gu, we can find out what happened to Qinghui."

Xiao Wei nodded.

"Don't take the priest's words to heart," Jiang Zhuojun added, "No one can harm your prince consort."

Xiao Wei stood up, bowed deeply to Jiang Zhuojun, and said, "Thank you, General Xiao Jiang."

Jiang Zhuojun waved his hand at Xiao Wei and said in a low voice: "Qinghui saved my life, I don't deserve your thanks. Let's not talk about what happened tonight anymore. Let's not scare ourselves. There will always be a way to solve the problem."

"Yes," Xiao Wei responded.

"Oh!" Jiang Zhuojun looked at the half-open window and said angrily, "When will the rain stop?" They now seemed to be trapped in the village by the heavy rain.

It rained heavily in Miao land that night. The people who stayed in Chiyan Village more or less realized that something must have happened to Young Master Gu. While trying to find a solution, everyone chose to gloss over the situation and pretend that nothing had happened that night, as if the two monks from the Eternal Life Temple, the headman, the nine managers of the village, and the high priest, these thirteen people just disappeared out of thin air.

People's protection of Gu Xinglang may be self-deceptive and crude, but also sincere.

Yu Xiaoxiao took Gu Xinglang and traveled in the heavy rain. The journey that would have taken two hours during the day took Her Royal Highness the Princess two and a half hours at night.

"Xiao Dongzi and Xiao Shanzi are inside," Yu Xiaoxiao said to Gu Xinglang, who had been silent all the way, standing at the entrance of the underground cave: "Xiao Gu, let's go in."

A note to readers:

The third update is here. The night of the 18th is New Year's Eve. Meiguo is already in Beijing. Thank you for accompanying me on my writing journey. I am very grateful for your support. Meiguo has wrapped a big red envelope inside. On New Year's Eve, remember to grab the red envelope. It is also a little gift from Meiguo to you. Mmm, everyone, Happy New Year~