At first, when Zu'an saw the words left at the bottom of the Blackwater Pool, he felt a sense of anger at being deceived. In addition, when he later found out that Jiang Zhong had been bribed, he instinctively connected the two things and thought that the turtle spirit and the Prince of Yan were in cahoots.

However, according to Yun Jianyue, it was not the Prince of Yan who killed the seventh-ranked gold medalist, so the possibility that the turtle spirit and the Prince of Yan were in cahoots is greatly reduced.

It was completely unprepared when I first went to find it, and if it weren't for my keen eyesight, it would have been impossible for anyone to find it while it was hiding underwater.

Thinking about it this way, the probability that it was deliberately planted there by one side to mislead them is very low. So, the information it revealed at the time was probably true in order to save its own life, since it had no reason to help others conceal things.

The turtle spirit mentioned that a woman had dumped the body of the seventh-ranked gold medalist there, and that did indeed happen.

But why did that woman say that strange thing?

If you're dumping a body, why would you want someone to find it sooner?

And who exactly is this woman?

Zu An suddenly had a thought: Could it really be Tang Tian'er?

However, he quickly became confused again. The turtle spirit hadn't clearly seen the woman's appearance at the time. The reason he thought of Tang Tian'er was because Jiang Zhong mentioned that the Seventh Gold Medalist had contacted her several times before his death, and Jiang Zhong had been bribed by the Prince of Yan...

Does everything seem to have returned to square one?

Zuan felt something flash through his mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it.

At this moment, Yun Jianyue spoke up: "Grandpa, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you."

"What?" Zuan came to his senses and looked at Yun Jianyue beside him.

Yun Jianyue hesitated for a moment, seemingly considering how to phrase her words: "Judging from our previous interactions, you have never been a loyal subject to the emperor. In fact, I can sense that you regard Zhao Hao as a potential enemy. If that's the case, why are you helping Zhao Hao now? Both our Holy Sect and the Prince of Yan are now thinking of dealing with the emperor. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Why are you making things difficult for the Prince of Yan and causing yourself to lose a potential ally?"

She paused, her expression complicated: "And the fact that you brought troops to Zishan to help Zhao Hao eliminate security risks makes me feel that everything you did was meaningless."

Zu An's expression turned solemn: "Sister Yun, you're wrong. Although the Prince of Yan has the intention to rebel, he wouldn't dare to rebel against Zhao Hao even if he had ten times the courage. If I'm not mistaken, he's doing all this to wait for Zhao Hao to die before rebelling against the Crown Prince. Therefore, he can't cooperate with me in the fight against Zhao Hao, and naturally, we can't become comrades-in-arms."

"Sister Yun, you're different. You're someone who dares to say no to Zhao Hao, and you even dared to go into the palace to assassinate him. That's why I admire you so much, and we have a good relationship."

Hearing him recount this past event, Yun Jianyue recalled the days she spent hiding in the palace, and a rare gentle smile appeared on her face.

“As for many of the things I’m doing now, I’m just accumulating opportunities,” Zuan continued.

"Accumulate opportunities?" Yun Jianyue was taken aback, somewhat confused. Usually, people look for opportunities; what does "accumulate opportunities" mean?

Zu An didn't explain, but instead started chatting with her casually: "By the way, Sister Yun, I heard that your competition with Bai Yujing is in the next few days. Why haven't you shown up yet?"

Yun Jianyue smiled enigmatically: "What, gathering information for your little girlfriend?"

Zuan's face flushed: "I'm just as worried about Honglei. To be honest, I don't want them to fight at all. It's not good for either of them to lose. They're both my flesh and blood."

"Both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh?" Yun Jianyue laughed. "You're really outrageous, making your shamelessness seem so justified."

Anger from Yun Jianyue: +66 +66 +66...

Zuan couldn't help but complain, "Then what else can I do? Am I supposed to support one person to defeat the other?"

“You don’t say a single good word in my face for Hong Lei. I suppose you do the same to Bing Shi Nu and the others. I guess you still have some conscience.” Yun Jian Yue’s expression softened slightly. “However, these days you’ve been flirting with Bing Shi Nu’s disciple and that big-breasted woman from Bi Luo Palace, which has really upset Hong Lei.”

It took Zu'an a while to realize that she was talking about Pei Mianman. He thought to himself, "This woman really loves giving people nicknames."

He reacted quickly: "I didn't know who you were before, but I still felt a strange sense of kinship with you. I even helped you several times."

"That's more like it. I thought your tastes had changed," Yun Jianyue said with a smile.

Zuan: "..."

After teasing him for a while, Yun Jianyue said seriously, "I have my own arrangements for the agreement with Bai Yujing, but you have a good relationship with them. Telling you would only make things difficult for you. I could have made up some excuse to lie to you, but I didn't want to do that. I'll just say I can't tell you. I hope you can understand."

Zu An was taken aback, then stared at Yun Jianyue with a slight smile on his lips.

"What are you looking at? Are you angry?" Yun Jianyue was startled.

"No, it's just that you have a special kind of free and easy beauty." Zu'an couldn't help but sigh. Her personality and Yan Xuehen's personality were completely opposite, no wonder they became mortal enemies.

"Stop flattering me, I don't fall for that." Despite saying this, the joy in her eyes betrayed Yun Jianyue's true thoughts.

The two chatted all the way and soon arrived near Yicheng. Since Yun Jianyue's identity made it inconvenient for her to appear in public, she landed first.

Zuan also changed into the clothes of an embroidered messenger before continuing his journey to Yicheng.

From afar, one could see banners everywhere, and the army was densely packed, giving the feeling that dark clouds were pressing down on the city and it was about to collapse.

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