Chapter 26 The Harmless Woman

"If it's all official business, it's not so bad." Xu Chuchu counted on her fingers. "One moment he said he was taking me out shopping, but he forced some things I didn't want on me. The next moment he called me into his room for tea, and he wouldn't let me go... That time I was working on a case for him, and I accidentally got soaked. I said I'd go back and clean it up myself, but he refused and insisted on bringing me back..."

"Ah... wet, soaking wet?!"

"No, my clothes were all stuck to my body and I was freezing. Luckily, I got a coat later."

"How, how is that possible?"

"Why would I lie to you? It's really annoying. If only, as you said, he really doesn't like to come into contact with women." What an old Versailles man.

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After staying for about a quarter of an hour, Shao Zhi left Xu Chuchu's room with a dazed look on her face.

Not long after, Xu Chuchu came over and closed the door, humming a little tune happily.

A war without gunpowder ended, but neither of them saw it. Ah Fu hid behind the bushes, curled up in a ball and shivered.

——Oh my god, what did he hear!

Is this the open and covert fight between women? These two women, who usually seem harmless, are actually talking in such a sarcastic way behind their backs?!

Are all women like this? Mom, he doesn't want to get married!

I had heard Xu Xiangshi say bad things about Miss Shao before, and I felt that Miss Shao was kind-hearted and could not be as bad as Xu Xiangshi said.

I didn't expect that just when I passed by, I heard Miss Shao talking about how close she and the young master were.

It is ambiguous and makes people think a lot. Doesn't it exclude Prime Minister Xu?

Too scheming!

But Mr. Xu was no pushover either. He kept saying things like drinking tea and buying things. Although they were not official business, none of them had anything to do with official business!

Asking her why she didn't buy a whisk becomes "forcing something on her that she doesn't want", and then asking her a few more questions becomes "not letting her leave"?

And the clothes that were soaked through were Ah Fu's clothes, okay? They weren't the young master's! She was talking as if the young master had put them on for her personally.

So terrifying.

No, no, he couldn't be afraid! He would defend the young master's body to the death and would never let these two evil women succeed!

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Xu Chuchu had no intention of competing with others for men.

In her worldview, men are not won by snatching, but maintained by true and sincere feelings between each other.

There should be no room for a third person in the world of two people.

If this man had fallen to the point where she needed to rely on tricks and tactics to keep him stable, he could have left long ago.

It’s not that I want to give this man to a third party, but he is no longer worthy of me.

Xu Chuchu has no experience in love, but she still has a lot of theories.

She was too lazy to compete with Shao Zhi for Xiao Yu, but that didn't stop her from being disgusted back when Shao Zhi disgusted her.

After the end, she fell asleep contentedly, and waited until dawn to go out on field work with Xiao Yu and the others.

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The next day, Xu Chuchu got up on time, packed her things, and met up with Xiao Yu, Shao Mingjie and others.

It was inconvenient to walk on the mountain road in a skirt, so she changed back into her old loose Taoist robe, combed her hair into a neat bun, and carried a peach wood sword on her back. From a distance, she looked like a short boy.

Xiao Yu frowned when he saw her change back into her Taoist uniform. He was about to say that she didn't act like a girl, but when he saw that there were only grown men around and no girls, he shut up again.

He didn't even think about the inconvenience of movement in a skirt. He just felt that if a girl went out with a group of men, she would inevitably be gossiped about.

Dressed like this... that's fine.

"Let's go." Xu Chuchu came from another world and didn't mind traveling with a man. On the contrary, Shao Mingjie finally didn't bring his beloved sister with him today, which made her eyes feel a lot more peaceful.

The group avoided the common people, went out of the city gate, and then, led by Shao Mingjie, headed into the mountains.

On the way, Xu Chuchu heard Shao Mingjie introduce to Xiao Yu that this mausoleum was actually the tomb of a prince of the previous dynasty.

The previous dynasty was fond of lavish burials, and the large number of burial objects made it easy for tomb robbers to target them.

Hundreds of years ago, Tailing County was called Ningfeng County. It was changed to "Tailing" County in later generations because there were many tombs here.

Shao Mingjie kept complaining along the way, saying that the name Tailing was a poor choice and quite creepy. He also said that if the locals knew they would have to live with so many dead people, they would have moved away long ago.

But in Xu Chuchu's opinion, places with many tombs, especially those where the tombs of kings and nobles are gathered, must have excellent feng shui, and there may even be dragon veins.

Moreover, if it were not for the right time and place, Tailing would not have been able to develop so well under the leadership of an official like Zhang Junshou who exploited the people.

As she walked, she glanced at the compass in her hand, frowned and asked, "Did we take the wrong path?"

It would be fine if Xu Chuchu didn't say anything, but as soon as she spoke, Shao Mingjie got angry.

Especially when he saw the compass in her hand, he became even more angry.

That was a full two hundred and fifty taels of silver, two hundred and fifty!

He's just a minor official in the Dali Temple, and his annual salary is so little! He thinks he's Xiao Yu, so ruthless!

"Wrong way?! Then tell me which way to go!" Shao Mingjie said angrily, "Have you been to that mausoleum before? Do you know the way?!"

"I've never been here, but you're definitely going in the wrong direction." Xu Chuchu shook the compass in her hand. "If the gold is off by a hair's breadth, wealth and honor will be nowhere to be found. Generally speaking, each mountain can be divided into five golds. Jiagui, Kongwang, Gu, and Xu are all blank, leaving only two golds usable. The direction we're heading is exactly Jia and Yi, represented by Gu. There's definitely no chance of a large tomb."

Shao Mingjie didn't understand a single word of what was being said.

The more complicated Xu Chuchu's words became, the more he felt that Xu Chuchu was fooling people.

"What's the meaning of A and B being empty?" He pointed at Xu Chuchu and said, "I'm warning you. If you can't help, don't cause trouble. I led dozens of people and spent a full month to determine the location of this mausoleum. It's just that we can't find the entrance at the moment, but the location cannot be wrong!"

Xu Chuchu still shook her head: "Then what you found must be a suspicious tomb. If the feng shui master who read the feng shui for the previous prince had any skill, he would not build a tomb in an empty place."

She had known in the past that the burial of princes and nobles was a major event, especially when lavish burials were popular. Even if the deceased had to be moved thousands of miles away, a place with excellent feng shui had to be found.

Since we have chosen Tailing, it is even more impossible to bury the person next to a place with good feng shui!

Both sides are at a stalemate, neither side showing any intention of giving in.

Only Xiao Yu looked at Xu Chuchu thoughtfully.

"Which way do you think we should go?" he asked her.

Xu Chuchu lowered his head and fiddled with the compass for a while, then turned around and pointed behind him: "Southeast."

It was exactly the opposite of the northwest direction they were taking now.

"How confident are you?" Xiao Yu asked again.

"100%."

"Okay, then let's head southeast." Xiao Yu made the decision. "From now on, you lead the way."