juvenile

After a short nap, Jiang Nian's tense nerves were fully rested. He got up from the bed again and began to look at the paper on the dressing table.

There were only a few words written on it, probably just the goddess' recent itinerary in Zuihua Tower.

Apart from appearing on the fifth floor tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to sing and dance for the followers of the courtesan in Cang County, he will stay in the room for a long time. During this time, he will need to try on various complicated costumes for the goddess and prepare for her to receive some guests.

Jiang Nian paused for a moment on the last sentence.

Is this person receiving guests as an oiran or a goddess?

However, her purpose of coming to Zuihualou this time was to find information, talisman formations and the antidote to the poison in Princess Qingping's body in the top pavilion.

Then everything else is dispensable.

Once they are caught, the truth will be revealed.

Putting away the letter, Jiang Nian estimated the time, walked to the window, and slightly lifted a corner of the curtain.

The room she was in faced towards the Akamon Gate.

Apart from the fact that the window could not be opened, she could still see the scenery of the river outside through the window lattice.

Jiang Nian looked at the vast river through the window lattice for a while, then stretched his stiff limbs, took out a thin sheet from his sleeve, gently touched a little on his nose, and raised his hand to lower the curtain.

Although there is no special or strange fragrance here in the residence, who knows if there will be any strange things in other places besides the fourth floor.

Since she had nothing to do right now, she could go and check out the layout of the talisman formations from the first to the fifth floor.

Jiang Nian placed the paper that still had a faint fragrance on the table. Just as he was about to walk out, he caught a glimpse of his fingertips out of the corner of his eye, paused inadvertently, and called the secret guard in a low voice.

The secret guard appeared in front of her in response.

Jiang Nian raised her fingertips and looked at him: "Do you have water and soap nuts? I want to clean my fingers."

After receiving the order, the secret guard left.

She stood there for a moment, her eyes fell on the wooden box, and she walked over to take out the disinfectant that she had put away.

I first cleaned the dresser and bed sheet where the paper had been placed. Then I sprayed the front of the paper, waited for the water to dry, picked up a tweezer-like object from the dresser, and sprayed the back as well.

…

I felt nervous because of the fragrance of Wu Mi Zhong.

No matter what you encounter, you must be on guard.

The secret guard who had been out for a while came back with a basin of water in his hand, which he had taken out from somewhere.

Jiang Nian dipped some water and rubbed his fingertips, finger joints, and palms inside and out with soap, then put them in the water to wash again.

She caught a glimpse of a towel being handed to her from the side. She subconsciously reached out to take it and thanked it, only to realize that it was the impatient maid.

The maid looked at her expressionlessly. When she saw that she had finished using the towel, she took it away silently and turned to leave the room.

“…”

So if she shouts, the secret guards and maids will come out?

Jiang Nian turned her head to look at the secret guard who was holding a basin of water. After looking at each other in silence for a moment, she coughed.

"I'm fine, thank you."

Summoning the secret guards like this won't disturb their work, right?

Jiang Nian still couldn't figure out how they could come at any time, so he didn't dwell on it. Just as he was about to leave the room, he suddenly turned back and called out to the secret guard.

"Wait."

After taking out the perfume bottle from his sleeve, Jiang Nian walked to the window, opened the curtains, and pressed the perfume bottle toward the outside.

Under the secret guard's puzzled gaze, Jiang Nian dipped some powder on his fingertips and showed it to him.

"There's a similar powder on the fourth floor near the talisman formation. Can you follow the powder and see if it lands somewhere near perfume?"

She took out the blueprint from the wooden box, opened it, and pointed to the four locations of the talisman array to show the secret guards.

"Right here."

"But there might be some incense that can cause coma, so be careful."

The secret guard who had always felt responsible for not taking good care of Jiang Nian's residence nodded, left a word "obey your command", and disappeared.

Jiang Nian sighed, put the drawings back into the wooden box, walked to the door, his eyes fell on the handle, his footsteps suddenly paused, and he turned back, took out the disinfectant, and sprayed it a few times.

—

After perfectly avoiding all the incense that might be on the paper, Jiang Nian finally managed to walk to the windlass.

According to her memory of what she saw this morning, she took out her homemade gloves, put them on her hands, and pulled them down towards the descending wooden pole.

After a while, the windlass slowly descended from above.

“…”

Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no strange person standing there.

Maybe because she had seen too many strange things in Wu Mizhong, she was always afraid of encountering something terrible in such a place with blind spots.

For example, he died before he could even accomplish his mission and collect any intelligence clues.

It's so scary that a horse fell off because it was built into a windlass.

—

Standing on the windlass, Jiang Nian did not move around. Her eyes stayed on the street outside Zuihualou for a while, and she suddenly felt that she was still in the human world.

Even though she hadn't been in Zuihualou for even a day, she already missed Xiao Yingzhu and the others.

Compared to the temporary residence in Zuihua Tower, the residence in Youguan Mansion feels more like a home...

Even though there are secret guards guarding in the dark this time, there is still a feeling of uneasiness. Is it because Xiao Yingzhu is not here?

Jiang Nian sneered to himself. There was no way Xiao Yingzhu was here. He had his own things to do. What was he thinking about?

Since you have already told Xiao Yingzhu that you can act alone, then try to believe in yourself.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have to rely on Xiao Yingzhu’s protection during this time travel.

...Unconsciously.

Jiang Nian closed his eyes.

Did she trust him so much already?

His thoughts were in a mess for a while, and the windlass fell to the ground amid Jiang Nian's prayers.

There was nothing in sight, which was good, no one was standing there waiting.

Jiang Nian walked to the blind spot, took out the perfume bottle from his sleeve, and sprayed it around his clothes.

Although I don't know whether the perfume is diluted, since it has no smell, it won't be pungent even if the perfume bottle has a little smell.

As long as it is not discovered by people with flat faces, she can just treat it as diluted perfume and use the scent of the fragrance Xiao Yingzhu gave her as her exclusive fragrance.

Jiang Nian stood in the blind spot for a while, and after everyone passing through the corridor had passed, he relied on the map he remembered in his mind and walked along the edge of the first floor.

The functions of the rooms originally marked on the drawings were crossed out, but no new ones were filled in.

I'm afraid that Shouzan's designs and arrangements have been changed by later generations.

Maybe it was because it was noon, there were very few people here, so we could rule out the possibility that this was a restaurant or something.

Jiang Nian listened carefully to the noises behind the closed door. It was completely silent. Based on the tricks she had learned from Ai recently, she shouldn't be unable to tell whether there was anyone inside or not, right?

With her nerves tense, she opened the door wearing gloves.

It was indeed empty inside.

It's a vacant room.

Based on the principle that if the talisman array is nearby, the spell will also be sensed.

Jiang Nian held the curse in his hand and walked around.

If you don't have a fever, then you're not here.

Following this method, Jiang Nian walked around the corridor for a while but found nothing.

Just when I was wondering if I was unlucky, the curse on the palm of my hand suddenly felt warm.

“……?”

Not far from her, someone was walking towards her.

The only place where you could hide was the bushes outside the corridor.

Jiang Nian didn't have the skills of the secret guards to become invisible and flash at any time, so he had to look around honestly. After not seeing anyone else outside, he leaned over and dived into the bushes.

The branches all around her were very prickly, but luckily the materials used by Wu Bu Bu Qu to make the maid's clothes were very sufficient, so apart from the slight discomfort on her head and hands, she could only vaguely feel the branches touching her.

The footsteps coming towards her were getting closer and closer, until they stopped where she had just stood.

The slow sound of wooden floorboards approached, and they continued to move forward step by step.

Before Jiang Nian crawled into the bushes, she made a special comparison and found that the bushes where she was currently hiding were a relatively blind spot.

If they hadn't bent over to check one by one, they wouldn't have seen her.

Fortunately, her current body is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her height is only a little over 160 cm. She is not too fat, so the bush can accommodate her just right.

If it were higher, I would probably just sit there and wait for death.

Holding her breath, Jiang Nian followed Ai Jiao's method to silence her voice and only looked in the direction where she had just been with her eyes open.

A robe ranging from white to light blue slowly emerged from her field of vision. The boy's long hair, tied up with a frosty headband, fell down like icy ridges, with the ends of his hair sweeping over his waist.

Because of his outstanding appearance, his body is like an unsheathed sword, tense and ready to strike.

When he raised his eyes coldly towards her and glanced over, the beam of light shone on his cold white skin, beautifully dazzling.

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment.

Did he discover her?

I don't know if it was because he was in a bad mood, or if something went wrong in his plan.

Although he had a very handsome appearance, Jiang Nian could clearly see the gloom and resentment between his eyebrows and eyes in the bushes.

The young man stayed here for a while, then turned and walked forward.

When his gaze fell to the front, the cold and gloomy aura around him suddenly dissipated, as if it had never appeared. A gentle smile appeared on his lips again, and he raised his hand to touch the ring on his slender finger with his lips. The faint sound of laughter and sighs reached Jiang Nian's ears.

"Since she said so... then... let's not disturb the hamster's fun."

?

What is he talking about?

A person's name?

Jiang Nian kept his eyes raised for a long time, and his tense nerves only relaxed slightly after the boy left.

As she relaxed, she suddenly felt her eyes sore. After blinking several times, she tried hard to decipher the boy's words for a while and came to an uncertain conclusion.

The second half of the sentence that the young man said was referring to himself.

If I'm not mistaken, his name should be...

worry.