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When he stood back on the ground, Qin Lan's legs were already a little weak.

I was tired from climbing just now, and this time I was scared to death.

Bending over and leaning on his legs to catch his breath for a moment, he raised his hand limply and waved weakly at the four people beside him: "Don't come again, don't do it again, it's too..."

It's so scary.

Just now he almost thought he was going to fly out from halfway up the mountain and fall to the ground.

Yan smiled and withdrew his hand, his expression still a little unsatisfied: "Really? I clearly thought the Pavilion Master was smiling happily just now."

?

Seeing that Qin Lan was beginning to catch his breath and looked up at him, Yan took a step back and stood shoulder to shoulder with Qin Lan.

"Master, if there is nothing else, let's go back to the mansion first."

It was as if Yan and Yan had some kind of collaboration. Just by looking at each other, Yan knew what he was thinking and responded at the right time.

Qin Lan was left speechless by the two people's singing in unison. After he straightened up his weak body, he felt a headache. He was too lazy to deal with them, so he just waved his hand and sighed.

"Forget it... forget it."

He could never do anything to them.

"…………Let's go back first. I haven't replied to Miss Jiang's letter yet."

Seeing Qin Landi's serious expression, Yan also put away his playful attitude.

Seeing that the two guards who had been playing with them had slipped away early for fear of being punished, he immediately returned to his usual state of mind when handling his duties.

"Is it the letter that was delivered to the mansion earlier via the mechanical bird?"

"Well, it's been put aside for a long time. I'll find a chance to reply soon."

Yan fell silent and walked ahead. After a moment, he suddenly remembered something: "Since you want to know about the recent events of the Commander and Xi Changshi, most of them are related to the Goddess, right?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

Yan was lost in thought for a moment, as if thinking of something, then he gathered his thoughts and shook his head slightly: "Nothing, didn't Mo Qing go to Zuihualou before? He must have seen someone who has a connection with the goddess. Why not try to find out from here?"

Qin Lan didn't know as much as Yan in this regard. At that time, he left Cang County to investigate the transportation route of the "Witch". When he returned, Jiang Nian had already come out of Zuihua Tower.

Hearing Yan's suggestion, Qin Lan was puzzled for a moment: "What does this have to do with Yu Hexi's pillow?"

"some."

Yan calmly turned his head and looked directly at Qin Lan, his dark eyes like autumn ponds. "There is a young man named You who is the matchmaker between them."

worry?

The first time I heard the name.

Seeing that his Pavilion Master still looked a little confused, Yan explained, "It's the fourth party that joined the Huachao Society earlier."

"The leader of the fourth party at that time was most likely You."

Qin Lan's waist and legs were sore at this time. His bones were about to fall apart from climbing up and down these days. After getting on the carriage and getting into a comfortable position, he began to think carefully about what Yan said.

"So, he cleared out those people in order to cover up any traces of his connection with the Goddess... Does the Goddess know?"

Yan shook his head: "I don't know about that, but that Mingyou...his whereabouts are also unknown at the moment."

The conversation went around in circles and then came back to the topic. Qin Lan paused for a moment and looked at him. "Do you mean someone asked you to follow up, or someone told you about something related to him?"

Yan nodded.

"Well, Duke Xiao asked Mo Qing to investigate matters related to You."

"He checked?"

Qin Lan was shocked, but he couldn't find any connection between Xiao Yingzhu and these things. He was puzzled for a while and asked, "Why does he want to investigate You?"

“…”

Yan was silent for a moment and looked at Yan who was walking side by side with him.

After the former has spoken a certain amount of words, the latter will take over.

As the latter, Yan naturally took over Yan's task. He felt obliged to do so, but he looked at his own Pavilion Master, who was questioning him, with a playful look for a moment, and said with a smile, "Because Miss Jiang and You were once..."

"We've worked together in Zuihualou."

—

Pingzhou

Jiang Nian, who was far away in the Liangdu Pharmacy in Pingzhou, suddenly sneezed, fell silent, and rubbed his nose in confusion.

Has she made any mistakes recently? I don't think so.

Fuling, who was sorting the scraps of paper and waste on the floor of the pharmacy, stood up and dumped the garbage into the wooden basket. She turned to Jiang Nian, who was standing aside thinking, and said, "Miss, according to your instructions, the garbage in this area has been cleared away, and these shelves have been put in place."

"good."

Jiang Nian looked up and walked forward, subconsciously looking at the sky outside. The sky was blue and there was no unusual change.

...I must have been wrong, right?

—

Fuling, who was standing in front, showed Jiang Nian her masterpiece for a moment, then turned around and pulled out a piece of paper from the counter and handed it to her: "This is the recent information about the new insect repellent. Miss, you may want to take a look."

On the day of the competition, he ordered the staff in the factory to put away the old insect repellent formula and replace it with the new one, and everything else remained the same.

Jiang Nian suppressed an inexplicable uneasiness, as if something was not done well, and he kept feeling empty. He took the paper and flipped through it one by one.

The data written above was not much different from what she had arranged. Although some insect repellents did not meet the standards in the second test, most of them reached the passing line set by Jiang Nian.

Looking up at Fuling's slightly expectant eyes, Jiang Nian knew that she was the one who was primarily responsible for these matters. She smiled and said, "Well done, you did everything I asked."

"You should keep this information. It will be more convenient for you to arrange related matters."

Jiang Nian laughed a little as two maids in a row seemed to be asking for rewards from her. However, she could not afford to relax and take care of the trivial matters in life. After thinking for a moment, she continued to talk to Fuling:

"After this period of time, I will make the special pastry method I learned from Cang Jun and let you try it."

Fuling never asked for much; even a small gift would satisfy her and make her happy for a long time. She happily agreed.

Back to the topic, Jiang Nian glanced at Uncle Xu who was still busy with customers in the front, and saw that most of the shelves in the pharmacy had been assembled, with only some goods in the warehouse that had not been moved to the shelves. So he pulled Fuling into the newly expanded warehouse.

There happened to be no one inside at the moment. Jiang Nian, sensing that no one was watching nearby and trying to eavesdrop, immediately spoke up: "You should have heard something from Xu Bo - for example, the fact that I am planning to open a school."

"Guizhi will arrange the location of the school, and Xu Bo will be responsible for recruiting scholars. Fuling, if you can spare the time, please record the information you collect about the scholars in a booklet. I will then compile it and hand it to me."

After hearing this, Fuling was stunned for a moment before nodding in response without saying a word: "Fuling understands. What specific information do you want to record, Miss?"

Jiang Nian singled out two key points and said, "One is their understanding of things like deworming and pharmacies, and the other is their place of origin."

"I'll give them some questions and you can assign them to them. I'll grade them into three levels: A, B, and C, based on their knowledge level. You can then divide them into classes based on their levels."

Fuling took out the paper and pen she had with her and wrote everything down. Then, as if she had thought of something, she asked, "Three levels? Miss, are you planning to divide the school into three levels?"

Jiang Nian paused, then nodded in response, "Yes, I will then allow those with good knowledge to return to their original hometowns and spread their new knowledge to reduce the chances of food being eaten by insects."

This sounds like a big project.

Fuling frowned slightly.

What she was worried about was not whether her duties were too heavy, but whether the young lady would be hindered by the government if she wanted to do such a big thing, and - recruiting people from outside Pingzhou, and there was a threshold, that is, people who were interested in anti-parasitic prescriptions and had knowledge related to pharmacies and anti-parasitic prescriptions. It should be difficult to find someone, right?

As if he saw the faint worry in Fuling's frowning eyes, Jiang Nian shook his head slightly: "Don't worry about the rest... I will find ways to solve those problems. Just do what I ask you to do."

Fuling did not stop writing, but paused slightly when she heard Jiang Nian's last sentence.

"If you accomplish something this great, and succeed... I'm afraid even His Majesty, who is so far away, will look upon you with new eyes."

This was the first time she had said something that sounded a bit outrageous, but she didn't know that Emperor Changde had asked to meet Jiang Nian many times before, and she didn't know that all these invitations had been rejected by Xiao Yingzhu.

After a while, seeing that Jiang Nian didn't respond, she looked up at Jiang Nian with some confusion: "Miss, what's wrong?"

"......nothing."

Jiang Nian shook his head with a smile.

"Go and rest for a while. You have completed all the duties assigned to you today."

"Just let me do the rest."

Fuling was also a little tired, so she stopped refusing and nodded in agreement.

Soon, she was the only one left in the new warehouse.

Jiang Nian took a deep breath and looked around again.

Most of the surrounding goods have been moved here, but they are only hastily placed in the corner and have not yet been sorted on the shelves.

The warehouse included in the newly purchased shop is much larger than before after a slight renovation.

Jiang Nian has been busy with the competition these days and hasn't had time to visit the warehouse. Now that he has some free time, he plans to go in and take a look.

The original shop didn't take up much space in the warehouse, and the black marks from long-standing storage created a striking contrast with the gray and white of other areas. A quick glance at the floor revealed which items had been placed and which hadn't.

Most of the places where they were placed were wooden frames and the like, which were easy to move away. They just needed to be cleaned up a bit.

Jiang Nian turned around thoughtfully and was about to walk outside when he suddenly caught a glimpse of an unexpected figure outside the warehouse door.

rain?

Why is he here?

Thinking of the letter I wanted to send to Qin Lan before, after thinking for a moment, I decided to let Qing and Yu send it to him.

Now that Yu has appeared in the warehouse on his own initiative, could it be that the content of the reply letter has already been sent to Pingzhou?

So fast?

Jiang Nian thought about what was on his mind and walked forward.