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Xizhen arrived a few days later than Xuangui, so for now he can only analyze the information he received and explored from Xuangui.

After Xuan Gui sent Xiao Yingzhu to the capital, he went straight to the remaining temple in Qixia Mountain to investigate.

Xiao Yingzhu did not believe in gods, nor did he care about gods. He read through the report sent by Yunxiu before he returned to Pingzhou, which contained information about the ghost stories in Qixia Mountain. He immediately prepared to send people to investigate.

Since that person's prediction could come true, someone must be playing tricks. Moreover, there is a cave in Qixia Mountain that has sealed minerals for many years. The reasons behind the two are naturally complicated.

Before Xizhen arrived in Cang County, Xuangui had already gone to investigate the mine.

Unfortunately, the cave was deep and the paths were crisscrossed. Xuan Gui stopped there, and after confirming the location of the cave outside, he left Qixia Mountain again.

But as luck would have it, perhaps it was the right time, place and people, but on his way back, he happened to see a man with an ordinary appearance but strange movements.

The man's pronunciation was unnatural, like someone from Donglan. After giving instructions to the others, he turned around again, his expression having changed again.

Seeing the many suspicious points, Xuan Gui hid himself deeper in the cave, and then followed him silently. Fearing to alert the enemy, he stopped outside the Qixia Mountain Mine.

Afterwards, Xizhen waited for him to meet up, and according to the custom among the Wumi people, he went to the missionary meeting to pay homage to the goddess, and sure enough, he saw the strange person.

I just don’t know whether this “洳” is not “洳”.

There are still doubts in the area being explored. Xuan Gui's eyes fell on the crow that was eager to fly, and he indifferently put away the letter that conveyed the message.

—

When Guizhi knocked on Jiang Nian's room door with the clothes that had just been hung out to dry yesterday, Jiang Nian had just laid down on the bed to take a nap.

"Miss, it's time to wake up."

When calling Jiang Nian to get up in the morning, Guizhi's voice was always soft and gentle, much weaker than her normal laughter in the past. Therefore, every time Jiang Nian heard her calling like this outside, she couldn't bear to let her stand outside all the time, and didn't even want to think about staying in bed. She got up easily when she heard the call.

But today she had just returned to bed from outside.

After staying up all night, when he just came back, Xiao Yingzhu looked in good spirits, without any signs of staying up late. Even when he spoke and said goodbye, he was humble and sharp as usual.

But she was a little exhausted. She had been busy lately and her sleep schedule was short. The difference between her working hours and those in modern times was huge. Not sleeping last night was bad enough, as she was still considering and testing with Xiao Yingzhu while thinking. It was all mental activity.

Now that my head touches the soft pillow, it’s hard to get up when I hear Guizhi calling me.

Jiang Nian tried to prop herself up with her right arm, but as soon as her head left the pillow, she began to have a splitting headache, which kept hitting the back of her head and temples. It was so painful that she had no choice but to lie back down due to the pain.

Beneath her was the soft bed and bedding, and outside was Guizhi, who was waiting to wake her up and submit a new work report after making the bed.

Jiang Nian pondered the balance between the two, trying to come up with a suitable excuse to answer their question about sleeping for another two hours without arousing their suspicion. The tangled thoughts in his mind gradually unraveled like a rope losing its strength, his consciousness becoming chaotic... and finally sinking into a gentle, peaceful darkness.

—

When Xinfeng followed Xiao Yingzhu back to the study, he paused, looked around carefully, and then immediately looked away.

Noticing his curious movements, Xiao Yingzhu gently placed her hand on the study door, tilted her head slightly to glance back, and her voice expressed no emotion.

"What are you looking for?"

Suddenly, Xinfeng heard Xiao Yingzhu, who had been silent all the way, suddenly speak to him. He was startled and the gossipy look on his face immediately disappeared. He lowered his eyes and shook his head pretending to be serious.

"Nothing, nothing."

The light gaze coming from the front had not moved away from his face at all. This sharp, cold and somewhat oppressive gaze made Xinfeng's heart pound. The expression on his face became more and more serious, and even his back straightened a little.

"Really not, master." Xinfeng vowed not to raise his eyes to meet Xiao Yingzhu's gaze, so as not to be discovered as to his guilty conscience. He pinched the fingertips hanging by his side and coughed a few times.

"I have something important to report, Master. Let's go to the study to discuss it."

The cold and sharp look on his face was lightly retracted, and the oppressive feeling in his heart was relieved. Xinfeng adjusted his mentality, stood straight beside the table, and took out the secret report he had been keeping.

"This is the information obtained from the three important blockade lines."

"Except for the second path closest to Donglan, which showed an abnormality, the rest are the same as before."

Xinfeng observed the expression and described the spy he had captured on that road. When he talked about the interrogation in the basement, his face showed more indignation and reluctance.

"Those people living on the edge of the city are being guarded so thoroughly, yet..."

Many people served as secret guards, and were subjected to inhuman challenges and trials, and after having dealt with many bloody and violent events, their original temperaments were mostly washed away, and they almost completely hid their emotions.

There are very few people like Xinfeng who have been secret guards for many years, or even death warriors, and whose personalities can fluctuate so obviously.

When Xiao Yingzhu followed Yunxiu's order and went undercover in Cang County to investigate people like the Wu Mi people, he knew that such things would happen. There was no excessive fluctuation on his face. His expression was calm and he closed his eyes lazily.

"Song Chui has joined up with Mo Qing?"

"yes."

The question was asked without hesitation, and Xiao Yingzhu fell into deep thought as soon as he thought about it. He leaned his head lazily on his wrist. The warm sunlight outside the window cast a shadow on Shao Yan's face.

Jiang Nian's quiet and lively face under the night light last night flashed through his mind. Xin Feng saw his master suddenly raise his hand to rub his temples, and then gave him an order.

"Go to the warehouse of Jiang Mansion and take a look."

After saying this, he stood up and walked out of the study as if he didn't want to continue listening to official business. The tiredness on his face was even more intense than usual.

The master who usually loves work very much actually left today without even listening to the other reports. Even the paper with the information was temporarily put away in the secret box instead of being put back to its original place. Xinfeng's pupils suddenly shrank in shock, and he quickly left the study where he could not stay for long.

Yunxiu, who had just returned from a walk outside with some roast duck, happened to see Xinfeng walking out of the study in a daze, raising his hand to shake the fragrant snacks in his hand.

"Want to eat?"

"?"

Xinfeng pointed at himself and then at the roast duck.

"...I still have things to do. My master just left without listening to my report."

He turned his head to look in the direction of Yan's bedroom, then turned back and continued.

"He looks very tired. It's not good for him to eat while we're carrying him."

"..." Yunxiu looked at him with an indescribable expression, sighed, and pointed to the solar plexus on his head.

"Have you forgotten? He stayed up all night last night talking about love...talking about business. It's normal for people to be tired. Let's go and talk somewhere else first."

In just one night, Yunxiu, who had not seen Xiao Yingzhu for a long time, had changed his impression of her as indifferent, strange, unpredictable and unkind to - everyone has feelings, but they are different. The master is actually just hiding things in his heart, but he hides his love in every corner of his affection, waiting to be discovered. He is actually a sentimental man who wants to meet a woman late at night.

"You don't feel that way?"

Yunxiu ate the roast chicken while looking lazily in the direction of Yan's bedroom.

"He had been up all night for several nights and was planning to go to bed, but as soon as Yu sent the message, he actually left straight away to keep the appointment."

"That place is still a private teahouse that the master registered under Qin Lan's name many years ago."

"I remember that there were very few people who had the right to enter and exit there."

Xinfeng chewed the roast duck and suddenly found it tasteless.

"Why is it over there? I thought it was..." He hesitated when he met Yunxiu's gaze. "When you came back, you told me that Miss Yi had an appointment with the master. I thought the master would take her directly to the study to discuss things..."

"?" Yunxiu waved his hand and laughed. "You mean you're going to talk about something? I've never seen anyone force themselves to talk for an entire night in front of a master with an unpredictable face who could kill you at any moment if he got angry."

When I got to the end, I felt that it was not rigorous enough, so I added another sentence.

"——But if it's Qin Lan, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

“…”

Xinfeng looked down at the roast duck that he had eaten most of, and was silent for a while. Suddenly, his mind clicked on what Yunxiu had just said halfway.

"You said the master was having a love affair with Miss Jiang late at night?"

Before his face changed to an expression of shock, Yunxiu nodded normally.

"What else? Have you ever seen the master fall in love with any woman?"

These words left Xinfeng speechless, but he felt something was wrong.

"It seems that the master is more attracted to the recipe in Miss Jiang's hand than to Miss Jiang..."

Under Yunxiu's gaze, Xinfeng slowly added the next sentence.

"Isn't it? I think the master can put the entire game on Miss Jiang."

Xinfeng raised his eyes slowly.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought the master was crazy."

“…”

That's right. Before arriving at Pingzhou, Xuan Gui handed over the task to him and his expression was a little subtle when he mentioned the name "Jiang Nian".

Before he really thought about the battle with Dong Lan, the master actually placed the key to victory on that young and unknown girl.

The two secret guards looked at each other and saw their own confusion in each other's eyes.

After thinking about it for a long time without any result, I just had to give up.

"Forget it... The master's mind is like a needle in the sea, it's better not to guess."

—

When Jiang Nian woke up, the sky had already turned yellow.

Did she fall asleep as soon as she came back in the morning and sleep until almost evening?

When this thought came to her mind, she was so shocked that she immediately sat up in bed.

I don't know why Guizhi knocked on the door this morning. I talked with Xiao Yingzhu all night yesterday, and I have been busy with the new prescription these days. I haven't taken care of the pharmacy and warehouse. I originally planned to take a two-hour break and then go to see if there is anything that needs improvement. Now, I have to postpone my trip for a few days.

Jiang Nian rubbed his head and was thinking of some excuse to excuse himself for sleeping so late when he heard footsteps outside.

"Miss, are you awake? A strange man just came to the warehouse. He said he wants to talk to you the next day."