Heng Wuniang asked tentatively, "...You knew all along that there was a traitor in the Jixi workshop?"
Xianjin's eyelashes moved slightly, and after a while he closed his eyes and nodded.
Heng Wuniang asked again, "You didn't hide the traitor, are you trying to mislead the Bai family?"
Xianjin nodded again.
Heng Wuniang then asked, "Does the traitor know that he has been exposed?"
Xianjin hesitated for a moment and then shook his head gently.
Heng Wuniang was surprised, which meant that someone really turned against us...
"Since you have noticed it, why don't you give me some advice? If we take proper precautions, perhaps we will be far ahead in judging the quality of paper and have a sure win." Heng Wu Niang lowered her head and folded the square silk handkerchief into a thick piece. She put her slender fingers and white hands like circling the moon under Xianjin's forehead as it touched the cold inner wall of the carriage.
Xianjin slowly opened his eyes and said in a light tone, "There are only thieves who can steal for a thousand years, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand years. If I give him some advice, how can he truly perform the struggle of betrayal?"
"How can we gain the trust of the Bai family?"
Heng Wuniang actually saw a bit of fragility and coldness in Xianjin's abyss-like eyes.
Heng Wuniang felt a bit of bitterness in her chest.
This traitor deserves to die!
Heng Wu Niang said angrily, "Who is it?"
Xianjin turned his head to look outside the car. There were low mountains in the suburbs, towering ancient trees, and endless growth everywhere.
The trees in Xuancheng Prefecture are trimmed neatly and squarely.
At daybreak, Xianjin got off the mule cart carrying a brown paper bag. He glanced at the two freshly pruned pine trees at the gate of Chen's house and whispered to Zhou Ergou, "Master Gou, bring Lu Badan to me."
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