After Dongfang Mian finished speaking, Aju looked at her with admiration, "Amian, you're really smart. You came up with so many ideas in such a short time."
Giving him a knowing look, Dongfang Mian said, "Of course, who am I?"
"Who do you think you are? You're the mother of my child, who do you think you are? Your son is in such a miserable state, and you can still laugh. You heartless woman, there's a saying that's true: the most poisonous heart is a woman's." Yan Lin's angry voice came from behind.
Dongfang Mian and Aju immediately stopped smiling, and Ahua frowned and scolded, "Don't laugh, you bad boy, you'll get a spanking."
"Then the task of gathering information will be entrusted to you, husband of the child," Dongfang Mian said to Yan Lin.
The latter looked into the distance with a serious expression and deep gaze, "Don't worry, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."
Yan Lin spent three days and three nights gathering information. When he returned, he was covered in dust and dirt and was almost stopped by the landlady who mistook him for a beggar.
Without even bothering to wash up, Yan Lin hurriedly recounted all the information she had gathered.
"The Medicine Domain is almost firmly in the hands of the Shi and Mu families. Both families have profound foundations, and their current patriarchs are both peak third-stage experts."
It is said that both families have at least three ancestors who have reached the Emperor Realm. The relationship between the two families can be described as irreconcilable. The boundaries between their spheres of influence are very clear. No member of the Mu family will ever enter or leave a city controlled by the Shi family.
But recently, for some unknown reason, the Shi family and the Mu family have started to have frequent contact and interactions, and people throughout the Medicine Domain are speculating whether something big is about to happen.
"What do these have to do with the baby?" Dongfang Mian asked.
"I don't know," Yan Lin shook his head. "I can't find out anything about the baby. Whenever the topic of the young master of the Shi family comes up, those people who claim to be the best intelligence agency in the human world all shut up and act like they're keeping it a secret. I even spent two days squatting outside the Shi family's business, but I didn't find anything special."
Dongfang Mian nodded, just about to sort out the information she had just received, when Yan Lin said again, "By the way, I remembered something. I overheard some people talking about something. They said that the Shi family's once-in-a-century ancestral worship ceremony seems to be approaching soon. I wonder if this has anything to do with the baby."
Ancestor worship?
Dongfang Mian pondered for a while. Ancestor worship is simply paying respects to ancestors, which is basically visiting graves. It's just a ritual for large families to demonstrate their heritage. It seems that this matter has no direct connection with the baby.
“We need to get inside the Shi family to find out the information,” Dongfang Mian said after thinking for a while.
"Enter the Shi family? It's easier said than done. The Shi family isn't some small clan or sect that you can just walk into," Aju said.
“So we must find the right opportunity,” Dongfang Mian said. “In short, we should first go to the city where the Shi family’s main residence is located, and then we should act according to the circumstances.”
Panshi City is one of the most prosperous cities in the Medicine Domain, mainly because the main family of the Shi family, one of the two major families in the Medicine Domain, is located here.
Walking on the streets of Panshi City, Dongfang Mian felt as if the cities she had visited before were like remote and impoverished places. Panshi City truly lived up to its reputation as the home of the Shi family, and its overall prosperity was evident.
For example, Dongfang Mian saw street vendors selling Hua Hong Suo, a royal-grade medicinal herb that would be the highlight of any auction, but it was readily available on the streets here and didn't even qualify to be displayed in shops.
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