Chapter 209
"Why is it you?"
Fan Xiaoxiao silently straightened the rabbit fur scarf she had placed aside, and then casually picked up the heavy raincoat.
Sang Yu'er shook the large bundle of medicine packets in her hand: "Here are some flowers for you, my wife. Just now, the Heavenly Venerable said that you wanted the flowers from the trees in his herb garden. My sister and I mostly take care of things in that garden, so the Heavenly Venerable asked me to bring you these things!"
It's yeast flower.
Fan Xiaoxiao stood up and took the package from Sang Yuer's hand.
"Eh? Why are you alone, my wife? Where are the fat old man and that young man who came up with you? The Heavenly Venerable told me to take you to the side room to rest for the night, so that I can send you down the mountain early tomorrow morning."
Sang Yuer opened the door a little, and after handing over the things, he stood outside waiting for Fan Xiaoxiao. His actions seemed to be to avoid suspicion, but Fan Xiaoxiao saw him peek into the gatehouse after opening the door.
She pursed her lips slightly, still somewhat wary of Sang Yuer. But since it was just her and Sang Yuer here, she didn't dare to make any rash moves and could only pick up her things and leave the gatehouse.
"The old man and my brother had some business to attend to and asked me to wait here for a while. I think they'll be back around this time. Young Master Sang, you just said you'd take us down the mountain tomorrow? Which route do you plan to take?"
"Of course it's the road to Dongshan. Why do you suddenly ask that, my wife?"
Fan Xiaoxiao's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she glanced into the other person's eyes. The young man's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes revealing deep confusion, as if he didn't understand Fan Xiaoxiao's words.
She was slightly taken aback: Could it be that this Sang Yu'er was unaware of what had happened at the foot of Mount Tian? It seemed the Celestial Venerable hadn't allowed this matter to be publicized...
"Miss Xiao?"
Seeing that Fan Xiaoxiao remained silent for a long time, Sang Yuer reached out and waved her hand in front of her.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing."
"Oh, it's good that you're alright. Since that fat old man and young man will be here a while, why don't I take you to the side room first?"
"Forehead……"
Fan Xiaoxiao hesitated slightly. Ultimately, she still didn't trust Sang Yuer to be a good person. If she went to the side room first, and something happened, the Ghost Doctor and Xiao Hei wouldn't be able to find her in time.
Thinking of this, Fan Xiaoxiao shook her head: "Let's wait for them a little longer, so you don't have to make two trips, Young Master Sang. By the way, you just said that you planned to take us down the mountain from the east side tomorrow?"
"Really? Is there something wrong with it?"
With that same puzzled look on her face, Fan Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes slightly, then quickly lowered them again, concealing the expression in them.
"Oh, it's all because of Princess Renle. Didn't she say something about sealing off the Tianshan Mountains the other day? We originally wanted to take the route you mentioned today, but when we were at the foot of the mountain, we saw a lot of imperial guards surrounding it. It looks like they've also sealed off the entrance to the eastern part of the mountain..."
Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at Sang Yuer's expression, and seeing that he didn't react, she continued, "Well, we didn't dare to get close to them today, so we took the mountain paths..."
"The road to Dongshan is blocked too?"
Sang Yuer couldn't believe what Fan Xiaoxiao said. Her round eyes widened, and her voice rose several decibels: "That road is the one I often use to transport things up and down the mountain! It's blocked too!?"
Fan Xiaoxiao was startled by his reaction and shrank back slightly: "Yes...yes."
"ah!!"
Sang Yu'er let out a wail, clutched her head, and squatted down.
"My goodness! That road is the one I need to transport grain for my fellow disciples! That damn princess is blocking the way! Doesn't that mean she's going to cut off the Tian Shan's grain supply?!"
After saying that, Sang Yuer's hair, which had been neatly tied up, was suddenly ruffled and torn into a mess. Fan Xiaoxiao hadn't expected that Renle's closure of the mountain would have such an impact on Tianshan. She thought that such a large sect as Tianshan should have reserves of food and other necessities.
She voiced her question, and upon hearing Sang Yu'er's words, she became even more distraught: "Alas, there is indeed a granary. But because the snow came exceptionally early this year, we haven't had time to go to Ginkgo Village to fetch this winter's grain! Our fellow disciples' grain is all due in March, and the original plan was to go and fetch the grain in the next few days..."
Sang Yu'er sighed, her gaze falling on Fan Xiaoxiao: "Wife, where did you come from? We could just carry it up by hand from the direction you came from! I just don't know how long it will take to move all that grain..."
Fan Xiaoxiao forced a dry laugh and patted Sang Yuer's back stiffly: "I came up via a mountain path. If Young Hero Sang wants to carry it up from there by manpower, I'm afraid it won't work."
Just now, Sang Yuer still had some hope, but now he was so depressed that his shoulders slumped and his round face was covered with a dark cloud.
He naturally knew that Fan Xiaoxiao was right. The amount of grain in Ginkgo Village would be difficult to carry up by manpower, let alone bypassing the Imperial Guards and not being discovered by Princess Renle.
"No, I need to go see the sect leader about this..."
Sang Yu'er remained silent for a while, then shook her head and stood up.
"My lady, wait here for me. I'll come back to find you in a little while!"
After saying that, Sang Yu'er ran towards the Tianshan Sect without looking back. Fan Xiaoxiao raised her hand, about to call out to him, but he had already disappeared from sight. She was left standing there, attracting the attention of several disciples outside the gate who were looking in her direction.
She shook her head, picked up her medicine bag, and walked back to sit down by the brazier in the gatehouse.
Fan Xiaoxiao's initial doubts about Sang Yuer's series of reactions have begun to waver – could it be that... Sang Yuer really has no problem?
She stared at the brazier in front of her for a while, then opened a package of oiled paper and took a look. Inside were indeed top-quality yeast flowers. She pursed her lips slightly—no, that's not right, it's too early to let her guard down against Sang Yu'er.
She couldn't forget the ghost face tattoo on Sun Jingde's body back then, and now that a second one had finally appeared, she couldn't just give up on this clue.
What exactly was the purpose of those two walnuts, and why were they so relentlessly hunting her down? During this period of peace, she had almost forgotten that she was still being hunted by the Dark Pavilion.
Seeing him today reminded me of him again.
Fan Xiaoxiao's hand unconsciously caressed the oil paper bag, her lips parted slightly and then closed again—Sang Yu'er…
(End of this chapter)
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