After a pause, Xiao Moyan looked away and continued, "On the way, Liuyun's men were closely monitoring everyone's movements and didn't find anyone passing on any information. Aside from the local towns and Liangcheng we had to pass through, to avoid any trouble, the team took secluded roads. They arrived in Bishui City a day earlier than expected. How could Shui Lianche and the Xia family have known that we would arrive so early and set up an ambush a day before us?"
Ji Xingzhi was slightly stunned, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "Didn't they lie in ambush here a long time ago?"
Hearing this, Xiao Moyan glanced at Ji Xingzhi calmly and said, "You don't have to go to Shuizhou to get to Bishui."
When Ji Xingzhi heard this, he suddenly realized that in addition to Bishui City, there seemed to be several small towns that could directly bypass Bishui and reach Ruoshui. If Ruoshui Lian Che had set up an ambush in Bishui in advance, he would not have failed to send some people to ambush in Ruoshui, but at the moment... there was clearly no ambush in Ruoshui.
Shui Lianche's men were being monitored by Liuyun's men, so since the news couldn't be passed on, how did Shui Lianche know in advance that they were taking the Bishui Road instead of the roads to those small towns?
After thinking it over, Ji Xingzhi's face turned slightly cold. "Uncle, is there anyone outside the surveillance range?"
If everyone was on surveillance, Shui Lianche would have no chance of receiving the news in advance.
Xiao Moyan nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
For example, Ji Xingzhi himself, Xiao Moyan, Bai Xiu, as well as Ji Ruhua, Luo Bai, Yuxu, Zhou Zheng, Xiaojuan, and Rumei.
The familiar faces of these people flashed through Ji Xingzhi's mind, and he fell into deep thought. Among them, Yu Xu was the most suspicious.
Putting aside the matter of Yuxu and the possible spy, Ji Xingzhi came here not just for these things, but for some things that have puzzled her for many years.
Ji Xingzhi secretly took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled. She mustered up the courage to look at Xiao Moyan and asked, "Uncle, I have some questions I want to ask you. If you want to answer, then answer. If you don't want to answer, then don't answer. I'm asking just to clear up my doubts. Anyway, these doubts have puzzled me for years, and it won't be too late to confuse me for a few more years. It won't be too late to tell me when you want to talk about it."
Xiao Moyan paused slightly and responded with a low "Hmm."
After getting Xiao Moyan's answer, Ji Xingzhi lowered her head slightly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her eyes looking at the candle on the table, two small flames reflected in her pupils, burning quietly.
Ji Xingzhi seemed lost in thought as she stared at the candle on the table. After a long silence, she slowly spoke, "What's hidden in the bamboo forest at the Emperor's uncle's residence? Those green bamboos may look ordinary, but they're actually poisonous, right?"
She had seen the bamboo branch inserted in the emperor's uncle's study countless times, and always felt that something was wrong, because compared with ordinary bamboo leaves, that branch was obviously much greener.
The bamboo forest at the palace is a forbidden area, infested with poisonous snakes. The forest may appear small, but once inside, it feels vast and boundless, making it easy to get lost. What secrets lie hidden in this protected forest?
Ji Xingzhi had thought about sneaking in to investigate, but the bamboo forest was full of traps, and she and Liu Yang had been trapped by them when they were young.
Xiao Moyan didn't react at all, his expression remained calm, he didn't even blink, he just said "Hmm" indifferently.
Hmm? Hmm what? Is it that something is hidden in the bamboo forest? Or that the bamboo forest is poisonous? Or both?
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