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"You don't want our daughter anymore?"
Daughter? Ours?
Su Fangli knew who the other person was, and she no longer wasted time looking around. She just stood there quietly and said in a calm voice, "When did I become your daughter?"
Cen Xiaying's voice was filled with hurt. "Miss Fang is incredibly insightful. Didn't she predict that I was going to have a child? And a few days ago, didn't you tell me to take good care of our daughter? Are you going to deny that now?"
His ending tone sounded like a hook, giving Su Fangli goose bumps on her arms.
"Where is she?" Su Fangli asked.
Seeing that she was not looking for her, Cen Xiaying sighed, walked out of the shadows and came to her.
"If you want to see her, come to the capital to find me," he said.
Su Fangli didn't understand and looked up at him.
The man hadn't changed much since their previous meeting, except for a few scabbed scars on the sides of his face and neck, which made him look fierce for no reason.
He stood there leisurely, looking at Su Fangli with his eyes lowered, as if she was the only one in his eyes.
"I'm about to leave, why don't you say goodbye to me properly?" Cen Xiaying said aggrievedly.
Su Fangli didn't buy it and glanced at him: "Are you running away because you can't control the situation in the city?"
Cen Xiaying: "How did you know? Did you calculate it?"
He had seen Su Fangli's divination several times before, so there was no need to hide it, so she nodded.
Cen Xiaying: "Since you already know, I won't hide it from you. There are actually no soldiers guarding this city anymore. I wanted to leave, but I wanted to see if I could see you again before I left."
He spoke ambiguously, but Su Fangli knew that he was just saying it casually.
What concerned her was that there were no soldiers left in the city at all?
If we open the city gates, won't the foreigners be able to fight all the way north?
Cen Xiaying saw her doubt and said nonchalantly, "If you don't believe me, you can do some divination yourself."
This made Su Fangli feel an inexplicable sense of powerlessness.
She lowered her head and touched a stick.
"Why are you telling me this?" she asked. "Do you think I'll go to the capital?"
Cen Xiaying lowered his eyes meaningfully, his pupils full of amusement and indulgence. He said, "You will come. I don't think I will wait too long."
Su Fangli thought she would have to use a lot of effort to get rid of this person, but unexpectedly, Cen Xiaying was so "considerate" as to send her out of the city and even gave her a horse.
"Come." Cen Xiaying stretched out her hand.
Su Fangli didn't move, so the other party pinched her arms on both sides and easily pulled her onto the horse's back.
Cen Xiaying raised his head, with a hint of white moonlight in his eyes, which softened his evil face.
His tone could be described as gentle. He flattered her and said, "Go ahead. Remember to come to the capital to find me and our daughter."
Su Fangli was carried a little further away by the horse, and she turned back. Cen Xiaying was still standing there, and when she saw her turn back, she waved at her.
With her eyesight, she could even see Cen Xiaying smiling with her white teeth showing.
What’s going on with this Cen Xiaying? Does he know the original body?
The moonlight tonight is very bright, and you can clearly see the road and the scenery on both sides.
Su Fangli rode his horse towards the camp, thinking as he walked.
Why is Cen Xiaying so sure that she will go to the capital?
Although she did have such an intention, she always felt that the other party seemed to know something.
When Su Fangli was halfway there, he unexpectedly saw a man riding a horse walking towards him.
Before she could figure out how to respond, she had already recognized the other person's identity.
He Chenghuan?
How come he is here?
"Ready to go back?" He Chenghuan's face was calm and his tone was natural.
He turned his horse around and walked to Su Fangli's side, wanting to go back with her.
An incredible thought arose.
Could it be that He Chenghuan came to pick her up specially?
Su Fangli tilted her head to look at him.
His profile was half in shadow, half in moonlight, his tall nose casting a shadow on the side of his face, the lines flowing smoothly. He seemed not to notice Su Fangli's gaze, only looking down at the reins in his hand.
It was quiet, with only the clatter of horse hooves to be heard.
"Are you sleepy?" Su Fangli asked suddenly.
He Chenghuan was confused, thinking he had misheard: "What?"
Su Fangli reined in his horse and said, "If you're not tired, why don't you come with me to the City Lord's Mansion?"
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He Chenghuan blocked out the noisy voice in his heart and looked at Su Fangli seriously: "What are your plans?"
Su Fangli explained, "I heard that there's no one in the City Lord's Mansion. Do you want to go in and search it?"
As the weather got colder, the desire to stock up took over. Su Fangli drew several lots in a row, all indicating that this was feasible. However, it was still too risky for her to do it alone. Bringing He Chenghuan with her would be a different story.
He Chenghuan looked at the fortune stick in her hand and said nothing for a long time.
Just when Su Fangli thought he was rejecting her, he finally said, "Okay, let's go."
As he said this, he turned his horse around and actually planned to go to the City Lord's Mansion with her.
Now it was Su Fangli's turn to hesitate. She said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you?"
"That only means that this disaster is destined for me." He Chenghuan said.
The two men found a remote forest outside the city gate, tied up their horses, and then walked into the city in the night.
He Chenghuan had obviously investigated the place many times, and he took Su Fangli to the City Lord's Mansion very familiarly.
The door was closed tightly, and nothing could be seen from outside.
"How?" He Chenghuan asked.
Su Fangli drew lots and waved at He Chenghuan: "This way."
She carefully avoided people along the way and brought He Chenghuan to a place where the hexagram showed that the small gate of the City Lord's Mansion was.
The two sneaked into the city lord's mansion.
As Cen Xiaying said, the City Lord's Mansion was deserted, without a single person in sight.
But after the two of them took a look around, they found that there was nothing useful left in the mansion except some ornaments that were too heavy to move.
Su Fangli stood in the yard, feeling something was wrong.
"Have you found any secret room or warehouse?" she asked when she saw He Chenghuan coming back from the other side.
He Chenghuan shook his head.
Su Fangli was not discouraged. She didn't believe there were no secret passages in the City Lord's Mansion. So she cast a divination very seriously.
She stared at the stick in her hand, her eyes brighter than the moon in the sky. She pinched it and showed it to He Chenghuan: "Look, I found it."
He Chenghuan paid no attention to the fortune or divination, his eyes fixed on Su Fangli's face. His injured eyes felt a little sore, and he actually felt that the light on Su Fangli's face was brighter than the moonlight.
Until Su Fangli urged: "What are you standing there for? Let's go."
The two of them walked around the rockery and corridors and finally found the secret room of the City Lord's Mansion under a tree.
The banyan tree is extremely thick and must be a hundred years old. There is a hole dug under the tree that is only big enough for one person to pass through.
"You wait upstairs, I'll go down and take a look first." He Chenghuan said.
Su Fangli saw that the fortune-telling said that this trip would be safe, so he nodded and said, "Go, be careful."
After waiting for a while, He Chenghuan stuck his head out and said, "Come down, there's no one down there."
The secret room is illuminated by night pearls. The entrance is narrow, but there is a different world inside.
It was a study room with a desk cluttered with letters and scrolls.
He Chenghuan walked over to check, but Su Fangli was not interested. He took a bead to light the way and walked deeper into the secret room.
Many boxes containing gold, silver and jade were piled up in the corner, covered with thick dust.
Su Fangli also found a lot of moldy rice in a corner.
Now we don’t have to worry about food for the winter.
Su Fangli originally wanted to tell fortunes for the common people or wealthy businessmen in the city in exchange for food.
It was effective but too slow. Furthermore, the city had been abandoned, and there was no telling when foreigners would attack. It would be best to bring these things back as soon as possible and slowly develop them in the camp.
Su Fangli walked around and went back to meet He Chenghuan.
He seemed to have found something too. He looked serious and frowned, but there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"How?" she asked.
He Chenghuan raised his eyes when he heard Su Fangli's voice. He put the letter in his hand back into his arms and said, "I have sent a message. Bring more people over."
Hearing this, Su Fangli nodded: "That's exactly what I was thinking."
The longer the night, the more trouble you may have. It is safest to take your things back as soon as possible.
There were more things in the secret room than they had imagined, and it was not until dawn that they were finally emptied.
Su Fangli and He Chenghuan stayed behind to finish the job. They restored the land under the banyan tree to the way it was when they came. From the outside, it was impossible to tell that anyone had been in there.
The city lord must have been very confident about this hidden secret room, as he actually transferred all the people in the city lord's mansion away and left no one to guard it.
A few people took advantage of the fact that not many people in the city had left and prepared to leave the city.
Before leaving, Su Fangli stopped He Chenghuan and said, "Could you please leave some people to pass on a message to the people in this city? If you can leave, leave as soon as possible to avoid being harmed by foreign invaders."
He Chenghuan nodded and called a few people over to give them instructions.
Su Fangli had thought about whether he could take over this city, as the facilities in this city were obviously more complete.
But she didn't think He Chenghuan meant that.
She thought about it and figured it out. He Chenghuan probably didn't want to help the royal family defend the city.
Su Fangli was only focused on finding an opportunity to return to modern times, and she didn't want to get involved in such matters.
When the foreigners attacked, she took the coachman and went to find Granny Fang first, and then went to the capital to find the "living god" national teacher to see if she could find a way to return to the modern era.
During the time she had traveled through time, she clearly felt that her divination was easier and more accurate than before.
Su Fangli had a clear premonition that the "door" for her to return home was in the capital.
After returning to the camp, Su Fangli arranged for people to put the things into the camp warehouse, and then assigned corresponding people to sort them out according to the star chart she saw.
Ye Zhihui saw her coming back with He Chenghuan, his face stiffened for a moment, but he quickly recovered and walked forward with a smile: "Is there anything I can do?"
This was just right, Su Fangli pulled him over and the two of them stood in an empty corner.
"Do you know the names of those people?" Su Fangli pointed at the busy people in the camp.
Ye Zhihui followed her finger and looked over. "I know."
Su Fangli: "Can you capture them all and detain them separately without alerting others?"
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