Su Yan thought about it and decided that since Xie Yu had already participated in the plan...
It would be unfair to keep it from him any longer, so I told him the clues I had found.
"Dark Moon Pavilion? Isn't that an assassin organization that disappeared more than a decade ago?"
"You know about the Dark Moon Pavilion?" Su Yan was quite surprised that Xie Yu knew about the Dark Moon Pavilion.
The Dark Moon Pavilion has always kept a low profile, and few people know about it. Su Yan went to great lengths to find out that the massacre of the Su family was related to the Dark Moon Pavilion.
Xie Yu nodded. "I once stumbled upon the files of the Dark Moon Pavilion in the Dean's library, but there was very little recorded on them. All I knew was that it was an assassin organization in the martial arts world, and nothing else."
"However... are you really sure that Dark Moon Pavilion is related to the case of the corpse sinking in the dry well?" Xie Yu was somewhat unconvinced.
"Um... I don't know yet whether it has anything to do with the Dark Moon Pavilion, but I'm sure that the decision to let the Drunken Life and Death case is related to the case of the corpse in the dry well."
The last time she sneaked into the Drunken Dreamland, she happened to hear a child crying in the backyard. However, there were different guards in the front and back yards, making it difficult for outsiders to enter the backyard.
She and Xie Yu were locked in the front yard.
"So what do we do next?" Xie Yu pressed.
He wasn't worried about his situation, since escaping wouldn't be a problem for him with his skills. The difficulty lay in having Su Yan as a burden.
He couldn't understand why Shen Yao would agree to let Su Yan go undercover.
Su Yan frowned slightly, pondering the current situation. The murderer in the case of the corpse in the dry well needed to be caught, the clues of the Dark Moon Pavilion needed to be found, and the child locked in the backyard needed to be rescued.
"Let the people outside know we're safe first..."
"You don't need to worry about that. I already sent a message in bird language on the way here. You should worry about our situation now. Didn't you hear that Yu Liuli is going to give us away? How will we get any information if we're sent away..."
"This is indeed a big problem..."
After much thought, Su Yan came up with a brilliant idea. She looked at Xie Yu beside her with a mischievous grin, "Master, you might have to suffer a bit from this..."
Seeing the meaningful look in Su Yan's eyes, Xie Yu felt a chill run down his spine and retreated repeatedly, "You... what... are you going to do?"
Before Xie Yu could finish speaking, Su Yan pulled out some medicine powder from somewhere and threw it at his face.
Xie Yu subconsciously closed her eyes tightly, smelled a light fragrance, and after a while, she did not feel the pain she had imagined. She slowly opened one eye and saw Su Yan applying powder non-stop.
Xie Yu looked at herself and found that nothing was wrong. She looked at Su Yan in confusion and asked, "What are you doing?"
After sprinkling the powder, Su Yan clapped her hands and explained to Xie Yu, "This is something I concocted for self-defense. Don't worry, Your Excellency, it's all safe and non-toxic, and won't cause you any harm..."
Xie Yu didn't trust Su Yan's pale explanation at all. Not long after, she felt a tingling, itchy sensation on her arms and cheeks. She reached out and scratched it, only to find that the more she scratched, the itchier it became.
Xie Yu immediately realized something was wrong and ran to the dressing table to check. She saw reddish spots on her face and arms.
Upon seeing the red spots on her body, Xie Yu immediately guessed that it was related to Su Yan's actions earlier. She glared at Su Yan angrily and demanded, "Su Yan, what happened? Didn't you say it was harmless? How did my face end up like this…?"
Su Yan looked completely innocent. "Your Excellency, this is the solution I came up with... Don't worry, it really won't harm your body. It'll just cause red spots, and they'll disappear on their own after a while."
Xie Yu was initially quite angry, but when she saw that Su Yan was experiencing the same symptoms, she realized what Su Yan was up to and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
Only Su Yan would do something so self-destructive and harmful to others.
However, the method was indeed a good one. When Yu Liuli heard that the beauty she was going to present to the Pavilion Master had encountered a problem, she rushed to the place where Su Yan was being held.
Yu Liuli rushed into the room in a panic and saw Su Yan and Xie Yu lying there looking sickly, with a doctor taking their pulses.
Seeing this, Yu Liuli stepped forward and took their hands, looking distressed. "Huanyun, Yuhuan, are you alright?"
With a cold expression, Xie Yu pulled his hand away from Yu Liuli's. Being touched by a greasy person was more disgusting than eating shit. He glared at Yu Liuli, looking like he couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.
Seeing Xie Yu's expression, Su Yan was afraid of upsetting Yu Liuli, so she quickly spoke up to divert Yu Liuli's attention, "Master Yu, my sister and I are new to Chang'an and are not used to the cold northern winds, so we are inevitably unwell. Thank you for your concern, Master Yu."
Su Yan's gentle words pleased Yu Liuli greatly, but also made her feel even more distressed. She pressed the doctor taking her pulse, "Doctor, how is the situation?"
The doctor stroked his beard with a mysterious air. "The two young ladies are indeed suffering from acclimatization issues, coupled with excessive worry. I will first prescribe some medicine to help them recover..."
"When will the red spots on their faces heal..." Yu Liuli asked anxiously, after all, he was still waiting for the two beauties to lend him a hand.
Upon hearing this, the doctor's face showed great difficulty. "Reporting to Master Yu, these two young ladies' condition is caused by emotional distress. They will need at least one or two months of traditional Chinese medicine treatment before they can fully recover..."
"What...one or two months!" Yu Liuli was so angry she wanted to kill someone. She grabbed the doctor by the neck and said, "I'm giving you two days. If you don't cure the red spots on their faces, I'll cut off your head."
He thought it would only take a day or two to get better, but it turned out to take a month or two. He might as well just starve.
The doctor trembled with fear, his legs shaking uncontrollably. Terrified of Yu Liuli's rage, he stammered, "Master Yu... their faces have red spots... my abilities are limited, one or two days... I'm afraid that won't be enough..."
Upon hearing this, Yu Liuli grabbed the doctor by the collar and threw him to the ground, then kicked him several times. "You think I'm being disrespectful?"
Su Yan had not expected Yu Liuli to be so unpredictable, and quickly stepped forward to stand in front of the doctor. "Master Yu, please calm down. In the end, it is our fault, my sister and I. Please do not take your anger out on the innocent."
When Yu Liuli saw Su Yan intervene, he tried his best to suppress his emotions. He was still counting on Su Yan and Xie Yu to help him turn things around, so he had to at least give them face. He could only wave to his subordinates.
Two people came to the door and dragged the doctor out.
He turned around and angrily berated the guards standing at the door, "How can you keep an eye on people like this?"
Upon hearing this, the guards knelt down with a thud, their entire bodies trembling uncontrollably. They knew all too well that when Yu Liuli was enraged, no one would have a good end.
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