...a black line appeared on its head.
A thousand taels? Is this not a test for him?
Does this woman know he's short of money? She's trying to seduce him like this!
"Ahem!" Feeling his little apprentice glaring at him again, You Yi coughed lightly and immediately straightened his head and said, "What a joke! Would I sell my apprentice for a mere thousand taels? I'm not that kind of person. Even if you gave me ten thousand taels, I wouldn't care!"
Youyi's righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor even moved himself.
The female shopkeeper was furious at You Yi's words and glared at him, saying, "Then what are you doing in my room in the middle of the night? You have no shame!"
...Youyi was so angry that her liver hurt.
He has no shame. How can he have no shame?
Xiao Bao tugged at You Yi's sleeve, urging him to hurry up.
Youyi then remembered what they had come for: "Where's the bottle I gave you earlier?"
"What is that?" The female shopkeeper looked completely bewildered.
...Youyi glared angrily again: "It's that bottle of stuff I gave you to pay for your meal!"
"You mean that?" After Youyi's reminder, the female shopkeeper finally remembered and went straight out of the room to the woodshed at the back.
Youyi, along with Xiaobao, followed along, completely unaware of what was going on.
The female shopkeeper rummaged around in the stove for a while before finally finding the bottle.
A dark bottle suddenly appeared in front of Youyi and Xiaobao.
"You mean this thing?" The female shopkeeper was confused. They had come all this way in the middle of the night just for this thing.
"You, you, you..." Youyi was so angry at the female shopkeeper that he almost vomited blood.
That damned, ignorant woman dared to just throw his carefully concocted poison into the stove!
The female shopkeeper, still puzzled, fiddled with the dark bottle: "What material is this bottle made of? How come it hasn't cracked after being burned for so long!"
The female shopkeeper was now regretting not having examined the bottle more closely; perhaps it was a valuable item worth some silver.
The female shopkeeper thought this through and reached out to pick up the black bottle.
Seeing this, Youyi immediately picked up the bottle faster than her, then glared fiercely at her.
The female shopkeeper was bewildered by You Yi's glare. Sensing his murderous intent, she finally became somewhat afraid: "What do you want to do?"
What does he want to do?
He wanted to feed her the whole bottle of stuff so she could see how powerful it was!
Despite his thoughts, You Yi ultimately didn't want to argue with a woman, so he took out a silver ingot from his pocket and tossed it to her: "We're even!"
After saying that, Youyi picked up Xiaobao and flew away.
Looking at the silver ingot in her hand, the female shopkeeper suddenly regretted not examining the bottle more closely.
Since this person was able to come in the middle of the night to exchange silver for that bottle, the bottle must be worth more than this silver ingot!
Oh well, if I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have given him that bottle. Now it's too late to regret it.
Swimming in this poison has only brought me a bellyful of anger.
"Let's go check out the governor's mansion," Xiao Bao tugged at his sleeve, reminding him to get down to business.
"I know," You Yi replied impatiently, then picked up Xiao Bao and headed towards the governor's mansion.
When the two arrived at the governor's mansion, the fire had already been extinguished, but the entire mansion had been almost completely burned down, leaving only an empty shell.
The bodies inside have all been cleared away, and the ground is covered with ashes and bloodstains. Even without the corpses scattered all over the ground, it would probably still look gruesome.
"I reckon the body has already been taken to the mortuary by the government." Xiao Bao suddenly looked at You Yi: "Master, do you remember what the hidden weapon that black-clad assassin used looked like?"
You Yi thought carefully for a moment: "It seems to be a star-shaped hidden dart." As for the rest, he really couldn't remember.
The dart was deflected before it even reached him. He hadn't really seen it clearly.
"Go to the mortuary."
Originally, Youyi didn't want to go, but seeing the little guy's serious expression, she finally dared not disobey.
Youyi then took Xiaobao to the mortuary, where the two of them indeed saw the corpses from the governor's mansion.
Among the pile of corpses in the governor's mansion, Xiao Bao quickly found the assassin in black, who still had the dart stuck in his heart.
Xiao Bao pulled the hidden dart from the assassin's chest and wrapped it in a handkerchief: "Take this back to her. This should be considered a clue for those assassins."
Youyi nodded and searched the assassin again, but found nothing. However, there was a blood spider pattern on the assassin's neck, which the two carefully memorized.
"I wonder if the government can find the real culprit for her." Xiao Bao was a little worried, after all, the killer didn't leave many clues.
"Trust the government. Wait a couple of days until she's calmed down before sending her back. Maybe she saw something that day that could provide clues for the government." After all, she's the only survivor; she definitely knows more than they do.
"Yes." Xiao Bao thought so too.
"Let's go." Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was alerted, Youyi led Xiaobao away from the mortuary.
A farmhouse courtyard.
When Bai Fuya went to Granny Shang's room to check on Leng Xiyue, she found that Granny Shang was already asleep and snoring loudly.
The little girl didn't cry or make a fuss; she just stared at her with her big, bright eyes.
Bai Fuya glanced helplessly at Granny Shang.
She was asked to stay with the little girl while she slept, but instead of sleeping, she started snoring.
Bai Fuya reached out and picked up the little girl, taking her back to her room.
Bai Fuya placed the little girl on the bed and patted her head: "How about I sleep with you tonight?"
Leng Xiyue tilted her head slightly.
Bai Fuya raised her eyebrows; it seemed the little girl didn't like having her head touched.
Bai Fuya stopped, afraid that she would be frightened, and turned up the candlelight in the room before getting into bed.
Bai Fuya tried to coax her to sleep, but the little girl just wouldn't close her eyes.
She seemed to know what the little girl was thinking and said softly, "Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a man named Goujian, who was the king of Yue, and another man named Fuchai, who was the king of Wu..."
When Leng Xiyue heard Bai Fuya's story, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in her dull eyes.
Only after Bai Fuya finished telling the story of King Goujian of Yue's perseverance and eventual restoration of his kingdom did Leng Xiyue finally speak her first words: "When did you arrive, sister?"
"Hmm?" Bai Fuya looked at Leng Xiyue with some confusion, not understanding what she meant for a moment.
Leng Xiyue looked at her with her big, dark eyes. Despite being such a small child, she spoke with such calmness: "King Fuchai of Wu and King Goujian of Yue are stories from the Spring and Autumn Period. This period doesn't exist in this world at all. Where did you learn about this story, sister?"
"You..." As soon as Leng Xiyue said this, Bai Fuya's eyes widened in realization!
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