Chapter 61 Visit
At three o'clock in the evening, in the courtyard of Xingfang
Xu Jia stood beside the bed, looking at the beauty lying there, smiling softly: "Xi Jing, Lord He was very satisfied with your portrait. Tonight, you will go over and serve him. Remember, be good."
Xi Jing was lying on the bed. She had just been given medicine and didn't even have the strength to speak. She could only look at the ceiling, feeling confused. How could this happen in just half a day?
Xu Jia continued to ramble on, "Aunt Xu has carefully considered the dosage of this medicine. Once you get there, you'll be able to move. But don't get any bad ideas. The Chengyi Sect is incomparable to the Yisan Sect. You must listen to Master He, otherwise, your master and brothers will have to die to atone for their sins."
Apologize with death? But they were clearly innocent. Xi Jing closed her eyes, ignoring Xu Jia's nagging.
They didn't notice that a figure flashed past the window.
By the small bridge and flowing water, Han Yueshan and others were still waiting anxiously, but fortunately, the master came back before they had to wait for long.
Tao Zi looked at her master who came back from outside with a cold face, and her heart sank, knowing that the worst thing had happened.
He said, "It's confirmed. Xi Jing is there. Her portrait has been taken a fancy to by that idiot Lord He. She will be sent there tonight."
Han Yueshan couldn't help but curse. She knocked on the table, remaining calm as she analyzed, "The Autumn Victory Banquet officially begins in three days. According to the rules of previous years, there will be small banquets at the Qiu Ming Cottage on these evenings. The banquet will end in about an hour, and the farewell will be either before the banquet begins or after it ends."
Yu Han looked at the senior sister in surprise, not understanding how she knew so much. Even he didn't know much about these things, but then he thought, maybe Yue Shan had asked about it.
Little did he know that Han Yueshan had the same idea as him.
Liuxiang suddenly walked in at this moment and said, "Miss Chun sent someone to deliver a message."
Tao Zi looked up. Everything looked hazy under the cover of the cloak, but the sounds from the outside world became clearer.
"The younger brother of Hall Master He brought a young lady from a small sect to the banquet today. The young lady seemed very reluctant. She also asked a sister in the building to find out that the young lady had been accompanying Master He for three days, and Master He planned to replace her tonight."
Han Yueshan frowned, but her tone was very grateful: "Thank you sisters for your help."
Liuxiang was no longer as frivolous as she was during the day, and spoke seriously, "Miss Chun said that we are just mortals and shouldn't get involved in these things. So I hope that when you take action, please don't drag us into it."
They naturally agreed.
After Liuxiang left, Yu Han said rather reservedly, "Actually, I'm also a mortal."
Han Yueshan patted him on the shoulder and said, "When you get out later, do whatever you need to do. What we do has nothing to do with you."
"Okay." He hesitated for a moment, then added, "If you're unlucky, I'll try to collect your bodies."
Master and Disciple of Yisan Sect: ...
Han Yueshan couldn't help but say, "We are still not friends anymore."
He said quietly, "Didn't you always offer to collect my body? I remember you even picked out the location for my grave."
Tao Zi looked at his junior fellow apprentice who was choked and knocked on the table again.
They thought she was going to analyze again and all looked over.
She was silent for a moment. Could she say that she just knocked it casually?
The master was the first to speak in confusion: "A Zi?"
Tao Zi coughed and said, "Master, what level of cultivation are those people in that courtyard?"
"One in the early stage of foundation building, three in the body refining stage, and ten ordinary people."
Han Yueshan relaxed his brows and said, "If that's the case, it should be easy to handle."
Tao Zi shook her head and said calmly, "It's not that easy. Lord He has a bad reputation. We rescued Xi Jing one second, and he could go to Yisanmen to cause trouble the next."
He slammed the table and cursed, "They're not in the right, yet they still dare to cause trouble? We're being polite by not going directly to them to ask for the return!"
Yu Han couldn't help but remind him: "If you don't dare, why are you so sneaky?"
Han Yueshan was choked by this, and Tao Zi responded, "Judging from their previous behavior, it's not that they don't know about these things, they just don't care. If we go directly over, even if they hand over the people, they will still cause trouble for us later because of the loss of face. After all, it's not uncommon for small sects to disappear because of this kind of thing."
"So arrogant? Even the South Wing Sect didn't dare to do this to us at that time."
The master gave his foolish disciple a look and said, "They are not a sect on the same level. If they become a sect, they have plenty of ways to make us disappear normally."
Tao Zi added, "It doesn't matter if it's abnormal. Xujia Sect can control Nanyi Sect, but it can't control Chengyi Sect—Chengyi Sect has the protection of Minglan Sect."
Han Yueshan was helpless. Actually, he also knew this truth. If a sect was wiped out by another sect that was not much different from it, someone might intervene out of moral principles, but the difference was too great. Unless it was a saint, no one would care about you. It would be good enough if they could sympathize with your misfortune instead of saying that you were short-sighted.
But, I feel somewhat unwilling.
Yu Han became more and more confused as he listened, and asked, "Then how are you going to save him?"
Tao Zi looked at him, and he tactfully stopped asking questions and stood up to say goodbye.
After he left, Han Yueshan took out a map.
The master was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is this?"
"map."
"My eyes are good enough to tell it's a map. The question is, where did it come from?"
This map is so detailed that all the prominent signs of the market and Xunfang Street, and even some inconspicuous small shops are marked on it.
Tao Zi noticed something was wrong right away. The small words next to it looked so much like the nicknames of prostitutes. For example, "Liu Xiang" and "Chun Gu Niang" next to "Xiao Qiao Liu Shui"; "Yi Er" and "Ke Er" next to "Beauty Wen"...
Han Yueshan patted the map and said proudly, "I drew this myself. I was afraid I'd forget where any of my sisters were. After all, I have to visit them from time to time."
Master: ...
Tao Zi asked curiously, "Then why did you also draw the market on it?"
"Some sisters, after becoming good women, will sell things at the market, so we need to take care of them. However, these are not the main points. The main point is, Senior Sister, do you think this map is useful?"
She took it and looked at it carefully, then took out the map Yu Han had given them before and compared them with each other. She nodded and said, "It's useful, but do you have a map of the Xingfang?"
"No, but I have an impression of it and can draw it briefly."
Tao Zi nodded and said, "Time is running out. Try to finish it within a quarter of an hour. It's okay if it's a little rough."
While Han Yueshan was drawing, she also picked up a pen and drew quickly, but no one knew what she was drawing.
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