Huo Jincheng ground the ink in the east room and picked up the pen to write a letter to his father. He suddenly stopped halfway through. He remembered that Wei Dong told him when he came back in the morning that Feng Qingzi was gone and his soul was turned into an immortal by an old man with a long beard who was riding a big bird.
His master said Ding Youtian had seen it with his own eyes, but Jian Ning's description was completely different. Yes, that woman was lying. He remembered that Jian Ning had also said that last time at the manor outside the county town, Feng Qingzi's soul was taken away by an old man with a white beard.
Damn it! She actually lied to him. A hint of anger gradually gathered in his eyes. It seemed that his guess was right. Nanyangzi must be living in seclusion in Dingjia Village. Most likely, he had some friendship with that woman.
Who could it be?
Huo Jincheng's mind flashed through the villagers of Dingjia Village he had met, the first of whom were the head of the village and the clan leader. Even the older people like Mr. Ding Sanye and Old Dingtou flashed through his mind one by one.
Blind Liu is no exception.
However, Blind Liu was the least visible of all the people he suspected. In Huo Jincheng's eyes, Blind Liu was just a charlatan who made a living by cheating people.
He has always hated quacks!
In the past, his mother had wanted to help him and Hua Shi get together. She had secretly consulted a sorcerer to compare their horoscopes, hoping a favorable result would convince his father. However, the sorcerer lied to him, saying that Hua Shi was unlucky and short-lived, and that marrying her would bring disaster to the entire family!
He did not believe the words of the sorcerer, and at one point he even suspected that the sorcerer had secretly received benefits from his father and was bribed by his father. He had a very unpleasant quarrel with his father, the Grand Tutor, because of this.
He didn't believe it, but Ah Man's mother was from a foreign tribe and was superstitious about spirits. Hua Shi had been depressed ever since then, so who knew if she hadn't believed the sorcerer's words and died in childbirth?
Therefore, Huo Jincheng not only hated quacks, but also despised them. He buried his head in writing, intending to find Jian Ning and Ding Youtian to confront them, asking them why their stories disagreed and whether they were hiding some secret from him.
In the clinic, Jian Ning, Xiao Si, Xiao Shi, and the second-in-command of Dingzihao came over. Ding Youtian, not seeing Huo Jincheng, casually asked Jian Ning, "Where's Brother Huo? Jinyu only said that Weidong and Brother Ma went to town. Did he follow them there too?"
"No, he was writing a letter to his father in Dabao's room." After she finished speaking, Jane Ning frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to have said something wrong in a hurry. She looked at Ding Youtian and secretly gave him a look.
Ding Youtian understood and left the clinic under the pretext of going to the restroom. Jian Ning followed him out. She looked around and saw Ding Youtian hiding in the dark outside the clinic. When he saw her coming, he asked softly, "What's wrong? You seem a little uneasy?"
"I said the wrong thing. It's completely different from what you told Uncle Wei this morning..." She told Ding Youtian what happened. "There's no reason for Uncle Wei not to tell him what you said to him this morning. Just because he didn't react at the time doesn't mean he won't remember it later. What if he comes to ask about it later?"
Ding Youtian glanced towards the east room, touched his nose, and said thoughtfully, "Don't panic, it's okay. Just say I fainted from fright this morning. Everything I said was just my own imagination. Last time at the manor you were talking about the old man with a white beard. I was there that time, so I thought it was still the white-bearded immortal."
"If he asks, just tell him so."
"Whether you believe it or not is up to him, don't worry."
Jian Ning couldn't think of any other solution, so he nodded. "Okay, let's do it this way. However, I really didn't expect Uncle Liu to be the prime minister in the past. Do you think they will eventually find out that Uncle Liu is the person they are looking for?"
Even though she lowered her voice, Ding Youtian still glanced around vigilantly. He then pulled Jian Ning into the dark and whispered, "Don't worry. In my opinion, finding them wouldn't be a bad thing. Uncle Wei was right. The only one who could suppress this matter back then was the Emperor."
When mentioning the emperor, his expression couldn't help but become a little solemn. In this remote countryside where the emperor is far away, the emperor can neither be seen nor touched, but the emperor's majesty and murderous aura seems to be roaring from all directions.
Nature inspires awe.
Jian Ning, however, didn't take it seriously. She had traveled from the modern era, so the fact that he was no longer a deterrent to her was of any use. Instead, she said with a gossipy look on her face, "So, they're not trying to capture Uncle Liu, but rather to get him to help the Crown Prince ascend the throne, right?"
She hadn't expected to travel through time and space to witness such a grand drama as the Prince's struggle for the throne. She also realized that her original self, Duan Xinning, had actually been engaged to Huo Jincheng, and even Ah Man had come to live with her and acknowledged her as her godmother. The more Jian Ning thought about it, the more she felt that life was too bizarre, full of unexpected events, as if some mysterious hand was driving the comings and goings of the world.
Everything seemed to have been predetermined and arranged.
They are just chess pieces in the game, and they will never know where they will be pushed next.
For example, Huo Jincheng was far away in the capital, and his original body was stranded in the countryside. The two people who had nothing in common at all, because she traveled through time and space, and with the help of fate, they miraculously met again.
She even felt that her time travel was not so accidental.
Another example is Blind Liu, who came here incognito, already far away from the court and the past scandals. However, due to her connection with Huo Jincheng, she will face exposure, as if everything was carefully calculated by fate.
If a person's life is arranged, then what is the meaning of struggling as a human being?
Jian Ning couldn't help but think crazy and became possessed.
Seeing this, Ding Youtian was about to ask her what she was thinking about so intently, but he caught a glimpse of Yang Jinyu coming out from the corner of his eye. He then coughed lightly to remind Jian Ning that someone had arrived.
"Hey, Master, Grandmaster, what are you talking about here?" Yang Jinyu heard a light cough in the darkness on the left, turned around and saw them, and walked over.
"We are just talking about private matters between husband and wife." Ding Youtian said with a smile.
Since he said it was a private conversation between husband and wife, Yang Jinyu didn't want to ask any more questions, so she stopped and said with a smile: "I'll go see if Jincheng has finished writing. It's getting late, we should go back."
After he walked away, Jian Ning pushed Ding Youtian and said, "You have no control over your words. What nonsense you say is annoying."
Ding Youtian took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hand. His pair of black eyes sparkled like stars twinkling in the dark night, making his whole face lively and bright, which made Jian Ning's heart skip a beat.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but he didn't let her.
He held her hands in his palms and blew on them, "It's so cold, be careful not to catch a cold. Your injuries haven't fully healed yet, go inside."
After he said that, he took her shoulder and walked towards the clinic with her in his arms.
As they were almost at the entrance of the clinic, Huo Jincheng's voice came from behind them: "Please stay!"
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