Lü Zongyuan?!

The eldest son of the Lu family. After the affair of Concubine Li was exposed, he stood up for Prime Minister Lu and was exiled to the frontier by Emperor Shangwen.

How come you are here?

Doctor Yang had a solemn expression and was also extremely surprised, but as the two were not far away, he could only cast a puzzled look at Xiao Ruyu.

Xiao Ruyu saw the doubt in his heart and spoke quietly in his heart.

[Wasn't Lu Zongyuan sent to serve in the frontier? Why did he suddenly appear here? ]

[This place is a long way from the frontier. ]

While I was guessing, there was movement from two people not far away.

Lu Zongyuan reached out and patted Wu Qing's shoulder, as if to comfort her, and then they got into their respective carriages.

The two carriages went their separate ways, one heading back to Beijing and the other heading south.

When the carriage disappeared, Doctor Yang could no longer hold back and said, "The Lu family is indeed like a wildfire that cannot be extinguished, and it will spring up again in the spring breeze."

"They turned a deaf ear to the Emperor's order. One deceived the Emperor into returning home and retiring, while the other deceived the Emperor into serving at the frontier!"

Xiao Ruyu was also indignant, and increasingly felt that this matter was closely related to Prime Minister Lu.

[It seems that they are in cahoots with Shan Wandong. Let's catch up with Lu Zongyuan.]

Doctor Yang agreed with her idea, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his package, and immediately wrote a letter.

After making Lu Zongyuan's whereabouts clear, he immediately called a carrier pigeon and tied the phone to its leg.

The carrier pigeon flapped its wings twice, then flew straight into the sky, heading towards the Forbidden City.

"Master, little princess, the carriage has left not long ago."

Eleven reminded them and the three of them immediately followed the wheel tracks to look for them.

Lu Zongyuan's carriage drove slowly, circling outside the city and then into the mountains.

His carriage suddenly stopped at the intersection before entering the mountain.

Xiao Ruyu was sweating in fear and tried his best to hide himself in the bushes.

Could it be that he was discovered?

[Master, has he discovered that we are following him? ]

She spoke anxiously in her heart and asked Doctor Yang who was standing beside her.

Doctor Yang shook his head slightly and whispered, "Not really. We have been very cautious along the way."

Lu Zongyuan got off the carriage, looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he prepared to rest for a while before continuing on his journey.

[Master, can we find Lü's lair by following him? ]

【But judging from his movements, he seemed to be going up the mountain. 】

Xiao Ruyu used the leaves beside her to cover her little face, squatted on the ground and stared at Lu Zongyuan intently.

"That's not certain, but judging from his posture, I'm afraid they have their lair on the mountain."

"But Master has never been here before, and is not familiar with the path."

Doctor Yang said this worriedly, staring closely at the place not far away.

That's true. If the other side has more people and more power, they may not be their match.

What's more, we don't know whether Dan Wandong is hiding in the dark.

Xiao Ruyu was sweating profusely, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

She turned her wrist, and a bean-sized poisonous insect crawled out from deep inside her wrist.

Seeing this, Eleven couldn't help but exclaimed, "Why is there a poisonous insect in the little princess' body?"

[This is the art of controlling insects that I learned from a young girl when I was in the Miao village. If I wasn’t afraid of insects, I would definitely pick the biggest one.]

As Xiao Ruyu explained, she activated the poisonous insect. As she chanted the spell, the insect crawled down from her wrist and crawled towards Lu Zongyuan at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

“Pah.”

As Lu Zongyuan patted Xiao Ruyu's neck, her heart rose to her throat.

Could it be that he discovered it?

That's impossible.

[I have only just learned this Gu technique. I don’t think Lü Zongyuan will find out.]

Xiao Ruyu muttered nervously in his heart and turned his wrist to try to establish contact with the insect.

With a click in her head, she immediately sensed the presence of the insect.

[Great, the poison has attached itself to him.]

It turned out that after that slap, Lu Zongyuan just felt a little itchy on his neck and did not notice the existence of the insect.

When Lu Zongyuan got back on the carriage, dust was raised as he went up the mountain.

Xiao Ruyu breathed a sigh of relief and was finally able to get out of the grass to get some fresh air.

[We must not alert him about this. If he finds out we are following him, all our efforts will be wasted.]

Doctor Yang pondered for a moment and felt that the matter needed further discussion.

"Master also thinks that we shouldn't follow them without permission. Let's go back to the inn and wait and see in the evening."

…

The night is cool, and the sound of cicadas begins to intrude into the silence.

Xiao Ruyu and Eleven stayed in the guest room, not daring to close their eyes at all.

I put the poisonous insect into Lu Zongyuan's body today. I'm afraid he has already reached his lair by now, and the time is about right.

[Eleven, I will use the Gu technique to sense the trace of the Gu worm, and we will follow it immediately!]

She turned her head and looked at Eleven with a firm expression.

Eleven hesitated, listening to the rising and falling snoring of Doctor Yang next door, "Little Princess, do you want to wake up the master?"

Xiao Ruyu shook her head and stopped him.

[We are just going to investigate tonight. If we want to capture them, we will have to wait for Master to transfer the soldiers here.]

【On this trip tonight, you must be careful! 】

The two men sneaked out of the inn. Xiao Ruyu closed his eyes and clasped his hands together to sense the location of the poisonous insect.

Half an incense stick later, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Two clear and bright eyes suddenly opened, mixed with a bit of uncontrollable surprise.

【Found it! 】

Xiao Ruyu pointed to the southwest, took a breath and said slowly, "Towards Duili, halfway up the mountain."

She paused, recalling the surroundings of the insect in her mind.

"It's a thatched house!"

Without wasting a moment, they immediately set off for the foot of the mountain in daylight.

In the dark night, the towering mountains looked even more majestic, and an indescribable feeling of oppression was pressing in.

Eleven held Xiao Ruyu in his arms and climbed up the mountain following Lu Zongyuan's footsteps.

After about half an hour, Xiao Ruyu suddenly tugged at his clothes, signaling him to stop immediately.

[There is a small thatched house there! ]

Following her words, I looked over and saw a slightly shabby thatched hut located halfway up the mountain. It was surrounded by weeds, but the grass in front of the door was trampled bare.

Eleven walked lightly and moved forward step by step.

The closer Xiao Ruyu got to the hut, the more her eyelids twitched. From afar, she saw that there was still a candle lit in the hut.

[Lü Zongyuan hasn't gone to bed yet? Did he discover something?]

She and Eleven groped to the window and quietly looked out.

The window was tightly shut, and one could only vaguely see a person's shadow leaning against the bed, with the candlelight swaying and carrying the person's shadow with it.

[It seems that there is only Lu Zongyuan. ]

Xiao Ruyu was surprised, but the scene before her did not allow her time to think much. When she was about to ask Eleven to push the door open and directly arrest Lu Zongyuan and hand him over to the palace for punishment, she suddenly heard laughter behind her.

“Hehehe.”