"There's nothing unbelievable about it; her stuff is definitely amazing."
Shi Jinzhe took the snake molt from Ji Hui's hand, put it into his own spatial ring, and then healed his wounds.
Ji Huiben wanted to see what the miraculous healing effect would be, but in the blink of an eye, he found that his wounds had already healed.
"...I'm sorry to have troubled you."
Shi Jinzhe pulled him back, "Someone's coming, let's go first, we can talk about it when we get back."
Ji Hui: "Hmm."
On the second-floor balcony, Shehe slapped Pusheng and Yan Ruoying off the balcony one after the other. As they fell, the formation activated, and the two landed unharmed.
The five men walked into the bushes, avoiding the alerted patrol, and returned to the secluded little inn by the same route they had come from.
As soon as she climbed through the window, Yan Ruoying sat on the ground and finally blurted out what she had been holding back all the way: "You came just in time. If you had been half a second later, I would be gone."
“You’re lucky, no.” Shi Jinzhe took off his dirt-covered outer robe and sat back down on the sofa with Shehe. “Tell me about what you found tonight.”
Ji Huizhong said with a strong voice, "Let me tell you, I've been to many places."
"Can."
"The owner of this house, Gao Lun, took over the business from his father. The wealth accumulated generation after generation made him the richest man in the fourth district. I heard the maids say that not only was his father powerful, but Gao Lun himself also had a good business mind. He took over his father's business at the age of sixteen and quickly got the hang of it. They only had one child, and they gave all the good things to Gao Lun."
Shekh asked, "And what about his wife?"
Ji Hui: "She was a woman named Cassian, but she didn't have a good life at home. Most people knew that Gao Lun didn't like her, and marrying her was like going through the motions. The two even lived in separate buildings."
Shekh didn't understand. Why get married if you don't like someone? "If you don't like someone, why did you marry them?"
“It was the Queen’s order.” Ji Hui was also surprised when he overheard the maids talking about the manor owner’s marriage. He said, “I heard that Cassian saved the Queen, and the Queen said she could grant her one wish. She wished to marry Goren, and so, at the Queen’s command, Cassian’s wish came true.”
Yan Ruoying clicked her tongue lightly, "What's the difference between this and forced buying and selling? Besides, Gao Lun must have had someone he liked before he married her."
Shi Jinzhe: "What do you mean?"
Yan Ruoying: "Pusheng and I found a few clothes in the closet of the bedroom on the second floor of the East Building. They were very gorgeous and the workmanship was frighteningly exquisite," she made an exaggerated gesture, "the kind of exquisite workmanship that is said to take ten years to make. I looked at them and the sizes of those clothes did not match Casian's."
“Yes, that’s right,” Ji Hui nodded. “Back then, the three of us hadn’t separated yet. Madame Cassian rushed up to the third floor. I saw her through the crack in the door. Even if her figure had changed, the length of her skirt didn’t match up.”
Yan Ruoying: "Lady Cassian is much shorter than the owner of the dress. She should be... well, a little over 1.5 meters tall, but I compared the dress in the wardrobe and the person wearing it is at least 1.75 meters tall."
"That's right, I can wear that dress."
"..."
Sheh looked at Pusheng speechlessly, yet another human she didn't understand.
Why is he wearing women's clothing?
Pu Sheng was completely unaware of the gaze directed at him, and said, "Since Gao Lun and Cassian are separated, and Gao Lun even has a dislike for them, then Cassian's clothes could not possibly be in the East Building, because the third floor of the East Building is Gao Lun's master bedroom."
Shi Jin rested his finger on his cheek, pondering, "So there was once a woman in this manor who almost became the mistress of the house."
He told the three men, "The information we heard is that Gao Lun is in love with Madam Mo, but in the underground passage, we found a portrait of a blonde, blue-eyed girl. We can't determine whether it's one person or two."
"Two people, I suppose. After all, apart from Cassian, any woman could sleep in his master bedroom, and it's not impossible that he's keeping a mistress in a secret underground room."
Even without looking at her expression, Shi Jinzhe could sense her disdain for Gao Lun just from Shehe's tone.
She loves someone so much she wants them to live, and hates someone so much she wants them to die. That's just her personality. It's perfectly normal that she can't stand this kind of compromise in relationships.
He deflected on the unimportant question of whether Gao Lun was faithful or not, and let Ji Hui and the others continue.
Ji Hui: "Yes, and I also heard something from that girl named Mu Zhi when I was acting alone."
Shekh: "The girl whose snake skin you stole?"
"It's her. They found some other clues in the city, about the Queen." Ji Hui glanced around to make sure the windows and doors were tightly shut before speaking.
"The Queen's first husband was from District 4, making him the first commoner to become a royal husband in the country's recorded history."
Pu Sheng blurted out without thinking, "A live-in son-in-law, a freeloader?"
Four pairs of eyes turned to him at once. He coughed lightly and said, "Please continue. I was just talking about my own dream."
Ji Hui composed herself and said, "Back then, the Queen was still a princess. She was only seventeen when she married her first husband, who was said to be her chief bodyguard. It was the Queen who took the initiative to marry him."
"And then?" Yan Ruoying asked quickly, as she wanted to hear this.
"Then the marriage only lasted a year before the captain of the guard died. I heard that the Queen was heartbroken for a long time. The reason why District 4, a district full of commoners, was able to gradually move closer to Districts 2 and 3 was because of the Queen's instructions. Also, they said that the Tower of Faith in District 4 is larger than in other districts because the Queen often visits this district."
Shi Jinzhe: "In other words, our chances of encountering the Queen are much higher than those of other factions."
Ji Hui: "Theoretically speaking, that's right. They say the Queen comes three or four times a year. The last time she came to District 4 was about half a year ago. If you calculate the time, she should come once more."
"It's hard to say." Shi Jinzhe told her about Madam Mo's serious illness and the Queen's trip to Frozen Harbor. "Madam Mo is a key figure. We'll go see if the White Tower can connect to other major cities tomorrow. We must investigate these two key figures thoroughly."
Ji Hui replied, "Alright, that's all I wanted to say. Do you have anything else to say?"
Shi Jinzhe: "Yes, we found a secret passage in Gao Lun's room. I originally wanted to explore it further with Sheh, but seeing that you had encountered some problems, Sheh went through it quickly by himself first."
"Yes, the end of that secret passage is a pure white wall, far from the manor."
Schech turned his head to look out the window, where a soft, blurry tower appeared in his vision.
"The person who gave Goren the information knows the Queen's whereabouts very well. I guess this secret passage is connected to the tower, but..."
Sheh couldn't understand something. Goren and the Queen seemed to be at odds, but as the owner of the secret passage, Goren shouldn't have been unaware that the passage connected to the White Tower. Since the mysterious man in the cloak came to see him through the White Tower, how could the Queen not have noticed such a large teleportation device?
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