"Boss, aren't you afraid they'll start fighting?" The system boisterously floated in from the main room.
Hua Cai calmly added firewood to the stove: "No."
I really can't.
Putting aside the past, Zhao Qiang, in his current state, is no match for Xin Ran, let alone two of them. How could someone as intelligent as him knowingly do something impossible?
As for Xinran, Zhao Qiang has lost his memory, but she hasn't. Knowing how important Zhao Qiang is to her, she won't make a move for the time being.
"But I feel a little sorry for him." Hua Caiying pursed her lips, looking at the flickering flames in the stove: "In the end, this is the third time I've used him."
The first time, he took her away from Green Willow Manor under the guise of a transaction; the second time, under the pretext of doing what was best for the Ming Cult, he risked being intercepted and killed by Zhao Min's people and sent people to escort them all the way out of Bright Peak.
These were all deals he had no confidence in, yet for some reason, this person agreed to them all. It's unbelievable when you think about it.
Now, he wants to use this person to awaken Zhao Qiang's sense of crisis.
Hua Cai chuckled lightly, wondering when she had become so accustomed to taking advantage of others.
However, it's all just mutual exploitation in the end. Xinran, what exactly do you want to know?
"Boss, your nose!" The system touched Hua Cai's hand in alarm.
Nose? Hua Cai asked in confusion, reaching out to touch it, only to find it sticky.
"This body lasted even shorter than I expected; it's only been a little over a month." Hua Cai looked at the glaring red on her hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I'll go get the ginseng." The system panicked, darted through the wall to the main house, and instantly flew back: "I... I can't reach it."
"Don't panic." Hua Cai calmly took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood off her face, threw it into the stove fire, then fetched water to wash her face and poured the water away.
The main house was already starting to smell of gunpowder. When the three of them saw Hua Cai going out to get water, they exchanged glances and came out in unison.
"What are you doing? I was just washing my face, why are you all out here?" Hua Cai looked at the three people standing behind her in astonishment, her wet hair still dripping with water.
Zhao Qiang looked at Xin Ran, and Xin Ran looked at Zhao Qiang. They both snorted softly and turned their heads away.
"What's the point of talking to this kid? My boss's target is you, not this rough guy." Fa Deng's voice was quite loud, making Hua Cai's ears ring and causing a dizzy spell. A faint taste of rust spread in her mouth.
Shaking her head, Hua Cai smiled and said, "I didn't expect that you would handle the matter on Bright Peak in just one month. How long do you plan to stay for this trip?"
Hua Cai had already sized up the two of them. They were only wearing the same set of clothes and didn't even have any bags. They looked like they were just passing by during a trip and casually came in to take a look.
"Oh, so you're not planning to leave for the next ten days or so?" Xin Ran said with a smile, toying with the not-so-exquisite teacup in her hand, dropping a bombshell on the two people in the courtyard.
"What!"
Two voices rang out at the same time, and Zhao Qiang's face turned completely black.
"Not going back?" Hua Cai confirmed he wasn't joking: "You're not going to care about the Ming Cult anymore? You're not going to care about the Fiery Banner?"
At this time, the Ming Cult should have needed manpower, and he just ran away like that?
"Did you ask Zhang Wuji for leave?" People usually make a big show of things when they take office, but he asked for a long leave right from the start. Isn't he afraid that the new leader will have a problem with him?
Ever since she met Xinran, Hua Cai had been paying special attention to his expression. There was no trace of sadness on his face, which meant that the antidote to the low-grade Ten Fragrance Softening Powder she had given him had taken effect.
“The leader has important matters to attend to, and the Ming Cult is still being managed by Left Envoy Yang.” Xin Ran chuckled.
The Ming Cult was indeed still recovering from a major battle, but Yang Xiao was a very approachable person who looked down on mundane things. He didn't even care about the Heaven Sword, so why would he fuss over such a trivial matter as asking for leave?
Upon hearing that Fa Deng was going to win over his sister-in-law, he immediately agreed and generously approved a reward fund of several hundred taels of silver.
"What!" Hua Cai choked instantly and shouted in disbelief.
This shout startled the three grown men.
"You...don't like Left Envoy Yang?" Xin Ran asked tentatively.
This is a difficult situation. If she harbors resentment towards Fan Yao, then the information that comes out of her mouth will be questionable.
"No, no, no, it has nothing to do with Yang Xiao. I suddenly thought of something else. Let me calm down, let me calm down." Hua Cai rubbed her forehead and turned to look at the sky.
It wasn't Yang Xiao who caused Hua Cai to lose her composure; it was entirely because of a sentence that suddenly popped up in the system when she asked about the Ming Cult.
Hebi Weng is dead.
Is Hebi Weng dead?
What kind of bizarre development is this? Hebi Weng is a major villain in the future plot development. The Xuanming Elders played a crucial role in many of Zhao Min's plans. How could he suddenly die?
"Hebi Weng went mad on Bright Peak, causing Zhao Qiang to disappear and still not be found. The Seventh Prince was furious and couldn't just take action against the Ruyang Prince's Mansion like that, so Hebi Weng became the scapegoat and was beheaded by the Seventh Prince." The system gleefully relayed the gossip it had just heard to Hua Cai.
Oh my god, that's how it is. Hua Cai secretly glanced at Zhao Qiang and saw that he was looking down with an unreadable expression, and she didn't know what he was thinking.
“You may escape the death penalty, but you can’t escape punishment. Even if you hand over Hebi Weng’s life, the Ruyang Prince’s Mansion will still be in deep trouble. I only did a little bit of tampering. My wings shouldn’t be flapping so fiercely.” Hua Cai frowned.
The Prince of Ruyang's Mansion = the female lead, and the female lead = the plot.
Hanako seemed to sense that the plot was slowly falling apart.
"It's alright." Ever since she let slip that Hua Cai knew the core conditions for completing the mission, the system, which was always most worried about Hua Cai's recklessness, seemed to have come to terms with it and was even calmer than her at this moment: "It's just a little earlier than expected. Due to the pressure from the Seventh Prince, the female lead had to go to Ice and Fire Island ahead of time. Zhao Min has so many experts under her command. If one of them, He Biweng, is missing, she can naturally find someone to replace him. It's just that the male and female leads started to cultivate their relationship earlier."
"What I find strange is that, given Zhao Min's intelligence, when the Seventh Prince killed Hebi Weng, she actually had one of her left and right arms cut off so decisively, without even faking her death or anything to fool them," Hua Cai said, puzzled.
The Xuanming Elders and Zhao Min were practically inseparable; there was no reason for them to be killed so readily.
"Boss, you underestimate the Seventh Prince too much. How could someone from the royal family be simple?" The system chuckled. "In the original story, if it weren't for Zhang Wuji and the Ming Cult, the Seventh Prince could have wiped out the entire Ruyang Prince's Mansion just by killing the mission target. Right now, the male and female leads' relationship isn't deep enough, and Zhang Wuji has only just taken over the Ming Cult. Zhao Min doesn't dare to put the entire mansion's fate on his shoulders."
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