Jiang Lie's expression remained unchanged as he said, "I don't know, but his confidante Lan Sha is already dead, and the outer protector is nowhere to be found."
Qu Rui frowned. "Take some men and go find them! Bring them back to me, I'll handle this personally!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie gave a smug sneer and said, "Yes, Pavilion Master, I will take care of it immediately."
Jiang Lie was about to leave when he suddenly heard Qu Rui's words.
"etc!"
Jiang Lie felt a pang of panic, but remained calm on the surface. He turned to look at Rui'er and asked, "Rui'er, what's wrong?"
Qu Rui squinted and said, "You just said that Yan Yuan kidnapped Dongfang Tinglan's granddaughter?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lie secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then nodded, "That's what the investigation results say."
"So, it's highly likely that Yan Yuan is fleeing with Dongfang Tinglan's granddaughter in his arms?"
Jiang Lie was taken aback, then said, "Logically speaking, that's how it should be."
Jiang Lie was also unclear about the specifics. The people he sent returned saying that apart from Yan Yuan and one of his subordinates, everyone else had died in the villa.
But when he saw Yan Yuan, he didn't see him holding a child. Where was the child?
Jiang Lie was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't show it.
Upon hearing this, Qu Rui said with a gloomy face, "Increase manpower and send out everyone who can be sent out to find Yan Yuan. Even if you have to turn Saint Namer County upside down, you have to find him as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Master."
Qu Rui, "Also, spread the word that Dongfang Tinglan's granddaughter is in my hands, and that she should come alone with the Shennong Token to exchange for her!"
Jiang Lie quickly agreed and then turned to leave.
But instead of immediately carrying out the task Qu Rui had assigned him, he turned around and went to the mysterious dungeon.
Inside the space, Jian Yixue listened to Qu Rui and Jiang Lie's conversation without saying a word for a long time.
After a long pause, Jian Yixue looked at Ye Mohan and asked, "Could it be that the outer protector, Yan Yuan, has not returned to Shennong Pavilion?"
Ye Mohan was silent for a moment before saying, "Impossible, my men saw him walk into Shennong Pavilion."
Suddenly realizing something, Jian Yixue said, "Could it be that Lan Sha was lying to me from the very beginning? Just to give Yan Yuan a chance to survive?"
Lansha told her that the child had been sent to Shennong Pavilion, but from the conversation between Qu Rui and Jiang Lie, it seemed that they did not know about this before, but only recently found out.
Ye Mohan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "We cannot rule out that possibility."
Upon hearing this, Jian Yixue became even more puzzled and worried, asking, "Where could Lemon be?"
Ye Mohan looked at Jian Yixue with a face full of tenderness.
"Once Yan Yuan is found, all the mysteries will be revealed."
Jian Yixue naturally understood this principle, but these days, every time she went to sleep, she would dream of Lemon, who was not breathing, crying out that she hated her mother for not taking good care of her. Suddenly, the fear in her heart was magnified.
"Mo Han".
"Um."
“You said…you said Lemon might…” Jian Yixue didn’t even have the courage to finish the sentence.
"No." Before she could finish speaking, Ye Mohan interrupted her, "Don't overthink it, we'll find Lemon."
Jian Yixue looked up at Ye Mohan, her eyes moist as she nodded.
Soon, with Ye Mohan's comforting words, Jian Yixue's emotions gradually calmed down.
The two observed the room, wondering when they could leave.
The most urgent task is to find Yan Yuan as soon as possible. He is the one who personally carried out and planned everything, and he must know the whereabouts of Lemon.
After Jiang Lie left the room, Qu Rui quickly got dressed and even put on a beautiful makeup.
Just as Jian Yixue thought Qu Rui was about to go out, and that they could go out too, she suddenly saw Qu Rui sitting on the edge of the bed, turning the lion head at the foot of the bed, and then a secret passage seemed to appear under the bed.
Jian Yixue saw Qu Rui walk straight into the space.
Immediately afterwards, Jian Yixue and Ye Mohan emerged from the space.
Seeing this scene, the two exchanged a glance, nodded in tacit agreement, and then walked into the secret passage that Qu Rui had just entered.
Upon entering from the outside, Jane Yixue discovered that inside was a long, stepped secret passage.
The two walked for a long time when they suddenly heard Qu Ruisheng's seemingly insane shouting coming from not far away.
The two exchanged a glance and quickened their pace.
Meanwhile, in the room behind the stone gate.
Qu Rui looked at Gong Jianwen, who was engrossed in his book at the stone table in front of her and seemed oblivious to her arrival. Her eyes were filled with anger and rage, and even her hands, which were hanging by her side, unconsciously clenched tightly.
Qu Rui took a deep breath and said coldly, "Senior brother, do you dislike me that much? So many years have passed, and you still refuse to agree to my request? I just want to be your woman, is that so difficult for you?"
Upon hearing this, Gong Jianwenhua looked up at Qu Rui and said, "I've said it before, I have no feelings for you other than those between a senior and junior brother, but you just don't want to believe it."
Qu Rui's eyes flashed with resentment as she said, "Fine, if you won't be with me, then can you hand over the treasure that Master left behind to protect the pavilion? Now that I am the head of Shennong Pavilion, I have the right to ask you to take back the treasures in the pavilion."
Gong Jianwen said, "The item is not on me; I've already given it away. Giving it to you would be useless; you are not its destined owner."
Back when they were all disciples of their master, he had tested them one by one. The reason he gave it to him was because he was the senior disciple and was keeping it safe for him until the destined person was found.
Qu Rui disagreed, saying, "So what! That belongs to Shennong Pavilion, so it should belong to Shennong Pavilion, which means I'm in charge of it. What right do you have to give it away!"
Gong Jianwenhua's expression remained unchanged. He turned his gaze back to the book in his hand and said calmly, "I've already given the item away. There's no point in you saying anything more."
He didn't want to continue talking to her about these trivial things; it would be a waste of breath.
Seeing Gong Jianwenhua's calm and unconcerned expression, Qu Rui was furious.
"Gongjian Wenhua!"
Gong Jianwenhua said, "I can hear you, you don't need to shout so loudly."
Qu Rui said, "Am I still a junior sister or not?! You all bully me like this, do you really think I'm easy to bully?!"
Gong Jianwenhua could only say helplessly, "When have I ever bullied you?"
Now that he's a prisoner, he hasn't seen the sunshine and scenery outside for over ten years. How could he have bullied her?
Wasn't she the one bullying me?
Qu Rui acted as if she hadn't heard him, and said in a sinister tone, "I'm telling you out of kindness, your most beloved junior sister is back. She's not dead. Aren't you excited and happy to hear this news?"
"Let me tell you, don't be too happy yet. This time, I'll make sure she doesn't leave alive!"
Before Gong Jianwen could react, Qu Rui left indignantly.
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