A circle of maids had already surrounded the restroom. The leading maid said worriedly, "Master Cheng, Master Cheng, are you okay? Can you let us in?"

The boy answered her with an angry and defeated voice: "No! You are not allowed to come in! Stand outside."

The maids looked at each other in bewilderment. Yes, this young master from Shuojing City usually looked so glorious, but now he fell into the toilet, he must be very embarrassed, and he didn't want others to see such an embarrassing scene. But, we can't just leave him like this!

The maids were so anxious that their heads were about to fall off.

He Yan stood in the side room and sighed silently.

To be honest, the Sun family's decoration was gorgeous and exquisite, and the bathroom was actually very clean. But she did this just to get rid of the scent ball that Ding Yi put on her waist.

Mr. Cheng, who fell into the toilet, would definitely change his clothes and wash them thoroughly. Even if it was a scented ball for fumigating clothes, it would have to be thrown away after such an incident. Yuan Baozhen and his servant asked about it, and it was reasonable and they could not find any problem. Could it be that if a person went through the toilet and put a dirty scented ball on his body, that would be a disease.

But... He Yan looked at the stains on her body through the cloth strips. The sacrifice she made was really too great. Cheng Lisu looked like a child with a dull mind, but she turned out to be a really smart one. All these dirty and tiring jobs were now done by He Yan.

What is this?

As she was thinking about this, she suddenly heard someone outside shouting, "Mr. Cheng, please come out! Commander Xiao is here!"

Xiao Jue is here? He Yan originally thought that Fei Nu would come to pick him up, but why was it Xiao Jue who came back? Why did he come back so early today? Before she could figure it out, she heard Xiao Jue's voice outside: "Cheng Lisu, come out."

He Yan: “…”

Why is she always so rude every time she meets Xiao Jue? He Yan took a deep breath and walked out tremblingly, holding on to the bamboo stick.

Everyone outside held their breath.

The boy's clothes were stained, his hair was a little messy, his eyes were covered with black cloth, and his expression could not be seen, but his mouth was flat. As soon as he came out, he rushed in a direction and complained aggrievedly: "Uncle, you are here! If I hadn't been lucky, you would have a nephew who fell to death in the toilet!"

Xiao Jue: “…”

He Yan took a step forward, and Xiao Jue moved aside. This man was the most chaste, and being able to endure his dislike and come here to pick up He Yan was probably the biggest concession he had made.

“Fei Nu, take him back to me and wash him clean.” As if unable to bear the peculiar smell on He Yan, Xiao Jue turned around and left.

He Yan cursed in his heart, look, is this something a human would do? She fell into the toilet and didn't know who it was for? Xiao Jue is really an ungrateful person.

Fei Nu came over to help He Yan. This man followed his master closely and usually followed He Yan closely. But now He Yan fell into the toilet and he helped her from a distance and even used a handkerchief. He Yan was speechless.

When they arrived outside the house where they lived, this time, without He Yan's reminder, Fei Nu had someone bring hot water and a wooden tray for bathing. With a wooden face, he said to He Yan, "Go in and wash yourself."

"Aren't you going to help me take a bath?" she asked tentatively.

"You have a fiancée, it's not convenient."

Tsk tsk tsk, time really reveals a person's true character. He Yan was too lazy to pay attention to him, he closed the door tremblingly and jumped into the bathtub.

It's really hard to accept that a general like Feihong has fallen to the point where she has to jump into the toilet to avoid disaster. If her former subordinates and colleagues saw this, they would definitely laugh at her.

But Yuan Baozhen didn't expect that the scented ball he gave to him would be useless before it even saw Xiao Jue. After all, if it rains, people will fall, and no one can stop them.

Outside the house, Fei Nu squatted down and used a branch to fiddle with the dirty clothes that He Yan had thrown on the ground. A round fragrant ball rolled out from the clothes. Fei Nu used the branch to push against the fragrant ball and said, "This should be it."

Xiao Jue glanced at the incense ball on the ground and said nothing.

"Master, did he do this on purpose or unintentionally?" Fei Nu was also a little confused. If He Yan did it unintentionally, and just happened to fall into the toilet and the scent ball could not be used, it was too coincidental. But if it was intentional, if he and Yuan Baozhen were together, why would he have done this? Even if it was a self-torture trick, it was too real.

"I did it on purpose. But," he smiled, his eyes showing a complicated expression of disdain or surprise, "You're really not fussy to think of such a method."

That's true. Who could have imagined that He Yan would fall into the toilet? Even Yuan Baozhen himself probably couldn't have imagined it. He Yan's behavior was really unbelievable. Any decent person would not think of such a method.

"If he did it on purpose," Fei Nu looked at Xiao Jue and said in astonishment, "Young Master, are you saying that He Yan can see with his eyes?"

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows: "Nine out of ten."

"Then why did he pretend not to see it?" Fei Nu was puzzled. "Is it to deceive us or to deceive Yuan Baozhen?"

"Both." Xiao Jue said slowly, "He may not be on the same side with anyone."

Just as Xiao Jue was on guard against He Yan while watching Yuan Baozhen's show with a cold eye, He Yan was very likely to have kept herself out of the matter. She probably watched him and Yuan Baozhen's fight as a show. While deceiving Yuan Baozhen, she also deceived Xiao Jue. As for what her purpose was, it was still unclear.

"Master, will He Yan interfere with our work?"

"No." Xiao Jue said, "It's almost over."

Fei Nu was silent for a moment, then said, "Shuo Jing's reply will probably arrive tonight."

After tonight, we will know who this He Yan is and what he wants. As for Yuan Baozhen, his good days are about to end.

…

Inside the room, Yuan Baozhen could hardly believe his ears. He asked the servant who came to report, "What did you say?"

The servants of the Sun Mansion were startled by his expression and said in a low voice, "Just now, Master Cheng fell into the toilet, and Governor Xiao took him away."

Ding Yi's expression changed drastically. Yuan Baozhen held his forehead and waved his hand: "You can go down."

The servant left.

Yuan Baozhen slapped the table with his palm: "Bullshit!"

Without even looking into it, one would know that the scent ball given to He Yan today was useless. Since he had fallen into the toilet, his entire body would have been stained with dirt. He would have to clean himself thoroughly inside and out, so how could the scent ball have escaped the disaster?

"Not good." Yuan Baozhen stood up, feeling a little uneasy, "Will Xiao Jue find the incense ball?"

"Xiao Jue is a clean person, so he probably won't do anything on purpose. But," Ding Yi said in an unpredictable manner, "it's not certain about He Yan."

"You mean he did it on purpose?"

"Don't you think it's too coincidental? He fell into the toilet just after I gave him the scented ball. It was the same before. The so-called flying insects in the cup at the night banquet were just his one-sided story. More importantly, why did Xiao Jue leave his nephew alone in the Sun Mansion? This person is very wrong. I always feel that Cheng Lisu is not as simple as he seems on the surface."

"If there is something wrong with him, wouldn't he know our original plan? Could this be a trap set by Xiao Jue?" Yuan Baozhen asked.

He had a deep-seated fear of Xiao Jue, probably because he knew that this commander-in-chief of the Right Army would really kill people regardless of their status.

"I think we should take action tonight." After an unknown amount of time, Ding Yi finally spoke.

"What?" Yuan Baozhen said anxiously, "You can't beat Xiao Jue when he's awake."

Because of this, they did not dare to fight Xiao Jue directly. Unfortunately, they failed to strike him at Ye Yan, and it would be difficult to find another opportunity. They originally wanted to start with Cheng Lisu, but this guy was even more evil, slippery and inexplicable. Until now, they still didn't figure out what was going on.

Yuan Baozhen's words seemed to annoy Ding Yi. A gloomy look flashed across his face, and he said in a gloomy voice, "I didn't intend to start with him. His weird nephew is my target."

…

He Yan washed himself thoroughly, and in order to get rid of the smell, he took Cheng Lisu's ointment and rubbed it all over his body. He changed into clean clothes before daring to see Xiao Jue.

Xiao Jue sat at the table and stopped her from moving forward: "Stay ten feet away from me."

He Yan rolled his eyes in his heart, but smiled and said, "Uncle, I washed it clean. If you don't believe me, smell it——"

She tried to move forward, but a sword sheath hung in front of her, touching her nose and blocking her way. Through the gaps in the black cloth, she could see Xiao Jue covering his nose with his sleeve, looking unhappy, with his brows furrowed as if he had encountered an attack by rebels.

He Yan held out his hands: "Okay, okay, I won't go forward."

The Second Young Master Xiao is really particular, but I don't know if this particularity can save his life. If she hadn't jumped into the toilet, the Second Young Master would not have been able to hold out for a while under the toxicity of the scent ball. He Yan suddenly felt regretful. If she had known earlier, she would have thrown the scent ball directly in front of Xiao Jue to see if he would dare to be so picky as he is now.

She held onto the bamboo stick and found a chair. She sat down on the chair, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Uncle, how long will we stay in this mansion?"

"Why?" Xiao Jue asked, "You want to go back?"

"Not really, I just feel something is strange." He Yan replied. She still wanted to dig out more about He Rufei from Yuan Baozhen and Ding Yi, so she couldn't go back so soon. But it was not right to stay here. Although He Yan didn't know what Xiao Jue was doing, Xiao Jue's various actions had already made Yuan Baozhen notice He Yan, and he came to find fault with He Yan. If this continued, He Rufei's secrets would not be dug out, and Yuan Baozhen would discover her plan.

"Why is it so strange?" Xiao Jue spoke slowly, as if he didn't take her words to heart.

"Yuan Yushi comes to talk to me every now and then," He Yan simply got straight to the point, "I feel like he's trying to get me to tell you something, uncle, aren't you afraid that if you leave me here alone, I might reveal some secret to him?"

Xiao Jue glanced at him with a half-smile: "What secrets do you have to reveal?"

He Yan: “…”

Xiao Jue and Fei Nu never told He Yan about what they were doing secretly, which clearly showed that they didn't consider her as their own. Even if Yuan Baozhen wanted to find out the news, He Yan really didn't have any secrets to reveal to him. She was just a marginal figure outside the core and knew nothing about this matter.

She said, "That's not right! How could an uncle leave his nephew alone in a dangerous place? Doesn't that make people suspicious?"

Who knows if Yuan Baozhen will make another sachet for her to replace it? She can't fall into the toilet again and again. It will not hurt her eyes, but her brain.

"Suspicious?" Xiao Jue lowered his eyes and said slowly, "I see he hasn't been suspicious these days."

He Yan screamed in her heart, that was because she had been helping to cover up the lie! Such a clumsy lie would make anyone suspicious. But He Yan also saw that Xiao Jue was doing it on purpose, he must have been deliberately making a feint to the east and attacking the west, this person's heart was too dark, he had no shame in doing such a thing.

She asked, "Uncle, you've been running around all day, have you found the murderer?"

When she said this, her tone contained a hint of sarcasm. Although her eyes were covered with a cloth and her expression could not be seen, one could imagine the boy rolling his eyes. Xiao Jue replied calmly, "Found it."

"Found it... Found it?" He Yan was stunned for a moment, "Who is it?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

What do you mean you'll find out soon? She obviously knew it a long time ago. The murderer is Yuan Baozhen and his servant. He Yan was so anxious that she scratched her ears and cheeks. She wanted to bring Xiao Jue to Yuan Baozhen right now. She pointed at Ding Yi of Yuan Baozhen and said to Xiao Jue: "It's him, it's this man, catch him!"

But she could only play dumb and asked, "Won't uncle catch him now?"

"It's not the right time yet." Xiao Jue curled his lips.

"Then how long do we have to wait?"

"When the cheaters are out there."

He Yan: "What?"

She didn't understand what Xiao Jue meant. Before she could continue asking questions, Fei Nu came over, pulled her up, and pushed her out the door in a different direction, saying, "It's too late. You should rest first."

With a bang, he closed the door again. How heartless and ungrateful.

He Yan stared at the door behind him, and there was a little man in his heart who was akimbo and cursing. Not to mention the friendship between classmates in the previous life, they had dealt with assassins together in this life, so they could be considered half-friends of life and death. What was Xiao Jue's attitude like? With this attitude, there were still so many girls in Wei who admired him. I'm afraid they were all bewitched by the Southern Xinjiang Witch Clan. It was puzzling!

She climbed onto the bed, lay down, pulled the quilt up, and buried her head in it.

Forget it, just take a rest. Yuan Baozhen doesn’t want to kill you anyway, so it doesn’t matter who you love.

…

After the autumnal equinox, the nights become colder.

He Yan was awakened by the cold.

The quilt at Sun's house was a silk quilt, fluffy and soft, with delicate embroidery on it, which made the whole family look very luxurious and magnificent. Although such a quilt was thin, it was very warm. During the few days He Yan slept at Sun's house, the bed and quilt were impeccable. This was the first time he was woken up by the cold.

The black cloth was right next to her, and she took it off before going to sleep. At this moment, He Yan sat up slowly, wondering if it would be a bit too disturbing to call someone to add a blanket to her in the middle of the night. She turned her head and saw that the window next to her was opened, and the wind was blowing in.

No wonder it's so cold, the cold wind blows in, even with three layers of roof, it's useless. He Yan wanted to get up and close the window, but suddenly remembered something, turned his head, and sure enough, under the dim light from the lantern outside the window, Fei Nu's bed on the other side was empty, the man was not there.

Fei Nu was not there, and she knew Xiao Jue was definitely not there without even going into the inner room. The master and servant were probably doing something shameful behind her back. He Yan was not surprised, so he got off the bed, put on his shoes, and wanted to go over to close the window and go back to sleep.

The wind was extremely cool, causing the branches beside the bed to sway and dewdrops to fall. He Yan was about to close the window when he suddenly saw a black shadow passing by not far away. If someone who was not good at martial arts saw it, they would probably think they were dazzled.

It was late at night, even the dogs had gone to bed, how could there be people wandering around? He Yan's mind flashed, and he grabbed his clothes and followed him out.

The man's skills were good, but the one he followed was He Yan, who followed very carefully. In her previous life, she had been in the vanguard camp and had experience in raiding at night and hiding her tracks to escape into the enemy camp, so she was quite adept at doing this kind of thing.

The man in black was not Xiao Jue or Fei Nu. Xiao Jue and Fei Nu were very tall, but this man was not. Hun was wrapped in his nightgown, so there was no sign of him. He seemed to be very familiar with the courtyard of the Sun family. He avoided places where there might be guards and walked to an abandoned courtyard of the Sun family.

In the huge Sun Mansion, there was such an abandoned courtyard, far away from the main hall. During the days when He Yan's eyes had just gone "blind", he hid under the window and listened to the chatter of the maids outside. He knew that this courtyard was once the residence of a concubine brought by Sun Ling. This concubine was the daughter of a rice shop owner in Liangzhou. She was beautiful and lovely, but unfortunately she was spotted by Sun Ling and taken home.

The girl from the rice shop was already married, her husband was a scholar from outside the city who lived with his widowed mother. The scholar was upset about the humiliation of having his wife stolen and wanted to file a complaint, but the officials protected each other and Liangzhou City was already under the control of the Sun family father and son. In the end, the scholar and his widowed mother were thrown into jail and died of illness soon after.

The girl in the rice shop cried every day after hearing the bad news. Sun Ling was a person who liked new things and hated old things. It didn't take long for him to get tired of the girl. He felt annoyed to see her crying every day, and he also felt that it offended him, so he raised his hand and gave the girl to his subordinate.

Such a good girl was tortured to death like this.

Perhaps her death was too tragic, and soon after, rumors spread in the yard that someone heard the girl crying at night. Sun Ling thought it was unlucky, so he sealed the yard. With those ghost rumors, no one dared to enter on weekdays, and the yard became a deserted yard.

When He Yan heard this story, he wanted to rush up and break Sun Ling's head. There are always some people who are full of evil in the world, and they have done countless evil things. The funny thing is that such people are afraid of karma and dare not move forward because of their guilty conscience.

The man in black chose this place, but it was just an abandoned yard. Even the maids and servants had left for many years. What were they doing here in a place with nothing?

There were a lot of weeds growing in this place, and some of the trees had died because no one watered them. Some were still alive but no one pruned them, so their branches and twigs grew in strange shapes, and their shadows on the ground were eerie. Apart from the howling of the wind, there was a deathly silence, without any signs of life, as if it were a cemetery.

The man in black had already arrived at the house where the girl once lived and slipped in.

He Yan hesitated for a moment, and instead of entering through the door, he jumped in through the window.

I don’t know if Sun Ling has something to hide, but he has pasted a lot of Taoist talismans on the doors and windows of this house. He is probably afraid that the ghost of the girl who died unjustly will come to look for him, so he is extra cautious.

He Yan slipped in through the window. Strangely, this empty room had a light on. With the light, when he saw clearly what was happening in front of him, He Yan couldn't help but be surprised.

There were many Buddha statues densely placed on the table and floor in this room. The lamp was the oil lamp on the shrine, which must have been lit by someone from time to time. The incense was wafting, but it did not make people feel peaceful, but instead made them feel cold all over.

There are Taoist talismans pasted outside the house and Buddha statues placed inside the house. The father and son of the Sun family are so panicked that they don't know what to do. Buddhism and Taoism are one, but they are not as calm as they seem on the surface.

Sleeping peacefully on a bloody pillow, I'm afraid I'll have nightmares every day. He Yan sneered in his heart, if you are so afraid, why do you have to do so many evil things. It shows that the evil in people's bones cannot be changed.

At this moment, a flower dart flew out from the side, coming fast and fast. He Yan dodged to the side and blocked it with the dagger in his sleeve. With a "clang" sound, the flower dart fell to the ground and knocked over a furious Vajra.

"You are not blind after all." Someone walked out from behind the shrine.

After being chased for so long, this person finally showed his face. It was still that mediocre face with no special features, but his expression had changed. It was no longer flat and calm. There was even a gleam of excitement in his eyes, as if he had caught an interesting prey.

"It took you so long to realize this, you're blind." He Yan said.

Ding Yi smiled, and his smile was a little strange. He said, "You are really brave. You dare to follow me all the way even though you are all alone."

"You deliberately opened the window, deliberately flashed past the window, and deliberately walked slowly so that I could catch up. Wasn't it just to make me follow you? I have always been a very kind person," He Yan also laughed, "and I hate to let people's hard work go to waste."

She had discovered it at the beginning, but since the trap had already been set, her disguise had already been exposed, and there was no point in playing dumb any longer. Besides, a true master was never afraid of traps.

Only those who lack strength will hesitate.

Ding Yi was exposed and his expression changed slightly. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Did you learn your stubbornness from Xiao Jue?"

“It’s just natural.”

"You are not Cheng Lisu." Ding Yi stared into He Yan's eyes, "Who are you?"

He suspected He Yan even earlier than Yuan Baozhen, just because of the young man's accidental glance at Xiao Jue during the night banquet that day, before Xiao Jue even drank.

That look was a mixture of surprise, anger, hatred, unwillingness and doubt, all mixed together, pressing towards him. Although He Yan quickly looked away, Ding Yi still noticed that look at that moment.

He had never seen this boy before, but he knew very well that this boy had seen him.

"Who are you?" he asked again.

He Yan smiled.

Gods and Buddhas all over the ground were watching silently. Outside the house, talismans were chanting to clear the mind and exorcise demons. There seemed to be distant Buddhist sounds lingering. The young man slowly raised his head, his expression seemed familiar, and his eyes were as bright as lightning, piercing people's hearts.

"I am the ghost you killed," she whispered. "I crawled out of the underworld and came to claim your life."

——Digression——

Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, I wish all lovers will finally get married!