Lu Yanluo was extremely surprised. She looked at Kong Chenyang suspiciously and asked, "You... have seen me?"

Kong Chenyang shook his head slowly, then smiled: "We will meet again soon, Lu Yanluo." Then he took Xiaobao and his wife and turned back to the Kong Mansion.

It was so weird. On the way back home, Lu Yanluo recalled Kong Chenyang's face again, but she couldn't remember that she had ever seen this person before.

Before going to bed, she was still a little distracted. Seeing this, Chu Xuan asked, "What's wrong? You seem to be worried after returning from the Kong Mansion. What happened?"

Lu Yanluo thought about it, and told Chu Xuan what Kong Chenyang had said to her, and expressed her doubts: "Don't you think it's strange? I'm sure I've never seen Kong Chenyang, but he said he was waiting for me. What was he waiting for me for?"

Chu Xuan snorted, obviously unhappy: "What is he waiting for you for? He is an old man in his fifties, what can he wait for you for? He is just playing tricks, what's so hard about it? Okay, stop thinking about it and go to sleep."

Lu Yanluo chuckled when she heard this.

[Stingy guy, I love eating Cui so much. 】

Chu Xuan looked a little uncomfortable. He pulled Lu Yanluo over and pressed her down on his bed, pretending to be angry and scolding her, "Close your eyes and go to sleep immediately. Don't let your mind wander!"

Lu Yanluo raised her hand to fight back, and the two of them instantly got into a fight, which made Lu Yanluo completely forget about Kong Chenyang.

It was late at night, Lu Yanluo fell into a deep sleep lying beside Chu Xuan, and had a bizarre dream. In the dream, she came to the door of Confucius Mansion again.

But this time, the person who was talking to her, whose surname was Kong Chenyang, had turned into a modern man with neat short hair and a suit jacket. It was a modern style that Lu Yanluo had not seen for a long time.

The man stared at Lu Yanluo with a serious face, and spoke after a while: "Lu Yanluo, you must be surprised to see me, but I am here to save you. You are in danger recently, so you must be extra careful. Remember, you must be extra careful!"

Lu Yanluo suddenly felt a splitting headache. The man's voice was like a devil's sound piercing her ears, pouring into her mind from all directions, making her head feel like it was about to explode.

After struggling to wake up from the dream, Lu Yanluo was pale and wet all over. She sat up with a loud gasp and then became a little dazed.

Lu Yanluo intuitively felt that the man in the dream was Kong Chenyang whom she had seen during the day. Could it be that what you think about during the day you dream about at night?

But the dream just now was too real, making her hair stand on end when she thought about it now, and the man's voice was still faintly ringing in her ears.

The four words "be more careful" were too general. Lu Yanluo couldn't understand them and couldn't figure it out. Finally, when it was dawn, she planned to go to the Kong Mansion to meet Kong Chenyang and ask him clearly.

Kong Chenyang seemed to have expected that Lu Yanluo would come to look for him again, and was not at all surprised by Lu Yanluo's sudden visit.

Lu Yanluo didn't intend to beat around the bush and asked directly, "Yesterday, Lord Kong said he had been waiting for me for a long time. After I went back, I thought about it for a long time and confirmed that I had never met Lord Kong. May I ask why Lord Kong said that?"

Kong Chenyang once again showed a meaningful expression, and instead of answering, he asked, "Did the princess dream of someone last night?"

Lu Yanluo was surprised: "How did you know?"

Kong Chenyang: "Because that person is me."

Although Lu Yanluo had a feeling that the person in her dream was Kong Chenyang, guessing was just guessing, and actually hearing the person involved admit it was another feeling altogether.

"Who are you? What is your purpose in doing this?"

Kong Chenyang seemed to be lost in some memories after hearing this. He said after a long while, "Many years ago, when I was still young and frivolous, I fell into the water while out and was saved by a woman. The woman did not want anything in return, but only asked me to help another woman through a difficult time many years later. At that time, she showed me a portrait, and the person in the portrait was the princess."

Lu Yanluo was surprised: "So when we first met, you recognized me at first sight? That's why you said you've been waiting for me for a long time?"

Kong Chenyang nodded slowly: "That's right."

Lu Yanluo was skeptical and asked, "Master Kong, do you know who that woman is? Did she leave her name? Did she tell me why she wanted you to help me?"

Kong Chenyang couldn't help but laugh: "This was just an opportunity many years ago. The identity of that woman is mysterious and I have never known it."

Lu Yanluo could see that Kong Chenyang was obviously hiding something. A strange woman let you take a look at a portrait, but you were able to remember the appearance of the person in the painting, and you remembered it for many years. What's more, she asked you to help the person in the painting overcome difficulties. It was really nonsensical.

"In that case, Lord Kong, why don't you tell me how that woman asked you to help me, what disaster I am about to encounter, and how to resolve it?"

Kong Chenyang continued to be mysterious and shook his head: "The secret cannot be revealed. Princess, just wait quietly. I will help you get through this disaster at the critical moment."

Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of Kong Chenyang, Lu Yanluo said goodbye and left. Since he refused to say anything, she could only rely on herself to investigate.

After returning home, Chu Xuan was waiting at Yunya Garden. When he saw Lu Yanluo coming back, he stood up to greet her and asked casually, "How was it? Did you find out anything?"

This matter was not a big deal for Chu Xuan. It was just that Kong Chenyang was deliberately making things mysterious to trick Lu Yanluo. There must be another purpose behind it.

But Lu Yanluo was very concerned about this matter and insisted on finding out the truth, so Chu Xuan followed her wishes and let her go.

But judging from the expression of the person in front of her, she was afraid that Kong Chenyang did not get the answer she wanted.

As expected, Lu Yanluo angrily cursed: "Kong Chenyang is just an old fox. He acts like he is unfathomable. No matter what you ask him, he always evades the question. It's really infuriating!"

Chu Xuan smiled and said soothingly: "I've already told you that he is just being mysterious. Just treat him as a charlatan. Why make things difficult for yourself?"

Lu Yanluo was not going to let it go. No matter what Kong Chenyang's purpose was, she would get to the bottom of the matter.

Kong Chenyang usually stays at home and Chu Xuan doesn't know much about him, so he can only send people to investigate secretly.

Shen He quickly brought back the news. Kong Chenyang was an ordinary person in the first half of his life. He was from Yongping, and after passing the imperial examination, he entered the Hanlin Academy and became his current historian. There was nothing suspicious about his background.

But one thing aroused Shen He's suspicion. Two months ago, Kong Chenyang had quietly left the capital, saying that he was going back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but in fact he did not return to Yongping, but secretly went to Pingzhou where the epidemic was breaking out.

"Pingzhou?" Lu Yanluo was surprised. If that was the case, Kong Chenyang was in Pingzhou at that time, and he might have been secretly following Chu Xuan and her!

Lu Yanluo couldn't help but be secretly shocked. This Kong Chenyang was indeed not a simple person.