Ye Liunian hesitated for a long time before finally making up her mind. She closed her eyes, steeled her heart, and whispered.
“I saw that he made another deal with ‘God’, and the price was the entire city, including all of us outsiders.”
"Including you and your sister? So you're going to do things for him?" Tang Nian frowned.
"No, my sister doesn't know. All she knows is that if she accomplishes this, Father will think highly of her, and that's been her lifelong wish."
"What exactly does the god you're talking about look like?"
Ye Liunian clenched her fists tightly and braced them on the table: "I didn't see it, but I overheard it the night before I came to Jingning City."
“I heard my father’s respectful voice, but I did not hear the voice of God.”
Tang Nian nodded, resting her chin on one hand and tapping the table lightly with the other: "I have a few questions I want to ask you."
"Please speak, Master Tang." Ye Liunian sat up straight.
"Why are you looking for me? I believe I am well-known in the Great Chu, but my strength may not be comparable to some Celestial Masters. Moreover, what is more famous than my reputation is my temper."
Tang Nian asked lazily, but her eyes were full of seriousness.
Indeed, Tang Nian is more famous for her unpredictable personality and her elusive way of doing things.
She can exterminate ghosts without any qualms, and she will also allow ghosts to attack those who ask her for favors.
Her only guiding principle was who she felt should be punished.
That is why many people are afraid of her.
"I have seen you before."
Ye Liunian did not hide anything.
“That year, Father took my sisters and me to Runzhou. At that time, Runzhou was frequently flooded. I saw you kill that black fish spirit with your sword. It was also at that time that I heard Father say that if you grow up and still cannot be used by the ‘gods’, it will be a big problem.”
Tang Nian chuckled lightly, surprised that the monster had such a high opinion of her.
She did indeed remember this incident; it was because of this incident that she became famous in the Great Chu.
"So, you should know that the person beside me isn't Ming Huan, right?"
Ye Liunian did not deny it: "My father trusted me back then and wanted me to kill you."
"You failed," Tang Nian stated calmly.
“No, I didn’t lay a hand on him at all.” Ye Liunian smiled bitterly. “That’s why he doesn’t want to see me anymore, but to appease my sister, he still keeps me by his side.”
"So when you heard that your father didn't want to see you, your disappointment was faked?" Tang Nian pressed.
Ye Liunian suddenly raised her head, staring at Tang Nian: "How could you... have been there that day?"
Tang Nian smiled and nodded slightly.
Ye Liunian murmured, "No wonder..."
However, she quickly adjusted her emotions and seemed to feel much better.
"If Master Tang has any other questions, I can tell you. But your only chance is tonight. After tonight, everyone in the city will die."
What is the Ye family's secret?
"This was given to me by my sister." Ye Liunian stood up, walked to the bedside, and took out a transparent bead with cracks on it from under her pillow. "I don't know exactly what it is. I only heard her say that there is a space inside. Once you enter this space, no one can find you."
Tang Nian took the bead and examined it for a long time, but couldn't see anything unusual about it.
In her eyes, this bead was just a trinket sold at a roadside stall.
"So how did you lure us in with this?" She returned the bead to Ye Liunian.
“It was my sister who made it. She said she could use it to get close to you. I never expected to hear Father’s voice and a strange man’s voice inside. But the bead was intact before you came into the room, but it cracked after you came back.”
“My sister was very worried, and it was because of Father’s summons that we went to the Ye residence.”
Tang Nian then remembered the bracelet that the young prince had taken: "Where is that bracelet?"
"The burial goods in the tomb."
Ye Liunian's voice was so soft it was barely audible, yet Tang Nian could still hear it clearly.
She frowned and asked, "You went tomb raiding?"
Ye Liunian remained silent for a moment, then nodded almost imperceptibly and shook her head.
"It was before my father passed away, no, it was before the Ye family fell into decline."
Even though so much time has passed, Ye Liunian still remembers it clearly.
“That year, we went to Muyun County with the opera troupe. At the market, we met a disheveled beggar. My father kindly helped him, and the beggar took out an expensive necklace and gave it to my father. My father was very surprised and asked him why.”
"The beggar said that there is a cave on Muyun Mountain outside Muyun County, which contains many treasures. He secretly brought them out, but no one is willing to take them."
Muyun Mountain outside Muyun County?
Isn't that where Jiang Chen is asleep?
Could it be that the treasures they stole were all Jiang Chen's burial items?
Ye Liunian sighed: "Father naturally had no interest in these things; he didn't even accept the necklace. But at that time, in order to expand the Ye family opera troupe, Father took in many disciples, some of whom were of questionable character. They conspired and decided to sneak up the mountain."
“I was young and playful back then. When I heard about this exciting adventure, my sister and I followed them and went secretly. We watched them return with their prizes, and my sister and I each took one. My sister took the jade bracelet.”
Ye Liunian said softly, "Now that I think about it, that cave must have been a robbery tunnel."
"But back then, how could we have known that when I was going down the mountain, I accidentally tripped and fell into the grass and disappeared, and the jade pendant that my mother gave me also broke in two."
Speaking of Jiang Chen, Tang Nian suddenly had a guess in her mind.
"Could it be that your father started mentioning God around that time?"
"Master Tang, how did you know!" Ye Liunian's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.
She composed herself and continued to recall.
"The truth will eventually come out, and Father found out. He sent all the treasures that his disciples had stolen back to the cave. Because he didn't know that my sister and I had gone with them, my sister's jade bracelet was not taken away."
"He left home at Chenshi (7-9 AM) and didn't return until Xushi (7-9 PM). That was the first time I heard him mention 'god'."
"My father was unusually happy that day. He was usually very frugal, but he threw a big banquet at his lodging."
“I have some connection with the person whose tomb is located.”
Tang Nian didn't know what to say; she hadn't expected that this matter would involve Jiang Chen.
She didn't know whether Jiang Chen was a friend or foe, but she had heard about and seen his personality.
She remembered that Jiang Chen had said that he had woken up once six years ago and even saved those people who were courting death.
But further ahead, she didn't know whether he was awake or asleep.
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