Bizhu wanted to go over and take a look, but I stopped her, took out a tinderbox from my sleeve, and threw it directly at the white worms on the ground. How were these worms made? They're all talented; it would be so much better if they were used for good.
"Madam, I... I'll go and call the Marquis back."
"Don't call him for now. Go get a torch, and I'll get a lantern. Let's search the yard. Also, send someone to check on the little ones in the small courtyard and see if there's anything unusual there."
"Hey." Bizhu ran out, and I went inside to get a lantern. Just as I got to the door, a young man handed me a lantern.
"Have you all finished? Have you noticed anything different?"
"Reporting to Madam, only the hot spring in the back room has been tampered with; the rest of the room is fine."
"You all go back, I'll go check on the yard."
"We'll follow behind Madam to protect her." The young man was wearing a mask; it must have been tough for them in this cold weather.
"Why are you wearing masks? Can you take them off? It's late autumn already, and he didn't even dress you warmly enough."
"The Marquis has been very kind to us, thank you for your concern, Madam!" These young men were speaking in such perfect unison that I was almost startled.
Bizhu returned from outside, holding a torch and a small bucket of oil: "Madam, come and see, the young master and the others are asleep. The nannies said they are the same as before."
"Alright, let's go check out the yard first. Maybe we can find something. We don't know what's in the yard yet, so let's not disturb the little ones."
I walked with the lantern in my hand, and Bizhu and the others followed behind. I flipped through the book again and took out the scroll from the cover. I had obtained it last night. At the time, I thought it was a dream, but I didn't expect it to be real.
"Show!" I murmured to myself, and the entire layout of the Marquis's mansion appeared. Xie Yuancheng and Li Ruowei were together in the dark room.
The siblings were together when they went to interrogate people, and they didn't even call me! Humph! I mentioned similar insects today, and an arrow pointed ahead, so I quickly walked forward.
"Who among you has the best archery skills?" I put away the scroll and looked back at them. A younger person stepped forward, and I then noticed that they were all wearing golden masks. No wonder they said they were very good.
"Madam, what do you need to do? Although my archery skills are not perfect, I can still hit the target accurately at night even with my eyes closed."
"That's good. Take the fireball and face the corner. There's a place with lines of light flashing, kind of like dry branches."
I pointed to the corner to his left. The young man's eyesight was indeed good; as soon as he shot the arrow, small insects appeared nearby. I had Bizhu throw a few drops of oil over there, then ran to the side and poured wine on the torches before throwing the torches directly into those corners.
"It's a pity about the tree next to it. When this tree was planted, it was infested with insects. So when you use Gu poison, the insects on this tree will come out and grow into white insects under the influence of the Gu poison."
I explained to them, and Bizhu's eyes widened in astonishment. The young men, dressed in gold-trimmed clothes and wearing gold masks, were also somewhat dumbfounded. I told them to come closer and look; if the insect turned into a large red insect, and then we lit a fire to burn the tree into charcoal, it would even have a fragrant aroma.
"How did you come up with this?" The leader of the men in black seemed a bit dazed. I explained it to them again, and thankfully they all got busy. Only then did I ask Bizhu to turn on the courtyard lights.
Although I don't know if the woman with the difficult-to-pronounce name had any influence on this Gu poison incident, it must be because they used some Gu poison similar to the insects in the yard that they sent the scroll over ahead of schedule, so I can say that I now have a secret manual or magic weapon.
"Ying'er, what were you doing just now?" I was directing them to clean up when Xie Yuancheng's voice came over.
"Yuancheng, we're dealing with these little bugs." I ran over and pulled him over to look. Xie Yuancheng's brows furrowed, and the man in black next to him told him what had just happened.
"Looks like the room needs to be rebuilt." What a waste of a genius! Even if there are bugs, he shouldn't be messing around the yard like this.
"No, I promise you, these annoying things won't appear anymore, so don't worry."
"Ying'er, are you hiding something from me again?" I'm doing this for his own good. We've already spent too much money building the city, and Linyang hasn't even made a profit yet. How can you look at me like this?
"No, I was just drinking tea when I saw the shadow of an insect moving. When I threw it on the ground, I saw some small insects, and that's when I remembered to get rid of the insects."
"No, with your intelligence, I have serious doubts." He was using my head again, so I took a deep breath and turned back to talk to him with a smile.
"Little Chengcheng, look, the bugs are gone, we..."
"Someone, move all our things to Mercury Pavilion. We'll move them back here after this place is repaired."
"yes!"
How could he make such a decision so quickly without even asking me? When I tugged at Xie Yuancheng's sleeve, I saw that he looked tired, so I couldn't very well deny it.
"You just know how to waste money. Sigh, we've already gotten rid of it, so stop wasting money."
“Ying’er, when something like this happens, we must eliminate all the threatening things and people. Besides, this place needs to be renovated and made to your liking.”
I was carrying a lamp when he suddenly picked me up and carried me away. If there hadn't been a lot of people in the yard, I would have struggled to get down.
"Next time you'll have to let me manage things, so you don't waste money on unnecessary things~" I was still holding a lamp in my hand, so I could only wrap my arm around him with one hand.
“Ying’er, I need to interrogate you properly. My sister and I were investigating when we saw all the lights in our yard turn on. We thought something had happened to you. When we came back, we saw you two busy by the big tree.”
"Put everything else aside for now, tell me, who planted this big tree?"
"The tree? It was Master who said it had to be the biggest one from the forest in the south. It took us a lot of effort to transport it here."
"The shopkeeper asked you to plant it?" My mind raced. The shopkeeper was really prepared for a rainy day. He knew Xie Yuancheng was going to have bad luck during this period, so he prepared a protective umbrella for him in advance.
"Really? Did you remember something when I left, or did you dream about something again?"
"Hurry up, let's go inside and talk slowly." I urged him to hurry up, it was all for his own good, but he said I was in a hurry. I quickly pinched his cheek.
"Should we put the light down? You've been holding it up the whole way." Xie Yuancheng laughed and dodged my hand. I leaned in to squeeze it again, and he laughed.
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