Chapter 99 Asking for Help
Xiao Jin was familiar with her movements. It was the hidden weapon she used.
The power of her hidden weapon is extraordinary. "Is he injured?"
"What are you talking about?" Ling Chan rolled her eyes at him. "He's your guard. How could I hurt him?"
What she meant was that they were not enemies and could be considered friends, so in this case, how could she hurt Jiuzhen?
When Xiao Jin heard this, he understood it as... because of him, Jiu Zhen was not hurt.
"What's up?"
"Of course I have something to do, otherwise why would I come to you to catch up?"
Ling Chan gestured for him to sit over as well. "You're investigating Gongzhou, which means you don't trust him either, right?"
Xiao Jin nodded. He really didn't trust Gong Zhou.
He investigated the Gong family, partly because Gong Zhou's indifference to Gong Lele's death was unreasonable.
On the other hand, it was also because of my own injuries.
It was clearly him who personally arranged the soldiers that day...but it was discovered by Da He's people.
This made him suspect that there was a spy of Da He in the army.
The military camp is heavily guarded, and it is very difficult to pass on information, so there will definitely be omissions.
Although he returned to the capital, he left people at the border.
After watching for a month or two, his people finally discovered something.
The grain allocated by the court was not enough for the soldiers in the military camp, so Ling Rui regularly cooperated with a grain merchant and bought some grain from him with his own money.
These grains are old rice collected by grain merchants from all over the place. They are much cheaper than refined rice. When mixed with the grain allocated by the court, the soldiers can eat more.
So this grain merchant will send a batch of old rice after a while.
He was already an acquaintance in the military camp, and his identity and background had been verified, so there was no problem.
He was responsible for transporting workers but did not verify each one of them, mainly because these people were unstable and frequently replaced.
Fortunately, there were records in the military camp, and Xiao Jin's men rechecked all the workers who had come, and indeed found the suspicious person.
After checking the person's registered residence according to the household registration, it was discovered that he had died long ago.
Later, he found the grain merchant and learned that the man had taken the initiative to find him for work. He also checked the man's household registration at that time.
Because the man was strong, hardworking and willing to endure hardships, the grain merchant kept him.
The grain merchant recalled that the man had steady legs and great strength, and looked like he knew kung fu, and that some martial artists had come to see him.
Xiao Jin had the man's portrait in his hand, and came to Qingzhou to find him.
These days, he has been observing the people who appeared in Floating Cloud Villa, and he actually found a few people who looked very similar to the portraits.
But after Jiu Zhen checked one by one, he found that these people were not the ones he was looking for.
"Jiuzhen has been watching outside Gongzhou's yard for so long, did he find anything?" Ling Chan didn't know what Xiao Jin was thinking.
But when she asked this question, Xiao Jin hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. This meant...
"Okay, if you don't want to tell me, that's fine, but I have something I want to ask you for help with."
Ling Chan didn't mind telling Xiao Jin that there were multiple tunnels under Floating Cloud Villa. "Did Jiu Zhen find out?"
Xiao Jin narrowed his eyes. Jiu Zhen only saw Gong Zhou occasionally getting up at night to go to the study. Through the doors and windows, he didn't know what Gong Zhou was doing in the study.
"How did you find out?" Jiu Zhen didn't find anything outside Gongzhou's courtyard every night, so how did she know?
"The hermit has his own clever plan." Ling Chan raised his eyebrows, remaining mysterious.
"Besides, you're hiding something from me, so... let's keep it a secret."
"Then what do you want me to do?" Xiao Jin asked.
"I want you to find a chance to make Gongzhou work overtime at night and don't let him go back to the yard."
Xiao Jin's pupils widened in surprise, "You, you want to...?"
"I'm going to investigate the secret passage in his study."
Xiao Jin refused without a second thought, "No!! It's too dangerous!"
Ling Chan: "As long as you hold him back, there will be no danger."
Xiao Jin felt that she didn't understand the situation in Floating Cloud Villa. "Floating Cloud Villa has a lot of guards, especially in Gongzhou's courtyard."
"There are many guards around the yard, as well as secret guards."
“Nine Trues didn’t dare to get close and could only stare from afar.”
"Even if I can hold Gongzhou back, what about the guards?"
Ling Chan reminded him, "Have you forgotten Jiu Zhen now..."
Even Jiu Zhen was dealt with by her, so how could it be difficult for others to deal with her?
"If you take those people down, won't Gongzhou notice something unusual when he comes back?" Xiao Jin just didn't want her to take any risks.
The complicated population in Floating Cloud Villa is too dangerous!
Ling Chan smiled, her eyes filled with confidence, "Then how about this? I'll make them faint for half an hour."
"Help me delay Gongzhou for half an hour. When Gongzhou comes back, those guards will wake up and feel like they just had a nap."
This can be achieved by controlling the amount of anesthesia.
Xiao Jin hesitated for a moment, then gave in and made his own request, "I'll let Jiu Zhen follow you."
He was worried about her, but...
Ling Chan rolled her eyes at him in slight annoyance, "Are you afraid that I'll keep the clues I found for myself? And not tell you?"
"And let Jiuzhen follow me...tsk tsk tsk..."
Xiao Jin sighed helplessly, "Anyway, if you agree to let Jiu Zhen follow, I will cooperate with you."
Ling Chan was full of curiosity about the tunnels in Gongzhou, and as long as he was willing to cooperate, she would agree to his request.
"You can let Jiuzhen follow, but he is not allowed to get in my way."
After saying that, Ling Chan stood up angrily and said, "I'm leaving. If you find a good opportunity, hold him back."
"How can I inform you?" Xiao Jin stood up.
"No need to notify." Ling Chan wanted to say that she checked the surveillance every day, but... Xiao Jin didn't know.
"You." She thought of a way, "If you do it that day, you will..."
"Then put a pot of tea on the stone table in the yard."
It’s so cold, no one would leave tea outside unless they are crazy.
"Remove the lid from the teapot and put a cup on top."
In order to prevent someone from being really sick, Ling Chan added another one.
After saying that, Ling Chan took out a medicine bottle from her arms and placed it on the table.
This was the space pool water that she brought specially to bribe Xiao Jin, which was diluted many times.
She originally thought that if he didn't agree, she would use this potion to seduce him.
Unexpectedly, he agreed.
Then this potion...just consider it as a thank you to him.
"Use a handkerchief to dip the liquid inside and rub the wound on your face carefully. This is a magical medicine, and it works very well."
There's not much medicine in this bottle. His burns cover a large area, from his face to his abdomen, so it's definitely not enough.
"I'll send you new ones when they run out."
Xiao Jin sat on the edge of the bed, holding the bottle of medicine given by Ling Chan.
She had been gone for a while, and he had been looking at the bottle of medicine.
The medicine...doesn't taste like medicine at all.
Does it really work?
Xiao Jin's face was now smeared with the medicine prepared by the imperial physician, and he was considering whether to try the bottle from Ling Chan.
"Your Highness..."
"Your Majesty, I was knocked unconscious just now. It seems..."
Jiuzhen is outside and he wakes up.
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