Chapter 267 Help Me Find Something
The figure in the dark did not move again. After Qing Yi and the others had gone far away, he quietly retreated and turned away.
The Hu family in Beijing.
To the east of the house, a candle was lit in a side room, and the door was pushed open. A man in black flashed in, and it turned out to be a slender woman.
The person on the bed heard the noise and immediately got out of bed to greet him.
"Jiniang, how is it?"
This middle-aged man was none other than the son of the old Hu family leader, Hu Jiatai.
And this Ji Niang was his wife, or rather his second wife, as his original wife had died long ago.
"Let me drink some water."
After Jinniang drank the water, she looked at her husband with shining eyes, "Husband, guess what I heard?"
"Hurry up and tell me, don't keep me in suspense."
"Qing Yunxiao has already arrived in the capital, and he has lost the token!"
When Hu Jiatai heard this, he immediately jumped up and shouted, "What? Lost?!"
"Shh!" Jiniang quickly covered his mouth, "Keep your voice down! What if father hears us? Will we still be able to accomplish our mission?"
"Yes, yes, I'll keep my voice down," Hu Jiatai grabbed her hand, "Am I not too shocked? Did you hear me correctly?"
"Of course not! How could I have heard something so important wrong? Qing Yunxiao has already gone to find Prince Jun, and the people from Prince Jun's mansion are now following him all over the capital looking for the token!"
"Hahaha!" Hu Jiatai couldn't help but burst into laughter, but soon he thought of speaking in a low voice and immediately held it back. However, from his shining eyes, one could still tell how excited he was.
"I knew it was unreliable for the Qing family to let such a young boy be the head of the family."
“No one in the Qing family could have guessed why the old patriarch Qing would suddenly choose Qing Yunxiao. Now the entire Qing family is looking for Qing Yunxiao. I don’t know if one of their family members stole the things.” Ji Niang guessed.
"No, no, no, that's not it," Hu Jiatai waved his hands repeatedly, "I have contacted the third son of the Qing family before, and he revealed that the old patriarch had already asked Qing Yunxiao to go to the capital first. It should be that Qing Yunxiao had secretly gone to the capital before Prince Jun got married. The other members of the Qing family haven't reacted yet, and the old patriarch caught them off guard."
"What you said is true. Qing Yunxiao is indeed leading the people in Prince Jun's mansion to look for the token everywhere. However, do you think that boy might have other ideas and hid the thing, but it is difficult to explain to Prince Jun, so he lied and said it was lost?"
"It's possible. Qing Lao San said that his nephew actually has a lot of evil ideas."
"But since he's said that, can't we take another path?"
"I would like to, but the token is in my father's hands. He treasures it like a treasure. How could he lose it? If I could steal it, I would have done it already."
"The main reason is that we still don't know what the token looks like."
Ji Niang disagreed. The old man had been hiding it and had never told them what the token was.
Otherwise, with her lightness and stealth skills, wouldn't it be easy for her to sneak into the old patriarch's house and steal things?
"But now that Qing Yunxiao has lost the token, we can delay the process a little longer. We will tell our father about this tomorrow and ask him not to hand the token over to Prince Jun yet. We need to find out what Qing Yunxiao wants to do first."
"Okay. But husband, do you think we should also send someone to look for the Qing family's keepsake? If he really lost it, we can find it before them!"
"How do we find it? Prince Jun is originally from the capital, and he has his Dragon Shadow Guards here. What advantage do we have to find the thing before him? We don't even know what the thing looks like."
"Do you remember the Moros?"
"Isn't your mother the former saint of the Moro tribe? She just married to the Southern Region."
"Yes, I contacted the saint of my clan while I was on the road. She is also in the capital. She knew I was coming and told me that she needed my help. It just so happens that I can cooperate with her, so finding things won't be a problem."
"You mean..."
"It's just what you think."
"Well, go find her now. The longer the night, the more trouble there is. The people in Prince Jun's Mansion have already gone to look for the things overnight. We can't delay any longer."
Jiniang nodded, pulled up her mask, and went out again.
Also in the east of the city, in a small house not far away, Hai Changjun heard a few gentle knocks on the window and immediately woke up and sat up.
Situ Bai took A Pian and temporarily left the capital for something. Her blood-heart silkworm had not been found yet, so she couldn't leave and didn't dare to get involved.
Fortunately, she found a handsome young man who came from Jiangnan these days. He rented a small courtyard here. He wanted to go there to study under a master, so she moved in with him.
If Situ Bai doesn't come back in the short term, after she finds the Blood-Heart Silkworm, she will simply sleep with this young man and get his offspring.
She had been waiting for Jiniang to arrive.
As soon as the door opened, Jiniang flashed in. Hai Changjun smelled something but didn't make a move.
"Are you Jiniang?"
Jiniang closed the door and said, "Turn on the light."
Hai Changjun went to light the lamp and saw Jiniang with her veil pulled down. His eyes flickered. Sure enough, no one in their tribe who could become a saint was ugly.
If Ji Niang's mother had not insisted on leaving the tribe and marrying in the Southern Region, Ji Niang might be the saint of their tribe now.
Ji Niang also looked at Hai Changjun. This was the first time they met, but Hai Changjun was indeed beautiful.
"You said you needed my help with something. What is it?" Ji Niang was at least a dozen years older than Hai Changjun, so she seemed calmer, just like her elder.
"Back then, your mother left the tribe and took away the only golden-backed snake in our tribe. Has the golden-backed snake been passed down to you now?" Hai Changjun asked directly without any hesitation.
The golden-backed snake is also given only to the saint in their tribe. If she stops being a saint, the golden-backed snake must be handed over.
But that year, Jiniang's mother ran away secretly and took the golden-backed snake with her. They have been looking for the person and the snake for so many years, but have not found them.
I didn't expect that the person actually hid in a secluded big family.
"You want the golden-backed snake?"
"Nonsense, this originally belongs to my tribe. You are not one of us anymore, so how can you still hold the golden-backed snake?"
Hai Changjun thought that if the blood-heart silkworm could not be found, bringing the golden-backed snake back would be enough to deal with it.
The golden-backed snake has an extremely long lifespan. According to the elders in their tribe, some can live up to a hundred years. When Jiniang's mother got the golden-backed snake, it was only a baby snake. If it had been well raised, it would definitely still be alive now.
Jiniang's eyes flashed.
"You can have the golden snake, but it's useless in my hands anyway, but you have to do me a favor."
"What's the matter?"
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