Narration
After gently closing the door of the attic, You, who had a bright smile on his face, immediately turned gloomy.
What is my sister planning?
It's no longer just a matter of epidemics.
She was thinking about other things that made her worry and lose her mind.
What is it exactly?
When I saw Meng Jian leaving Zuihua Tower earlier, I felt that he knew something...but he is already ready to set off now, right?
You might as well send someone to ask.
You went downstairs to the third floor and was about to raise his hand to call for help, but he stopped himself, curled his fingertips, and then retracted them.
The maids who wanted to surround You and gain his favor were excited for a moment, then bent down with their heads down, and slowly moved back to the position where they had originally stood.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then gave up the idea of sending someone to find Meng Jian, and then slowly walked down the stairs.
Now that we have reached a cooperation with the little hamster, we should get some information from her about the person my sister is thinking about.
...Who is it?
Who is it that makes him ask repeatedly, and no matter what conditions he offers, the goddess will never reveal anything to him?
He has been with his sister for so many years, but until now, he still hasn't gained her recognition?
What can he do to make his sister trust him completely?
A shadow fell on You Lengbai's white skin, half of his face was hidden in the darkness, making the coldness in his eyes even more obvious.
The maids around who were about to follow and talk to You Zhuangdan caught a glimpse of the cold and sharp light in his eyes, and stopped in their tracks, suppressing the desire to get the extradition master.
His snow-white shadow was reflected on the clear wooden floor. The shadow paused for a moment, then raised his hand, telling the maids around him not to follow him, and turned around to go downstairs.
Under the black hair that was as heavy as a waterfall, his back was as thin as an unsheathed sword, and his image was reflected in the eyes of the maids who stopped in their tracks.
From those dark pupils, bright white light and shadow flowed, revealing greed.
—
After tidying up the wooden box, Jiang Nian turned around and looked at the hourglass.
The time agreed with You is approaching, and if I don’t go out now it will be too late.
Fortunately, the maids outside the corridor have all left and there are no more footsteps. It is best to go to the first floor at this time.
After going over the plot in his mind, Jiang Nian closed the door casually, took the windlass, and reached the first floor.
A familiar scene appeared in her eyes. She had walked this road once, so this time she didn't need to grope around according to the markings on the drawing. Jiang Nian lifted her skirt and walked quickly towards a sparsely populated road.
After walking around the corridor, we arrived in front of the auction hall.
After lunch, she and You agreed to meet at this "old place".
—
Without much hesitation, Jiang Nian adjusted his mentality, raised his hand and opened the door.
You seemed to have arrived not much earlier than her, and his face was still gloomy until he caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye, then he put on a casual smile.
"Coming?"
He glanced at Jiang Nian's hands and said with a smile, "Didn't you bring any other necessary tools?"
After hearing You's clear suggestion, Jiang Nian immediately knew what he was talking about.
Jiang Nian did not let down her guard against the young man in front of her who seemed to be the same age as her, only seventeen or eighteen years old.
On the contrary, after finalizing the cooperation with him, her vigilance increased rapidly.
Jiang Nian smiled and took two steps forward, then opened his empty palm and showed it to him openly:
"Rare items are valuable, so I can't always carry them with me."
You raised an eyebrow, glanced at her hand with interest, and then fixed his eyes on Jiang Nian:
"oh?"
"The most dangerous place is the safest place. I thought Miss Jiang would be the same."
Jiang Nian put her hand away without changing her expression. The fan in her sleeve felt heavy on her skin. The coolness kept her tense nerves in check, not letting her slack off even for a moment.
"That's why I'm different from others. After all, I'm not really that aggressive to you, right?"
You laughed a few times, and the gloomy look just now disappeared as if Jiang Nian was dazzled, and there was no trace of it left.
"That's right. After all, rare things are rare, and rare things are valuable."
He didn't intend to waste any more words here. After all, he would get what he wanted to know after walking through the entire Zuihualou.
Turning around, he walked to the door and opened it. You turned sideways and made an "invitation" gesture to her.
"Let's go. If you keep searching like that, you'll never find anything."
His black hair swayed behind him, and for some reason his mood improved.
"Come with me."
The sleeves of the maid's uniform were slightly long, and when Jiang Nian lowered her hands, her fingertips could just fit into the sleeves.
The sleeve pocket was tightly attached to her arm due to gravity. Jiang Nian glanced at the servants who didn't dare to raise their heads after encountering You outside.
"Are they all right?"
You didn't even turn around, and Yingde didn't hesitate at all: "Don't worry, there is no gossip here."
As if he felt that what he said was not appropriate enough, he smiled and glanced at her sideways: "After all, those who talk too much have their tongues pulled out, so they won't say anything superfluous."
“…”
Being glanced at by You like this, Jiang Nian suddenly felt a chill all over her body. She gently curved her lips and was silent for a moment before she smiled:
"So, the confidentiality is pretty good."
The young man in front laughed, with a look of pleasure at being flattered: "Miss Jiang thinks so too?"
"That's quite a coincidence."
—
There wasn't much to talk about with You, and there was nothing much to talk about on the way to the next talisman formation.
Jiang Nian walked in silence with tense nerves until his palms felt slightly warm, and only then was he pulled out of his deep thoughts.
She raised her eyes to the direction where You placed his hand on the door, and then asked, "Where is this?"
You opened the door and said lazily, "Tea room."
"When my sister came here, these teahouses would attract guests from far away, but now they are no longer in use."
He stood at the door and pointed inside the tea room.
"There."
Jiang Nian's palms were almost burned by the curse. She looked up and replied, "Okay."
Most of the abandoned rooms are empty and the original furniture has been moved away.
Therefore, it is clear at a glance.
After confirming the surroundings of the talisman array and noting its location, they stood on the other side of the tea room and continued the topic that they had not finished earlier this afternoon.
One thing for another, Jiang Nian was ready to use You's question to infer his purpose, so he bluntly spread his hands and said, "Ask."
You was very satisfied with Jiang Nian's tact. His eyes moved slightly and he asked the question: "...When did that person come here?"
Jiang Nian tilted his head and looked into his meaningful eyes: "When your goddess is ready to cause something."
"matter?"
You paused, then raised his eyes to look at her: "What do you know?"
Jiang Nian was stumped by his question this time. His thoughts turned around in his mind for a few times, but he couldn't hide his confusion in the end: "Don't you know better than us?"
"Plague?"
“……?”
He You looked at each other in bewilderment. After a moment of silence in the tea room, Jiang Nian slightly moved his numb arm and asked:
"Don't you know?"
“…”
Is this the dark under the lamp?
Or is the goddess deliberately concealing her worries?
Jiang Nian's eyes flickered and he narrowed his eyes: "Then it's my turn to ask you."
She held up a finger: "To answer your price."
You obviously didn't care, and spread his hands: "Ask."
Jiang Nian seized the opportunity and asked without hesitation, "Will your intention have a negative impact on us?"
"...Just ask directly about the ultimate goal."
You raised his hand and hooked his wrinkled collar, his eyes fell on the ring, looking a little nonchalant.
"Then I'll have to think about it carefully."
He said this, but after a few seconds, he raised his eyelids and looked at her with a smile: "Shouldn't it be?"
"? What does that mean?"
Jiang Nian was a little dissatisfied when he didn't get a definite answer: "I think the credibility that a partner should have is there."
Seeing the "hamster" in front of him turn cold and soft, You found it a little funny, so he laughed without concealing it and spread his hands indifferently.
"As you said, I wanted to help my sister, but my sister didn't give me a definite answer."
"How about this, since we have a common problem to solve."
Yu crossed her arms, her fingertips casually tapping, "And I don't want to ruin my credibility and tarnish my sister's reputation."
He stopped talking halfway when he suddenly changed his tone.
"——After all, our differences are only on the 'surface' side, right?"
surface?
Jiang Nian looked at him quietly for a while, then said, "You go ahead."
He smiled carefree, his expression very happy, as if teasing her. "Since we don't know what she's thinking, how about we exchange clues? If we discover her intentions and they're detrimental to your side, how about we just clean it up and call it a day?"
“…”
Jiang Nian was confused by his long sentence. She sorted out the logical chain and was about to refute it, but she saw him smiling and stretching out his finger, which was lightly placed on her lips as she was about to open her mouth.
In the shadows, the darkness in his eyes grew thicker.
"Miss Jiang, please don't be impatient. I haven't finished speaking yet."
The teahouse with the talisman array painted on it is in a remote area and usually no one passes by. Only at certain times will servants come to clean it.
So at this moment, in this corner of this floor, there were only the two of them.
With a smile on his face, he spoke clearly, "Sister is suffering from the 'disease' of worrying, and needs a 'preferred medicine' to cure it."
"With it, I can untie the knot in my heart and learn the truth. Didn't Miss Jiang think of this?"
He paused for a moment, then smiled faintly, his pupils reflecting Jiang Nian's indifferent expression.
"——Or, what opportunity are you waiting for?"
…
The topic was brought back again.
But now, after following him around in circles for so long, Jiang Nian also remembered the map in his mind and knew that he did not deliberately go around in circles around him, but took the shortest route to the talisman formation.
But even with the shortest route, it took almost half an hour just to find out where the talisman array was and walk to it.
Many talisman arrays are drawn in remote places.
These places have not been used for a long time. Although almost no one comes here, it is the same. If you think about it, it seems that there is an ulterior motive.
Therefore, Zuihualou stipulates that if you want to enter these places, you must give the guard a clear reason on the way.
But because You held a very high status in Zuihualou, he was included directly without even making up a reason.
This was easy for him, but for Jiang Nian, it was another level of difficulty.
Jiang Nian lowered his eyes, avoiding You's last question, and thought for a while.
"Once I've found all the talisman arrays, I'll tell you about the 'medicine guide'..."
"Also, some things you may not know."
You smiled and didn't answer. He didn't care how soon he would get the answer.
After all, he knew when the plague would occur, and roughly when it would take to find all the talisman arrays.
There is still a long time before the first batch of plague is released. As long as we use this clue to bait the hamster, and finish the search for the talisman array before then, the hamster will naturally take the bait.
It seems we have to wait a while longer.
He smiled with his eyes curved and tilted his head towards Jiang Nian's gaze.
"Okay, but... since neither of us wants to talk about these topics, why don't we talk about something else?"
As he spoke, he opened the door and motioned Jiang Nian to continue following him.
"Before we get to the next talisman formation, Miss Jiang, why don't you think about what rare item information you want to exchange with me?"
“…”
At present, there is very little information that You doesn't know, and there is a lot of information that You doesn't know that she doesn't know either, and she can't know it with the help of the secret guards.
Jiang Nian followed behind him, and unconsciously clenched the spell while thinking.
As the route gets closer, the temperature of the curse becomes higher.
The warm feeling in his palm calmed the anxiety in Jiang Nian's heart.
This cooperation is different from the "necessity" of Xiao Yingzhu and Meng Zheng.
It was obvious that You only came to her because he thought he could get more information to defend himself from her, not because he had to have her.
Before handing over the trump card of "Xizhen" to You, I must first find out what the chaos caused by the goddess is.
Jiang Nian walked forward while lowering his head in thought.
You, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. Jiang Nian didn't react in time and stopped abruptly when he was about to bump into You's back.
This time the place was in an art exhibition covered with white cloth.
You opened the door, and the dark room immediately appeared in front of Jiang Nian.
He caught a glimpse of Jiang Nian's hesitant steps, tilted his head and said with a smile, "Miss Jiang, are you afraid of the dark?"
“…”
Jiang Nian put away his thoughts, felt the curse getting hotter and hotter, and shook his head.
"No, let's go in."
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