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“…”
Jiang Nian took the prayer note representing the girl's family and was suddenly stunned.
What a coincidence, this wish list looks very familiar.
It was the piece of wood with the words "Xiao Yingzhu" written on it that I saw under the wishing tree just now.
The wood chip fell heavily in his hand, and the cold temperature brought Jiang Nian's wandering thoughts back. When he raised his eyes, he saw the girl's inquiring look.
"What's the problem?"
Jiang Nian held the wood chip, suppressed the mixed emotions in his eyes, and shook his head.
"I understand."
The prefect of Cang County was sandwiched between Wu Mizhong and Xiao Yingzhu. Right now, Meng Yao was looking through the wood chips by the wishing tree. If the name "Xiao Yingzhu" was discovered, it would indeed be a bit tricky.
But the girl didn't expect that the piece of wood that Ai was going to get from the wishing tree was hers.
The noble ladies who had dispersed gathered around again. Under their gaze, Jiang Nian calmly put away the wood chips.
The edge of the object in the sleeve pressed against the palm of his hand, burning and hurting.
The piece of wood that the girl gave her to represent her identity as the prefect actually had a different use when she reunited with Ai later.
For example, you can use it as a shield to ward off some people you don't need to "meet", and you can also ask them some questions at the same time.
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The crowd in Shichan Hall was getting larger and larger, and the young girl's gaze followed her faintly from behind, with mixed emotions that were difficult to discern.
Jiang Nian took the box that Ai left for her with a calm expression and walked out from an inconspicuous door on the other side of Shichan Hall.
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
It's no longer possible to just stay here and wait for Ai. Now I have to take the initiative to find Ai and meet up with her before she comes back.
In order not to attract the girl's attention, Jiang Nian recalled the layout of the Flower Festival venue, and walked without stopping. He naturally walked to a place where the girls could not see him. He stopped and looked up at the wishing tree not far away.
The time that was delayed just now was not much. Meng Yao was still standing in front of the wishing tree, stretching out his hand to flip through the wish notes one by one, reading out the wish notes that could achieve his goal.
I don’t know how many pieces of land under that tree belong to their own people.
Or was it originally decided that the tree was placed there by someone inside Meng Yao?
But before coming, Xiao Yingzhu and the others did not give her such information.
The mixture of true and false makes it even more difficult to distinguish. Those prayer strips should have been hung before the Flower Festival began.
Jiang Nian withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the patrolman who was walking towards them.
In order to maintain order at the Huachao Conference and ensure the smooth implementation of Meng Yao's plan, some soldiers associated with Meng Yao were sent here.
But it is not known whether they knew Meng Yao’s plan.
The soldiers patrolling along the route of the Flower Festival noticed her not long after they walked forward. Seeing her attire and the suitcase in her hand, they knew that she was the servant of a noble lady who was attending the gathering.
The soldier paused, then looked serious and walked towards Jiang Nian.
"Excuse me, young lady, to which nobleman are you a maid? Why are you traveling alone here without seeing your master?"
"Do you need any help?"
The soldier's face looked raw, as if he had just started working, and his language and behavior were still a little unfamiliar.
That should not have been influenced too much by Meng Yao.
But on the contrary, she couldn't get much of what she wanted to know from this soldier.
Jiang Nian held his breath slightly, smiled calmly at the soldier, and pretended to be harmless.
"I am Cui's maid. The young lady left something at the wishing tree, and she told me to wait in Shichan Hall."
"I'm not familiar with this road... I ended up here after a lot of twists and turns."
"But it's probably too late to go to Shichan Hall now. Could you please take me directly to the Wishing Tree to meet up with the young lady?"
She took out the wooden token that the girl had just given her from her sleeve.
The soldier was startled by the gold characters on the wooden sign, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.
He obviously had not expected this to happen.
"I see..."
The soldier didn't suspect anything and looked behind Jiang Nian.
The wishing tree is quite far from the woods behind Shichan Hall, and from here you can only make out a vague group of people gathered there.
One of them was reaching out to take the wooden sign off the tree and reading it.
Jiang Nian stared at the soldier without blinking, the anticipation in his expression almost sparkling.
Feeling Jiang Nian's burning and earnest gaze, the soldier squinted his eyes and looked hard, but still couldn't see who was surrounding the tree.
His patrol location was behind Shichan Hall and he had no idea what was happening at the wishing tree.
After a moment, the soldier seemed to have made up his mind, then gritted his teeth and nodded.
"I understand. Please wait here for a moment. I will find someone to take my orders."
It is the time for soldiers to be replaced, and anyone who leaves his post without permission will be punished.
Although special circumstances may arise, military regulations must not be violated.
Jiang Nian nodded to the soldier to show that he understood, then stepped aside to wait.
There is a small decorative pond near Shichan Hall with goldfish in it.
When the golden or orange-red fish in the pond see someone approaching them, they swim to the surface of the water on their own, with a few bubbles coming out of their long mouths.
The clear pool water reflected Jiang Nian's shadow, and the reflection in the water was leisurely. The expression on her face was particularly solemn in the darkness of the water.
Occasionally, the clear and loud chirping of birds could be heard from the lush green trees around. If it were not for the knowledge that an epidemic that would aggravate the situation in Cang County would break out here soon, this place could still be called a "paradise on earth".
The most important action this time is to stop Meng Yao from doing something irreversible.
Jiang Nian reached out and stroked the wooden sign the girl gave her. She took her eyes off the fish in the pond and looked up at this quiet place where there were not many people around.
The patrol route of the soldiers was from the side door of Shichan Hall to the side of the woods.
When they were talking just now, the soldier had her standing in this scenic spot to wait and kill time so that he could find her later.
“…”
After looking around and seeing that there was no one around, Jiang Nian's tense nerves finally relaxed.
If her prediction was correct, Qin Lan's men would have been about to take action by now.
All surrounding soldiers will be controlled.
The soldier who had just spoken to her probably wouldn't be able to find someone to take his place.
When the soldier comes back, she will find out what kind of person Meng Yao is in the eyes of these soldiers.
If there were no obvious bias, these people could still be accepted by Yu He for his use for the time being.
Jiang Nian was thinking about the next countermeasures to this plan. He reached out to the fish bag that was placed here by someone unknown, pinched a few fish food and scattered them into the pond.
The fat fish swam up happily, squeezed around the few grains of fish food familiarly, opened their mouths and tried to put those few grains into their mouths.
There was a rustling sound of footsteps in the grass not far away. The steps were urgent and a little flustered.
Seems to be looking for someone.
Jiang Nian paused while feeding the fish and was about to walk behind a tree on the other side to hide for a while, but the man pushed aside the bushes on both sides of the fish pond and walked straight towards her.
"Miss."
"I finally found you."
“…”
Jiang Nian paused and turned back subconsciously.
——Ai, who was supposed to take the wish note from the prefectural lady at the wishing tree, was now in a hurry, with a rare coldness and eagerness in his eyes, and walked towards her quickly.
The wooden box in her hand was taken away by Ai the next second. She grabbed Jiang Nian's wrist, looked around, and checked whether there were any suspicious people. She seemed to be planning to climb over the backyard wall of Shichan Hall and run away from the Huachao Club.
Startled by Ai's tense and cold aura, Jiang Nian immediately reacted and followed Ai's hurried steps.
"What happened to the wishing tree?"
“…”
Ai silently took Jiang Nian's hand and walked forward a few steps, and found a corner where he could use the force to climb over the wall.
“It’s not good.”
"Someone from outside is coming in to cause trouble."
Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
"A third party?"
The only ones participating in the Huachao meeting should be Xiao Yingzhu and his group and the Wu Mi people.
Both parties had things to do at this time and it was impossible for them to cause trouble in the middle of their plans.
The only ones who could cause trouble right now are outsiders who show up unexpectedly.
"Who is it?"
Jiang Nian raised his head and looked at Ai who was climbing over the wall to observe the situation outside the Huachao Club.
Ai stared outside, his eyes wandering over the road for a few seconds before jumping back down to the ground.
"...I'm afraid it was those who were handed over to Yu He."
"Those people." Jiang Nian repeated the words she said and then reacted.
"——Are they the people the goddess used for experiments?"
Ai nodded.
"Um."
But didn't they hand it over to Yu He? Given Yu He's temperament and cautiousness, it's impossible for such a big mistake to occur.
Jiang Nian looked away thoughtfully and turned to look back the way they came.
"What's the situation outside?"
"not good."
Ai shook his head lightly.
"Those people...after being transformed, they are no longer considered normal people."
"His five senses are acute, his temperament is extreme, and he tends to act impulsively."
"Besides, they have weapons in their hands."
Jiang Nian glanced at the wall. Behind the stone wall was the direction leading to the main road.
It is easiest to leave the Flower Festival from here.
But according to Ai's meaning, these routes that are easy to take shortcuts and retreat have been blocked.
It's like something was planned before the action.
"how so?"
"If it's just these modifications..." Jiang Nian stood still. Seeing Ai wanted to return to the fish pond, he had no choice but to follow him.
"That shouldn't be the case. With the Goddess' style, if we only use these people for experiments, apart from these improvements, will there be any improvement in IQ?"
Ai shook his head.
"These things are beyond the reach of current capabilities, so they won't happen."
What's going on?
If those who were captured by the Wu Mi people for experiments had any grudge against them, they should have gone directly to destroy the Wu Mi people's lairs instead of coming to this place where they would attract attention.
Although the people here are related to the Wu Mi people, Meng Yao is at most an abandoned pawn of the Wu Mi people.
And those noble ladies who were invited should have nothing to do with those experimental subjects.
There are no obvious places to attract hatred on either side... Why are they here?
While Jiang Nian was lost in thought, Ai La grabbed his wrist again. Something seemed to have changed in the quiet surroundings. She quickly took Jiang Nian and hid in a secluded place behind the fish pond.
"It happened suddenly just now, and I only took down the prayer stick hanging on the tree."
The piece of wood that the girl wanted appeared in Ai's hand.
Ai opened his palm and showed it to Jiang Nian, then placed the wish note firmly in Jiang Nian's hand and continued to talk about the next thing.
"I was in a hurry to find you, so I went to Shichan Hall first."
“So we didn’t observe Meng Yao heading east after the incident.”
She paused and looked back at Jiang Nian.
"Miss, do you want to go to the scene now?"
Maybe we'll find some clues.
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