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Not getting an answer from You, Jiang Nian didn't ask any further questions.
She changed the subject: "When can we enter the top pavilion tomorrow?"
You tilted his head and looked towards the door.
"You can go to see your sister that day."
"Sister will be...out for a while tomorrow."
After getting the answer, Jiang Nian thanked him and both sides fell silent.
After standing in the empty room for a while, Youxian moved and walked out.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first...but."
He turned around and smiled at Jiang Nian: "My help only goes so far, Miss. The next time we meet, we will be on clear sides."
Jiang Nian's gaze fell on You's departing figure, and then he looked away.
All the methods of obtaining intelligence fell into her hands, and Jiang Nian also gave You the answers and items he wanted.
This cooperation is indeed completely over.
The next time we meet... it will be the opposing positions of Huandu and Donglan.
Even if the end is near, do you have to push yourself into an inevitable situation so that you can feel liberated?
—
After returning to the room, Jiang Nian closed the door.
The sky outside the window gradually darkened.
She estimated the time and looked at the empty room again.
Mo Qing hasn't come back yet, so he must have gone to see his master.
Thinking that I could take a rest during this period, I suddenly caught a glimpse of Mo Qing who had just appeared in the room.
Mo Qing fell to the ground and looked up to see Jiang Nian looking back at him in front of the dressing mirror. He suddenly smiled and waved at her.
"Miss, you're back. The master asked me to tell you a message—"
"He asked you if you saw anything related to the plague in Zuihualou?"
"have."
Without hesitation, Jiang Nian told him the news he had just received from You.
After a pause, seeing that Mo Qing had memorized the content and was about to slip out of the room and rush to the Youguan Mansion, Jiang Nian was helpless for a moment and called out to Mo Qing again.
"Wait, when did your master come back?"
Mo Qing stopped in his tracks when the voice called him. He turned around and thought for a moment before replying, "A few days ago? The master went to the capital and back in less than six days."
So fast?
Jiang Nian was shocked by Xiao Yingzhu's efficiency and speed. He hesitated for a moment before asking his next question. Under Mo Qing's gaze, his thoughts paused for a moment before he continued, "Chief Xi...are you here?"
Mo Qing turned around and thought for a moment: "Miss, I need to tell you something that is not a good thing."
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"Xi Changshi is already in the tunnel, and—the tunnel has been filled with explosive minerals and things that produce poisonous smoke."
"Since the goddess is going to launch an epidemic the next day, young lady must be prepared."
“——?”
Jiang Nian was caught off guard by the news that Zuihualou might be blown up tomorrow. He blinked and felt a little confused about what he would face the day after tomorrow.
"I wanted to tell the young lady directly, but I was afraid that she would be upset, so I thought I would tell her when the incident was about to happen."
Mo Qing paused and stared at Jiang Nian for a moment. Not seeing any fear or panic in her, he continued with confidence, "It's okay, Miss. Although it's powerful, I will be by your side when it explodes."
......
What are you guarding? My dead body?
It was very inappropriate. Jiang Nian felt that he had reached a new level and still had the energy to complain at a critical moment.
Maybe there are too many things happening, and if I don’t complain about them in my heart, I will feel bored.
Mo Qing waited for a moment, but didn't see Jiang Nian's answer. Thinking that the young lady should be relieved, he slipped out of the room very quickly and rushed to the Youguan mansion.
—
Youguan Mansion
The next morning.
When the undertow was about to emerge from the sea with the reefs, everyone's task became much easier.
At this moment, he was just sitting in front of the stone table, drinking tea, tasting tea, and eating dessert.
Ai gave up recommending her wonderful things and just stared at the treetops in the courtyard in a daze.
"Mo Qing is here too, right?"
Qin Lan crossed his legs and glanced over the information about the Second Prince's whereabouts before handing it back to Xiao Yingzhu. "After the mine incident is over, will you and Jiang Nian return to Pingzhou first?"
"She has some things to deal with at the pharmacy, right?"
The teacup in his hand was steaming, and the white mist covered Qin Lan's face. He paused for a moment, then continued, "By then, you and Jiang Nian should go back to Pingzhou first. If you don't go back, I think the early rice will be ripe."
He laughed a few times, as if thinking of something funny. After recovering from the shock, he said, "Leave those matters in the mine to me."
Xiao Yingzhu raised her eyelids and glanced at him, not knowing what she was thinking, and said nothing.
"As for Ai, why don't you go back with Jiang Nian?"
Qin Lan didn't mind not getting a direct answer from Xiao Yingzhu and turned his attention to Ai.
Just as he was about to say a few more words, Mo Qing's voice came from the sky and then fell behind Qin Lan.
"Is Master Qin celebrating midway?"
A smiling voice approached, ringing in Qin Lan's ears: "The young lady just learned about what happened in the tunnel. Master, I got the news about the plague from the young lady."
Mo Qing stood beside Xiao Yingzhu, and when Qin Lan turned around, he could only see his back.
"Those suffering from the plague have intricate black patterns on their necks. We will begin distributing them in these areas of the civilian area tomorrow afternoon."
The rustling sound of turning pages was particularly loud in the courtyard, and Mo Qing spread the paper on the stone table.
He would flatten the paper that was warped by the wind so that everyone could see the markings clearly.
Mo Qing had roughly drawn a simple map of Cang County on the map. He had drawn a few places according to what Jiang Nian had said, most of which were in densely populated areas.
Then, he repeated what Jiang Nian had learned from You.
When children who were sacrificed by their parents grew up, they returned to their hometowns to cause epidemics. Although their revenge was different from that of others, as it was done through the hands of others and there was also some element of accidental luck in the middle, such incidents were not uncommon in this era.
Everyone just listened silently. They had seen this kind of thing too many times, and they were not as shocked and unbearable as when they first heard about it. They had become numb and even had lost the desire to speak out to relieve their inner complaints.
This kind of tragedy is unavoidable and cannot be avoided in some backward areas.
After Mo Qing finished speaking, there was silence for a while. Qin Lan thought of Yu He and asked:
"If he doesn't follow the same path as the goddess, he must have returned home to investigate his current situation. Now we can have our troops investigate You's identity and arrest him when the time comes."
"However, in Cang County, the person in charge of this task is Yu He - is he planning to arrest anyone in the near future?"
It would be better to just synchronize You's intelligence information to Yu He now.
Xiao Yingzhu's eyes swept across the paper, lingering on a section of the civilian area. She spoke in a dispassionate voice, "Your Majesty sent him here simply to target the Wu Mi people."
"I think we'll be able to see him on the streets in two days."
Considering that Bu Qu and Yu He's subordinates had recently been exchanging synchronous clues, Qin Lan paused for a moment and nodded in response:
"...That's right. After we meet up with Jiang Nian, we'll make plans."
A shrewd Mo Qing led a shrewd Buqu who was strolling in the data room to the table. He patted Buqu's shoulder with a serious look on his face and said, "Did you hear the conversation? It's your job to help us pass on the information to Commander Yu."
—
Zuihualou
Jiang Nian climbed to a high place today and was a little frightened. When his tense nerves relaxed, he felt tired and fell on the bed.
Pulling up the quilt in a daze, she now adopted the attitude of taking a rest for the time being as she was now sleeping on top of explosives.
In any case, the dynamite will not explode now.
So in order to ensure that you have the strength to escape when the explosives explode, you should rest and recuperate now.
Therefore, Jiang Nian planned to sleep for an hour first, then get up and go to the tunnel to find Xizhen and meet up with her.
At present, the goddess has not made it clear that she allowed her to walk around in Zuihua Tower, but when she goes to the top pavilion to eavesdrop on the conversation between Lu and the goddess the day after tomorrow, her position will be clear and will no longer be as vague as it is now.
However, no matter how accurately the timing is calculated, there will be times when things go beyond your expectations.
When Jiang Nian opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.
When his eyes fell upon the dazzling and awakening light, Jiang Nian was startled, and then he quickly went out to wash up. He sat on the windlass as if he was familiar with the place, and waited until no one was passing by the corridor, then he slipped downstairs.
—
The corridor was still dark.
Sometimes Jiang Nian felt that the Wu Mi people liked mice more than crows.
They always go out at night and do evil things in the dark, without even lighting a candle in the pitch-black tunnel.
As Jiang Nian was walking down according to the blueprint in his mind, a pungent smell of burnt smoke spread from his nostrils, and along with the smoke was Lu's angry voice.
"I told you there was something wrong with that goddess. She even dared to let a little girl of unknown origin in here and let her walk around freely."
The voice of the person on the other end was buzzing and difficult to hear clearly.
Jiang Nian frowned, groped for a corner in the darkness that could temporarily block his eyes and ears, squatted down, and concealed his breath.
"So I said there was something wrong with the goddess. I've already sent people to look for her. As per your instructions, I'll have them slit her throat when they find her to prevent any further trouble."
"As for the goddess—"
He laughed strangely, and after a moment, he said sinisterly, "I will kill her as well during my routine duty report tomorrow."
He changed the subject and his tone became flattering again. Jiang Nian could already imagine how the smile on that red mask changed into a flattering face.
"My Lord, just wait and see. After I finish dealing with things these days, I will spread the plague to the entire Cang County and give you and the leader a satisfactory answer!"
The reply from the other side was unclear, and Jiang Nian didn't understand it. The sound from the other side of the wall suddenly stopped.
There was a rustling sound of clothes being blown by the wind, coming from far away and rushing towards here with great purpose. Jiang Nian's heart shuddered, and just as she was about to move, a pair of cold hands suddenly attacked from behind, covering her mouth and nose accurately, and dragging her into the darkness behind them.
Jiang Nian's pupils suddenly contracted, and she subconsciously wanted to raise her hands to grab the hands that were restraining her body. The person behind her seemed to predict her intention to break free, and loosened the fingers covering her mouth and nose slightly.
A faint fragrance drifted in with the wind and lingered at the tip of the nose.
A familiar aroma.
Jiang Nian's tense body stiffened for a moment, then slowly relaxed.
It's a stream pillow.
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