Page 187
Ji Yunxi was really tired, so she had a quick dinner, washed up, and went back to her room.
Ji Mingxi has not returned from the temple yet. He said he will be back tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, everyone will have lunch together before returning to the capital.
However, Ji Mingshuang and Wu Wei'an had to go to the Hanlin Academy tomorrow morning, so they had to set off after dinner...
Before leaving, Wu Weian went to Ji Yunxi's room to say goodbye.
Ji Yunxi was completely immersed in the beauty bed, holding a cup of tea in her hand, looking out the window at the lights of hundreds of houses on the other side of the river, as if she was lost in thought.
Wu Weian closed the door casually and glanced at her: "Did you find anything?"
When Wu Weian was at Auntie Bug and Uncle Snake's house during the day, he noticed that when Auntie Bug and Uncle Snake quarreled, Ji Yunxi listened very attentively and had some subtle expressions.
But he didn't ask at the time.
Firstly, there are outsiders here.
By the time Wu Wei'an was roaming the underworld, Uncle Snake and Aunt Bug had already retired. They were feared ruthless figures in their day, as famous as Aunt Poison's late master, known as the Three Great Poison Masters.
But no one expected, including Wu Weian, that these two were still alive in this world, and they were a couple.
Two of the three most handsome men in the past are now old and have become ordinary old men with wrinkles on their faces and slurred speech. It is true that time flies and things and people have changed.
Secondly, Ji Mingyan and Ji Mingshuang are here.
After Wu Wei'an became a close associate of the prince's, occasionally participating in the gatherings of the adults, Ji Mingshuang probably guessed that he was not simple. However, Ji Mingshuang never questioned him, but their relationship was no longer the same as before. For example, when he was in the Hanlin Academy, occasionally when Ji Mingshuang was unsure about a decision, he would come to Wu Wei'an for consultation. In the past, this would have been impossible.
There is no need to say much about Ji Mingyan.
In short, Wu Weian and Ji Yunxi have the same idea about these two people. It is better for these two brothers to live a simple life and not get involved in too many things behind the scenes.
Ji Yunxi was not surprised that Wu Weian came up, in fact, she was waiting for him.
She asked straight to the point, "Who are the Miao family?"
Wu Wei'an explained: "The Miao people are good at Gu. The Golden Toad Gu was developed by our ancestors. It can be divided into denominator Gu and child Gu."
Ji Yunxi interrupted him: "Is there a sub-Gu in your body?"
Wu Wei'an shook his head: "Mine is slightly different, but I think they are similar."
Ji Yunxi nodded.
Wu Weian continued, "However, the Miao family has become extinct. The daughter of the Miao girl those two people mentioned during the day is the last generation. However, she disappeared more than ten years ago, and people in the martial arts world have assumed that she is gone."
But after meeting Mr. Snake and Mrs. Insect today, it shows that this guess may not be reliable. The Miao family's daughter may still be alive.
Just as Wu Weian was pondering.
Ji Yunxi put down the teacup: "Then she is indeed dead."
Wu Weian raised his eyebrows slightly: "?"
Ji Yunxi looked up and told him, "The fifth prince's deceased mother's original name was Miao."
Now, everything makes sense.
Why in the original book, Wu Weian was able to live for a long time and was even a member of the Fifth Prince's party?
Because the fifth prince has the secret recipe of the golden toad Gu.
The plot of this book revolves around the fifth prince and Xing Shuyue, focusing on how the two of them ascend to the throne together and then develop a tragic love story.
There is very little description of the Fifth Prince's subordinates, such as Wu Weian, and the descriptions are scattered here and there, making it difficult to guess the purpose of each stroke without knowing the whole picture.
The book that Ji Yunxi read in her dream had a plot that seemed quite casual and everyday.
The Fifth Prince and Xing Shuyue were chatting. The Fifth Prince talked about his childhood. He said that his mother's surname was Miao and she was of humble status. In order to enter the harem and be with his father, she became the adopted daughter of a minister in the court and changed her surname before entering the harem.
After this incident was mentioned, the subsequent plot was never mentioned again.
Ji Yunxi didn't take it to heart. She thought this plot was just an everyday thing where the hero and heroine opened their hearts to each other in love.
*
On the evening of the second day, when Ji Yunxi and his party arrived at Shangjing City, the situation in the city had changed.
Yesterday, more than twenty people beat drums to appeal for justice, and the people they were suing were the Minister of Justice and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The two adults held high positions, but they abused their power for personal gain. When their family members and friends committed murder and broke the law, not only did they not bring them to justice, but they suppressed them all with thunder and lightning, and even sent people to murder them.
The people were all talking about the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Supreme Court. But the Fifth Prince's losses were not limited to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court.
He also has secret agents all over the capital.
Just the night before yesterday, when Wu Weian went out of the city to find Ji Yunxi, the Fifth Prince's troops moved.
He wanted to take the opportunity to wipe out all of Wu Weian's secret agents in Shangjing City.
The Fifth Prince had already grasped the locations of the secret agents on the tenth night.
This was all thanks to Ji Yunxi, who wandered around Shangjing City for most of the night. Otherwise, the Fifth Prince would not have discovered it.
Afterwards, the Fifth Prince was afraid that there was a trick, so he sent someone to observe secretly for several days.
Those disguises were like those of ordinary people, and they were extremely cautious and careful, but his people still noticed something was wrong.
Falling leaves tell us that autumn has arrived, that is enough.
But even so, the Fifth Prince did not act rashly.
Xing Shuyue told him that according to the news from the Ji Mansion, the Ji brothers and sisters wanted to go to Yeshan Village to relax.
He and Xing Shuyue calculated that Wu Weian would definitely go looking for him on the day when the Hanlin Academy was closed.
Although the two had quarreled, they were now one. It was logical for Wu Weian to appease Ji Yunxi first.
As expected, Wu Weian left the city and the fifth prince took the opportunity to take action!
This move can be said to be a combination of timing, location and people. The fifth prince has also acted in this way in the past, and he has never failed over the years.
But this time, he stumbled and suffered heavy losses.
Traps had been set in those places long ago, waiting for his men to fall into the trap!
He and Xing Shuyue were calculating against Wu Weian and Ji Yunxi, and Wu Weian and Ji Yunxi were also calculating against them.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
