"It's okay!"
Ji Changying answered with gritted teeth.
It is actually a bit tiring to stand here on one leg. The internal force needs to flow in the body all the time to maintain the body balance, but for the sake of this little face, she can't admit it.
“····”
"How about this, we exchange the information we have?"
What Xie Siheng said was basically speaking frankly to her.
Ji Changying's heart moved: "What exactly do you mean..."
"Who did you see that night?"
"Who did you meet? I don't know what you're talking about, but I do have some information. I wonder if you'd like to exchange it."
Xie Siheng felt helpless:
"I found this on the broken peak up there." He pulled out the Dzi bead from his arms and handed it to Ji Changying. "I found it up there the night you were chasing someone. This bead is called a Dzi bead, a sacred object in Buddhism. But how could it be lost in the weeds up there? Do you think it's possible?"
Looking at the bead carefully, Ji Changying confirmed that it was the one Xie Siheng found that night.
She was basically certain in her heart that either there was something wrong with Huangjue Temple or there was something wrong with the people in Huangjue Temple.
"I didn't alert the monks of Huangjue Temple by taking this bead. I only asked Chuanqiong to inquire privately. They said that this bead was passed down from generation to generation by the abbot of Huangjue Temple. It is very valuable and is usually worn by the abbot."
"But there has been no news of the missing beads in the temple recently. I have asked someone to keep an eye on Huiji."
"And the bead's appearance was such a coincidence. Either someone threw it there on purpose and it was discovered, or Huiji lost it himself. Which do you think is more likely?"
Ji Changying's expression was somewhat complicated after hearing this: "Have you heard about the 'miracle' that day?"
Xie Siheng nodded.
"I dug up a dead Vedic flower and took it home to study. I discovered that someone had injected a potion into the roots of those flowers. That potion made the flowers bloom and die quickly. It was man-made."
Xie Siheng listened thoughtfully, "Rapidly promoting growth and then withering? These strange and unpredictable methods are surprisingly similar to those used in Piaomiao Garden."
"It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Huangjue Temple." Xie Siheng turned his head and looked at her: "That doesn't stop you from coming here now. What are you doing here?"
Ji Changying calmed down and said, "I'm here to find my master."
"Your master?" Xie Siheng was a little confused.
"You've seen it, Ren Dongnan."
Xie Siheng's expression changed: "It's him?!"
He was deeply impressed by this person, but... "How did he become your master?"
"Look, he taught me this skill." Ji Changying used his eyes to indicate the posture of himself standing on one foot on the flying knife.
Xie Siheng understood, no wonder he refused to say it before.
"Why did he come here and kill the Yongle Earl?"
Xie Siheng frowned, feeling that things were becoming increasingly difficult.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come here today!"
Ji Changying rolled her eyes. She really couldn't stand anymore. Her feet would go numb if she didn't move around.
Tapping her toes, she followed the path down to where the flying knife had been inserted.
Seeing her move, Xie Siheng quickly stepped on the cliff wall and pulled out the dagger. He fell down and took the opportunity to stab the dagger again. The dagger began to slide down again, and he followed.
Ji Changying originally thought that the flying knife would go all the way to the bottom of the valley, but unexpectedly it suddenly disappeared halfway.
Due to the obstruction of vision, she had to use her special ability to search around and found a platform half-hidden by stones, and there seemed to be a passage behind it.
Without thinking, she leaped over there.
She finally felt a sense of security as she stepped onto the platform. She didn't need to turn her head, because she knew Xie Siheng must have followed her.
There is nothing on this platform except a few stones, and it is located between the many broken peaks and the valley bottom.
Xie Siheng knocked on the wall: "Empty?"
Ji Changying raised her hand and pushed aside the half-person-high rock blocking the two of them. Xie Siheng, who was about to help, saw this and silently withdrew his hands.
“There’s actually such a place here?”
Ji Changying looked at the long and narrow corridor with some confusion. She searched around but did not see Ren Dongnan.
Xie Siheng took out a tinderbox and walked in: "Just take a look and you'll know."
The two of them didn't know how long they walked in this long and narrow winding passage. It was dark, damp and uncomfortable inside.
When the two came out, they were both stunned by the situation in front of them.
The two of them were standing in a rockery. Through the gaps between the rockery, they could vaguely see that they were in a yard.
This location should be the garden of a house, but it has been idle for a long time and no one takes care of it.
The yard looked very dilapidated. The flowers and plants in the yard had long been overgrown with weeds due to lack of care, and a thick layer of rotten leaves had accumulated on the ground.
However, Xie Siheng and Ji Changying both looked serious and neither of them moved rashly.
Because in every corner of this dilapidated courtyard, there are several lingering auras hidden in secret.
They didn't act rashly without understanding the situation.
Ji Changying used his special ability to take a look and saw that there were people in every direction, east, south, west and north, and there were also imperial guards guarding outside the mansion.
What the hell is this place?
She was about to take a closer look when she saw someone stumbling towards her. He had an untidy beard and disheveled clothes. He poured wine into his mouth and shouted loudly: "Life is full of ups and downs, and it's all about drinking songs! Hahahaha, drink!"
"Come on, come on, all of you come out and drink with me! Don't just stand there and watch!"
Zhongli Jinghui drank while talking in the direction of the rockery.
Ji Changying looked at the people outside in surprise. Could it be that he saw them?
"Come out! It's so boring drinking alone! Come with me!"
He moved the wine jug forward again.
Xie Siheng stood still, looking at the confusion on Ji Changying's face. He grabbed her hand and wrote the word "Duan" on her palm.
After pondering for a long time, Ji Changying suddenly realized that this was the Prince Duan, Zhongli Jinghui, who was deposed for treason and demoted to a commoner and imprisoned for life by the emperor?
"Come out! I told you to come out! I'm useless now, so you don't take me seriously anymore, right?!"
Zhongli Jinghui shouted here for a long time, and several people who were secretly staring at him looked at each other with impatience flashing in their eyes.
Then a man appeared and said, "What are you doing so crazy in the middle of the night? Go back!"
Zhongli Jinghui exploded upon hearing this, pointing his finger at his nose and cursing, "How dare you speak to me like that? Do you know who I am? Go back and tell your master! Tell him to come see me! Otherwise, I will perish with him!"
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