"Is what you said true?!"
Gu Jiangyue put down the needle and thread in her hand. The eagerness in her eyes couldn't hide her joy.
Zhi Yuan met Gu Jiangyue's gaze and nodded vigorously twice. Then she handed the letter to Gu Jiangyue.
"When will he be back?"
Gu Jiangyue quickly finished reading the letter before she dared to confirm.
"Within these two days."
After hearing Zhi Yuan's answer, Gu Jiangyue had no mood for doing anything else. All she could think about now was Gu Yi. So she simply put down all her work and went to tidy up Gu Yi's room.
Gu Yi was in poor health. Gu Jiangyue felt more at ease tidying up his room herself, so as to prevent villains from harming him secretly.
Gu Jiangyue was busy all day but the black - clothed man didn't come. Gu Jiangyue had something to tell him, so she took out the jade flute and blew it by the window.
As soon as the sound of the flute faded, Gu Jiangyue felt a gust of wind passing in front of her. She knew in her heart that the black - clothed man had come.
"What's the matter?"
The black - clothed man smoothly pushed the door open and came in, getting straight to the point.
Gu Jiangyue looked at the black - clothed man and only felt that the figure under his black robe seemed a bit tired.
"Gu Yi is coming back. Can you go and pick him up?"
Gu Yi was Gu Jiangyue's younger brother. They often played together when they were children. But later, Gu Yi was diagnosed with a heart disease and was sent elsewhere for treatment. By the time Gu Yi came back, Gu Jiangyue had already believed the slander of the third branch of the family. She always thought that Gu Yi had snatched her favor, so she never showed him a good face.
In her previous life, when she was humiliated in order to win over powerful officials for Xie Chengrui, no one pitied her. Only Gu Yi patiently comforted her.
He said, "You are willing to sacrifice anyone for Xie Chengrui, but what has he done for you! Don't you understand yet?"
The onlooker sees most clearly while the one involved is confused. Gu Jiangyue still defended Xie Chengrui at that time. Now when she thought about it, her eyes were full of regret.
After much thought, Gu Jiangyue finally voiced her request. She lowered her eyes, afraid that the black - clothed man would reject her. After all, the black - clothed man and Gu Yi had never met before. She didn't expect that the black - clothed man would lower his brows and think for a while before saying,
"I'll send Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng."
As long as it was someone Gu Jiangyue cared about, he would also care. It would be safer to bring Ji Yunsheng. But if he went with Ji Yunsheng in his black - clothed man identity, he might be discovered by Gu Jiangyue. So he simply mentioned Xie Jiuan.
"Okay."
Since the black - clothed man said so, Gu Jiangyue had no objection. She trusted Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng to handle things.
Now that the plan was settled, Gu Jiangyue felt at ease. After the black - clothed man left, he went to find Ji Yunsheng.
Ji Yunsheng had found a secluded mansion outside the city, which was just suitable for him. Xie Jiuan arrived in the middle of the night. As soon as he flew over the wall with his light - body skill, he saw Ji Yunsheng sitting in the yard waiting for him.
Ji Yunsheng didn't like to be too close to others, so there were few servants in the yard. Xie Jiuan didn't have to worry about that. Xie Jiuan had told Ji Yunsheng in advance that he would come.
Xie Jiuan stood beside Ji Yunsheng. Ji Yunsheng didn't move. Xie Jiuan thought it was strange. When he got closer, he found that Ji Yunsheng had fallen asleep sitting there.
"Ah? What's going on?"
Xie Jiuan was immediately annoyed. He directly hit Ji Yunsheng on the head. Ji Yunsheng staggered from the blow and then woke up.
"Have you forgotten? The people from the Medicine King Valley that day were obviously after you, and you still dared to sleep."
Xie Jiuan looked at him with a look of hatred for his lack of success.
"Oh, how's the investigation going?"
Ji Yunsheng stood up from his seat, took a few steps and said indifferently.
"The last place he disappeared was in the palace. It's not easy to find out more details."
Since Ji Yunsheng was awake, Xie Jiuan didn't say anything more. They had been very busy these two days. Xie Jiuan told him all the information he had gathered.
"The palace? That's interesting. We'll have to deal with that person again."
When Ji Yunsheng heard about the palace, a extremely evil smile curled up on his lips. Xie Jiuan knew exactly who he was talking about. It was the emperor.
"I'll find a way to continue the investigation on this matter. Come with me to pick up Gu Yi tomorrow."
When it came to the emperor, Xie Jiuan's enthusiasm dropped a lot. He didn't find out much. The reason he came to find Ji Yunsheng this time was to talk about Gu Jiangyue's matter.
"Who is Gu Yi?"
With the surname Gu, Ji Yunsheng already had a guess in his mind. He knew that this person must be related to Gu Jiangyue to be able to ask Xie Jiuan to do something.
"Jiangyue's younger brother."
Xie Jiuan replied casually. After answering, he was about to walk to the guest room. As he was walking, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his neck. When he turned his head, he saw that Ji Yunsheng had already put his hand on his shoulder and hooked his neck.
Ji Yunsheng smiled wickedly and said,
"How was the effect of that strong aphrodisiac? I spent a long time concocting it."
Xie Jiuan looked at Ji Yunsheng speechlessly, then pushed him away and said softly,
"It didn't work."
Ji Yunsheng couldn't understand at that time. He chased after him and kept shouting,
"It didn't work? What didn't work? The medicine I concocted can't be ineffective. It's you who are useless..."
Xie Jiuan was too lazy to listen to Ji Yunsheng's nonsense. He directly used his light - body skill and flew away, leaving Ji Yunsheng alone there scolding.
Early the next morning, Xie Jiuan went to find Ji Yunsheng. Knowing that Gu Jiangyue was extremely important to Xie Jiuan, Ji Yunsheng didn't slack off. The two of them left the capital together and waited on Xishan Mountain not far from the capital.
Gu Yi's heart disease was so serious that he had been sent away early. He had been staying in a remote and quiet place all these years. Xishan Mountain was the only way for him to return to the capital this time. Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng planned to pick him up here.
They didn't bring many people, only two or three. Around noon, a carriage slowly drove over from a distance. Ji Yunsheng looked up, then excitedly reached out and patted Xie Jiuan and said,
"Here it comes. Is that the one?"
Ji Yunsheng was never very patient. He had been so bored during these few hours of waiting that he couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that Xie Jiuan didn't respond, Ji Yunsheng pulled him and then looked at Xie Jiuan.
Xie Jiuan stared at a tree in the distance and calmly said to Ji Yunsheng,
"There are people."
Ji Yunsheng looked around again and laughed self - deprecatingly and said,
"Five in total. I thought they were the people you brought and were too shy to let me find them."
Xie Jiuan was too lazy to pay attention to Ji Yunsheng. He confirmed the positions of the five people again. Looking at the carriage approaching in the distance, he said softly,
"Take them out before they act. You take three and I'll take two. Don't get found out, leave no one alive."
Before Ji Yunsheng could protest, Xie Jiuan directly used his light - body skill, broke a tree branch in the air with his palm wind, held it in his hand as a sword, and Ji Yunsheng also took out the soft whip from his waist and rushed towards the positions of those people.