"However, the half-question the old monk gave you is just at the crucial point. Whether you can figure it out depends on your own comprehension."
Tang Youyou nodded. Since she already knew the plot of this book, she naturally had an advantage. So, whether she could figure out this question didn't really matter to her.
"Thank you, senior. Please just answer the question for this junior. I have my own ideas about the rest."
After she finished speaking, the Omniscient Scholar asked again, "I wonder, girl, do you have any questions to ask?"
Tang Youyou was silent for a moment, then said, "I only want to ask one question. Why did I come to this place?"
Taking a chance, Tang Youyou looked at the Omniscient Scholar with expectant eyes. The man scratched his white beard under his chin, then looked up thoughtfully into Tang Youyou's eyes.
He said slowly, "Since you're here, make the best of it. When the time is not right, just let things be."
The Omniscient Scholar's ambiguous reply left Tang Youyou completely confused.
Tang Youyou asked, "If I want to leave, what should I do?"
"Leaving is just wishful thinking. Enjoying the present is the most important thing."
Just as Tang Youyou was about to ask another question, the Omniscient Scholar interrupted her first. "That's enough, that's enough. We agreed on half a question, and that's it. The old monk has already told you so much. You're getting a bargain."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou could only nod silently. However, she kept all the man's words in mind.
Then she stepped out of the room and saw Rong Xun standing straight at the door. Rong Xun heard Tang Youyou's voice and quickly turned to look at her.
"Have you been waiting here since early morning?"
Rong Xun shook his head, then seemed to realize something and said doubtfully, "I've been waiting for you all the time, afraid something might happen to you."
He said it casually, but when Tang Youyou went in just now, two groups of people had passed by. One group was from the Hidden Machinery Pavilion who had been chasing them just now, and the other group was from the palace.
This also surprised Rong Xun. He didn't know that besides Rong Jiangyu, there were others who wanted to kill Tang Youyou.
Tang Youyou didn't know about what had just happened. "To repay you for saving my life just now, I'll leave the remaining half of the question to you."
Hearing this, Rong Xun was slightly stunned. He nodded and said to Tang Youyou, "Then thank you, Brother Tang, for your kindness. I'd better accept it."
After saying that, Rong Xun walked into the room. Seeing the Omniscient Scholar inside savoring the fine wine carefully, he said respectfully, "Senior, this junior has come here to ask you something."
The Omniscient Scholar glanced at Rong Xun and suddenly laughed. "Just say what you want to say directly."
Rong Xun said, "This junior only wants to ask one thing. What's the relationship between the Western Regions and the former crown prince?"
Hearing this, the Omniscient Scholar laughed again. He said unhurriedly, "The two are compatible with each other, but also incompatible. They complement each other, but one is weak and the other is strong."
One weak and one strong?
If according to what this man said, the strength of the Western Regions was not weak. So, Rong Jiangyu's current ability should be insignificant.
It could only be said that the Western Regions now was no longer what it used to be.
Before Rong Xun could speak again, the Omniscient Scholar added another sentence, "Don't judge based on your own opinion. Seeing is not necessarily believing."
After saying that, the old man lay back on the chair again. While picking up the wine jar, he waved his hand at Rong Xun.
After taking a big gulp of wine, the Omniscient Scholar looked at Rong Xun happily. "That's all the old monk wants to say. You can go now. Half a question is half a question. The old monk has told you so much. I've really suffered a great loss."
After being given the order to leave, Rong Xun quickly left.
But after he came out, Tang Youyou, who should have been in the courtyard, had disappeared.
...
"Yue Ye."
In a blink of an eye, a man knelt on one knee in front of Rong Xun. He said, "This subordinate is here."
"Follow that person just now closely."
Hearing this, Yue Ye disappeared again. And Su Ningde, who was standing beside with his back bent to reduce his presence, was sweating profusely.
"Your Majesty, where shall we go now?"
Rong Xun looked at the forest outside. The dense trees were like a canopy covering the sky.
"Go to the Western Regions, passing through Luyang."
At the same time, Tang Youyou was still walking forward on her own. In the distant forest, only Tang Youyou was shuttling through the woods.
There was no one passing by around, which made Tang Youyou shiver all over.
Feeling that it was too quiet around her, Tang Youyou became vigilant again.
In such a big forest, there wasn't even a single bird chirping. This was too strange. Unless someone had driven the birds away in advance.
Tang Youyou reached into her backpack. There was a slingshot she had just made in it.
Just then, a long arrow came whistling towards her. Tang Youyou instinctively bent down and quickly grabbed a few stones on the ground.
When she stood up again soon, she saw more black-clothed men in front of her. Their eyes were full of scarlet.
While looking at Tang Youyou, the evil arcs of their mouths made people feel extremely scared.
Tang Youyou hid the slingshot in her sleeve and looked at these people. "Who are you?"
The black-clothed man said, "The people who are going to take your life."
As the man said this, he raised the sword in his hand again and stabbed at Tang Youyou. But the next moment, his sword was blocked by another sword.
Looking up, Tang Youyou saw Yue Fusheng, sweating profusely, holding off the full force of the man's attack with one arm.
"Master, quickly retreat. You go first. This subordinate will come later."
Seeing the situation was urgent, Tang Youyou picked up the slingshot in her hand and aimed at the people in front of her. The next moment, all three stones hit their targets.
In an instant, several people in front of her fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The remaining two were also taken care of by Yue Fusheng.
Tang Youyou slowly walked up to the first black-clothed man who had spoken. She stepped on the man's cheek with one foot and said in a very arrogant tone.
"You didn't seem to be able to do what you said just now?"
Tang Youyou's voice was like a death sentence coming from the underworld.
Suddenly, the man under her feet twitched his neck. Then the rest of the people did the same. They foamed at the mouth and twitched all over. In an instant, they all died violently.
Yue Fusheng only took one look and saw the trick.
"These people all had poison in their mouths. When the time was right, they would bite through the poison bags in their mouths and commit suicide."
Only the people in the Hidden Machinery Pavilion would have such determination. If it were someone else, they might have already sold out all they knew.
"Master, what should we do with these people?"
Tang Youyou just gave a faint glance.