"Forbidden art?" Su Wan'er mused to herself.
But when Long Xiaojiu heard it, she thought Su Wan'er was talking to her. So she picked up on Su Wan'er's words and said, "It's just a secret art that's forbidden to be used."
Su Wan'er of course knew the meaning of "secret art", but...
"Do you know how to find out who used this secret art or where they live?" Su Wan'er inquired.
"I don't know. But my uncle should know. He's the most powerful person in our stockade." Long Xiaojiu said proudly, looking as if it was something about herself.
"Do you know how to find your uncle?" Since there was no one good at using gu worms here, Su Wan'er thought she should find someone who was good at it to track down the person using the gu poison.
Long Xiaojiu shook her head. "I don't know..."
Su Wan'er was silent for a while, then continued to ask Long Xiaojiu, "Do you know what your uncle looks like? You also want to find your uncle soon and get back to your... stockade, right?"
Su Wan'er's words resonated with Long Xiaojiu. She didn't know how long she had been brought here, but she believed that her family must be looking for her anxiously.
"Yeah, I remember." Long Xiaojiu nodded seriously.
Although she didn't fully trust the person in front of her, at this moment, she seemed to have no one else to trust but this person. She had to take a gamble. If this uncle in front of her dared to deceive or even harm her, she would immediately make this uncle die painfully.
Su Wan'er had the painter summoned and asked the painter to draw her uncle according to Long Xiaojiu's description.
Si Junlin had been watching from the side, and he had also been thinking.
Their country had contacts with surrounding countries, and they had also had occasional contact with people from the Southern Border.
As the painter gradually finished the drawing, a familiar name popped into his mind: "Long Shi?!"
"Auntie, do you know my uncle?" Long Xiaojiu looked at Si Junlin in surprise.
Su Wan'er also turned her gaze to him. The more detailed the information about Long Xiaojiu's uncle was at this time, the faster they could find him.
Si Junlin nodded. However, he didn't say anything to Su Wan'er. Instead, he turned to Long Xiaojiu and asked, "Are you a direct descendant of the Long family in the Southern Border?"
"Can't you tell from my name?" Long Xiaojiu gave Si Junlin a disdainful look. How could this auntie ask such an obvious question? Was she out of her mind?
"Who is Long Yin to you?" Si Junlin naturally wouldn't argue with a child and continued to ask his question.
"My father." Long Xiaojiu replied.
Only then did Si Junlin shift his gaze to Su Wan'er. "In this case, the information is clear. We don't need to look for people everywhere. However, just to be on the safe side, we'd better arrange to protect this child in the guesthouse first."
Su Wan'er knew what Si Junlin was worried about regarding the purpose of the person who abducted Long Xiaojiu. If that person's aim was to arouse the anger of the Southern Border people towards their royal family, there might already be actions on the Southern Border side.
If they rashly told the Long family about Long Xiaojiu's news at this time, it might only confirm the fact that they had abducted Long Xiaojiu. Instead of making the Long family grateful, it would make the two countries feud, and it would be even more difficult to deal with then.
But... "I think if there's nothing wrong with Long Xiaojiu, it's better to take her back to the palace. No matter how safe the guesthouse is, it's still not as safe as the palace. Since we're going to protect her, we should protect her thoroughly, right?"
Si Junlin also thought it made sense, so he had someone take Long Xiaojiu back to the palace.
Just like this, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was temporarily ignored by Su Wan'er and Si Junlin because they had found someone from the Long family in the Southern Border.
However, he still punished the constables with lingering fear, in case they casually arrested someone again and made the emperor think he was irresponsible.
Long Xiaojiu stepped into the palace for the first time. Looking at the magnificent palaces, her eyes were constantly dazzled along the way.
"Okay, this is your room." Su Wan'er personally led her to her room, which was next to the room where Lan Tian used to live.
"Thank you, uncle." Long Xiaojiu held Su Wan'er's hand and showed her a smile. Her two little tiger teeth emitted a faint cold light under the sun.
When Su Wan'er wasn't paying attention, she had already smeared some powder on Su Wan'er's hand.
Su Wan'er didn't feel anything. She just thought Long Xiaojiu was quite cute. She even raised her hand to stroke her hair and comforted her, "Xiaojiu, just stay in the palace at ease. No one will hurt you here. I'll contact your uncle as soon as possible and let him come and pick you up."
"Okay." Long Xiaojiu nodded in agreement.
Su Wan'er had Fang Xi leave two maids and several royal guards to take care of and protect Long Xiaojiu, while she returned to the study.
Si Junlin was already sitting in the study. When he saw Su Wan'er come back, he quickly got up and came in front of Su Wan'er.
Seeing his nervous look, Su Wan'er asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
"The matter of taking Long Xiaojiu to her room could clearly be done by the palace servants. Why did you take her there in person?" Si Junlin said in disappointment.
Su Wan'er smiled guiltily. "It's just that I haven't seen my little sister for a long time. The first time I saw her, I thought of my little sister, and I just couldn't help it..."
Before Su Wan'er could finish her words, Si Junlin grabbed her hand.
"What... what are you doing?" Su Wan'er didn't expect him to act so violently. She felt that her hand was being pulled painfully and could only desperately pull it back.
Unfortunately, Si Junlin occupied her body, a body that often practiced martial arts. And what she occupied was just his weak body. Although she had also started to let this body get in touch with martial arts recently as agreed with Si Junlin, she hadn't practiced for long, so she was still no match for Si Junlin in terms of strength.
So, in the end, she ran out of strength while Si Junlin was still holding her hand.
However, Si Junlin didn't just hold it. While she was struggling, he suddenly lifted up the sleeve of her left arm.
"What, what are you doing?" Although she was in a man's body now, she still wasn't used to showing her arm in front of others, okay?
"Take a look for yourself." Si Junlin didn't argue with her. He just turned her arm over with the back of her hand facing up and let her take a look for herself.