When Nan Lan woke up the next day, although Song QingShu's scent still lingered in her bed, he had long since disappeared. She sighed and got up to dress up. Looking at her rosy cheeks in the mirror, a trace of guilt flashed through her heart, but also a trace of sweetness floated in her heart.
After leaving the Tian Residence, Song Qingshu didn't immediately return to the Four Quarters Embassy. Instead, he walked alone on the streets of Shengjing. To save Xia Qingqing, to save Tian Guinong, to save the Red Flower Society, and to steal the Forty-two-chapter Sutra, Song Qingshu felt that there were already many scattered fragments in his mind, but he urgently needed an opportunity to link them together. Thus, he needed some quiet time to organize his thoughts.
Suddenly, a commotion sounded in front of him. Song Qingshu raised his head and saw that he had unknowingly walked into the vicinity of Prince Bao's Residence. A group of commoners were pointing at a notice and discussing it.
"The Prince's Residence is using a thousand gold coins to seek a famous physician."
"I heard that many famous physicians have gone in but returned without any results."
"Could it be some kind of strange illness?"
"I don't know about that."
"Who in the Prince's Residence has fallen ill?"
"Some say it's the Crown Prince's Consort, others say it's just an ordinary female member of the Prince's Residence."
"Heh, would an ordinary female member of the Prince's Residence spend a thousand gold coins to seek a doctor?"
…
Song Qingshu curiously walked over to look at the notice on the wall. It turned out that there was a woman in the Prince's Residence who had contracted a strange illness. She had a high fever that wouldn't subside, accompanied by a chest ache. Many physicians had been invited, but they were all at a loss.
"It's just a fever. No matter how bad the ancient physicians were, they shouldn't be unable to treat something like this, right?" Song Qingshu was astonished. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. 'Could it be that illness …'
Looking at the notice on the wall, a victorious smile appeared on Song Qingshu's face. He had found the opportunity.
At the Wanhao Inn in the eastern part of the city, Su Quan looked at Song Qingshu and smiled tenderly. "Lord Song, you came to look for me so quickly. Did you miss me?"
Sure enough, before seeing her, hearing her voice made one's body go limp. She was charming yet sweet. She was obviously a temptress who could turn all living things upside down, but one could faintly feel the innocence of a young girl. Song Qingshu sighed in his heart, "If Su Quan returned to the modern world and became a CV or something, I'm afraid she would be even more seductive than Ji Guanlin's voice. I don't believe that Wu Song could really bear it."
The people of the Divine Dragon Cult had a strange expression on their faces. The fat and thin dhuta looked at each other, the two martial brothers were telepathically connected, very quickly they started to communicate, "Whore!" "Adulterer!"
"Madam, you must be joking. This time, Song Mou wanted to discuss the matter of rescuing Tian Tian with your cult." Song Qingshu deeply agreed with the idea of pretending to be a prodigal son in front of a good family and pretending to be a gentleman in front of a whore.
Su Quan looked at him in surprise. She felt strange that her charm technique did not seem to have any effect on him. She did not know if it was because of his profound skill or because he was really a modest gentleman. Hearing Song Qingshu's words, Su Quan smiled and said, "After I came back last night, I thought about it. The Imperial Residence is heavily guarded, and I felt that helping you to rescue Tian Tian was a good idea.
Tian Guinong is too dangerous, and I'm not sure if Tian Guinong really knows about Prince Bao's plan. If I were to rescue him after suffering heavy losses, only to find out that young master was just using me, wouldn't I suffer a double loss? "Her tender voice sounded rather wronged.
"I didn't ask you to use your honey trap …" Song Qingshu cursed in his heart. This woman would only say a few words and she would already be flirting with him. He had to be careful, lest he fell into her trap. Suddenly Song QingShu stared blankly. Although he could not be considered as having been in a field of ten thousand flowers, he was also not that kind of pure and innocent little virgin. If Su Quan wanted to seduce him, it would be a bit difficult. Why was she so cautious? Thinking about this, his entire temperament became more natural.
"Young master, you're making fun of me." Su Quan said, feeling wronged.
"When did I?" Song Qingshu was stunned.
"I saw the corner of your mouth curl up just now. You must be laughing at me in your heart." Su Quan looked like she was about to cry. Even Lu Gaoxuan and the other subordinates who were usually afraid of her couldn't help but feel their hearts waver.
Song Qingshu frowned. He thought that he was in a hurry to complete his mission, where would he have the time to take his time with her? He opened his mouth and said, "Madam, you're beautiful, and your voice is even more beautiful. Although I would like to chat more with you, let's get down to business first."
Su Quan's breathing stopped. Her seduction technique had been defeated by him time and time again. It gave her the illusion that she was being stared at like a monkey by him. She couldn't help but scoff and say, "I've already said that saving Tian Guinong is too risky. We'll back out."
Su Quan's voice had become clear and bright. Song Qingshu praised her in his heart and said with a smile, "In the underworld, honesty is the most important. Aren't you afraid of ruining the reputation of the Divine Dragon Order?"
"I won't admit it. What can you do to me?" Su Quan smiled coldly.
"What if I use the Forty-two-chapter Sutra to cooperate with you?" Song Qingshu didn't care that the other party's attitude had changed so quickly. He calmly threw out a condition that she couldn't refuse.
As expected, when he said this, the breathing of the people from the Divine Dragon Order in the room quickened. Su Quan suppressed the excitement in her heart and pretended to not care. "It's just a Buddhist scripture. What use is it?"
"Don't lie in front of a true person. If Madam continues to test me like this, I'll turn around and leave. I'll find someone else to cooperate with." After saying this, Song Qingshu actually walked out of the room.
"Wait!" Su Quan knew that she had lost the initiative the moment she opened her mouth. However, as long as she could obtain the Forty-two-chapter Sutra, she couldn't care less. "How do we cooperate?"
"I'll give you something. Go find Hong Li and exchange it for the Pure White Flag's Forty-two-chapter Sutra." Hearing Su Quan's words, Song QingShu's lips curled into a victorious smile. He turned around and looked at her.
"Hmph, what item is so precious that it can be exchanged for the Forty-two-chapter Sutra in Hong Li's hands?" Su Quan revealed an expression of obvious disbelief.
"Normal treasures naturally can't be exchanged for it. However, what if it's his grandson?" Song Qingshu thought of the two infants he had saved in the rundown temple.
He didn't think that his son would be of such great use now.
"Grandson of direct descent?" Su Quan looked at him strangely. "Fu Kangan's Fujin doesn't have any children."
"Fu Kangan's real Fujin naturally didn't give birth to a boy or a girl. However, by chance, Fu Kangan had seduced a woman among the people and caused her to bear a pair of twins for him." Ma Chunhua, who had been kidnapped by bandits in the rundown temple, was a young girl yearning for love. When she saw Fu Kangan, the elegant young master of an aristocratic family, she became infatuated and actually gave birth to him. What was even more coincidental was that after this one night of romance, she became pregnant with Fu Kangan's children. Moreover, they were twins.
If he didn't guess wrong, that group of bandits were probably Fu Kangan's subordinates. He probably remembered that he had previously taken advantage of a beautiful commoner woman and was lustful, so he sent people to fetch her back. It was a pity that he didn't know that he had such a pair of sons, causing his subordinates to almost kill his own sons.
"Are they really Fu Kangan's sons?" Su Quan felt that it was too much of a coincidence and subconsciously suspected that Song Qingshu was lying to her again. "Moreover, this kind of woman who can't even be considered a concubine, how can the children be considered as grandchildren of the first wife?"
"When the time comes, you can try sending a letter over and you'll know. If it's fake, the people of the Wangfu will naturally ignore you. If they contact you, then it naturally proves that it's real." Song Qingshu said lightly, "According to common sense, this pair of twins can only be considered illegitimate children, and their identities can't be shown in public. But coincidentally, Fu Kangan doesn't have any other sons. Fu Kangan is greedy and lustful, and has many concubines, but none of them gave birth to a son or daughter for him. There have long been various rumors and slanders in the Wangfu. It's very likely that this pair of twins will be Fu Kangan's only sons in this lifetime. As the Crown Prince of Prince Bao, Hong Li naturally won't just watch him die. When the time comes, it's most likely that Fu Kangan's Fujin will adopt these two children and announce to the public that they're the sons of the first wife's Fujin. "
Su Quan saw that his analysis was reasonable and was already somewhat convinced. But she quickly thought of another question, "If that's the case, why don't you exchange for them yourself?" From her point of view, Song Qingshu was a rare commodity at this time, but he just had to give it to the Divine Dragon Cult. It was inevitable that people would be suspicious.
"I have other things to do and can't split myself." Song Qingshu explained unhurriedly, "Even though there's a high possibility of using the twins to exchange for the 'Forty-two Chapter Sutra', Hong Li definitely won't be willing to be threatened by you. Once the twins are in his hands, I'm afraid that he'll set up an inescapable net to hunt you down. Great benefits mean great risks. Madam, it's best that you consider it carefully."
Su Quan smiled tenderly, "At least you have some conscience. I thought you'd deliberately avoid the risks. Don't worry, if my Divine Dragon Cult can't even handle this kind of kidnapping and extortion, then we don't need to mingle anymore. "
Song Qingshu nodded his head in satisfaction, "That's good, but I want half of the 'Forty-two Chapter Sutra'. When the time comes, give me half, and I'll hand the twins over to you to deal with Hong Li."
"So you're saying that you don't intend to hand the twins over to me first?"
Su Quan's voice turned cold.
"That's natural. Otherwise, when the time comes, you'll take the 'Forty-two Chapter Sutra' and flee without a trace. Where will I go to find you?" Song Qingshu looked into her eyes as if it was a matter of course.
"But do you know how much more difficult it will be for us to extort without the twins in our hands?" Su Quan said angrily.
"That's your Divine Dragon Cult's problem." Song Qingshu smiled faintly.
"Hmph, I understand what you're planning." Su Quan had an expression of sudden realization, "You just want to use us to divert the attention of the prince's residence and use the tactic of luring the tiger away from the mountain to make it easier for you to rescue Tian Guinong."
"As expected, I can't hide it from Madam. But this isn't called using, it's called working together, each taking what they need," Song Qingshu replied.
Su Quan stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Alright, when the time comes, I wonder which half of the 'Forty-two Chapter Sutra' does Young Master want?"
"The … the first half," Song Qingshu said after a moment of hesitation.
"Oh? But I also want the first half, what should I do? How about I give you the second half? "Su Quan said as she stared closely into his eyes.
A hint of joy flashed across Song Qingshu's face, but he deliberately put on a helpless expression, "A gentleman will help others achieve their goals. Since Madam wants it, then Madam can choose first."
"Forget it, since Young Master likes the first half, then take the first half." Su Quan smiled like a fox.
"This …" Song Qingshu found it hard to hide his dejection, "Let's talk about the distribution after the matter is done."
Watching Song Qingshu disappear into the street, Lu Gaoxuan closed the window and looked at Su Quan, saying, "Madam, could it be that Song Qingshu deliberately tricked me just now, and what he really wanted was the first half?"
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