The work of cleaning up the library lasted until the middle of the month. Yu Shu led a group of people to finish the work. Jing Chen, the nominal chief officer of the Kunling Bureau, showed up one afternoon.
She hadn't seen him for a while. Although Yu Shu was curious about what Jing Chen was busy with all day long, she didn't ask too many questions. She only reported the internal affairs of the past half a month to him and picked out a few important documents for him to review. They talked about official matters.
In the end, Yu Shu was ready to go downstairs to pack her things and go home. Jing Chen stopped her.
"Xiaoyu, wait. I have something to say to you."
Hearing the familiar name, Yu Shu slowly moved her feet back. She turned her head and said, "What do you want to say?"
Come on, she did not want to chat with him at all. Especially after returning from the An County, she hid a lot of information about Yun Hua. She was afraid that if Jing Chen asked her, she would not be able to answer. But she could not bear to lie to him.
For example, who did Yun Hua ask her to find that day?
"Sit down." Jing Chen gestured to the seat by the window. He walked to the door, waved his sleeves gently, and closed the door.
Yu Shu had no choice but to sit down. She turned her head to look out of the window and urged him, "Tell me. Make it short."
Jing Chen walked over with his hands behind his back. He stood by the window, just a shoulder away from her. Like her, he looked at the row upon row of pavilions in the distance.
He said slowly, "I remember that in the residence on the outskirts of the An County, you said that my father, Yun Hua, asked you to find someone, right?"
Yu Shu thought to herself that what she was afraid of had come true. She nodded expressionlessly.
"Then he must have told you how to contact that person after you found him."
This was not a question, but an affirmative tone. This made Yu Shu frown. She knew that even if she denied it, Jing Chen would not believe her.
"So what if he told me. Do you want to go find him now? "
Jing Chen shook his head, and a bitter smile appeared on his fair and handsome face. "What's the point of me looking for him? Even if we meet, he can harden his heart and refuse to acknowledge me. What can I get out of him? "
Yu Shu asked suspiciously, "Then why are you asking me this?"
Jing Chen turned to look at her with worry in his eyes.
"I wanted to remind you. If you haven't found that person yet, then do so as soon as possible. Do not delay. You probably don't know this, but His Majesty's dragon body isn't as good as before. My father is a sore point of his. If I don't catch him, I won't be able to retrieve the Book of Mystery Fairy's Six Rens to break my fate. He could not eat or sleep in peace. Now, he's suspicious of me, suspecting that I've already acknowledged my father, so he's trying to find out his whereabouts from me. I'm dealing with him. It can't be delayed for too long. His Majesty doesn't have much patience left. I'm worried that if he can't get anything out of me, he will turn to you. After all, it was very suspicious of you to stay behind alone on the day we visited the grave. "
It turned out that these days. Jing Chen was mostly in the palace. Emperor Zhao Qing summoned him to see him every day. Whenever he was free, he would have a long chat with him. He talked about his sect and his mother, Princess Luyue. Every time he tried to move him with emotion and reason, he felt that if he couldn't bear his fate as the scourge of Daan, he would be ashamed to face his teacher who risked his life to save him and his mother who took the risk to give birth to him.
Emperor Zhao Qing never mentioned his father, Yun Hua. His intention was obvious. Jing Chen had received more than ten years of teachings from Mount Longhu's Zhengyi School. Righteousness had long been deeply imprinted in his character.
However, the emperor's personal persuasion failed to coax him to reveal the whereabouts of Yun Hua. It was sad to say that this was not because of the nature of a father and son, but because someone had opened a hole in his deeply rooted Taoist heart and instilled in him a kind of human nature that he had never been missing.
This person was Yu Shu.
And the human nature that she made him understand was called "selfishness."
He had selfishness, so he was unwilling to be manipulated by others, unwilling to be used by others, and even unwilling … to accept his fate.
"You mean, they will come to me and force me to tell them about Yun Hua's whereabouts regardless of anything?" Yu Shu began to consider this possibility.
Since the emperor's side could not be sure whether she knew about the scourge of Daan, she thought that they would not rashly target her. She did not see that when the emperor asked her, he did not touch on those sensitive issues. He only beat around the bush. That was why she was able to muddle through. Otherwise, with the heaven-defying Great Insight Technique, even if she colluded with Jing Chen, he would still be able to distinguish the truth from the lies.
However, what if they were sure that she already knew? Would they have no scruples and could they torture her to extort a confession?
Yu Shu's eyelids twitched, and she suddenly thought of a question. She raised her head to look at Jing Chen and blurted out, "Jing Chen, think about it carefully. Before this, no, recently, after we came back from the An County, did the emperor ask you to keep the matter of the scourge of Daan and the person who ruined lives? Did he?"
Jing Chen recalled for a while and slowly nodded, "On the second day after we came back, the emperor asked me to enter the palace for questioning. When we left the palace, the emperor mentioned something like that, but don't worry, I did not tell him the truth."
Yu Shu was dumbfounded. Her back softly leaned against the chair, and she muttered, "It's over, it's over, it's over."
In front of the emperor, it was useless to lie. It seemed that the emperor had long suspected that she already knew about it, so he had already asked Jing Chen for confirmation. That was to say, from the beginning, they did not have the layer of concerns she thought they had. Instead, in order to numb her, the emperor deliberately pretended not to know about it when she was questioned in Taixi Restaurant that day.
Sure enough, the older, the wiser!
In this way, in order to track down the whereabouts of Yun Hua and find the Book of Fantasy Fairy, they could completely target her and break through her.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you? Did I do something wrong? "Jing Chen asked her nervously.
Yu Shu waved her hand at him weakly, "We were so careful, but we made a mistake. Did you forget the Zhu Family's Grand Insight Technique? I mentioned it to you last time."
What should she say? Blame Jing Chen? But he didn't know about the Grand Insight Art until later.
Blame Xue Rui for not telling her about the Grand Insight Technique earlier? But after he came back from the An County, he was called by Minister Xue to give him advice.
Who had a pair of eyes in front and back?
Jing Chen was stunned, "Doesn't that mean he already knew …"
"Yes, that's right," Yu Shu interrupted him, stood up irritably, and began to walk back and forth in the room, "You said that the emperor is running out of patience. They are eager to find Yun Hua and find the Book of Fantasy Fairy, so they will definitely look for me, because only the three of us may have seen Yun Hua, and I am the most suspicious. The emperor is reluctant to touch you, but it doesn't mean that he is reluctant to touch me. If they really want to harden their hearts and torture me, I am not afraid that I won't confess. It's fine if I don't know anything, but I do know the whereabouts of Yun Hua. "
The more she analyzed, the more she gritted her teeth. She glared at Jing Chen fiercely. What kind of sin did she commit to owe this father and son? She almost died several times for her son, and now she had to protect her father from disaster. There was no end to it. It was simply intolerable!
Jing Chen's expression was not good either. He stared at Yu Shu's restless figure and could feel her uneasiness. Guilt and sadness surged in his heart at the same time. He secretly clenched his fists and said,
"Don't panic. Maybe it's not as bad as you think. You are the person who destroyed your life. How could they dare to use private torture on you?"
Yu Shu suddenly stopped and stared at him faintly. She said, "You don't understand what the Book of Fantasy Fairy means at all."
The troublemaker, the person who destroyed his life, and the heir to the throne were all involved in this. The Book of Fantasy Fairy was the most important thing. Without it, everything would be empty talk, including Jing Chen and her.
She completely understood Emperor Zhao Qing's eagerness to find Yun Hua's whereabouts and his desire to kill him.
Twenty years ago, Yun Hua set the world on fire, and it really pierced through the sky.
"No matter what, I won't let anyone lay a finger on you again," Jing Chen said in a low voice. His eyes that were once so clear that one could see the bottom had become cold at some point.
Now, he was no longer the pitiful person who resigned himself to his fate.
Yu Shu rubbed her eyebrows and told herself to calm down. It was too late to say anything now. She had to think about what to do next. If they came looking for her, should she confess or not?
She had the seven-star ring to protect herself. Even if they asked her, they could not ask her the truth. She was afraid that they would use private torture on her.
The only thing she could do now was to find Yun Hua's eldest son as soon as possible and let them meet so that she could read the Book of Fantasy Fairy. Then, she could take precautions when she had a look at it.
She hoped that Jing Chen could delay for a while. The people that Xue Rui sent to Yiyang to inquire about the news had not returned yet.
***
In the evening, they arrived at Wang Ji Tower. When Yu Shu saw Xue Rui, the first thing she asked him was, "Big brother, where are the spies you sent to Yiyang now?"
Xue Rui's expression changed. He estimated, "They have been there for more than half a month. If the inquiries are successful, they should leave in two days."
He did send people to Yiyang, but it was not to help Yu Shu inquire about the unknown "Suzhou Magistrate", but to inquire about the traces of his biological parents living in Yiyang City.
In the past half a month, he had accepted the fact that his biological father was the famous Yun Hua Yi Zi. However, he was not ready to meet him now, so he could not admit to Yu Shu that he was the person she was looking for.
In his heart, Yun Hua was a heartless man who abandoned his wife. His biological mother, Madam Han, and his adoptive father, Xue Zao, died because of him. How could he let go of his prejudice and acknowledge him?
"In that case, it will take at least half a month for him to come back." Yu Shu talked to herself. She was secretly anxious, but she did not show it on her face. She did not intend to repeat what she said to Jing Chen today to Xue Rui again.
Because it was useless to say it except to make him worry. He was already worried about her enough. He followed her all day long to clean up after her. If it was not for her, he would not have so many troubles.
"By the way, I have something to tell you." Yu Shu sat up straight and naturally changed the topic, "Didn't you tell me a long time ago to pay attention to whether Jin Xun's name was in the wedding invitation cards sent to Kunling Bureau? Today, a new batch of wedding invitation cards was sent, and she was in it."
Xue Rui's expression changed, and he quickly asked in detail, "Who is the groom?"
Yu Shu looked at him strangely. How come his sister was going to be engaged to someone? Did he not know who his brother-in-law was?
"Hmm, let me think. The groom is Zhou Yede, the young master of General Zhou's mansion. His name is … Zhou Nie."
Xue Rui's face suddenly darkened.
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