Ye Zhen knew that Ye Chunming had been brought to Dongqing. Although her father did not tell her where he was kept, she felt that it must be in this mansion.
"Hong Ling, do you know which courtyard eldest cousin lives in?" Ye Zhen asked Hong Ling.
Hong Ling was slightly stunned. "This servant doesn't know. On the way to Dongqing, this servant didn't see the eldest young master."
Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows. It should be her father who had sent Ye Chunming back first.
"I'll ask my brother." Ye Zhen said. Her father must have entered the palace. It was impossible to ask him.
Ye Chunnan was planning to go out, but when he heard Ye Zhen say that she wanted to find Ye Chunming, he gave up the idea. "What are you looking for him for?"
"I have a suspicion I want to ask him." Ye Zhen said.
"Yao Yao, are you hiding something from your brother?" Ye Chunnan raised his eyebrows and looked at his sister. Why did she suddenly want to find Ye Chunming?
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "What can I hide from you?"
"Ge Kuan said that you got lost yesterday. Where did you go?" Ye Chunnan asked. The last thing in his life was that he did not look after his sister when she was eight years old and let her meet Mo Rongzhan. If he had not only cared about himself at that time, his sister would not have met Mo Rongzhan, and there would not have been so many grievances later.
"I'm not lost, I'm just looking at the lanterns in the lantern market." Ye Zhen smiled. "Brother, what are you worried about?"
Ye Chunnan smiled. "I'm worried that you will meet bad people."
"How can there be so many bad people? Brother, tell me quickly, where is eldest cousin?" Ye Zhen pulled her brother's sleeve and said.
"Father put him under house arrest in the small courtyard in the west. Not everyone can see him. I'll go with you." Ye Chunnan said.
Ye Zhen asked, "Who is watching him?"
Ye Chunnan smiled and said, "Of course, it's father's people."
When they arrived at the small courtyard, Ye Zhen was surprised to find that the person who guarded Ye Chunming here was Tian Jiu.
She almost forgot that when she met Tian Jiu on the mountain, the soldiers found no trace of him when they went to look for him.
"Uncle Tian, why are you here?" Ye Chunnan seemed surprised to see Tian Jiu here.
Tian Jiu looked at Ye Zhen and said to Ye Chunnan with a smile, "Master asked me to be here."
Ye Zhen's heart skipped a beat. Tian Jiu was her father's confidant. She was very clear about Tian Jiu's ability. If it were not an emergency, her father would not let Tian Jiu stay here.
"Yaoyao wants to see eldest cousin brother," Ye Chunnan said to Tian Jiu.
Tian Jiu nodded and opened the door for Ye Zhen.
"No matter how many times you ask me, I won't tell you." As soon as the door was opened, Ye Chunming's voice sounded.
"Eldest cousin brother." Ye Zhen said with a smile, "It's me."
Ye Chunming turned to look at her. "What are you doing here?"
"I've been in Dongqing for some time. I don't know how my eldest cousin is doing, so I've come to visit," Ye Zhen said with a smile and closed the door behind her.
"You came back to see me?" Ye Chunming sneered. "Lu Yaoyao, do you think I don't know who you are?"
Ye Zhen smiled. "Eldest cousin brother knows me well. Then I don't want to talk nonsense. I came to you this time to ask you to give me the map."
"What did you say?" Ye Chunming thought he had heard wrong. How could Lu Yaoyao know the map?
"Eldest cousin brother, you know what I'm talking about." Ye Zhen whispered, "Cao Lei has a nautical chart in his hand, and uncle has a map of the array, right?"
Ye Chunming looked down at Ye Zhen. Even his second uncle didn't know that he had the map. How could she know?
"What do you want the map for?" Ye Chunming asked.
"It's useless to keep it with you. Why don't you give it to me?" Ye Zhen smiled. "If I can get what's inside, I can atone for uncle's sins and let him suffer less in the Yama Palace."
Ye Chunming's face turned red with anger. "Lu Yaoyao, that is your uncle. How dare you curse him!"
"I'm just telling the truth. How am I cursing him?" Ye Zhen said. "Uncle has done many evil things. The number of people killed by him is thousands, if not tens of thousands. I'm afraid you won't believe it if I say that there is no retribution."
"How do you know about the map?" Ye Chunming asked coldly.
"I guessed it. I wasn't sure at first, but seeing your reaction, I think I guessed right. Eldest cousin brother, anyway, the map is useless to you. Why don't you give it to me? I can promise you one condition." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
Ye Chunming looked at her coldly. "What qualifications do you think you have to talk to me about conditions?"
"I don't think you are qualified to talk to me now. If you were not my eldest cousin brother, I would not have come to you. How do you think the array outside Zhao Island is compared to the array set by uncle? Even the array of Zhao Island can't stop us. What use do you think uncle's array is?" Ye Zhen asked faintly. She just didn't want to spend any more time breaking the array.
"In that case, why did you come to me?" Ye Chunming asked.
Ye Zhen said, "I said I came to test you. If you are willing to give it to me, then give it to me. If not, then forget it. You won't have a chance to use it anyway."
This was the truth. Not to mention whether Ye Chunming could get out of here, he was still a cripple. Even if he got out, who could take him to the treasure house? Ye Chunming carefully considered. "What are you going to give me in exchange?"
"For example, curing your hands so that you are not a cripple!" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
Ye Chunming's heart moved. He almost wanted to agree. This was undoubtedly a great temptation for him.
"You want to cure my hands. Does Second Uncle agree?" Ye Chunming asked.
"Since I dare to use this to negotiate with you, I will naturally let my father agree. You see, you can't move your hands now. Even if you have the map, it is still a piece of waste paper. Even if you leave here in the future, how do you know where that place is? You don't have a nautical route map at all. You can't find that place. Since you can't find it, your map is even more useless." Ye Zhen said.
Ye Chunming looked at her. "You have the nautical route map?"
"Yes." Ye Zhen nodded without hesitation. "That's why I want the map."
"I can give you the map, but I want the silver." Ye Chunming said.
Ye Zhen sneered. "Then don't even think about it. That's the tax silver. It doesn't belong to the Ye family. You still want the silver? With your current condition, do you think you can keep the tax silver?"
"Do you want to keep it all for yourself?" Ye Chunming asked.
"That has nothing to do with you. You'd better be straightforward. Do you want to exchange or not?" Ye Zhen asked.
"Unless you give me half of the silver, there is no talk." Ye Chunming said firmly.
Ye Zhen smiled and simply turned away.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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