C27

The next morning, Meng Yifan suddenly shouted from the inn, "What are you guys doing?!"

Meng Yifan was supposed to deliver some food to Mu Xiaoling, but seeing that the door wasn't locked, he pushed it open and entered the room. The room was filled with a strange smell. A man and a woman were lying on the bed; the man was Du Feng while the woman was Xu Lanxin.

Xu Lan was his cousin, and although he was very annoyed with her, if news of their relationship was to spread, it would ruin the reputation of the Meng Clan. That was the reason why he had uttered the words he had just shouted.

Du Feng was scared out of his wits, only now did he realize Xu Lanxin's identity. He immediately became furious, "Why is it you!"

Xu Lan had just lost her composure last night, and fell into a deep sleep after being exhausted all night. Seeing Meng Yifan catch her again in this situation, she was extremely desperate, so she rolled up the quilt and climbed out of the bed to pull Meng Yifan's leg, "Yifan, it's not what you think, I was plotted against by someone. I was plotted by someone!"

Meng Yifan took a step back to avoid Xu Lanxin's hand, "Xu Lanxin, are you a girl or not?"

"It's all that fox spirit's fault, it's all her fault!" Xu Lan screamed in her heart. Her face was covered in tears.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want." Mu Xiaoling slowly walked over and said, "You were the one who invited me to tea last night. You said that you had an appointment with someone to let me change rooms. I won't make things difficult for you. Why are you framing me?"

These words caused Xu Lan's heart to fall into a daze as she subconsciously said, "Nonsense, you're the one who should've taken the Chinese medicine. You should've taken it on with Du Feng!"

"Why me?" Mu Xiaoling smiled coldly as she looked at Xu Lan Xin.

Xu Lan thought to herself, "Because you …"

"Xu Lanxin!" Du Feng angrily interrupted her, "Who the hell are you to dare crawl into my bed, I'll kill you!"

Xu Lan was frightened by this series of events and subconsciously hid behind Meng Yifan.

In other words, Du Feng wouldn't be able to really kill Xu Lanxin. In the end, he coldly snorted and left as well.

Meng Yifan looked on from the sidelines. How could he not understand that Xu Lan wanted to drug Mu Xiaolan but ended up getting what she wanted. He was too lazy to respond to Xu Lanxin and took Mu Xiaoling to breakfast.

Mu Xiaoling took one last look at Xu Lan Xin and smiled. "Madam Meng?"

The three words were like three sharp blades, stabbing into Xu Lan's heart as she laid on the ground in despair.

She could never be Madam Meng …

The four members of the Meng family and Mu Xiaoling had finished their breakfast and were obviously unable to leave today. Thus, they stayed in the inn to rest for the night.

Only on the third day did they depart.

Xu Lan Xin remained silent as she followed behind the crowd. She would occasionally raise her gaze to look at Mu Xiaoling's back.

Mu Xiaolan didn't mind as she didn't even care about the Mu family. She was just trying to protect herself from the enemy. She wasn't even afraid of the Mu family. How could she be afraid of Xu Lan?

Perhaps it was just a lesson, but this time, even though Xu Lan Xin wished she could tear Mu Xiaoling into a thousand pieces, she didn't take any action.

After another ten days, they finally arrived at the capital city of Yan Kingdom.

The capital was the most bustling city. The wide flagstones were enough for five to six carriages to ride on side by side. Shops lined both sides of the street as hawkers hawked incessantly. People came and went, bustling with noise and excitement.

The official who was guarding the city recognized Du Feng. He immediately came over to greet him, "Master Du, you've returned."

"Yes." Du Feng casually asked, "Has anything happened in the city recently?"

The official said, "There's one big matter. A few days ago, the Old Master of the Zhao Family was poisoned to death at home. The Zhao Family is a fourth rank official in the imperial court. His Majesty handed the matter over to the crown prince."

Mu Xiaoling was listening at the side until she heard the words' Crown Prince '. She raised her eyebrows slightly. That day, Xin Mingyun could be considered a witness. However, he was able to escape fast enough, so he managed to save his life.

Du Feng arranged for them to stay in the largest inn in the capital. "Bring me back to report to the clan head, then I'll take you there."

Meng Yifan didn't really want to come, so he curled his lips and agreed.

When Mu Xiaoling returned to her room, she heard Ah Xiu's voice.

"Master, I felt the aura of the Crimson Gold Mouse just now." Ashu, dressed in a white robe, was swinging on a tree trunk. He was sitting on it, swinging his white ears occasionally.

Every time Mu Xiaoling saw it, her heart would always feel itchy. She really wanted to touch that pair of furry fox ears …

Ah Xiu, who had no idea that Master Wuliang was talking to him, did not get a response. Instead, he raised his head slightly. With an indifferent expression and amber eyes, he asked, "Master?"

Taotie was still lying on the grass like a small white dog, occasionally rolling around and throwing herself at the leaves. She lazily glanced at Ah Xiu and said, "Tell her what to do and let her find herself."

"…" Mu Xiaoling felt as though she had offended Tao Tie somehow after cultivating the [Skydark Mantra]. He seized this opportunity to stab her. "What is a Crimson Gold-Rat?"

Ah Xiu explained, "The Crimson Gold Rat is also considered an ancient spirit beast. It isn't a beast pet with combat power, but it has an extremely sensitive nose, and all treasures within a radius of five kilometers can't escape its nose. This is also why it was so captivated back then.

"So it's like that …" Mu Xiaoling thought for a while before asking, "What are its characteristics?"

Ah Xiu waved his hand and a gust of wind blew the swing back and forth. "Crimson Gold-Mouse is addicted to alcohol."

The corner of Mu Xiaoling's mouth twitched. 'Should I ask her to look in the wine cellar …?'

Suddenly, a ghostly shadow flew past her window.

"Who is it!" Mu Xiaoling flew out of the window and followed closely behind the shadow. However, the shadow's figure was extremely fast. Within a few breaths time, he had already left her behind and rushed into another extremely large inn.

Just as Mu Xiaoling was about to enter, a strong pressure suddenly came crashing down on her and she felt an image suddenly appear in her mind. It was a bottomless abyss with a huge attractive force pulling her into it, but there was a voice in her heart constantly telling her that it was very dangerous to stay away!

Mu Xiaoling wanted to stop but the other party was too strong. Even if she used all of her strength, she would still be unable to escape.

Jumping down like that, a dull pain suddenly came to her head, and for some reason, the huge attraction force actually turned into a repulsive force that directly repelled her.

Mu Xiaoling spat out a mouthful of blood as she was sent flying backwards and fell on the ground. At the same time, the window of a room on the second floor of the inn opened and a figure jumped out.

That person was dressed in a robe with dark cloud patterns all over it. He was tall and straight, and his facial features were as perfect as a knife. However, at this moment, his eyes were full of ridicule.

Mu Xiaodie looked at him in astonishment, and subconsciously called out that person's name, "Xiao Yu?"