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These two uninvited guests were a man and a woman.

The man wore a hideous mask, and only a pair of gloomy eyes could be seen on his face.

The woman wore a black bamboo hat and a slightly tight black robe. She stood amidst the wind and snow. Her originally thin body appeared even thinner than before.

Qu Ling stood at the entrance of the inn with the thermos in his hands, looking at the man and woman in the courtyard, his gaze finally landing on the woman.

For some reason, she felt that this woman seemed familiar, as though she had seen her somewhere before.

Qu Ling remained calm and collected as he looked at the two of them, and asked indifferently: "I heard that the two warriors were looking for me?"

The woman did not reply. She lifted her hand to take off her bamboo hat, revealing a pale and bloodless face.

Seeing the woman's face, Qu Ling said in shock: "You are … Murong Villa's Second Madam? "

"Mrs. Xiao, long time no see."

After a pause, she said in a bitter voice, "I am no longer the second wife of the Murong Villa. Mrs. Xiao, please call me by my name. My surname is Xu, and my name is ManRu. I came here to disturb Mrs. Xiao today because I have a request. I hope Mrs. Xiao will not blame us for our sudden intrusion. "

Thinking back to what he had heard in Murong Villa that day, Qu Ling did not really like this former second aunt of Murong Yan's.

However, the people who came were guests, and there was no deep hatred between them. There was no need to drive them away.

Moreover, there were some things that she wanted to ask about.

He turned his body slightly and made a "please" gesture, "It's cold outside, come in first."

Xiao Jingyue had reserved this entire inn, and other than them, there was only the shopkeeper and the waiter, as well as the rest of the people who were not allowed to enter. It was because of Xu Manru and the man who was with her that they were able to stand outside the inn against the wind and snow for so long.

If this had happened in the past, with Xu Man's pride, she would have refused.

But now that she had a request from someone, not to mention standing and waiting for an hour, even if she had to kneel and wait for an hour, she would still kneel down.

To her, dignity was nothing in the face of life.

Xu Man shot a look at the man beside her.

The man understood and lightly nodded his head, not following him in.

In the backyard, Xiao Jingyue took the letter from Chen Linye's hands. After reading it in ten lines, a smile appeared in his eyes.

It was a letter that Murong Qing had ordered someone to deliver. It said that he had found the Sand Tan Red Stone, and after taking care of the matters at the Manor, he brought the items over to Qi Jing personally.

He had already found two of the five elixirs to dispel the Gu, Big Chun Chu and Sand Tan Red Stone.

If Qu Ci could find the Nuwa Stone again, he would only need to find the supporting branches and leaves.

However, neither Qu Qiu's nor Qu Ci's letter had any excessive records, so even now, he still did not have a clue what those two things were.

Xiao Jingyue kept the letter and asked indifferently: "Do you have any news from Godly Doctor Gu?"

After recalling Xiao San, even though he was worried about the old man's safety, he still continued his private search among the sect Dark Guard s.

It wasn't that he didn't care, but that the old man's enemies that he couldn't find were even harder to find. As long as it wasn't an enemy coming to visit, there weren't many people in this world that could touch that old man. Thinking about it like this, he was no longer in a hurry.

Chen Linye shook his head and sighed: "Godly Doctor Gu's whereabouts are unknown, the Dark Guard that he sent out is still unable to find any trace of him."

As expected. Xiao Jingyue's expression was indifferent as he asked, "Have you found out the origin of the cave in Huai He?"

The things inside the cave on the banks of the Huai River were truly strange, especially the Worryfree Lantern and the Red Flame firefly.

Therefore, when he was still at Tong Huai Manor, he had ordered Chen Linye to secretly investigate the origin of the cave. Thus, Chen Linye did not leave the mansion with the rest of them that day, and had fallen a little behind for them.

"I have some clues about this." Chen Linye said, "That cave is indeed a private land used to nurture poisons, and because of the unprovoked death of the cave master, it was indeed abandoned. However, like what Magistrate Zeng said, it did not suddenly appear three years ago, rather, it has been here for dozens of years."

Xiao Jingyue was not surprised that Zeng Ce had not told the truth. "Do you know the identity of the cave master?"

"I found an old man outside the city who used to live near the entrance of the downstream cave. The old man said that the owner of the cave was a rich and knowledgeable person who knew all sorts of ancient and modern times, but was not arrogant and looked down on others. Occasionally, he would come out to teach the children in the village how to read and write, or to help the villagers repair the houses and carry the heavy objects, so the people in the village all respected him and called him Mr. Wen."

"After Mr. Wen's death, the villagers didn't dare to set their eyes on the 'gatekeeper', so the cave was abandoned in front of the entrance. At one point, people forgot about it, but one day, the villagers who were chopping firewood nearby discovered that the 'gatekeeper' had disappeared, and after returning to the village, they coaxed their neighbors to enter the cave with him in search of treasures … And just like what we heard from Zeng Ce earlier, the villagers that went in went crazy after they came out. Zeng Ce was afraid of causing a huge commotion, so he ordered people to seal up the cave entrance. "

In a single breath, Chen Linye finished explaining the things he asked about before saying, "The surname 'Wen' is not common in the Qi Nation, but the neighboring Zhou Nation has a big surname. "Mr. Wen, you are just a seeded person, if you give me this surname, it must be because there is someone with the surname 'Wen' in your family or at your side."

Xiao Jingyue did not deny and asked again, "Do you know him?"

"Indeed, we know each other. When Zeng Ce was still young, he often went to that cave to find Mr. Wen. That old man said that while Sir Wen was alive, he was kind to others, but he never allowed anyone to enter his cave. As a result … "

Chen Linye was startled, then suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, "I almost forgot! In fact, aside from Zeng Ce, a couple of decades ago had entered the cave. The woman was also Miao Renlong. "Because that woman was really pretty, and also because that man and woman went to visit Mr. Wen not long after that. That old man has remembered this matter up till now."

Strange caves, weird cave owners, weird visitors.

Xiao Jingyue pinched the center of his brows, "Continue to investigate, it would be best if we can find out what kind of parasite Mr. Wen created, and the identity of the couple who visited him that year."

Chen Linye said with a sullen face, "You are making things too difficult for me. Let's not talk about it in the past decade, but most of the people in that village were drowned to death by the tides several times before the riverbank was built. Now that the Magistrate Zeng that we know the most about is also dead, where do you want me to go and find him? "

Xiao Jingyue raised his sleeves, and said slowly: "Before Li Jing left, Elder Chen came to find me, and asked me if you had any women that I liked, and told me to watch over them, and to find a grandson for you as soon as possible."

Chen Linye, "... "You win."

He only knows how to bully people. Having a wife is very amazing!

Xiao Jingyue walked towards the inn as he heard the conversation between the two females in the hall.

"The person outside is one of my guards, not my senior brother. I do have a secret connection with senior brother, and the Gu Worm in my body was also given to me by him, but I also did not know that he sold poison Gu. "

"It's not that I don't want to believe you, it's just that I am truly disgusted by such a heartless matter like selling poisonous insects. If you are unable to prove that this matter has nothing to do with you, I will not be able to help you remove the Gu."

Xu Manru was immediately worried. If she had the time, she didn't mind proving her 'innocence', but now she really didn't have much time. The method to drink the blood was not a long-term one at all, and the person she took the blood from didn't have much time left, so she had to remove the Gu as soon as possible.

Xu Man seemed as if she wanted to say something, but Xiao Yi's sudden appearance forcibly blocked her from speaking.

Xiao Yi unconsciously said, "Madam, someone from Minister of War's Palace has arrived."