Chapter 76: Meeting

“The servant pays his respects to the noble!”

The prison guard Zhang Dazhu was filled with regret; he really shouldn’t have been bewitched by Tang Chuying!

That despicable woman gave him a jade pendant and told him to deliver it to the relay station to find someone named Chimei!

If he had known it would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have brought it!

Chimei quickly asked, “Where is the owner of the jade pendant?”

Zhang Dazhu answered tremblingly, “The pendant was given to the servant by Tang Chuying! She is imprisoned in the Dali Temple!”

“What?” Chimei swayed and almost fell over, luckily Xiao He was quick and caught him!

Xiao He hurriedly picked him up and sat him at the table. Just as he was about to give him some water, Chimei pushed the teacup away, spilling tea on Xiao He’s splendid clothes. Xiao He didn’t care at all and looked at Chimei with concern.

“Quickly tell me, who is Tang Chuying? Why is she in prison?”

The prison guard revealed everything he knew, and Chimei found it hard to digest.

Tang Chuying was only in her teens; she couldn’t possibly be his sister.

What if she was her sister’s child?

The guard also mentioned that Tang Chuying’s birth family was the Mei family; could that sister be a Mei? But how did the Mei family die?

Chimei’s face turned pale; sister!

No, he had to go to the Dali Temple to see Tang Chuying!

When Dark One took the guard away, Xiao He gave him a look, and Dark One immediately understood.

The guard followed the shadow guard out of the relay station, trembling. However, when he saw Dark One’s glinting sword, he was so scared he almost wet himself.

Dark One sneered inwardly, his gaze fierce, and lowered his voice, “Do you know what you should say and what you shouldn’t?”

Zhang Dazhu quickly nodded, and then heard Dark One say, “I hear you have an elderly relative at home, and you are quite filial!”

He widened his eyes in surprise and hurriedly knelt to beg for mercy, “My lord, spare my life! I saw nothing, I know nothing!”

Dark One nodded in satisfaction, signaling him to leave.

Zhang Dazhu stumbled to his feet, afraid Dark One would change his mind, and ran away quickly.

In the room, Chimei insisted on going to the prison to see Tang Chuying, but Xiao He tried every way to dissuade him and was a little angry.

“Why don’t you cherish your own body?”

“Is that prison somewhere you can go?”

Chimei turned his head away, ignoring him.

Xiao He was about to go crazy; he couldn’t hit him or scold him, this ancestor!

He suddenly hated Tang Chuying, coming to find his Chimei with some broken jade pendant!

“You get so excited when you see the pendant, but you don’t even know if it’s real!”

Chimei suddenly froze, took out the jade pendant from his pocket, looked at it for a while, and his face turned ashen; it was fake!

Fake!

The moment he saw the pendant, he thought he had news about his sister and got so excited that he didn’t look closely, but now that he examined it carefully, he realized this jade pendant was fake!

Where was the real pendant?

Xiao He was somewhat gleeful, “Fortunately, I reminded you, or you wouldn’t have discovered that the pendant is fake!”

Chimei shot him a glare, “You don’t know anything!”

Xiao He didn’t retort when scolded, happily watching him; as long as Chimei didn’t insist on going to the Dali Temple prison, it didn’t matter if he was scolded.

The damp and dark prison would be unbearable for Chimei, whose health was already weak.

“I want to visit the Duke of Yong’s residence!” Chimei changed his mind.

Xiao He turned his eyes and nodded in agreement, “Alright, I’ll accompany you!”

Chimei looked at him suspiciously, thinking he would try to stop him, but he agreed?

“But…”

He knew he had conditions!

Definitely nothing good!

“Eat your meal first!”

Chimei reluctantly let him feed him…

It was already the end of June, the hottest time of the year. The sun blazed during the day, and only at night was there a hint of coolness.

Tang Chuyao sat in the small courtyard, holding a small medicine bottle. According to the system’s guidance, she could now independently make many medicines, and with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Needle that Zhang Wangshu taught her, she could even treat the most troublesome illnesses in this world!

No doctor or healer was worth mentioning in front of her; there were very few who knew of her medical skills…

However, the system also mentioned insect curses, and it had ways to deal with them, but she had yet to encounter insect curses…

Dujian brought over a bowl of chilled mung bean soup, refreshing and cooling.

“Miss, the mung bean soup is here!”

Tang Chuyao took a sip; it was icy cold and very comfortable.

“Miss, you really are amazing!”

“I used the method you taught me, and I was able to make ice even in this hot summer!”

Tang Chuyao feared the system would be exposed, so she only simply taught Dujian how to make a bit of ice; if she made ice cubes, it would be too eye-catching!

“I heard that Tang Youze has been ill these past few days, bedridden!” Since Dujian heard her mother talk about that day’s events, she knew Tang Youze was responsible for the lady’s death and no longer referred to him as “master”!

Tang Chuyao snorted coldly, “Those who do evil will meet their own demise!”

Suddenly, Tang Chuyao’s ears twitched; someone was coming!

And it was a skilled fighter!

Tang Chuyao signaled Dujian to hide.

She then leaped up and saw that Ye Yu and several shadow guards were already entangled with the opponent.

Huang Xiaoyu also quickly came to Tang Chuyao’s side, seeing that the opponent had many people, and swiftly joined to help Ye Yu.

Tang Chuyao carefully observed the opponent’s moves; they didn’t seem to be from the capital.

If they weren’t from the capital, who could they be?

She hadn’t offended anyone!

Two figures suddenly appeared, and Tang Chuyao found them somewhat eye-watering.

Were they here to fight or to show off their affection?

Why were they hugging each other?

To be precise, one man was holding another, well, it seemed to be a man, in his arms!

“Who are you?” Tang Chuyao’s cold voice rang out.

Chimei, in Xiao He’s arms, looked at Tang Chuyao. In the dim moonlight, he saw a cold, clear-eyed woman; although she wore a veil, her eyes were bright and lively, just like the ones in his memory!

He was instantly a bit excited and pinched Xiao He, who almost cried out in a melodious voice but managed to hold it back!

Chimei’s pinch was too accurate; his little head was probably going to swell!

Xiao He wasn’t interested in wasting time with Tang Chuyao; he directly spoke, “We just want to understand the situation. Can you ask your people to stop fighting?”

Huh?

Tang Chuyao thought she misheard, but not sensing any hostility or murderous intent from the other side, she signaled Ye Yu and the others to stand down.

Dark One finally breathed a sigh of relief; they were about to be unable to hold on. Although the opponents were all women, their attacks were exceptionally fierce!

The few of them landed in Tang Chuyao’s courtyard, and as soon as Chimei hit the ground, he struggled to get out of Xiao He’s arms.

Xiao He supported him carefully, “Take it easy!”

Uh~

Tang Chuyao felt a bit speechless; could two grown men be this clingy?

Wasn’t it just standing on two legs?

Did they have to be so fragile? Could this good-looking person not stand on his own?