Not long after Lin Qiuer and the others stopped in front of the Gu Mansion, Gu Anqing and Lin Nanyue hurried out, followed by Changqing.

"Ms. Qiu'er, you are back." Gu Anqing spoke first with a happy smile on his face.

Lin Nanyue couldn't wait to rush towards Lin Nanyue and gave him a warm hug, "Third brother, you're back!" Then he tried to hug Lin Qiuer, but she cleverly dodged him.

"It seems that Fourth Brother's injury is almost healed, which is cause for celebration. I remember that before I left, you were still lying half-dead in bed. I didn't expect that after only two or three days, you could run and jump again." Lin Qiu'er's words were filled with reproaches for Lin Nanyue for not cherishing her own life.

Seeing that Lin Qiu'er had not completely calmed down, Lin Nanyue felt a little regretful.

He had just moved too much in a hurry, and seemed to have offended his younger sister again. He racked his brains to think of how to divert her attention.

At this time, Lin Nanyue suddenly took out a wooden sign from her arms, handed it to Lin Qiuer, and explained,

"Little sister, I was in a hurry to give you this wooden sign, and I was worried about whether you were injured, so I ran faster. In fact, my injury has not healed yet, and it still hurts a little." He tried to use this wooden sign to divert Lin Qiuer's attention.

Chang Qing was watching from the side, feeling somewhat confused: he remembered that yesterday in the martial arts training ground, Lin Nanyue was fighting with the guards and looked very energetic. Was that just his illusion?

Gu Anqing also noticed the change in Lin Nanyue, and a smile appeared on his lips. He still remembered what happened in the martial arts training ground yesterday, but it was not easy to expose Lin Nanyue's lies at this time, so he had to pretend to cough and cover his mouth with his hand to hide his smile.

Lin Qiuer glanced at everyone's expressions and instantly understood the reason.

She decided to settle the score later. She took the wooden sign handed over by Lin Nanyue and asked in confusion, "Why is this wooden sign on you? I remember that both wooden signs were given to Master Gu."

"This... little sister, this is not your wooden sign." Seeing that Lin Qiu'er had misunderstood the origin of the wooden sign, Lin Nanyue hurriedly explained, "I found it on the body of the woman I chased that night."

"What?" Lin Qiuer was shocked.

It’s a wooden sign again. What on earth does this organization want to do?

Gu Anqing suggested at the right time, "Do you want to go into the mansion first and continue talking? And what are you going to do with these things behind you?"

Hearing Gu Anqing's suggestion, everyone nodded in agreement.

Lin Qiu'er pointed to the food, weapons, account books, and three people tied up like dumplings on the carts pushed by the Gu Mansion guards and the Nalan Village people. She explained them one by one and said, "These were sorted by the Gu Mansion guards. For details, Mr. Gu should ask the guard leader."

"Okay. I'll confirm these with the guard leader." Gu Anqing waved his hand to signal the guard leader to follow him, and then instructed the remaining guards, "Push the things to the courtyard in the front yard first. As for these..."

He turned his eyes to the thirty or so men wearing Nalan Village costumes and asked in confusion: "Miss Qiu'er, what are these..."

"Oh. These are my uncles and brothers in the clan. They came along this time because I plan to open a herbal medicine shop in the county town." Lin Qiuer explained when she saw Gu Anqing's puzzled look.

"So that's how it is. The herbal medicine shop, a shop related to medicine, is indeed what Miss Qiu'er is good at." After hearing this, Gu Anqing suddenly realized and couldn't help but praise.

Lin Qiuer shook her head repeatedly and said in a Versailles way, "No, no, my medical skills are not good at all. Well, the main reason is that we have a witch doctor with excellent medical skills."

"Hehe, Miss Qiu'er is just modest. The witch doctor's medical skills are naturally unmatched, but Miss Qiu'er's medical skills are also much better than those of the doctors in the city." Gu Anqing was amused by Lin Qiu'er's sincere words and also gave her some common sense.

It would be fine to say that my medical skills are not good in front of him, but if I said it in front of the old doctor, I don’t know if the old doctor would be so ashamed that he would commit suicide on the spot.

"Okay, if you say so, then so be it." Lin Qiu'er didn't want to continue explaining to Gu Anqing.

But she knew in her heart that her medical skills were just as she had just said, not good at all.

After all, she was not like her original self who had been immersed in medicine since childhood, but only relied on a few medical books, short videos from her previous life, and the knowledge she had researched for daily cooking and making soup.

Gu Anqing shook his head, thinking that Lin Qiu'er was too modest. He turned around and told Changqing to go over and arrange accommodation for everyone in Nalan Village, just in the courtyard near Lin Qiu'er and her two siblings.

Chang Qing took the order and left. Lin Qiuer and her two siblings chatted with Gu Anqing as they walked. Lin Qiuer recounted in detail the entire experience of this trip to the Nalan Mountains.

"I see." Gu Anqing nodded after hearing this, and then he thought of the man named Shen from the Inspectorate, so he asked curiously, "After you broke through the stronghold of the Third Prince's men in the Nalan Mountains, a group of people from the Inspectorate asked you for account books and survivors. The man in the lead was named Shen. What's going on?"

"Haha, you don't know?" Lin Qiu'er glanced at the curious Gu Anqing and explained.

"Remember what the county magistrate's wife said when we were in the county government? When the county magistrate came to take office, a team of elite soldiers followed him from the imperial city to Linggao. But after that team of elite soldiers arrived in Linggao, they disappeared."

After listening to Lin Qiuer's words, Gu Anqing took a deep breath and said, "Have these people from the Inspectorate been near Linggao for so long? They are really well hidden."

Lin Nanye took the opportunity to walk up from behind, put his hand on Gu Anqing's shoulder, and said, "Mr. Gu, there is something even more surprising to you. The people in the Inspectorate knew that your grandfather was poisoned, and that you were being hunted in the Nalan Mountains, but they didn't want to remind you."

Gu Anqing's body froze. Thinking of the torture his grandfather had suffered from the poison of the millipede, he was furious, but he suppressed his anger and said, "The Inspectorate has its own rules. It's not their fault."

"Tsk. Don't blame them." Lin Nanye looked disdainful, and patted Gu Anqing's shoulder with his hand, exposing his disguise, "Don't blame them? If not, why are you shaking?"

"Is your injury not healed yet? Are you feeling cold like I did a few days ago?" Lin Nanyue interrupted.

As soon as these words came out, not only Lin Qiuer and Lin Nanye, but even Gu Anqing looked at him as if he was a fool and sighed in unison.

"He asked for the account books left by the Third Prince's men, and the three people I had left alive. I didn't give them to him." Lin Qiu'er continued the previous topic, and seeing that Gu Anqing's expression had returned to normal, she said,

"I'll ask him to come and talk to Master Gu. It depends on what Master Gu wants to do. If you say so, we'll give it to you. If not, we'll send him directly to the Imperial City and tear off the fig leaf of his father."

"Miss Qiu'er..." Gu Anqing knew that Lin Qiu'er was trying to vent their anger, but he didn't expect that she would think of confronting the person above. That would be too dangerous.

Even if you really want to do this, you have to plan carefully in advance to avoid future troubles.

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