The White Demon

Moon-Lan Pavilion,

Classical building, three-story attic.

It can be said to be the tallest building in the entire Duke's Mansion, but it is also the most dilapidated house.

The attic was leaky and had several windows missing. The bright red silk that was everywhere else was missing here.

Oh, this is the wonderful place her good father carefully selected for her!

It seems that she didn't open the windows for her good father big enough or enough...

But what about a leaky and dilapidated house? She had lived in primitive caves that were worse than this one. Besides, this place was remote, which was more suitable for her to meditate.

Now that Senior Sister Twenty-Seven, the weakest among the direct disciples, has begun intensive retreat training, how could she fall behind?

Ye Qingwan slowly stepped onto the stairs, leaving two complete rows of footprints in the thick dust.

She walked straight through the windowless first and second floors and came directly to the relatively intact top floor.

The top floor is an attic. Ye Qingwan took a rough look around and found that although the attic is now covered with dirt, it can still be a very good place to live after cleaning.

It was made of pure wood and had a large opening. The curtains divided the opening into a rest area and a reception area. There was a large empty area in the middle, which Ye Qingwan planned to use to store her various medicines, so that she could make poisons and medicines, and of course, she could also use it to practice boxing and kicking...

Moreover, the murals in the attic are simple and elegant. From the style of the murals, we can also see that the original owner of the attic should be a very cultured and profound person.

Ye Qingwan stood on the balcony of the attic, looking at the orange sunset. The afterglow of the setting sun was like a golden curtain covering the pavilions, towers, flowers, plants and trees of all sizes in the Duke's Mansion. She subconsciously murmured, "Lanyue Pavilion..."

The view here is wide, and if it is a moonlit night, it should make people feel like embracing the moon in their arms.

It is indeed a small building with a special meaning.

Cuizhu was very anxious when she saw the attic covered with dust. "Miss, there is a lot of dust here. Cuizhu will clean it up first, and then you can come in!"

Ye Qingwan nodded and ordered, "Cuizhu, just clean this floor. We only live on this floor."

"it is good."

Cuizhu answered promptly and quickly, picking up the broom and starting to clean the room immediately. The entire attic was soon filled with dust.

But suddenly, a piece of clean white cloth was stretched out in front of Cuizhu. Along the white cloth, she saw a smooth arm. The owner of the arm was Ye Qingwan, whose half face was covered with white cloth and who was holding a broom in her hand.

Cuizhu was dazed for a moment when she saw Ye Qingwan dressed like this.

Ye Qingwan shook the white cloth in her hand again, "Come on, wrap it around your face! Use it to cover your mouth and nose!"

Cuizhu seemed to have regained her consciousness. "Miss, how can you do such rough work? Wait a moment, I will be done in a moment..." She wanted to push Ye Qingwan away, but she couldn't move her.

Ye Qingwan curved her eyes and stuffed the white cloth into her hands, "Hurry up and wrap yourself like me. It's getting dark. Let's clean together! We can finish it faster." After she finished speaking, she picked up the broom and started cleaning.

Cuizhu couldn't resist and could only follow Ye Qingwan's instructions, cover her mouth and nose, and then work harder.

After they swept away the dust, they fetched some water and cleaned the house. They were so busy that it was already dark.

When the lights were turned on, the two looked at the room they had cleaned and smiled at each other.

"Gurgle..." Cuizhu's stomach was also rumbling with hunger at this time. She covered her stomach tightly in embarrassment, "No, Miss, I'm not hungry."

Ye Qingwan smiled slightly. When she didn't have spiritual roots and couldn't practice, she would be hungry if she didn't eat. This is a normal human need, so what's there to blame?

"You are not hungry, but your young lady is hungry too. Cuizhu, let's eat."

"Yeah." Cuizhu quickly took the lunch box that the servant had brought over and placed it on the table while muttering, "This was sent by Mother Zhang. She saw that we were cleaning up, so she put it under the attic and left without coming up..."

"She didn't say anything?" Ye Qingwan asked casually.

"No." Cuizhu shook her head. "I called her, but she seemed not to hear me. She put down the lunch box and left..."

Ye Qingwan frowned slightly, looked at the four plates of green vegetables on the table that were so bland that they looked like birds were sparsely populated, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite.

But in a moment, the toxin analyzer immediately gave her the result:

【Crane Crown Red】

[Highly toxic. The main toxic ingredient is dichlorodioxide, and the current toxin concentration is 75%...]

[The antidote is being analyzed...]

Ye Qingwan looked at the experimental data in the void and sneered, "Hehe, it really tastes familiar..."

She took a few bites of each dish, only to discover that the four side dishes were poisoned with four different kinds of poison!

He really doesn't care about the cost, he's really afraid that she won't die!

Ye Qingwan touched her chin thoughtfully: Duke Tang would not openly challenge the imperial power, and if she died unclearly in the Duke's Mansion, it would not only be of no benefit to him, but he would also be punished.

Therefore, if Duke Tang wanted to take action, he would definitely not do it in his own mansion.

The Duke's wife is in the same position as Duke Tang, so she probably won't...

Then the ones left are Ye Qingpan and Tang Xian.

Tang Xian seemed to be very friendly with her, and he always gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if they had met before coming to the Duke's Mansion, but she couldn't remember it for a moment.

Then there is only one person left: Ye Qingpan...

This Ye Qingpan did have a motive for committing the crime, and he also had a criminal record...

Ye Qingwan was still thinking, but she saw Cuizhu had already cleaned up the dishes, put the remaining food into a bowl, and was preparing to squat aside to eat.

Seeing this, Ye Qingwan quickly knocked the bowl out of Cuizhu's hand, "Cuizhu, don't eat it! It's poisonous!"

Cuizhu looked at her in astonishment: Poisonous? How could it be?! The young lady had just eaten it...

Ye Qingwan didn't explain much, but pulled Cuizhu out, "Come on! Cuizhu, I'll make you something more delicious!"

The two of them sneaked into the kitchen of the Duke's Mansion. At this time, the kitchen had already been locked. There was no one in it, let alone a cook.

Ye Qingwan and Cuizhu quietly climbed into the room through the window. Cuizhu was still looking for a fire starter, but was surprised to find that a flame about an inch high suddenly shot out from Ye Qingwan's finger, instantly illuminating the entire room.

"Wow! Miss, you are so amazing!" Cuizhu's eyes suddenly lit up and she was extremely envious.

"Well, your young lady is only capable of this..."

Ye Qingwan curled the corners of her lips and continued to look at the available ingredients in the kitchen, as if she didn't take Cuizhu's praise to heart.

Finding there was ready-made rice and bacon in the kitchen, she used the ingredients on hand and used the spiritual fire to make two bowls of bacon fried rice for Cuizhu.

After being stir-fried, the bacon had a fresh aroma that wafted far away. Combined with the soft, glutinous and chewy rice, Cuizhu couldn't help but feel hungry and quickly finished a full bowl of it.

Ye Qingwan gave her half of her bowl, and they almost finished it together.

Cuizhu ate all the rice grains on the edge of the bowl, and then raised her head from the big bowl, "Miss, it's delicious!..."

"If you like it, I'll make it for you in the future!" Cuizhu felt embarrassed, but when she thought of the delicious food, she couldn't help nodding.

……

After a while, when the two had finished their meal, they returned to Lanyue Pavilion again.

But he discovered that the Moon-Raising Pavilion, which had been lit, was now completely dark...