Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

It was a few days later that Xiao Zuochen met Chu Yao's grandfather. All in all, Chu Yao had been locked up for twenty days.

During these twenty days, Xiao Zuochen received a letter from Emperor Mingren almost every seven days. In each letter, it said that Concubine Yun had no mother-son feelings for Xiao Zuochen. At first, Xiao Zuochen didn't believe it, thinking that his father was trying to sow discord between him and his mother. However, since returning to Wangyan City, his power seemed to be hollowed out, and his mother never took the initiative to look for him. Sometimes when he went to see his mother, he was turned away. Now, all he had was the trust of the Spider Web Organization and the City Lord Wei around him.

"Ding-deng-deng..."

"Sir, this is the room."

The voice of the waiter was heard outside the door, and then with a "creak", the door was opened, and a little old man with white beard and white hair appeared in front of Xiao Zuochen.

"Hello grandpa."

"Grandpa."

Xiao Zuochen hurriedly stood up and bowed to the old man, then called out Chu Yao by his seniority. Wei Yang, who came with him, also called out gently.

The old man glanced at Wei Yang and said nothing, then turned to look at Xiao Zuochen.

"You are the one my grandson risked his life and ran for fourteen days to save?"

Xiao Zuochen was slightly stunned, and then realized that his grandfather was referring to the time when Chu Yao returned to Beiguan to get medicine for him. Xiao Zuochen thought that his grandfather was blaming him for not taking good care of Chu Yao, and he quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake.

"Yes, I disappoint Grandpa."

"Humph~"

The little old man threw back his clothes and sat down on the chair.

"Of course I'm disappointed. I thought this brat had come to his senses and wanted to save a girl, but I didn't expect it to be a boy."

Xiao Zuochen was stunned again. As expected, Chu Yao's way of thinking was inherited from his grandfather.

Wei Yang was very considerate as he poured tea for the old man, who nodded in satisfaction.

"Look, girls are still better. What's the point of saving boys?"

Then the old man looked at Wei Yang and said.

"How about you be my granddaughter-in-law?"

"Hey, Grandpa, drink your tea. It will get cold soon."

As soon as Xiao Zuochen finished speaking, the old man looked at him, as if he disliked him for being too talkative. So the two of them sat there awkwardly for a while, and it was Wei Yang who spoke first.

"Grandpa, today we are here mainly to discuss how to rescue Chu Yao. We have already explained the situation on Ah Chen's side in the letter, so this matter definitely requires the help of Shenyin Pavilion."

The old man put down the teacup in his hand and spoke slowly.

"In fact, there is no need to send anyone to rescue them. The dog emperor should have written to you, right?"

"Also? Grandpa, are you also..."

"The dog emperor said in the letter that as long as you return to the palace, he will naturally release Chu Yao."

"Although my father said so, it doesn't mean that he will definitely release Chu Yao after I return to the palace."

"So I contacted you several times, wanting to discuss with you how to deal with this matter, but I didn't receive a reply from you. After seeing your letter this time, I thought it might be your mother who stopped the letter."

"That's impossible. I can still receive letters from my father."

Xiao Zuochen looked at Wei Yang with some confusion. Wei Yang shook her head at him innocently, indicating that she didn't know either.

"how so..."

Xiao Zuochen frowned, wondering why things seemed to have gotten worse after leaving Tai'an City.

The old man didn't care whether he was in a good mood or not, and continued.

"No matter whether Emperor Mingren is telling the truth or not, you must go back this time. The reason why I was not in a hurry before was because Emperor Mingren promised me that as long as you can go back within a month, he would not do anything to Chu Yao. Now there are still ten days left before the one-month deadline. Whether you agree or not, I will tie you up and take you to Tai'an City."

The old man spoke very casually, as if Xiao Zuochen was a piece of cargo that could be taken away at will once packed up.

Wei Yang looked at Xiao Zuochen and shook his head vigorously.

"No, it's too risky. And there is a problem here. Since Emperor Mingren wanted Ah Chen to return to the palace, why didn't he capture Ah Chen and Chu Yao at the beginning? Why did he deliberately let Ah Chen go and then let Ah Chen go back? What's the logic behind this?"

Wei Yang did raise the key question, but Xiao Zuochen couldn't figure out why.

"Could it be that you want me to see clearly how my mother treats me?"

Combined with the letter his father sent him, Xiao Zuochen could only think of this. Indeed, Emperor Mingren did hope that Xiao Zuochen would see the reality. The reality was that Xiao Zuochen had a scumbag father and a mother who didn't love him.

"So the brief moments of loving mother and filial son were all just acting..."

"I don't care what Emperor Mingren means. Anyway, my boy almost ran away for your life before, and this time he was arrested again for saving your mother. What? Now it's your turn, and you don't even have the courage to take risks for him?"

"no..."

Xiao Zuochen retorted weakly. He just wanted to make things foolproof, but it seemed that he could do nothing now.

"Hey... do you know what day is in ten days?"

The old man suddenly sighed and said with some sadness.

"do not know."

"It's Sister Chu Yao's birthday, and also her memorial day. I'm sure you know everything about Chu Yiyi. I don't know why Emperor Mingren chose this day as the deadline, but it must be related to Yiyi. So, I will enter the palace with you when the time comes."

"Chu Yiyi's birthday and death anniversary..."

The image of Chu Yiyi's frozen body flashed through Xiao Zuochen's mind...

The bones that were buried under Yunyuan at that time flashed past my mind...

"...That's what your mother used to prolong her life..."

Suddenly, I remembered that I had found a page about Miaojiang witchcraft among Chu Yiyi's belongings in Mingxiang Pavilion...

"The Three Magics of Miaojiang, the Magic of Resurrection..."

The old man and Wei Yang couldn't help but feel puzzled when they heard Xiao Zuochen talking to himself.

"What did you say?"

Xiao Zuochen suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Grandpa Chu Yao, and said firmly.

"It must be the resurrection technique from the three magics of Miaojiang! Father wants to use this technique to revive Chu Yiyi on her death anniversary, so he set this deadline!"

"What? What outrageous things are you talking about? There is no such thing as resurrection in this world!"

The old man was no longer calm. Although he said he didn't believe it, he was still a little shaken in his heart. If there really was such a technique...

"Sister, please go to the flower house and ask everyone to collect information about the three magics of Miaojiang immediately. I want it tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll go now."

Wei Yang turned around and went to do the job. The old man followed Wei Yang's eyes and kept talking.

"Oh, what a great granddaughter-in-law~"

"Grandpa, I will definitely go back before the deadline, but now I'm afraid we need to make preparations."

"What preparation?"

"My father will not let Chu Yao go! If it is really related to the Miaojiang technique, then the price of resurrecting Chu Yiyi must be the death of someone, and it may even be more than one person!"

After Xiao Zuochen finished speaking, the scene of the pile of corpses flashed through his mind again...