You act stupid and I act crazy, let's be ancestors together

"Uncle Kong...Uncle Kong?"

When the guards heard the words "Uncle Kong", their faces changed, as if they had heard the name of some great devil.

Their faces turned pale, as if they had seen a ghost.

The guards looked at each other, but no one said anything. Why? They didn't want to go find Uncle Kong, even if it was just to inform him.

When Jiang Si saw them like that, she felt extremely confused.

That uncle Kong looked quite kind, and he wasn't some jackal or tiger. But he was able to scare these soldiers who had fought on the battlefield so much, so he must be quite extraordinary.

Just when the guards were feeling extremely embarrassed, their savior came running quickly from the corner of the street, riding a tall red horse.

Tingfeng was a little surprised when he saw the person standing at the door.

"Why are you here so late?"

This was the first time Jiang Si felt friendly when seeing Ting Feng. This person came at the perfect time.

"I'm here to ask your prince for someone." Jiang Si said quickly.

"When I was returning to the city, I received an urgent decree from the palace saying that the prince had gone to the palace. Who did the young lady want?" Ting Feng jumped off his horse and saluted respectfully to Jiang Si.

Ting Feng looked at Jiang Si quietly, waiting for her response, his eyes full of heartache.

Jiang Si was somewhat surprised by Tingfeng's strange attitude, but she didn't care too much about it. After all, she had more important things to do.

"I want Ma Xianglian."

"The evil doctor Ma Xianglian?" Ting Feng frowned slightly, obviously a little surprised.

"That's right. Hand her over to me. I'm the one who captured her anyway. And considering her situation, there's little point in you interrogating her. She probably won't say anything."

When Jiang Si said this, she had been staring at Ting Feng. Seeing his expression change, she quickly continued, "Besides, hasn't your prince found a better choice? There shouldn't be any problem in giving her back to me, right?"

"Um, well, actually many of them have confessed." Ting Feng scratched his head and responded, "In fact, Grandpa Wang didn't expect there would be such an unexpected surprise. When I received the urgent summons from His Majesty, I also received a message from the palace saying that they all confessed. So, the prince asked me to rush back to deal with this matter first."

Tingfeng said as he handed the reins to the guard beside him, then turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation, "Since you are here, why don't you come with me to take a look!"

"You... confessed everything?" Jiang Si couldn't believe what she heard and for a moment she thought she was hallucinating.

"Yes, that's what the message from the palace said."

Tingfeng was leading the way in front, and the two chatted casually along the way.

"It was all thanks to the young lady's idea. There was no torture or interrogation. They were simply fed two meals and they took the initiative to confess everything they knew." Ting Feng said excitedly. Being able to pry open the mouths of the Black Guards of the Withered Soul Valley was something that no one had ever done before.

"Really? I just said it casually, I didn't expect it to have such a miraculous effect." Jiang Si said this sincerely. She just had a sudden thought at that time and said it casually, but she didn't expect Murong Li to actually let them do it.

"That's also your credit, young lady. You know, over the years, no matter which forces captured the Black Guards, no useful information was ever extracted from them. In the end, those Black Guards either committed suicide or were tortured to death."

Ting Feng was talking very excitedly, even gesticulating and dancing.

"I have been with the prince for so many years, and I have dealt with these Black Guards a lot. In the past few years, those who were captured in the Valley of Withered Souls would be tortured and interrogated. In recent years, basically, once their identities are confirmed, they are directly beheaded. If it weren't for the special circumstances this time, those low-level Black Guards would not have survived until now."

Jiang Si was a very tactful person. When she heard about the special situation, she didn't ask any specific questions but just listened carefully.

Zhou Xiaoyuan followed the two silently, listening to what they said. Her admiration for Jiang Si was like a torrent of water that never stops flowing.

As they talked, they shuttled through the corridors of the palace. Time always passed quickly when they were chatting and laughing, and soon they arrived at the entrance of the dungeon inside the palace.

Before entering the dungeon, Ting Feng stopped to ask Jiang Si, "Um, can I ask why the girl suddenly came back to take Ma Xianglian away?"

Tingfeng looked a little nervous. He was so busy talking to Jiang Si about the Black Guards that he forgot that she had just said she was here to take Ma Xianglian away.

Jiang Si noticed that Ting Feng's expression was different, and almost instantly guessed what he was thinking, and said it without hesitation.

"Why, you can't make the decision on this matter?"

Ting Feng smiled awkwardly, scratched the back of his head and responded, "Yes, this Ma Xianglian is the Ghost Doctor's eldest disciple, and his status is not ordinary. This matter has to be decided by the prince."

Seeing Tingfeng's embarrassment, Jiang Si looked back at Zhou Xiaoyuan who was following behind him, and then said to Tingfeng, "Okay, you don't have to take her away, but I can do something to her, right?"

"Do something?"

Ting Feng always felt that there seemed to be something hidden in these words, but when he thought of the place behind him, he understood and said with sudden enlightenment: "Oh, I see, I see, of course it's possible. I can still make the decision, as long as I don't take the person away."

Hearing this, Jiang Si nodded with satisfaction, "Well, that's right."

Tingfeng smiled innocently, then continued to lead the way and was the first to enter the dungeon.

Because Zhou Xiaoyuan has been dealing with various medicinal materials for many years, his sense of smell is much more sensitive than that of ordinary people.

As soon as she entered the dungeon, she smelled a complex and unpleasant odor.

Among these complex smells, the heaviest is a strong stench of feces.

"Sister, the smell here is too strong." Zhou Xiaoyuan covered her mouth and nose with her hands and whispered in Jiang Si's ear.

Jiang Si was not much better than her at this moment. When she left in the evening, the smell was pungent and unpleasant enough, and now it was several times stronger.

Jiang Si also covered her nose, turned her head and said to Zhou Xiaoyuan: "It's okay, ug~ Just bear with it, ug~"

Hearing the sound of Jiang Si's dry heaves, Zhou Xiaoyuan couldn't help but look skeptical. Is this really something that can be cured by just enduring it? But you look like you're in more pain than I am!

The further she went in, the more Zhou Xiaoyuan couldn't stand it, so she took out a bottle of medicine from one of the small cloth bags she carried with her.

It was a slender porcelain bottle the size of a finger. After Zhou Xiaoyuan poured out the medicine inside and wiped it under her nose, her sense of smell gradually failed until she could no longer smell the complex stench.

"Sister, do you want it?"

Zhou Xiaoyuan patted Jiang Si's shoulder in front of him and handed over the small porcelain bottle in his hand.

Jiang Si turned around and looked at her in confusion, "What is this... Ugh~"

Before she could even utter the word "me", Jiang Si couldn't help vomiting again, feeling that the undigested food in her stomach had begun to rise.

The smell here is simply incredible, even someone like her who has lived in a harsh environment since childhood can't stand it.

"It's a medicine that can temporarily block your sense of smell." Zhou Xiaoyuan explained obediently.

Not to mention Jiang Si, even Tingfeng who was walking in front couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.

Do you even need to ask this? If you had such a good thing, why didn't you bring it out earlier?