After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

New Year's Eve in Shengjing City was very lively.

Not long after Song Wenyuan left the city, before midnight, a group of thieves took advantage of the fireworks being set off in the palace and entered from the west gate. They killed the guards guarding the city and entered the city openly. Then they avoided the patrolling guards from the west gate, sneaked into the Jingzhao Prefecture prison, rescued the prisoner Hong Lan, and left the city unimpeded.

The noises of murder and prisoner robbery were covered up by the brilliant fireworks until the next morning, when the guards on duty went to replace them and saw the guards who had died tragically outside the city gate. Their bodies were thrown into a pile of unmelted snow in a corner outside the city. The blood melted some of the snow and condensed into light red ice, like one shocking ditch after another, spreading across the snow that had not melted for many days.

The haze that shrouded Shengjing City had just dissipated for a short while before it gathered again.

For a time, all the brothels and bars in Shengjing were innocently affected. Not to mention the sudden drop in business during the New Year holidays, they had to face interrogations and investigations from the government every now and then, which made the already bad business even worse. For the officials, the New Year holidays were gone. Anyone with a clear eye knew that the gang of thieves must have left the city, but this "clear eye" was useless and required evidence. Besides, what if? What if they were hiding in the city, waiting to steal money and kill people anytime and anywhere? What if they were actually from Shengjing?

Apart from this, no one knew that after the group of thieves took Hong Lan away from Shengjing, another group of men in black also left from the west gate at night...

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The festive atmosphere of the New Year on Zhixuan Mountain was not much affected by the passing of Yuan Ge and Yuan Qi. After all, it had been several months since their death. The old things were brought up again only because the Great Elder had just come out of retreat.

In addition, the two girls brought by Nan Yin attracted the most attention. The recent conversations on Zhixuan Mountain mostly revolved around "picking up sounds" and Jianshu. For example, "The one called Jianshu is still doing horse stance... Haha, everyone who learns martial arts starts doing horse stance at the age of three or four. Some can't even walk steadily, but they have done horse stance well. Look at this one, she's in her teens... She starts doing horse stance when others are giving birth, haha!"

"You don't understand this, do you really think she is here to learn martial arts? She is a maid in a wealthy family. I have asked her before. She doesn't know how to wash clothes or cook. She must be very hard-working on weekdays. Her life is better than ours! If it were you, wouldn't you come here to suffer? To put it bluntly, you are just trying to make the elder happy! Haven't you seen that the old man is more energetic and can laugh recently? If you ask me, it's still Nan Yin who has a way. No wonder the elder liked him before. He was originally thought to be the son-in-law of Zhi Xuanshan's grandson."

"So... the other one is also here to coax the old man?"

"That person may not be the one." Someone interrupted, "Let me tell you, I saw Nan Yin and that little girl wandering around the door of Yuan Ge's secret room these past two days! As for Nan Yin, don't be fooled by his lazy appearance. He has been down the mountain for a few years. He didn't come back early or late, but waited until Yuan Ge died. Now he came... who knows what tricks he has up his mind!"

"Could it be... the idea of ​​the secret room?!"

Everyone looked at each other, thinking that they had discovered a great secret, but then they heard a cold female voice from the side, "What secret room? Who is planning to take over the secret room?"

Looking back, a few steps away stood a girl in bright red clothes, with a high ponytail, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, looking very heroic. A whip was hung on her waist and she was fanning herself with a hat in her hand. She frowned slightly and asked repeatedly, "Huh? Who is planning to break into the secret room?" On Zhixuan Mountain, there is only one secret room that is well-known and coveted, and that is Yuan Ge's.

"Ms. Zhuang, Ms. Zhuang." The people who were gossiping and chatting just now greeted with an awkward smile, and changed the subject, "H-Have you just come back?"

The girl called "Miss Zhuang" is the beloved granddaughter of the second elder Zhuang Lichuan, Zhuang Mengdie. She went out to travel a few years ago. She occasionally came back to visit her relatives during the holidays. Most of the other times, she was in a state of "no trace". No one even knew what she was doing in the mountain. However, this master is also a tyrant in the mountain. He and Yuan Ge have a bit of a king-to-king attitude. No one likes the other, and no one obeys the other. Since this master went down the mountain to travel, Zhixuan Mountain has been very quiet for a few years. I didn't see her come back a while ago, and I thought she would not come back this year.

Unexpectedly, when they were talking about Yuan Ge, they were bumped into by her. Considering the relationship between the two, everyone was somewhat embarrassed. "Second Elder was thinking about you a few days ago. He must be so happy to see you now!" - So you, hurry over!

Zhuang Mengdie didn't know whether she heard the subtext or not. She raised her bamboo hat and it landed steadily on the head of the little maid behind her. Then she stepped forward with a cold face and asked for the third time, "I say, who is planning to take over the secret room left by the dead man?"

The word "dead" was pronounced with great emphasis.

She hadn't been back to Zhixuan Mountain for more than a year. This was also her first time back after Yuan Ge's death. When she came back, she mentioned "that dead man" without hesitation. This was very "Zhuang Mengdie". In the early years, Yuan Ge and Zhuang Mengdie were the two biggest bullies on the mountain. Later, probably to treat Yuan Qi's illness, Yuan Ge gradually began to stay at home and was not so noisy. But the one in front of her was different. His hot temper had been getting worse over the years. He would whip her with the whip on his waist at any time. Any hesitation was disrespectful to his opponent.

No one dared to mess with this young lady, let alone listen to her way of speaking, calling him "that dead man". They raised their hands and pointed in the direction of the medicine garden, "Feng Qingtan has hired a medicine boy, who is Nan Yin's maid. He has been hanging around in front of the secret room these past two days. Maybe, just maybe, he is planning to take over the secret room."

"Maid? Medicine boy?" Zhuang Mengdie repeated with a frown, as if it was difficult to connect the two words. "Feng Qingtan didn't care about it? Wasn't that dead person like his own granddaughter? Why didn't he protect her things now that she's gone?"

"That... we don't know. We don't know what treasures are in there. Besides, why would a granddaughter be on guard against her grandfather? Doesn't Feng Qingtan know how to get into the secret room? Maybe the three of them are trying to open the secret room together now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhuang Mengdie rolled her eyes and sneered, "What's the point of gossiping behind people's backs? If you have the guts, go and speak at the entrance of the medicine garden!" After saying that, she snorted coldly and walked away with big strides, followed by a jumping little maid.

Everyone: Isn’t that what you asked?