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

Things turned out just as Yuan Ge guessed, everything was done by Zhan Yanfeng, the third elder of Zhixuan Mountain.

Zhan Yanfeng didn't trust anyone except the personal butler beside him. He was not only suspicious, but also proud. This led to Zhan Yanfeng doing things that most people would let their confidants do. Perhaps in his opinion, only he could ensure that nothing would go wrong. Therefore, even a small figure like Goudan had many dealings with Zhan Yanfeng.

Goudan, who was extremely hungry, wolfed down the ugly-looking noodles. He finished the last mouthful of soup on his back, licked the corner of his mouth, and then slowly exhaled. He leaned back in his chair and said, "I've been working for him... for perhaps many years."

"It's true that the bastard was drunk and beat people up. I didn't lie to you. If that was all, I wouldn't really want to chop him up with a knife, but he, he is so righteous outside, but worse than a beast at home! He actually took advantage of being drunk and wanted to attack my sister! Do you think there is such a father?! My sister was only ten years old that year!"

Yuan Ge was dumbfounded. He opened his mouth for a long time but remained speechless. Any comfort seemed pale and powerless.

The other party obviously didn't need such comfort. He smiled foolishly, "That time, I really wanted to chop him with a knife, but I was still young and weak, so how could I beat him? Instead, he hung me up and beat me up... After that, I followed my sister all the time. I followed her wherever she went. I waited at the door when she went to the toilet. I absolutely couldn't let that crazy beast hurt my sister! It was half a year after that that I met him... To be honest, it was the first time I saw such a good-looking person, clean and beautiful, like the immortal who could save the world in my sister's words... So I rushed up to him and asked him, are you an immortal?"

"If he is an immortal, he will definitely save me and my sister." Goudan smiled foolishly, "He said he is not an immortal, but he can help me. As long as I am willing to help him do some things, he can protect my sister... As long as that bastard treats my sister well, he will give that bastard a sum of money every month. Since then, that bastard has indeed treated my sister much better. When he is drunk, he only beats me... Haha, I don't care. Let him beat me. One day, he will be old, so old that no matter how I torture him, he will be unable to fight back, haha!"

The hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part. It is really sad to see this poor brother and sister. They thought they finally saw a ray of light in the endless darkness, but they didn't know that it was just a bait cast by someone with ulterior motives.

"There is no immortal in this world who can save the people... Zhixuan Mountain is not a place where you can't get out once you enter. If he really wants to help you, he can give your father some money and take your sister to Zhixuan Mountain to be a maid. When she is old enough, he can give her freedom." He went to such great lengths just to make people obey him and do his bidding.

"Yeah, there is no immortal in this world who can save the common people." Goudan murmured again with a bitter smile, "Even if there is, such a good thing would not happen to me... But I don't regret it, at least I protected my sister!"

It is indeed not easy for a child of a few years old to protect a little girl of the same age from her father who is a wolf and a beast.

Yuan Ge had always thought that even if Zhan Yanfeng had any plans, they would only be implemented around the time he fell off the cliff. At that time, there were already some differences of opinion among the three elders, but now it seems that this is not the case. Zhan Yanfeng actually started to cultivate his own people many years ago. A child of a few years old, with no skills and illiterate, can do very little, but Zhan Yanfeng has been supporting him for many years. What on earth does he want to do? Just to push Wang Erjie into a debt-ridden predicament many years later?

Or maybe, there are many Wang Erjies?

Yuan Ge was suspicious, his eyes fell on the candle that seemed to be about to go out, and he asked softly, "What did he ask you to do for him?"

Goudan really did as he said, and answered honestly, "At first, it was just some simple errands, delivering messages, running errands, buying some things and sending them up the mountain. Later, every time I went up the mountain, he would ask me to stay for a while to rest and drink some tea, and ask about some family matters. In the past year or two, he rarely asked me to do these things. Most of the time, he asked me to find out who had bad luck and lost how much money in the Laicai gambling house. In order to find out the information, he would also give me money to gamble. If I won, it would be mine, and if I lost, it would be his... He also looked for opportunities to send people to the gambling house, similar to what Erjiezi did. He has never done anything else."

That's it again.

He found a group of small fry who could not amount to anything and asked them to do some sneaky and unscrupulous things for him. Even after doing these things, these people had no idea what the point of what they were doing was.

He asked Goudan to push Wang Erjie and others into a desperate situation, and then find them some small jobs. With the appearance of an immortal who saved the world, he paid them a reward that was slightly higher than the ordinary market price but not outrageous. Naturally, these young people from the lower class would let down their guard and let him command them. They obeyed him, trusted him, and even relied on him. Then he gradually increased the intensity, leading them towards his ultimate goal like a frog in boiling water. When the other party suddenly realized it, they found that it was too late and they had already become a prey in the trap, unable to struggle.

"They say he is the most pure-hearted and selfless person on Zhixuan Mountain... Now I know that he had started playing this game so long ago." At that time, she was still on Zhixuan Mountain, and she had never discovered that Zhan Yanfeng had such a side. Yuan Ge raised her eyes and looked at Xu Chengjin, feeling somewhat depressed. "Tell me, what did he want to do so long ago? Make money?"

Obviously not.

Goudan looked at Xu Chengjin and then at Yuan Ge. In the flickering candlelight, the girl with her chin on her hand and her eyes downcast in thought looked very quiet. That quietness was inexplicably familiar, but he knew very well that he had never seen her before - a man struggling to survive in the mire would not have any intersection with such a young lady.

But that familiar feeling is really very familiar...

The candle trembled suddenly and finally went out.

The room suddenly became dark, with only a faint light coming in through the crack in the door, as if it was a pitch-black night where you could barely make out your fingers.

Yuan Ge looked back at the door and was about to get up to open it, but Goudan, who was staring at Yuan Ge intently, was suddenly stunned and said, "It's you..."