Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Actually, I did find some clues when I came here this time." Zhou Lin answered Shen Chuning's question, but his eyes looked at Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe nodded, "A Ning is older now, there's no need to hide everything from her."

Seeing Shen Qinghe nod, Zhou Lin spoke up, "I found out from Ji Anbang's clue that Lingshan should be in Shandong. After arriving in Shandong, I did see some Lingshan witches. Some clues point to your fourth uncle being from Lingshan as well."

Hearing this, Shen Chuning almost spit out the tea she had just taken.

She quickly closed her mouth to prevent the tea from spitting out and losing her composure.

But the sudden swallowing action also caused her to cough violently.

Zhou Lin looked at her with a worried look.

He moved slightly, as if wanting to pat Shen Chuning's back to help her calm down, but he quickly realized that it was not appropriate to do so, so he stopped moving.

Although all this was not done obviously, it did not escape Shen Qinghe's eyes.

It took a long time before Shen Chuning stopped coughing.

She patted her chest gently, trying to soothe the discomfort in her throat.

Zhou Lin looked at her with concern and asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Shen Chuning shook her head, indicating that she was much better now.

She thought to herself, no wonder her master couldn't find her fourth uncle, it turned out he was hiding here.

If ordinary people don't deliberately follow the clues on the periphery to investigate deeper, it would be impossible for them to find it.

Shen Chuning's face was filled with disbelief. She asked in shock, "My fourth uncle is also from Lingshan? But aren't all the people on Lingshan witches? Could it be that my fourth uncle...he..."

Speaking of this, Shen Chuning's face turned red.

Zhou Lin looked at her and knew that she must have had some wrong ideas.

He couldn't help but cough lightly, then said, "Although most of the people walking around Lingshan are witches, there are still men. And..."

Zhou Lin suddenly stopped talking and did not continue.

Seeing this, Shen Chuning was extremely anxious and asked quickly, "And what?"

Zhou Lin replied somewhat embarrassedly, "Besides, Fourth Uncle Shen's status in Lingshan should be quite high."

Shen Chuning turned to look at Shen Qinghe and said with some complaints: "Dad, look at what our grandparents have done to our fourth uncle, by always forcing him to get married!"

Shen Qinghe also looked very embarrassed and helpless, sighing, "Old Fourth always wrote back saying he was traveling abroad, but we never knew his so-called travels were actually like this."

Zhou Lin looked at Shen Chuning seriously and said, "I came here this time, firstly, to ask you about Ziyuan, and secondly, to find out if your fourth uncle has had any contact with Ziyuan, and whether Ziyuan was arranged by your fourth uncle to enter the Shen family."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chuning immediately denied Zhou Lin's speculation without hesitation. She responded firmly, "Impossible! When Ziyuan entered the Shen family, I was only five or six years old, and my fourth uncle was only fourteen or fifteen, and he had never left the capital. How could he have arranged for Ziyuan to live in the Shen family?"

Then, she frowned slightly and continued to explain: "Besides, why would Fourth Uncle deliberately arrange for such a person to enter the Shen family? This doesn't make sense at all."

After listening to this, Zhou Lin nodded slightly in agreement, but the doubt on his face did not diminish in the slightest.

He reached out his hand and gently tapped the table in front of him, saying thoughtfully, "Yes, this is also what I have been unable to figure out, so I wanted to ask Uncle Shen Er to see if I can get in touch with Uncle Shen Si."

However, Shen Qinghe shook his head helplessly, saying that he was powerless. "The fourth brother has always told us that he is traveling around and his specific location is not fixed, so he always takes the initiative to write letters home. Even if we want to write back to him, we don't know where to send it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chuning had a flash of inspiration and immediately offered a suggestion: "Since we already know that Lingshan is located in Shandong, and Fourth Uncle holds a high position in Lingshan, then as long as we find Lingshan, wouldn't we be able to find Fourth Uncle as well? Once we find Fourth Uncle, won't all our problems be solved?"

However, at this moment, Zhou Lin's expression became somewhat embarrassed. He slowly said: "According to the people in Lingshan that I have come into contact with, Lingshan is surrounded by water on all sides."

Shen Chuning's eyes were fixed on the Shandong map that Shen Qinghe had hung on the wall. She pointed to the scattered islands on the right side of the map and said firmly, "Surrounded by water, aren't those the islands?"

Zhou Lin nodded slightly in agreement, and continued, "I've also thought about renting a fisherman's boat and going to those islands to check them out, but the fishermen are unwilling to go. They say there are man-eating monsters in these waters. No one is willing to go, no matter how much money they're offered."

"Besides, we don't know what kind of situation Fourth Uncle Shen is in now. What if he is just an undercover agent who has infiltrated there? If I go there rashly, will it bring him unnecessary danger? What if that person is not Fourth Uncle Shen, then he may never come back," Zhou Lin said carefully.

Shen Chuning stared at the map silently, lost in thought. After a long while, she suddenly said, "Although you can't get close to these islands, some people must have a way to get close to them."

Shen Qinghe also suddenly realized, "You mean the navy?"

Shen Chuning nodded.

Shen Qinghe frowned. "I just arrived in Shandong. It's not time for me to go out on patrol yet. And even if I go to the Shandong Navy, they won't let me go out to sea with them."

Shen Chuning smiled and said, "How can I ask Dad for help with such a small matter?"

"Do you have a solution?" Shen Qinghe asked in surprise.

Shen Chuning nodded. "The daughter of the Fuping prefect is getting married. She's marrying the son of the Shandong Navy's general. My daughter helped arrange a dowry for Miss Wang, and Miss Wang and I got along well, so she sent me an invitation to attend the ceremony in Fuping. I'm wondering if I can find an opportunity..."

"No, I don't agree."