My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Dongmei thought for a moment and then asked tentatively, "Isn't it that Miss wants to seize the leadership of the Guo family so that she can secretly collect evidence?"

Lin Qiniang couldn't deny it, "This is just one of the reasons."

"Only if I perform well enough, will I still be useful to the Guo family? Not only can I expand the Guo family, but I can also manage the land and shops and take charge of the business. Only then will Liu use me."

"But what does this have to do with Guo Yian getting married?"

The young lady's current status is just a concubine. No matter what, the Guo family will not refuse to marry Guo Yian because of her.

"My silly Dongmei, if you were Liu, and you already had a powerful concubine, would you still let your son marry a noble and powerful wife?

The Guo family is already extremely powerful, so we should avoid their edge. If we marry a noble lady at this time, it will only arouse the emperor's fear."

Dongmei understood immediately after hearing this. "Miss, I understand. So, under these circumstances, if Liu wants to maintain harmony among the wives and concubines in the mansion without causing the emperor's suspicion, she will definitely choose a low-class woman. And the future general's wife must also be gentle and easy to control, right?"

Lin Qinniang nodded in satisfaction and said, "You are right, so whether Guo Yian gets married or not will not have much impact on me, your daughter."

Even if a new lady were to enter the mansion and dare to wrest the reins of the household from her, she would naturally have a way to make sure that all those shops and farms would be wiped out by the new lady.

Don’t blame Lin Qinniang for being cruel. She had no choice but to do this in order to avenge her brother and save the Ge family.

……

At the same time, somewhere in the Xuanwu Mountains.

Led by A Kuan, Qiu Ning, Wan Zilang and his group quickly found the path leading to the quarry, and also discovered traces of gravel iron ore nearby.

In order to avoid arousing the enemy's suspicion, Qiu Ning disguised himself as a medicine boy going up the mountain to collect herbs, while Wan Zilang and A Kuan both disguised themselves as hunters from a nearby village.

Just as they were about to move closer to the cave, they suddenly heard footsteps behind them. Qiu Ning made a quick decision and told Wan Zilang and A Kuan to find places to hide respectively. He then found a thicker branch and climbed up using his hands and feet.

With the help of the dense leaves to hide, I thought I could temporarily escape the pursuit of the enemies below.

However, just when Qiu Ning had just hidden himself, a dangerous intuition suddenly rose from his back and gradually spread throughout his body.

This feeling is like being a prey caught by a hunter, making one feel uneasy.

Qiu Ning's body stiffened instinctively, not daring to move.

At this time, within sight, several enemies armed with weapons had arrived under the tree and patrolled the surrounding area.

One of the men with a mustache asked in confusion, "Strange! I just saw someone coming this way, how come they're gone?"

The other man in gray also circled the spot several times, but found nothing. He then responded to the man with the mustache's suggestion:

"Maybe we were mistaken. Why don't we split up and look in different directions?"

There were five people in this group. All of them had strong lower bodies and prominent temples on their foreheads. They were obviously martial artists with great skills.

Qiu Ning was so nervous that he didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that the slightest sound would disturb the people under the tree.

After a while, seeing that everyone had dispersed in different directions, Qiu Ning's heart finally relaxed a little.

Just as he was about to turn around to look, a warning suddenly sounded behind him:

"do not move!"

Qiu Ning stopped twisting her head halfway.

The voice was unfamiliar. She was sure she didn't know this person. Moreover, the sense of danger she had felt like a thorn in her back had eased a lot since the people under the tree had dispersed.

That's why she decided to look back to see who was behind her, and she found that the person had chosen the same place to hide as her.

There was a pair of eyes behind him that were glued to him. This feeling was really uncomfortable. Qiu Ning decided not to listen to the other person and immediately turned around to look.

Just as she was about to turn around, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind her and covered the lower half of Qiu Ning's face.

Then, a strange and dangerous masculine aura arrived from behind, and Qiu Ning was so frightened that the hairs on his body stood up.

She instinctively tried to struggle, but the person behind her warned again:

"If you want to be discovered, just try moving."

When Qiu Ning heard this, he immediately stopped moving and kept turning his eyes around.

However, at this moment, under the tree, the people who had left earlier turned back and gathered at their previous location.

"Damn it, he actually got away. What shall we do if Lord Lin finds out?" The man in gray first let out a breath, then spoke.

The mustachioed man in the lead looked down the mountain with a glare, and ordered, "They shouldn't be able to get far in this little time. Let's keep chasing them."

"Yes!"

The rest of the people received the order and dispersed again.

At this point, Qiu Ning finally realized that if the person behind her had not covered her mouth in time, she would have been discovered by the enemy.

A sense of fear welled up from the bottom of my heart.

It seems I was careless after all. First I failed to notice the person in the tree, and now I was almost caught by the enemy.

At this time, the danger was over and the big hand covering her mouth had been released. Before Qiu Ning had time to look back, she saw a black shadow suddenly flash past her eyes.

The next second, the owner of the big hand flew down like a roc spreading its wings, and stood steadily under the tree.

Qiu Ning couldn't help but be stunned.

After living for two lifetimes, this is the first time I have seen someone perform Qinggong in front of me. It turns out that there are really people in this world who can fly over flowers and pick leaves, and walk on water without leaving any trace.

From Qiu Ning's perspective, she could just see the man's perfect profile, a profile that eclipsed everything else in the world, and his tall, upright figure. Just standing there, he was like a pine tree, exuding a sense of detachment from the world.

Who is this person?

Why does it appear in this mountain with such a unique temperament?

Could it be that the other party, like himself, came here to investigate the Guo family's iron mine?

For a moment, many thoughts and speculations flashed through Qiu Ning's mind.

At this time, the other party suddenly looked towards Qiu Ning, and their eyes met in the air.

For a moment, time seemed to freeze and the whole world became quiet.

The man in front of her pierced his gaze like a sharp sword, piercing straight into Qiu Ning's heart, leaving her nowhere to hide. She felt like a prey being watched, and her heartbeat began to accelerate wildly at this moment.

"I'll count to three. If you don't come down, don't blame me for taking action myself."

The man spoke, and the first thing he said was a threat to Qiu Ning.