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Xie Laoshi handed over water. "Young master, we found no trace of the empty corpse, and we couldn't find anything he had. Although Helian Xiaoxuan is dead, we don't know how many accomplices she has. I will go and investigate again."

“The Pingjing royal family has never given up its evil intentions over the years, and has been sending people to Daliang one after another. Now they have become so arrogant that even the Helian clan has personally taken action,” Chen Jiu clenched his fist. “Back then, in the Battle of Donghai, the Pingjing royal family and Daliang were sworn enemies. Even now, after recuperating, they are still ambitious.”

“Yes,” Xie Laoshi said, “If it weren’t for the young master and master’s keen insight and their secret efforts to purge the court of corrupt officials over the years, the Great Liang would have been corrupted long ago.”

Chen felt guilty and resentful for his own incompetence, unable to return to the capital immediately to strategize and plan. For many years, he could only hide in the shadows and do things that could not be seen in the light.

He was panting, and cleared his throat. "It's too late. If we had discovered it earlier, there wouldn't have been so many spies sneaking into Daliang and hiding in the vast sea of ​​people."

After Pingjing suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Donghai, Jin and Chu withdrew their troops and gained an advantage from both sides. Daliang became the final victor. Hearing that Pingjing had suffered heavy losses, its people were displaced, and families were torn apart, the people of Pingjing spontaneously united and vowed to attack Daliang. The two sides became sworn enemies.

After the internal strife in the Later Liang Dynasty, the late Emperor Li Cheng ascended the throne. Li Cheng was incompetent and extravagant, indulging in pleasure and debauchery. As a result, the already victorious Liang Dynasty also became arrogant and extravagant. From top to bottom, they lived a life of debauchery, arrogant and conceited, without any sense of vigilance. This led to a mountain of problems in the court and grain rotting in the fields.

What should have been a period of rebuilding and flourishing development was instead completely wasted due to the emperor's incompetent rule. During these three years, when everyone thought that the foreign enemies were weak and dared not invade, Pingjing and Jinchu secretly amassed their strength and sent countless people into the territory of Daliang.

Whether through bribery, smuggling, or collusion, these foreigners who were brought in from within have taken root in Daliang since then, and it has been more than thirty years since then!

The young emperor killed Li Cheng and ascended the throne. After years of painstaking efforts, he discovered that spies had taken root throughout the country, spreading their intricate network like weeds that could not be burned out and would grow back after being blown away.

No one knows exactly how much the Great Liang has been eroded. Beneath its gleaming exterior, how much rottenness lies within? Only a few people can dig it out bit by bit.

Chen Jiu gave a bitter smile, clinging to a sliver of hope that there was still a chance, that it wasn't too late.

"Let Tian Shu continue the investigation. Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!" Chen Jiu's voice was like a deep spring striking a stone, low and magnetic, completely unlike his usual self.

Xie Laoshi accepted the order and went out.

The next morning, Qiao Ran ate breakfast in the house and did not disturb Chen Jiu. She went to the underground black market alone. When she arrived at the entrance of Tuoyue Pavilion, she found that the door was closed and no one answered after knocking for a long time.

"Strange, where have everyone gone?"

Qiao Ran peeked through the crack in the door, going in and out several times to make sure she hadn't gone to the wrong place. Just as she was muttering to herself while peeking through the crack, she was gently patted by a pair of hands.

"What is my sister doing?"

A clear, childlike voice came from behind. Qiao Ran recognized him and turned around. Sure enough, it was the same child who had led the way last time, standing on tiptoe and peeking through the crack in the door, just like her.

Qiao Ran bent down and teased him, "You weren't docked pay or kicked out, were you? Why are you still wandering the streets?"

The little boy pouted, annoyed. "Sister is so mean! I won't be kicked out. I even got extra pay yesterday!"

"You're really something," Qiao Ran rolled her eyes mischievously. "How come I remember someone following me around pitifully calling me 'good sister' last time, and now they're turning their back on me?"

Xiao Tong blushed deeply at her words, but unable to argue back, he simply pretended not to hear. After all, he couldn't afford to offend her, and he glared angrily at Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran pointed to Tuoyue Pavilion and asked him, "Why is no one answering my knocks for so long? Do you know where Commander Wu and the others are?"

The child looked puzzled and jumped up the steps, saying, "Is no one here? I saw him yesterday afternoon. They should be recuperating inside. They must be asleep and didn't hear the knocking."

Qiao Ran: "Recover from your injuries! What happened to them?"

"You don't know?" Xiao Tong looked around and, seeing no one, pulled Qiao Ran aside and said in a dramatic tone, "It was only four or five days ago, Tuoyue Pavilion must have offended someone. A large group of people came and entered the pavilion. Then everyone heard the sound of boards being pounded inside. The sound was so loud that it made people outside goosebumps. The people inside were probably beaten black and blue."

"What!" Qiao Ran couldn't believe it. Wu Yang and the others were so skilled, how could they all get beaten up together...

Could it be Chen Jiu?

Did Chen punish them?

Xiao Tong thought Qiao Ran didn't believe him, so he continued, "Everyone is saying behind my back that the person Tuoyue Pavilion offended this time must be someone with a big background. After all, they are so powerful, yet they were allowed to be slaughtered. The mercenary groups in the black market are all laughing at them. Commander Wu has really lost face this time."

Qiao Ran turned pale upon hearing this. She turned back and knocked on the door. Xiao Tong had other business to attend to and left. The black market in the afternoon was still bustling with activity. The identities and destinations of the people who came here were all a mystery.

Tired from knocking, she sat down on the steps alone, feeling utterly alone. The fluorite above her head emitted twinkling starlight, its light reflecting off the steps before her. Gradually, she began to feel guilty again.

It seems that wherever she goes, and whoever she meets, she brings trouble.

When she opened her eyes, the entire Qiao family had been slaughtered, but she had come back to life in the body of someone else's daughter. Now that the Qiao family's great hatred had not been avenged, Qiao Ran began to reflect on herself. She had used someone else's daughter's body but had forgotten about their blood feud. She was cowardly and deliberately stayed away from the capital, a place of trouble, just to protect herself.

Later, she encountered Chen Jiu and harbored malicious intentions, which worsened Chen Jiu's condition, putting him on the verge of death. Now, having just begun to befriend everyone at the Tuoyue Pavilion, they have been implicated by her, punished, and ridiculed by others.

Thinking back to the internal energy within his own body, he realized it was probably passed down by Wu Yang to save him.

Qiao Ran lowered her eyes, silently shedding a tear. She laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm such a jinx."

The jinx has already caused harm to others, so why bother him further? Just as Qiao Ran got up to leave, the door behind her creaked open, and she was stopped as soon as she stepped down the stairs.

"Jojo?"

Qiao Ran turned around, her eyes still red. Cheng Kaiji saw her like this, shook his head, and came down to ask her, "Why are you still crying? Why didn't you come in? What are you doing sitting at the door?"

Cheng Kaiji's lips were slightly pale, and Qiao Ran felt distressed looking at him. She couldn't help but want to cry as soon as she opened her mouth, not knowing whether she felt wronged for them or for her own bad luck.

He asked timidly, "Brother Cheng, how is everyone?"

Cheng Kaiji patted her head and forced a smile, "Everyone's fine, look how worried our Qiaoqiao was."

Qiao Ran lowered her head, feeling increasingly uncomfortable. "I'm sorry."

"Silly girl, what are you apologizing for?" Cheng Kaiji pulled her inside, nagging as they walked, "You came back but didn't come in, and you even secretly wiped away tears at the door. Anyone who didn't know better would think we bullied you."

Qiao Ran didn't know how to face everyone for a moment.

But Cheng Kaiji didn't give her a chance to process it. He led her directly into the backyard and called out, "Qiao Qiao is back."