Here, the Prime Minister's Estate.
After Ming Li continued to laze around in the Prime Minister's Estate for more than two months.
This day, Ming Li suddenly opened her eyes, which had been in a state of semi-sleep, got up, and leaped over the wall from the courtyard to leave.
System: ...?! Confused, there was clearly a main gate, why did its host have to flip over the wall instead of using the door?
After leaving the Prime Minister's Estate, Ming Li headed towards the Dark Fiend Pavilion, wanting to see if those assassins had properly completed their missions.
Ming Li arrived at the familiar forest again, still the familiar poisonous fog, the familiar poisonous fog, and the familiar hidden mechanisms and projectiles.
When Ming Li appeared inside the Dark Fiend Pavilion, the leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion had a premonition. He quickly dispatched a subordinate to check the things in the forest.
Ming Li sat in the head seat, holding the tea that someone had just served her. Ming Li took a sip of the tea in her hand and looked at the leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion opposite her, whose face was so bitter it looked like it could squeeze out water. She spoke indifferently, "It's been several months now, how many people are left on that list?"
The leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion, with a mournful face, placed his hands in front of him and replied to Ming Li, "There are nine people left on the list you gave us, and three of them are from the imperial court."
Ming Li nodded with satisfaction. Not bad. Among the remaining people on that list, is there someone named Zhang Chunian? Ming Li remembered that in the original plot, this Zhang Chunian would become the protagonist's right-hand man and had done many things for Nangong Jin. She wanted to nip this possibility in the bud.
The leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion was stunned for a moment before replying, "Yes, there is a name called Zhang Chunian. However, we haven't found any news of this person yet."
Ming Li said with a calm expression, "I'll handle this person myself. You won't find him. In the original plot, at this time, Zhang Chunian had not yet appeared in the capital, nor had he met Nangong Jin." A thought suddenly popped into Ming Li's mind. She wanted to get Zhang Chunian on her side before Nangong Jin did. It happened that the minor cannon fodder Nangong Yi seemed to be in need of people.
At this moment, a man in black walked up to the leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion and whispered a few words in his ear. "Boss, those poisonous creatures and hidden mechanisms are still intact."
The leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion was relieved to hear this, and said, "Good, you may go down now."
After the subordinate left, the leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion looked up again towards where Ming Li was sitting, only to find that Ming Li's shadow was nowhere to be seen in that spot.
Leader of the Dark Fiend Pavilion: ...?! When did she leave? Is it really okay to be so elusive in his territory?!
Ming Li's figure now appeared at the entrance of a dilapidated small temple. Standing at the entrance of the ruined temple, Ming Li heard intermittent coughing sounds coming from within. Ming Li recognized the voice as an old woman's. This should be Zhang Chunian's seriously ill mother.
Ming Li strode into the ruined temple and saw a mother and son in tattered clothes. When Ming Li's gaze fell upon the seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth who was feeding medicine to the old woman, she was slightly taken aback.
Although the youth was dressed in coarse linen and was somewhat dirty, it could not conceal the faint scholarly aura he possessed. Zhang Chunian was also very good-looking, with a slender build. If he were cleaned up and changed into different clothes, he would surely be the dream lover of many girls.
The youth, who was feeding medicine to the old woman, seemed to sense something, looked up towards the door, and then froze.