Feeling the familiar tug from Su Yuanyuan, Shu Moyun immediately detected that the system was on her.
But Shu Moyun clearly remembered that the jade pendant containing the system was snatched away by her ungrateful disciple when she fell off the cliff. How did it end up in this girl's hands now?
What was the connection between this girl and her ungrateful disciple?
With too many questions in her heart, Shu Moyun temporarily shifted her attention from Su Yuanyuan and looked at Wang Yue on the other side. Looking at this disciple she hadn't seen for a long time, a look of relief appeared on her face. She softly called out, "Wang Yue."
Wang Yue suddenly opened her eyes wide and murmured, "How do you know my name?"
Shu Moyun had disguised herself when she traveled among the people under the name of "Divine Doctor of the Apricot Grove", so Wang Yue had never seen her true face.
The smile on Shu Moyun's face deepened. She changed her voice and said, "After all these years, how come you don't even recognize your master?"
Wang Yue was shocked. This voice... This was exactly the voice of her master, the "Divine Doctor of the Apricot Grove", who had fallen off the cliff!
Su Yuanyuan was also extremely shocked. She couldn't help saying to Xiao Ba, [Your master doesn't seem to have lost her mind.]
Xiao Ba said excitedly, [I knew it! My master is so smart. She wouldn't go crazy so easily. This must be her plan!]
Recognizing her long - lost benefactor and master, Wang Yue immediately knelt on the ground, hugged Shu Moyun's leg and cried, "Master! You're still alive. I'm so glad!"
Seeing her former disciple appear safely beside her, Shu Moyun couldn't help raising her hand and gently stroking Wang Yue's head.
This action of hers made Wang Yue completely break down.
Wang Yue lay crying beside Shu Moyun's leg for a long time, venting all the grievances and uncertainties she had felt over the past five years. She had witnessed her master being pushed off the cliff and brutally killed with her own eyes five years ago, and had been desperately searching for the killer to avenge her master all these years.
Cang Xuan had already let go of Shu Moyun and stepped back to Su Yuanyuan's side. He held her hand tightly.
Su Yuanyuan could feel that his fingertips were a bit cold. Thinking that it had been so long since they had reunited, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She leaned towards him.
"Good child, I know you've suffered a lot these years. Fortunately, God has blessed us. We're all alive and have been able to reunite. From now on, if you're willing, you can still follow me," Shu Moyun said softly.
Wang Yue wiped away her tears and nodded vigorously. "Master, Miss Yuanbao told me that Li Cuihua is now in Shengjing City. Let's go to Shengjing together and drag this ungrateful slut out and kill her!"
"Oh? In Shengjing?" Shu Moyun looked at Su Yuanyuan again.
Seeing this, Su Yuanyuan stepped forward and supported Shu Moyun's other arm. She said softly, "Auntie, I heard that you've been injured and the wound hasn't healed. I know some medical skills. Why don't we sit down first and let me treat your wound?"
Cang Xuan also cast a concerned look at Shu Moyun. "Mother, Yuanbao is very good at medicine. Let her treat your wound."
But Shu Moyun said, "There's no need to be in a hurry. My wound hasn't healed for so long. It won't matter if we delay a bit longer. There's something more important for us to do now."
Her gaze swept over the two guards standing motionlessly at the dungeon door. She said, "I've been imprisoned here for these years. To save my life, I made many mechanisms and hidden weapons for them. These things have been used by them to trade with the northern barbarians, the Qiangyou tribe, and the southern countries for profit. The account books and letters related to their trade with these countries are hidden in this manor."
"The puppet silk can only last for twelve hours. Before they wake up, we have two things to do. First, find the account books and letters in the manor and take them away. Second, destroy all the mechanisms and hidden weapons in the dungeon. After we've done all this, we must leave as soon as possible and go as far as we can."
Time was of the essence. Everyone immediately planned to take action.
Su Yuanyuan volunteered to find the account books. Wang Yue said she wanted to help and followed her. Cang Xuan, on the other hand, drove the guards in the manor who had been affected by the puppet silk into the dungeon to destroy all those things.
Su Yuanyuan had drawn a map of the manor before. She knew that besides the dungeon, there was another place in the manor that was very heavily guarded.
Following the location on the map, Su Yuanyuan quickly found that place - a locked room deep in the manor.
The guards outside the door had also been affected by the puppet silk. They remained motionless even when Su Yuanyuan and Wang Yue walked up to them.
However, after looking around, Su Yuanyuan didn't see the key on the two guards. Just as she was worried about how to break into the room, Wang Yue said, "Maybe I can give it a try."
Su Yuanyuan was a bit surprised. "Sister Wang Yue, you can pick locks?"
Wang Yue looked a bit embarrassed. "In the past few years, in order to find Li Cuihua, I traveled all over the place and learned many skills, including lock - picking."
Saying that, she asked Su Yuanyuan for the hairpin in her hair. Then she fiddled with the big lock with the hairpin for a while.
With a "click", the lock was opened.
Su Yuanyuan was overjoyed. She immediately pushed open the door and walked in. Lighting an oil lamp, she and Wang Yue began to rummage through the room by the light, but they couldn't find the account books and letters that Shu Moyun had mentioned.
"Could they not be in this room?" Wang Yue frowned.
Su Yuanyuan was also a bit anxious. They didn't have much time to waste. Suddenly, she had an idea.
She whistled softly a few times. After a while, a little mouse crawled out from under the cabinet.
When Wang Yue saw the mouse suddenly appear in the room, she was so scared that she took two steps back. But Su Yuanyuan wasn't afraid. She even squatted in front of the mouse and murmured to it.
"Miss Yuanbao, what are you doing?" Wang Yue swallowed and asked.
Su Yuanyuan blinked. "Sister, just wait and see."
The little mouse squeaked twice, then started running around the room. After running two circles, it stopped in front of a cabinet and squeaked twice at them again.
Su Yuanyuan's eyes lit up. She quickly walked towards the cabinet and turned the jade disc on it.
With a "rumbling" sound, the cabinet moved aside, revealing a secret room.
Su Yuanyuan and Wang Yue looked at each other. They picked up the oil lamp, took a deep breath and crawled into the secret room.
The secret room wasn't big. The furnishings inside were no different from an ordinary study. Su Yuanyuan and Wang Yue rummaged around inside and soon made a discovery.
"Found it! Miss Yuanbao, I've found the account books that master mentioned!"
"I've also found their correspondence here."
They looked at each other. The two of them packed the things into a bag and then left the secret room in a hurry.
They restored the mechanism to its original state and locked the big lock again. They felt cold sweat breaking out on their backs, and their hearts were pounding so fast that it felt like they were about to jump out of their throats.