Ge Long'an, who was deep in thought, was suddenly interrupted by Ge Zian's voice and even startled. "Zian, can't you knock on the door before coming in?"
".... It's just that Father was so engrossed in thought that you didn't even hear my footsteps as I walked in."
Ge Zian rubbed his nose, feeling extremely wronged. He walked up to Ge Long'an and saw that Ge Long'an was holding the dart they had found at the scene where General Weitu's family was killed. "Father, are you still thinking about how to catch the murderer?"
"If I can't find the real murderer who killed Brother Wei and his family, I won't be able to rest in peace even when I die. Moreover, I can't be sure that Brother Wei is dead. If he's alive, I'll find him. If he's dead, I'll spend the rest of my life looking for Brother Wei's body!"
"Although it's true, since we came to the border, we've sent our people to look for anything related to the pattern on the dart, but we still haven't got a single clue."
Ge Zian really wanted to persuade Ge Long'an to give up, but seeing Ge Long'an's determination, he knew that there was no way he could convince him. So he decided to help him instead.
"Father, wouldn't it be better for you to go to Qiangfeng Country to ask about the origin of this pattern?"
"I don't want to go to that barbarian place!" Ge Long'an really disliked the people of Qiangfeng Country.
"Father, you don't have to go there in person...." Sometimes, Ge Zian couldn't quite understand Ge Long'an's way of thinking.
"Anyway, I just hate it. However," Ge Long'an paused, "if we can't find any useful clues in Baolan Town, then we'll go directly to Qiangfeng Country to investigate."
Unexpectedly, Ge Long'an finally relented. Ge Zian thought his father would be stubborn forever, and they would never be able to find out the truth.
At the same time, Sima Yongheng was carefully examining the jade pendant in his room. He couldn't understand the pattern on the jade pendant at all. It looked a bit like a flower, but on closer inspection, it seemed more like a tail.
Wei Wei walked in and saw Sima Yongheng in a daze with the jade pendant in his hand. "What are you thinking about, Yongheng?"
".... Brother Wei," Sima Yongheng came to his senses and turned to look at Wei Wei. "It's nothing. I'm just thinking about some things."
"Have you told the young lady?"
"I've told her. I didn't expect you guys would also go to Baolan Town at that time."
Wei Wei put down his sword and sat down on one side. "Since the case here hasn't been solved yet, the young lady naturally won't return to the palace so soon."
"Yeah. I hope I can find my family this time when I go to Baolan Town!"
"Let's hope so."
Because Wei Shuxuan wanted to watch the performances in Lepu Town, they stayed there for another two days.
"Wow, this is quite good!" Wei Shuxuan was like this when there was no case to solve. "Xin Zizhao, look! This juggling is so amazing! He can even breathe fire!"
Xin Zizhao accompanied Wei Shuxuan to watch the performances. In fact, he wasn't interested in these shows at all. He had just received a letter from Dan Linghai, saying that his father, the emperor, had returned from his travels and was now recuperating in the palace. He probably wouldn't go traveling again.
He didn't expect his father to return so soon. But it was good that his father was back. He could help him take care of the important state affairs. Anyway, as long as he left it to Prime Minister Dan to handle, that would be fine. This was what Xin Zizhao thought.
"Xuan'er, Father has returned from his travels."
"Eh? So soon?" Wei Shuxuan replied absent - mindedly. Her eyes were fixed on the performance and didn't move away at all.
"We can go back later. With Father here, those restless ministers won't dare to do anything major."
"Yeah, okay."
Hearing Wei Shuxuan's perfunctory reply, Xin Zizhao knew that she probably didn't listen to much of what he said. Well, forget it. Let her relax for now.
After staying in Lepu Town for two days, they packed their things and were about to set off for Baolan Town. In Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao's room, Wei Shuxuan was packing her things. She gave Xin Zizhao a resentful look. "Xin Zizhao, why don't you help me pack?"
"Last time you said you could pack by yourself, so I didn't help," Xin Zizhao had a mischievous smile on his lips. He thought Wei Shuxuan looked a bit cute as she scurried around the room. But after receiving another roll of the eyes from Wei Shuxuan, Xin Zizhao put away his smile. "Okay, okay. I'll help you pack."
With Xin Zizhao's help, Wei Shuxuan quickly packed her things and got on the carriage smoothly. But before they set off, Ge Zian complained. "Xuan'er, I told you not to buy so many things. It's so troublesome to pack. You're always the slowest one to pack."
However, Wei Shuxuan wasn't angry at Ge Zian's complaint. She smiled. "Anyway, there's someone to help me pack. Right, Xin Zizhao?"
"Yeah."
Xin Zizhao was still holding a medical book in his hand. Hearing Wei Shuxuan's question, he replied casually. Ge Zian didn't dare to talk to Xin Zizhao like that. He could only tease his adopted younger sister.
"Okay, let's set off!"
The journey from Lepu Town to Baolan Town wasn't far. It would only take about half a day by carriage to reach Baolan Town. As the central town, Baolan Town was different from Lepu Town and Kele Town. Besides being the central town on the border, it was also the largest jade - producing town in Yulong Country.
Almost every day, people from Yulong Country or Qiangfeng Country came to Baolan Town to buy a rough jade stone. Some people also liked to gamble on stones here, but lucky people were usually rare.
Sitting in the carriage, Wei Shuxuan could see through the window that the whole street was filled with jade products for sale. Besides the regular jade bracelets and pendants, there were also all kinds of special small ornaments. She was dazzled all the way and just thought about buying some small ornaments later.
"Master, shall we still stay at Sanmei Inn?"
"Sanmei Inn?" Wei Shuxuan knew that they had also stayed at Sanmei Inn in the previous two towns. This inn was really everywhere!
"Okay, let's stay here."
Xin Zizhao didn't have any opinion on which inn to stay at. Moreover, they had stayed at Sanmei Inn before, and the environment seemed quite good. So it was okay to stay there again.
"The owner of this inn is really amazing!" Wei Shuxuan couldn't help but sigh.