The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1544

Chapter 1544: 750 Next Appearance (Part 3)

Gu Jiao’s question was not without basis; rather, she had deliberated on it thoroughly on the way there.

Before Gu Yan was injured by Nangong Li, the admission documents for Yan Country’s Academy had already been delivered into Monk Liao Chen’s hands.

In other words, he didn’t know that Gu Yan would be harmed, let alone that they would come to Yan Country to perform surgery on Gu Yan. From the beginning, he had hoped that they would come to Yan Country to study.

Or to be precise, it was for them to accompany Monk Liao Chen to Shengdu for their studies.

He even selected the Academy with great care.

Since Monk Liao Chen was especially attached to Gu Jiao, she was arranged to be at the Canglan Women’s Academy so that the two would not have to be separated.

And although Tianqiong Academy was affiliated with the outer city, it had the simplest student backgrounds, with no children from the eleven great families coming to study, with the exceptions of Mu Qingchen and Mu Chuan.

Moreover, Mu Qingchen seldom attended.

Their classes were also deliberately scheduled differently from Mu Chuan’s.

This greatly reduced their chances of encountering and clashing with noble families.

One could say that every arrangement was meticulously perfect.

Was he really sending Monk Liao Chen to study, or was he bringing him home?

Monk Liao Chen withdrew his gaze from the moon and turned around, his eyes landing on Gu Jiao’s youthful yet valiant face, "Before I answer your question, I have one of my own to ask."

Gu Jiao said, "I asked first."

Monk Liao Chen replied, "I know, so you can choose not to answer me."

Gu Jiao looked at him.

He said seriously, "Can you really bear the whole truth right now? If you can’t, then it’s better for you not to know."

...

Late in the night, a light drizzle fell over Shengdu.

When Gu Jiao returned to the National Master Hall, her clothes were faintly damp with raindrops.

Xiao Hen was waiting for her in the room.

Seeing her enter chilled to the bone, he quickly got a towel to wipe the moisture from her face and hair.

Gu Jiao said, "It’s nothing, just a little drizzle, and it stopped before it really started. Has Qingchen gone to sleep?"

Xiao Hen glanced towards the small figure behind the bed curtain, "He fell asleep before we reached the National Master Hall. How did things go on your end?"

Approaching the bedside, Gu Jiao looked at the little guy and said, "He went to the Xuanyuan Family’s place and is very familiar with it."

Xiao Hen thoughtfully asked, "Does he have a connection to the Xuanyuan Family?"

"I suspect very much so," Gu Jiao recounted her encounters with Monk Liao Chen to Xiao Hen.

Xiao Hen was silent.

He had already found Monk Liao Chen strange when he was eating dumplings, but he hadn’t expected Liao Chen to be such a skilled fighter, killing without a hint of mercy—a far cry from what one would expect of a compassionate monk.

Especially since he also knew the Xuanyuan Family’s spear technique—

"What about Qingchen?" Xiao Hen asked.

Gu Jiao replied, "I asked Qingchen too. He said if I can’t handle the actual truth, then it’s better not to know."

This endurance naturally didn’t refer to how much psychological impact one could withstand.

If Monk Qingchen really had ties to the Xuanyuan Family, given their current power, they might be unable to protect him.

So it was better not to know, to avoid unnecessary troubles.

...

On the long street, two figures sped along swiftly.

"Young Master! Young Master, slow down a bit!"

"Where’s that damn Monk? How did we lose sight of him in the blink of an eye!"

Mingyue Young Master stopped, gazing at the empty street ahead with displeasure, "Did you see where he went just now?"

The grey-cloaked Guard scratched his head, "It seems... this direction, right? We can’t have followed wrong!"

Mingyue Young Master said irritably, "How could he disappear if we didn’t follow the wrong person? Did he vanish into thin air? Is he a ghost?"

The Guard shrank his neck and said quietly, "Young Master, don’t speak about people in the daytime or ghosts at night; one might run into ghosts..."

Mingyue Young Master said coldly, "Children should not speak about ghosts and supernatural powers!"

"Meow—"

A stray cat’s cry came from the roof nearby, making both of them shudder!

The Guard, frightened, clutched Mingyue Young Master’s arm and whispered tremulously, "Young Master, this place is too eerie... It looks deserted and has been for many years... All haunted houses... and the kind where the spirits restlessly roam... Let’s go..."

Mingyue Young Master, trying to sound brave, said, "What, what restless spirits? Am I the kind of person to be scared of that?"

The Guard whispered more quietly still, as if fearing being heard by ghosts, "This is the old site of the Xuanyuan Family; this entire street was once theirs. They say on the day of their family’s execution, blood flowed like a river down this street, the resentment was too deep, even crows dare not come close. And I’ve heard... over the years, anyone who comes here ends up cursed... Even the night watchmen give it a wide berth!"

Mingyue Young Master felt a chill down his back, "You, you, you... stop with the hearsay!"

His feet involuntarily moved a step backward.

The Guard pursed his lips, "If Young Master insists on searching, then I will just have to risk my life and accompany you. You tell me, where should we start? Xuanyuan Family’s Residence is just ahead. Shall we climb the wall or break in?"

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