I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 123 Join Hands
Xie Yuan had never expected that Situ Qin was waiting for him at the door. He sighed and said subconsciously:

"It's okay. I'm just taking a stroll."

"So, are you planning to hang out at my house or at Peng Wei's?"

Situ Qin tilted her head, looking puzzled.

Hearing her say this, Xie Yuan's face instantly turned red.

How come she knew all this...

Commander Hu must have reported this to her, and he really covered every detail.

With Situ Qin's cleverness, and considering Xie Yuan's concern for Peng Wei during the day, she immediately guessed his plan.

Xie Yuan was silent for a moment, then said stubbornly:
"I saw the moonlight was intoxicating and the evening breeze was gentle, so I just came out for a walk."

"Okay, since Chief Xie is interested in appreciating the moon, I will go with you."

Situ Qin replied casually.

Her expression seemed to be saying, "Are you taking me for a fool?"
Xie Yuan could only sigh:

"Ms. Qin, I have reasons to do this, otherwise I wouldn't take the risk."

"I know that Xie Biaotou is a cautious person. There must be a reason for this. I didn't ask you this."

Situ Qin knew that it was probably related to his escort agency, and his eyes rolled around:
"It's just such a fun thing, you have to take me with you, you can't go alone."

Xie Yuan stared:

"Miss Qin, this is not playing house, this is not a game..."

"Stop talking about that. In terms of strength, you are far inferior to me. How dare you teach me a lesson when you go out on your own to take risks?"

Situ Qin was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this, and said with his arms folded and a stern face.

Xie Yuan sighed and said tactfully:
"I have a secret method, and I'm 70% sure."

"Oh? It seems you still have a secret."

Situ Qin immediately showed an interested look, clapped his hands, but did not ask any more questions, just said:
"Then it would be better to take me with you."

Xie Yuan sighed:

"Miss Qin, you are worth a lot of money. If something happens to you, I can't take responsibility."

Although she was in Yunzhou Prefecture, didn’t she encounter an assassination attempt on the official road some time ago?

"Alright, alright, I'm not afraid, so why are you afraid? Captain Xie is a decisive man, why are you so talkative? Let me ask you, without my guidance, do you know which way the door of the Censor's Mansion opens? Just go and climb over the wall of people."

"May I ask..."

"Who are you going to ask at night? The patrol officers? They know everything."

Situ Qin folded his arms and sneered:
"Even if you ask for directions, can you tell me the layout of the house? Where are the main house, study, wing rooms, and backyard?"

After she finished speaking, she said with some pride:
"But I'm just a visitor, and I know where it is. It will do you good to take me with you."

After hearing this, Xie Yuan felt a little hesitant. What she said did make sense.

However, taking a noble lady to climb over the wall of a high-ranking official is a matter of great importance or small importance.

Seeing his expression, Situ Qin snorted:
"Besides, if you go alone, what will you do if you encounter any problems? The Censor's Mansion is not a dangerous place, and it is not something that a small escort like you can handle. Don't hesitate. As long as you take me with you, I will forgive what happened during the day... during the day! Otherwise, I will be doubly displeased with you!"

When Xie Yuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

So she is still worried about me?

After hearing what she said next, he had no choice but to give in:
"Okay, but it's up to Miss Qin to tell you."

Situ Qin immediately smiled and clapped her hands:
"Okay, okay! Let's go now!"

She walked forward and pulled Xie Yuan, and Xie Yuan then noticed that she had changed into a black outfit, like a nightgown.

The sneaky nightgown looked very attractive on Situ Qin, but Xie Yuan was still confused:
"Ms. Qin, just now even I wasn't sure whether to go or not, you even changed your clothes?"

"You will definitely go."

Situ Qin said with certainty.

Xie Yuan didn't know where she got the confidence from, as if she knew him better than he knew himself.

The two walked all the way to the back door of the mansion, and Situ Qin said:

"Although Peng Wei's home is not in this alley, it is not far away. If we walk quickly, we can get there in a cup of tea at most."

Xie Yuan nodded, silently practicing the Tianyin Technique in his mind, and changes gradually took place.

Situ Qin suddenly let out a light exclamation, turned his head quickly, and looked surprised.

She stretched out her little hand, waved it in front of Xie Yuan's face, then tugged at his collar, and said in surprise:
"Is this your secret technique? I could hardly detect you! So amazing? Hmm, was this also taught to you by the master who taught you the inner skills?"

Xie Yuan nodded and whispered:

"I'll see if I can use it for you, too."

Xie Yuan stared at Situ Qin, silently practicing the Tianyin Technique in his mind, wanting to extend the effect of concealing her energy to her as well.

After a while, there was silence and nothing happened.

Situ Qin blinked and smiled:

"Thank you, Chief Escort. You can come and see me anytime you want. There's no need to make such excuses."

Xie Yuan suddenly felt embarrassed.

His proficiency in the Heaven Hidden Technique is still too low, so he should be able to use it on people around him...

The moonlight was silvery white, like grains of salt sprinkled on the earth.

Situ Qin's pretty face was bathed in the glow, as if she herself was glowing.

Xie Yuan was distracted for a moment, then suddenly reached out and held Situ Qin's small hand, which was as soft as jade.

Situ Qin was stunned for a moment. With her level of skill, she was unable to react at all, as if her brain had frozen.

Feeling the heat from her palm, she suddenly trembled all over and her pretty face flushed:

"You, you, you, what are you doing..."

Before she finished speaking, she felt a strange change in her body, as if she was isolated from the world.

Xie Yuan coughed lightly:
"That'll be fine."

Situ Qin was slightly surprised. She turned her little head left and right and looked at herself. It seemed that there was no difference.

But she was sure that she was just like Xie Yuan, extremely vague in the perception of others.

She stared at Xie Yuan, then looked away and lowered her head slightly.

It turned out to be a secret technique.

Realizing that Situ Qin was being well-behaved and had no intention of stopping, Xie Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the Heaven Hidden Technique is useful...

The two of them went out hand in hand, with Situ Qin leading the way, and they quickly sneaked towards the Censor's residence along the corner of the wall.

At that time, there were no street lights, and they relied entirely on the light of the stars and the moon, as well as the lanterns carried by the night watchmen and night patrolmen. However, both of them were in the late stage of external training, and they also practiced internal skills, so they had sharp ears and eyes, and could recognize the road without lanterns. They saw lanterns coming from afar twice on the way, so they turned a corner by the wall and stood there, relying on the Sky Hiding Technique, so that the night patrolmen could not see them anyway.

After turning two street corners, Xie Yuan and Situ Qin arrived outside a large mansion. On the plaque at the main entrance of the mansion, the words "Peng Mansion" were written in a flamboyant style. From a distance, they could see that the main entrance was lit with lanterns, and two servants stood on the left and right.

Situ Qin pulled Xie Yuan and quietly went around to the alley nearby, found the side door, looked at it, and gestured to go in from above using the eaves of the door.

Xie Yuan gestured to her, and after confirming with her, he temporarily let go of her little hand, leaped up, stepped on the high wall for leverage, and stretched out his hand again, finally reaching for the eaves of the high wall.

The wall was really high, and he didn't have the kung fu to move lightly...

He turned around and reached out his hand to Situ Qin, but she just smiled and didn't take it. She tapped the ground with her feet lightly, then turned around and climbed up the wall, then flipped over easily.

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he poked his head out from the eaves, only to see a garden below. Situ Qin was standing under the wall, waving at him.

This Qinggong is very cool. He turned over and landed lightly. Before he could say anything, a small hand took the initiative to get into his palm.

Xie Yuan's heart was slightly moved, and he heard Situ Qin's voice as soft as a mosquito's hum:
"Where do you want to go first?"

Xie Yuan hesitated for a moment and responded in a low voice:

"It's mainly a study, and also a pharmacy."

He had already prepared a plan and discussed it with Situ Qin on the way. It would be best to find evidence of Yu Chunsheng bribing Peng Yue and why he had to discuss it with the pharmacist that time.

Situ Qin nodded slightly, identified the direction, and said with uncertainty:

"His pharmacy seems to be in this direction, let's go there first."

Xie Yuan followed Situ Qin in stealth, listening to the sounds along the way to determine the location, sticking to the wall, and avoiding the servants and guards in advance, so he was safe and sound.

Not to mention that they have the ability to hide themselves, even if they don't, these guards won't be able to detect them.

Both of them felt somewhat relieved, as it seemed that the defense of the Censor's residence was not in good condition.

That's right, except for occasional frictions in a few important border towns, the Dali Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and even if there are some big thieves and petty thieves, few dare to sneak into such a mansion. The Six Gates are not vegetarians.

Xie Yuan and Situ Qin quickened their pace slightly. Just as they were about to pass through a moon hole in front of them, Situ Qin's face suddenly changed. He suddenly pulled Xie Yuan, pressed him to the ground, and fell directly into the flowers.

Before Xie Yuan could react, he suddenly heard a burst of light footsteps, as if appearing out of thin air!
His heart tightened. The footsteps were so far away that he could not hear them at all. It seemed that it was from a master.

As the moonlight dimmed, a middle-aged man with his hands behind his back emerged from the moon hole. He looked around with lightning eyes.

The energy and blood in his body were thriving, and Xie Yuan and Situ Qin, who were standing at a distance, could clearly feel that he was a master in the state of energy and blood transformation!

The two of them lay in the flowers, feeling that real gaze sweeping over their bodies. Their scalps went numb, and they suppressed their heartbeats and didn't make any noise.

Fortunately, the man didn't notice and walked away step by step.

Only after they were sure the man had left did the two of them quietly stand up and poke their heads out from among the flowers.

They looked at each other and both felt that the other's palms were slightly sweaty.

It was so dangerous just now, I almost got hit head-on.

Xie Yuan made up his mind and lowered his voice to the lowest level:
"They only have two people in the Qi and Blood Transformation Stage, one is on patrol and the other is resting. If this one leaves, we will be much safer."

Situ Qin nodded and lip-synced:

"It's better to be careful."

Xie Yuan nodded heavily, and the two continued walking, passing through the moon cave, turning another corner, and arriving outside the pharmacy.

The lights in the pharmacy were still on. The two men looked at each other, quietly walked to the side window, poked a small hole in the window paper, and observed secretly.

There was a medicine boy on duty inside, but he was already fast asleep at his desk and snoring.

Situ Qin volunteered, opened the side window, climbed in silently, slapped the medicine boy on the back of the neck, then walked around the pharmacy rooms like the wind, returned to the window and said with a smile:

"There's no one here. This will give the little medicine boy enough time to sleep until dawn."

Xie Yuan had already turned over and entered. He breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice:
"Search separately to see if you can find any prescription books or something like that that were published in recent days."

Situ Qin nodded, and the two of them acted quickly.

The pharmacy was for the provincial governor's own use and was not very big. Situ Qin quickly searched the desk next to the little pharmacist and took out a stack of straw paper:
"I haven't seen anything else, but there are a few drafts of prescriptions here, which may be a clue. If it is a commonly used medicine, the old pharmacist shouldn't draw it so many times."

Xie Yuan took it and looked at it. Sure enough, he saw that the prescriptions were similar, except for a few different medicines. It seemed that the master was thinking about it.

He nodded, put the draft away, and whispered:

"Go to the study."

"and many more."

Just as Xie Yuan was about to leave, Situ Qin pulled his hand and pointed at the medicine cabinets with a smile:
"Mr. Peng's collection of Tibetan medicine is quite complete."

When Xie Yuan heard this, he took a quick look and discovered that all the precious main ingredients on the nourishing recipe were here!
His eyes lit up and he whispered:
"Ms. Qin, you are putting me in an unfair position!"

Situ Qin rolled her eyes at him coquettishly:
"You've already come to someone's house, so why not take it? Anyway, you're bound to offend this Censor, it's only a matter of time."

Xie Yuan took a cloth bag to put the medicine in and looked at Situ Qin with a smile:
"But it seems that Miss Qin is not very satisfied with him?"

"Peng Wei is too annoying, and Peng Yue has been in control of Yunzhou Prison for many years. He appoints people based on personal connections and only cares about money when handling cases. There are too many false and wrongful convictions. He should have been in trouble long ago!"

Situ Qin stepped forward to help Xie Yuan pack the medicine.

The medicinal materials are not heavy and do not take up much space, so packing them does not affect movement.

This was an unexpected harvest, a whole cloth bag was filled with precious medicinal herbs!

Now I have found the medicine to help my internal strength.

Xie Yuan tied the cloth bag on his belt and said with a smile:

"Now we are accomplices in the crime."

"Pah, that's ugly."

The two of them quietly left the pharmacy again. Now Situ Qin had a reference point and knew the direction. She quickly arrived at the courtyard where the study was located and had a safe journey.

The study is much more important to guard than the pharmacy. In addition to the two servants standing at the gate of the courtyard, there are also two people on duty at the door of the study.

But as long as there is no master in the Qi and Blood Transformation Realm, relying on the miraculous skill of Tianyinshu, even if you pass by them, you may not be discovered.

The two men climbed over the wall into the yard, quietly walked to the back window of the study, used their internal energy to break the window lock, opened the window, and climbed in.

The Sky-Hidden Technique enveloped his surroundings, and the creaking sound of the window did not attract the attention of the guard at the study door.

In the light of the fire outside, Situ Qinhuan glanced at the spacious study and the complicated manuscripts on the desk, then leaned close to Xie Yuan's ear and said:
"How do you find it? Flip through them one by one slowly?"

Xie Yuan felt the fragrant wind blowing by his ears, and he shuddered. He subconsciously squeezed his hands, causing Situ Qin to cry out:

"What are you doing?"

"Don't get so close..."

"Why wouldn't I get closer when you're holding my hand?"

"…Don't blow into your ears, they're itchy."

"Who, who blew you air? Flirty!"

"It's you who's blowing, okay? Who's being frivolous?"

"you!"

The two of them had a small argument, but luckily they both knew where they were, and their voices were extremely low, almost just lip movements, so even without the Heavenly Hidden Art, there was no way the guards outside the door would have discovered them.

Xie Yuan curled his lips and stopped arguing with the young lady. He pondered for a moment and whispered:
"If it's account books or vouchers, they definitely won't be spread out on the table. Find a hidden place, a mezzanine or something like that. Anyway, it's still daybreak..."

Before he finished speaking, a warm little hand suddenly blocked his mouth:

"Shh!"

Xie Yuan thought Situ Qin was still angry with him, but he saw her listening with her ear tilted and her brows slightly furrowed.

"……See……"

"...See...Old..."

"…Hello, Master!"

The voice of greeting gradually became clearer and closer, and was almost at the study door.

The two of them stared at each other with wide eyes, and their heartbeats suddenly accelerated.

master?

Why did Chief Justice Peng Yue come to the study at this time?
There was a squeak.

The study door was pushed open, and a majestic middle-aged man walked in.

(End of this chapter)