Go and capture those thirty-six fierce villains.

"..."

Hmm, I didn't realize it when we were fighting, but now that the other person has reminded me, their posture is indeed a bit abnormal.

This pose is even more perverted if you're just chatting.

Qin Ning rolled off the bed and used the woman's short knife to cut the strips of cloth binding his limbs.

Actually, it's fine not to cut them. Without the restraint of the plague, women can break free of these brocade strips with their own strength. It's just that the Drunken Flower Pavilion might lose one pear wood carved canopy bed.

Freed from his restraints, the other person leaped to his feet, stretching his arms and legs, his joints cracking.

"Is your coming here really just a coincidence?"

The woman was clearly still somewhat suspicious. She was more than half a head shorter than Qin Ning, and her questioning when she curiously leaned closer seemed rather weak.

"Miss Lang'er..."

"My name is Tuo Yu'er, and Lang'er is an alias I gave myself."

"Alright, Miss Tuo Yu'er, I'd like to ask you if you've encountered anything strange during your time at Zuihualou?"

As Qin Ning spoke, he walked to the table and sat down. The little black cat followed him, jumped onto his lap, and lay down obediently.

"Are you even listening to me?!" Tuo Yu'er chased after her.

"Shh!"

Qin Ning pointed to the door of the room, signaling the other person to keep their voices down. The soundproofing in this place was generally poor, and both of them could hear the noise and orchestral music downstairs.

Then, he said slowly and deliberately.

"I have proven everything I can to you. If you believe me, then believe me. If you don't, then let's fight again."

"But since you're lurking here, you probably don't want to be exposed until you achieve your goal."

Tuo Yu'er stood there in thought for a moment, then put away her questioning expression and sat down opposite Qin Ning.

"Okay, you have a point. But why should I answer your question?"

This is a sign of resentment... Qin Ning's lips curled into a half-smile.

"Miss Yu'er, you don't want your family to know what you're doing, do you... even if it's fake?"

"you!"

"Shh!"

Tuo Yu'er covered her mouth, her small, firm chest heaving, her almond-shaped eyes wide open. After a long while, she whispered.

"I've been here for over a month, and things are pretty normal here. Business was bad at first, but it's been much better lately. The madam is quite capable and resourceful, but she always forces me to learn things like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting... I've almost punched her several times!"

Seeing that the other party was going further and further astray, Qin Ning quickly waved his hand.

"Stop! I told you to talk about weird things, not about not wanting to go to school."

Tuo Yu'er pouted, revealing a pair of small tiger teeth, and silently made a face at Qin Ning.

She frowned and thought for a while, then scratched her hair in distress.

"There's nothing strange about it. Everyone has their own job. Men come and pay money to sleep with them, and the young girls take money to sleep with them. There's nothing strange about it at all."

Qin Ning tapped her fingers lightly on the table, lost in thought.

The Bagua compass in his sleeve stopped reacting, proving that the little evil spirit had left. But it was still there during the day and yesterday; if anything unusual happened...

"Let me rephrase my question: Did anything unusual happen at the Drunken Flower Pavilion yesterday and today?"

Tuo Yu'er shook her little head, her features scrunched up, clearly indicating that asking her to use her brain was quite unusual.

"Got it!"

Her eyes suddenly lit up: "Yesterday, an old man with a ruddy complexion, over sixty years old, came. He called three girls with him..."

"Stop, stop, stop... I know that person. He's partly the reason you were able to see me this morning."

Upon hearing this, Tuo Yu'er shrugged and said, "That's all. That's the only strange thing I can remember."

Qin Ning sighed softly. The location of the ferocious beast couldn't possibly remain unchanged. But given the other party's careless and oblivious nature, they probably hadn't noticed.

Well, it wasn't all for naught. At least we know this ferocious creature is moving, though we don't know if it's moving actively or passively.

Qin Ning comforted herself, picked up two white porcelain cups from the table, and poured in the light blue, still steaming tea.

"Since you've been hiding here, you haven't sent any letters to Ah Man in the last two months? He's very worried about your safety."

"How could that be? Before I came to carry out this mission, I clearly arranged for someone to..." Tuo Yu'er suddenly realized halfway through her sentence, gritting her teeth and saying, "That bastard must have embezzled the money I sent home!"

Feeling sympathy for the other person for a moment, Qin Ning pushed a cup of tea in front of them and took a small sip himself.

He said without warning:

"Miss Yu'er, are you a member of the Sichen Guard?"

During the time Qin Ning was pretending to faint, she heard the other party sighing and mentioning these three words.

Physician Yang might be a member of the Sichen Guard, and he is currently filled with curiosity about this organization that belongs to the Great Xia royal family.

"...You heard me. Why did you say it? You could have pretended not to hear me, and I could have pretended not to hear you."

Tuo Yu'er scratched her hair again, then suddenly fell silent, her expression shifting repeatedly. After a long while, she looked up and said, "You have Daida's personal dagger, which must mean a great favor to my Morigen tribe. You're also Aman's friend... Tonight you were just unconscious, you didn't hear anything, nothing happened, remember that?"

"I've got it."

Qin Ning put down her teacup.

"Now, can you tell me about Sichenwei?"

"Didn't you say you remembered it!" Tuo Yu'er suddenly looked up, revealing her tiger teeth, her expression like an angry little tiger.

Qin Ning smiled slightly: "Since nothing happened tonight and I didn't hear anything, of course I can ask about Si Chenwei."

"you......"

Tuo Yu'er was furious, but for some reason she felt that Qin Ning's words made some sense. Anyway, after tonight everyone would go their separate ways, so it didn't matter what they said.

No! These beautiful Xia people are so alluring.

Seeing that the other party remained silent, Qin Ning was not in a hurry. She took a few sips of tea and then said in a low voice, "Miss Yu'er, you don't want your family to..."

"Shut up!"

Tuo Yu'er stood up and circled the table twice. When she looked at Qin Ning's back, she wished she could devour him.

Finally, she sat back down at the table and sighed softly.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that if you know some things, and if we get involved, you really will die, and so will I."

Qin Ning glanced at him: "You misunderstood. I have no interest in what you're doing here. I just want to know about the Sichen Guard organization and whether there is a royal physician named Yang Sisheng in it."

"Hey, why didn't you say so earlier!" Tuo Yu'er visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

...Isn't this exactly what I've been saying all along?

"I've never heard of the name Yang Sisheng before, but the Sichen Guard is a mixed bag; many people have another identity besides this one in secret." She picked up her teacup and drank it all in one gulp, continuing:

"As for the Sichen Guard, it belongs to the Great Xia royal family and is divided into four departments: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The Spring department is responsible for protecting members of the royal family and basically does not leave the capital."

"The Xia Department is full of martial arts fanatics, and they are also the sharpest blades of the Sichen Guard. I heard from my guide that the weakest among them is a sixth-rank martial artist."

"The Autumn Bureau is responsible for monitoring the martial arts world and the imperial court, as well as various forces. This includes not only intelligence gathering, assassinating high-ranking officials of enemy countries, and instigating conflicts among various forces. If the Summer Bureau is a pack of wolves, then the Autumn Bureau is a venomous snake, lurking in the shadows, ready to bite you suddenly and you will surely die."

"What about the winter heat?"

Seeing that the other party stopped talking after mentioning the autumn harvest, Qin Ning took the initiative to ask.