On the bed, the red-haired girl trembled violently, frantically protesting, "No, I didn't lie to you, my name is Little Deer!"

"Do you think I'm stupid and know nothing?!"

Lu Jing pinched the red-haired girl's waist harder.

"Ah!" the red-haired girl screamed.

"You thought I only had a box?" Lu Jing's hands didn't stop, continuing to rub it. "You and a few others were tomb raiding, and you dug up this box, and that bald fat guy double-crossed you."

The red-haired girl seemed to choke: "You, what else do you know?"

Lu Jing glared at him: "Who's interrogating whom?"

"..." The red-haired girl lowered her head.

A moment later, she looked up at Lu Jing with her eyes full of tears: "My name is Chang Qingzhou."

"A light boat sails on the sea, your name is quite poetic."

"No, it's the congee with side dishes."

Lu Jing's eyes widened: "Porridge... It seems your grandparents hope you have food to eat every day."

Chang Qingzhou nodded in response.

"Go on."

"Um, could you get off me first?" Chang Qingzhou asked, tears streaming down her face. "And could you please take your hands off me too? Don't touch me anymore."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

As he spoke, Lu Jing raised his hand again, his fingertips already reaching the Southern Hemisphere.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Chang Qingzhou hurriedly tried to push Lu Jing's arm away, but his arm was like a stone pillar, impossible to budge. Helpless, she had to give up and said in a panic:

My name is Chang Qingzhou.

Tell me something I don't know.

"Oh, my master's name is Nan Hezi."

At this point, Chang Qingzhou's tone rose considerably, tinged with pride: "He is a renowned tomb raider in our Great Wilderness Kingdom."

"...What's with the tomb raiders being so arrogant?"

"You have no idea how amazing he is. He can dig up any kind of tomb and solve any kind of trap."

Lu Jing slowly climbed off her, sat down in a chair, and crossed his arms: "So if I'm not mistaken, you must be his star student?"

"Of course!"

Chang Qingzhou sat up: "I'm smart and learn quickly. Of all my apprentices, he likes me the most."

"Then why didn't you stay by your master's side? Why did you come to this Baixi Ridge to dig up graves?"

With a sigh, Chang Qingzhou scratched his head: "I felt that I had mastered the skills and wanted to go down the mountain to gain experience and try digging up a few graves, but my master disagreed, so I secretly slipped out of the sect."

While listening, Lu Jing kept his eyes fixed on Chang Qingzhou's face.

Her expression was clearly visible.

Lu Jing, who had studied micro-expression analysis, was able to tell that what she said was true and that she was not lying.

"What's going on with that bald, fat guy and his gang?"

"They're all scum!"

Chang Qingzhou angrily pounded the bed, which aggravated her wound, causing her to wince in pain.

"I found out in an old book in my master's study that there is a Taoist priest's tomb here, which contains countless treasures."

"So I decided to use it to practice. After I went down the mountain, I met my fellow practitioners, namely Baldy and his gang. I was alone and weak, so I cooperated with them. But I didn't expect that these scumbags were so greedy that they wanted to kill me to silence me."

"wrong."

Lu Jing shook his head: "When you were digging the grave, you only reached the side chamber. If what you say is true, then the alchemist's tomb is full of treasures. Why didn't you continue digging?"

"hey-hey."

Chang Qingzhou raised her chin:

"I kept a secret and didn't tell the bald guy the truth. I only said that the sorcerer's tomb collapsed, leaving only a side chamber, but even inside the side chamber, there are treasures."

"I intend to use them to dig away the hardest outer layer of soil, exposing the side chamber. Then I will sneak into the side chamber, dig a hole from inside, and enter the main tomb chamber."

Lu Jing snorted: "You're quite clever."

Chang Qingzhou said with a bitter face, "No matter how clever you are, you can't fathom people's hearts."

Having finished their conversation, Lu Jing understood the whole story. He then took out the box, tossed it to Chang Qingzhou, and said only two words:

"Open."

"Okay," Chang Qingzhou readily agreed.

"etc."

Lu Jing stood up, walked over, and took the box back.

"Huh?" Chang Qingzhou asked, puzzled. "Aren't we supposed to open it?"

I don't trust you.

"……cut."

Back in his seat, Lu Jing called out to the door, and Qi Xiaomei, who was waiting outside, immediately pushed the door open and came in.

"I have some errands to run. Keep an eye on her for me."

"Yes, Lord Lu."

After giving his instructions, Lu Jing walked out the door and went to the main hall.

Inside the main hall, the female prisoners, weak from hunger, scrambled to their feet as soon as they saw him, like mice seeing a cat. They ignored their aches and pains.

"Lord Lu."

The women stared nervously at Lu Jing, swallowing hard every now and then.

"Litsea cubeba".

Lu Jing pointed to the end of the line and beckoned to her: "Come here."

Swish.

The female prisoners all looked at Mu Jiangli.

"Me?" Mu Jiangli pointed to her nose.

Lu Jing did not answer, but turned and walked towards the palace gate.

"What bad luck."

Mu Jiangli walked out dejectedly, dragging her feet, while the other female prisoners stole sympathetic glances at her.

Under the covered bridge.

Lu Jing stood with his hands at his sides, and Mu Jiangli walked over.

"What do you want from me?"

"Good thing."

"Good news?" Mu Jiangli sneered. "Ha, Lord Lu, do you think good things will happen to me?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jing shrugged: "If you don't want it, then forget it."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

"No!" Mu Jiangli quickly grabbed him. "Lord Lu, please tell me what good news it is."

"I have a box that I can't open, so I found someone who can open it, but I'm afraid she'll cheat and use some kind of trick to steal or switch the contents when she opens it."

Immediately understanding, Mu Jiangli pointed to her chest: "So, you want me to keep an eye on things, but why are you asking me?"

Lu Jing patted her shoulder: "Because you're experienced in petty theft, you know how to sneak in and pick locks. If the other party is really using a trick, you should be able to see it."

"...I'm not going."

Mu Jiangli turned her head, puffing out her cheeks: "Who broke in and picked the lock? Who stole anything? I was just passing down a skill from the older generation. Lord Lu, your words are too insulting. I will not go no matter what. Please find someone else."

"On my way back, I caught a pheasant, intending to roast it for dinner tonight, but it's too fat for me to finish by myself..."

"Lord Lu, let's go quickly!"

Mu Jiangli turned around and grabbed Lu Jing's arm: "It wouldn't be good to delay unlocking. You made the wisest choice to ask me for this job. Among all these women, who knows more about petty theft than me? No, I mean, the art of thievery."

Back in the side hall, Lu Jing had Mu Jiangli stand next to Chang Qingzhou and watch over her.

"Lord Lu, who is this red-haired man?"

Mu Jiangli pointed to the bed, and Lu Jing scolded, "Concentrate."

"Oh." Mu Jiangli pouted.

"Alright," Lu Jing pointed to the wooden box and said to Chang Qingzhou, "Open the box honestly, don't try anything funny. Do you see her?"

Lu Jing pointed to the ginger pear.

Chang Qingzhou glanced at her, then turned to Lu Jing: "I saw it, what's wrong?"

"She didn't listen to me before and tried to escape by trickery, but I found out and caught her. Now she has given birth to two children for me."

Chang Qingzhou: Huh?

Mujiangli: Huh?

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