...

After leaving Zoe Gambling, the two walked side by side.

The warm wind was sweeping, and the two of them had black hairs scattered and intertwined, strolling by the lake.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretches out their figures, one taller and one shorter, the lake is vast, with birds flying, and dragonflies staying on the lotus leaves.

There are few passersby here, and they are leisurely and quiet.

Gu Wanqing turned her head in disgrace and admired it, and was pulled into an inexplicable sadness by this tone and temperature.

A kind of sadness in the world where she lives alone.

"I'll let the general accompany me for a while. Riding here will attract attention, we..."

Bai Jue explained, and suddenly realized that Gu Wanqing didn't listen to him at all.

"General, general?"

Gu Wanqing came to her senses, "Oh... I was thinking, isn't violence more direct when dealing with Thirteen Niang?"

According to Bai Jue's usual style of service, if you really want to collect information, you can directly poke a hole in Zoe's Casino from north to south. Deterrence is a faster way.

Bai Jue saw that there was still the afterglow of her eyes that had just shook her mind, but he didn't ask in depth.

He said: "Zoe Thirteen Niang is from Donggui, so it will be troublesome to deal with her directly. Moreover, she is soft but not hard, and she cannot get what I want by conventional means."

"No wonder you brought me here to gamble, just to lose all the money before so that Thirteen Niang can relax her vigilance and lead her out to bet the last game." Gu Wanqing laughed at herself, "It turns out that my bad luck will still be helpful."

When Bai Jue heard this, his brows frowned and asked, "Are you angry?"

This question this time is very different from the previous joke.

He asked with caution, soft and worried.

Gu Wanqing's expression suddenly became unnatural, and the corners of her mouth twitched, "I...no. There's nothing to be angry about this. It's not the first time I'm not lucky. Everyone in Yan'an City knows it. It's not a bad thing that you can use it."

The shadow between Bai Jue's eyebrows was even more intense, "I didn't use it. Just--"

"Okay, okay, it's just a trivial matter, I won't care."

Gu Wanqing just felt that if the conversation continued like this, the content would become very strange.

The dignified Mr. Bai Er was able to explain patiently to her, which was really different from his previous style.

But speaking of this, Bai Jue also protected her during the sacrifice of the mountain god, and at that time he also had such complicated emotions in his eyes.

Gu Wanqing is not a person who can see the truth, but she is not a fool either.

She has life experience, but she can't understand Bai Jue's alternative gentle contrast to her.

Bai Jue asked lightly, "Don't you care?"

Gu Wanqing didn't think about this replies and quickly changed the topic, "Why do you check these three people?"

Bai Jue breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a while, saying, "They have been missing for a while, and they have disappeared one after another without any trace. Although the Ministry of Justice has been investigating in a low-key manner, there is no progress. I entrusted this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Gu Wanqing nodded slowly and said carelessly: "Oh, it turns out that it is the problem of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. No wonder you will take action."

Bai Jue glanced at her, "The prince seems to be the orthodox of the Eastern Palace, but he is struggling. If one day the emperor enthroned the new queen and Concubine Zhang took office, the second prince would be transformed from a concubine to a legitimate. At that time, the prince had an unstable position. Now, there are one or two other ministers of the Eastern Palace who have bad intentions. On the issue of national policy, the prince needs to perform very well to stabilize the rear, otherwise he will be able to take advantage of it."

His remarks made Gu Wanqing feel frightened.

It was not because of the content of these words, but because of his extremely honest attitude.

Gu Wanqing kept her footsteps, and a huge amount of questions surged in her heart—

"Bai Jue...have we known each other before?"
Chapter completed!