69: The deal between Qin Hongmian and Dao Baifeng! (Please subscribe)

Mantuo Manor.

Qin Hongmian stepped out of the room cautiously, glanced at Gan Baobao's room to the side, and seeing that the lights were already extinguished, she let out a long breath and left the courtyard.

At this moment, Dao Baifeng was sitting in her room, feeling somewhat restless.

It was already awkward enough to be with Li Qingluo, but at least the two had come to understand each other deeply over these past few days, and being on Li Qingluo's turf, she did not need to worry about her secrets being discovered.

However, the sudden appearance of Qin Hongmian now made Dao Baifeng feel uneasy.

Qin Hongmian was not Li Qingluo.

After several encounters, Dao Baifeng understood this woman's coldness and extremism very well.

Li Qingluo's extremism was directed at others, but Qin Hongmian could be ruthless toward herself.

Therefore, Dao Baifeng worried that one day, Qin Hongmian would truly disregard everything and expose it all.

At that time, she would truly have no Face left to show.

She would be unable to Face Duan Zhengchun, and even less able to Face her own son.

If Duan Yu were to find out that she had done such things with his sworn brother, she could hardly imagine whether Duan Yu could withstand such a blow.

What if he committed suicide, what if he could never hold his head up again, what if this affected Duan Yu's position as crown prince...

Thinking of this, Dao Baifeng felt a chill run down her spine.

Her Face was filled with sorrow.

Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Dao Baifeng's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly composed herself, "Please come in."

With a creak, Qin Hongmian walked into the room with a cold Face and closed the door behind her.

"It's you? Why did you come?"

Dao Baifeng's heart sank, but she still asked with some surprise.

"Hmph, is it surprising that I came to find you? Or are you afraid to see me?"

Qin Hongmian snorted coldly.

"Why would I be afraid to see you?"

Dao Baifeng also quickly calmed down and returned to her usual cold demeanor, "Speak, what is the matter that you come to find me so late?"

"I just wanted to see how you have been doing lately. It seems you have been quite happy during this period, well-nourished, and your complexion is much better than before."

"I really don't know what expression Duan Zhengchun would have if he knew that his own wife was actually here engaging in such intimate affairs with his son's sworn brother."

Qin Hongmian looked Dao Baifeng up and down, her voice filled with sarcasm.

Dao Baifeng's Face turned ugly; she naturally knew what Qin Hongmian was referring to.

"Qin Hongmian, don't forget that you are not a clean person either."

Dao Baifeng said through gritted teeth.

"I was forced, but you are different."

Qin Hongmian's eyes revealed a complex expression, then she snorted, "I think you are willing, having long been immersed in it."

"Enough, what exactly do you want?"

Dao Baifeng slapped the table in anger.

"It's very simple. I just want you to leave Duan Zhengchun. As long as you leave, I will not expose your secret, and you can also live happily with Murong Fu. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Qin Hongmian finally stated her purpose.

Although she had also been with Murong Fu, as long as the person in front of her did not speak, no one would know.

Dao Baifeng's expression was complex, "You are threatening me? Aren't you afraid that I..."

"I have nothing left to lose anyway, but you are different. If your affairs were known, I fear your son's status would be in jeopardy. Perhaps someone might even suspect whether Duan Yu is truly a descendant of the Duan family."

Qin Hongmian said playfully.

Hearing this, Dao Baifeng's heart sank, and her Face went pale, but she quickly adjusted herself and gritted her teeth, "Fine. When I return to Dali this time, I will separate from Duan Zhengchun."

Dao Baifeng had actually been struggling with this as well, and now Qin Hongmian had just given her an excuse.

She didn't necessarily want to separate from Duan Zhengchun, but she was afraid that if things continued like this, Duan Zhengchun would eventually find out. Rather than that, it would be better to end it early; at least that way, the secret could be preserved.

"Good. As long as you keep your promise, this matter will be a secret shared between the two of us, and no third person will know."

A smile finally appeared on Qin Hongmian's Face.

"Since there is nothing else, you should leave. I don't want to see you."

Dao Baifeng said with a cold Face.

"Rest assured, if it is not necessary, I do not want to see you either. This time I will take my daughter and leave, and we will never see each other again."

Qin Hongmian also snorted.

Watching Qin Hongmian leave the room, Dao Baifeng's body suddenly went limp.

Her Face was pale.

Her expression was complex, yet she felt a sense of relief.

But then Dao Baifeng felt a wave of nausea, which made her frown, but she didn't think much of it, assuming it was just because she was too nervous.

When Qin Hongmian returned to her room, Gan Baobao suddenly appeared.

"Senior Sister, where did you just go?"

Gan Baobao asked with a curious look.

A flash of unnaturalness crossed Qin Hongmian's Face, then she said, "Nothing, I couldn't sleep so I went out for a walk. Junior Sister, you should rest early too."

As soon as Qin Hongmian finished speaking, she immediately entered her room.

This made Gan Baobao even more suspicious, and her eyes narrowed, "Senior Sister must be hiding something from me. It seems I need to keep a closer eye on her in the future."

Gan Baobao thought to herself.

...

Luoyang.

"It is said that the Luoyang Flower Festival has always been famous. I didn't expect us to be able to catch it when we arrived now."

Wang Yuyan looked around, feeling very happy.

This was her first time leaving home, and she had traveled such a long distance.

"The Luoyang Flower Festival usually lasts for several months. Although the peak and most lively time has passed, the people here have not yet dispersed."

A Zhu said from the side.

"There are so many people here!"

Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling were also shocked, following closely behind Ning Yuan for fear of getting lost.

The group walked along and finally passed through the busiest main street.

At this moment, Mu Wanqing suddenly took a few steps forward and shouted at the grass and flowering trees in front, "Are you not coming out yet?"

"Sister Mu, is someone following us?"

Zhong Ling asked with wide eyes.

"Hmph, I have long felt that someone has been watching us. If you don't come out, do you want me to drag you out?"

Mu Wanqing shouted again.

Ning Yuan was indifferent; with his martial arts, he had naturally noticed it long ago.

As long as there was no malice, he did not pay any attention to it.

"Fine, I'll come out."

A stubborn voice came.

With a rustling sound, the flowering trees parted, and a young girl emerged. She was dressed in purple, about fifteen or sixteen years old, two years younger than A Zhu, with large, rolling eyes and a Face full of cleverness.

"Who are you? Why are you following us?"

Seeing that the person was a young girl, Mu Wanqing's anger eased slightly, but she still asked vigilantly.

Although Ning Yuan was by her side, she was still used to being vigilant.

"The road is so wide, how do you know I'm following you?"

The girl stared with her round eyes, scanned Ning Yuan, Mu Wanqing, and the others, and asked, "With so many of you, are you trying to bully a weak girl?"

"You?"

Mu Wanqing immediately showed an angry expression. She was not good with words and naturally could not out-talk A Zi, who had grown up flattering others.

"So it is Miss A Zi."

Ning Yuan suddenly chuckled.

Hearing Ning Yuan's words, A Zi immediately stared at him, showing vigilance, took a step back, and asked nervously, "You, how do you know my name?"

"Could it be that you were sent by that old monster?"

"Impossible, I haven't seen you in the Xingxiu Sect, and besides, you have so many beauties by your side."

A Zi's gaze swept over Wang Yuyan, A Zhu, and the others.

Facing so many beauties of the world, even A Zi, who prided herself on being lively and beautiful, could not help but feel a sense of inferiority.

At the same time, she was curious about Ning Yuan's identity.

Wang Yuyan, A Zhu, and A Bi also looked at Ning Yuan curiously.

"I not only know your identity, but I also know your background and origin. You have stolen the Divine Wood King Cauldron from Ding Chunqiu, is that right?"

Although Ning Yuan seemed to be asking, his tone was extremely certain.

"You even know this?"

A Zi was even more shocked and also felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

Hearing this, Wang Yuyan and the others were even more confused.

Especially A Zhu.

Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling did not understand Murong Fu and just thought it was normal.

But A Zhu and A Bi were different. As personal attendants to Murong Fu, they managed the Swallow Dock, and A Zhu even managed various intelligence reports, but even she did not know this. How could their Young Master know?

"Who exactly are you?"

A Zi asked vigilantly, unable to help but retreat a few steps. At the same time, her palm quietly unscrewed a bottle behind her back, and colorless and odorless poison gas was scattered.

"You don't need to know who I am right now. You just need to know that I am the person who can protect you. You don't need to use such small poisons. Even the poison of your Master, Ding Chunqiu, is of no use to me. Using poison on me will only harm yourself."

Ning Yuan said with a smile, his palm behind his back rotating gently. With Star Shift, he silently reflected the incoming poison gas back.

"What? Poison?"

A Zhu and the others' expressions changed, and Mu Wanqing immediately urged everyone to cover their mouths and noses.

But they were fine, while A Zi opposite them felt her legs go weak, and she sat paralyzed on the ground, staring at Ning Yuan with wide, terrified eyes, shouting, "You, what did you do to me?"

"Could it be that you also know how to use poison?"

A Zi's Face showed panic. She had always been clever and vicious, but she did not expect to be schemed against so easily.

"This is the poison you used yourself. Do you not even know what poison you used?"

Ning Yuan asked playfully, his hands behind his back, looking down at A Zi.

This was the mystery of Star Shift; it could not only reflect True Qi but also reflect intangible poison gas and tangible hidden weapons, as long as they were methods that had left the hand.

In Ning Yuan's eyes, its power and value were underestimated by everyone.

The only flaw was that it was difficult to win against a stronger opponent; the user must have sufficiently deep internal energy, and the opponent could not be too much stronger than oneself, otherwise, it would be difficult to be effective.

This might be one of the reasons that limited its value.

"My poison?"

A Zi was stunned for a moment, then realized, and hurriedly searched for the antidote at her waist. A moment later, after taking the antidote, A Zi finally regained her strength.

Her gaze toward Ning Yuan became increasingly fearful.

Silently, she had been poisoned by the toxin she released herself. Such a terrifying ability made A Zi feel afraid because it meant she might have no way to deal with the other party.

Thinking of this, A Zi moved her steps backward and then turned to run, but Ning Yuan surpassed her, blocking her path like a teleportation.

"You want to leave so easily after using poison?"

Ning Yuan blocked A Zi with his hands behind his back.

A flash of viciousness appeared in A Zi's eyes, and she raised her hand to shoot a string of hidden weapons at Ning Yuan's back.

"Young Master (Husband, Cousin) be careful!"

A Zhu, Mu Wanqing, Wang Yuyan, and the others shouted hurriedly.

But just as the hidden weapons approached, A Zi's eyes blurred, and she saw the hidden weapons she had shot instead flying toward her, which made A Zi terrified and unable to help but cover her eyes.

Puchi! Puchi!

A series of hidden weapon poison needles brushed past A Zi's feet.

After a long while, A Zi felt no pain in her body, so she loosened a gap between her fingers and peeked at the outside world.

"Bitch, you actually wanted to harm my husband!"

Mu Wanqing, with a pure and straightforward personality, immediately held a short blade to A Zi's neck and scolded angrily.

Threatened with her life, A Zi, who grew up in the Xingxiu Sect, did not care about Face at all and immediately showed a panicked and pitiful expression, asking for sympathy, waving her hands, and saying, "I didn't mean to. I thought you were bad people, that's why I did that."

"This sister, you should understand. We are all women. When traveling alone, one always has to worry about being plotted against by bad people, so one must know how to protect oneself and strike first."

"You said my husband is a bad person?"

Mu Wanqing raised her eyebrows, showing dissatisfaction.

"No, no!"

A Zi shook her head hurriedly upon seeing this, "From the generous performance of this brother just now, I know I misunderstood. It was all my fault. It was my small-mindedness judging a gentleman. How about this, I will invite this handsome, extraordinary, and high-martial-arts brother, as well as these beautiful sisters, to drink at the largest restaurant in Luoyang to express my intentions."

A Zi showed a flattering look.

In the Xingxiu Sect, the most important thing was to know how to read the situation, how to flatter, and even more, how to protect oneself and compromise.

A Zi was determined to be the Senior Sister of the Xingxiu Sect, so she was naturally very good at these things.

"Poisoning, plotting, you don't look like a good person at all."

Mu Wanqing was unmoved.

A Zhu, however, couldn't help but step forward, "Sister Mu, hold on."

For some reason, A Zhu felt a strange feeling when she saw A Zi. She stepped forward and took the sword Mu Wanqing had placed on A Zi's neck, "This girl looks like she is only fifteen or sixteen years old. Traveling alone, it is normal to have vigilance. Why not let Young Master handle it?"

"Hmph!"

Seeing A Zhu speak, Mu Wanqing could not say anything more, snorted coldly, and withdrew her curved blade.

"Thank you, sister, thank you, sister. May I ask your name?"

A Zi hurriedly clasped her fists to thank her.

"My name is A Zhu."

A Zhu smiled slightly.

"So it is Sister A Zhu. My name is A Zi."

A Zi also hurriedly introduced herself, although everyone already knew her name.

"What a coincidence, my name is A Bi."

A Bi also suddenly stepped forward and said with a soft, giggling laugh.

A Zi's eyes widened, "You are A Bi, she is A Zhu, then is that one in yellow clothes called A Huang? Is that beautiful sister in white clothes called A Bai? And you..."

A Zi looked at Mu Wanqing, scanned her clothes, pointed at Mu Wanqing, and suddenly realized, "Are you called A Hei?"

"You!"

Mu Wanqing's eyebrows stood up, showing anger, and she was about to step forward to argue.

Fortunately, Zhong Ling stepped forward and pulled Mu Wanqing, "Sister Mu, don't bother with her."

As she said this, Zhong Ling put her hands on her hips and raised her head, "Listen carefully, this is Miss Mu, Mu Wanqing. I am not called A Huang, I am called Zhong Ling, the Zhong Ling of 'Zhong Ling Yu Xiu'!"

"My name is Wang Yuyan!"

Wang Yuyan stepped forward and said softly.

"Ah, hahaha..."

A Zi laughed awkwardly and looked at Ning Yuan.

"This is our Young Master. You can just address him as Young Master Murong."

A Zi came to Ning Yuan's side and introduced him.

"Young Master Murong!"

A Zi lowered her head hurriedly, looking humble, as if the previous arrogance and viciousness did not exist.

"Let's go."

Ning Yuan said indifferently, shaking his head with his hands behind his back.

"Go?"

A Zi raised her head blankly, "Where are we going?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to invite us to the largest restaurant in Luoyang?"

Ning Yuan asked with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

A Zi nodded hurriedly, and at the same time, she breathed a sigh of relief.

At least the other party had no malice...

At least that was the case for now.

As long as they didn't hurt her, it would be fine, and she could find a chance to escape later.

She had even escaped from the clutches of that old monster Ding Chunqiu, so was she afraid of a man with a group of beauties?

A Zi thought confidently.

Ning Yuan looked at the confident A Zi and also showed a faint smile; he was well aware of her little schemes.

But wanting to escape from his grasp was not that easy.

A Zi looked at the smiling Ning Yuan opposite her and felt a sudden thumping in her heart for some reason.

Unable to find the reason, she could only return a stiff smile.