Xu Qi'an regretted asking this question that had been bothering him for a long time.

It's not that there's anything wrong with the question itself, it's that the way he asked it is wrong... he exposed himself.

Lina No. 5 did not know that he was No. 3. Xu Qi'an told her that he was a peripheral member of the Tiandi Society. But the question just now undoubtedly exposed his identity.

Well, it's all Li Miaozhen's fault for giving me the illusion that No. 3's identity has been exposed... It's also related to my current state of confusion, pain, and lack of clarity and rationality...

...Xu Qian's expression was slightly stiff, and he looked at Lina cautiously.

"no!"

Lina yelled and waved her arms excitedly: "I promised Grandma Tiangu not to tell anyone about this matter or tell others that I heard the news from her."

Oh, I got the news from Grandma Tian Gu... Wait, she hasn't reacted to my werewolf jump yet?!

What a talent...Xu Qian looked at Lina, her eyes full of admiration.

"This is your freedom. A gentleman never imposes anything on others."

Xu Qian nodded, as if he was not trying to force her. But after Lina breathed a sigh of relief, he said calmly: "Let's total up the expenses during your stay in Xu Mansion."

He first looked at the beautiful little skirt on Lina's body and said: "My sister made two clothes for you, using fine silk and satin, given by the emperor. Counting ten taels of silver per piece, plus labor costs,

The two pieces of clothing total thirty taels of silver.

"The accommodation fee is three cents per night. You have stayed at home for several days, so let's count it as three cents. Then there is food. Miss Lina, I don't need to elaborate on your own appetite. In so many days, you have eaten four cents of my food in total.

Ten taels of silver.

"Now, please pay the expenses. The total is one hundred and twenty taels."

Lina was stunned, looked at him blankly, and said: "You are so amazing, you can calculate the total amount of money so quickly."

Hehe, the above is just some nonsense from me... To deceive a fool like you, do you still need to be careful with your calculations? You can't calculate it anyway... No, I was led by her too.

Crooked.

Xu Qian patted the edge of the bed and said loudly: "Understand my point."

Nanjiang Xiao Heipi said aggrievedly: "But I can't break my promise to others. If I promise others, I must abide by it."

"Very good, then please pay the money or get out of my house." Xu Qian said fiercely.

"I..." Lina's eyes turned red, feeling that she, a foreigner, had been bullied and helpless, and stamped her feet:

"I'll just leave. I'll go find Taoist Priest Jinlian. Even if I starve to death, die outside, and live on the streets, I won't betray Granny Tian Gu."

"etc."

Xu Qian stopped her and made a last-ditch effort: "Grandma Tiangu is in southern Xinjiang, right? I'm in the capital. The two places are tens of thousands of miles apart. If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how can I be considered a breach of trust?"

"Is that so?" Lina questioned.

"Of course," Xu Qian nodded solemnly: "Just like sleeping with a woman in a temple, it's prostitution. But if you don't give money, it's not prostitution. Right?"

Lina was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and felt that what Xu Ningyan said was reasonable.

Xu Qi'an followed the temptation and said: "Besides, you are in a foreign land, lonely and helpless. It doesn't matter if you sacrifice a little credibility for survival. No one will blame you."

Lina showed hesitation and relaxed a little.

Xu Qi'an gave the final blow: "Guiyue Tower has three days of food, I don't care if you eat enough."

Gulu... Lina swallowed secretly and said crisply: "It's a deal, but you swear not to tell anyone else."

Xu Qian nodded.

Lina turned around and trotted to the door of the room, opened the door, stuck her head out and looked around for a moment to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then she returned to the table with confidence and said:

"Just last time, No. 3 asked him through the fragments of the Book of the Earth why he has a friend who often picks up money. Our Gu tribe's Tian Gu tribe knows astronomy from above and geography from below. They can look at the stars from above and the mountains and rivers from below.

I don't know.

"I went to ask Grandma Tiangu, the leader of the Tiangu tribe, and she said that the guy who picked up the money must be himself, not a friend..."

Suddenly, Lina's words stopped. She stared blankly at Xu Qian, her eyes widened little by little, showing an expression of extreme shock, pointed at Xu Qian, and screamed:

"You, you, you...are No. 3?!"

Did you just react? Xu Qi'an cupped his hands in his heart and said expressionlessly: "Yes, I am No. 3, but I promised Taoist Priest Jinlian not to expose my identity. Now it's okay, we broke our trust, so it doesn't matter."

Big deal.”

Lina looked at him blankly for a long time, and finally accepted the fact that Xu Qi'an was No. 3, and felt that everyone had broken their trust, and the guilt in her heart suddenly eased a lot.

"Grandma Tian Gu said that twenty years ago, two thieves stole very valuable things from a wealthy family. Some of the wealthy family had already reacted, and some were still unaware of it.

"Grandma Tian Gu also asked me where you were. I said you were in the capital. Upon hearing this answer, Grandma Tian Gu couldn't believe it. She seemed to think that you should never be in the capital."

"You wait first."

Xu Qi'an interrupted Lina, leaned against the pillow, remained silent for a cup of tea, and said slowly: "You continue."

"Later, before I left Southern Xinjiang, Grandma Tian Gu told me that one of the two thieves was her husband. There is a legend in our Southern Xinjiang that one day the Gu God will wake up from the abyss.

Destroy the world and turn the world of Kyushu into a world filled only with Gu.

"This legend was deduced by the prophets of the Tiangu tribe from generation to generation. It is a future that will definitely happen. In order to change the future, Grandpa came up with a way and left southern Xinjiang. Then he never came back.

"The natal Gu he left in the Gu clan has dried up, which indicates his death.

"Grandma Tian Gu also told me that that thing was about to be born. She foresaw that I would be involved in it, so she asked me to come to the capital to seek opportunities."

After Lina finished speaking, except for the existence of Qijuegu, which was not disclosed, everything else was revealed.

Qijue Gu was entrusted by Granny Tian Gu to be given to a destined person. Lina believed that it had nothing to do with Xu Qi'an, so there was no need to reveal it to him.

"I understand... Lina, you go out first, I want to be alone." Xu Qian asked: "Today's conversation cannot be leaked to anyone."

"Um!"

Lina nodded vigorously and walked briskly to the door of the room. While opening the door, she turned around and said: "I will take Lingyin to Guiyue Building first. Remember to come and pay later."

"?"

Even in such a bad mood, Xu Qian still had question marks in his mind.

He looked at Lina in astonishment: "No, it was just after lunch, right?"

"I'll take the bell with me later. Aren't you hungry?" Lina waved her hand and left the room.

Please beanbag, do you two want to make me poor in one breath? Can I withdraw the promise I just made...Xu Qi'an opened his mouth, feeling so distressed that it was difficult to breathe.

Lina ran out of the room happily, thinking about the dishes at Guiyuelou, and soon forgot about the matter of breaking trust.

As for the truth that Xu Qi'an is No. 3, her idea is that it doesn't matter who No. 3 is, and it has nothing to do with her. As long as she is happy, why do she have to think so much about it.

If it were No. 4 Chu Yuanzhen, he would definitely be in the middle of a brainstorm now.

Passing by the east wing, I heard the mistress of the Xu family whispering to her eldest daughter: "Lingyue, have you heard any strange noises at night recently?"

"No."

"But Mom always feels that at night, people are whispering outside the window, and sometimes the sound of tiles turning is heard from the roof. Do you think the house is haunted again?"

"Mom, you are talking nonsense again. I will be too scared to sleep at night. Then I will go find my elder brother tonight and ask him to accompany me at the door of the room."

"Mom, you're not talking nonsense. You don't know that after dinner every day, Lingyin would go to the yard alone for a while and ask her what she was doing. She said she saw a lot of ghosts and wanted to fry them, but she couldn't catch them.

They heard that children can see dirty things with their eyes."

"Mom, are you menstruating? You are suspicious. We have a father at home, an eldest brother and a second brother. What kind of ghost dares to come to our house to cause trouble? Besides, the Holy Lady of Tianzong is at home, what are you afraid of?"

"That makes sense."

These words were reasonable and well-founded, and my aunt was convinced, and then said: "Lingyin also told me that girl Su Su is a ghost."

"Ringyin is so rude and will offend the guests."

"Yes, so I beat her up."

Lina thought for a while and decided not to tell the mother and daughter the truth, so as not to scare them. She walked around the house and found her disciple hiding in the flower garden sucking chicken leg bones.

"What are you hiding here for?" Lina pinched her waist and said angrily, "Want to be lazy again?"

Xu Lingyin glanced at her, silently threw away the chicken leg bones, then covered her stomach and fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?" Lina blinked.

"I ate a chicken leg from an unknown source. Now I'm poisoned and can't stand on horseback." Xu Lingyin announced loudly.

"Nonsense, you hid this chicken leg bone during lunch." Lina wittily exposed her.

Xu Lingyin was shocked. She didn't expect that her plan would be clearly seen by her master. As expected of her, she was indeed smarter than her. So she suddenly had an idea and said:

"It's the leftover chicken legs that my eldest brother ate, and there's his saliva on them. My eldest brother's saliva is poisonous, so I can't stand still."

"Your brother's saliva is not poisonous." Lina exposed her again.

"You've never tasted brother's saliva, how do you know his saliva is not poisonous?" Xu Lingyin was unconvinced.

Lina was stunned and didn't know how to refute, so she beat Xu Lingyin.

It is natural for a master to beat his disciple.
To be continued...