I kept an eye on Jiang Cheng. At no time did he try to follow Wei Ying after he left the banquet hall.

I continued to walk among the guests to listen to them. I was once again breaking the rules of my clan by listening to rumors and gossip, but it was for a good cause! I was no longer a few copies away from our rules of conduct!

Brother still hadn't appeared. Neither had Wei Ying. I was getting worried. He had told me to wait for him. So I went back to our room. Not knowing what to do to pass the time, I conjured up WangJi and started to play!

I heard a noise, you seemed to be a little out of breath! What did you do? I asked you.

You told me that you had spoken to Jin Ling; No Xuanyu had indeed pursued the wife of his brother Jin GuangYao and that was why he had been expelled from the clan.

You were unable to get any other information. So you told me to go and spy on Jin GuangYao. I told you that it was too dangerous, and you looked at me mischievously and said:

"Not if our spy is not bigger than the hand! And then you will look after me" You smiled as you said these words.

I remembered your unpleasant habit of using talismans in the shape of men that you animated at will. If I understood you correctly, you wanted to transfer your consciousness into one of them in order to search the private apartments of the master of the house!

When I asked you what risks there were for you, you answered me.

"Don't worry, nobody will see me! "

Usually, it was when you said something like that that I really started to worry!

You went to check the door and closed it carefully. Then you sat down at the table. I came to join you. You took a talisman from your robe and put an incantation on it. Then you put it on the table. Then you finished the jar of alcohol. You looked like you'd had too much to drink, but I saw the look on your face before you lowered your head and that little smile I knew so well that usually indicated you were going to play one of your dirty tricks on me!

You closed your eyes and the talisman started to move. It climbed up my arm, then over my shoulder, and finally over my head, grabbing my ribbon as it went! He tried several times to take it off me.

"Don't play with it! " I reached out my hand and he landed on it gently.

"Be careful" advice that I knew was useless since you were never careful. Then the talisman carrying your consciousness left and I was left alone with your sleeping body.

I knew it was going to be a long time. I couldn't know what was going on, if everything was okay, if you were in danger? Nothing was supposed to happen to the talisman while you were inside, I understood that your life was at stake!

I looked at you for a long time. Tonight I was in danger of losing you. I cherished even more the month we had just spent far from everyone.

We had not returned to Yuchen Buzhi with Brother. We stayed in Tanzhou. We took advantage of these days of freedom to hunt together. We spent our days side by side. We took care of some wandering spirits in the neighboring towns.

You soon got into the habit of teasing me when I was studying. The "house of immortals" in Tanzhou had a very good library. I think that they will remember all their life the passage of Mô Xuanyu!

When we were not hunting at night, after dinner we would go for a walk in the busy streets. Then we would go back home. I would sit down to play the qin, while you enjoyed a jar of local alcohol!

Then we would go to bed. I would wait for you to fall asleep and come back to watch you sleep. I still can't believe you came back to me! Every morning, my mind is not at rest until my eyes rest on you.

If tonight I lose you, I can't bear it! So take care of yourself , don't do anything rash.

I suddenly noticed that you were getting restless. I slipped behind Wangji and started to play to calm you down. What was going on? I was worried. It was the time of two incense sticks. I was waiting for your return.

Now you were really very upset.

"Wei Ying, wake up! "You suddenly calmed down.

I thought I heard a noise outside, I went to the door and opened it. I saw your talisman coming towards me? I crouched down to pick it up. It fell into my hand, as if exhausted. I took a quick look around to make sure no one had seen us and then went inside. I had to get your mind back into your body as soon as possible. That's what I did.

You woke up with a start. I wanted to know what had happened.

"The situation? "

"Let's go"

Where did you want us to go my love, you could barely stand on your legs, you were not yet recovered from the experience you had just lived. But I knew you, if I told you to rest for a while, you wouldn't listen to me. So, because I had sworn to always be by your side and support you, I asked you:

"Where?"

"In the Perfume Room, the bronze mirror hides a secret room.

You then told me that Qin Su, Jin GuangYao's wife, had discovered his secret and that he had locked her up in this secret room. You also told me that you had found Nie Ming-Jue's head.

When we arrived in front of the Perfume Chamber, the guards stopped us! Not for long! I neutralized them with ease. Jinlintai's guards were not what they used to be!

The same goes for those who intercepted us a few steps away. That's when Brother joined us, probably attracted by the noise.

"Where are you going? "He asked us.

"To the Perfume Room," Wei Ying replied.

We decided to go together. We found Jin Ling on the gallery of the Perfume Pavilion. He tried to stop us from entering. The guards took advantage of this and surrounded us. Wei Ying then stepped forward.

"Lianfang Zun, head of the Jin Clan, would you be so kind as to open the door for us? "

"What's the problem?" asked a voice from behind us.

Jin GuangYao walked towards us with a smile. I didn't like it. He looked too calm!

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