Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 431 Little girl, you should still remove that mole!

Seeing that the two remained silent for a long time, Old Feng and the young man looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Thank you both for saving our lives just now," Old Feng and the young man stood up and bowed to Gu Qingyue and the other person in gratitude.

Gu Qingyue waved her hand, "Old Master Feng and Young Master, please have a seat."

"May I ask what brings you two gentlemen here so late at night?" Old Master Feng asked.

Gu Yuanen looked at Gu Qingyue, who gave him what she thought was a very friendly and pretty smile. "I am Gu San, the one who bought Feng Ji's brine well today."

When Gu Qingyue spoke, the old man and the young man exchanged a glance, somewhat surprised.

Didn't the steward say that the person who bought their brine well today was a very wealthy young playboy?

They were worried about this for a long time.

This is the culmination of their life's work. Is that boy reliable?

Will this ruin the brine wells?

Young Feng Shuyan, in particular, felt very uncomfortable.

From the moment my grandfather said he wanted to sell the salt fields and brine wells, he began to worry whether the person who took over would cherish the brine wells.

He himself preferred wielding swords and spears, disliked running salt fields, and was not skilled in the Feng family's traditional techniques of detecting brine wells and extracting brine.

But that doesn't mean he isn't worried about the character and competence of the buyer who takes over the project.

What if this brine well, which has been in operation for decades, is ruined...?

Looking at the boy's ordinary face and the large, slightly trembling mole in front of him.

He became even more worried.

"I see. Who are those two visiting so late at night?" the old man continued to ask.

Gu Yuanen turned his head away somewhat awkwardly.

Seeing his younger sister's face, he felt a pang of sadness.

Can he say they came to eavesdrop?

The worst part is that he wasn't even eavesdropping properly, and then he ran out to save this grandfather and grandson. Now look what's happened! How are we going to explain this? How are we going to end this?

"Old Feng, I've come to you to learn about brine wells. I had already bought some today, but I can't sleep tonight. I've never run this business before, so I've come to ask for your advice. As for what happened just now, it was a coincidence, haha, all a coincidence."

Gu Yuanen felt so embarrassed he wanted to pick his toes.

He smiled at the old man and said, "Did you hear that? It's all a coincidence!"

Upon hearing this, the old man quietly looked at Gu Qingyue for a few moments, a barely perceptible smile appearing on his lips. "Little girl, you should remove that mole; it's about to fall off."

Gu Qingyue immediately raised her hand and touched her chin. Sure enough, it was about to fall off!

It's probably because they were too engrossed in the fight, and also, they might have gotten the man in black wet when they pulled him out of the water.

She chuckled and removed the mole.

The laughter was clear and cheerful. "Old Feng really has a keen eye!"

"Young lady, you're too kind. In any case, you saved my grandfather and grandson, so you are our benefactor. I won't say anything more."

The old man stroked his white beard and said with a smile.

Gu Yuanen was even more embarrassed. He cupped his hands in greeting to the two of them and said, "Please forgive me, Elder Feng. This is my sister. She likes to play around."

The old man looked at the two of them, and in particular, he stared blankly into Gu Qingyue's eyes for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

"No problem, but you two bought some brine from our Feng's Salt Well today..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Feng, we will manage it well," Gu Qingyue waved her hand, indicating that they could rest assured.

The old man nodded, "That's good."

By the time Gu Qingyue had asked about the details of running the brine wells in detail, an hour had passed.

"May I ask where you two are from?"

Gu Qingyue and the other person had already stood up when they heard the old man's question.

"We are from the capital, traveling with my younger sister, and happened to come across this grand event in Meng County. It was just a coincidence," Gu Yuanen said, bowing.

Upon hearing that Gu Yuanen was from the capital, the old man became somewhat excited. "Do you two know the old Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"

Gu Qingyue raised an eyebrow, her heart beginning to stir. "You know him? Does Old Master Feng know the old Duke?"

"I met him many years ago. He was a hero of my Great Chu, and I have long admired him," the old man said, his voice trembling with emotion.

"How is the old Duke?" he couldn't help but ask again.

"Everything is fine," Gu Qingyue replied.

'Hiss------' Just as Gu Qingyue was about to ask Old Feng how he knew her grandfather, she heard the boy next to her, Xiao Yan, groan.

"Xiao Yan?" The old man immediately grabbed the boy's arm and asked anxiously.

"Let me see," Gu Qingyue observed for a moment, then stepped forward and placed her hand on the boy's wrist.

The old man was taken aback, not understanding what was going on.

"My younger sister is a doctor," Gu Yuanen really wanted to facepalm. His younger sister was seeing patients again. Was she afraid that the other party didn't know enough about him?

Gu Qingyue took the boy's pulse and then pressed on his ribs. The boy gasped and winced in pain.

"His ribs are slightly fractured, and he has internal injuries," Gu Qingyue said.

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Gu Qingyue deftly took out silver needles from her sleeve and gestured for the boy to lie down on the couch next to her.

She never liked having people around when she performed acupuncture, so Gu Yuanen naturally took Old Feng out.

The room fell silent.

"How do you know that my grandfather and I encountered men in black? The servants in the outer courtyard did not report that guests had visited," the young man said, lying on the couch, watching Gu Qingyue skillfully disinfect the silver needles one by one, his eyes filled with curiosity and scrutiny.

Gu Qingyue's lips twitched. She saw through it but didn't say anything. Of course, she sneaked in, that's why she didn't announce it. Why be so serious?

He's still quite sharp.

"Oh, we just happened to be walking right up to your house when we saw the men in black enter. We got so anxious that we rushed in without having time to tell the servant."

After saying that, Gu Qingyue inserted a needle into his pressure point to induce sleep.

"She talks too much," Gu Qingyue murmured to herself.

The next instant, Gu Qingyue's healing energy was frantically poured into the boy's body.

Half an hour later, Gu Qingyue and Gu Yuanen bid farewell and returned to the inn.

The old man was left staring blankly at the departing figures of the two men.

"Why did you treat that boy?" Gu Yuanen asked Gu Qingyue impatiently as soon as he returned to the inn.

The boy's injury could surely be treated by the Feng family's own doctors; there was no need for her to do it.

"Don't you think that old man is a bit mysterious?" Gu Qingyue asked, taking a sip of tea.

“Some of them even said they knew my grandfather. Could they be acquaintances of my grandfather?” Gu Yuanen naturally sensed that when Old Master Feng talked about his grandfather, he couldn’t hide the respect and satisfaction in his eyes.

"Well, that's not all."

Gu Qingyue took another sip of tea and recounted what she had overheard while they were still in the back alley.

"What? You're saying that old man might know people from the Mo Pavilion? Maybe he's one of them?" Gu Yuanen was incredulous. He now understood why his younger sister had such varied expressions that night.

Gu Qingyue raised her hand and pressed down on his shoulder, signaling him not to get agitated.

"Not only that, they should also know the whereabouts of the deputy pavilion master of the Ink Pavilion. And judging from their words, the deputy pavilion master is very ill. They even went to the Medicine Valley to seek medical help, but they couldn't find him."

Gu Qingyue seemed to be deep in thought.