Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1313 1 Inch Lovesickness Continuation 2

The place where Jiang Xinxin settled was not very close to the cave where Zuo Qingci and others stopped, only about four or five miles away. However, she could use her spiritual sense, so she eavesdropped on the news about the Splendid Mountain and River Map, and even knew that their destination was a place called Chiyansha.

So Jiang Xinxin didn't go up again to show her presence, but went straight to the Red Flame Sand.

Jiang Xinxin really couldn't remember the specific situation of this world, but she had met several of the protagonists before. Zuo Qingci died young, Fei Kouer was a woman who disguised herself as a man and lost her whole life, Yin Changge died earlier than Zuo Qingci, and the woman lying inside and the person protected by Zuo Qingci lived a long life, but both of them lost their loved ones.

In short, none of the people can be considered perfect.

But these are not important. What is important is the beautiful picture of mountains and rivers.

In Jiang Xinxin's eyes, Chiyansha is just a small country in the Western Regions. Unfortunately, Dajing is in decline, and the current Emperor Xiaoming did not come to the throne normally, but is a puppet supported by powerful officials.

What’s worse is that Emperor Xiaoming not only has powerful ministers who exceed their authority, but also the orthodox Emperor Ai, whose life and death are unknown but whose death has never been officially reported.

Many small countries surrounding Dajing also lost their dignity because of Dajing's disastrous defeat ten years ago, in which they even lost their own little emperor. Otherwise, even the tiny Chiyansha would not have dared to intercept Duan Yan who was fleeing with the map.

Jiang Xinxin was a fast runner. She waited in Chiyansha for three whole days before Duan Yan, who was escorted by the three demons from the Snow Realm, finally arrived at Chiyansha.

However, the small foreign land of Chiyansha was able to receive the news of the theft of the Dajing border defense map in advance. When Duan Yan came to find Chiyansha's Prime Minister Luo Muye, Luo Muye had already contacted the Guz Kingdom.

Although Zuo Qingci and his party seemed to have arrived at the same time as Duan Yan, they were actually a whole day and night later than Duan Yan.

Alas, time is tight and the task is heavy. Jiang Xinxin didn't plan to continue fishing in an expert manner. When Zuo Qingci and his party entered the city, she directly asked someone to take them to her residence.

Shen Manqing was in better health now, so she was the one who attended most of the social events with her senior sister Yin Changge. Although she didn't know Jiang Xinxin, she had heard of her from Yin Changge and Zuo Qingci.

Today Jiang Xinxin was wearing a blue dress, which was of course roughly the style of the Central Plains, but the patterns on the clothes and the pearls and gems embellished on them were all in the style of the Western Regions.

Shen Manqing had an inexplicable liking for the beautiful Jiang Xinxin, so she passed by Zuo Qingci and bowed first, "I am Shen Manqing from Zhengyang Palace. I heard my junior brother Changge talk about the young lady, and we have met each other before. I wonder why the young lady invited us here today?"

This is not an inn, but a quiet little house. Jiang Xinxin behaves like a host from beginning to end, and the people working in this house are all Chiyansha people, who look very different from the people in the Central Plains.

Jiang Xinxin didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "The day before yesterday I said I wanted to find someone. In fact, I wanted to find someone to do something earth-shaking. But I have thought about it carefully these few days, and those ideas back then can't be realized. It just so happens that I heard a secret about Dajing, and thinking of the few people I met on the road, I decided to lend a helping hand to you."

Shen Manqing and Yin Changge believed this a little. After all, they were pure disciples of the righteous martial arts world. They took on this important task because of the influence of the ideas of loyalty to the emperor and love for the people that they had been taught by their teachers since childhood. What's more, they had a little selfish motive and wanted to take the opportunity to make a name for Zhengyang Palace and themselves.

But Zuo Qingci is different. Even though he has nothing to do with the imperial court or the martial arts world now, he was actually Yan Zhi, the eldest son of the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion in Dajing ten years ago.

As for Fei Kouer, she had no reaction to what Jiang Xinxin said.

If what Jiang Xinxin said was true, then having such a master to help her in seizing the map would naturally be twice as effective with half the effort, which would only benefit her.

And if what Jiang Xinxin said was all false, it would not affect her efforts to complete the transaction with Shanshuidu.

Seeing that only Shen Manqing and Yin Changge were slightly moved, Jiang Xinxin showed her sincerity directly and handed a two-foot-long mother-of-pearl box with a rich crabapple flower to Zuo Qingci, "I have the picture here, Doctor Zuo can personally check its authenticity."

Now even Shen Manqing and Yin Changge didn't quite believe it.

But Jiang Xinxin just moved her fingers, and the two-foot-long rosewood and mother-of-pearl box fell easily into Zuo Qingci's hands. Everyone was stunned by her move.

Zuo Qingci therefore no longer had so many doubts and opened the box directly. He didn't even need to open the embroidered landscape map to check it out. Just by the material of the thing and the almost negligible slight smell it emitted, Zuo Qingci could conclude that this thing must be real.

Zuo Qingci closed the box and nodded to Shen Manqing, Yin Changge and Fei Kouer, confirming that this thing was real.

Now, let’s talk about Jiang Xinxin’s conditions. After all, there is no free lunch in this world.

Zuo Qingci smiled and asked, "So, Miss Yuan Xin, what do you want?"

After making sure there were no other strangers around, Jiang Xinxin chuckled and said, "Didn't I say it before? I wanted to change the date, but after much calculation, I found that this move would hurt people too much and would not be conducive to my future actions."

"Now I can help you, but it's just a matter of convenience."

"Of course I also understand that some favors are best repaid as soon as possible, so Doctor Zuo, I want to save a person's life, a life that has a deep connection with you."

"Of course, this person seems to have some connection with the two disciples of Zhengyang Palace and this Fei Kou'er."

Zuo Qingci's expression suddenly changed, and Shen Manqing and Yin Changge looked around and found that only Zuo Qingci had any clues. Shen Manqing simply asked Zuo Qingci: "Doctor, do you have any ideas?"

It was on the way from the extremely cold land to the Red Flame Sand that Zuo Qingci confirmed that the disguised Fei Kouer was an old friend he met in his childhood. He had never said this out loud, but this Taoist Yuan Xin actually revealed their identities and even what happened more than ten years ago. With such a move, he could no longer be on guard.

Since we can't make an enemy of such a person, we can only try our best to turn her into a friend.

Since everyone is actually connected in Jiang Xinxin's eyes, Zuo Qingci is willing to reveal a little bit, "Okay, okay. Such a person who can connect our Waigu and Zhengyang Palace, and even Fei Kou'er, must be very important."

"But Miss Yuan Xin, since the other party is so important, the person who wants to kill him must be very powerful. I'm afraid that we alone cannot guarantee his safety."

Shen Manqing was confused by what she heard, but she understood one thing: Zuo Qingci knew the person whose life Jiang Xinxin wanted to save, but this person's enemies were very powerful. Even if Fangwai Valley and Zhengyang Palace joined forces, their chances of winning would probably not be great.