There were so many theories, but they also didn't know which one was the right answer. They could guess, but the one who knew about the real answer only the esteemed guest himself. Even though their plan was successful, they didn't really feel happy about it. After all, it cost the life of two people. Although they weren't in a good relations.h.i.+p with Rong Qiu, they were still innocent ah~! Thus, they still felt a bit guilty.

Fortunately, the esteemed guest didn't kill all of the people there or they would feel even guiltier. Bai Bing Wen might be a lunatic but wasn't an irrational person. He wouldn't do something that didn't benefit him.

Yao Ling finally said because they had nothing left to guess, "Maybe Father would know something about this matter or the esteemed guest's ident.i.ty... we should ask him when he arrived here."

The others murmured their agreement, even though they had to wait for a few more days, they would wait patiently. That night, all of them were sleeping with many complicated thoughts.

What if that esteemed guest realized that they were the one who planned the whole thing? They would certainly make an enemy with a crazy man.

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Rong Qiu was lucky when he set off because he didn't encounter any sandstorm. It took lesser time for him than Yao Ling's entourage to arrive at Nei Huang. He only went out with Ah Zhao and a few guards.

When he arrived there, he was bombarded with a lot of questions by his daughter and friends.

"Wait... wait... tell me about the news first!" Rong Qiu asked for more details.

He really wanted to take a nap for a little while, but the agitated youngsters didn't let him go easily. Fortunately, Rong Qiu had a good sleep the day before. Even though he was tired, it wasn't that bad. Therefore, he patiently listened to the news from Crescent Lake.

Rong Qiu's face darkened when he heard that Hong Wen was killed in a cold-blooded manner. The letter said about his wound and it was really ugly! There was no sign of fight and it was one fatal stab on his stomach. However, there was a sign that he had been stabbed ruthlessly at one spot.

How poor of him!

Even though Rong Qiu didn't like that guy, they usually fought using their mouths ah~! He sighed sadly but knew that he couldn't change Hong Wen's fate anyway --- and he wouldn't. People always had their selfish side and he wasn't an exception. Rong Qiu would choose his daughter's safety rather than Hong Wen's.

He wondered to himself whether it was because of the jade pendant that he had given them. After realizing that this was probably the case, his face started to change but he didn't dare to tell the others. He simply took a note of it and hoped that he was wrong... Maybe he would discuss this thing in private with Yao Ying. Rong Qiu wondered whether he had made a mistake.

Rong Qiu could see Yao Ling's slightly haggard face and he knew that the latter must have been too worried about him. Yes, he was happy. However, just like Yao Ying, he felt that something wasn't quite right with her temperament, but he didn't know which part was wrong.

He looked at Yao Ying in a puzzle, but the latter shook his head... Yao Ying also didn't know for sure the reason. Rong Qiu decided not to talk about it in front of Yao Ling.

Yao Ying asked carefully, "Father-in-law, do you know the ident.i.ty of the esteemed guest?" All of them didn't know his name and never met him before, thus, they couldn't investigate him even if they wanted to.

"The Qin Kingdom's Bai Bing Wen," Rong Qiu answered."However, I only know his name." Rong Qiu sighed in regret.

He didn't have the time to find out his ident.i.ty, thus, he asked Yao Ying and Lin Jian, "Can you find out about his real ident.i.ty? The sooner, the better." He was afraid that they had provoked a lunatic and it was better if they knew their enemy's ident.i.ty.

Lin Jian nodded his head. "I will relay this thing to my intelligence network and ask them to find out everything about that man, I'm sure that we will find out about him sooner or later," Lin Jian promised.

Yao Ying answered, "If they couldn't find out about it, just use one favor from 'A Thousand Words'." Bai Bing Wen's move made them feel wary, somehow, he didn't feel that it would be easy to find out about that man.

If they saw him face to face and saw the man's face, Yao Ying would recognize him right away. Yao Ying could actually start investigating from the jade pendant with 'Wu' carving that was given to Yao Ling back then...

The others nodded in agreement because they also felt that this person was dangerous. They still had three favors, thus, they didn't feel that it was a loss for using one favor to inquire about this matter. After all, this matter was important as well.

"Father, when do you think we should go to the capital?" Yao Ling asked. When she found that her father was safe and sound, naturally, her mood was getting better. She couldn't wait to finish their business in the Han Kingdom and go back to w.a.n.g Fu!

"I will go tomorrow and all of you should depart the next day. We shouldn't go together because the Han Emperor would certainly pay more attention to me," Rong Qiu explained. He didn't want to make them involved in the Crescent Lake matter, mainly to protect Yao Ling's ident.i.ty. His current situation wasn't safe... thus, he didn't want to take any risk.

"Besides, it would be better if you stealthily go inside the capital --- especially because of Xiao Fang's ident.i.ty. Not only that, but the Han Emperor must have heard about the rumor and at that time, Xiao Fang was there. I'm afraid that the Emperor would put the blame on you," Rong Qiu explained.

Lin Jian sighed. "I also believe that the Han Emperor must have been looking for the real blood letter..." The evidence would be detrimental to maintain his position as an Emperor...

The blood letter was a hot potato[1] and the others murmured their agreement, they needed to keep it safe. Even if Xiao Fang didn't show up back then when the blood letter was announced, the Han Emperor must have been feeling suspicious of her! Not only that, but she also appeared at Crescent Lake ah~!

When both important matters occurred, Xiao Fang was there and the Han Emperor must have been taking note of it!

Yao Ling asked, "Father, why don't you rest one more day?"

Rong Qiu shook his head. "The Han Emperor has been waiting for my arrival. He must have paid attention to my movement too... Staying here longer will only make him feel suspicious. The sooner I meet him, the better."

"But..." Yao Ling wanted to hold him back again.

Yao Ying knew what Yao Ling wanted to say and he shook his head at her, telling her that it was useless to prevent Rong Qiu from going, besides, it would only make the Han Emperor feel that Rong Qiu didn't respect him.

Thus, Yao Ling swallowed the words back. She didn't know why but she kept feeling agitated when she separated from her father and the same thing happened if she was far from Yao Ying... It made her feel that she almost lost her mind ah~!

So frustrating!

After finished talking, Rong Qiu freshened up and after that, he was calling Yao Ying and Yao Ling into his room. He wanted to talk to them in private.

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[1]. Hot Potato: a controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with.