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"I know, Fat Master, don't worry. Once this matter is resolved, Qingtian will join us!" Xiang Xueer slowly finished speaking and patted his shoulder. "Rest assured, everything is under my control."
"Yes, that's good. But please don't delay the important task of saving the Common People!" Fat Ancestor said, still feeling somewhat anxious. He didn't know why; he always felt that things were going too smoothly, which seemed a bit unusual.
In the middle of the night, everyone was fast asleep. In a corner of the backyard, a black figure flickered and headed towards the direction of the Spirit Hall.
Just then, Ling Zhu woke up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom. As she came out, she groggily saw a person dressed in black stealth clothing flash past her.
Strange? She thought she was sleepwalking and rubbed her eyes repeatedly before believing what she saw. Indeed, it was a person in black with their face covered, sneaking around and looking around cautiously. She immediately hid behind a wall corner to observe.
She noticed that the person had a poor physique and was completely covered, making it impossible to identify them. They circled around the backyard and walked forward until they arrived at the front of the Spirit Hall.
Upon reaching the Spirit Hall, this person happened to encounter Lan Ran Qingtian, who was not on duty at that moment. Seizing the opportunity, they approached the Redwood Coffin atop the Spirit Hall. With one hand gripping it tightly, they pushed with all their might, and with a creak, the heavy coffin lid was pushed open.
This person seemed quite strange. Ling Zhu initially thought they might be a thief but was surprised to see them interested in corpses. After pushing open the coffin, the Mysterious Figure was suddenly taken aback and dropped the candle they were holding in panic.
"How could this be? No corpse?" The Mysterious Figure cursed under their breath. At that moment, the Housekeeper suddenly heard a noise from this direction and walked over. The figure quickly closed the coffin and turned to leave the Spirit Hall, heading towards the backyard.
"Hmm? I clearly heard something just now," the Housekeeper said while looking around. Seeing no one around, he shook his head and turned to leave.
Ling Zhu, hiding behind a red curtain, turned and followed the black-clad figure. However, that person moved very quickly and disappeared in an instant. She felt something was off and decided to head towards Xiang Xueer's room.
At that moment, Xiang Xueer was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard a knock on her door. She immediately opened her eyes and whispered, "Who is it?"
"Shirley, it's me!" Ling Zhu lowered her voice. Upon hearing this, Xiang Xueer found it strange that this woman would come knocking on her door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.
So she opened the door to see Ling Zhu hurriedly entering with a mysterious demeanor. After glancing outside, she closed the door tightly and turned to report what had just happened: "Shirley, guess what I just saw?"
Xiang Xueer was taken aback. She had come here in the dead of night just to say this? Was it something important? So, she quickly lit the candles in the room, and the two of them sat by the table. "Is there something very important?"
Ling Zhu furrowed her brow and thought for a long time before shaking her head and saying, "I don't know if it's important, I just find it very strange!"
Then she told Xiang Xueer about the mysterious man in black she had seen earlier, and both of them fell into deep thought.
Xiang Xueer stroked her chin and slowly pondered, "From what you said, judging by the voice, this person is probably a man. Moreover, he only checked the coffin and left immediately without seeing the body. Could it be that he was looking for something?"
"I think so!" Ling Zhu affirmed Xiang Xueer's thoughts. "However, it seems this person doesn't know that Azure Wind Sword One's body is still in the mortuary and hasn't been placed back in the coffin."
"Hmph!" A smile crept onto Xiang Xueer's lips as she crossed her arms. "This person is interesting. Although I don't know what he's looking for, I still have a way to make him show up again and catch him red-handed. I want to see who this person really is."
A plan formed in Xiang Xueer's mind as she patted Ling Zhu on the shoulder. "Ling Zhu, it's good that you didn't alert him. Let's lure him out."
The next morning, Xiang Xueer and Lan Ran Qingtian began to publicly place Azure Wind Sword One's body back into the coffin, making sure everyone in the manor knew about it.
Lan Ran Qingtian looked puzzled as he watched Xiang Xueer busily working. He asked, "Hey, Shirley, it's just putting your father back in the coffin. Why make such a big deal out of it? It's like you want the whole street to know!"
"Hehe!" Xiang Xueer chuckled softly and pulled Qingtian closer to her. She whispered in his ear, "Don't worry; just wait for tonight to see the show. We're going to catch a turtle in a jar."
Qingtian was completely confused by her words and had no idea what she meant. Since she told him to wait for a good show, it must be something important.
Thus, Azure Wind Sword One's body was once again nailed into the coffin under everyone's watchful eyes. By nightfall, Xiang Xueer had arranged for several people to hide around Spirit Hall while she secretly repositioned the body and hid inside the coffin herself.
"Hey, will that Mysterious Figure really show up?" Lan Ran Qingtian, Ling Zhu, and Duck were hiding behind a curtain by a pillar while Fat Ancestor and Gunaara stood guard at two exits to prevent that person from slipping away.
“Shh!” Ling Zhu lowered her head and pointed a finger at Qingtian. “Don’t speak. We just need to wait. That person didn’t find the body yesterday, and now he’s making such a big fuss today. He will definitely come back.”
“Hmm, that makes sense, but it’s strange that this guy is interested in my father’s body. Could there be some kind of conspiracy?” Lan Ran Qingtian pondered, turning to Zhang Wei behind him. Suddenly, he remembered something. “By the way, Ling Zhu, where’s Shirley?”
“Ah? Right, where did the big sister go?” Duck finally reacted. Ling Zhu had been secretly laughing for a while, then pointed at the coffin. “Don’t worry, everything is part of her plan.”
Duck and Lan Ran Qingtian’s expressions darkened as they turned to look at the Redwood Coffin. No way, that girl couldn’t have hidden inside the coffin, could she?
Suddenly, Ling Zhu frowned sharply as a dark figure appeared again from the backyard. She quickly covered the mouths of the two people. “Shh! They’re coming!”
Everyone held their breath and didn’t dare to make a sound. Meanwhile, Xiang Xueer in the dark coffin seemed to sense something as well, but this cursed coffin was too thick, with no ventilation holes at all. If this continued for long, she would surely suffocate.
The air was becoming thin. If she had known earlier, she would have secretly made a hole under the coffin for ventilation. The footsteps gradually approached, and Xiang Xueer quickly held her breath. Even through the coffin, she could still smell that familiar scent on the person.
This scent seemed familiar, but she couldn’t recall where she had smelled it before. Just then, noticing the silence around her, the masked figure decisively pushed open the coffin lid again.
“Strange, I clearly saw that the lid was nailed shut. How could this be?” The person murmured softly. As soon as they pushed open the lid, a pair of glowing red eyes flickered from inside the coffin.
“I’ve been waiting for you!” Xiang Xueer shouted loudly as she drew her Azure Wind Sword and lunged at the person. The Mysterious Figure moved quickly and dodged her first attack.
With a whoosh, she leaped out of the coffin. As she turned her sword blade, she swiftly slashed towards the person’s arm. A wide gash appeared on his right arm, blood flowing from the wound.
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