Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

More than half an hour later, Ye Fan returned to Mingyuan College somewhat helplessly, because he could not catch up with either the gray-clothed figure or the black-clothed man. However, he unexpectedly discovered that the direction in which the pointer of the Dragon Vein Heavenly Book deviated actually pointed to the location of the cold palace again...

In the temporary accommodation arranged by the college,

Ye Fan still had a room to himself, but the academy did not arrange a single room for every student whose dormitory was just damaged. It was because the other students who were arranged here were not sleepy at all and were all outside trying to find out what the assassin was doing tonight.

"Is there someone or something in that cold palace... that can move... and the pointer of the Dragon Vein Heavenly Book is pointing to the person or thing in the cold palace..."

"Little Bean Sprout is being followed... Tonight's assassination... The capital is becoming more and more dangerous... We must find a way to quickly confirm what the Dragon Vein Heavenly Book pointer is pointing to in the cold palace, and then take Little Bean Sprout away!"

Ye Fan looked at the direction indicated by the pointer of the Dragon Vein Book in his hand, muttered something, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep soon.

..........

Midnight,

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Book Tower,

Xie Zhong, dressed in black, had a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. He was surrounded by cold air and many parts of his clothes were covered with white frost. In his hand, Xie Zhong was holding an unconscious middle-aged man.

"Damn it! When did Mingyuan Academy have such a powerful master?"

Xie Zhong had a gloomy look on his face. He was the man in black who sneaked into Tianzhuan Academy tonight.

To be on the safe side, he personally went to test Ye Fan, but he didn't expect that the gray-clothed figure who suddenly appeared in Mingyuan College was a super master. After fighting with the opponent, he suffered internal injuries. If he hadn't run fast and ran into the palace, he would probably have died in the hands of the gray-clothed figure...

"Humph!"

Xie Zhong snorted coldly, opened his mouth wide, and bit the unconscious middle-aged man on the neck.

...........

the next day,

"Dong Dong Dong~"

"Brother, are you okay?"

Before Ye Fan got up, Liu Mengying's anxious voice came from outside the door.

Liu Mengying lived far from here, and the noise of the fight last night did not reach there, so she didn't know about it. This morning, when she was having breakfast, she heard about it and ran over without even bothering to eat breakfast...

"Little Bean Sprout, I'm fine!~"

....

After breakfast,

Ye Fan and Liu Mengying did not go to school, but asked for leave.

Ye Fan was in a rather depressed mood at the moment, because he had thought about it over and over again but could not think of a better way to quietly explore what the pointer of the Dragon Vein Heavenly Book pointed to...

"Oh, big brother, I almost forgot to tell you that when I was out with the students, I heard about a place called Qushui Liushang. It seems to be a place for listening to music. Why don't we go and listen~!"

While walking on the road, Liu Mengying's eyes suddenly lit up and she made a suggestion.

"Qushui Liushang? There seems to be a place called this in Jiangzhou City~"

Ye Fan was quite surprised. Immediately, he nodded and walked towards the entrance of the academy with Liu Mengying.

...........

More than an hour later,

"Oh my god... this landscape layout is really the same as the Qushui Liushang in Jiangzhou City~"

Arriving at the place Liu Mengying mentioned, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying were both surprised.

"Big brother, will Sister Grape be in here too?"

In this situation, Liu Mengying couldn't help but think of Grape, with whom she had a great time in Jiangzhou City.

"I don't know~ Let's go in and take a look~"

.........

After paying an ingot of silver, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying came to the second floor of Qushui Liushang, where many singing girls were playing pleasant tunes. They found a place to sit down and listened to the tunes quietly with other guests, occasionally eating one or two fruits on the table.

"Ok?"

Ye Fan was leaning against the warm back of a chair, listening to the little tune played by the singer with great interest. Suddenly, he straightened up and looked out the window.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Seeing this, Liu Mengying, who was originally listening to the music attentively, couldn't help but ask.

"Little Bean Sprout, did you hear...the familiar sound of the pipa?"

There was obvious surprise on Ye Fan's face, because the pipa sound that just came from afar was exactly the same as the one he had heard Grape play before.

"This... no~"

Liu Mengying listened carefully for a while, then shook her head slightly.

"Little Bean Sprout, the sound of the pipa is coming from quite far away. The vocals here are quite loud and are covered up, so it's hard to hear clearly. Let's go over there and take a look!"

Having said that, Ye Fan stood up and walked out, and Liu Mengying followed immediately.

...........

The two walked around the rockery and through the courtyard. As the sound of the pipa became clearer, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying showed surprise on their faces, because it was indeed the same pipa that they heard Grape play when they were in Jiangzhou City.

"Sister Grape!"

When Liu Mengying saw a graceful figure wearing emerald green gauze and a white veil on her face, playing the pipa in the pavilion by the lake not far ahead, she immediately exclaimed.

“Meng…Mengying? Ye…Young Master Ye?!”

The melodious sound of the pipa suddenly stopped. Grape looked up and saw that it was Liu Mengying and Ye Fan, with obvious surprise and joy in her eyes.

"It's really you!"

Although Ye Fan had basically determined that the person playing the pipa was Grape from the sound just now, he still felt surprised when he saw the person.

"Sister Grape, long time no see!"

"Yeah, long time no see, Mengying, why did you come to the capital..."

...........

Soon, Liu Mengying started chatting with Grape familiarly, while Ye Fan started teasing the fish in the lake.

After a long while, Grape walked to Ye Fan's side, "Mr. Ye... the Ye Fan who cracked the blood-sucking monster case a few days ago and became famous in Beijing is really you... I told my uncle before that it might be you, and I was thinking of looking for you..."

"Master said he also thought it was you, and he was quite surprised and happy, but he didn't let me look for you..."

Grape sighed helplessly. She followed Zhong Ming to the capital city and has never left since entering Qushui Liushang. Apart from Zhong Ming, she doesn't even have a friend to talk to.

"Uncle Master?"

Ye Fan frowned slightly, looking puzzled.

"That's the Zhong Ming you saw before!"

Grape explained, and then continued: "Master Ye, since you are here, listen to me play a song!"

"it is good!"

As soon as Ye Fan finished speaking, Grape's delicate white hands plucked the strings of the pipa, and beautiful pipa sounds rang out.

Ye Fan and Liu Mengying sat on the long wooden bench in the pavilion and listened quietly. Gradually, Ye Fan was no longer irritable, but rather relaxed. There were no distracting thoughts in his mind. He felt quite comfortable all over, and finally leaned against the railing and fell asleep...

Liu Mengying and Grape were no longer surprised. One continued to listen with interest while the other continued to play attentively.

………….

The sunset is like fire,

Ye Fan finally opened his eyes.

"Sleep so comfortably!~"

Ye Fan stretched his body, feeling happy. He didn't know why, but the sound of the pipa played by Grape always gave him a feeling of peace and tranquility.

"Big brother, you sleep so well. Sister Grape has been playing for most of the day and her fingers are all red!"

Liu Mengying looked at Ye Fan speechlessly. She had wanted to wake Ye Fan up or ask Grape to stop and rest, but Grape just shook her head at her.

"Well………"

Ye Fan scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Grape, I'm back!"

At this time, a male voice that was familiar to Ye Fan and Liu Mengying sounded. It was Zhong Ming.

"Pu...Ye...Ye Fan? Miss Liu?"

Zhong Ming was about to say something to Grape, but his tongue suddenly got tied up, and he saw Ye Fan and Liu Mengying.

Immediately, Zhong Ming's expression became serious and he cast a stern look at Grape.

...........