Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

The female man in black angrily put the knife back into the sheath, then turned her head to look at the male man in black and said.

"Since we are here, we can't come here for nothing. Since this old beggar is in the temple where Gu Chan lives, he must have a close relationship with him. Let's capture him first."

"Yes, boss." The man in black responded respectfully.

Then he took out the rope he had prepared in advance and tied up the nine-fingered old beggar.

The nine-fingered old beggar said with a depressed look, "I am really just a beggar. What's the point of tying me up? There is a perpetrator for every wrong. You should go find Gu Chan! There is no need to take me away, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you old thing. Do you think I can't see that you are a master? I had people tie you up and you didn't resist. What are you thinking?" said the woman in black coldly.

The nine-fingered old beggar laughed, closed his mouth and said no more.

The female man in black was very confused and couldn't figure out what this old man was up to, but she didn't want to leave empty-handed, so she left a note in front of the Buddha statue, and then she and the male man in black took the nine-fingered old beggar out of the temple.

The next morning, Gu Chan returned safely to Chang's Wharf on a merchant ship.

At this time, on the merchant ship, there were not only her and Yuan Jie, but also Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying. After experiencing so much torture, the mental state of both of them was not very good, and they looked very embarrassed.

After getting off the merchant ship, Gu Chan immediately asked someone to drive a carriage, helped the two of them into the carriage, and then took them back to the Jigong Temple in Jiangnan City.

After daybreak, Gu Chan finally brought the three of them back to the Jigong Temple safely.

But this time, Gu Chan was dumbfounded.

She looked everywhere for the nine-fingered old beggar, but couldn't find him anywhere. Finally, she found the piece of paper left by the female man in black last night in the Buddhist temple.

The note only read, "If you want the old man to be safe, come to Jiangnan Academy to see me."

Seeing this, Yuan Jie couldn't help but laugh and said, "Boss, it seems that the other party was not idle last night! You led people to Tiancang River to rescue my sister and the others, and the other party also sent people to sneak into Jiangnan City to capture your people. We really thought of the same thing."

"Hmph! I said that this woman Shuiyue is not a simple person! In my opinion, she had no intention of coming directly to Jiangnan City last night. She took advantage of the strong wind and waves caused by Sogou to hover over the Tiancang River. Then she brought people to sneak over secretly to deal with me. It turned out that I thought so too. I originally wanted to save Cheng Hao and Yuan Jie, and deal with her by the way." Gu Chan said with a smile.

"Yes! That means both sides have come to nothing." Yuan Jie said.

Gu Chan looked at the note in her hand and smiled, then said, "By the way, guess who is the person who came to capture the old gang leader?"

"We sneaked onto the leading warship last night, but did not find General Shuiyue. So it is probably her who kidnapped the old gang leader," Yuan Jie guessed.

"Well, you go take care of Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying first, and then send someone to the Great China to notify Di Lin, asking him to continue monitoring the enemy's every move. I'm going to take a nap first, and then I'll bring Baihu to meet this sister at this time." Gu Chan ordered.

Yuan Jie nodded quietly and immediately went to the backyard to take care of Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying.

Gu Chan did not stay in the Buddhist hall any longer, but went back to her room in the backyard and fell asleep while holding the white fox in her arms.

At noon, when she was sleeping soundly, Yan Xishan ran over in a hurry and banged on the door.

Gu Chan was woken up by the noise and said with an unhappy look on her face, "Who is it? Why are you knocking?"

"Lord, something bad has happened. The young prince was taken away by two men in black last night, and they also killed several of my guards!" Yan Xishan reported anxiously outside the door.

"I understand. You can go back! I'm not feeling well yet!" Gu Chan said impatiently.

Yan Xishan was confused. "Lord, is this matter okay? Why do I feel like you don't care at all?"

"That idiot Nangong Jin is gone, so what? There is no use for him now anyway, and there is no point in keeping him. Just let him go! You go back quickly and prepare some gifts, and send them to Jiangnan Academy in my name. Tell those academicians that they are from me for the new distinguished guest." Gu Chan said unhappily.

After saying that, she continued to hold the white fox and fell asleep.

Yan Xishan stood at the door, completely dumbfounded and totally confused.

In the end, he could only leave stupidly and go back to the Censorate, prepare generous gifts as instructed by Gu Chan, and send someone to deliver them to the Jiangnan Academy and hand them over to the academicians.

Gu Chan woke up from a nap in the afternoon and felt refreshed.

After getting up, washing, and eating something to fill her stomach, she went to the courtyard where Cheng Hao and the other man lived to check on them.

After a day of rest, the two were in much better condition than last night.

Cheng Hao lay on the bed, his face full of guilt as he said, "Master, I'm sorry, it's because I'm not strong enough, otherwise the two of us wouldn't have become prisoners, and I have to trouble you to rescue us personally."

"Okay, you don't have to blame yourself too much. Facing an opponent like the Crown Prince, I was forced into a corner, let alone you. Now you don't have to think about anything. Just lie on the bed and recuperate. After I finish dealing with things here, you have to go back to Nancheng and continue to manage the county government for me." Gu Chan said comfortingly.

Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying were so moved that their eyes were filled with tears, and they felt even more sorry for Gu Chan.

Gu Chan didn't want to say any more. After saying a few words, she immediately left with the white fox and rushed to Jiangnan Academy.

When Gu Chan arrived at the gate of Jiangnan Academy, it was already dark.

Before she could even walk into the gate with the white fox, an old academician came out, bowed to her and said, "My Lord, please follow me. The distinguished guest has been waiting for you in Tingfeng Garden for a long time."

"By the way, old academician, isn't the poetry reading going to be held in the middle of next month? Why is there no movement from your side? Don't you want to report to Lord Yan and then make some preparations?" Gu Chan asked as she followed the old academician into the room.

The last time Yan Li framed her at Jiangnan Academy, he mentioned the poetry gathering, but so many major events happened in succession afterwards that she had no time to take care of the poetry gathering. It was only now that she came here again that she remembered this matter again.

The old academician sighed and said, "My Lord! Now, all the officials, merchants and wealthy people in the Jiangnan area are in danger, and the prince's army is on the way, lurking around. We at the Jiangnan Academy have assessed the situation and naturally dared not make arrangements for the poetry gathering. Otherwise, according to the habit of previous years, we would have almost finished the preparations by now."

"No! The annual poetry meeting in the Jiangnan area is a grand event! It can't be ruined in my hands this year. You should go to discuss with Lord Yan tonight. Just tell me how much money you want and I will approve it directly. If Yan Xishan dares to say no, you come to me and I will be the first to beat him with a stick." Gu Chan said quickly, waving her hand.

The old academician stopped and turned his head to look at Gu Chan with wide eyes, he could hardly believe his ears.