Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Gu Chan released the hands that were holding Ye Tianyang and untied the black cloth covering his eyes.

When she looked up, she saw that the person she had just caught was Ye Tianyang. She smiled awkwardly and said, "City Lord Ye, why are you here?"

"I'm afraid City Lord Ye can't sleep at night, so he wants to come and play too."

"Yes! He's so handsome, it really makes us feel itchy when we see him!"

"Lord Ye, you have been captured by our master. Now it's your turn to capture others!"

A few old ladies laughed and teased.

Ye Tianyang said with a stiff face, "You all should go and rest! I have something to talk to Manager Gu alone."

"Go ahead! That's enough for today. We'll continue tomorrow morning." Gu Chan said, waving her hand.

The women nodded in agreement, giggled and went back to their rooms to rest.

After they left, Gu Chan and Ye Tianyang walked to the stone table and sat down.

Ye Tianyang said in a deep voice, "I asked you to help me find a strange disease, but you have been eating, drinking and having fun all day long. Ten days have passed, and the half-month deadline will be up in five days. Do you really want me to detain you and not let you return to Tiancang Country?"

"City Lord Ye, calm down. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Why are you so anxious?" Gu Chan said calmly.

As she spoke, she picked up the wine jug on the stone table, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one glass to Ye Tianyang.

Ye Tianyang stared at her coldly and had no interest in drinking at all.

Gu Chan didn't care about him and drank the rice wine in the cup. Then she looked up at the night sky and said, "City Lord Ye, look at the night sky tonight. It's so dark and even the moon hasn't appeared. It's really not a good day to talk about strange diseases. Why don't you go back and rest early and talk about it tomorrow!"

"No, you have to give me an explanation tonight. I don't have time to play with you." Ye Tianyang said coldly.

"Hey!"

Gu Chan sighed helplessly.

Ye Tianyang said anxiously, "Recently, officials from various places along the border have reported more than a dozen cases of strange diseases. If this continues, it will inevitably cause panic among the people. I must find out the truth about the strange disease as soon as possible."

"City Lord Ye, I want to ask you a question and you must answer me truthfully." Gu Chan said seriously.

"What's the matter?" Ye Tianyang asked.

"Which prince of Yexing Kingdom do you, the Ye family on the border, support now?" Gu Chan asked.

Ye Tianyang said without hesitation, "Nonsense, our Ye family is loyal to the emperor and serves the master. Of course, we have always supported the prince of Yexing Kingdom. He is also the candidate for the new emperor of Yexing Kingdom in the future. I don't understand why you would ask me such a meaningless question."

"So, in the current Yexing Kingdom, are there any princes competing with the crown prince for the throne?" Gu Chan asked.

Ye Tianyang frowned and remained silent.

Gu Chan stood up, turned her back to him, put her hands behind her back, and said in an unfathomable manner, "City Lord Ye, for any country, who sits on the throne is a struggle for power. As the Lord of Jiangnan in Tiancang Country, I know this very well. As subjects, we will only become stumbling blocks in their struggle for power. Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, but I just can't understand why you are telling me this. What does this have to do with the strange disease?" Ye Tianyang said puzzledly.

"Think about it, if there is someone who doesn't want your Yexing Kingdom's Crown Prince to sit on the throne, then wouldn't he have to deal with the Crown Prince? And directly confronting the Crown Prince head-on is not the best method. Instead, wouldn't it be the best strategy to slowly weaken the forces around the Crown Prince?" Gu Chan reminded kindly.

Ye Tianyang's eyes widened when he heard this, as if he suddenly understood something, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Gu Chan turned to face him and said solemnly, "City Lord Ye, go back tonight and think carefully about whether you should continue to investigate this strange disease. If you do, I suggest you quickly send someone to check the whereabouts of Coroner Yan. After you find him, you must do your best to protect him."

"You...what did you find out?" Ye Tianyang said blankly.

He had always thought that Gu Chan had been eating, drinking and having fun during this period and had not taken the matter of investigating the strange disease seriously at all. But now he suddenly understood that the truth might not be as simple as he thought. Gu Chan knew much more than he imagined, but for some reasons, she was not convenient to say more.

Gu Chan didn't explain much, just smiled and said, "If you want to trust me, just listen to me and you will understand later."

"Okay, I'll trust you again. If you dare to lie to me again, don't blame me for being rude to you." Ye Tianyang threatened.

After saying that, he stood up and left angrily.

Gu Chan didn't pay much attention to him and just went back to her room to rest quietly.

That night, Ye Tianyang ordered the masters in the mansion to secretly go to Shenghe Yizhuang to investigate Yan the coroner, but after the masters arrived, they found that Yan the coroner had already escaped.

Afterwards, the expert followed clues and chased Counselor Yan all the way out of the city and headed towards his hometown.

Two nights later, the expert finally carried Yan the coroner back to the City Lord's Mansion.

What shocked Ye Tianyang was that at this time, Coroner Yan had already been beaten to death, with only his last breath hanging on. He lay on the cold ground of the dungeon, spitting blood from his mouth.

Ye Tianyang squatted beside him, stared at him and said, "How could this happen?"

"City Lord, when I rushed to his hometown, I found two masked killers who were torturing him desperately. It took me a lot of effort to rescue him, but he was injured too badly. I'm afraid there's no way he can be saved." said the master standing nearby.

"Mr. Yan, why do they want to kill you?" Ye Tianyang asked.

With his last breath, the coroner Yan said weakly, "Lord City Lord... please... please let him go. I want to talk to you alone."

"You go guard outside. No one can get close without my order." Ye Tianyang waved his hand and ordered.

The master responded respectfully, immediately left the cell and went outside to guard.

Ye Tianyang said with a sullen face, "Now you can talk! No one will bother us anymore."

"My Lord City Lord... Regarding the strange disease, I'm afraid I already knew the cause, but I just didn't dare to say it... Now that things have come to this point today, I don't think there is any need to hide it from you anymore..." Coroner Yan said intermittently.

During the next incense stick of time, he endured the severe pain in his body and with his last breath, he told Ye Tianyang everything he had found out before.

Ye Tianyang was in disbelief at first, but seeing that Coroner Yan was injured so badly and still spoke so decisively, he couldn't help but believe it. After he finished listening, he was completely dazed, and his heart felt like a bottle of five flavors had been overturned, and it instantly became a mixture of all kinds of emotions!