149 The Man Was Still There (2/2)

The man in white still stood there, looking at Gu Xijiu’s back. He winked a little, and appeared somewhat unpredictable.

Although the girl's kung fu was lousy, her sixth sense was unbelievably sharp!

Not even Long Siye could sense him, but the girl did! And she even threw an ink slab at him…

He looked at the shattered ink slab on the ground. The grass beneath him was all blackened by the ink; not very appealing to look at.

He wiggled his fingers in his sleeves, as if he was trying to cast a spell, but had held that thought.

He turned around and disappeared.

…

Gu Xijiu stood beneath the tree for a while. This time she was sure that nobody was hiding in it.

Her personal maid Xiao Wu was holding a birdcage in her hand; the bird inside was bouncing and chirping around gleefully.

It was a tracking bird. Rumor had it that its seeking ability was even greater than that of a hunting hound. This bird was raised by Gu Xietian. He relied on it every time he was fighting a war and had won several battles because of it. He cherished it very much and had a servant take care of it.

If it was Gu Xijiu in the past, he would not even let her look at it, let alone borrow it.

But this time, when she called out the butler, he took out the bird without hesitation.

The butler said that the general allowed her to use anything inside this house.

Gu Xijiu learned how to use this bird before she took the cage and flew to the tree.

She recalled the approximate location of that man, opened the cage, then pointed at the tree branches and instructed, ”Take in the scent around there - let’s see who left it.”

The bird flew out, circled around the branches before flying back. It chirped at Gu Xijiu.