Chapter 477 - A Burst Seam Revealed (1/2)

Lin Mengya continued flipping through the pages repeatedly. Although Lin Mengya could not deny that this was an amazing book, she still had doubts about it.

Could it really be that the music score for the green stringed instrument was somehow linked to the successor of the Pavilion of herbs that it had caused a series of troubles?

But no, things did not seem so simple.

At this moment, be it Long Tianyu, Zuo Qiuyu, or Zuo Qiuchen, they certainly knew that she possessed the music score for the green stringed instrument.

She was also very grateful that as her family and friends, they were very protective of her.

However, once they arrived at the former capital, there were bound to be things she had to do as well as ploys and schemes which she would be drawn into.

When she pulled her thoughts back into reality, her eyelashes trembled slightly before she opened her eyes.

Although she was rested physically, her mind was still somewhat fatigued.

As she massaged her glabella gently, she was grateful that the journey so far had been quite smooth and uneventful.

Drawing up the curtain, Lin Mengya looked out of the window. She supposed that they had already emerged from the woods because the road was flatter and wider. The traffic on the road was also busier.

The people on the road consisted of officials, nobles as well as commoners. The traffic heading towards the former capital had increased tremendously.

In her heart, Lin Mengya could tell that generally, all the people of the Nation of Lintian highly esteemed the matters concerning the Pavilion of Herbs.

It was no wonder that Cousin Chen had been so anxious and fervent in helping her.

“We’ll be arriving at the former capital soon. Do you think the chess piece at the back carriage would be of any use?”

Long Tianyu lowered his head and asked with a low voice.

Although they had encountered some trouble along the way, they had not, for a moment, relaxed their watch over Sumei.

Sumei’s character had been exposed very early on. She had been ordering the old maid who was attending to her, acting domineeringly like she was the master.

However, the old maids were servants from Cousin Chen’s mansion and some of them were personally appointed by Cousin Chen. In this case, all of them refused to submit to her.

“That will be soon, but we have to give her a chance to flee, right? She must have a hard time holding in all her grudges the entire journey. If we let her go so easily, who knows if she will have an evil plan against us? She may be stupid, but not the people she is working for.”

There was a deeper meaning in the smile on Lin Mengya’s face. To her, Sumei was merely the brick Lin Mengya cast to attract jade.

Hongyu’s words were deeply embedded in Lin Mengya’s mind.

The only worry was that her identity would cause a great commotion once they arrive at the former capital.

Therefore, she had to consider all possible circumstances so that when the time came, she could reap benefit from confusion together with Cousin Yu and Long Tianyu.

“That’s true. Let me go ahead to make arrangements.”

Long Tianyu rode on the horse to look for Zuo Qiuyu to discuss this matter. They had been traveling for quite some time and had seen much of the local conditions and customs. Nevertheless, given Lin Mengya’s character, she was getting bored in the horse carriage.

They eventually arrived at a town close to the former capital and Lin Mengya finally found the opportunity to alight from the horse carriage to loosen her limbs.

Each man escorting her was handsome. The town, though small, was rather crowded with people.

It only took a while before the three men escorting her attracted the attention of many of the young girls in town.

Lin Mengya could only return the envious and jealous looks in the eyes of the girls with a gentle smile.

What to do? These days, the girls walking in the streets could instantly become fans of any handsome guy that they saw.

At this moment, Lin Mengya could only quietly fade into the background.

Although the town was relatively small, it was after all located along the route leading to the old capital. For this reason, there was no shortage of inns and restaurants within the town.

For the same reason, there also were many medicine shops and clinics.

When they had just entered the town, Lin Mengya, with her keen sense of smell, quickly detected the faint aroma of medicinal herbs in the air.

Moreover, many paddlers all around were selling common herbs that were good for the human body.

Lin Mengya observed that Liu Xuan was even more meticulous than Zuo Qiuyu in handling all matters.

He found an inn and reserved the entire place for their use. He even searched the entire place to make sure it was safe before he let the rest of the company enter the inn.

Lin Mengya was certain that he must be a Virgo, and one person who was plagued with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After considering how polite Liu Xuan had treated her, she did not rake up the incident that he criticized Long Tianyu on the way here.

“Let’s take a rest here for tonight. Tomorrow we should be arriving at the old capital. The emperor had already made arrangements for someone to receive us in the old capital.”

Liu Xuan might have joined them later, but he obviously was in control of the situation better than Zuo Qiuyu.

In light of this, one could see the deep trust Cousin Chen had in Liu Xuan.

In this case, Lin Mengya found it strange that Cousin Chen was not aware of Liu Xuan’s seemingly hostile attitude towards the Long Family.

So much so that he had even arranged for Liu Xuan to come out to receive them. Was he not worried that the two men might get into some kind of disagreement and conflict?

While Lin Mengya made such a judgment in her heart, she was after all no longer a child.

Perhaps Cousin Chen had his own plans.

“Thank you for taking all the trouble.”

Lin Mengya bowed slightly, then turned around. She went up to the second floor and entered the room, which Liu Xuan had made someone prepare for her.