Chapter 868: Sinister motives, wesll wait for him (1/2)

Gu Qishao pulled Mu Linger straight out of the palace until he was sure no one was tailing them, then stopped. She quickly produced the secret missive. “Qi gege, here. It just arrived this morning.” Mu Linger was curious about the contents too.

Gu Qishao opened it up and saw the strong yet graceful words of Han Yunxi’s hand. Inside, the letter described three things.

Regarding the ceasefire between East and West Qin, Han Yunxi said that Ning Cheng and Long Feiye had reached an agreement to stop. Both would deal with the Wind Clan on their own and resume fighting after defeating the Wind Clan;

He was to wholeheartedly assist Ning Cheng and use Bai Yuqiao to seek out Bai Yanqing. It would be best to turn Bai Yuqiao into a witness to expose Jun Yixie and gain the Northern Li emperor’s trust, then do their utmost to ally with Northern Li;

She wished both him and Mu Linger well, and that everything was proceeding smoothly in the barracks, so there was no need to miss her.

Mu Linger finished reading everything quickly before she declared in a moment of passion, “Qi gege, we have to help my big sis defeat the Wind Clan before Long Feiye!”

Actually, Gu Qishao felt even more excited than Mu Linger over these things. But instead of getting worked up, he narrowed his eyes and studied the letter word by word. Very soon, Mu Linger sensed something amiss.

“Qi gege, what’s wrong?”

Gu Qishao didn’t reply, but kept staring at the letter. After a while, he inspected each and every section of it, then compared it to the calligraphy written on the outside of the envelope.

“Qi gege, you...you think this letter’s a fake?” Mu Linger grew alarmed.

“Is this the same handwriting?” Gu Qishao finally replied.

Mu Linger carefully compared the letter with the envelope and nodded, absolutely certain. “It’s exactly the same. This is my big sis’s handwriting, all right. I’ve seen her write so many prescriptions. I even have some with me!” She hastily took out a prescription formula and began to compare the words with Gu Qishao.

“It’s identical!” Mu Linger was even more convinced.

Gu Qishao only muttered to himself, “It really is exactly the same.”

“Then it can’t be wrong! Qi gege, let’s wait for Ning Cheng and leave together. We can interrogate Bai Yuqiao some more, maybe we’ll even find other details!” Mu Linger said seriously.

Gu Qishao only gave her a disdainful look. “If we interrogate her further, we’ll have to keep torturing her. Can a little white rabbit like you take that much?”

A few days ago, she had even urged her to stop the torture, but now she wanted them to continue again. Stinkin’ lass, just how does her brain think?!

Mu Linger was conflicted for awhile before she declared, “I can take it! I’ll interrogate her with you!”

It wasn’t clear whether a kindhearted Mu Linger harbored a demon in her heart, or a devilish Mu Linger harbored a little white rabbit there instead. Gu Qishao was too busy deciphering the letter to pay attention to Mu Linger, but he couldn’t help but ask, “Lass, didn’t you say that Poison lass couldn’t let go of Long Feiye? How come she’s so excited to fight him sooner now?”

Mu Linger chuckled. “Qi gege, my big sis isn’t just any woman! I can guarantee that my big sis is being used right now. She definitely still loves Long Feiye a lot, but she’ll shoulder the burden of reviving West Qin! She won’t be together with Long Feiye! Thus, we have to hurry up and help her defeat the Wind Clan! Now that both sides have stopped fighting, she and Long Feiye are facing off. The longer this takes, the more she’ll suffer! A prolonged pain is worse than a brief one!”

Gu Qishao rapped his knuckles upon her forehead. “The hell you know!”

Mu Linger glared at him, too lazy to explain. Although she felt a little reluctant to hurt Bai Yuqiao, when she imagined teaming up to fight with Qi gege and help Han Yunxi and Ning Cheng defeat the world so her big sister could be free earlier, she was very excited. It was as if she’d been given an infusion of chicken blood. She couldn’t help but imagine how impressive and domineering Han Yunxi would be after she became empress of Cloud Realm Continent and wore a crown on her head.

“Poison lass wants us to work with Ning Cheng?” Gu Qishao muttered to himself.

Mu Linger was still lost in her thoughts, so she didn’t notice Gu Qishao’s doubts. She simply asked, “Qi gege, should we reply now?”

Gu Qishao placed the letter away and put on a brilliant, seductive smile. A sinister light flickered past his pretty eyes. “No need. We’ll just wait for Ning Cheng to arrive!”

Once they went back, Gu Qishao was too lazy to meet with Ning An again. But Mu Linger cheerfully ran towards her and cried, “Ning An, Qi gege say he’ll wait until Ning Cheng arrives. You should urge him to hurry up. If we wait too long, we’ll leave first!”

“You little lass, you’re showing no respect towards your elders,” Ning An smiled. “Who told you to directly call us siblings by name? In the future, you should call us Big Sister An and Big Brother Ning Cheng, understood?”