The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 890 Xu Lianxiang

The most important thing right now is to ensure Meng Shisan's safety.

Huang Jing was focused on getting to the Meng residence. Lan Zhijin realized that Meng Shisan was becoming increasingly important to Huang Jing, so he asked her as he ran, "Are you really that concerned about Miss Meng's life or death?"

Huang Jing glanced at Lan Zhijin. As his childhood sweetheart, she understood the unspoken meaning behind his words: "Aside from the reason why I insisted on moving into the Meng residence, Yaoyao is also a citizen of the Great Wei, so I naturally care about her life and death."

Besides exorcising demons, she and he would occasionally fight against evil and uphold justice. They had encountered such things countless times, and they were always of one mind in punishing evil and persuading others to do good.

The reason he asked her this now was simply because he felt that her attitude towards the eldest daughter of the Meng family was different from how she had treated the others in the past.

In reality, however, there is no difference.

In her eyes, the eldest daughter of the Meng family was the granddaughter of a high-ranking official. No matter how noble her status or how extraordinary her background, she was still a human life. As long as she was not an irredeemable sinner, she would save her.

Of course, based on the friendship that had developed over the years, she would indeed care more about Yao Yao's safety, a point she neither denied nor could deny.

"Did you find your things?" Lan Zhijin stopped arguing. He had to admit that Meng Shisan was indeed a good citizen, neither an evil person nor a demon. Human lives were at stake, and there was no reason why he would save others in the past but not the eldest daughter of the Meng family today.

“Yaoyao agreed to let Xiaocha and Xiaoqing help me. Xiaocha has been looking for several days but can’t find it. Xiaoqing is still looking.” Huang Jing’s brows furrowed as he mentioned the item that hadn’t been found yet. “My father is really something. He told me to go to Kuangguang River on my way to the capital, but he didn’t tell me exactly what the item was. How am I supposed to find it?”

"Didn't you say there was a general description?" Lan Zhijin had asked Huang Jing beforehand, and this was what Huang Jing had told him.

Huang Jing said, "Yes, but it's only four words—half a jade pendant."

"Isn't there a single jade pendant at the bottom of the river?" After Lan Zhijin entered the capital, he had never specifically visited the Kuangguang River, but he had been there before. He thought that such a large river, trying to find even half a jade pendant of unknown size, would truly be like finding a needle in a haystack.

“There isn’t even anything like a jade pendant.” Huang Jing also had a headache. “Xiao Qing has salvaged quite a few items, and those items are all quite old. If they weren’t missing this or that, they could all be sold for some silver at antique shops.”

Lan Zhijin was speechless for a moment, then asked, "You didn't even say what shape the half jade pendant is?"

Huang Jing shook her head; she didn't want to talk anymore.

Ma Ji and Shan Cha followed not too closely. After all, Huang Jing and Lan Zhijin in front were not ordinary people, but celestial masters and sorcerers who specialized in dealing with demons like them. Therefore, they only needed to make sure they didn't lose them and didn't follow too closely.

As a result, the conversation between the two people in front of them was faint and indistinct, carried away by the night breeze.

However, piecing things together from various sources, since Ma Ji did not stay at the Meng residence, he could not piece together the specific details. Shan Cha stayed at Tai Chen Courtyard and even helped Huang Jing search in the Kuang Guang River. Although she found nothing, she knew about this matter.

So he briefly explained the whole story to Ma Ji.

Upon hearing this, Ma Ji asked in surprise, "Half a jade pendant?"

"Yes." Camellia couldn't understand what kind of jade pendant the Huang clan of demon hunters was looking for.

It wasn't anything of great importance; I heard about it and was confused, so I won't discuss it further.

They specifically followed the two people ahead. When they reached the gate of the Meng residence, Ma Ji said, "I won't go in. You go in and keep an eye on things. If the young lady is saved by Master Lan and her high fever subsides and she is safe and sound, then there's nothing to worry about. Otherwise, you must let me know."

He'll figure out a way to save them then.

"Okay," Camellia replied. "Are you going back to chase after those two demons?"

"The butterfly demon and the wolf demon are matters I need to thoroughly investigate. I have to catch them and question them." Ma Ji kept in mind the task Meng Shisan had given him. Now that Meng Shisan had been rescued by Lan Zhijin and Huang Jing, and Shan Cha was guarding the Meng residence, he would go and continue following the lead that had been painstakingly established.

Perhaps when Miss Meng is safe and sound, he will be able to ask those two demons about the tragic deaths of Shang Chun's family back then.

Huang Jing brought Lan Zhijin back to the Meng residence. They went directly from the front yard to the back yard without any obstacles, and entered Taichen Courtyard, arriving at Meng Shisan's bedroom.

The appearance of the two brought great joy to all those who were guarding the area.

Meng Shisan also breathed a sigh of relief. If Huang Jing hadn't brought Lan Zhijin back to save her, she would have felt like she was going to be roasted like a fish on the bed. Any later and her life would have been over.

...If that's the case, then will her demon soul return to its original form in the Jinling Old Ancestor's Cave Temple?
The probability is 50/50.

But she couldn't gamble.

Meng Zhidu had not yet returned, and Meng Zhinian was unable to handle the matter. Yu Minglu and the other imperial physicians gathered together to discuss the matter and decided to inform Old Madam Meng, who was in charge of the household.

After all, she is someone else's own granddaughter, not their own family. If they make decisions recklessly, it's fine if nothing goes wrong, but if something does happen, they can't afford the consequences.

As Meng Shisan's adoptive father, Meng Zhinian also looked completely bewildered.

He subconsciously felt that such extraordinary people as Taoist masters and sorcerers must be very powerful, but when he thought of how his first wife, Zeng, had consulted such extraordinary people when she suffered from delusions, it had no effect whatsoever and even caused Zeng to go even more insane, he couldn't bring himself to ask Huang Jing and Lan Zhijin to give it a try.

He wanted to be the master, but he couldn't.

Just like back then, when Zeng's delusions struck, his mind was filled with countless thoughts, but none of them were of any use.

Ten years later, the fact that his wife and daughter were in the same situation made him unconsciously think of many other things. When he looked at his daughter lying unconscious on the bed, his gaze was noticeably different from when he first entered the house.

Shang Chun ran to Changchun Courtyard to ask Old Madam Meng for instructions. Meng Zhinian sat back down on the stool. Yu Minglu and other physicians stood guard in the outer room, while Huang Jing and Lan Zhijin waited in the inner room. They did not just wait idly.

Meng Shisan didn't pay much attention to Meng Zhinian, her biological father. However, since they were all in the same room and moving around, she didn't need to pay too much attention to see the general situation of everyone in the room.

Naturally, she also noticed Meng Zhinian's expression and demeanor.

Meng Zhinian's gaze toward her feverish body changed drastically. She could tell from this that Meng Zhinian must have thought of something, but just as she couldn't tell from Meng Tianguan and Meng Zhidu's expressions what they were hiding, she didn't know why Meng Zhinian's gaze toward her had changed.

...Perhaps it is related to what her grandfather and her uncle concealed.

The reason she didn't guess as expected was because her father had always been useless.