Starting with a blind date with a female constable, you acquire the Nine Swords of Dugu.

After Xiao Bieshan left,

Gu Guanqi and Fang Cunxin also returned to the inn. The two of them remained calm throughout the journey.

The moment they returned to their room, Fang Cunxin suddenly hugged Gu Guanqi, bursting into tears of joy, and cried, "Brother Gu, my father is still alive! He's still alive! He's still alive! I..."

Fang Cunxin was so excited that he became incoherent.

Gu Guanqi gently patted Fang Cunxin's back and whispered, "Everything will be alright!"

After a while,

Fang Cunxin calmed down, then realized her behavior was inappropriate. Her cheeks flushed, and she quickly released Gu Guanqi, stammering, "Brother Gu... I was just... I was just too excited... I..."

Gu Guanqi smiled slightly and said, "It's alright, I understand. This is indeed exciting news. However, things aren't over yet. You must suppress your emotions and not let anyone see through your act!"

Fang Cunxin picked up her teacup and took a sip, her hands still trembling. She whispered, "Commander Yan... he actually... how could he be this kind of person? I never imagined that Commander Yan, who is so upright, would do such a thing!"

Gu Guanqi shook his head slightly and said, "It's too early to draw conclusions!"

Fang Cunxin asked doubtfully, "Brother Gu, do you mean Xiao Bieshan is lying?"

"I can't be sure," Gu Guanqi said. "I don't know either Yan Wangchuan or Xiao Bieshan, so I can't judge who's lying, but one of them must be. However, based on Yan Wangchuan's reputation and public image, I think he's already over sixty and works in the government, so the allure of the Heavenly Crafting Stone shouldn't be that great for him!"

Fang Cunxin said, "But it's unreasonable for Xiao Dongshan and his son Xiao Bieshan to betray the Xiao family. When Xiao Changliu, the head of the Xiao family, was young, he went into a qi deviation while practicing martial arts and lost his fertility. Therefore, Xiao Bieshan, his only nephew, became the young head of the Xiao family."

It's fair to say that the entire Xiao family belongs to Xiao Dongshan and his son Xiao Bieshan; they have no reason to betray themselves! Besides, the father and son are mediocre in martial arts, making their chances of successfully poisoning the family extremely slim!

Gu Guanqi nodded slightly and said, "So we can only find out who is lying after we see your father."

……

Early the next morning,

Gu Guanqi and Fang Cunxin continued searching for clues with the Six Doors team.

Before long, the two of them found a reason to leave the Six Doors team. This was a very normal behavior. For the past few days, the two of them had been doing this. Sometimes they followed the Six Doors, and sometimes they went to places of all kinds of people to gather information. So, it didn't seem abrupt.

Subsequently,

The two then arrived at the long forest that Xiao Bieshan had mentioned, and indeed they met Xiao Bieshan.

Xiao Bieshan was still dressed as a beggar, leading the two along a rugged mountain path into the deep mountains.

Xiao Bieshan was very familiar with the mountain path and walked very fast, with Gu Guanqi and Fang Cunxin following closely behind.

After walking for about an hour and a half, passing through a dense forest and crossing a mountain ridge, a dilapidated mountain god temple appeared ahead.

The temple was small and dilapidated over the years. The blue bricks in the corners of the walls had peeled off, and many of the roof tiles were missing. A few wild grasses peeked out from the cracks in the walls. The temple door was half-open, and a faint light shone from inside.

Xiao Bieshan strode forward, gently pushed open the door, and whispered, "Father, Fang Cunxin is here."

Inside the temple, a middle-aged man in his fifties sat by the fire, his face haggard and his beard and hair disheveled. He was none other than Xiao Dongshan, the second master of the Xiao family.

Hearing the voice, he jumped to his feet and rushed forward, his eyes filled with excitement: "Niece Cunxin, you've finally arrived!"

Fang Cunxin, without bothering with pleasantries, quickly asked, "Uncle Xiao, where's my father?"

Xiao Dongshan stepped aside and pointed to a corner inside the temple.

There was a large pile of hay, covered with a straw mat, and surrounded by various medicine jars.

Fang Cunxin walked over quickly.

Fang Shiyang lay on the straw mat, his face as pale as paper, his eyes closed, his lips chapped and peeling, and he had lost a lot of weight. He lay there quietly, motionless, as if he were asleep.

"Father, Father!"

Fang Cunxin called out a few times, but there was no response.

Gu Guanqi reached out to take her pulse, listened for a while, frowned, and said, "She seems perfectly normal. She shouldn't be unconscious."

Xiao Dongshan said, "We don't know what happened either. Logically speaking, Fang Biaotou's injuries, whether internal or external, should have almost healed, but he just remains unconscious!"

Fang Cunxin knelt down, reached out and placed her hand on her father's pulse. She focused her senses for a moment, then pried open his eyelids to look at him. She then let out a long sigh of relief and said, "My father... he used our Fang family's unique Turtle Breathing Technique. This technique can prolong life in times of life and death, but it must be combined with a special method to awaken him."

Xiao Dongshan suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. Then, niece Cunxin, can you solve this?"

Fang Cunxin nodded and said, "Yes!"

at this time,

Two people walked in from outside the temple, one in front and one behind, a man and a woman.

Walking in front was a girl who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old. She was wearing a light blue dress, had delicate features, and a pair of big, bright eyes.

The other person was a young man, about twenty years old, dressed in black, with a long sword hanging at his waist, and a cold face.

As the young woman and man entered the temple, Xiao Bieshan quickly introduced them: "Miss Fang, Master Gu, this is Lan Yin, a disciple of the Tianshan Sect's leader. She was the one who saved Chief Fang that day."

He then pointed to the young man in black and said, "This is Miss Lanyin's junior brother, Jin Chang."

Fang Cunxin quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Heroine Lan, your kindness is immeasurable, I, Fang Cunxin, will remember it forever."

Lan Yin smiled slightly, waved her hand, and said, "It's nothing. I was sent down the mountain by my master to travel, and my purpose is to do chivalrous deeds. If I see injustice on the road, I will naturally help."

After saying that, Lan Yin sighed and said, "However, Lan Yin's abilities are limited. She can only try her best to help your father with his internal injuries, but she doesn't know how to treat illnesses. She doesn't understand why your father has been unconscious for so long, and it's inconvenient to call a doctor now, which is only making your father suffer!"

Fang Cunxin quickly said, "My Fang family has a special method of prolonging life through tortoise breathing, which requires specific techniques to break the tortoise breathing state."

Lan Yin suddenly realized and said, "I see. Then Miss Fang can solve it, right? If she can, save the person first and don't worry about us."

Fang Cunxin cupped her hands in greeting, turned around and quickly walked to Fang Shiyang's side, squatted down, and began to unblock Fang Shiyang's meridians.

The group then retreated outside the door.

Just as Gu Guanqi reached the door, Lan Yin suddenly walked towards him.

Xiao Bieshan quickly introduced, "Miss Lan, this is from Qingyang County..."

"Gu Guanqi, the second-best expert in Qingyang County," Lan Yin said with a smile. "These past few days, rumors about Master Gu have been circulating all over Linzhong County. Everyone's talking about how you killed the leader of the Tianshu branch of the Heavenly Demon Sect. I've heard so much about you!"