Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Gui Yao slept until mid-afternoon, her stomach growling with hunger, and she was about to get up to find something to eat.

The shaggy dog ​​crept in, whispering like a thief, "Master, the farmhand is here."

"A farmhand?"

Gui Yao was still a little dazed after waking up.

"Xiao Huaijin".

Mao Dan reminded her, and the thief-like bird glanced furtively at the door and continued to whisper, "His men couldn't get in, so he personally brought them over."

I didn't want to wake my master, but I also wanted him to help dig the grave that night, so I had him wait downstairs.

Gui Yao glanced at the sky. "How long has he been waiting?"

"Two hours."

"You don't speak like a decent person in front of outsiders, so how did you manage to fool him?"

Gui Yao found it somewhat strange. "Or is he just a polite and courteous gentleman?"

Mentioning this, Mao Dan proudly raised his head, "Has Master forgotten Mao Dan's abilities?"

After leading Xiao Huaijin into Xuanji Tower, it mimicked a myna bird, saying, "Master, please take a nap. Master, please take a nap. Young master, please wait patiently. Young master, please wait patiently..."

When Xiao Huaijin found that Gui Yao was not there, he originally planned to leave a letter and go back first.

Unexpectedly, the bird spoke and learned that Gui Yao was sleeping. Thinking that she was tired last night, it sat and waited for more than half an hour.

With lunchtime approaching and Gui Yao still showing no signs of waking up, he decided to leave again.

Mao Dan rolled its eyes upwards, perched on his arm, and murmured, "Hungry, hungry, Master is hungry, Mao Dan is hungry..."

Food and drink fall under the scope of the contract, so Xiao Huaijin went out and instructed Zhijian to pack up the food.

Mao Dan was afraid he would run away, so he followed him closely, occasionally uttering a few words, managing to keep him here until now.

After hearing what it said, Gui Yao burst into laughter, "Great job!"

The bald egg proudly spread its five-colored wings.

After his master was brought back from the dead, he was as dazed as a newborn baby and couldn't remember anything. When taking orders, he would say the next sentence and then forget the previous one, which often made him look like a swindler.

It is extremely difficult to receive the power of the vow.

Without willpower, there is no spiritual power, and its feathers are so beautiful that it was almost captured by people several times.

It then asked its master to paint it black, disguise it as a myna bird, and come out to cover for its master when the master forgot something.

Occasionally, when times are tough, it will disguise itself as a myna bird and take its master to tell fortunes and catch ghosts.

From a mere remnant soul to its current state, it has been playing the role of a myna bird for three years. It's experienced and seasoned. A mere farmhand? It can handle it!

Gui Yao doesn't remember much about the past, but she knows how difficult it must have been for a bird without spiritual power to act like a father, mother, brother, and sister to carry her in her chaotic state.

Therefore, although Mao Dan kept some things from her, she often couldn't bring herself to get truly angry.

Xiao Huaijin heard the laughter upstairs. He stood up and looked at the woman in white who was coming downstairs barefoot.

Gui Yao smiled and said, "I'm sorry, my little Mao Dan is so ignorant, he didn't know to wake me up and kept Prince Jin waiting."

Hsiao Huai-Chin also smiled, "I think it's very human-like."

He could tell that Mao Dan wanted to keep him company, but he was the only one with nothing else to do.

Mao Dan kept him around, but wasn't he also observing Mao Dan?

"Now, Miss Guiyao, could you please enlighten me? What is its purpose in keeping me here?"

A shrewd man is indeed not easily fooled.

Gui Yao sat down opposite him. "Before we begin, let me introduce myself to Your Highness."

I have some knowledge of esoteric arts, and I am beautiful and kind-hearted. I enjoy helping women in distress and resolving their problems. Right now, I am helping a lady find her child…”

She knew better than to lie to a wise person, so she told him about Qi Yu and their plans for tonight.

"My son Maodan feels sorry for me and wants the prince to stay and lend a hand."

Xiao Huaijin's brow twitched slightly.

He said that the bird had been cursing him in the morning, but its attitude changed drastically when it came back, which was what it had in mind.

"This does not seem to fall under the category of contracts."

With helpers available, who would want to do it themselves? Gui Yao stood before him and said, "Your Highness's friend has become obsessed; a great calamity is about to befall him."

She smiled, a hint of slyness in her eyes, "I can save him."

"What does the young lady know?"

Pei Xuan was always calm and composed. Like him, he didn't even have a warm bed in his house, yet he fell in love at first sight with a woman whose name he only knew.

And with love deeply rooted, now lovesickness has become an illness.

This was very unusual, and he hadn't been able to find out anything about the woman's identity.

"The time is not yet right."

Gui Yao blinked. "You dig the grave for me, and I'll guarantee his life. How about it?"

Xiao Huaijin thought for a moment and agreed, then went on to explain the purpose of his visit that day.

Gui Yao's smile deepened. "This means she has no chance with Xuanji Tower. How about this, from now on, Your Highness can take care of my clothes washing and my three meals a day."

As for cleaning the building, she would occasionally do it herself, and when she felt lazy, she would use her spiritual power to clean it every few days.

Even if a beautiful woman is polite, she should be more tolerant.

It's already good enough that we don't have to dig up graves ourselves right now.

Xiao Huaijin nodded. This was not a difficult task for him. As it was today, he could simply take the things that needed washing out to wash and bring the food in from outside.

After finishing his business, he got up to take his leave.

Those holding swords and lanterns outside were filled with worry, but when they saw him appear unharmed, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Back at the Prince's residence, Zhangdeng couldn't wait to speak, "Master, I've investigated, and Guiyao arrived in the capital a month ago."

At first, he rarely went out during the day, only going to the nearby steamed bun shop every two days to buy some food.

She had been going out frequently in the past few days, and some people saw her in contact with Zhao Mingyue, the young mistress of the Cheng'an Marquis's mansion.

Zhao Mingyue caught her husband and adopted sister cheating in bed yesterday and sent them to jail.

The charges were that the two conspired to switch and discard Zhao's son, and to murder Zhao's father; Gui Yao was also present and assisted Zhao at the time.

When Xiao Huaijin instructed the swordsman to pack the food, he also asked the lantern bearer to check on Gui Yao.

"I see."

Xiao Huaijin nodded. It seemed that the child Gui Yao was looking for by digging up the grave was Zhao's.

"When Gui Yao came to the capital, it was the dead of winter, yet she was dressed in thin clothes and barefoot."

Therefore, the couple who ran the steamed bun shop paid more attention to her and discovered that she only wore clothes in five colors: red, blue, yellow, white, and black. Each outfit had a matching tassel hat to cover her face.

On only two occasions when she didn't wear a hat, the couple's descriptions of Gui Yao's appearance were drastically different.

The boss said Gui Yao had a large, honey-brown face, high brow bones, thick, dark eyebrows, and a rugged appearance.

The proprietress, however, said that Gui Yaoying had a fair, oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and almond-shaped eyes—a very charming appearance.

"The difference is indeed significant."

Xiao Huaijin's eyes were deep and unfathomable; both faces were different from the ones he had seen before.

Disguise?

Which face is her true appearance?

Xiao Huaijin felt a surge of curiosity.

The more he investigated, the more worried he became. "I also found out that when the two were caught cheating, they kept shouting that they were tricked by a demon."

Unfortunately, this was Dasheng, and she couldn't rashly go to the prison to see Tong Qingyuan, otherwise she would definitely ask him for a clear answer.

Xiao Huaijin said, "Investigate the theft of Changxiangsi again. She did it."

He wanted to know just what kind of abilities she possessed.

The man holding the lamp turned pale. "I happened to know that no one in the entire building saw the robbers. The items seemed to have vanished into thin air, and the authorities have not found any trace of them."

Her voice was slightly unsteady as she voiced her deepest worry, "Master, could she be a demon or monster?"

Although she had never met Gui Yao, she found her strange in every way.

Trusting his own intuition, Xiao Huaijin laughed and said, "She said she has some knowledge of metaphysics and is a charlatan."