Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Xu Ziguang originally wanted to ask Gu Chan for some advice, but seeing Gu Chan's conflicted look, he became extremely anxious.

"My Lord! You have to give me some advice! What should I do now?"

"Why are you panicking? We have no clue now, so just take people to investigate! If I have any complaints, I will just stay in the patrol office, no need to worry." Gu Chan came back to his senses and said.

"Then I'll have to inconvenience you temporarily." Xu Ziguang said with a smile.

Gu Chan waved her hand indifferently.

Xu Ziguang didn't dare to stay any longer, so he immediately stood up, said goodbye to her and left to investigate the tragic case.

Gu Chan could only control her temper and stay in this yard for the time being.

For the next three days, Xu Ziguang led people to search everywhere, but he could not find anyone suspected of the case, and he could not even find any information related to the case.

But Yan Li ran very fast and arrived at South City in just three days.

Gu Chan originally wanted to ask Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying, who had arrived in Nancheng earlier, to lead people to capture her and intercept her in Nancheng. However, Yan Li was too smart. After arriving in Nancheng, she simply replenished her supplies and then quickly fled out of the city without stopping at all along the way.

Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying couldn't intercept her even if they wanted to.

But this is not the worst. The worst situation is that after these three days, the tragedy of the Yan family's massacre has spread throughout the entire Jiangnan area.

All the Second Prince's party members who had previously been extremely supportive of Gu Chan, now began to keep their distance from Gu Chan. Some even sent people to deliver a letter to the lord's mansion, asking for their resignation from Gu Chan.

For a time, Gu Chan was completely isolated by all the Second Prince's party members in the Jiangnan area and fell into a helpless situation.

That night, just as Gu Chan was in the yard behind the patrol office, feeling extremely upset about this matter, Nangong Jin walked in from outside the yard with a smile on his face.

Gu Chan looked up and said unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

"The old academician asked me to bring you the ranking list of the poetry festival." Nangong Jin said as he walked to the stone table opposite Gu Chan and sat down. Then he reached into his sleeve, took out a blue list and handed it to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan reached out to take the list, opened it and took a closer look, and found that there were only a hundred people ranked in this poetry competition, and she was ranked ninth.

Nangong Jinze was ranked fifteenth. As for the top three on the list, they were all unfamiliar names. She had no idea who these three people were, but from the names, she was sure that the top three were two men and one woman.

Yan Li was not on the list because of cheating, but correspondingly, due to the tragic case of the Censorate's Mansion being massacred, the Jiangnan Academy has not disclosed the matter to the public until now.

After reading the list, Gu Chan sneered and said, "Great! I didn't expect you could get 15th place."

“Humph! I didn’t answer the question seriously at that time, otherwise I would definitely be in the top ten and my ranking would not be lower than yours.” Nangong Jin said unconvinced.

"It's okay. You can come and participate in the Jiangnan Poetry Festival next year. Just try your best to get into the top ten." Gu Chan said sarcastically.

Nangong Jin glared at her, not wanting to dwell on this topic any more, and said, "Okay, I won't argue with you anymore. I came to see you tonight to say goodbye to you."

"Saying goodbye? What does that mean?" Gu Chan asked curiously after putting away the roster.

"My father and I have discussed it. We will set off tonight and rush back to South City. From now on, I'm afraid we won't come to Jiangnan area again, and we won't get involved in the prince's affairs anymore." Nangong Jin sighed.

Gu Chan shook her head after hearing this, feeling a little disappointed.

She originally thought that the father and son would stay for a while longer to witness her and Zuo Wangfeng's military exercises and offensive and defensive battles, but judging from the current situation, she was thinking too much. They simply didn't dare to stay any longer.

Nangong Jin seemed to have opened up his mouth and confided his true feelings, saying, "Yesterday my father and I went to the charity cemetery. We were planning to pay tribute to Lord Yan and his family. But when we arrived at the cemetery and saw the dozens of bodies that were burned beyond recognition, we realized what horror was. As the saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. The prince is too cruel and ruthless. Who knows, one day when we are no longer of use to him, we will end up like Lord Yan and his family, with such a miserable end."

"Now that you say so, it seems that this tragic case of family annihilation has nothing to do with Zuo Wangfeng." Gu Chan said with a stiff face.

"Gu Chan, I tell you the truth! Based on our understanding of General Zuo, we believe that he would never do such a cruel thing as annihilating an entire family. This matter is definitely related to the Crown Prince, but facing such a frame-up, you have no way to prove yourself, so your fate will not be good next." Nangong Jin said seriously.

Gu Chan was speechless and only had a bitter smile on her face.

All the reputation she had accumulated during the time she had been in Jiangnan was wiped out because of this tragic incident. If the Second Prince's party members did not help her, she would have to face the subsequent offensive and defensive battle with Zuo Wangfeng alone.

Therefore, it is understandable that Nangong Jin came to such a conclusion for her.

Nangong Jin stood up, clasped his fists and saluted Gu Chan, saying, "I admit that you are a good opponent. Take care of yourself from now on."

"Young Prince, let's say goodbye now. If we are lucky enough to meet again in the future, I hope that you and I are not enemies, but friends, and we can sit down and eat, drink and chat together." Gu Chan stood up and clasped his fists in return.

Nangong Jin smiled and nodded.

Then he said nothing more, turned around and left.

Gu Chan stood there, watching his departing back, a look of loss on her face.

"Damn it! Such a great toy was just gone like that. I really feel a little disappointed."

Gu Chan had a stiff face and muttered to herself, then she suppressed her feeling of loss and went back to her room to sleep.

Nangong Jin could never have imagined that he regarded Gu Chan as an opponent, but Gu Chan only regarded him as a big toy!

On the other side, in the camp near Dujiang Town.

At this moment, Zuo Wangfeng and Shuiyue were eating roasted lamb legs and drinking fragrant rice wine in the big tent, smiling from ear to ear.

They never dreamed that at this critical juncture, Gu Chan would be able to give them a great assist.

Now, all the Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan have isolated Gu Chan. If they want to attack Jiangnan City and completely take over the entire Jiangnan area, won't that be a piece of cake?

How could this not make them happy?