The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

After Tong Tang sent Shi Da, who was on his last breath, into the brothel under the Blissful Palace, she didn't linger there herself, quickly slipping out through the back door.

When she returned to the street, she transformed back into her previous frail and pitiful appearance.

Subsequently, Tong Tang entered a teahouse and timidly asked a waiter, "Excuse me, do you know where the residence of Vice Minister Feng of the Ministry of Personnel is located?"

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The waiter sized up Tong Tang and softened his tone considerably, "May I ask, young lady, what business do you have with Vice Minister Feng?"

"Oh, I am a distant relative of Lord Feng. My family suffered a disaster, and I was the only one who escaped. I came to the capital to seek refuge with Lord Feng."

Upon hearing Tong Tang's words, the waiter's eyes filled with even more pity. He could imagine Tong Tang, a weak woman, leaving her hometown and enduring countless hardships and grievances along the way to reach the capital.

Therefore, he didn't hesitate to say, "Lord Feng lives on Cross Street, next to Immortal Cave Bridge. There are two large jujube trees by the door, which are easy to recognize."

Tong Tang repeatedly thanked him and reached into her purse, fumbling for a long time before pulling out five coins.

However, the waiter was unwilling to accept them and only said to her, "Keep the money for yourself. There are many places to spend money in the capital. If you want to know anything in the future, you can come and find me."

Tong Tang thanked him again before leaving the teahouse and heading towards Cross Street.

She didn't spend much effort finding the Immortal Cave Bridge that the waiter mentioned, nor the house by the bridge with two jujube trees planted outside the door. Moreover, she saw a very familiar donkey cart outside the house.

Tong Tang smiled charmingly, not in a hurry. She sat down at a soy milk stall nearby and bought herself a bowl of soy milk, drinking and waiting.

However, to her surprise, she didn't wait for Dong Li and his disciples to leave, but instead, she waited for a nightingale.

The nightingale landed on the table in front of her, staring straight at her, seemingly unafraid of people.

Tong Tang was somewhat surprised, then she noticed the small paper strip tied to the nightingale's leg.

She reached out to untie the paper strip, opened it, and saw only one sentence written on it.

Then, she put away the note but didn't get up from the soy milk stall.

After another half an hour, Tong Tang finally saw Mr. Dong Li and his two disciples walking out of Vice Minister Feng's residence.

Seeing the old man get into the donkey cart, the girl's eyes lit up.

She threw down three coins and was about to get up, but the next moment, a hand pressed on her shoulder.

Tong Tang turned her head and saw a familiar face.

"I told you to stay put, didn't you understand the words on it?" Xia Huai said coldly.

"Ah, I just wanted to go up and say hello, I didn't mean anything else."

Tong Tang looked innocent. She was still a little afraid of Xia Huai. After speaking, she added flatteringly, "By the way, you asked me to inquire about Mr. Ji before, and there's some progress. That's why I delayed for a while, but fortunately, I still made it here before the deadline you gave me."

However, Xia Huai remained unmoved upon hearing this, only nodding and saying, "I know."

"You… you know? Do you know what news I'm going to say?" Tong Tang widened her eyes.

"I don't know, but whatever you want to say is no longer important."

"Why?"

"Because our people have already caught Mr. Ji."

"You caught Mr. Ji?" Tong Tang was completely dumbfounded. "Then, what about me?"

Xia Huai casually gave Tong Tang a discarded talisman and said to her, "At midnight tonight, find a deserted place and burn this talisman, and you can undo the magic I cast on you. After that, you can do whatever you want, just don't cause trouble in the capital."

"Just like that?" Tong Tang didn't reach out to take the talisman, feeling somewhat unwilling. "Didn't you say before that I could also learn your mysterious spells? I traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but now you're telling me I can leave."

"Things have changed. We're busy with a major event recently, and I temporarily… can't take care of you," Xia Huai said.

"What major event?" Tong Tang became interested.

"None of your business."

"Tell me, maybe I can help," Tong Tang didn't give up.

"If you don't make trouble, that's the greatest help to us."

"Are you referring to you… and Great Hero Lu?"

Xia Huai glanced at Tong Tang again, but this time didn't say anything, only throwing the talisman in front of her before drifting away.

Tong Tang sighed and could only put away the talisman in front of her.

However, those who knew her knew that she was never someone who would back down in the face of difficulties.

Three months ago, the divine methods that Xia Huai displayed in front of her opened a door for her, behind which was a magnificent world she had never seen before.

If it were purely out of curiosity, she might not have been so persistent.

However, on her way to the capital, she keenly noticed the changes taking place in the world. These changes were not only due to the chaos of war and the turmoil of the world.

The strange things happening in various places had also obviously increased.

This made Tong Tang feel a sense of urgency and unease.

That's why she wanted to step into the world behind the door so much, but unfortunately, Xia Huai's appearance made it clear that she didn't want to bring her along. But it didn't matter, nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

At midnight, Tong Tang lit the talisman on time and felt… like nothing seemed to have changed on her body.

After that, she found a brothel and slept there for a night, but she didn't leave the capital as Xia Huai had said. Instead, she used the Blissful Palace's network in the capital to find out what major event Xia Huai and Lu Jing were busy with.

It must be said that after half a month of persistent efforts, she really found some clues.

Tong Tang discovered that Lu Jing seemed to have a fort in a place called Qinglong Mountain in Ju County, Yu Province.

It was said that the fort was fully equipped with soldiers and armor, and there were many soldiers who were training day and night.

Combining this with the current situation of the world, Tong Tang felt that it was already very clear what Lu Jing wanted to do.

But there was one thing she still couldn't understand. Although Lu Jing and Xia Huai both knew magic, with just a fort and at most a few thousand soldiers, this amount of manpower was more than enough to protect themselves, but it seemed a bit far-fetched to try to conquer the world.

Tong Tang thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what Lu Jing was planning to do, so she decided to go to Qinglong Mountain and see for herself.

She would also look for places where she could help. If she could help Lu Jing successfully conquer the world, then when she made the request to learn magic, Lu Jing and Xia Huai would be too embarrassed to refuse.