I ignored Zhao Yuezhu's protests and dragged her back to the ward in full view of everyone.

When I entered, Zhao Ci was staring blankly out the window. It wasn't until I came in that he turned around and said, "What are you doing back here?"

I found a place to sit down and said, "I want to talk to you about Yuezhu. I want to know, what secrets is she hiding?"

Zhao Ci's face was as dark as water. "Yuezhu doesn't have any secrets. She's just an ordinary girl. Her life shouldn't involve swords and shadows, even if she is the daughter of a shushi (a Daoist wizard)."

I nodded slightly. "I can understand that. But, right now..."

"There is no right now." Zhao Ci said in a deep voice, "You can think about why you became a shushi, and why you entered the Jianghu (martial world)."

"We are all the same. Every shushi enters the Jianghu because they are haunted by evil spirits. Ordinary people are only entangled by evil spirits temporarily, but we are entangled for life."

"Yuezhu encountered evil this time because of you. The best choice is to stay away from you."

I understood Zhao Ci's implication. He meant that he had found some clues, and the prerequisite for getting those clues was to let Zhao Yuezhu go.

Sending Zhao Yuezhu away wasn't a problem. If she stayed with me, I would have to take care of her safety. What I was considering was how to get her away without hurting that little girl.

Just as I was wondering how to open my mouth, Zhao Yuezhu said in a low voice, "Dad, I can't leave Li Po. I'm pregnant with his child."

I almost fell off my chair. Was this girl stupid?

She had just said that she was unwilling to cooperate with me, and now she was adding scenes for me.

My face turned pale as I looked at Zhao Yuezhu, who was blushing. If Zhao Ci wasn't here, I would have jumped up and strangled her.

She dared to say anything!

"What?" Zhao Ci was furious. He grabbed the water bottle on the table and smashed it at my head.

I subconsciously dodged to the side, but Zhao Yuezhu happened to block it, and the stainless steel thermos hit Zhao Yuezhu's head.

Zhao Ci watched as a bump swelled up on his daughter's head, and he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. "Yuezhu, are you okay? Let me see."

Zhao Yuezhu covered her head and said pitifully, "Dad, don't hit Li Po, it's all my fault..."

"You bastard!" Zhao Ci's eyes were red. "I'll kill you."

Things had come to this point, and I had no choice but to continue acting. "I said... father-in-law... before you kill me, can you think things through?"

"You... you..." Zhao Ci pointed at me for a long time, unable to say a word. In the end, he could only sigh. "Sit down, both of you!"

Zhao Ci lit a cigarette and took two deep puffs. "Some things, what's meant to come can't be avoided!"

"Li Po, although I have a lot to say to you, now is not the time to talk about personal matters. Let me talk about your business first."

"Yuezhu sent me a message asking me to help you find information about the Qian He Tang (Thousand Crane Hall). At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong. It wasn't until I got the information that I realized this was a conspiracy against you."

I asked back, "Are you saying that the so-called Yin Si Mi Ling (Underworld Decree) is a conspiracy?"

"No!" Zhao Ci waved his hand. "No one dares to tamper with the Yin Si Mi Ling. Even the Yin Shuai (Underworld Marshals) can only choose what kind of decree to issue, but they can't tamper with the content."

"According to the clues I have, someone must have leaked the content of the decree. So someone is trying to steal your mission."

I said in a deep voice, "Are you saying that the person who attacked me was Sun Qing?"

"Sun Qing is not a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren." Zhao Ci shook his head. "Did you feel that Sun Qing's life force was usable? Or did you sense the Xun Fu Ling (Imperial Inspector Token) on his body?"

I shook my head slightly. "Can Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren identify each other?"

"Yes!" Zhao Ci said, "Ordinary shushi cannot determine who is a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren, but Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren have a subtle sense of each other."

"Because, in the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren business, they can exchange life force with each other. As long as they are within a certain range, they can sense whether they are in the same trade. When I have time, I will teach you the secret method."

Zhao Ci changed the subject. "In the intelligence I obtained, Chang Jiuzhen of Qian He Tang is a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren."

My brows furrowed slightly.

Zhao Ci continued, "As far as I know, among the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren, there are shushi who are good at using human skin secret techniques. As for whether that person is Chang Jiuzhen, I can't be sure yet."

"However, one thing I can be sure of is that after Sun Qing graduated, he visited several people. Those people disappeared mysteriously after Sun Qing left, without a trace."

"The police have already locked Sun Qing as a suspect and have found Sun Qing three times to assist in the investigation, but Sun Qing's answers were impeccable. In the end, the police gave up the clues."

As Zhao Ci spoke, he took out a photo. "This was taken unintentionally. The person opposite Sun Qing is Chang Jiuzhen."

I took the photo and glanced at it. The photo was taken at an intersection not far from Qian He Tang. Sun Qing's face was very clear, but the old man in Tang clothes opposite him was a little blurry.

I said in a deep voice, "There is a connection between Sun Qing and Chang Jiuzhen?"