"Ding-ding-ding... ding-ding-ding..."
On the street, Guo Man hurried along, shaking a small bell in her hand. The sound it made was somewhat strange: before the first chime had faded, the next strike produced a hoarse, muted "ding-ding."
Wu Xin had once instructed her that if he ran into trouble, she was to take down the bell beneath the eaves and, if possible, come to this street and ring it.
She had not expected to leave so smoothly. At first, she had merely wanted to hide the bracelet.
But the people of Dawn Moon Pavilion did not take her seriously at all, so she took the bell from the entrance and simply left with it.
As for the bracelet, the moment she came out, she handed it to a peddler as they brushed past each other. The peddler would naturally deliver the bracelet where it needed to go.
The shopkeeper of an apothecary on the street suddenly turned around inside the shop and hurried to the doorway, watching Guo Man pass by while ringing the bell.
After watching her for a moment, the shopkeeper swiftly turned back, called over a clerk, and whispered to him for a while.
The clerk nodded and quickly departed.
The shopkeeper then instructed the other clerks to watch the store before leaving himself.
This apothecary was neither an old shop nor a new one. It had opened not long after Wu Xin came to settle in the Qi Capital...
Guo Man kept walking briskly, ringing the bell all the way. She did not know what use ringing it would have, but she knew it had to be connected to the means of contact between Wu Xin and the Ghost Doctor.
Those above had always wanted to know the Ghost Doctor's whereabouts, but she had never had