The newcomer was none other.
It was Pei Guanli, whom Chen Yi had sent to Wushan Mutual Market to notify Xiao Jinghong that the Summer Grain of the Three Towns had been attacked.
He had thought Tiger Girl would not return until after Mid-Autumn Festival. He had never expected her to come running back now.
It did catch him somewhat by surprise.
At that moment, Pei Guanli lifted her little head and looked at him pitifully. "Brother-in-law, it hurts..."
Chen Yi came back to himself, reined in the Fist Intent around him, and asked with a smile, "When did you get back?"
"You did not knock out all the mansion guards and sneak in this time, did you?"
The pressure on Pei Guanli vanished, and she immediately scrambled to her feet.
"No, no, brother-in-law. I was very careful when I came in this time."
Chen Yi looked at Pei Guanli, who wore only black night clothes, carried a bundle on her back, and was still barefoot below the knees. He nodded.
"Good."
"Otherwise, if you alarmed the mansion's Armored Soldiers and the Disciplinary Hall, you definitely would not escape punishment this time."
The Marquis's mansion Disciplinary Hall was currently under Xiao Xuanshuo's control. It was nothing like before, when the Second Branch had overseen it.
In some respects, Second Uncle from the Main Branch was even more cold and unfeeling than that old fellow Xiao Wang.
As Pei Guanli brushed mud and leaves off herself, she giggled. "If they dare touch me, I guarantee they will bite off more than they can chew."
"I brought back plenty of treasures this time."
Chen Yi walked over and picked a leaf from her hair. "What treasures?"
Pei Guanli patted the bundle at her waist. "Gu worms and poisons."
"Grandma said Shuzhou has