Reunion in Bingzhou

Among the Bad People, there was still someone who knew her.

He had once followed Gao De. Now he was already seventy or eighty years old. He was not the Bad Commander—the Bad Commander had someone younger—but he still served among the Bad People. When he saw Verdant Green Maiden arrive, it was as though he had seen a ghost.

"My lady..."

"You're... still alive?"

"Should I be dead?" Verdant Green Maiden asked in return.

"No, no, no..."

The man hurriedly shook his head. Verdant Green Maiden waved a hand. "Don't worry, I won't hold it against you. I only came because I need you to look into something for me."

Upon hearing her words, he immediately nodded. "My lady, speak. What do you want investigated?"

"Temple of Inspired Karma. Wu Ruyi."

Verdant Green Maiden spoke Wu Ruyi's name.

Hearing that name, the man promptly replied, "Yes! Please return in three days, my lady."

He did not even ask what, exactly, Verdant Green Maiden wanted investigated.

"Will three days be enough?" Verdant Green Maiden asked.

The other party nodded and clasped his hands with a smile.

"My lady, don't let my age fool you. The Bad People possess Chang'an City's largest intelligence archive. So long as you want something investigated, three days will be enough to uncover it!"

"Please rest assured, my lady."

Three days.

Then she would wait three days.

Verdant Green Maiden agreed and returned to the Bad People's office three days later.

The man also gave her what she wanted.

"One person?"

"Correct."

The man nodded and told Verdant Green Maiden, "According to the records, Wu Ruyi of the Temple of Inspired Karma has hardly ever received visitors over the years, aside from the royal family. But half a month ago, she met with someone. That person