What Yang Qing had surmised was so astonishing that, even after they finished talking, they sat stunned for quite some time before gradually coming back to their senses.
"As the young master wishes, we'll let this matter pass and act as though nothing happened," Bu Er said.
He knew Yang Qing's temperament well. After all that discussion, Yang Qing had offered no other plans, which meant he intended to keep the matter under wraps for now.
Indeed, they had learned something extraordinary, but if they exposed it just like that, there was no telling what disaster they might bring down upon themselves.
"We should find all those tokens first," Jiang Zhizhou said, joining them.
Now that they understood something of the secrets behind this matter, they had to come up with a way to respond.
Yang Qing nodded in agreement.
Given the present circumstances, they could not afford to plan too far ahead. Steadying themselves first was the right course.
As the saying went, meet ten thousand changes by remaining unchanged.
Yet Yang Qing had not expected trouble to arise the very next day, just after they had decided to settle their minds and proceed calmly.
The trouble did not fall directly on their heads, however. Instead, it befell someone they would never have expected.
Yang Qing and the others had now rented a small courtyard, so they no longer felt as constrained as they had while staying at an inn. Qin Yue would sometimes come over to spend a little time with them.
They were not particularly close, though.
After all, their positions differed somewhat. Getting too close would only be detrimental.
That day, Qin Yue came to visit again. This time, however, he had come to see Yang Qing and tell him about a lead on the tokens.