"More or less, that's what he looked like." Pei Ye tipped his head back in thought and stretched his legs out on the steps too. Even given the same description, different people could imagine wildly different faces. "Haven't you seen a portrait or anything?"
"Although Yue Muzhou was the least secretive Crane First Jia since the Immortal Platform's founding, he probably never had anyone paint his portrait."
"Mm." Pei Ye nodded. "Then I'm the least secretive Wild Goose Inspector."
"Your face certainly is circulating widely in the Divine Capital, Young Hero Pei."
Pei Ye did not consider what she meant. His head remained tilted back. "I saw him at Bright Moon Palace today... Tell me, why would Grandpa Yue stand guard outside Empress Wei's hall? I've never heard anything about them."
Li Xizhou hugged her knees and smiled. "I know. Shall I tell you?"
Pei Ye stared at her with his two large, clear eyes.
"Some people simply meet that way. It's perfectly ordinary, without coincidences or twists and turns. But as the ancients said, some remain strangers until their hair turns white, while others meet beneath tilted carriage canopies and feel like old friends. Perhaps that was how it was." Hugging her knees, Li Xizhou gazed at the courtyard's wall and eaves. "After Yue Muzhou returned from the southwest, he had an audience with Wei Qingju. That was probably their first meeting. According to the case files, they mostly discussed the case in the southwest. Afterward, Yue Muzhou returned to the Immortal Platform and was promoted to Divine Capital Crane Inspector."
"Yue Muzhou actually wanted to leave then. First, he didn't want to stay at the Immortal Platform any longer. Second, if he had to stay, he at least wanted to leave the Divine Capital. But Wei Qingju persuaded