The next day.
Rain fell in a rustling curtain. The streets were full of pedestrians coming and going beneath umbrellas, and shopkeepers' cries occasionally rang out from the roadside:
"Authentic kiln-roasted chicken! Don't miss it as you pass by..."
Niao Niao stood on his shoulder, staring straight at the big, golden-roasted chicken legs and chirping away, probably saying-Niao Niao had fought for four or five days; wasn't it time for a reward...?
With the light rain falling, Ye Jingtang had not ridden a horse. He walked along the street beneath an oil-paper umbrella. Seeing Niao Niao's craving, he bought half a roast chicken and sat by the shop's window, continuing to consider his next arrangements.
Silly had generously given him the Jade Bone Diagram and even let him practice at Dragon-Mingling Pool. That favor would not be easy to repay, so he still had to find a way to earn some merit and help Silly eliminate potential trouble.
Yesterday, thanks to those "black-stockinged thighs," he had obtained crucial information about Cao Gonggong, Prince Wu, and others.
When he had been washing Heroine Luo's watermelons, she had analyzed the matter, saying it might involve a rebellion by the princes. If he could substantiate it and root out the danger beforehand, the merit would be enough to earn him a minor noble title.
Normally, such important information should have gone straight to Silly, who could then investigate through the Government's intelligence network.
But his source was clearly problematic. Neither Cao Gonggong's Wandering Body Palm nor Prince Wu's secret plotting was something he, or even the Red Flower House, could know about. If he told her directly, his business of "straddling three boats and navigating the black, white, and gray worlds" would be exposed.
He therefore had to investigate this himself. Only after