"You two stay here, do not allow the villagers to stir trouble at Manghuang Mountain."
Saying this, he vanished from the hall in a flash.
"Zhe Jue, did the Lord go... to Hongling Town?" Shijian turned towards the empty hall, and asked Zhe Jue.
Hongling Town was supposed to be the most dangerous place right now. How could the Lord just go there? Should she accompany him?
"The Lord knows what he is doing, Shijian, remember what Zhe Xi taught you," Zhe Jue replied indifferently with a glance at Shijian.
Upon hearing Zhe Jue's words, Shijian gasped and fell silent immediately.
...
Inside a grass shed in Hongling Town, after the other elders had left, Lin Caisang kept Old Master Gong behind, knowing that certain information could only be obtained from him.
For instance...
"Old Master Gong, who fell sick first in your household? Which son or a servant?" She asked.