"Where will we spend the night?"
He Xiuyuan instinctively looked at Steward Song upon hearing this.
These past few evenings, He Xiuyuan had always followed Steward Song's arrangements without question.
Now that the other party was asking, it naturally depended on how Steward Song would answer.
"Steward Song, where will we be spending the night?"
Thinking of this, He Xiuyuan directly asked.
Steward Song looked ahead and said, "This place is still some distance from the Zhuangyuan Residence. Tonight, I'm afraid we can only stay in the outskirts, but there's a dilapidated temple not far ahead."
"Over the years, with more travelers coming and going, this dilapidated temple has been tidied up and used as a resting place. We'll spend the night here."
He Xiuyuan had no objections, and Zhong Xiuyun also quickly nodded, indicating that she would also follow along.
Seeing this, Steward Song looked at Zhong Xiuyun and asked somewhat strangely, "Does this Young Miss know He Gongzi? I don't seem to have seen you before."
They hadn't seen He Xiuyuan and Zhong Xiuyun meet along the way, and to say that she followed them from Peach Blossom Town was even more impossible.
First, he hadn't seen this Zhong Xiuyun in Peach Blossom Town.
Additionally, from her accent, he could tell she had a Kyoto accent, so she must be from Chang'an.
If that was the case, how did she come to know He Xiuyuan?
Although he had already sent a letter back, asking his master to consider this marriage, since it concerned He Xiuyuan, he needed to know more.
This way, if his master still wanted to take her as a son-in-law, he could inform his master about today's events.
At this moment, Zhong Xiuyun naturally didn't know what the other party was thinking. Upon hearing the question, she simply mentioned that she had met He Xiuyuan a few times.
After listening, Steward Song immediately felt something was amiss.
They had only met a few times, and their relationship was already so familiar? This seemed very wrong, didn't it?
She was a young lady, and she looked like a well-bred Young Miss. How could she so openly catch up after only a few meetings?
He had just heard the sound of a carriage behind him, which was initially very urgent, but then slowed down when it got closer. This was clearly not right.
However, Steward Song didn't say much at this point. He simply drove the carriage to a dilapidated temple.
And inside the dilapidated temple, just as Steward Song had said, it had been tidied up and looked quite clean.
Moreover, when they arrived, they saw that there were already quite a few people inside.
Everyone arrived here, tidied up their belongings, and then found an empty spot to prepare to stay for the night.
Zhong Xiuyun was a woman, so she was arranged to stay inside the carriage.
He Xiuyuan looked around and saw that the other people staying there had piled up some firewood beside them, apparently for warmth at night.
There was no extra firewood left for them now.
Seeing this, He Xiuyuan told Steward Song that he planned to go collect some firewood.
Steward Song nodded, letting He Xiuyuan go.
It was just picking up firewood, so there wouldn't be any danger.
Zhong Xiuyun saw He Xiuyuan going to collect firewood alone and wanted to go with him, but the family servant beside her insisted on stopping her.
It would be too improper for a young lady to go alone with He Xiuyuan.
Zhong Xiuyun was a woman after all. After hearing this, she thought about it and felt it was right, so she no longer insisted.
Seeing his Young Miss persuaded, Lin Bo then felt relieved and went to tidy up.
Steward Song, seeing this scene and considering her expression, tentatively asked.
"Miss Zhong, you seem very curious about He Xiuyuan?"
Zhong Xiuyun didn't know Steward Song's identity and thought he was just He Xiuyuan's family servant, knowing a lot about He Xiuyuan. Upon hearing this, she openly admitted:
"Of course, this He Gongzi is an extraordinary person. How could I not be curious!"
Extraordinary person?
Steward Song was stunned upon hearing this and couldn't help but think of the events in Peach Blossom Town.
Could it be that... this Miss Zhong was also deluded by He Xiuyuan?
Thinking of this, he immediately felt a bad premonition.
"Miss Zhong, don't be deceived by him. He is not an extraordinary person."
Not an extraordinary person?
Zhong Xiuyun was startled upon hearing this and looked at Steward Song in confusion.
Why, doesn't He Xiuyuan's family servant know his Young Master's abilities and strength?
At this moment, the Toad Demon, who had followed along, also heard this.
The Toad Demon had originally seen He Xiuyuan leave alone from a distance and thought it was a rare opportunity to ask He Xiuyuan for guidance.
But now, hearing Steward Song's words, it also became somewhat confused.
This Steward Song should be He Xiuyuan's personal attendant, so he shouldn't be slandering He Xiuyuan.
"This He Xiuyuan was just a scholar before. A while ago when I went to look for him, I saw the neighbors in Peach Blossom Town saying that He Xiuyuan was an extraordinary person."
"Things like being able to control a bamboo raft and make peach blossoms bloom overnight, but He Xiuyuan clearly didn't do anything. Those neighbors were just talking nonsense."
"I was by his side and saw clearly that He Xiuyuan didn't do anything. And he had studied for over ten years before, so how could he be an extraordinary person?"
Although he didn't know what it was like when Zhong Xiuyun and He Xiuyuan met, or how she was deceived, Steward Song was very clear that she had been deceived.
Zhong Xiuyun was stunned upon hearing this. She couldn't help but wonder if she had really been deceived?
But that's impossible. She had seen with her own eyes that He Xiuyuan's shoes didn't get wet from the rain.
At this moment, the Toad Demon, who was a little further away, also froze after hearing this.
It had been deceived?
That He Xiuyuan was not a Cultivator at all?
If He Xiuyuan had only been studying before and living in Peach Blossom Town, then it was indeed impossible for him to be a Cultivator.
As far as it knew, Cultivators cultivated arduously in mountain sects. How could they seek fame and fortune in the Mortal world?
Moreover, having followed all this way, it hadn't seen He Xiuyuan display anything special.
This Steward Song was close to him, so he shouldn't be lying.
Thinking about it, Cultivators are so hard to find. How could one meet them just by wanting to? And in such an ordinary appearance.
Thinking of this, the Toad Demon's face instantly twisted in bitterness, secretly feeling extremely unlucky.
If this matter got out, that a demon mistook a Mortal for a Cultivator, it would probably be mocked by other demons for decades.
