The monk could not help but think of the rumors that when Gu Yun brought this child back from the town of Yanhui — some people had said that the barbarian rebellion in that area was pushed forward by the foster mother of the Fourth Prince. Still, His Highness had put aside familial love for the country, providing the Black Iron Camp with preparations to exterminate the barbarians.

How old would Chang Geng have been at that time? At best, he was only twelve or thirteen years old...

Suddenly Liao Ran really wanted to ask, "When Yanhui town fell into chaos, had you killed a person?". After a while, he swallowed it back down, feeling that such a question wasn't necessary.

Chang Geng quietly looked at him, and under the moonlit night, Liao Ran saw two shallow shadows from his eyes.

He knew that Chang Geng had developed a special kind of intelligence and sharpness at an early age. He thought that it was the sensitivity born from the drastic changes he had to face at a young age, combined with living at the expense of others in the capital. At this moment, the monk suddenly realized that the boy's eyes contained a dark corner that no one knew of, or had seen.

He suspected that even Gu Yun did not know.

Liao Ran's attitude became a lot more serious. After a moment of deliberation, Liao Ran slowly signed: "I knew that he would come. I also knew that when he came, he would definitely intervene. This matter is on a huge scale and cannot be handled by one small Ying Tian Manor — there are things that inside, the Marquis is also fully aware of, much like those of us."

Chang Geng blinked; he noticed that Liao Ran had just said us.

At that moment, there was suddenly a strong gust of wind behind him, Liao Ran wasn't able to react yet, but the decorative sword hanging at Chang Geng's waist had already flown out of its sheath. This was the instinctive reaction built from countless times he had crossed swords with the iron puppet.

The bright white sabre clashed with the black iron of the Wind Slasher, Chang Geng recognized that the other person was a Black Eagle soldier. The two sides then withdrew their weapons at the same time.

The soldier got down on one knee: "My apology for the sudden disturbance — the Marquis had asked your subordinates to bring Your Highness and the Master back."

Chang Geng lifted his eyebrows. How did Gu Yun know that he and Liao Ran had sneaked out to come here?

What was the 'fully aware of inside' that the monk had mentioned before?

However, Liao Ran was not surprised. He took off his ridiculous headscarf, put his hands together to express courtesy, then silently expressed his meaning without words — Thank you for your trouble.