Gu Piaoran said calmly: "I have been looking for something. As for what that thing is, only three people besides me know it. Unfortunately, one of them is in Xuan Jing Division."
When I looked at Gu Piaoran, he laughed dumbly and said, "Do you think it's strange? Actually, there's nothing strange about it. Liars are the most unprincipled people in the world. They can do anything. As long as the benefits are enough, they will even lie to their own fathers. Is it strange that my senior brother betrayed his master, stole the secrets of Rumor Sect, and joined Xuanjing Division?"
Gu Piaoran sighed and said, "Over the years, I have hunted him and he has hunted me. We have schemed against each other several times, and each has won and lost. If I had not wasted nearly ten years, he might not have had the chance to plant spies around me. Well, let me stop here! Knowing too much about some things is not good for you or me."
I reached out to stop Gu Piaoran who was about to leave: "What is your identity in Yaomen?"
"The biggest liar, no doubt about it." After Gu Piaoran threw down these words, he walked back to the cabin in a hurry.
It was only then that I noticed something wrong in the cabin. According to common sense, such a large cabin should be divided into several small cabins for people to sleep in, but Gu Piaoran turned the cabin into an open hall, so that everyone would be exposed to each other's surveillance. It seems that Gu Piaoran's words are indeed somewhat credible.
After taking a quick look inside the cabin, I walked over to Ye Jin, lay down, and closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, it was already bright, and most of the sailors had gathered at the bow, and someone seemed to be shouting in the distance.
When I walked to the bow and looked outside, I found that we were surrounded by three large ships. Gu Piaoran was talking to the people on the opposite ship: "We, the Red Roof Mansion and the Hell Gate, have always kept to ourselves. It's a bit too much for you to stop our ship like this!"
The voice on the other side said: "My friend is a sorcerer of the Red Ding Mansion. Who is Shangguan? Why have I never seen you before?"
Gu Piaoran sneered, "My friend, that's an interesting question. Are all of you Ten Ghost Kings of Hell used to showing up in front of people? At least three of you have never revealed your true appearance, right?"
The man opposite said sternly: "Who do you think you are? How dare you compare yourself to the Ten Ghost Kings? If you don't give us an explanation today, we will confront you even if it means offending the Red Ding Mansion!"
Gu Piaoran calmly took out his hands from behind his back and raised them in the air with his five fingers slightly open. I could clearly see a ruby top bead between his fingers.
I couldn't help but be slightly stunned. As far as I know, the top beads of official hats in the Qing Dynasty were strictly divided. Only officials of the first rank could wear ruby top beads. Although the top beads of officials of the second rank were also red, they were only red coral.
Could it be that the grading of the sorcerers in the Hongdingfu is also based on the ranks of officials in the Qing Dynasty
After Gu Piaoran showed the ruby, the other party's face changed drastically and said, "I don't know if it is..."
Gu Piaoran said, "Stop talking nonsense. I don't want to hear your explanation. Get out of here. I can pretend that nothing happened."
As Gu Piaoran was speaking, a man dressed as Wuchang came out from the opposite side and said, "I wonder which first-rank official from the Red Ding Mansion is this? Since we are meeting at sea, we brothers should get closer to each other."
"Xue Wuchang!" Gu Piaoran's voice was very low, with a bit of solemnity in his tone. I couldn't help but be startled when I saw him. Wasn't that the Wuchang who said to Emperor Senluo that he wanted to see me again in the martial arts world
He wasn't wearing the blood-soaked suit at the time, so I didn't recognize him at first glance.
Xue Wuchang walked to the side of the boat and said with a faint smile: "I don't ask my friends where they want to go or what they want to do. I just want one person on your boat."
Gu Piaoran said in a deep voice: "Who do you want?"
Xue Wuchang suddenly pointed in my direction: "Him, Wu Zhao!"
My face suddenly darkened. According to common sense, Xue Wuchang should not be able to see my whereabouts through the crowd, unless he already knew that I was on the boat.
When I was about to leave, Gu Piaoran, who had his back to me, quietly waved his hand at me, signaling me not to move. He said to Xue Wuchang, "There is no Wu Zhao on our ship. You may have made a mistake."
Xue Wuchang smiled and said, "Not only was I not mistaken, I also knew that he was hiding behind that door right now."
When Xue Wuchang pointed at me, Gu Piaoran and I knew we couldn't hide anymore. I simply walked out of the cabin and asked, "How did you know I was here?"
Xue Wuchang said in a cold voice: "As far as I know, Wu Zhao, the friend from Hongding Mansion, is not from Hongding Mansion, but he has a deep grudge against us from Hell Gate. Is it not too much for me to ask you to hand him over?"
Gu Piaoran shook his head without hesitation and said, "No. Mr. Wu is my honored guest. If you want to take him away, you will be making an enemy of the Red Ding Mansion. Even if you are ranked as the Impermanent in the Hell Gate, it will be difficult to explain when you go back."
Xue Wuchang sneered, "If I don't keep Wu Zhao, I will have a hard time explaining myself when I return. My friend from Hongding Mansion, I can give you five minutes to think about it. When the time is up, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Gu Piaoran snorted coldly, stretched out his hand and pulled me into the cabin.
Before Gu Piaoran could speak, the tomb robber Lao Qiao spoke first: "Mr. Gu, Hell Gate is determined to capture Wu Zhao this time! For the safety of everyone on the ship, you should hand him over!"
Ye Jin was immediately furious and said, "Bullshit! Why don't you hand you over?"
Old Qiao sneered and said, "The rule in the art of magic is that personal grudges are personal. It would be bad if you implicate others."
There is indeed such a rule in the art of martial arts: if your partner is not willing to fight for you, no one can say "no". What's more, we are partners meeting for the first time.
Before Ye Jin could speak, Tong Xiaoyao stood up and said, "Wu Zhao, this time, you should give me the knife, right?"
"Xiaoyao..." The girl named Youran quickly pulled Tong Xiaoyao back, "Don't talk."
Ye Jin glared at Tong Xiaoyao fiercely, then turned to Gu Piaoran and said, "Old man, what do you say?"
Gu Piaoran said: "Wu Zhao must not leave. Otherwise, even if we fight to the death, we won't be able to enter the secret burial."
Old Qiao was anxious: "Mr. Gu, Wu Zhao is gone, we can find someone else! If we lose our lives, where can we find someone else? I think we should hand over Wu Zhao and return home quickly!"
Gu Piaoran shook his head and said, "No, this is the only chance. If we go back now, we will have to wait five years before we have the chance to enter the secret burial. Do you know what will happen in five years? Unless you don't want the things in the secret burial."
Old Qiao opened his mouth, swallowed back what he was about to say, and then said, "If we don't hand over Wu Zhao, can we defeat the three large ships of Hell Gate with such a small number of people? They have firearms on board!"
Gu Piaoran's face was also extremely gloomy: "Everyone, get out. I want to talk to Wu Zhao and Ye Jin alone!"
After everyone else had left the cabin, Gu Piaoran immediately pulled a rope in the cabin. The doors and windows that were originally wide open suddenly closed at the same time, and the entire cabin immediately became pitch dark.
Gu Piaoran's voice also rang out in the darkness: "Wu Zhao, Ye Jin, you two also saw it..."
When Gu Piaoran was speaking, another voice rang in my ears at the same time: "Ye Jin, cooperate with me; Wu Zhao, don't speak."
Ye Jin and I were both stunned. Gu Piaoran was clearly speaking, but how did we hear another Gu Piaoran's voice? When I cast my eyes towards his abdomen, I found that his dantian was trembling slightly.
Ventriloquism
I've heard of ventriloquism, but I've never heard of someone using ventriloquism while speaking. Is this also a secret technique of the Yao Sect
"Now the enemy is strong and we are weak, we can only take this risk. In a moment, you will listen to my orders." Gu Piaoran stretched out his hand to open a secret compartment on the ground, and gently turned the mechanism. A gap suddenly opened in the board in front of me, and three sailors jumped out of the secret compartment at the same time and landed lightly in front of Gu Piaoran: "Sir, what do you want?"
Gu Piaoran said in a deep voice: "For the sake of the secret burial, I am sorry to have to trouble you."
One of the sailors, who was similar in build to me, nodded silently, quickly took off his coat and handed it to me: "Mr. Wu, change your clothes quickly."
When I looked at Gu Piaoran in confusion, he said, "They died for you. You don't have to feel guilty. Their mission in life is to die for someone in the future. Even if it's not for you today, it will be for someone else tomorrow."
When I looked at the sailor, he was still standing there expressionlessly, waiting to change clothes with me. I immediately took off my coat and handed it to him. Gu Piaoran also gave a wink to another sailor, who quickly took out the disguise and smeared it on the faces of the two men.
After a while, I saw another me standing in front of me. I was less than a meter away from the other person, but I could not find any trace of disguise on the other person's face.
At this time, Ye Jin, who was arguing loudly with Gu Piaoran, could not help but stop. Gu Piaoran pointed to the secret compartment and said in ventriloquy: "You go down."
Not long after Ye Jin and I hid in the secret compartment, Gu Piaoran's voice came from the deck: "Wu Zhao cannot be lost to Hongdingfu, this is our bottom line. But Wu Zhao does not want to implicate other people on the ship, so he decided to leave first. We Hongdingfu still have a friendship with Wu Zhao, so for this reason, Hell Gate cannot hunt down Wu Zhao within an hour, otherwise, Hongdingfu will never give up!" (To be continued)