Tang Buqi decided to follow Zhao Changhe's advice, slipped out from the back door of the guest house, and rushed straight to the military camp outside the city.
Zhao Changhe and Sisi stood high on the roof of the guest house, watching the hustle and bustle in front of the Tang family's gate from afar.
The major families in Gusu brought hundreds or even thousands of people to block the gate of the Tang family. Some people had already bypassed them to block other gates. If they were any later, they would have difficulty getting out.
Everyone was furious, cursing loudly, and one could vaguely hear the following voice: "The evil spirit of the Tiger Hill Sword Pond has leaked out, harming Gusu, Tang, come out and give an explanation!"
A middle-aged man with a long beard hurried out with the others. This was Tang Wangsheng, Tang Buqi's father, Tang Wanzhuang's brother, and the current head of the Tang family. Old Master Tang had long been enjoying his life in the capital and was not here. He might have been mainly thinking about his daughter's marriage... Now, all matters of the Tang family in Suzhou are managed by Tang Wangsheng.
Not every family is like the Cui family, with a leader like Cui Wenjing who is both civil and military. Zhao Changhe's impression of the Tang family is that they follow Tang Wanzhuang's political pace, but their abilities are limited, most of them are playboys, and they are already in decline. Tang Buqi's father is a microcosm of the entire Tang family, or his level has contributed greatly to this situation.
Therefore, Zhao Changhe lived here and had no plan to pay a visit to the head of the family. It was meaningless, and he might even be ridiculed and treated as a bandit... He was not as interesting as Tang Buqi himself.
Tang Wangsheng's voice could be heard, full of energy: "The Tiger Hill Sword Pond has been in the Tang family for nearly a hundred years, and nothing has ever happened. It's well known! If it's the sword pond that has leaked the evil spirit, then why hasn't anyone in my Tang family been infected by it? Don't believe the rumors and misconceptions!"
There was also a leader on the opposite side who was speaking aggressively: "You guys guard the Sword Pond in the back mountain, who knows what's going on inside! My son got into trouble after visiting your Sword Pond, and so did the young master of the Gu family! Who would believe me if I said there was nothing fishy going on in your Sword Pond?"
Tang Wangsheng was speechless: "There are so many people going to the Sword Pond! I was playing chess there the day before yesterday, how come I didn't go crazy?"
No one paid any attention to him. Soon the crowd was in an uproar: "Words are not enough. Can we go in and check it out? Only seeing it with our own eyes can be believed!"
Tang Wangsheng's expression darkened. "Brother Lu, I understand the pain of your son going crazy, but the Tang family is not a place where you can go wild! You said you want to go in and investigate, so what do you think my Tang family is?"
Zhao Changhe pulled Sisi for a moment and said, "Let's go. The Tang family still has its prestige. At least we can still maintain a stalemate. The Lu family or the Maitreya sect must continue to provoke people's emotions and wait for a conflict to intensify before they will officially take action. Before that, let's do our job. This kind of melee with thousands of people is not our job."
Sisi whispered, "Is this when you said that there wouldn't be many people in the Lu family?"
"Yes, I felt something was wrong the moment I saw Lu Shaoxiong, and I was suspicious of their goal... I'll tell you the specific reason later. The strongest people of the Lu family must be here now. Even the guards of the forbidden area shouldn't have many strong men. We may still make it when we go there during this time."
Sisi even forgot that according to her role as a maid, she shouldn't have followed him to the dangerous place of the Lu family. She followed Zhao Changhe all the way to the Lu family in the south of the city. At this moment, she was as curious and excited about this matter as anyone else.
Logically, the Lu family is in the south of the city, and is very far away from the Tang family. If there is something fishy going on in the Lu family, why would it cause problems with the Tang family's sword pool? It is impossible to dig through the entire Gusu, it is too incredible.
However, no matter how far away they were, they arrived there in no time at full speed. As expected, the Lu family seemed to be almost empty at this time. Most of the fighting forces had gone to the Tang family, and only a few farmhands and guards were left patrolling.
Although Zhao Changhe was not good at hiding in high places, he was still able to deal with these ordinary guards with ease. He quickly went around to the back of the Lu family, where there was also a small hill. The hill was heavily guarded and was the so-called forbidden area.
Zhao Changhe whispered in Sisi's ear, "I know a little bit about Maitreya's spiritual illusions, but I'm not very good at using them... I wonder if I can trick these guards into letting me in? I can force my way in, but I'm afraid there will be people blocking the way from behind, which is very dangerous."
Sisi endured the itching in her ears, hesitated for a moment, and responded in a low voice: "Come with me first."
Zhao Changhe smiled slightly and followed Sisi into another small courtyard.
"Normally this would be the residence of a young master." Sisi opened a window and jumped in with great familiarity. She knocked out the maid who was dozing on the table, then rummaged through the boxes and cabinets with great familiarity and took out a set of clothes belonging to the young master of the Lu family: "Put them on."
Zhao Changhe put it on without saying a word. Sisi took out some bottles and jars from somewhere, picked out some sticky objects and smeared them on Zhao Changhe's face, saying, "It's just simple makeup, at least to cover your scar... Well, it's almost done, you can use your illusion to hide it better..."
Zhao Changhe still smiled: "Okay." Sisi curled her lips, feeling that she must have been exposed. Right now, with important matters at hand, it was not appropriate to hide it... It seemed that it was not a big deal if only the identity of Sisi from the Thief Sect was exposed. Even if it was that Sisi, so what
Seeing that Zhao Changhe didn't show any reaction, Sisi wondered if this guy had guessed it long ago. The bath, the various teasing, and her servitude like a masochist... and the dragon bird...
Sisi's face turned red from holding it in, and she angrily gave up her acting and kept smearing the dirt on her face. Gradually, she looked like the maid who had just been knocked unconscious.
Zhao Changhe: “…”
Sisi urged: "What are you looking at? Just look at it. I want to see what the Lu family hides here."
Zhao Changhe was stunned for a moment: "You're going in too? It's very dangerous."
Sisi was also stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought that she could choose not to go in... After a long while, she scratched her head and said, "I want to go in and take a look..."
Zhao Changhe glanced at her meaningfully, then simply said, "Okay."
The two of them looked away, then went out of the window almost at the same time and returned to the foot of the hill.
Zhao Changhe walked forward with a swagger, and a guard immediately stepped forward to stop him: "No entry into the restricted area... Uh, Second Young Master? Didn't you go to the Tang family?"
Zhao Changhe stared at the guard's eyes, and there seemed to be ripples in his eyes: "Dad asked me to come back to get something."
Zhao Changhe had only learned the spiritual secrets contained in the Great Law of Bliss, but had never formally practiced them on others. This time, he felt a little dizzy when he used them. He felt that the power involved was very different from the internal and external systems that he usually knew. Instead, it was quite similar to his spiritual will when he was fighting against the evil spirit and losing his mind...
This is not the time to discuss this. Anyway, it is enough to bully ordinary guards. As expected, there are no real strong people here. They have all been transferred to the Tang family. Now the remaining guards are more confused than him: "Second Young Master, you can't bring a maid with you when you take things..."
"I just want to take this opportunity to play with the maid, what's wrong with that?" Zhao Changhe simply hugged Sisi and rubbed her: "Go away, you'll be out soon anyway. Who cares about these things when something important is going on?"
This was something that should never be agreed to under normal circumstances, but under the influence of the spiritual secret technique, it actually happened. The guard just curled his lips, turned around to open the stone door on the hill, and muttered to himself: "I know you are fast, and you have the nerve to say it in public..."
There was more than one guard, and they were all snickering.
Zhao Changhe remained calm, hugged Sisi, who was also grinning, and strode into the room.
The stone door quickly closed behind him, and a soft light appeared in front of him, guiding the passage forward, but no one knew where it led to.
Although there was no sound, Zhao Changhe still tensed his muscles, let go of Sisi, and reached out to grasp the hilt of the knife.
Sisi was in no mood to tease him, and had no time to care about being hugged and rubbed. She hurriedly whispered, "What did you find? Is there any evil spirit?"
"No... If there is, it would be great. Everything is clear. It is the Lu family who hides the evil spirit and tries to frame the Tang family." Zhao Changhe looked very serious and whispered, "It is the most troublesome if there is no evil spirit. We don't know what the Lu family is guarding. This step forward may be a tiger's den and a dragon's lair. Do you still want to go?"
Sisi looked at his profile, her tone becoming calmer: "You dare to do this for loyalty, so why shouldn't I dare to do this for my own sake?"
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