Chapter 97: Breaking into the Ancestral Hall

As soon as they arrived at the Su family ancestral hall, Su Yanqiu and his men hurried over.

"Your Highness, this is the Su family's ancestral hall. If you bring so many people in, I'm afraid it will disturb the ancestors of the Su family. Please be gentle."

Huo Xingzhi's cold gaze swept lightly over Su Yanqiu, and then he curled his lips into a smile.

"Prince Su, look how nervous you are now."

"I am only going in to investigate a case. How could I have offended your Su family's ancestors?"

"Prince Su is so nervous, could it be that there is something shameful in the Su family ancestral hall?"

After Huo Xingzhi finished speaking, he walked inside with a few guards.

Su Yanqiu looked at Huo Xingzhi's back and gritted his teeth secretly.

As soon as you enter the Su Family Ancestral Hall, a cool breeze blows in from windows on all sides.

There was a faint fragrance in the air, which was very light.

Huo Xingzhi could still vaguely hear that hoarse voice.

Huo Xingzhi looked at the Su family's ancestral tablet, and Su Yanqiu followed him.

"Your Highness, these are the tablets of our Su family's ancestors."

"There's nothing else."

Huo Xingzhi: "Whether it exists or not, I will find out by searching."

The man's cold voice fell, and he waved his right hand. The black-clad guards behind him walked around the ancestral tablets and walked inside. They saw a Buddha statue enshrined on the table on the side.

Huo Xingzhi looked at the Buddha statue and felt something was strange.

He had never seen that Buddha before.

More like a ghost.

"Why have I never seen this thing offered by Prince Su?"

“I wonder which Buddha is being worshipped?”

Su Yanqiu sneered: "Your Majesty, I don't know which Buddha you are enshrining."

"Everything in this Buddhist temple was set up by the ancestors of the Su family. Other humble officials know nothing about it."

Huo Xingzhi raised his eyebrows and walked towards the Buddha statue.

The hoarse male voice became clearer and clearer.

However, he has amazing hearing, so others may not be able to hear it.

Several guards continued to walk towards the Buddha statue. After taking a few steps, they heard the sound of sharp arrows being shot.

Huo Xingzhi looked up and saw countless sharp arrows shooting out from behind the Buddha statue.

"Your Majesty, there are hidden weapons!"

Huo Xingzhi dodged to the side, and the sharp arrows hit the window opposite.

Seeing this, Su Yanqiu immediately knelt down.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. This is a hidden formation set up by our ancestors. Until now, no one in our Su family has dared to enter it."

"I don't know if His Highness was hurt."

Huo Xingzhi lowered his head and looked at Su Yanqiu, saying coldly: "Prince Su's ancestors were really free, even setting up a hidden formation in this ancestral temple."

"If you don't know, you might think there's something shady in this ancestral hall."

He glanced at the guards around him. One of them was about forty years old and was tall and strong.

This was the craftsman he had specially invited from the South China Sea the day before.

He specifically let him blend in with the guards.

"Prince Su, I'm curious about what's behind this Buddha statue."

"Prince Su, do you mind if I undo your dark formation?"

Su Yanqiu raised a cold expression.

He designed a nine-linked formation with overlapping mechanisms.

Huo Xingzhi is not familiar with the art of Qimen Dunjia, so how can he understand these?

He said calmly, "Your Highness, are you really here to investigate a case at our Su family today?"

"Why did Your Highness come to break into my Su Family Ancestral Hall? I have set up a hidden formation in my Su Family Ancestral Hall. Does Your Highness want to destroy it?"

Huo Xingzhi said: "I am just curious about what is behind this Buddha statue."

"Someone in the Yanjing government office reported that the body of Marquis Dingbei was hidden in the Su family. Naturally, we cannot let this ancestral hall go."

"Prince Su, I really don't know how to break this secret formation? And what about the switch?"

Su Yanqiu lowered his eyes, with a cunning look in his eyes.

"Your humble servant, I don't know how to solve it, and I don't know."

Huo Xingzhi snorted coldly, his tone revealing a sense of laziness.

"Since Prince Su can't solve it, I'll have someone help you."

Huo Xingzhi gestured to the middle-aged guard beside him for a moment. The man nodded and glanced at the Buddha statue.

After glancing for a moment, he began to set up the formation, following the nine-ring formation, tiptoeing and moving towards the northwest little by little.

After taking a few tentative steps, he found that no sharp arrows were shot out from the Buddha statue, so he continued to move forward in formation.

Huo Xingzhi memorized his steps and was about to follow the steps of the Nanhai craftsman when he saw the craftsman immediately squat down.

Immediately afterwards, countless flying needles shot out like lightning. Huo Xingzhi dodged to the side and instantly felt something was wrong.

The Su family ancestral hall not only has a nine-linked formation, but also has another hidden formation.

Su Yanqiu hurriedly said: "Your Highness! Please do not barge in again, so as not to hurt Your Highness."

The craftsman cast a strange look at Huo Xingzhi, and Huo Xingzhi asked.

"How is it?"

The craftsman said, "I can't solve it. There's more than one formation here. Besides the Nine-Link Formation, there's another one I've never seen before."

Huo Xingzhi frowned and asked, "Is there no solution?"

The craftsman nodded: "Yes, gunpowder."

"Use the power of gunpowder to blow up this formation."

"Or, someone knows where the switch of this formation is."

"Gunpowder?" Huo Xingzhi frowned.

Su Yanqiu: "Your Highness, this was set up by our ancestors. No one in our Su family has dared to break in until now. Why are you so persistent today? If there is nothing behind the Buddha statue, wouldn't it destroy the hard work of our ancestors?"

Huo Xingzhi glanced at him, then took the craftsman back.

"It seems that I have disturbed the peace of the Su family's ancestors. I will leave the ancestral hall now."

He waved his right hand, and several guards turned around and followed him out of the ancestral hall.

Now the secret formation in this ancestral hall cannot be solved.

We have to find another way.

Su Yanqiu looked at the backs of Huo Xingzhi and several guards as they left, with a cold look in his eyes.

Could it be that Huo Xingzhi knew something?

Today, they returned empty-handed, and Lord Liu from the Yanjing government office did not find the body of Marquis Dingbei in the Su family.

At noon, Huo Xingzhi went into Su Yuheng's room.

"What happened?" Su Yuheng asked.

Huo Xingzhi shook his head: "There is more than one dark formation in the ancestral hall. It is a combination of multiple dark formations superimposed on each other."

"Now that the craftsman has solved the Nine-Link Formation, there is still one formation he cannot solve."

"It's almost been exposed today." Su Yuheng said

"Master, can you tell me if there is a solution?"

Huo Xingzhi nodded: "Gunpowder."

"gunpowder?"

"As for gunpowder, I..." Su Yuheng paused.

"I do have a formula for gunpowder here. Your Majesty, would you mind giving it a try?"

"Do you have the formula for gunpowder?" Huo Xingzhi's eyes lit up.

Su Yuheng nodded, "Before, I deliberately let Yun Yi leak the gunpowder formula to Liu Jinshu."

"However, the gunpowder formula is fake. Now the fake formula is in the hands of the King of Qi."

"The King of Qi has been asking Su Yanqiu to research the gunpowder issue privately these days, but I don't know if he has made any progress."

"I have the real gunpowder formula. Your Highness, can you..."

Huo Xingzhi casually sat down on a chair in the side room, took a deep breath and said, "Privately casting weapons and gunpowder is a serious crime."

"However, if you want to blow up the Su family ancestral hall, I can give it a try."

"Really?" Su Yuheng walked to his side.

"Of course it's true."

"Prince, the young lady has gone to rest." Bai Zhi's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Su Yanqiu stood at the door of the wing room and took a look inside.

"It's broad daylight now, why is Heng'er resting so soon?"

"Get lost."

After Su Yanqiu finished speaking, he was about to step inside when he heard a cold voice coming from the side room.

"Brother, please don't come in. If you have anything to say, you can talk directly outside the room."

Su Yanqiu said: "Sister Heng'er, I want to ask you something."

"I wonder when you would like to ask, brother?"

Su Yanqiu sneered, "Just now, a maid in the courtyard told me that you were molested by Prince Li in the front hall. Is that true?"