This is the place of peace
Bai Roushuang breathed a sigh of relief, which had just been released, and it came back again.
"You, you, you..." She pointed at the humanoid on the ground with shaking hands and asked three questions from the bottom of her heart, "How did you steal him out? Why did you steal him out? How dare you steal him out?"
"The first step is to observe his movements and follow..." Xu Shulou was about to start teaching again.
"Stop, stop, stop," Bai Roushuang interrupted her quickly, "Let's talk about serious matters."
Xu Shulou lowered his head: "I attacked him when he was playing with his concubine. It was not a fair victory. I am not proud of it."
"..." Bai Roushuang subconsciously comforted him, "That's also amazing."
Xu Shulou immediately raised his head and smiled brightly at her: "To achieve the goal, if I find out that I have wrongly accused him in the end, I will go and apologize to him."
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When Gao Ming heard the sound, he opened the door and entered the yard, and immediately fell into a more messy state than Bai Roushuang.
I have been planning for many years, plotting for a long time, and asking countless people for help, but there has been no progress.
But as for Xu Shulou, after listening to his story for less than two hours, he carried the owner of Xuanwu Tower out.
You are really very decisive.
Since the bedroom was already occupied, Xu Shulou simply carried the Xuanwu building owner into the kitchen and laid him flat on the table. With the gleaming kitchen knife beside him, the usually high-handed building owner suddenly looked like a piece of pork on a chopping board waiting to be slaughtered.
Bai Roushuang felt that if he woke up at this moment, he would probably faint from fright again.
Especially at night when the light was poor, Gao Ming lit a circle of candles around him, which made the scene suddenly look weird.
Xu Shulou lifted up his trouser legs and showed them: "I've checked, there are no signs of decay on the legs, it's not a possession."
Gao Ming approached excitedly and rubbed his hands, but he didn't know where to start. He touched the face and stopped after confirming again and again that it was not a disguise.
Several people looked at each other: "You have no clue?"
Gao Ming smiled bitterly: "After all, I was too young back then, and I can't remember if my father had any birthmarks or anything like that."
"I don't blame you. If he really wanted to impersonate someone else, he could have easily faked the birthmark," Xu Shulou thought. "Do you have a Gu that can make people tell the truth?"
Gao Ming shook his head: "There is no such poison in the world."
Bai Roushuang randomly suggested, "Why don't you give him a love poison, and when he obeys you completely, you can then try to trick him."
Gao Ming looked at her in horror.
Bai Roushuang was dissatisfied: "Why are you hesitating?"
Gao Ming murmured, "After all, he could be my biological father. This idea is a bit too exciting..."
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"Besides, I don't have any love poison in my hand." Gao Ming had only studied how to remove the poison and had no intention of using it to harm others. This poisonous insect was very rare, so he naturally didn't have it in his hand.
Bai Roushuang was very disappointed: "Let's strip him naked first, what if we can find some clues?"
"Then... do you two girls want to step aside for a while?"
Xu Shulou nodded: "Okay, I'll rest for a while, call me if you need anything."
She took out two recliners from her Qiankun bracelet, gave one to her junior sister, and then lay down leisurely under the tree.
It was early autumn, and the courtyard was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. Xu Shulou stretched out comfortably. She was probably tired after a day's work, and she soon fell asleep.
Gao Ming looked at her in amazement. In the territory ruled by Xuanwu Tower, with the owner of Xuanwu Tower and a left protector, whom she had kidnapped, lying in the yard, she could still sleep peacefully. What courage, what spirit, what... madness!
Bai Roushuang looked left and right, but couldn't find anything she could do, so she simply lay down beside her senior sister and looked up at the stars in the sky and the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
When she was busy working in the brothel, who could have known that this would be the case?
Today, I seem to be walking in danger at every step, but I am far less hesitant than I was back then.
With his senior sister by his side and a sword in his hand, it seemed that there was no place in the world he dared not set foot on, and he even dared to venture into dangerous places.
Thinking back to the beginning, I was longing for a reliable man to help redeem me so that I could have a home of my own and settle down. But now I am willing to travel the world with a sword. No matter where I go, my heart is at peace.
Gao Ming raised his head and saw through the kitchen window that the white girl was thinking about something. Suddenly, she started practicing sword in the yard.
He sighed slightly. Could it be that all the disciples from Wuchen Island behave in such an unpredictable way?
There was wind blowing through the courtyard, and a sweet-scented osmanthus flower in full bloom floated down and landed on Xu Shulou's forehead, waking her up. It was already dawn, and she picked up the beautiful flower, thought about it, brought it to her mouth and took a bite.
Bai Roushuang watched this scene and laughed, "Senior Sister, stop chewing on the osmanthus flowers. I'll make you some osmanthus tea later."
Xu Shulou stretched lazily: "I just suddenly wondered what fresh osmanthus smells like. How is Gao Ming doing?"
"No progress," Bai Roushuang shook her head. "He is considering whether to wake the person up and ask him a question."
Xu Shulou stood up and straightened his robes: "If the owner of Xuanwu Tower can really deceive so many people, with such calmness, he will not reveal his flaws after being asked a few questions."
"Then what should we do?" Bai Roushuang was worried. "We can't just kill him without knowing the truth, right? I don't have any objection to this, but I guess you can't do that, Senior Sister."
Xu Shulou shook his head: "Gao Ming probably can't do it either. He has been struggling for so many years and always wants to find the truth."
The two entered the kitchen. The owner of Xuanwu Tower had changed from a piece of pork to be slaughtered to a slightly naked piece of pork to be slaughtered. Gao Ming was sitting on the side, looking very painful.
Xu Shulou comforted him, "Don't worry, let's analyze it from the beginning. Let's first talk about why no one believes you. There must be something about the owner of Xuanwu Tower that can convince everyone. What is it? Let's see if we can find a flaw?"
Bai Roushuang glanced sideways. This analysis was reasonable, but shouldn't this kind of conversation have occurred before you stole the OP out so easily?
Gao Ming calmed down a little: "He can drive my father's life magic weapon."
"This..." Bai Roushuang frowned, "Since it can activate my life magic weapon, to be honest, if it were me, I would definitely suspect that you made a mistake."
Xu Shulou thought for a moment and said, "In fact, I have read in ancient books that as long as one can obtain the spiritual blood of a cultivator, one can temporarily control his life-saving magic weapon."
Bai Roushuang was puzzled: "But where did he get so much spiritual blood? Even if he saved it before killing people, it wouldn't last that long..."
The two looked at each other and both thought of a possibility: "He keeps the real owner Gao Zhuo by his side? Bleeding him from time to time?"
Bai Roushuang was horrified. There was clearly no evidence at all, yet they had imagined a horrifying conspiracy out of thin air.
Gao Ming's face turned pale: "But... in the past two years, I haven't seen him use that life magic weapon again."
Bai Roushuang was stunned: "You mean, the real owner of the building may have already..."
Gao Ming's frightening expression stopped her from continuing.
"Don't panic yet," Xu Shulou suggested. "I can pretend to be the owner of the building and search his study. Even if I can't find any trace of the prisoner, there may be other clues. Do you still remember his handwriting and his favorite books? He has lived in peace for so many years, and he may have let down his guard and made mistakes in private. And the way he handles the affairs of the building, if you compare it with the files when he first took office, there should be some clues."
"Even the most favored fifth brother can't enter his study. There is a magic weapon guarding the door. Disguise alone may not be able to hide from the magic weapon." Gao Ming shook his head, "Besides, how can I ask the girl to take risks for me again?"
Xu Shulou waved his hand and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can't just carry the landlord and the left protector back and pretend nothing happened. I'll go first and talk about it when I come back."
She changed her appearance again. In the past few days, this magic weapon of disguise was even closer to her than her natal sword.
As soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, he saw a girl carrying a bamboo basket getting off a flying magic weapon. Xu Shulou didn't want to cause any trouble, so he lowered his head and walked past her, but suddenly he heard the girl ask in surprise: "Senior Brother Gao, is that you?"
Could this be the junior sister of Xuanwu Tower Master? Xu Shulou paused and said nonchalantly, "I came to see that evil creature. Junior sister, why are you here?"
The girl was stunned: "What evil seed? What are you talking about? Senior Brother Gao, we haven't seen each other for so many years, why are you talking to me about evil seeds for no reason?"
She looked at the person in front of her with suspicion.
This was the first time Xu Shulou encountered a bottleneck in her acting. She quickly went through several plans in her mind. Unfortunately, the two most feasible options at this time were running away and falling to the ground and pretending to be crazy.
She thought about it and was about to laugh and say that she accidentally hurt her eyes during the fight and recognized the wrong person, when the door of the courtyard creaked open and Bai Roushuang poked her head out: "I heard voices, hey, who is this girl?"
The woman frowned: "Who are you? Why are you in Brother Gao's house?"
Brother Gao? Senior Brother Gao? Xu Shulou covered his face, unable to figure out the relationship. Fortunately, Gao Ming also poked his head out at this time: "Le Ling, why are you here again? Didn't I ask you to..."
The girl pursed her lips and said, "I know you asked me to leave for my own good. You were afraid that your father would kill me after he found out that I was from the Hehuan Sect and that I was the witch who destroyed your meridians. But you became like this just to save me. How can I let you go? I made a basket of water chestnut cakes for you. Brother Gao, eat them while they're hot."
Hehuan Sect? Le Ling? Xu Shulou and Bai Roushuang looked at each other, feeling somewhat absurd: "Are you Miss Le Ling from Hehuan Sect?"
It was Miss Le Ling who accompanied and took care of Gao Ming that Sect Leader Luo Hongtang had mentioned to them before they set out for Ruzhou City.
It was the girl Le Ling who was rescued and whom Song Ping mentioned when he talked about the conflict between Xuanwu Tower and Hehuan Sect: "The people of Hehuan Sect were bullied by the evil cultivator, and the son of the owner of Xuanwu Tower stepped forward, but was beaten by the evil cultivator until his tendons were broken and he became a disabled person."
The two had never seen this person since they arrived in Ruzhou and almost forgot her name, but she appeared in this place and called Master Gao "Senior Brother".
Le Ling asked curiously, "Senior Brother Gao, why is your tone so strange? It's as if you've only heard my name but never seen me."
Gao Ming reacted and asked anxiously: "Le Ling, why do you call him Senior Brother?"
"I shouldn't call you Senior Brother," Le Ling sighed. "You've been expelled from the Hehuan Sect for so many years, so this is just an old habit. Gao Zhang, have you been doing well these years?"
Gao Zhang, Gao Zhuo, in Xu Shulou's mind, it seemed as if two originally unrelated paths were instantly connected together.
Twin brothers... Gao Ming's simplest and most outrageous guess now seems to be the most likely one to come true.
What possession, what monsters, she was thinking too complicatedly.
Gao Ming's father who had become a different person and the master of Xuanwu Tower who vowed to destroy the Hehuan Sect, everything was connected together.
"Gao Zhang? What Gao Zhang?" Gao Ming's face turned red, and he was so excited that he couldn't control himself. "You mean his name is Gao Zhang?!"
Le Ling was frightened by his appearance and took a step back. "Yes, I won't remember it wrong. Senior Brother Gao, I mean Gao Zhang, was once our sect master's personal disciple. Later, he was expelled from the sect because of his idea of seizing the spiritual mine and a senior sister. Our Hehuan Sect has never accepted any male disciples since then. Naturally, I have a deep impression of him."
Xu Shulou didn't say anything, but a tortuous and bizarre story had already taken shape in her mind.
Back then, a disciple who was exiled by the Hehuan Sect met his long-lost brother after searching for him, perhaps accidentally or deliberately. At that time, one was a discarded disciple of the Hehuan Sect, and the other was the owner of the Xuanwu Tower. They looked similar, but their circumstances were very different.
Gao Zhang then became malicious, imprisoned his brother, killed his eldest sister-in-law, treated his nephew coldly, and then became the owner of the building for decades.
At first, he might need to use disguise techniques and draw a few lines on his face so that he looks identical to his brother, but as time goes by, he can remove his disguise little by little, and no one will notice...
Later, the Hehuan Sect that had expelled him fell into his hands, and he saw this as a great opportunity.
One is for revenge, two is for the spiritual mine, and three is to eliminate future troubles...
Spiritual mine, of course he knew that the Hehuan Sect had a spiritual mine that was well hidden by the sect master. It was something he had been thinking about since he was still a disciple of the Hehuan Sect.
If things had developed as described in Xu Shulou's dream, only Luo Fusheng, who was too young and had never seen him, would be left alive in the entire Hehuan Sect. He would no longer have to worry about being recognized, and all the sect's wealth and skills would belong to him.
Under the influence of Lu Beichen, Luo Fusheng finally shook hands with him and made peace.
Even that annoying nephew has become a useless person.
He has gained both fame and fortune, and is living a happy life.
Xu Shulou had no way of knowing what kind of person the real owner of Xuanwu Tower was. He only barely pieced together an image of him from a few words: "a father who would shelter me from the wind and rain", "a loving couple with my mother", what Xuanwu said was "a very enthusiastic young man", and "the successor should put virtue first" from the previous owner.
Maybe he was very enthusiastic and happy when he saw his long-lost brother, and he was completely defenseless. Maybe he was planning to introduce his brother to his wife and children...
Such people eventually disappeared silently in the torrent of time. Their identities were stolen, their only child was exiled to a small courtyard, they were bullied by their cousins, their beloved wife was slandered and killed, and they became the "vicious" woman in the gossips of others...
Xu Shulou could only sigh: "This is really not a pleasant story."
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