The front hall fell silent; every rustle of wind or the slightest sound outside could be heard clearly.
They came to see the head of the Mo family, but half an hour had passed and they still hadn't seen him.
Xiao Liu walked back and forth with his sword in his arms, his face gradually turning pale.
“Master, I think the Mo family is too disrespectful. Why don’t we brothers bring them over?”
Zhao Shi'an twirled the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand and glanced at him.
"This is the Mo family's residence."
The Mo family's organization was so powerful that from the moment they entered the Mo family's gates, they were already trapped in a cage, where they were not allowed to use force.
Xiao Liu was anxious.
"But we've been waiting for almost an hour."
Zhao Shi'an glanced at the large koi tank in the center of the hall and said, "Wait a little longer."
Then they waited for another half hour, but still no Mo family members appeared. Instead, they met an unexpected person.
The Mo family's butler led Gao Ren in, and both sides stared at each other in surprise.
"Please have a seat, Lord Gao. My master is working on mechanisms in the workshop, so I'm afraid you and Lord Zhao will have to wait a while."
"Thank you for your trouble."
Gao Ren sat down opposite Zhao Shi'an, and the two looked at each other across a large vat.
"I didn't expect you to be one step ahead of me," Gao Ren said.
"It wasn't much faster."
Gao Ren crossed his arms, glanced at the darkening sky outside, and said, "What was originally something only the two of us were fighting over, is now probably being fought over by another person."
Gao Ren didn't say his name, but Zhao Shi'an knew it.
The King of the South.
The Southern King's decision to hide Gao Wancheng in the temple couldn't have been simply because he wanted Gao Wancheng to be his advisor.
They couldn't think of another bargaining chip that Gao Wancheng could use to make the Prince of the South risk going against the imperial court to protect him.
Gao Ren suddenly chuckled softly.
"I have a feeling that I will be the one to get that thing."
Zhao Shi'an looked at him.
Neither of them continued speaking.
The tea in the front hall was changed again and again, and the Mo family even invited them to dinner.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the head of the Mo family appeared.
The head of the Mo family was younger than they had imagined.
He was unkempt, wearing a gray robe that hadn't been changed in ages, stained with paint and oil, and his messy hair was covered in sawdust.
Mo Yuan, the head of the Mo family.
Upon seeing this person, both Zhao Shi'an and Gao Ren stood up.
"Master Mo."
"Senior Mo."
Mo Yuan glanced at the two of them with her hands behind her back.
"So you're the ones looking for me? What's up?"
Gao Ren spoke before Zhao Shi'an.
"Senior, I'd like to ask you about the secrets of the Living Buddha Temple."
Mo Yuan gave him a deep look, then smiled.
"Young man, you are indeed honest, but you have quite the nerve. The Southern Prince's Mansion offered me real money to build the Living Buddha Temple's trap array, and you just ask me for it?"
"Of course we won't let our seniors give us the blueprints for nothing."
As he spoke, Gao Ren took out a drawing from his pocket and opened it. On it was a portrait of a woman.
The moment Mo Yuan saw the woman, her expression turned serious.
"Young man, this is the Mo family."
Mo Yuan looked at Gao Ren with considerable wariness.
“I apologize for the offense. I meant no harm. I know that you have been searching for the woman in the portrait. If you would like to give me the blueprints for the mechanism array, I will bring this woman to you.”
Mo Yuan stared intently at Gao Ren.
He was very unhappy.
Gao Ren had already made this preparation before he came.
He had no way out.
Mo Yuan snorted coldly, then her gaze fell on Zhao Shi'an.
"And you? You're here for the mechanism diagram too?"
Zhao Shi'an bowed with his hands clasped.
"I have indeed come for the blueprints."
Mo Yuan gave a cold laugh.
"What are you planning to use to threaten me?"
"I wouldn't dare, but a friend of mine happens to know Patriarch Mo, so I've taken the liberty of asking Patriarch Mo for help."
Mo Yuan didn't take it to heart and crossed her arms, looking at Zhao Shi'an.
"Who are your friends? Don't try to get on my good side with just any Tom, Dick, or Harry."
“My friend’s name is Ying Gu. She is the head manager of Fengyu Tower. Before joining Fengyu Tower, her name was Yao Hongxue.”
When Zhao Shi'an uttered this name, not only Mo Yuan, but even Gao Ren was stunned.
Gao Ren subconsciously clenched the portrait in his hand.
The person depicted on this drawing is Yao Hongxue.
The head of the Mo family has been searching for his runaway wife for nearly five years.
The person the Mo family had been searching for for so many years was actually in the Wind and Rain Pavilion.
Is even God on Zhao Shi'an's side?
Gao Ren looked at Zhao Shi'an with a complicated expression.
Mo Yuan had long lost his composure and looked at Zhao Shi'an anxiously.
"Where is Hongxue now? Take me to see her."
The eyes should be as eager as possible.
“I’m sorry, Ying Gu has repeatedly told me that I cannot reveal her whereabouts to you. She also said that if you force me to ask about her whereabouts, she will never forgive you for the rest of her life.”
Mo Yuan's face turned pale instantly.
He then appeared dazed.
"She still refuses to see me?"
"Ying Gu said that she has let go of the past and hopes that you can move on as soon as possible and live your own life. Perhaps they will meet again if they are destined to."
Mo Yuan's face was filled with grief.
"I never thought that after all these years she still wouldn't forgive me... Is she doing well?"
"Don't worry, Yinggu said that these past few years at Fengyulou have been the happiest time of her life."
Mo Yuan lost her footing and took two steps back to steady herself on the large vat.
"She and I were childhood sweethearts, married young, and were deeply in love for many years, yet she was never happy? I betrayed her."
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