Gu Shengchao touched the back of his head. The wound had long since healed, but the experience that night still puzzled him. He only remembered that the ancient holy dragon wanted to kill him and knocked him unconscious from behind with a stone, but he knew nothing about what happened next. He also wondered why he was spared his life in the end if he wanted to kill him.
"Tell me, what happened that night?" Gu Shengchao stepped forward and asked.
"Someone wanted to kill you and knocked you unconscious from behind with a stone. He pulled out his sword and was about to kill you. It was my two brothers who drew their swords to help when there was an injustice and scared the man away. This saved you." Hei Wuchang recounted. road.
Bai Wuchang added: "Yes, it was my two brothers who saved you. By the way, your Dantian was shattered and your martial arts was disabled."
Hei Wuchang argued: "No, if he really lost his martial arts, how could he be so powerful? Both of you and I will be defeated by others."
"That's right, he just lost his martial arts, I can see that, or else you got the wrong person." Bai Wuchang said unconvinced.
"Fart, he was saved by the two of me." Hei Wuchang was afraid that Gu Shengchao would not admit it, so he quarreled with Bai Wuchang.
"So what if I saved him? I'm just going to let him arrest me." Bai Wuchang said unforgivingly.
Gu Shengchao stepped forward and unblocked their acupuncture points, gave a deep salute and said: "Thank you two benefactors for your life-saving grace that day. I am polite to you."
Black and White Wuchang looked at each other and asked in unison: "Aren't you disabled from martial arts?"
The ancient sage saluted and replied: "My fortune is good. By chance, I have recovered my cultivation level and become even more diligent."
Bai Wuchang glanced around, waved his hand towards Gu Shengchao and said, "It's a small effort, so I'll say goodbye." He pulled Hei Wuchang away and was about to leave.
The ancient sage Chao saluted and said: "Two benefactors, go slowly."
But the middle-aged man was anxious and stopped him: "Wait a minute, you two stole our ancestral tombs. How could you just leave? You have to give us an explanation."
Black and White Wuchang untied his package and poured out all the contents, "That's all, I'll leave them all for you. My two brothers won't take any of them, so that's okay."
One of the villagers said loudly: "We can't take advantage of them like this. That is the ancestral grave of our Guojia Village. There must be an explanation."
After hearing this, Hei Wuchang turned around and looked at the villager, "Are you sure your ancestor's surname was Guo?"
The villager said angrily: "Nonsense, if our surname is not Guo, what's our surname?"
Hei Wuchang said happily: "That's right, the owner of this tomb is named Tong, not Guo."
The middle-aged man didn't believe it, "Nonsense, we have been worshiping for hundreds of years, how could we be wrong."
Hei Wuchang took off the tall hat on his head, threw it aside and said: "What I said is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, just let us go down and find out."
Everyone was hesitant to enter the tomb of their ancestors. The middle-aged man took a torch and said, "What should you do if you are deceiving us with your nonsense?"
"It's up to you." Hei Wuchang replied resolutely.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then waved and said, "You two lead the way, let's find out."
Black and White Wuchang held up a torch to lead the way, and the middle-aged man and three others followed him into the tomb. Gu Shengchao, Liu Ximei and the others were waiting outside. Not long after, the middle-aged man walked out first, his face gloomy and his eyes dimmed, as if he was worried.
"Brother Guo, how are you?" Someone came up and asked.
The middle-aged man frowned tightly, his eyes swept over the people in Guojia Village one by one, and said in a low voice: "There is an epitaph on the wall of the tomb, indicating that it is the imperial censor of the previous dynasty, surnamed Tong, not our ancestor in the legend .”
"What, we have been kowtowing to an outsider and burning paper for so many years. What a fool!" A villager said with emotion.
"I don't believe it. Let me go down and have a look first." A villager went down with a torch.
"I'll go too." More villagers followed.
The rest were confused and couldn't believe that such a ridiculous thing had happened to them.
Black and white Wuchang looked at each other and pulled Gu Shengchao aside, followed by Liu Ximei. The villagers were all ignorant and could not believe this absurd reality. They stood there in a daze at a loss and could not care about others.
Gu Shengchao and others walked far away and could not see the confused villagers. He saluted Black and White Wuchang again and said: "Thank you two benefactors for saving your life that day. May I ask your benefactor's name? Keep it in my mind.”
Hei Wuchang patted his chest and said, "My name is Jia Liufang, and his name is Zhuang Baishi. We both make a living by robbing tombs. We had similar interests and we became brothers. We were nicknamed 'Black and White Wuchang'."
Gu Shengchao was extremely disgusted with this way of making a living. Due to his benefactor's shame, he said, "My husband and I happened to go to the capital on urgent matters, so we'll just say goodbye." He took Liu Ximei's hand and walked away without looking back. .
Bai Wuchang saw Gu Shengchao's disgusted expression, spat on the ground, and said disdainfully: "What the hell, you are so awesome after saving his life."
Hei Wuchang smiled helplessly and advised him: "Stop making sarcastic remarks. Even if we meet him, if we meet anyone else, we two brothers will be in trouble here today."
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Gu Shengchao walked up the mountain with an unhappy look on his face. Liu Ximei noticed his frustration and asked, "What's wrong? You must have something on your mind to see how listless you are."
"Alas, I was rescued by two tomb robbers that day. Of course I am not happy. It would be better not to know the truth." Gu Shengchao said regretfully.
Liu Ximei disagreed, "From the nobles to the common people, their moral character must be noble if they are the former, and despicable if they are the latter?"
"Not necessarily. Most of the princes and nobles are people who just want to flatter themselves. There are also good and upright people in the common people. We cannot discuss them one by one." Gu Shengchao replied.
Liu Ximei smiled and said, "It's over now. Good or bad character doesn't depend on status, let alone career. Why do you bother with these things, which will only increase your troubles?"
Thinking about it, Gu Shengchao suddenly felt open-minded and roared loudly, the sound echoing in the mountains and forests. He picked up Liu Ximei on his back and ran towards the mountain with great strides under the moonlight.
The two heard a dull roar in the distance. As they approached the top of the mountain, a large waterfall rushed down. The sound was deafening, and a vast mist filled the mountain. Gu Shengchao jumped up in a few steps, and saw a big river lying in front of him. After walking upstream for less than two miles, there was a white marble stone arch bridge connecting both sides of the river.
The ancient sage carried Liu Ximei on his back and walked across the stone bridge. The roar of the waterfall gradually weakened, probably because he was standing at a high place. There is a clothes-beating lady by the river, beating clothes, with wooden mallets in her hands rising and falling, and the sound she makes is like music, adding a bit of fun to the boring moonlit night.
Looking up into the distance, thousands of lights are like stars left in the world, and the magnificent scenery makes people forget to leave. In the middle of the bright night scene is a tall tower. The outer wall is made of unknown materials. It emits colorful colors under the light of the lights, constantly flashing and changing brilliant colors. This is not the capital city, it is clearly a fairy palace from heaven coming to earth.
Gu Shengchao was dumbfounded, but he asked: "Ordinary towns are surrounded by tall city walls, but the capital of the Dawu Dynasty, which is known to all the world, has no protection and makes people confused. Aren't you afraid of a sneak attack?"
Liu Ximei chuckled, "Why don't you think about it carefully? The capital city is located in the center of our dynasty. There are rivers as natural barriers on the periphery, and it is also located on high mountains. If an enemy invades and breaks through these barriers, the city wall will be destroyed. What’s the use?”
Gu Shengchao was speechless and said with approval: "My lady is still attentive, it was me who was abrupt."
The two walked through the villages scattered in the fields, walked zigzag for five or six miles, passed under a tall city tower, and then officially entered the capital. There are guards with swords and guns on the tower, but there is no gate below the tower, it is just a symbolic existence. There is no curfew in the capital. Even though it is late at night, pedestrians are walking on the streets in twos and threes without any obstruction.
The first impression of the capital is that there are many restaurants and inns. Perhaps most of the people entering the city from here are business travelers who need meals and rest. Gu Shengchao found an inn to stay at. All the suitable guest rooms were full for the night, and only one large suite was vacant. The cost was more expensive, but they were eager to stay in the hotel and rest, so they settled on it. The waiter didn't react when he saw him carrying a masked woman on his back, which made Gu Shengchao secretly admire that the capital city was indeed a big city, and even the waiters were calm. If this were in other towns, people would have been suspicious, looking at the two of them. All inexplicable.
After a night's rest, the two of them washed up and had breakfast the next day before going for a stroll in the bustling areas of the capital. The capital is very different from other towns. The streets are spacious and lined with shops, and the various signboards are dazzling. They found that there were three major problems in the capital: pawnshops, money banks, and Goulan wash houses.
When Liu Ximei walked to the market where rouge and jewelry were sold, she couldn't take her eyes off it. She couldn't put it down when she saw anything. Gu Shengchao bought a big bamboo basket to hold the purchased items. Liu Ximei also took a fancy to a pair of earrings. They were made of jade and had a perfect shape, and the tentacles were soft and crystal clear. She was so happy that she asked Gu Shengchao to help put them on her earlobes. It was the first time that Gu Shengchao helped a girl put on jewelry. He first pushed aside the mask on Liu Ximei's face, and then clumsily put it through the ear holes. Liu Ximei's earlobes were soft, and Gu Shengchao was afraid of hurting her.
"Beautiful!" Liu Ximei waited for Gu Shengchao to put it on, then pinched the mask toward the middle, shook her head, and her earrings swayed, matching her delicate skin perfectly.
"Beautiful." Gu Shengchao admired sincerely. His eyes passed through Liu Ximei's earlobe and he noticed a familiar figure passing by from a distance. He looked intently again and saw two figures flashing past behind him.
"I saw Mr. Zhong Lei from the Wuyou Escort Bureau. You go back to the inn and wait. I'll talk to you in detail when I get back." Gu Shengchao and Liu Ximei whispered.
Liu Ximei turned around and looked, but found no suspicious person. She asked suspiciously, "Are you sure?"
"That's right, see you at the inn." Gu Shengchao handed the bamboo basket to Liu Ximei and chased in that direction.
People were jostling one after another on the streets, and it was logical that it would be difficult for Gu Shengchao to keep up. However, his keen perception played an important role. After a short chase, he sensed the aura of two people moving forward at high speed, which was completely different from the many other relatively static auras around him.
