Jumping over several houses in the northwest direction of the house, there is a dense forest in front.
"You can't escape anywhere." Gu Shengchao shouted, holding a lantern and chasing after him.
This is the habit of people. Wherever there are many people, they will follow them and join in the fun.
The ancient sage pretended to chase in front, followed by several people, and more people followed.
The footsteps were so chaotic that no one could tell whose footprints on the ground belonged to them. Even if someone got suspicious afterwards, there would be no way to trace them.
There was a big circle in the dense forest. Without strong perception ability, Gu Shengchao would definitely get lost in the forest at night.
He headed back toward the crowded area, back to the original entrance.
At this moment, there were many people gathered here. Seeing the ancient sage coming, they all asked anxiously: "How is it? Did you catch him?"
"No, I lost track of him." Gu Shengchao shook his head regretfully.
He sighed and said helplessly: "Let's all go back. The forest is too dense and it's easy to get lost in it."
"No, Fatty Feng hasn't been found yet, please wait." Someone whispered to dissuade him.
"Who is Fatty Feng?" Gu Shengchao was puzzled.
Someone explained: "The one who went in after you didn't find the assassin, so he lost one. We are looking for him."
People were aware of the danger at this time, and everyone who went in was in groups carrying lanterns or holding torches high, for fear of getting lost again.
Gu Shengchao also followed the three of them and stepped into the dense forest again.
After searching in the forest for nearly half an hour, thanks to the ancient sage's super-sense ability, he found a vague human presence under the ground next to him, so he walked towards it.
"Come back, it's dark out there, we have to go together to be safe." One of them kindly reminded him when he saw that Gu Shengchao was lagging behind.
Gu Shengchao's powerful perception ability must not be known to outsiders. He smiled and said: "I need to pee, you go first, I will catch up later."
"No, we've already lost one. We can't have another accident. We'll just stop and wait for you." The man stopped and waited patiently for Gu Shengchao to return to the team.
"I can't hold it in anymore and I'll just solve it here. You guys wait for me." One person walked towards Gu Shengchao.
Seeing the man coming, Gu Shengchao deliberately stepped aside and warned: "It's dark and the road is slippery, be careful to trip over branches."
While he was talking, the man had already reached the pit and almost fell down. He exclaimed: "Oh, there is a big pit here."
"Really? Then stay far away and don't fall." Gu Shengchao finished unbuttoning his robe and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, I seem to hear something moving down there. Could it be that Fatty Feng is down there." The man took Gu Shengchao's lantern and illuminated it with doubts.
Gu Shengchao deliberately walked out, and his voice was loud enough for people outside to hear: "It can't be such a coincidence, be careful to slip you down too."
The man shouted: "We found Fatty Feng, he's down there."
Everyone heard the sound and left, holding torches and lanterns one by one and stopping by the pit. Gu Shengchao also followed and saw a chubby figure lying on his side at the bottom of the pit, moaning.
"It's Fatty Feng, that's him." Someone recognized the person below and shouted loudly: "Fatty Feng, how did you fall, do you hear me?"
He didn't respond to people's calls. Fatty Feng must have fainted.
Another person rejoiced: "This is a trap used by hunters to capture wild beasts. Fortunately, in order to obtain the entire fur of the prey, the hunter did not bury sharp weapons such as bamboo sticks underneath. Otherwise, Fatty Feng would have died a long time ago."
He looked around and asked: "The trap is deep and the wall is slippery. He should be able to pull it up with a rope."
"But where can I find such a long rope now?" In such a hurry, no one could happen to have a long rope with them.
"I'll come." Just when everyone was in trouble, Gu Shengchao deliberately hesitated for a moment and jumped down hesitantly.
In people's expectant eyes, Gu Shengchao held up Fatty Feng with his arms and jumped out of the deep trap.
Just when he was about to jump out of the pit, he pretended to be weak and threw Fatty Feng to everyone, and fell into the bottom of the pit again.
"Wow!"
Amid the exclamations, people caught Fatty Feng and hurriedly lay on the edge of the pit to look down, fearing that Gu Shengchao would be injured.
"It doesn't matter, I should be able to jump up on my own." Gu Shengchao waved his hand, took an exaggerated deep breath, and jumped up with all his strength in front of everyone, his arms just resting on the entrance of the pit.
The two people quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arms to get him out of danger.
"Thank you, thank you very much." Gu Shengchao thanked him with his hands.
"You're welcome, young hero. You risked your life to save others and we haven't had a chance to thank you yet."
"To each other, each other." Gu Shengchao said politely, and several people looked at each other and laughed.
Someone led the way, and someone was responsible for carrying Fatty Feng: "It happens that the doctor is still in the village, hurry back and get treatment."
The remaining people shouted loudly: "Fat Feng has been found. He is with us. Everyone, please go back."
The voice echoed, and the lanterns and torches were withdrawn from the woods. People counted the number of people and then returned to the small village in groups.
Fatty Feng was carried to a doctor for treatment, and Gu Shengchao returned to the big house to return to his life.
Unexpectedly, a sentry was added at the entrance of the mansion to block Gu Shengchao from entering.
"I am a helper invited by your military advisor Zhou Hualiang. You will know as soon as you go in and ask."
"It's late at night. The military advisor has gone to bed and we can't disturb him. You can come back tomorrow." The sentry flatly refused.
Gu Shengchao had already guessed that many of them had left the small village, and Wan Yanxi happened to come to rescue Zhuang Lutao. Something must have happened during this period, but he didn't know whether it would be beneficial to Wan Yanxi and the others.
"No, I have to see Military Advisor Zhou tonight. You ignored me when I first arrived. This is how the Tianqing Gang treats the new brothers. I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the younger brothers!" Gu Shengchao shouted loudly. Zhou Hualiang could hear it from inside the house.
After a while, Long You walked out of a lighted room and said impatiently: "Why are you shouting? Why don't you come back tomorrow? It's not like I won't give you food."
Gu Shengchao shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "But where should I sleep at night? You can't let me sleep alone in the wilderness and dance with wolves!"
"You're the only one with a lot of things." Long You had a grudge against Gu Shengchao. Now that he was a member of the Tianqing Gang, he couldn't ignore it, so he had to take him to another courtyard and arrange for him to sleep in a room with sundries. In the west wing, he told him: "You will live here these days. Remember, don't run around if nothing happens. None of us will be responsible for any trouble."
Although it was obvious that he was full of hostility towards him, Gu Shengchao still smiled and said: "Thank you, Brother Long You. I will take note of it."
For the next two days, Gu Shengchao stayed here without leaving home. When it was time to eat, someone would bring food to him.
It's just that those people's cautious expressions revealed their guard against him, and they didn't say much to him.
Gu Shengchao also knew that being cautious in his words and actions at this time would definitely do more good than harm to him, so he spoke little and never asked too many questions.
The next night, at the end of the second watch, Gu Shengchao was half asleep when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door gently.
"Brother Gu, Brother Zhuang has arrived there safely. He was worried about your safety and asked me to come and take you back."
Gu Shengchao was amused after hearing this. Zhuang Lutao would never do such a stupid thing. It must be someone from the Tianqing Gang who was testing him, but this trick was a bit childish.
Pretending not to hear, Gu Shengchao quietly came to the door of the room.
"Brother Gu, did you hear that? Have you gone to bed?" The man outside the door lowered his voice. There was only a door between them.
The ancient sage suddenly opened the door and hit the opponent's shoulder with his hand like lightning.
Although the man outside the door was on guard, he ran away when he saw the situation was bad, but the Ancient Sage was too fast and had no time to dodge.
"Bang!"
The man was hit in the right shoulder.
"Crack!"
Broken shoulder blade.
"ah!"
The man screamed, flew straight out, and hit the wall of the east wing opposite.
Then he fell to the ground and never had the strength to get up again.
When other people in the yard heard the commotion, they ran out to watch the fun and stared around the man.
"Who is this?"
"I don't think I've seen it before."
Everyone gathered together and stared suspiciously at Gu Shengchao who walked out of the room.
Gu Shengchao ignored them, picked up the man and walked straight to the mansion where Zhou Hualiang lived.
As usual, someone stopped him at the gate of the courtyard.
"Go back, go back. Did you bring someone here in the middle of the night to cause trouble?"
Gu Shengchao sneered and threw down the man on his shoulder, "This man is a spy, you can do whatever you want."
After that, no matter what they did, they left without looking back, returned to the small courtyard, passed through the crowd who were still waiting, and went back to the west wing to sleep.
There was a lot of discussion in the yard, and it took a long time for it to quiet down.
After waking up and having a simple breakfast, someone came to see Gu Shengchao, saying that he was invited by the military advisor.
They followed them calmly, perhaps because they had said hello in advance, and the two of them entered the large mansion smoothly. The person guarding the door turned a blind eye to them and did not stop them.
Came to the yard and stopped outside the door of a room.
"The military advisor is waiting inside."
Gu Shengchao stayed for a moment, and when he saw the man motioning for him to go in alone, he pushed the door open and entered.
There was a strong herbal smell in the house.
The room is not big, with only one bed, one table, and one chair, but it seems spacious.
Zhou Hualiang was half lying on the bed, with the quilt only covering his chest and his shoulders exposed. His left shoulder was wrapped in layers of linen.
"What happened to the military advisor?" Gu Shengchao was surprised. He didn't expect that he was also injured.
Zhou Hualiang smiled bitterly: "Sit down, I feel much better today, and I just want to find someone to talk to."
Sitting on the only chair in the room, Gu Shengchao asked: "Is it possible that I chased him out that night? What happened here? I couldn't come back even if I wanted to."
"you guessed right."
Zhou Hualiang sighed and said: "After you chased him out, Long You was worried that something might happen, so he made a special trip to seal Zhuang Lutao's acupuncture points so that he could not move. He was worried about your situation there, so he followed."
"Not long after, a woman jumped from the roof. The scimitar in her hand was flying back and forth. Everyone was fighting with her. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Lutao actually walked out of the house and ran away with the woman."
"I just looked at the woman a few more times, and she threw a flying knife. Long You returned in time to block the sword, and the scimitar sliced off a piece of flesh on my shoulder and flew away. If it hadn't been for Long You's rescue. , I guess my life is at risk."
