Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Gu Xu has always believed that when doing ghost-killing missions, only by fully understanding the enemy can one remain invincible for a long time.
Because of this, he spent his free time looking through almost all the books in the library, memorizing the characteristics and weaknesses of various ghosts and monsters in his mind.
This allows him to basically deal with any ghosts he encounters calmly and without any disadvantage.
But this time it's different.
Everything in Lu's haunted house was an unknown fog to him.
He didn't know the level, number, and abilities of the ghosts there.
Insufficient information control means that you will inevitably fall into a passive situation.
And Gu Xu doesn't like to be passive.
So he wanted to take this opportunity to learn more information about the Lu family's haunted house from Wei Jiusi, so that he could firmly grasp the initiative in his own hands.
After hearing Gu Xu's request, Wei Jiusi pondered for a moment and replied: "I don't know much about the situation in the murderous house. But I can give you some information about the Qingzhou Lu family and Lu Huan's treason case."
Although Gu Xuming's identity on the surface was just an inconspicuous eighth-grade official, Wei Jiusi did not dare to show any slight towards him.
After all, even a proud genius like Chu Fengge was willing to be Gu Xu's bodyguard, as if he only followed Gu Xu's orders.
Presumably, Gu Xu must have a very prominent hidden identity.
So, Wei Jiusi quickly ordered the clerk in the yamen to send a pile of files to Gu Xu.
"The Lu family in Qingzhou is a very magical family," Wei Jiusi introduced to Gu Xu while flipping through the information. "Their ancestor's name is Lu Xiaoyao, who is known as the 'Poetry Immortal' and the 'Painting Sage' - whose name is By writing poems and painting, he understood the great truth and became an immortal.
"Under his influence, his descendants never practiced any magic or martial arts. Playing chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and singing were their tactics against the enemy.
“Many years ago, the Lu family often drank wine in the courtyard of their house, formed a group to compose poems, and invited guests to participate.
"At that time, Qingzhou Prefecture could be said to be the city with the most artistic atmosphere in Daqi."
Hearing Wei Jiusi's description, Gu Xu couldn't help but picture this: an immortal in white clothes stood on the cliff, holding a brush in his hand, shouting "The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky", and there was a huge flood from the sky. And descending, drowning hundreds of ghosts and monsters.
He felt that the Qingzhou Lu family's fighting style was so romantic that it was somewhat incompatible with this world where ghosts and monsters were rampant and dangers abounded.
Wei Jiusi paused for a moment and then continued: "More than twenty years ago, it was the most glorious time of the Lu family in Qingzhou - the head of the family, Lu Huan, became the chief minister of the cabinet, and the 'Jinghong Pen' that had been ownerless for a long time suddenly had a new owner.
"Lu Shiyao was originally just the daughter of a concubine of Lu Huan.
“Her cultivation talent is not bad, but in a family of descendants of immortals like the Qingzhou Lu family, she is a bit outclassed.
"However, after Jinghongbi recognized her as the owner, she instantly became very popular and became famous all over the world.
"Everyone not only discovered her beauty, but also discovered her talent. From then on, she became known as 'Lu's Talented Woman' and 'The Most Beautiful Woman in Jiaodong'."
Gu Xu nodded silently.
He knew very well that a title like "the most beautiful woman" was actually tied to the identity and status of the person involved.
For example, the "Four Beauties" in the previous life, without those legendary stories that influenced the historical pattern, their names would not have been passed down through the ages.
Another example is the current "most beautiful woman in Luo Jing" Princess Zhaoning. If she is not the princess in charge of the government, but an ordinary vegetable seller on the market street - no matter how beautiful she is, she can only be She would become the concubine of a rich man and not be as famous as she is now.
"However," Wei Jiusi suddenly changed the topic and continued, "Eight years after Tianxing, someone suddenly discovered that Lu Huan was secretly communicating with the northwest barbarians and plotting a rebellion. Their secret messages were intercepted and sent to the emperor. The emperor was furious.
"Subsequently, someone discovered many extremely lethal magic weapons and a large number of standard weapons inside the Lu Mansion, and even found a bright yellow robe under Lu Huan's bed.
"After obtaining these conclusive evidences, the emperor immediately ordered the capture of Lu Huan and the execution of all nine of his clans.
"The emperor not only personally dealt with Lu Huan, but also sent an exorcist envoy to Qingzhou to confiscate the Lu family's property and arrest Lu Huan's relatives.
"The name of the exorcist envoy is Tang Hui - he was once Lu Huan's student. He was young and promising, outstanding in talent and learning, and won Lu Huan's trust.
"But in order to save his life and avoid being regarded as an accomplice, Tang Hui had to obey the emperor's order and choose to kill his relatives for justice."
At this time, Gu Xu suddenly said: "I remember reading in a book that Mr. Tang Huitang was assassinated by the rebels during the process of ransacking his home and unfortunately died."
"That's right," Wei Jiusi sighed and replied, "Not only Master Tang, but also all the guards brought by Master Tang were unfortunately killed during the house raid.
"Well, you have to know that Mr. Tang is not only exceptionally talented, but also known as a gentleman - he knew how to give fruits to his companions when he was young, and he would also use his body to warm the bed of his parents in the cold winter.
"It is a real loss to our Daqi Dynasty that a gentleman like him died in the turmoil."
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In the next period of time, Gu Xu quickly read through the information handed over by Wei Jiusi from beginning to end, firmly memorizing the portraits, dates of birth and death, identity, spiritual realm and other information of everyone in the Lu family. In my mind - not even the maids and servants were left behind.
Chu Fengge put his hands behind his back and silently watched Gu Xu's every move, without participating or stopping him.
According to Chu Fengge's usual "do it if you don't accept it" character, he would never make such detailed preparations - usually he would just rush forward with a sword in hand.
"Perhaps this is the reason why Lord Chief Secretary attaches great importance to this boy!" Chu Fengge sighed silently in his heart.
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everything's ready.
Gu Xu and Chu Fengge boarded the carriage specially prepared for them by Wei Jiusi and drove slowly towards the outskirts of the city along the streets paved with bluestone slabs.
Today was supposed to be a beautiful day with sunshine and clear skies.
Pedestrians on the roadside were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was pleasant.
But as the carriage got closer and closer to the haunted house, gray-white mist gradually began to appear around them, like a veil floating in the air, making their vision hazy.
For some reason, Gu Xu felt a burst of suppressed emotion in his heart.
It's not fear of the unknown, nor fear of evil spirits.
Rather, it was a feeling of sadness that was hard to shake off, a melancholy that was hard to alleviate.
When the sun began to set in the west, the haunted house of the Lu family shrouded in gloom was finally visible in the distance.
