After the opening ceremony, the Gong family had prepared a song and dance banquet to entertain these aristocratic families and to soothe their psychological trauma from Lin Mengya's earlier threats.
However, they had greatly underestimated the crowd's ability to withstand pressure. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Third and Fourth Elder Brothers were escorted by everyone to the backyard to discuss the admission of their juniors.
As for the fierce-looking guards, they had all been replaced by polite and quick-witted manservants by Ning Liang.
The current situation was somewhat beyond their expectations.
Lin Mengya's throat was dry from all the talking, and she had the intention to introduce her brothers to the public. Hence, she retreated to an inconspicuous corner and drank the warm tea that Baisu served her.
The crowd was in a commotion, but she had not lost track of the person she wanted to pay attention to.
Lin Mengya looked calmly at the woman who had doubted her. She was not interested in the introduction of the Si Tai Academy, and there was no anger on her face.
When she saw that the people around her had approached her to ask questions, she got up and left.
"Baisu, go and find someone to find out more about that person."
She had never seen this woman before.
However, to be able to appear here and openly doubt her, this woman must not be an ordinary person.
Although the matter on the surface had come to an end for the time being, there were still more problems to deal with behind the scenes.
After resting for a while, she returned to Scholarly Garden when no one was looking.
However, this time, she left Baisu at the door and entered the house alone.
Although this place had been occupied by Pan Jin for a while, in reality, Pan Jin didn't know anything about this place.
She walked to the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor. This was a blind spot in the entire house. Not to mention Pan Jin, even her servants would not carefully clean this place.
Moreover, what could they do even if they found out?
This place was personally designed and built by Yu, and the mechanisms were extraordinarily complicated.
She stood on her tiptoes and gently pushed the bottom of the stairs open, revealing a mechanism that looked like a modern combination lock.
This was the idea that she had suggested on a whim, and Yu had hired someone to design it.
The mechanism was divided into two layers. The first layer had 16 wooden rods as thick as fingers.
The first layer used Arabic numerals, and the second layer used 16 letters.
Moreover, the password would change every once in a while. Other than them, no one else knew what the password was.
He pressed the combination lock, only to hear the muffled sound of the machine turning.
Beneath her feet was a secret door that had been opened.
Lin Mengya pushed the combination lock back and stepped down the stairs.
The secret passage was not very dark, nor was it very deep.
However, this was the core of the entire Si Tai Academy.
If an enemy were to invade and the academy was completely lost, it would only take a short amount of time for the entire Four Tai Academy to be destroyed. They would perish together with the enemy, cutting off the enemy's path of retreat and protecting their students.
This was the heaviest promise it could make to the students it protected.
Lin Mengya didn't go to the mechanism room. Instead, she quietly went to another exit in the tunnel that extended in all directions.
When she went up, she realized that this was the place where her family members were recuperating.
But now, there were a few more figures here.
"Miss, you're here."
The people outside were a little surprised when she suddenly walked out of the house.
But they were all Yu's confidants, so she just smiled and greeted them one by one, then walked into the study.
At this moment, Long Tianhao was deploying his troops here.
"Ling Ye, bring 300 men to help the Gong family's guards patrol outside the city. Don't make any mistakes."
"Yes!"
"Baili Rui, bring 300 men to all the main roads in the city and set up hidden sentries. If there's any movement, you must be the first to know."
"Yes!"
"Xue Hua, the rest of the people are under your command. You must protect every family. You can't let them stir up trouble, nor let them be hurt."
"Yes, Your Highness. What about you?"
Xue Hua was no longer frivolous. His handsome face was full of seriousness.
Long Tianhao raised his head and happened to see the woman standing at the door. That cold and arrogant handsome face suddenly broke into an affectionate smile.
"I will accompany her as Su Yan and attend this banquet."
"But if someone from the Immortal City sneaks in, won't it be very dangerous for Your Highness and Miss?"
Xue Hua didn't quite agree.
According to the information they had obtained, Gong Tu was planning an extremely cruel bloodbath.
The explosives that he had bought before had also become deadly weapons.
Tonight, all the guests who attended the banquet of the Gong family would become the victims of Gong Tu's conspiracy.
That person was crazy. He didn't care about the overall situation at all. Instead, he felt that as long as everyone was dead, then there would be no more obstacles for him.
Even Lin Mengya was a little curious about the reason why Gong Tu was forced to do something so desperate.
However, the banquet could no longer be postponed, and the ceremony must be held as scheduled. Otherwise, the Gong family would only become a laughing stock.
Therefore, they could only meet force with force.
In the room, everyone was assigned their tasks.
And Lin Mengya's arrival did not attract much attention, as if they had already acknowledged her existence.
"Everyone has worked hard tonight for the Gong family. However, before you go out to carry out your tasks, please go to the Gong family to get something first. "
She said with a smile. These people also agreed, vaguely treating her as a leader.
Long Tianhao was a little gratified. He was happy to see this development.
In the near future, he would even give everything he had to her.
And his support was also the key to whether these people could accept Lin Mengya or not.
Those who got the tasks left one after another. Lin Mengya smiled as she watched them leave, and then walked up to him.
"Why did you come at this time? Aren't you busy ahead?"
Sitting in the chair, he had always been relaxed in front of her.
Lin Mengya tilted her head and smiled mysteriously at him.
"Aren't you curious about what I gave them?"
He subconsciously clenched his fingers on his knees and then loosened them.
This was his habit, especially when he felt puzzled. He would unconsciously clench his fingers.
But the person in front of him was her.
Long Tianhao nodded with a smile, and then pretended to be helpless.
"But if you don't want to tell me, then I have to wait until the day the truth comes to light."
"Pfft," she couldn't help laughing.
Only a childish brat like him could do such a serious and pitiful thing.
"Your son doesn't want to play this kind of trick with me, do you know?" After mocking them for a while, she said softly, "The masks I prepared for them are all masks that have been soaked in potions."
A ray of light flashed across Long Tianhao's long eyes.
He really didn't expect that in such a short time, his wife could be so well-prepared.
But soon after, he lightly furrowed his brows.
"The wind doesn't seem to be favorable tonight."
"It doesn't matter, the wind will change tonight. As long as they dare to come, I won't let them off easily. "
A cold smile flashed across her lips.
It seemed that she had been too good-tempered in the past. That was why Gong Tu and the people behind him had tried to frame her again and again.
If anyone made her live a bad life, she would definitely fight back ten times or even a hundred times.
"But why didn't I hear any news from you before?"
Long Tianhao held her in his arms, raised his head, and asked with a teasing tone.
Because there were traces of people from the Immortal City behind Gong Tu, Long Tianhao didn't want to alarm Lin Mengya.
After all, for Ya 'er, it was not a good thing to go against the Immortal City too early.
So he didn't hide this news from her, but he also didn't take the initiative to mention it to her.
So when Lin Mengya opened her mouth, he was a little surprised.
"If I told you in advance, how could we achieve the unexpected effect?"
She smiled and said softly.
But Long Tianhao was keenly aware of the deeper meaning in her words.
"Are you afraid that there are spies among the people under you and me?"
"Not just spies." She only thought of it when she saw Ning Liang arranging people to do things these days.
"What we're going to do is too big and too dangerous, so we can only let our trusted people do it. But people's hearts are unpredictable, even if they don't make any mistakes, it's hard to guarantee that others won't. "
"So?"
"So we'd better let each of them do part of it. In this way, even if they all fall into the hands of the enemy, the things about us won't be leaked. "
Long Tianhao was no stranger to this method.
Ya 'er used this method to concoct the secret medicine before.
Looking at his thoughtful look, Lin Mengya gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Don't you think it's a little strange? Why can't we seize the first opportunity everywhere? From the beginning when we went to sea, to the civil strife in the Jin State, to Jin Yao's attack on you, and what happened to mother, don't you think it's too strange? "
In fact, he might have noticed some things.
But they had been busy running for their lives, and had no time to think about these things.
Now that she mentioned it, Long Tianhao became alert.
"Is there really someone who knows our things like the back of his hand?"
Seeing Long Tianhao's serious face, Lin Mengya shook her head gently.
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