Chapter 11

Lu Xiaofeng believed that if Gu Wuyou did not have his usual poker face, he would be rolling around on the floor laughing.

Actually, if anyone who knew Lu Xiaofeng saw him right now, they would probably do the same.

After all, with only two eyebrows left, how could he still be called Lu Xiaofeng?

Enduring the blatant mockery in Gu Wuyou's eyes, he wanted to go to Hua Manlou to seek some comfort, but he found that Hua Manlou's smile was also a bit strange.

Hua Manlou sighed: "I am suddenly a bit disappointed that I can't see."

"No, Hua Manlou, don't say …" Lu Xiaofeng said.

Before he could finish his last word, Hua Manlou, with a face full of smiles, said: "It's really a pity that I can't see you, the 'Four Eyebrows' Lu Xiaofeng who only has two eyebrows left."

Lu Xiaofeng: …

There was nothing to live for.

He was still sighing when he suddenly noticed that Hua Manlou's expression had frozen.

Gu Wuyou also noticed the abnormality and frowned: "Hua Manlou, what's wrong?"

Hua Manlou slowly turned his head around and said with some uncertainty: "I think I heard singing."

Gu Wuyou and Lu Xiaofeng asked in unison: "Singing?"

"That's right." Hua Manlou's brows also knitted together, looking a bit worried. He said: "The singing sounds a bit familiar, this, this is … Shangguan Feiyan's singing."

Gu Wuyou: "…"

He actually did not know why Shangguan Feiyan would appear in this kind of place, or if he should say that Shangguan Feiyan, this woman with bad intentions, had actually taken advantage of his absence to sing for Hua Manlou.

Although … singing a song was not a big deal.

While Gu Wuyou was still thinking about this pointless matter, Hua Manlou had already made his move and flew towards the lights that suddenly lit up in front of them.

Although he could not see, he was not mistaken at all. Gu Wuyou and Lu Xiaofeng looked at each other and also made their move and followed.

Just as they were about to reach the small temple that was lit up with lights, the singing suddenly stopped.

Hua Manlou's eyebrows knitted together. They walked into the temple and saw a shabby copper basin on the altar that had its paint peeling off. The basin was filled with clear water, and a strand of hair was floating on the water.

Lu Xiaofeng took a sniff and confirmed, "A woman's hair."

Hua Manlou said, "It's Shangguan Feiyan's."

Gu Wuyou asked the most important question at the moment, "She used her singing to lure us here, but she did not want to see us. What does that mean?"

Hua Manlou said, "Maybe she is hinting us to something."

Gu Wuyou, however, did not agree with this conjecture. He retorted, "Maybe she is trying to lure us into some kind of trap."

As the three of them were talking, a gust of wind blew in. The black mountain statue in front of them suddenly collapsed and revealed a man!

A dead man hanging in the air.

A pair of judge's pens was stuck on his body, and two pieces of cloth were wrapped around them. On the cloth were two lines of words:

"Blood for blood!"

"This is the example of meddling in other people's business!"

This man turned out to be Dugu Fang, who was by Princess Danfeng's side at that time.

Lu Xiaofeng sighed. "I'm afraid this is the work of Green Dress Tower."

Hua Manlou said, "Could it be that Shangguan Feiyan has fallen into the hands of Green Dress Tower?"

Gu Wuyou, however, thought differently from them. He had the advantage of knowing the gist of the plot. He reckoned that Shangguan Feiyan was not someone to be trifled with, so she would not fall into the hands of Green Dress Tower that easily. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Lu Xiaofeng, if this is really the work of Green Dress Tower, are you sure you want to meddle in the affairs of the Golden Roc King?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "I wasn't sure at first, but now, of course I …" Before he could finish his sentence, he stopped. As smart as Lu Xiaofeng was, he had already understood what Gu Wuyou meant.

Hua Manlou could not help but ask, "Wuyou, do you mean that someone deliberately wants us to continue investigating?"

Gu Wuyou nodded.

Lu Xiaofeng touched his lips and suddenly remembered that his beard was gone, so he put his hand down again. "But, who is it that wants us to investigate this case at all costs?"

Hua Manlou said, "Of course it's someone who benefits them."

Gu Wuyou suddenly said, "Is it possible that the person who did this is … the Golden Roc King?"

Lu Xiaofeng blinked. "No way, didn't I already agree to help him investigate this case?"

Gu Wuyou said, "But you said yourself that you were not very sure before."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed again. "If that's the case, then their hearts are really too vicious."

Hua Manlou knew that Gu Wuyou had always been suspicious of this case, and Lu Xiaofeng's mood was probably not very good when he realized that the person who was laughing and chatting with him before might have such a vicious heart. He advised the two of them, "These are all just our guesses. As for what the truth is, why don't we go to Shanxi and see Yan Tieshan first?"

That was true.

The three of them set off once again. That night, when they were resting at a roadside inn in a mountain village, they ran into the little girl, Shangguan Xue 'er, whom they had met before in the Golden Roc King's palace.

This little girl was very mischievous and liked to play pranks. The lies that she told at the beginning even fooled Lu Xiaofeng, so much so that he could not believe what this little girl said.

Shangguan Xue 'er said that her sister, Shangguan Feiyan, had already been killed by Princess Dan Feng. Even Dugu Fang, Xiao Qiuyu, and Liu Yuhen had died in her hands.

But just as she finished speaking, Liu Yuhen suddenly appeared at the door. When Shangguan Xue 'er saw him, the expression on her face was as if she had seen a ghost.

In the end, Liu Yuhen dragged the unwilling Shangguan Xue 'er back.

Lu Xiaofeng saw the frightened and pitiful look on her face and could not bear it: "Maybe it's because there's no one to accompany her, that's why she's always lying and trying to gain sympathy."

Gu Wuyou, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke: "Is what she said really a lie?"

Lu Xiaofeng looked at him in amazement. "Daozhang, what do you mean by that?" he shouted. Hua Manlou heard Shangguan Feiyan's singing, and we also saw Liu Yuhen together just now, doesn't this prove that what she said was a lie? "

Hua Manlou also spoke up at this time: "But I keep feeling that she was really scared just now, and also really surprised."

Lu Xiaofeng mumbled: "But when she called herself your great-aunt just now, her expression was also very sincere, it didn't seem like a lie at all."

Gu Wuyou shook his head: "I'm not saying that what she said was the truth, what I mean is, maybe she thought that what she said was the truth?"

Lu Xiaofeng blinked: "Huh?" He suddenly understood.

Hua Manlou said: "You mean, someone deliberately misled her, making her think that her sister, Liu Yuhen and the others all died at the hands of Princess Danfeng?"

Lu Xiaofeng came back to his senses, and his train of thought became a lot clearer. He continued: "That person deliberately made Shangguan Xue 'er think that, so that we would think that she was lying, and then we would never believe anything she said again?"

Gu Wuyou nodded: "That's right."

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly let out a bitter laugh: "Priest, why is your way of thinking so different from the rest?"

Gu Wuyou said indifferently: "Because I've always felt that this whole Golden Roc Dynasty thing is a plot against you."

Lu Xiaofeng asked: "Why?"

Gu Wuyou could not answer. He could not possibly say: "Because I've read stories about you, and I know that the things that happen around you are not simple, right?"

So he could only say in a profound and unfathomable way: "I have my own way of communicating with Heaven's will."

Lu Xiaofeng: "…"

Pretend, keep pretending.

After this little interlude, the three of them arrived in Shanxi safe and sound. As soon as they arrived in Shanxi, they received an invitation from Huo Tianqing. There were three invitation cards in total, and each of them was signed with the names of three people, inviting them to the Pearl and Treasure Pavilion for a chat.

Gu Wuyou could only be considered half a Jianghu man, so he was not very familiar with the affairs of Jianghu, so he asked: "Who is this Huo Tianqing?"

Lu Xiaofeng replied: "He's Yan Tieshan's steward. We've met once before, so we can be considered friends."

Gu Wuyou said: "He's really well-informed."

Lu Xiaofeng laughed: "I'd be more surprised if he didn't notice that we're here."

Along with the invitation cards was an extremely spacious carriage, big enough for three people to sit in, and they did not have to worry about not being able to move their legs.

Hua Manlou laughed: "This Huo Zongguan is really a meticulous person."