Gu Shengchao touched the back of his head. The wound had healed long ago, but the experience of that night still confused him. He only remembered that Gu Shenglong wanted to kill him and knocked him unconscious from behind with a stone. He knew nothing about what happened after that.

. 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 pulled out their swords to help when there was an injustice and scared the man away, thus saving you." Hei Wuchang recounted.

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Bai Wuchang added: "Yes, it was my two brothers who saved you. By the way, your Dantian was shattered at that time, and your martial arts skills were also 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 tell, 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 am even more diligent."

Bai Wuchang glanced around, waved his hand towards Gu Shengchao and said, "It's not worth mentioning, so I'll take my leave." He pulled Hei Wuchang 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 bag 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. Those are the ancestral graves 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 decisively.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then waved and said, "You two will 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. After a while, the middle-aged man walked out first, his face gloomy and his eyes dimmed.

Looks very worried.

"Brother Guo, how are you?" Someone came up and asked.

The middle-aged man frowned, 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 as in the legend

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"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, I'll go down and have a look first." A villager held up a torch and went down.

"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, and Liu Ximei followed. The villagers were all ignorant, unable to believe this absurd reality, and stood there in a daze at a loss, not caring 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?

Let me keep it in 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 'Hei Wuchang'."

Gu Shengchao was extremely disgusted with this way of making a living. Due to his benefactor's loss of face, he said: "My husband and I happened to go to the capital for urgent business, so let's just say goodbye." He took Liu Ximei's hand and walked away without looking back.

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Bai Wuchang saw the disgusted expression on Gu Shengchao's face, spat on the ground, and said disdainfully: "What the hell, I saved his life and I'm so stupid."

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 end up 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 talk about them one by one." Gu Shengchao replied.

Liu Ximei smiled and said: "It's over now. Good or bad character has no regard for status, let alone career. Why do you bother to worry about 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 strode towards the mountain under the moonlight.

The two heard a dull roar from a 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. The ancient sage jumped up in a few steps, and a big river lay across it.

In front of me, less than two miles away against the current, there is 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 was a clothes-maker beating clothes by the river, and the hammers in her hands were beating one after another, making a sound of beating.

Like music, it adds a bit of interest to the boring moonlit night.

Looking 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 and keeps flashing under the light.

The sky is changing with brilliant colors. This is nowhere in the capital, it is clearly a fairy palace from heaven descending 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 is located in the center of our dynasty. There are rivers on the periphery as natural barriers, and it is also on high mountains. If an enemy invades and breaks through these barriers, the city wall will be destroyed.

What's the use?"

The ancient sage 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 were guards armed with swords and guns on the city tower, but there was no city gate below.

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. Now at night, all the suitable guest rooms are full, and there is only one

A large suite was vacant and more expensive, but they were eager to stay in the hotel and rest, so they settled on it. The waiter saw that he was carrying a masked woman and had no reaction, which made Gu Shengchao secretly admire that the capital was indeed a big city, and even the waiter didn't

They behaved calmly. If this were the case in other towns, people would have been suspicious and looked at the two of them inexplicably.

After a night's rest, the two of them washed up and had breakfast the next day and then went to stroll around the bustling places in the capital. The capital was very different from other towns. The streets were spacious and lined with shops, and the various signboards were dazzling. They found that there were more than three dozen places in the capital.

, there are many pawnshops, many banks, and many goulan tiles.

When Liu Ximei walked to the market for buying and selling rouge and jewelry, 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, which were made of jade and had a smooth and crystal-like feel.

She was overjoyed and asked Gu Shengchao to help put it on her earlobe. It was the first time for Gu Shengchao to help a girl put on jewelry. He first pushed the mask on Liu Ximei's face aside, and then clumsily put it through the ear hole and put it on. Liu Ximei's earlobes were soft.

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 under Liu Ximei's earlobe and he found a familiar figure passing by from a distance. He looked closely 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 will 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 shoulder to shoulder on the streets, and it would have been difficult to keep up with Gu Shengchao. However, his keen perception played an important role. After a short chase, he sensed the aura of two people traveling at high speed, and
Chapter completed!