The lord can't get along with this butterfly

Chapter 38

"There's really something hidden here..." Hua Zhuo looked at him in surprise, "How do you know?"

Ji Xiao stared at the dark corridor, and said: "Guess. Since the Demon Cult has the intention to make trouble, it will definitely leave a way out for itself. Since it can't be found in other places, the most likely thing is it's here."

The two shadow guards took candles from the wall and poked in along the unfathomable corridor, Ji Xiao waited here with him.

Hua Zhuo couldn't help but ask again: "How did you determine that the Devil's Cult is in Kuanyun City?"

Ji Xiao put the dagger back into its sheath, and said calmly: "I wasn't sure at first, but if the Demon Cult didn't pretend to be smart and fake their momentum, I wouldn't doubt that they are still in Kuanzhou."

"One more thing." Ji Xiao said, "I suspect that the Demon Cult is colluding with King Kuan."

Hua Zhuo was taken aback, "King Kuan?"

Ji Xiao nodded, and said slowly: "If this is the case, there is a reason to explain why the Demon Cult faked its momentum before. The people of the Demon Cult are not stupid, and they should know that doing so will attract suspicion, but if they don't act like they With the false appearance of not being in Kuanzhou, the imperial court may find an excuse to attack King Kuan."

Hua Zhuo was puzzled, "But, how did you know that the Devil's Cult and King Kuan joined forces?"

"Because everything is too coincidental." Ji Xiao said, "First, the rumors in the capital appeared at the same time as the disciples of the Demon Sect who flowed into the Central Plains, and then the tributes were robbed, causing the people to criticize the emperor, what is not related to King Kuan? In addition to what the national teacher said, King Kuan's intention to seek rebellion is clearly revealed. On the surface, he is using the tribute to strengthen the guard and guard against the devil's religion, but in fact he is under the emperor's nose to consolidate the soil and seal the entire Kuanzhou tightly. Get up and do something behind the scenes, we don’t know. Otherwise, if he really intends to guard against the emergence of the Devil’s Cult, how can we escape the officers and soldiers’ patrol during the day and come and go freely in the Devil’s Cult’s lair?”

Ji Xiao rubbed the dagger in his hand, and continued: "So, since the Demon Cult is working for King Kuan, it must still be in Kuanyun City... right in front of King Kuan."

Hua Zhuo was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

Ji Xiao walked into the secret passage, squatted down and took a look, and said: "There are no traces of people who have often stepped here. This road should lead to the outside. When the robbery happened a few months ago, the Demon Cult should have come from here." Moved away without a sound."

After half an hour, the shadow guard came back and said: "Master, this secret passage is unfathomable, and it roughly leads to the east. We have walked for a long time and have not reached the end, so we will come back and report first."

Hua Zhuo asked strangely: "To the east?"

This building was originally located in the west of the city, and the secret passage faces east, which shows that the Demon Cult never left the city.

It stands to reason that sects' secret passages are usually built in case of emergencies, and most of them lead to inaccessible and desolate places, but the Devil's Cult's passage is just the opposite, leading directly to the city.

The construction of the secret passage is a big project, and the Demon Cult has built an extremely long one. It seems that it was not dug temporarily. I don't know when it has been repaired.

Ji Xiao's eyes turned cold, and he sneered, "They really planned it for a long time..."

Hua Zhuo was faintly worried, "Then what should we do now? The Devil's Cult joins forces with King Kuan... Wouldn't the one who is hostile to us become King Kuan?"

Ji Xiao calmly said: "Find out the Demon Sect first, and then send someone to deliver a letter to the National Teacher after leaving the city."

It would take too long to find out the secret passage, so Ji Xiao didn't stay any longer, handed over the rest to the Shadow Guard, and went back to Fuying Pavilion's business with Hua Zhuo.

The shadow guard didn't come back until after dark.

Sitting in the courtyard, Ji Xiao asked, "Have you figured it out?"

The shadow guard nodded, and reported in detail: "The end of the secret passage is a stone gate. The switch should be on the other side, and the subordinates can't open it. But according to the general direction, the secret passage leads to a fireworks in the east of the city. Liuxiang, the ground seems to be a casino."

Ji Xiao frowned, "Casino..."

The shadow guard said again: "The subordinates of that casino have also checked it out, but it doesn't look like anything special, it's just an ordinary casino."

Ji Xiao nodded clearly and stood up.

Seeing that he was about to leave, the shadow guard hurriedly said, "Leader, there is one more thing."

Ji Xiao said lightly: "Say."

The shadow guard took out four or five thick script books from his pocket, handed them over respectfully, and said freshly: "Leader, the ones in Kuanyun City also have illustrations."

Ji Xiao gave him a cold look, didn't speak, put away the scriptures, turned and went back to the room.

Seeing him coming in and taking the dagger away from the table, Hua Zhuo hurriedly asked, "Going out?"

Ji Xiao put the dagger in his sleeve, and said: "The secret passage leads to a casino in the east of the city, I'll go over and have a look, you stay here and don't run around."

Hua Zhuo became interested, "I'll go too!"

After all, they are going to spy, and they will not fight with others, not to mention they are so easy-going that no one will recognize them.

Seeing Ji Xiao frown, Hua Jue knew what he was going to say, and pretended to be wronged first: "There is a demon sect lurking in Kuanyun City, so you can rest assured that I will stay here alone? Besides, I am using the The original shape, so good-looking, you are not afraid that others will take me..."

"Okay!" Ji Xiao interrupted with a headache, and gave him a sideways glance, "Come here."

Hua Jue followed happily.

The street in the east of the city is really a place for fun, especially after nightfall, when there are flamboyant women in light clothes waiting for customers, drunk middle-aged men pushing and shouting, and groups of young people throwing boards on the street corner Gambling——for Kuanyun City, which is not very rich, this place should be the most chaotic and noisy place at night.

The shadow guard hid in the crowd and followed behind while keeping a distance, Ji Xiao entered that casino with flowers.

The casino at night was noisier than during the day, Ji Xiao pulled him, tried to avoid the crowd around him, stopped in front of a gaming table in the corner, and looked into the room under the cover of the crowd.

Hua Zhuo gathered at the gaming table to watch.

A middle-aged man with a shiny face next to him just looked at him, patted him on the shoulder familiarly, and said loudly, "Little brother, don't you want to gamble?"

Hua Zhuo shook his head, and replied: "I forgot to bring money when I went out today, just take a look."

"Hey, it doesn't matter if you don't bring any money." The man didn't care much, glanced at him casually, and told him kindly, "You can get something to bet here, such as your jade pendant."

Hua Zhuo touched the jade pendant, held it in his hand, and flaunted faintly: "That won't work, this is a token of love from my wife, it can't be used for gambling."

"Okay." The man seemed to listen, but seeing that the game had begun, he quickly shifted his focus to the gambling table, and stretched out his hand to bet money.

"Come here." Ji Xiao glared at him, pulled him towards the second floor of the casino with a headache, and lightly reprimanded, "What kind of place is this, just talking to people casually?"

Hua Zhuo smothered a smile.

The casino is generally divided into two floors, the first floor is a place for ordinary people to gamble for small money, and the other floor is naturally a place for rich people to squander.

There are two strong men standing at the top of the stairs, who are in charge of collecting money—whether you gamble or not, even if you just go upstairs for a visit, you have to pay a tael of silver.

Ji Xiao took him upstairs, the second floor was not as crowded and noisy as the first floor, but it was not much better.

After following him for a few steps, Hua Zhuo felt a sharp gaze staring at her from the corner of her eye, subconsciously wanted to look at her, but Ji Xiao squeezed her palm hard.

Ji Xiao blocked that line of sight for him calmly, and said in a low voice, "Don't look back."

The two approached the gambling table as if nothing had happened, and while Ji Xiao bet two taels of silver, he watched the movement over there vigilantly from the corner of his eye.

Knowing that they were being watched, Hua Zhuo couldn't help but feel nervous, and stood next to Ji Xiao, whispering, "What should we do now?"

Ji Xiao's expression was as usual, but he just clenched his hand to express his peace of mind.

From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of the person in the corner giving instructions to the people around him. Ji Xiao still gambled a few rounds calmly, changing from one gaming table to another, changing tables three times in a row, before leaving with Huazhuo.

Those people didn't move at all, and the two left the casino very smoothly.

Hua Zhuo was puzzled and asked, "Why are they staring at us?"

Ji Xiao glanced at him, and said, "Be quiet, someone is following you."

There were so many people on the street, Hua Zhuo hurriedly lowered her voice, and whispered worriedly: "Is it because I'm good-looking?"

"They don't dare to do anything where there are people." Ji Xiao ignored him, walked forward at a leisurely pace, and said calmly, "We can't go back to the business now, so we should find an inn to stay and lead them over."

The two found an inn on a relatively quiet street, pretended to be ordinary travelers, paid the money and went upstairs to enter the house.

After closing the door, Hua Zhuo asked, "What's going on with those people in the casino?"

"I don't know." Ji Xiao sat down at the table and said calmly, "However, it is very likely that it has something to do with you."

"Related to me?" Hua Zhuo asked in surprise, "Why?"

Is it because of good looks?

Ji Xiao looked at him, and said quietly: "Do you still remember the potted flowers in the dark room?"

"You said at the time that the flower would not be able to survive if it had no aura. It means that before the Devil Cult left, there was aura in that dark room, but now it is gone." Ji Xiao said in a flat tone, "I have heard that the devil There is a sorcerer in the sect who specializes in supernatural things, and the aura in the dark room before may be related to him."

Hua Zhuo understood, and said in disbelief, "...You mean, they are following me because of my aura?"

Ji Xiao glanced at him, "It's just a guess, I can't think of any other reason besides that."

"And the person who just stared at you has tattoos on his body." Ji Xiao said in a deep voice, "The tattoos are different from ordinary Demon Cultists. He has tattoos all the way to his neck and on the left side of his face..."

Hua Zhuo froze for a moment.

Ji Xiao's eyes darkened, and he said slowly: "That person is most likely a wizard."

Hua Zhuo was dumbfounded, unable to understand what the Demon Cult could do with his spiritual energy, and asked after a pause, "Then those who followed us just now, what do you plan to do with them?"

Ji Xiao squinted his eyes, and said calmly: "Since it has been confirmed that the Devil's Cult and King Kuan are joining forces, this matter has to be discussed in a long-term way. We can't startle the snake for the time being, and just find an opportunity later and just escape."

"Escape?" Hua Zhuo couldn't figure it out for a moment, and said in a daze, "Then what are we bringing them here for?"

Ji Xiao said calmly: "It's just to avoid arousing suspicion from the Demon Cult. If you deliberately get rid of them just now, it will cause trouble instead."

Ji Xiao added: "And when I said escape, you don't have to escape by yourself."

Before Hua Zhuo understood what "you don't have to escape by yourself" meant, Ji Xiao had already got up and extinguished the candles in the room.

The room was plunged into darkness for an instant, and Hua Zhuo was about to speak, when Ji Xiao made a silent gesture to him, and said in a low voice: "Shhh, those people will come in after turning off the lights at most."

Ji Xiao took off their coats, pulled him onto the bed, and pretended to have rested.

Hua Zhuo looked up at the top of the bed, knowing that the group of people would barge in later, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and her whole body was stiff.

Ji Xiao pinched his wrist and said softly, "Afraid?"

Hua Zhuo looked at him and nodded.

Ji Xiao didn't say anything, but slowly pressed up, put his palms on the back of his head, lowered his head and kissed him very lightly.

Hua Zhuo was stunned for a moment, her body gradually relaxed, her lips curled up, her voice was blurred by his kiss, and she asked in a low voice: "Master Ji, when you are so serious...is it appropriate to do this?"

Ji Xiao didn't answer, and the two just kissed lightly for a while.

After a while, there were footsteps outside the door, Ji Xiao stopped moving, and his arms gradually hugged him tightly.

Hua Zhuo's nervousness came back immediately, and she couldn't help holding her breath and curled up in Ji Xiao's arms.

The door was kicked open by someone, and there was an ear-splitting noise in the silence. Ji Xiao picked up the person in his arms. The room was not spacious, but in the blink of an eye, the four uninvited guests rushed to them. They only took blunt objects and hemp rope, obviously trying to capture him alive.

Ji Xiao pretended to be forced back by them, but the man in the front tried to jump towards them, but got kicked directly and fell backwards.

Ji Xiao took the opportunity and jumped out of the window holding Hua Zhuo as if he had nowhere to escape.

The moment it landed on the ground, Hua Zhuo found that the two shadow guards had already been waiting below, and before he had time to react, he was hugged by Ji Xiao and circled the corner at a speed that was hard to see with the naked eye, and then jumped into the room with ease top.

Hua Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, stood on the roof and looked down, and found two shadow guards running wildly.

Those four Demon Cult minion soldiers were not good at martial arts, and they just jumped out of the window on the second floor, holding the sticks in their hands, thinking they had identified the direction, and chased after the shadow guard's blurred back.

Hua Zhuo was in a trance: "..."

It's really... a good one.

Shadow Guard: Walked 1000 steps in the morning, visited casinos and pirated bookstalls for the leader in the afternoon, and ran a [-]-meter sprint when he came back in the evening. After so many chapters, he still doesn’t deserve a name, damn it!Why!