Chapter 51: Night Exploration of the Prince’s Mansion (Requesting Monthly Votes~)
Now that they had decided to conduct a night exploration of the Prince’s Mansion, preparations were necessary.
“Qingheng, you must hide well tonight. If you’re caught, they’ll flick your little rooster.”
“……”
“Flick it again and again!”
“Brother-in-law! Stop spreading heresy. How can there be such a perverted assassin who specialzes in catching children and flicking their little roosters!”
With Mengyao Gu, this ultimate weapon, Gu Yu wasn’t worried about the trip to the Prince’s Mansion. Instead, he was worried about his younger brother-in-law who was left alone at home.
However, Mengyao Gu had said before… Qingheng had a place to hide and didn’t need to worry too much.
But just in case, if Qingheng didn’t take it seriously, things would be bad.
Therefore, Gu Yu was now uttering threatening words, trying to make Qingheng nervous too!
However, Qingheng at this moment rolled his eyes towards the sky speechlessly, thinking that his brother-in-law couldn’t even trick a child, and still mentioned flicking little roosters… How could assassins these days be so perverted, flicking little roosters after catching someone!
“Maybe there really are such perverted assassins! Qingheng, you’d best be careful. Just hold on for one night, and we’ll be back soon.”
“I know, I know! Brother-in-law, you’re getting more and more nagging. Don’t couples look alike, or do they also talk more and more alike?”
“You brat, when I get back, I’ll make you delicious food, sweet ones!”
“Heh heh heh, okay! I’ll definitely hide well, so well that even my sister and brother-in-law can’t find me.”
Qingheng, who had a look of disdain, instantly changed his attitude when he heard Gu Yu say he would make him food, his mouth watering so much that his saliva almost dripped out.
His crisp guarantee made Gu Yu feel like crying and laughing.
As expected, he still had to use food to tempt his younger brother-in-law to get serious!
After instructing Qingheng to hide well, they waited until nightfall. Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu changed into dark-colored clothes to avoid being easily spotted wearing white in the middle of the night.
Mengyao Gu was even more eager, changing her skirt to pants, looking as if she wanted to showcase her skills, making Gu Yu silently light a candle for the guys hiding in the Prince’s Mansion.
Who else could they provoke, but they had to provoke the Gu family.
With all preparations complete, Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu set off from home. Since there wasn’t much to worry about for this trip, both of them were very relaxed.
If it were ordinary people, they would have felt very heavy-hearted when exploring the Prince’s Mansion tonight, even thinking if they… went, they wouldn’t come back.
After all, the Wang Clan was too powerful, with people, influence, and money. With all three combined, there were truly no people who dared to provoke such a behemoth.
However, Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu didn’t have this worry.
One of them possessed divine strength, and the other had the golden finger of space. No matter the situation, they never put themselves in danger.
Especially when the two cooperated, they were invincible.
However, Gu Yu, worried that Mengyao Gu would see through his transmigration identity, had not revealed his space until now. He wanted to wait for a suitable opportunity to reveal everything.
It wasn’t that Gu Yu didn’t want to say anything, but seeing how terrified Mengyao Gu and her younger brother were of ghosts and spirits, he didn’t dare to say it!
So he could only find another opportunity later. Fortunately, the problem was not too big and could be resolved.
Thus, in a relaxed mood, as they headed towards the Prince’s Mansion in town, they walked as if they were going on a night outing.
With Gu Yu occasionally whispering sweet nothings, and Mengyao Gu shyly punching him with her little fists, it was hard to take them seriously.
When the two arrived at the gate of the Prince’s Mansion, the smell of rotten eggs thrown earlier still lingered, making Gu Yu involuntarily pinch his nose, thinking no wonder the government office sent people to clean it up.
If they didn’t clean it, how could the surrounding residents live! Just eating at home, they would have to vomit as soon as they stepped out.
“Yu, what happened here? It’s so smelly!”
“After Wang Changfang’s human trafficking was exposed, the townspeople were so angry that they dumped rotten eggs and things onto the door. This is already a cleaned-up scene. If it were the beginning, the smell would have been incredibly sour.”
Mengyao Gu also pinched her nose and made a muffled complaint, making Gu Yu smile slightly before explaining.
After Mengyao Gu understood what had happened, she immediately nodded, then didn’t say anything else. Instead, she directly reached out and hugged Gu Yu’s waist, scaling the wall into the courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, Mengyao Gu and Gu Yu were already standing in the courtyard of the Prince’s Mansion.
As Gu Yu looked back at the high courtyard wall behind him, he couldn’t help but sigh at how useful lightness skill was for raiding and plundering!
Let alone anything else, if the assassin lying in Gu Yu’s space could have such good lightness skill as Mengyao Gu, even if sharp bamboo was buried at the base of the wall, he wouldn’t be injured.
Because Gu Yu had seen his wife “float and drift” so lightly, as if she had no weight, he felt that Mengyao Gu’s lightness skill was very convenient and made him envious.
If Gu Yu had Mengyao Gu’s lightness skill, the coffers of the rich people in town would probably be in trouble!
“Yu, did that assassin say it was here?”
“Yeah, he said it was the courtyard of the Prince’s Mansion. I don’t know what mysteries are hidden here.”
As they spoke, Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu had arrived at the main courtyard of the Prince’s Mansion. Looking at the perfectly ordinary bluestone slabs, Gu Yu even stomped on them with his foot, wondering if there was a hollow space below.
Unfortunately, Gu Yu’s actions were wasted effort and had no effect at all.
And when Mengyao Gu wanted to stomp her foot like Gu Yu, Gu Yu quickly stopped her with his hand, not daring to let Mengyao Gu try.
To joke, his little wife had innate divine strength, and one kick would directly break the floor.
“Let’s search around. Maybe, like last time, there are mechanisms hidden in the courtyard.”
“I don’t think it’s a mechanism, but there should be a secret passage.”
Just as Mengyao Gu suggested searching for a mechanism, Gu Yu directly shook his head, intuitively feeling that this place wouldn’t be set up with easily decipherable mechanisms like the Prince’s Mansion’s outer courtyard.
Moreover, it was best for them not to separate now.
Because after entering the Prince’s Mansion, Gu Yu keenly felt that they were being watched. If they separated, there might be a lot of trouble, so it was better to act together.
Thinking this, Gu Yu then took his wife’s hand and leisurely strolled around the courtyard, giving the other party a chance to buffer.
After leisurely strolling around and finding no problems in the courtyard, Gu Yu directly pushed open the main residence.
All the valuable items inside the house had been taken away by the government office. Now it was empty, with only a few chairs scattered on the ground, appearing desolate.
After walking around the room, Gu Yu couldn’t help but smile when he saw the painting of myriad birds paying homage to the phoenix on the wall.
The area of this painting was too large.
Casually picking up a chair, Gu Yu then stepped on the chair, and after locating the phoenix’s eyes, he extended his index finger.
After poking it fiercely, he heard a “poof” sound, as if paper had been punctured, making Gu Yu see the part where the eye was punctured emit a faint yellow light.
“Yu, this…”
“This should be the hidden secret passage behind it. I’m too lazy to find any more mechanisms. Wife, you just kick it!”
“Kick it directly?”
“Yes, kick it hard.”
Although he didn’t know why the phoenix’s eyes were set up this way, it was probably of great importance.
However, Gu Yu was not planning to take the usual path and spend too much time slowly deciphering the secrets of this painting.
With his wife by his side, why would he need to take it slow!
Therefore, after hearing Gu Yu’s words, Mengyao Gu no longer hesitated and kicked directly. After a few fierce kicks, the wall with the painting of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix appeared with several large cracks.
When Mengyao Gu continued to kick a few more times, a hole was directly kicked through the wall.
Gu Yu, who had already retreated several steps, felt a chill run down his spine, thinking that his little wife was truly a human beast!
Although Gu Yu had already expected it, seeing it with his own eyes now was truly shocking! Fortunately, his wife didn’t practice domestic violence, otherwise, one kick would be the end of him.
After simply and roughly breaking through the wall, Gu Yu did not enter directly.
Instead, he picked up some handy items from the side and threw them inside. After seeing that no other mechanisms or traps were triggered, he then took Mengyao Gu and stepped inside.
Gu Yu had originally thought that there would definitely be dangerous mechanisms hidden inside. It turned out that perhaps Wang Changfang was too arrogant and believed that no one could decipher the secret of the myriad birds paying homage to the phoenix, so he didn’t set anything up.
He didn’t expect that Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu would come to the door themselves at this time…
A long passage, as far as the eye could see, was lined with crackling torches on both walls, emitting an orangish-yellow light.
This secret passage was dug quite beautifully, with smooth walls, indicating that it was dug before the house was built, waiting to be concealed by a house.
However, Gu Yu still had some doubts about the secret passage set up on the wall.
Logically, shouldn’t the secret passage be underground? Why was it on the wall…
But as the two walked further and further, even the air felt a bit stuffy, Gu Yu knew they were already underground.
“Yu, look, there’s a door there.”
And when Mengyao Gu’s sharp eyes spotted a door that was similar in color to the wall, Gu Yu’s curiosity was piqued. The two quickly walked to the door, and after Mengyao Gu once again violently broke down the door, they finally saw what was inside.
With just one glance, Gu Yu couldn’t help but frown, thinking that the Wang Clan was truly too audacious!
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