After confirming that the noise was coming from a nearby room, Zhou Xiaoyu's face instantly turned cold.
Could it be that the house was robbed?
Just when she was secretly wondering who dared to break into the city lord's mansion and steal, the door of the house opened.
What she never expected was that the person who walked out of the house was Zhang Yifeng, the guy she hated so much!
She was worried about how to find the other party, but she didn't expect that the other party actually appeared.
It doesn't matter if you have to go through the iron shoes to find nowhere, it doesn't take much effort.
Seeing Zhang Yifeng coming out of the house, Zhou Xiaoyu smiled coldly and asked, "Why are you in my house? Who allowed you to be in my house?"
Zhang Yifeng frowned and said, "Of course it's your father. He asked me to live here to protect his An Qian."
"Keeping him safe?"
Zhou Xiaoyu said with disdain: "Huh, my father is a dignified city lord, and there are many guards patrolling the palace day and night. Who dares to kill him? You are definitely plotting something evil when you show up here sneakily.
, are you here to steal something?"
"Planning something evil? Stealing something?"
Zhang Yifeng chuckled lightly and said with a faint smile: "If you don't like to hear it, there is really nothing in your City Lord's Mansion that I can appreciate."
The reason why he said this was not that he was talking nonsense, but that was what he thought.
He himself said that he was an alchemist, a weapon master, and even a formation master. No matter which identity he had, as long as he announced it to the outside world, countless wealth and treasures would immediately come to his door.
Moreover, he has a lot of rare treasures on his body, and he really doesn't like the details of the City Lord's Mansion.
However, Zhou Xiaoyu didn't know this clearly.
In Zhou Xiaoyu's view, the reason why Zhang Yifeng still stayed in the City Lord's Mansion must be because he had some conspiracy against the City Lord's Mansion.
"snort!"
Zhou Xiaoyu knew how powerful Zhang Yifeng was, so she did not dare to offend Zhang Yifeng too much. She snorted coldly and prepared to leave. She planned to find a place to crush the messenger jade pendant.
"stop!"
But at this moment, Zhou Tianyuan's voice suddenly came over.
Zhou Xiaoyu turned around and saw Zhou Tianyuan walking towards her with an angry look on his face.
Beside him, Sima Ji followed silently.
When Zhou Xiaoyu saw this, a bad feeling emerged in his heart.
"Did Sima Ji tell his father everything I said to him?"
Thinking of this possibility, Zhou Xiaoyu's heart suddenly jumped. She said: "Father, my daughter is a little tired. Let's go back and rest first."
After saying that, Zhou Xiaoyu was about to leave.
But how could Zhou Tianyuan let her leave so easily? He snorted coldly and said, "Stop, I have something to ask you!"
Zhou Xiaoyu had no choice but to stop.
Although she is usually willful and arrogant, in her heart, she is still in awe of Zhou Tianyuan, her father.
"Father, what do you want to ask?"
Zhou Tianyuan glanced at Zhang Yifeng, with a look of hesitation in his eyes. After a while, he said to Zhou Xiaoyu: "Come to the study with me."
With that said, he bowed his hand to Zhang Yifeng, and then brought Zhou Xiaoyu to the study room.
"Xiaoyu, tell me, did you go to find Duan Tianxie before?" Zhou Tianyuan asked seriously.
Upon hearing the name Duan Tianxie, Zhou Xiaoyu's expression changed slightly, but then returned to normal.
She looked confused and said, "Duan Tianxie? Father, I don't know who he is."
"do not know?"
Zhou Tianyuan snorted coldly, and then asked: "Then why did you go to Sima's house to ask Sima Ji for those spiritual energy stones and treasures?"
"Sure enough, Sima Ji, this weakling, still told his father everything."
Zhou Xiaoyu's face turned ugly for a while. She glared at Sima Ji bitterly, and then said, "I want those things for my own use, so father, you don't have to worry about them."
After saying that, Zhou Xiaoyu left the study alone.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Sima Ji asked with a bitter look on his face.
Zhou Tianyuan took a deep breath and said: "Xiaoyu and Duan Tianxie must have met, and they must have reached some kind of agreement. The only thing we can do now is to protect the safety of the special envoy."
Hearing this, Sima Ji hesitated and said, "But does the special envoy need us to protect his safety?"
Of course Zhou Tianyuan knew what Sima Ji meant. With the methods of the special envoy, there was no need for protection. However, they still had to do what they should do.
Zhou Tianyuan told Sima Ji what he was thinking, and then said: "Whether you and I can survive can only depend on God's arrangement."
Sima Ji turned pale for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I will take care of what you just said."
Originally, his son Sima Long should be responsible for the security of the City Lord's Mansion, but now that Sima Long is injured, this task can only fall on his shoulders.
Zhang Yifeng still doesn't know that a conspiracy and counter-conspiracy against him is about to begin.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies will pale in comparison.
After Zhou Xiaoyu returned to the room, she couldn't wait to take out the jade slip and contacted Duan Tianxie.
"The target is now in the City Lord's Mansion, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
In Xuanwu Villa, when Duan Tianxie received such a message from Zhou Xiaoyu, a cruel smile appeared on his lips.
"Don't worry, you will hear the news of his death soon."
In the City Lord's Mansion, after Zhou Xiaoyu put down the jade slip in his hand, a crazy cold look appeared in his eyes.
"Special envoy, enjoy your last moments."
"Duan Tianxie, I hope you won't disappoint me!"
While Zhou Xiaoyu was plotting how to deal with Zhang Yifeng, the man in gray robe came to Suoyang City.
Suoyang City is a city about the same size as Yong'an City, but it is not a city of the Dali Kingdom, but a city of a kingdom adjacent to the Dali Kingdom.
After arriving at Suoyang City, the man in gray robe made some inquiries and found the Wuji Cave mentioned by the Twenty-Two Princes.
What surprised him was that Wuji Cave was not actually a cave, but a force.
Different from the complicated relationship in Yong'an City, in Suoyang City, Wuji Cave almost covers the sky with one hand and is the largest force in Suoyang City.
After arriving at Wuji Cave, the man in gray robe followed the instructions of the twenty-two princes and presented the token to the people of Wuji Cave.
Not long after, Venerable Wuji, the master of the Wuji Cave, received him.
"Are you the person sent by Dugu Hao?" Venerable Wuji asked with a sinister look.
The man in gray robe nodded quickly and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness encountered some trouble in Yong'an City, and asked me to come to you."