Chapter 313

Gu Feixuan rolled his eyes, waited for a moment, and then slowly exhaled, saying to Gao Anyu, who continued to gorge himself.

"Brother Gao... you are truly calm. With your and my Wu Gong, if those two eunuchs gave an order just now, we would both be dead here."

Gao Anyu stuffed food into his mouth and said unclearly.

"Brother Cao said, as long as we don't reveal our bottom line to them, they won't make a move against us. At most, they'll lock us up and still have to serve us with good food and drink!"

Gu Feixuan smiled bitterly.

That's the logic, but to be able to do what Gao Anyu did, not treating two people who could kill them at any time as people, was not something he could do.

"Although they couldn't find out anything, they will definitely have people watch you and me tightly... Brother Gao, what should we do next?"

Gao Anyu finished the beef leg and tapped Gu Feixuan with the bone.

"Brother Gu, do you know what the most important thing is when walking the Jianghu?"

Gu Feixuan's complexion turned solemn.

"That is—eating!"

Gu Feixuan's complexion collapsed.

Gao Anyu reached out and brought a plate of crystal pork aspic to his front, saying while eating.

"Don't think about it, Brother Gu."

"In terms of Wu Gong and brains, there's nothing we can do. We just need to eat and drink well and wait for the moment to fight for our lives."

Gu Feixuan was silent for a moment, sighed long, sat down, picked up chopsticks, and sent vegetables into his mouth.

"I suppose that's all we can do."

After a while, dense footsteps came from outside the door. Shadows surrounded them one after another, blocking most of the sunlight projected from outside the window.

Neither of the two in the room looked up, just eating on their own.

After another while, someone pushed the door and entered, placing the plate with two lamb legs in front of Gao Anyu.

"My lord, do you want me to cut it for you?"

He asked softly.

Gao Anyu looked up.

This person looked to be in his thirties, his appearance and build were ordinary, and he couldn't be found in a crowd; he was dressed as a servant, and his face also had a fearful and fawning expression.

"Trouble you."

Gao Anyu nodded.

Hearing this, the man raised a sharp knife, cut the lamb leg into a pile of meat chunks in a few strokes, picked up the plate, and respectfully offered it to Gao Anyu.

"My lord, please enjoy."

Gao Anyu smiled at him, reached out to take the meat from the plate, but paused when he pulled his hand back.

From the man's cuff, a centipede as thick as a thumb poked out half its head, shaking its head toward him.

Gao Anyu's pupils shrank, scanning the guards outside the door with his peripheral vision, pretending nothing happened, stuffing the meat into his mouth, and reaching for the plate again.

"Brother Gu, this lamb leg is truly not bad, you should try some too!"

As he spoke, his hand reached to the man's side.

That centipede, shielded by the clothing, crawled silently into his cuff, slowly wandered to his waist, grabbed the clothing, and stopped moving.

Their gazes met, and neither revealed any abnormality.

Gao Anyu grabbed a handful of meat and placed it in front of Gu Feixuan, then waved his hand.

"You go out, I can't eat with others watching."

"Yes."

The man bowed and retreated, closing the door.

After another long while, Gao Anyu felt the centipede at his waist move, tapping on his stomach, then crawled into his sleeve and rubbed against it.

Gao Anyu stood up and pushed the door open to walk out.

Immediately, a guard came over, looking at him vigilantly.

Gao Anyu furrowed his brows: "I need to relieve myself, where is the latrine?"

That person looked at him suspiciously and gestured.

"My lord, please follow me."

Gao Anyu followed behind him, with a dozen people surrounding him, walking toward the latrine with great momentum.

Passing a corner, the centipede tapped three times on Gao Anyu's arm.

Gao Anyu scanned the wall at his side with his peripheral vision, making no move.

After finishing at the latrine, when the group returned, Gao Anyu passed the corner and, taking advantage of the moment he left the guards' line of sight, reached out and touched the wall, putting a paper scrap the size of a fingernail from the crack into his sleeve.

The centipede bit the paper scrap and crawled back into Gao Anyu's bosom, remaining motionless.

The sky gradually darkened.

Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan ate and drank their fill, and were escorted back to the room to rest like thieves.

Gao Anyu lay on the bed, shielded by the quilt, and unfolded the paper scrap before his eyes.

A few sentences were written on it in fly-head regular script.

"The city has been controlled, and the Garrison Eunuchs have colluded with the offerings who fled into the Jianghu, already knowing the truth about the Imperial Mausoleum incident. If the Commander is not here, do not reveal any abnormality."

"The purpose of the Garrison Eunuchs has not yet been investigated, but it is related to a figure known as 'Immortal Master Zheng'."

"Do not trust anyone who has a similar appearance to the Commander, even if they are Embroidered Uniform Guards. Especially those whose appearance is vaguely different from the past."

Gao Anyu flipped the note over.

There was only one sentence on the back, but it made his pupils shrink.

"Do not approach the Embroidered Uniform Guard office."

"That 'Immortal Master Zheng' is here."

Gao Anyu quietly crumpled the note into a ball, and the centipede crawled over, tore the note into pieces and ate it, then crawled back to his waist again.

Gao Anyu closed his eyes, praying silently in his heart.

"Aunt Zheng, Brother Cao..."

"You must not go to the Embroidered Uniform Guard office!"

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"This is the Embroidered Uniform Guard office."

Cao Hanyan and Zheng Yi, both dressed in night-walking clothes, lay on the roof, looking toward the building not far away.

Zheng Yi gripped her sword hilt.

"You shouldn't go; the other side might have already colluded with people from Yingzhou or Penglai."

"They probably also know we will come here to investigate, and it is highly likely they have already ambushed Heaven-Men. If we fight later, I won't be able to look after you."

Cao Hanyan nodded.

"In that case, Senior Zheng, if you are not discovered, come find me at the eatery where we ate during the day."

"If you are discovered, find an opportunity to leave a sword mark in a conspicuous place, and I will naturally find it. When you are safe, leave half a severed grass leaf on the roof of the eatery, and I will rendezvous with you."

Having said that, Cao Hanyan slowly retreated into the shadows.

Zheng Yi nodded and flew down toward the Embroidered Uniform Guard office.

As soon as she landed, Zheng Yi's brow furrowed.

"Indeed unusual."

Because at this moment, there was not a sound of people in the Embroidered Uniform Guard office, nor was there a glimmer of light. All the doors around were wide open, and it was pitch black inside, like a ghost cave.

Zheng Yi drew her sword and walked forward slowly and quietly.

The second courtyard, it was still the same.

The third courtyard was the same.

Zheng Yi looked around and found some bloodstains and hair that hadn't been cleaned up in the brick cracks.

Clearly, most of the Embroidered Uniform Guards stationed in Nanjing city had met with misfortune.

Zheng Yi walked slowly into the last courtyard.

There was firelight in front, reflecting on a window, projecting a figure holding a book with a high cap and broad belt onto it.

Zheng Yi channeled her true Qi, prepared to make a move at any time, and walked slowly toward the lit room.