Chapter 203: Nahni
Seeing that Lu Wei had tied down Pei Yukou, Lu Kan and Lu Xin seized the opportunity to lead men and pounce toward those mule and horse carriages.
Xie Min’s guards hurriedly tried to block them, but how could they be a match for two Grandmasters? In just a few moves, the two grabbed them like little chickens and threw all those guards far away.
In the blink of an eye, the Lu Clan’s warriors had taken control of the caravan. Lu Xin and Lu Kan walked to the side of a carriage. The two exchanged a glance, and Lu Xin reached out to shatter the binding ropes on one carriage with a shake, then yanked off the blanket covering it!
“Ah?!” As soon as he saw the thing under the blanket, Lu Xin couldn’t help but cry out in shock.
At this moment, Lu Kan also saw that piled on the carriage were seven or eight watermelon-sized stones—where was there a single gold ingot?!
Lu Kan’s face was as deep as water. He quickly lifted the blanket on another carriage. But it was exactly the same—just a pile of stones!
The group of Lu Clan warriors also realized something was wrong and hurriedly lifted the blankets on the remaining carriages one by one. Still, they couldn’t find a single piece of gold—all were just dirty, gray stones!
One Black Rank warrior was still unwilling to accept it. He raised his weapon, poured his entire true qi into it, and chopped at a round stone. Only a clang of a loud noise was heard. Amid sparks flying, the long saber made of refined steel broke into two segments, and the round stone was also split into two… but it was just turned into two stones, with nothing fancy inside.
“How could this be?” Lu Kan carefully inspected those carriages. There was no need to chop open the stones like his subordinates; he just needed to weigh them, and it was easy to tell whether there was gold hidden inside.
The result was, there was none at all.
Seeing this, Lu Wei no longer entangled with Pei Yukou. He forced him back with one sword strike and jumped out of the fighting circle.
With three Earth Rank Grandmasters on the opposite side, Pei Yukou didn’t pursue either. He just stood there, gloating with a ferocious laugh: “Did you find your gold?!”
“…” The three Lu Clan stewards looked grave, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
“You openly slandered, obstructed and robbed, completely not putting my Pei Clan in your eyes!” Pei Yukou became even more arrogant: “You did the first day of the month, don’t blame me for doing the fifteenth. Wait for my Pei Clan’s revenge tomorrow!”
“Don’t get too smug! Who could this low trick of steal beams and replace pillars fool?” Lu Wei angrily said: “In the middle of the night, what are you doing hauling stones with your sister-in-law?”
“Who said the woman in the carriage is my sister-in-law?” Pei Yukou sneered, clapping his palms together.
The maidservant by the oiled wall fragrant carriage lifted the carriage curtain, and a woman with ordinary looks and figure dressed just like Xie Min appeared before everyone.
The Lu Clan stewards had known Xie Min since childhood and could naturally tell that the woman was definitely not the famous widow Min.
“As for what I’m hauling the stones for,” Pei Yukou became even more smug, saying leisurely: “I say I’m going to build a house, what’s it to you?”
“…” Even a fool would know by now that they had been played by the other side. Lu Wei and Lu Kan’s faces looked very bad. Although the Pei Clan’s strength was inferior to the Xiahou Clan, they were even more domineering and bullying, equally not to be offended. Tomorrow there would be a good show.
The two couldn’t help but look towards Lu Xin. Lu Wei muttered softly: “This time that kid has screwed us badly…” He had offended Pei Yukou the most, probably tomorrow he would be the first to bear the brunt and the most unlucky one.
Lu Xin also had a face full of confusion, but one thing he was very clear about. “They are openly repairing the plank road, but secretly crossing at Chencang.”
“That’s natural, but the problem is, where is Chencang?” Lu Wei muttered in dissatisfaction.
“Don’t worry, Lu Yun has already gone to look. They definitely won’t be allowed to escape!” Lu Xin comforted the two, and said in a deep voice to Pei Yukou: “Pei San, don’t be smug too early. We all know exactly what’s going on.”
“The cooked duck is still talking tough!” Pei Yukou sneered repeatedly: “I’m not leaving anymore. Let’s just wait here until dawn, then go straight back to the capital and ask Lu Shang how to explain this matter!”
“Bold! Dare to directly call our Clan Leader by name!” Lu Wei shouted angrily.
“Keep being arrogant, I want to see how long you can stay tough!” Pei Yukou grinned at Lu Wei and burst into laughter.
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In the darkness, Lu Yun circulated his movement technique and dashed rapidly.
Tonight he had been secretly watching Cuihe Garden closely. When Pei Yukou and the others went out and Lu Yun saw the caravan had only eleven carriages, he felt something was off. Three hundred thousand taels of gold couldn’t be pulled by just this many carriages.
But it couldn’t be ruled out that they would transport in multiple trips, so he still followed closely.
Just now when the Lu Clan group surrounded the caravan, Lu Yun didn’t show himself but watched coldly from the shadows. As soon as he saw the stones on the carriages and the woman in the carriage, he knew he had been tricked. Without thinking more, Lu Yun hurriedly rushed back to Cuihe Garden.
In less than half a cup of tea’s time, he arrived at the small forest outside the manor.
In the small forest, Uncle Bao was staring intently at the manor. Sensing someone entering, he was first startled. Seeing it was Lu Yun, he relaxed and said: “How did it go, Young Master? Did you intercept them?”
“Intercepted them, but Pei Yukou’s caravan was loaded with stones!” Lu Yun frowned tightly, staring dead at the pitch-black manor: “Moreover, Xie Min wasn’t in the carriage.”
“Ah!” Uncle Bao exclaimed in surprise, incredulously: “Could that woman still be in Cuihe Garden? Then what’s the point of this diversionary tactic all the way?”
“No, she definitely has to make a move tonight!” Lu Yun shook his head firmly: “She must be very clear that tomorrow if things blow up, the various clans might join to search the garden!” Although Pei Yukou had successfully tricked him once, his actions were full of suspicious points. Even if the Pei Clan wanted the Lu Clan to apologize, they had to first thoroughly prove Xie Min’s innocence!
“These past two days, this subordinate has been watching Cuihe Garden closely. Except for Pei Yukou’s group tonight, no other vehicles have gone out!” Uncle Bao frowned in thought: “Could they have split into two groups midway?”
“No, I followed Pei Yukou and them the whole way. There were eleven carriages when they left, still eleven when intercepted, no changes midway.” Lu Yun shook his head.
“That’s strange…” Uncle Bao was puzzled: “What exactly is Xie Min up to?”
“Hmph!” Lu Yun’s robes fluttered in the night wind, his handsome face full of killing intent, anger surging: “No matter how high the dao, the devil is one foot higher. Whatever trick she plays is useless!” With that, he asked in a deep voice: “Have you had my things prepared?”
“Prepared.” Uncle Bao quickly waved his hand, and two dead warriors emerged from the shadows, each leading a big dog wearing a headstall.
“They are the best hounds, never fail when tracking prey in deep mountains and old forests.” One dead warrior said to Lu Yun, but the other worried: “But no matter how good the hounds, they can’t smell the scent of gold.”
“No need for more words, just follow me.” Lu Yun said in a deep voice and strode towards Cuihe Garden.
“Quick, follow the Young Master.” Uncle Bao quickly ordered, leading the two dead warriors, pulling the two hounds, closely following Lu Yun.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Yun’s group arrived at the doorway of Cuihe Garden. The vicious dogs inside the manor sniffed the aura of their kind and barked even more ferociously. Their two hounds also became agitated, but with muzzles on, they couldn’t bark, only pawing their limbs constantly.
“Knock on the door!” Lu Yun ordered in a deep voice. One dead warrior stepped forward and heavily knocked the door knocker: “Open the door, open the door!”
“Who is it? Daring to knock in the middle of the night!” From inside the door came the irate voice of the manor guard. “Tired of living, are you!”
“Open the door!” Lu Yun frowned and glanced at Uncle Bao.
Uncle Bao understood, drew a long saber, and with a flash of cold light, cleanly chopped off the several door bolts on the gate.
With a creak, the gate swung open. Three stunned manor guards appeared before the group.
Inside the gate, the three guards clearly hadn’t expected the other side to dare directly chop open the manor’s gate. Their arrogance dropped by half at once, blustering bravely: “Do you know who lives inside here…”
“Get out of the way!” Since the Young Master had ordered a hard break-in, Uncle Bao had no need to be polite. With a sweep of his long saber, a silk-like saber light enveloped the three guards.
