"Take down their weapons and detain them!”
Long Jiang stepped forward and ordered without any hesitation. When these people saw such a formation, they were already trembling in fear and did not dare to resist at all.
They entered the mansion and entered a spacious courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a hall, and on the left side of the courtyard was a corridor.
"Young Master Chu, please follow me." He Chong led the way through the corridor and came to the back of the hall. On the right side of the corridor was a garden the size of a football field. In the middle of the garden, there was a loft. On the left side of the corridor, there was a small courtyard down the stairs. Chu Yurong had waited here last time.
He Chong didn't stop. He continued to walk along the corridor and came to a group of houses. There were many forks here. He passed by a few houses and finally came to a courtyard.
"This is the City Lord's study." He Chong paused for a moment and stopped speaking. After all, he was an old subordinate, so he was a little emotional.
"Opposite the study is the City Lord's training room. The secret room is in the training room.”
He Chong went to the right and led Chu Yurong through the archway. In front of them was a large hall. There was a stone lion on the left and right of the hall door. He Chong came to the stone lion on the right and reached out to grab the stone bead in the stone lion's mouth. He pushed it hard against the stone lion's jaw.
He then pushed open the door and entered the hall. The hall was spacious and simple. There were two rows of weapons, and many martial arts murals were painted around it. There was a rectangular mat against the wall in front of him, which seemed to be used for rest. He Chong closed the door and came to the mat. He stood in a posture that went against his habit and stepped on two stone bricks. The sound of mechanical grinding stones rang out. The mat was removed and an underground passage appeared.
"If we don't open the stone lion's mechanism, even if we step on this mechanism, we won't be able to open the secret passage. Young Master Chu, let's go down.”He Chong lit a candle and walked down the stairs.
About fifteen minutes later, they arrived at an underground secret chamber.
Chu Yurong was a little resentful. Was there a need to dig so deep into a treasure trove? This City Lord was too…strange.
After He Chong lit up the surroundings of the secret chamber, he realized that the secret chamber in front of him was indeed like a treasure trove. There were more than twenty boxes of gold and silver treasures alone.
Chu Yurong looked in He Chong's direction. There was a door on the left side of the secret room. There were only three rows of wooden shelves in this room, filled with liquids, like medicinal wine. There were one or several medicinal herbs soaked in each of them. Some even had animals or animal limbs soaked in them. The rest were just a small number of bottles and jars, which were a little messy.
"Young Master Chu, take a look at this room. I wonder if there are any treasures that young master would like.”
At this moment, He Chong stood at the door of the third room and said to Chu Yurong.
The entire secret room was in an inverted 'eye' structure, and the third room on the far left was where the rare treasures were stored.
Chu Yurong did not stand on ceremony. He came to the third room and looked around to see if there were any treasures that could be used. However, looking around, these things were considered unique treasures in the secular world. They were really useless to him.
He Chong didn't care about him. He opened a cabinet and took out a wooden box. Inside was the Tiger Tally. Chu Yurong also looked over and saw a palm-sized seal.
Chu Yurong wasn't very interested. She returned to the second secret room with a strange expression on her face. She went to the first room and then back to the second room. She repeated it a few times as if she was thinking about something. At this time, He Chong had already put away the Tiger Tally. Seeing Chu Yurong like this, he asked curiously,
"Young Master…what are you doing?"
"Master He, don't you feel a little cold?”
"…Compared to the ground, this place is indeed a little cold. However, this place is several hundred feet deep from the ground, which is normal.”He Chong replied after thinking for a moment.
"The temperature of these three rooms is different. The second room is colder than the first and third rooms.”
Chu Yurong walked to the second secret room and came behind the shelf where the bottles and jars were placed. She touched the wall and then looked at the corner of the wall. She found a place and pushed hard. Unexpectedly, it did not move. Chu Yurong circulated her cultivation technique and pushed with all her strength again.
"Rumble." It was a stone door that was thicker than an ordinary wall. Immediately, a large amount of cold air came out from the door. He Chong also had a surprised expression. He hurriedly walked over and followed Chu Yurong through the door.
The temperature inside the door plummeted. There was nothing but a round futon on the ground. There was a thin layer of ice on the surrounding walls. Chu Yurong realized that there was a hole on the left and right walls. There seemed to be air coming in from the left and cold air coming out from the right. There should be a cold vein underground, and with ventilation, this place was not completely frozen and formed a cold room.
"Master He, what kind of martial art does your City Lord practice?”Chu Yurong suddenly asked.
"This…I'm not a martial artist, and martial arts are private. I only heard from the Vice City Lord that the City Lord is at the seventh level of Qi Refinement.”
"How is he compared to Li Duwei?" Chu Yurong asked again to confirm.
" Li Du Wei came to Huo Zhou under the First Prince's request. When he first arrived, he was only at the seventh level of Qi Cultivating Stage. The City Lord wanted to test him and said that if he was not strong enough, he could not stay. In the end, he was easily defeated by the City Lord, but the City Lord was overjoyed and put him in an important position. Sigh..." He Chong shook his head and sighed.
Chu Yurong confirmed her thoughts. The city lord of Huo Zhou must have cultivated more than ordinary cultivation techniques. The various bottles and jars outside, in addition to this cold room, should have additional body tempering functions. No wonder he could easily defeat Li Duwei. However, after Li Duwei reached the eighth level of Qi Refinement, he was confident that he could kill the City Lord.
"Clan Head He, after Huo Zhou is pacified, I'm afraid I'll have to borrow this place for a period of time.”Chu Yurong said with cupped fists.
"Young Master Chu is too polite. Young Master can use this place as long as you want.”
In the evening.
The city lord's mansion was heavily guarded, with soldiers guarding every corner. From the soldiers 'faces, it seemed that there would be a battle tonight.
At this moment, Bai Jin was watching from afar outside the City Lord's Mansion. The two on his right were Commandant Huang and Governor Chen. Dozens of soldiers were lined up around the three of them.
"General, we have surrounded the City Lord's Estate!”
"Go down and wait for orders!" Commandant Huang turned around and said to Governor Chen,"
"Brother Chen, what should we do now?”
"He Chong is so bold. He actually dared to hold a banquet in the City Lord's Mansion without permission and even invited us to the banquet. He is really treasonous and doesn't put the two of you in his eyes at all. I think we should give the order to charge in and capture this thief alive!”Before Governor Chen could speak, Bai Jin spoke first.
"Brother Bai has already said this several times. We only have less than five hundred people, and He Chong has about four hundred people. If we rush in rashly, I'm afraid it's hard to say who will win.”Governor Chen said hesitantly.
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