Tomb Raider: The Fox's Ways to Seducing the Kirin

The five people separated on the afternoon of the third day and went their separate ways as originally planned.

Cheng Nian'an went to the Wang family base alone to look for an opportunity to rescue Cheng's mother. The two brothers Cheng Wei and Cheng An returned to Changsha to continue keeping an eye on Zhang Qishan.

Cheng Ji and Zhang Qiling did not return to Changsha, but went directly to Gutongjing. At this time, the people in the genius class must have started the preparation work for the restoration of Gutongjing. Trying to find the memory of Wang Canghai in the snake mine is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Because he had to find it before Zhang Qishan arrived, he didn't have much time.

When Cheng Ji and Zhang Qiling left the ancient house, they specially put on human skin masks and the identity information prepared for them by Cheng Nian'an, and boarded the train to the desert where Gutongjing was located without any obstruction.

He had been planning the trip to Gutongjing for a long time. Before they came to Emei, Xiao Li handed him the fragments of the Gutongjing map that she had collected, along with a secret letter from the Huo family.

The secret letter being handed over to him meant that the restoration preparations had reached the final stage.

Sitting on the train, Cheng Ji took out the secret letter from his arms, tore open the sealed wax paper on it, and took out the note hidden in the gap.

The words on the note were concise.

Sir, we have prepared according to the plan we negotiated previously, and we hope you can keep your promise.

Time goes back ten years.

Cheng Ji came out of Er Yuehong's house and headed straight to the Huo family with the two zombies.

The Huo family was somewhat wary of this upstart who had suddenly emerged, especially Huo Sanniang, who had not yet abdicated and was even more suspicious. However, smart people often have more concerns. When Cheng Ji entered the Huo family, not only was no one stopping him, but he was treated as a guest of honor and led to the reception hall, and it was Huo Sanniang who personally entertained him.

Cheng Ji walked in, and was followed by two zombies wearing Huo's clothes. Because they looked really scary, no one dared to stop them.

Huo Sanniang sat in the main seat, looking at the two corpses coming in. The polite smile on her pretty face also cracked slightly at that moment: "Mr. Cheng, what are you doing? Are you bringing my people to show off in front of me after killing them?"

Facing the cold eyes of the Huo family's head, Cheng Ji remained calm and sat down not far from Huo Sanniang's main seat. He said lazily, "Mr. Huo, why don't you take a closer look at who killed these two people? If I, Cheng Ji, took action, I wouldn't kill only one person so accurately. After all, among so many people who came to kill me, I only killed the only two members of the Huo family. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

Huo Sanniang was able to sit on the seat of the head of the Huo family, naturally she was not scared of anything. Facing the zombie in front of her who was wearing Huo family's clothes and had a horrifying appearance, Huo Sanniang took out a dagger and cut the clothes on the chest of the corpse, revealing two black holes that were still bleeding.

"This is..." The coldness in Huo Sanniang's eyes became even stronger. She opened her mouth with two words but didn't say them explicitly, but one could tell that she already had a vague guess in her mind.

Cheng Ji glanced at the fatal wound on the zombie and casually said what Huo Sanniang had guessed: "This was done by the Fa Qiu Finger, a unique skill of the Zhang family."

After a pause, he added, "Well, you can't say that. It seems like you are raising Zhang Qishan's status. This is a unique skill of the Zhang family. Zhang Qishan ordered his men to do it. He doesn't know how to do this."

Huo Sanniang narrowed her eyes and said, "What do you mean? Isn't Zhang Qishan also from the Zhang family?"

Cheng Ji smiled gently, picked up the tea prepared for him on the table, looked at it carefully, drank it all in one gulp without changing his expression, and then said: "He is not a member of the Zhang family. He is not qualified to be a member of the Zhang family just because his surname is Zhang."

Seeing Cheng Ji drink the tea, Huo Sanniang didn't show it on her face, but she loosened her fists behind her back and sat back in her seat. She continued, "So what does Mr. Cheng want to say? Do you want to clear your relationship with him? But even if you do, you still went into the mine and took something from it. Those are our Huo family's things."

Cheng Ji's smile did not fade, and he said calmly: "Mr. Huo, what are you talking about? Wasn't it that the intelligence officer Lu Jianxun coveted the ancient tomb for too long and couldn't help colluding with the Japanese to steal the treasures inside? How can you blame me? The one who went in to save people and exorcise ghosts was Zhang Qishan, the Great Buddha, and it has nothing to do with me."

Huo Sanniang was no longer polite. She lifted her left leg and folded it over her right leg. She said in a cold and impatient tone, "Little friend, my Huo family is not a place for you to act wildly. You can use that to fool others, but aren't you taking yourself too seriously to fool me, Huo Sanniang?"

Facing Huo Sanniang's question, Cheng Ji did not make any other moves. He still had a smile on his face. He picked up the teapot and filled it with tea. He did not even glance at Huo Sanniang: "I have learned a lot from the Huo family master's hospitality. Why don't you tell me what's down there that's worth our coveting?"

"Oh, I don't know whether Zhang Qishan needs it or not, but I don't need it anyway, so it seems like you asked the wrong person. I didn't kill this man, and I didn't take the things, but Master Huo treated me with such a strong poison. I really can't bear it."

Huo Sanniang's eyes narrowed: "How did you know? No, that's not right, how come you drank it without any problem?"

Cheng Ji chuckled and shook his head, but did not answer Huo Sanniang's question. Instead, he started another topic: "Why don't we first discuss the matter of those gifted children that Zhang Qishan mentioned not long ago."

When Huo Sanniang heard about this, she couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up suddenly and raised her voice a lot: "How do you know about this if you are not from the Nine Gates? Are you the family they are talking about?!"

Cheng Ji's expression changed at this time. He originally thought that no matter how much Huo Sanniang coveted those things, she would at least know her limits. Now she was startled by his casual words and looked like this. She was not the partner he wanted to find. Fortunately, before this, he asked Er Yuehong to pass a secret letter to the older generation of the Huo family. He thought that the person should have received the news and was on the way.

Cheng Ji's silence made Huo Sanniang more certain of her previous guess. She turned over and put the dagger across Cheng Ji's neck, and said anxiously, "What exactly do you want the Nine Gates to do? Although I was not the one who discussed this matter with Zhang Qishan, I have heard a little about the degree of confidentiality. What exactly do you want to do?"

Cheng Ji didn't take the person in front of him seriously at all, as if he didn't see the dagger against his neck, and continued playing with the teacup in his hand.

Huo Sanniang's eyes turned cold and she was about to take action.

"stop!"

An old voice came from outside the door, interrupting Huo Sanniang's actions.