The male protagonist tricked me

Amid the surprise, envy, or puzzled gazes of the crowd, City Lord Lu strode towards Song Ao and Jiang Heng indifferently, "Hahaha, it's all because the people below are not good at things. I didn't know that the two virtuous nephews were also here, so the reception was really poor."

At this time, old Uncle Liu had already quickly chased after him, carefully following City Lord Lu with a smiling face, but his eyes were full of calculating light, he looked carefully at Song Ao and Jiang Heng, as if he wanted to see in them What a difference to come.

Naturally, Song Ao and Jiang Heng were also carefully observing the castellan Lu. The castellan looked about 50 to [-] years old. Although he could see his age on his face, he was full of energy.

But even though it looks like this, if he is really the Lu family, or even the real Lu Fanrou's father, then he should be around 70 or [-] years old, and he is the ancestor of Song Ao and the others, but now he is calling them "" Nephew"?

It sounds really weird.

And... the attitude he showed now also made Song Ao feel a little weird.

But the purpose of their coming here was to see what's weird in the city today, since there is such a good opportunity at this time, there is no reason not to go.

So the two looked at each other, and followed the City Lord Lu who warmly greeted them, and walked into the City Lord's hall.

Li Zhi stared eagerly at the side, and was about to follow up, but as soon as he reached the entrance of the main hall, he was stopped by two guards in iron armor.

Two tall and strong guards poked the gun in their hands, with an astonishing momentum, which directly scared Li Zhi back a step.

Li Zhi exhaled, and still took a greedy and unwilling look inside, but finally turned his eyes to the two cold-faced Yan Luo at the door, so he had to pretend to be disdainful, but in fact he waved his sleeves in fear, turned and left .

Li Zhi didn't think of it at all. Normally speaking, as a cultivator who has already condensed the heart of the elements at the fifth level of the star sea, it is absolutely impossible for him to be afraid of these ordinary people with cold weapons.

No matter how well-trained and how strong their physical fitness is, facing practitioners with the power of the stars, they can also be described as powerless.

As if he had completely forgotten about the power of the star sea, he was scared off by two ordinary people.

Noticing the movement outside the door, and seeing Li Zhi retreating, Song Ao subconsciously wanted to explore his own star sea—but after drinking the medicinal wine, after his star sea was frozen, even a trace of the power of the star sea could not be mobilized. Unable to view.

The two followed City Lord Lu all the way inward, through the main hall, but did not stop here, but continued inward, towards his study.

Song Ao looked around the city lord's mansion, and a familiar sense of sight rushed over his face.

Although it is not that magnificent, but the city lord's mansion does look very much like an imperial palace.

Moreover, it is also the imperial palace with carved beams and painted buildings in ancient China.

The Xialu Empire naturally also has a palace, and he once entered it, but the architectural style of the Xialu Empire is more inclined to the aesthetics of the era he lived in or a more advanced era after the modernization of China. The architectural style is also the style of the empire itself, not Pure ancient Chinese style or Western style.

But in this Tiancheng, everything from clothes to clothes, even to eating habits reveals what he is familiar with, what he has often seen in tourist attractions and TV dramas.

Passing through another corridor, City Lord Lu led the two of them into his study, and asked all the servants serving here to retreat.

Old Liu Bo immediately took over the job of making tea with good eyesight, and when he went out, he didn't forget to send the servants who were guarding the door away.

No one can stop him from taking advantage of this great opportunity to show off in front of the city lord.

As soon as he walked into the study, the first thing Song Ao saw was a huge painting on the wall in the middle.

A huge flying dragon coiled among the clouds and mist, its figure and appearance are extremely domineering, and its pair of dragon eyes are even more piercing and lifelike.

However, Song Ao always felt that this dragon looked familiar no matter how he looked at it...

Then a thunderstorm exploded in his mind.

Isn't this just... an enlarged version of that dragon?

Then Song Ao realized in his heart that he hadn't seen that little dragon for a long time, and he hadn't even seen that dragon egg either!

Some messy memories flooded into his mind, Song Ao tried to sort it out, and then suddenly remembered that since they returned from the Xiran Empire, the egg seemed to have fallen into a state of "dormant".

Even though he carried the egg with him all the time, he could only judge that it was still alive by the fact that it was still absorbing the power of his star sea occasionally.

The last time I confirmed that it was still there, seemed to be before entering this ancient secret realm.

The egg was indeed still on him at that time.

But after entering the ancient secret realm, everything happened so fast and one after another, so until now, he didn't even have time to check whether the egg was still there!

When faced with the choice between the two doors, Song Ao and the others chose the downward door and chose to enter Tiancheng... But as soon as they entered Tiancheng, they found that their clothes had been completely replaced, and they were completely different from those in Tiancheng. These people are all the same.

and many more!

Song Ao was startled, why did they have their clothes replaced without realizing it?Why did they walk at Tiancheng's pace every step of the way, even though he and Jiang Heng were vigilant enough, they were still extremely passive in reality, not escaping Tiancheng's control at all?

Song Ao couldn't help but stare at the portrait of the giant dragon for a long time, and the dragon on the screen seemed to be staring at him majesticly, which made him uncontrollably disturbed.

Those deep black eyes seemed to be reminding him that something was wrong, something was wrong.

But City Lord Lu turned around, and saw Song Ao's eyes fixed on the portrait of the giant dragon without blinking, and a little satisfied expression appeared in his eyes.

As expected of a child with the blood of his Lu family, he is definitely better than the other idiots who can only be used as fuel at 01:30, and he can see the most valuable existence in the entire study with just one glance.

"Haha...Little friend like this painting?" City Lord Lu sat down on the main seat and asked with a smile when he saw Song Ao staring intently at the picture of the giant dragon.Seemingly aware that Song Ao felt weird when he called him "Nephew" at the beginning, City Lord Lu changed the name to "Little Friend" without any trace.

"It's really special." Song Ao nodded.

City Lord Lu stroked his beard lightly, and continued to speak as if he was very familiar with Song Ao: "Oh, this is the guardian beast of our Tiancheng. It has always lived in seclusion, and Tiancheng has always been very peaceful and safe. Say Wake up, this is also a long time ago, I haven't seen it before."

City Lord Lu sighed, shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this, haha, you didn't tell me in advance when you came here, the people below are ignorant, it's too negligent! I want to pay you first .”

"That's not necessary." Song Ao looked at City Lord Lu's expression, and felt more and more weird in his heart.

This city lord must have other plans, but no matter what his plans are, it seems very strange to suddenly change his attitude to show favor to the two of them.

Song Ao and Jiang Heng looked at each other and saw the same emotion in each other's eyes.

In the end, it was Song Ao who said, "The city lord might as well speak up."

"Hahaha..." City Lord Lu let out another burst of satisfied laughter, "Oh, I just like talking to smart kids, it's so worry-free. If that's the case, I won't be polite."

He was just about to go on talking, but there was a soft knock on the door, "Master City Lord." Old Liu Bo's cautious voice came from outside the house, "The villain brought tea."

After finishing speaking, he gently buttoned the door again, and the rhythm of his voice was exactly the same as before.

Such a special knocking sound immediately caught Song Ao's attention.

Although it wasn't any kind of cipher they had learned, it was clearly passing the secret signal.

A trace of dissatisfaction with being interrupted flashed in Lu's eyes, but the special knock on the door still made him suppress the anger rising in his heart, waved his hands and said, "Come in."

The door opened in response to the sound, and old Uncle Liu came in with a pot of tea. First, several people poured the tea with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye, and finally put down the teapot, walked to City Lord Lu, and whispered a few words.

Without the blessing of the power of the star sea, Song Ao and Jiang Heng naturally couldn't hear what they said secretly.

But obviously, what old Uncle Liu brought was not good news, because after listening to what he said, City Lord Lu's smile disappeared completely, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"How did things work? Why did it happen like this, such a big omission was not discovered!?"

Old Uncle Liu was in a cold sweat again, but he didn't dare to shirk responsibility directly, so he could only stammer and dare not answer.

City Lord Lu stood up and flicked his sleeves, "A group of useless things!" He glared at Old Liu, raised his leg and walked out the door, with one foot over the threshold, and then turned his head again , and said to Song Ao and Jiang Heng: "Two little friends, wait here for a while. There are some things in the city that I have to deal with. There are drinks and refreshments here. I still have a lot of books on the shelves. You two little friends can use this to send a little time. Second time."

After finishing speaking, City Lord Lu walked out quickly with a serious face.

And old Uncle Liu followed behind him, he still didn't forget to smile at Song Ao and Jiang Heng flatteringly, and closed the door for them.

In the corridor outside the house, City Lord Lu walked forward quickly, and asked in a deep voice to the old Uncle Liu who was following him, "Tell me in detail, what's going on?"

Old Uncle Liu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead again. Maybe it was a long time coming. He never thought that the most important "fuel depot" would suddenly have a problem at the moment when the city lord was about to do something big.

Obviously, during the inspection three days ago, everything was normal, and the fuel depot is the most important place, which has always been strictly guarded. Why did something go wrong suddenly this morning?

However, old Uncle Liu felt a little lucky. After all, if something goes wrong today, it is always better than four days later, when something really big is going to happen...

If at that time, there is a sudden problem with the fuel depot, I am afraid that even if I have ten lives, it will not be enough to behead the city lord.

Obviously, the grumpy city lord thought the same way, so although he had an ugly expression, he didn't directly challenge Old Uncle Liu, but decided to check it out himself.

Originally, City Lord Lu was naturally a little worried. If the progress in the city is insufficient and this rare opportunity is delayed, wouldn't it be a waste of the situation carefully planned by generations of them?

But when he thought of Song Ao and Jiang Heng who were still in his study and didn't know what was going on in Tiancheng, he couldn't help but feel proud again.

God is still on his side, on the side of the Lu family, and actually sent these two people before his eyes!Isn't this the destiny, directly sending the future of the empire into his hands?

Thinking of this, City Lord Lu felt that he had calmed down when he just learned that there was a problem with the fuel depot, and his brisk walking pace also slowed down, and he began to listen to Old Uncle Liu's report.

Old Uncle Liu has followed City Lord Lu for many years, so he naturally knows his temper and behavior well.Although he didn't know why the city lord's anger calmed down like this, old Uncle Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

After experiencing the previous experience, he no longer dared to hide his carelessness, and carefully reported what he had learned to the city lord.

The master and the servant were all thinking in a whirl, plus they kept walking all the way to the fuel depot in the back mountain. Neither of them noticed that when they turned around the last corridor and left from the main body of the city lord's mansion , a slender figure quietly walked towards his study from the backyard.

In the study of the city lord, Song Ao and Jiang Heng looked at each other.

They didn't drink tea, and naturally it was even more impossible to eat those pastries.

Song Ao got up again, walked to the front of the dragon picture almost involuntarily, and looked at the dragon again.

"Is it very similar to... woo?" Song Ao asked Jiang Heng hesitantly.

Thinking of the name he chose casually, Song Ao felt a little hard to say.

At that time, I only thought that the little dragon was only the size of a palm, and would call him "Mom", which was really cute.

But if one day in the future, that dragon really grows so huge... Wouldn't it be too shameful to still be called this kind of name?

"It's not like." Jiang Heng also stood beside Song Ao, but shook his head lightly, "It is."

Song Ao was taken aback for a moment, Jiang Heng's tone was so firm, without any doubt, but this made Song Ao feel even more confused.

"How do you know...wow why did you appear here?"

Song Ao turned his head in confusion, and met Jiang Heng's eyes as deep as ink pools, only seeing countless emotions surging in them.

He seemed to have something to say to himself, probably something very important, Song Ao thought in his heart, but suddenly felt a golden light flash in front of him.

Jiang Heng obviously also saw the golden light, and both of them turned their eyes to the painting emitting golden light at the same time.

Song Ao opened his eyes wide in surprise, and saw that picture of the giant dragon seemed to come alive suddenly, the scales of the giant dragon shone with golden light, and the pair of dragon eyes were even more agile, as if he wanted to say something to the two of them.

Almost out of his control, Song Ao seemed to be bewitched, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch the scroll...

However, just when Song Ao's hand was about to touch the screen, a sound suddenly came from outside the study.

A maid anxiously stopped her, "Miss, this is the study of the city lord, you are not allowed to enter at will..."

"Father asked me to entertain the guests." The eldest lady's cold voice came, "is it your turn to intervene?"

"This, but..."

"Go away."

The concierge was suddenly pushed away from the outside, "Lu Fanrou" pushed the door open and walked in, then turned around and closed the door without any explanation, isolating everyone else outside the house.

Seeing the person coming, Song Ao and Jiang Heng were also slightly taken aback.

"Miss?" Song Ao withdrew his hand that was about to reach for the scroll, "Why are you here?"

"They won't come back for a while." The eldest lady walked into the house and sat down casually, but the indifferent expression on her face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years showed a bit of agility at this moment.

"I have some things I want to know. If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I will give you a satisfactory answer too." Seeing Song Ao and Jiang Heng standing in front of the dragon picture, she was a little mocking He laughed, "True Dragon Picture? Hehe, the True Dragon hasn't appeared in the world for almost a hundred years. I'm afraid... I don't know it's dead for a long time."

Hearing what the eldest lady said, and thinking about what Jiang Heng said just now, Song Ao's expression was weird for a moment.

Jiang Heng said that it was this dragon, the city lord said it was the guardian beast of Tiancheng, and the eldest lady said that the real dragon had not appeared for a hundred years...

Could it be that Aowu is really a dragon that came out of this secret realm?But why did Jiang Heng know and be so sure?

In the mist, Song Ao only felt that he seemed to have grasped the most important thread. As long as he continued to peel off the cocoon along this thread, he would be able to approach layer by layer, and finally grasp the truth.

just before that...

"What do you want to know?" Song Ao looked at the eldest lady and asked, "I don't think we will have enough time, so to make a long story short."

However, the eldest lady didn't seem to be in a hurry, instead she looked at Song Ao carefully for a moment, then she smiled and said, "You look a lot like Ah Rou, it's really nostalgic... Ah, yes. As if remembering something, she stood up and smiled at Song Ao, "Sorry, you are her son, it must be strange for you to look at my face and say something."

After all, the eldest lady stood up and turned around, then stretched out her hands and gently covered her face.

From Song Ao's point of view, she couldn't see clearly, but there seemed to be something wriggling and changing between her hands and cheeks.

After a while, the eldest lady stopped what she was doing, and turned around with a chuckle, revealing her original appearance.

"Did it scare you?" The eldest lady smiled indifferently, and the hideous scars covering her entire face looked even more terrifying because of her smile.

Song Ao didn't think it was ugly, "No...it's just how you did it, changing your face."

"Did you say this?" The eldest lady spread her hand, and Song Ao saw something squirming gently in her palm, "You are from the Song family, so maybe you should know about this kind of thing, huh? "

Song Ao's heart moved, "You mean... Gu?"

"Sure enough, the Song family is involved in this matter, isn't it?" Hearing Song Ao's answer, the eldest lady showed a bit of disgust, "So, you are also the murderer who killed Ah Rou, right? ?”

Feeling the strong murderous intent in her words, Jiang Heng took a step forward, slightly protecting Song Ao behind him.

As a result, the eldest lady's eyes shifted to Jiang Heng, and her brows frowned.

It's not that I'm afraid of Jiang Heng's slightly threatening defensive action, but that this guy looks a little strange, and he seems a little different from ordinary people...

Song Ao stretched out his hand, pressed down Jiang Heng's hand that was in front of him, gave him a reassuring look, and continued to say to the eldest lady, "I've also been poisoned, if I can't find a solution, maybe in the end We will all end up with her. But before I reveal more information to you, you have to show some sincerity? Otherwise, why should I believe you?"

"That's right." The eldest lady smiled lightly, "What you said makes sense, since that's the case, I'll take you to take a look first. But before that...you just said that you were also bewitched? I want to take a look."

Song Ao naturally knew that he could find Gu worms by inspecting Xinghai, but at this time his Xinghai was frozen, how could he find it?

Seeming to see his doubts, the eldest lady smiled disdainfully, "Only the original Gu species need the power of the star sea to survive, and the later evolved Gu species don't need it, so I just need to take your pulse and you will be able to see it." I know if what you said is true."

Regardless of whether the eldest lady's words are true or not, if you only need to feel the pulse, it is indeed not very dangerous. Song Ao doesn't think this woman who looks very thin and has no power of the stars can do anything to him.

So Song Ao stepped forward and handed out his hand.

The eldest lady smiled slightly, but because of the hideous scar on her face, that smile also looked a little weird.

Song Ao only felt two cold fingers on his wrist, and then a slight numbness came.

Song Ao was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but the eldest lady moved faster than him, and directly reached out to grab his entire wrist.

Song Ao wanted to withdraw his hand, but suddenly found that the eldest lady was so strong that even though he had almost exhausted his strength, he couldn't break free.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Jiang Heng also shot directly, slashing at the hand that was holding Song Ao by the eldest lady.

However, in the face of Jiang Heng, the eldest lady was able to handle Jiang Heng's palm with ease, and even grabbed Jiang Heng's wrist with her other hand.

"Don't you want me to show my sincerity?" The corner of the eldest lady's mouth curled up, "Now, I will show you my sincerity."

After finishing speaking, the eldest lady turned sideways suddenly, and sent both hands to the dragon picture on the wall at the same time.

The dazzling golden light came on again, and a strange sense of dizziness seized Song Ao and Jiang Heng immediately. In a trance, Song Ao only heard the voice next to his ear say: "Wait a while, don't move, don't sleep, but don't bother!" Talk and listen quietly. Also, my name is Xia Jueqing."

A strong sense of weightlessness swept over him, and Song Ao felt as if he was falling from a high cliff, and his heartbeat soared.

But after falling rapidly for a while, the speed suddenly decreased, and then Song Ao felt as if he had turned into a seed and fell into a warm implantation bed.

It was as if he had returned to the beginning of his life, in a warm, comfortable and safe place, and he just wanted to close his eyes and fall into a sweet dreamland.

--can not sleep!