The male protagonist tricked me

She wants revenge, even wants to burn everything with a fire.

But she also knows the importance of patience.

She was waiting for an opportunity—and now, it was an excellent opportunity.

It's just that she still needs time to determine more things.

Xia Jueqing stood up and covered her face with her hands again. After a while, Song Ao saw that her entire face had turned into "Lu Fanrou" again.

Although I still feel a little uncomfortable watching it, at least the shock is not as big as it was when I first saw it.

"This is not a place to talk." Xia Jue said softly, "At midnight, I will wait for you at the third rockery in the back garden. Whether you want to cooperate or not is up to you to choose."

Song Ao frowned slightly, "We don't even know what you want to do, how can we cooperate?"

Xia Jueqing smiled softly, "When the old man comes back later, he will definitely find a way to win you over. You can ask him what he wants to do. What I want is also very simple - I want him to die .”

At the moment when he said "I want him to die", Song Ao waited for Xia Jueqing to read the strong emotion that she had never shown before.But with just a snap of his fingers, Xia Jueqing returned to that stiff face with almost no expression, then picked up his figure again, and walked out of the house.

The maids outside the door were still kneeling together, not knowing what to do.

Others said that Lord Lu doted on the young lady the most, so he developed an arrogant and unreasonable character for the young lady.

However, everyone in the entire city lord's mansion knew that the eldest lady was not very favored, and the city lord treated her indifferently, even indifferently.

None of the servants of the City Lord's Mansion knew why the City Lord's Mansion did this, and naturally they didn't dare to ask.

Those who really work in the city lord's mansion, who doesn't know that under the city lord's kind appearance is a heart as hard as iron?

From the moment the eldest lady stepped into the study of the city lord, the maids kneeling at the door were all in fear, for fear that the city lord would come back suddenly and blame them for not doing things well, so she dragged them down and killed them.

But fortunately, within a short while, the eldest lady opened the door again and came out from inside.

Thanks to Old Uncle Liu, all the servants who can speak in front of the city lord have been sent far away by him, so as not to steal his limelight. Therefore, those kneeling at the door of the study are all They are dumb and timid maids.

Xia Jueqing came out, closed the door, and then coldly glanced at the shivering maids kneeling around, "I haven't been here today, and I'm thinking about your lives, do you understand?"

After finishing speaking, she didn't care about the answers of these maids, and walked away.

A group of maids looked at each other in blank dismay, until Xia Jueqing's figure disappeared completely, then stood up quietly one by one, and returned to their original standing positions.

In the study room, Song Ao naturally lost his thoughts after this episode. He touched his chest, recalled the strange feeling of falling, and asked Jiang Heng: "Our experience just now should be the same. , right? In a huge 'sac', or according to what she said just now, called... the cocoon of star power?"

Jiang Heng nodded, "It's the place they just went to investigate, they said it was the 'fuel area'."

"If all of that is true." Song Ao's expression was solemn, "Then I'm afraid that what is in that cocoon of star power is our real body. I have checked that the clothes are all original, and I have been For some reason, the neglected and forgotten egg is also there."

"I can feel the existence of the star sea in the cocoon room, but I can't control the power of the star sea. The reason is still unclear."

As he said that, Song Ao turned his eyes to the picture of the giant dragon again, and he gave Jiang Heng a somewhat complicated look, "So, oh, what is it..."

Jiang Heng looked calmly, "It is it, but I don't know what it is. Maybe it is really the guardian beast of Tiancheng, or even something we don't know."

Song Ao's mouth twitched, "I always feel that you still know a lot of things that I don't, don't you?"

Jiang Heng and Song Ao looked at each other, their eyes neither avoiding nor flickering, but he didn't answer this question, but said in an affirmative tone: "You also know a lot of things that I don't."

Song Ao took a breath and asked, yes, they both hid secrets from each other.

At first, he only thought that he had a secret, and tried every means to conceal it, and then attributed all the inexplicable aspects of Jiang Heng's body to the "male protagonist halo".

However, as he stayed in this world for longer and longer, and his understanding of everything became clearer and clearer, Song Ao found that he couldn't believe this set of rhetoric used to fool himself.

But things happened one after another, and Song Ao has always been unwilling to face his speculation—that would probably push him to another situation where he would never be able to recover.

In this regard, Jiang Heng seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding with him. Both of them tried their best to restrain and endure, maintaining the delicate balance between each other.

But even so, Song Ao knew that it was time for them to reveal each other's cards.

Even if it is a relationship where the back can be given to the other party, this layer of concealment is always the best between them. If the lead wire cannot be removed by hand, it is very easy to say when it will explode and what kind of result it will lead to.

The two looked at each other quietly for a moment, and both saw some kind of determination in each other's eyes.

And just at this time, the voices of the maids came from outside the door: "See Lord City Master."

Song Ao's mind was recalled from his deep thoughts, he exhaled lightly, then eased the expression on his face, and sat back on his seat again.

City Lord Lu did not enter the study in a hurry, but asked at the door: "Did you entertain the distinguished guests well? Did anyone come here just now?"

"No, no... The honored guest has never come out." A maid answered in a trembling voice.

"Really?" The city lord chuckled, "That would be very good."

He turned his head and gave Old Uncle Liu a wink. Uncle Liu nodded immediately, turned around and left, not knowing what to do.

But City Lord Lu himself pushed the door open and walked into his study again.

"Haha, you guys have been waiting for a long time. I'm really sorry. Some things in the city must be handled by me personally. I'm really sorry for neglecting you."

The door of the study was slammed shut again, and the trembling maids stepped aside, not daring to listen to any voices.

Song Ao and Jiang Heng's faces have returned to normal at this time, and they are polite when they see the city lord Lu, "The city lord doesn't have to be so polite."

City Lord Lu laughed twice, and then put away the smile on his face, "When I was about to talk about business, I was interrupted, so I will not greet the two friends again, after all, time is tight, I I also urgently need help to achieve great things, I don’t know the two little friends, are you interested?”

Jiang Heng had a cold expression on his face, completely disinterested.

This is not beyond the expectation of City Lord Lu - no matter how much he looks like a person, he is nothing more than a rock. How many human emotions, ambitions, and desires can there be?

Therefore, City Lord Lu only focused on Song Ao.

Although it was the child of the daughter he despised the most and the incompetent Patriarch of the Song family, not only did he look a little like him, but he also resembled him in heart and courage.

City Lord Lu thought in his heart, considering the face of this blood relationship, maybe he could give the Song family some face in the future.Although the Song family was useless and hadn't provided much help to his plan for many years, at least there were no mistakes in this part of the plan, and they helped him do some things with the help of Gu.

Song Ao raised his eyebrows lightly, "I don't know the great cause of the city lord, what kind of great cause is it?"

City Lord Lu showed a smile that was sure to win. In his opinion, Song Ao was still young after all. Although he had concealed his emotions well, he still unknowingly revealed some youthful frivolity and arrogance. Come out with pride.

"Haha." The Lord Lu smiled, "I know the two friends must have said in their hearts that you have such a huge empire, you are both the heirs of aristocratic families, and you already have an infinitely bright future. Wealth is also unrivaled. Whether it is the Song family or the Zhou family, they all own much more than my small Tiancheng, so even if you are polite to me, it is just because you are in Tiancheng at this time. , and you can’t use the power of the star sea, you have to make false claims with me, right?”

Song Ao did not expect that City Lord Lu would speak so directly, which surprised him a bit.

Especially since entering Tiancheng, everything seems to be deliberately leading them to forget the empire and the power of the star sea—and this kind of guidance is very effective. Song Ao has already seen the effect on Li Zhi and others.

But at this time, City Lord Lu did the opposite, and directly put their current predicament in front of his eyes.

As if seeing Song Ao's surprise, City Lord Lu smiled slightly, "Haha, how can the two of you be the same as those ordinary idiots? I have already seen that you are not bewitched by the Heavenly City Formation. In other words, you You were indeed deceived at the beginning, but you soon came to your senses."

"Haha, is there anything in the city today that I, the city lord, don't know about?"

Hearing what he said, Song Ao's mind moved slightly, "Does the city lord know everything in the city today?"

"Naturally." Lu Chengzhu said to himself, "My eyes and ears are all over Tiancheng, so naturally there is nothing I don't know, so since you entered Tiancheng, I have seen every move you make, which is why I chose you—— one."

"So, what about number two?"

"The second thing... Haha, it's also fate. The time is just right, and your identities are just right. I want to cooperate with you. Isn't it a normal thing?"

"You two friends may wish to think about it. Even if you have returned to the empire, what is the situation in the empire now? I have shown you before that the royal family is declining, and the clans are fighting fiercely. Going back to your respective families is not a big deal. Good future?"

"How do I know what you said is true?" Song Ao was not in a hurry, and asked in a low voice: "The city is cut off from the outside world, and until now we don't know how to go back, let alone the outside world. How can I trust you?"

City Lord Lu laughed, "I have shown full sincerity and want to cooperate with the two little friends. If the two little friends don't think about it, if I don't want to cooperate with you, what can you do? In Tiancheng Use up the power of the star sea in vain, and then die? Oh, yes, it’s been too many years, I almost forgot that you have to drink medicinal wine to enter Tiancheng. Is it useless too?"

Although the tone was still gentle, there was already a hint of threat between the words of City Lord Lu.

His patience is limited, and he doesn't want to spend too much time on the two children.

What's more, he is fully sure that these two children will not be able to escape his control at all, nor will they be able to escape from Tiancheng.

And the reason why they don't take coercive measures, but hope that they can take the initiative to cooperate, is naturally to save more unnecessary troubles.

Song Ao pondered for a moment, looking at City Lord Lu's old godly presence, he knew that he had finished speaking, and if he wanted to ask any more questions, he would have to wait for them to show a basic attitude.

City Lord Lu was indeed not in a hurry.

After four days, he has three ways to go, but all of them can go to the desired result, so he is not in a hurry.

Song Ao lowered his eyes, "Can the City Lord allow us to think about it?"

"Naturally, naturally." City Lord Lu waved his hand, "I'm not the kind of villain who is unwilling or forced to force others. Naturally, the two friends can think more. Haha, but opportunities wait for no one, and I also It’s impossible to wait for you for too long, haha. Then, please, my two friends.”

After finishing speaking, as soon as City Lord Lu stretched out his hand, he made a gesture of invitation.

Song Ao and Jiang Heng looked at each other, and they walked out of the house at the same time.

Jiang Heng opened the door and stepped out first. When Song Ao followed closely behind to go out, he suddenly felt something was stuffed in his hand.

He looked back in surprise, but City Lord Lu still had a kind smile on his face, as if nothing had happened just now.

Song Ao pursed his lips, did not say anything, continued to follow Jiang Heng's footsteps, and left the study.

At this time, the old Uncle Liu who disappeared somewhere suddenly appeared. He greeted them with a smile, bowed to Song Ao and the others and asked, "You two young masters, have you already negotiated with the city lord?"

"Not yet." Song Ao said, "But we are too lazy to attend any conference, how about old Uncle Liu working hard and sending us out of the city?"

"This..." Old Uncle Liu showed embarrassment, "The two young masters may not have carefully read the booklet distributed to you before. It says in it that after entering the city lord's mansion in the morning, the city lord's mansion will be closed for four days. In order to avoid too many people coming and going, the security work of the city lord's mansion is not easy to do, so no matter what, the two young masters have to be invited to stay in the city lord's mansion for a few days. What's more, I listen to the tone of the young master, I'm afraid Wouldn't it be more convenient to live in the city lord's mansion to discuss things with the city lord?"

Seeing that Song Ao was still frowning slightly, Old Uncle Liu added, "Don't worry, young master, everything in the City Lord's Mansion is readily available, and there is everything to eat, drink and play. It will definitely make you live comfortably and at ease."

Although Old Uncle Liu spoke very considerately, it seemed that the city lord was not going to let them out of the city.

Song Ao and Jiang Heng looked at each other, Jiang Heng nodded, "Lead the way."

"Okay, the two young masters are going this way." Old Uncle Liu immediately smiled obsequiously, and then took two steps forward to lead the way.

He was used to doing things like this, so naturally he did it unambiguously at this time.

Although Old Uncle Liu didn't understand the difference between these two "fuels" and other fuels, he naturally didn't dare to question the city lord.

In any case, if these two really became the right-hand men of the city lord in the future, they would naturally also become his superiors. When it was time to please, they naturally had to work hard.

At this moment, old Uncle Liu felt extremely rejoiced. Fortunately, even if he had neglected them before, he just secretly despised them in his heart and did not show it. He should not have offended these two.

Soon, the old Uncle Liu walked through the city lord's mansion familiarly, and soon brought Song Ao and Jiang Heng to the living area.

Different from the small room arranged for others, he directly brought the two of them into a small courtyard with two entrances, "You two young masters, please stay here temporarily for a few days, this small courtyard is very quiet, no one will come Excuse me, if you need anything, there are servants in the yard who will clean and serve you, and the young masters can just order you at any time."

Speaking of which, Old Uncle Liu stepped into the yard first, called all the servants who were in charge of cleaning here, gave them serious instructions, and finally said some good things to Song Ao and Jiang Heng, and then bowed and left the small courtyard , retreated elsewhere.

But after Song Ao and Jiang Heng dismissed a whole yard of servants, they didn't go into the house to rest.

"Since we have nothing to do, why don't we take a stroll in this City Lord's Mansion?" Song Ao said, "I have been in Tiancheng for a long time, and this is the only City Lord's Mansion, and this is the first time I have come here."

Jiang Heng nodded, "I heard that there is a garden in the back mountain."

Song Ao then turned to the nearest cleaning servant and asked, "Is there a garden in the back mountain?"

"Yes." The sweeping woman nodded, "But my guest, the back mountain is on the north side, it's colder, there are mostly trees, and there is no scenery to enjoy. It's better to go to the garden in the south of the front hall, it's more beautiful."

Regarding the woman's suggestion, Song Ao nodded, as if he was ready to accept it happily, "How to get to the south garden?"

The woman seemed very happy that the guest listened to his opinion, and immediately described in detail how to get to the garden to Song Ao.

Song Ao thanked him, and left the yard with Jiang Heng again.

In fact, they didn't want to go to any garden, but Song Ao remembered what City Lord Lu said, there is nothing in this city that he doesn't know, so I'm afraid that the servants in that yard are also his eyeliner, if they want to talk about something Things are naturally better to avoid.

Jiang Heng obviously understood Song Ao's meaning immediately, so he immediately said that he heard that there was a garden in the City Lord's Mansion - the garden he mentioned happened to be the one where the eldest lady asked them to meet tonight.

And Song Ao finally asked the way to walk in the south garden, but he didn't really want to go to the south garden, but to determine the way to walk in the south garden, so as to deduce and confirm the way to go in the north garden.

They still have a tacit understanding as always, and even more and more tacit understanding.

However, thinking of all the things he had concealed, whether it was Rank Nine Turning Back Gu, or the things he "passed through the book", Song Ao felt his heart getting more and more blocked.

The two were silent all the way, merged into the crowd who were undergoing various assessments, and quickly disappeared.

And when they walked around in different directions for a certain distance, they finally turned onto a sparsely populated path, and then walked northward along this path. After another five or sixty meters, a very desolate and dilapidated garden appeared. appeared before their eyes.

It seems that what the woman Sansao said is indeed true, there is no scenery to see here, let alone no one coming.

But the area of ​​this garden is quite large, and there are several rockeries among them.

Song Ao remembered the third rockery that the eldest lady mentioned, and gestured to Jiang Heng with his eyes.

The two walked into the garden, and quickly crossed the first rockery and came to the second rockery.

They walked in all the way just now, and they have counted carefully. There are seven rockery in this garden, but it seems that there is no regular distribution, and it is difficult to tell which side is the first one.

So actually, Song Ao didn't know whether the place where they were standing now was the second rockery or the fifth rockery.

However, there is at least one aspect of this garden that is worthy of recognition, that is, the space here is wide and the surroundings are open, so you can tell at a glance whether someone is ambushing or stalking nearby.

Song Ao stretched out his left hand, spread it out, and saw what he had pinched all the way, which looked like a small pill.

Jiang Heng frowned slightly, "What is this?"

"Before we left the study, the city lord gave it to me." Song Ao said, "How should I use this thing?" He lifted up the small pill-shaped thing, stretched out two fingers and pinched it.

Jiang Heng looked at that thing with a dim expression. Although he stepped out of the study room first, with Song Aoren behind him, why didn't he notice it when this happened?Tiancheng has such a great influence on their senses, or...

Just at this time, Song Ao exerted a little force with his fingertips, and the "small pill" suddenly burst in his hand, and with a bang, a voice rang in Song Ao's ear: "Tonight, I will wait for you in the study." , remember, you come alone, I have a secret about Jiang Heng, I want to tell you. This is my greatest sincerity, I hope you will not let it down."

After the voice finished saying this sentence, it disappeared with another snap, as if it had never appeared before.

And the shattered pill disappeared without a trace, not even a trace of powder left.

There was a flash of tension between Jiang Heng's expressions, and he immediately supported Song Ao's shoulder, "Is there anything wrong?"

Song Ao came back to his senses after a moment of trance and shook his head, "No, it's okay..." He gave Jiang Heng a complicated look.

The voice just now belonged to the city lord.

Although I don't know what method he used to make such a strange thing, but what he said...

Seeing Song Ao's strange expression, Jiang Heng frowned, "What's going on?"

Song Ao was silent for a moment, and finally said, "It's the city lord. Just now, after the thing was broken, the city lord's voice said in my ear... He asked me out in the middle of the night, and he wanted to tell me something. His utmost sincerity, let me go alone."

In the end, he still concealed the part about Jiang Heng in the city lord's words.

The two looked at each other quietly for a moment, and Jiang Heng asked, "What about the young lady's appointment?"

Song Ao's throat rolled with some difficulty, "Should we... act separately?"

Jiang Heng was silent, and his mind turned back and forth for a while.

"Okay, separate and act."