The male protagonist tricked me

Midnight, midnight.

The City Lord's Mansion, which had been bustling all day, fell into a deep sleep, but the two figures left one after the other.

Jiang Heng quietly climbed out of the courtyard wall and headed straight for the garden in the north. Although Song Ao was also very careful, he didn't deliberately hide his figure, and only went all the way to the city lord's study in a low-key manner.

At this time, the entire Tiancheng seemed to have been pressed the pause button, as if it had entered a static state in an instant.

The noisy crowd during the day became silent after entering their respective rooms, causing the entire City Lord's Mansion to fall into a terrifying tranquility.

In the afternoon, Song Ao and Jiang Heng left from the garden, found Bai Yu and Jiang Zijin, and the four of them went back to the other courtyard to discuss it.

When Bai Yu and Jiang Zijin came in, they didn't have a clear goal or task, so they checked the entire City Lord's Mansion carefully. At this moment, they just brought a pen and paper and drew a simple map.

As soon as the map came out, Song Ao saw the structure more clearly. The entire city lord's mansion basically presents an architectural style of central axis symmetry, facing south from north.

Hearing what Song Ao said, Jiang Zijin was a little puzzled, "What is facing south?"

It was only then that Song Ao remembered that there was no such architectural attention in Interstellar, and he subconsciously said something that shouldn't be there. He hurriedly looked for Jiang Heng, but only saw a calm look in Jiang Heng's eyes.

For a moment, Song Ao felt relieved and sad at the same time.

Yes, he has... revealed too much, but Jiang Heng has not said anything, does this mean that maybe he has been worrying too much all this time, in fact, Jiang Heng has long been able to accept all this ?

But he dared not gamble.

"Sitting north and facing south is an ancient architectural custom." Song Ao explained, "Almost everything here is built in an antique system...but this map." Song Ao's fingertips landed behind the city lord's mansion, "This Side, I always feel that something is wrong."

Everyone's eyes followed Song Ao's fingers to that spot, and they all frowned.

Although they didn't have any architectural accomplishments, everyone felt a little strange looking at the scale of the map based on common sense.

The area of ​​the bare garden in the north is actually larger than the entire city lord's mansion, which can be said to be completely unreasonable.

Song Ao tapped that area again, "I suspect that under this garden..." At this point, Song Ao raised his head and looked at Jiang Heng, and then saw Jiang Heng nodded.

They all had the same suspicion, that is, under this garden, I am afraid that it is the "fuel area" that the eldest lady took them to see before.

Although the last time they entered the so-called fuel area, they just felt everything in the "bag", Song Ao and Jiang Heng could already guess the actual situation of a part of the fuel area.

Perhaps from the beginning to the end, this incident was even worse and more terrifying than they could imagine.

In front of Bai Yu and Jiang Zijin, Song Ao didn't say all of his words directly. They discussed the actions and plans for tomorrow's investigation. After dinner, Bai Yu and Jiang Zijin returned to the same residence as the others. place.

When the appointed time was approaching, Song Ao left first, while Jiang Heng turned out from the back window and went to the appointment quietly.

At this time, the two walked separately in the city lord's mansion, and went to the appointment separately, trying to ignore the weird feeling in their hearts.

Song Ao, who went ahead, arrived first, pushed open the door of the study, and came to this strange room again.

The study room in the City Lord's Mansion was brightly lit. City Lord Lu was drinking tea with a determined smile on his face. When he heard the door opening, he didn't even turn his head to look at Song Ao. He just smiled and said, "I knew you would come."

Song Ao turned back and closed the door of the study room, took two steps forward and sat opposite the city lord, watching him turn up a teacup and pour tea for himself, Song Ao pursed his lips and asked: "The city lord only let me come alone, What's the matter?"

City Lord Lu took another sip of tea calmly, then looked at Song Ao, smiled and said: "When I called you nephew earlier, I saw something wrong with your expression... I think you should have noticed it too. what?"

Song Aoxin said sure enough, and tentatively said along the topic: "Then, should I call the city lord?"

"Hehe." City Lord Lu smiled lightly, then pushed the cup of tea poured for Song Ao forward, and pushed it in front of him, "If you want to call me Grandpa, even though I'm young, I wouldn't mind either."

Song Ao's eyes fell on the teacup, and he reached out to pick it up, but he didn't drink it directly, but asked, "Then, why did my grandfather ask me to come here alone late at night, and what is the cooperation we talked about during the day? Jiang Heng and I have been friends for many years, and you also invited the two of us during the day, is there anything you can't say to him?"

"Haha." City Lord Lu stroked his beard and smiled calmly, "How did your good grandpa tell you to put a Gu on Jiang Heng, and then follow him closely until the turn-nine ring-back Gu fully takes effect? , and turned him into a Gu person in the end? Tsk, he really has a good plan."

Song Ao was startled, he didn't expect City Lord Lu to be so clear about this matter.

Did he have anything to do with it?

Realizing that things might be far more complicated than he thought, Song Ao's expression became serious.

"Grandpa and grandpa cooperated in this matter?"

"Cooperation? Humph." City Lord Lu snorted coldly, and a little murderous intent flashed in his slightly narrowed eyes, "That old bastard was only thinking about his own abacus, and almost ruined my big event!"

Although there is no star sea power here, Song Ao obviously felt a sense of coercion from City Lord Lu.

"Hehe, but those things are in the past. Although that old thing almost spoiled my good deeds, he sent me a good grandson like you, and there is even a golden opportunity... Haha, Song Ao, instead of Follow your stupid grandpa, why don't you come to my Lu's house, after everything is done, I can give you more than your grandpa can give you? He even put a voodoo on you, such a grandpa, can you Is it worth serving him?"

City Lord Lu's tone was indifferent, but what he said went straight to the point.

Sure enough, he immediately saw a shaken look on Song Ao's face.

City Lord Lu was very satisfied with his plan, he chuckled twice, and added more chips: "Your grandfather will only tell you that after Jiang Heng is made into a Gu, he can be used by you and the Song family to drive him to become a The most powerful killing machine, but did he tell you why he chose Jiang Heng to start?"

Just as City Lord Lu expected, Song Ao really had a puzzled look on his face, and he shook his head, "Grandpa just said that he is either Zhou Zhuo's son or Jiang Shuo's son, who manipulated him. At least he can control the Zhou family or the Jiang family, and he can accomplish the great cause of the Song family."

"Hehehe..." A sly gleam flashed in the eyes of City Lord Lu, "Stupid things are stupid things, even if they have some attainments in studying Gu, they are nothing more than that after all."

City Lord Lu turned his gaze to Song Ao again, and said with a slight smile, "Come on, after drinking the tea from Grandpa, Grandpa will tell you Jiang Heng's real identity. Haha...Speaking of which, that old bastard Song Zhan was also deceived by me back then. I didn't expect him to believe it like this, heh, but you are different, Song Ao, you also have the blood of my Lu family on your body, don't you want to avenge your poor mother who died?"

Speaking of Lu Fanrou, Song Ao really showed shock again. His hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and there was a trace of begging and fear in his eyes, "Mother, didn't she... die of illness? Well, that city Who is that young lady..."

Seeing that Song Ao had completely stepped into the emotions he had set the stage for, City Lord Lu slightly turned his face to the side and let out a long sigh, as if it was only at this time that some pain and nostalgia belonging to the old man were revealed.

"It's a long story, but in the end I am sorry for your mother. I thought I had found a good match for my beloved daughter and could send her away from this small place called Tiancheng, but I didn't expect that old bastard Song Zhan , To be so mad! He always felt that it was Rou'er who tempted your father, so that your father was unwilling to make progress, let alone study Gu insects with him, so he forced your mother to try Gu, He's already gone crazy!"

Speaking of this, City Lord Lu covered his chest with grief, "I have been planning for many years, just to settle accounts with this old thing! Not only he deserves to die, but the entire empire deserves to die, everyone who trapped us here Damn it! Song Ao, don't you want to avenge your mother and help your father out?!"

"I don't know how many things happened in the empire afterwards, let alone how many people Song Zhan killed with Gu. Are you going to let him continue like this?"

"As for the eldest lady in Tiancheng... Well, she is an abandoned daughter of a family in the city. She has been suffering from some stubborn illnesses since she was a child. The family is unwilling to raise her. I am afraid that they think that the city lord is kind, so they left her in the city lord's mansion. At the door. At that time, she was just a baby, and I just asked the servants in the house to raise her."

"It's just that I didn't expect that the more she grows up, the more she resembles your mother...I'm afraid, this is also a little bit of God's favor for me."

"You should have heard people say that everyone knows that I dote on the eldest lady... Sigh, this is not my compensation for Rou'er, it can only be said that I am comforting myself. I am sorry for Rou'er , I'm sorry your mother!"

It seemed that he had received too much information all at once, and Song Ao was stunned for a moment, and could not recover from it for a long time.After a long while, Song Aocai looked hopeful, but looked at City Lord Lu very worriedly, "But, but...Grandpa, what can we do? There is not even the power of the Star Sea in Tiancheng, how can we...how can we be with those who have cultivated so much? People of high realm become enemies and defeat them?"

Seeing that Song Ao was completely hooked, City Lord Lu showed him a relieved smile again, "Come on, after drinking tea from grandpa, this matter will start with Jiang Heng, aren't you curious about his real identity? Haha Don't worry, grandpa won't harm you, Song Ao, if things can be done this time, your contribution can be regarded as one of the best. When we retake the empire, grandpa will be getting older. You still have to come to this huge empire Inherit?"

This promise can be said to be quite big, which is equivalent to directly granting Song Ao the position of future emperor.

Besides, he has given so many bargaining chips, plus he is very sure that Song Ao and the others will never find a way to leave Tiancheng, so even if Song Ao doesn't agree today, and it can't be delayed for a few days, they will definitely follow Follow the path he envisioned.

Sure enough, Song Ao hesitated for a while, then picked up the cup of tea and drank it down.

"Grandpa, I am willing to stand by your side! But, I really don't know what I can do with my low strength..."

"Haha, good boy." City Lord Lu nodded at Song Ao in satisfaction, "I knew that you were a smart boy and would definitely make the right choice. Don't worry, grandpa is different from your grandpa. It definitely won't harm you, just now I told you to drink tea, it's just that grandpa wants to see your attitude."

Naturally, Song Ao did not believe City Lord Lu's words, but he could only smile happily, "Thank you, Grandpa."

City Lord Lu stretched out his hand to stroke his beard again, and then pointed to the dragon picture on the wall that he had talked about with Song Ao earlier, "Look at that picture, I remember you were attracted by it the first time you saw it, then At that time, I concluded that you are my Lu family."

Song Ao turned his head when he heard the sound, and also took a look at the painting, a little puzzled, "I remember my grandfather said that it was the guardian beast of Tiancheng. What does this have to do with Jiang Heng?"

"Of course it has something to do with it." City Lord Lu smiled slightly, "Since you want to help grandpa to achieve great things, grandpa will tell you all these things."

"I think that when our ancestors did not go to the interstellar, all human beings lived on the same planet. Then the environment changed drastically, and all the creatures on that planet, in order to survive, more or less Yes, there have been various changes."

"For human beings, the biggest variable is that many people have the so-called 'supernatural abilities' at that time, and finally evolved into the 'star sea power' that you have today." "Later, all kinds of You have probably seen some in history textbooks, but with the advent of the interstellar era, a lot of information was lost in the war. Because human beings want to develop, conquer more places, and have conflicts with many cosmic creatures and planets .”

"Gradually, the human beings who were originally completely united and had no borders such as countries and nations were separated again by these stupid distinctions, and each re-divided the country to take root in the interstellar world."

"In order to further stabilize the power of human beings, they even forcibly forget that in the past, everyone was on the same front, not only humans, but even Zerg and Gu race were on the same front as us! These ungrateful villains!"

"In order to cover up all of this, many relevant historical materials were destroyed and destroyed. The Xialu Empire... used to be the core force of the leadership of the entire human race and retained the most materials. However, when they actually established the empire, they also Get rid of this part!"

"It's ironic, the Xialu Empire, the Xia and Lu Empires, but how did these two families, the Xia family and the Lu family, ever appear in the history books of the Xialu Empire? Heh, I'm afraid the whole article is about the current royal family, and how can they There are all kinds of praise! The so-called orthodox history you have seen and studied has never recorded our blood and tears!"

"And for the sake of the so-called stability of the empire, individual human beings cannot be allowed to have too high combat power. They even deliberately disabled many exercises, so that quite a few people can't even ignite the star sea!"

"Hahaha, but this group of guys who hold the highest authority of mankind, they are selfish after all... I heard that half of the people in this world can't ignite the star sea, but in the big family, let me ask you, how much is this ratio? How much is it?! I'm afraid there is no one out of ten, almost everyone can ignite the sea of ​​stars!"

Song Ao listened to Lu City Lord's narration with a solemn expression, and couldn't help but set off a storm in his heart.

He kept reminding and warning himself that City Lord Lu told him these things for his own purpose, and before he said what he wanted to do, he must be absolutely vigilant.

And all the things that City Lord Lu told, I am afraid that he has also processed it himself. In order to make Song Ao more convinced him, he will distort many facts.

However, the history he read from the book is completely correct, isn't it artificially processed?If you think about it carefully, I'm afraid not at all.

Song Ao didn't dare to think too deeply, fearing that he might miss some important information, so he continued to listen to City Lord Lu's sermon.

"It's just that they know that there are too many good things left by their ancestors. Although they don't know how to use them now, it's hard to guarantee that they won't use them in the future. Therefore, most of the information, as well as many treasures and exercises, are all Together with Tiancheng, it was sealed into a secret realm."

"I heard they called this ancient secret realm? Heh, they still have some conscience."

"At that time, our ancestors, the Lu family and the Xia family, won the honor of naming the empire, so they also assumed the heaviest responsibility. They gave up their false fame to the four families and eight families, and handed over the throne to the Jiang family. Enter this secret realm to protect the most important history and most powerful treasure of the empire."

"But how did those treacherous guys do it?! They carried us on their backs again as if they had betrayed the entire human alliance!"

"The Patriarchs of several families teamed up and used extremely advanced formations to seal my Lu family and Xia family together in the city under the secret realm, and called it the 'Dungeon City', the underground city! But my Lu family I don’t want to admit defeat, so I changed the name of this underground city to Tiancheng!"

"In the past hundred years, the empire may have been farther and farther away, forgetting the past history. They only regard this ancient secret realm as a place for the children of the aristocratic family to cultivate and improve themselves, but they don't know that for the past hundred years, our Tiancheng Human beings, generation after generation, only have a glimpse of a chance to see the light of day again!"

"The nobles of the empire, they deviated from history and sealed us up with those secret treasures. But they were scheming and kept their eyes open. There were seven treasures in the world at that time. Have you ever heard of them?"

"I've heard of it." Song Ao nodded, "It's called a great treasure of the empire, but the specific number is not recorded in detail. The book only says that it has been lost in various wars."

"It's seven pieces, seven important treasures." City Lord Lu sighed, "Among them, the Jiang family, which is the royal family, and the Zhou family, Wu family, Song family, and Kuang family of the four families each keep one, and there are already five treasures." One piece, and the last two pieces, one was handed over to the Angk Alliance, I heard that they have already lost it, and there is one... even we don't know what it is."

City Lord Lu shook his head, "I heard that if you can gather all these seven treasures, you will be able to obtain the supreme power in this world! But because each family couldn't reach an agreement, they deliberately sealed the usage methods of these treasures in Tiancheng. However, Chongbao remained in the great families."

"Oh, now that you think about it, you should also understand why the empire has been ups and downs, and the royal family and the four schools have hardly changed. It is because of these treasures. One piece can turn the clouds upside down!"

Song Ao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and felt that he had finally caught the most important clue, so he couldn't help asking, "What are these seven treasures... Now, where are they?"

City Lord Lu glanced at Song Ao, and a smile flashed between his brows and eyes, "You might as well guess."

A light flashed in Song Ao's heart, "Could it be the Song family's Rank Nine Ring Gu..."

"Exactly." Approval appeared in Lu's eyes, "As expected of my good grandson, he is really smart, but I'm afraid you haven't even heard of the next treasure, so it's even harder to guess."

"Actually, with the passage of time, no one in the aristocratic family knows how to use Chongbao, so naturally the emphasis on Chongbao will decline, and the Song family can use the nine-turn back ring Gu, naturally because I contacted the old man Song Zhan After that, I taught him some methods."

Speaking of Song Zhan, City Lord Lu frowned, with a bit of displeasure on his face, "But this old thing is too self-willed, and almost ruined my good deed... Forget it, let's not talk about him, grandpa will count it for you, this Seven treasures."

"One just said that in order to prevent anyone from collecting all the treasures, they gave them to the Anke Alliance for safekeeping, but I heard that they lost them in the war with the Zerg. The information about this treasure here in Tiancheng is also incomplete. I only know that it seems to be able to store and refine a large amount of star sea power."

"The second and third are two weapons, a knife and a gun, which were kept by the Wu family and the Kuang family respectively. But their descendants didn't know the value of these weapons, and only thought they were powerful and ordinary weapons. The weapon is handed over to the juniors in the family to use at will. Heh, it just so happens that the user entered the secret realm to practice, so I have already figured out a way to get the weapon into my hands!"

"Fourth, you have used the Song Family's Nine-Turn Returning Ring Gu on Jiang Heng, but it doesn't matter, as long as the Gu still exists and is not damaged, it can be regarded as a complete treasure. At this time, it is equivalent to It has returned to my Tiancheng hands!"

"Fifth, it is a dragon egg kept by the royal family. It is also the guardian beast of Tiancheng in that painting. Although the guardian beast is sleeping at the moment, it is also in my Tiancheng and is under extremely strict guard."

"Sixth, as I said, even Tiancheng has no information, so I don't know what it exists. I'm afraid only the guardian beasts who have passed through the millennium know about it. If there is a chance, maybe after we take back the Xialu Empire, You can ask him."

"And this last item...is a stone kept by the Zhou family——the stone of fortune for the empire, the weighing stone."

Hearing what he said, it was as if a lightning bolt exploded in Song Ao's mind.

Hengshi...Jiang Heng? !

But how is this possible, how can a stone become a man? !