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There is a curfew in the whole city, and only the sound of clappers is heard at night.

The end of the ten-mile long street in Chunfeng is just at the gate of the palace, and there are three groups of soldiers patrolling back and forth.

In the distance, a black shadow flashed across the street. The watchman who patrolled the street vaguely heard the wind, turned around in doubt, saw that there was no one on the wide street except himself, and continued to walk away shaking his head.About half an hour later, at the end of the journey, I saw a large-scale house in the distance, which was used as a prince's mansion, and it was full of style, but the gate was so desolate that it was almost desolate.

"Poor Marshal Zhou..."

In the past, the Anzhou Mansion, the pillar mansion of the imperial court that once tried its best to turn the tide, has now become a forbidden place, and even small thieves have not patronized it for a long time.

Ugh……

As usual, the watchman sighed in a low voice, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, then turned and walked back.

At this time, a figure stood quietly on the high wall.

The wind blew through the sleeves of his clothes, Zhou Chuze remained motionless, silently listened to the watchman's sigh, and just a little bit, entered the mansion with ease.

The front yard, the side hall, the garden, the main building, the Chaoshou verandah, the east and west wing rooms, the warm pavilion, the mourning hall that has been blown up long ago... desolate and dilapidated.

With a clear goal, Zhou Chuze went straight to Zangshu Pavilion.

As early as that year when Zhou Suiyun was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, the Zangshu Pavilion of the Zhou Mansion became the place that all the thieves in the world were most willing to patronize. They were full of ambitions, and they all tried to find top martial arts methods and secret books here.

Up to now, there is no longer a book in Zangshu Pavilion.

It was not the first time for Zhou Chuze to come back. With a blank expression on his face, he walked through two slanted doors that seemed to be fake, and walked to a stone wall in the hall of Zangshu Pavilion under the moonlight in the dark.

Zhou Chuze stood still for a while, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and touched the five concave spots on the stone wall one by one. They looked messy, but they were actually orderly.

There was only a click, and the mechanism was activated, and a small door with a height of one person protruded from the other side of the stone wall.Zhou Chuze stretched five fingers of his left hand, and lightly pressed on the small door. The stone door was automatically retracted into the stone wall on one side, leaving a small space for one person to walk through. There was actually a secret passage inside.

Zhou Chuze bent down slightly and walked in. Unsurprisingly, he groped for a torch in the corner of the secret passage, lit it, and instantly illuminated a deep corridor, from top to bottom, leading directly to the ground.

With a light press on the stone wall of the secret passage, the stone wall door behind him closed with a click.At this point, Zhou Chuze relaxed a little, held the torch, and moved forward.

The stone path is not short, but it is not long either. Half a moment later, the deep and narrow path suddenly opened up, and a wide hall appeared in front of it, complete with tables, chairs and benches. There were even two shelves of books, and the faint sound of water was heard. It is a natural pool of living water.

Torches light oil lamps.

Zhou Chuze breathed a sigh of relief. There are a total of three secret roads in the Zhou mansion. One is a ten-mile-long street against the spring breeze and leads directly to the palace. It was completely blocked four years ago; the other was used for the escape of Zhou's servants I'm afraid it has been discovered long ago; and now this is the most confidential one, only the people of the Zhou family know it, and it is used to save their lives.

There are two more doors in the hall, one is a storage room, and the other is, of course, a bedroom.

Zhou Chuze was not in a hurry to rest. First, Bingzhu carefully looked at the collection of books on the bookshelf. It was nothing more than a hundred schools of thought, poetry and vernacular books, and no martial arts secret books.

When his uncle led him through this secret path back then, he said that if a person has really reached that point, there is no need to practice Laoshizi Kungfu. It is better to seize a little fun in the world and seek open-minded understanding in the book.

Thinking of all the past and the current situation, Zhou Chuze couldn't help but smile wryly. In fact, when a person has reached this point, how can he have the ambition to be open-minded and understand?

Not reconciled, reduced to this stage, what people have is just not reconciled.

At this moment, Zhou Chuze's heart skipped a beat when he heard a click, and when he turned around, the stone door of the bedroom opened slowly, it was dim, and there was a light inside!

Could it be uncle?

Zhou Chuze's heart tightened, and he fixed his eyes on Shimen, but saw a messy red-clothed woman appearing in front of him.

She is not extremely beautiful, but rather delicate and pleasant. Her eyes are sleepy, she probably just woke up after hearing the sound, her black hair is slightly messy, and she stands lazily and glances at Zhou Chuze.

And here, as soon as they meet each other, the move has been made.

Zhou Chuze was light and graceful, and in a blink of an eye he was in front of the woman in red, but the other party was standing there, raised his hand, but didn't see any movement, and a powerful qi hit Zhou Chuze's knee.

He changed his tactics again, only to find that this zhenqi was extremely domineering, attacking from all directions.

Zhou Chuze didn't even have a chance to get close.

"who are you?"

The woman in red closed her move, still looking sleepy, and almost muttered: "Nangong laughs."

"Xingtai Nangong?" Zhou Chuze frowned slightly, but he was not surprised. There are not many women who are good at martial arts, and the famous Nangong Xiao is famous for his outstanding talent. He has already become a top master, so he should have such abilities.

"Yeah." Nangong Xiao managed to cheer up a little bit, "There's no one here, you're Zhou Chuze, why don't you come in sneaking in in the middle of the night, disturbing people's dreams..."

Zhou Chuze was startled at first by her righteous words, then stunned: "Miss Nangong, this is my Zhou family's place...how did you... get in?"

"The one who walked in, um... This secret passage is indeed very hidden. It's a disaster for me. I searched for it for five days."

"The girl is a genius." Five days later, this answer made Zhou Chuze's heart tremble, and then he frowned again, "I don't know what the girl is here for?"

Nangong smiled first: "I'll wait for you, and look for martial arts secrets by the way."

She triumphantly explained that it would not be difficult to find someone, as long as she pinpointed that person's weakness.She expected that since Zhou Chuze had returned to Ni'an, he would naturally come to the Zhou mansion, so she simply came here to wait.

As for why she was able to find this secret path in Zangshu Pavilion, Miss Nangong said with a confident and arrogant face.Since she was a child, she had heard that the library of the Zhou family was a treasury of martial arts, and there must be a reason for the groundless rumors. She didn't believe that there were no secrets in it.However, the entire Zangshu Pavilion was moved by thieves all over the world, but no one found a useful one, so the biggest possibility is that there is something wrong with Zangshu Pavilion.

In order to prove that her judgment was not wrong, she tossed and turned, and spent a full five days finding out this secret path.

After entering the secret passage, Nangong smiled and saw that there was a complete basement inside. Although the sparrow was small, it had all internal organs. It was obviously a way out for the Zhou family to leave for themselves.She was confident that if Zhou Chuze knew that there was such a place, he would definitely come back.

Nangong Xiao has always been confident in his own judgment.

After waiting for three full days, the facts once again proved that she was right.

After listening to Zhou Chuze without saying a word, he was surprised at this person's courage and strategy, smiled wryly, and said sincerely again: "Young lady is a genius."