774 Waterside Pavilion (2/2)

A quarter of an hour later, he joined back with Nie Zeng and they crept southward.

Nie Zeng was full of doubts. Although he had the privilege to ask questions, he still kept silent and focused on fully performing his duty as a bodyguard as he knew that the right time to ask wasn't now.

The two arrived at another small courtyard, observed it a little, and then jumped across the nearby roofs one after another.

Nie Zeng soon found out who the owner of the house was and what the Dragon King had been asking about just now.

”It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival.” Duan Zihua looked up at the moon and then at his wife and children around the table. He didn't notice the intruders on the roof. The open-air family dinner was coming to an end, and he had nothing more to say except, ”Go and rest.”

The women took the children back to their rooms and quickly packed up the dishes that had barely been touched. No one made a sound except for occasional the clatter as the cups and plates were brought away.

Soon the little courtyard was empty. The women blew out the lamps in their rooms, and with an uneasy nervousness they forced themselves to sleep, leaving the crisis to the men outside.

The three sons frustratedly sat opposite to their father and no one said a word for a long while. ”It's not your fault, father. It's chaotic outside due to the war. The loss of goods was expected,” said the eldest son.

The second son slumped down on his knee and nearly jumped up with pain. ”Even the Golden Roc Flag can't find work now. What else can you do, father? Golden Roc Castle should be responsible for the loss.”

The third son was the last to speak. ”The lord… The lord is not this kind of person. Maybe something changed.”

Duan Zihua waved his hand and ordered his sons to go inside. They couldn't offer him any help, and what they said made no sense to the lord Meng Yuzun now.

Duan Zihua didn't know how long he had been sitting there alone. He had lived a dignified life his whole life and just couldn't understand how this could happen to him just as he was about to retire. With his mind confused and his eyes blank, he didn't come to his senses until a shadow sat down on the empty round stool left by his eldest son.

”You…”

”Shh.” Gu Shenwei shushed him with a forefinger to the lips.

Duan Zihua was quite experienced. He immediately straightened up his body and kept silent.

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”You can speak now,” Gu Shenwei said.

”Who are you?”

”It doesn't matter who I am. The question you should be asking is who is the man in the waterside pavilion of Bodhi Garden.”

Duan Zihua was stunned. ”You are… You are a golden roc killer?” He felt a familiar quality to the other side.

”I'm not from Golden Roc Castle.” Gu Shenwei shook his head as he denied it. He was a bit surprised because even a real golden roc killer couldn't sense his killing aura now. And yet, this ordinary old man who didn't know kung fu was actually aware of it.

”You are a man of the Dragon King?”

Gu Shenwei no longer answered and instead asked his own question. ”You met with Meng Yuzun today.”

Duan Zihua hastily said, ”It's none of your business.”

”If you want to save your wife and children then it is my business because I can help you.”

Unmoved, Duan Zihua suddenly leaned over and said, ”It was the Dragon King's men who robbed my goods. Now they're coming out to play the good guy?”

”The Dragon King is not a robber, and neither does he care about your little goods.”

Duan Zihua's face twitched slightly. ”Right. The 100,000 taels of silver is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Dragon King, but for me, it's a fatal catastrophe. But if you think that you can buy me off with 100,000 taels of silver, you are wrong. The lord has been so kind to me that I won't have any complaints even if he kills my entire family.”

”I won't try to buy you over with 100,000 taels of silver, and nor would I want you to betray the Meng family. On the contrary, the Meng family needs your help.”

”What… What do you mean?”

”Who was that man in the waterside pavilion of Bodhi Garden?”

”Of course it's my lord. Who else could it be?”

Gu Shenwei silently stared at him, having no intention of giving him too many hints.

Duan Zihua gradually recalled something. ”It's impossible,” he said. ”How can that be? My lord… How can he be fake?” His voice was getting lower and lower as he continued thinking about the situation.

There was nothing more thatGu Shenwei needed to say. He stood up and said, ”If I were you, I would keep my mouth shut and stall for as long as I could. You don't have to do anything. Maybe things will take a turn for the better themselves.”

Dumbfounded, Duan Zihua's heart fluctuated between hope and fear, and he didn't even notice when his visitor had disappeared.