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There were really no reinforcements. Zhou Wu had learned some martial arts from Niu Er, which was enough to deal with ordinary people, but compared to these real masters, Ali was like lighting a lamp in a toilet, looking for shit.

"Hey beautiful, watch out!"

Seeing the woman in black repeatedly escaping danger, Zhou Wu was extremely anxious.

Before long, the woman in black was covered in wounds.

"Damn it, don't you know anything about chivalry?"

Zhou Wu's insults were truly awful, but instead of helping the woman in black, they only fueled Hou Zhenghao's anger, making him work even harder. In no time, he knocked the long sword out of the woman in black's hand.

"Hmph, let's see what else you can do."

Hou Zhenghao, holding a long sword, strolled closer to the woman in black, wanting to see what kind of woman possessed such skill.

At this moment, Hou Zhenghao's entire focus was on the woman in front of him, and neither of them paid attention to Zhou Wu beside him. After all, in their eyes, Zhou Wu was just someone who knew some rudimentary kung fu and was not worth fearing.

But precisely because of this, Zhou Wu, who was underestimated, quietly raised his hand, pulled up his sleeve, and revealed a small crossbow on his arm.

"Whoosh whoosh."

Three arrows in a row—it has to be said that Hou Zhenghao's skills are truly remarkable; he dodged one of them with a quick movement.

However, after he dodged, he found that two more arrows were following closely behind. He hurriedly used his longsword to block one of them, but he couldn't dodge the third arrow no matter what, and could only take it by force.

"Ah~~"

Hou Zhenghao screamed in pain, but fortunately, his years of martial arts training allowed him to avoid a fatal blow at the last moment.

"Run."

At this moment, Zhou Wu once again pulled the woman in black away from the scene, and Hou Zhenghao could only watch helplessly as Zhou Wu escaped.

The sudden commotion outside the courtyard indicated that the person was clearly enraged.

"Zhou Wu, you just wait."

Hou Zhenghao uttered a harsh remark and then fled in pain.

On Zhou Wu's side, they also discovered that reinforcements had arrived. The woman in black pushed Zhou Wu aside, leaped onto the wall, and disappeared into the night.

"Third brother, third brother, you're here? Are you alright?"

Lu Da was the first to rush in. He saw Zhou Wu standing there alone, staring blankly at the wall and courtyard, and asked him with concern.

"Second brother, I'm fine."

"It's good that you're alright. Where's that son of a bitch Hou Zhenghao?"

Now that everyone is safe, the next step is to find the culprit. Zhou Wu realized this as well. Now that he had an accomplice, he couldn't let the person who harmed him get away with it easily.

However, even after a large group of people turned the entire courtyard upside down, they still couldn't find any clues.

. . . . . .

The next morning, Zhou Wu was still resting at home, reflecting on the events of the previous day, which were truly thrilling.

The image of the woman in black still lingered in Zhou Wu's mind.

"Zhou Wu, are you alright?"

As soon as I thought about a woman, I could actually hear her voice in my ears.

The person who came was none other than the Ninth Princess, Li Xixue. After hearing that Zhou Wu was in trouble, she was so anxious that she paced around the palace. If it weren't for her father, Emperor Li Tiancheng, ordering that no member of the royal family was allowed to leave the palace, Li Xixue would probably have come out to find Zhou Wu herself long ago.

"Oh, Ninth Princess, I'm fine, perfectly well."

Knowing that Li Xixue cared about him, Zhou Wu even stood up and turned around to show her that he was alright.

"It's good that you're alright. That was terrifying. I'll tell Father Emperor as soon as I get back that the security situation in the capital is so chaotic, and that they must take good care of it."

“That’s right. Even I, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, have no safety to speak of in the capital. You can imagine how the common people live.”

Zhou Wu finally found a place to vent his anger, and desperately tried to soothe Li Xixue from the sidelines.

Upon hearing that the issue had been elevated to the level of the general public, Li Xixue became even more excited. Seeing that Zhou Wu was alright, she asked him a few words of concern before immediately rushing back to the palace to find the emperor.

In the following days, the imperial court was in complete chaos.

Li Tiancheng ordered an investigation into why Hou Zhenghao arrested Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu was questioned several times, but naturally he wouldn't say anything about becoming an immortal or Bai Yujing.

Firstly, this was an unreliable idea in itself, and secondly, they were afraid that if the emperor heard about it, he would also start seeking immortality and enlightenment.

Gu Changqing and Lu Da are coming today, so Zhou Wu arranged for the kitchen to prepare food and drinks early on. The three brothers wanted to have a nice get-together. Last time they were kidnapped, it was thanks to their two older brothers that they were able to escape.

"Big brother, second brother."

“I could smell it from outside.”

Lu Da had been craving wine for a long time, but his family kept a close eye on him and he could never have it. Today, he was determined to drink until he was completely drunk.

"Big brother, second brother, please sit down."

The room was already heated by a stove, so it was still a bit warm to wear a coat. A maidservant came forward to help the gentlemen take off their coats, and then left the room, closing the door behind her.

"Let's have a drink first, this weather is so cold."

Lu Da poured himself a cup of Niu Lan Shan liquor and drank it all in one gulp.

Gu Changqing didn't blame him this time, because he also poured a glass, but he didn't finish it, he just took a small sip.

"Brother, have something to eat first."

"Ah."

I was starving when I went to the palace for the morning court session before dawn.

After eating and drinking a few bites, his hunger was relieved, and Gu Changqing began to talk about serious matters.

"His Majesty ordered the arrest of Hou Zhenghao, but there's been absolutely no news about it."

Gu Changqing's current concern is that as long as Hou Zhenghao is not captured, he will not understand why the other party wanted to capture Zhou Wu, and the danger to Zhou Wu cannot be eliminated.

"Wow, who would have thought that this kid, who usually keeps a low profile, was actually hiding his true abilities so well?"

Lu Da rarely praised anyone, but although Hou Zhenghao was clearly no good, Lu Da admired him for both his personality and his skills.

"Does he have no colleagues in the imperial court with whom he has a good relationship?"

Zhou Wu felt that a living person couldn't just disappear like that; there should be some clues.

"You know what, Hou Zhenghao really doesn't have any close colleagues. His Majesty entrusted him with 50,000 guards because he didn't form cliques or engage in corruption."

"Isn't this a bit too good?"

Even Zhou Wu, the victim, couldn't help but praise Hou Zhenghao. He was a true self-made man who worked his way up to the top of the Great Dragon Empire, but he gave up everything because of a vague lie. It was such a pity.

"Third brother, think about it again. You really haven't offended him."

After going around in circles, Lu Da surprisingly set his sights on Zhou Wu again.

"Second Brother, of all the people I know in the capital, I've never even heard of this Hou Zhenghao before. By the way, have you asked his deputy if he has any leads?"

"Of course we asked. The lieutenant knew nothing and just said he was following orders. We also investigated the guards, and the lieutenant wasn't lying."

Now that all the clues have been exhausted, coupled with Hou Zhenghao's disappearance, Zhou Wu has another potential danger in his heart.