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Chapter 725 He knew I already knew.

Li Dachui stared intently at Cui Shu.

"You've agreed to exhumation?"

Cui Shu nodded: "I think Li Guohua is obviously suspicious about this matter, so I have to act more calmly. Let him look if he wants to, what can he possibly find out?"

Li Dachui exhaled a breath of stale air: "Do you think this is something a truly filial and pure person would do? Your old man had already been sealed in his coffin, and Li Guohua made a casual request, and you agreed?"

Cui Shu was taken aback, feeling a chill run down his spine, and unease gradually gripped his heart.

"He's testing you!" Li Dachui said with certainty, "and you fell for it! I'm sure Li Guohua is already thinking about how to deal with you!"

"The poison given by the Protector-General shows absolutely no outward signs!"

“Just because you can’t tell from the outside doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to find out!” Li Dachui said. “Li Guohua is not someone you can judge by common sense, and once he’s made up his mind about something, he will never change it.”

"What do we do now?" Cui Shu asked nervously. "Protector, should we make our move now? Although they are experts of the Innate Realm, they are currently inside the city!"

Li Dachui gave the other party a half-smile and said, "Yes, they are just two innate masters. Are you confident that you can kill them with one blow?"

Cui Shu shook her head somewhat awkwardly.

"Do you know the level of those five thousand men that Li Guohua brought?" Li Dachui said coldly. "The Li family's martial soldiers and the Yang family's Bai Yu who were incorporated into the army are only fit to be their assistants. Once a fight breaks out, do you think the current manpower of the Cui family's old residence can stop them?"

Cui Shu swallowed hard and clenched her fist.

"Then why aren't they making a move now?"

“Li Guohua probably doesn’t want a dilapidated old Cui family house either!” Li Dachui pondered for a moment and said, “I guess he probably thinks you don’t know that he has seen through this matter, so he’s waiting for you to come over.”

"You're going to attack me?"

“Of course!” Li Dachui nodded and said, “If we can capture you alive or trap you, the rest of the people will be no problem. At least the other members of the Cui family are not so determined to follow you down this dark path, are they?”

“At least three or five rooms wouldn’t be possible!” Cui Shu said with difficulty.

"That's it!" Li Dachui said, "If we trap you and then you have internal strife, we can easily deal with you. Then we can set a trap and wait for our reinforcements to arrive. Li Guohua is probably planning to use this to his advantage and swallow Gu Xiaoman whole, isn't he?"

"So what should I do now?" Cui Shu asked.

"Isn't that simple?" Li Dachui laughed. "Isn't he waiting for you to go and discuss the next big plan with them? Let them wait! Since they know that the other side will definitely make their move ahead of time, your previous arrangements will naturally have to be changed. I reckon that if you haven't gone to find them by dark, Li Guohua will lose his patience."

"Are we going to make our move at nightfall? But General Gu Xiaoman originally agreed to do it at midnight!" Cui Shu said.

"Can't the Cui family's army even hold out for two hours?" Li Dachui said. "Fine, I'll tell Gu Xiaoman and the others to speed up, but they can only arrive an hour earlier at most. They need to ensure they have sufficient fighting strength, otherwise what's the use of them coming?"

“If the old armored men were still here, I would be confident in my ability to hold them off, but these people now, I really don’t have the confidence!” Cui Shu said.

"Go and make the arrangements first!" Li Dachui said. "When it gets dark, I'll go with you to chat with Li Guohua. We'll stall for time as long as we can. If we can't stall any longer, then we'll take action." "Okay, I'll go and make the arrangements right away!" Cui Shu nodded repeatedly.

Li Dachui extended his hand. Cui Shu was taken aback at first, but then happily reached out his left and right hands to shake hands with Li Dachui's right hand. In an instant, he felt the other's true energy flowing into his body like a warm stream of water along his left hand.

"Relax, don't resist!" Li Dachui shouted.

Cui Shu closed his eyes and forcibly dispersed the true energy that naturally arose within his body to resist the invasion of external enemies. The Qi of Heaven and Earth surged into his body, flowing along his seven meridians and eight channels. Wherever it passed, the poisonous true energy that had troubled Cui Shu for a long time was taken away.

The wonder of the Qi of Heaven and Earth lies in its ability to be both offensive and defensive, a good medicine and a deadly poison. When it is violent, it is like ice and fire; when it is gentle, it is like water. At this moment, it is flowing gently through Cui Shu's meridians, and it even heals the hidden injuries on his opponent's body.

"Thank you, Protector-General!" Cui Shu bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"I brought it to you anyway, so there's no need to thank me. Go and make the arrangements."

Cui Shu left in a hurry, and Li Dachui also pushed open the door and came out into the courtyard. On a shelf on one side of the courtyard, an eagle was standing there, preening its feathers with its sharp beak. Li Dachui walked up to the eagle, put a small bamboo tube into the eagle's leg, and gently patted the eagle. The eagle then flapped its wings and took off, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Night slowly fell, and lights were lit inside Qingxin Pavilion. Servants and maids went in and out constantly, and the snacks and tea that had been set out earlier were removed one by one. Fragrant dishes of various kinds were placed on the table, and it looked like a sumptuous banquet was about to begin.

However, Li Guohua, who was standing upstairs, was gradually losing patience.

There was nothing unusual to be seen, but the unease in my heart was gradually increasing.

Zhengjiao Cui Shu has not appeared yet.

"It's getting dark!" Yang Rong whispered beside him.

Li Guohua tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and pondered for a moment before suddenly saying, "Cui Shu has noticed; he's stalling for time! Let's not wait any longer, let's go!"

"General, they're here!" Yang Rong's voice came from beside him.

Li Guohua looked down, opened his eyes, and saw two servants leading the way with lanterns. Cui Shu was in the lead, followed by Cui Tu and another unfamiliar person.

"It seems we were overthinking it; they didn't notice anything!" Yang Rong's tone relaxed.

Li Guohua shook his head and said, "No, Lord Yang, the battle is about to begin. Send out the signal so that the people outside can start attacking!"

"Why?" Yang Rong asked, puzzled.

“There’s a stranger behind Cui Shu. If Cui Shu is unaware of anything and is only here to negotiate with me, then it should be him, Cui Tu, or Cui Peng who came, not this unknown person. If I’m not mistaken, this stranger should be Li Dachui. This guy is skilled in disguise!”

"Li Dachui?"

"Who else could it be but him?" Li Guohua laughed. "Only this guy could guess that I already know everything. Cui Shu doesn't have that level of understanding!"

"Understood!" Yang Rong took out a short crossbow from his pocket, aimed it at the window, and suddenly pulled the trigger. With a snap and a sharp whistling sound, the crossbow bolt flew straight into the air, then exploded in mid-air with a crack, turning into colorful and beautiful flowers.

(End of this chapter)