Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 395 Entering the Trap

Time flew by, passing in a flash. Three days passed in the blink of an eye. In the evening, Anfu received a letter by carrier pigeon, which read: "Sir, I have been following the people from the Yunnan Palace for three days. They have been heading south and there is nothing unusual."

When An Lushan saw the pigeon message, he burst into laughter: "Haha, Ah Shi, I told you that you were worrying too much, right?"

Shi Siming was now without any manpower, but he felt it was a little strange that the Yunnan Palace group was suddenly going back to Yunnan. He could only say, "It's natural to be cautious when doing something like this, so I warned you, Brother An, at the time. But now that it's proven that there's nothing wrong, let's prepare for action."

An Lushan nodded and said, "Well, but has anyone seen what the Qilin Order looks like? I need to find someone who knows the shape, otherwise it would be a waste of time to search for it."

Unexpectedly, a sudden voice appeared at this moment: "I know!"

An Lushan and Shi Siming looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was An Qingxu.

An Lushan was somewhat dissatisfied. He frowned and looked at An Qingxu and asked, "How do you know?"

An Qingxu stepped forward and said, "Father, I once overheard a traveler from the Jianghu talking about the appearance of the Qilin Order. The Qilin Order is made of Hetian jade and has an ordinary appearance, not a Qilin shape. It's just that the shadow it casts when illuminated by light looks like a Qilin."

An Lushan was half-believing and half-doubting when he heard this, but his frown relaxed considerably. He asked, "Is it true?"

An Qingxu knew his father wouldn't believe him easily, but he had heard Shen Zhenzhu say that their family had a strange jade pendant. It looked ordinary, but under the light it could be seen to be in the shape of a Qilin. But he couldn't say it was Shen Zhenzhu who said it, so he had to make up a story about a quack.

So he nodded firmly and said, "Yes, father, I'm sure!"

An Lushan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Hahaha, great. If that's the case, then if Xu'er takes action, you can follow her too!"

However, Shi Siming frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy. He looked at An Qingxu and asked, "My dear nephew, does anyone else know about this?"

An Qingxu shook his head. "This is a secret. That Jianghu traveler disappeared shortly after he finished speaking. I don't think anyone else knows about it except the Dugu family and the Shen family."

An Lushan waved his hand and said, "Very good. Then we will wait until evening and send people to the Shen Mansion to search for the Qilin Order. Once we find it, our plan will be able to move forward."

An Qingxu's lips curled up into a barely perceptible smile. He wanted to go because if the people in the Shen Mansion really didn't know how to appreciate it and refused to hand over the Qilin Order, or if they wanted to kill someone to get the order, even if he couldn't save the entire Shen Mansion, it would be good to be able to save Shen Zhenzhu.

An Lushan and Shi Siming did not notice his abnormality and were completely immersed in the beautiful dream of obtaining the Qilin Order.

An Lushan quickly ordered his men to arrange for tonight's operation, and An Qingxu returned to wait for notification. When night fell, An Qingxu was notified to prepare to set off.

An Qingxu changed into night clothes, put on a veil, and led a group of black-clad men along a small road to the Shen residence. The leader was originally someone close to An Lushan, and An Qingxu respectfully called him Uncle Xiang.

Uncle Xiang saw An Qingxu directing them to a nearby and secluded path, and he exclaimed in admiration, "Second Young Master, thanks to you, you even took us a shortcut."

An Qingxu's lips curled up slightly under the veil, and he said to Uncle Xiang, "Uncle Xiang, may I have a word with you?"

Uncle Xiang didn't know what he was going to say, but he felt that it shouldn't be said in front of too many people, so he asked everyone else to step back and asked, "Do you have any instructions, Second Young Master?"

An Qingxu said, "It's not an instruction, I just want to ask you for something."

Uncle Xiang couldn't help but become curious and asked, "Oh? Go ahead!"

An Qingxu bowed and said, "If the Shen family really refuses to hand over the Qilin Order and needs to kill someone to obtain it, please allow me to take the young lady of the Shen family away, Uncle Xiang."

Uncle Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "This..."

An Qingxu whispered again, almost pleadingly, "As long as you don't tell anyone, I will quietly take her away afterwards, or I won't take her away at all, just to prevent her from dying. Is that okay with you?"

Uncle Xiang thought about it and realized she was just a little girl. Even if she remembered her later, it probably wouldn't cause any trouble. So he asked curiously, "Second Young Master, I can agree to your request. But I want to ask, this Miss Shen..."

Before Uncle Xiang finished asking, An Qingxu said, "She's the one I admire."

Uncle Xiang chuckled softly and said, "Haha, in that case, I'll be bold enough to help you this time. But you'd better hide her well, because I can't tell them, so they might kill indiscriminately and we won't be sure who they'll kill."

After receiving Uncle Xiang's affirmative answer, An Qingxu happily thanked him and said, "Okay, you just need to tell them not to go where I was. I'll take care of the rest."

Uncle Xiang nodded in agreement. He then called over some more people and said, "You don't have to go wherever the Second Young Master goes. Do you understand?" The others nodded in agreement and then set off together.

After all, they were not doing anything glorious, so they climbed over the wall to get into the Shen Mansion.

But little did they know that someone had already discovered their presence in secret.

A group of about thirty people quietly entered the Shen Mansion and then dispersed to search. However, soon, the "servants" who were about to go to sleep, that is, the people sent by the Yunnan Palace and the Guo Mansion, heard footsteps outside. Although they were very light, there were many of them.

One of them said to the people in the same room: "Listen..."

Sure enough, after being woken up, they also heard the sound of light footsteps. They knew it was someone participating in a martial arts competition, so they guessed a possibility: An Lushan's men had taken action, and they were probably here to steal the Qilin Order.

So they dressed in the dark, picked up their weapons, and quietly went out. They took a quick look and saw that there were about four or five people here, but they always felt something was wrong.

Just as they were thinking about it, they were bumped into by the black-clad men from the An Mansion. A tense fight ensued between the two sides. However, the An Mansion had assumed that they were just a few ordinary guards, but they didn't expect their skills to be comparable to theirs, or even stronger. They then realized that they had probably fallen into a trap, or that the Shen Mansion had sent someone in advance.

The two sides were fighting fiercely, and the people in the An Mansion suddenly realized that they were about to be overwhelmed. So one of them pushed the other and said, "Go tell Uncle Xiang that there is an ambush and tell them to leave quickly."

As a member of the Dugu family army, how could they possibly give them the chance to report the news? The man was about to use his Qinggong to fly over the eaves and walls, but a dart hit him directly in the leg. He fell down halfway through his "flight", which was quite tragic.

Several members of the Dugu family army thought that there might be quite a few of them, so they shouted, "Help! There are men in black!"

Soon, the Dugu family army and the people sent by the Guo Mansion surrounded the scattered black-clad people from the An Mansion in several waves. Uncle Xiang originally thought that the people from the Shen Mansion had hired security guards, and he kindly reminded them, "You'd better not get in the way. Don't ruin our plan and even your life."

But he was indeed too naive. The other party burst out laughing, and then one of them said, "You are really funny. Now that we are here, are we afraid of death? Just like you, now that you are here, you should be prepared to leave your lives here!"

After saying that, without waiting for the other party to react, he said: "Brothers, charge!" The two sides started fighting, and for a while, only the sound of close combat could be heard.

However, because they were all guards, it was not convenient for them to enter Shen Zhenzhu's yard, so An Qingxu took advantage of the opportunity and successfully slipped into the yard where Shen Zhenzhu lived.

He was quite a gentleman and did not break into the room directly. Instead, he went to the roof first, lifted the tiles and took a look. He saw Shen Zhenzhu resting in the room being served by Hongrui and Suci.

After confirming that Shen Zhenzhu was there, An Qingxu got off the roof and climbed in through the back window, scaring Shen Zhenzhu, Su Ci and Hongrui.

An Qingxu took off his face scarf and said, "Zhenzhu, come with me!"

Shen Zhenzhu asked curiously, "Second Brother An? Why are you in my room at this hour dressed like this? Get out!"

After saying that, Su Ci and Hong Rui considerately blocked Shen Zhenzhu behind them. Hong Rui said, "Mr. An, please leave. This is not good for our young lady's reputation!"

An Qingxu still had some patience with Shen Zhenzhu, but towards Hongrui and Suci... he simply didn't listen and just said, "It's too late, Zhenzhu, I must take you away!" Then he was about to step forward to snatch them.

But suddenly he discovered that Su Ci and Hong Rui were actually fighting! An Qingxu immediately realized that something was wrong: "No, you are not Su Ci and Hong Rui!"

"Suci" smiled evilly and said, "Now that you know, don't leave!"

So "Su Ci" and "Hong Rui" started fighting with An Qingxu, but they intended to kill An Qingxu, so they simply stabbed him and gave him a chance to escape.

But he didn't give up and just wanted to take Shen Zhenzhu with him. After trying several times without success, he had no choice but to climb out of the window again.

Then "Hongrui" and "Suci" took off their human skin masks and revealed their true faces. They turned out to be Shijian and Sijian, and Shen Zhenzhu was the real Shen Zhenzhu.

As for the other An family members, except for killing more than a dozen people, they deliberately let the rest go. Just when An Qingxu escaped, Uncle Xiang also escaped with a few remaining soldiers.