"Last night, a prisoner escaped from his cell. We’ve searched everywhere outside and haven’t found any trace of him. We suspect he must have fled to the Yangxin Pavilion."
After hearing this, Liang Zheng hadn’t spoken yet when Song Yi already sneered, "Ling Chen, do you know where you are? This is the Yangxin Pavilion. There are experts everywhere. Isn’t it suicide for that prisoner to run here?"
Zhou Jun then interjected, "This is the Pavilion Master’s order. If you have any objections, go find the Pavilion Master instead of wasting words with us." As he finished speaking, Zhou Jun directed his n, saying, "Don’t just stand there wasting ti, go and search quickly."
Song Yi frowned, wanting to say sothing else, but before he could, he was stopped by Liang Zheng. The two stepped aside, watching Zhou Jun’s team search everywhere. More than ten minutes passed, and different voices erged from the rooms: "Nothing found!"
Nothing found?
Ling Chen was surprised, his face showing a hint of confusion. Could it be that Zhu Hong really just vanished into thin air? Impossible! Zhu Hong didn’t even know basic fighting skills, let alone have the ability to escape.
While pondering, Zhou Jun ca up close to Ling Chen and pointed not far away, whispering, "Should we check over there?"
Following the direction of Zhou Jun’s pointing, Ling Chen glanced over and saw a door in the middle of the surrounding wall of the courtyard, its destination unknown.
"Where does that lead?"
"You don’t think this courtyard is all there is to the Yangxin Pavilion, do you?" Zhou Jun said, "Yangxin Pavilion is much bigger than you think. This courtyard is only a small part of it. Past that door, there’s a valley and Lin Zi connected to it. That area all belongs to Yangxin Pavilion."
"Is that so?" On hearing this, Ling Chen’s eyes lit up. He had thought this courtyard was all there was to the Yangxin Pavilion, but he rembered now. That day when he ca to visit Huang Zheng, he had encountered a mysterious young man here. Although the young man was young, he was highly regarded by Huang Zheng and Liang Tian.
If he rembered correctly, that young man had walked towards that door when he left.
With this thought, Ling Chen nodded and said, "Don’t leave any stone unturned." With that, he took the lead and strode towards the door.
Seeing Ling Chen leading everyone towards the door, Liang Zheng’s expression finally changed. He quickly stepped forward, blocking their path.
Ling Chen stopped and asked, "What are you doing?"
Liang Zheng spoke sternly, "Ling Chen, you’d better stop while you’re ahead. Not just anyone can enter that door."
"Why? You need to give us a reason. Otherwise, you’re interfering with the Pavilion Master’s orders."
"Behind that door is a crucial area of the Yangxin Pavilion, which even we don’t dare enter lightly, let alone you. Ling Chen, don’t bla for not warning you; if you stir up any trouble, we won’t take responsibility."
Hearing this, Ling Chen turned to Zhou Jun and asked, "What do you think?"
After all, he was an outsider, and Zhou Jun was from the Heavenly chanism Pavilion. It was still necessary to seek his opinion on this matter.
Zhou Jun replied indifferently, "The Pavilion Master said to thoroughly search the Yangxin Pavilion. Liang Zheng, should I explain to you what ’thoroughly’ ans?"
"You..." Liang Zheng was montarily speechless, unsure how to proceed.
"Alright!" Liang Zheng huffed and moved aside, saying, "Since you are determined to search, then go ahead, but rember, whatever you stir up has nothing to do with us. Song Yi, let’s go!"
After Liang Zheng and Song Yi left, Zhou Jun quickly accelerated his steps to the door and pushed it open.
"Ling Chen, hurry!"
Prompted by Zhou Jun, Ling Chen and Song Ge, along with their group, approached the door, ready to step inside.
"Wait!" Suddenly, Zhou Jun seed to rember sothing and pointed at the more than ten followers trailing behind, instructing, "Wait here at the door; the three of us will go in."
As they passed through the door, Ling Chen spoke, "Why not bring them along?"
Zhou Jun chuckled, "Not to hide it from you, but the chance of Zhu Hong coming here is very low, almost none."
Ling Chen and Song Ge, confused, asked, "Then why persist?"
"Didn’t Liang Zheng just say? Behind that door is the real crucial area of the Yangxin Pavilion. I’ve been in the Heavenly chanism Pavilion for so many years, I’ve always known this place existed, but never had the chance to visit it. It’s a rare opportunity, so I must take a look."
"You, rascal..." Song Ge smiled helplessly and said, "Taking advantage of your position for personal gain, if your granddad finds out, he’s probably going to lecture you again."
"What is there to be afraid of." Zhou Jun said nonchalantly, "Isn’t it just following the Pavilion Master’s order? At most, I’ll get scolded a few tis."
While talking, the three n crossed a narrow mountain path and arrived at a lush grassland. Ling Chen looked around, feeling an instant sense of openness, surrounded by lush green trees and a clear lake.
Around the lake, several thatched cottages were covered, with many potted plants planted outside, all fenced in.
Ling Chen looked around and hesitantly said, "Maybe we should go back, so as not to disturb others."
"No worries, if anyone asks, we’ll just say we are acting under the Pavilion Master’s orders." Zhou Jun said and marched towards the thatched cottages.
Reaching the front of the cottages, Zhou Jun was just about to knock when, before his hand could touch the door, he saw it being opened from the inside.
Following this, a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy walked out, looking warily at Ling Chen and the others, and asked in a displeased tone, "Who are you?"
Zhou Jun, with a placating smile, said, "We are from the Heavenly chanism Pavilion, here under the Pavilion Master’s orders to search for an escapee. Young fellow, have you seen any strangers around here recently?"
Pointing at Zhou Jun, the boy said, "Except for you few strangers, no one else has been here." After a pause, the boy continued, "You should hurry back. The people here don’t like being disturbed, and if you run into so of those with foul tempers, you’re going to be in trouble."
With that, the boy turned and went back inside the house.
Watching the door close again, Ling Chen shrugged and said, "Let’s go back, then, before we stir up trouble and cause problems for Miss Su."
"Just..." Zhou Jun’s mouth opened, just about to speak, but before he could finish, all three heard a loud ’bang.’
Ling Chen’s gaze shifted, following the direction of the sound. He frowned slightly. Judging by the sound, it shouldn’t be too far from them.
Just then, the boy who had just gone inside suddenly rushed out of the house, not sparing them a glance, and quickly headed towards the source of the sound.
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