Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 475: Gao Erhu's Conspiracy

While I was talkingto Hou San’er’s ghost,I completelyforgotthis point!

Thisproved that someone had been stalkingus right from the beginning.Whowasthatperson?

To imprison us in the hidden chamber, someone had moved the stone slab back to its original position.Yet, the slab was later lifted.Why didthis personfree us?

When we returned to Hou San’er’s house, his wife was preparing to bury him. Shebecame frightened and paled when she saw us, rushing to hide inside her house.We didn’t hurryand continued towalk after her. In the end, we stopped her at the door.

“You… Are you humans or ghosts?” Hou San’er’s wifeasked, shivering.

Li Mazi fumed,“Of course, I’m human! We were kind enough to help you, and you wanted to kill us!”

Shecouldn’t believe what she’d heard, gawking in shock. “Are you really humans?”

“Ma’am, I talked to brother Hou’s ghost when I was in your family’s ancestral hall.What’s done is done; let’s put the past behind us!” Iconveyed my unwillingness to blame her for what occurred before placingthe bagcontainingHou San’er’s head on the table.

“What’s that?”

“You knowwhat this is. You should give brother Hou a proper and respectful burial;leave the rest to us.” Then, I took Li Mazi andBaldy, leaving Hou San’er’s house.

It had been more than thirty hourssince we had a proper sleep.We were all worn out, and as soon as we returned to Baotou City, wefound a hotel to sleep in.

This slumber lasted until the morning of the next day. As soon as I woke up, I askedBaldytohave his employees remove the drawings ofDiao Chan situatedonthe highest floor of the hotel.Thiswould somewhat ease Lu Bu’s rage.

With this done, we went to Gao Erhu’s house. As soon as wearrived atthevillage entrance, we saw him driving a tricycle cargo truck full of pork.

While driving, he was humming somethingin a relaxed manner.

He stopped when he saw us, asking skeptically, “Hi, guys. Why are you here?”

It seemed he remembered nothing about the incident last night. I was too lazy to explain the situation,so I simply said, “Yesterday, you told me that there was somethingevil inyour house. I’m here to check it out.”

“What? Something evil’sin my house?” Gao Erhu was bewildered. He looked aroundfor a moment before speaking,“Master, please don’t scare me. My family is all right. How could some evil live in our house!”

Gao Erhu didn’t sound very eager to invite us into his house. He drove his tricycle truck away, leaving a fume of black smoke behind.

Li Mazi looked at him, his eyes turning complicated.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Do you think Gao Erhu was the one whowaswatching us at the Hou family’s ancestral hall?” Li Mazi suddenly asked.

My heart sank.It is possible!

They were both pestered by ghosts.Hou San’er was murdered, but Gao Erhu was totally fine.

In addition,there wasanother important clue. Yesterday, Gao Erhuwas beggingme to help him, but this morning, it was as if he were acompletely differentperson. It was possible that he didn’t have any memories during the period when Lu Bu possessed him,but when he took usto his home, hesawhis wife stop breathing.He begged me to save her!Thisshouldn’t be something he could forget after one night!

From this, it was clear that therewassome problem with Gao Erhu!

In order to not alert anybody, I asked Li Mazi andBaldyto drive away. I would stay here alone.

Gao Erhu’s house was situated deep in the village. Behind the house was a timber yard where many logs were stacked neatly, having not beenprocessed yet. I scanned the surroundings and found no one.Without any further delay, I climbed on a pile of logs toreachGao Erhu’s roof.

Gao Erhu didn’t returnforthe entire morning, andI wondered what he was doing. Gao Erhu’s wife walked out of the house a few times, but she looked all right. There was nothing suspicious about her.

Around twilight, Gao Erhu came home. The meat stacked on his tricycle truck was gone.Did he go out to sell meat for the whole day?

Gao Erhu parked the tricycle truck in the yard and pulled a stuffed bag off the truck. It looked like some herbal medicines.

I had a feeling that this bag would be anessentialclue. I carefullywentinto his house, hiding in a cornerandpricking my ears to listen.

“Darling, I’ve bought the medicines thatLu Buhas prescribed for you.Remember to use it on time. We have to use poison to treat poison as he told us. I’m sure you’ll be all right.” Gao Erhu spoke with a tender voice.

After listening to him, I was a little bewildered. Soon,I understood the situation. Gao Erhu was possibly the descendant of Gao Shun, Lu Bu’s loyal subordinate!

Gao Shun was Lu Bu’s general and close confidant when he was alive. He commandedalegion of five hundred elite vanguards. After Lu Bu was captured, Cao Cao tried many times to entice and recruit Gao Shun. However, Gao Shunremainedloyalto Lu Bu, and in the end, both of them were murdered.

Thisexplained why Lu Bu appeared in Gao Erhu’s house and didn’t harm Gao Erhu and his wife.

Lu Bu didn’t want to pester them. He wanted to repay Gao Shun’s loyalty!

From what Gao Erhu had just said and the situation last night where his wife was almost frozen, Iguessed that she was severely ill. Lu Bu had used his Yin energy to seal her veins and help easeher symptoms.

My heart somewhat ached. People of later generations thought that Lu Bu was aruthlesswolfandan ungrateful person. No one knew that even though two thousand years hadpassed,Lu Budidn’t forget Gao Shun’s loyalty to him that year!

I felt a little moody. People only knew of Lu Bu’s invincible prowess in battle, but no one understood his sentimental heart.

If Lu Bu were truly a sentimental person, I would feel more confident in persuading him.However,since Gao Erhu deceived mepreviously, I had to see what he would do next. I needed to know the root of this.

While thinking, I texted Li Mazi, asking him to collect the items we often used andto be preparedto come and support me.

The skyquicklyturned dark. Gao Erhu cooked dinner for his wife and helped her swallowhermedicine.

After everything was done,hetook his wife to the bed. Then, he put on a raincoatand left.

I hid in a corner. Confirming that he had left the house, I carefully followed him.Unfortunately, hedecided to usehis tricycle truck, and I wasunable tocatch up with him.

Atthis moment, Li Mazi called. “Hey, how are you doing?”

“Gao Erhu just left. He’s drivingthe tricycle truck, soI can’t catch up with him. Come and fetch me.” I hung up thephone, waiting for Li Mazi.

Around twenty minutes later, Li Mazi andBaldyarrived.

“What took you so long?” I frowned.

Baldy’s facial expressionlooked as if he had just returned from a funeral. “Master, someonecausedtroubleatthe hotel. When Li Mazi and Iwentback, we did as you askedand removedall of Diao Chan’spictures off the wall.Yet, when we were about tohead outtogetyou, the pictureshad been returnedto their spots…”

Isuddenly noticedthat they were covered in sweat,and there was a bloodstain on Li Mazi’s arm.

“What happened?” I asked him.

Ru Xue was pregnant. If I let something bad happen toLi Mazi, I couldn’t explain it to her!

“Nothing much. I don’t know who, but someonehung those naked drawings of Diao Chanback up. Lu Buwasenraged. If we hadn’t been fast enough, we would have beendeadalready.”

“All right! It’s good that you’re fine!”

I sighed and patted their shoulders. I got in the car,readyto find Gao Erhu.

This village only had one main road. It was impossible to use our car to chase after Gao Erhu’s tricycle truck without being noticed.

At first, Ilimitedthe car’s speed as I was afraid that Gao Erhu would notice us. Gradually, I felt something strange.

Gao Erhuwas going in the direction of Baldy’s hotel!

“Damn it!” I was bewildered at first, but I quickly pulled myself together. I cursed then stepped on the accelerator.

“What’s wrong?” Li Mazi didn’tnotice the issue.

“We underestimated Gao Erhu! Damn it!” I panted.

Gao Erhu had fooled us all. Hepurposely put on a showthis morning, aiming to catchour attentionandseize more time for Lu Bu!

He deliberately chose todrive the tricycle truck away too! He did that to force Li Mazi to come and fetch me, leaving the hotel unattended!

I wascertain thatLu Bu was now madly enraged since I had used lime tobesiegehim in the hotel. If Gao Erhu released him, the consequence would beunimaginable.

After reaching our destination, I saw Gao Erhu’s truck parked in front of the hotel. I didn’t have time tothink. I grabbedmy Yin and Yang Umbrellaanddashedtoward the top floor.

However, when I passed the kitchenonthe first floor, a strong wind swirled up from the deep hole. At the same time, I heard footsteps on the emergency exit staircases.

I halted, asking Li Mazi andBaldyto go after Gao Erhu. In the meantime,I stood in front of the hole in the kitchen, talking gently and respectfully,“General Lu,I know you’re there. Could you please come out here and talk to me?”

“What do you want to talk about?” An emotionless, deep voice arose.

In the end, Lu Bu was stillan unrivaledgeneral. He didn’t need to hide.Without any fanfare, he appeared above the hole, gazing at meandclenching histeeth.

“General, you’retoo strong! I had no choice but to trap you here…”

I bowed to him deeply. “Sir, Hou Chengwould liketoendthe grudge between youtwo from yourprevious lives. I hope youcanforgive him.”

“Impossible! That son of a bitch betrayed me!UnlessI can kill him, I will neverbe able to let go of thegrudge in my heart!” Lu Bu thundered,notevenpausingto consider.

Ifell deep in thoughtandputon apainedlook. I slowly comforted and persuaded him,“You know, sir, peoplefromlater generations all think that General Lu only admires boldness. However,Iunderstand yourdesireof calming and giving peace to this country. Hou Cheng and the others followed you because of your ambition, didn’t they?”

“It was out of his control, and he was reluctantin his decisionto betray you.What would have happened to your loyal, innocent soldiers in Xu Province if there had been a deadly battle?Youwouldn’twant to have seen Cao Cao slaughter them,wouldyou? Theysolved the problemfor you. You shouldn’t hate them. You should thank them!” After talking, I discreetly took two steps backward. I was afraid Lu Bu wouldburst with angerin the next moment.

However, Lu Bu didn’t look enraged. He looked baffled, mumbling to himself,“So,what they did wasn’twrong?”

I knew I had made the right bet! Lu Bu was different from Xiang Yu, the Emperor of Western Chu. Xiang Yu only knew to kill, and he was stubbornly conservative, listening to no one. Lu Bu, on the other hand, had a tough exterior but a soft heart!

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