My wife has a secret

Chapter 177 Entanglement
Right now, no one in the entire tomb dared to act rashly. After discovering that the White Lotus Sect really had mastered that kind of magical power, the patriarchs of the Qiong and Bie tribes had become timid and wanted to negotiate.

After all, those gathered here are 80% of the important members of the entire clan, and only the elderly, the weak, women and children are left on the ground and at the checkpoints.

"Master, we were blind and didn't recognize the real master before. I wonder if you can let us go. We will abide by the previous bet as promised."

On the high platform, the two Chunsheng emissaries had a calm expression on their wrinkled and thin faces. After hearing that the two Qiongbie tribes were showing weakness, one of them turned to Xu Qing and asked in a neutral tone, "What do you think is the will of heaven and people?"

Xu Qing was also a little puzzled. He clearly came here to disrupt the White Lotus Sect's plan, but when he arrived, the two most powerful envoys in the sect, Chunsheng and Ersheng, seemed to look up to him and asked him about everything. Why?

Regardless of what these people were thinking, Xu Qing responded coldly: "If they go up, aren't they afraid that they will seal the door of the tomb and leave us here to die together?"

He didn't trust the White Lotus Sect, but he also didn't trust the three families in the imperial mausoleum.

The latter can think of trafficking children to fill the family population and defect to the enemy country... can they be good people?
Now that these two tribes have the advantage in numbers, hand-to-hand combat will definitely prevail. Letting them to check and balance the White Lotus Sect is also a means.

As long as we wait until daybreak, the situation will be in our favor.

"What the man of destiny said makes sense."

Envoy Chunsheng nodded and rejected their proposal outright.

"Everyone please stay here and witness the ascension ceremony of our White Lotus Sect."

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Capital city, Nie Mansion.

After giving the children evening lessons, Lu Wanhe worked in the classroom for a long time.

After carefully reviewing tomorrow's lessons and reciting the characteristics of each child, she blew out the candle on the table and returned to the backyard.

However, just after walking a distance towards the house and passing by teams of guarding servants, Lu Wanhe keenly noticed an unusual noise coming from somewhere behind the rockery in the garden.

Her lotus steps suddenly stopped and she asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me! Don't shout it out!"

Xu Ying came out from behind the rockery. The man who originally had a heroic face and handsome features was now covered in mud. It seemed that he had climbed over the wall into the yard and stepped on the mud in the garden.

When he saw the beauty again, he stared at her with warm and earnest eyes and said, "Wanhe, in order to see you, I specially asked about the time when the children returned home from school, and I have been squatting here waiting for you!"

His expression was somewhat obsessed, but more of fanaticism.

"Do you still remember how we talked to each other under the moon?"

"enough."

After Lu Wanhe finished shouting, she felt the blood rushing up and her mind became a little confused.

Realizing that her old illness had relapsed, she did not bother to continue scolding Xu Ying. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and started coughing.

She has a petite figure, like a willow swaying in the wind, and her fragile beauty makes her even more charming.

Xu Ying was very excited by this scene, but just as he was about to make a move, he was noticed by Lu Wanhe, who quickly stepped back more than three steps and put some distance between them again.

When they met in the courtyard during the day, Lu Wanhe was surprised by what Xu Ying said, but when he thought about it carefully from all aspects, he found that everything matched.

Xu Ying is a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River. Although Lu Wanhe has lived in seclusion for a long time, she is fond of poetry and the Five Classics, and has heard of the names of some talented men from the south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that their family is a branch of the Xu family in Suzhou, and their grandfather squandered the family wealth, which led to their family always being dependent on Xu Qing's main family, and they would come to the door to try to build a relationship during every festival.

The old lady thought that Xu Qing lacked playmates when he was young, so she intentionally kept Xu Ying in her house to celebrate the festival, so Xu Qing and Xu Ying became childhood playmates.

Thinking about the details and time when she met the boy, they happened to match Xu Ying's.

"Xu Ying, Wan He has explained it clearly enough, ahem..."

Lu Wanhe looked a little haggard, his lips were pale, and he looked sick.

But she still suppressed her physical discomfort and tried to explain: "Whether the child was my husband or you used my husband's name, Wan He's choice will not change."

The book says, I wish to win the heart of one person and be with him till we are old.

Although Lu Wanhe didn't understand how her husband viewed her, from the moment Xu Qing helped her take back the Lu mansion, she had already decided on him in her heart.

No matter what others say, even if her husband doesn't just like her, she is willing to do it.

"Wan He and my husband are a married couple who have gone through three letters and six ceremonies, so from the moment Wan He stepped into the Xu Mansion, she has been my husband's person."

"You are just a concubine of my cousin. Why should you be so loyal to him?"

Xu Ying said with reluctance: "Above you are the Yang family and the Shen family. One is a hereditary general. The other is a genius from a prime minister's family. His father controls the six ministries and overpowers all officials... When will you be able to make a name for yourself?"

Until now, Xu Ying didn't think that the two of them could have any feelings for each other.

In his memory, he and Lu Wanhe had clearly spent their childhood together. Although he used his cousin's name, no matter how he thought about it... a playboy like his cousin was not someone the other party would like.

So he felt that Lu Wanhe said this because Xu Qing was in power now.

"Xu Ying, if you continue to belittle Wan He's husband like this, don't blame me for not considering the friendship between you two and sending someone to arrest you."

Xu Ying knew that Lu Wanhe was already a famous talented woman in Suzhou. She specialized in Confucian classics and naturally believed in the Three Obediences and Four Virtues and obeyed her husband in everything.

It seems that all my efforts to get close to the other party have been in vain.

But Xu Ying changed her mind and remembered that these loyal and heroic women cared most about their reputation. If she started from this aspect, would it have another miraculous effect?

"Oh... Go ahead and scream. It's better to scream louder. If someone finds out that we are meeting here, do you think... Will others think that you and I are having a secret meeting?"

Lu Wanhe's face froze, and his already pale complexion became even duller.

This is the Nie Mansion. If the servants in the mansion saw such a scene and spread the news, I would not be able to explain myself clearly.

How would the teachers in the mansion and my husband view me?
"I will come to your room again tomorrow night. I hope you can be prepared and give me a satisfactory answer."

Realizing that she had grasped the opponent's weakness, Xu Ying became more aggressive and threatened: "If you dare to tell others about our relationship, I will give this thing to them..."

Without waiting for the weak Lu Wanhe to react, Xu Ying snatched the black silk handkerchief that she was using to cover her mouth and cough.

After that, he waved symbolically, and after observing that there was no one around, he retreated to the depths of the rockery, and climbed out the same way he came in. Lu Wanhe had never thought that such a thing would happen to her. Her face was as pale as snow, with a slight hint of blue, but this loneliness still could not conceal her beauty.

"What should I do? My husband has an important position now. If I disturb him because of this matter..."

The news that Xu Qing dispatched the Five Cities Military Department and the Imperial Guards was known to everyone. Everyone knew that he was busy with work now and was responsible for the security of the Queen Mother's coronation ceremony.

Her own affairs were private matters. Compared to the empress dowager who was about to ascend the throne, the first empress in history, Lu Wanhe could naturally distinguish between what was more important and what was not.

So after Xu Qing suggested that she stay in Nie Mansion for a few more days, she also understood the interests involved and nodded in agreement obediently.

But if she sits back and does nothing, and waits for Xu Ying to come looking for her tomorrow, her future and reputation will be ruined... Although she only has a few years left to live, it would be a huge sin if this affects her husband.

When Lu Wanhe stopped and thought of a solution, he suddenly had an idea and thought of another way out.

Although I don't have any means to deal with this person, I can visit Shen Shuangxu in the Shen Mansion!

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Imperial Mausoleum, the tomb of Emperor Heng.

The hard stone wall was pierced by the violent internal energy of the claw's tip. When it penetrated, it brought up countless pieces of gravel and raised a cloud of dust.

Yang Xianning had to roll over with her back to avoid the attack.

"Bah..."

Kaiyang Xingjun completely ignored the issue of exhaustion, and directly used brute force to lift the hook from the stone wall. Then he flashed and continued to chase in the direction of Yang Xianning.

Faced with the tense battle situation, Kaiyang Xingjun on the other side did not rush into the game. Instead, he stared at Yang Xianning's left and right steps with his vertical pupils and counted them quietly.

"one two Three……"

Yang Xianning listened to the faint rhythm in the voice and suddenly realized that the other party was checking her steps.

The martial artists' light skills and habits in fighting are not the same. I inherited the Overlord Spear and also learned the Yang family's Po Yue Step.

As a martial arts skill for marching and fighting, it naturally does not emphasize unpredictability like the martial arts sects, but is more practical and powerful.

If the opponent remembers the whole step method, he can completely suppress me in the subsequent fight.

We can't delay this any longer! We have to deal with one person first!
Realizing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Yang Xianning used the stone wall behind her to stabilize her body. Then she stood up with the sword in her hand and attacked the attacking Kaiyang Star Lord with her true energy.

Kaiyang Xingjun saw that Yang Xianning did not dodge his attack, and obviously wanted to attack instead of defend, and use a strategy of mutual destruction to eliminate one person first, so he sped up.

The tip of the sword and the tip of the claw collided with each other, and there was a loud "bang". The air suddenly exploded, and dust was blown away.

Almost unsurprisingly, the sword that Yang Xianning had previously tried so hard to protect broke, completely unable to withstand such a high-intensity collision.

However, the shocked Kaiyang Star Lord did not feel the expected sound of the opponent's shoulder bone being pierced, but instead saw a palm with smoke and dust dissipated, whistling and hitting the opponent's vital point.

Kaiyang Star Lord was shocked by the huge force and retreated repeatedly, his internal organs were about to burst. Then he knelt on one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

"Oh?"

Kaiyang Xingjun on the other side watched the whole process and noticed Yang Xianning's skills. He said, "Use your body against the stone wall to dissipate the force of the collision and hit him."

When the two were fighting, the powerful energy collision in their bodies would cause their bodies to pause and step back a little.

Yang Xianning took advantage of this moment, seized the opportunity when Kaiyang Star Lord was stagnant, and slapped him with her palm.

This is also her real killer move in this fight.

"awesome."

Kaiyang Star Lord, who was watching the battle, applauded repeatedly. There was no strange expression on his face, but he seemed even more excited.

The other injured Kaiyang Star Lord also stood up, and then his injured and dislocated bones and internal organs began to turn and roll under his clothes and skin, but they were all restored in a short while.

Facing such an unfavorable situation, Yang Xianning looked at the other party with cold eyes and said in a calm voice: "As I expected, the time and strength of your body repair have become slower than last time."

Tonight, Kaiyang Star Lord showed surprise on his face for the first time.

He never expected that Yang Xianning's observation was more careful than his own, and he never expected that the other party's real purpose of this palm strike was to observe his recovery speed.

"I noticed it during our last fight. Although you claim to be immortal and can regenerate after losing an arm, every time you get hurt, you still hesitate for a moment and wait for the wound to heal before attacking again."

Yang Xianning calmly analyzed: "If your skills and abilities are more than this, you definitely wouldn't care about how many times you've been injured."

She knew in her heart that on the battlefield, people would often become emotionally agitated by the fighting and would be unable to control their emotions and forget the pain.

Although Kaiyang Xingjun was eager to fight and kept asking for a fight, he was instinctively afraid of getting hurt. This was obviously unreasonable...

Even the soldiers and himself would forget the pain because of the fighting, so why would he worry about these things when he has the ability to regenerate and recover? Aren't these his strengths?

Unless Kaiyang Star Lord is afraid of facing real death.

"Judging from the time it took to recover this time, if you get seriously injured a few more times, you won't be able to recover, right?"

Kaiyang Xingjun's face returned to normal. The two of them stared at Yang Xianning and asked in unison, "What else did you see?"

"I also noticed that your strength seemed to be forcefully pumped up. There was no method involved, and you only knew how to use brute force."

Yang Xianning clearly sensed that although Kaiyang Star Lord's aura was stronger than the last time at Xiangshan Falun Temple, it also exuded a sense of oppression that only top-level strong men possessed.

But the opponent's attack didn't change at all. He still just repeated the same moves with the hook. No matter how you look at it... there was something weird about this person. He didn't look like a serious master at all.

"Is there any medicine within the White Lotus Sect that can temporarily increase one's power?"

A trace of pity suddenly flashed in Yang Xianning's cold beautiful eyes. Even if the other party was a vicious person who had killed countless people with cruel methods, she didn't want to see the foreseeable consequences.

"If that's the case, I advise you to stop now. You might still be able to save your life... These drugs are all highly toxic. After the potential in your body is fully stimulated by your power, you will face the consequences of exploding or organ failure."

When Yang Xianning traveled through mountains and rivers and fought on the battlefield, she had seen soldiers from enemy countries using this thing.

(End of this chapter)