Chapter 465 - 256: I’ll Tell You When We Get Inside
The people who worked as Nursing Home staff and Mansion Guards at Marquis Yongchang’s Mansion were mostly skilled fighters from the army.
With Gu Ziye’s amateurish skills, she definitely wouldn’t be able to sneak in.
Lu Yuan looked around. ’There’s no time. If we don’t go in to eavesdrop soon, the people inside will have finished their conversation.’
But he couldn’t just leave Yue’Er here by the gate. It was too dangerous.
Although there were no Xingzi running rampant in the Imperial City, sometimes people were more terrifying than any Xingzi.
’What if some criminals abduct her? I just married her, she’s still brand new. I don’t want to lose her.’
Lu Yuan produced a few Talismans and showed them to Gu Ziye. "This is an Invisibility Talisman. Place it on your chest, and you’ll be able to conceal yourself in mist, darkness, and any other dim environment."
If Appearance Talismans existed, then so did Invisibility Talismans.
One, when placed on the chest, allowed the naked eye to see Void Body Practitioners. The other, also placed on the chest, could conceal one’s presence.
These were all Mid Level Talismans. They had no offensive or defensive power, but they did have other effects.
Unfortunately, Lu Yuan didn’t yet have the ability to create High Level Talismans. Otherwise, with a single High Level Invisibility Talisman, no one would be able to spot him even in broad daylight.
Gu Ziye took one and said, "This is great!"
After speaking, Gu Ziye placed it on her chest. She watched her body slowly fade from view. If not for a sliver of moonlight, she wouldn’t even have been able to see herself.
Gu Ziye said excitedly, "Yuan~ How about that? This is amazing! It’s so much better than my Spider-Man Night Travel Clothes."
Lu Yuan chuckled and said, "You still remember Spider-Man?"
"Of course! I remember everything you said before—that I was the black-suited Spider-Man, a hot girl, all that stuff."
Gu Ziye struck a proud pose, though it was a shame Lu Yuan couldn’t see it.
Lu Yuan placed an Invisibility Talisman on his own chest and said, "Come on, I’ll carry you on my back!"
Lu Yuan knew very well that with Gu Ziye’s skills, there was no way she could get over that high wall.
Now, neither of them could see the other.
Gu Ziye had to feel her way onto Lu Yuan’s back.
"Hey, what are you grabbing?" Lu Yuan asked.
Gu Ziye shot back, "How should I know? All I know is that it’s soft."
Gu Ziye had grabbed his side and even gave it a couple of squeezes. It was impossible that she didn’t know what she was doing.
"Alright, just don’t take this as a chance to grope me. I’m a man, not a car. There’s no gear stick for you to grab!" Lu Yuan said with a sly chuckle.
’What car? What gear stick?’
Gu Ziye didn’t understand what he meant and just urged him on, "Yuan~ Giddy-up!"
Gu Ziye slapped Lu Yuan’s butt, and he shot forward.
Carrying Gu Ziye, Lu Yuan leaped effortlessly and landed on top of the wall.
Lu Yuan chanted a Spell, and his eyes flashed with a faint light. He saw the Little Easterner just as he was entering a room.
Lu Yuan moved along the top of the wall, his steps light and silent, but swift.
In the courtyard, one Mansion Guard said to another, "I just saw two fireflies over on top of that wall. I bet they’re a couple."
The other Mansion Guard said with disdain, "You single dog! You see couples everywhere. How can there be fireflies in the dead of winter?"
"I may be single, but you’re not much better! You give all your money to Mei Jing at the Mengyuan Building, and she won’t even let you into her bed!"
"What do you know? Ours is true love! She just doesn’t want our relationship to move so fast!"
"I don’t believe it!"
"As long as *I* believe it, that’s all that matters."
...
As the two Mansion Guards chatted, they unwittingly let Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye slip past.
Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye hid under the eaves by the door to the room, finding a dark corner to sit down in.
Gu Ziye leaned toward Lu Yuan’s face and whispered, "Yuan~ If we just sit here, won’t someone spot us?"
Lu Yuan felt a puff of warm air enter his nostrils.
Little did she know, while she thought she was whispering into his ear, she was actually speaking right into his nose and mouth.
Lu Yuan replied, "It’s fine. No one can see us eavesdropping from here."
Lu Yuan turned his head and knocked his front teeth on something.
"Ouch! Yuan, you knocked into my teeth."
"Yue’Er, *you* knocked into *my* teeth."
Inside the room.
Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, and the Little Easterner sat across from each other.
Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, did not have to attend morning court unless summoned. He was only responsible for receiving orders for military campaigns, the work of a Military General.
The two discussed the events that had occurred at Court that day, as well as the matter at the Training Ground.
Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, stroked his chin and said, "That Grand Elder of Le Shen Temple really has some skill."
The Little Easterner asked, "Marquis, do you have any other plans?"
"How many people came with you across the sea this time?" Marquis Yongchang asked.
The Little Easterner paused for a moment. "A few hundred. They’re all on a nearby island."
Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, rolled his wrists and said viciously, "It’s time to stir up some trouble."
"Marquis? What do you mean?" the Little Easterner pressed.
"Don’t worry. As long as this is done properly, I’ll give you everything I promised you before!"
"Then I thank you, Marquis. Where should we make landfall?"
Marquis Yongchang, Lan Yu, said nothing. He dipped his finger in his teacup and wrote a few words on the table.
The Little Easterner stood up, walked over to Lan Yu, and nodded after reading the words.
Under the eaves outside, Gu Ziye asked curiously, "Yuan~ Why did they suddenly stop talking?"
Seeing that he wasn’t going to get any more key information, Lu Yuan knew they shouldn’t stay any longer. He got ready to carry Gu Ziye on his back and leave.
"We’re not going to listen a little longer? I think this is pretty exciting!" Gu Ziye said, a little reluctant to leave.
"For goodness’ sake, this place is crawling with people," Lu Yuan said to the empty air beside him. "The Nursing Home staff and Mansion Guards are carrying Spirit Stone Lamps. If they find us, we’ll never get away."
Gu Ziye saw his point. She patted Lu Yuan’s head and climbed onto his shoulders.
Lu Yuan held onto Gu Ziye’s thighs with both hands and said, "Hold on tight, don’t fall off."
Although Gu Ziye was an adult, she was very light. For Lu Yuan, carrying her on his shoulders was a piece of cake.
Carrying Gu Ziye, Lu Yuan vaulted back over the wall and ran toward their mansion on Prince’s Mansion’s Mansion Street.
Gu Ziye was thrilled. This was much faster than riding a large foreign horse.
As he ran, Lu Yuan reminded her, "You’d better not pee, or it’ll run right down my neck."
Gu Ziye patted Lu Yuan’s head and said, "Don’t worry, I’m not a three-year-old. I can hold it."
PFFFT~~
A loud fart echoed.
’Holy shit! A sulfur dioxide booster rocket!’ Lu Yuan thought.
Thanks to Lu Yuan’s speed, the two soon arrived near their mansion and tore off their Invisibility Talismans.
Gu Ziye gazed at Lu Yuan’s rather handsome face and couldn’t resist stepping forward to caress it a couple of times.
In return, Lu Yuan smacked her on the butt a few times. Through her thick pants, it only made a few muffled thuds.
"Alright, let’s head back."
Before Lu Yuan could even knock, the large gate was pulled open from the inside.
"Honey, why are you the one opening the gate?" Lu Yuan asked in disbelief.
Their mansion was hardly short on Maids and Nursing Home staff.
Su Liyan smiled and said, "Why are you back so late? You weren’t getting into trouble, were you?"
With her power, if Su Liyan was willing to scan her surroundings, she could detect even an invisible Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye.
Su Liyan only had to stick out her tongue to sense all the fluctuations in heat sources around her; sometimes, she didn’t even need her eyes to observe.
The moment Lu Yuan and Gu Ziye arrived near the mansion, Su Liyan, who had been waiting anxiously at home, detected them and came out to greet them.
Gu Ziye took Su Liyan’s hand and said, "Sister, we weren’t doing anything bad! We just snuck into Marquis Yongchang’s Mansion."
She was still a little excited just talking about it.
Su Liyan said with concern, "Brother, why would you take Yue’Er to sneak into someone else’s mansion? You’re being a bad influence."
Lu Yuan put an arm around each of them, hugging them as he walked through the Mansion Gate. With a light flick of his finger, the gate swung shut behind them.
Lu Yuan, a woman on each arm, paid no mind to the Maids passing by. He showered the two women beside him with affection and said, "About tonight... I’ll tell you everything once we’re inside!"