Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Gu Xu has always believed that when doing ghost killing tasks, only by having a full understanding of the enemy can he be invincible for a long time.

Because of this, he spent his free time rummaging through almost all the books in the library, keeping in mind the characteristics and weaknesses of various ghosts.

This allows him to deal with any ghosts he encounters calmly and unstoppable.

But this time it's different.

Everything in the Lu family's murderous mansion was an unknown fog to him.

The level, number, and ability of the ghosts in there...... He didn't know.

Insufficient information means that we will inevitably fall into a passive situation.

And Gu Xu doesn't like to be passive.

Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to learn more information about the Lu family's murderous mansion from Wei Jiusi, so as to firmly grasp the initiative in the palm of his hand.

After hearing Gu Xu's request, Wei Jiusi pondered for a moment and replied, "I don't know much about the situation in the murderous mansion. But I can give you some information about the treason case of the Lu clan and Lu Huan in Qingzhou. ”

Although Gu Xuming's identity on his face was only an inconspicuous eight-rank petty official, Wei Jiusi's attitude towards him did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

After all, even a proud genius like Chu Fengge was willing to be Gu Xu's bodyguard, looking like only Gu Xu was looking forward.

Presumably, this Gu Xu must have an extremely prominent hidden identity.

So, Wei Jiusi quickly instructed the officials in the yamen to send a stack of archives to Gu Xu.

"The Lu clan in Qingzhou is a very magical family," Wei Jiusi introduced to Gu Xu while flipping through the information, "Their ancestor is named Lu Xiaoyao, and he is called 'Poetry Immortal' and 'Painting Saint' - he writes poems and paints to achieve enlightenment, and thus soars to become an immortal."

"Under his influence, his descendants never practiced any spells and martial arts. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, are their opponents.

"Many years ago, the Lu family used to compose poems in their own courtyards, and invited guests to participate.

"At that time, Qingzhou Mansion could be said to be the city with the most literary and artistic atmosphere in the whole Daqi."

Hearing Wei Jiusi's description, Gu Xu couldn't help but emerge with such a picture: a white-clothed immortal stood on top of a mountain cliff, holding a brush in his hand, and shouted "The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky", and a monstrous flood fell from the sky, drowning hundreds of ghosts and monsters.

He felt that the way the Qingzhou Lu clan fought was so romantic that it was a little incompatible with this world full of ghosts and dangers.

Wei Jiusi paused for a moment, and then said: "More than twenty years ago, it was the most glorious time for the Lu clan in Qingzhou - the head of the family, Lu Huan, became the first assistant of the cabinet, and the long-term ownerless 'Jinghong Pen' suddenly had a new owner.

"Lu Shiyao was originally just the daughter of a concubine born to Lu Huan.

"Her cultivation talent is not bad, but in a family like the Qingzhou Lu family, which is a descendant of immortals, she is a little unpopular.

"However, after the 'Amazing Pen' recognized the master, she instantly became hot and became famous all over the world.

"Everyone not only discovered her beauty, but also discovered her talent, and since then she has had the titles of 'Lu's talented woman' and 'Jiaodong's first beauty'."

Gu Xu nodded silently.

He knows very well that titles like "the first beauty" are actually largely tied to the identity and status of the parties.

For example, the "Four Beauties" in the previous life, if there were no legendary stories that affected the historical pattern, their names would definitely not be able to be passed down through the ages.

Another example is the current "Luojing No. 1 Beauty" Princess Zhaoning, if she is not a princess in charge of the government, but an ordinary vegetable girl on the vegetable market street - no matter how beautiful she looks, she may only become the concubine of a rich man at most, and she will not be as famous as she is now.

"However," Wei Jiusi suddenly changed his words and continued, "In the eighth year of Tianxing, someone suddenly discovered that Lu Huan was secretly in contact with the Northwest Barbarians and plotting a rebellion—their secret letter was intercepted and sent to the emperor, causing the emperor to be furious.

Subsequently, someone found a lot of extremely lethal magic weapons and a large number of standard weapons in the Lu Mansion, and even found a bright yellow robe under Lu Huan's bed.

After getting these conclusive evidence, the emperor immediately ordered Lu Huan to be captured and punished by his nine clans.

"The emperor not only personally dealt with Lu Huan, but also sent an exorcist envoy to Qingzhou to confiscate the Lu family's property and arrest Lu Huan's relatives.

"The name of the Demon Exorcist is Tang Hui - he used to be Lu Huan's student, young and promising, talented and outstanding, and won Lu Huan's trust.

"But in order to save his life and avoid being regarded as a comrade, Tang Hui had to obey the emperor's order and chose to kill his relatives in righteousness."

At this time, Gu Xu suddenly spoke: "I remember reading in the book that this Master Tang Hui was assassinated by the chaotic party in the process of raiding his home, and unfortunately died. ”

"That's right," Wei Jiusi sighed and replied, "Not only Lord Tang, but all the guards brought by Lord Tang were unfortunately killed in the process of raiding the house.

"Alas, you must know that Lord Tang is not only gifted, but also known as a gentleman - he knew how to give fruit to his companions when he was young, and he would use his body to warm the bed for his parents in the cold winter.

"The death of a gentleman like him in the turmoil is really a loss for our Great Qi Dynasty."

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In the following period of time, Gu Xu quickly flipped through the information handed over by Wei Jiusi from beginning to end, and kept in mind the portraits, dates of birth and death, identity, cultivation realm and other information of everyone in the Lu family—even the maids and servants were not left behind.

Chu Fengge put his hands behind his back and silently watched Gu Xu's every move, without participating or stopping it.

According to Chu Fengge's consistent character of "if you don't accept it, you do it", he would never make such meticulous preparations—he usually carried a sword and went directly to it.

"Maybe that's why the head of the department attaches great importance to this kid!" Chu Fengge sighed silently in his heart.

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Everything is ready to go.

Gu Xu and Chu Fengge boarded the carriage specially prepared for them by Wei Jiusi, and slowly drove towards the outskirts of the city along the bluestone paved streets.

Today was a sunny day with clear skies.

Pedeswalkers on the roadside are chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere is pleasant.

But as the carriage drew closer and closer to the murderous mansion, a gray-white haze gradually appeared around them, like a thin veil floating in the air, making their vision hazy.

For some reason, a burst of suppressed emotions suddenly appeared in Gu Xu's heart.

It's not the fear of the unknown, it's not the fear of evil spirits.

It is a pathos that is difficult to get rid of, a kind of sorrow that is difficult to alleviate.

When the sun began to sink in the west, the Lu family's murderous mansion shrouded in gloomy clouds was finally in sight.