While I was talking

 to Hou San’er’s ghost

,

 I completely 

forgot

 this point! 

This

 proved that someone had been stalk

ing

 us right from the beginning

. 

Who 

was

 that 

person

? 

To imprison us in the hidden chamber, s

omeone had moved the stone slab back to its original position. 

Yet

, the slab was later lifted. 

W

hy did 

this person

 free us? 

When we returned to Hou San’er’s house, his wife was preparing to bury him. She 

became frightened and paled when she saw us, rushing to hide inside her house.

 We didn’t hurry

 and continued to 

walk after her. In the end, we stopped her at the door. 

“You… Are you humans or ghosts?” Hou San’er’s wife 

asked, shivering

. 

Li Mazi fumed

,

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

She 

couldn’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

!” I 

conveyed my unwillingness to blame her for what occurred before placing

 the bag 

containing 

Hou San’er’s head on the table. 

“What’s that?” 

“You know 

what this is

. You should give brother Hou a proper and re

spectful burial;

leave the rest to us.

” Then, I took Li Mazi and 

Baldy

, leaving Hou San’er’s house. 

It had been more than thirty hours

 since we had a proper sleep.

 We were all worn out

, and a

s soon as we returned to Baotou City, we 

f

ound a hotel to sleep in. 

This slumber lasted until the morning of the next day. As soon as I woke up, I asked 

Baldy

 to 

have his employees remove the drawings of 

Diao Chan situated 

on

 the highest floor of the hotel. 

This

w

ould somewhat ease Lu Bu’s rage. 

With this done

, we went to Gao Erhu’s house. As soon as we 

arrived at

the 

village entrance, we saw him driving a tricycle cargo truck full of pork. 

While driving, he was humming something

 in a relaxed manner

. 

He stopped when he saw us, asking skeptically, “Hi, guys

. W

hy 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

, “

Y

esterday, you told me that there was something 

evil in

 your house. I’m here to check it out.” 

“What? Something evil

’s

 in my house?” Gao Erhu was bewildered. He looked around 

for 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. H

e 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 who

 was

 watching 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 was

 another important clue. Yesterday, Gao Erhu 

was begging 

me to help him

, b

ut this morning, it was as if he were a 

completely different

 person. It was possible that he didn

’t have any memories during the period when Lu Bu possessed him, 

but when he took us 

to his home

, he 

saw

 his wife stop breathing

.

 He begged me to save her! 

This 

shouldn’t be something he could forget after one night! 

From this, it was clear that t

here 

was

 some problem with Gao Erhu! 

In order to not alert anybody, I asked Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 to 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 been

 processed yet. I scanned the surroundings and found no one. 

Without any further delay

, I climbed on a pile of logs to 

reach

 Gao Erhu’s roof. 

Gao Erhu didn’t return 

for 

the entire morning

, and

 I 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 an 

essential 

clue. I carefully 

went 

into his house, hiding in a corner

 and 

pricking my ears to listen. 

“Darling, I’ve bought the medicines that 

Lu Bu

 has 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 commanded 

a

 legion of five hundred elite vanguards. After Lu Bu was captured, Cao Cao tried many times to entice and recruit Gao Shun. However, Gao Shun 

remained

loyal

 to Lu Bu

, and i

n the end, both of them were murdered. 

This 

explained 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 loyal

ty

! 

From what Gao Erhu had just said and the situation last night where his wife was almost frozen, I 

guessed that she was severely ill

. Lu Bu had used his Yin energy to seal her veins and help ease

her symptoms. 

My heart somewhat ached. People of later generations thought that Lu Bu was a 

ruthless

 wolf

 and

 an ungrateful person. No one knew that even though two thousand years had 

passed

, 

Lu Bu 

didn’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 me 

previously

, 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 and 

to be prepared 

to come and support me. 

The sky

 quickly

 turned dark. Gao Erhu cooked dinner for his wife and helped her swallow 

her 

medicine. 

After everything was done, 

he

 took his wife to the bed. Then, he put on a raincoat

 and left

. 

I hid in a corner. Confirming that he had left the house, I carefully followed him.

Unfortunately, he 

decided to use 

his tricycle truck, and I was 

unable to

 catch up with him. 

At

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

“Gao Erhu just left. He

’s driving 

the tricycle truck

, so

 I can’t catch up with him. Come and fetch me.” I hung up the 

phone

, waiting for Li Mazi. 

Around twenty minutes later, Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 arrived. 

“What took you so long?” I frowned. 

Baldy’s facial expression

looked as if he had just returned from a funeral

. “Master, someone

 caused

trouble

at

 the hotel. When Li Mazi and I 

went

 back, we did as you asked

 and removed

 all of Diao Chan

’s

 pictures off the wall.

 Ye

t, when we were about to 

head out

 to 

get 

you, the pictures 

had been returned

 to their spots…” 

I 

suddenly noticed

 that they were covered in sweat,

 and t

here was a bloodstain on Li Mazi’s arm.

“What happened?” I asked him. 

Ru Xue was pregnant. If I let something bad happen to 

Li Mazi

, I couldn’t explain it to her! 

“Nothing much. I don’t know who, bu

t someone

 hung those naked drawings of Diao Chan 

back up

. Lu Bu

 was

 enraged. If we hadn’t been fast enough, we would have been 

dead 

already.” 

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

I sighed and patted their shoulders. I got in the car, 

ready

 to 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, I 

limited 

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

Gao Erhu 

was going in the direction of Baldy’s hotel

! 

“Damn it!” I was bewildered at f

irst

, but I quickly pulled myself together. I cursed then stepped on the accelerator. 

“What’s wrong?” Li Mazi didn’t 

notice the issue

. 

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

Gao Erhu had fooled us all. He 

purposely put on a show

 this morning

, aiming to catch

 our attention 

and 

seize more time for Lu Bu! 

He deliberately chose to 

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

I was 

certain that 

Lu Bu was now madly enraged since I had used lime to 

besiege

 him in the hotel. If Gao Erhu released him, the consequence would be 

unimaginable

. 

After reaching our destination

, I saw Gao Erhu’s truck parked in front of the hotel. I didn’t have time to 

think. I grabbed

 my Yin and Yang Umbrella

 and

dashed

 toward the top floor. 

However, when I passed the kitchen 

on 

the 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 and 

Baldy

 to go after Gao Erhu. In t

he 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 still 

an unrivaled 

general. He didn’t need to hide. 

Without any fanfare

, he appeared above the hole, gazing at me

 and

 clenching his 

teeth

. 

“General, you’re 

too strong

! I had no choice but to trap you here…” 

I bowed to him deeply. “Sir, Hou Cheng 

would like 

to 

end

 the grudge between you 

two from your

 previous li

ves

. I hope you 

can 

forgive him.” 

“Impossible! That son of a bitch betrayed me! 

Unless

 I can kill him, I will never 

be able to let go of the

 grudge in my heart!” Lu Bu thundered, 

not 

even 

pausing 

to consider. 

I 

fell deep in thought

 and 

put

 on a 

pained 

look. I slowly comforted and persuaded him

,

 “

Y

ou know, sir, people 

from 

later generations all think that General Lu only admires boldness

. However,

 I

understand your 

desire 

of 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 reluctant 

in his decision

 to betray you. 

What would have happened to your loyal, innocent soldiers in Xu Province if there had been a deadly battle?

 You 

wouldn’t 

want to have seen Cao Cao slaughter them, 

would 

you? They 

solved the problem

 for you. You shouldn’t hate them. You should thank them!” After talking, I discreetly took two steps backward. I was afraid Lu Bu would 

burst with anger

 in the next moment. 

However, Lu Bu didn’t look enraged. He looked baffled, mumbling to himself

,

 “So, 

what they did wasn’t

 wrong?” 

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!