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Chapter 55 Negotiation (Part )

"What did you do?" Lu Chengfeng stared at Zhang Rui.

Lord God is the root of the Lu family. Even the head of the family is far less important than Lord God. If Zhang Rui dares to touch him, the Lu family will have to deal with this threat at all costs.

"Don't be nervous, Lord Duke." Zhang Rui looked at the other party calmly: "This is not because of what I did, but Lord Divine Sovereign has already been involved."

"What do you mean?" Lu Chengfeng still did not relax his vigilance and stared at Zhang Rui.

"The servants of the Lu Mansion have ink on their bodies. This scroll of mine is just a copy of the ink collected from those servants."

"what?"

"What I mean is that the Lu Mansion has been infiltrated long ago." Zhang Rui said lightly.

"My Lord, are you exaggerating?" Lu Chengfeng was puzzled at first, then he shook his head and said, "Is my Lu family's illusion array a sieve? Anyone can enter? It is impossible that the owner of the painting market has been to the Duke's Mansion. Not everyone dares to enter my Lu family mansion. The only royal family member who has been received is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Even His Royal Highness the Third Prince has never been here. Could it be that the other party sent an ordinary painting spirit to sneak into my Lu family mansion and draw My Lord God?"

Oh, so there is an illusion array. I said that thing was running around in the yard in a swaggering manner and did not scare those ordinary slaves.

“Well, how should I put it?” Zhang Rui sighed and shook his head: “Everything in this world is interdependent and mutually exclusive. The illusion array of the Duke’s family is indeed powerful, but it is not a problem for Hua Ling.”

As he said this, he used his finger to pick up some of the ghost ink on the scroll and motioned Lu Chengfeng to call up a servant girl.

After hesitating for a few moments, Lu Chengfeng decided to take a look, so he asked the housekeeper to call a few maids.

Zhang Rui pointed Gui Mo at inconspicuous positions of several servants, and then asked them to go to different places in the Lu family mansion.

After that, something happened that shocked Lu Chengfeng!
Zhang Rui's scroll quickly showed copies of different places in the Lu family's courtyard, including the corridor, the backyard pond, and the women's house. All the places that the four ink-stained maids went to were actually painted!

"This is..." Lu Chengfeng and the butler looked at Zhang Rui in a daze.

"Taizu relied on the army of painting spirits to attack cities without any failure, but it was not just because of his own strong military force." Zhang Rui put away the painting scroll and said quietly, "The role of painting spirits is actually far beyond your imagination, especially in spying. As long as the blood of painting spirits is placed on some inconspicuous people in advance, the situation inside the enemy can be easily drawn by the painting spirits. The reason why Taizu was invincible in the past was because he could fully understand the enemy's military deployment, while the enemy did not know his."

Lu Chengfeng: “.”

Is there such a thing?
So many noble families have been in the Painting Market for so long that they have become completely ignorant of the world. All their attention is focused on the trading of essence and blood. They all believe that the main reason why Taizu was able to win back then was because of the essence and blood trading rules, but they completely ignore the role of ghost blood.

Now it seems that the magic of this painting ghost blood is not inferior to the effect of the warrior's essence and blood. It is really hard to guard against!

"But my Lu family's magic array," the butler couldn't help but say.

"Ghost blood is not a human, nor is it the painting spirit itself." Zhang Rui shook his head: "It will not be disturbed by any illusion when copying."

“I see.” Lu Chengfeng immediately bowed: “Thank you for your advice!”

"Your Excellency the Duke, you don't have to be polite. Since we are allies, it is only natural for us to help each other." Zhang Rui said with a smile.

Lu Chengfeng glanced at Zhang Rui's chest and nodded slightly: "Your Excellency is right. I will remove the mark on your body right away."

"No need." Zhang Rui smiled slightly: "It's better to keep it, so that we can trust each other more."

Lu Chengfeng was stunned, then looked at Zhang Rui deeply, somewhat doubtful.

Does he not care at all or is he playing hard to get?
"Are you sure, sir?"

"I came here with sincerity, so I won't deliberately play tricks on you." Zhang Rui looked at him with a smile, "I wonder if the conditions I just mentioned can be fulfilled now?"

"In two days, I will have someone deliver the information and the magician you need to your residence." Lu Chengfeng responded quickly, and then smiled and said, "The house that the housekeeper prepared for you is very clean, please don't dislike it."

"Then I would be disrespectful to refuse your offer." Zhang Rui stood up and saluted.

There was no intention of refusing at all, but it made Lu Chengfeng even more fearful. The other party came prepared, and it seemed that the things in the house had to be removed in advance.

"I wonder who the other person is that, sir?"

Just now, the other party said that there are three people who can see through the Lu family's illusion array. In addition to him and the owner of the painting market, there should be one more. "I am just guessing about the last one. I am not sure yet. After I survive the Crown Prince's plan this time, I will dig that person out for the Duke."

Lu Chengfeng nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Master Zhang. Please rest assured, Master Zhang, if His Royal Highness has any questions about you, as long as you can use the Lu family, you can always send someone to notify the housekeeper."

"Okay," Zhang Rui smiled and held out his hand: "Then it's a deal?"

Seeing this, Lu Chengfeng smiled and stretched out his hand to high-five the other party: "High-five is a sign of alliance, and a promise is a promise!"
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"Chengfeng, how credible do you think the words of this Zhang are?"

In the lobby, after Zhang Rui was sent away by the housekeeper, the elders of the Lu family gathered together, including Lu Sheng.

"It's half true and half false. A lot of the information is true, but some statements are definitely concealed." Lu Chengfeng applied ointment to the burned area himself and said faintly: "But the information from the painting spirit is indeed crucial. If he hadn't seen through it today, I'm afraid we would never know until we die that the Lu family is completely under surveillance!"

"Then the painting of spiritual blood is so magical?" The great elder stroked his beard and said, "Can we only copy it but not monitor it?"

"That's what the kid said, but I think it's true. If he can monitor, it's too scary." Lu Chengfeng looked at the ink-dipped servant who was kneeling on the ground outside the hall and was found by Zhang Rui, and frowned solemnly: "It's really hard to guard against. When I read the history books, I felt that Lord Taizu's military force was too brave. He always crushed the enemy with ease and could always predict the enemy's moves. It turns out that he has such a terrifying spy ability."

The elders nodded when they heard this. Who could defend against this ability that could make one's own people become the enemy's spies without being noticed by just a little bit of ink?
For example, right now, there is no way to find out when those slaves who have been found out were tainted by someone. After all, in such a big mansion, there must be slaves who go out. Whether they are making purchases or doing things for the master, they may be tainted by someone outside. Even if they are found out today, they will be tainted again in the future. There is simply no way to find out!
Taizu had such a powerful weapon in his hands back then, and the aristocratic families had no intelligence at all, so it was not unfair for them to lose.

Now there is another person in the capital who is similar to His Majesty Taizu back then, which is really a headache.

"He just told us such important information like this?" Lu Sheng couldn't help but ask.

"How can you cooperate with us if you don't tell us?" Lu Chengfeng sneered. "And what's the harm if he tells us? This kind of ability is hard to guard against. The key is that he also controls it. If the Lu family is monitored in the future, who can tell whether it is him or the so-called owner of the painting market who is monitoring it?"

Lu Sheng: “.”

"What a smart guy." Lu Chengfeng said bitterly, "He asked for a lot of conditions and seemed to have told us important information, but in fact he didn't let us take any advantage. This kid is much smarter than you. I don't know whose family raised him. If you and Lu Yuan had half of his brains, you wouldn't have suffered such a big loss in Beihai City!"

Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and then asked, "How is my second brother?"

"With Lord God's magical powers here, you don't have to worry about him!" Lu Chengfeng waved his hand: "Fortunately, I secretly left a seed in him to protect him, otherwise the children that my Lu family has cultivated with many years of hard work would really be gone."

"The conditions proposed by Mr. Zhang."

"First, go find out what kind of gift the Crown Prince has prepared for Mr. Zhang. After you find out, tell him half and keep the other half. Then see how he responds."

"Yes, father, it's about the warlock."

"Pick a few from the home academy. Oh wait." He suddenly remembered something: "Let Nightingale go."

"Father?" Lu Sheng looked up, looking surprised.

"What? Are you heartbroken?" Lu Chengfeng said coldly.

"No." Lu Sheng hurriedly shook his head: "Nightingale has made great contributions to Qingfeng Tower, and is also an important chess piece we are going to place for the great talent An this time. If we send her to that Zhang, it might alienate An Lang."

"If you want something like a seedling, there are plenty of them." Lu Chengfeng shook his head. "And isn't that the role of a beautiful woman a disaster? That An has some good means, and his family is not small. It would be best if he could test Zhang. Don't even think about it. My Lu family won't want that kind of woman, not even as a concubine."

"Then I'll arrange it right away!" Lu Sheng said with his head down and gritted teeth.

"Go ahead." Lu Chengfeng shook his head and waved his hands. After the other party left, he looked at the elder and asked, "What did Lord God say just now?"

"Lord God said that the boy has something on him." The Great Elder said dimly, "The threat he poses is comparable to the four spirits sealed in the Imperial Palace!"

Lu Chengfeng took a deep breath and said, "Great! I'm afraid there will be a lot of excitement in the capital this time."
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Outside the mansion, Zhang Rui followed the chief steward back to the post station, and without hesitation, he ordered the whole family to settle in the house sent by the Lu family.

As for whether the Lu family would tamper with the house he had given him, he could only bite the bullet and agree. Compared with the crown prince and the third prince, the other party should not do anything to him for the time being. The most important thing is that he doesn't know what cards the crown prince and the third prince have, but the Yin spirit of the Lu family... hehe
There was a glimmer of excitement in Zhang Rui's eyes. He originally thought that the AFK system had dug a big hole for him, but he didn't expect it to be such a big benefit for him.

　The new year has begun, I wish you all good luck, success in everything, and a happy new year!!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)