Chapter 1178 — Don't Want to Go Along
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"Not interested." Wei Zhao said flatly. "I'm staying here to protect Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Recently the Xiao family has teamed up with some hidden Pi family, and the hidden Pi family has sent several experts to hold down the fort at the Xiao family's place. I figure they'll come looking for trouble sooner or later! Just now Gou Huli even brought a lion here to make a scene!"
"Brought a lion?" Qiu Lingshan was startled. "No way? Where's the lion?"
"Chased up a tree by my family's high-rank Yellow Rank dog. It's still up there now." Wei Zhao smiled. "That dog was upgraded by me too."
Qiu Lingshan was speechless. Wei Zhao really did have nothing better to do, upgrading a high-rank Yellow Rank dog! But this also indirectly revealed how formidable Wei Zhao was — producing experts without the slightest pressure!
"Didn't you study medicine? According to our investigation, this tomb is very likely that of Zhang Lifeng, the folk medical sage of the late Song and early Yuan. Doesn't that interest you?" Qiu Lingshan began to tempt Wei Zhao, bringing out what interested him most. "There may be some ancient texts inside. Of course, we can't give you the originals, but copies can be provided!"
Qiu Lingshan was a person of principle; she could not use cultural relics to curry favor with Wei Zhao, so looking was fine, but taking them away was absolutely out of the question. Only, as for those ancient texts, even if Wei Zhao wanted the originals they would be of little use to him.
"Heh, not very interested." Wei Zhao remained uninterested. The old man had thousands of ancient texts at home, more than he could even read himself — why go read someone else's? And Wei Zhao truly had no time; a trip to the tomb would probably take at least half a month before he could come out.
"Huh?" Qiu Lingshan hadn't expected even this to fail to attract Wei Zhao, and she was instantly disappointed. "Think it over again. Just treat it as protecting this little silly girl. The tomb is unimaginably dangerous — aren't you afraid this little silly girl might die?"
"Then don't go either." Wei Zhao said. "Anything else?"
"No... nothing." Qiu Lingshan was a little disappointed, but there was nothing to be done. If Wei Zhao wouldn't go, she couldn't very well force him, so she could only let it drop. "Then think it over again. It's not all that urgent anyway — maybe the Xiao family business will be settled by then."
"We'll see." With that, Wei Zhao hung up.
After hanging up, Wei Zhao left the room and went to the living room. When Gou Huli had come with the lion to make trouble earlier, he had noticed it. Though the bathroom where Wei Zhao bathed had curtains, through the gap one could still see outside the villa. But when he saw Shen Yushu take Mighty General out, he relaxed — one lion was more than Mighty General could handle with ease.
When Wei Zhao came out, Shen Yushu was vividly recounting to Gu Mengyao the heroic tale of Mighty General battling the lion. She was in full flow when she saw Wei Zhao and hurriedly called out, "Brother Arrow-Brand, you missed it earlier — Gou Huli brought a lion to make trouble, and Mighty General took the wind right out of its sails in one go..."