CHAPTER 315: CHAPTER 271

"Master Uncle, good morning."

"Good morning, Uncle."

The two sat down.

Everyone arrived, and Mr. Mo announced the start of the meal, and the family began to eat.

"Grandpa, I am going to school today to check on things, so I won’t be home for lunch." These words were directed at Mr. Mo, but his eyes were on Lan Tian. Mo Junhua knew very well, the issues from last night were again blamed on him.

Regarding last night’s incident, he had intentionally caused it, so even if the girl blamed him, he couldn’t feel wronged nor had anything to say; before heading to the military academy, his relationship with the bed in his room was over.

After the meal, Mo Junhua briefly spoke with Old Mr. Mo and left early; Mr. Mo and Wu Hongfei were still preparing to check medical kits and other tools, Lan Tian returned to her room to grab her bag, and the group prepared to head to the Ji Family ancestral home.

Old Mr. Ji had not been staying in the main compound since he was unwell for a long time; the doctors suggested he should stay in the hospital for treatment, but he firmly disagreed, believing that the comfortable hospital environment would blunt a person’s sharpness, so he moved back to recuperate in his ancestral home.

The Ji Family’s ancestral home was located in the suburbs, backed by Hidden Dragon Mountain.

Hidden Dragon Mountain, as the name suggests, is a mystical mountain that conceals a heavenly dragon; legend says that in ancient times, a dragon practiced here to ascend to the immortal realms. Later, people believed that places where a dragon had resided must be auspicious, so they moved to live at the base of the mountain, and thus, the family prospered immensely.

Whether or not the legend is without foundation is hard to verify, but its status as an auspicious site is well-documented.

Over thousands of years, most who rebelled and succeeded in ascending the throne and stabilizing their rule were from Hidden Dragon Mountain, and they were also buried there after death to absorb the immortal essence and reincarnate with the fate of an emperor.

The rulers of previous generations in Dragon Country were buried in Hidden Dragon Mountain after their demise.

Such an auspicious place obviously could not be monopolized by the Ji Family alone; the old residences of several major families controlling Dragon Country are also located at the base of Hidden Dragon Mountain, each family maintaining their own space, like neighboring wells not violating river waters, living in harmony, at least outwardly so.

The entire Hidden Dragon Mountain, extending several tens of miles from the base, is designated as a secret NS base for Dragon Country; apart from the major families’ members, only specially qualified military personnel and doctors can enter. Other personnel are not allowed inside. If any unauthorized individual is discovered intruding, they are prosecuted for treason.

The security measures of Hidden Dragon Mountain are among the highest-end protective and offensive measures in the world, with military patrols, guards every three steps, and sentries every five steps — not even a fly could get past.

In her previous life, Lan Tian had visited once, brought by Ji Feng for his elder brother’s wedding celebration.

Today, circumstances were special; Lan Tian extended her Divine Sense, maintaining the necessary vigilance.

The travel plans were already arranged by Mr. Mo.

In front of the mansion, three identical cars were parked. While Mr. Mo and Wu Hongfei were organizing a medical kit, three men who looked similar to Lan Tian’s grandfather were escorted by a group of guards and grandly drove away from the front gate.

Lan Tian and the others then went through the corridor and entered Wu Hongfei’s house. After entering, Mr. Mo and Wu Hongfei quickly changed into casual clothes. Lan Tian, considering that the road might not be smooth, changed into inconspicuous deep blue casual attire. After changing, the three of them left through the side door of Wu Hongfei’s house.

There were three rickshaws parked by the side door. The drivers, each strong and muscular, crouched in a position ready for offense and defense, vigilantly observing their surroundings. Seeing Lan Tian and the others come out, the drivers pulled the rickshaws forward, and the three of them got on. The drivers briskly moved, twisting and turning through the alleyways. Lan Tian, who had no sense of direction, could no longer tell how many alleys they had passed before finally stopping at an entrance to an alley where an inconspicuous car was already waiting.

As the people in the car saw Lan Tian and the others approaching, they opened the door, and the three quickly got into the car. The vehicle turned onto the main street ahead, blending into the traffic, slowly moving forward, and then turned into a road leading to the suburbs at a three-way intersection.

The entire process was conducted like an underground Party mission. Throughout the journey, Lan Tian was silent. Whatever Mr. Mo asked her to do, she obediently complied, causing Mr. Mo to frequently glance at her.

Once in the car, Lan Tian created a spiritual energy shield to cover the entire vehicle, using her Divine Sense to monitor the surroundings. Suddenly, she noticed Mo Junhua sitting in the front passenger seat, and exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to be at school?"

"It was my arrangement. After those guards escorted those decoys away, the three of us," Mr. Mo gestured towards Lan Tian and himself, "old and young, with just one driver. In case of an emergency, we’d need protection for all three of us. I’m old and frail; you wouldn’t expect me to rush forward and clash, right? You’re just a girl, always fighting, how does that look? Hua Zi is skilled in martial arts; having him with us makes our journey safer."

"So you all planned this without telling me! There are priorities in every matter, how could I not let him follow us?" Lan Tian snorted, feeling somewhat unreasonable.

Mr. Mo stroked his beard. It wasn’t new that the girl was unreasonable.

"Grandpa, every time you visit the Ji Family, do you have to sneak around like this?"

"No need, they might know that I can’t cure Mr. Ji’s illness, so they don’t need to guard against me. Today’s setup was for you. They learn information quickly and immediately arranged people to intercept us. ’Better to kill wrongly than let go,’ that’s their consistent style of doing things." Mr. Mo recalled how, back when he returned to Beijing, they gave him a ’grand gift’ that he had not yet returned, filling him with various frustrations.

"They only knew I sought someone to treat Mr. Ji, but they didn’t know who, whether male or female, tall or short, young or old, they knew nothing. You and Hua Zi came here while Xiao Yu openly went to the train station to pick you up."

Mr. Mo’s eyes sparkled with a cunning light, "They thought, due to a previous oversight, we would secretly bring someone over for protection; little did they know that the person was already right underneath their noses. ’The darkest place is under the candlestick,’ as they say."

Mr. Mo looked smug; his move was very clever and unexpected, making them keep watch outside in vain.

"Grandpa, you are brilliant." Lan Tian praised timely, sending him an admiring look.

"There are two cars about twenty meters behind us, they’ve been following us from the alley entrance. There’s also a suspicious vehicle parked fifty meters ahead on the roadside," Lan Tian suddenly spoke up, "Grandpa, what should we do?"

Mr. Mo’s decoy tactic to lure the enemy away had been exposed. Although it wasn’t exactly exposed, the fake Lan Tian had led away over a dozen cars. After their departure, others impersonated them and left from the front door, staging two groups to depart sequentially to draw their attention, but still, three cars continued to follow us.