Chapter 159 You wouldn’t have fallen for me, would you?
Tuyun Village, Qingfeng Hall, Shi Fuyou looked at the man in front of him with handsome features and an extraordinary demeanor, and slightly furrowed his brows.
In his lifetime, he had seen many people, but few possessed such a bearing.
And the person he was holding, though pale in complexion, had an elegant and noble air, not resembling a woman from an ordinary household at all.
Then there were the others, dressed in simple clothes yet still maintaining upright postures and the manners of someone extraordinary, not seeming like people who could be raised in the villages below the mountain.
They resembled more like those from the capital city.
He felt a hint of suspicion rising within him.
Shi Zhou stood to one side, clutching his sword. Noticing his silence, he knew Shi Fuyou’s suspicion was flaring up again.
In the past few years, there had always been court officials coming to Qingyun Peak seeking to offer reconciliation but were turned away each time.
Latterly, these people had become cleverer; they no longer wore their official uniforms but disguised themselves as villagers from below the mountain. With false identities, they infiltrated the fortress, only to be exposed not long after.
These actions not only put everyone in the fortress on high alert, but also made Shi Fuyou increasingly disdainful of the court’s people.