This shameless Suo Lun truly did use a honey trap.
Fortunately, however, it was not directed at Lady Lizhi, the mother of the Rouran City Lord. She was already in her fifties. Although born into wealth and privilege, and maintained even better than Liu Xiaoqing on Earth, fully deserving the description of still possessing lingering charm, Suo Lun truly did not have such heavy tastes.
The young married woman in his arms at this moment was roughly a little over one metre sixty in height, so she appeared somewhat petite. But her figure was extremely voluptuous and alluring. Converted to Earth measurements, she was at least a D-cup.
She possessed a very delicate and gentle face, her entire being radiating the air of a virtuous wife and good mother.
Extremely timid, the kind who dared not meet anyone’s gaze at any time.
Suo Lun had been having secret trysts with her for three days already.
The delicate young married woman nestled greedily in Suo Lun’s embrace, her pair of soft eyes gazing at him like water, breathing desperately through her nostrils.
“Has your husband hit you these past few days?” Suo Lun asked.
“No…” the delicate young married woman said, “After you beat him, he no longer dared hit me. Every day he gambles and drinks himself into a stupor outside. He has not been seen for several days.”
Then, she caressed Suo Lun’s face and said, “Why has your face become so strange?”
Several days prior, Suo Lun had led his people just out of Rouran City, then turned back himself and secretly slipped back into Rouran City.
This delicate and beautiful young married woman was called Ni Ya. When Suo Lun encountered her, she was being beaten by her husband. Her nature was gentle, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, not knowing how to resist.
Suo Lun said not a word, directly stepped forward and beat her husband half to death.
Then, he very gently dressed this little young married woman’s wounds and applied medicinal wine.
Suo Lun’s gentleness, and his face so handsome it did not seem human, immediately conquered her heart. In a daze, it became nightly secret trysts in the small grove.
She did not even know what Suo Lun was called.
She only knew that compared to her husband who gambled and drank himself into a stupor, vicious and base, Suo Lun was like heaven itself.
“Mmm, deliberately made myself a bit uglier, otherwise I would bring calamity upon people again.” Suo Lun said shamelessly with a smile.
The beautiful little young married woman gently nestled in Suo Lun’s embrace, closing her eyes and enjoying this rare sweet time.
She knew this was an illicit affair, that it would not last. Soon she would have to return to that terrible home.
And during these few days of secret trysts, she had never asked Suo Lun’s name or identity, harbouring no hope for this relationship.
Therefore, every minute of this sweet illicit tryst was precious.
This was the first time in her life she had tasted the flavour of love between man and woman, because her so-called marriage, her husband, had not been chosen by her. Her fate had been completely manipulated by others.
Only the man before her eyes was someone she truly adored.
But she could see that this man was not someone she could possess.
But she did not care. Every extra minute of this sweetness was a blessing.
However, she was somewhat uncertain why this man she adored never truly took her during each tryst.
Before every tryst, she bathed for over half a shichen, then used expensive fragrant essences, making her body fragrant and alluring.
Although she did not speak of it, every time she revealed a plea for intimacy with her eyes. After all, she was not some young maiden, but a mature woman desperately in need of love.
But this beautiful and gentle man never took her every time. There was no problem with his body. She had secretly touched his vital part, fearsomely imposing and magnificent enough to make one’s heart leap with fright.
But she was too shy, truly too embarrassed to bring up such matters.
“Ni Ya, shall I take you away from here?” Suo Lun suddenly asked.
The beautiful young married woman’s beautiful eyes instantly lit up brilliantly, then dimmed again. She shook her head and said, “My lord, my fate is not controlled by myself. I cannot leave.”
Suo Lun said, “As long as you wish to leave, I can take you away.”
The beautiful young married woman’s beautiful eyes stirred with movement. For her, this place was truly a terrifying hell. She truly wished to escape.
“Only me alone?” the beautiful young married woman Ni Ya said, “I, I cannot bear to leave my son.”
Her son was called Little Leopard, a very beautiful and delicate little boy.
“Leave together.” Suo Lun said, “I will arrange for you both to leave together.”
The beautiful young married woman Ni Ya fell into struggle, closing her beautiful eyes, as though hesitating and thinking.
She was utterly infatuated with Suo Lun, but this man was completely a mystery to her, an unknown quantity, even a kind of danger.
But Rouran City was, for her, even more a terrifying hell.
After a good long while, she raised her head to gaze at Suo Lun and said, “My lord… I, may I ask, what is your name?”
Suo Lun fell silent, pondering for several seconds.
“Very well, if it is inconvenient for my lord to say, then do not say it.” Ni Ya said with delicate unease.
“I am Suo Lun.” Suo Lun said in a low voice.
Instantly, Ni Ya widened her beautiful eyes, gazing at Suo Lun in disbelief.
“You have heard this name?” Suo Lun asked.
Ni Ya nodded.
This name had recently become far too famous. The lover of City Lord Ash Liren, it had already spread throughout Rouran City.
Hearing this name, Ni Ya immediately felt inferior, her body leaving Suo Lun’s embrace, lowering her head, without any blame.
She was very gentle and kind, but not stupid. She knew Suo Lun’s target was her son, Little Leopard.
“Then, then what do you plan to do with Little Leopard?” Ni Ya’s protective instinct for her foster son instantly overcame her infatuation with Suo Lun.
Suo Lun said, “I plan to send you and Little Leopard to Tianshui City. From now on you will be his mother. I will have the best teachers instruct him in literature and martial arts. When he grows up he can remain in Tianshui City to help me, or come to Rouran City to help Ash Shiyuanba.”
Ni Ya said, “You, you will not use him as a hostage to force Lady Lizhi to do something, will you?”
Suo Lun said, “The sole thing I wish to do is make you and Little Leopard completely vanish from Rouran City’s sight, so that no one knows where you have gone. This is how it is now, and this is how it will remain in the future.”
Ni Ya raised her head to look at Suo Lun, nodded and said, “Very well, Little Leopard and I will go with you.”
…
That very night.
Experts from the Gao Faction Shadow Pavilion killed all the nails monitoring and protecting Ni Ya and Little Leopard, taking the mother and child pair and vanishing from Rouran City.
After confirming that Ni Ya and Little Leopard had already left Rouran City, it was already the middle of the night.
Suo Lun once again came to the small grove near the City Lord’s residence, waiting here.
After a moment, another beautiful and delicate young married woman entered this small grove. Upon seeing Suo Lun, her gaze was incomparably complex.
“You, didn’t you leave? How did you come back?” a petite and voluptuous young married woman said in a low voice, her head lowered, not daring to look at Suo Lun at all.
And this young married woman was Tao Su, Ash Shiluo’s first love, Ash Shimo’s concubine, Yuan Ba’s biological mother.
Of course, she and Suo Lun, because of the Pink Blaze, had also shared a few unforgettable shichen.
Suo Lun gazed at this unfortunate woman before him, still with lowered brows and obedient eyes, her delicate face appearing incomparably weak, even resigned to her fate.
How similar she was to Ni Ya.
Even, she was not as brave as Ni Ya. Ni Ya, to escape the terrible hell, still possessed the courage to flee.
“Do you miss Yuan Ba?” Suo Lun said.
Tao Su lowered her head and said, “I, I am an ill-omened woman, unworthy of seeing him.”
Suo Lun said, “I asked if you miss him.”
“Yes…” Tao Su said.
Suo Lun said, “Now, someone wishes to kill him.”
Instantly, Tao Su’s face changed.
Suo Lun said, “Ash Zhuo and Lizhi are having an affair, correct?”
Tao Su’s face reddened, and she nodded.
Suo Lun said, “Now Ash Zhuo wishes to harm Ash Liren and Yuan Ba. Lady Lizhi may become an accomplice. I need your help.”
Tao Su said, “What can I do?”
Suo Lun said, “Is Ash Zhuo currently inside the City Lord’s residence?”
Tao Su shook her head and said, “He is not.”
Suo Lun said, “I need to see Lady Lizhi, privately and in secret.”
Tao Su thought for a while and said, “Then, then you may need to disguise yourself as a woman.”
The moment she finished speaking, Suo Lun immediately produced a set of women’s robes, removed his original garments, and changed into the women’s robes.
Then, with Tao Su’s help, he tied up a woman’s hair bun in the dark.
“Follow me into the room, I will do your makeup a bit more.” Tao Su said.
Then, Suo Lun disguised as a woman, secretly followed Tao Su into the City Lord’s residence, entering through a side gate. Tao Su passed over two gold coins.
That gate-guarding warrior then pretended he had seen nothing.
The Rouran City Lord’s residence had had no master for several years, and discipline had completely deteriorated.
…
After entering Tao Su’s room.
Under the lamplight, Suo Lun used medicinal water to wash away the crude disguise on his face, revealing his original appearance.
Tao Su stared blankly and said, “You, your face needs no makeup to be prettier than a woman’s.”
She truly had never seen a man disguised as a woman turn out prettier than a woman, just a bit taller.
However, Tao Su still applied simple makeup to Suo Lun, then speechlessly discovered that after makeup, the Suo Lun before her eyes was actually prettier than herself.
Tao Su was also an extremely, extremely rare beauty. Otherwise, Ash Shimo would not have doted upon her so exclusively back then.
“Follow me, I will take you to see Lady Lizhi.” Tao Su said.
Then, she led the cross-dressed Suo Lun towards Lady Lizhi’s courtyard.
The maidservant guarding outside was very surprised to see Tao Su coming to seek an audience so late, saying, “Madam Tao Su, the Lady Mother has been asleep for a long time.”
Tao Su said, “It is a very important matter, extremely urgent.”
Lizhi’s maidservant said, “Very well, I will ask.”
Then, she walked in.
After a moment, she came out and said, “The Lady Mother is very displeased, but has still agreed to see you.”
Tao Su led Suo Lun into Lady Lizhi’s courtyard, entering her bedchamber.
…
Lady Lizhi, because of inner unease, tossed and turned unable to sleep. Having just slept for less than a shichen when she was woken, her face was full of displeasure.
At this time, she had removed her makeup, revealing her original appearance.
Although very well maintained, she still appeared dignified, with no wrinkles on her forehead. But after all, her years had passed.
When dressed up in full regalia, she still possessed charm. But being woken from sleep at this time, she truly showed her age.
Facing such a woman, for Ash Zhuo to still be able to perform, either he had extremely heavy tastes, or he was holding his nose and forcing himself.
“Tao Su, what business do you have?” Lizhi said displeased, “Who is this person behind you?”
At this moment, the maidservants in Lady Lizhi’s courtyard suddenly all collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
When Suo Lun passed by them, he had unknowingly administered knockout medicine.
Seeing this, Lady Lizhi’s face instantly changed in terror, and she was about to let out a great cry.
Suo Lun’s eyes flashed, releasing powerful spiritual power that instantly pierced through Lady Lizhi’s spiritual defences. Her entire body was restrained, completely unable to move, and she could not make a sound.
“You go out too, keep watch outside.” Suo Lun said to Tao Su.
Tao Su nodded and went out.
Suo Lun gazed at Ash Shimo’s wife, Lady Lizhi, and said coldly, “Next, I speak, you listen. Agreed?”
Lady Lizhi nodded in fear.
Suo Lun said, “You and Ash Zhuo are having an affair, and even had a son called Little Leopard, correct?”
The moment these words were spoken, Lady Lizhi’s face changed in terror.
Although her affair with Ash Zhuo was secret, it was not an absolute secret. But the fact that the two of them had a son was top secret. How did this person before her know? Who was she?
Suo Lun said, “Now your son Little Leopard, and his foster mother Ni Ya, have both vanished. Whether they live or die is completely in my hands!”
Having said this, Suo Lun produced a longevity lock.
Lady Lizhi recognised at a glance that this longevity lock belonged to the illegitimate son Little Leopard she had with Ash Zhuo. This was something she had personally commissioned to be made when Little Leopard was one year old. Little Leopard had always worn it close to his body.
“Do you want your youngest son to live?” Suo Lun asked.
Lady Lizhi nodded desperately, tears flooding out, her soul completely scattered with terror.
Ash Shiluo was dead, her other sons were all grown. This nine-year-old illegitimate son was completely her lifeblood.
Suo Lun said, “Then let us make a deal. Exchange Ash Zhuo’s life for Little Leopard’s life. Agreed?”
Lady Lizhi was stunned, her eyes widening violently, instantly falling into pain.
On one side was her lover, on the other side was her biological son. Truly a difficult choice.
Suo Lun said, “I know that under Ash Zhuo’s instigation, you are preparing to help him depose Ash Liren. In doing this, how foolish are you? After deposing Ash Liren and Ash Shiyuanba, Ash Zhuo will support your son Ash Shi Ci to ascend, correct?”
Lady Lizhi was stunned. This was an absolute secret she and Ash Zhuo had discussed. How did this person before her know?
Suo Lun was of course guessing, and it was not difficult to guess at all.
Suo Lun said, “Why did Ash Zhuo choose Ash Shi Ci? Because he is the weakest and most useless, the easiest to control. Once Zhi Li ascends the throne, he will kill Ash Shi Ci and become the Rouran City Lord himself. At that time, do you think he will still be so accommodating to you as he is now? Look at you, already in your fifties, your body already swollen and sagging. Every time Ash Zhuo finishes sleeping with you, he goes home and vomits for half a shichen. Once he ascends to the position of Rouran City Lord, the first person he will want to kill is you, to take revenge for the disgust you have brought him all these years, and because you no longer have any use value. On the contrary, whether it is Liren as City Lord or Yuanba as City Lord, you will still be the high and mighty Lady Mother.”
Lizhi had merely been befuddled by Ash Zhuo’s pillow talk, and also lacked any independent judgement. But she was not stupid.
At this time, having been spoken to by Suo Lun like this, she immediately understood the crux of the matter.
Moreover, her feelings towards Ash Zhuo were merely a relationship of illicit lust. To speak of any deep feelings was nonsense. The only man she had loved most in this lifetime was her husband, Ash Shimo. It was only that Ash Shimo treated her like worn-out shoes, so she had angrily sought revenge.
Suo Lun said, “Tomorrow when Ash Liren and Ash Zhuo clash, do you know which side you should stand on?”
Lady Lizhi wept, nodding desperately.
Suo Lun released the restraint, and she immediately opened her mouth to plead, “I beg you, please do not harm Little Leopard. He is still young, he knows nothing.”
Suo Lun said, “If you do not do wrong, he will be safe. If you do wrong, then the next time what I send back will not be his longevity lock.”
Lady Lizhi nodded desperately and said, “I know what I must do.”
Suo Lun said, “You and Ash Zhuo are passionately in love, you must certainly know his most secret sins. Find a few of the most fatal ones, write them down!”
Then, Suo Lun produced paper and brush.
Lady Lizhi wept as she wrote.
…
By the time Suo Lun returned to Liren’s residence once more, dawn was nearly breaking.
She was lying in bed, sleeping like a spring flower.
Suo Lun entered her room just like this.
Liren pretended to sleep. In truth, the moment Suo Lun stepped within a hundred zhang of her, she had woken and detected him.
When she slept, she removed her mask. At this time, her breathtakingly beautiful face was fully exposed.
She immediately turned her back, facing away from Suo Lun, and said, “If you come any closer, I will gouge out your eyes.”
Suo Lun said, “Actually, the scenery with your back turned is even more enchanting and marvellous.”
Liren was stunned, then remembered that she did not cover herself with anything when sleeping. Wearing nightclothes, her back to Suo Lun, her body slightly arched, how alluring and enchanting were the curves of her back and buttocks?
“If you dare break into my room again next time, I will break your legs.” Liren said fiercely.
For a moment she did not know whether to continue arching her delicate body or straighten up, her entire being unnatural.
Suo Lun said, “Your mother’s side is already settled. Today Ash Zhuo will make a move against you, driving you from power. And it will be through your mother Lady Lizhi’s mouth, abolishing your position as City Lord. But the result will shock him. What Lady Lizhi announces will not be your sins, but rather several great sins of Ash Zhuo.”
“Mmm.” Liren said.
Suo Lun said, “After Lady Lizhi finishes announcing Ash Zhuo’s great sins, do not give him any chance to catch his breath. Immediately make a move to kill, understand? Your martial arts are so high, this is the time to put them to use.”
“Understood.” Ash Liren said.
Suo Lun said, “You must remember, the moment Lady Lizhi finishes speaking you immediately kill, not a single second of delay, not letting Ash Zhuo speak a single sentence. Did you hear?”
Instantly, Ash Liren turned her delicate body in indignation, staring at him and saying, “Suo Lun, am I particularly stupid in your heart?”
At this time, she was not wearing a mask, nor was she wearing a veil.
Her face, like powdered jade and carved by divine craftsmanship, was fully revealed before Suo Lun.
This was the first time since the so-called Yan Ping’s death that a man had seen her true face.
Truly beautiful to the point of making one unable to breathe, beautiful to the point of making one’s heart stop beating.
“Damn, your face can truly kill people, bring calamity upon nations and ruin the people.” Suo Lun muttered to himself, “Cover it up, I still wish to live a few more years.”