Zou Guanghong was so angry that his face was ferocious, "I will tear your mouth apart today."

"Someone, come and capture him for me!"

Just as the officers and soldiers were about to take action, something flashed past Zou Guanghong's eyes, and Gu Lingze's sword was placed on his neck.

"You, you." Zou Guanghong could now feel the chill from the sword blade, which was very close to his neck.

"Me what?" Gu Lingze cut a bloody line on his neck.

"Injuring an imperial official is a serious crime punishable by death." Zou Guanghong shouted in a timid manner.

Gu Lingze smiled indifferently, "One life for another, I won't lose anything." Then he raised his sword, "Tell your people to retreat and not make any sound, otherwise I will cut off your tongue first and give it to them as a snack."

Zou Guanghong trembled all over and immediately shouted: "Quickly retreat away!!"

"You are quite loyal. Even when you are about to die, you are still working for your master. You are a very qualified dog."

Zou Guanghong was so angry at these two words that he gritted his teeth. "Even if you don't care about your own life, you should think about those five families. They are still in my hands."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lingze raised his sword and stabbed him in the leg. Zou Guanghong immediately howled like a pig being slaughtered.

Gu Lingze placed the sword across his chin again, "I told you to keep your voice down. If you disturb my child's sleep, I will cut off your tongue."

Zou Guanghong quickly raised a bloody hand and covered his mouth with it while twitching all over. Gu Lingze patted his face with the back of his hand and said, "This is a good dog."

"I'll give you half an hour to invite the imperial envoy over. After half an hour, every time an incense stick of time passes, there will be one more hole on Master Zou's body."

The officers and soldiers were frightened by his ruthlessness and stood still. This time, Gu Lingze didn't need to say anything, as Zou Guanghong shouted sternly: "Hurry up and go!" After that, he covered his mouth again.

Gu Lingze was "training the dog" here, while Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi were riding their horses at full speed to catch up with the exiled team.

They went to the market on the way and hired five carriages, and asked them to go in the direction of Xiping while they chased the people first.

The two of them chased from morning to afternoon. When the horses were about to collapse, they pasted the talisman paper that Gu Lingze had given them on the horses.

Finally, after several hours of galloping, they caught up with the government team.

Unexpectedly, when he saw it, Doctor Li was rolling on the ground, being whipped hard by the officers' whip. Brother Wu used up his last bit of strength to break free from the rope and crashed into the officers, but immediately fell to the ground due to exhaustion.

"You haven't eaten or drunk anything for a whole day and night, yet you still have so much strength? Well, if I don't beat him, I will beat you!" The officer raised the whip viciously and lashed Brother Wu.

Zhao Chengmo shouted loudly and jumped off his horse. He grabbed the whip with his bony hands and held it tightly.

"Who are you? This is a team of imperial officials escorting prisoners. If you dare to stop them, you will be guilty of jailbreak!" After saying this, more than a dozen officers drew their knives and pointed them at them at the same time.

Zhao Chengmo looked at the scars on everyone's bodies and their haggard faces, and drew the sword at his waist.

Soon, cries of pain and the harsh sound of swords clashing were heard all around.

In less than an incense stick of time, all the officers fell to the ground.

Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi quickly untied everyone. He kept his head down, too guilty to dare look them in the eye.

Zhao Chengmo said to everyone in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, I have implicated you." Gu Xiuyi also apologized solemnly.

Uncle Xu staggered over and patted him on the shoulder. "It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back."

Brother Wu wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and said, "What's the point of saying that we will be implicated or not? Didn't the general always say that we should share the good times and the bad times? I'm right, right, young general?"

Gu Xiuyi nodded bitterly. The less they complained, the more guilty he and Zhao Chengmo felt.

The two of them quickly took down the water bags and dry food from their horses and distributed them to everyone, but there was not too much, and each person could only barely suppress their hunger.

Gu Xiuyi took out the medicine he carried with him and applied it to Doctor Li, then checked everyone's injuries. Fortunately, everyone only had some minor injuries and no one was seriously injured.

"Please wait for a while, we have hired a carriage and will be there soon."

Aunt Tao moved over and asked, "Zhao boy, are Mingyan and Lingze back?"

Zhao Chengmo nodded, "They are all back. Lingze went to the village to pick up the children."

Aunt Tao smiled comfortingly, "That's good, our family is finally reunited."

About half an hour later, five carriages came over one after another. Zhao Chengmo and Gu Xiuyi helped everyone onto the carriages, and after settling them down, they set off towards Donglin Village.

On Gu Lingze's side, the imperial envoy had already arrived. His eyes flashed, and a dark light flashed in his eyes, "Are you guys kidding me?" After saying that, he raised his sword and stabbed it into Zou Guanghong's calf.

Zou Guangmao couldn't bear it anymore. His eyes rolled back and he fainted from the pain.

Those officers and soldiers wanted to kneel down to him. Zou Guanghong's life was in his hands. Even if they were brave enough, they dared not play tricks in front of him.

"No, no!" The officer who went to invite him shook his head desperately, "This gentleman is really an imperial envoy."

This person has narrow eyes, protruding and dark cheekbones, a dark forehead, and vertical lines between his eyebrows. Such a person would never have a chance to become an official. Even if he were an ordinary person, he would be an unlucky person among ordinary people.

"Are you the imperial envoy?" Gu Lingze looked at him and asked.

This man had flickering eyes and a hunched back, but he insisted on acting like an official. In fact, the cold sweat on his forehead had already betrayed him.

"It's me! Why don't you release Lord Zou?" the man scolded in a stern but cowardly manner.

"Excuse me, sir, weren't you poisoned and vomited blood from your mouth after eating the snacks at Yunlai Restaurant? Why are you so full of energy now?" Gu Lingze asked slowly.

If he wasn't anxious, the "imperial envoy" would be anxious to death. He was a fake imperial envoy, but Lord Zou was a real lord! If Lord Zou had any accident, he would probably die.

"I, I took some medicine and I feel better." The fake imperial envoy explained with gritted teeth.

Gu Lingze curled the corners of his lips in sarcasm, "My lord, wasn't you poisoned? May I ask if the doctor told you what poison you were poisoned with and what medicine you took?"

The fake imperial envoy looked at Zou Guanghong's bloody thigh and his deathly pale face, and couldn't help swallowing hard, "Why don't you release Lord Zou first, and I will tell you slowly."

Gu Lingze looked at the sword in his hand and said, "I'm not in a hurry, sir, please take your time."

The fake imperial envoy was about to collapse after hearing this. Is this the doctor that Zou Guanghong mentioned?