Lu Lu flicked the duster, tucked it under his arm, and then squatted down next to Zhao Wu to check his injuries, saying, "If you can handle this yourselves, it's best if we don't get involved."

Zhao Cheng said, "Luo Ying is a grandmaster. How are we supposed to handle this ourselves? If I had known you would be so slow, I wouldn't have deliberately fallen into this trap!"

Lu Lu said, "Do you think only our family hasn't made a move? Dian Chen and the palace guards have been watching and just left."

Zhao Cheng was stunned.

“Our help is to repay your kindness to Lü Bin. Dian Chen’s arrival must be because the Princess has spoken to His Majesty. Young Prime Minister, think about it. We’re all under Dian Chen’s nose. He was sent by His Majesty, and even he hasn’t made a move. Is it appropriate for us to be so eager to act?”

Lu Lu frowned and said, "What will His Majesty think? That our family has been bribed by the Right Chancellor's office?"

Zhao Cheng knew that Lü Lu was right, so he said nothing more.

Tonight's battle at Mujing Bay is Wen Tai's scheme, but it is also Zhao Cheng's scheme.

The night Yuan Xiu had a private chat with Yuan Yun, Lü Bin attacked and found Zhao Cheng, saying that he had discovered that over a hundred experts had entered Changsui City on the same day and then infiltrated the Left Prime Minister's residence, thus realizing that Wen Tai was making a move.

Zhao Cheng can hide in the palace and not come out, but Wen Tai will definitely take action once he has gathered everyone. In that case, Mujing Bay will be in danger, and Song Haonan and Bai Ning will be in great danger.

Zhao Cheng then pressed Lü Bin to reveal his connections in the palace. After learning that Lü Bin was Lü Lu's eldest nephew, he decided to use this opportunity to eliminate Wen Tai's men.

Ideally, Wen Tai should be severely weakened. Even if we can't kill the Five Fiends of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion, we can still make a big scene and then, together with Yuan Yun, cause a scene in front of Yuan Xiu, forcing the Left Prime Minister's Mansion to give an explanation.

In this way, the Left Prime Minister's residence will at least be quiet for a while and will not continue to target Mujing Bay after Zhao Cheng leaves.

However, unexpectedly, Lü Lu's observation time was too long, which resulted in Zhao Wu and others being injured, and Mujing Bay also suffered great losses.

However, Zhao Cheng could not blame Lü Lu, because the old eunuch was not originally a member of his Right Chancellor's office.

Of the thirty soldiers, nine were killed and all were wounded. Over a hundred members of the Mujingwan gang and civilians were killed or wounded. Of the one hundred members of the Maoshan faction, only twenty-odd escaped; the rest were either killed or wounded. Deacon Yan Xin was killed in battle.

Judging from the current situation, Zhao Cheng and Wen Tai have both suffered heavy losses this time.

But Zhao Cheng had made up his mind and wouldn't let it go so easily.

The final outcome of this incident will depend on Yuan Xiu's response.

Zhao Cheng and Wen Tai still need to outwit each other.

But Zhao Cheng couldn't care less about that now. He held Zhao Wu tightly, as if the tighter he held him, the slower Zhao Wu's life would slip away.

Lu Lu put down Zhao Wu's hand, stood up and said, "Quickly stop the bleeding and find a skilled doctor to treat his injuries. He has a strong will to live and won't die anytime soon, but it's hard to say whether he can be saved."

At this moment, the doctor from Mujing Bay came out of Tongxin Road and quickly stopped Zhao Wu's bleeding.

Zhao Cheng immediately said, "Notify Shi Minghua as quickly as possible and have her come to Changsui! After Zhao Wu's bleeding stops, take him to Yu Yun Zhai and have the imperial physician watch over him!"

Seeing Zhao Cheng's nervousness, Zhao Wu actually smiled and said, "Master, I didn't expect you to care about me so much..."

"Concern for you my ass!" Zhao Cheng shouted. "You're not allowed to die! Who will protect me if you die?"

Zhao Wu said, "You can find a smarter guard."

Zhao Cheng said, "Why be so smart? Being too smart makes you prone to scheming. What do you think I value in you? It's your stupidity!"

"The master's words are hurtful, but I can't help but laugh when I hear them..." Zhao Wu really laughed, his body shaking involuntarily.

The doctor said, "Stop talking!"

"Let me say one more thing."

Zhao Wu raised his hand and grabbed Zhao Cheng's wrist, saying, "Master, if I don't survive this time, remember to change my name when you erect my tombstone?"

Zhao Cheng asked suspiciously, "What kind of strange request is this? Why do we need to change our names?"

Zhao Wu said, "Including this time, I should be called Zhao Liu now."

Zhao Cheng was completely bewildered. He glanced at Zhao Yan, whose eyes were bloodshot and fists were clenched. Zhao Yan nodded.

"What do you mean? Third brother, there are things about Zhao Wu that you know but I don't?"

"Brother, have you forgotten how Brother Zhao risked his life to protect us when we were little?" Zhao Yan said emotionally, "Back then, Brother Zhao was just a child himself!"

Zhao Cheng was stunned. When he was a child...

He genuinely couldn't remember.

Although he still had some scattered memories of the original Zhao Cheng when he first transmigrated, his subjective consciousness did not remember that those people were important. As time passed, those memories that he did not often recall were naturally lost.

He genuinely couldn't remember.

Zhao Cheng said, "I don't care about changing your name, I won't let you die!"

Zhao Wu took a deep breath and said, "This is an agreement between me and the Right Chancellor..."

After saying this, Zhao Wu fell silent and looked up at the night sky.

The rain is still falling.

The drizzle was light and much lighter.

...

(Bonus Chapter, Zhao Wu's Story)

(Zhao Wu's name)

Qinhuang County in western Dajing borders the two kingdoms of Dayue and Teluntu, and is an important military county on the border.

In the central part of the county, there is a Black Mountain with a stone mine that is currently being mined.

But this is only the surface.

Deep inside the quarry is a cave, inhabited not by quarry workers, but by some children.

The children ranged in age from four or five to twelve or thirteen, all dressed in matching gray short-sleeved shirts, with a small wooden tag about the length of a thumb hanging around their necks.

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