Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Lord Hou (More Updates!)...

"come over."

The forest is quiet, and the fallen leaves are silent.

Du Lingjing was stunned for a moment.

But before she could react, murderous intent suddenly filled the silent forest.

Shao Wuxing blew a whistle, and the Shao's men who had surrounded the Fu Party suddenly changed their expressions. Before their blades had shed blood, blood seemed to be gushing out from the forest. The footsteps of these people changed instantly.

At this moment, Du Lingjing felt someone pulling her backwards rapidly. Almost in a flash, Chong'an led the guards of the Marquis' Mansion and rushed through the crowd, pulling her out of the siege in an instant.

By the time Du Lingjing reacted, she had been protected outside by the guards of the Marquis' Mansion. Inside, some of the people brought by Shao were still pointing their knives at the rebels inside, while the majority of the others were pointing their long knives at the guards of the Yongding Marquis' Mansion outside.

The eyes of these people were fierce and cold, and just a glance at their eyebrows could make one feel cold all over.

Shao Boju glanced at her and saw that she had been escorted out. He whispered, "What a pity."

She understood why the marquis asked her to "come over". She looked at him, and the man's eyes also glanced at her slightly.

But in this sudden situation, he only spoke to Shao Boju.

"Death warriors... I didn't expect that Shao Tanhua, a scholar, would secretly raise death warriors like the princes and nobles."

The death warriors are not ordinary guards or attendants, nor even ordinary soldiers, but a group of people who have long abandoned life and death, living only for the Shaw brothers and dying for the Shaw brothers.

Du Lingjing looked over and saw that although she was pulled out by Chong'an in an instant, the Fu Party members were surrounded by the death soldiers. It seemed that the Shao family was attacked from both sides, but under the swords of the death soldiers, the Fu Party members had almost no resistance.

Lu's guards could certainly fight against Shao's death squad, but the damage would be difficult to estimate.

At this time, Du Lingjing saw Hu Tinglan, turned to look at Shao Boju, and after a while, slowly shook his head and sighed.

Shao Boju paused slightly, but he only responded to Lu Hou who suddenly appeared.

"Lord Lu has taken so much trouble to come here in order to secure these people from the Fu Party and exchange them with my uncle, right?"

He laughed as he spoke, "If I didn't have my assassins, I wouldn't even have the chance to fight you, Lu Shenru. I can only watch you take advantage of me, kill me, take these people away, and keep the Rongchang Marquis's Mansion safe."

He said, "With people like you, can I gain a place in the court without using some means that are beyond the reach of ordinary people? Can I stand firm?"

The swords were clashing in the forest, and the tense atmosphere was like a full bow with arrows, but no one spoke.

Du Ling watched quietly, and only the marquis laughed.

"But Shao Tanhua, you are so eager to gain a foothold that if you turn around, I'm afraid you won't even be able to stand."

His attitude made Shao Boju's eyes turn a little colder, and he slowly shook his head.

"How can I compare with you, Marquis Lu? You were born as the legitimate son and grandson of the Yongding Marquisate. The entire Marquisate is yours, and the entire Yongding Army will be in your hands sooner or later. But what do I have?

They are all descendants of the Shao family, Prince Yong's maternal family. "My uncle Shao Zun, who is in charge of the family, hates us, the third and fourth branches of the family, like a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh. When he saw that I was selected as the third place in the imperial examination, and was trusted by Prince Yong's cousin and looked at differently by Lord Dou, he barely concealed his disgust. If I don't do everything I can to make a living and gain my own people, how long can he tolerate me?"

The emperor only loves new ministers.

He thought that his knowledge was not as good as Hu Tinglan's, but because his aunt was the mother of Prince Yong and the emperor's concubine, he could be named the third place in the class.

But in a few months, it will be the next spring exam, and there will surely be another person ranked first, second, and third, who may be a young man who is as favored by the emperor as he is. By then, if he is not as favored as he has been in the past few years, his uncle Shao Zun will do everything he can to pull him down.

But Shao's connections were all in Shao Zun's hands, and he could do very little. Fortunately, he could rely on Prince Yong and Dou Ge Lao to gain some power for himself.

If it were an ordinary newly-appointed scholar, he would have too little experience and could only edit books day and night in the Hanlin Academy, but with these, he was able to thrive in the court.

But this is far from enough. Once people outside find out that he is far inferior to Shao Zun and cannot get things done, how can they be willing to stand by his side and become his loyal party member?

He had no other choice. He was eager to stand on his own feet, so he could only rely on the power of his cousin, Prince Yong, while secretly expanding the path for himself. That's why he tried to impersonate others and use interests to win over people and build connections for himself.

He was already very cautious, and would withdraw his hands immediately at the first sign of trouble, but he was still discovered...

They refused to talk to him and only wanted to kill him.

He looked at the people who were against the party, and finally his eyes swept over Hu Tinglan.

"How ridiculous. Tinglan, you don't believe me, but you're willing to believe Lu Shenru. Now let's see. What's the difference between him handing you over to Shao Zun and letting you die?"

When he said this, he saw Hu Tinglan looking silent and suddenly thought of another person.

He asked Du Lingjing across the crowd.

"Jingniang, I've told you a long time ago that you shouldn't trust your new husband easily. Why didn't you listen to my advice? Do you think this powerful Lord Lu is Jiang Jieyuan, your childhood sweetheart? You really underestimate him."

Shao Boju laughed, and the more he laughed, the colder his voice became.

The sunlight in the mountains is blocked by layers of dense clouds, and only the whistling mountain breeze carries the winter chill and lingers.

Du Lingjing felt someone's gaze fixed on her face. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw that it was the marquis.

She was as silent as Hu Tinglan. The man saw her clenching her hands silently, but she said nothing and did not look at him again.

Du Xiang's gaze drifted in the mountain breeze. The man looked at her in silence for a moment, then spoke in a low voice.

"Don't worry about the affairs between us, Shao Tanhua. You should think about your own situation."

He said that Shaw Brothers had brought along a group of death-defying warriors, and that these people were willing to risk their lives, so maybe they could really accomplish something.

"But if Shao Tanhua wants to break out of this situation and get out of this situation unscathed, he must firstly kill these people and secondly get out of this situation himself."

He snorted, "It's a pity that even if the servants of the Marquis' Mansion are not very good, they can still survive a few moves at the hands of your assassins. So you can only do one of these two things. Which one do you want to do?"

He had limited manpower. If he used his own body to kill the Fu party members, the guards of the Marquis' Mansion outside would surely attack him. If Lu killed them all for the crime of murder, the court would not blame him. If he did not kill the Fu party members, he would fight with all his strength under the protection of the death squad and escape at the risk of his life. He could escape for a while, but not forever. What he did was to gain a foothold, but he would still be completely defeated.

Shao Boju also knew that he had little chance of winning against Lu Shenru, especially since he had his wife taken out in advance, and the guards of the Marquis' Mansion had no need to worry about what they did.

But he said, "Don't worry, Lord Lu. If I can't escape unscathed today, don't even think about using these rebels to exchange for the safety of the Rongchang Marquis's mansion."

He was threatening, he wanted both, but it would be a fight to the bitter end, Lu Shenru would not get any good result.

He said he would go, and Lu Shenru nodded to him.

The mountain wind blew up the hem of the man's dark brocade robe. He said, "Lu doesn't want to see blood. How about I make a deal with Tanhua?"

He said, "Your uncle Shao Zun wants to exchange all the Fu party members with him. You should give all the Fu party members to me. But Miss Huang should be the most important witness, right? Your uncle may not know her. You can keep her. It's up to you to decide whether to kill her or take her away."

As soon as he said this, some people in the party gasped, and Miss Huang turned pale.

She knew the secret between the brothers, and Shao Wuxing hated her even more. Even if he didn't kill her with a knife, he would torture her to death.

And if the members of the Fu party fell into Shao Zun's hands, they would not be able to survive.

Someone said, "What a calculation."

The dim sunlight could not penetrate the man’s inky brocade robe, but was instead absorbed by the bottomless darkness.

Du Lingjing saw that there was still a smile on his face, as if he had never made a decision about the life and death of others.

This time, he didn't even look at her, but Shao Boju paused and suddenly said.

"You take all the members of the Fu Party with you to exchange with Shao Zun, so that the Rongchang Marquis's mansion can be safe. I will also take the Huang daughter away so that Shao Zun cannot completely suppress her... It's a good plan, but she alone is not enough."

He raised his finger and pointed at the Hu brothers and sisters, "I want both of them."

The Hu brothers and sisters were the first to participate and knew the most. "It's safer for me to have them in my hands."

But the man just shook his head at him with amusement.

"Hu Tinglan was chosen by your uncle. I can't give him to you."

"Shao Tanhua," he called Shao Boju, "Those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters. You are not reluctant to part with these two brothers and sisters and their old friendship with you, so you want to protect them by your side, right?"

Before he finished speaking, Shao Wuxing frowned, his hooked nose making his face look more gloomy than an eagle. He glanced hatefully at the Hu brothers and sisters, especially Hu Tinglan.

At this moment, Shao Boju suddenly agreed to Lu Shenru.

"Okay, I'll give it all to you. But you have to keep your word and let us go."

Of course Lu Shenru nodded.

He spoke to Chongping, and Shao Boju also whispered a few words to Shao Wuxing beside him.

This deal started from time to time.

All the members of the Fu party were pulled up and thrown into the hands of the guards of the marquis' mansion by Shao's assassins.

Within a few breaths, most people were thrown out.

Du Lingjing saw Mr. Liao stagger, and his injured leg lost its balance, so he fell to the ground with a bang, his face showing pain.

She couldn't help but step forward to help, but was stopped by the guards of the Marquis' Mansion.

She looked at the marquis and asked. The man had a stern look on his face which she rarely saw and gave an order in a cold voice.

"Tie these people up and take them aside." He paused for a moment, then glanced across her face, and said to her in a low voice, "No one is allowed to touch them, especially Madam."

After saying that, he turned his head away.

He didn't allow it. Du Lingjing was guarded closely by the guards and couldn't move. She pursed her lips and remained silent. She just looked at the members of the Fu party who were almost all released one after another, and then quietly glanced at the man who was standing alone on the hillside with his hands behind his back, her eyes showing some thought.

She didn't say anything else. She saw that Shao Boju had released most of the people quickly. In the end, the only ones left were Miss Huang and the Hu brothers and sisters.

However, at this moment, the atmosphere in the forest suddenly became cold.

Shao Wuxing and his attendants suddenly put knives on the necks of Hu Tinglan and his sister and Miss Huang.

As Lu Shenru just said, whether the witness Huang was alive or dead was not that important to him.

But Shao Zun specifically asked for Hu Tinglan's siblings, knowing that they knew the most, were the most important to Shao Boju, and would be the easiest to control and suppress Shao Boju.

Shao Wuxing's knife was clamped on Hu Tinglan's neck. He was the first to shout fiercely, "Let us out, or you will be dead. Take Hu Tinglan in exchange!"

Shao Boju also spoke, and his voice was more relaxed than before, implying a chance of winning.

"Right now, I have the three most important people left. If I kill them now, Marquis Lu won't be able to save them in time. My assassins are not vegetarians. But I just want to leave now. Marquis Lu let us go directly, so there will be no more fighting, which is not a bad thing for your Yongding Marquis Mansion."

They had agreed on the replacement in advance, and he asked Lu Shenru to keep his word, but he went back on his word.

Du Lingjing frowned and Lu Shenru also snorted.

But he was not angry at Shao's inconsistency, he just asked softly.

"Are the Hu brothers and sisters so important to you? If you had not taken into account our old friendship, I think your fifth brother and those assassins would have dealt with them all long ago, right?"

I won't wait until things get bigger and bigger and reach the point they are today.

He said this to Shao Boju, but Du Lingjing saw Shao Wuxing's face change.

Shao Wuxing held Hu Tinglan's hand with a knife and tightened it secretly. Thin beads of blood oozed out from Hu Tinglan's neck.

Shao Wuxing thought about how he had tried to capture them several times in the beginning, all because his brother couldn't bear to leave the Hu brothers and sisters, and asked him not to kill them, or even to hurt them.

He couldn't help it and shot an arrow at Hu Tinglan, thinking that if Hu Tinglan died, his brother would not be able to revive even if he knew about it. Unfortunately, Hu Tinglan didn't die, and the matter was even worse.

Thinking of this, he suddenly made a decision in his heart, and suddenly took a step back holding Hu Tinglan.

Shao Boju immediately looked over and said, "Xiao Wu, what are you doing?!"

The atmosphere in the forest changed.

Shao Wuxing held Hu Tinglan's hand with a knife but did not loosen his grip at all.

The hooked nose casts a large shadow on the face.

"Brother, if you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. Bringing them along is a burden, so it's better to kill them, clean and neat!"

Not only was the person who knew the most information killed, but Shao Boju's weak spot was also eliminated.

Shao Wuxing was already eager to kill someone, and he wanted to kill Hu Tinglan first.

Hu Tinglan closed his eyes. He had no intention of letting Shao Boju spare his life.

But Shao Boju's face was obviously flustered. "Let's talk about it later. Let's go out first..."

"Brother is wrong. Only if we get rid of these two people first can we get out smoothly!" Shao Wuxing couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing that his brother was still hesitant, he said hatefully, "Do you want to leave the handle in Shao Zun's hands and let him hold us brothers hostage? Have you forgotten how he tortured us? I just want to recognize my ancestors, but he made me and my father kneel in the snow for a day and a night, and suffered the cold stares of the tribe. And you, that kick in the heart, doesn't it hurt anymore?"

Shao Wuxing was the son of his fourth uncle and his concubine. Later, his uncle lost two sons in succession, so he wanted Shao Wuxing to return to his ancestral home.

But after five years of negotiations, this matter was not accomplished. Shao Wuxing had to grow up outside and was called a bastard. When he was in his teens, his fourth uncle could not wait any longer and took his fifth brother to ask his eldest uncle Shao Zun for help. Shao Zun agreed, but asked them to kneel in the ancestral hall for a day and a night before they could agree.

That day and night, the fourth room's father and son were looked down upon.

After that, my fourth uncle fell seriously ill and died after struggling for half a year.

He knew that his fifth brother hated his uncle Shao Zun, and he employed him because he also hated him.

That was a mistake made by their grandfather's generation. Their step-grandmother angered their grandfather's wife, Shao Zun's mother, to death because of competing for favor.

But his father and uncle had been bowing their heads all their lives, and he thought that as long as he was also cautious, his great uncle would stop caring and let them have a way to find their own way forward.

He studied in the clan school, and the clan kids were the best at judging people by their appearance. They didn't allow him to sit in the school, so he could only listen outside. It didn't matter; he was often beaten by the kids of the same surname, and his body was covered with bruises every day, and he couldn't even afford medicine for his wounds, but it didn't matter.

He thought that as long as he was well-behaved, sensible and kept his head down, his uncle would be more pleasing to him.

After all, his great uncle was also a scholar. When he was young, he saw his great uncle reciting poems and composing essays with others from afar. His every move and gesture showed his extensive reading. He was dazzled and felt admiration.

Once, he deliberately waited on the roadside after school. He wanted to be bold and greet his uncle.

He didn't expect his uncle to be kind and speak to him, but he would be satisfied even if he just looked at him and said nothing.

The little man, with a heart as pure as a clear lake, plucked up the courage to wait by the roadside, and waited for more than half an hour. It was a scorching day, and he was sweating all over, but he was reluctant to leave, so he had to hide in the bushes.

After more than half an hour, it was getting dark and his feet were numb from standing. He heard footsteps coming closer and closer.

It’s my great uncle.

He immediately held his breath and waited for his uncle to come.

When the man walked up to him, he quickly ran out of the bushes. He wanted to step forward, respectfully salute his uncle and call him "Uncle".

He had just bent down before he could even call out "Uncle".

Shao Zun suddenly raised his foot and kicked the child in the heart.

The kick sent him flying backwards, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

The pain spread to every part of my body and was beyond description.

Shao Boju couldn't make any sound. This kick in the heart was something that he couldn't endure at such a young age. The blood spread in his chest and flowed into his mouth.

He curled up and twitched continuously. In the dim light, my uncle finally realized that it was a person. It was him.

But my great uncle only said, "I thought it was a stray dog."

After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at him again and left with his servant.

He vomited blood on the ground that night, but he couldn't make any sound and no one noticed. It was not until dawn that his father came to find him in a hurry. However, he didn't dare to alarm the clan members, let alone question Shao Zun, so he could only carry him to the clinic... ...

The pain in my heart seemed to hurt again when Shao Wuxing mentioned it.

He began to have difficulty breathing, but Shao Wuxing's patience was almost exhausted. "Why are we brothers so eager to stand out? Brother, you should not forget! Now that we have killed the Hu brothers and sisters, no one can control us!"

Shao Boju's eyes fell on Hu Tinglan, and the wind made the leaves in the forest rustle.

Thinking back to those years in the academy, Shao Zun had more and more power in the Shao family. Other family members bullied the third and fourth branches of the Shao family. It was extremely difficult for him to collect the travel expenses to the academy. Unexpectedly, when he went to the academy to read the books of sages and learn what gentlemen say and do, he was surrounded by villains.

They flatter the powerful and bully the weak, and they use their numbers to bully the few. He is actually used to it, but there are still people willing to stand up for him.

He was just a weak scholar, but he dared to stand in front of him and advise those people. Seeing that those people did not stop, he was also threatened, and he did not show any sign of retreat.

Once, the two of them were finally led to the back mountain and severely beaten.

When he returned to the dormitory that night, he saw Hu Tinglan with his arms wrapped in white cloth, sighing softly.

He thought that he must be regretting standing with him for no reason and being beaten for no reason.

He couldn't help but say, "Don't stay with me in the future. Apologize to those people, maybe they will forgive you."

Unexpectedly, Hu Tinglan said, "A gentleman is close to the wise and stays away from flatterers. I, Hu Tinglan, will not associate with treacherous and flatterers."

Shao Boju was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and couldn't help but ask a question.

"So in your eyes, I am still a virtuous person?"

During the years when he was studying hard as an auditor in the clan school, no one ever said a good word about him.

He looked at Hu Tinglan carefully and saw that he nodded without any hesitation. His face was serious. Although he was only a teenager, he looked like an old scholar.

He said, "I see that you are indeed a good friend. I am willing to study with you and not be with those people. But if one day you change and lose your good heart under the power, I will abandon you and ignore you."

At that time, Shao Boju just smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if I become an official and hold power in the future, I will not do evil and make you despise me!"

He was the only one who felt that he was a good friend, so how could he let him down?

... ...

The grass and trees have withered and flourished for several years, and the old days are long gone.

There was a slight warmth and moisture in Shao Boju's eyes. He looked at Hu Tinglan, and Hu Tinglan also opened his eyes at this time.

"I deserve to die. Before you brothers did evil, didn't I notice anything?"

no.

He should have smelled something fishy since Shao Bo was selected as the third place in the imperial examination but did not work hard in the Hanlin Academy to edit books, win over influence and play with power.

But Shao Boju always said that his uncle Shao Zun would not stand to see him succeed, and he must establish his own business and gain a foothold with his own people in the court.

For this reason, Shao Boju wanted to marry Du Lingjing soon after his first wife died. He knew that the power in the court had been almost divided, but if he married Jingniang, he could take over the Fu Party that Du Ge Lao had followed in the past.

Although the Fu party was ostracized, in terms of knowledge and ability, it was better than many good-for-nothings in the court.

Hu Tinglan did not waver on this point, and his sister Tingjun also firmly opposed it.

Unexpectedly, Shao Boju gradually became unscrupulous.

Among those they had killed this time were old members of the party.

Hu Tinglan said that he deserved to die and laughed sadly.

"I should have seen through you long ago. You are a treacherous villain and no longer the good friend you once were."

"Ting Lan..."

But before he could finish his words, Shao Wuxing lost all his patience.

"If this person wants to die, then he should do as he wishes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bloody knife went straight to Hu Tinglan's neck.

Du Lingjing gasped outside the crowd. Even Hu Tingjun in the inner room didn't have time to escape and save his brother. She screamed in shock.

At this moment, Shao Boju suddenly grabbed Shao Wuxing's knife.

“No!”

In just a moment, the knife cut through Shao Boju's mouth.

"Shao Boju..."

"elder brother?!"

Shao Boju was bleeding profusely, Shao Wuxing was in a panic, and Shao's assassins suddenly showed some signs of panic and hesitation.

In a flash, Lu Shenru glanced at Chongping.

Chongping suddenly drew his sword, and in just a moment, all the Lu family guards swung their swords forward, and when the Shao family's assassins reacted, the swords were all placed on their necks.

The situation reversed instantly.

When Shao Wuxing saw this situation, his face under his hooked nose was completely distorted.

He shouted in hatred, "Damn them all!"

He first raised the knife and chopped straight towards Hu Tinglan.

The forest seemed to be stagnant.

But in the stagnation, a sharp arrow broke through the air and rushed straight towards the mad Shao Wuxing.

Lu Shenru snatched the servant's bow and arrow, raised his hand to draw the bow. In just a moment, he narrowed his eyes and aimed at Shao Wuxing.

A sharp arrow was suddenly released, and the sound of breaking through the air was heard. Before anyone could react, they saw the arrow pass through Hu Tinglan's shoulder and ear, and suddenly shot into the center of Shao Wuxing's neck.

The arrow was so powerful that Shao Wuxing stumbled backwards. The arrow pierced his throat and nailed him to the tree behind him, making a buzzing sound.

Shao Wuxing spat out blood from his mouth, his eyes were wide open, and he was dead.

"Xiaowu!"

Shao Boju was about to move forward, but Chongping had already broken through the encirclement of the assassins and pinned him to the ground.

But in a short moment, one of the Shaw brothers died and one was injured, and the latter was captured alive. The death warriors could fight without hesitation, and no one knew for whom.

Chongping held Shao Boju hostage and forced all of Shao's loyalists to surrender.

Lu Shenru even said, "I said, I don't want to see blood today. Although I saw it anyway, you don't have to die. There's nothing wrong with being alive."

Death warrior, have you lost all desire to live?

The clouds in the sky dispersed at some point, and swords fell to the ground in the forest. Chongping cleared all the people out and led others to treat Hu Tinglan's injuries urgently.

Fortunately, no one's life was in danger.

No one spoke for a moment, only Shao Boju, who was defeated, laughed out loud.

His mournful laughter echoed through the woods and mountains.

Hu Tinglan looked over, with even more sorrow in his eyes, but he never spoke to him again.

But Shao Boju said, "No one can survive! If you fall into Lu Shenru's hands, or into Shao Zun's hands, you won't survive either. No one can survive!"

These words made everyone pause.

Indeed, if Lu Shenru wanted to exchange them, Shao Zun would not let them all live.

Everyone looked towards Lord Lu. Du Lingjing's eyes had previously fallen on the hem of his robe, and now she looked up into his eyes.

She saw that his expression had also become gloomy, but she spoke.

"Who says they can't live?"

These words suppressed all the noise in the forest. He glanced at everyone and finally saw a person whose dress was soiled.

He looked at her in silence.

"I promised someone that I would save someone for her, and it was not an empty promise."

"Even if she doesn't believe it."

Du Lingjing's ears felt empty, with only his last sentence echoing over and over again.

When his eyes met, the man's eyes were dark and gloomy.

At this time, the footsteps on the hillside became chaotic, and a large group of people came from time to time.

This group of people were none other than the people who had been waiting outside before. There were officials from the two governments, the Imperial Guards, students from the academy, relatives and friends of the group, as well as people who were looking for various purposes.

Hundreds of people, all arrived.

No matter how many people the Lu family has, they cannot kidnap the members of the Fu party under everyone's noses.

Instead, the prefects of Zhending and Baoding came in person and saluted him.

Everyone listened and realized that before Lu Shenru brought his men over, he had already notified everyone to come and meet them.

He had no intention of exchanging Tibetans for others, and as he said, it was not an empty statement.

The Shaw brothers were captured and executed, and everyone who had just arrived saw it.

But what is more important at this moment is that the Fu Party group, who had been hiding for several months with witnesses and evidence, was finally found!

Some people stepped forward to help, some cried, and some gathered around to ask what had happened.

The prefects of the two prefectures, along with the Jinyiwei, greeted Lu Shenru and said a few words. Seeing that he was not in the mood to talk, they left without saying anything more.

The man lowered his head and looked at his wife whose dress was soiled.

She was still standing there, just staring at him, but didn't come over.

He asked her to come here twice, but she didn't. She was still standing there, so he simply walked over.

But when he raised his foot, he passed by her and avoided her.

Du Lingjing saw that he did not stop for a moment, just glanced at her silently, and then walked in front of Mr. Fudang.

He personally untied the ropes that bound Lord Hong, "Are you okay?"

Lord Hong said it was fine, but he only asked him one question, "What about the Rongchang Marquis' Mansion? If Lord Lu lets us go, what will the Marquis' Mansion do?"

This is key.

Everyone wanted to know, and Du Lingjing was also looking at him from behind.

But the man said there was no easy solution to the problem.

"Killing someone means paying with one's life. If the Rongchang Marquis's Mansion still wants to keep its entire mansion intact, the simplest way is for Madam to personally send those two evildoers to surrender themselves."

He had already made his intention clear before he came.

Mrs. Bo fainted that night, but he had no intention of covering up for them. It was also unjust to use the lives of the people in his party to save the lives of those two evildoers.

As for the Earl of Rongchang who was leading troops outside, he personally wrote a letter and sent it to him, and also dispatched another person to take over.

After he finished speaking, Lord Hong couldn't help but look at him twice.

"My Lord, it's righteousness."

Lu Shenru even said that he was not worthy of it.

He said that he was also young and frivolous at one time, "I may have hurt Mr. Liao's feelings at that time, I hope you can forgive me."

He had had Mr. Liao arrested and beaten in the dispute over the succession, so he stepped forward and bowed solemnly.

Mr. Liao quickly supported him.

"I survived that time, but if it weren't for the Marquis, I don't know if I could have escaped this time."

Mr. Liao was not a person who held grudges, but Lu Shenru still completed the ceremony with him.

Hu Tinglan's wound was temporarily treated. He looked depressed, but he stepped forward to thank Lu Shenru.

The man shook his head.

"I dare not say that it is all for the public good, I just acted recklessly."

It's not all out of public interest, there are also selfish motives behind it.

Hu Tinglan and Hu Tingjun, brother and sister, glanced at the person standing there in a daze.

The man didn't speak to her from beginning to end.

They had been hiding for several months, and now everyone who came helped them and sent them down the mountain.

Hu Tinglan was seriously injured and could not stay any longer.

On the other hand, Jiang Fengchuan was in a relatively good situation.

Almost all the people in the mountains had left, and only Lord Lu and his new wife were left standing in the forest.

Jiang Fengchuan thought about what happened today and looked at Du Lingjing. She was stunned and looked at the man beside her from time to time.

He frowned secretly, his eyes showing thought, and couldn't help but raise his foot to walk over, but his arm was held by someone.

"Uncle Hui?"

"Sixth Master, don't go. It was the Marquis who saved us this time."

"That's irrelevant."

"Sixth Master, Miss, no, she is now the Marquis's wife. As long as the Madam lives well, Third Master will not be unhappy at all, and even smiles when he sees her in heaven. Why do you insist?"

"But Uncle Hui..."

Uncle Hui shook his head at him, "Sixth Master, stop talking. Let's go."

Uncle Hui dragged everyone down the mountain from the other side.

Du Lingjing didn't see them, she only saw the person next to her turned his back.

He really didn't speak to her, and even now that everyone had left, he didn't seem to want to talk to her.

"My Lord..." Du Lingjing tried to call him softly.

The man just glanced at her and didn't respond. Instead, he walked to the other side and asked someone to bring Shao Wuxing's body down the mountain.

"My Lord." She could only call him again.

He seemed not to hear it and did not respond.

She was at a loss, her eyes wandering, and she saw Tingjun winking at her from the hillside, "Then go over there!"

past.

He'd told her twice before.

And he had no intention of exchanging anything, he really wanted to help her save people, she really didn't dare to believe it...

Just as the man was walking to the side, Du Lingjing took a deep breath and walked forward quickly.

She called him again, and this time, he stopped and looked over.

When his eyes suddenly fell on hers, she paused.

"Thank you, sir."

She means it.

But after she finished speaking, the man suddenly smiled. His smile was very faint, but his eyes were as gloomy as if it was about to rain.

"Thank you?"

Before he finished speaking, he avoided her, turned around and walked straight down the mountain.

Du Lingjing was completely stunned, just watching his figure getting farther and farther away. The whistling mountain wind seemed to be blowing under his feet, and his clothes fluttered.

She was at a loss.

Chongping came over and sighed softly.

"Madam, it's getting late, let's go down the mountain first."