Lu Zheng clenched his fists tightly. The only thing he needed to know now was who the headless corpse was. Why was he hidden in the ice room of the Lu Mansion? And why did An Zicheng and the others disguise the corpse as Li Si?

Lu Zheng thought as he walked towards Yi Zhuang, hoping that Shihu would be able to help and find some useful clues.

However, just as Lu Zheng passed a corner, a man in black suddenly rushed towards him. The dagger in his hand flashed with cold light and rushed towards Lu Zheng's chest.

Lu Zheng was startled by this sudden change, but fortunately his body reacted in time and rolled to the side. Seeing that his first attack missed, the man in black came forward with a dagger in his hand. Lu Zheng had no time to dodge. He was careless and his left arm was cut by the dagger. Blood immediately gushed out.

Lu Zheng gritted his teeth to hold back the pain. He was thinking about something while walking, and didn't notice that there was no one around. The enemy had set up such an ambush, and they must want to kill him. I'm afraid there are more killers than just this one, but maybe they think that this man in black can kill him, so they didn't show up. There are three crossbow arrows on his crossbow, but this is his only trump card. He must ensure that he can escape after these three crossbow arrows are used up.

At this time, Lu Zheng's thinking suddenly became very clear, and he carefully calculated his physical strength and the direction of escape. He had seen the map when he first came to Qingxi County. He knew that this place was not far from the city gate. As long as he could escape to the city gate, he should be saved. The city defense soldiers had bows in their hands, so they should have no problem dealing with several assassins.

But even so, Lu Zheng still had several wounds on his body. Fortunately, there was only this one assassin, so Lu Zheng had a chance to catch his breath.

The man in black saw that he had escaped several times, and he inevitably became a little annoyed. He seized an opportunity to grab Lu Zheng's shoulder and drag him back, and with his other hand, he took a dagger and slashed at his neck. However, Lu Zheng bent over and fired the crossbow in his hand quickly, directly shooting the man in black in the vitals.

The man in black fell to the ground, holding his crotch, and his life or death was unknown. Lu Zheng's legs were weak after escaping, but he knew that now was not the time to rest, so he could only run towards the city gate with his weak legs. He was very close to the city gate, and Lu Zheng was refreshed. Unexpectedly, when he was about to reach the alley, a figure suddenly appeared.

Lu Zheng's heart sank. He was afraid that he would miss, so he fired twice in a row. Now there was only one crossbow arrow left on the crossbow.

And the bad news did not end there. Two men in black also surrounded Lu Zheng from behind. With three people attacking him, Lu Zheng had no chance of escaping.

At this point, Lu Zheng's heart calmed down. He slowed down his pace and watched the figure at the alley slowly approaching.

"It seems that I really underestimated Lord Lu." A clear and familiar voice sounded, making Lu Zheng's heart sink.

Lu Zheng raised his head and looked at the person opposite him, and uttered his name without emotion: "Xie Chaozong."

Xie Chaozong smiled slightly: "Lord Lu is well."

Lu Zheng knew that he could not escape today, so he simply asked directly: "Whose man are you?"

Xie Chaozong seemed a little surprised: "At the critical moment of life and death, Lord Lu did not even think about asking for mercy, but was curious about this question. It's really interesting."

Lu Zheng said coldly: "Anyway, you won't spare me even if I beg for mercy, so I'd better ask something useful, at least I will know who killed me after I die."

Xie Chaozong laughed: "Interesting! I really don't want you to die."

Lu Zheng said nothing.

Xie Chaozong probably also felt that Lu Zheng could not escape, so he did not kill him. Instead, he said calmly: "I heard that Lord Lu was a young genius and solved several major cases in Beijing. In this case, why don't you guess who I am?"

"You have already got the treasure map from Lu Enguang. If you just want money, there is no need to go through so much trouble. Your ultimate goal is to provoke a war between the court and the pirates." Lu Zheng took a deep breath, "The nameless corpse disguised as Li Si must be someone from the court. You have bribed the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion and placed the corpse in the ice room of the Lu Mansion. But you didn't bother to cut off the head and disguise it as Li Si, and even let An Zicheng spread the rumor that the murderer was the Red Thief, just to make this case a lie. For an unsolved case, the deceased has such obvious characteristics, and he also bears the heavy responsibility of framing Lu Enguang and even the Sea Dragon King. I think his status must not be too low. I think, even if I didn't find those clues, you would find a way for me to find them. You understand human nature thoroughly, and you know that the more difficult it is to get evidence, the more convinced you will be. Even if I don't find anything in the end, you will let the butler tell the story. It's a pity that I got involved in this case from the beginning, so you had to disrupt your plan. "

"Lu Enguang killed Li Si, but he didn't expect that the head of the body had been cut off. He took this as a warning from the Sea Dragon King and asked you for help in a panic. You killed him, but deliberately designed a frame-up full of mistakes, just to expose the fake identity you designed for Lu Enguang through me, and even hand over the sea map to the court through me. The Sea Dragon King will think that the court has obtained the treasure map, and how can the court not take such a good opportunity to get rid of such a big worry?" Lu Zheng sneered, "But why does this plan have to be done by me? I thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out, because you hope that the person who will eventually get the sea map is the King of Chu."

"You have calculated my temper, and the temper of His Majesty who is far away in Yanjing, and you even know the choice of the King of Chu. There are not many people like you in the world, and there are not many people who have such great hatred for His Majesty and the King of Chu..." Lu Zheng paused, "If I guess correctly, your master is the King of Wei."

Xie Chaozong's face changed slightly, but he still clapped his hands slowly: "This analysis is really beautiful, but Lord Lu, you are so smart, I can't let you live." Xie Chaozong slightly signaled to the two men in black behind Lu Zheng.

Who knew that Lu Zheng actually rushed directly at him.

"Looking for death!" Xie Chaozong narrowed his eyes slightly, but he had already drawn his sword and stabbed Lu Zheng straight.

Lu Zheng did not dodge, but charged forward. The tip of his sword hit something hard and was blocked. Xie Chaozong thought it was bad and was about to step back, but Lu Zheng had already pressed the trigger of his crossbow. At such a close distance, it was almost impossible to avoid. Unexpectedly, Xie Chaozong's body fell backwards, and the crossbow arrow flew out, brushing his chin.

Lu Zheng's heart sank immediately. This was the best solution he could think of. He had this plan after seeing the sword that Xie Chaozong was carrying. He had been carrying the token given by Jian Yu with him. He put the token on his chest while talking to Xie Chaozong just now. He hit Xie Chaozong's sword tip directly with his chest, which must have surprised him. People usually pause for a moment when they are surprised. The crossbow arrow he fired at such a close distance, even if it could not kill Xie Chaozong, would at least injure him, and he could at least have a chance of survival. Who knew that the crossbow arrow did not hurt Xie Chaozong at all.

Xie Chaozong was lucky to dodge the arrow. He broke out in a cold sweat when he recalled it. He could no longer hold back his murderous intent and slashed at Lu Zheng's neck with his sword.

Lu Zheng sighed softly and closed his eyes resignedly.

Who knew that he didn't feel the pain of the sword cutting his neck, but instead heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Lu Zheng's eyelashes moved, and he opened his eyes tentatively, and saw Xie Chaozong and the two men in black lying on the ground, and standing next to them was a man in green wiping the blade of a sword.

Seeing that he opened his eyes, the man in green smiled slightly: "Master Lu was surprised."

Lu Zheng was a little bit unbelievable: "It was... you who saved me?"

The man in green put the sword back into the sheath, bowed to Lu Zheng and said: "I am Qingluan, and I am the deputy commander of the Night Owl under the throne of the King of Chu."

Lu Zheng was stunned: "Are you the King of Chu's man?"

Qingluan said a little embarrassedly: "Your Highness ordered me to protect Master Lu, but I almost killed you. I was really derelict in my duty."

Lu Zheng shook his hands quickly: "No, no, no, I should be the one thanking you." He paused and asked, "By the way, please, what is this protection?"

Qingluan shook her head: "It means that I will follow you and report your news to Your Highness from time to time. Oh, if you have anything to say to Your Highness, I can also convey it."

Lu Zheng's face turned black, but he had just been rescued by the other party, it was not easy to lose his temper with the other party, so he could only transfer all his anger to His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was far away in the northern border.

However, it was inappropriate to discuss this now. Lu Zheng suppressed his anger and pointed at the corpses on the ground and said, "What should we do?"

Qingluan said, "Don't worry, someone will come to clean it up."

After he said that, Lu Zheng was no longer worried. Instead, Qingluan asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Lu Zheng wondered, "What should I do?"

"That sea map!" Qingluan said as a matter of course, "Since you can see that the King of Wei has a conspiracy, what are you going to do with the sea map?"

Lu Zheng's face was really dark this time: "You have been here all the time?!"

Qingluan answered very innocently: "Not all the time, I just came when that person said 'Interesting, interesting', because I saw that you were safe, so I decided to wait a little longer."

Lu Zheng had a mouthful of old blood choked in his throat, not knowing whether it would be better to spray it directly on Qingluan's face, or to hold it and spray it on Rong Zhen's face when the time comes.

Qingluan actually analyzed it to him very seriously: "In fact, this guy's kung fu is not too bad, but he has bad luck, so it is very important to follow the right boss, Master Lu, don't you agree?"

Lu Zheng looked at him dimly: "No, from his end, I only saw another truth."

Qingluan immediately asked with interest: "What is it?"

"The villain dies because he talks too much."