When Lu Suzhen woke up, she had no recollection of what had happened the night before.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Tian Boguang drinking on the side.
"Tian Boguang, what are you doing in my room?" Lu Suzhen asked in surprise, lifting the blanket and instantly realizing what Tian Boguang had done to her.
She's fine with sleeping with anyone, but she'd find Tian Boguang disgusting.
Tian Boguang finished the wine in his bowl and said with a smile, "Suzhen, you can go now."
Lu Suzhen's beauty was exactly what Tian Boguang wanted.
However, as a fellow professional, Tian Boguang felt embarrassed to make a move against Lu Suzhen.
But after cooperating with Bian Lang, Tian Boguang thought that since Lu Suzhen was going to die anyway, he might as well take advantage of her.
Last night was very important for Tian Boguang.
Afterwards, he thought a lot about it and felt it was a real pity to kill Lu Suzhen like that.
Therefore, he wanted to let Lu Suzhen off the hook. Anyway, he wasn't short of five hundred taels of silver, and he believed that Bian Lang wasn't short of that amount of silver either.
“Tian Boguang, you really are…” Although Lu Suzhen was a woman thief who stole women, she was usually very vigilant. She never expected to fall into Tian Boguang’s hands.
Tian Boguang said, "You can still leave now."
"Did you betray everyone?" Lu Suzhen frowned, and instantly understood.
Tian Boguang sighed, "I just want to live."
Perhaps feeling that drinking from a large bowl wasn't enough, Tian Boguang picked up the wine jar and gulped it down.
"Look at you, still acting like a child, making a mess everywhere after drinking a little wine." Lu Suzhen got off the bed, walked quickly to Tian Boguang, and took out a handkerchief from her sleeve.
This handkerchief has five colors and emits a faint fragrance; it is Lu Suzhen's signature weapon, the Five-Colored Bewitching Handkerchief.
The mere scent of this handkerchief can cause anyone to fall into a coma, even those with profound internal strength.
Tian Boguang naturally recognized this thing, and he held his breath when Lu Suzhen took out the Five-Colored Bewitching Handkerchief.
If Lu Suzhen were to take him down, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Tian Boguang was very confident in his martial arts skills. He pretended to faint, wanting to see how Lu Suzhen would treat him.
Unexpectedly, Lu Suzhen brandished a short knife and said coldly, "No one can possess me without my consent."
She kicked Tian Boguang to the ground and swung her knife down, intending to castrate him.
Tian Boguang simply raised his hand and precisely grabbed the dagger in Lu Suzhen's hand, grinning as he said, "You vixen, you're truly vicious."
"Whether it's picking flowers or picking them up the wrong way, they are all despised by everyone. We should all be united against them..." Lu Suzhen became more and more angry as she spoke, and she gathered all her strength to press the short knife against Tian Boguang's groin.
Tian Boguang chuckled and said, "The person who can turn me, Tian Boguang, into a eunuch has not yet been born."
Lu Suzhen knew she was no match for Tian Boguang, but she needed to vent her anger.
Tian Boguang could have retaliated and killed Lu Suzhen with a single blow.
But he still wanted to tease Lu Suzhen, so he deliberately let the dagger fall and then pushed it away forcefully, repeating this over and over again, which made Lu Suzhen so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Bang.
The door was suddenly kicked open.
Tian Boguang turned his head and saw that the person who came in was Bian Lang, which made him tremble with fear.
Lu Suzhen didn't care who the person was; she only felt a powerful force suddenly appear in her dantian.
She shouted, exhausting all her strength, and then Tian Boguang let out a scream as his body began to bleed profusely.
Lu Suzhen added another blow, so that Tian Boguang would be completely cut off.
Tian Boguang didn't cry out more than a few times before he fainted from the pain.
Shangguan Hongyu then entered, her long sword pointing at Lu Suzhen.
"Is Young Master Bian going to kill me?" Lu Suzhen slowly rose, her smile as alluring as a flower.
Bian Lang said, "I will only hand you over to the authorities."
“Same.” Tears welled up in Lu Suzhen’s eyes.
The nine-tailed fox has committed numerous evil deeds; if it falls into the hands of the government, it will surely be beheaded soon.
As tears began to fall, Lu Suzhen took out a five-colored bewitching handkerchief and pretended to wipe her tears.
But Shangguan Hongyu drew her sword swiftly, stabbing Lu Suzhen's wrist with one strike, and then swiftly slashing the five-colored bewitching handkerchief into pieces.
“What an idiot.” Lu Suzhen laughed instead.
If the Five-Colored Bewitching Handkerchief is cut, it will release even more bewitching drugs.
The Five-Colored Bewitching Handkerchief is just a name; it doesn't mean that this is the only one.
But before Lu Suzhen's laughter could fade, Shangguan Hongyu stabbed her in the throat.
Blood splattered from the back of his neck, splashing all over the face of Tian Boguang, who was lying unconscious on the ground.
"Such a viper, just kill him." Shangguan Hongyu sheathed her sword.
Bian Lang said, "I never imagined that we would accomplish such a remarkable feat after arriving in Luoyang."
"What should we do about Tian Boguang?" Shangguan Hongyu asked, frowning.
Bian Lang laughed and said, "He is not Tian Boguang, but a thousand taels of silver."
Borrowing a handcart from the innkeeper, Bian Lang and Shangguan Hongyu delivered the bodies of Tian Boguang and Lu Suzhen to the government office.
The constables of the government office looked at the two of them with strange expressions.
The notice had barely been posted when someone brought in the body of the flower thief.
Within a single day, all the flower thieves who had infiltrated Luoyang were captured.
But apart from Tian Boguang, who was still breathing, the rest of the people were corpses.
However, the notice clearly stated that a reward of a thousand taels of silver would be given to any flower thief, regardless of whether he lived or died.
Bian Lang and Shangguan Hongyu brought a total of twelve corpses and a half-dead Tian Boguang.
After comparing the information, the constables confirmed that these guys were all flower thieves wanted by the imperial court.
There were thirteen people in total, and the payment was thirteen thousand taels of silver, which was no small sum.
Bian Lang and Shangguan Hongyu were having tea in the main hall. With so much silver, the yamen would need time to prepare it.
Before the silver arrived, the prefect of Luoyang arrived first and praised the two men's chivalrous act.
Although the flattery sounded nice, Bian Lang could tell that the prefect seemed to be trying to renege on his debt.
"Does Your Excellency intend to renege on your debt?" Bian Lang suddenly interrupted the prefect.
Although Shangguan Hongyu thought the same thing, she didn't dare to say it to the prefect.
Besides, she wasn't interested in silver, since Justice Fortress had plenty of it.
Being able to eliminate so many lecherous scoundrels and rid the people of this scourge is the most gratifying thing.
The prefect was over fifty years old, with a plump figure and a kind face, looking like a good official.
But in the mouths of the people of Luoyang, this prefect was a bottomless pit.
The term "bottomless pit" means that no matter how much money is squeezed from the people, it can never be filled.
The prefect's face was rather grim. He said, "More than ten thousand taels of silver... we simply can't come up with it from the treasury..."
"How much can you afford, sir?" Bian Lang asked.
The prefect immediately replied, "One hundred and thirty taels."
"One hundred and thirty taels?" Even though she wasn't interested in silver, Shangguan Hongyu was stunned when she heard this number.
Bian Lang said with a grin, "The lord will give us 130 taels of silver, report it to the court as 13,000 taels, and then the lord will be rewarded for his meritorious service in eliminating evil. Not only will he receive a large amount of silver, but he may also be promoted and ennobled."
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