Lu Shiyi's jeep drove through Shanhaiguan and stopped at the foot of the mountain.
"Wife, we will drive for another 8 hours and then go back. This road is a small path at the foot of the mountain and no one will come here on weekdays. I will go in and sleep for two hours, and then we will go!" Lu Shiyi knew that once the news of his departure reached the imperial capital, the teacher would have people guarding the edge of the capital.
He took his wife and children back to the imperial capital, and he couldn't drive while tired.
Su Jin looked at the dark weather outside. Lu Shiyi locked the car door, and the two of them went straight into the space.
When they arrived at the dining room, there was a hot lamb spine hotpot on the table. Lu Shiyi liked this the most. Because the smell was too strong outside, they could only come into the space to eat it.
"I'll speed up the time inside. Let's rest for another day before leaving." Su Jin felt sorry for Lu Shiyi's tired face. "You were busy the past few days and didn't sleep well."
"The time has been set forward. Will Hanhan feel uncomfortable?" Lu Shiyi was even more worried about Hanhan. "I only need two hours of sleep."
"It's okay, just one more day." Su Jin shook his head and took the tablet from the side. He adjusted the time and put it down. "After dinner, let's have a good sleep. You can go back after you have enough rest."
Su Jin was worried about Lu Shiyi's health. Before they arrived at the imperial capital, she could smell the smell of gunpowder in her heart.
While the two were sleeping, the farm was on alert. Lin Zitao followed Lu Shiyi's advice and returned to the farm that night and called back the members of the Divine Sword Team.
As night fell, the team members entered their secret sentry posts and found someone hiding in the woods.
Falcon quietly left his sentry position and went to the farm to report the news. Lin Zitao was woken up and heard the news from Falcon. He hurriedly ordered Falcon to invite Liu Lao and Lu Bairen.
"Two old men, I have a favor to ask of you today." Lin Zitao asked Falcon to relay the details. "Ayi will be leaving for the capital tonight. I don't know who the person hiding in the woods is. I've arranged for everyone to rest in their respective secret rooms and not come out again in two days."
"I'll stay with Old Lu. You take Achang to deal with it." Old Liu heard Lin Zitao's question and understood that it was for him. "Ayi has returned to Beijing. He should have passed Shanhaiguan by now, right?"
"Yes!" Lin Zitao nodded.
"I just hope he can rest for two hours on the way. I wonder how many surprises are waiting for them in the imperial capital." Lu Bairen sneered, "The Yan family has become someone else's butcher knife. I wonder if the people behind it can dig it out this time."
Lu Bairen lamented the Yan family's ungratefulness, otherwise, the people behind the scenes would not have found them.
"Old Yan was a fierce general before, but the children he raised are not good enough." Old Liu sneered, "Old Lu and I went into the secret room. I heard that the secret rooms of the two neighboring houses are connected?"
"Yes!" Lin Zitao responded, "Old Lu said at the time that if we spend more time hiding in the secret room, it would be better for two families to be together than one family."
"Come on, old buddy, let's take this document and go to bed." Lu Bairen took the document from Lin Zitao's hand, "Xiao Lin, go and do your work. We old guys won't cause you any trouble."
The two elders returned to the secret room, and Elder Liu found that the layout of the secret room was the same as the one above, and it was even larger than the space above.
They sat on the sofa. The light was on in the secret room. He sighed and said, "Thank goodness there is electricity."
"Old buddy, this document should be about investigating the Yan family." Lu Bairen had already thought in his heart that the teacher arranged for the two of them to leave, probably in order to deal with the Yan family.
"Old Yan crossed the line with the higher-ups. Old Lu, we used to have a good relationship with Old Yan, so they allowed us to leave the capital. They probably wanted us to stop him from interceding for him." Old Liu smiled bitterly. "At first, I just wanted Achang to work alongside Ayi. At least his safety would be guaranteed."
"Liu Yi!" Lu Bairen called his old friend's name. "Are you ready to give up the second and third wives?"
"Achang's whereabouts were known long ago by Second and Third Uncles who had contacted outsiders. He kept it a secret because he wanted peace and prosperity at home." Liu Yi and his old friend smiled bitterly. "Xu Ning has been trying to persuade me along the way. The Liu family has relied on the eldest branch of the family for years. With the Second and Third Branches plotting, I'm going to cut off the slack and survive."
Lu Bairen took an apple from the table and put it in Liu Yi's hand.
"This is what Xiao Jin bought for me. Starting tonight, we'll be sleeping in the same room. My old lady hates my snoring at night." Lu Bairen pointed to the closed room and muttered, "Don't be disgusted. We used to live in the same trench."
Mr. Liu opened the file bag and nodded and smiled at Lu Bairen.
"Don't talk about this for now, take a look at this document." Liu Yi quickly browsed it and found that the Yan family controlled the black market. "What is Old Yan doing? He actually kept people in the southwest."
Whack~
Lu Bairen put down the pipe in his hand and stared at Liu Yi with red eyes.
"Old Liu, remember that we didn't let Old Yan go to the southwest to suppress bandits because he insisted on going there on his own." Lu Bairen and Liu Yi tried to persuade Old Yan back then, but they were rejected by Old Yan in the end.
"Old Lu, did you say that Old Yan didn't report enough about those people back then?" Liu Yi was a powerful general back then, and he also understood the sugar-coated tactics of those people.
"He may have been given something leverage over him. The amount of grain sent over the years is really huge." Lu Bairen pointed to the amount of grain on the document.
Both of them were silent. This document was dropped from above. Lin Zitao showed it to them, which must have been with the teacher's permission.
"Now that we know the truth, we will definitely not plead for him." The two were silent for a long time, and Lu Bairen said.
Old Liu looked through the list at the back and found that nearly a quarter of the veterans and their descendants in the compound were involved, while the Lu family and his main branch were left clean.
"Those who stayed in the academy were probably handpicked by the instructors themselves. They gathered this information." Liu Yi smiled bitterly. "Back then, the old commander mentioned that we should be extra careful in the future and not be so quick-tempered."
After General Ren left, all the soldiers who had served under him fell silent and tried their best to protect themselves.
Ren Shuai was most worried about these young men. Even his last words to the teacher were that he hoped that if they said something wrong or did something wrong, the teacher would take into account their years of life and death and let them live out their old age in peace.
"Forget it, let's not worry about it. If Ayi goes back, there's no guarantee that the Yan family won't get involved." Lu Bairen casually threw the documents aside and said, "Let's see what the brat does."
"Just stay here and don't worry. I hope nothing goes wrong on the farm. Ayi is a good kid, so there will definitely be no problem." Liu Yi persuaded Lu Bairen, "Just go to sleep. I don't want to take care of a sick person."
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