"Xiao Zhong, you dare to come back?" Nangong Huiyu's eyebrows shot up when she saw him. She brandished her long sword and made a sword flower, as if she was about to stab Xiao Zhong.
But Xiao Zhong still wore a bitter smile. He showed no intention of dodging and even closed his eyes, appearing calm and resigned to his fate.
The sword rested on Xiao Zhong's neck, only half an inch from his Adam's apple. Nangong Huiyu said in a cold voice, "Xiao Zhong, is it really not you?"
"Nonsense!" Lu Tu stood up and snatched the sword from Nangong Huiyu's hand.
“If Mr. Xiao wanted to betray us, he would have done so long ago. Why wait until today?” Lu Tu was mainly saying this to Xiao Zhong, as he was also guessing that Xiao Zhong was the most suspicious.
Xiao Zhong opened his eyes again, his eyes already brimming with tears, and looked at Lü Tu with fervent eyes: "My lord, do you really believe in me that much?"
Lu Tu pressed Nangong Huiyu into a chair, then gestured to Xiao Zhong, "Of course! Mr. Xiao, please sit down."
Xiao Zhong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your trust, sir. The reason I'm not here today is because I went to arrest someone! Men, bring this scoundrel in!"
As they spoke, two burly villagers stepped forward and threw a skinny guy on the ground.
Lu Tu took a closer look and immediately understood most of it. Looking at the man on the ground, he said angrily, "Yan Lei, you bastard, I actually forgot about you!"
The person lying on the ground was none other than Yan Lei, the leader of the assassins and the head of the Wuchuan branch of the White Lotus Sect, who had been captured a few days ago. After Lu Tu brought him back, he imprisoned him, intending to use him to deal with Xu Jing.
Xiao Zhong couldn't help but kick Yan Lei: "That scoundrel, he took advantage of the chaos to escape when those thieves broke into the village last night. If these two brave men hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known."
Lu Tu coldly removed the sock from Yan Lei's mouth: "Tell me, did you snitch on me?"
Yan Lei, now completely desperate, glared maliciously at Lü Tu and burst into loud laughter: "That's right, the news that the Holy Maiden is here was delivered to the Holy Emperor by my grandfather via carrier pigeon! So what? You've tormented me for so long, these people dying is too good for you! It's just a pity the Holy Emperor didn't kill you, you bastard! Hahaha..."
Lu Tu shouted loudly outside, "Liu Yang, Liu Hu!"
"Here!" The two brothers ran over from the warehouse.
"Yan Lei orchestrated all of this, taking him away in front of the villagers to be executed by slow slicing as a sacrifice to the flag!"
Yan Lei was clearly panicked: "Lu Tu, you son of a bitch, you actually want to torture me to death? If you're a hero, you'd give me a quick death, you coward!"
Lu Tu waved his hand, and Liu Yang grabbed Yan Lei's two front teeth, snapped them off, and forced them into Yan Lei's mouth, covering his mouth to make him swallow: "If you curse again, I'll cut you ten more times!"
Yan Lei's voice soon disappeared into the distance. At this moment, Xiao Zhong cupped his hands to Lü Tu and said, "My lord, these two brave men have made great contributions. I would like to humbly ask them to take on some jobs."
Upon hearing this, the two men immediately clasped their hands and knelt on one knee: "Lord Lü, we are refugees from Longcheng. We used to be镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) of the Weiyuan镖局 (security escort agency), and we wish to follow Lord Lü and make a name for ourselves!"
Lu Tu helped the two up: "No need for formalities. I, Lu Tu, am fair in rewarding and punishing. You two have made great contributions and deserve to be rewarded. By the way, what are your names?"
"Bai Feng and Bai Luan, we are cousins."
Lu Tu looked at Song Yuxi and said, "I will reward each of you two brave warriors with 50 taels of silver. From now on, you will be my soldiers."
Xiao Zhong, who was standing to the side, seemed to think that the squad leader was too low-ranking and was about to speak when Lü Tu waved his hand to interrupt him: "In my place, only those who kill enemies on the battlefield are qualified for promotion. No matter how capable you are, you have to start from the bottom, including me!"
"Yes, sir!"
The amount of silver reward is irrelevant, but the loophole in military personnel appointments must never be opened. Only those who are truly capable are qualified to lead other soldiers; otherwise, it is tantamount to disregarding human life.
Just as Bai Feng and Bai Luan were about to leave, Lü Tu suddenly stopped them: "You said you two used to be bodyguards?"
"That's right! We're both 25 this year, and we've been bodyguards for 8 years. Unfortunately, we were unlucky and got tricked into losing everything..."
Lu Tu nodded: "In that case, you two will deliver something to Wuchuan for me."
"Please give your orders, sir!"
Lu Tu looked at Xiao Zhong beside him: "Today I cut off Xu Jing's arm. Have someone go out and look for him, and then have Bai Feng and Bai Luan send him to the Wang family in Wuchuan."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhong's eyes widened: "Sir, did Xu Jing lose his left arm or his right arm?"
"Right arm."
"Xu Jing has a blue dragon tattooed on his right arm, which is very easy to identify. I'll send someone to find it right away, hahaha!" Xiao Zhong was so happy when he heard this news that he couldn't stop smiling. He took Bai Feng and Bai Luan and ran outside.
Nangong Huiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily it wasn't Xiao Zhong, otherwise I don't know how I would face my husband and sister in the future."
Song Yuxi gently tucked her messy hair behind her ear and comforted her, "So what if it's Xiao Zhong? It won't affect our sisterly relationship. I'm sure your husband won't blame you."
Lu Tu looked at Nangong Huiyu's injured forearm with concern and asked with heartache, "Does it hurt, Xiaoyu?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Huiyu's lips trembled, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears: "It hurts."
"Come on, sir, let me blow on it."
As he spoke, Lü Tuqing picked up her arm, examined it carefully, and kissed the bandage. This scene made Nangong Huiyu laugh through her tears: "Husband, you are so good to me."
Lu Tu embraced the two of them from either side, and then said with emotion, "I will not let today's incident happen again. I almost made a terrible mistake. It's all my fault for being too careless."
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