Lu Tu sneered, "Tell me, where did you get the silver from?"
The second-in-command's eyes darted around: "Of course, we robbed them!"
"Bullshit! You bunch of rabble dare to rob government silver? I'll count to three, and if you don't tell me, you're dead."
"One...two..."
"This is the money we earned from doing business!"
Lu Tu pressed further: "Whom do you do business with?"
"They did some salt and iron business with...with the Wuwan people."
Lu Tu was shocked upon hearing this. He had already noticed something amiss. Why were the Wuhuan people, living in the border region, equipped with iron weapons that were even sharper than those of the border troops? It seemed that the government of the six towns in this region was rotten to the core!
Lu Tu kept cursing, "And what are you? You dare to resell salt and iron?"
The second-in-command stammered, "Of course I have a powerful backer! Don't be too scared to tell me! It's none other than Commander Zhou, the Colonel of the Po Rong Army!"
It's Zhou Taishan again. It seems this guy puts on a show in public, but behind the scenes he dares to do traitorous things.
Lu Tu chuckled: "It seems you really want to die. How dare you insult Commandant Zhou! If you don't tell the truth, I'll send you to the Western Paradise!"
As Lü Tu approached, the second-in-command pulled out a dagger from his hand, which he had been carrying behind his back, and stabbed it towards Lü Tu's neck.
But as soon as he made a move, Lu Tu, who had been on guard, blocked the dagger with his knife. With a quick twist of his wrist, Lu Tu drew a circle around the second-in-command's arm with his broadsword, severing his tendons, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Seeing that he was no match for them, the second-in-command immediately prostrated himself on the ground: "What I said is true. Although we are bandits, we are actually servants of the Zhou family. We are handing over the silver according to the stipulated time. This is the silver that Lord Zhou has not yet taken!"
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