Lu Tu never intended to kill him; he needed to leave one alive to extract information, since he didn't know enough about Xu Jing.
He hadn't asked Nangong Huiyu too much about Xu Jing before, mainly because according to the White Lotus doctrine, the two should have a marriage contract, so Lü Tu deliberately avoided the question.
"What's your name?"
“My name is Yan Lei, and I am the head of the Wuchuan branch. You won’t survive even if you kill me. The Holy Emperor already knows about you.”
Lu Tu plunged a knife into his thigh: "Looks like you haven't been brainwashed."
Yan Lei's face twitched with pain, and he was no longer as stubborn as before: "Hero Lü, spare my life, and I will go back and tell the Holy Emperor that you are dead."
Lu Tu didn't bother to waste words with him. He simply ripped off Yan Lei's belt, tied his hands together, put him on his horse, and then rode back on his own horse.
"I will really cooperate with you, I am the Holy Emperor's confidant!"
Lu Tu looked at him like he was an idiot: "With such a stupid confidant as you, Xu Jing probably won't live long."
Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe Yan Lei's words. Putting aside whether he would answer truthfully, since Xu Jing had already begun targeting Lü Tu, how long could a lie last? Lü Tu was still serving in the border army; a simple inquiry would reveal the truth.
Back on the main road, the battle was over. Nie Yun ran over excitedly, "Brother, we killed 300 of their men with only 30 of our own!"
Lu Tu's eyes were filled with frost as he said, "When you brought your men here, didn't you check for ambushes along the way? Since I told you to go back and bring reinforcements, are you just going to bring men?"
Nie Yun's smile froze upon hearing this. He had longed for Lu Tu's praise, but now he felt a pang of guilt. Yes, why hadn't he thought of that?
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