Lu Tu reached out and stopped her: "Xiao Yu, don't be impulsive, now is not the time."
Nangong Huiyu's face turned ashen: "That bastard! He had the government issue a warrant for my arrest before, and I didn't bother with him. But now he dares to send someone to kill my husband! I will never let him get away with this!"
Lu Tu explained the connection between Xu Jing and Yun Tian's interests again, and the two quickly understood the crux of the matter.
Song Yuxi filled Lü Tu's cup with wine and frowned, saying, "So, Yun Tian wants to cooperate with Xu Jing, but also wants to use you to suppress Xu Jing? He's really got a clever plan."
Both of them were intelligent people. Nangong Huiyu certainly understood that now was not the time for revenge, but having been in the martial world for a long time, she was used to quick revenge and felt uncomfortable with this pent-up anger.
“My husband, although I was once the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect, I have only been in Wuchuan for a short time and have never liked to concern myself with such matters. Although I am not very familiar with the number of people here, I guess that those 300 assassins are Xu Jing’s trump card in Wuchuan at this moment.”
"Your guess is similar to what Yan Lei said. By the way, do you know Yan Lei?"
Nangong Huiyu frowned and said, "I know him. This guy is a fence-sitter. He was one of the many orphans my master took in, but after my master died, he was the first to defect to Xu Jing. Moreover, he was the only one who knew about my arrival in Wuchuan before, so he must have told Xu Jing."
Lu Tu was somewhat surprised: "When you had Liu Yang send him back earlier, you didn't kill him?"
Nangong Huiyu muttered, "I guessed he was still useful to you, my husband, so I didn't kill him."
"You've improved, Xiaoyu. You've even started to think about me now."
"Hehe, you become like the company you keep."
Song Yuxi smiled and corrected, "That's called 'Birds fly far when they follow phoenixes, and people's character improves when they associate with virtuous people.'"
"Oh dear, sister, please don't make fun of me. You know I hate studying the most."
Lu Tu nodded: "What did you get out of Yan Lei?"
"Husband, how did you know I interrogated him?" Nangong Huiyu asked in surprise, blinking her big eyes.
Lu Tu smiled and pulled her into his arms: "How could I not understand you?"
“My husband, you understand me! Yan Lei said that Xu Jing came to Wuchuan to see me, but that was secondary. He mainly came for someone else.”
"Who!?" Lu Tu became interested.
"What's his name again? It's a bit of a mouthful, let me think."
Lu Tu blurted out, "Wang Miaoling?"
As soon as he said that, Lü Tu realized he had let something slip. Song Yuxi and Nangong Huiyu both turned to look at him. Their strong sixth sense as women told them that the relationship between Wang Miaoling and Lü Tu was not simple.
“Yes, it’s Wang Miaoling. Just from her name, you can tell she’s a little slut,” Nangong Huiyu teased.
Although Song Yuxi was poised and generous, she didn't have a good impression of this person she had never met. However, she still believed that Lü Tu wasn't that kind of person, and continued to ask, "Go on, sister. How about Xu Jing looking for Wang Miaoling?"
"For a treasure! The treasure of the Wang family ancestors, but we don't know where it is. Xu Jing came here for this reason."
Lu Tu understood Xu Jing's motives: why he was willing to stay in Wuchuan even after knowing that his plan had been exposed.
After all, this is a chaotic border region, and as the current supreme leader of the White Lotus Sect, he could easily go to the peaceful and prosperous south to develop his followers.
Moreover, if he wants to stay in Wuchuan, he will inevitably have to pay a considerable price to bribe Yuntian.
Lu Tu sneered, "That bastard, he really won't do anything without a profit. But as I see it, Wang Miaoling has probably already made contact with Xu Jing. Today I'm going to her jewelry shop..."
After briefly recounting his encounter with Wang Miaoling at the jewelry shop, the two women suddenly realized, "So, Wang Miaoling must have known that Xu Jing had a fiancée, which is why she deliberately raised the price for her husband."
"Then, my lord, we must stop them!"
"How can I stop it? Should I send someone to kill Wang Miaoling?"
Song Yuxi suggested, "Husband, why don't you go and snatch that Wang Miaoling away!"
Nangong Huiyu nodded: "I think that's fine too. Let her be my husband's concubine. Anyway, he's already taken me away from him."
Lu Tu was utterly bewildered; he had underestimated the tolerance of women in this era towards taking concubines.
In the prevailing values of the Great Yu Dynasty, concubines were worthless, just like objects. However, Song Yuxi was taught from a young age to consider herself the principal wife.
Nangong Huiyu had followed her master since childhood and was revered by thousands in the White Lotus Sect. In their subconscious, a young lady from a merchant family like Wang Miaoling could only be a concubine.
This would both annoy Xu Jing and ruin his plans, and allow him to use the Wang family's treasure to increase his own family's leverage.
Seeing their confident demeanor, Lü Tu waved his hand and said, "I have absolutely no interest in that woman. Let's think of another way. We've been too busy lately, and our strength is still lacking."
Song Yuxi took out the account book: "Husband, after paying the expenses of these days and the compensation for the dead and wounded, we still have 8,200 taels of silver left in our treasury. Adding the 1,000 taels you brought back, the total is 9,200 taels."
Lu Tu took it and looked at it. He saw that the handwriting was neat and beautiful, and Song Yuxi was already proficient in using Arabic numerals, which greatly increased her efficiency in managing the accounts.
"My wife, you're amazing. With you sharing my burdens, I have so much less trouble." Lu Tu pulled her into his arms and couldn't help but kiss her.
"My husband, I want a kiss too!"
Lü Tu smiled and picked them up, placing them on the bed. Then he blew out the tung oil lamp.
Laughter and cheerful chatter filled the room as the three of them joked and laughed, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Lu Tu slept soundly and woke up refreshed the next morning.
After his usual physical training, he rode his horse to the training ground, where Nie Yun had already begun training with his men.
"One, two, one, one, two, one." This was the slogan that Lü Tu had taught them, and they were doing their morning exercises.
Nie Yun came over and reported, "Brother, I selected 100 people from among the refugees yesterday. Please take a look!"
Lu Tu looked over and saw that although the refugees were participating in training for the first time, they had some fighting spirit in their eyes, unlike the weak soldiers who had first arrived.
"Good. From now on, we'll train them every day, and anyone who slacks off will be punished by not being allowed to eat."
Lu Tu stood by and watched for half an hour, correcting their movements. With Lu Tu supervising them, not only the newly recruited soldiers, but even the newly joined refugees were full of fighting spirit and high confidence.
Who wouldn't want to gain Lu Tu's favor and be looked up to by him?
After the 5-kilometer training exercise was completed, several women among the refugees brought water buckets for everyone to drink.
Lu Tu then called a halt to the crowd and said, "It's break time now. I have something to announce!"
Everyone immediately stopped, not even bothering to drink water, and looked at Lü Tu with expectant faces.
"Starting today, the 10 most outstanding individuals each day will receive the title of 'Fierce Soldier' for a day, and the reward will be meat!"
That one sentence instantly ignited the emotions of everyone present, sweeping away their previous fatigue. Everyone quickly went to drink water and prepared to continue training.
"Yes, sir! Thank you!"
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