Upon arriving at his own doorstep, Lu Tu glanced at the place and his eyes widened in fury!
Several villagers were lying on the ground in their own yard.
At this moment, a dozen or so thugs, each holding a knife, surrounded Song Yuxi, leering at her: "I've long heard that Lu Tu found a good wife, but I didn't expect her to be so beautiful."
"Following him is a complete waste. He gave up a perfectly good border soldier position to become a bandit. You won't escape death either!"
"Why not let us brothers have our way before you die? Maybe if you treat us well, you can save your life!"
With a soft thud, the man who had been shouting the loudest froze, his smile fading. He felt a heat in his chest and looked down to find a gleaming blade piercing through his chest.
He instinctively wanted to draw his sword to retaliate, but how could Lü Tu give him the chance? He twisted the hilt of the sword forcefully, and the sound of bones cracking immediately rang out.
With a kick, he knocked the corpse to the ground, and Lü Tu stood with his sword drawn, glaring angrily at the crowd: "Stop it right now!"
It wasn't until the blood splattered onto the faces of the soldiers that they reacted, screaming as they looked at Lü Tu.
The leader, a pale-faced soldier, pulled out an arrest warrant from his pocket and said, "Lu Tu! As a border army squad leader, you dare to collude with the bandits of Naizi Mountain, committing all sorts of atrocities, including murder, arson, and looting. We are here to capture you on the orders of the Commandant!"
"Husband!" Song Yuxi ran up to Lu Tu from behind.
Lu Tu dismounted: "Are you hurt?"
Song Yuxi shook her head: "No, thankfully my husband arrived in time."
At this moment, the other villagers arrived with iron tools such as hoes, logs, and axes, and surrounded the dozen or so thugs present, instantly reversing the situation.
The pale-faced soldier bluffed, "You audacious scoundrels! How dare you disobey the Commandant's orders! Are you plotting a rebellion?"
At this moment, Lu Tu's heart had turned to the extreme. Song Yuxi was his only relative in this world, and she was a taboo subject that he could not touch.
These bastards not only framed him, but they even dared to flirt with Song Yuxi. Although they didn't do anything, this was something he absolutely could not tolerate!
His hand gripping the knife hilt turned slightly white from the force. Ignoring the other party's threats, he walked straight toward the dozen or so thugs.
Are you fucking deaf?
At this point, the soldiers were really panicking. A person's life is like the shadow of a tree. Although they had never seen Lu Tu make a move, they had heard of his exploits in the Wuchuan tavern.
However, they also represented the thoughts of most people in Wuchuan City. They simply did not believe that one person could be so powerful. The reason why Lü Tu was able to obtain so many military merits was simply because he had stolen the military merits of others.
After all, even a hundred well-trained border infantrymen couldn't kill a single Wuhuan cavalryman.
Lu Tu saw that the arrest warrant in the other party's hand did not have any official seal or markings, so it didn't mean anything.
Moreover, he personally witnessed that there were no survivors in the entire Milk Mountain stronghold, and this news absolutely could not get out, unless... there was a traitor among the people who went up the mountain with him!
Since it has been determined that the other party is definitely not one of the captain's men, there is absolutely no need for explanation at this point.
The only response was a blade colder than the biting wind!
Lu Tu, wielding a broadsword, leaped high into the air and slashed down.
Even the dozen or so border soldiers on the other side, armed with weapons, lost their courage to resist after seeing Lü Tu's fierce and imposing presence. They could only passively raise their weapons to take the blow head-on.
In recent days, he has been practicing Yin-Yang harmony with Song Yuxi every night, and during the day he insists on using the Song family's standing meditation to regulate his body, and he eats a full meal with sufficient salt intake.
How could these sallow-skinned, thin soldiers possibly withstand Lu Tu's furious blow?
The wooden handle of the spear, which had not been maintained for a long time, was cut off by Lü Tu with a single stroke. The blade cleaved into the opponent's ribs, and the white-faced soldier died on the spot!
Seeing that their leader couldn't even last a single round, the other soldiers had no courage left to fight Lü Tu.
Suddenly someone shouted, "Oh my god, a ghost!"
The group took off running, but they were blocked by villagers all around them. Where could they run to?
Previously, the villagers were afraid of the enemy's identity as border troops. Only a few brave villagers who had received more favors from Lü Tu dared to argue with him, but they were all beaten to the ground.
But things are different now. Lü Tu took the initiative and killed two people. The villagers no longer recognized the border soldiers, but they did recognize Lü Tu. In their eyes, Lü Tu not only protected their lives.
They were provided with jobs, allowing them to earn food through their own labor every day.
From the villagers' perspective, Lü Tu's words might be more effective than an imperial edict, since the emperor had never been seen before, while Lü Tu was actually distributing grain to them every day.
The villagers, wielding their hoes, didn't care about anything else and started hitting the soldiers on the head, causing a cacophony of screams and howls: "Stop hitting them! We're just following orders! Commander Zhou won't let you get away with this!"
Lu Tu observed their behavior and a deep suspicion arose in his heart. He suspected that the matter was not as serious as they had imagined.
The villagers swarmed forward. Having had enough of being bullied, they hated the border guards to the bone. In no time, they had beaten more than a dozen men to the ground, where they were begging for mercy.
Lu Tu stopped the crowd and shouted, "Kneel down if you want to live!"
Without any hesitation, the soldiers knelt before Lu Tu and begged, "Sir, please don't kill us. We are not border soldiers."
Lu Tu raised his sword and pierced the man's neck: "Bullshit! Who else could you be but border soldiers? I'll take you to the Commandant right now and have you confront him face to face!"
The remaining soldiers trembled with fear. If they fell into the hands of the captain, it would be worse than death. Everyone in Wuchuan City knew that the captain was notoriously ruthless, and falling into his hands would be a fate worse than death!
The others waved their hands repeatedly, saying, "Sir, we really aren't border troops. We're just bandits from Guanyin Mountain nearby... We heard you raided Naizi Mountain stronghold, so we thought we'd try this method..."
Lu Tu plunged his knife into the man's thigh and sneered, "Trying to see if you can intimidate me with an arrest warrant?"
"Ah! Sir, we were wrong, we will never do it again, please just ignore us and let us go."
The surrounding villagers shouted, "Kill them!"
Lu Tu drew his knife. Since the other party had admitted to being a bandit, it meant that there was a traitor in his village who had revealed what happened on Naizi Mountain that day.
Lu Tu shouted loudly, "Zhang Wu, Niu Er, Liu Shisi, and Huo Ting, step forward!"
The names he called out were those of the people who had come up the mountain with him that day; the traitor must be among them.
Huo Ting, Liu Hu, and the others who rushed over at this moment immediately drew their swords and charged forward upon seeing the scene before them.
But Lu Tu held him down, giving Huo Ting a deep look: "There is a traitor among us, and you need to find him."
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