377, Death Soldier
377, Death Soldier
When you walk into this area, you will see houses built with earthen bricks.
Considering the cost and time of building houses at that time, all the temporary resettlement houses were built with earth.
Because it is a newly built house, it doesn't look shabby from the outside.
Lu Mingfei has been busy all this time and has no time to go out and take a look in person. Today he finally has the time to come out and see the resettled people in person.
However, probably because the weather was too cold, everyone hid inside the house, the door was closed, and there was no one outside.
"Sir, do you want me to knock on the door?" asked the guard who was following him when he saw this.
Lu Mingfei thought that there might be women and children inside, and it would be inconvenient for a group of men like them to go in, so he said, "Go knock on the door, put the things at the door, and remind them to come out and get them."
Today he came out to visit the disaster victims here, but he did not come empty-handed. He also brought some dry food to fill everyone's stomach.
There wasn't much, only one bag of dry food per household.
However, he bought these things with his own money, and it was his personal token of appreciation for the people here.
"Yes." Guard Ma nodded and arranged for his two brothers to knock on the door and put things away, while he followed their master closely.
When they were halfway there, Guard Ma noticed something was wrong and said, "Sir, be careful!"
“Swoosh——”
As soon as he finished speaking, hidden weapons were shot towards them.
"Bang—"
"Protect the Lord!"
The accompanying guards reacted immediately and surrounded their family members.
The secret guards behind also rushed over immediately.
It’s just that these assassins were hiding in the dark, while they were in the light, so they were at a disadvantage for a while.
Seeing that one of their brothers was injured, Guard Ma remained calm and escorted their master away, "Master, follow me. Let's leave here first."
"Okay, be careful." This was not the first time Lu Mingfei had encountered such a thing, and he knew that he couldn't act rashly.
There are houses all around here, and these assassins are hiding in the dark and shooting hidden weapons at them. If they continue to stay here, they will be in danger.
Hearing this, he followed the guards who were protecting him and retreated step by step.
But these assassins won't let them go so easily.
"Bang—"
The flying hidden weapon was blocked by the long sword.
However, some of their brothers were injured by flying hidden weapons.
"Sir, be careful, the hidden weapon is poisonous!" The guard who was hit by the hidden weapon noticed something was wrong at the first moment.
The guards nearby quickly supported their brother.
These people have already resorted to any means to kill him! Lu Mingfei's eyes turned cold, and he pulled out a flare from his pocket and pulled it towards the sky.
"Bang——"
Colorful colors exploded in the sky.
***
"Something happened over there!"
"A few of you stay here, and the rest of you follow me!"
When the general guarding the city saw the signal flare, he left some people to guard the city gate and personally led his men to the direction where the signal flare exploded.
At the same time, Zhao Lang in the city also saw the flare. He knew that something had happened to Lu Mingfei. "Let's go!" He jumped down from the second floor, snatched someone else's horse and rode away.
The guards and secret guards around all used light skills to keep up with their master.
However, before they could leave the city, a group of black-clad assassins emerged from all directions and blocked their way.
"ah--"
"Murder!"
When the people on the street saw this scene, some of them screamed and hid in all directions.
"Looking for death!" Zhao Lang jumped off the horse, pulled out the whip from his waist, and rushed forward.
The guards following their master were no pushovers either. They immediately drew their weapons and started fighting with the assassins.
Fortunately, there were not many people on the street at that time. After these people moved away, only these two groups of people were left on the street.
There was no need to worry about hurting the people on the street, and they didn't have to worry about anything when fighting these assassins.
"Isn't this the kid Zhao Lang? Go and help him." That day, General Wei happened to be taking his grandson out for tea. When he saw the situation on the street, he asked his grandson to go down and help.
Young Master Wei drew his sword and flew down from the second floor to help.
The Wei family's guards also drew their weapons and joined in to help.
When someone came to help, Zhao Lang took the opportunity to escape, jumped on his horse, and rode towards the city gate.
When the soldiers at the city gate saw that the person riding out on horseback was their Royal Highness the Regent, they did not dare to stop him and let him pass.
When Zhao Lang led his men to the outside of the city, before they had gone far, they saw their Lord Lu being escorted by guards towards the city gate.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Lu Mingfei looked up and saw a man riding a horse towards him.
"Whoa—" Zhao Lang grabbed the reins and controlled the horse's speed. When he was almost beside Lu Mingfei, he jumped off the horse, hugged the young man, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But several of them are injured, and the hidden weapons are poisonous. We have to go back and deal with them quickly." Lu Mingfei looked at the brothers who were injured and poisoned to protect him, and felt very guilty.
Caifeng had just blocked a hidden weapon for him and was now in a coma.
Guard Ma held the unconscious man with one hand and guarded their master with a long sword in the other. Seeing their master and his men coming, he felt relieved.
"Let's go back to the city first." Zhao Lang finally felt relieved after confirming that Lu Mingfei was not injured. He put one arm around the young man's waist, and with the other hand, he grasped the bloody whip, and led the group back to the city.
When they returned to the city, all the assassins in the city had been killed, and several assassins committed suicide by taking poison when they saw they could not escape.
So when they returned to the city, what they saw was the assassins' bodies lying on the ground.
"Deal with it." Zhao Lang instructed the guards following behind him without turning his head.
"Yes, sir." Li Qun responded and stayed to deal with the assassin here.
Lu Mingfei asked the guards who were not poisoned to send the poisoned brothers to the clinic first to treat their wounds and the poison in their bodies.
When they looked up, they saw General Wei standing on the second-floor balcony of the teahouse, looking at them. Zhao Lang whispered something to Lu Mingfei, and the two of them went upstairs to see General Wei.
"Thank you for your help today, old general." Zhao Lang thanked the old general who helped them today.
Lu Mingfei also bowed to the old general as a junior.
They both had great respect for this veteran who had fought on the battlefield.
"It's just a small favor, don't take it to heart." General Wei waved his hand and said to the two younger generations, "But you two, be careful when you go out in the future."
"Yes, thank you for the reminder, old general." Zhao Lang felt a little regretful that he let Lu Mingfei go out alone today.
After watching for a while on this building, General Wei noticed something was amiss and told Zhao Lang about his findings. "These people are not ordinary assassins. They are hired assassins."
"When I have time another day, I will visit the old general again." Zhao Lang understood in his heart. He thanked the old general who helped them, and left with Lu Mingfei.
After seeing the Regent and Minister Lu leave with their men, Young Master Wei asked his grandfather, "Grandpa, why did you help them?"
"You should think about this problem carefully when you go back." General Wei glanced at his grandson, shook his head, and walked away.
What did that look his grandfather had just given him mean? Young Master Wei pondered for a moment before following his grandfather.
Soon the bodies on the street were taken away by cars.
***
Not long after they returned to Prince Ding's Mansion, they heard the butler come to report that the prefect of Fengtian Prefecture and the leader of the imperial guards were seeking a meeting outside.
"Let them in." Zhao Lang said.
"Yes." The butler responded and went out, instructing the servant beside him to go to the door and bring in the two adults outside.
Not long after, the prefect and the chief of the imperial guards entered the palace together and came before their regent.
Seeing that Minister Lu was sitting next to their Regent, neither of them showed any strange expression on their faces.
"This humble official greets His Royal Highness the Regent, Minister Lu."
"Get up."
Zhao Lang looked at the two and asked, "Have you found out where today's assassins came from?"
"Your Majesty the Regent, I am asking someone to investigate." The prefect of Fengtian Prefecture wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied.
"I have arranged people to search the entire city for the traces of these assassins." The leader of the Royal Guards replied.
Zhao Lang was not too surprised by this result. "Got it. Let's continue investigating."
"Yes." The two responded in unison.
Seeing their Lord Regent waving his hand, the two of them retreated together.
After the two of them left, Zhao Lang waved to Lord Lu who was sitting on the other side, "Come here."
"Don't make me say it again."
Seeing that the man's face looked bad, Lu Mingfei could only stand up honestly and walk towards Zhao Lang, "I really, am not..." Before he finished speaking, a hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward. The next second, he was sitting on the lap of His Royal Highness the Regent.
Zhao Lang fiercely grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand and asked, "Didn't you mean it? Didn't expect to encounter something like this when you went out?"
"Didn't I tell you that you're not allowed to go out of town for any reason? Didn't you listen to me?"
"You ran off without even saying hello to me? Do you think your life is too long?"
"...Yes, I'm sorry. I won't dare to do it again next time. Next time I go out, I will definitely inform you before I go out." Lu Mingfei said with his head down. He never thought that he would encounter these assassins again when he just went out to visit the victims.
In fact, today's incident was due to his own carelessness. He hadn't encountered any assassination attempts in recent times, and he thought that Prime Minister Wan and his men had stopped fighting. He didn't expect that the old man had been looking for opportunities to get rid of them.
Zhao Lang looked at Lu Mingfei intently. Seeing the young man admitting his mistake, he couldn't bear to blame him. "It's not your fault. I failed to protect you."
"That old bastard Wan Jinnian, does he really think we are easy to bully?!"
When Zhao Lang mentioned the three words "Wanjinnian", his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Today's update.
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