Qi Tian thought about it, "Isn't this a bad idea? We didn't contribute much, but we got this benefit for nothing. I feel uneasy. Also, we have two children now. Hao'er is still good. He is sensible and knows that our family relies entirely on our second uncle to live a good life. But look at Yan'er. She followed her cousin to the capital city before. It seems that she is even more confused."
Lu Minglan also knew her husband's concerns, but she didn't think that way, but said.
"Don't worry, I will definitely turn this girl around, but I can't let her become someone who is overconfident and lacks the ability to achieve her goals. What are our statuses? What about the daughter of the prefectural government? Her grandfather is a nobleman in the capital. Like my two brothers, they are all high-ranking officials in the imperial city. Their wealth is nothing compared to our Yan'er. Look at the jewelry I bought her recently. It's already quite a lot. How can she compare with the daughter of the Nan family?"
Bozhou Prefecture.
After a few days of investigation, Lu Zifeng finally found out the situation of the private soldiers in the canyon. That day, he brought Lu Chun and Lu Xia to the lieutenant general's residence.
"Meet the prince."
"Well, Lieutenant General Xue, everything has been arranged. You should know that the Emperor intends for you to subdue these private soldiers. I can help you deal with the garrison commander there, and the rest is up to you."
Lieutenant General Xue naturally knew what Lu Zifeng meant. He came here to kill the leader of the private soldiers because he was no match for that man, so he reported this to the emperor.
"Please rest assured, my lord. I know what to do. When will you take action? I'll make arrangements soon."
Lu Zifeng smiled and said, "Lieutenant General Xue, just take care of the arrangements. This prince can take action at any time. I have also checked the location clearly. You just need to bring people to guard those two exits for this prince."
At the end of the Yin hour on the second morning, Lu Zifeng was standing above the canyon, watching the private soldiers below training.
"Lu Xia, go to Lieutenant General Xue later. He's guarding the entrance to this canyon. Remember, you must capture the leader first. You must also take care of those disobedient leaders. Only then will the soldiers below obey you. You won't have to worry about killing people at this point."
Lu Xia nodded when he heard that.
"Master, don't worry. I know what to do!"
"Lu Chun, go to the small path behind. It's also very important. If you are defeated, you can send a whistle arrow to notify me."
After watching the two leave, Lu Zifeng looked towards Brigadier General Xue's position, raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and then ran directly into the canyon.
When Lu Zifeng arrived, he saw that the guard here was a big man about two meters tall, holding a sky-splitting axe in his hand. Because of the hot weather, his upper body was bare, and his chest was covered with messy black hair.
"Good boy, you are quite courageous! You actually dare to provoke Tai Sui. Don't you see that Grandpa is not someone you can easily mess with?"
Lu Zifeng sat lazily on a big rock.
"Haha, it seems you already knew I was coming today. Why don't you surrender and save me the trouble of taking action?"
The big man laughed.
"Tell me, you little bastard, are you one of that dog emperor's followers? Since you've managed to find this far, I think you already know who Grandpa belongs to. I advise you to go back and learn martial arts! Otherwise, you won't even know how you died later, and that would be a big loss, wouldn't it?"
Lu Zifeng shook his head and twitched his index finger.
"Big man, what benefits did the King of Qing give you to train his private soldiers here? Do you know that this is a serious crime of treason? Tell me, besides here, where else does your King of Qing train his private soldiers?"
The big man looked at Lu Zifeng sarcastically.
"You little brat, you really treat me like a three-year-old kid all day long. What do you want to learn from me? You're still too naive. Since you don't want to live, then let me send you to heaven!"
As he spoke, the big man rushed towards Lu Zifeng with the Axe of Creation in his hand. Lu Zifeng leaned on a big rock, watching the Axe of Creation in the big man's hand coming towards him. Just when the axe was about to hit Lu Zifeng's head, Lu Zifeng moved, but the speed was too fast. When Lu Zifeng stood behind the big man, the big man had not yet reacted, and Lu Zifeng kicked the big man in the butt, which made the big man unstable and fall directly on the big rock.
When the big man was still lying on the rock and had not yet gotten up, Lu Zifeng jumped directly onto the rock and stepped on the big man's head.
"With your martial arts skills, how come Lieutenant General Xue is not your opponent?"
Lu Zifeng only said this once, and then broke the big man's arm with a punch.
"Haha, do you really think that I don't know that Lieutenant General Xue has been bribed by you, and you still want to kill me here? Don't you think that I am so easy to kill?"
Lu Zifeng put his hand to his mouth and blew the whistle directly. In just a moment, an army appeared in the canyon.
The big man covered his right arm with sweat, looking at the army appearing above the canyon in surprise. He never thought that he and Lieutenant General Xue would join forces to kill the prince of Duke Dingguo's Mansion. But now it seems that their plan has been seen through. He was immediately disheartened. He knew that they were all finished. Since the prince dared to come in person, he thought that everything had been arranged.
Lu Zifeng looked at Lu Chun, Lu Xia and a lieutenant general named Zhang who came in from the entrances on both sides.
"Greetings, Prince. Everything is under control. Lieutenant General Xue has been captured, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses here are under control."
Lu Zifeng smiled and said, "Thank you very much for coming today, Lieutenant General Zhang. If it weren't for you, I would have had a hard time dealing with these people. After returning to the capital, I will definitely commend you to the Emperor."
Lieutenant General Zhang said with a smile.
"Thank you so much, Your Highness. How should we deal with these people now?"
Lu Zifeng looked at the big man whose arm he had broken, and Brigadier General Xue who had been brought here by Lu Chun.
"I'll hand them over to Lieutenant General Zhang for the time being. I'll submit a memorial to the capital and see what the emperor decides. However, Lieutenant General Zhang will need to incorporate these 30,000 soldiers into your army first. I think Lieutenant General Zhang will definitely be promoted when the time comes."
What Lu Zifeng said was not empty talk. Lieutenant General Zhang originally had 8,000 soldiers, but now he has so many more soldiers. The emperor will definitely consider promoting him.
Lu Zifeng spoke after watching the big man and Lieutenant General Xue being taken away.
"Commander Zhang, I'll be going back now. I'll leave this place to you."
Lu Zifeng left with Lu Chun and Lu Xia. Lieutenant General Zhang was speechless as he watched the three of them leave. How anxious must they be to avoid trouble? However, there was nothing he could do, so he turned around and started to deal with the matter of the 30,000 private soldiers.
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