Early the next morning, Lu Zifeng had not yet gotten up. When he heard the sound of rain outside, he immediately sighed.
"Alas, the rain won't stop! Looks like I can't go back to the capital today!"
Lu Chun walked in, holding a washbasin in his hand and a cloth towel on his shoulder.
"Master, now that you are awake, please get up!"
Lu Zifeng agreed and stood up. With the help of Lu Chun, he put on his clothes, combed his hair, washed up, ate the food brought by Lu Chun, and stood in front of the window watching the rain outside.
"This rain is unusual! Normally, it's a torrential downpour this summer, but I've never heard of it lasting this long. If it keeps raining like this, there's going to be flooding!"
Lu Chun also said with a bitter face.
"Master, when I went downstairs to serve you food just now, I heard the business people there saying the same thing. Do you think there will really be a flood?"
Lu Zifeng shook his head. "It's really hard to say. Whether there will be floods or not depends on God's will."
Although Lu Zifeng said this, it is really possible that the rain will be so heavy now. It seems that this year's floods will occur near the capital.
As expected, over the next few days, the rain stopped and started, but the weather never cleared up again. Even when it stopped, the sky was gloomy, which forced Lu Zifeng and his group to stay in Tong County and unable to return to the capital.
This is also helpless. This place is not like the previous life, where there are asphalt roads everywhere and travel will not be affected even if it rains. It is different here. When it rains, the road becomes muddy. Vehicles will break down from time to time when driving on the road, and horses will easily fall because of the wetness.
Lu Zifeng and others were not the most anxious ones. It didn't matter to them whether they stayed in the capital or in Tong County. They had enough money and were not worried about going hungry. But it was different for the merchants. Some of them carried goods that could not be kept for long. Although it had rained in the past few days and the weather was not very hot, some goods really could not wait any longer. So some merchants had no choice but to take the risk and set out on the road. However, news came that afternoon that those merchants were buried by the mudslides that rushed down the mountain. Now no one dared to take the risk and set out on the road.
The rain had been drizzling for more than half a month, and it finally stopped. The long-lost sun finally came out, bringing a bit of coolness to the humid weather.
After staying in the inn for another two days, Lu Zifeng and others finally set off for the capital.
Riding on the horse, Situ Yi let out a long breath.
"Oh, I've been almost suffocated for the past half month. Now I can finally get some fresh air."
Lu Zifeng looked at Situ Yi and thought that it was indeed true. He had been feeling a little bored recently. He stayed in the inn every day and couldn't go out. No one could stay there.
An hour later, everyone finally arrived near the capital and could see the city walls from afar.
It turned out that it had been raining for so long that the roads were muddy. Although it had been sunny for two days, the soil had long been soaked by the rain and had not been completely dry in two days, so the road was still not easy to walk on.
Suddenly, there was a sound of weapons clashing in front. Lu Zifeng frowned and used his mental power to look. He saw eleven men in black attacking a carriage. The four guards beside the carriage were good at martial arts, but they were outnumbered and were ultimately at a disadvantage.
Lu Zifeng glanced at Situ Yi,
"Lu Chun, Lu Xia, follow me and rescue those people. Lu Qiu, Lu Dong, you two stay here and protect the eldest young master."
After saying that, he rushed over with Lu Chun and Lu Xia without waiting for a reply.
When Lu Zifeng and others arrived, two of the four guards had already been injured, and their injuries were serious. They were all injured in vital parts of the body. They were lying on the ground, their life or death unknown.
Lu Zifeng did not rush to take action, but spoke to Lu Chun and Lu Xia.
"Come on! Let me see how your martial arts skills are progressing."
Lu Chun and Lu Xia also understood their master's intention. Was it to test their abilities? They nodded and rushed towards the battle circle.
After several months of instruction, Lu Chun and Lu Xia had made great progress in martial arts. As soon as they entered the battle circle, the situation immediately changed. The carriages and guards that were originally under siege suddenly felt the pressure eased, and they were more confident that they could escape the pursuit today.
However, the men in black were extremely angry at this time. They had thought that the assassination would go smoothly, but they didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway.
At this time, Situ Yao in the carriage also breathed a sigh of relief. She came to a farm outside the city to escape the summer heat a few days ago, but was stopped at the farm by a continuous rain. The weather finally improved the day before yesterday. She had planned to return to Beijing today, but she encountered an assassination on the way. Looking at the looks of those people, she was afraid that they would kill her. Unexpectedly, someone appeared in the end to save her and others.
She just heard someone talking, and then saw two figures rushing over and fighting with the men in black.
When she lifted the curtain, she saw that figure. She had always remembered that figure in her heart. She had remembered that figure last winter.
Later, she also knew his identity, the prince of Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Lu Zifeng actually felt that someone in the carriage was looking at him, and when he looked at the decoration of the carriage, he knew that this should be a carriage for a woman, so he did not use his mental power to see who was in the carriage.
Seeing that Lu Chun and the other two had joined, the men in black immediately switched from offense to defense, knowing that they were no match for Lu Chun and the other two. Lu Zifeng was no longer paying attention to the situation in the battle circle, but was looking at Situ Yi and the others who were following behind.
"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to wait there?"
Situ Yi glanced at the battle circle and curled his lips.
"Brother Feng, I've been to the battlefield before, and I've seen a lot of this sort of thing. It's nothing I can't see. Besides, the person in this carriage is also my sister. I can't let you have all the glory!"
Lu Zifeng was startled by Situ Yi's words and turned to look at the carriage.
"Do you know who is in the carriage?"
Situ Yi rolled his eyes and pointed at the mark on the carriage.
"Nonsense, see that mark! That's the mark of Prince Zhong's Mansion, the mark of my uncle Prince Zhong's family. Just by looking at the carriage, I know the person sitting inside should be my uncle Prince Zhong's sister. I just don't know which sister it is."
After listening to Situ Yi's introduction, Lu Zifeng paid attention to the mark on the carriage. It was indeed the mark. He was really careless and didn't even pay attention to this. However, Lu Zifeng soon felt relieved. He came here to save people. As for who he saved, it really didn't matter. He didn't decide to save people because of who they were.
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