Sure enough, after Cao Yong and Liu Can led everyone in a thorough search, they said, "Captain, we haven't found anything that can prove their identity. The weapons these people are using are swords that can be bought at ordinary blacksmith shops. These swords are very crude and don't look like those used by the army."
After hearing what Liu Can said, Lu Zifeng nodded and said, "Alright, since they want to assassinate the Third Prince, they must be very cautious and won't leave any evidence for us. Now that we have rested well, let's hurry on! I'm afraid the road ahead will be even more difficult."
The officers and soldiers all knew that the captain's words were true. Hadn't they just seen those men in black? If it weren't for the captain, they wouldn't be a match for them.
They hurried on their way again, at a much faster speed. At this time in Bingzhou Prefecture, King Jing, Situ Yi and other generals had already begun to return to the capital. The 200,000-strong army was heading back along the same route. However, in a teahouse not far away, there were several men in black standing there. They were observing a carriage in the convoy that was completely surrounded by fine iron.
Because this morning King Jing personally ordered that the third prince of Tatar be locked in the carriage, these men in black were observing whether their third prince was in the carriage.
Situ Yi rode on horseback following the side of King Jing's carriage, observing his surroundings from time to time. He knew that the real Third Prince of Tatar had been taken away by Lu Zifeng long ago, but the military camp had been visited by Tatars from time to time in the past few days. In fact, they didn't know who the real Third Prince of Tatar was, nor did they know whether Zifeng had also encountered the same Tatars.
Looking at his son looking around, King Jing rolled his eyes speechlessly. Why didn't this son look like him? He had no cunning and scheming.
However, he was relieved to see such a son. No matter what, the princess taught him very well. Although he and the princess were not biological mother and son, they had a deep relationship, and the child was also very filial.
Situ Yi was looking around, and when he turned around, he saw his father looking at him. He hurriedly drove the horse to the carriage.
"Father, what's wrong? What did your son do wrong?"
King Jing glared at him and said, "Come to the carriage. Your father has something to ask you."
Situ Yi blinked and got off the horse and got into the carriage.
"Father, what's wrong?"
"Yier, have you ever thought about inheriting your father's title? Of course, your father's words still count. Your mother also said that your brother can earn his own title through meritorious service."
Situ Yi became anxious upon hearing this and said hurriedly, "Father, please don't say anymore. I know all about how my mother entered the palace. It's not your fault. It's just fate. And, father, no matter what, I am only a bastard. No matter how high my mother's status is, it can't hide the fact that she is just a concubine. This is an unchangeable fact. Moreover, it was father and mother who raised me all these years. Mother treats me like her own child. There is no way I would compete with my brother for the title. And I don't think the emperor's uncle would treat his nephew badly."
King Jing looked at his son with satisfaction. He was his eldest son. At that time, he had just been married for less than half a month. He went to a banquet at the Zhang family's house, where he was drugged by Zhang Qian, the princess of the Zhang family, and ended up having an affair. This caused a great loss of his reputation at the time, but he was helpless. In the end, he had to welcome Zhang Qian back to the palace and make her his concubine. This also made him break his promise to the princess. Fortunately, the princess was magnanimous and did not take it to heart.
In the end, Zhang Qian became pregnant first. At that time, Zhang Qian returned to her parents' home while pregnant. She accidentally fell at her parents' home and gave birth to Situ Yi prematurely. However, she could not be saved due to postpartum hemorrhage. At that time, she carried the newborn Situ Yi back to the palace, and it was Princess Lu Mingxue who raised the child.
"Okay, let's put it this way. After returning to the capital, I will go and talk to your uncle the Emperor and ask him to grant you the title of a prince!"
While King Jing was speaking, he was also secretly observing Situ Yi's expression. Seeing that he did not show any displeasure, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that his two sons would have a rift over this title. Although the princess was very magnanimous, he could not do that.
Is the princess really that magnanimous? Only she knows.
Situ Yi saw his father sitting there thinking about something, so he didn't stay in the carriage. He didn't like riding in carriages and felt that riding a horse was more comfortable, so he quietly got off the carriage.
Lu Zifeng had just cleaned up the battlefield. It seemed that the people in the capital who wanted to kill the third prince of Tatar were quite powerful. They had been coming in waves every day in the past few days, which almost annoyed Lu Zifeng to death. But there was nothing he could do. He had to kill them one by one. No less than one or two hundred people had been killed in these few days alone. No one knew who had such huge financial resources to train so many death warriors.
However, I think this person's identity should not be simple. Just because he can collude with the Tatar royal family, I think this person should also be a member of the royal family.
Lu Zifeng was not interested in who the person was. He just wanted to send the third prince of Tatar to the military camp west of the capital, and then his mission would be accomplished.
Now they have reached Suzhou Prefecture and are expected to enter Lizhou Prefecture tomorrow. After passing Lizhou Prefecture, they will be near the capital.
Before coming back this time, King Jing said that after returning to the capital, he would at least be promoted to the fifth rank or a fifth-rank official position, which means he would have an official status. Even if he returned to Luzhou Prefecture in the future, the Lu family would no longer be a family that could be bullied. He would have done his best for the Lu family and the original owner.
Of course, we can't say that Lu Zifeng is a saint. It's just that after coming to this world, no matter how ignorant Lu Zifeng is, he knows that he cannot fight against this era. Since the original owner has a family, then he will just let nature take its course and return to his family. This era is not the previous life. It doesn't matter whether you have a family or not. In his previous life, Lu Zifeng was an orphan. He wanted to have a family. Now that he has one here, what's wrong with recognizing his relatives?
He naturally knew that his grandfathers had exploited him, but Lu Zifeng had always believed that anyone who wasn't exploited was a failure. Aren't people always exploiting each other? It would be pointless to dwell on it too much.
Just like the relationship between an individual and a family, there is a relationship of mutual benefit and mutual dependence. This requires one to grasp the right degree and not allow others to exploit one excessively.
Standing on the hillside before dawn, Lu Zifeng thought a lot. He had no regrets about everything he had done since he came to this world. Family and individuals have always complemented each other. He hoped that the Lu family would not let him down. If that day really came, he could completely abandon everything and leave them.
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