A group of people and horses came to the north gate of Tongyun County, Lizhou Prefecture. The knights on horseback were all wearing armor, with swords on their waists and guns in their hands. They walked to the city gate under the leadership of a young general in silver armor.
When the leader of the soldiers guarding the city saw this scene, he no longer had the arrogant look on his face. Instead, he walked up to the silver-armored young general's horse and bowed politely.
"I wonder what business the young general has brought you here on? If there is anything I can do, I will certainly do it for you."
Lu Zifeng glanced at the leader of the soldiers and said, "This captain is on the orders of the General Zhengbei and is returning to the capital. I'm passing through here and need to rest in the city for one night. Can you ask the county magistrate to prepare a place for us to stay and some food and drink?"
Upon hearing this, the little leader hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment, General. Someone has already gone to invite the county magistrate."
As soon as the little leader finished speaking, he saw the magistrate of Tongyun County hurried over.
"I didn't know the young general was coming. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you. I hope the young general will forgive me."
Lu Zifeng frowned. The magistrate of Tongyun County was about forty years old, older than his father, yet he saluted him. But then he thought about it again, he was a sixth-rank captain, two levels higher than the magistrate, so he could afford it.
"Get up! This captain will rest here tonight and leave early tomorrow morning. Please prepare a place for us to stay and some food."
Upon hearing this, the Tongyun County Magistrate bowed and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will make the arrangements right away. Please wait a moment."
After the county magistrate left, Lu Zifeng looked at Cao Yong, and felt relieved when he saw him nod. He wanted to see what choice the Tongyun County magistrate would make. Originally, Lu Zifeng had not planned to come to Tongyun County directly. He was planning to bypass the county and go directly south, but he actually caught several spies last night, who were actually related to the Tongyun County magistrate. So he had to get rid of these unstable things.
In just a quarter of an hour, the magistrate of Tongyun County came over. Lu Zifeng and Liu Can looked at each other and remembered at the same time that they had arrived suddenly. They did not expect that the magistrate of Tongyun County was so careless and had prepared accommodation so quickly.
"Sir, the accommodation has been arranged. Please follow me."
"Well, lead the way!"
Lu Zifeng is now becoming more and more curious about the person in the capital who is colluding with the Tatars, so let's start the investigation from this county magistrate!
Following the magistrate of Tongyun County into the city, they entered a house about a hundred feet away from the city gate. The house was not small, with three courtyards and thirty or forty rooms of various sizes, which was more than enough to accommodate the group.
Speaking of which, this time Lu Zifeng brought 500 people to protect the third prince of Tatar, but when they arrived at Lizhou Prefecture, there were only less than 400 people left. More than 100 brothers died along the way. Lu Zifeng also knew that there would be casualties along the way, and there was nothing he could do about it.
In the evening, the magistrate of Tongyun County came in with his servants carrying food and drinks. After some polite greetings, he left with his men.
Lu Zifeng knew that there were people watching around here, so he asked Cao Yong and Liu Can to keep an eye on the brothers. Everything went according to the previous plan, and he went into a room.
An hour later, the whole house fell into silence. Dozens of men in black quickly came outside the house. Judging from their figures, each of them looked like a skilled fighter. Soon, these people entered the house. Before they got close, they heard snoring coming from the house.
The leaders among the people who came looked at each other and nodded in praise that they had bought the right knockout drug this time, and the effect was even greater!
Dozens of men in black entered the courtyards in batches and went straight to the rooms. The big knives in their hands flashed a cold light under the moonlight.
Lu Zifeng closed his eyes in the room, but used his mental power to focus on the eyes of every man in black, and called out in his heart.
"Chang Lin, it's time for you to show up. Kill all of these people except for a few leaders."
Less than ten breaths after the matter was explained, screams were heard from outside. Lu Zifeng stood up and walked to the door. Looking outside, he saw that the man in black who had broken in was now surrounded by nearly a hundred people. However, they did not seem to intend to surrender, but chose to fight to the death.
Lu Zifeng looked around, identified a few leaders, and then he dodged over, grabbed them, and broke their legs.
"Chang Lin, don't leave anyone alive. Cao Yong, go and capture the magistrate of Tongyun County. He's not far from the house."
A massacre began. In less than a quarter of an hour, the ground was filled with the corpses of men in black. Chang Lin took a look and walked over.
"Master, everyone has been killed, not a single one is left."
"Well, you should go back quickly! You still need to worry about the family. I will only be here for a month, and I should be able to go home."
Lu Zifeng was right. It would probably take a few days to get back to the capital from here. After arriving in the capital and handing Tuoba Qing over to His Majesty the Emperor, she could go home first, because it was still unknown when His Highness Jing Wangtong would be able to return to the capital.
However, Lu Zifeng didn't know that something big was about to happen in the capital, so his promise to go home in a month was destined to be empty talk.
Cao Yong was very fast. He walked in with the magistrate of Tongyun County tied up in just a dozen breaths.
The magistrate of Tongyun County could no longer stand. He had not expected that the captain was so cautious and did not even eat the food he sent, so that he failed in his mission. He knew that he was finished. Since he accepted the gold and silver from that man, he had been on the pirate ship.
Lu Zifeng did not interrogate the person himself. It was only after Cao Yong and others had interrogated Lu Zifeng that he heard the name of Prince Qing again. It seemed that Prince Qing was the one who colluded with the Tatars in the capital. He didn't know what the emperor meant. Besides, Lu Zifeng did not have the power to deal with the magistrate of Tongyun County.
"Cao Yong, take him away and send him to the capital tomorrow. The emperor will execute him!"
The next morning, Lu Zifeng didn't delay any longer and ordered the team to advance quickly. It was all because of King Jing. He didn't know why. He insisted on walking slowly, but in the past ten days, he had lost more than a hundred brothers. After what happened last night, fortunately Chang Lin went to Lizhou Prefecture to discuss business and brought a lot of people with him. Otherwise, there would have been more deaths. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn't maximize his abilities. If that happened, he might even be in danger. This was something Lu Zifeng didn't want to see.
Therefore, every time he took action, he only exerted 30% to 50% of his strength, and thus he has never met an opponent until now.
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