"Ah Zheng!"
"Boss..."
Old Man Lu and Madam Chen immediately gave chase, but Lu Yanzheng and his group were too fast and soon disappeared into the darkness, their figures no longer visible.
“He’s gone…” Chen collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face, her voice hoarse as she murmured, “He doesn’t want us anymore…”
Jiang Qinyu caught up and squatted down next to Chen Shi, saying helplessly, "Mother, didn't he say he would come back after he finished his business?"
Although she didn't want a man, she couldn't let a mother be without a son.
She was happy for Madam Chen and Old Man Lu that Lu Yanzheng was alive. As for her and Lu Yanzheng's matter, she would talk about it later!
"Will he come back?" Chen asked expectantly, holding Jiang Qinyu's hand.
Jiang Qinyu certainly didn't know, but she still nodded firmly, "Yes, this is his home."
But if Lu Yanzheng loses his memory, it's hard to say where he'll consider his home.
Reassured, Mrs. Chen hurriedly scrambled to her feet. "You're right, this is his home, he'll definitely come back! Come on, let's hurry back and tidy up the house..."
At this point, Chen paused, then said with a mix of tears and laughter, "A-Zheng is back, but we've separated our households!"
"Look at you, it's a good thing that A-Zheng is back, why are you crying? So what if we separated the family? Isn't he still our son?" Old Man Lu had recovered from his initial excitement and elation, and now, looking in the direction where Lu Yanzheng disappeared, his eyes were full of relief.
He knows this child he raised himself. Wang Bo said he didn't remember them before, which explains why there had been no news of them for six years.
Now that he knows this is his home, and that his parents and wife are here, he will definitely come back.
While the people of Dingshui Village were busy cleaning up the aftermath, in the Yongshan County government office, Chief Constable Wang stumbled into Zhu Youcai's study.
"Sir, something terrible has happened! One-Eyed King and his men are no match for the people of Dingshui Village..." Constable Wang was soaked in sweat, and even in the cold New Year's Eve night, cold sweat kept pouring out of his body.
After having dinner with his family tonight, Zhu Youcai waited in his study, but he never expected to receive such a result.
"What exactly happened? They have three times as many people as Dingshui Village and they still can't handle it? What a bunch of useless trash!" Zhu Youcai roared, almost crushing the teacup in his hand, but unfortunately he didn't have the strength.
Officer Wang wiped the sweat from his brow and face. "They had actually dug a trap beforehand. One-Eyed King's men lost two or three hundred men before they even entered the village... Later, two experts appeared out of nowhere to help them, one of them calling the other 'General'..."
"General? What general?" Zhu Youcai's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.
Officer Wang shook his head. "I don't know. Because I didn't want to reveal my identity, I just watched them from afar until I saw the One-Eyed King being killed. Only then did I rush back to report."
Zhu Youcai was aware of such a large-scale operation at Qinggang Mountain, and One-Eyed King was obligated to hand over the items to him. However, he did not want to get involved himself, so he asked Constable Wang to keep an eye on things.
"The One-Eyed King is dead?" Zhu Youcai was taken aback. "How did he die?"
When Constable Wang recalled that scene, he couldn't help but tremble. "Killed by that general!"
"What does the general look like?" Zhu Youcai felt as if his heart had been grabbed.
Please, please don't let it be that killer!
“I couldn’t see clearly, but he was wearing a mask at first…” Constable Wang recounted the entire process of Lu Yanzheng’s appearance and the mask falling off.
Zhu Youcai slumped into a chair, muttering, "It's over, it's over, he's here..."
"Sir, do you know him?" Constable Wang asked curiously.
Zhu Youcai snapped out of his daze, immediately stood up, and without even replying to Constable Wang, shouted outside, "Someone! Go to the backyard quickly and tell Madam to pack her valuables immediately. We're leaving right away!"
Chief Constable Wang was completely bewildered. What was going on? Was the magistrate trying to escape?
Who exactly is that masked general? Even the county magistrate has to run away from him!
Outside Yongshan County, Lu Yanzheng looked at the tightly closed city gate, turned to Qin Shen and said, "I'll take you up."
Qin Shen looked at the city wall, which was three zhang high, and his back teeth ached.
Indeed, with his lightness skill, he couldn't climb such a high wall.
But his general is different. With his monstrous talent, he only practiced the family's secret techniques given to him by the marshal for three years, and he has already surpassed his master.
This wall is three zhang high. Not only can his general climb it by himself, but he can also bring him up with him. If outsiders knew this, wouldn't they be shocked?
Lu Yanzheng was a man of action. After saying that, he grabbed Qin Shen by the collar and leaped toward the city wall.
In Da Yue, the county government offices were almost always located in the center of the county town. Lu Yanzheng and Qin Shen headed straight for the county government office.
As the two approached, they saw many people going in and out of the backyard of the county government office.
"It's so late at night, why is the magistrate of Yongshan County still in such high spirits? Could it be that he invited an opera troupe to perform at the county government office on New Year's Eve?" Qin Shen clicked his tongue twice, feeling a little envious of the magistrate of Yongshan County.
Lu Yanzheng stared intently, then gathered his strength and flew onto the roof. "Zhu Youcai is trying to escape! Go and stop his family!"
In Zhu Youcai's study, Constable Wang was nowhere to be seen, and Zhu Youcai was packing up his important belongings.
He had been in Yongshan County for more than three years, and the amount of money he had amassed from the people was countless, most of which was hidden in a dark room in his study.
Zhu Youcai put all the valuables into several large boxes and was about to go out to call people to move them when he turned around and saw Lu Yanzheng with a scar on his face.
"You...who are you?" Zhu Youcai was startled, then shouted, "How dare you! How dare you enter and leave my study at will! I..."
Lu Yanzheng interrupted him calmly, "Lord Zhu, you have been delaying the border troops' rations and pay for half a year. I have come here in person today to collect them. You should at least give them to me now, right?"
"You, you, you..." Zhu Youcai stammered upon hearing this, "You are the Great General Protector of the Nation?"
Didn't they say that the Great General Protector of the Nation always wore a mask?
"What? I don't look like it, General?" Lu Yanzheng raised an eyebrow, looking at him with icy eyes.
Zhu Youcai couldn't help but take two steps back, swallowed hard, and then spoke in a trembling voice, "General, it's not that I'm unwilling to provide the rations, but... but that the imperial court hasn't issued them!"
"Didn't send it?" Lu Yanzheng sneered. "If the news hadn't been confirmed, why do you think I, the general, would have come to ask for it personally?"
He had taken over all of Marshal Qin's forces and had already made it clear that the imperial court had transported 60,000 shi of grain, 10,000 sets of close-combat weapons, and two years' worth of unpaid wages to the border troops half a year ago.
However, the supplies disappeared after entering Yongshan County. He wrote several letters to the magistrate of Yongshan County to ask for them back, but the magistrate kept delaying and making excuses.
The border troops are in dire straits now. Without this batch of provisions, the border city may fall again, and then...
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