I'm just a soldier, why should I fight you in a duel?

The two of them were so busy that they had to work hard.

Wei Yuan grinned and patted Cheng Ren's shoulder.

"Tell me what you know about who is involved in the empty salary. After we finish raiding this family, Wei and Liu will visit them one by one."

Liu Qingdi was about to refuse, but then she thought that this was her first time experiencing this, so she agreed.

"Sir, I really don't know!"

Cheng Ren was still playing dumb.

For a moment, Liu Qingdi couldn't tell whether he had leaked the news on purpose.

"You're not going to tell me, are you?"

Wei Yuan pulled out the horizontal sword from the waist of the soldier beside him and put it on Cheng Ren's neck.

"Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing someone..."

"Sir, wait a minute!"

Chengren's eyes twitched violently, and he spoke very quickly.

"The county magistrate, the county lieutenant, and the chief clerk were all involved in the empty salary. The evidence is in my house. I will take you to see it later."

"That's right! A young man... a teachable boy!"

Seeing that the long knife on his neck had been removed, Chengren clasped his fists flatteringly.

"Sir Wei, can you do me a small favor?"

"Just ask!"

"Can you ask the brothers in the military office to work with us to capture the criminals of the Lu family!"

"With you and your army in the government, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to act rashly even if they had a hundred guts."

...

Inside the Lu Mansion

The atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Ever since they heard from the yamen runners that Lu Qingfeng had colluded with the demons.

The direct descendants of the Lu family and Lu Qingfeng's trusted guests gathered in the front hall.

Dozens of servants carrying packages stood outside the front hall.

Everyone had a very complicated expression on their faces, and their eyes were filled with deep fear.

They knew the crime of colluding with demons, and they all knew what would happen to them.

However, it was obvious.

It was not easy to accept one's own death.

"Everyone! Now we are all grasshoppers on the same rope."

A young man in a round-necked robe stood up, clasped his fists and said calmly.

"I hope you can brainstorm and think of a way to save our Lu family."

There was a hint of crying in the young man's tone. He was the eldest son of Lu Qingfeng.

He was studying in Kyoto, but he didn't expect to encounter such a big thing as soon as he came back.

He is really a person with "great luck"!

"Alas!"

A guest squatting in the corner sighed.

"What else can we do?"

"Colluding with demons is an unforgivable crime, the most capital crime."

"The court will not let you go just because the master is a seventh-rank county magistrate."

"Stop struggling. Instead of discussing here, why not send people to make more delicious food and wine to fill everyone's stomachs?"

"Even if I die, I want to die with a full stomach."

Hearing this,

the Lu family women who were dressed gorgeously and wearing gold and silver had wet eyes and sobbed continuously.

The Lu family mistress who sat in the main seat was no exception.

She was a dozen years younger than Lu Qingfeng, and had the temperament of a mature woman, like a plump and juicy peach.

She was the wife Lu Qingfeng married after he became rich.

She looked at the guests in the hall pitifully. Now only these warriors could save their Lu family.

"Brothers, is there really no way out?"

"Can you fight your way out with your skills?"

All the guests lowered their heads, only a man in sackcloth stood up and said loudly.

"Mr. Lu never treated me badly during his lifetime. Now that he is in great trouble, it is time for us to repay him."

"I am willing to kill..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking.

He heard several hurried footsteps outside the house.

"Kill, kill, kill your mother's head."

Several guests who came back from outside the Lu Mansion walked into the front hall cursing, with a hint of madness in their eyes.

"Brothers, how can you talk like this."

The young master of the Lu family stood up and spoke first.

It was not easy for one of the guests to show up willing to lead them out of the Lu Mansion.

He didn't want this person to be influenced by other guests again.

The man in hemp clothes turned his head and saw that only four of the six martial arts practitioners had returned. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Suddenly he regretted being the first to do this.

If other people could think the same as him, who would dare to do it with him?

The other guests asked.

"Where are the other two who followed you?"

The guests who came back from outside the Lu Mansion did not answer.

Answer.

Instead, he angrily pulled up the person sitting on the chair, and then sat on it and drank tea by himself.

But before a while, his trembling hands completely betrayed them.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the four martial arts monks seemed to have been stimulated by something.

After a long time,

The eyes of one of the guests gradually calmed down, and he hugged his head as if resigned to his fate.

"No one can escape!"

"The government has invited the government troops to surround the Lu Mansion."

"What?"

Everyone present exclaimed, and their hearts couldn't help but tremble.

They seemed to have known the fate of the two guests.

With the government troops of the guard captain, even if the six guests doubled, I'm afraid there would be no waves.

The other person clenched his fists tightly.

"I've said long ago that we shouldn't waste time here."

"If we had fought our way out early this morning, how could those yamen runners with their mediocre skills have stopped us?"

The scene became dead silent again, and even the man in hemp clothes who had spoken at the beginning stopped talking.

These few words were like a thunderbolt, striking hard in their hearts.

After a while,

the hearts of the guests who stayed in the Lu Mansion gradually began to waver, and one of the guests who looked honest said.

"This collusion with the demons was originally done by the people of the Lu family, what does it have to do with us?"

"We are just doing things for money!"

"Are you going to settle accounts with us?"

"Yes!"

The person standing next to him hurriedly answered.

"I have lived so long and have never seen the appearance of a demon. Isn't it too unfair to say that I collude with demons?"

"This is really an unprovoked disaster!"

"An unprovoked disaster!"

The Lu family's son saw that the situation was not good, and just wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

He could only collapse on the chair, staring blankly at the roof of his front hall.

His mother stood up and knelt on the ground with a thump.

"Everyone! My husband never treated you badly when he was alive!"

"Now, I have nothing else to ask for, but I only ask you to find a way to send my disappointing child away."

Her misty eyes swept around, and seeing that several people had very tangled expressions, she said again, knowing that there was a chance.

"As long as he can be taken out of Lin'an, the rest depends on his luck!"

After a long time,

Before anyone could answer, a loud noise was heard from the door of the Lu Mansion.

The gatekeeper of the mansion ran into the hall in a hurry and shouted loudly.

"Oh no! The government officials and the government troops broke in together!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingfeng's wife instantly collapsed to the ground.