Chapter 111

  "Yan San Dao?"

  "Isn't that saying that person might be a member of the Yan family from Liaodong?" When Zhan Zhao expressed his suspicion about the identity of the man beside Li Kun, Bai Yutang and others were shocked.

  "This is also what I don't understand. The Yan family of Liaodong has a good reputation in the Jianghu, how did they become Li Kun's subordinates?" However, judging from the knife wound suffered by Duan Wu at the Silver Hook Casino, it is very likely that he was attacked by someone from the Yan family.

  "You can also ask in person if you want to know." Lu Xiaofeng said with a smile as he inserted a flower into his hair.

  "What's wrong?" Bai Yutang was somewhat surprised.

  "If he is indeed the person from Liaodong Yan's family that you all admire, then asking him in person would naturally get an answer, isn't that normal?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't understand what was unclear about this.

  Bai Yutang shook his head, "If it's really a difficult secret to keep, no matter who he is, I'm afraid he won't tell the truth."

  Lu Xiaofeng's eyes widened and he said: "Since it's a difficult secret to reveal, then that means this isn't something he hoped would happen on his own. Why must you insist on investigating the root of the matter? Can't you just let things take their natural course and wait for the truth to come out?"

  Bai Yutang: "......" Why can't I ever win an argument with her?

  Really iron teeth and steel jaws!

  "Slow down, young master."

  Yu Zhu's voice suddenly came from the doorway, Lu Xiao Feng subconsciously looked over and saw Tang Zhen being supported by Yu Zhu as he walked in.

  Tang Zhen was supported by Shu Tong as he walked in front of Lu Xiaofeng and formally bowed, "This official thanks the young lady."

  "What am I thanking you for?"

  Tang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "If it weren't for the young lady letting the five great heroes protect me, I'm afraid this official would have had a hard time staying alive."

  "You don't have to thank me for this, it's just the emperor showing his care for you, I'm just following orders."

  "In short, I must thank you, miss."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled and stopped talking about this topic, only saying: "Tang's poison has just been removed, it's still better to rest more."

  Tang Zhen said: "Always lying in bed is also suffocating, the lower official thought about going out for a walk and taking the opportunity to thank the young lady and Mr. Gong Sun."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "No need."

  Gongsun Ce said: "Mr. Tang doesn't have to be so polite, this is something I should do."

  At this moment, Tang's old butler, Tang Fu, hastily walked in.

  "Master, those old men have already found out where those grains are."

  "Really?" Tang Zhen's spirit was shaken.

  "Just in case, would you like to go there yourself, young master?"

  Gongsun Ce said from the side: "It's just that Lord Tang's current physical condition..."

  Tang Zhen said: "But Master Bao is not here, and only I can go, which would be most proper."

  "Are you really going? Aren't you afraid of returning empty-handed like last time?" Lu Xiaofeng asked seemingly nonchalantly.

  Tang Zhen was slightly stunned, but immediately said firmly: "I don't believe that Cheng Yuan can always be one step ahead of me."

  Lu Xiaofeng lowered his head and smiled.

  Gongsun Ce smiled and said: "Since Tang has made up his mind, it's only natural that he should go himself."

  "Bai Xiaowu, why don't you accompany Tang Zhen on a trip?"

  "Me?" White Jade Hall's eyebrows rose in annoyance, "Why me again?"

  "Why can't it be you?"

  Bai Yutang pointed at Zhan Zhao and said: "Isn't this imperial cat here?"

  "His goal is too obvious, you haven't exposed yourself in Dengzhou yet, you can go."

  "I'm going."

  "Thank you, Bai Wuxia."

  "It doesn't matter."

  "To be on the safe side, it's better to send someone to work with those old men first and secure the area, in case they try to move the evidence again." Tang Zhen suddenly thought of this.

  "It's simple, just let Yan Daxia and the old steward go."

  Tang Fu said: "The old slave is fine."

  Yan Wushuang also said: "Some are no problem."

  "You're welcome."

  Yan Wushuang followed Tang Fu and left first.

  Tang Zhen then returned to his room to change into official attire and led the Imperial Guards brought by Bao Zheng to follow.

  After a group of people left, Gong Sun Ce asked her: "Miss, why didn't you go yourself?"

  "I don't have that authority." Lu Xiaofeng said with a straight face.

  Gongsun Ce smiled, "As long as Princess Yizheng's identity is revealed, everything will be settled."

  "Gongsun, this is a good opportunity for Tang Zhen to hone his skills, what a waste." My sister has no interest in official business, besides, it's not like we're living in the prosperous Zhou Dynasty where women have higher social status and there are prospects for advancement. It's purely a waste of time and energy.

  Bai Yutang and Yan Wushuang both left, then Zhan Zhao also came over, stretched out his hand to hug his son.

  Lu Ming's little friend immediately grabbed those two hat tassels and burst out laughing with narrowed eyes.

  Lu Xiaofeng moved his arm, Lu Ming this little guy's weight has been increasing all the time, holding it for a long time and his arms were indeed a bit sore. "Zhan Zhao, aren't you worried about not accompanying Bao Daren?"

  "With Wang Chao and Ma Han by their side, plus Lu Da Xiao's group, even if they encountered a severe winter, it would be alright."

  "What else did you find in the casino?"

  "There was no one else in the casino except for Duan Wu."

  Lu Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow, "Not even one person?"

  "No."

  "That represents one thing, those people are probably no longer in this world." Because they were likely accomplices to the murder of Xijiao Refinery's soldiers, Li Kun wanted to silence them, so they naturally wouldn't survive.

  After those people died, Duan Wu was also silenced by the suspicious Li Kun. Of course, this is thanks to Bao's strategy - the plan to attack the heart.

  Detained for a moment, not a single word was asked of him. He was left in the procuratorate yamen to drink a cup of tea and then released back home.

  Duan returned and told Li Kui that Bao Zheng didn't ask anything, he didn't say anything either. Li Kui naturally didn't believe it, the seeds of suspicion had been successfully sown.

  Once there's discord, anything else that happens is just a matter of course.

  "How can you be sure?"

  Lu Xiaofeng said naturally, "This is obvious, Duan Wu and his men are just a group of thugs raised by Li Kun, and the guards at the Xijiao smelting plant were all killed after resisting. The people around Li Kun will not participate in these things, otherwise he would not be able to stay out of it."

  Those people killed the refining factory's guards, even if Li Kun trusted Duan Wu, it would be hard to believe that Duan Wu's subordinates wouldn't do the same, so abandoning the car to protect the general was a natural choice.

  "After killing those people, Li Kun also had suspicions about him due to Bao's plan and was eventually silenced. Logically, there is no flaw at all."

  Zhan Zhao's eyes sank slightly as he said, "Even if Duan Wu is dead, Li Kun still can't stay out of this."

  "Don't worry about this, I believe Lord Bao will definitely bring this person to justice."

  Gongsun Ce couldn't help but laugh and said: "Miss, you're quite confident in front of the adults, aren't you?"

  "It's because he is Bao Daren." Lu Xiaofeng said with an unusually matter-of-fact tone.

  In fact, although Little Phoenix always says that a certain cat is a brain-dead Baofan, in reality she herself is also a loyal Baofan.

  Li Kun's side was completely unwell after hearing Yan Dong's words.

  "What did you say? Are there other experts besides Bao Gong? More than one?"

  "It is, judging from the martial arts skills, it seems to be Xu Qing, the mountain rat of Trap Island. Now it appears that the handsome attendant who accompanied Tang Zhen to search for the gambling house last time should be Bai Yutang, the brocade mouse."

  "What kind of mouse is that?"

  They are the famous Five Rats of Trap Island in the jianghu, and Old Fifth Jinmao Mouse's martial arts skills are on par with those of Nanxia Zhanzhao. If all five rats were present, this matter would be troublesome.

  One Zhan Zhao is already a handful, and with Wu Zhi added, I have no chance of winning.

  Are you leaving Dengzhou? If you are leaving Dengzhou, I can escort you out. However, this will be the last thing the Liao Dong Yan family does for you."

  Li Kun hesitated for a moment.

  The promise of Yan's family in Liaodong is not easy to come by and cannot be wasted at will.

  But what about the current situation?

  Cheng Yuan's cousin isn't here?

  Li Kun's eyes lit up, then immediately dimmed again. That Pang girl had been following Bao Zheng into the Tong Pan Fu and seemed to have never come out since...

  "Cheng Yuan was about to fall, but how come that Pang girl didn't look anxious at all?"

  Yan Dong did not express his views on this matter.

  "In the severe winter, you go find Pang Niang, perhaps she has been isolated from the outside world by Bao Zheng and doesn't know about Cheng Yuan's current situation."

  Yan Dong did not refuse and went to Tong Pan's mansion at night.

  But he simply couldn't believe his eyes - Nan Xiaochao was coaxing a child.

  "Xiao Mao, isn't Lu Ming asleep yet?"

  "The spirit looks still very good." Zhan Zhao was at a loss for what to do with his spirited son in his arms.

  "I'm also helpless, this kid has been reversing day and night recently, sleeping soundly during the day, and shining brightly at night."

  Lu Ming saw his mother and stretched out his small hands to hug her.

  Lu Xiaofeng then took him away.

  Zhan Zhao looked outside and said, "There are friends coming, I'll go out to greet them."

  "Oh." Lu Xiao Feng casually responded and took his son to the bed to play.

  Zhan Zhao walked out of the house and smiled slightly towards Yan Dong's hiding place, saying: "Since friends have come, show up."

  Severe winter jumped out of its hiding place neatly.

  "Severe winter!" Zhan Zhao was slightly startled.

  In the severe winter, the house with the lights on was glanced at, "You and Pang Niang?" Their relationship is absolutely not ordinary.

  "He said: 'She is the wife of Zhan Mou.'"

  Severe winter: “……” He seemed to have heard something unthinkable.

  "It's rumored on the rivers and lakes that the one you married is not the sworn sister of the Five Rats of Trap Empty Island?"

  "It's her." Along with the voice, Bai Yutang, who was holding Huaying Sword, also appeared.

  "Who is..." Yan Dong carefully inquired.

  "In the lower White Jade Hall."

  "Brocade Mouse White Jade Hall!?"

  "That's right."

  "What you just said is that Pang Niang is actually the adopted sister of the Five Rats of Trap Island?" Too much information, can't process.

  Pang Taishi's daughter married Xianzhao, the imperial cat of Kaifeng Prefecture?

  Yan Wusong and Yan Nvwu were equally disbelieving when they first heard the news, feeling as if the whole world was unreal.

  "What's so strange about it?" Bai Yutang asked with a look of surprise and curiosity.

  Severe winter: Is everything okay?

  Everyone knows that Master Pong and Lord Bao are like fire and water, so how could the master possibly let his beloved daughter marry someone from the opposing camp?

  This is absolutely unthinkable.

  "Severe winter, are you looking for me?" Lu Xiaofeng stood in front of the window with his son in his arms.

  Severe winter nodded slightly stiffly.

  "Is it Li Kun who brought you here?"

  Severe winter continues nodding.

  "It's for Cheng Yuan's sake."

  Severe winter by default.

  "What do you think if I let Xianyao and Bai Yutang stay with you?"

  "No problem."

  Zhan Zhao simply nodded, silently indicating no problem.

  Yan Dong himself, "Is the girl worried that I will tell Li Kun about these things?"

  "There is this reason, but the fundamental reason for keeping you here is to capture Li Kun without any obstacles."

  Bai Yutang said: "With him around, capturing Li Kun would be a piece of cake for Fifth Master."

  "Bai Xiaowu, shut up." This is getting ridiculous.

  "Bai Wu Ye wants to try out Yan Family's third blade?" Yan Dong also had the dignity of being a martial artist.

  "What's wrong with that?" Bai Yutang took a step forward, ready to fight.

  "Bai Xiaowu, you're not allowed to fight alone today."

  "Huh?"

  "Xiao Mao, you're also not allowed to say anything about losing face or violating Jianghu's code of conduct."

  "Remember, you're now an officer arresting a highly suspicious criminal with great killing power."

  Zhan Zhao said: "Xiao Feng, this is not good."

  "What's wrong?" Lu Xiao Feng raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "Yan Dong, as a member of the Yan family from Liaodong, you're actually helping Li Kun do evil deeds. No matter what kind of difficulties you're facing, the fact is that you've done something you shouldn't have."

  Yan Dong fell silent for a moment before saying, "However, the Yan family still owes Li Kun one last thing that hasn't been done. I still can't leave his side."

  Zhan Zhao sensed something was off, "One last thing?"

  "Yes, this is what Yan family of Liaodong promised Li Kun."

  "Why did Yan's family agree with Li Kun?"

  His expression suddenly became very solemn in the severe winter.

  There is indeed a story behind this!

  "Three years ago, Liaodong suffered a severe drought, and the people had no harvest. Although the Yan family spent all their wealth to relieve the disaster, it was like a drop in the bucket. At this time, Li Kun appeared, promising to donate 300,000 yuan to help the victims, on condition that the Yan family agreed to his terms."

  "He is designing a strict household." Zhan Zhao concluded.

  "Yes, but those 300,000 yuan are crucial for the disaster victims. The Yan family has no other choice."

  "What kind of condition is it?" Lu Xiaofeng asked curiously.

  "Kill ten designated people for him and ensure his safety within three years. If the time is up but the person has not been killed, it will also be considered that the Yan family has fulfilled its promise."

  "How much longer?"

  "There is still one month until the deadline."

  "A month?"

  "Does he still have some quotas?"

  "A single one." Yan Dong had an answer for every question because he had already discovered that in front of her, neither Nan Xia nor Jin Mao Shu dared to disobey.

  "Then you go back."

  Severe winter: “……”

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Bai Yutang: "......"

  Then, Yan Dong left smoothly.

  Bai Yutang didn't understand, so he asked, "Why did you decide to let him go in the end?"

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "Because I believe what Zhan Zhao said, the people of Yan's family in Liaodong will not be too bad. And Li Kun only has one last spot left, so it's better to leave this difficult decision for Li Kun to worry about. Because I'm sure that no matter what Li Kun decides in the end, the result won't be as he wishes."

  "Letting a person go from hope to gradual despair is quite good for striking at the psychology of criminal elements."

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Bai Yutang: "......"