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"Father..."

The people behind Lu Ming couldn't wait any longer. Just as they were about to speak, Lu Ming waved his hand lightly and said, "Go and arrest his family."

"Whose family?" The bandit behind him was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, with a cruel smile on his face, "Understood."

He cupped his hands, took advantage of the darkness, called a few people and walked out from the door.

The torture lasted for nearly half an hour, and all five fingers of Master Wu's hand were pinched off and bent into a weird shape.

Seeing that Master Wu still gritted his teeth and refused to speak, Wu Ting directly tied him to the chair and began to use pliers to pull out his nails one by one. What Tute vomited was not about the letter, but a lot of obscenities: "You villains! You bastards! Outlanders! Those jackals outside the city have been eaten! Pooh!"

Perhaps it was because Wu Ting's actions aroused the bloodiness in him when he was walking in the rivers and lakes. He even bit Wu Ting's wrist suddenly, although he was punched by Wu Ting very quickly so that all his front teeth fell off. , but instead he glared even more, like a bloodthirsty beast.

The veins on Wu Ting's forehead popped up, of course he was uneasy, he was already very displeased with losing that kid tonight, now he can't even ask a few words, in the future, in front of the master, in front of those brothers Where is the face in front of you?

Naturally, he also put pressure on Master Wu more brutally, and used the same methods he used to deal with those tough bones in the mountains on Master Wu.

Master Wu's mouth was full of blood, but he still hissed and laughed loudly despite his bloody body: "Hahaha, if you have the ability to kill me, you want me to tell? Unless your palace invites my godfather, then what will I do?" I tell you all!"

Wu Ting became more and more angry, and with a kick, one of Master Wu's legs snapped off like a reed, and twisted in another direction.

A wail was held tightly by Master Wu's throat until he let out a few extremely heavy breaths before a little bit of it came out of his mouth.

"I really can't invite that Eunuch Zhao." A faint voice came from the entrance of the cellar. Wu Ting stopped his hands immediately and turned his head. Lu Ming had already shown his thin figure from the corner of the stairs, but it was This seemingly withdrawn and weak person made him dare not show any disrespect.

He lowered his head and said submissively: "Master, give me some more time, I will definitely..."

Lu Ming waved his hand, stopped his words, and said softly: "It's useless. Since he refused to confide in the past, it is even more impossible for him to say more now. You can only follow his wishes if you go on like this. .”

Lu Ming looked at Master Wu: "You want to die, don't you?"

Master Wu looked very calm at the moment. He finally saw the "person behind the scenes" who drove those four people, but he didn't expect that the guy who could drive such a tough four people didn't have any gangster spirit on him, on the contrary, he looked like A scribe who couldn't be more ordinary, his thin face bears the tiredness engraved on him by the years, and there are a few wrinkles between his brows, probably a lot of worry on weekdays.

Master Wu suddenly laughed out loud, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth: "I don't know this...what's his name?"

Lu Ming shook his head: "The dead don't deserve to know my name."

Master Wu laughed loudly: "That's well said. I, Wu Lao Er, spent half my life, and although I didn't say I was famous all over the world, I still have a head and a face in this one-acre three-point land in Ding'an City. Now that I have ended up like this, I have nothing to say Say! I only hate that I am greedy for the five hundred gold for a while, hehe, I have been catching eagles for many years, but in the end I was blinded by the eagles, come, kill me, how can the dead man tell you the whereabouts of the letter?"

"Indeed." Lu Ming nodded slightly, "When you die, at most you are the only one who perishes, while your mother, your wives and concubines, as well as your three sons and one daughter are all alive, and even they are still alive. You will be taken care of by Eunuch Zhao. But if you really open your mouth to me, as long as Eunuch Zhao finds out, none of your family, including you, will be spared."

Master Wu chuckled: "It seems that he is a sensible person, better than this..." He glanced at Wu Ting with mockery in his eyes, "Much more understanding."

Wu Ting Wuming became angry, he stretched out his hand and wanted to slap him out.

But Lu Ming took a step forward, stretched out his hand and gently stopped in front of Wu Ting's palm.

Wu Ting looked at the not-so-strong hand, he didn't dare to use any more strength, he just touched that hand lightly, then quickly put it back, he lowered his head and said: "Master, Wu Ting Reckless."

Lu Ming ignored him, and quietly put his eyes on Master Wu's face, with a little pity in his eyes: "After talking so much, you are not a sensible person..."

He clapped his hands lightly twice, and the men on the cellar stairs immediately let go of their big hands, and the cry that had been covered in their mouths suddenly burst out-it was a clear and clear girl's voice, even with a bit of milk, obviously Very young.

When Master Wu heard this cry, his eyes suddenly changed. He didn't know where the strength came from. His body, which had been tortured for a long time, suddenly shook. Putting on Hongyan's strangle marks: "It doesn't matter to her, the rules of the rivers and lakes, the family is not as good as the disaster! Ah!"

Lu Ming looked indifferent. Behind him, the bandits easily carried the little girl to Master Wu. The little girl's face was full of panic, and there were even wet tears in the corners of her eyes. She didn't know what happened. What happened, why was she brought here by these people, but when she saw her father here, she burst into tears: "Father! Father!"

"Xiaoyun..." Master Wu looked at his eight-year-old daughter, his face paled for a moment. He has three sons, but only one daughter. This is the jewel in his palm, and her mother is his favorite concubine. The child had dystocia that day, and he had only had time to see her for the last time after rushing back from other places.

This is his most precious thing.

Normally, he never let her have even the slightest worry, let alone fear and cry.

But today, his daughter was in front of him, crying like pear blossoms and rain, and that immature cry was like a sharp awl, piercing his heart fiercely.

"Father... Uncle Lu is dead, aunt, second mother and brother are all arrested." The little girl cried loudly, "Father, what's wrong with you...what's wrong with your leg..."

Master Wu wanted to reach out to wipe away her tears, but found that he couldn't get rid of the damn leather belt at all. His eyes were red, and he stared at Lu Ming: "Let her go! She's still a child! What are you doing to me? !"

"The rules of the world?" Lu Ming sighed, walked in front of the girl, stretched out a hand, and stroked the little girl's head lovingly, "What a lovely child..."

"You are not allowed to touch her!"

Lu Ming tilted his head slightly and looked at Master Wu: "Maybe in your eyes, the rules of the world are very important, but in my eyes, the rules of the world...even the whole world is of little importance."

The little girl may also have a bit of bloodiness inherited from Master Wu, and she suddenly opened her mouth and bit towards Lu Ming's palm forcefully, but Lu Ming just lowered his head and gave her a slight look, and she suddenly froze, and the fear in her eyes was even worse. Before that, the small body couldn't help trembling.

"What are you going to do?" Master Wu was out of breath.

Lu Ming continued to look at it like that, with his hands behind his back, but the girl trembled even more, her eyes almost turned white.

Lu Ming said slowly, "What I want to do depends on you."

"No, don't...I beg you...let her go." The bloodiness that Master Wu had managed to hold up finally collapsed. At this moment, he looked at his terrified daughter and begged: "Let her go, she It has nothing to do with this matter, I can give you any amount of money, and you can also take my dog's life, I just ask you to let my family go!"

"That's not the answer I want." Lu Ming shook his head, his eyes became sharper, and suddenly, the little girl's eyes turned white, and her little face turned red.

Chapter 242 Magnolia in Bloom

"Don't force me!" Master Wu said in a panic, "I really can't say it! I said it, my whole family will die!"

"If you don't say it now, your whole family will still die." Under Lu Ming's gaze, the little girl had gradually lost her strength due to difficulty breathing, and he continued to say in that emotionless tone: "You said it now , at least your whole family can still live now. Perhaps, I can allow you to escape Ding'an City overnight with your whole family, aren't you rich? You are still a rich man after leaving the Tang Dynasty and hiding your name."

"Speaking lightly! Eunuch Zhao is from the palace! If he finds any clues in the future, do you think I can escape the pursuit of those practitioners under his command?"

Lu Ming was expressionless: "I gave you a choice, take a gamble, or give up, it's up to you. Your value to me is just the little stuff in your stomach. If you refuse to pour it out, then to me You are worthless. Without you, I will still go to that eunuch, hoping...his bones will be harder than yours."

"Let go of her first! Let her go first!" Seeing that his daughter was exhaling too much and not breathing in, Mr. Wu was struggling crazily on the chair, then he roared, closing his eyes in despair and shouting Said: "Okay! I will tell you the whereabouts of the letter!"

Lu Ming finally looked away. The little girl caught by the bandits coughed violently. With tears in her eyes, she mumbled, "Daddy..."

"Little Yun, don't be afraid, Daddy is here, they, they won't hurt you anymore..." Master Wu said softly.

Lu Ming waved his hands, and his subordinates immediately carried the little girl and walked out.

Master Wu continued to comfort the little girl's back with a desolate voice, "Good boy, don't be afraid, daddy will pick you up later, pick you up..."

Lu Ming turned to look at him indifferently: "Speak."

Master Wu's eyes were bloodshot, he looked at Lu Ming, and said in a low voice, "You devil..."

Lu Ming looked at him condescendingly, and said with a sneer, "Devil? So what? I'm tired of being your so-called good people..."

He thought of the Great Wall, and the army of fierce beasts that attacked the Great Wall like a tide. The swords in the hands of countless warriors swung down, but most of them were dragged from the city wall by the bloody mouths of the fierce beasts. Next, there were countless gnawing sounds outside the city wall. This kind of greedy creature would not leave a trace of meat, and when they finished eating, there would only be a lot of bones left.

And Mulan...

She stood on the top of the Great Wall, calmly commanding the army to defeat wave after wave of attacks, her eyes staring into the distance, deep and lofty.

He had already fallen in love with her, in love with that woman who was as strong and holy as a magnolia flower.

It's just that he himself is no longer clean.

The doctor invited by the bandits waited outside for a long time. This thin doctor who was carried away all the way had been listening to the screams in the cellar. His legs were as soft as two balls of cotton. If he could escape, he would have rolled away. Get out of this yard with a crawl.

And Lu Ming slowly listened to Master Wu's explanation, his eyes changed slightly, and finally said to the top of the cellar: "Bring me here."

The doctor walked down the cellar tremblingly, and the bandits behind him held him by the back of the collar, almost making him walk down the steps without touching his feet.

Master Wu didn't look at the doctor who bandaged him, but said angrily to Lu Ming who was about to leave: "I've already said it! Don't forget what you promised!"

"When I confirm that what you said is true, I will naturally fulfill the contract." Lu Ming said calmly, passing the doctor without looking back. When he walked up to the top, Master Wu's pain came from behind. Huh, probably the doctor is helping him connect the broken leg.

"Master... are you sure what he said is not a lie?" Wu Ting followed behind Lu Ming, and whispered: "The letter is in the palace? This, I am afraid that he deliberately prevaricates us. Is it possible that we can still enter?" Can the palace personally verify it?"

Lu Ming walked in front, and in the darkness, he said softly: "Maybe there is prevarication, but in my opinion, it has reached this point, and there is no need for him to tell lies. Since this news comes from an old eunuch, the letter is in the The news in the palace should also be indistinguishable."

"But... how can we get the letter?" Wu Ting looked troubled.

"Of course I go in and get it."

This is nonsense, but not a joke.

Wu Ting heard the firmness in Lu Ming's words, and panicked in his heart: "You mean, we want to enter the palace? That's the palace of the Tang Dynasty king, it's not the mansion of some Jianghu gang leader, it's not like we can enter if we want, right? ?”

Of course Lu Ming knew that the palace of the Tang Kingdom was the den of tigers and wolves, but he looked at the lights of the palace in the distance that never went out day and night, and knew that he still had a chance.

Although he has never been an official in the Tang Kingdom, nor has he ever entered the Tang Palace, he is one of the people in the world who understands the structure of the Tang Palace best.

There is a dusty warehouse in the Great Wall, where many files are stored, but because no one has ever cleaned it, it has been covered with a lot of spider webs.

And the Book Mountain Wenhai contains maps of many countries, and even their royal palace structures are recorded in detail.

The palace of the Tang Kingdom is no exception.

Many files have been eaten by rats to the point of being riddled with holes, but in those files, a person's name was finally revealed.

wood iron.

This seemingly ordinary name represents the most glorious member of the Mu family stationed on the Great Wall in recent years.

He is Mulan's uncle, the previous generation of rulers in the Mu family. He led the defenders of the Great Wall, not only repelling wave after wave of fierce beasts, he even personally led the cavalry to chase the beasts thousands of miles away.

He wanted to lead the cavalry to the end of the wilderness to explore the secrets of these two strange beasts, and even—to find a way to eradicate them completely.

Although in the end, he had to rein in his horse and retreat under the attack of the tide-like army of ferocious beasts, his actions were tantamount to giving the Great Wall defenders a new hope. They were already tired, generation after generation, Keep saying goodbye to your family, keep walking up the Great Wall, hold your sword in your hands, and guard the world that has long since fallen apart behind you.

If there were no such ferocious beasts, what kind of beautiful scene would the Great Wall be?

Naturally, wood and iron are almost like gods in the hearts of the people on the Great Wall.

It's just that the god in the hearts of the people on the Great Wall, but because he watched the sand table with the cold wind all night, he finally contracted the cold and died on his bed. His death was so humble that it was almost unbelievable.

The people on the Great Wall wept bitterly, thinking that a generation of stars had fallen, and the Great Wall seemed to have lost the sun from now on, and there would be no sun.

People spontaneously enshrined him in the temple, hoping that he could still look down on the Great Wall stretching thousands of miles in the spirit of heaven. Even on the anniversary of his death every year, the people would respectfully spread paper money and burn grass incense in front of their houses to commemorate this day. A heroic soul who died young.

Maybe everything is like this.

Lu Ming knew some details.

The former leader of the Mu family did not die from the wind and cold, but the elders of the Mu family planned together to let him die at the knife edge of his own family.

The person who killed him was Mulan.

After Mu Tie failed to go north to explore the beast's lair twice in a row, he learned from the pain and knew that the strength of the Great Wall alone would not be able to travel thousands of miles, so his eyes were no longer on the north of the Great Wall, but on the side of the Great Wall. Behind, those princes who are fighting endlessly.

The Great Wall has always been far away from disputes and independent of the northern border. Naturally, he doesn't know much about these princes and kings, and the mountains and rivers in the territory. Break out abruptly, occupy a place, and then use this as a foundation to plot the world, even unify the world, and use the soldiers of the world to support the banner and go north...

Complete the greatest achievement in his heart!

It's just that what he did didn't win the support of the elders of the Mu family in the end. At a seemingly harmonious and joyful banquet, he laughed at the crowd before he died, as if he was mocking these elders. Stick to the oath, but don't know that the world has changed.

Then the interior of the Great Wall ushered in an unprecedented cleansing, and hundreds of thousands of stones, food and grass were also burned in this dispute. This is why Mulan had to ask the princes of the Central Plains for help...

But only Lu Ming knew that at that time, he was Mu Tie's secret right-hand man, but in the end, he still stood by Mulan's side.

Mu Tie's big laugh that day was not mocking him?A man who finally gave up his original intention for the sake of a woman... He betrayed wood, iron, and ideals, and could only hide among the crowd, like an incompetent mouse.

Even Mulan thought that Lu Ming would do such things as assassinate Prime Minister Jing Wu because he received too much scorn from other countries, so he was willing to let him live.

And Liu De found out that there was a hidden stake planted by Zhuge Wanling around him, thinking that Zhuge Wanling had pushed him secretly, which led to a questioning with Zhuge Wanling in the tavern.

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But what about Lu Ming himself?What exactly does he want?Is it the ideal of unifying the world at the beginning, or Mulan's love?

No, maybe, he just wants to return to that heroic woman now, and it is enough to guard her.

"Does it need time?" Lu Ming said to himself with his eyebrows lowered, "No...it's time, I need a time."

"Grandpa...what did you say? Pheasant? Master wants to eat pheasant?" Wu Ting smiled, raised his strong arm, and said, "It's easy to handle. I will go out of the city overnight and go up the mountain to catch him in a basket Go, Tang country is rich and prosperous, even the pheasants on the mountain are not caught, it's better for us."

Lu Ming shook his head: "Let them get ready. It will be Yang Taizhen's birthday in three days. Let's go to the palace."

"Uh... yes." Wu Ting was taken aback for a moment, then nodded respectfully.

Qin Ke was lying on the bed, listening to Abu's narration. To be honest, Abu's ability to tell stories was really poor. Even though they went to listen to so many wonderful stories of the storyteller, when he talked about his own affairs, he was as dry as The loess that has been exposed to the sun in the summer afternoon will drop a lot of debris when touched lightly.

But Qin Ke still understood what happened after he separated from Abu, and the girl he met, named Chan'er.

"So, you saw that girl named Chan'er dancing in the dance studio, but you didn't do anything, you were just in a daze?"

"I don't know..." Abu thought that he must have been stunned. Looking back now, the memory of that time seemed to be blank, except for...the sky filled with lanterns, and the fluttering skirt, the most important thing Yes, the sweet smile on her face...

"Damn it, this is love at first sight!" Qin Ke finally became interested, "Abu, your 'love sinus' has finally opened. Hahaha."

Qin Ke laughed wantonly: "Back when we went to hear Mr. Shu's stories about gifted scholars and beauties, you were engrossed in listening to them. Now that you have met them yourself, how do you feel?"

Abu said helplessly: "I don't know, and... Don't talk about love at first sight, what is love at first sight, I didn't say that I like him, let alone you are not alone? Fifty steps and a hundred steps... I just... . . . just for a while."

"Do you still remember Daoxiang Village? My Uncle Ji opened the dilapidated inn you stayed in. He is henpecked. Aunt Qing told him to squat but he dared not stand up. Aunt Qing asked him to eat but he dared not drink soup. Even when he smokes, he has to hide in the kitchen. Once I asked Uncle Ji, "You and Aunt Qing are having such a bad time, why don't you ever think of living alone?" Uncle Ji said while smoking a cigarette, I can’t say what’s so good about your Aunt Qing, but you just can’t leave anyway. You can’t forget it, and you have the same effect as him.” Qin Ke stretched out his hand, lay down and hugged Abu’s shoulders, and said with a smile, “Or Lao Gao is amazing, he can see what you are giggling at a glance."

"And then? Did you go up and ask for his name?" Qin Ke continued to ask.