Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 397 Because of Love

After being schemed against by Wu Quanwen, Zuo Yunfeng completely collapsed.

He didn't care about exposing his position and just paced back and forth beside Lu You and the other man, cursing for nearly a quarter of an hour.

However, the poverty of Zuo Yunfeng's words was beyond Lu You's expectations.

Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...

After hearing this, even the loyal Duanmu Rong was too lazy to pay attention and started asking Lu You for some sesame cakes.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s not difficult to understand.

After all, he is a young master of an aristocratic family. He has learned literature and martial arts since childhood. He is well-behaved and well-mannered. He would never use any overly vulgar words. At most, he would just curse and swear.

There were even a few ancient-style phrases mixed in, which made Lu You shake his head.

"Are you sure that what he said is enough to punish him for his crime of disrespect?" Lu You asked curiously.

Duanmu Rong turned her head to look at Lu You.

"The charge of lese majesty has nothing to do with what you said. The only criterion is the will of His Majesty."

Yes.

Lu You leaned against the bluestone and smiled bitterly.

In a feudal centralized system, why would the royal family need so many reasons to kill someone?

Finally, Zuo Yunfeng, tired of scolding, sat down again.

Zuo Yunfeng picked up the remaining half of the pancake from the weeds, blew away the ants on it, and then stuffed the whole thing into his mouth.

"I have to go back home. I've caused such a big disaster this time. My father will definitely skin me alive."

Zuo Yunfeng looked at Lu You and said.

"What about you, where are you going?"

"Look for Lu Yi." Lu You looked at Duan Murong: "You didn't finish what you said just now. You said someone saw three black panthers."

"Correct."

Duanmu Rong thought for a moment and then recalled.

"The man was frightened and his words were incoherent."

"But what is certain is that the black panther killed someone and then ran into the mountains and forests."

"Then a group of people dressed in black began to massacre everyone present. This was the massacre outside the west gate of Dingrang County."

Having said this, Duanmu Rong paused for a moment.

"I can tell you one more piece of information. Those people in black are most likely the followers of the Second Prince."

"They didn't find a way to find you, so they set their sights on Lu Yi."

Lu You rubbed his face, stood up, turned around and punched the bluestone behind him.

She didn't use any internal energy or skills in this punch, she just wanted to vent.

The large bluestone, more than one meter tall, stood still.

However, the tip of Lu You's right fist was covered in blood.

The medicinal effect of the remaining Dali Pills in her body quickly repaired her wounds.

Lu You rested his head against the large bluestone, clenched his teeth, and gasped and sobbed.

In Pingchang County, they walked too fast and missed the opportunity to meet up with Luming.

Dingrang County, she came too late, and Lu Yi’s life or death is now unknown.

Almost...

Always just a little bit short!

After a long time, Lu You finally took a deep breath and wiped away his tears.

"Can Wu Quanwen help me find Lu Yi?"

"Not sure." Duanmu Rong looked at Lu You and said seriously, "We were a step late. We wanted to chase after them after we got the news, but we encountered a forest fire halfway, which burned away all traces."

"We have now mobilized all warriors in Yanzhou and Yunzhou to search the wilderness, and have also sent a letter back, asking you to make preparations in Wudu."

"If the Second Prince's men take Lu Yi back to Wudu, we will definitely try to intercept and rescue him."

Listening to the words in his mind, Lu You kept thinking about how to make a decision.

No matter how unwilling she was, she had been dragged into the royal struggle.

Just like Zuo Yunfeng said, if she chose to take sides, she would at least get the support of one person.

But if she doesn't choose anyone, the three princes will definitely take action against her unless she flees far away from Wu State.

"Wu Quanwen saved my life. As long as he helps me find Lu Yi, I can help him."

"But I am used to freedom and don't like being controlled."

"You bring these words to him, and he understands what they mean."

Duanmu Rong heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

With a flip of her wrist, Duanmu Rong used a willow-leaf-like thin blade between her fingers to cut the ropes that bound her legs.

Zuo Yunfeng stared at Duan Murong with wide eyes: "Have you always been able to escape from this predicament?"

"If I were the kind of loser who could be easily caught and knocked out by you, how could I be qualified to lead so many people to do things for you, young master?"

Duanmu Rong said with a smile.

"If I don't let you tie me up, will you let down your guard and listen to me seriously?"

As she spoke, Duanmu Rong's wrist trembled, and the willow-leaf-like thin blade flashed and pierced into the bluestone.

"The short blade is only used to confuse you. My sister is really good at hidden weapons."

"Everyone come out!!"

Following Duanmu Rong's shout, figures emerged on the ridges on both sides of the col and appeared in the moonlight.

Lu You took a quick look and saw that there were more than twenty people.

"If I don't agree to help Wu Quanwen tonight, what are you going to do to me?"

"Kill me?"

Duanmu Rong smiled and shook her head when she heard this: "Of course not. I told you before that I have three moves to make against you."

"If you don't agree, I'll capture you, and then call Lu Yi and your relatives and friends here, and use their lives to force you to surrender."

Lu You looked at Duan Mu Rong: "What if I still don't agree?"

Duanmu Rong did not answer directly this time, but rubbed her legs like an intellectual older sister.

"Luyo, I advise you, since you have made your choice, don't ask too many questions."

"If you know some answers, people will become distant from each other. It's good to be a little confused."

Lu You smiled and nodded when he heard that, but he couldn't stop feeling cold in his heart.

In her previous life, she watched a movie that told the story of a group of immortal people.

Among them was an immortal woman who was treated as an evil spirit and sealed in a metal coffin and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The woman was choked to death by the sea water, but because she could resurrect herself, she would wake up again a few seconds after her death.

Then he choked to death again and resurrected again...

It continued to circulate like this at the bottom of the sea for five thousand years, until the coffin was corroded and rotted away and it was able to escape.

Lu You doesn’t think he has a very strong spiritual core.

She also believed that if she really fell into the hands of someone like Wu Quanwen and did not choose to cooperate, they would have a hundred ways to force her to tell all the secrets.

Human rights are not a concern here, and not everyone can withstand those tortures.

Now that I have joined Wu Quanwen's camp, I am temporarily safe.

But will the eldest prince and the second prince target me?

For some reason, Lu You felt a sense of oppression as if the whole world was his enemy.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

The ancients never deceived me!

"I'll ask them to pass the message back to you, you guys wait here for a while."

Duanmu Rong stood up and spoke, but was grabbed by Lu You by the wrist.

"From now until sunrise, you are not allowed to leave more than three meters away from me, otherwise I will immediately turn hostile and fight you to the death."

[Negative emotions from Duanmu Rong +60...]

"Why?" Duanmu Rong asked puzzledly.

"Because of love!"

Duanmu Rong was stunned when she heard this. Looking at Lu You's transformed man, she subconsciously turned sideways and tightened her collar around her chest.

[Negative emotions from Duanmu Rong +99, +99...]