Changsha County, Luohanzhuang.

At this time, winter is about to begin, and even the cicadas have become mournful.

The leaves are turning yellow and withered leaves are everywhere. Along with the "sound of sharpening knives" in the Luohan Village, it is a desolate scene.

Lu Xun's high fever today had subsided a bit. He supported the wall and staggered to the kitchen, where Sun Ru was making medicine for him.

"Bo Yan? Why are you here?"

Sun Ru saw Lu Xun and quickly helped him sit down.

Lu Xun sighed and whispered: "Don't worry about you here!"

Sun Ru poured the medicine into the bowl, "Bo Yan doesn't trust me, he obviously doesn't trust your son..."

According to Sun Ru, Lu Xun's son is naturally the eldest son of the third eldest son of the Lu family - Lu Yan.

As for the "son's side", it was at the "Guanshan Stone Cave" early this morning. Lu Yan went to count the weapons and clear all the money and goods.

"well…"

Lu Xun seemed particularly frustrated by his unsatisfactory body.

——"If you have a high fever in the morning, you won't have a high fever in the evening, but at this time."

Sun Ru handed the medicine cup to Lu Xun, "Stop guessing, it's almost noon, and the news will be sent back soon."

Lu Xun looked at the slightly rippling black liquid in the bowl and said in surprise: "This medicine?"

Sun Ru whispered beside him: "I saw that your fever got worse last night, so I added some licorice and ginger."

Lu Xun drank the medicine in small sips, frowning in pain.

suddenly…

A servant of the Lu family ran in, "Master, madam...it's not good, there's a dispute in the Guanshan cave...there's a dispute!"

Lu Xun choked, quickly put down the bowl, suppressed a cough, wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve, and asked uneasily.

"How...why did you get into a dispute? Is it...with that Jiaozhou merchant?"

"It's from Jiaozhou, but... it shouldn't be that merchant." The servant answered truthfully: "It's... another group of Jiaozhou people. They said this batch of goods belonged to them, so... the young master started to argue with them.

"

this…

Lu Xun was obviously nervous, his hands were shaking uncontrollably. The high fever that had finally stabilized suddenly spiked up again, and his whole body was shaky.

Sun Ru quickly supported Lu Xun, and she opened her mouth and said to the servant: "There is no such thing as an unreasonable dispute. Please tell me in detail what happened this morning!"

The servant swallowed and quickly answered truthfully.

It turned out that this morning... Shi Huolong, a merchant from Jiaozhou, told them that the ordnance was ready and asked them to go and count it in advance. After more than an hour, the inventory was clear and the goods were all accurate.

So, Lu Yan handed the gold to Shi Huolong, which was regarded as handing over the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.

Shi Huolong was also very happy. After counting the amount of gold, he immediately removed all the guards at the Guanshan cave.

It stands to reason…

Once the money and goods are cleared, the deal is concluded.

Lu Yan ordered the Lu family to move the ordnance to the ship and transport it back to Soochow by water.

But... I never thought that when they were moving this batch of ordnance, someone else was also moving it.

After the Lu family found out, they questioned those who were carrying the ordnance, and both parties insisted that the goods belonged to them.

Since there was someone behind them, the tone was naturally not good. After only three or two sentences, the two sides started to argue, and there were even signs of starting a fight.

Lu Yan naturally also argued.

This servant saw something was wrong and came back to report.

At this moment, as the whole process was being explained, Lu Xun felt a growing pain in his head...

Even Sun Ru couldn't calm down.

Sun Ru asked anxiously: "Why do they say that the ordnance belongs to them?"

"Young ones don't even know..." The servant frowned, "You can tell from their accents that they are from Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou is a wild place. These Jiaozhou people are extremely reckless. It seems that they can also tell that we are from Jiangdong. The tone of our words

You’re even more welcome…”

Just then...

"Clan leader, patriarch..." Another servant rushed over. "It's not good... there's a fight over there in the Guanshan cave, there's a fight... Then there's a fight between the two sides in the Guanshan cave!"

As he blurted out these words, Lu Xun felt countless cold sweat pouring down from his forehead. It was because of this cold sweat that his high fever dissipated a little.

"Ahem..."

He couldn't stop coughing, but he stretched out his hand and commanded, "Take me there...take me there!"

There was a big fight because of a batch of ordnance...

This is no longer a trivial matter.

There are two possibilities. One is that the merchant is causing trouble.

After they got the money, they still lurked people here to find trouble. The purpose...maybe to get another blackmail, or maybe they had no intention of selling this batch of ordnance to the Lu family.

The second is that the location of this batch of ordnance is exposed. If...if we consider that the other party is from Jiaozhou.

That…

Could it be that he was a soldier? He also coveted this batch of ordnance?

It was hard for Lu Xun. In such a weak body, he still tried hard to conceive of two possibilities.

No matter which one it was, Lu Xun felt that... his son Lu Yandu... might not be able to handle it properly.

"Take...ahem...take me there..."

Lu Xun said to Sun Ru, his tone increased this time.

"Bo Yan..." Sun Ru gritted her teeth, "But your body..."

"If this batch of ordnance is gone, then...then...ahem...ahem...then what use would I have for this body?" Lu Xun's eyebrows tightened and his tone became more urgent.

Just then...

"Clan leader, it's not good." Another servant hurried over, "Those Jiaozhou people have killed... There were repeating crossbows everywhere in the cave again, and the two sides started shooting at each other. Young Master...he was hit.

Crossbow! We, the Lu family, are fighting against those from Jiaozhou!"

ah…

Crossbow arrow? Counter-shooting?

Has it reached this level?

Lu Xun felt his heart thump.

Such a close distance, so many repeating crossbows, and they have to shoot at each other...then...how can they still survive?

"Yan'er, Yan'er..." Lu Xun managed to hold himself up and walked out the door, but after only taking two steps, he fell heavily to the ground with a "dong" sound.

"Bo Yan, Boyan..." Sun Ru quickly went to help him up.

Lu Xunyou made a low voice, "Yan'er...Yan'er!"

——"Take me there, take me there...quickly...ahem...take me there quickly!"

…

…

Jiangling City, noon.

A notice from the Prefect's Mansion was posted in the city.

The common people gathered in front of the notice in twos and threes, and the literate ones read the words on it aloud.

——"Cao's traitor was disobedient, and heaven was angry and people were resentful. The emperor's uncle raised righteous troops to attack Cao's traitor, regained Nanjun, and vowed that Han and traitors would not be at odds with each other!"

——"However, when the Cao thieves escaped into Xiangfan, they posted dozens of Wei spies in Nanjun. They bribed officials, bribed key people, and passed on information for several consecutive years. This seriously jeopardized Nanjun's great cause of revitalizing the Han Dynasty!"

——"However, there is a thief, Cao Li, Lin, the fourth son of the Guan family, who has a sharp eye to recognize thieves. He arrested dozens of Wei spies in one day and severely beat up more than a hundred traitors who surrendered to Wei. Now he has fully confessed, his letters, and stolen goods.

The engravings were inspected and the evidence is conclusive, so they are displayed here as a warning to others!"

Next to the announcement, a series of "evidences" were displayed...

These were all handed over by the Wei spies headed by "Wang Qi" on their own initiative, which was enough to prove their identity as Wei spies. It also compiled some of their previous actions into an album and posted it next to the notice.

All the people watching could not help but be "shocking..."

Looking at the boxes of stolen goods, the people whispered to each other.

"I told you with my own eyes that one hundred thousand gold was dug up in a house next door to my house the night before yesterday...I heard that it was Wei spies who buried it in the soil to bribe Nanjun officials."

"If it is according to what you said...if the Fourth Master Guan hadn't uncovered these Wei spies and these bribed officials, wouldn't it mean that...every move in Nanjun would have been exposed to the eyes of that Cao thief?"
To be continued...