When these countless arrows flew out, each one was nailed to Dongning's ship. At the same time, countless oil barrels were thrown over. Sporadic flames came into contact with the oil barrels, and the fire spread instantly, one ebbing and the other ebbing.

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After a while, the flame gradually began to grow and burn brightly.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoyi smiled faintly. Under the impact of smoke and fire, she could only see a blurry figure waving a feather fan and turning back to the cabin.

The fifth's style of acting is to just pat her butt and leave after finishing her work, leaving her to clean up the mess in the end.

Thinking of this, she tilted her head and shouted to Lu Yuan on the river bank, "Order people to set out immediately to salvage the prisoners and bring me some alive, preferably Zhou Ling himself."

Lu Yuan took the order and once again led some people to rush onto several small boats and headed towards the flames.

Feng Shicheng has committed suicide. If Zhou Ling also dies, then there will be no witness, and it will be impossible to identify Duke Ruan in the court in the future, and Duke Ruan also has something to say to clear himself of suspicion.

If this is the case, then the whole thing will be in vain in the end.

Although, she doesn't want to spare everyone who has been involved in this plan.

The sky is gradually getting brighter and the sun is gradually rising. On the other side of the river north, there is no figure of Fifth Langya and the 20,000-ling military army under his control.

Lu Yuan brought his people back and reported to Lu Zhaoyi.

"Alliance leader, Dongning's 20,000 troops were almost wiped out. We captured more than a hundred people. Dongning's commander Zhou Ling is still alive and is falling into a coma."

She nodded lightly, "Let's go back to Stone City and wait for a few days. When General Han comes back with the people lurking in Yuhang, we will return to Luojing."

It happened that she also needed to find a place to write a memorial to Xia Pei. In addition to the army led by Xia Yuanfeng, who was stationed at Longchuan Pass, she also sent 20,000 troops to garrison Dantu in Yue County.

This place is the entrance to the sea, and it is also a precaution against Dongning sending troops southward again.

The only thing left is that after returning to Beijing, she needs to negotiate terms with the old Nanling tribe headed by Ruan Gong.

Just when they were about to get up and return, the ships on the other side of the river were slowly sailing towards them.

Until the ship docked at Jiangchengdu, a man in official robes got off. He rushed to Lu Zhaoyi and cupped his hands, "Ms. Lu, I have been entrusted by the Fifth Lieutenant to deliver a letter."

"Oh? Where are the others?"

"Back to Madam Lu, the Lieutenant is on his way back to the capital. This letter was given to you by the Lieutenant before he left."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi smiled sadly, and was used to the fifth way of sending messages in all kinds of strange ways.

She hurriedly took the letter and opened it to read.

There are three dangerous cases in Luoshang, and they have been known for three years. The emperor did not hear their voices, so he killed them!

This short sentence brought back the most painful memories in her heart. He meant that Ruan Sanniang, who was captured and brought to justice by Xia Pei, might have clues about the death of Lu Yong, the prefect of Shangluo three years ago.

This news was like a bolt from the blue. There was actually a clue to the truth that I had been searching for all these years.

But Xia Pei didn't know about this, and he had issued an edict to behead Qiu Hou.

This also means that she must rush back to Luojing within half a month before Ruan Sanniang is taken to the execution ground.

otherwise……

When she thought of this, she frowned, slowly closed her eyes, and sighed. This feeling was terrible.

She doesn't like to owe others anything.

Especially, after understanding the fifth intention, she was even more unwilling to owe him anything.

Now that the matter had come to this, she no longer hesitated and asked Xia Pinglang to help her make the final finishing touches, while she herself and the three thousand Shadow Guards rode back to Luojing first.

Qu Zhiyun was about to say something, but knowing that she was feeling uneasy, she could only pull Chu Nian and work with Xia Pinglang to clean up the mess for her.

At this moment, on the march to Jiangbei, a general from the Lingwu Army rode up to the chariot and offered his hand to the chariot.

"Reporting to the Lieutenant, my subordinates have found out clearly that there are hiding places for Dongning's dead men in Gaoyou, Hailing, Dongling and other places in Guangling County. Our people have already gone to search, and we will capture them all in about half a month.

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Fifth Langya, who was in the chariot, snorted coldly, "Keep checking, there can't be only this few people in Xuzhou."

"Yes, Taiwei." The general replied, "Then, do you need to sell some favors to Tianxia Alliance and Piaoxue Tower? They should be investigating too!"

The fifth silence seemed to be thinking about something.

Not long after, a child's voice came from inside the chariot, "You don't have to worry so much, Qiniang will make arrangements."

Hearing this, the general scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "Young Master Gu said yes, we will investigate on our own."

The person sitting in the same car with Fifth Langya and talking was Gu Man.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Man said again: "I know you want to help Qiniang, but now that this matter is over, everything that needs to be settled will be arranged.

After a long time, the fifth voice came out again, "As the young master wishes, you all should do your part."

"yes!"

The general replied quickly, then turned his horse's head, ordered a cavalry regiment and left.

The battle in Jiangzuo has ended, and everything seems to have returned to peace.

But Dongning is still eyeing Dayuan and cannot relax, and must pay more attention to possible crises.

After the thick smoke gradually dissipated, Lu Zhaoyi led three thousand shadow guards across the river to Jiangdu. After asking the station steward for a map of the route along the route, he took his soldiers and horses along the route to Luojing.

And go.

When taking a post road, you can change horses midway whenever you pass a post station. In this way, the daily travel speed can be up to 500 miles.

Perhaps it would be much slower to hit the road with three thousand riders, but as soon as she crossed the border of Xuzhou, she would take a hundred riders on the road. If the post station was closed for one day during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would be able to catch up with Ruan Sanniang in eight days.

Before Wenzhan arrived in Luojing.

Along the way, she did not delay. She took the shadow guard and traveled day and night until she passed Zhongli Pass and entered the boundary of Yuzhou three days later. She then stepped up her pace with a hundred riders, leaving Shadow Feng and others behind, and traveled four directions in one day.

Hundreds of miles later, after another four days, on the third day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, we finally arrived at the east wall of Luojing.

She hurried on the starry night, but she, who was already tired, did not stop, but rode alone, heading straight to Dongshi.

This rampage on the street attracted the attention of many people, and even Dahong Luqing Qi Ran, dusting off his white beard in the street, was shocked.

"Lu Qiniang, you are so reckless as soon as you return to the capital. You really disgrace the officials of Dayuan."

Lu Zhaoyi, who was galloping on horseback, did not hear the man's complaints, but wanted to rush to the execution place.

Just after passing Dongshi Lifang, she suddenly saw a familiar figure from a distance, blocking the middle of the road, stretching out his arms to stop her.

"Hey!"

When he was ten steps away from the man, Lu Zhaoyi quickly pulled the reins and reined in the horse, almost causing a tragedy.

"Huazhi, what are you doing here?"

The person standing in front of her horse was a maid she had accepted from the Lu family, who was now a member of the Zuo Qintang of the Tianxia Alliance.

But they saw that Huazhi's face was beautiful, more mature than a few months ago, and she put on a delicate look. When she saw Lu Zhaoyi, she immediately showed a sweet smile, "Qiniang, I was ordered to wait for you here.

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"wait for me?"

Lu Zhaoyi frowned. Why would she suddenly come to Dongshi to wait for him at this time?

"That's right!" Huazhi quickly explained, "Yesterday, Hall Master Lin Chang received a letter from the Fifth Lieutenant, saying that you will come back today and that you will rob the execution ground, so he ordered me to wait for Qiniang here."

Fifth, what are you trying to sell? Could it be that he was admonishing Xia Pei?

Lu Zhaoyi suddenly felt anxious when he thought of this.

"Oh, Qiniang, hurry up and get in the car! I will tell you slowly."

She had no choice but to get on her horse and board a carriage at Dongshikou with Huazhi.

Huazhi opened the car curtain and looked out. Seeing that no one noticed them, she lowered her voice and whispered in her ear.

"Qiniang, the Fifth Lieutenant said that because of his meritorious service in supervising the battle at Yingshan Pass, Your Majesty allowed him to make a condition

..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but be startled, then he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately understood the meaning of the fifth one.

He should have pointed out to Xia Pei that the purpose of Dongning and Nanling was unclear, and there should still be many doubts about Ruan Sanniang, so he requested that Ruan Sanniang be detained separately pending trial.

As for the place of detention, it shouldn't be the Tingwei Mansion Prison, it should be...

Fuyin prison under the leadership of Yin Xulu in Henan.

Thinking of this, she frowned again. Xu Lu and Jiang Zuo had a lot to do with each other. Fifth, they shouldn't be put into Fuyin Prison, right?
Chapter completed!