It was already late at night when Luo Chuan and Shadow left. The two of them didn't eat much of the food on the table, and they only talked most of the time.
Half of the black-armored troops surrounding the restaurant escorted Luochuan to Lijun Qingqi's station, while the other half remained guarded under the restaurant.
Lu Dongfeng had no intention of leaving. He sat alone in front of the already cool wine table, pouring himself a drink and picking up a piece of food with chopsticks from time to time. He was eating very comfortably and naturally.
I don't know how much time passed before the already silent Taiming City heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away and stopped in front of the restaurant. The young man on horseback got off his horse and handed the reins to a random black-armored soldier, then trotted upstairs.
"Father," the young man seemed to be in a good mood. It was Lu Tieshan, the son of Lu Dongfeng. He strode to the wine table but did not sit next to Lu Dongfeng. Instead, he sat down a few seats away and picked up a spare pair of glasses.
He picked up the food on the tableware and chewed it. He was obviously very hungry. "The prefect has settled down, so he asked me to come back."
Lu Dongfeng raised the wine glass to his mouth but did not drink it. Instead, he hung it in the air and asked, "Lijun Qingqi didn't give you food?"
"That's not true," Lu Tieshan said while taking a big bite. "The Siqi Village Chief next to the prefect asked me to eat with them. There was also a fairy from the Cangyan Sword Sect and a few Wangchuan Swordsmen.
Xiu, we chatted about a lot of things while eating, but I didn’t have the nerve to eat too much. I followed her to settle things at Lijun Qingqi’s station. I was busy until the prefect came back before I stopped for a rest. At this moment, I
I'm hungry again." He picked up a piece of cold braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth. He turned to Lu Dongfeng and said, "Father, the commander of the Siqi Village is a very good and honest person. He told me many things about the prefect in Zhongjing City.
Although I can only pick out some happy things in the past, I can still think of how difficult their lives were back then. Being in a foreign land without anyone around them, it was really..."
Lu Dongfeng was usually impatient with the trivial things Lu Tieshan said, but today he was surprisingly patient, "Tell me in detail what happened when you went to Luoxia Valley today and just before you came back, especially the prefect."
The conversation between adults and you should be made clear without missing a word."
Seeing his father's solemn expression, Lu Tieshan didn't dare to talk anymore while eating. At any rate, he already had some food in his stomach, so he put down his chopsticks and thought carefully about it, "Starting from Taiming all the way north to Luoxia Valley, we found it soon.
When the child arrived at the camp of Qingqi in Li County, there was still a slight black smoke, so he asked to see the prefect as his father said, and then Commander Siqi went to the gate of the camp and took the child in...
..."
While recalling, he very slowly told Lu Dongfeng everything he had seen and heard during the day, "That's it. Later, when the prefect returned to the camp, someone called me and Commander Siqi to go back, and told me that Father, you want me to come back.
, and said that there will be good news to tell me, father, but what do you want to say to the child?"
Lu Dongfeng pondered for a long time before slowly nodding, "The Grand Administrator allows you to join the Taiming Army, and by special decree, you will be promoted to the position of Hundred Generals..."
"Hundred...hundred generals?!" Lu Tieshan was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't hide the smile on his face. But seeing that Lu Dongfeng still had a serious face, he didn't dare to laugh out loud.
He coughed twice and asked in a low voice, "Father, but...what's wrong?" Seeing that Lu Dongfeng didn't respond, he added in a low voice, "I think the prefect is also an enlightened and wise man. Come to think of it.
...There won't be any problem. In all likelihood, it's my father who is worrying too much..."
Lu Dongfeng turned to look at Lu Tieshan without comment and asked again, "Are you sure that the Grand Administrator has never asked you about the attack on Luoxia Valley from the beginning to the end, and you have never explained it to the Grand Administrator?"
Lu Tieshan frowned in thought, then shook his head after recalling for a while and said, "No, the prefect must have discovered something. He is very sure that the attack on Luoxia Valley was planned by Nanyi in order to provoke a conflict between him and his father.
It seems that those demons and barbarians showed their feet during the night attack and were caught by Lijun Qingqi. With the wisdom of the prefect, he can naturally judge the cause and effect, so he will not misunderstand that my father and the Taiming army have any different intentions.
"
"The village chief or sword cultivator you just mentioned didn't ask about last night's attack?" Lu Dongfeng asked again.
"I didn't ask about it," Lu Tieshan paused and added, "but when the boy and the commander of Siqi settled in the camp, he went to visit the injured of Lijun Qingqi. At that time, the boy felt angry and sad, and after leaving the tent, he
Cursing the Nanyi spies, Commander Siqi mentioned that there were formation patterns carved under the Xigu Pass that could make the monsters appear. I told the truth that there were formations in Taiming, but the monsters also had some special magic weapons that could suppress the formations.
With the influence of the demons and the transformation technique, the strong ones among the demons and barbarians are still able to sneak in. This is the biggest trouble that Southern Xinjiang has always faced."
"Well..." Lu Dongfeng thought for a moment and then drank the cold wine, as if talking to himself, "This is the only thing we can do..."
Lu Tieshan heard this and said strangely, "Father, after the attack last night, the prefect obviously did not doubt you. When I went to Luoxia Valley, I saw that Lijun Qingqi was already packing up the camp and preparing to go south to Taiming. Now that he is indeed here, why are you still here?
So worried?"
Lu Dongfeng said slowly, "You don't have any doubts? You actually encountered a desperate attack by an elite Taiming army at such a close distance from Taiming City. If you were the prefect, would you doubt it?"
He asked and answered to himself without waiting for Lu Tieshan's answer, "You will be more or less suspicious. This is human nature, but this young prefect not only didn't ask a question, but also came to Taiming as usual, as if it happened last night.
It has never happened that he would have a banquet with me alone until late at night before leaving. This courage and courage are far beyond the reach of others. Of course," he paused slightly, "he is indeed not an ordinary person..."
"Tieshan, you always think that your father is worried about the prefect's suspicion and rebellion. Maybe he is also worried that he wants you to go to see the prefect alone because he wants to abandon you. In fact, this is not the case. Both he and I understand that when he came to the throne,
I supported him without any hesitation, so now that his prestige in the Northern Expedition is at its peak, I have no reason to do such stupid attacks or tests in places like Luoxia Valley. I don't even worry about the prefect.
Sir, you blame me for being incompetent in commanding the army, so that an elite team was able to leave the camp without control without knowing it." Lu Dongfeng sighed softly, showing an emotion other than calmness in front of his son for the first time, "I'm worried.
It was something else from beginning to end..."
"It doesn't matter whether the monsters used spies, transformation techniques, or soul-stirring techniques. What's important is..." He slowly lowered his head to look at the wine in the glass and murmured, "Those are the real deal."
The elite Taiming troops were really willing to fight to the death to kill their governor for a military order... Even if the military order they received was indeed false, they wanted to kill the governor after receiving the military order.
The heart... is indeed real...!"
Lu Tieshan was dumbfounded when he heard this.
"Who knows how many such elites there are in Taiming?"
"How long can this young prefect be confident that he can maintain such prestige?"
"Or maybe things are not harmonious. Can this Taiming army be used by him?"
"...There are too many problems. If they don't break out today, they will break out someday in the future..."
"...This is the first question Nan Yi clearly asked us..."