"What Mr. Zuo said is absolutely true. We need to invite the imperial army as soon as possible to avoid letting these rebels run away!"
"How can the humiliation after death alone relieve the hatred in our hearts? We must return here with the army and eat the flesh of these thieves one by one and drink their blood!"
"Everyone, I heard that Wang Zheng also has a clan sister-in-law named Huo, who is quite good-looking."
With the money already in his pocket, Lu Shu was in a good mood. He didn't mind accompanying everyone to vent their anger, and even made a joke:
"When the time comes...hehe..."
"Haha, I did see a beautiful woman on the school grounds that day. I heard from the conversations with nearby villagers that she was the Huo family."
"A true stunner."
When talking about such topics, everyone became energetic. Even Mr. Zuo, who had age spots on his face, stroked his white beard and showed an obscene smile.
...
The next evening.
When this group of henchmen of the wealthy gentry gathered together again with their families and small children, the sky was so dark that you couldn't even see your fingers.
In an alley nearest to the city gate.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Shu nodded and took the lead towards the city gate.
In order to avoid attracting attention, the group of people did not hold up torches, but just walked forward in the dark, looking quite sneaky.
After a while, this group of people arrived near the city gate. Thinking that they could escape just by crossing this gate, most of them showed excitement and joy on their faces.
Lu Shu pressed his hands to signal those behind him to calm down and stop, and then he walked forward alone.
Everyone at the city gate held their torches high. Taking advantage of the bright firelight, Lu Shu looked around calmly, and made eye contact with a few of his men mixed in with the army. After confirming that there was no accident, he immediately felt relieved.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled kindly at the leader and said, "Brother Fu, I'll do you a favor this time."
As he spoke, he waved to the crowd in the distance who were always paying attention.
The captain surnamed Fu also smiled politely and said: "Brother Lu, you're too polite. It's convenient for others. We all get what we need."
As he spoke, he glanced at the slowly approaching crowd and said softly: "Are there so many people?"
He looked at Lu Shu again and said jokingly: "I didn't expect that even a small Zhao County could kill a lot of people and miss out so many wealthy people?"
"What's the origin of all this? Isn't it from the Mi family?"
"No, no, you told me beforehand, how could I be so ignorant?"
Lu Shu quickly apologized and said with a smile: "They are just close followers of some wealthy families. Look, this old man has been the housekeeper of the Zuo family for forty years. He just retired and returned home last year."
"Hmm." Captain Fu nodded. "That's good. Just be neat. You can leave after paying the money."
Lu Shu was also eager to finish the matter as soon as possible to avoid a long night and many dreams, so he quickly signaled to everyone.
At the same time, Captain Fu also nodded to the soldiers around him.
After a moment, the side door of the west gate opened silently, and a hole was vaguely revealed in the darkness.
After the bags of coins were verified to be correct, one family after another rushed out of the city impatiently.
Now that the matter was basically out of the question, Lu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and became interested, casually chatting with Captain Fu:
"Brother Fu is also a decisive person. These dozens of families have left and they will be discovered tomorrow. If you, General Tiangong, find out about this, be sure not to involve you."
As he spoke, he said in a sincere tone: "Brother, I feel really guilty."
"Haha, it doesn't matter, Brother Lu, you are really interested." When Captain Fu heard this, his eyes softened when he looked at the other party, and he seemed to be quite moved, and said:
"Then Wang Zheng has only been dreaming about becoming emperor these days. How can he care about these things?"
"Besides, he has already made everyone dissatisfied when he does things without remembering old friendships. To tell you the truth..."
Having said this, Captain Fu came closer and said, "It's not just you who want to leave this place. Just tonight, I have let go of hundreds of brothers and sisters from the Heavenly Army."
At this time, Mr. Zuo slowly walked towards the outside of the city, and happened to pass by the two of them. Hearing this, he paused in his steps and his eyes lit up.
It only took a moment before he moved forward in silence, minding his own business.