Ye Jianqiu

When the crowd was as happy as a group of monsters snatching the Tang monk's meat, someone whispered something in Lu Chao's ear, and Lu Chao couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and smiled secretly: "Please come up."

"Yes!"

The old woman chanting Buddha in the ancestral hall seems to have caught a big fish.

The sergeants brought an old lady in front of Lu Chao, and Lu Chao couldn't help being overjoyed: "Oh, I almost didn't recognize it, isn't this Aunt Cao?"

I saw the old lady Cao, who was holding a string of Bodhi Buddha beads in her hand, washed her luxury. She only wore a light blue double-breasted back, blue cloth shoes on her feet, her white hair was tied into a small bun at the back of her head, and her whole body was clean. There is no jewelry at all, and she is as old as the most ordinary old woman making clothes by the river.

Mrs. Cao laughed and said, "I don't know that my nephew came to visit, but my aunt really didn't treat her well. It's just that all the servants have left, and there is no one to serve and make tea. I'm rude, I'm rude."

"Aunt Cao is polite."

Lü Chao secretly laughed, this old lady Cao actually developed a Buddhist Zen mind in an arty manner, and watched her family property being robbed, but she sat in meditation in the ancestral hall and recited the Great Compassion Sutra.

"Aunt Cao, to be honest, my nephew came here just looking for someone."

"Oh, who are you looking for? I wonder if my aunt can help?"

"It's Ye Jianqiu who is acquainted with the fifth child of your family. I wonder if Aunt Cao knows the whereabouts of this person?"

Mrs. Cao shook her head: "Forgive me for not being able to help you. The man just went to the mansion half a month ago to have tea and then left. He doesn't know where he is going."

Lu Chao sneered secretly, the old woman answered so frankly, she didn't even think about what happened half a month ago, so she was lying!

"Aunt Cao, my nephew is very strange. Where have all the people in your family gone?"

"Qingyang is very chaotic, they leave and flee, and only my old woman and a few old servants are left in the mansion. As the saying goes, Ye Luo wants to return to her roots. My old woman loves her family, and she will die in the old house."

"Oh? My nephew thinks that Aunt Cao is too lonely. It's better to find more family members to accompany her. Your second and third children in Mianzhou Prefecture have a very good relationship with my nephew. Why don't you call them over?" Be filial by Aunt Cao's side?"

"Thank you nephew for your kindness, but my aunt likes to be quiet."

Granny Cao gritted her teeth secretly. The second child once trampled to death a pet dog raised by Lu Chao by accident while drunk, and was caught in prison and tortured for three full months!That dog is really precious. Not only was it named "Wanfu", but it was also dressed in a unicorn in a soft silk hood!If Cao Da and her mother and son hadn't personally paid a heavy gift to Mianzhou Mansion and built a Wanfu grave for the dog, otherwise the second child would have died in prison!

There is also the third child, who has been occupied by the Lu family for seven or eight years in a dozen prosperous shops!The reason is that the imperial court wants to take back the land to build the barracks, but until now, no construction has been done and no trees are still operating at huge profits!Although it is still the store of the Cao family in name, the beneficiary is the Lu family behind it. Even if the court comes to check the real estate of officials, the Cao family is the scapegoat. How can there be any reason?

This gang of military bandits robs the door when they enter, smashes what they can't grab, and burns what they can't smash!Mrs. Cao has become numb, look, this is the price the Cao family pays for following a person who is not benevolent!

When Mrs. Cao saw a glint of darkness in Lu Chao's eyes, she said, "Nephew, I'm sorry for not being sympathetic to your hard work leading the army. You can take the things in the warehouse as you like, and this house is fine. Leave a nursing home for my aunt."

Lu Chao laughed loudly, this old woman wanted to drive them away, but unfortunately, it is easy to ask God to send God away!

"Since Aunt Cao has spoken, how dare my nephew not obey? It's just that my nephew really wants to play hide-and-seek with your Cao family..."

I saw Lu Chao took out a delicate bamboo flute from his bosom, and played it unhurriedly on his lips, only to hear the melodious and melodious sound of the flute, just like a shepherd boy returning late at night when the willows are green, and the flowers and plants are fragrant in the spring of March. ...Unfortunately, the mesmerizing sound of the flute suddenly turned sharp and high-pitched, and everyone's eardrums were pierced with pain and itching!

Before he knew it, a dense crowd of black orcs and giant red-eyed rats quietly gathered around Lu Chao. Those black rat beasts obediently lay at Lu Chao's feet, their tails raised and squeaking, waiting for orders!

Mrs. Cao was shocked. She had heard from Lao Wu that there were many black rat beasts and they were extremely bloodthirsty!It turned out that these monsters were not born from Qingyang's mutation, but Lu Chao!

Seeing Mrs. Cao's face turned pale, Lu Chao's eyes revealed a look of satisfaction.

It is indeed the art of exorcising beasts learned by the wizard who spent a lot of money to travel to the small island in Nanyang.Although it's just to repel rats, the beast army he specially raised is not only blood-killing and brutal, but also has a keen sense of smell, which can be a thousand troops!

After the sound of the flute in Lu Chao's mouth issued a cuckoo-like command sound, the group of fierce beasts immediately bristled their black hair and ran in all directions. Soon, they almost all ran to the lotus pond!

Mrs. Cao was anxious, she tremblingly said: "Nephew, Auntie, I have a very close friendship with your father. He once gave me a letter in his own hand, saying that the Lu family army will protect our Cao family at any time." comprehensive!"

Lu Chao snorted, put down his flute and said, "Aunt Cao, the iron certificate of the alchemy book bestowed by the sage to the important minister will inevitably die, let alone a thin piece of paper? Aunt Cao, at your age, you are too naive."

Granny Cao felt sad, if she hadn't already guessed that the letter was useless, how could she have arranged for the whole family to flee?

At this time, the situation became even more critical, and I saw those mice and beasts jumping down from the lotus pond, jumping back and forth from the broken flower stems, and soon, they gathered into a big black ball by the pond!

Seeing that the general situation was over, Mrs. Cao knelt down and said, "Nephew, I have been working as a cow and a horse for General Lu in our Cao family for many years, can you keep our family safe?"

Lu Chao laughed loudly: "Of course, I, Lu Chao, am not a cold-blooded enemy, so don't I just show affection? However, Aunt Cao is clear in her heart that I am not here for the Cao family, but only for one person."

"Nephew, that man is really..."

"I know! I know!"

At this time, a shaggy and strong man broke in from nowhere!I saw this brawny man dressed in a villager's attire, his head was sweating profusely, his eyes were red, and he was carrying a kitchen knife in his hand!

Everyone was shocked, and immediately stepped forward to surround him.

"Don't move the bank, be careful they hurt you!"

Hearing Mrs. Cao's words, Qian Zhuang stood there obediently and motionless. Someone came forward and took off the kitchen knife in his hand, and kicked him hard!It's just that the kick seemed to hit the hardest granite, but the soles of the feet hurt from the shock!

After the old lady Cao cried out, she reprimanded: "You silly boy, didn't you let you go out of the mansion and let you live with your parents? Why did you come to Cao's mansion to suffer?"

Qian Zhuang yelled: "I can't sit still at home, I just stroll by the river all day, if I see the army coming today, I know something is wrong!"

Qian Zhuang's eyes were filled with tears. Although the house Mrs. Cao gave him was dilapidated, there was a very inappropriate large stone mill behind the screen wall. When Qian Zhuang removed the stone mill, he found that there were ten boxes of gold bars buried underneath. !Moreover, the seal of each big box has a bright red seal stamped by Mrs. Cao, so it can be seen that it was specially hidden there for him!

Lu Chao was secretly surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Where did this brother come in from?"

The entrances and exits of the Cao Mansion were all guarded by the Lu family army, but no one noticed that the strong man broke in, maybe he was also a stranger!

"I pried open a big hole in the courtyard wall and got in."

Seeing that Qian Zhuang's fists were covered with blood, Lu Chao thought to himself, this kid was born with supernatural powers, and even pried the solid stone wall with his bare hands, he couldn't help but love talents.

He waved his hand to stop the sergeant who was going forward to tie up Qian Zhuang, and said, "Qian Zhuang, if you tell the whereabouts of that Ye Jianqiu, I will definitely protect Cao's family well, and I will never lie!"

"Situ Jin! He went to find Situ Jin!"

Hearing this, Lu Chao suddenly turned pale with shock, something bad happened!

He immediately ordered his subordinates: "Lu Yi!"

"exist!"

"You take eight hundred elite soldiers to Qilibao quickly, and be sure to encircle Situ Jin and others!"

"Yes!"

"Lu Xuan!"

"exist!"

"Hurry up and inform my father, send troops to reinforce!"

"Yes!"

Lu Chao was extremely anxious, if Ye Jianqiu could really find Situ Jin, it would be a big disaster!

In the middle of the night when he received the news of the great change in Qingyang, Father Lu issued a military order to him, telling him to take Yingtou Mountain and Qingyang Town from Chi Kingdom no matter what means he used, even if there was no grass growing on Yingtou Mountain, There is no one in Qingyang Town for thousands of miles, so I want to take it back!Everyone in the world says that those in Qingyang win the world. It seems that the legend of Yingtou Mountain is true.Lu Chao knew in his heart that his father Lu Yanyu's heroic act was not for the court, but for their Lu family!

At the same time that Lu Chao was leaving, the other Lu family troops had already quietly marched south in several groups, and began their journey to conquer Qingluan!

Lu Chao's blood is boiling, their Lu family is finally going to rule the world!In the future, he may be the Lord of the East Palace!

It's just that Lu Chao didn't expect that it would be so easy for him and Situ Jin to retake Yingtou Mountain together!

It turned out that after Yingtou Mountain, which was not yet warm in the hands of Chi Kingdom, was lost again, it did not continue to fight. The main force of the barbarian army quickly assembled and went northward. After occupying more than a dozen counties and towns along the way, they approached Bazhou City!

Lu's father also issued a secret order to him, that when the Lu family's army regained Yingtou Mountain, they would quietly wipe out Situ Jin and the others.Using only his thaumaturgy of repelling beasts, Lu Chao easily chased the remnants of Situ Jin and Qiao Yuying for 150 miles, and besieged them on the desolate hilltop of Qilibao.

Now Lu Chao is most worried about not Situ Jin and others, but the supernatural beings.That Ye Jianqiu, controlling the vegetation like a madman, is so powerful that people have never heard of it!If he is used by Situ Jin, then the Lu family army will face the most violent counterattack, and there will be fierce battles!

After seeing his subordinates leave in a hurry, Lu Chao quickly calmed down again. He didn't fully believe what this seemingly stupid banker said, if Ye Jianqiu was hidden by the Cao family, he would be fooled !

Na Lu Chao pointed at Old Madam Cao and said, "Aunt Cao, don't pretend anymore, go and open the secret tunnel under the lotus pond!"

Seeing Mrs. Cao's complexion was ashen, she stood up slowly, and Qian Zhuang immediately stepped forward to help her slowly walk towards the lotus pond.The corpses of the fierce beasts in the pond had already floated a layer in the lotus pond. Even so, there were still many fierce beasts that kept forming a big black ball and pressed down. Soon, after hearing a loud rumbling noise, the water in the pool quickly Going down, as the water in the pool becomes shallower, the stone square platform under the steps of the pool is gradually exposed.

Granny Cao said weakly: "That is the secret passage, they have been found."

"Search!"

"Yes!"

A sergeant quickly ran down the wet stone steps, and someone reached out to touch the carved lotus on the stone platform, only to hear Lu Chao shout: "Slow down!"

He stepped forward to the old lady Cao and said, "Aunt Cao, please lead the way yourself."

Granny Cao took a deep breath, walked forward slowly, stretched out her hand to touch the lotus stamen three times and pressed five times, the stone platform gradually opened with a bang, and a secret passage appeared.

After Mrs. Cao went down the steps, she stretched out her hand on a lotus root pattern on the stone wall, and stretched out three fingers at the hole of the lotus root in the cross section. The stone wall opened two heavy stone doors again.

With the rumbling sound, I saw bright lights inside.

Lu Chao pushed old lady Cao: "Aunt Cao, you go in first."

Qian Zhuang glared at Lu Chao bitterly, and walked ahead cautiously while protecting Mrs. Cao.Lu Chao and other sergeants followed slowly, and saw that there were small stone rooms on both sides of the cave, but the doors were locked tightly, emitting a smell of fishy smell.

Lu Chao said: "Aunt Cao, what I'm looking for is a person, not a monster you raised."

Granny Cao gave a bleak smile: "They are all human beings, and they are all the former Cao family members... they just became beastmen. I placed them here so that they can be fed for the rest of their lives."

Mrs. Cao opened a small door, Lu Chao looked in, and saw a mutated orc in the cave, which seemed to be just a harmless goat, lying on the ground and quietly eating grass .

The old lady Cao's face was bleak: "Nephew, isn't it possible that our Cao family is so lucky that the other blessings are wasted by the heavens?"

Granny Cao felt an indescribable resentment in her heart. Although the Cao family was very lucky, they did not produce a powerful supernatural being, and the mutated nephews were actually weak... She still had to raise her in her rare years. They were afraid that these former family members would starve to death.Therefore, she did not hesitate to kill those innocent beasts to balance her heart.

As the small doors opened one by one, Lu Chao was surprised. He saw that there were about a dozen orcs raised here, but none of them were fierce beasts. There were cow-shaped beasts, pig-shaped beasts, and even a fish-shaped beast soaked in a In the pool, a woman's face was clearly visible, but after checking every room, there was no Ye Jianqiu.

Lu Chao said: "Aunt Cao, how is my Brother Da?"

"He's fine, it's just..."

Lu Chao waved his hand impatiently, commanding his subordinates: "Follow the tunnel!"

"Yes!"

I saw a group of black rats running forward quickly, and hundreds of soldiers behind them hurriedly chased forward. This tunnel was built very long, and it probably went straight to the outside of Po County. This is the escape route for Cao Da and his family!

Lu Chao said: "Aunt Cao, I, Lu Chao, have absolutely nothing to say, but before Ye Jianqiu is caught, you have to be wronged."

The other sergeants stepped forward and wanted to tie up Mrs. Cao, Qian Zhuang waved his fists when he saw this, and wanted to go all out. The one with the collision injured more than a dozen!If the tunnel is not too narrow and restricted, I am afraid that this bank will injure more people!

In the end, Lu Chao shot the sleeve arrow and shot dozens of anesthetic darts at Qian Zhuang, before Qian Zhuang rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground with a bang!

Lu Chao thought to himself, ordinary people can fall down with only one dart, but this idiot used dozens of darts!

After the sergeants took away the unconscious Qianzhuang and Mrs. Cao, Ye Dashan, who was holding a large pile of gold nuggets, poked his head out of the fake cave timidly.He didn't have the guts to run away, but he saw with his own eyes that General Lu Shen could control beasts!

It's scary, and it's all giant rats!

Lu Chao walked towards the trembling Ye Dashan, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, this old thing is useless!

When Ye Dashan saw Lu Chao raised the sharp long knife, his crotch was so frightened that his crotch became hot, his legs softened and he collapsed on it, and the dog-headed gold in his arms rolled all over the floor!

He kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy at the last moment: "Master Lu, Ye Jianqiu is on the farm! He must be on the farm! I will take you there!"