Pingzhou leads to the border city of the official road, there is a small road, here is less than 30 miles away from the border city, the road winds to one side of the mountain range, next to a natural stone tablet, engraved three big characters: Chifeng Mountain.

Looking at this stone stele, Lu Chen stopped, along the way, he had already learned some about Wuyue's situation from Zhao Chuan's mouth, and he also knew that this place was the gathering place of Wuyue's gang of horse bandits.

The two thousand soldiers are all locals, and everyone knows that they are about to return to the border city, looking at the boxes of supplies around them, the closer they get to the border city, the more excited everyone becomes. But at this time, Lu Chen suddenly stopped, people were puzzled, Zhao Chuan couldn't help but ask: "My lord, if you go thirty miles further, we will be able to enter the city." ”

"I know." Lu Chen replied, and then asked casually: "I heard you tell you about the deeds of this group of horse bandits in Wuyue just now, if I remember correctly, this Chifeng Mountain should be their den, right?" ”

"Yes, sir." Zhao Chuan returned, and was just about to continue asking questions, but Lu Chen suddenly changed his words and said, "How is the person who delivered the letter for Liu Feng now?" ”

He spoke and jumped too fast, Zhao Chuan couldn't keep up with the rhythm for a while, and couldn't help but be stunned, and only reacted after a while: "Back to my lord, that guy is being strictly guarded by our army brothers, don't worry, my lord, I can't run." ”

"Bring him to me." Lu Chen said succinctly.

Zhao Chuan answered, and after a few shouts, Liu Feng's messenger was quickly escorted up by two border sergeants.

The messenger didn't know what was going on, and thought that Lu Chen was going to kill him, but as soon as he was escorted up, he knelt on the ground with a 'poof', used his knees as feet, knelt at Lu Chen's feet, and cried: "Spare your life, my lord!" ”

Lu Chen ignored his pleas for mercy, but asked coldly, "What's your name?" ”

"Little ...... The little one's name is Zhou Shun......" the messenger replied in a trembling voice.

"Good! Zhou Shun, this official asks you now! Do you want to die or want to live!? Lu Chen said, he planned to get straight to the point, first shock the other party, and deal with this kind of character, he didn't plan to go around the bend.

Yes!? I couldn't understand why Lu Chen suddenly asked himself this, and Zhou Shun was stunned for a while.

Seeing that he was stunned, Lu Chen suddenly felt impatient, frowned, and said: "If you want to die, it's very easy, just because you participated in colluding with horse bandits to murder the county guard, it's enough for you to lose your head ten times!" ”

Miscellaneous...... What the!? Collusion with horse bandits to murder the county guard!? It's worth it!? This time, Zhou Shun understood and cried loudly: "Wronged...... The villain is wronged, my lord! ”

"Wronged?" Lu Chen sneered, took out the secret letter, shook his hand and spread it in front of Zhou Shun, and said in a cold voice: "Zhou Shun, open your dog eyes and see clearly, what is written on this secret letter you sent to Wu Yue!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shun knelt on the ground, opened his eyes wide and looked at the letter in Lu Chen's hand, at first, his eyes first showed surprise, and then turned into fear, and after he finished reading the entire letter, his head buzzed, and his whole body suddenly seemed to be drained of strength all of a sudden, and he fell to the ground in a dejected manner.

"Zhou Shun, what else do you have to say now!?" Lu Chen drank coldly.

This cold drink directly called Zhou Shun's mind back, and he began to kowtow to Lu Chen again and again, and desperately defended: "My lord! The villain really doesn't know that Liu Feng is going to murder the adult! When Liu Feng asked the villain to deliver the letter, he just said that this was a letter of persuasion, and asked the villain to hand it over to Wu Yue himself, but the villain really didn't know! Otherwise, even if you borrow a hundred guts from the villain, the villain will not dare to do such a rebellious thing......"

Of course, Lu Chen knew that Zhou Shun didn't know the content of the secret letter before, but he still sneered: "Persuade the letter? Hehe...... Zhou Shun, are you coaxing this official as a three-year-old child!? A letter of persuasion will make you ride a fast horse and run wild on the path in the middle of the night!? According to this official, it is clear that you already know the content of this letter! Together with Liu Feng and others, they want to murder this official! ”

"What the villain said, everything is true, ...... my lord," Zhou Shun cried and continued.

"Humph! Dare to fool this official! Come! Pull this thief down and cut it down! Lu Chen was annoyed and angry.

Zhou Shun was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the secret letter that Liu Feng, the head of the county, asked him to send, was actually to plot with the horse bandits to kill the imperial court officials! His mind was blank at the moment, and at the same time, he knew very well that according to the content of the letter, whether he Zhou Shun knew it or not, it was a capital crime!

The two thousand soldiers and soldiers had already wanted to cut Zhou Shun, although they didn't know which one Lu Chen was singing, but Lu Chen wanted to cut Zhou Shun at this time, and people almost didn't hesitate for a second, and immediately two soldiers stepped forward, one of them grabbed Zhou Shun's arm and began to drag it out.

"Ahh Go away! Don't touch me!! At this time, Zhou Shun suddenly screamed, and he didn't know where he suddenly got the strength, so he violently knocked the two soldiers away with his shoulder, and at the same time, he knelt down on his knees and walked to Lu Chen's feet, because his hands were tied by ropes from behind, he put his face on Lu Chen's trouser legs, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "My lord...... Didn't the adults ask the little ones before, do they want to die or live... The villain doesn't want to die...... The villain doesn't want to die yet, my lord......"

Lu Chen secretly sneered, kicked it to the ground without the slightest politeness, and said playfully: "Want to live? ”

Zhou Shun was stunned for a moment, and then said again and again: "Yes, yes!" I want to live, I want to live...... Of course, the villain wants to live...... If the adult has anything to let the villain do, the villain will definitely go to the soup and the fire......"

Hehe, this stupid shortage, finally got a little trick, Lu Chen laughed secretly in his heart, and at the same time felt that what should be deterred was almost deterred, so he laughed and said: "If you want to live, it's easy, you just need to rush back to Pingzhou now, and inform Liu Feng, just say that you have personally delivered it to Wu Yue, and the latter also said that he will complete the task!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shun thought that something was wrong with his ears, and he asked blankly, "Just ...... It's that simple? ”

"That's right!" Lu Chen replied simply. Then he said quietly: "This matter shouldn't involve you Zhou Shun, right?" Now, this official is just pointing you a clear path, if you do what the official wants, then the secret letter is this, and the official can not blame the past! ”

Now Zhou Shun, in order to survive, I am afraid that even his wife can be betrayed! What's more, Lu Chen's request is too simple, according to Lu Chen's requirements, not to mention being able to survive, and being able to perfectly communicate to Liu Feng, how can Zhou Shun be unwilling! He almost didn't even think about it, and nodded his head in agreement.

"Good." Lu Chen said coldly: "But you should also understand that if the official wants to kill you, it is as simple as stepping on an ant, and with this secret letter alone, the official will have a reason to behead your entire family, young and old!" So ......"

When Zhou Shun heard this, Ji Lingling shivered, and hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "My lord, please rest assured!" Small... The villain must reply to the county chief according to the adult's instructions......"