Ten miles east of Xuchang City.

Lu Ren was leaning his back on the pavilion pillar a little absentmindedly at the moment, and the sheath tail of the saber on his waist was also tapping on the pavilion pillar for a while. From time to time, Lu Ren would look up at Xuchang and look at him, with a look of anxiety and uneasiness in his eyes.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the direction of Xuchang, and Lu Ren hurriedly ran out of the post pavilion to the middle of the road after seeing it, and did not wait for the person to completely hold the horse, so he grabbed the reins with his hand, and eagerly asked the person who came: "How are things going?" Wan'er and Xiaolan are all right, right? ”

The person who came was a certain man with good riding skills under Mi Zhen, who turned over and dismounted and gasped lightly and reported to Lu Renyu: "Please rest assured that the matter has been done!" Yesterday, the villain rushed to Lingjun's house with Brother Lu Xin, and before nightfall, Miss Wan'er led everyone in the house to temporarily live in the name of visiting the mother and caring for the child. ”

Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Wan'er and they would have nothing to do for the time being as long as they hid in Fuyou Yishe first, after all, Fuyou Yishe also had a share of the Xun family in addition to Lu Ren, and now there was a Mrs. Ding there. Although Mrs. Ding has broken up with Cao Cao, those feelings and face are still there. If Cao Hong heard that Lu Ren had killed a lot of his clan guests, even if he wanted to find Lu Ren's family to be unlucky, he would not dare to take action against Fu Youyi considering the two factors of the Xun family and Mrs. Ding.

This breath of relief continued, and Lu Ren continued to ask, "Is there any movement in Cao Zilian's mansion?" ”

"The villain sent Brother Lu Xin to the house according to the order of Lingjun, and then found an inn near the doctor's house to settle down for a while, and today I saw a number of horsemen rushing to the doctor's house, and one of them had fought with the villain, so he recognized it. These people must have gone to report to Cao Zilian as Ling Jun expected. When the villain left the stack, he saw Cao Zilian angrily leading about hundreds of soldiers to get on their horses and leave the house. The villain is afraid that Jun and the eldest lady will be reported as soon as possible. ”

Lu Ren breathed a long sigh of relief, and said in his heart that it was okay that he made a judgment immediately that day, and asked Mi Zhen to find someone with good riding skills and a good horse, and rushed back to Xuchang with Lu Xin overnight to report to Wan'er for refuge. From the perspective of time, he was a few hours faster than Cao Hong's people. But looking at the current situation, the plot will have to be done with Cao Hong soon.

Mi Zhen, who was dressed in men's clothes, frowned and came to Lu Ren's side and asked, "What should I do now?" ”

Lu Ren sighed heavily, waved his hand to Mi Zhen and said, "Delay, try to delay the time, don't fight with Cao Zilian if it's unnecessary." ”

Beat? With more than 200 people in Mi Zhen's hands, if Lu Ren really fights, he has no confidence at all! You must know that in addition to the post of advising the doctor, Cao Hong also has a military position of a military general, and he has 500 well-trained standing regular troops under his command. In addition, Cao Hong is a rich man, and these five hundred regular troops are very well-equipped. In a word, if Cao Hong really wants to beat Mi Zhen, these two hundred families will be a small dish! Lu Ren's only way was to drag it until Cao Cao rushed to persuade him. As soon as Cao Cao heard the news, Lu Ren had something to say in front of Cao Cao.

Since he waited for the news, Lu Ren also ordered the people to move and slowly move towards Xuchang City. Some people may ask, Lu Ren should rush back to Xuchang to find Cao Cao as soon as possible, why did he move forward so slowly?

In fact, why didn't Lu Ren want to rush back to explain to Cao Cao? But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that if I rode back to Xuchang, Cao Hong could also rush over and kill all Mi Zhen's people first, and then go back and fight with Lu Ren in front of Cao Cao, and then Lu Ren, who was eager to defend himself, would be mistaken by Cao Cao for a weak heart!

But if Cao Hongxian made any radical moves, Lu Ren, who was relatively "relaxed and calm", would have more capital to negotiate in front of Cao Cao. Fighting, Mi Zhen's gang of people is not good, but with Lu Ren leading the team, Cao Hong can't really kill people without saying a word, otherwise it won't seem that Cao Cao is nepotistic and lets his clan children do whatever they want?

The people were moving forward slowly, and Lu Renren's palms were sweating in the midst of nervousness. got involved in the messy relationship between him and Mi Zhen, and things changed when they got to Cao Cao and Cao Hong. Of course, Lu Ren knew that with Cao Cao's attitude of being a person and enforcing the law very strictly, as long as he said clearly and listed the evidence, the matter would not be too big, but at present, Cao Hong must pass this pass.

While moving forward, Lu Ren ordered people to be on guard. When he walked to a place four or five miles away from the city gate, Cao Hong took five hundred soldiers to block the way violently, and the man raised his knife on the horse and pointed at Lu Ren and scolded: "Lu Ren'er! You actually killed the guests of my clan for your own selfishness! Thou art convicted!? ”

"Yes, here we are!"

Lu Ren secretly screamed in his heart, jumped out of the carriage and slowly stood in front of the formation. Lu Ren is neither a general nor a martial artist, and his kung fu is terrible. In case he really fights with Cao Hong, he won't be able to show the ability he should have in the state of physical enhancement on the horse, but if he fights on foot, he may be able to top it. Taking a deep breath, Lu Ren responded slowly and logically in line with the principle of delaying time: "Why did Doctor Cao say this? I, Lu Ren, have always enforced the law impartially, so why should I be selfish? ”

Cao Hong glanced at Lu Ren's side, and pointed at Mi Zhen on the other side and said angrily: "This person led the crowd to compete with the guests of my clan for profit, and this person has an old relationship with you, you killed the guests of my clan for personal gain!" ”

Lu Ren still responded unhurriedly: "You also know that the guests of your clan are competing with my old people for profit? Do you know why they fight? ”

“……”

Cao Hong was speechless for a while. In fact, what kind of virtue are those clan guests of his, can Cao Hong not know in his heart? And this kind of thing was really too common in that era, so Cao Hong didn't pay much attention to it, in principle, as long as he didn't make too much noise. Perhaps this can also be called a common mentality of those wealthy families at that time.

After looking at Cao Hongleng for a while, he shook his head a few times, and said in his heart, why am I arguing about this? With a flick of his wrist, the blade pointed back at Lu Ren and scolded: "The guests of my clan had some disputes with your old caravan, so you pretended to be public and private, and instructed the county order to take down all the guests of my clan and behead them, this is not for your own selfishness, but what is it?" ”

Lu Ren had quietly activated the physical strengthening, and his left hand also pressed the snap of the sword, glaring at Cao Hong's eyes with a vicious gaze and said, "Some disputes? Doctor Cao, what did your clan guests do in the Xu Realm, do you really not know or do you intend to tolerate it? ”

Cao Hong was suffocated, he knew that his gang of people were a little unkind at the border of Xuchang, but he didn't know that things would make such a big fuss, and he always felt that the crime was not death. Besides, he is the eldest young master of a rich family, and he is Cao Cao's younger brother, and he still has great achievements in Cao Cao before, thinking that even if those people commit capital crimes, they can just ask for mercy. Who knows that as soon as Lu Ren arrives there, he will kill a lot of people without saying a word, where can Cao Hong's face be hanging?

After a pause, Cao Hongqiang argued: "I also know that many of them have violated the law, but the crime should not be punished!" Since you have been taken into custody and imprisoned, you should be handed over to the criminal department to draw up the punishment for your crimes, how can you kill him with private intent without reporting to the public!? ”

Lu Ren seized the opportunity, so he would not let it go: "Shouldn't the crime be punished?" Joke! Doctor Cao, your clan guests are bullying the township in Xu Jie, and the people dare not speak out because they are afraid of power and anger, and your clan guests are becoming more and more lawless! I came here from Xuzhou to visit me by the way, and I had a lot of goods with me, and it was your clan guests who openly robbed and robbed them in a lawless manner, and as a result, I lost both sides of my old bodyguard. How is this kind of crime different from a thief? You still say that such a felony should not be punished!?

"If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, the people of that small county have always dared to be angry but dare not speak, and my Xu Duling has always been unknown. If it weren't for the fact that your lawless clan guests had come across my old war-ready caravan and shocked me to hear about it, how long would your clan guests have been on the rampage? How long will the plague come to the people?

"You also said that when you are handed over to the Criminal Division for conviction and then punished, I want to ask Dr. Cao rhetorically, what am I in charge of as Xu Duling? And what qualifications do those of your clan guests have to hand over to the Criminal Division!? You say I killed me to vent my anger? No, I killed for the law! Kill for Cao Citizen! For the sake ......of righteousness", the next sentence "Kill for justice" Lu Ren didn't say it, because this sentence was too cartoonish and too bad in Lu Ren's opinion, so he temporarily changed it to: "Kill for the right way in the world!" ”

"You !!" These words can make Cao Hong angry: "Clever words, clever tongues!" It's obviously for his own selfishness, but he says it so righteously and solemnly! No matter what, if you dare to kill my clan guests, why can't I kill you! ”

Cao Hong raised his knife and wanted to move, but Mi Zhen had already stood by Lu Ren's side at this moment and whispered a few words to Lu Ren. Lu Ren understood, and just when Cao Hongfang was about to give an order, Lu Ren suddenly shouted: "Cao Zilian, you dare!" ”

Cao Hong was furious: "Don't you see if I dare!" ”

Lu Ren raised his arm and pointed at Cao Hong and said, "You also think about who I am today and what position I am in!" If you think that my punishment is wrong, you should ask a judge to check and convict and punish according to the law, but it will never be your turn to lead the troops to take it! If today's Zidu Xu, the situation of Cao Gong is settled, and the system of the temple community is restored, like you are now raising private soldiers to persecute the courtiers, do you want to rely on your relatives and nobles to bully others, but the law set by Cao Gong is bad!? Doctor Cao, there are some things that I can't say clearly in front of people, I just want to tell you one sentence, if you really move me today, what kind of consequences will there be for the great cause of Gong Cao, think about it yourself! ”

Cao Hong is angry now, where can he think too much? With an order, he commanded five hundred armor soldiers under his command to surround Lu Ren and his party, and wanted to do it. And Lu Ren had already activated the state of physical strengthening, and drew his sword to protect Mi Zhen and retreated into the formation. Peeked at Xuchang's side, Lu Renxin said why the people who persuaded the fight haven't come yet? It's really going to be a fight!

Although the sword was unsheathed, Lu Ren was still making a last effort to delay time, and shouted to Cao Hong: "Cao Zilian, my Lu Ren has a rotten life, and if he dies, he will die, but if you are like this today, aren't you afraid that Cao Gong's staff will be cold?" ”

Cao Hong said angrily: "Hugh is still here to drum his lips!" Lu Ren'er, come out and die!! ”