"Lord Lu, the Turks have already withdrawn, why do you still want to close the city gate?" Standing happily in front of Shuozhou City, he looked at Lu Hong, who was standing at the head of the city and was loudly scolding the soldiers to close the city gate, and asked with some doubts.

"Uh-" Lu Hong was suddenly a little speechless, looked happy with an embarrassed expression, and said with a wry smile after a while: "Lord Assassin Shi, the lower official is worried that the Turks will suddenly turn back and enter the city, so he ordered the city gate to be closed!" ”

"Lord Lu has a heart!" He said happily and lightly, as if he was complimenting, but Lu Hong's heart jumped inexplicably, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Glancing at Lu Hong happily, with a calm smile on his face, he rode his horse towards the half-open city gate.

"Congratulations to the Assassin Shi for retiring from the enemy!"

As soon as Gao Xingfu entered the city, the city resounded with a tsunami-like cheer. But when the people of the city heard the news of victory, they all came out of their houses and spontaneously welcomed the victorious hero.

Looking at the yellow and thin faces of the people, there was less numbness, more excitement and joy, and the happy mood was heavy and a little burning, and he hated the corpse vegetarian meal, the rampant Lu Hong and the corrupt officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The next time was very calm, Shuozhou seemed very calm, happy did not seem to be aware of Lü Hong's true and sinister intentions, perhaps afraid of Lü Hong's entrenched forces in the local area, he did not pursue Lü Hong's subservience to the Turks, but only canceled the gate tax of Shuozhou City, and at the same time began to train the army step by step.

July passed quickly in the happy and monotonous training, and the hot August quietly came. Lu Hong's hanging heart finally let go, although his actions were a little more restrained than before, but he was not as afraid as before when he was happy. However, Lu Hong and Shuozhou City were drunk and dreamed of death, and the extravagant magnates did not know that a team of 1,000 people had entered Shuozhou City in batches a few days ago.

On the third day of August, Shuozhou City Lu Mansion.

Happy to come, Lu Hong naturally can't live in the Thorn Mansion anymore, but he has been a powerful and blessed person in Shuozhou City for a long time, and there are naturally many good places to live.

"Lord Lu, the young master has been urged several times, and I don't know when you will be able to complete the task assigned by the young master. You have to know that as long as you are happy and don't die, you can only stay in the remote place of Shuozhou, under his shadow! ”

It was a masked man in black who spoke, because the black robe was too wide, and he was in the dark, so that except for the length of his body, he could not really see the others, and he could only be heard by his voice.

"Your Excellency, a few days ago, the little Ben discussed with the seventh prince of the Turks, Ashina Ku Hezhen, to kill Happy in the flames of war, but he didn't want Ashina Ku Hezhen to miss his front hooves and was captured by Happy alive, and the Turks had to retreat and return. These days, in order not to let Happy find out, and in order to carefully find the weakness of Happy Happy, the little one has been working hard, Taoguang is obscure, and he has finally gained his trust! ”

Lu Hong looked at the dark shadow hidden in the shadows, a flash of fire flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, happy to let me be in charge of Shuozhou's finances, the treasury has been quietly emptied by the small, there is not enough money, food and equipment, as long as the Turks attack again, Shuozhou will not be able to hold on, and happy will inevitably be pushed to the forefront by the panicked and angry people. ”

"Lord Lu is really calculating!" The man in black suddenly turned around and sighed with emotion, his tone full of irony.

Hearing this sudden change, an unusually familiar voice, Lu Hong was stunned for a moment, and then he was shrouded in infinite fear, his hands and feet were cold, and his legs collapsed to the ground as soon as he became weak. Lu Hong's face turned pale, sweating profusely, and he cried bitterly and begged: "Lord Thorn Shi, the little one is just nonsense, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously!" The small heartfelt world can be learned, and there is no harm to you! As he spoke, Lu Hong's whole body trembled like chaff, and he kept grabbing the ground with his head, and the sound of "bang bang bang" was endless.

The man in black ripped off his mask, revealing an extremely handsome cheek, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, quietly looking at Lu Hong who was kneeling at his feet, with no sadness or joy in his eyes. Although his happy face was comparable to that of a stunning woman, the thin black whiskers on his lips added a touch of charm and majesty to him.

"Lord Lu, over the years, you have used your power privately, greedy for a lot of property of the imperial court, and looted a lot of people's fat and ointment, right? Forcibly grabbing, expropriating and expropriating, favoritism, corruption and perversion of the law, Shuozhou is a miasma, and there are many complaints! Tell me for yourself, how should the official deal with these accumulated crimes of yours in order to calm down the people's anger? Although the happy voice was very light, there was vigorous anger in his tone.

"Your Excellency has wronged!" Lu Hong was so shocked when he heard this that he almost lost his soul, and hurriedly retorted.

"Wronged? But I heard with your own ears that you would conspire with the Turks to kill me, and even emptied the treasury and diverted it for your own use, what else do you have to say? Collaborate with the enemy and treason, and connect the nine clans! As he said the last sentence, he was suddenly stunned, and his whole body suddenly exuded a majestic and incomparable murderous aura, which made Lu Hong lie on the ground, almost suffocating.

"Great, sir, spare your life! As long as you can spare your little life, I am willing to give you everything as a cow and a horse! Lu Hongqiang endured the discomfort of his body and mind, his voice trembled, and he said with difficulty, after saying the last word, he seemed to have exhausted his strength, his expression was sluggish, and he was panting like a cow.

After pondering happily for a long time, he said lightly: "For the sake of your sincere confession, this government can give you a chance to atone for your crimes, but I don't know if you are willing to accept it?" ”

"Yes, yes! The lower official is willing, as long as the adults spare my life! Lu Hong suddenly looked happy in ecstasy, and said a little incoherently.

"You get up first!"

"Thank you, sir!" Lu Hong had already exhausted his strength due to the ups and downs of his emotions, and now it was a little difficult to stand up, and he stumbled for a while before standing up straight, but he still looked a little vain.

……

On 5 August, Sima Lu Hong of Shuozhou held a banquet in the palace and invited the magnates of Shuozhou to discuss the distribution of interests in the second half of the year.

At first, everyone did not have any doubts about the fact that the head of Shuozhou was happy not to attend, after all, although Xingxing was a thorn, the real master of Shuozhou was Lu Hong, and he was happy that this outsider had been unable to speak, otherwise he had been in office for dozens of days, but he had nothing to say.

However, when everyone arrived at the banquet hall, they found that what was waiting for them was not good food and wine, but knives, guns and axes. Before they could have any doubts, Lu Hong gave an order, and a massacre began.

Half an hour later, happy Shi Shiran came, looking at the blood and stumps and broken arms everywhere, there was no uncomfortable look on his face, some were just calm and indifferent, but he was a little sad in his heart. No matter how many mistakes these people made in their lives, and how they have a way to die, they are all fresh lives.

Although Happy doesn't want to kill too much, he knows that killing is sometimes the best way to deal with problems.

"My lord, according to your orders, all the powerful family heads in Shuozhou City were killed on the spot because of rebellion!" Lu Hong looked happy with a flattering face, and the expression on his face was as respectful as he could, but he didn't know what he thought in his heart.

He nodded happily and satisfied, "You did a good job!" ”

"Really?" Lu Hong's eyes widened in disbelief, his eyes were full of excitement and joy, "Can the adult spare the villain's life for the sake of the little one's dedication and handing over the property of the treasury?" ”

"Yes, but you have one more thing to do!"

"What's the matter?" Lu Hong looked at the joy in confusion, and his tone was quite hopeful.

It's not that he didn't think about violently resisting Xingxing, but since Xingxing can clearly know all the details of his collusion with the Lunatic Cult, in addition to his own outstanding strength, the power in the shadows is even more unfathomable. Lu Hong is just a weak scholar, opportunistic, and good at flattering and bullying, but he is extremely greedy for life and afraid of death.

Xing Xing didn't speak, just picked up a bloody long sword from the ground and handed it to Lu Hong.

Looking at the shocking bloodstains remaining on the long sword, Lu Hong's heart trembled for a while, and he couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice: "My lord, what do you mean?" After speaking, Lu Hong swallowed his saliva with some difficulty.

"If you die, the resentment in the sky above Shuozhou City can completely dissipate, and the mansion can rest easy, and there is no need to prevent someone from secretly calculating me every day!" The happy tone was very light, but the words he said were murderous, making Lu Hong tremble all over, as if he was being blown by a yin wind.

"No, no, no, my lord, the little one will never dare to harm you again, you must believe me!" Lu Hong fell to his knees with a "poof" and wailed with tears in his eyes.

"It's late!" He sighed happily, then turned and walked out, leaving only a long back in the sun.

"I'll kill you!" Looking at Happy Unsuspecting Back, Lu Hong's face suddenly became hideous and terrifying, his eyes were blood-red, he roared angrily, and suddenly got up, holding his long sword, and stabbed towards Happy with all his might.

"Alas!" With a helpless sigh, Lu Hong's figure suddenly paused, and there was a sound of "ho ho" in his mouth, his pupils dilated instantly, and the light of life slowly dissipated.

"Bump!"

Happy footsteps did not stop, and he did not look back, and when his figure stepped out of the door, Lu Hong's body finally fell unwillingly.

……

"My lord, the beggar gang disciples have sent back letters for several days, Yuwen Yong has sent 300,000 troops to fight Qi, and it is expected that they will arrive outside the state in two days." On this day, Zhang Shunzhi, who had not shown up for a long time, was dressed lightly, came to the Assassin's Mansion in disguise, and said with a serious and nervous face.

Happy heart tightened, excessive force, the wolf in his hand suddenly broke off, the black pen and ink polluted his clean white shirt, but Happy didn't seem to be aware, but looked at Zhang Shunzhi with a solemn and serious face: "Be careful? ”

"It's true!" Zhang Shunzhi replied affirmatively.

The happy and heavy face suddenly relaxed, and a smile of relief and excitement appeared on his face, and he muttered to himself: "This day has finally come!" ”