Chapter XXVIII
When Luo Feng seized the stolen goods by others, he captured Steward Zhang. At that time, Steward Zhang was burning the account books in the study of Lord Shi. Luo Feng arrived in time to restrain him, and seized part of the account books and the list of officials accompanying him.
When those lucky escaped horsemen rushed to Lijiazhuang to report the news, the Duhu Mansion Duwei ordered Xu Tingshi to take down, and then they rushed back to the Assassin's Mansion.
Luo Feng handed over the roster and account books. Lu Que placed the thirty large boxes of property seized in the courtyard of the Assassin's Mansion. Duwei asked people to open the box for inspection. The moment the box was opened, it was full of light, and everyone was dazzled.
Du Wei ordered the box to be sealed, and together with Xu Tingshi, he was escorted to the Duhu Mansion to check the accounts and report to the imperial court. Luo Feng and the three of them, as the main witnesses, need to wait at the Metropolitan Protectorate.
Luo Feng and the three of them stayed in the Duhu Mansion for five days, and the approval of the capital only arrived in an expedited manner for 800 miles. Xu Jianshi and the property he embezzled were ordered to be escorted back to Beijing, and the other people involved in the case were put in place to await trial.
The imperial court has already sent another assassin to take up his post. Luo Feng and the others must also follow back to Beijing, which Luo Feng did not expect.
Luo Feng and the three of them rode behind the car, walking listlessly. Because of the excessive amount of possessions, the group walked very slowly. Their car was passing through a mountain road when they encountered robbers, but thanks to the presence of Luo Feng and the three of them, the robbers were dispersed.
Commander Yu, who escorted the prisoners, was very grateful to Luo Feng and the others. When everyone was resting at the post station, Yu Commander set up wine and Luo Feng and the three of them drank bitterly.
Gu Xiaodong drank more, so he fell asleep directly on the box containing his belongings in the yard.
Commander Yu laughed at Gu Xiaodong with drunken eyes. Luo Feng also drank a little too much, Mo Yu helped the two of them to the guest room to rest, and then he and the soldiers guarded the property.
In the middle of the night, several cuckoo calls woke Mo Yu and the two guards beside him. When they stood up, more than a dozen black-clad masked men appeared in the courtyard of the post station to rob their belongings. Mo Yu and the soldiers struggled to stop them, and by the time Luo Feng and Commander Yu came out, two cars with belongings had already been robbed by the robbers. Luo Feng and the others caught a robber, but they didn't want the robber to wipe his neck and commit suicide.
Commander Yu wants to send someone to chase after him. Luo Feng looked at the two missing cars and was happy. He stopped Commander Yu and told him that the two carts of belongings could not be lost.
Sure enough, after they cleaned up the corpses in the yard, they watched Gu Xiaodong staggering back with two carriages. The seal on the car was untouched, and Commander Yu didn't dare to underestimate Gu Xiaodong this time.
In order to avoid the thieves from turning around, Luo Feng and Commander Yu urged everyone to set off quickly.
Gu Xiaodong was still lying asleep on the belongings box. Commander Yu rode on his horse and looked at the corner of Gu Xiaodong's mouth and said with a smile: "He is not afraid of falling off!"
"Don't worry about it!" Luo Feng beat his horse and went to the front.
When everyone walked to the official road south of Yanling, the rocks above both sides of the official road rolled down, blocking the road.
Fortunately, when he was about to get here, Gu Xiaodong wanted to pee and delayed for a while. Otherwise, those rocks will not be able to hit people and carriages.
Everyone got off their horses and looked at the terrain, but they really couldn't pass, so they had to change their route to the east and take a detour.
Luo Feng and his party were slowly walking on the mountain path when they suddenly heard the sound of breaking the air.
"Not good! Spread out! Luo Feng picked up the five or six arrows that flew in front of him with his sword.
Several of the soldiers, who did not react, were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Commander Yu's helmet was shot off by an arrow, and the red tassel was knocked off.
Dozens of horses rushed over. The people on the horse were all in white clothes, red pants, and black boots. They are armed with sabers and cut down horses.
Luo Feng and other manpower war thieves. But there are too many of them. Luo Feng's master and apprentice had no choice but to escort Commander Yu and retreat into the forest on the side of the road.
The thieves took their horses and took away their men and goods.
Commander Yu couldn't help but cry when he watched the dead and wounded officers and soldiers under his command.
"Commander Yu! You take them to the nearest town for treatment! Let's find out what they do! After Luo Feng finished speaking, he patted Commander Yu on the shoulder and walked on the mountain road where the thief had disappeared.
Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu hurried behind Luo Feng, and they stopped at a fork in the road.
Mo Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Luo Feng. Luo Feng's footsteps were so fast that he finally caught up.
Gu Xiaodong drank the water in the water bag, then pointed to the road on the right and said, "I'll go over there!"
"Don't move! Wait a minute! Luo Feng looked at the ground and the side of the road.
"The dirt is hard and doesn't leave any traces." Gu Xiaodong had already seen the road conditions clearly.
"Let's go to the right!" Luo Feng began to gallop. Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu hurriedly caught up. They didn't even have time to ask why? Luo Feng had already left them far behind.
They ran until it was dark, and Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu saw a town out of breath.
"Where's Big Brother Luo?" Mo Yu leaned against the boundary monument and gasped. He was so tired that he didn't want to take another step.
"Get out of the way!" Gu Xiaodong pulled Mo Yu's arm and dragged him away.
Mo Yu staggered and finally stood firm. He was about to get angry at Gu Xiaodong, but he saw the arrow on the boundary monument. So he stopped squeaking.
The arrows on the boundary pillars point not on the way into the town, but on the outskirts.
Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu finally walked to a village. Every house in the village is closed and the lights are out.
Gu Xiaodong and the others searched in the dark for the marks that Luo Feng might have left, but there was no light, and the two couldn't see anything clearly.
"It's bad luck!" Gu Xiaodong muttered and looked at the dark sky.
"Let's go along the village road! Maybe I can meet Brother Luo! Mo Yu's clothes were soaked, but he still refused to give up looking for Luo Feng.
"Let's split up and meet at the entrance of the village!" After Gu Xiaodong finished speaking, the person had disappeared.
Mo Yu had no choice but to follow the road. His steps were a little heavy due to his physical exhaustion.
"Who's there?"
Several figures appeared in front of Mo Yu. Mo Yu suddenly felt his body tighten, and he had already reached the tree on the side of the road.
"Brother Luo!" Mo Yu saw clearly that the person who held him hostage on the tree was Luo Feng.
"Shh Luo Feng looked at the three people walking under the tree.
"I obviously think there's a figure here, why is it gone?" Liang Peng, a close confidant of Lord Thorn Shi, muttered to himself.
"Aren't you dazzled!" Zhuang Ying, Liang Peng's subordinate, checked a few trees and found nothing.
They looked up at the trees again, but they didn't see anything. The tree where Luo Feng and Mo Yu were located was full of branches and leaves, and the two of them were lying on the trunk of the tree again, plus it was as dark as ink, so they naturally didn't find Luo Feng and Mo Yu.
Liang Peng and the three of them came out to solve it. They had drunk a lot of wine just now, and now they were almost sober.
Mo Yu saw them enter a courtyard, so he said to Luo Feng, "Gu Xiaodong has gone over there." I'm going to get him back. ”
"Be careful!" Luo Feng instructed.