said that Yuan Ping was ambushed by the Heavenly Owl and was captured; He couldn't help but be angry, and scolded Lian Nanchun.

Lian Nanchun was annoyed, and swept Yuan Ping a few feet away with a wave of his palm.

The white-clothed Taoist aunt shouted fiercely: "Kill him!" ”

The people in Tsing Yi on both sides immediately slashed their swords; Poor Yuan Ping, the five-grade captain of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, one of the five heroes of the Lu Mansion, died under the chaotic sword!

Lian Nanchun was about to stop it, but it was too late, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly with some regret.

The white-clothed Dao Gu said: "What is the practice gang master sighing for, can't you bear it?" In fact, everyone in the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department deserves to die, especially Ling Yun! ”

Lian Nanchun said expressionlessly: "Third sister, don't say it!" …… Just talk about how to send the person in front of you. ”

The white-clothed Dao Gu nodded, pointed at Dong Wu and said sharply: "Kill him too!" ”

Before the words fell, Lan Zhu had already screamed, "Wait a minute! With that, she stepped forward and pleaded with Lian Nanchun: "Lian Gang Master, please spare his life, I can persuade him to change his mind!" ”

The white-clothed Dao Gu sneered: "Lan Zhu, you have feelings for this kid, right?" ”

Lan Zhu's face flushed, and she lowered her head in disdain, silent.

Lian Nanchun glanced at Dong Wu and said unhurriedly: "Dong Wu, you have heard what we said just now, and now there are only two paths in front of you: first, join me Tianxiao, then the position of the seventh disciple of Tianxiao is yours; Second, if you are obsessed and have to fight against us, then look at Yuan Ping in front of you, he is your next fate! ”

Speaking of this, she paused slightly and said, "How about it, whether to die or surrender now, I just wait for your decision!" ”

After that, her cold autumn eyes suddenly deepened a little, and a trace of dangerous dark light flashed away at the bottom of her eyes.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, so quiet that even the subtle breathing of everyone could be heard clearly to each other.

Lian Nanchun's autumn eyes narrowed slightly, she was waiting for his answer.

Looking at Yuan Ping's bloody corpse, Dong Wu only felt a cold breath surging from the soles of his feet to the top of his head; He was chilling all over his body, and his cold teeth couldn't help but tremble.

Lan Zhu walked over and said softly: "Brother Wu, don't be obsessed anymore, don't you know what Lu Wenzheng is doing to you?" Now even if you die for him, he will not spare you; Is it worth it to work hard for Lu Wenzheng? Besides, as long as you can join us, we will be together forever, don't you yearn for this kind of life? ”

Dong Wu looked straight at him and said, "What if I don't agree?" ”

Lan Zhu said miserably: "Then you have wasted my affection for you, because you don't take me to heart!" ”

Dong Wu was stunned, "Why?" ”

Lan Zhu said: "You know that I can't live alone if you die, so it can be seen that you don't care about me; If you care about me, how can you bear to leave me? ”

Dong Wu sighed in a complicated mood and stopped talking.

In fact, he and Lan Zhu have long had affection. Since falling in love with her, he has been in a state of confusion all day long, just thinking about her and missing her, quite a feeling of "not seeing her for a day, like every other autumn".

Occasionally, the two had an awkward quarrel, Lan Zhu ignored him, he didn't think about tea and dinner, couldn't sleep at night, and had no intention of performing official duties in the house, so he repeatedly made mistakes, causing a lot of trouble to Lu Wenzheng.

He didn't know why he was so madly infatuated with this woman.

For Lanzhu, for love, although he died without regrets, how could he care about his fame and fortune?

He only hated that he was born at the wrong time, and he was frustrated again and again, and he failed Lan Zhu's affection......

The past is vivid. Dong Wu looked at Lan Zhu in front of her, she was already teary-eyed! And so, his heart began to waver.

He remembered the cold reception he had received in the Lu Mansion for several days; Think about the situation in front of you again, and think to yourself: if you insist on fighting against them now and refuse to surrender, there is only one way to die.

In all fairness, he really didn't want to die; I don't want to die as tragically as Yuan Ping in front of me, and there is no corpse! ……

Dong Wuzhi thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind, and nodded silently.

Seeing this, Lan Zhu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted repeatedly: "Lian Gang Master, he agreed!" He agreed! ……”

As she spoke, she grabbed his hand and said, "Come and meet the Lian Gang Master and the third sister!" ”

Dong Wu calmly saluted Lian Nanchun and the white-clothed Dao Gu.

Lian Nanchun said: "Very good, from now on, you will be the seventh disciple of my Heavenly Owl!" ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the gray-clothed man behind her with her hand: "Let me introduce you, this is the sixth child." ”

Dong Wu couldn't help but be stunned, "You...... Are you Ying Chuanlin? ”

The man in gray was Ling Yun's senior brother Ying Chuanlin. Seeing Dong Wu's surprised look, he just snorted coldly with an expressionless face, bowed his hand politely at him, and did not speak.

Lian Nanchun pointed to the big man who had just fought with Yuan Ping and said, "This is the sixteenth brother You Yong." ”

Pointing to the little beggar, he said, "Seventeenth brother Yuqi." ”

Pointing at Lan Zhu, he said, "This is the eighteenth sister." ”

Finally, he pointed to the white-clothed Dao Gu and said, "This is the empty color of the third sister." ”

Dong Wu has seen them one by one.

Lian Nanchun said: "Come on, bring wine, congratulations to Dong Wu for joining my Tianxiao!" ”

A waiter in Tsing Yi stepped forward with a tray containing a wine jug and glass.

Lian Nanchun poured a glass of wine and handed it to Dong Wu in person.

Dong Wu thought to himself: There won't be any hands and feet in this cup, right? For example, they put some poison or something to blackmail me. But the current situation did not allow him not to drink.

He could only silently take the cup and drink it all.

Lian Nanchun smiled and said, "Very good." From now on, you will be a member of my Heavenly Owl! Thou shalt be faithful and serve the Lord with all thy might, if thou hast two hearts......"

Dong Wu said in a panic: "Dong Wu doesn't dare! ”……

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs is still in the house.

Lu Wenzheng was sitting behind the desk in the study at this time, anxiously waiting for the news that Yuan Ping, Dong Wu and the others had gone out to find the county lord.

Xu Zhi has been by his side all the time, and he didn't close his eyes all night.

At this time, it was already dawn, but they still didn't wait for the news that Yuan Ping and Dong Wu had returned.

At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Yang Zhen rushed in in a panic, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, Dong Wu is back!" He was seriously wounded, and it is said that he was attacked by the Celestial Owl Organization, and the entire army was wiped out, and he was the only one who escaped by chance......"

Lu Wenzheng only felt his head bang and almost fell. He stood up and was dumbfounded, his mind almost blank for a moment.

After a while, he came to his senses and said dumbly: "That...... What about Yuan Ping? ”

Yang Zhen cried silently and said: "He...... He died in the line of duty! ……”

Lu Wenzheng's face immediately turned pale; He felt a blackness in front of him, and he could barely stand on his crumbling body.

Xu Zhi on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and whimpered in a low voice: "My lord, don't ...... like this"

Lu Wenzheng's eyes were straight, he didn't speak for a long time, and his lips just kept trembling.

He sat down in his chair as if he had been stripped of his muscles; Dihua's eyes were full of tears, and she murmured, "Yuan Ping, you...... How could you just go like that! ……”

Yuan Ping has followed him for many years, is his right-hand man, and is like father and son; Now that he heard of his death, he couldn't accept this cruel reality for a while.

Fortunately, Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen persuaded him vigorously to stop his tears, and ordered Yang Zhen to take the guards to Xiaoshiao to collect the body of the deceased and pay for his family.

Then, Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen accompanied Lu Wenzheng to visit Dong Wu, who was seriously injured. He was wounded in the thigh and fell unconscious due to blood loss; But fortunately, the treatment is timely, and now there is no need to worry about life.

Lu Wenzheng, Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen came out of Dong Wu, thinking about the events that have happened in recent days: Ling Yun was framed and imprisoned, Yuan Ping was brutally murdered, and Dong Wu was seriously injured and unconscious...... They felt very heavy.

Xu Zhidao: "Now that there are so many things, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to find the county lord." But the student has an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not? ”

Lu Wenzheng said: "Just talk about it." ”

Xu Zhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Just now Dong Wu said that he was attacked by the Heavenly Owl thieves, so it can be seen that the disappearance of the county lord may be related to the Heavenly Owl, which is expected to clear the charge of Commander Ling." If we take this opportunity to ask the Holy Lord to allow Ling to handle the case, there may be hope for the county lord to be recovered! ”

Lu Wen stroked his beard and groaned slightly, and finally he nodded approvingly.

Yang Zhen was a little worried: "It's just that the Holy Lord can agree to our request?" ”

Lu Wenzheng sighed and said, "The Holy Lord is benevolent and wise, wise and decisive, and I expect to be able to agree." Alas! Now that we have reached the point of exhaustion, is there any other way but to do this? Now we have to take all it takes and try our best! ”

Lu Wenzheng made up his mind, so he took a sedan chair to the palace to meet the emperor.

It just so happened that Zhao Fu, the prince of Jinling, He Yuting, the marquis, Ding Jinzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Feng Chaoying, the chief of the inner house, and others were all present.

A few days have passed, and there is still no news of the county lord, and the prince of Jinling has boiled his eyes bloodshot, and he has lost a lot of weight.

Emperor Zhao Yu was comforting his imperial uncle at this time; Seeing Lu Wenzheng coming in, he asked, "Lu Aiqing, is there any news from the county lord?" ”

Before Lu Wenzheng could speak, his eyes turned red first, and he recounted in a hoarse voice that Yuan Ping, Dong Wu and others were ambushed by the Heavenly Owl; Everyone sighed when they heard it.

In the end, Lu Wenzheng pondered the words and cautiously proposed to the emperor that Ling Yun should be convicted of the case.

Ding Jinzhi sneered: "Lord Lu's proposal is a bit abrupt, if Ling Yun absconds in fear of crime, what should he do?" ”

Lu Wenzheng said with a straight face: "Qi Qi Sheng, whether the disappearance of the county lord is really related to Ling Yun is still inconclusive, and it cannot be regarded as 'fear of crime'; ”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help frowning and muttering.

He Yuting turned his eyes and said, "Oh? Lord Lu just said that he was willing to guarantee that Ling Yun would not live up to the holy will with his life - but I don't know how Lord Lu would guarantee it, this palace is willing to hear about it! ”

Lu Wenzheng said: "It is limited to ten days, if Ling Yun can't find the county lord within ten days; Or maybe Ling Yun really absconded in fear of crime as Lord Ding said, and Weichen listened to the Holy Lord's fate, although he died without regrets! ”

The prince of Jinling was a little uneasy and said: "Lord Lu is serious! ”

He Yuting couldn't help but smile deeply, turned to the emperor and said, "Holy Lord, Weichen thinks this matter is feasible. Lord Lu was loyal to the court and the saints; In order to find the county lord, he tried his best to take responsibility - Wei Chen thought that the saint should fulfill his heart! ”

After thinking twice, the emperor finally nodded.

Lu Wenzheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.

He Yuting sneered in his heart: "Lu Wenzheng, you are too risky to do things, are you sure that you can find the county lord by Ling Yun?" If you can't find the county lord after ten days, I want to see how you apologize to the emperor? ”

He couldn't help but gloat in his heart, but his face was silent.

Lu Wenzheng received the holy decree, and his heart was happy, and he hurriedly rushed to the heavenly prison with Feng Chaoying, the chief administrator of the Great Interior, to take out Lingyun, and returned to the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department together.

After several days of torment in prison, Ling Yun was emaciated and emaciated.

He leaned down and knelt down, and tearfully apologized to Lu Wenzheng: "Lingyun is not good, and it involves adults to take this risk; If the county lord can't be found within ten days, Ling Yun's sin will only be even greater......"

Lu Wenzheng said: "Commander Ling, don't say that, this mansion is pinning all its hopes on you now!" Yuan Ping died for this matter, and the government really didn't want to see more people die in vain......" Later, his voice was hoarse and he couldn't cry.

Ling Yun's head buzzed, and he froze for a moment, "What, Yuan Ping is dead?" ……”