"Okay."

The woman was silent for a while and said, "I listen to you." ”

"That's right."

The man smiled, "Let's go, let's go to the store and have a look." ”

"Hmm."

The woman agreed, and footsteps rang out.

Hearing this, Lu Fan knew that he would not be able to hear useful news for a while.

Then act!

When these two people are captured, it is not too late to interrogate them slowly.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Lu Fan, who was hiding in the shadows, suddenly appeared, and restrained the two of them with their stunned eyes.

He carried one person in each hand, came to the courtyard, glanced at Qin Yu on the roof, and said, "Send a signal." ”

"Okay."

Qin Yu nodded, took out the fireworks signal, and ignited it instantly.

The next moment, a firework rose into the sky.

"Bang!"

As if in response, the sound of fireworks could be heard in the distance.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Firework rang out one after another.

Qin Yu jumped from the roof and said with a smile: "It seems that they have also succeeded." ”

"Well, let's go."

Lu Fan carried the two of them and returned to the tavern.

Qin Yu went to the back kitchen to hold the other three in his hands, and came to the counter with Lu Fan to put them down.

Lu Fan glanced at Song Yu and asked, "Is there nothing wrong?" ”

"It's fine."

Song Yu shook his head, "I sent away the two groups of guests who came to eat. ”

"Okay."

Lu Fan went to open the door of the store, only to see that there were many people outside, pointing at the tavern.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded.

A group of soldiers came running from a distance, more than twenty people, all dressed in the uniforms of the Terracotta Division, and the man in the lead was in his thirties and looked like an officer.

"What's going on?"

"It's a lot of movement today."

"What's going on lately? Is there always an accident on Fengming Street? ”

The people chattered as they moved their feet to make way for the soldiers.

It didn't take long for the soldiers to come to the tavern, and without stopping, they rushed straight into the tavern.

"Xiaguan Ding Kun was ordered by Lord Su to escort the prisoners."

The leading officer took out the waist tag he carried with him and handed it to Lu Fan.

"Take the prisoner away."

Lu Fan waved his hand.

"Don't be weird, my lord."

Ding Kun arched his hand, "The lower officials also want to find out the identity of the adult." ”

"As it should be."

Lu Fan took out his waist card and handed it out.

Ding Kun took the waist card and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed, "It turns out that you are the commander of Lu, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

"Alright, let's take the people away."

Lu Fan withdrew his waist card and let go of his body.

"Yes."

Ding Kun shouted at his soldiers, "Take all the prisoners away." ”

"Yes."

The soldiers stepped forward, picked up the nine prisoners, and escorted them out.

When passing by Lu Fan, several people looked at Lu Fan with hatred.

Especially with that boss.

He glared at Lu Fan viciously, the expression on his face was slightly hideous, and his eyes were full of viciousness.

The people gathered more and more, gathered around the door of the tavern, and were a little surprised to see the soldiers escorting the prisoner out, and quickly recognized the identity of the prisoner.

"Isn't this the tavernkeeper?"

"And the hostess."

"Shopkeeper, man, cook, all arrested?"

"What did they do?"

"Who knows?"

"By the way, did you hear that? Just now the officer called that young man the commander of the land? ”

"Seems to be."

"Such a young commander, surnamed Lu, is Lu Fan?"

"That's right, it's Lu Fan."

"Since it was Lu Fan who made the move, he must have caught the wrong person."

"Yes, maybe these people are all spies of the Wei State."

"I think so."

The voices of the people reached the ears of the nine prisoners, and their hearts sank and became more and more uneasy.

Or even utter despair.

They all knew who Lu Fan was, and they naturally knew what it meant for Lu Fan to make a move.

It is the meaning of the Great Zhou Emperor.

Then no one will be able to save them, and no one will dare to save them.

Finished!

There is no hope.

I'm afraid that I will die in the Great Zhou, and I will never be able to return to Wei in this life.

What about their families?

Inside the tavern.

Lu Fan glanced at Qin Yu and Song Yu beside him, and said, "You two search the store to see if you can find anything?" ”

"Okay."

Qin Yu and Song Yu nodded at the same time.

"I'll go to the backyard and have a look."

Lu Fan returned to the backyard, entered the house, and began to search.

From the moment you first enter the door, you will search in little by little, even in a corner.

After a long time, he finally made a discovery.

It was a piece of paper with just a few lines written on it, but he couldn't read it.

He knew every word on the paper, but he didn't know what they meant together.

Not only is it difficult to form a sentence, but it is even difficult to form a word.

Is it a secret word?

Lu Fan frowned and looked at it for a while, but he couldn't crack it for the time being, so he had to give up.

He searched the house again, but found nothing.

Leaving the backyard, he returned to the tavern, found Qin Yu and Song Yu, and asked, "Have you found anything?" ”

"Nope."

Qin Yu and Song Yu shook their heads at the same time.

"Let's go, then."

As Lu Fan spoke, he walked out, "Enter the palace and face the saint!" ”

"Okay."

The two followed behind Lu Fan and left the tavern.

The people outside were scattered, and the soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division who were escorting the prisoners were long gone.

Lu Fan and the three of them rushed back to the palace as fast as possible and came to the outside of the imperial study.

After Xiao Guizi went in to report, he came out and said, "Lord Lu, the emperor invites you in." ”

"Okay."

Lu Fan entered the imperial study, and after saluting, he handed the piece of paper to Li Tianrun, and explained the journey in detail.

Including when he heard the conversation between the two men and women, he didn't hide it without any concealment, and said it truthfully.

"You're doing a great job!"

Li Tianrun praised it and said, "I will arrange someone to crack this letter, and maybe I will find important clues." ”

"There are also those prisoners, they will be handed over to the Terracotta Division for interrogation, and with the means of the Terracotta Division, some useful information will always be asked."

"Wait for a long time, gather all the clues, and then decide on the next action."

Speaking of this, Li Tianrun raised his head and glanced at Lu Fan, "Your participation will be indispensable at that time." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan agreed and reminded: "Your Majesty, although this operation is very successful, after all, there is no way to catch all the spies, I am worried that some people will notice something and may evacuate Da Zhou in advance." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Li Tianrun said with a smile: "I have thought of it a long time ago, and I have already set up a situation in advance and monitored some suspicious targets. ”

"If they make a move, I'll be the first to know and react."

"Besides, even if there are fish that slip through the net, it doesn't matter."

"As long as you can get all the spies of Great Wei out of Da Zhou, it can be regarded as a success."

"It's much harder for them to reconstruct new intelligence points."

"So, they may not go."

"After all, they have worked hard in my Great Zhou for many years, and some of them are even in high positions in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so they will not give up easily."

After a pause, Li Tianrun continued: "No matter what, the current form is beneficial to us, as long as we persist in investigating, we will definitely gain a lot." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan nodded slightly.

"Alright, you go first."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "After a while, with a new task, I will summon you into the palace again." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan retired and left.

Walking out of the imperial study, he saw several acquaintances.

Yan Qing, Zhu Jingtian, Mu Yan, Sui Yang, Meng Yu.

They are all masters of the Dragon Shadow Guard of the Royal Forest Army, and now, like Lu Fan, they are all on errands in the palace and are the imperial guards.

It seems to be Yan Qing's helper on this mission.

After greeting everyone, Lu Fan left first.

……

……

More than 20 days passed in the blink of an eye.

It was the morning of September 13th.

Lu Fan woke up from his meditation and opened the properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/1560

Power: 245.31

Dexterity: 83.75

Mental Power: 82.94

Physical strength: 306.43

Cultivation is: three products

Exercises: Vientiane Demon Suppression Perfection, the Eighth Level of the Tao Sutra (11245/20000)

Martial arts: The perfection of the six imperial gods, the perfection of the thousands of hammers, the perfection of the gods and demons, the perfection of the nine turns of the golden body, the perfection of the body of ten thousand refinements, the perfection of the heart refinement, the perfection of the King Kong, the perfection of the dragon elephant god body, and the perfection of the hundred veins and meridians

Assignable stat points: 200.11

In more than 20 days, Lu Fan trained the Hundred Veins to perfection, increasing his strength by 15 points, agility by 4 points, mental power by 4 points, and physical strength by 30 points.

Coupled with the usual increase in attribute points, his strength has increased significantly.

The meridians of his whole body, after being tempered, were several times stronger than before, both in strength and toughness.

Moreover, as the meridians were widened, he was able to exert his power better.

The same one-move knife or marksmanship can increase the power by at least one percent compared to before.

This made Lu Fan's strength go further.

He was now confident that he could defeat any Innate Realm powerhouse.

It doesn't matter who it is.

Even if the other party has a heaven-level exercise, he is not afraid.

But that's not enough.

Recently, the border has been very unstable, and the flames of war could ignite at any time.

Once a war starts, the flames of war will inevitably spread, and the whole world will be plunged into war.

As a soldier, he will definitely go to war when the time comes.

The stronger he is, the more calm he is on the battlefield.

When he has accumulated enough combat merits, he can exchange it for a copy of the Heavenly Rank Exercises.

At that time, he may become the top powerhouse in the world, and he will no longer be controlled by others from now on.

Do whatever you want and do whatever you want.

For this goal, keep going!

Some!

Lu Fan thought about it and planned to further improve his strength.

It just so happened that he had saved up enough assignable attributes.

It is completely possible to upgrade the Tao Sutra.

He calculated, and he was still 8755 points of experience left, and he could upgrade the Dao Sutra.

That is, 87.55 points of assignable attribute are required.

Lu Fan's mind moved, and he added 87.55 distributable attributes to the Tao Sutra.

The Tao Sutra has been upgraded to the ninth level!

"Boom!"

The majestic spiritual power frantically poured into his body, instantly filling his dantian, and there was a surplus, impacting the next realm.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Fan opened his eyes, felt the spiritual power in his body, and a smile appeared on his face.

Advanced!

The second grade is cultivated!

Open the Properties panel.

Lu Fan was pleased to find that after being promoted, his various attributes had been greatly improved.

His strength is increased by 24, his physical strength by 12, his agility by 8, and his mental power by 6.

According to his estimate, his real strength now should be about the same as that of the newly promoted Innate Second Realm.

One step closer to the top powerhouse.

Go ahead and exchange for the ninth-order alchemy.

There are two left.

Lu Fan got up and got out of bed, called Zhiqing, helped him put on his official uniform, and then went out and walked towards the palace.

A moment later, he entered the palace and came to the library.

"You're here again for a new exercise?"

Seeing Lu Fan, Li Ruoqiu got up with a smile and greeted him, "This time it's still alchemy?" ”

"yes."

Lu Fan took out the Hundred Veins Sutra and handed it to Li Ruoqiu, "Give it back to you." ”

"Okay."

Li Ruoqiu took the Hundred Veins Sutra in his hand and said with a smile: "You come with me." ”

"Hmm."

The two of them came to the tenth floor of the library one after the other.

Lu Fan was too familiar with this floor, and without waiting for Li Ruoqiu to speak, he took the initiative to find the row of bookshelves, and searched for the exercises on the shelves.

There wasn't much left, and there wasn't much left.

"Yi Jin Washing the Pulp Sutra"?

That's it!

Lu Fan quickly selected a new alchemy technique and handed it to Li Ruoqiu, "I'll practice this first." ”

"Okay."

Li Ruoqiu nodded, turned around and walked in front.

She was a little curious, "If you have cultivated so many ninth-order alchemy techniques, will the effect become weaker and weaker?" ”

"So far so good."

Lu Fan actually thought about it and said: "But the more you practice, the greater the chance of being affected, so when I practice a ninth-order alchemy again, I will stop, save more combat merits, and exchange for human-level or earth-level alchemy, and then come to cultivate." ”

"The human-level alchemy technique is okay, there seem to be a few books in the library pavilion."

Li Ruoqiu frowned, "But the ground-level alchemy technique, there is really no one, even if you have saved enough combat merits, it is useless, you can't exchange it." ”

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was stunned and said, "What about the Heavenly Order Alchemy?" ”

"Nope."

Li Ruoqiu shook his head lightly, "Heaven-level alchemy is even rarer, not to mention the library of the palace, even if it is the entire Great Zhou, if you want to find a copy of the heaven-level alchemy, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

"That's right."

Lu Fan was not too disappointed, his first choice was originally the Heavenly Rank Exercise, and the Alchemy Technique could be put back a little.

Anyway, his current physical body is already very strong, and he will wait until he completes his cultivation of the remaining two alchemy techniques and see the effect.

The two of them talked, came to the lobby on the first floor, watched Lu Fan sign and press his handprint, Li Ruoqiu handed him the "Yijin Washing Pulp Sutra", "Here, you can put it away." ”

"Hmm."

Lu Fan took the "Yijin Washing Marrow Sutra" into his arms and turned around to leave.

"You wait."

Li Ruoqiu called out to him, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and then heard a rush of footsteps, from far and near.

After a while, Xiao Guizi came panting and shouted at him from afar: "Lord Lu, the emperor is waiting to see you." ”

"Oh."

Lu Fan greeted Li Ruoqiu, "Farewell." ”

Then he walked over to Xiao Guizi, "Father-in-law Gui, where is the emperor?" ”

"The Temple of Cultivating the Heart."

Xiao Guizi turned around and walked in front, "Lord Lu, please come with me." ”

"Hmm."

The two walked one after the other, and soon came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

didn't stop, Xiao Guizi took Lu Fan directly into the main hall, "Your Majesty, Lord Lu has arrived." ”

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "You go down." ”

"Yes."

Little Guizi stepped back.

Lu Fan stepped forward to salute, "See the emperor!" ”

"No courtesy."

Li Tianrun stopped him and said with a smile: "Come and sit." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan sat down under Li Tianrun, and there were only two of them in the hall at this time.

"I came to you today, it's the last time."

Li Tianrun said: "The eight people you arrested in the tavern have very hard mouths and refuse to say anything, and the only clue you get now is on that piece of paper." ”

"The content of the secret language has been cracked."

As he spoke, Li Tianrun handed a piece of paper to Lu Fan, "Take a look." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan took it and looked at it, it was still only a few lines, but the content was very different.

He looked down line by line, only to see that it was written: "Buy Wu An and install eyeliner next to Wu Lingzhao." ”

"Find a way to arrange for people to infiltrate the Gu family and get close to Gu Chen."

"Mei Qingzhu, the second young master of the Mei family, has good wine, go find a few jars of good wine, ask someone to send it to the Mei family, take the opportunity to have a good relationship with Mei Qingzhu, and maybe you can use him in the future."

Seeing this, Lu Fan understood.

This is someone giving a mission to the tavernkeeper.

The task should not have been completed yet, or the task has just been placed.

Therefore, the piece of paper with the secret words written on it has not had time to be destroyed.

"What do you think?"

Li Tianrun asked.

Lu Fan said everything he thought in his heart just now.

"Hmm."

Li Tianrun nodded, "That's right, this is only a recent mission, and it is only one of the intelligence points, which shows that the infiltration of the Wei State spies into my Great Zhou." ”

As he spoke, Li Tianrun looked at Lu Fan, "We must find a way to dig out these people deeply and completely put an end to future troubles." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan answered: "There is another point, the person who gave the order should be hidden in the capital, and he may be the person in charge of the Wei State Intelligence Organization in the Great Zhou." ”

"If we can find him and capture him, even if he doesn't say anything, all the intelligence points of Wei will be temporarily paralyzed."

"Of course, it would be better if I could pry his mouth open."

After a pause, Lu Fan continued: "We can take the opportunity to find out all the intelligence points of Wei and eradicate them. ”

"That's right."

Li Tianrun said: "This is also the purpose of my search for you this time, to find out this person for me!" ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will do his best."

Lu Fan thought to himself, this is a very difficult task, if he can complete this task, it will definitely be a great achievement!

The rewards he has received for his exploits are certainly indispensable.

"You, Yan Qing, Ye Wuchen, and Su Yushan will all participate in this task."

Li Tianrun picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said: "But it will be divided into four lines, and it will be carried out at the same time, without interfering with each other, you will rely on these clues in your hands, as well as the eight spies you captured last time." ”

"If you have a way to get those few people to speak, you'll get the job done quickly."

"Similarly, Yan Qing and the others have also found some clues last time they arrested people, and they will also follow their own clues and the captured prisoners to complete this task."

"From today onwards, the four of you will carry out this mission at the same time, and whoever it is, as long as you can find that person and capture it, I will give you a great reward!"

Speaking of this, Li Tianrun glanced at Lu Fan, "You can find a helper on your own, but you must definitely find someone you trust, and you must not leak the news, so as not to startle the snake." ”

"Hmm."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, "Chen understands." ”

From this moment on, he, Yan Qing, and Ye Wuchen became competitive again.

Just like the last big competition, see who can win this competition in the end.

This is also a disguised competition.

It's just that this time it's more complicated.

It's not just about force, it's about brains, means, and even connections.

For example, Lu Fan himself knows both Wu Ling Zhao and Gu Chen in the clues, and he has some advantages invisibly.

"And."

Li Tianrun said: "You don't have to be limited to the person who gave the task, maybe there are higher-level people behind that person, if you can dig out the higher-level people, the credit will be greater." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan replied loudly.

"In the process of your investigation, maybe you will find out the officials of the Great Zhou, the children of the family, and even the disciples of the sect, some of them must have been bribed by the Wei State and are helping the Wei State do things."

Li Tianrun instructed: "You just have to let it go, no matter who it is, as long as the evidence is conclusive, you can arrest people, if anyone dares to resist, kill them!" ”

"Understood!"

Lu Fan has Li Tianrun's words, and he is more confident.

"Even if there is no evidence, as long as there is a suspicion, you can interrogate people, and even control people, detain them, and interrogate them."

As he spoke, Li Tianrun took out a golden token and handed it to Lu Fan, "You can take this token out at a critical time, I believe no one dares to embarrass you." ”

"Obey."

Lu Fan took the token and looked at it, only to see four big characters written on it: "If I am here!" ”

Naturally, he knew what this token was for.

No matter who you are, seeing this token is like seeing the emperor.

In other words, when Lu Fan held the token in his hand, he was exercising power on behalf of the emperor.

Have the power of life and death!

It shows Li Tianrun's trust in him.

"Alright, there you go."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "I still have to summon others." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan put away the token and left.

When he came to the outside of the main hall, he happened to meet Yan Qing who came in a hurry, and said hello, "You are here." ”

"Hmm."

Yan Qing smiled: "The emperor just summoned you?" ”

"yes."

Lu Fan nodded, "You go in quickly." ”

"What's the matter?"

Yan Qing asked in a low voice.

"Good thing."

After Lu Fan finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, "I'm leaving." ”

He wasn't wrong, and it was a good thing.

Whether it is for him, or Yan Qing and Ye Wuchen, it is an excellent opportunity.

If this task can be successfully completed, it will inevitably be indispensable to be promoted to the knighthood.

You will also receive a considerable number of meritorious rewards.

"See you later."

Yan Qing hugged his fists at Lu Fan, and then he straightened his official uniform and stepped into the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Lu Fan was not in a hurry to go home, but shuttled around the palace.

He had to find a helper first.

Qin Yu and Song Yu.

Both of them should be on duty in the palace today.

Lu Fan easily inquired about the place where the two of them were, Shenwu Gate.

Qin Yu and Song Yu are just ordinary six-rank guards with knives, and the places they are on duty every day are not fixed.

Guarding the door at Shenwu Gate today.

This is the north gate of the palace, and Qin Yu and Song Yu happen to be together.

Lu Fan saw the two of them from a distance and beckoned to them.

"I've seen the Commander."

Several guards, including Qin Yu and Song Yu, saluted Lu Fan at the same time.

"No need to be polite."

Lu Fan raised his hand slightly.

Then he shouted Qin Yu and Song Yu aside and asked, "Do you two have anything else to do in the afternoon?" ”

"Nope."

Both shook their heads.

"Well, I'd like to borrow you for a while longer and follow me on a new mission."

Lu Fan looked at the two and asked, "I don't know if you two are willing?" ”

"Of course I do."

"Do you need to ask?"

Song Yu smiled: "That's because you gave us a chance, and we have a good relationship with you, and we can't get it if we are someone else." ”

"Okay."

Lu Fan nodded, "I'll talk to Commander Gao later, so that you two can follow me later." ”

"Okay."

"That's a good idea."

Qin Yu and Song Yu both had joy on their faces.

They all know what that means.

I won't have to guard the door like I did today.

Moreover, following Lu Fan still has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Maybe I'll be promoted in the future.

The difference is too great.

It's still Lu Fan who values love and righteousness, and knows that he thinks about them when he has good things.

Otherwise, just by guarding the door in the palace, when will you be able to get out?

It seems that when I chose to go to the Zhennan Army, I chose the right one.

I was fortunate to meet Lu Fan, so that they could follow Lu Fan in the future and have a good future.

……

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(End of chapter)