March 30th, the 19th year of Jiayou.

Xiong Taidou led the army and retreated to the west.

Countless rioters had built a large wall in the valley leading to Anping Prefecture. Xiong Taidou led his army to retreat behind the wall and reorganized the food and supplies.

Less than an hour after Xiong Taidou withdrew his troops, trumpets sounded, drums of war beat, and smoke and dust rose to the sky on the east side of Anping Pass. An army several times larger than Wang Pu's riot-suppression army marched to the outside of Anping Pass in a mighty manner.

Wang Pu is dead.

The commander of the new reinforcements that came to quell the rebellion was his cousin Wang?.

Following the orders from the Emperor and the General, Lu Yi and Wang Xi completed the handover.

During the handover, Wang Yi's attitude towards Lu Yi was extremely cold. In fact, his eyes when he looked at Lu Yi were full of hostility.

"Lord Wang, it seems like this is the first time we meet?" Lu Yu didn't understand where Wang Yu's hostility came from. Could it be that he knew that Wang Pu's death was related to him? That didn't make sense!

Wang? said nothing, but looked Lu Yi up and down seriously.

After Wang Pu died in the battle, Lu Yi took over the army in Anping Pass and fought off the attacks of the rioters in Anping Prefecture one after another.

This made all the important officials from the literary and educational families, including Zhu Chong, feel extremely uneasy.

They deeply suspected whether Wang Pu's death was related to Lu Yi.

They were even more worried about whether Lu Yi had learned some of the truth about Anping Prefecture during the time he was in charge of the rebellion-suppression army.

"How did Wang Pu die?" After a long silence, Wang Pu asked Lu Yi impolitely.

"Assassinated by a master from the mob." Lu Yi gave a perfect standard answer.

"Why weren't you killed?" Wang Pu stared at Lu Yi and asked him directly why Wang Pu died, while Lu Yi was unharmed after taking over the army to quell the rebellion.

"Maybe I am more capable than him?" Lu Yi looked at Wang Yu without showing any weakness. "Some people enjoy high positions, but are actually useless. Lord Wang, why do you think that just because Wang Pu was assassinated, I will definitely make the same mistake?"

Wang looked at Lu Yi expressionlessly. After a long while, he smiled brightly and said, "You are right. Lord Tianyang is indeed a young and promising man. No wonder the emperor misses you so much and hurriedly transferred you back to Gaojing to accompany the king."

Shaking his head, Wang? sighed, "There are ghosts in Haojing again, causing a big disturbance, so your majesty is worried about Duke Tianyang. Duke Tianyang must be diligent and attentive when he returns. Who knows, he may be granted the title of 'lord' or 'king'?"

Lu Yi looked at Wang with a smile.

Wang? What you said is really an insult without using any dirty words.

He clearly meant that Lu Yi was awarded the title of Duke of Tianyang by flattering the emperor and helping him catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits. This time Lu Yi was transferred back to Haojing, and maybe he could catch a few more ghosts, and his title could be upgraded to a higher rank.

"Lord Wang, you have to be careful too. I don't want to receive your obituary right after I return to Haojing. That would be bad." Lu Yi said in an equally malicious tone: "Look, the "Wang" in your name and the "Obituary" in the obituary are too similar!"

Wang?'s face suddenly turned dark.

What Lu Fu said was so unlucky that Wang Yu really wanted to spit in Lu Fu's face.

Seeing Wang Yu's face turn so ugly, Lu Yu was inexplicably happy. He laughed loudly and said, "Lord Wang, you have to be careful. Our enemies are not just the rebellious forces west of Anping Pass."

"There are also rioters in the east of Anping Pass. They are not numerous, but they are extremely difficult to deal with. You must be careful!"

Lu Yi clasped his fists towards Wang?, then turned and left.

At a command, Lu Yu, Lu Jun, and Lu Yi, with their military supervisors, marched out of Anping Pass in a mighty procession and headed straight towards Haojing.

Wang? and the generals he brought with him stood on the Anping Guandong city wall, watching Lu Yi's army go away with complicated expressions.

"Beat the drums, gather the generals, and discuss how to pacify Anping Prefecture as quickly as possible." Wang? ordered loudly: "Also, where are the sons of Bai Changbai, the chief of the White Mountain? Be respectful and invite them to participate in the military discussion as military advisors and generals."

Wang? muttered in a low voice with envy and jealousy: "A living saint? That old ghost Bai Changkong...his nine bastard grandsons got a good deal!"

Thinking of Bai Changkong's current great reputation in Haojing City.

Think about it again, Bai Changkong’s distant niece was actually directly canonized as a noble concubine by the emperor!

Especially the news from the palace. According to convention, relatives like Bai Changkong would be granted titles. It was said that Concubine Bai was extremely beautiful and charming, and she charmed the emperor so much that he wanted to confer the title of "Duke" on Bai Changkong's family?

Zhu Song, who originally held a grudge against Bai Changkong and wished to kill Bai Changkong and his nine sons, was also scolded by Zhu Chong.

Right now, Bai Changkong is the hottest golden signboard in culture and education. How many people are busy trying to curry favor with him?

Even Wang?, received instructions from Wang's clan, asking him to train Bai Langjiu well, and let them share more military merits on the premise of ensuring their safety, so as to make friends with Bai Changkong!

"Military merit, military merit, there are only so many military merits. If we give nine to them, how much do we have left?" A general of the Wang family complained in a low voice beside Wang?

Wang? glanced at him and shook his head: "How stupid are you? We are the ones who report this military achievement, aren't we? Just report more. If you killed 100,000 rebels in one battle, wouldn't you report 1 million? You are a bunch of idiots. How can you be our Wang family's descendants?"
Lu Yi's army galloped along the road for a long time.

When they were hundreds of miles away from Anping Pass, Lu Yice rode to a small hill and looked back in the direction of Anping Pass.

"Tsk, my two brothers, lead the army back to Haojing." Lu Yi said to Lu Jun and Lu Yi with a cold face, "Go slowly and buy some time. I will stay in Anping Pass for a few more days. We must not let Xiong Taidou succeed so easily."

Lu Jun and Lu Yi were moved when they heard this, and nodded at the same time: "Don't worry, Brother Yi, we must not let him take all the credit. But, you are alone, I am afraid..."

Lu Yi smiled and shook his head. He was not alone. "It doesn't matter. It's more convenient for me to be alone. I..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Yi suddenly raised his head and looked towards the south.

Due south, a burly man over ten feet tall, with a face full of flesh, sweeping eyebrows, big round eyes, and bronze muscles on his exposed chest that looked like cast iron, was riding a strange-looking mount and carrying a huge animal hide package. He was galloping towards this side along the road.

The mount was pitch black all over and shaped like a sika deer. On its forehead were not coral-like antlers, but two straight three-foot-long horns, which were pitch black and shiny, like two short spears growing on its head.

Compared to Lu Yi's mount, Blood-hoofed Black Horse, this strange-looking mount is two times larger.

In particular, its running speed was astonishingly fast. When Lu Yi just saw the big man standing on the hill, the distance between him and the mount was nearly a hundred miles, but in just a few breaths, the mount had already galloped several miles away.

Lu Yu, Lu Jun and Lu Yi only felt their souls stirred - with this guy's speed, could he easily run hundreds of thousands of miles in a day?

This is definitely an exotic beast mount with an alien bloodline that has not dissipated. It is totally incomparable to Dayin’s current mounts such as Blood-hoofed Black Horse, Blue Cloud Horse, and Canglang.

The big man came too fast, and the Yulin Army light cavalry behind him had no time to react. They only felt a flash before their eyes, and the big man rode his mount, all the way through the army and arrived at the foot of the hill.

"Who is it?"

It was not until this time that the Canglang Riders under Lu Jun and Lu Yi shouted in unison, grabbed their longbows, put arrows on them, and surrounded the big man from all directions.

“May Buddha have mercy on me, monk, and I mean no harm.” The big man touched his bald scalp and jumped off his mount.

With a thud, no one knew whether it was due to the big man's weight or the things in the animal skin package in his hand were too heavy, but when he landed on the ground, there was a huge muffled sound, the ground trembled slightly, and hundreds of wolves around him growled in low voices in extreme anxiety.

Lu Yu raised his eyebrows.

'Buddha have mercy on me'?

Is this bald man a Buddhist?

Such a burly guy, is he a disciple of the Vajra Temple?

"Don't be rude to the master. Put down your weapons." Lu Yi waved his hand, bowed to the monk and said with a smile: "May I ask the master?"

"Monk Kongkong is just an ordinary monk." Monk Kongkong strode up the hill carrying a package of animal skins. The exquisite mount, which was more than three feet taller than Monk Kongkong, stood on the ground and followed him slowly with a ticking sound.

"I was meditating in the mountains when I suddenly had an idea that you and I are destined to be together. So I specially sent you some items to help you succeed!"

Monk Kongkong shouted loudly, his energy was exceptionally strong, and tens of thousands of soldiers near and far could hear him clearly.

Many officers and soldiers under Lu Yi's command, especially those under the palace guards, stared at Lu Yi with wide eyes in disbelief - a hermit who gave treasures to heroes and helped them achieve success, isn't this a plot from the historical novels in the market?

Love, is there really such a thing?

Monk Kongkong walked up to Lu Yi and unwrapped the animal skin, revealing a full body armor that was completely black, a 10-foot-long spear that was also pitch black, and a longbow with extremely thick arms and a bowstring as thick as a little finger, and the entire bow was seven feet long.

"I'm Kong Kong. According to seniority, you three should call me Grandmaster." Monk Kong Kong lowered his voice and said, "In compliance with the order of the abbot, I'm sending this set of armor to Lu Yu to make it easier for you to work for our sect."

"Well, the host has said that he will let that little thief Shiwu take you into the inner sect directly."

Monk Kongkong touched his bald head and continued, "The abbot has promised you four Red Lotus Deliverance Pills. As long as you refine them, someone will deliver them directly to you. The abbot said, you should not embarrass that fellow Xiong Taidou."

"Oh, by the way, after the Shi generation, there is the Fa generation." Monk Kong Kong looked at Lu Yi with a smile: "The abbot and several elders thought about it for a long time and gave you an excellent Dharma name."

Lu Yu's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness came over him.

"May I ask what is Master Kongkong's Dharma name?"

Kong Kong smiled brightly: "Fahai... your magical power is boundless and as vast as the ocean. This shows the host's earnest hope for you."

Lu Yi's smile was completely frozen, and his eyes were staring at nothing.

Inside his sleeve, the green snake moved slightly, and Lu Yi suddenly had an urge to throw the green snake away for tens of thousands of miles.

'Fahai'!

'Fa Hai'!!

'Fa Hai'!!!

Lu Yu really wanted to swear.