At the General's Mansion, Jia Yu hurried out to greet him.

At the gate of the General's Mansion, on a site 50 feet above the ground, a row of tallow lamps illuminated the square in front of the gate.

A wolf king, whose body is more than twice the size of an ordinary horse, is silver-white in color except for a tuft of scarlet hair between his eyebrows, and exudes a terrifying murderous aura. He stands quietly in front of the door.

Jia Yu saw the figure standing next to the wolf king from afar, and his face twitched. He complained in his heart: "I haven't seen this guy for a few years. What did he eat? When I saw him a few years ago, he was only eight feet tall."

Tian'en Hou Lu Yu stood calmly beside his beloved mount, stroking the wolf king's neck with his right hand.

He wore a jet-black battle robe with cloud and thunder patterns inside and a set of black chain mail outside, a phoenix-wing helmet, beast-head boots, an extremely wide beast-mask belt around his waist, and a jet-black cloak with Kunpeng patterns. His entire body was pitch black, which formed a sharp contrast with the silver-white wolf king beside him.

He was extremely tall, almost ten feet tall, perhaps an inch or two taller.

He has broad shoulders, a wolf-like waist, long arms and legs, and a beard more than a foot long on his weather-frost face, which makes him look even more majestic and impressive.

Especially because of his height, Lu Yu looked like an iron tower, standing firmly in front of the gate of the General's Mansion.

And a few years ago, when he bid farewell to the emperor and led his troops to Beijie City to take over military affairs, Jia Yu swore with his head that Lu Yu's height was a very normal eight feet. How come he had grown more than two feet taller after not seeing him for a few years?

This must be the wrong medicine.

Jia Yu complained in his heart, and at the same time he jogged even harder.

Even from a distance, Jia Yu laughed and bowed to Lu Yu repeatedly, "Marquis Tian'en, you are indeed Marquis Tian'en. It has been hard on this journey. It has been hard... Coming back from Beijie City, although there is a highway leading directly to Gaojing, it is more than 300,000 miles, and it is hard to travel day and night."

"Oh, two months ago, when I received your letter, the general has been thinking about you."

"General, you are the only hero in this city of Haojing. General, only with you, my Lord, can I drink to my heart's content and get drunk!"

Lu Yu put his hands on his belt and nodded indifferently to Jia Yu who was jogging over: "General, you are too kind. This time I came back smoothly and safely."

"Well, the location of the military advisor general's residence has not changed, right? This time, Lu Yu brought some local specialties from the north. They are not good things, but it's New Year's Day, so I want to make my family happy. I'll have someone send them to your residence later."

Jia Yu smiled even more brightly.

Beijie City, which is headed by Lu Yu, is the only passage from Zuzhou to Beimingzhou.

There is still trade between Beiming Province and Zuzhou where Haojing is located, and the caravans are extremely large, with the number of transactions each year being an astonishing astronomical figure.

Beijie City is the largest transportation hub, commercial hub and warehousing hub between Zuzhou and Beimingzhou. Countless businessmen gather here and countless goods are traded here.

As the ruler of Beijie City, Lu Yu naturally received countless tributes without having to ask for anything.

If Lu Yu just stretched out his hand, with the hard power of hundreds of thousands of Canglang Cavalry under his command, and ordinary legions that are more than ten times larger in number, it would be only natural for him to target dozens or hundreds of giant chambers of commerce and take over 20% to 30% of their shares!

The local specialties he mentioned must be very juicy.

"You are so polite, my Lord. I am not a pretentious person. I appreciate your kindness. The location of my mansion has not changed. It is still the same place as before. The garden at the back is several times bigger than it was a few years ago... It was just a coincidence. All the neighbors were moving, so I took over their gardens and put them together, right?"

Jia Yu smiled brightly, stood in front of Lu Yu and bowed to him.

Lu Yu nodded and said calmly, "I see. Is the general here? Logically, I should report to the general in person before returning to my own residence. This is the military rule, and the rules cannot be broken."

Jia Yu took a deep breath, spread his hands, and smiled bitterly: "My Lord, you came at an untimely time. The general is not here today. Look, the general is accompanying the Queen Mother in the Imperial City now!"

Lu Yu's eyes widened in surprise: "It's really strange. The general has always been inseparable from the military advisor and general. Why is it that today?"

Jia Yu narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice: "Hey, the general wants me to go with him tonight, but... a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. I have told the general about today's incident that I will definitely not get involved... even if I go, it will be useless!"

Lu Yu's eyes widened, and he pointed at Jia Yu and laughed, "You are not the kind of person who would 'defile' yourself like that. How can you use the word 'gentleman' to humiliate yourself? General, what is the matter with you going to the imperial city?"

Jia Yu looked around stealthily and said to Lu Yu stealthily, "Catching ghosts... It's scary. Just hearing that makes me feel cold and terrified. You say, with my thin arms and legs, wouldn't it just cause trouble if I go? So..."

"Ghost?" Lu Yu's face tensed, and he said in a deep voice, "What ghost? Where in the world are there ghosts?"

Jia Yu pulled Lu Yu's sleeve and told him in detail what had happened in the capital of Gao these days.

In particular, Concubine Qi hanged herself with a group of palace maids on New Year's Eve, and suddenly reappeared to cause trouble a few days later. She told Lu Yu everything she knew in detail.

After pouring out his heart, Jia Yu said with emotion: "Tell me, is this scary? The haunting is already enough to give us a headache, and there are also the remnants of the previous dynasty from the Nine Yin Sect, and the endless demons that are interfering."

Lu Yu wiped his long beard vigorously and said calmly: "Interesting, there really are ghosts? Wow, I want to see, facing my three-foot-long sword, whether they are female ghosts or monsters, are they really unkillable? I don't believe it!"
Lu Yu patted the sword box on his waist and laughed loudly: "In that case, please accompany me to the Imperial City, General Military Advisor."

Jia Yu's face turned pale. His already shriveled, skinny and somewhat weak face turned even paler all of a sudden.

"Hey, Lord Marquis, stop joking!" Jia Yu shouted and turned around and ran away.

Just after running a few steps, Lu Yu grabbed Jia Yu's neck, lifted him up like a chicken, and put him on the wolf king's back: "Haha, General, where are you going? Come with me... I am a general who just returned to the city. It's really hard for me to walk around in Haojing without you."

"Even if the emperor favors me, I still have to avoid suspicion, right?"

Lu Yu jumped onto his mount, whistled, and rushed towards the southern main gate of the imperial city with about two thousand Canglang cavalry guards.

Jia Yu was carried on the wolf king's back. He could not help but dance and shout, "My Lord, you can't go, you can't go, just go by yourself, don't take me with you... let my wife be safe... Hey, my Lord!"

"Come here, you bastards, wear more heavy armor, carry heavy shields, bring more people, and follow me to the imperial city. Oh... that's a female ghost... I don't know if you bunch of trash are any use."

When Lu Diqiang pulled Jia Yu to go with him.

Somewhere in Kunpeng Square in Gaojing, a powerful voice laughed in a low voice: "As expected, a few days ago, Siji Square tried its hand at killing a lot of people, but it pierced the Queen Mother's heart. The Queen Mother was furious, and the attention of the court was focused on that place. Kunpeng Square has been lax."

"Especially today, the Queen Mother is catching ghosts? The elite troops stationed in Kunpengfang have all been withdrawn to the Imperial City. It's truly amazing."

"The heavens are really on my side. The sect's plan is bound to succeed. My fellow disciples, let's launch the attack."

Above the imperial city of Haojing, especially near Kunpengfang, countless thumb-sized dark green little birds flew silently across the sky.

These little sparrows landed on houses and small buildings, making very melodious and crisp bird calls.

Along with the sound of birds singing, large groups of men dressed in colorful clothes, of different heights, weights, and appearances, who were unremarkable in the crowd, walked out of the houses and small buildings that usually had few people coming in and out.

These men were all wearing large coats that were several sizes larger than their bodies, and underneath they wore various fine armors.

The heavy plate armor of the Imperial Guards, the dragon scale armor of the Yulin Army, the mountain pattern armor of the City Defense Army, and the rhinoceros hide half-body armor used by the patrolling military marquises, etc., the armor styles are different, but judging by the workmanship, they are all official military standard equipment from Dayin.

Many of them were carrying long and short packages in their hands.

Following a few unclear commands, these people unwrapped their packages, revealing a number of powerful bows and crossbows. Judging from the craftsmanship of the bows and crossbows, they were definitely official and high-quality products.

They also wore huge quivers around their waists, which were filled with ironwood shafts, black eagle feathers, and three-inch long, three-edged arrows that pierced armor. In Haojing, only the imperial guards had arrows of this workmanship as standard.

Well, a few days ago, the group of assassins in Sijifang took advantage of the chaos to kill people. The bows, crossbows and arrows they used were all of the same standard.

These people gathered in the courtyard, thirty to fifty people together.

Along with the sound of bell-like laughter coming from somewhere, a faint fragrance filled the air.

These people rushed into the back alley through the back door of the house, and then ran towards the north without saying a word, with light and silent steps.

Gradually, the alleys came together and these people gradually gathered together.

When they were still two or three miles away from the street where the Prime Minister's Mansion was located, the team of people had become extremely impressive.

Looking down from a high altitude, one could see at least over twenty teams charging northward in the alleys.

The largest of these teams can have as many as 1,500 to 1,600 people, while the smallest can have nearly 1,000 people.

They seemed to know the patrol routes of the Kunpengfang patrol officers very well. A team of such a size managed to avoid the patrol teams of Wu Hou without any mistakes.

Occasionally, there are unlucky people who don’t know what they are doing in the back alley and are run into by these people.

Without any sound, a flash of cold light appeared, and a knife or a sword chopped down in front of them, and these unlucky guys were knocked to the ground.

In the sky, there were tamed falcons flying by. The officials of Gaojing City used these falcons to assist in night patrols.

However, when these falcons flew over the heads of these teams and saw the abnormally large crowd gathering below, they did not have time to issue a warning before arrows flew through the air from below and shot down the falcons flying dozens of feet above the ground.

In this way, more than 20 teams had a smooth journey and approached the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Afterwards, in all directions, including Kunpengfang, at least hundreds of houses caught fire at the same time.

The fire started very quickly, as if the hundreds of houses were soaked in grease. With just a flash of fire, large areas of the houses were engulfed in flames.