Chapter 93 Ambush
Eunuch Liu is missing?
Although Lu Sen was familiar with Eunuch Liu, he had no intention of getting close to him.
He is not very socializing. Except for a few people, such as Zhan Zhao, Prince of Runan, the Cao brothers, etc., he seldom takes the initiative to communicate with other people.
Not to mention that Liu Chuanzi is a member of the palace. Lu Sen can even be considered half a royal relative now. If he becomes familiar with Liu Chuanzi, Zhao Zhen probably won't be too reassured.
"Didn't you say there was a note?" Lu Sen handed the letter back to Zhe Jimin and asked, "What did the note say?"
"I ask you to go somewhere to meet them, otherwise I will kill General Liu." Zhe Jimin waved his hands helplessly.
Lu Sen showed a surprised expression: "They actually threatened me with Eunuch Liu? Is there mud in their heads?"
If he threatened his relatives such as Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian, Lu Sen would naturally go to the place he designated without saying a word.
But Eunuch Liu... forget it.
Lu Sen was not so saintly as to take risks for someone he didn't know very well, especially when the other party was obviously trying to harm him.
Lu Sen knew very well the reason why they kidnapped Eunuch Liu... because it was very difficult for a strong man to kidnap Lu Sen's people in Bianjing City now.
The Prince of Runan secretly sent many good fighters to protect Zhao Bilian, and Yang Jinhua herself was a martial arts expert, especially recently she had been drinking honey water and practicing martial arts every day, and her martial arts skills had grown many times faster than before.
In addition, the city of Bianjing took the initiative and really dared to kidnap people, which was almost like entering a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.
Since they can’t kidnap Lu Sen’s family, they can only kidnap Eunuch Liu.
"Besides, the disappearance of General Liu was too strange." Zhe Jimin snorted coldly: "Under such heavy protection, a living person disappeared without a trace. It's hard not to think of something."
"I think so too." Lu Sen no longer took Liu Chuanzi's matter to heart. He looked at the Rejuvenation Banner not far away and said, "It's a pity that I have to take it back."
"I understand." Zhe Jimin also felt it was a pity.
Not to mention Lu Sen's conditional and terrifying killing ability, his magical skill of healing people's bones is really amazing.
It’s a pity that the flag cannot be taken away.
They tried it just now, and the flag can only be stuck in the soil. They even tried to dig a large piece of soil and put the flag and the soil on the cart together, but it didn't work.
The Rejuvenation Banner is very strange. Even if you dig the ground around it, it will still stand there, passing through the soil and floating in the air.
Just as other people cannot touch it, soil is not actually used to be fixed, and it does not need to fix itself at all.
Lu Sen walked over and put the Rejuvenation Banner into the system backpack, then said to Zhe Jimin: "Then I will go back to Beijing first. Please send some people to deal with Eunuch Liu's matter."
"I know. Brother-in-law, you should be careful along the way." Zhe Jimin gently patted Lu Sen's shoulder: "Now that your reputation is gradually becoming known, more and more people are coveting your immortal status. When they can't get it, some people will definitely take risks, just like what happened to Eunuch Liu."
"I have some ability to protect myself, but Guangxiao, you guys have to be careful. On the battlefield, swords and arrows have no mercy."
Zhe Jimin laughed: "Don't worry, you gave me a batch of magic soldiers before, and helped me destroy Xixia's 100,000 elite soldiers. If I can't win again, I won't be able to face my ancestors."
"It's good to have confidence, but don't underestimate the enemy." Lu Sen said with a smile: "I'll be waiting for you in the capital to defeat Xingqing Prefecture and then come to the capital to receive the honor. I will treat you to a feast then."
"Okay, when I get to Beijing, I will definitely go find you for free food and drinks."
The two men smiled at each other, then Zhe Jimin took Zhe Ke away, while Lu Sen, under the protection of the Imperial City Bureau, rode his horse towards Xi'an, then turned west and returned to Bian Jing.
Along the way, the people from the Imperial City Bureau protected Lu Sen very closely, but Lu Sen could clearly feel that the people from the Imperial City Bureau no longer wanted to be close to him as much as before they came, but were more in awe of him.
Lu Sen knew very well that this was because he used the giant wheel to kill a large number of Xixia soldiers.
No one wants to get too close to a killer.
It took three days to get from Gyeongju to Xi'an, and then out of the city and onto the official road.
After leaving Xi'an city, you can see lush green mountains stretching on both sides of the road. Spring has come to the vicinity of Xi'an, but it is difficult to reach Gyeongju city.
A caravan was encountered on the official road. Fifteen men from the Imperial City Bureau were leading the way. They were wearing black hats and black clothes, and looked very murderous. Everyone who saw them was frightened and quickly made way.
Thanks to this, Lu Sen returned to Beijing very quickly. In four days, he was only more than 200 miles away from Bianliang City.
Walking along the official road beside the Bianshui River, the group subconsciously slowed down their pace. As they were getting closer to their destination, they felt more relaxed and had the leisure to appreciate the beautiful spring scenery along the river.
This is the official road heading north. Generally speaking, few caravans and travelers take this road, so although it is close to the capital, it is still not very popular.
There are advantages to having fewer people: birds are singing and the mountains are quiet.
But quietness also has its disadvantages, for example, it makes it easy to do things that are shady.
Just as Lu Sen was admiring the beautiful scenery along the way, everyone in the Imperial City suddenly became alert. The leading man made a gesture, and the group of people guarded Lu Sen again in a circle.
Are there enemies?
Lu Sen looked around and suddenly found that a group of people suddenly appeared on both sides of the official road, blocking them from the front and back.
Judging from his attire and appearance, he should be a gangster.
"My fellow heroes, we are protecting a nobleman from the imperial court, and he has nothing to do with the martial arts world. Did you make a mistake?" The leading man from the Imperial City Division clasped his hands together and said, "I work for the Imperial City Division, and I have good relations with heroes like Zhan Zhao and Ding Yan. Could you please give me some face and let us pass?"
This place is only about two hundred miles away from Bianjing City, and the people in the Imperial City Administration don't want to cause any more trouble.
But the other party didn’t think so.
Among the people blocking the road ahead, there was a handsome young man. He stepped forward and said with a smile, "I know you are protecting the noble, Master Lu."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people in the Imperial City Division froze. The leader put his left hand behind his back, made a gesture, and lightly snapped two fingers.
The sound was so soft that only they could hear it.
After this voice appeared, everyone in the Imperial City Bureau drew out the scimitars that Lu Sen had given them slightly.
Lu Sen stood in the center of the protective circle, with his hands behind his back. With some doubt, he asked softly, "You came to see me? Is Eunuch Liu's matter related to you?"
"Speaking of Eunuch Liu, Master Lu is really heartless. He actually watched someone die without helping him." The young man said this, and then he seemed to remember something. He first showed a surprised expression, then his demeanor became matter-of-fact, and then he said with a little sneer: "Master Lu, I should call you uncle-master."
Uncle master?
Lu Sen immediately reacted: "Oh, it turns out to be the Penglai Sect of the East China Sea."
The Penglai sect of the East China Sea claims to be from the same school as Lu Sen, but from a different faction.
They spread the word in the martial arts world that Lu Sen's sect practiced the art of cave dwelling, lived in the mountains, and focused on earth and wood; the Penglai immortals of the East China Sea practiced the art of life, gained insights by the sea, and focused on gold and water.
Five hundred years ago, both sects were disciples of the Zongmiao Sect, but later they parted ways.
They also created a lot of settings, such as the grudges and hatreds between sects, and the disputes over the orthodox doctrine, and they made them sound very serious.
Unexpectedly, Lu Sen issued a "wanted order" in return. Whoever can get the head of the leader of Penglai in the East China Sea will get a bottle of fairy jade bee nectar.
It almost has the effect of bringing the dead back to life and can greatly increase one's martial arts skills.
This news made all the people in the martial arts world move, and many people wanted to try their luck in Penglai, East China Sea.
If Penglai of the East China Sea was not located overseas, most people in the martial arts world would not be able to get a boat to go out to sea, otherwise Penglai of the East China Sea would be in big trouble.
But even so, the East China Sea Penglai Sect's operations and intelligence points on the shore suffered a severe blow.
Almost completely cleared out.
Hearing that Lu Sen had guessed the identities of himself and the others, the young man cupped his hands and smiled insincerely, "As Master said, Uncle Lu is indeed smart. Disciple Luo Bufan, I pay my respects to Uncle Master."
"Haha, I dare not be your uncle." Lu Sen sneered.
"It doesn't matter whether Uncle Lu is the master or not, I just want you to be my uncle." Luo Bufan laughed and said, "Please come with us, Uncle Lu. Master has been waiting for you in the East China Sea for a long time. He wants to have a good chat with you about the Daoist tradition."
Lu Sen looked around and found that the other side had only about 20 people. He asked, "What if I don't want to go?"
"Then I will apologize for now. I hope you will forgive me for any rude remarks."
Luo Bufan gestured to a fellow disciple beside him. Then the fellow disciple took out a bamboo whistle from his waist and blew it a few times.
Then, a dozen people holding wooden basins suddenly rushed out from the two Daoli Immortals. When they were more than ten meters away from the imperial city officials, they raised the wooden basins in their hands.
A large amount of black blood poured out and landed on the front, back, left and right of the Imperial City Division. Even many members of the Imperial City Division were caught off guard and were soaked all over.
It stinks.
Lu Sen was also splashed with black blood, but because of the function of his "skin", he was clean. The black blood could not slip away from him and all flowed onto the ground.
The leader of the Imperial City Division picked up some black blood and sniffed it, then said, "It's dog blood."
Then several people rushed out from both sides of the road, threw out several fishing nets with their hands, and covered them.
"Protect Master Lu."
The leader of the Imperial City Division roared, and dozens of members of the Imperial City Division jumped in, the swords in their hands bursting with light and dancing into a ball of light.
Generally speaking, fishing nets are difficult to cut when they are not under any force in mid-air.
But these dozen or so members of the Imperial City Bureau were holding scimitars made by Lu Sen, and they were also married to Yang Jinhua, which gave them the bonus of making cold weapons.
It was extremely sharp, and the nets were chopped into pieces in the air by more than a dozen scimitars.
After the dozen or so people cut the fishing net, they quickly retreated and surrounded Lu Sen again.
At this time, the young man laughed: "Uncle Lu, you have extraordinary magic skills, why don't you fight back now? I'm standing right here, come, use your most powerful magic to kill me?"
Lu Sen raised his eyebrows.
"Or do you mean that you don't actually have any real magical power to kill people?" The young man Luo Bufan laughed proudly.
Lu Sen didn't say anything.
"Master has been collecting intelligence about you. According to our speculation, you do know a lot of magic, but it seems that none of them is a real way to kill people." Luo Bufan's expression became more and more proud: "Even if the stone wheel you used to annihilate the Xixia army was actually just taking advantage of the terrain, it should be the wheel of some kind of vehicle. You don't have a spell that can kill people directly, right?"
Everyone in the Imperial City
"You are very smart." Lu Sen nodded and admitted openly: "I really don't know how to kill people."
"To be on the safe side, we not only brought some bloody stories, but also prepared something more interesting for you, Master Lu."
As soon as Luo Bufan finished speaking, many people dressed in country clothes walked out from both sides of the road. They held short bows in their hands and pointed their arrows at Lu Sen, waiting for Luo Bufan's orders.
There are probably about a hundred people in this group.
The leader of the Imperial City Division was stunned for a moment, then a probing expression appeared on his face.
In fact, Lu Sen also noticed that these country men holding bows were not rural at all, and many of them had extremely white skin.
The leader of the Imperial City Division took a step back and said nervously, "These one hundred people should be members of the army."
"army?"
Lu Sen was a little confused. It didn't make sense. He had a very good relationship with the generals in Bianjing City. They shouldn't attack him.
But apart from the generals, which other family in Bianjing City has military power?
In the palace?
It is even more impossible. Not to mention that Zhao Zhen has a demand for fruits like peaches, given his benevolent and righteous character, if he really wants to take action against Lu Sen, he will do it openly and without any tricks.
Who could that be?
The disappearance of Eunuch Liu also seems to be related to these people.
As a martial arts sect, Penglai of the East China Sea actually has the ability to shake the power of the officialdom in the city of Bianjing?
Lu Sen became more and more confused.
At this time, Luo Bufan laughed arrogantly and said, "Uncle Lu, please come with me and stay in Penglai, East China Sea for a few days."
"No." Lu Sen shook his head.
"Then it's not up to you." Luo Bufan asked someone to blow the whistle again. About four or five breaths later, another group of people came out from both sides of the road, holding black blood and fishing nets in their hands.
"Uncle Master, who doesn't have any killing spells, how can you get away from us?" Luo Bufan made a gesture of invitation: "If Uncle Master doesn't come out in three breaths, I will have to have everyone shoot you to death."
The people from the Imperial City Bureau still did not move.
At this time, Lu Sen moved.
He stretched out his hand, and countless golden lights suddenly appeared, fell to the ground, turned into square bricks, and quickly stacked up.
In less than three breaths, a square tube had been formed and it was still rising.
While the brick wall was still above his eyes, Lu Sen winked at Luo Bufan provocatively.
Seeing Lu Sen's face disappearing before his eyes, and seeing the walls formed by the golden light, Luo Bufan, who had been calm just now, became anxious and shouted angrily, "Find them out quickly."
Dozens of skilled fighters jumped high into the air, trying to land on the opponent's square tube room from the roof.
As a result, when he jumped into the air, he found that Lu Sen had already "sealed" the top floor with stones.
"Surround them! I don't believe he will never come out." Luo Bufan walked to the front of the square room, touched it, and said unhappily, "He is doing all these crooked things. Is this something a god can do?"
