studiobondurri Chapter 144 Yuwen Chenglong: My three shots are more than enough to deal with Wagang Village
Chapter 144 Yuwen Chenglong: My three shots are more than enough to deal with Wagang Village
Upon seeing this, General Zhao Chong quickly stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, please calm down. Shall I take you to find him?"
"lead the way!"
"It was a deep voice," Lü Xiao said.
He wanted to see what these guys were up to all day, tinkering with shady things instead of serving in the military.
Finally, the group arrived at a place with undulating terrain and shady trees.
Looking around, one can see many sizable buildings scattered throughout, but there are few people around.
Lu Xiao's gaze swept across the area, and if he wasn't mistaken, it appeared to be a burial ground.
Zhao Chong led him through a cluster of tombs, finally stopping in front of a rather grand mausoleum with its entrance already open.
The tomb passage was deep and dark, with faint sounds of lights and voices coming from inside.
Lu Xiao took a deep breath and stepped inside.
"You all better watch yourselves. If you disturb my ancestor's peaceful place, he might call you in for a talk tonight!"
Inside the tomb, Yuwen Chenglong was directing the soldiers of the Chixiao Army to work.
"This thing is in pretty good condition!"
On the other side, Pei Yuanqing squatted in front of an open wooden box.
He casually picked up a crystal-clear jade disc and stuffed it into his pocket without any hesitation.
"Pei Yuanqing, you little brat, what are you doing!"
Yuwen Chenglong, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately jumped down from the stone platform and pounced to snatch it.
"Hey, isn't that what you always say?"
Pei Yuanqing clutched the jade disc in his arms, speaking with righteous indignation, "If you don't take it, and I don't take it, how can the Prince take it?"
"Then don't take anything from my house!"
Just as the two were struggling, the usually silent Ao Yu sharply scanned another corner where items were piled up.
He ignored the gold and silver jewelry, but precisely picked out a few strings of copper coins strung together with hemp rope and stuffed them into his pocket with satisfaction.
Since Yuwen Chenglong has been defaulting on his debts, the only recourse is to cash them out from his ancestral property.
When Lü Xiao entered the main tomb chamber and saw this scene, he could only say that everyone's hands were not very clean.
He strained his voice and shouted at the sound coming from the tomb:
"Yuwen Chenglong!"
The sound rumbled and echoed in the empty tomb, instantly drowning out all the noise.
"what?"
Yuwen Chenglong was arguing with Pei Yuanqing when he heard the sound and his whole body trembled, his face turning pale instantly.
He thought his ancestors had appeared to him, and his legs went weak, so he knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"Hehe." Pei Yuanqing chuckled when he saw Yuwen Chenglong kneeling before him. "No need for such a grand gesture."
The busy Red Guard soldiers around them were taken aback at first, then burst into suppressed laughter.
Yuwen Chenglong then realized he had been tricked by Lü Xiao and quickly got up to complain:
"Your Highness! Please don't scare people in this tomb! This humble general is easily frightened and might think he's really seeing a ghost!"
"These are the Crimson Valiant Army, meant for conquest. What do you intend to do with them?"
When Lü Xiao saw these elite soldiers who had been charging into battle, they found themselves digging up graves.
He really wanted to kick him out so that Yuwen Chenglong would see the ancestor on the spot.
"Your Highness, please calm down!" Yuwen Chenglong shrank back and chuckled awkwardly, "It's just that having more skills is never a bad thing."
"Alright, shut up!"
Lu Xiao interrupted his fallacies and nonsense, too lazy to argue about it anymore.
"Stop using your ancestors' old house as practice, that's pathetic. We have serious business now, I'm taking you guys to do something real!"
As he spoke, he casually tossed the Zheng family genealogy book into Yuwen Chenglong's arms.
All the generals, including Pei Yuanqing and Ao Yu, and even the soldiers who were originally working, all focused their attention on that book.
Yuwen Chenglong took it, quickly flipped through a few pages, and his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"This is... the Zheng family of Xingyang? The entire family genealogy?"
Yuwen Chenglong's voice trembled slightly with excitement.
To be honest, the Yuwen family had long since figured out the structure, mechanisms, and distribution of burial goods in their ancestral tombs, and they were no longer interested in anything new about it.
"Haha, this is great! This job is challenging and has potential!"
Yuwen Chenglong burst into laughter, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
Practice makes perfect, and his skills finally found a real place to be put to use!
"Can I take anything from this tomb?"
Pei Yuanqing asked from the side.
He wanted to get more money to buy some gifts for his older brother.
"You can take this."
Lu Xiao wasn't a stingy person, and besides, the Zheng family's property wasn't his own anyway, so he just took it!
"Very good!"
Pei Yuanqing rubbed his hands excitedly, finally he had something he could take openly and honestly!
"What are you all standing there for?" Yuwen Chenglong immediately perked up and shouted, "Get moving! Put this place back to normal!"
Everyone responded enthusiastically and quickly began cleaning up the scene, putting as many moved items as possible back in their places.
Lu Xiao quickly mobilized more reliable men, and the group left Dongdu, crossed Hulao Pass, and headed straight for Xingyang.
At this moment, the leaders of the Xingyang Zheng clan are not in their ancestral home.
They had already secretly gone to Wagang Village, which was not far away.
Recently, Emperor Yang Guang's suppression of powerful families has intensified, and all the major families are secretly colluding to find a way out.
The Zheng family and Wagangzhai, especially Li Mi's lineage, had long been secretly in cahoots and maintained close ties.
By sending them money and provisions and befriending heroes, they were betting on a possible upheaval in the world.
If war breaks out, they wouldn't mind adding more fuel to the fire that burns down the Sui Dynasty, making it burn even brighter and fiercer!
This is the consequence of Yang Guang allowing Lü Xiao to continue targeting the Zheng family.
It remains to be seen whether Yang Guang will regret letting Lü Xiao run rampant when the world descends into chaos in the future.
But it was too late to regret it; this was the price to pay for targeting powerful clans!
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With their horses galloping at full speed, Lü Xiao's men soon arrived in Xingyang.
Yuwen Chenglong rode up to Lü Xiao's side and pointed northeast.
The area was mountainous and densely forested: "Your Highness, that over there... should be Wagang Village, right?"
As Lü Xiao's number one henchman, he was fully aware of the old grudges between Lü Xiao and Wagangzhai.
Lü Xiao followed his finger and slowly nodded:
"Yes, I was too busy with foreign wars to pay attention before, but now it's time to free up my hands and go back to see them."
He seemed to already see the outline of the mountain stronghold, and those familiar or unfamiliar faces.
Wang Bodang, Xu Maogong, Qin Shubao, and other members of the Jia Liulou sworn brotherhood.
I wonder if these former rivals and acquaintances have already washed their necks, waiting for his halberd to arrive.
"Beat him up!"
Pei Yuanqing raised his silver hammer; Lü Xiao's enemy was his enemy.
It's just a small Wagang Village, what's there to be arrogant about?
How dare he drive away his elder brother? He's courting death. Let's see how many times he smashes him down with his hammer.
"Let me do it! Let me do it!"
Yuwen Chenglong immediately shouted loudly.
People always pick on the weakest ones; a shabby mountain village like this probably doesn't have any capable people.
The Yuwen family's Thirteen Spears are about to strike again!