The dawn is dew, and it is shining on the banks of the Shanling River.

Above the official ship, one hundred black feather guards stood quietly with their hands on their official swords, solemn and solemn.

After putting down the pedal, Li Bairen carried the stretcher onto the boat, and everyone knelt on one knee:

"Governor!"

"Young Master!"

The sound was loud, and the Black Feather Guard on the river bank also found that Cao Hua had returned, quickly returned to the formation, and stood quietly on the river bank with his head held high.

Three thousand people were speechless, and the bloody forest was silent. Some of the prisoners tied to the ground were also lying on the ground and touching the ground with their heads, trembling.

Concubine Zhu Qu was originally on board the boat, but when she saw this scene, she was frightened and was at a loss and did not dare to follow.

Cao Hua sat on the soft couch at the bow of the boat with Han'er's support and raised his hand gently:

"Get up! Thank you for your hard work."

"promise!"

The Black Feather Guard dispersed again and continued to clean up the corpses in the dense forest.

Cao Hua sat on the couch, and the doctor came over with a medicine box, carefully cleaning the wound on his back and shoulders.

Several Diankui Shizhu, who came with him, ran to him and reported the battle situation and injuries last night.

The morning breeze was gentle, and Cao Hua sat at the bow of the boat facing the morning light. After listening quietly to the report from his subordinates, he nodded slightly and asked:

"Han'er, is your adoptive father here?"

Han'er stood beside him and frowned slightly: "I saw the frame of my foster father, but the foster father did not show up. He was anxious to come over to rescue the young master, but it was not clear yet."

Cao Hua nodded.

Soon, a sedan appeared on the river bank, and was carried by the Black Feather Guard and walked over through the dense forest.

Cao Hua thought it was Xue Jiuquan who had arrived, so he quickly got up and prepared to get off the boat to greet him, but he never thought that Old Man Lu had walked out of the sedan chair.

Lu Chen is the boss of the Eagle Claw Room, and Cao Hua is the boss of the Black Feather Guard. He is on the same level in terms of official title.

However, Cao Hua was in charge of the Diankui Si, and Lu Chen kept referring to the following rituals. At this time, he slowly walked onto the boat and raised his hand to bow:

"Governor."

"Old Lu, why are you here?"

Cao Hua asked Old Man Lu to sit down, which was a little surprised.

When Lu Chen was young, he had close friends with Xue Jiuquan and was considered a brother of the opposite sex.

After Xue Jiuquan entered the palace and took power, Lu Chen defected, from being a secret stake to a secret spy, and gave advice to Xue Jiuquan. After the establishment of Diankui Si, Lu Chen naturally became the leader of the Eagle Claw Room, with a very high status in Diankui Si and was the person Xue Jiuquan trusted the most.

Don’t look at Old Man Lu sitting outside the yamen with a purple clay teapot every day, pretending to be a doorman, in fact, he has great power.

The Black Feather Guard is just a group of thugs. What Diankuis really scares the kings, princes, generals and ministers are the ubiquitous spies, and these are all controlled by Lu Chen.

Because of his age, Lu Chen, like Xue Jiuquan, has not been out of Beijing for many years.

This time, Cao Hua was naturally a little surprised when he suddenly led the team out in person.

Old Man Lu sat down on the Grand Master's chair, took a sip of the teacup handed to Han'er, then touched the goatee and said:

"Mr. Xue's arrangement, I will obey orders."

"oh."

Cao Hua suddenly realized, thought for a while, and looked at the river bank where corpses were everywhere: "How did the adoptive father know that I would be surrounded and killed, so he sent someone over in advance?"

Old Man Lu looked at Cao Hua a few times and shook his head: "I thought the governor knew it."

“…?”

Cao Hua frowned slightly: "Before leaving, his adoptive father said that Tie Xiao had a secret of me and had no malice towards me, so he could come here."

Lu Chen sighed softly: "The governor really doesn't know what the handle is in advance?"

Cao Hua was stunned and his face slightly darkened.

It was only now that Cao Hua realized that the loopholes of this trip were extremely big.

Now he knew what Tie Xiao’s secret was - he was the son of a criminal minister, and was related to the battle for the throne nineteen years ago. His biological father died in the Zhenyuan Escort Agency on the first day of March and died in front of him.

He was three years old at the time and should have known these things.

Tie Xiao asked Mrs. Jing to bring the news and sent a sign from Zhenyuan Escort Agency. He mentioned the first day of March, and also reminded him, "I know about this, if you don't come, just tell me."

But he didn't know at the time, so he even went to ask Xue Jiuquan.

Xue Jiuquan obviously knew everything, but did not tell him, but said, "Iron Xiao is not here to kill you. If you have something to discuss with you, you can go and take a look."

Then he really ran over.

I'm afraid when he came to ask, Xue Jiuquan could see that he didn't remember what happened back then, and he was no longer Cao Hua from the past.

No wonder Xue Jiuquan suddenly said something like "He looks the same, but his heart is the same."

Cao Hua thought Xue Jiuquan was sighing about his life at that time, but now he thought he was hinting at him.

Cao Hua gently tapped the armrest of the soft couch with his fingers, shook his head and chuckled:

"I can't remember what happened back then."

Old Man Lu touched the goatee's beard and sighed: "Even if he doesn't remember his childhood, the governor is still a wealthy person. With a word from the traitor, he traveled thousands of miles to meet him. It would be ok if everyone did this."

Cao Hua nodded.

Old Man Lu thought for a little while and said softly: "Iron Xiao said he could not bring the Black Feather Guard, but the governor really didn't bring it. It's too honest. We are eating the official meal, so what are the morals of the world."

Cao Hua was not good at answering, so he pointed to the Hei Yuwei on the river bank: "Did you arrange these by your adoptive father?"

"No, when the governor took ten people out, I knew something was going to happen...

...Originally, Xu Ning was only allowed to follow him with No. 100 people, but the governor was really big. He killed from Xuzhou to Qingzhou, but Xu Ning couldn't catch up with him even if he rode a horse...

...Later, the governor killed people in Liushan Town to establish his authority, and exposed his identity, which attracted thieves from the rivers and lakes to attack him. I thought about it carefully. Since the governor had already revealed his face, it would be better to use his plan and bring all the bandits here... "

Cao Hua frowned slightly: "Then Mr. Lu used me as bait to lure the snake out of the hole?"

Old Man Lu nodded slightly: "The Governor has done this, and I will inevitably waste this opportunity if I don't follow the situation. So the young men revealed the whereabouts of the Governor to Liangshan, the Horse Gang and other bandits, and helped them pass on the news to each other so that they could quickly gather to rush to Xuzhou."

Cao Hua was stunned.

No wonder he arrived in Qi'an County, and the bandits arrived in the back, and the news was more informative than him.

No wonder all the stakes in the local Eagle Claw House disappeared, and the bandit leader from Shandong ran to him and he didn't know.

It turned out that all the people in the Eagle Claw Room went to spread the news to the people in the Jianghu.

"Old Lu is making his own decisions, so he doesn't know how to send me a message in advance?"

"hehe..."

Old man Lu picked up the teacup and took a sip: "I thought the governor could guess, so he didn't do anything more."

Cao Hua was covered in black lines.

Needless to think about it, Old Man Lu didn't want to notify him at all in order to deceive many bandit leaders.

If he had known in advance, he would not have fought against the three gangsters in the riverside, but would have been wandering around the woods to delay time. Song Jiang and others were not stupid. When they saw him delaying time, they would definitely know that there were people behind him, so naturally they would not pursue the defeated bandits without any warning.

However, even though he was hiding it from him, the actual situation was not very different. He had no hope of reinforcements and planned to force the three of them to escape from the water. Old Man Lu followed the flow and destroyed a large group of bandits, which was a surprise.

Cao Hua thought for a while: "How did you know I would come here?"

Old man Lu curled his lips and pointed at Zhu Qufei who was watching the scenery on the river bank:

"The people in the Jianghu are the most guesswork. They all like to drill into the deep mountains and forests, and they think where is safe. As soon as Tie Xiao takes action, I knew that Concubine Zhu Qu would think about escaping to the river. As long as he enters the dense forest and finds an opportunity to jump into the river, no matter how many people can catch up. The Jianghu people camping here also think so. As long as the governor is attacked from front and back, the only direction he can run is here."

Cao Hua nodded, understanding the cause and effect of the matter, but there is another problem:

"You can give these things to your subordinates and let them act according to your order. Why should Mr. Lu come here in person?"

When Old Man Lu heard this, his eyes dimmed a little. He took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Cao Hua:
Chapter completed!