Generally speaking, when people are poor, they are brave and fearless because life or death does not matter.
However, people like Lu Yongzhi, who become extremely extravagant and licentious after suddenly becoming rich and have evil character, are mostly afraid of death because they cannot bear to die.
Now that his life is in the hands of others, he will naturally struggle to survive.
Convinced that he had the other party under control, Yang Zaixing continued, "Of course, if you cooperate actively, it is not impossible to give you the antidote. You can take your subordinates and go back now. I hope to see you at the old teahouse tomorrow morning."
Lu Yongzhi looked at Yang Zaixing, then at Chen Gong, with his head hung, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
At this moment, he no longer had the reckless and daring passion to do so. He said nothing and walked out of the boudoir nervously. The so-called active cooperation in the other party's words meant that he should obey orders. It was not difficult for him to understand this meaning. Since he was asked to go back now, he might as well go back.
Looking at Lv Yongzhi leaving, Chen Gong suddenly had a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked anxiously, "Just let him go like this?"
"What else?" Yang Zaixing said indifferently.
"What if he doesn't keep his promise tomorrow?"
Yang Zaixing glanced at him and said confidently, "No, he will find out tomorrow morning that part of his beard and some hair will fall off for no reason, and most doctors can't find the cause. This fact will remind him that he'd better not break the appointment. After all, his life is still in our hands."
The next day.
Lao Cha Fang is the name of a time-honored teahouse in Gaoyou City.
Not only is it very famous, but its tea is also well-known far and wide. If it weren't for the turbulent times, this place would be packed every day like before. Although it is not as popular as before, there are still many people willing to gather here to drink tea and chat.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Zhu Li took Yang Zaixing and Chen Gong to a private room, where they stayed quietly, sipping tea and waiting for Lu Yongzhi.
After taking Yang Zaixing's so-called poison pill, Lu Yongzhi felt nothing. After returning, he specially invited several local famous doctors to help him check his body, but they found nothing.
Even his good friend Zhang Shouyi, who was well versed in health preservation, examined him but still could not diagnose any problems.
In addition, he was also a Taoist priest and was quite knowledgeable in medicine, but he could not find anything abnormal in his body.
He tossed and turned all night long, unable to fall asleep. He only fell into a drowsy sleep at dawn. But when he woke up, he was inexplicably shocked to find that a lot of his beard, armpit hair and head hair had fallen out. Thinking of what Yang Zaixing had said yesterday, he immediately became restless.
Obviously no one could find any problems, but what was supposed to happen still happened. He no longer dared to trust others and even became suspicious. Even Zhang Shouyi aroused his suspicion. Yesterday, Zhang Shouyi carefully checked him for a long time, but in the end, he didn't find anything.
Lu Yongzhi thought that now he and Zhang Shouyi were both Gao Pian's left and right Taoxie guards. If he died, wouldn't Zhang Shouyi be able to take full charge of this elite subordinate
It took Lu Yongzhi a lot of persuasion to convince Gao Pian to select the 20,000 most elite guards from the army of hundreds of thousands. These were the capital that these alchemists relied on to bully many powerful generals.
Zhang Shouyi did not detect anything unusual. He thought that the other party did not make the diagnosis carefully and seemed to have ulterior motives. Of course, this was just the suspicion of a confused man. He did not think about it. Didn’t he himself not feel anything unusual
With such an uneasy mood, Lu Yongzhi did not dare to delay. After breakfast, he immediately led a group of thugs and assassins to rush to the old teahouse. Only then did he realize that everything was fake, and his life was the only real thing.
After arriving at the location, he ordered his men to guard around the old teahouse. Lü Yongzhi walked up to the teahouse anxiously. The owner of the old teahouse, seeing that it was this guy, hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Captain Lu, do you want to drink tea or have a snack? Do you want me to find a quiet place for you?"
If it were normal times, he would certainly be very pleased and would probably agree immediately, but now he was obviously not in that mood and asked anxiously, "Are there two special guests coming to the teahouse today?"
"A special guest?" The boss groaned and looked at Lu Yongzhi in confusion.
As soon as he saw the other person's expression, Lu Yongzhi knew that his question was in vain. He became annoyed and impatient, and shouted angrily: "Go away, I will find it myself. No matter how far you are, get as far away as you can."
Poor teahouse owner, he failed to curry favor with the emperor and was humiliated for nothing.
Faced with Lu Yongzhi's nameless anger, the teahouse owner retreated in panic and never dared to come forward to talk to him again.
Lu Yongzhi was in no mood to pay attention to all this. He took a deep breath, tried hard to suppress his anxiety, and patiently searched in the teahouse. Last night, Yang Zaixing asked him to come to the old teahouse, but did not tell him how to make the connection, so he could only look for it slowly.
The more he couldn't find them, the more uneasy he felt, and the more uneasy he felt, the more he wanted to see the two people from last night.
The old teahouse was very big. It took Lu Yongzhi a stick of incense to find the private room where Zhu Li was. When he pushed open the door, he suddenly saw Zhu Li, but found that it was not the person he was looking for. He felt impatient and a little disappointed. When he was about to ignore the other party and leave, he glanced and saw the two people behind Zhu Li. Aren't they the two people he was looking for
They were actually serving respectfully behind this young man, which made him suddenly realize that it seemed that the one who truly controlled him was this young man.
The young man seemed a little familiar, but I didn't know where I had seen him. Behind the young man, there was a man looking at him with a playful expression, with the corners of his mouth raised, as if mocking him. He was the one who forced him to swallow the poison pill; and the other man had a sinister look on his face, staring at him with flaming eyes. Wasn't he Chen Gong
Seeing the two people, Lu Yongzhi hurriedly and tremblingly closed the door of the elegant room, then walked up to the few people, but did not dare to sit down. He looked at Yang Zaixing at a loss, then turned around and looked at Zhu Li with respect and a hint of flattery, and found that the other party was looking at him with an expression of "as expected".
Lü Yongzhi didn't understand what was going on, so he bowed and said flatteringly, "My brave man, no, my young master, I have come here as agreed. I wonder if you have any orders for me?"
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In response to his question, Yang Zaixing and Chen Gong remained silent. Zhu Li glanced at them and said calmly, "Are you Lu Yongzhi?"
Hearing this, Lu Yongzhi thought to himself that this young man must be the one in charge. Thinking of this, he did not dare to neglect him and quickly bowed and said, "It is me. I wonder what you want me to do."
Seeing the alchemist in front of him, Zhu Li thought to himself, as expected, this person was one of the two alchemists he had met in the Cao army, and he was the evil man with a weasel head and a goat beard. Seeing this person, Zhu Li couldn't help but sigh at the vicissitudes of life. The world is so big and the world is so chaotic, and the two of them met again after three years. He didn't know whether this was fate or a debt of sin.
"Lü Yongzhi, you bewitched Gao Pian to refine elixirs and seek the truth, but you took the opportunity to rise to power, bully your colleagues, and bring disaster to the local area. Do you know your crime?" Zhu Li opened his tiger eyes wide, murderous intent revealed, and the horrifying bloody aura was released, which almost suffocated Lü Yongzhi in an instant. His hands and feet were cold, and he didn't know how to respond.
Looking at Lu Yongzhi who seemed to be in a state of panic, Zhu Li decided not to scare him anymore.
He slowly put away his momentum and said solemnly: "For a person like you who has committed so many evil deeds and has no righteousness, according to my temper, I would have chopped off your head and fed it to the dogs long ago. However, now that you have not made a big mistake, if you can turn over a new leaf and help me do a few things, I don't mind giving you a way out."
Lu Yongzhi's clothes were completely soaked, and beads of sweat were pouring down his forehead. He had no idea what Zhu Li said, but he remembered the words "Help me do a few things, and I don't mind giving you a way out" and hurriedly said, "Whatever you ask for, as long as I can help, I will never let you down."
Looking at the terrified Lu Yongzhi, Zhu Li did not have the slightest sympathy. This man repaid evil with kindness, took human life lightly, regarded the dignity and integrity of others as nothing, and wantonly humiliated local generals. He deserved to die.
"Okay, my first condition is not a difficult thing for you. I want to meet Gao Pian, and you can arrange it." Zhu Li stared at Lu Yongzhi and spoke directly.
"Okay, I will make sure it's arranged." Upon hearing this, Lu Yongzhi quickly agreed. Although he didn't know why this person wanted to see Gao Pian, his life was in the other party's hands. How could he dare not agree to such an easy thing to do.
"The second condition is that recently, countless spies and assassins have infiltrated Yangzhou. I heard that you have great power. Please help me to clear these people out. When you go back, immediately issue an order to do this. For these people, don't care about life or death. I believe you should be able to find them and kill them, right?" Zhu Li asked again.
Since this Lu Yongzhi could bully the general Bi Shiduo to that extent, it is obviously impossible that he only relied on his eloquence. He must have something to rely on. Moreover, Zhu Li happened to find out from Yang Zaixing and Chen Gong that this ruffian who was born as an alchemist had selected 20,000 elite soldiers from the more than 100,000 Yangzhou troops to form the Taoxie Guards. Those were the most elite soldiers under Gao Pian. It should not be a problem to wipe out those death squads.
"Okay, my lord, don't worry. I will take care of it when I return." Lu Yongzhi responded quickly, not daring to raise any questions.