"I'm not the one looking for you. I heard that you were looking for me that day. Coincidentally, I had something to do so I went out and only came back yesterday. So I wanted to ask why you were looking for me that day." A slight smile appeared on Du Shaofu's face.
When the indifferent young man heard this, his face immediately twitched. He raised his head slightly and his long black hair swayed slightly. His thin and long phoenix eyes stared at Du Shaofu with a rather arrogant gaze. He was Han Xin of the Lanling Four Young Masters.
Han Xin naturally wouldn't listen to Du Shaofu's words. It was clearly this fellow who came looking for him, but now he was denying it. Looking at Du Shaofu for a moment, his thin lips parted in pride as he said, "Let's not beat around the bush. Let's end the matter of the city guards. You should know that Lin Ming is only here to avenge his son, but he didn't expect you to be someone from the Lanling Palace. He can't afford to offend you at all. Now that he has been locked up by you for so long, the father and son have suffered so much. You should have vented your anger. How about letting Lin Ming go, since you don't dare to kill him.
"Lin Ming …?"
Du Shaofu pretended to be puzzled. He looked at Han Xin and said, "I remember now. Lin Ming was arrested by the Lanling Palace's private army because he was suspected of rebelling. It has nothing to do with me."
"Du Shaofu, if you continue to act like this, then there is no need for us to continue this discussion. Perhaps you have already sensed that keeping Lin Ming in your hands is a problem. If you do not wish to continue this discussion, then I will take my leave. If you have the ability, then kill Lin Ming." Han Xin's face darkened. His originally indifferent face became even more indifferent at this moment.
"This has nothing to do with me, but I have something to tell you. I just found out about it."
Du Shaofu looked at Han Xin with a faint smile. He paused for a moment and then said, "I just found out that Lin Ming finally couldn't hold on in the Lanling Palace's private army camp. So he confessed everything."
"What did he say?" Han Xin's expression changed slightly.
Du Shaofu smiled and said, "Actually, Lin Ming didn't say much. He just said that you and your father planned to deal with the City Lord with the City Guards. He said that you planned to take action next month and that you were all prepared."
"Bullshit, that's impossible. You must have been beaten into a confession by Lin Ming. My father and I didn't have that intention at all." Han Xin was furious when he heard this. This was definitely a confession by torture.
"Hahahaha …"
Suddenly, Han Xin laughed heartily. His furious face returned to normal in a short period of time. He looked at Du Shaofu and smiled, "Du Shaofu, you're just trying to provoke me and get information out of me, right? Your methods are far too immature and unpresentable."
Du Shaofu still had a smile on his face. "Indeed, you are very smart. As expected of the leader of the Lanling Four Young Masters. However, it's about time now."
"What do you mean it's about time?" Han Xin frowned. He had a bad feeling about this.
"Young master Shaofu, it's bad. Something bad has happened."
Just as Han Xin finished speaking, a hurried voice sounded from outside the side hall. Huang San, Zhang Lin and a few others ran into the side hall in a panic. They said to Du Shaofu, "Young master Shaofu, the City Guards have really rebelled. There are no less than ten thousand of them in armor. They have already surrounded the Lanling Palace."
"What …"
Han Xin's expression changed greatly when he heard this. He had specifically informed all the officers of the city guard not to act rashly, so it should be impossible for something like this to happen. He immediately said in surprise, "That's impossible, that's absolutely impossible."
"Han Xin, it looks like you and your father really plan to deal with the Palace Lord?" Du Shaofu looked at Han Xin in surprise.
"That's impossible. I'll go take a look."
Han Xin's expression was solemn. If the city guards were to surround Lanling Manor so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through, then this matter would be a huge problem.
"Young master Han, please wait."
Du Shaofu immediately stood in front of Han Xin and said, "There's no need to rush this. I'm sure the Lanling Palace's private army will deal with this quickly. We'll know once we capture the leaders and interrogate them."
"I'll go take a look."
Han Xin became even more anxious after hearing Du Shaofu's words. If the City Guards were captured, the situation would be even worse. He really couldn't understand why the situation would suddenly become like this. Logically speaking, the City Guards shouldn't be like this.
"Young master Han, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Are you feeling guilty?" Du Shaofu had no intention of letting Han Xin leave. He immediately stood in front of Han Xin again.
"Du Shaofu, what do you mean by this!" Han Xin looked at Du Shaofu with a gloomy expression.
"It looks like you need to stay in the Lanling Palace."
Du Shaofu smiled slightly, then turned to Zhang Lin and said, "Commander Zhang, you keep an eye on young master Han. I'll go inform the Palace Lord that Han Xin and his son and the City Guards are plotting something. I'll tell the Palace Lord to capture Han Qiang first." As soon as he finished speaking, Du Shaofu was about to leave.
"Du Shaofu, you're framing me! Wait!"
Han Xin's expression changed greatly. He immediately grabbed Du Shaofu's shoulder and pulled Du Shaofu back.
"No, I have to inform the Palace Lord. Let go!"
With his shoulder pulled, Du Shaofu immediately turned around and shouted. A palm print wrapped in a faint golden light of Xuan Energy slammed toward Han Xin. An astonishing gale swept out, and a trace of a smile flashed across his eyes.
Han Xin's expression changed. In a panic, he immediately let go of Du Shaofu's shoulder. At the same time, he used his left hand to block the attack.
"Bang!"
A low and deep muffled sound was immediately emitted. At the same time, Du Shaofu's body was directly blown away by a wild and ferocious wind. He violently smashed against the wall of the side hall, causing the wall to crack open.
"Impossible, how could this be …"
At this moment, Han Xin's expression changed drastically. He felt that Du Shaofu's palm strike had suddenly retracted, and then he was sent flying. It was obvious that Du Shaofu had deliberately injured him.
"How dare you, Han Xin, injure young master Shaofu so severely."
Almost at the speed of lightning, Zhang Lin's figure appeared behind Han Xin. He grabbed Han Xin's shoulder with one hand, and his Xuan Energy surged and restrained Han Xin, who was still in a daze.
"Tie him up!"
The several people behind Zhang Lin seemed to be prepared. They took out cold iron chains and tied Han Xin up tightly with lightning speed.
"I understand now. This is a trap. Du Shaofu, you tricked me!"
Han Xin did not struggle. He looked at Du Shaofu, who was slowly getting up from the ground, and a bitter smile appeared on his indifferent face. He said, "I didn't expect to fall for such a low-level trap."
"You didn't fall for it. There are indeed many city guards surrounding the Lanling Palace."
Du Shaofu slowly walked in front of Han Xin. There was some blood at the corner of his mouth, but there was a smile on his face. He said to Zhang Lin, "Commander Zhang, you saw it with your own eyes. Now you know what to do, right?"
"Young master Shaofu led the city guards to surround the Lanling Palace. He even wanted to kidnap young master Shaofu. Because young master Shaofu resisted, he ended up injuring young master Shaofu. If I didn't save him, I'm afraid that Shaofu would have been dead. It seems that young master Han and his son really want to rebel," Zhang Lin said.
"Alright, I'll leave that person to you. I'm seriously injured, so I'll go treat my injuries first." Du Shaofu smiled with satisfaction, turned around, and left the side hall.
… … …
At dusk, there was a soft, transparent, and moist air floating in the sky.
In the sky above the Lanling Palace City, the setting sun rolled in the golden-red clouds before gradually sinking behind the dark horizon.
At dusk, the entire Lanling Prefecture City was shaken. Everyone watched as tens of thousands of armored soldiers stepped out from the city guards and surrounded the Lanling Prefecture.
Not long after, the crowd saw that the Lanling Palace's private army outside the Lanling Palace seemed to have been prepared. The mighty army pounced out at the same time and directly surrounded the city guards.
In the end, the experts in the Lanling Palace's private army said something and the Lanling Palace's private army defeated the city guards without a fight. The tens of thousands of city guards were captured and taken away.
All of this happened in the short span of dusk. Then, the Lanling Palace once again regained its peace. Everything was calm, as though nothing had happened. Not a single trace was left behind.
In the sky, the golden edges of the setting sun flickered and gradually dimmed. Far away from the Lanling Palace City, light blue lines began to appear on the mountain range's outline. The sky slowly turned dark.
Throughout the night, the people in the Lanling Palace City were in a state of panic. The confrontation between the city guards and the Lanling Palace's private army had spread like wildfire.
The more unclear the situation was, the more fearful it was. Various large, medium, and small forces, as well as the civilians, were all guessing what would happen in the Lanling Palace City.
Not long after nightfall, someone saw the City Lord Han Qiang, who rarely appeared in the City Lord Mansion, leaving the mansion in a hurry with a few trusted aides. Finally, they entered the Lanling Palace and left the Lanling Palace after a long while. At the same time, the City Lord Han Xin was with them.
In the wee hours of the morning, many people in the Lanling Palace City saw the tens of thousands of city guards who were captured by the Lanling Palace's private army at dusk yesterday. They returned in an orderly manner as though nothing had happened.
In short, the night seemed calm, but for many people, there were turbulent undercurrents.
On this night, Du Shaofu was extremely relaxed. He had already returned to his room and began to study his unique Pulse Spirit.
The more he studied, the more shocked Du Shaofu was about his unique Pulse Spirit.
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