Zhang Fei thought to himself, We've never met before. Could it be that this bastard is after my property? Seeing that his martial arts are mediocre, he wanted to see what tricks he had up his sleeve. "Please lead the way," he said.
Lu Fei led him into the mansion and ordered the servants to serve good wine and food. Zhang Fei was also a wine lover. After drinking a few large bowls of wine with Lu Fei, he let his guard down and called him brother. Zhang Fei asked about Lu Fei's age. Lu Fei thought that since Zhang Fei looked like he was in his twenties, he must be older than him. "I'm twenty-seven this year," he said.
"Brother Lu looks younger than me," Zhang Fei said in surprise. "You're actually three years older than me." Lu Fei relaxed and said, "It's actually a fake age. If we're talking about age, I'm only twenty-five this year."
Zhang Fei immediately raised his wine bowl and said, "Brother, you and I hit it off at first sight. Let me give you a toast." Lu Fei raised his bowl and drank. Zhang Fei drank his own bowl as well. Why did he feel like he had traveled back in time? The two drank until they were dizzy. That day, Zhang Fei rested at Lu Fei's mansion. The next day, after dinner, he wanted to leave, saying that he still had matters to attend to at the manor. Lu Fei urged him to stay several times before sending him away. In ancient times, there were many etiquette. If Lu Fei did not urge him to stay, Zhang Fei would probably think that he was impolite.
After sending Zhang Fei away, Lu Fei shook his dizzy head, thinking that Zhang Fei could really drink. He ordered a bowl of pear juice and began to practice the Nine Yang Divine Arts. After a while, Lu Fei knocked on the door, saying that someone wanted to see Lu Fei and discuss business.
Lu Fei sighed inwardly. He got up and walked out of the room. In the reception hall, he saw a middle-aged man. This man was tall and had fair skin. He looked like he came from a wealthy family. When the man saw Lu Fei, he immediately stood up and greeted him. Lu Fei returned the greeting. After the two sat down, the man spoke first. "I'm Li Hou of Fanyang County. I heard that Young Master Lu's iron craftsmanship is very good. I'm here to order a batch of weapons."
Lu Fei hesitated, "Privately manufacturing weapons is against the law of the Great Han Dynasty, this …"
Li Hou replied, "Young Master Lu, the Imperial Court's jurisdiction is lax right now. How would they have the time to care about such things? You don't have to worry about it. We'll take care of the officials here." Seeing that Lu Fei still had a difficult expression on his face, Li Hou said, "If it's really not possible, we can increase the price for Young Master Lu. Moreover, we will be Young Master Lu's long-term customers. When we cooperate in the future, the amount of money we can earn will be endless."
Lu Fei was waiting for him to raise the price. After hesitating for a while, Li Hou said, "Our master really sees that your saber is very good and sincerely wants to buy a saber from you. You have to think twice."
Lu Fei gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, how much do you want?"
Li Hou smiled and said, "For the time being, I want five hundred good knives and three thousand arrowheads. Don't worry about the money, we won't treat you unfairly. We only have one request, and that is that every knife must be a treasure knife that can cut iron."
Lu Fei happily said, "You don't have to worry about this."
After sending the middle aged man away, Lu Fei weighed the gold in his hand and said, "This can be considered a relatively large income for us. With the chaos of war at hand, weapons are a popular industry."
Lu Xin who was at the side exclaimed, "Chaos of war at hand!"
Lu Fei turned around and said, "Don't panic, this is just my guess. Now that the Han Dynasty is weak, why do you think Li Hou wants to buy weapons?"
Lu Xin asked, "Why?"
Lu Fei looked around and said, "Looking at his pampered appearance, I guess he's a servant of some nobility. What do you think he wants to do?"
Lu Xin thought of a possibility and exclaimed, "Rebellion!"
Lu Fei made a shushing gesture and said, "We need to earn more money to prepare weapons. Just wait and see, there will be more and more people buying weapons from us."
Lu Xin looked at Lu Fei's back and suddenly felt that he was somewhat unfathomable. Was this still the Young Master he knew? He shook his head and felt that something big was about to happen. However, deep in his heart, he believed that even if the sky fell, the Young Master would have a way to deal with it.
Lu Fei gathered a few idle servants and taught them some martial arts. During lunch, someone sent an invitation to him. It turned out that Zhang Fei wanted to invite him to be a guest at his manor in a few days. Lu Fei immediately wrote a reply and sent it over.
Lu Fei practiced martial arts until the afternoon when Lu Xin came to report that the Lan Family had already filed a complaint against Lu Fei for plotting to murder their daughter. It was estimated that the court would be held tomorrow.
Lu Fei sneered and said, "Send a gold brick to Old Man Liu. Lan Xiaohua bullied me and took my property. They have to compensate me. Tell the county magistrate that if this matter is settled, we'll give him 20% of the compensation." Lu Xin secretly praised the Young Master's wisdom and took the gold brick.
The next morning, the yamen summoned him. Lu Fei changed his clothes and brought a group of people to the yamen. These people were all his witnesses.
When Lu Fei arrived, County Magistrate Liu was changing his clothes. When he saw Lu Fei, he smiled and said, "Nephew Lu, you're here. Don't worry, the Lan Family took your property. I'll definitely give you justice."
Lu Fei smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Liu." He knew that County Magistrate Liu's words were not meant for him, but for the nearby yamen servants.
After the court was held, Lu Fei found that the person kneeling in front of him was a middle-aged man with a big belly. He guessed that this person should be Lan Xiaohua's brother.
County Magistrate Liu read out the Lan Family's complaint. Lu Fei knew that this person's name was Lan Liming. At this time, the county magistrate asked, "Lu Fei, Lan Liming accused you of poisoning his sister and cousin and burning them to death. Do you have any objections?"
Lu Fei said, "Sir, I didn't poison his family. I can let the coroner do the autopsy."
County Magistrate Liu looked at Lan Liming and said, "Do you agree to open the coffin and do the autopsy?" Lan Liming said angrily, "The dead are already dead. How can I be disrespectful to them? This is absolutely not the time."
County Magistrate Liu said, "Then do you have any evidence?"
Lan Liming said, "At that time, the servant in the mansion saw Lu Fei poisoning my sister with her own eyes."
County Magistrate Liu said, "Summon the witness."
Lu Fei looked at the person who came. It turned out to be the servant who was expelled before. Presumably, she was also Lan Xiaohua's family. She pointed at Lu Fei and said, "That night, I saw him standing outside Madam's window with my own eyes. He blew the sleeping incense inside."
Lu Fei sneered and said, "Sir, I have a witness to prove that I was not present at that time."
County Magistrate Liu said, "Summon it."
After a while, Hanxiang came out. Her arm was broken. She barely knelt beside Lu Fei and said, "Sir, that night, the young master was taking care of me. I didn't see him go out."
Lan Liming immediately pointed at her nose and said, "You little bitch are lying."
Lu Fei immediately said, "Sir, he threatened my witness and deliberately disturbed the order of the yamen."
County Magistrate Liu immediately hit the gavel and said, "Lan Liming, if you deliberately make trouble again, you will be punished."
Lan Liming was angry, but there was nothing he could do. He could only bow his head.
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