Lan Liming was so scared that his face turned pale. "Who are you?" he asked with a trembling voice. "What do you want?"
Just as Zhang Fei was about to speak, Guan Yu stretched out his hand and lifted Lan Liming out. At the same time, he secretly circulated his zhenqi and sealed all the major acupoints on Lan Liming's body. Then, he sealed the mute acupoint of the woman beside him, and carried Lan Liming out the door. Guan Yu threw Lan Liming to the ground. "Where are your treasures?" he asked.
Lan Liming was naked and shivering from the cold. "In … in a secret compartment in the study room," he said.
Zhang Fei picked up Lan Liming and rushed to the manor's study with Guan Yu. Lan Liming moved aside a bookshelf, revealing a cupboard inside. There were piles of gold, silver and jewels. Zhang Fei packed everything up and was about to end Lan Liming's life. Guan Yu quickly stopped him. "Something is wrong," he said. Then he looked at Lan Liming and asked, "Where are the rest?"
Lan Liming pretended to be surprised. "What … what rest?" he said. "This is all I have."
Guan Yu immediately put the saber on his shoulder. "Speak properly. Do you want me to chop off one of your arms first?" he said.
"Don't!" Lan Liming immediately said. "I'm telling you, it's here." Then he picked up a brush holder from the table and twisted it a few times to the right. The wall creaked and a bookshelf slowly moved to the side, revealing a door inside. Guan Yu lit a candle and walked in. He saw the whole room was filled with gold, silver, antiques, landscape paintings, calligraphy and paintings that Lan Liming had plundered. He took an exquisite little box from the closet. He opened it and looked inside. It was the title deed of the Lan family's land.
Guan Yu said, "Big Brother said that a lot of the Lan family's land was taken from the Lu family. Today we are returning it all."
Lan Liming's body trembled. He knelt down and said, "Master, please show mercy. I have old and young to take care of …" Zhang Fei raised his saber and chopped his head off. "Sly villain," he said. "You're about to die and you're still talking nonsense."
"Let's move all these things away," Guan Yu said.
Zhang Fei immediately went to the door and called everyone over, "Is everyone ready?" Everyone replied, "We are ready." Zhang Fei said, "Come in, let's move our things."
Everyone entered the treasury. Everyone carried some things on their shoulders, and in a flash, everything inside was emptied out. At this time, many people in the Lan Village were awakened by the noise of the crowd. One after another, they rushed out to take a look. Someone shouted, "Thief, thief!" This time, all the lights in the Lan Village were lit up. Guan Yu said, "Let's go." All twenty or so people immediately spread out. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei jumped over the wall. Looking back, the whole Lan Clan Manor was ablaze. The twenty people who started the fire were rushing over from behind. The whole Lan Clan Manor was filled with shouts and screams. Many people ran out in a hurry. Some people tried to put out the fire, but the fire was already too big. The Lan Clan Manor would definitely be turned into ruins.
Zhang Fei stood in the distance and laughed. "This is retribution."
Guan Yu said, "This is a reminder to Gongsun Zan. If this guy still insists on doing things his own way, we'll let him have a taste of big brother's methods. Let's go."
Everyone rushed back to the Lu Clan Manor that very night. The next day, Lu Fei rewarded them according to their merits. He took out some of the gold, silver, and jewels and gave them to everyone. The rest was confiscated. At the same time, Zheng Lin rushed to Luoyang. He contacted Zhang Rang in the palace and spent a large sum of money to buy the two county magistrates. At this time, the Ten Attendants rebelled.
Five days later, Zheng Lin successfully returned with the county magistrate's official seal. The county magistrate of Zhuo County was transferred and replaced by Guan Yu. Fanyang County was also taken over by one of Zheng Lin's trusted aides. After all, Zheng Lin was always running around and had many things to do.
Lu Fei's actions immediately made Gongsun Zan feel uneasy. Although he was in charge of the Zhuo County Governor's Manor, the entire county's military power was in Guan Yu's hands. Even if he wanted to take back his military power, he would have to report it to the imperial court. However, Zheng Lin's large sum of money was not completely useless. Even if Gongsun Zan wanted to report it, the Ten Attendants would stop him. The emperor could not see him at all.
Zou Yuan changed his name to Zou Rui and was appointed as Zhuo County's general. He was in charge of the city guards. Because he was now a wanted criminal, if someone used his real name and it was exposed, it would be very bad. Han was also appointed as the city's general. The two of them chose suitable elites from the army and began to openly train the soldiers. These soldiers had already undergone training and had a certain foundation, so training them was not very taxing.
Sometimes, if Han took a fancy to anyone in the Lu Clan Manor, he had the privilege to choose anyone. These people would inexplicably be placed in the city's army and become officers of the imperial court. In a short period of time, the Lu Clan's power spread throughout both the business and political world.
One day, Lu Fei was writing in the study when footsteps suddenly came from outside the door. Lu Fei thought of Wei Ning's face. There was a knock on the door. Lu Fei said, "Please come in."
Wei Ning walked in hale and hearty. He stopped by Lu Fei's table and said, "Young Master Lu, I made two more masks in the past few days. Put them on and try them."
Lu Fei took the mask from Wei Ning's hand and looked at it. He saw that this mask was more exquisite than the previous one. The skin color was completely in line with Lu Fei's skin. The pores on the mask were clearly visible. Even the fine hairs inside the pores were very realistic. Lu Fei praised, "This mask can really pass off as the real thing. Duke Wei must have spent a lot of effort."
Wei Ning smiled and said, "A few days ago, Zhiyu came to beg me. I also made two masks for him."
Lu Fei suddenly realized something and said, "Duke Wei, may I ask if this mask can be made to imitate someone else's appearance?"
Wei Ning said, "As long as you have seen the person, you can naturally make it."
Lu Fei nodded. He already had an idea in his mind. He said, "Duke Wei, you have worked hard this time. I will have someone send the reward money over in a while."
Wei Ning waved his hand and said, "Young Master, you have already given us food, clothing, and shelter. How could I dare to covet anything else? But … I have a presumptuous request. I hope Young Master will agree."
Wei Ning said, "Wei An has always been playing with Qinger and the others. So he has the idea of learning martial arts. He insists on learning from Young Master. I know Young Master is busy …"
Lu Fei interrupted him and said, "Duke Wei, you are too polite. You have done so much for the Lu Clan. It is not a big deal that Wei An wants to learn martial arts. As long as he wants to learn, I will teach him with all my heart. Don't worry."
Wei Ning said happily, "That would be best. I thank Young Master."
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