Chapter 293 The Fourth Road
Zuo Chen released all the young masters of the aristocratic families.

When these young masters saw their families, they all cried and screamed, tears streaming down their cheeks.

Of course, there were also a few young men who, after looking around, did not find any of their families and looked quite distraught.

A group of nobles left Yaochi Tower, all of them dejected and depressed, like eggplants hit by frost, wilted and depressed.

Zuo Chen stood at the door and saw them off with a smile.

He looked around and suddenly saw the old man who had just spoken to him looking at him with a complicated expression.

The old man seemed to want to say something, but in the end he closed his mouth and walked away.

Zuo Chen shook his head slightly and returned to Yaochi Tower only after seeing that all the nobles had left.

The passers-by on the street who were unaware of the situation were also shocked when they saw this group of officials. Seeing their behavior, they gathered together and whispered:
“What’s going on? The emperor wants to confiscate their house?”

“King Wei’s visit to the city these past two days may be related to this matter.”

Hearing the noise of passers-by on the street, the noble’s face changed slightly.

If it were normal, the nobles would probably scold loudly and drive away all those who dared to gossip.

If he is in a bad mood, he will grab a few gossipers and beat them severely to stop them from talking nonsense.

However, today, they had no interest at all and walked away listlessly.

Just as Zuo Chen said, there were no casualties today.

But now the nobles would rather have a few people die to sacrifice to the Taoist priest, and hope that he would stop causing so many troubles.

“What do we say?”

The third-rank official who had just spoken to Zuo Chen was silent for a few seconds.

He seemed to have made a decision before saying:

“We won’t be able to come up with anything in our meeting today, so let’s go home first.”

They dispersed in silence.

No one knows what the future will look like.

The eldest son of the Lu family followed the third-rank official and whispered:
“Grandfather, I was careless today and was captured by that Taoist priest.”

“You said it as if you can avoid it if you are careful.” The old man shook his head: “When it reaches that level, it is no longer a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster.

“Man-made disasters can be prevented by psychological warfare, but natural disasters cannot. When natural disasters come, you can either pray for good luck or simply run away. There is no other choice.”

“Grandfather is right.”

After saying goodbye at a busy intersection, the group of officials dispersed, and the grandfather of the Lu family also returned home with the eldest son of the Lu family.

As soon as I entered the house, a heavily made-up woman came out of the yard in small steps, followed by two maids who were holding up her long skirt and jogging all the way.

The three of them rushed in front of the eldest young master of the Lu family like a regiment, and stopped only when they reached him.

He looked at the eldest young master of the Lu family anxiously, and only breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that he was not injured.

Then he looked at the silent old man beside him and bowed:
“Father.”

“Let’s go inside first.”

The grandfather of the Lu family said.

After everyone entered the house, the grandfather of the Lu family looked at the guard at the door:

“Lock the door and affix the dust-isolating talisman. If there is any unusual movement, immediately affix the Vajra-repelling evil talisman.”

The guard could hear the seriousness in Lu’s grandfather’s tone and nodded hurriedly.

After the few people left, the security guard immediately closed the door and put the talisman close to it.

He felt that one was not enough, so he pasted two more, then held the killing stick and stared at the door nervously.

The hosts walked along the corridor above the artificial lake that was chilly in the spring evening and arrived at the main residence of the Lu family.

After arriving at the main house, Lu’s grandfather immediately asked the maids to close the doors and windows, and asked the guests to take out red ropes and cover the doors and windows layer by layer.

After doing all this, Grandfather Lu took three incense sticks and walked to a painting.

The painting depicts a man in plain clothes and a tall turban. He holds a book in his left hand and a brush in his right hand.

He is the ancestor of the Lu family.

“Ancestors, I am an unfilial son, Lu Dexing. I beg you to protect me tonight.”

There was no movement on the hanging painting.

After doing all this, the grandfather of the Lu family called the eldest young master of the Lu family and the heavily made-up woman to come forward.

“Father, you are so alert tonight, but what happened?”

The woman asked, her voice uncontrollably uneasy.

“We met the Taoist priest today.” The grandfather of the Lu family told the woman and the eldest son of the Lu family everything, and the two of them widened their eyes.

The eldest son of the Lu family had no idea that something like this would happen during the time he was arrested, and he couldn’t help but feel annoyed for a moment.

“So what are your plans?”

“The Taoist priest gave me three options. One is to take my property and leave, one is to fight him. The last one is that after I hang myself, you can distribute my property.

“But if we do this, even if the Lu family exists in Kyoto, it will only be a lingering existence.”

The eldest son of the Lu family and the woman both shook their heads.

They absolutely could not accept the fact that the grandfather of the Lu family committed suicide in exchange for the family’s survival, so they had to think of other ways.

The grandfather of the Lu family also continued:

“Except for those foolish people or the nobles who have been deeply tied to the noble, no one else would choose to fight such an immortal.”

The grandfather of the Lu family said.

“Then let’s go? Leave Kyoto?” the woman asked.

“Neither.”

“Hmm? Grandfather, what do you mean?”

The eldest son of the Lu family was obviously confused. How come he couldn’t leave?
“The Taoist priest said that he is magnanimous and will let us go, but is it really that simple?”

Grandfather Lu sighed:

“Kyoto is connected to four large states, Youzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou. Youzhou Wei Wang Li Ji obviously fully supports Zuo Daochang. Taking his family wealth out of Youzhou Pass is like a sheep walking into a tiger’s mouth. Yuzhou Jing Wang Li Yu and Li Ji are the closest among the previous generation of vassal kings. His attitude is probably the same as Li Ji’s.

“Xuzhou? King Kang was cooked by Pingtou, and everyone in Daliang knows about it. Moreover, the great aunt of Xuzhou who saves people from suffering is also the Taoist’s disciple. Do you think Xuzhou has any relationship with Taoist Zuo?”

“hiss……”

The eldest young master of the Lu family finally reacted.

Before he knew it, the entire area around Kyoto had become Zuo Chen’s sphere of influence.

He suddenly felt a little chilly.

It was like an invisible net that had been spread around Kyoto a year ago. Only today did the net surface and envelop the entire Kyoto.

Seeing the reaction of the eldest son of the Lu family, the grandfather of the Lu family also sighed:
“It seems like you’ve reacted.

“I’m afraid that since he came down the mountain, Taoist Zuo Chen has already made his goal clear. He has been traveling for this year, probably to meet those vassal kings and bring them under his command.”

The eldest son of the Lu family shuddered.

But he suddenly remembered something:

“What about Qingzhou? I heard that the Prince Shou of Qingzhou seems to have ambitions to conquer the world. Will he…”

“Just two days ago, Taoist Zuo Chen returned to Qingzhou. He killed the leader of Little Joy in Gray Mountain and headed to Jingdu Pass. Some people said that during this process, he went to the Shouwang Mansion. Although Shouwang hasn’t changed much now, I guess that if he went to Qingzhou, it would be no different from falling into a trap.”

The eldest young master of the Lu family didn’t know what to say.

In his mind, Taoist Zuo had transformed into a huge shadow, covering the sky above the city.

“Then isn’t there only one dead end left now?”

“That’s not the case.” Grandfather Lu shook his head: “In fact, the Taoist priest gave us a fourth way.”

When Grandfather Lu spoke of this, his tone paused slightly.

He tilted his head slightly and looked at the red rope tied to the door, at the yellow paper, and at the portraits of the Lu family ancestors that showed no reaction.

“what?”

The eldest young master of the Lu family swallowed his saliva.

The grandfather of the Lu family said in a deep voice:
“After I said this, the Lu family will have no way to regret it.

“I have seen the noble’s sedan chair entering and leaving the palace, and I know some information about the noble.” Grandfather Lu said, “I can take this information and go to Taoist Zuo.

“surrender!”

……

The Lu family’s doorman stared at the gate for a long time.

The moon is dim and the stars are sparse. Even though the temperature has warmed up, the wind is still a little cold tonight.

After watching for a long time, the doorman didn’t see anything unusual and couldn’t help but relax his vigilance a little.

At this moment, footsteps were suddenly heard outside the door.

It was dull and heavy, and there was the sound of armor colliding with each other.

The concierge suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

This strange sound only happened three times, and then the outside of the door became quiet again, without a sound at all.

The doorman stared at the closed door, his heart pounding.

The sound lasted for such a short time that the doorman felt he might be hallucinating and that nothing unusual was actually happening.

He swallowed and carefully approached the door.

He stretched out his hand and placed it on the small window of the gate.

On weekdays, he would open the small window to see who the visitor was. If they were wealthy people dressed in rich clothes, he would greet them with a smile; if they were beggars dressed in rags, he would scold them without hesitation and finally knock them away with a stick.

Tonight…

What will you see when you open this window?

Reach out your hand, place it on the small window, and apply a little force.

The concierge put his eyes to the small window and looked in.

It was pitch black outside the window, and there seemed to be nothing.

However, for some reason, the doorman felt a chill coming out of the small window.

He swallowed subconsciously and suddenly found that the darkness in front of him was shaking!
wrong!

This is not Nightfall!
This……

This is black armor!
By the time the doorman reacted, it was too late.

A cold knife stretched out from the small window and stabbed the back of the doorman’s head with a swish.

With a “pop” sound, the doorman’s head was pierced directly, and the steel knife went all the way through the eye socket to the back of the head.

The doorman’s blood splattered onto the yellow paper stuck on the door frame, and the yellow paper was instantly soaked and dyed blood red.

A silver cold knife reached down from the top of the door crack, and cut the bolt in the middle of the door into two pieces like cutting tofu. The cold wind blew through the outside of the door, blowing the door open from the middle, and hit the wall, making a loud bang.

It was like a bolt of thunder in the dark night, shaking the entire Lu family compound.

There were five tall figures outside the door. They were wearing thick black armor that covered their faces, so their appearance could not be seen clearly.

Stepping in from the door, the black-armored soldier looked around with cold eyes.

It was like looking at a mass grave in the wild.

The grandfather of the Lu family in the main hall slowly closed his mouth and looked towards the door with complicated eyes:

“It’s really here.”

(End of this chapter)