The madam raised her almond-shaped eyes and looked towards Mu Yanming, who was standing at the door.
Bai Ke saw Mu Yanming and trotted in. He clasped his fists and said, "My lord, a fight has broken out!"
Mu Yanming didn't even lift his eyebrows. "A fight?"
"Yes."
"Aren't you the one who loves to watch a commotion the most? Since there's a fight, why did you come here?"
After saying that, Mu Yanming looked at Mo Qinghuan. He didn't know what Mo Qinghuan had said to the madam, but the madam had already started to invite her in to try on clothes.
Then he followed Bai Ke outside. "What's going on? Do you know the person?"
Bai Ke shook his head. "But it seems that Lord Lu and he are old friends. He should have come to the capital this time for Lord Lu. However, his superior should not be from the capital. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so unfamiliar with the capital."
Mu Yanming nodded slightly.
As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the alley where Lu Zixiu was fighting with that person.
But when they looked over, there was no one in the alley.
In another alley.
"Lord Lu, have you completed the task from our superior?"
Lu Zixiu was fanning himself as usual, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Do you think the Regent's Mansion is some small family?!!! Is it so easy to find out the information? I'm still under Mu Yanming's surveillance." Saying that, Lu Zixiu sighed.
He looked at that person with a resentful look in his eyes. "Also, you guys were too ruthless last time. I almost didn't make it through!!!"
That person smiled. "Hey, as you said, if it wasn't realistic enough, how could we gain Mu Yanming's trust?!!!"
Lu Zixiu glanced at the alley entrance. "Come on, stop talking nonsense! Let's fight to the death. I think they should be here soon."
"The swordsmen all say that Lord Lu's Po Yun Sword Technique is like a thunderbolt, soaring straight into the clouds and splitting them apart. But they don't know that Lord Lu has also mastered the Po Yun Palm. With one palm strike, you won't feel much pain at first, but within a few breaths, as long as you move, your internal organs will be torn apart and you'll wish you were dead."
Lu Zixiu put away his fan and sneered. "It's good that you know." Saying that, he struck out with his palm towards that person with the force of the Po Yun, the palm wind carrying a sharp aura.
That person didn't dodge or evade. He took Lu Zixiu's palm head-on. After this palm strike, he didn't feel any pain and only thought that Lu Zixiu was just putting on a show for Mu Yanming.
He smiled at Lu Zixiu, making fists with both hands. "Farewell."
Lu Zixiu curled his thin lips slightly. He watched as that person took a step. Just one step, and that person covered his chest, his eyes bulging with rage. "Lu Ming, you!!!"
Lu Zixiu walked over fanning himself. With a cold and charming smile on his face, he was completely different from the gentle Lu Zixiu on normal days. "Don't think I don't know. Last time, you guys didn't really protect me into the capital. You really wanted to kill me." He raised an eyebrow. "I, Lu Ming, have never been merciful to those who have ever threatened my life! Today, it's not a waste for you to come to this world if you can die under my Po Yun Palm."
That person spat out a large mouthful of blood. His face was distorted with pain. He grabbed the front of his clothes tightly and rolled on the ground!
"I beg you! I beg you to kill me!" Saying that, he drew out the dagger hidden in his boot and stabbed it into his own chest.
When he finally died, there was actually a smile on his face, as if he was saying that he was finally free.
Lu Zixiu took out a handkerchief and wiped the hand that had just struck the palm. Just then, Mu Yanming and Bai Ke found this alley. They saw the person lying on the ground and Lu Zixiu who was wiping his hand.
For a moment, Mu Yanming suddenly felt that Lu Zixiu seemed strange to him.
When Lu Zixiu saw Mu Yanming coming, he casually threw away the handkerchief, which just happened to cover that person's face.
The white handkerchief was instantly stained with the blood at the corner of that person's mouth that hadn't dried yet.
"My lord." He bowed in salute.
Mu Yanming supported his arm. "Are you injured?"
Lu Zixiu put on a gentle look again and smiled faintly. "Thank you for your concern, my lord. I'm fine."
Mu Yanming glanced at the person lying on the ground. When he turned around, he winked at Bai Ke in a way that Lu Zixiu couldn't see. Bai Ke understood immediately. He slowed down his steps. After the two of them left, he called someone to take the body back to the mansion.
When Mu Yanming returned to Hualing Pavilion, Mo Qinghuan had already taken off the wedding dress she had just tried on. It fit perfectly, without the slightest deviation.
She kept praising the madam for her good craftsmanship and accurate eye.
The madam just smiled faintly and didn't say that it was the size ordered by Mu Yanming.
Mu Yanming walked in and pulled her hand. "Alright, I'll take you back to the General's Mansion."
He pulled Mo Qinghuan's hand. When passing by Lu Zixiu, he paused for a moment and then continued walking out.
Mo Qinghuan waved to Lu Zixiu, who smiled faintly at her.
After the two left, Lu Zixiu returned to the Regent's Mansion.
He just happened to see several people behind Bai Ke carrying a stretcher covered with a white cloth walking towards the main gate.
He knew it was the body just now.
He also knew that although the person was dead and Mu Yanming hadn't heard anything, with Mu Yanming's alertness, he must have started to suspect him. Otherwise, the body would either be taken to the government office or directly buried in the mass grave. There was no need to take it back to the mansion at all.
He thought for a while and stepped forward. There was still a faint smile on his face. He raised his hand and stopped the people at the door. "Captain Bai, the lord's wedding is just a few days away. It's not very appropriate to take a body back to the mansion at this time."
Bai Ke glanced back and thought it made sense.
"You guys, take the body to the morgue of the government office."
Those people nodded and carried the body away.
Only then did Bai Ke step into the house. Lu Zixiu followed him in.
Lu Zixiu went to his room and changed out of his white clothes.
After delaying for so long, it was already getting dark. Lu Zixiu took a bath and changed his clothes before coming out.
However, Mu Yanming hadn't come back yet, and he found that even Bai Ke wasn't in the mansion. He guessed that the master and servant must have gone to investigate the cause of the body's death.
So, he fanned himself and swaggered towards Mu Yanming's study in a deliberately leisurely manner.
Inside and outside Jingting Garden, there were heavy troops guarding. Without Mu Yanming's permission or a pass, ordinary people couldn't get in.
But everyone knew the friendship between Lu Zixiu and Mu Yanming, so he got in smoothly.
He glanced at the guards at the door and deliberately asked, "Is the lord inside?"
The two guards at the door looked at each other, as if saying that since there was no light in the room, there must be no one.
Why is Lord Lu so strange today?
"The lord is not here. Does Lord Lu have anything to do with the lord?"
Lu Zixiu yawned and covered it with his fan. "It's nothing. Since the lord is not here, I'll go and rest too."