My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 192 Closing the Net
It turned out to be just as Lu Yi expected.

On the third night, the spy indeed went back to Luwu.

However, he did not risk climbing up the city wall to confront Hao Meng directly. Instead, he shot a black-painted signal arrow steadily into the top of the city wall and then retreated quietly.

When Hao Meng saw a letter arrow suddenly fly into the city wall, he was immediately overjoyed and hurried forward to pick up the letter.

"Brother Hao Meng, I and General Hu Tuo have learned of your plan and are willing to follow it. We will lead the army to come at dawn tomorrow. When the general opens the city gates and shakes the fire as a signal, we will lead the army to attack Lvwu. Afterwards, we are willing to hand over Lvwu and the traitor Lv Yi's wife Zhang to you in accordance with our agreement!"

Hao Meng read ten lines at a glance and finished the small letter in an instant.

As he watched, his face turned red with excitement and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Great!"

"I've been waiting for this day for a whole year!"

If it wasn't late at night, Hao Meng would probably burst out laughing.

"is it?"

But Hao Meng's excitement and joy did not last long.

As a voice that was extremely familiar to him sounded, Hao Meng suddenly felt as if he was in an icy cave.

Lu Yi walked out of the darkness quietly with several followers.

He still had a very friendly smile on his face. He walked up to Hao Meng and asked with a smile.

"What have you been waiting for a year?"

"Huh?" Hao Meng was suddenly stunned.

"Lü Yi doesn't seem to have noticed that I've betrayed you!"

"Yes! If he found out that I had betrayed him, how could he only bring so few men with him?"

"Oh, big brother, I just realized that the Xianbei traitors who have been bullying and plundering our Bingzhou border residents have finally been defeated by you. They have paid a heavy price in casualties, and it seems that they will not dare to invade our Luwu in the short term!"

There are still three or four hours left before the time agreed with Su Shuang and Hu Tuo. Even if Lu Yi came alone to inspect, Hao Meng did not dare to arrest Lu Yi rashly.

So he quickly thought of a way to fool Lu Yi with a fabricated excuse.

"Yeah!" Lu Yi nodded when he heard that. He walked forward and patted Hao Meng's shoulder with great satisfaction.

"Hao Meng, you are right. No matter how much we Han people fight among ourselves, it is a family matter. It is our Han people's family affair."

"But it would be different if the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xiqiang, Shanyue, Nanman and other foreign tribes came to bully us, taking away our food, occupying our homes, enslaving our families, and humiliating our wives and daughters!"

"In the face of these beasts and bandits in human skin, no matter what conflicts we Han people have among ourselves, we should unite and face the outside world together!"

"Have you not heard what Zhou Gong once said, 'Brothers quarrel within the walls, but they defend themselves from external insults'? This is the truth!"

"Hao Meng, you can think this way, but you have lived up to your Han identity, so I am very pleased, big brother!"

"I just mentioned it casually, big brother, thank you for the compliment."

When Hao Meng heard Lu Yi say this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed for betraying his brothers and compatriots for his own selfish reasons.

If it weren't for the woman in his heart, he wouldn't have taken this step.

However, now that things have come to this, and his betrayal of Lu Yi has been known by Su Shuang and Hu Tuo, he has no choice but to go down this path.

"Well, is there any emergency tonight?" Lu Yi nodded and asked casually.

"My dear brother, nothing happened tonight, everything is as usual."

Hao Meng looked at the fifty auxiliary soldiers who had followed him for half a year with a guilty conscience, but when he thought about the care he had given them during this period, he felt that he had completely subdued them, so he pretended nothing had happened and reported to Lu Yi.

"Very good, then you continue to defend the city."

Lu Yi nodded, and slowly left with a few followers under Hao Meng's relieved gaze.

However, just as he was about to disappear into the darkness again.

Lu Yi's footsteps suddenly paused. "Hao Meng, you and I are brothers. Do you have anything else to say to me?"

Lu Yi turned his head to look at Hao Meng and emphasized the pronunciation of the word "brother", which made Hao Meng's heart tremble for no reason.

"Brother..." The memory of his past as a knight-errant in Bingzhou, following Lu Yi in his roaming career, suddenly came to mind.

At this moment, his heart couldn't help but waver.

"Should we tell him the truth?"

But the next moment, thinking of the pretty face of the beauty in his dream, Hao Meng's heart suddenly became cruel.

"No!"

"If I let Lu Yi survive this disaster, I will never have such a good opportunity again in my life!"

"For Zhang Wan'er, Lu Yi must die!"

"Haha, what else do you and I have to say to each other? It's getting late, you should go back and get some rest."

The truth that was originally about to be said was stopped by Hao Meng.

"I understand..." Lu Yi remained silent for a moment after hearing this.

But he did not turn around and leave as Hao Meng expected.

Instead, he suddenly turned back.

"Capture this traitor who betrayed Luwu and his people!"

He just waved his hand, and the fifty auxiliary soldiers behind Hao Meng immediately rushed forward and pressed Hao Meng against the city wall.

The force they used was so great and firm that a large area of ​​Hao Meng's face was instantly rubbed against the rough ground, and blood and dust made half of his face a mess.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"What crime has Hao Meng committed? Why are you arresting me?"

Faced with such a drastic change, Hao Meng's heart skipped a beat. He already knew that his betrayal had been discovered, but with a strong desire to survive, Hao Meng still struggled subconsciously.

"Why did you take me?"

"Of course it's because we caught him red-handed!"

At this time, Cheng Lian, who had been hiding in the darkness, strode out and came to Hao Meng. After groping in his arms for a few times and finding the letter, he respectfully presented it to Lu Yi with both hands.

"Look, big brother! This is the secret letter that the Hu people's spies shot into the city just now!"

Lu Yi took the secret letter, scanned the contents a few times, and then threw it in Hao Meng's face.

"Hao Meng, you disappoint me so much!"

"Brother, I was wrong. I was bewitched. Please spare my life for the fact that I have followed you for so many years!"

"Spare your life?"

"Have you ever spared the lives of all the people in Luwu City with your despicable behavior?"

"If I let you go so easily, how can I face the people of Luwu?"

Lu Yi sneered.

"Humph, Hao Meng!"

"You are so heartless and ungrateful, yet you still want to survive?"

"I really want to blind you!"

Cheng Lian also stepped forward and kicked Hao Meng hard in the face while he was pressed to the ground, breaking all of his teeth. Hao Meng spit out a mouthful of dirty blood mixed with broken teeth.

(End of this chapter)