Dugong

Chapter 33 Everything Goes Well

"I hate it!"

Eunuch Lu's face was hideous, black blood oozing from all his orifices. The poison corroded and melted his eyes into two pitch-black holes.

His arms were waving wildly, and violent Qi was raging in the room.

The tables and chairs were broken and the walls were cracked.

The young eunuch dodged and dodged like a ghost, and voices rang out from all directions: "Eunuch Lu, you shouldn't be so wishful thinking. How can a ragtag peasant like you dream of attaching himself to a prestigious family?"

"This person, from the moment they were born, was distinguished between noble and humble..."

"The noble remain noble, the lowly remain lowly. It's time to wake up from your wishful thinking..."

Every word is heart-wrenching, like a devil's sound piercing my ears and heart.

Eunuch Lu became more and more crazy, his white hair was disheveled, and black and purple poisonous blood kept flowing out of the corners of his mouth. He chased the sound frantically, but he could never touch the corner of the little eunuch's clothes.

About a quarter of an hour later, Eunuch Lu's energy was exhausted and his breath gradually became weaker.

He collapsed to the ground, bit his finger, and wrote two lines of poetry crookedly on the ground with blood.

"Back then, a single thought led to the palace's downfall, and fame and fortune shackled my descendants..."

The young eunuch sneered, "You've studied for decades, poring over classics and pursuing knowledge, yet in the end you can only produce such third-rate poetry. You're truly not cut out for study."

Eunuch Lu looked around blankly with his hollow eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then fell to the ground dejectedly.

In a trance, scenes from the past emerged before my eyes. From the time he learned to read and write at a young age, the tenants in the village competed to praise him as a child prodigy, saying that he was worthy of being a branch of the Jiangnan Lu family.

At that time, Lu Ye had the desire to see the glory of the thousand-year-old family with his own eyes.

Later, he failed in the imperial examinations many times and his family fell into poverty. He went from being an envied child prodigy to a poor scholar ridiculed by everyone. Suffering from ridicule and contempt, he made up his mind to sell himself and enter the palace as a eunuch.

After going through many hardships and dangers, he luckily got a small official position.

The Lu family got the news from somewhere and secretly contacted Lu Ye, promising that if he did a good job, he could get his son included in the family tree.

The price is that the father-son relationship must be severed. How can a noble family have a son who is a eunuch?
Lu Ye agreed without hesitation. In his eyes, it was worth it if his son could be included in the family tree, even if he himself had no descendants.

From then on, Lu Ye frequently passed on palace secrets to the Lu family. Over time, he actually thought of himself as a "member of the Lu family" and ended up dying at the hands of his own people.

"My family is not as smart as a servant. It's so pedantic and dull. No wonder they can't read!"

Eunuch Lu sighed deeply and died.

The young eunuch carefully placed a few silver needles, piercing several important acupuncture points of Eunuch Lu, and then carefully approached to feel his pulse. When he was sure that he was dead, he began to search.

He quickly found a few letters from Eunuch Lu, stuffed them into his arms, and turned to leave.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, strong winds suddenly blew up from both sides, one attacked his temples, and the other went straight to the vital parts of his lower body.

"court death!"

The young eunuch seemed to have anticipated this. He channeled his true energy into his palms and spurted out two balls of colorful mist.

The two men who were lying in ambush smelled the mist and suddenly felt dizzy, their hands and feet became weak, their Qi circulation became sluggish, and they fell to the ground before they could hit the opponent.

"How can a lowly peasant like you be worthy of us..."

The young eunuch was cruel and ruthless. As he spoke, he turned his palms into claws and grabbed the necks of the two men.

At this moment.

A shadow approached silently. Just as the young eunuch noticed it, a powerful and surging true energy rushed towards him, covering all the vital points on his body.

"Senior, spare your life!"

The young eunuch's face turned pale with horror, his bones and muscles crackled in a hurry, he hugged his arms, and shrank into a big ball.

Rumble…

The ball was blown away dozens of feet and knocked down two walls.

Even though the young eunuch used the secret technique of neutralizing the power to reduce most of the force, he still broke more than a dozen bones and vomited blood several times. He turned around and ran away while enduring the severe pain.

"Fortunately, our master has mastered Qinggong, and is not inferior to top masters..."

As the thought came to his mind, a strong wind came from behind. The young eunuch rolled over and barely avoided the fatal blow.

boom!
Li Ping'an's palm struck the air, and a crackling sound appeared out of nowhere. Only then did the young eunuch see clearly who was chasing him. His face was covered, so he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but his hair was black and shiny, and he was definitely not an old eunuch who had been practicing in seclusion in the palace for many years.

"I have extraordinary talent and a secret medicine given by a noble family, but I am not as good as an unknown kid?"

Li Ping'an didn't care about the enemy's thoughts. He circulated his true energy to his right leg and performed a sharp and invisible killing leg technique, stepping towards the young eunuch's chest.

The speed was as fast as lightning, and the little eunuch lying on the ground had no way to escape.

At the critical moment of life and death, the young eunuch showed determination and ruthlessness on his face. He reversed his true Qi to stimulate the Laogong acupoint on the palm of his hand, and used the forbidden and life-threatening skills of the Five Poison Palm.

The palm swelled to the size of a palm-leaf fan, shining with five-colored true energy light.

With a bang, flesh and blood exploded, and a five-colored poisonous cloud filled the air, covering an area of ​​two or three feet. Wherever it touched, all the grass and trees withered.

Li Ping'an's figure turned into a shadow and he retreated several feet in an instant. His true energy surged to his chest and he opened his mouth to spew out the poisonous energy towards the poisonous cloud.

A strong wind swept past and blew away the poisonous cloud.

The young eunuch was stunned. He had seen several methods of dissolving poisonous clouds, all of which were unique skills to restrain the Five Poison Hands. He had never thought of blowing them away by force.

He was first severely injured and then had both his palms broken, leaving him with no chance of escape.

Just as he was about to beg for mercy by using the name of his noble family, Li Ping'an had already arrived in front of him and stomped on his head to pieces.

Red and white splashed all over the floor, and he took the envelope and disappeared.

……

Not long ago.

Eunuch Lu went crazy and smashed things indiscriminately, alarming the imperial guards on duty.

For unknown reasons, the imperial guards surrounded the Tribute Office, not allowing anyone to approach, but did not stop the thieves from committing crimes.

Several old eunuchs who were on duty at the Cangwu Pavilion were extremely bored all day long. When they heard the noise, they hurried over to watch the fun and stood on the roof pointing and talking.

"Little Lu, you've been possessed by the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. You deserve this fate!"

"You old man, you've been reading Buddhist scriptures and you've become stupid. It's obvious that the little guy has great poison skills and can fight against little Luzi head-on without much difference."

"Although the poison skill is powerful, it is still inferior. It will be difficult for me to achieve great success in the future..."

While discussing.

When the old eunuchs saw Li Ping'an take action, they were speechless for a moment, especially when they saw the true energy that blew away the poisonous cloud, they were stunned.

"We want to see when such a young man will appear in the palace!"

One of the old eunuchs moved erratically, using the Ghost King Sect's unique skills. In three or five breaths, he passed through several palaces and was only ten feet away from Li Ping'an.

"Little joke, don't meddle in other people's business."

A vague voice sounded in the old eunuch's ears. He immediately stopped, clasped his hands together, and bowed to the people around him.

"Meet Mr. Wei."

Seeing this, the other old eunuchs quickly jumped off the roof and bowed in unison.

"Your Majesty has ordered that today's events must not be spread outside!"

"According to the order."

The old eunuchs who had managed to survive in the palace until now were all very shrewd people. They could hear many profound meanings in a single sentence and glanced towards the harem with interest.

It’s a pity that we can’t just watch the excitement!
……

The next day.

The Internal Affairs Bureau investigates the cause of Eunuch Lu's death.

According to the letter Li Ping'an submitted to the Imperial Household Department, it was determined that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

Emperor Wude issued an edict to reprimand the Lu family, transferred Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Works as a warning to others, and promoted Yang Shilang of the Ministry of Rites to the position of Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel.

a few days later.

Because of his meritorious reporting, Li Ping'an was promoted to the head of the Tribute Department.

(End of this chapter)