My cultivation techniques can be infinitely fused.

Seeing Xiao Ling's question, Lu Zheng did not hesitate and immediately said, "It's like this, a friend of mine named Wei Tong, his son Wei Cheng, was injured in a fight with the Minister of Revenue's nephew in the capital a while ago. He is now imprisoned and can't get out. Do you think you can get him out?"

"I know Wei Tong. He comes from a military family and his ancestors were once very prominent. I never expected him to have fallen to such a state. I know about this matter. I will send a message by carrier pigeon in a moment and have someone bring Wei Cheng out." Xiao Ling said with a light laugh. She originally thought it was something big, but it turned out to be such a small matter.

Lu Zheng was a little puzzled. He thought Xiao Ling would also be in a difficult position, but he didn't expect her to agree so quickly.

Seeing his expression, Hou Zehui laughed and said, "What? You don't believe me? As long as Wei Tong's son didn't kill the Minister of Revenue's nephew, it's very easy to get him out. Countless similar things happen in the capital every day." Xiao Ling had lived in the capital when she was a child.

As the power center of the Great Xia Dynasty, countless sons of officials vied for power there.

"Ah, oh, thank you very much, Lord Xiao." Lu Zheng said immediately, and couldn't help but grin. This must be the legendary thing about accidentally trespassing into the imperial family, forcing Wei Tong to sell his entire fortune and kneel before him to beg.

With just a word from Xiao Ling, everything could be resolved; it seems I've made the right choice in clinging to her.

"Is there anything else?" Xiao Ling asked, somewhat amused by Lu Zheng's expression.

Now that their positions are roughly the same, she feels much more relaxed around Lu Zheng.

"That's all, then I'll be going. Consider this a favor I owe you, I'll definitely make it up to you next time," Lu Zheng said with a smile.

Xiao Ling crossed her arms and leaned forward, looking very interested, and said, "Alright, then I'll be waiting for your repayment."

"That's definitely no problem." Lu Zheng patted his chest, chatted for a couple of minutes, and then left.

He had other things to do, and if Wei Tong hadn't disrupted his plans today, he would already be thanking the old man who saved his life yesterday.

After exiting the gate of the Hundred Riders Division.

Lu Zheng returned to his official residence, took out a box containing 100,000 taels of silver notes, and walked towards the door.

He always did things in a simple and straightforward way, so recently he had only collected silver and no rare treasures. Although he knew that the person who saved him probably didn't care about silver, he had no choice but to accept it.

After collecting enough medicinal herbs in a few days, he will refine some pills and then send them over.

  

Although it cannot cure the savior's illness, it should not be a big problem to help him recover some vital energy.

This time, he wasn't alone when he went out.

He was followed by dozens of people.

It's not that we can stop the assassins, but at least we can send some people to report the news.

When the group arrived outside an ancient mansion.

Lu Zheng told the others to wait outside, while he carried some gift boxes he had bought along the way, as well as a wooden box containing silver, and went up to knock on the door.

A moment later, a middle-aged man opened the door, looking at Lu Zheng warily: "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I'm here to see the old gentleman who lives here. He saved my life, and I've come today specifically to thank him," Lu Zheng said softly.

"You wait here, I'll go ask." The middle-aged man didn't show much surprise or fear when he saw Lu Zheng and the people behind him; he just said calmly.

Lu Zheng wasn't in a hurry; he simply waited outside with his things.

A moment later, the middle-aged man returned and said to Lu Zheng, "The master wants you to come in."

After speaking, he turned halfway away.

Lu Zheng ignored the other party's attitude and walked straight in. As soon as he stepped inside, he found that it was indeed an old house that had not been maintained for many years. In fact, he had someone check the house last night.

However, there is no relevant information in the records of Fufeng County.

Many people, as far back as they can remember, only know that there is an old house here, but they don't know whose it is.

I don't even know how many neighbors have come and gone.

Moreover, it seems that someone deliberately erased all traces.

Therefore, Lu Zheng had no intention of continuing the investigation. After all, he had only come to express his gratitude for being saved and didn't care about the other party's identity.

When he was led into the front yard living room, he saw an old man and a woman sitting at the head of the table.

The old man was naturally the one who saved him last night.

As for the woman, her face was covered by a veil, so Lu Zheng didn't pay her any attention.

He simply placed the gifts and wooden box he had bought on the table and said, "Thank you so much for saving my life, sir. I have come today to express my gratitude and have prepared some small gifts. Please do not take offense."

Lu Zheng spoke with genuine sincerity.

After all, last night was truly dangerous; if it weren't for the old man in front of him, he wouldn't have survived.

"Hehe, it's just a coincidence that we met. There's no need to be so polite. But you're a decent young man, at least you know to come and visit this old man." Zhuang Xuqiu said with a smile.

"You saved my life, how could I not come? If you ever encounter any problems in the future, please feel free to ask me for help." Lu Zheng sat down at Zhuang Xuqiu's gesture.

The latter nodded: "I'm old, and there's not much I can do anymore. Now I'm just returning to my roots. But if you're free, you can come and have some tea with me."

Lu Zheng nodded immediately.

The woman beside her remained silent. In fact, all of Lu Zheng's news had been presented to her and Zhuang Xuqiu early this morning.

The princess never expected that her master would invite Lu Zheng to have tea here.

After all, even in the capital, very few people would receive an invitation like Zhuang Xuqiu's.

"Of course, as long as you don't mind, I'll definitely come," Lu Zheng said with a chuckle.

......

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the residence of the Vice Minister of War in the capital, Fu Qing sat in the living room with a gloomy expression. He had received a message early this morning from a messenger hawk, informing him that the assassination attempt on Lu Zheng had failed.

An old servant whispered, "Senior brother, shall we continue?"

"No need. Let's keep things quiet for a while. The court is now reorganizing the northern frontier. Even the eldest princess and the third prince have gone there to tell us that we should all lie low during this period and not show our faces."

"Yes, I'll give the order in a moment," the old servant replied immediately.

Then, Fu Qing continued with some regret: "Lu Zheng is just a mere commander of a thousand households now. He won't cause any trouble if he's left to his own devices for a while. Isn't he arrogant? He'll regret it one day."

"Pass the word down and officially promote Lu Yun to my true disciple."

"Are you paving the way for him?"

"I want everyone to know that whoever I want to promote can rise to prominence. Isn't Lu Zheng stubborn? Isn't he at odds with the Lu family? Well, I'm going to set up a stage for Lu Yun to put on a good show with him." Lu Zheng's refusal made the usually arrogant Fu Qing feel that many things were out of his control, so he prepared to support Lu Yun to suppress Lu Zheng.

Let everyone know what happens to those who oppose them.

After all, many people knew about his recruitment of Lu Zheng. Now that he had been rejected, it was inevitable that the morale of his subordinates would be unsettled. How could he not give them a warning?