Chapter 335: Fighting for the city gate, Lu Gong’s strength!

Chapter 335: Fighting for the city gate, Lu Gong’s strength!

"Lü Gong, please forgive me. I really had no choice but to do this." Hearing Lü Gong's words full of reproach, Xue Ye responded with a bitter face. He knew in his heart that he had no choice but to do this, but facing Lü Gong's questioning, he had to give a reasonable explanation.

"Orders? Whose orders did you take? Who ordered you to close the city? Even Gaoyao didn't have such an order. You are just the commander of a city defense battalion. Do you dare to block the county city on your own? Are you deliberately trying to betray Gaoyao?" Lu Gong showed no mercy to Xue Ye, and a series of sharp questions came out of his mouth like a string of cannonballs. His tone was harsh and angry, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Xue Ye's behavior.

At the same time, Lu Gong's sharp eyes quickly scanned the soldiers standing by. All of them looked puzzled, as if they were at a loss for what to do with the sudden situation. Seeing this, Lu Gong couldn't help but feel proud. He knew that as long as he could stir up the doubts and uneasiness in the soldiers' hearts, then the next thing would be much easier.

At this moment, Xue Ye, who was forced into a corner, finally gritted his teeth and told the truth: "Lü Gong, to be honest, the order to close the city was the will of the mistress." After saying this, Xue Ye's ominous premonition became stronger. After all, in his opinion, the relationship between Lü Zhi and Gao Yao was closer, and if he disobeyed Lü Zhi's order, it would be difficult to end it in the future. Now that Lü Gong was in trouble, he could only ask Lü Zhi to come out.

"Lü Zhi?" Lu Gong pondered in his heart. Although he had some guesses in his heart before, when he actually heard the name, the feeling of uneasiness still surged up in his heart uncontrollably and became stronger and stronger.

He frowned, his eyes widened, and shouted, "What nonsense! I just left Lu Zhi, how could I not know her situation? Don't lie! In my opinion, you are clearly plotting a rebellion and want to surrender to the court! Do you guys really intend to follow Xue Ye and rebel together?"

At this moment, regardless of whether this matter was true or false, Lu Gong knew that he had no way out. The situation was like an arrow shot from a bow, and it was imperative. Therefore, even if he had doubts, he could only bite the bullet and continue to play this play.

As expected, as Lü Gong's words came out, the soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding the city fell into chaos. You know, they had no intention of betraying Gao Yao. If the person who came was not Lü Gong, but any other official in the city, these soldiers might not believe his words. However, Lü Gong's identity was too special - he was Gao Yao's father-in-law! Because of this, facing this situation, the soldiers couldn't help but feel torn and at a loss.

"Lü Gong, you are really wronging me by doing this! The mistress did clearly explain that unless I have a warrant signed by her, I will never dare to open the city gate without permission!" Xue Ye explained helplessly at this moment, but at the same time, he was more and more convinced that Lü Gong's behavior was abnormal. If there was really something that needed to be dealt with, even if there were doubts, he would never take such extreme measures in public. This was obviously an attempt to seize control of the city gate, and he was relying on his own noble status to forcibly seize power.

At this time, Lu Gong would not care about Xue Ye's explanation. He was just trying to accuse him of something. Lu Gong shouted angrily, "Come here! Quickly arrest Xue Ye for me! Anyone who dares to stop him will be charged with treason and killed without mercy!"

Following Lü Gong's order, the guards behind him rushed towards Xue Ye like wolves and tigers. At this time, Lü Gong was closely watching the development of the situation. Seeing that the situation had gradually evolved in the direction he expected, he issued an order to take action without hesitation, with the goal of seizing control of the city gate first. Although he was not sure when Lü Zhi issued the order not to open the city gate, he speculated that Lü Zhi was very likely to have noticed something was wrong and began to stop his actions. At this point, in order to achieve his goal, Lü Gong would probably be ruthless even when facing his own daughter, Lü Zhi.

When Lu Gong's words drifted into everyone's ears, the other soldiers at the city gate suddenly became confused. They stood there, their eyes wandering back and forth between the general who led them and Gao Yao's father-in-law Lu Gong, their hearts full of entanglement and struggle. On one side was the general who usually gave orders and controlled their life and death, and on the other side was Lu Gong, who was respected and had a close relationship with Gao Yao. This dilemma made these soldiers completely deadlocked, and they had no idea what to do.

At the same time, although Xue Ye had one hand quietly placed on the sword at his waist, his eyes were always fixed on Lu Gong in front of him. After a fierce struggle in his heart, Xue Ye finally let go of the hand that was tightly holding the hilt of the sword.

After all, Lü Gong's identity was too special, and he was just a general under Gao Yao. Faced with such a huge gap in status, how could he easily take action? At this moment, the only thing Xue Ye could do was to pin all his hopes on the messenger who was sent to Gao Yao's mansion to deliver the message, hoping that he could quickly inform Lü Zhi of what happened here and return with instructions as soon as possible.

As early as when Xue Ye learned that Lu Gong wanted to leave the city, he decisively sent a messenger to rush to Lu Zhi's location to report the news. Now, there is nothing else to do except quietly wait for Lu Zhi's arrival.

The servants under Lu Gong suddenly pounced on Xue Ye like a tiger descending from a mountain. They were agile and coordinated, and in the blink of an eye they had successfully restrained Xue Ye and mercilessly pressed him to the ground, forcing Xue Ye to kneel on his knees. At this moment, the atmosphere of the whole scene was extremely tense.

After everything was settled, Lu Gong slowly walked forward. He looked down at Xue Ye who was kneeling at his feet, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes. Then, a low cold snort came out of Lu Gong's nose, as if he was extremely disdainful of Xue Ye's performance.

"Open the city gate, I have something important to do, why don't you open the gate!" At this time, Lu Gong's face was full of anger, and he yelled at the city gate again. He looked at the closed city gate anxiously, and cursed these soldiers who were guarding the city for being so ungrateful. Despite hearing Lu Gong's roar, these soldiers still looked at each other and seemed a little hesitant.

Seeing this situation, Lu Gong was immediately furious. He widened his eyes, pointed at the soldiers guarding the city and shouted, "You bunch of trash, didn't you hear what I said? If you don't open the door, I will punish you!" However, no matter how Lu Gong roared, the soldiers were still hesitant, and no one dared to step forward to open the city gate easily.

This made Lu Gong very angry. He waved his hand and shouted to the servants behind him: "Come on, open the door!" After receiving the order, more than a dozen servants rushed out without hesitation. They were all strong and powerful, holding sticks, and ran towards the city gate with great momentum.

Seeing the servants getting closer and closer, the soldiers who were originally guarding the city began to panic. They knew that if they stepped forward to stop them, they would definitely clash with the servants. These soldiers were not afraid of death, but the situation was completely unclear and they had no idea which side was right. Death was not scary, but dying unclearly was. So at this time, these soldiers could only stand on both sides and dared not to stop them.

At this moment, something strange happened! "Shua, shua, shua, shua..." A sharp sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and then dozens of sharp arrows fell from the sky like raindrops, flying straight towards the dozen or so servants gathered at the city gate. In an instant, screams came one after another, and those servants didn't even have a chance to dodge, and they were shot in the vitals and fell to the ground. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people turned into bloody corpses, and the blood stained the ground red.

This scene shocked everyone present. At this time, Lu Gong turned around and found that a group of soldiers had rushed over from the back. The arrows just now were shot by these soldiers. Looking at the uniforms of these soldiers, Lu Gong immediately recognized that these were all Gao Yao's personal soldiers.

At this time, the only person in the city who could mobilize Gao Yao's personal soldiers was Lu Zhi, which made Lu Gong's expression slightly change. How could Lu Gong not know that although Lu Zhi was a woman, she had a very strong personality?

As the guards slowly made way for a path, a carriage slowly appeared, and the person who stepped out of the carriage was none other than Lu Su.

When Lu Gong saw that the person coming was Lu Su, he breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Su had been timid since childhood and was not good at competing with her sister. She often had no opinions when encountering things, but she was very obedient. Lu Gong was not aware of the past between Lu Su and Gao Yao, and the changes in Lu Su during the years she had been with Gao Yao.

In Lu Gong's eyes, Lu Su was still the same Lu Su. But now that Lu Su had arrived, Lu Gong heaved a sigh of relief. Lu Su was much easier to deal with than Lu Zhi.

"Madam" With the appearance of Lu Su, many soldiers on the scene immediately knelt down and saluted. Whether it was Lu Zhi or Lu Su, the mistress was the mistress, and there would be no change in this regard.

"Lü Su, what do you mean by shooting and killing the servants in your father's house?" At this time, Lu Gong spoke directly, and his words were full of rebuke.