Chapter 58: Just Waiting for Orders (Please Read)

night.

Dark as ink.

Outside Lianhua County, the city gates were closed.

Less than 500 meters away from the city gate.

Thousands of indigenous residents of Lianhua County who were reluctant to leave gathered together, collected firewood, and lit several bonfires.

They sat together in groups, relying on the warmth of the fire to dispel the chill of the night and slightly relieve their hunger.

Behind them were a number of small mounds of earth, in front of which were wooden signs.

On the wooden sign, there were large characters carved in neat handwriting, and it looked like they were made by the same person.

It should have been carved by a scholar in Lianhua County who could write.

Most of the people sitting around the campfire had lost their loved ones, and many were unable to sleep.

Some were sobbing quietly, while more had dull eyes or were confused.

Some people still burn firewood next to the small mounds for worship, but there are no offerings.

After the memorial service, he lay down on the small mound and fell asleep.

At this time, ten out of ten houses in Lianhua County were empty.

Where there were some lights, it must be the soldiers or bodyguards who had lit candles and were eating something.

In a remote courtyard in almost complete darkness.

Lu Yuan was still leaning against the banyan tree. In the darkness, only when you got closer could you see his face clearly.

At this moment, his thin face looked like it did on the mountain before, with sunken cheeks.

The muscles in his body seemed to have shrunk a little.

But if you look closely, you can see that although those muscles are atrophied, they are still attached to the body, and the dense and hidden muscle texture is visible, just like the texture of a century-old wood.

At this time, Lu Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the dark blue subtitles in front of him.

[Host: Lu Yuan]

[Superpowers: Immortality/Infinite Strength]

【Attributes:
Strength: 370】

Strength, 370!

Four days had passed since Zhao Hu suspected him and summoned him to the county government office.

The food energy accumulated from eating in the carriage that time has been almost used up.

These days, he got some food that his three men had tried their best to get.

This amount of food is enough to fill these men up.

But for Lu Zheng today.

Not enough, far from enough.

As strength grows, the superpower of "infinite strength" consumes more and more energy.

His appetite is far from being satisfied by just a few pancakes.

In the darkness of the night, Lu Yuan slowly closed his eyes, trying to use sleep to resist the consumption of energy in his body.

But the churning in his stomach made it difficult for him to fall asleep.

At this time, Zhou An, Meng Yan and Song Wen were all lying powerlessly in the corner of the yard, not moving much.

They had almost no food for these five days.

I don't have much strength in my body. I can only lie down, hoping to consume less energy.

During the day, I will go out and find a way to get some food for the captain.

At this moment, there seemed to be a few dark shadows that were somewhat inharmonious with the night, and they gently stepped into the yard.

"Who!?" Zhou An, Meng Yan, and Song Wen heard the sound of someone entering the yard and immediately became alert.

Drink lightly.

The shadows responded in a low voice:
"It's us."

Zhou An, Meng Yan and Song Wen recognized the voices as those of Xu Changqing, Ma Zongwei and Zhou Qing, so they stopped making any sound and just got up from the ground.

Xu Changqing, Ma Zongwei and Zhou Qing ran straight to the figure with eyes closed under the banyan tree, knelt on one knee, and quickly took out a pancake from their pocket and handed it to Lu Yuan.

When Lu Yuan smelled the fragrance of the rice cake, his eyes opened instantly. He stretched out a hand, took the cakes from the three people, stacked them together, stuffed them into his mouth, and ate half of them in one bite.

Xu Changqing, Ma Zongwei and Zhou Qing knelt on one knee with their heads down. They would not make any sound until Lu Yuan finished eating the food.

The moment Captain Lu opened his eyes, the three of them felt as if a resting tiger suddenly opened its ferocious eyes, making their hearts seem to be tightly clenched and they dared not even breathe.

The three of them were very close and could see clearly Captain Lu’s sunken face.

Captain Lu has been losing weight at a speed visible to the naked eye these days, but it seems to them that his power is getting more terrifying every day!
This made the three of them awed and extremely excited at the same time!
Captain Lu is now even stronger!

In this way, their plans will have a greater chance of success!
He lowered his head and waited for Lu Yuan to finish eating the three pancakes.

Zhou Qingcai said respectfully:
"Captain Lu, now, Zhao Hu not only refuses to give you food, but also withholds food from us soldiers who don't want to go along with him.

Every day, we could only get one pancake, which was enough for survival and barely filled our stomachs.

These three pancakes were collected by us brothers with great difficulty, please don't blame us, Captain Lu."

Lu Yuan nodded and said nothing.

Of course, he had heard about this from his three subordinates.

Ma Zongwei, who was standing next to him, said angrily:
"What Zhao Hu did was to force us all to do that evil thing so that we can be tied to the same boat with them.

Even if we starve to death, we will never do such a thing!
But I never thought that some beasts would actually obey for such a small amount of food! "

At this point, Ma Zongwei clenched his fists.

The good brother who had supported him all the way actually went behind his back to do the evil thing and defected to Zhao Hu!

This made him feel deeply betrayed!

Xu Changqing patted Ma Zongwei on the shoulder, signaling him to speak more quietly, and then said to Lu Yuan:

"Captain Lu, we have contacted enough reliable captains and informed them of the plan.

They have also secretly selected reliable pawns, and now they have told me that they are ready to join us in the rebellion at any time!

We have come here this time to ask you, sir, when will the rebellion start?
As long as Captain Lu gives the order, we will follow him till death!"

After saying that, the three of them looked at Lu Yuan with shining eyes.

Although in order to ensure that the secret was not leaked, they did not contact too many people.

However, they believed that anyone who had not gone along with Zhao Hu had a sense of justice in their hearts and hated Zhao Hu, a cruel and rapist.

By then, once those people see him and others starting a rebellion, especially when they see Captain Lu, whose strength is second only to Zhao Hu, taking the lead, they will all be willing to fight.

By then, we will definitely be able to take down Zhao Hu! !

Eliminate the shame of the Tianxing Army and give justice to the people of these cities! !

After hearing this, even Zhou An, Meng Yan and Song Wen, who did not have much strength, came over, knelt on one knee, and looked at Captain Lu expectantly.

As long as Captain Lu gives the order, they will kill Zhao Hu and those beasts who are in cahoots with him, even if they die!

(End of this chapter)