Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 397 - 396: Collusion

If Lu Yan could be persuaded by just a sentence from a mere colonel, he would not have such a fiery reputation outside.

He didn’t even glance at the colonel, reached out and forcefully swept to the side, pushing the colonel away so that he staggered and fell, almost ending up in a very awkward position if not supported by his nearby brothers.

Lu Yan had no interest in dealing with anything else, he walked straight to the door and kicked it open with force.

Lu Zhang was lying on the bed, facing away from the door, completely still.

Seeing this, Zhu Yu quickly focused on the position of Lu Zhang’s waist and back, feeling inexplicably nervous.

Just now, she had clearly checked Lu Zhang’s pulse, which was stable and without major issues, even the actual condition of the injury on his neck was much lighter than it appeared, there was clearly nothing wrong, at most he was just a little frightened.

Since they had let him rest until now, none of them had given Lu Zhang any of Yan Daoxin’s medicine, it was impossible for him to be in a deep sleep without any awareness, as it was unnecessary and unsafe.

Lu Yan kicked his way in from outside with such a loud commotion; if Lu Zhang was a person of clear mind, he should definitely have heard it, so why was he lying there unmoving, without any reaction?

Could it be... he was tricked... and died...?

If this is truly the case, wouldn’t it be just as Yan Daoxin feared before—Lu Qing would not be able to explain it?!

Zhu Yu, feeling a surge of tension, heard hurried footsteps behind her and quickly turned around to see Yan Shu running over, likely attracted by the noises Lu Yan made, looking at Lu Zhang lying with his back to the room, and using his eyes to ask Zhu Yu what was happening here.

But Zhu Yu also couldn’t answer, she had to turn her head back again.

Lu Yan didn’t give Zhu Yu more time to quietly observe Lu Zhang’s breathing, he rushed forward, grabbed the back collar of Lu Zhang’s clothes, and lifted him clean from the bed.

No matter how much Lu Zhang lacked the strength of Lu Qing and the others, he was still a grown man; he should not be picked up like lifting a sick chicken.

But Lu Yan was in a fit of anger, his strength particularly fierce, and facing away from the outside, Lu Zhang had no way of predicting Lu Yan’s actions, was caught off guard and indeed got pulled off the bed, he struggled frantically to break free, and in his struggle fell with a thud to the ground.

When he rushed to get up from the ground, his face was full of fright and embarrassment, and seeing Lu Qing, Zhu Yu, and even Yan Shu on the scene, he became more flustered, hurriedly scrambling up from the floor, and pointed angrily at Lu Yan: "Third brother, have you gone mad?! What are you doing?

Just because you’re used to being reckless doesn’t mean you can go around doing whatever you please!

If you keep being rude, beware I’ll report back to Father Emperor and have him deal with you!"

His words only made things worse; the moment he said them, Lu Yan’s rage surged, and he clenched his fist, ready to pounce; fortunately, Lu Qing, standing beside him, caught him: "Say what you need to say clearly, don’t start swinging blindly; even if you’re in the right, you’ll end up in the wrong this way, not to mention there might be some misunderstanding here—"

"Bah! Brother, there’s absolutely no misunderstanding here!" Lu Yan glared at Lu Zhang with gritted teeth, pointing at him, and turned to Lu Qing, who was holding him back, "This fellow and that strange Fake Castle Master absolutely have some unspeakable collusion!

Just now, I led a pursuit, and we almost caught up, but the person ran to the area we had prepared for the ambush, so I thought we had him trapped, with obstructions in front and pursuers behind.

But! It turns out his men let that Fake Castle Master escape!

These traitors sent signals to their fellows to pretend they couldn’t resist and let him go, just these few traitors! To prevent any tricks, I already had them tied up and gagged, brought back to confront Lu Zhang properly!

This guy still dares to talk about going to Father and filing a complaint against me?!

Just for his collusion with the enemy, plus treating us like monkeys these days, today I’ll beat him first and then tie him up along with them and personally escort him back to the Capital!

I want to see, now that the evidence is irrefutable, how his incomparably influential maternal grandfather can pull him out of this one!"

Lu Zhang was trembling uncontrollably all over, it’s hard to say if he was angrier, more nervous, or more scared, but his face was as white as sheet, even his lips had lost their color.

Originally, hearing Lu Yan talk about taking him back to Emperor Jin for punishment, Lu Zhang didn’t have particularly big reactions, but when Lu Yan mentioned Duke Yan, what little color remained faded further.

"You stop slandering me! Who did I collude with?!" His voice was trembling, yet still angrily questioned Lu Yan.

Lu Yan shot him a disgusted look and said to Lu Qing: "Brother, you aren’t aware, just now when I led a chase after that Fake Castle Master, the cronies by Lu Zhang’s side insisted on following, I saw it at the time, but thought more people would help the cause, so I didn’t stop them.

After all, my men are iron-boned tough guys who can defend the border one moment and kill the enemy the next, not these duplicitous traitors, so none of us were on guard.

But just as we were pushing the Fake Castle Master to a dead end, suddenly I heard the call of a few partridge birds behind me.

As soon as that sound emerged, the soldiers up ahead, who were tightly blocking the way, suddenly lost formation, and the Fake Castle Master dashed into the crowd, and when we rushed over, we were blocked left and right by those idiots belonging to Lu Zhang, it was infuriating!

By the time we finally pushed through those idiots and charged over, the Fake Castle Master’s shadow was long gone!"

Lu Yan was breathing heavily from anger, his chest heaving violently: "Brother advises me to not act impulsively, to think thoroughly and seize opportunities, to avoid wasting my efforts and ending up in the wrong.

So this time, I didn’t act impulsively; I didn’t rashly decide to hack down these sons of bitches after catching them, instead I chose to bring them back and ask for Brother’s judgment.

However, on the way back just now, I kept pondering those few lines of poetry that the Fake Castle Master inexplicably recited in front of us, could there be some deeper meaning?

Then I kept thinking and thinking, and I really figured it out!

In those few lines of poetry, one moment it’s about how majestic the mountain is, another about the clouds... isn’t this exactly referring to Lu Zhang and Gu Lingyun from the Headdress and Shoes Workshop?!"