Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

After the frenzy subsided, the Lu Si Mansion gradually calmed down.

He looked at the servants who were kneeling and bowing their heads in fear: "Who did the city lord send to invite this general?"

The servant of the Lu family trembled and said, "The city lord's personal guard."

"The Royal Guard..." Lu Sifu closed his eyes in anguish and despair.

The personal guard is a heavily armored dragon cavalry unit composed of cultivators at or above the Devouring Fiend Realm, and only the city lord can personally mobilize it.

The city lord's intervention means the situation is completely out of control.

From now on, I will no longer be able to control the course of the situation.

Whether they can come out of the city lord's mansion alive is a question.

Escape? Where to escape to? He'd probably be captured and killed on the spot by the guards outside the mansion before he even stepped out of the door.

Now that things have come to this, we can only try to adapt to the situation and seek a glimmer of hope.

After gathering his thoughts, Lu Sifu regained his composure and said, "I'll change my clothes and come right away."

Upon hearing this, the servant of the Lu family rose shakily, bowed, and took his leave.

Outside the Lu residence, there were only two cavalrymen from the city lord's personal guard. They rode armored dragon horses, wore yaksha masks, were clad in blood-red heavy armor, carried blood-red longbows, and wielded long-bladed double-handed execution axes.

Their mere presence alone embodies power, majesty, and invincibility.

Lu Sifu walked out of the mansion alone, clasped his hands and bowed: "Come on, Lu Nanping, Night Tour."

No one else in the entire Sword Tower City could say this, because there is only one Lu Nanping in the Night Patrol Division, and he is the representative of the Night Patrol Division. Others have to add a title prefix when introducing themselves, but Lu Nanping does not.

The two imperial guards cavalrymen neither dismounted nor bowed, like two walking statues. They simply held the chained reins, turned the armored dragon horse around, and gestured for the official to board the carriage.

Seeing this, Lu Sifu silently boarded the carriage.

The carriage slowly approached the city lord's mansion. Lu Sifu lifted the curtain and stepped out. Looking up at the majestic city lord's mansion and the scarlet double gates, he calmly waved his sleeve and strode down from the carriage.

The gates of the mansion slowly opened, and Lu Sifu walked steadily inside, all by himself.

Halfway there, Lu Sifu looked back at the gradually closing gates of the mansion.

At first glance, he felt that the gate of the city lord's mansion was very large and the walls were very high.

For the first time, the road official felt that this straight road was very long and there were many steps at the end.

For the first time, the Lu Si Mansion felt its own insignificance.

"It's snowing..." Lu Sifu looked up at the sky, wondering why it was snowing so heavily in April. But he didn't care. He walked up the steps one by one to the entrance of the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

Jianwu slowly stepped forward and gestured, "Please come in from the Lu Si Mansion."

Lu Sifu nodded slightly, walked to the center of the main hall, bowed his head, clasped his hands, and said, "Lu Nanping greets Madam."

Everyone knows the city lord's taboos; she doesn't like being called the city lord and prefers to be called "Madam."

There was no response; Lu Sifu remained in the bowed and clasped-fist posture.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Sifu looked up and secretly glanced at the city lord's throne, only to find it empty.

"Nanping." A lazy voice came from the left.

Upon hearing this, the official in charge of the Lu family immediately bowed and didn't dare to look at her: "Madam, Nanping is here."

"What do you think about the assassinations of Ye Tingxiu, Xiao Hongyun, and Zhou Qingfeng?"

Lu Sifu immediately knelt down and bowed his head, speaking with a firm and powerful voice: "Madam, this matter has nothing to do with Nanping. I hope you will investigate thoroughly. If it is found that Nanping was the one who instigated this, Nanping is willing to atone with his death."

Silence, stillness.

The silent response sent shivers down the spines of the Lu Si family. The fact that the Madam had not made any statement was the most terrifying thing. If the Madam had been furious and rebuked them, it would have been better than the current calm.

Because the calmer the surface, the more likely it is that undercurrents are surging and dangers are lurking.

After an unknown amount of time, the lady's voice came again.

"Feng Manlou and Yun Fan have filed a formal complaint against Zhou Qingfeng, Ye Tingxiu, and Xiao Hongyun for accepting bribes, abusing their power, and forging official documents during their tenure as commanders of the Night Patrol Division. The evidence is complete, including witnesses and physical evidence."

"I will recall them to the manor tomorrow to be held accountable. Are you satisfied with this outcome?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Sifu was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking to himself that his life was over. Just moments before, Zhou, Ye, and Xiao had been assassinated, with two of them seriously injured, and now Fengyun had come to report their crimes by name.

To outsiders, this combination of cutting and striking appeared to be something he had orchestrated at the behest of Feng and Yun.

But now, he and Fengyun are already estranged and have become enemies, a fact unknown to outsiders.

"Madam, Nanping is innocent!"

“What Feng Manlou and Yun Fan did was not instigated by Nanping, and Nanping was completely unaware of it.”

“Nanping has absolutely no intention of disobeying Madam. Nanping’s loyalty to Madam is as clear as day. If Madam suspects that Nanping secretly instigated this, Nanping is willing to abdicate and give way to a more worthy person. I hope Madam will grant my request.”

Lu Sifu was well aware that he was standing on the edge of a cliff.

Whether you admit it or not, you're already doomed.

Since he was bound to lose his position in the Sifu government, he might as well abdicate and hand it over to a more capable person to show his loyalty. In that case, the lady might consider his years of hard work and dedication and give him a way out.

However, if one is greedy for power and insists on not stepping down, then the only outcome awaiting him is his wife's butcher's knife.

"That's right!"

Upon hearing this, the Lu family was overcome with grief, and despite feeling dizzy, they cried out loudly, "Thank you, Madam!"

"Tap tap tap..." The soft footsteps slowly faded away. From beginning to end, the Lu Si family never even saw the face of the First Lady, but his future and fate came to an end.

From this day forward, there will be no more Lu Si Mansion in the world, only Lu Nanping, a cultivator at the Food Fiend Realm.

Lu Nanping stood up shakily, his clothes soaked with sweat. When he walked out of the main hall, he was completely exhausted, as if he had just crawled out of an endless abyss.

He leaned against the red-lacquered gate, reached out and took off his purple brocade official robe, then his shoes, belt, and coat. Step by step, barefoot, he staggered towards the snow.

Sword Dance, one of the Fifteen Sword Attendants, had an indifferent expression. She wore a long blue brocade dress and carried a long sword on her back. Snowflakes fell on her soft, flowing white hair, adding a touch of silver to it.

She stared calmly at Lu Nanping's dejected and forlorn figure, as if she were looking at a dead man.

Lu Nanping left the city lord's mansion in a daze and walked to a deserted long street.

A wisp of blue mist enveloped the entire street, isolating it from the outside world.

Whatever happens inside the blue mist, the outside world will never know.

"Whoosh!" An invisible wind blade suddenly swept up snowflakes and cut Lu Nanping in half at the waist.

Lu Nanping looked down at the wound on his waist and abdomen. The next second, it turned into countless paper figures and then reassembled into human form. His injury had healed without any medicine: "Good, you've delivered yourselves to my door, so I don't need to go looking for you."

Feng Manlou and Yun Fan appeared one after the other on the street, blocking Lu Nanping's path to survival.

"Lu Nanping, your death is near."

“Lu Nanping, you should have thought of this day when you killed my father,”

Lu Nanping slowly raised his hand, releasing thousands of paper figures. He said indifferently, "If you hadn't harmed me, I wouldn't be in this state. You caused me to lose my position in the Sifu. I will make you pay with your lives!"

"Kill!" The three of them simultaneously engaged in a deadly battle.

The battle broke out suddenly. The outcome of the battle between the three Devouring Fiend cultivators was often decided in an instant. In the two-against-one situation, Lu Nanping used his paper doll clone technique, splitting his body in two, and the situation instantly became two against two.